Orix Buffaloes

The Orix Buffaloes ( Japanese オ リ ッ ク ス バ フ ァ ロ ー ズ , orix bafarozu ) are a professional Japanese baseball team. The club plays in the Pacific League and has won the Nihon Series four times . Home of the Buffaloes is Osaka , their home games are played in the Osaka Dome .

history

Placement of the Braves, Blue Wave and Buffaloes (Orix) in the Pacific League since the League was founded. Red dots mark victories in the Nippon Series .

The club was founded in 1936 by the private Japanese railway company Hankyū Dentetsu as the Osaka Hankyu Baseball Club . Due to several franchises, repeated name changes followed, until the merger with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in 2005 led to the current name.

Famous players and managers

• Ichirō Suzuki
• Yutaka Fukumoto
• Hisashi Yamada
• Hiromi Matsunaga
• Yasuo Fujii
• Sō Taguchi
• Yoshitomo Tani
• Kazuhiro Kiyohara

Stadion

Osaka Dome

The home stadium of the Buffaloes has been the Osaka Dome since 2008 .

Web links

Commons : Orix Buffaloes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Japanese)