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Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
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Pacific
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Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
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PL
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The ( team based in
Osaka ,
Japan , which were in the
Pacific League . The team was owned by the
Kinki Nippon Railway and later sold to the
Orix Group , the owner of the
Orix Blue Wave baseball team, in
2004 . The new owner then announced that they will merged the two teams into one team called the
Orix Buffaloes before the start of the
2004 -
2005 NPB season.
:
1950
: Kintetsu Pearls (
1950 -
1958 ), Kintetsu Buffalo (
1959 -
1961 ), Kintetsu Buffaloes (
1962 -
1998 ), Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (
1999 -
2004 ), Orix Buffaloes (
2005 -)
:
Osaka Dome
: Red, Black and White
: ''Kintetsu'' (近鉄), ''Buffaloes'' (バファローズ), ''Mougyu'' (猛牛), ''Ushi'' (牛)
: A stylized buffalo's head or "Buffaloes" in red script, outlined with white
: (4):
1979 ,
1980 ,
1989 ,
2001
: (0):