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SAEKI, Isamu

Owner of the Kintetsu Buffaloes for 36 years

Inducted	1990
Category	Elected by the Special Committee
From	Ahime
Born	March 25,1903
Died	October 5,1989
Alma Mater	Tokyo Imperial University

He entered the Kinki Nippon Railways (Kintetsu) in 1927. In 1950 the well-prepared Kintetsu Buffaloes joined the new Pacific League. For 36 years he was theowner of the team and blessed with the pennant twice, the first in 1979.

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