2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season

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2008  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Climax Series berth
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League Pacific League
Ballpark Sapporo Dome
Record73–69–2 (.514)
League place3rd
Parent company Nippon Ham
PresidentJunichi Fujii
Manager Masataka Nashida
Captain Makoto Kaneko
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The 2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season was the 63rd season of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise. The Fighters played the majority of their home games at Sapporo Dome in the city of Sapporo, as well as at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Masataka Nashida on his first season as team manager.

Contents

Nippon-Ham finished the season in third place with a record of 73–69–2, qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes in the First Stage, but were eliminated by the Saitama Seibu Lions in the Second Stage.

Regular season

Standings

Pacific League regular season standings
PosTeam
PldWLTGBPCTHomeAway
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 14476644—.54244–27–132–37–3
2 Orix Buffaloes 144756815.5.52441–31–034–37–1
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144736926.51441–30–132–39–1
4 Chiba Lotte Marines 144737017.5.51041–30–132–40–0
5 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1446576312.5.46237–34–128–42–2
6 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1446477313.5.45536–33–328–44–0
Source: [1]

Interleague

Team
PldHWHLAWALGBPCT
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2410257—.625
Hanshin Tigers 2410257—.625
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2484661.583
Yomiuri Giants 2493571.583
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2466752.542
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2466752.542
Chunichi Dragons 2484483.500
Orix Buffaloes 2466574.458
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2448754.458
Chiba Lotte Marines 2466485.417
Saitama Seibu Lions 2475395.417
Yokohama BayStars 24571119.250
Updated to match(es) played on compute. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Whenever multiple teams have same number of wins, the team having better standings in last year's interleague games will have advantage, thus Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the interleague title, despite Hanshin Tigers beating the Hawks 3 out of 4 games. A similar rule applies to other teams tied in wins.

Record vs. opponents

2008 record vs. opponents [1]
TeamCentral League opponentsPacific League opponents
BayStarsCarpDragonsGiantsSwallowsTigersBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarines
BayStars—11–137–175–18–19–1510–13–11–30–41–30–42–22–2
Carp13–11—9–13–212–10–212–11–110–142–22–22–21–33–13–1
Dragons17–713–9–2—14–109–13–26–17–11–32–21–32–23–13–1
Giants18–5–110–12–210–14—18–614–103–12–23–11–31–34–0
Swallows15–911–12–113–9–26–18—10–13–13–12–21–32–22–21–3
Tigers13–10–114–1017–6–110–1413–10–1—3–13–12–23–13–11–3
Buffaloes3–12–23–11–31–31–3—13–10–113–1114–1010–1414–10
Eagles 4–02–22–22–22–21–310–13–1—13–10–112–1210–147–16–1
Fighters3–12–23–11–33–12–211–1310–13–1—17–79–14–112–12
Hawks4–03–12–23–12–21–310–1412–127–17—10–11–310–14
Lions 2–21–31–33–12–21–314–1014–1014–9–111–10–3—13–11
Marines2–21–31–30–43–13–110–1416–7–112–1214–1011–13—

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 20, 2008, vs. Chiba Lotte Marines [3]

OrderPlayerPos.
1 Hichori Morimoto CF
2 Kensuke Tanaka 2B
3 Atsunori Inaba RF
4 Terrmel Sledge 1B
5 Eiichi Koyano 3B
6 Yoshio Itoi LF
7 Tomochika Tsuboi DH
8 Shinya Tsuruoka C
9 Makoto Kaneko SS
— Yu Darvish P

Game log

2008 game log: 73–69–2 (Home: 41–30–1; Away: 32–39–1)
March: 3–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 0–2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 20 Marines 1–0 Darvish (1–0) Kobayashi (0–1)— Sapporo Dome 42,1261–0–0 W1
2March 22Marines2–3 Naruse (1–0) Sakamoto (0–1)—Sapporo Dome31,0281–1–0 L1
3March 23Marines1–4 Watanabe (1–0) Glynn (0–1) Takagi (1)Sapporo Dome32,2151–2–0 L2
4March 25 Lions 9–1 Takeda (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–1)—Sapporo Dome16,4102–2–0 W1
5March 26Lions0–8 Kishi (1–0) Yoshikawa (0–1)—Sapporo Dome19,2062–3–0 L1
6March 27Lions1–0 (10) Takeda (1–0) Wakui (0–2)—Sapporo Dome25,0113–3–0 W1
7March 29@ Eagles 2–7 Tanaka (1–0) Hoshino (0–1)— Kleenex Stadium 20,1893–4–0 L1
8March 30@ Eagles1–3 Asai (1–1) Glynn (0–2) Aoyama (1)Kleenex Stadium19,5183–5–0 L2
April: 14–10–1 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 7–8–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
9April 1@ Hawks 6–0 Takeda (2–0) Arakaki (0–1)— Yahoo Dome 29,2044–5–0 W1
10April 2@ Hawks0–9 Otonari (2–0) Yoshikawa (0–2)— Kitakyushu Stadium 17,7214–6–0 L1
11April 3@ Hawks6–2 Darvish (2–0) Guttormson (0–1)—Yahoo Dome32,1445–6–0 W1
12April 4@ Buffaloes 3–2 Sweeney (1–0) Kamoshida (0–1) Nakamura (1) Kyocera Dome 11,7386–6–0 W2
13April 5@ Buffaloes2–7 Kondo (2–0) Fujii (0–1)—Kyocera Dome18,1296–7–0 L1
14April 6@ Buffaloes3–2 Glynn (1–2) Kawagoe (1–1) Nakamura (2) Skymark Stadium 14,1117–7–0 W1
15April 8 Eagles 8–7 Takeda (3–0) Lin (0–2) Nakamura (3) Sapporo Dome 20,2578–7–0 W2
16April 9Eagles4–2 Yoshikawa (1–2) Nagai (2–1) Nakamura (4)Sapporo Dome19,0449–7–0 W3
17April 10Eagles1–0 Darvish (3–0) Iwakuma (2–1)—Sapporo Dome25,19710–7–0 W4
18April 11@ Marines 3–2 Sweeney (2–0) Kobayashi (1–2) Nakamura (5) Chiba Marine Stadium 15,16111–7–0 W5
19April 12@ Marines1–2 Naruse (2–1) Miyanishi (0–1)—Chiba Marine Stadium27,51311–8–0 L1
20April 13@ Marines1–2 (10) Watanabe (2–1) Takeda (1–1)—Chiba Marine Stadium16,28211–9–0 L2
21April 15@ Lions 3–3 (12)Game tied after 12 innings Seibu Dome 8,39711–9–1 T1
22April 16@ Lions2–4 Wakui (2–2) Yoshikawa (1–3)—Seibu Dome11,26311–10–1 L1
23April 18Hawks3–1 Darvish (4–0) Sugiuchi (1–2)—Sapporo Dome18,10712–10–1 W1
24April 19Hawks4–2 Fujii (1–1) Oba (2–2) Nakamura (6)Sapporo Dome27,04113–10–1 W2
25April 20Hawks2–4 Wada (1–0) Glynn (1–3) Houlton (2)Sapporo Dome30,53613–11–1 L1
26April 22Buffaloes4–2 Hoshino (1–1) Takagi (1–2) Nakamura (7)Sapporo Dome14,25314–11–1 W1
27April 23Buffaloes0–5 Yamamoto (2–0) Sweeney (2–1)—Sapporo Dome14,35814–12–1 L1
28April 24Buffaloes3–2 (10) Takeda (2–1) Kato (0–1)—Sapporo Dome15,64415–12–1 W1
29April 25@ Eagles1–6 Iwakuma (4–1) Yoshikawa (1–4)—Kleenex Stadium13,21315–13–1 L1
30April 26@ Eagles0–4 Guzmán (1–2) Fujii (1–2)—Kleenex Stadium16,82615–14–1 L2
31April 27@ Eagles0–5 Tanaka (3–1) Glynn (1–4)—Kleenex Stadium20,63415–15–1 L3
32April 29@ Marines3–2 Nakamura (1–0) Sikorski (1–4)—Chiba Marine Stadium30,02116–15–1 W1
33April 30@ Marines6–3 Darvish (5–0) Watanabe (3–2) Nakamura (8)Chiba Marine Stadium17,51617–15–1 W2
May: 15–9–0 (Home: 10–3–0; Away: 5–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
34May 1@ Marines 6–1 Yoshikawa (2–4) Ono (2–1)— Chiba Marine Stadium 17,14318–15–1 W3
35May 2 Eagles 5–1 Tadano (1–0) Iwakuma (4–2) Nakamura (9) Sapporo Dome 41,12419–15–1 W4
36May 3Eagles12–5 Sakamoto (1–1) Kawagishi (0–1)—Sapporo Dome40,08320–15–1 W5
37May 4Eagles1–7 Tanaka (4–1) Glynn (1–5)—Sapporo Dome42,12620–16–1 L1
38May 5@ Lions 6–8 Onodera (2–2) Takeda (2–2) Graman (8) Seibu Dome 34,78320–17–1 L2
39May 6@ Lions1–3 Ishii (5–1) Miyanishi (0–2)—Seibu Dome27,34020–18–1 L3
40May 7@ Lions3–4 Hoshino (2–0) Darvish (5–1)—Seibu Dome15,57420–19–1 L4
41May 10 Hawks 0–1 Sugiuchi (3–3) Fujii (1–3)— Ocean Stadium 16,82220–20–1 L5
42May 11Hawks4–3 Miyanishi (1–2) Kume (3–1) Nakamura (10)Ocean Stadium17,91921–20–1 W1
43May 13Marines2–8 Karakawa (3–0) Glynn (1–6)— Tokyo Dome 19,82821–21–1 L1
44May 14Marines4–3 (11) Nakamura (2–0) Ogino (1–3)—Tokyo Dome22,26522–21–1 W1
45May 15Marines6–5 Tateyama (1–0) Abreu (1–1)—Tokyo Dome17,36823–21–1 W2
46May 16@ Hawks10–3 Tadano (2–0) Otonari (3–5)— Yahoo Dome 30,94824–21–1 W3
47May 17@ Hawks2–3 Sugiuchi (4–3) Tateyama (1–1)—Yahoo Dome30,21824–22–1 L1
48May 18@ Hawks4–3 Sweeney (3–1) Oba (3–4) Takeda (1)Yahoo Dome32,49425–22–1 W1
49May 20 BayStars 6–3 Glynn (2–6) Nasuno (2–6) Takeda (2)Sapporo Dome16,95726–22–1 W2
50May 21BayStars4–3 Hoshino (2–1) Miura (2–5) Takeda (3)Sapporo Dome20,27127–22–1 W3
51May 23 Dragons 1–0 Sakamoto (2–1) Kawakami (2–3) Takeda (4)Sapporo Dome23,96628–22–1 W4
52May 24Dragons11–1 Sweeney (4–1) Kawai (1–2)—Sapporo Dome30,98329–22–1 W5
53May 25@ Giants 4–6 Nishimura (6–2) Fujii (1–4) Kroon (15)Tokyo Dome43,81329–23–1 L1
54May 26@ Giants3–4 Burnside (1–0) Glynn (2–7) Kroon (16)Tokyo Dome39,27829–24–1 L2
55May 28@ Swallows 7–3 Darvish (6–1) Muranaka (3–6)— Meiji Jingu Stadium 18,05030–24–1 W1
56May 29@ Swallows3–2 Miyanishi (2–2) Oshimoto (2–1) Takeda (5)Meiji Jingu Stadium9,68331–24–1 W2
57May 31 Tigers 2–1 Sweeney (5–1) Iwata (5–2) Takeda (6)Sapporo Dome42,12632–24–1 W3
June: 9–9–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Away: 6–5–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
58June 1 Tigers 4–5 (10) Kubota (3–1) Takeda (2–3) Fujikawa (18) Sapporo Dome 42,12632–25–1 L1
59June 3 Carp 4–2 Glynn (3–7) Otake (2–7)—Sapporo Dome17,81533–25–1 W1
60June 4Carp2–3 Lewis (8–4) Darvish (6–2) Nagakawa (8)Sapporo Dome23,87033–26–1 L1
61June 6@ Dragons 7–3 Sakamoto (3–1) Sato (0–1)— Nagoya Dome 36,72534–26–1 W1
62June 7@ Dragons1–4 Kawakami (4–3) Sweeney (5–2) Iwase (18)Nagoya Dome38,24734–27–1 L1
63June 8@ BayStars 9–3 Fujii (2–4) Nasuno (4–7)— Yokohama Stadium 17,84235–27–1 W1
64June 9@ BayStars3–13 Oyamada (2–3) Glynn (3–8)—Yokohama Stadium9,79635–28–1 L1
65June 11 Giants 0–1 Nomaguchi (2–3) Darvish (6–3) Kroon (18)Sapporo Dome35,29835–29–1 L2
66June 12Giants3–2 Tadano (3–0) Burnside (2–1) Nakamura (11)Sapporo Dome30,13536–29–1 W1
67June 14 Swallows 2–1 (10) Takeda (3–3) Lim (1–3)—Sapporo Dome40,05837–29–1 W2
68June 15Swallows1–3 Muranaka (4–7) Glynn (3–9) Lim (16)Sapporo Dome31,55637–30–1 L1
69June 17@ Carp8–7 Darvish (7–3) Otake (2–9) Nakamura (12) Hiroshima Stadium 19,86038–30–1 W1
70June 18@ Carp1–2 Maeda (1–0) Tadano (3–1) Nagakawa (12)Hiroshima Stadium18,52738–31–1 L1
71June 21@ Tigers4–0 Sweeney (6–2) Iwata (5–4)— Koshien Stadium 43,52839–31–1 W1
72June 22@ Tigers3–5 Atchison (5–4) Glynn (3–10) Fujikawa (25)Koshien Stadium43,52439–32–1 L1
73June 27@ Buffaloes 4–3 Darvish (8–3) Kawagoe (1–3) Nakamura (13) Kyocera Dome 14,65440–32–1 W1
74June 28@ Buffaloes1–5 Kaneko (3–6) Tadano (3–2)—Kyocera Dome16,80940–33–1 L1
75June 29@ Buffaloes9–4 Takeda (4–0) Kondo (5–7) Tateyama (1)Kyocera Dome18,15341–33–1 W1
July: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–9–0; Away: 2–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
76July 1 Lions 7–12 Onodera (3–4) Miyanishi (2–3)— Sapporo Dome 22,12541–34–1 L1
77July 2Lions6–8 Wakui (7–6) Glynn (3–11) Graman (15)Sapporo Dome17,68241–35–1 L2
78July 3Lions6–4 Darvish (9–3) Hoashi (7–2) Nakamura (14)Sapporo Dome24,42042–35–1 W1
79July 5 Buffaloes 4–3 Tadano (4–2) Ortiz (3–5) Nakamura (15) Kushiro Stadium 17,89243–35–1 W2
80July 6Buffaloes5–8 Kaneko (4–6) Takeda (4–1) Kato (17) Obihiro Stadium 21,06343–36–1 L1
81July 8@ Marines 2–5 Shimizu (7–6) Sweeney (6–3)— Chiba Marine Stadium 18,56243–37–1 L2
82July 9@ Marines5–7 Kawasaki (1–3) Glynn (3–12) Ogino (11)Chiba Marine Stadium28,19843–38–1 L3
83July 11 Hawks 3–2 Darvish (10–3) Otonari (7–7)—Sapporo Dome22,71244–38–1 W1
84July 12Hawks9–6 Tadano (5–2) Oba (3–5) Nakamura (16)Sapporo Dome31,88245–38–1 W2
85July 13Hawks1–10 Wada (8–3) Takeda (4–2)—Sapporo Dome32,12745–39–1 L1
86July 15 Eagles 4–4 (12)Game tied after 12 innings Tokyo Dome 16,18645–39–2 T1
87July 16Eagles2–5 Katayama (2–1) Miyanishi (2–4) Kawagishi (2)Tokyo Dome16,24945–40–2 L1
88July 17Eagles3–1 Darvish (11–3) Guzmán (2–5)—Tokyo Dome20,77346–40–2 W1
89July 19@ Buffaloes2–6 Yamamoto (7–2) Tadano (5–3)— Skymark Stadium 20,01646–41–2 L1
90July 20@ Buffaloes1–4 Kaneko (6–6) Takeda (4–3) Kato (20) Kyocera Dome 16,06846–42–2 L2
91July 22Marines3–2 Sweeney (7–3) Kobayashi (2–9) Nakamura (17)Sapporo Dome25,84547–42–2 W1
92July 23Marines2–3 Shimizu (8–6) Fujii (2–5) Ogino (14)Sapporo Dome26,90247–43–2 L1
93July 24Marines2–5 Omine (1–2) Darvish (11–4) Ogino (15)Sapporo Dome27,82547–44–2 L2
94July 25Lions2–1 Tadano (6–3) Hoashi (9–3) Nakamura (18)Sapporo Dome23,32348–44–2 W1
95July 26Lions3–6 Iwasaki (2–0) Kanamori (0–1) Graman (20)Sapporo Dome33,53848–45–2 L1
96July 27Lions2–3 (10) Graman (2–2) Takeda (3–4)—Sapporo Dome36,06448–46–2 L2
97July 28@ Hawks10–2 Takeda (5–3) Powell (1–5)— Yahoo Dome 34,22249–46–2 W1
98July 29@ Hawks5–2 Sweeney (8–3) Yang (1–2) Nakamura (19)Yahoo Dome32,65350–46–2 W2
All-Star Break : CL and PL split series, 1–1
August: 8–14–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Away: 6–9–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
99August 3@ Eagles 4–11 Asai (7–7) Tadano (6–4)— Kleenex Stadium 20,51650–47–2 L1
100August 4@ Eagles6–2 Takeda (6–3) Aoyama (2–5)—Kleenex Stadium18,76051–47–2 W1
101August 5@ Eagles7–2 Sweeney (9–3) Guzmán (2–7)—Kleenex Stadium17,94252–47–2 W2
102August 10@ Lions 2–11 Hoashi (10–3) Tadano (6–5)— Seibu Dome 30,02452–48–2 L1
103August 11@ Lions0–3 Kishi (9–4) Takeda (6–4) Graman (22)Seibu Dome19,26052–49–2 L2
104August 12@ Lions4–8 Onodera (4–4) Takeda (3–5)—Seibu Dome19,05552–50–2 L3
105August 13 Buffaloes 2–4 Komatsu (9–3) Glynn (3–13) Kato (24) Sapporo Dome 24,41652–51–2 L4
106August 14Buffaloes0–2 (11) Kato (2–3) Takeda (3–6) Shimizu (1)Sapporo Dome22,47652–52–2 L5
107August 15Buffaloes3–5 (10) Kawagoe (2–3) Nakamura (2–1) Kato (25)Sapporo Dome22,82952–53–2 L6
108August 16@ Hawks 5–1 Yagi (1–0) Standridge (0–2)— Yahoo Dome 33,68753–53–2 W1
109August 17@ Hawks1–2 Otonari (11–8) Takeda (6–5) Mahara (5)Yahoo Dome33,53353–54–2 L1
110August 18@ Hawks7–0 Sweeney (10–3) Hoshino (0–1)—Yahoo Dome30,63654–54–2 W1
111August 19 Marines 4–0 Glynn (4–13) Kobayashi (3–11)— Tokyo Dome 20,06155–54–2 W2
112August 20Marines3–6 Shimizu (9–8) Fujii (2–6) Ogino (20)Tokyo Dome21,03455–55–2 L1
113August 24Lions9–3 Tadano (7–5) Hoashi (10–4)— Starffin Stadium 22,58356–55–2 W1
114August 25Lions3–4 Onodera (5–4) Takeda (3–7) Graman (23)Sapporo Dome21,84056–56–2 L1
115August 26@ Marines3–2 Sweeney (11–3) Watanabe (11–5) Nakamura (20) Chiba Marine Stadium 20,76457–56–2 W1
116August 27@ Marines1–0 Glynn (5–13) Kubo (2–6) Nakamura (21)Chiba Marine Stadium22,03858–56–2 W2
117August 28@ Marines0–3 Shimizu (10–8) Fujii (2–7)—Chiba Marine Stadium16,52258–57–2 L1
118August 29@ Buffaloes4–7 Kishida (2–0) Kanazawa (0–1) Kato (29) Skymark Stadium 20,27958–58–2 L2
119August 30@ Buffaloes2–7 Yamamoto (9–4) Yagi (1–1)— Kyocera Dome 18,16958–59–2 L3
120August 31@ Buffaloes1–5 Kaneko (9–8) Tadano (7–6)—Kyocera Dome18,03358–60–2 L4
September: 14–9–0 (Home: 9–4–0; Away: 5–5–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
121September 2 Hawks 2–0 Darvish (12–4) Guttormson (4–5) Nakamura (22) Sapporo Dome 20,11859–60–2 W1
122September 3Hawks3–4 Sato (3–1) Takeda (6–6) Mahara (7)Sapporo Dome17,70259–61–2 L1
123September 4Hawks4–3 Takeda (4–7) Sato (3–2)—Sapporo Dome16,97560–61–2 W1
124September 5 Eagles 3–5 (10) Gwyn (1–0) Nakamura (2–2)—Sapporo Dome22,69260–62–2 L1
125September 6Eagles4–1 Fujii (3–7) Katayama (2–5) Nakamura (23)Sapporo Dome33,19761–62–2 W1
126September 7Eagles2–5 Satake (1–0) Tadano (7–7) Arime (2)Sapporo Dome33,22461–63–2 L1
127September 9@ Lions 4–1 Darvish (13–4) Ishii (10–9) Nakamura (24) Seibu Dome 14,55462–63–2 W1
128September 10@ Lions6–5 Sakamoto (4–1) Nishiguchi (8–6) Nakamura (25)Seibu Dome14,29263–63–2 W2
129September 11@ Lions3–5 Wakui (9–9) Sweeney (11–4) Graman (27)Seibu Dome14,01663–64–2 L1
130September 13 Buffaloes 7–4 Glynn (6–13) Yamamoto (9–6) Nakamura (26)Sapporo Dome25,07464–64–2 W1
131September 14Buffaloes9–6 Sakamoto (5–1) Kaneko (10–9) Nakamura (27)Sapporo Dome30,45765–64–2 W2
132September 15Buffaloes5–4 Darvish (14–4) Kato (2–4)—Sapporo Dome31,47366–64–2 W3
133September 16@ Eagles1–6 Iwakuma (19–3) Takeda (6–7)— Kleenex Stadium 11,96666–65–2 L1
134September 17@ Eagles7–15 Asai (9–10) Sweeney (11–5)—Kleenex Stadium12,43066–66–2 L2
135September 18@ Eagles2–5 Tanaka (8–6) Fujii (3–8)—Kleenex Stadium13,69766–67–2 L3
136September 20@ Buffaloes1–6 Yamamoto (10–6) Glynn (6–14)— Kyocera Dome 20,22266–68–2 L4
137September 21@ Buffaloes10–5 Sakamoto (6–1) Motoyanagi (2–7)—Kyocera Dome25,03667–68–2 W1
138September 22@ Hawks9–0 Darvish (15–4) Arakaki (2–6)— Yahoo Dome 30,49168–68–2 W2
139September 23@ Hawks5–2 Takeda (7–7) Sugiuchi (10–7)—Yahoo Dome30,27869–68–2 W3
140September 26Lions2–0 Sweeney (12–5) Hoashi (11–6) Tateyama (2)Sapporo Dome28,33170–68–2 W4
141September 27Lions5–4 Glynn (7–14) Hsu (1–3) Nakamura (28)Sapporo Dome35,46071–68–2 W5
142September 28 Marines 1–4 Naruse (8–6) Tateyama (1–2) Ogino (29)Sapporo Dome42,12671–69–2 L1
143September 29Marines2–1 Darvish (16–4) Kobayashi (5–12)—Sapporo Dome42,12672–69–2 W1
October: 1–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
144October 1@ Eagles 17–0 Takeda (8–7) Tanaka (9–7)— Kleenex Stadium 14,95373–69–2 W2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement
Bold = Fighters team member

Postseason

Climax Series

Game log

2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0)
Climax Series First Stage: 2–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 2–0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1October 11@ Buffaloes 4–1 Darvish (1–0) Kondo (0–1)— Kyocera Dome 25,5321–0–0 W1
2October 12@ Buffaloes7–2 Fujii (1–0) Komatsu (0–1)—Kyocera Dome26,7032–0–0 W2
Climax Series Second Stage: 2–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 2–3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1October 17@ Lions 3–10 Wakui (1–0) Glynn (0–1)— Omiya Park Stadium 20,5000–1–0 L1
2October 18@ Lions5–0 Darvish (1–0) Kishi (0–1)— Seibu Dome 30,9181–1–0 W1
3October 19@ Lions7–4 Takeda (1–0) Hoashi (0–1)—Seibu Dome33,0782–1–0 W2
4October 21@ Lions4–9 Ishii (1–0) Sweeney (0–1)—Seibu Dome18,7042–2–0 L1
5October 22@ Lions0–9 Wakui (2–0) Glynn (0–2)—Seibu Dome21,7312–3–0 L2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement
Bold = Fighters team member

Roster

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player statistics

Batting

2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters batting statistics [4]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Jason Botts †5514214369051601453.254.327.42360
Yu Darvish 258011001003.125.125.2502
Shugo Fujii 194020001002.500.500.5002
Ryan Glynn 265000000001.000.000.0000
Suguru Ichikawa 32000000002.000.000.0000
Yuji Iiyama 74493820020313.163.212.20410
Takahiro Imanami 11000000000.000.000.0000
Ryota Imanari 911151001111.455.500.5456
Atsunori Inaba 12744871135255208225685.301.380.513230
Naoto Inada 991851041110123613.222.254.23844
Yoshio Itoi 631881945141521131053.239.285.40476
Mitch Jones ‡8272310000010.111.111.1484
Makoto Kaneko 96291246316022902076.216.267.29285
Yohei Kaneko 69000000005.000.000.0000
Toshimasa Konta 891403233411614940.236.287.30042
Eiichi Koyano 120379329521166002983.251.303.359136
Takahito Kudo 10419920511110128942.256.307.32264
Hajime Miki 1728582002027.286.333.35710
Hichori Morimoto 12147866121151021124981.253.327.289138
Kazuya Murata 15345800010212.235.297.2358
Satoshi Nakajima 224130001000.750.750.7503
Tomoyuki Oda 6414113415031601133.291.342.39055
Keiji Oyama 2729351000013.172.200.2076
Masaya Ozaki 815020000003.133.133.1332
Yoshihiro Sato 712110012014.083.154.3334
Terrmel Sledge 11339541114212166904488.289.361.473187
Brian Sweeney 294010001002.250.250.2501
Kazuhito Tadano 205010000001.200.200.2001
Takayuki Takaguchi 741671236540141749.216.272.29349
Shinji Takahashi 1083573310219095832474.286.333.415148
Kensuke Tanaka 144536891593291163216280.297.379.451242
Tomochika Tsuboi 26502112001017.220.250.26013
Shinya Tsuruoka 97248245214011801249.210.247.27869
Atsushi Ugumori 1120361002013.300.364.3507
Ryuichi Watanabe 44011000001.250.250.5002
Dai-Kang Yang 4411171601241631.144.193.21624
Total：36 players1,8754,7265331,2062242782516793801,010.255.316.3661,730
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Fighters only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Fighters only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [5]

Pitching

2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pitching statistics [4]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Yu Darvish 1641.8825240200.2136444244208
Romash Tasuku Dass 000.00110541032
Shugo Fujii 383.2519190110.211546404176
Ryan Glynn 7143.6426250163.116074666199
Yachiho Hoshino 214.94230023.2311713611
Takeshi Ito 005.404003.173202
Takayuki Kanamori 014.50100012147657
Takehito Kanazawa 016.004301823121278
Tatsuo Kato 008.44140010.216111047
Kazumasa Kikuchi 009.9011001017111134
Ken Miyamoto 005.409008.1119546
Naoki Miyanishi 244.37500045.14724221525
Micheal Nakamura 222.144602846.13211111247
Yataro Sakamoto 613.183100514118181835
Brian Sweeney 1253.482825016313965637290
Kazuhito Tadano 774.7819190105.110757562261
Hisashi Takeda 474.40620661.16831301940
Masaru Takeda 872.9620190121.211044401968
Yoshinori Tateyama 123.07580267.16123231253
Akiyoshi Toyoshima 000.00200210010
Yusuke Uemura 003.00200331130
Tomoya Yagi 116.7522010.21488210
Mitsuo Yoshikawa 246.2377034.23924242223
Total：23 players73693.54473144361,277.11,196541503395882
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Eagles. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [6]

Awards

Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award [7]

Best Nine Award [8]

Mitsui Golden Glove Award [9]

All-Star Series selections [10]

Farm team

Eastern League regular season standings [11]
TeamG W L T Win% GB HomeAway
Tokyo Yakult Swallows9655347.618—35–10–320–24–4
Yomiuri Giants9658362.617—29–15–129–21–1
Shonan Searex9650433.538723–24–127–19–2
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles9646455.5051024–21–322–24–2
Saitama Seibu Lions9642513.4521523–25–219–26–1
Chiba Lotte Marines9637536.41118½21–24–316–29–3
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters9633612.35124½22–26–111–35–1

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Draft selections [12]
RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?
1 Shota Ono Catcher Toyo University yes
2 Ryo Sakakibara Pitcher Kansai University of International Studies yes
3 Toshiyuki Yanuki Pitcher Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasakiyes
4 Kenji Tsuchiya PitcherYokohama High Schoolyes
5 Takuya Nakashima InfielderFukuoka Technical High Schoolyes
6 Kenshi Sugiya InfielderIizuka High Schoolyes
7 Keisuke Tanimoto PitcherVITAL-NETyes

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