2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season

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2008 Saitama Seibu Lions
Pacific League champions
League Pacific League
Record76–64–4 (.543)
League place1st
Team information
Parent company Seibu Holdings
Manager Hisanobu Watanabe
Ballpark Seibu Dome
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The 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season was the 59th season of the Saitama Seibu Lions franchise. The Lions played their home games at Seibu Dome in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Hisanobu Watanabe on his first season as team manager.

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Seibu finished the season in first place with a record of 76–64–4, winning the team its 21st PL pennant and qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Lions defeated the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Second Stage and went on to win the 2008 Japan Series, its thirteenth, as well as the 2008 Asia Series.

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
Fighters 3–12–23–11–33–12–211–1310–13–1—17–79–14–112–12
Hawks4–03–12–23–12–21–310–1412–127–17—10–11–310–14
Lions2–21–31–33–12–21–314–1014–1014–9–111–10–3—13–11
Marines2–21–31–30–43–13–110–1416–7–112–1214–1011–13—

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 20, 2008 vs. Orix Buffaloes [3]

OrderPlayerPos.
1 Yasuyuki Kataoka 2B
2 Takumi Kuriyama DH
3 Hiroyuki Nakajima SS
4 Craig Brazell 1B
5 G. G. Sato RF
6 Takeya Nakamura 3B
7 Hiram Bocachica CF
8 Toru Hosokawa C
9 Kenta Matsusaka LF
— Hideaki Wakui P

Game log

2008 game log: 76–64–4 (Home: 44–27–1; Away: 32–37–3)
March: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 1–2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 20 Buffaloes 1–2 Kaneko (1–0) Wakui (0–1) Kato (1) Seibu Dome 27,1370–1–0 L1
2March 22Buffaloes6–0 Ishii (1–0) Nakayama (0–1)—Seibu Dome12,2881–1–0 W1
3March 23Buffaloes1–2 Kondo (1–0) Kinney (0–1) Kato (2)Seibu Dome12,6321–2–0 L1
4March 25@ Fighters 1–9 Takeda (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–1)— Sapporo Dome 16,4101–3–0 L2
5March 26@ Fighters8–0 Kishi (1–0) Yoshikawa (0–1)—Sapporo Dome19,2062–3–0 W1
6March 27@ Fighters0–1 (10) Takeda (1–0) Wakui (0–2)—Sapporo Dome25,0112–4–0 L1
7March 28 Hawks 2–3 Sugiuchi (1–0) Onodera (0–1) Nitkowski (1)Seibu Dome9,1842–5–0 L2
8March 29Hawks10–4 Ishii (2–0) Standridge (0–1)—Seibu Dome16,0443–5–0 W1
9March 30Hawks5–1 Kinney (1–1) Oba (1–1)—Seibu Dome18,0594–5–0 W2
April: 14–7–1 (Home: 10–2–1; Away: 4–5–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
10April 1@ Buffaloes 6–10 Yamamoto (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–2)— Skymark Stadium 10,7514–6–0 L1
11April 2@ Buffaloes5–1 Kishi (2–0) Takagi (1–1)— Kyocera Dome 8,6165–6–0 W1
12April 3@ Buffaloes4–3 Hoshino (1–0) Motoyanagi (0–1) Graman (1)Kyocera Dome9,1636–6–0 W2
13April 4 Eagles 4–2 Hoashi (1–0) Lin (0–1) Graman (2) Shikishima Stadium 17,5997–6–0 W3
14April 5Eagles4–2 Ishii (3–0) Tanaka (1–1) Onuma (1) Seibu Dome 23,9028-6-0 W4
15April 6Eagles4–3 Kinney (2–1) Asai (1–2) Graman (3)Seibu Dome18,2139–6–0 W5
16April 8 Marines 4–3 Onodera (1–1) Ogino (1–1)—Seibu Dome8,81810–6–0 W6
17April 9Marines1–10 Shimizu (1–2) Kishi (2–1)—Seibu Dome10,54110–7–0 L1
18April 10Marines15–5 Wakui (1–2) Kubo (1–2)—Seibu Dome7,70211–7–0 W1
19April 11@ Hawks 8–3 Onuma (1–0) Sugiuchi (1–1) Graman (4) Yahoo Dome 28,72112–7–0 W2
20April 12@ Hawks5–8 Ogura (1–0) Onodera (1–2) Houlton (1)Yahoo Dome29,69212–8–0 L1
21April 13@ Hawks4–5 Kume (3–0) Onuma (1–1)—Yahoo Dome29,54512–9–0 L2
22April 15 Fighters 3–3 (12)Game tied after 12 inningsSeibu Dome8,39712–9–1 T1
23April 16Fighters4–2 Wakui (2–2) Yoshikawa (1–3) Graman (5)Seibu Dome11,26313–9–1 W1
—April 19@ EaglesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 Kleenex Stadium —— —
24April 20@ Eagles4–3 (10) Iwasaki (1–0) Aoyama (1–1) Graman (6)Kleenex Stadium19,60114–9–1 W2
25April 22@ Marines1–8 Watanabe (3–1) Ishii (3–1)— Chiba Marine Stadium 16,85614–10–1 L1
26April 23@ Marines1–2 Ono (2–0) Wakui (2–3) Ogino (5)Chiba Marine Stadium16,05914–11–1 L2
—April 24@ MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 1Chiba Marine Stadium—— —
27April 25Buffaloes9–5 (11) Graman (1–0) Junge (0–1)—Seibu Dome7,41715–11–1 W1
28April 26Buffaloes10–8 Mitsui (1–0) Yoshino (0–1) Graman (7)Seibu Dome20,13016–11–1 W2
29April 27Buffaloes10–3 Hoashi (2–0) Kondo (2–3)—Seibu Dome16,47217–11–1 W3
30April 29Hawks7–10 (12) Houlton (1–0) Mitsui (1–1)—Seibu Dome26,61917–12–1 L1
31April 30Hawks6–2 Ishii (4–1) Otonari (2–4)—Seibu Dome12,49718–12–1 W1
May: 15–9–0 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 8–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
32May 1 Hawks 5–4 Wakui (3–3) Houlton (1–1)— Seibu Dome 14,65919–12–1 W2
33May 2@ Marines 5–0 Kishi (3–1) Shimizu (3–3)— Chiba Marine Stadium 9,65920–12–1 W3
34May 3@ Marines1–10 Karakawa (2–0) Nishiguchi (0–3)—Chiba Marine Stadium30,01420–13–1 L1
35May 4@ Marines4–0 Hoashi (3–0) Kobayashi (1–5)—Chiba Marine Stadium30,02321–13–1 W1
36May 5 Fighters 8–6 Onodera (2–2) Takeda (2–2) Graman (8)Seibu Dome34,78322–13–1 W2
37May 6Fighters3–1 Ishii (5–1) Miyanishi (0–2)—Seibu Dome27,34023–13–1 W3
38May 7Fighters4–3 Hoshino (2–0) Darvish (5–1)—Seibu Dome15,57424–13–1 W4
39May 9@ Buffaloes 3–2 Kishi (4–1) Ortiz (0–2) Graman (9) Kyocera Dome 14,67025–13–1 W5
—May 10@ BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 5 Skymark Stadium —— —
40May 11@ Buffaloes9–0 Hoashi (4–0) Kaneko (2–4)—Skymark Stadium12,67826–13–1 W6
41May 13@ Hawks2–4 Wada (4–0) Ishii (5–2) Houlton (5) Sun Marine Stadium 20,60626–14–1 L1
42May 14@ Hawks11–4 Wakui (4–3) Guttormson (1–2)— Yahoo Dome 33,62927–14–1 W1
43May 15@ Hawks10–3 Nishiguchi (1–3) Powell (1–2)—Yahoo Dome31,79328–14–1 W2
44May 16@ Eagles 2–8 Iwakuma (6–2) Kishi (4–2)— Kleenex Stadium 12,05728–15–1 L1
45May 17@ Eagles2–3 (12) Kawagishi (1–1) Okamoto (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium14,26528–16–1 L2
46May 18@ Eagles7–3 Hsu (1–0) Tanaka (4–3)—Kleenex Stadium20,25329–16–1 W1
47May 21 Swallows 4–5 Rios (2–5) Onodera (2–3) Lim (13)Seibu Dome15,68329–17–1 L1
48May 22Swallows7–2 Wakui (5–3) Muranaka (3–5)—Seibu Dome14,23630–17–1 W1
49May 23 Giants 10–1 Kishi (5–2) Greisinger (5–2)—Seibu Dome24,13731–17–1 W2
50May 24Giants4–2 Hoashi (5–0) Nomaguchi (1–2) Graman (10)Seibu Dome34,43232–17–1 W3
51May 25@ Tigers 1–5 Kubota (2–1) Onodera (2–4)— Koshien Stadium 43,51632–18–1 L1
52May 26@ Tigers1–2 (11) Watanabe (2–0) Graman (1–1)—Koshien Stadium41,97032–19–1 L2
53May 28@ Carp 5–3 Ishii (6–2) Oshima (0–2) Graman (11) Fukuyama Stadium 7,04133–19–1 W1
54May 29@ Carp1–3 Lewis (7–4) Wakui (5–4) Nagakawa (6) Hiroshima Stadium 15,26733–20–1 L1
55May 31 Dragons 3–4 Kawakami (3–3) Onuma (1–2) Iwase (16)Seibu Dome32,78833–21–1 L2
June: 8–10–0 (Home: 6–4–0; Away: 2–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
56June 1 Dragons 10–3 Hoashi (6–0) Nakata (4–4)— Seibu Dome 33,15734–21–1 W1
57June 3 BayStars 7–3 Nishiguchi (2–3) Oyamada (1–3)—Seibu Dome11,47735–21–1 W2
58June 4BayStars2–1 Ishii (7–2) Kuwahara (0–1) Graman (12)Seibu Dome13,41636–21–1 W3
59June 6@ Swallows 1–7 Tateyama (5–1) Wakui (5–5)— Iwaki Green Stadium 7,73336–22–1 L1
60June 7@ Swallows5–3 Kishi (6–2) Kawashima (1–2) Graman (13) Hitachinaka Stadium 11,23237–22–1 W1
61June 8@ Giants 0–4 Utsumi (4–4) Hsu (1–1)— Tokyo Dome 43,05137–23–1 L1
62June 9@ Giants9–3 Nishiguchi (3–3) Greisinger (6–4)—Tokyo Dome44,28438–23–1 W1
63June 11 Tigers 4–6 Uezono (2–0) Ishii (7–3) Fujikawa (23)Seibu Dome32,38338–24–1 L1
64June 12Tigers6–3 Wakui (6–5) Iwata (5–3)—Seibu Dome28,45639–24–1 W1
65June 14 Carp 1–8 Hasegawa (3–5) Kishi (6–3)—Seibu Dome30,37439–25–1 L1
66June 15Carp2–4 Lewis (10–4) Hoashi (6–1) Nagakawa (11)Seibu Dome28,65739–26–1 L2
67June 17@ Dragons4–5 Iwase (2–2) Okamoto (0–1)— Ishikawa Stadium 10,94439–27–1 L3
68June 18@ Dragons2–3 Ogasawara (7–4) Wakui (6–6) Iwase (21) Alpen Stadium 13,63239–28–1 L4
69June 21@ BayStars4–5 (10) Terahara (3–5) Graman (1–2)— Yokohama Stadium 14,16539–29–1 L5
—June 22@ BayStarsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 23Yokohama Stadium—— —
70June 23@ BayStars5–10 Wood (1–6) Ishii (7–4)—Yokohama Stadium8,25139–30–1 L6
71June 27 Marines 4–1 Hoashi (7–1) Naruse (4–4) Graman (14) Omiya Stadium 20,28940–30–1 W1
72June 28Marines3–11 Watanabe (6–4) Kishi (6–4)—Seibu Dome29,50740–31–1 L1
73June 29Marines9–5 Nishiguchi (4–3) Kobayashi (2–8)—Seibu Dome25,66641–31–1 W1
July: 13–10–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Away: 8–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
74July 1@ Fighters 12–7 Onodera (3–4) Miyanishi (2–3)— Sapporo Dome 22,12542–31–1 W2
75July 2@ Fighters8–6 Wakui (7–6) Glynn (3–11) Graman (15)Sapporo Dome17,68243–31–1 W3
76July 3@ Fighters4–6 Darvish (9–3) Hoashi (7–2) Nakamura (14)Sapporo Dome24,42043–32–1 L1
77July 5 Eagles 3–2 Kishi (7–4) Tanaka (6–5) Graman (16) Seibu Dome 29,71944–32–1 W1
78July 6Eagles5–7 Aoyama (2–2) Hsu (1–2) Kawagishi (1)Seibu Dome25,65444–33–1 L1
79July 8 Hawks 2–5 Sugiuchi (7–5) Ishii (7–5)—Seibu Dome13,48644–34–1 L2
80July 9Hawks2–7 Guttormson (4–4) Wakui (7–7)—Seibu Dome15,67444–35–1 L3
81July 11@ Buffaloes 12–4 Hoashi (8–2) Ortiz (3–6)— Skymark Stadium 15,29645–35–1 W1
82July 12@ Buffaloes4–2 Shotsu (1–0) Kato (1–3) Graman (17)Skymark Stadium13,32146–35–1 W2
83July 13@ Buffaloes1–4 Kaneko (5–6) Nishiguchi (4–4) Kato (19) Kyocera Dome 13,31246–36–1 L1
84July 15@ Hawks4–13 Sugiuchi (8–5) Ishii (7–6)— Yahoo Dome 35,70646–37–1 L2
85July 16@ Hawks5–6 (12) Mise (2–0) Hoshino (2–1)—Yahoo Dome35,67446–38–1 L3
86July 18@ Marines 8–6 Hoashi (9–2) Karakawa (5–2) Graman (18) Chiba Marine Stadium 17,39447–38–1 W1
87July 19@ Marines17–10 Hoshino (3–1) Naruse (6–5) Onodera (1)Chiba Marine Stadium25,82348–38–1 W2
88July 20@ Marines0–16 Watanabe (8–4) Nishiguchi (4–5)—Chiba Marine Stadium26,36548–39–1 L1
89July 21Eagles6 - 4 Shotsu (2-0) Koyama (2-5) Graman (19)Seibu Dome25,43149–39–1 W1
90July 22Eagles14–2 Wakui (8–7) Hasebe (0–2)—Seibu Dome16,10350–39–1 W2
91July 23Eagles14–5 Hirano (1–0) Guzmán (2–6)—Seibu Dome17,02851–39–1 W3
92July 25@ Fighters1–2 Tadano (6–3) Hoashi (9–3) Nakamura (18)Sapporo Dome23,32351–40–1 L1
93July 26@ Fighters6–3 Iwasaki (2–0) Kanamori (0–1) Graman (20)Sapporo Dome33,53852–40–1 W1
94July 27@ Fighters3–2 (10) Graman (2–2) Takeda (3–4)—Sapporo Dome36,06453–40–1 W2
95July 28Buffaloes2–6 Komatsu (7–3) Wakui (8–8)—Seibu Dome14,76853–41–1 L1
96July 29Buffaloes4–2 Ishii (8–6) Yoshino (1–3) Graman (21)Seibu Dome17,01654–41–1 W1
All-Star Break : CL and PL split series, 1–1
August: 12–7–3 (Home: 10–4–0; Away: 2–3–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
97August 3 Marines 3–4 Watanabe (9–4) Hirano (1–1) Ogino (16) Nagano Olympic 14,13454–42–1 L1
98August 4Marines16 –2 Kishi (8–4) Shimizu (8–7)—Nagano Olympic11,35555–42–1 W1
99August 10 Fighters 11–2 Hoashi (10–3) Tadano (6–5)— Seibu Dome 30,02456–42–1 W2
100August 11Fighters3–0 Kishi (9–4) Takeda (6–4) Graman (22)Seibu Dome19,26057–42–1 W3
101August 12Fighters8–4 Onodera (4–4) Takeda (3–5)—Seibu Dome19,05558–42–1 W4
102August 13@ Eagles 7–11 Nagai (6–6) Ishii (8–7)— Kleenex Stadium 20,40558–43–1 L1
103August 14@ Eagles8–2 Nishiguchi (5–5) Aoyama (2–6)—Kleenex Stadium19,22759–43–1 W1
104August 15@ Eagles4–9 Asai (8–7) Hirano (1–2)—Kleenex Stadium19,98159–44–1 L1
105August 16 Buffaloes 8–7 (10) Graman (3–2) Shimizu (4–1)—Seibu Dome27,36360–44–1 W1
106August 17Buffaloes4–1 Kishi (10–4) Yamamoto (8–3)—Seibu Dome19,02761–44–1 W2
107August 18Buffaloes4–7 Katsuki (2–0) Okamoto (0–2) Kato (26)Seibu Dome12,16061–45–1 L1
108August 19 Hawks 12–3 Ishii (9–7) Houlton (4–4)—Seibu Dome16,16162–45–1 W1
109August 20Hawks7–1 Nishiguchi (6–5) Arakaki (0–4)—Seibu Dome17,51363–45–1 W2
110August 21Hawks5–9 Powell (2–6) Okamoto (0–2)—Seibu Dome18,19563–46–1 L1
111August 24@ Fighters3–9 Tadano (7–5) Hoashi (10–4)— Starffin Stadium 22,58363–47–1 L2
112August 25@ Fighters4–3 Onodera (5–4) Takeda (3–7) Graman (23) Sapporo Dome 21,84064–47–1 W1
113August 26Eagles2–7 Iwakuma (17–3) Kinney (2–2)—Seibu Dome13,49164–48–1 L1
114August 27Eagles7–2 Ishii (10–7) Asai (8–8) Graman (24)Seibu Dome17,76065–48–1 W1
115August 28Eagles5–4 Nishiguchi (7–5) Kitani (0–1) Graman (25)Seibu Dome16,55566–48–1 W2
116August 29@ Hawks4–4 (12)Game tied after 12 innings Yahoo Dome 32,99866–48–2 T1
117August 30@ Hawks2–2 (12)Game tied after 12 inningsYahoo Dome33,05166–48–3 T2
118August 31@ Hawks0–0 (12)Game tied after 12 inningsYahoo Dome33,28866–48–4 T3
September: 9–15–0 (Home: 3–8–0; Away: 6–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
119September 2@ Marines 5–8 Watanabe (12–5) Ishii (10–8)— Chiba Marine Stadium 14,26966–49–4 L1
120September 3@ Marines2–0 Nishiguchi (8–5) Kubo (2–7) Graman (26)Chiba Marine Stadium17,36167–49–4 W1
121September 4@ Marines3–4 Kawasaki (2–4) Wakui (8–9) Ogino (22)Chiba Marine Stadium16,53467–50–4 L1
122September 5@ Buffaloes 3–8 Kishida (3–0) Hoashi (10–5)— Skymark Stadium 11,28467–51–4 L2
123September 6@ Buffaloes7–1 Kishi (11–4) Yamamoto (9–5)— Kyocera Dome 16,38568–51–4 W1
124September 7@ Buffaloes2–6 Kaneko (10–8) Kinney (2–3)—Kyocera Dome18,43168–52–4 L1
125September 9 Fighters 1–4 Darvish (13–4) Ishii (10–9) Nakamura (24) Seibu Dome 14,55468–53–4 L2
126September 10Fighters5–6 Sakamoto (4–1) Nishiguchi (8–6) Nakamura (25)Seibu Dome14,29268–54–4 L3
127September 11Fighters5–3 Wakui (9–9) Sweeney (11–4) Graman (27)Seibu Dome14,01669–54–4 W1
128September 13@ Eagles 12–0 Hoashi (11–5) Katayama (2–6)— Kleenex Stadium 17,90970–54–4 W2
129September 14@ Eagles4–5 Arime (2–2) Onodera (5–5) Gwyn (3)Kleenex Stadium19,95670–55–4 L1
130September 15@ Eagles6–5 Shotsu (3–0) Gwyn (1–1) Graman (28)Kleenex Stadium17,18871–55–4 W1
131September 16Marines4–3 Ishii (11–9) Watanabe (12–7) Graman (29)Seibu Dome14,25072–55–4 W2
132September 17Marines5–4 (10) Onuma (2–2) Kawasaki (2–5)—Seibu Dome14,49373–55–4 W3
133September 18Marines3–6 Shimizu (12–9) Wakui (9–10) Ogino (26)Seibu Dome14,07573–56–4 L1
134September 20@ Hawks 1–0 (10) Hoshino (4–1) Wada (8–6) Graman (30) Yahoo Dome 29,78874–56–4 W1
135September 21@ Hawks10–5 Kishi (12–4) Guttormson (4–7) Graman (31)Yahoo Dome32,10875–56–4 W2
136September 22Eagles1–6 Iwakuma (20–3) Ishii (11–10)—Seibu Dome26,36175–57–4 L1
137September 23Eagles7–10 Kawagishi (3–3) Graman (3–3)—Seibu Dome33,22975–58–4 L2
138September 24Marines1–9 Kubo (3–7) Wakui (9–11)—Seibu Dome28,61375–59–4 L3
139September 26@ Fighters0–2 Sweeney (12–5) Hoashi (11–6) Tateyama (2) Sapporo Dome 28,33175–60–4 L4
140September 27@ Fighters4–5 Glynn (7–14) Hsu (1–3) Nakamura (28)Sapporo Dome35,46075–61–4 L5
141September 28Buffaloes2–7 Komatsu (5–3) Kinney (2–4)—Seibu Dome33,22975–62–4 L6
142September 29Buffaloes3–4 (10) Katsuki (4–0) Onuma (2–3)—Seibu Dome27,61175–63–4 L7
October: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
143October 1@ Marines 9–5 Wakui (10–11) Watanabe (13–8)— Chiba Marine Stadium 24,75276–63–4 W1
144October 4@ Eagles 3–4 (10) Kawagishi (4–3) Onuma (2–4)— Kleenex Stadium 14,06376–64–4 L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement
Bold = Lions team member

Postseason

Climax Series

Japan Series

Asia Series

Game log

2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0)
Climax Series Second Stage: 3–2–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Away: 0–0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1October 17 Fighters 10–3 Wakui (1–0) Glynn (0–1)— Omiya Stadium 20,5001–0–0 W1
2October 18Fighters0–5 Darvish (1–0) Kishi (0–1)— Seibu Dome 30,9181–1–0 L1
3October 19Fighters4–7 Takeda (1–0) Hoashi (0–1)—Seibu Dome33,0781–2–0 L2
4October 21Fighters9–4 Ishii (1–0) Sweeney (0–1)—Seibu Dome18,7042–2–0 W1
5October 22Fighters9–4 Wakui (2–0) Glynn (0–2)—Seibu Dome21,7313–2–0 W2
Japan Series: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Away: 3–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1November 1@ Giants 2–1 Wakui (1–0) Uehara (0–1) Graman (1) Tokyo Dome 44,7571–0–0 W1
2November 2@ Giants2–3 Ochi (1–0) Okamoto (0–1)—Tokyo Dome44,8141–1–0 L1
3November 4Giants4–6 Utsumi (1–0) Ishii (0–1) Kroon (1) Seibu Dome 24,4951–2–0 L2
4November 5Giants5–0 Kishi (1–0) Greisinger (0–1)—Seibu Dome27,9302–2–0 W1
5November 6Giants3–7 Nishimura (1–0) Wakui (1–1)—Seibu Dome28,7632–3–0 L1
6November 8@ Giants4–1 Kishi (2–0) Takahashi (0–1)—Tokyo Dome44,7493–3–0 W1
7November 9@ Giants3–2 Hoshino (1–0) Ochi (1–1) Graman (2)Tokyo Dome44,7374–3–0 W2
Asia Series: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 1–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1November 13@ Wyverns 3–4 Lee (1–0) Hoashi (0–1)— Tokyo Dome 9,2770–1–0 L1
2November 14 Lions 2–1 Kishi (1–0) Pan (0–1) Onodera (1)Tokyo Dome8,4431–1–0 W1
3November 15@ Lions 16–2 (7) Onuma (1–0) Wei (0–2)—Tokyo Dome8,4782–1–0 W2
4November 16 Lions 1–0 Okamoto (1–0) Pan (0–2)—Tokyo Dome18,3703–1–0 W3
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement
Bold = Lions team member

Roster

2008 Saitama Seibu Lions
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player statistics

Batting

2008 Saitama Seibu Lions batting statistics [4]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Shogo Akada 6816029397121321437.244.305.33854
Hiram Bocachica 782394360130204732476.251.344.556133
Craig Brazell 130471591101902787030139.234.294.446210
Akira Eto 42979201071701321.206.297.43342
Taketoshi Goto 491663450140122701631.301.370.602100
Takuya Hara 36131000012.500.571.6674
Hiroshi Hirao 5593152440291323.258.293.36634
Kazuyuki Hoashi 275000000005.000.000.0000
Hidekazu Hoshi 37000000003.000.000.0000
Toru Hosokawa 13340442962011658012129.238.263.411166
Hsu Ming-chieh 171000000001.000.000.0000
Kazuhisa Ishii 252000000001.000.000.0000
Yoshihito Ishii 108306318521142902553.278.328.392120
Yasuyuki Kataoka 13958285167256446502457.287.322.371216
Takayuki Kishi 263000000002.000.000.0000
Takumi Kuriyama 138527761673131172174961.317.376.450237
Haruki Kurose 1838782015045.211.302.34213
Kenta Matsusaka 55911124631122229.264.316.42939
Taka Miura 87120001012.286.375.2862
Keisuke Mizuta 170200000010—1.00—0
Hiroyuki Nakajima 124486751613202181255596.331.410.527256
Takeya Nakamura 1435249012824446101253162.244.320.569298
Fumiya Nishiguchi 224110000012.250.400.2501
Kosuke Noda 99110000004.111.111.1111
Koji Onuma 521000000001.000.000.0000
Yutaro Osaki 59011000004.111.111.2222
Hiroyuki Oshima 3874618402701014.243.333.37828
G. G. Sato 10538862117301216213162.302.368.546212
Tomoaki Sato 591262338811114623.302.341.40551
Ginjiro Sumitani 46645840050230.125.149.18812
Hiroyuki Takagi 11000000000.000.000.0000
Hisashi Takayama 254261020030110.238.256.28612
Tatsuyuki Uemoto 1714111000004.071.071.1432
Hideaki Wakui 255000000004.000.000.0000
Total：34 players1,8104,9527151,339270211986931073781,093.270.330.4532,245
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [5]

Pitching

2008 Saitama Seibu Lions pitching statistics [4]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Alex Graman 331.425503157471291342
Masamitsu Hirano 128.281130254129231121
Kazuyuki Hoashi 1162.6327260174.2169595138115
Tomoki Hoshino 412.3863003422991523
Hsu Ming-chieh 135.12172031.23721182211
Kazuhisa Ishii 11104.3225250135.1150786540108
Tetsuya Iwasaki 205.57200021321613410
Matt Kinney 244.481715080.18747403564
Takayuki Kishi 1243.4226260168.1151656448138
Koji Mitsui 117.502300243320201012
Fumiya Nishiguchi 865.0322210116.112569654892
Atsushi Okamoto 025.51141016.1301610109
Shinya Okamoto 023.83470042.13818182142
Chikara Onodera 553.56500155.25426222238
Koji Onuma 243.695201837934343664
Shuichiro Osada 000.001001.110001
Eiji Shotsu 302.35320030.2261181316
Shinji Taninaka 002.771100131444311
Hideaki Wakui 10113.9025250173173807551122
Minoru Yamagishi 005.404008.198522
Satoshi Yamazaki 006.353005.264473
Total：21 players76643.86545144331,2971,324626556449944
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [6]

Awards and honors

Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award [7]

Best Nine Award [8]

Climax Series Second Stage MVP

Japan Series MVP

Matsutaro Shoriki Award

Mitsui Golden Glove Award [9]

All-Star Series selections [10]

JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awards [11]

Most Doubles and Triples Award (August)
Strong Shoulder Award (September)

Farm team

Eastern League regular season standings [12]
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 Saitama Seibu Lions Draft selections [13]
RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?
1 Yuta Nakazaki PitcherNichinan Gakuen High Schoolyes
2 Ryoma Nogami Pitcher Nissan yes
3 Hideto Asamura Infielder Osaka Toin High School yes
4 Ryo Sakata Outfielder Hakodate University yes
5 Tatsuya Takeno Catcher Fukuoka University yes
6 Kazuki Miyata PitcherKoka Health and Medical Collegeyes

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