2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | ||
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League | Pacific League | |
Ballpark | Kleenex Stadium Miyagi | |
Record | 65–76–3 (.461) | |
League place | 5th | |
Parent company | Rakuten | |
President | Toru Shimada | |
Manager | Katsuya Nomura | |
Average attendance | 15,959 | |
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The 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the fourth season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Miyagi Baseball Stadium in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Katsuya Nomura on his third season as team manager.
Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the season in fifth place with a record of 65–76–3.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GB | PCT | Home | Away |
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1 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 144 | 76 | 64 | 4 | — | .542 | 44–27–1 | 32–37–3 |
2 | Orix Buffaloes | 144 | 75 | 68 | 1 | 5.5 | .524 | 41–31–0 | 34–37–1 |
3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 144 | 73 | 69 | 2 | 6 | .514 | 41–30–1 | 32–39–1 |
4 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 144 | 73 | 70 | 1 | 7.5 | .510 | 41–30–1 | 32–40–0 |
5 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 144 | 65 | 76 | 3 | 12.5 | .462 | 37–34–1 | 28–42–2 |
6 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 144 | 64 | 77 | 3 | 13.5 | .455 | 36–33–3 | 28–44–0 |
Team | Pld | HW | HL | AW | AL | GB | PCT |
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | .625 |
Hanshin Tigers | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | .625 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 24 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .583 |
Yomiuri Giants | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .583 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 24 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .542 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 24 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .542 |
Chunichi Dragons | 24 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | .500 |
Orix Buffaloes | 24 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | .458 |
Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 24 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | .458 |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 24 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | .417 |
Saitama Seibu Lions | 24 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | .417 |
Yokohama BayStars | 24 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 9 | .250 |
Team | Buffaloes | Eagles | Fighters | Hawks | Lions | Marines | CL |
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Buffaloes | — | 13–10–1 | 13–11 | 14–10 | 10–14 | 14–10 | 11–13 |
Eagles | 10–13–1 | — | 13–10–1 | 12–12 | 10–14 | 7–16–1 | 13–11 |
Fighters | 11–13 | 10–13–1 | — | 17–7 | 9–14–1 | 12–12 | 14–10 |
Hawks | 10–14 | 12–12 | 7–17 | — | 10–11–3 | 10–14 | 15–9 |
Lions | 14–10 | 14–10 | 14–9–1 | 11–10–3 | — | 13–11 | 10–14 |
Marines | 10–14 | 16–7–1 | 12–12 | 14–10 | 11–13 | — | 10–14 |
Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks [3]
Order | Player | Pos. |
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1 | Naoto Watanabe | SS |
2 | Teppei Tsuchiya | CF |
3 | Daisuke Kusano | 3B |
4 | José Fernández | 1B |
5 | Takeshi Yamasaki | DH |
6 | Rick Short | LF |
7 | Koichi Isobe | RF |
8 | Yosuke Takasu | 2B |
9 | Akihito Fujii | C |
— | Hisashi Iwakuma | P |
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March: 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–4)
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April: 13–10 (Home: 11–1; Away: 2–9)
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May: 12–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–5)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Postponement Bold = Eagles team member |
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
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Hideki Asai | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .111 | 1 |
José Fernández | 142 | 541 | 81 | 163 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 99 | 5 | 53 | 78 | .301 | .368 | .475 | 257 |
Akihito Fujii | 90 | 190 | 15 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 25 | .263 | .329 | .300 | 57 |
Domingo Guzmán | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Kohei Hasebe | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Ryo Hijirisawa | 34 | 41 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | .268 | .333 | .268 | 11 |
Yosuke Hiraishi | 6 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .231 | .333 | .308 | 4 |
Suguru Ino | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .087 | .125 | .087 | 2 |
Tadashi Ishimine | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Koichi Isobe | 46 | 124 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 16 | .234 | .300 | .250 | 31 |
Hisashi Iwakuma | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Hiroshi Katayama | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Kenshi Kawaguchi | 63 | 94 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .202 | .306 | .277 | 26 |
Kazuyoshi Kimura | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Daisuke Kusano | 118 | 328 | 36 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 33 | .271 | .321 | .345 | 113 |
Shintaro Masuda | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Satoshi Nagai | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Masato Nakamura | 49 | 144 | 15 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 14 | .292 | .346 | .396 | 57 |
Toshiya Nakashima | 81 | 178 | 27 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 28 | .315 | .397 | .466 | 83 |
Jin Nakatani | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1 |
Wataru Nishimura | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .118 | .167 | .176 | 3 |
Shoji Ohiro | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Yoshinori Okihara | 14 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .242 | .265 | .273 | 9 |
Fernando Seguignol † | 39 | 136 | 24 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 40 | .324 | .408 | .662 | 90 |
Motohiro Shima | 85 | 196 | 20 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 40 | .230 | .288 | .296 | 58 |
Tatsuya Shiokawa | 82 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | .163 | .234 | .233 | 10 |
Rick Short | 134 | 491 | 62 | 163 | 31 | 2 | 12 | 71 | 4 | 25 | 51 | .332 | .365 | .477 | 234 |
Fumikazu Takanami | 51 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .211 | .250 | .316 | 6 |
Yosuke Takasu | 123 | 383 | 44 | 108 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 6 | 29 | 38 | .282 | .338 | .371 | 142 |
Masahiro Tanaka | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Teppei Tsuchiya | 124 | 422 | 52 | 114 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 5 | 42 | 52 | .270 | .345 | .403 | 170 |
Kensuke Uchimura | 47 | 152 | 21 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 21 | .289 | .327 | .322 | 49 |
Naoto Watanabe | 132 | 470 | 79 | 118 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 34 | 54 | 66 | .251 | .354 | .283 | 133 |
Takeshi Yamasaki | 142 | 510 | 63 | 141 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 80 | 1 | 73 | 118 | .276 | .372 | .471 | 240 |
Katsumi Yamashita | 33 | 78 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .256 | .318 | .333 | 26 |
Takahiro Yamazaki | 14 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .205 | .238 | .333 | 13 |
Fuminori Yokogawa | 55 | 140 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 37 | .229 | .285 | .336 | 47 |
Yuji Yoshioka | 12 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .313 | .353 | .375 | 6 |
Total:38 players | 1,937 | 4,880 | 627 | 1,329 | 232 | 18 | 94 | 604 | 101 | 439 | 777 | .272 | .340 | .385 | 1,879 |
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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Koji Aoyama | 3 | 8 | 3.89 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 78.2 | 86 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 61 |
Kanehisa Arime | 2 | 2 | 2.05 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 45 |
Hideki Asai | 9 | 11 | 4.38 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 148 | 165 | 81 | 72 | 60 | 122 |
Domingo Guzmán | 2 | 7 | 3.87 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 102.1 | 99 | 47 | 44 | 34 | 65 |
Marcus Gwyn † | 1 | 1 | 3.86 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 18.2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
Kohei Hasebe | 1 | 4 | 9.93 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 35.1 | 56 | 41 | 39 | 22 | 23 |
Yasuhiro Ichiba | 0 | 3 | 9.77 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 31.1 | 49 | 38 | 34 | 21 | 27 |
Hisashi Iwakuma | 21 | 4 | 1.87 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 201.2 | 161 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 159 |
Hiroshi Katayama | 2 | 7 | 3.65 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 79 | 70 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 71 |
Tsuyoshi Kawagishi | 4 | 3 | 1.94 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 55.2 | 49 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 47 |
Hisashi Kitani | 0 | 3 | 4.12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 39.1 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 24 |
Shinichiro Koyama | 3 | 5 | 3.72 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 67.2 | 58 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 71 |
Lin Ying-chieh | 0 | 2 | 5.23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10.1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Rui Makino ‡ | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Akira Matsumoto | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 16 |
Satoshi Nagai | 6 | 7 | 4.68 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 117.1 | 121 | 68 | 61 | 47 | 111 |
Hisashi Ogura | 0 | 0 | 9.39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
Kenta Satake † | 2 | 0 | 2.14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
Hiroshi Sato | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Masahiro Tanaka | 9 | 7 | 3.49 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 172.2 | 171 | 71 | 67 | 54 | 159 |
Koki Watanabe | 0 | 2 | 9.45 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Masaru Yoshizaki | 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Total:22 players | 65 | 76 | 3.89 | 522 | 144 | 18 | 1,281 | 1,283 | 607 | 553 | 456 | 1,064 |
Most Valuable Player Award [7]
Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award [9]
All-Star Series selections [12]
All-Star Series MVP [13]
Nippon Life Award (Interleague play) [14]
Best Battery Award
JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awards [15]
Team | G | W | L | T | Win% | GB | Home | Away |
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Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 96 | 55 | 34 | 7 | .618 | — | 35–10–3 | 20–24–4 |
Yomiuri Giants | 96 | 58 | 36 | 2 | .617 | — | 29–15–1 | 29–21–1 |
Shonan Searex | 96 | 50 | 43 | 3 | .538 | 7 | 23–24–1 | 27–19–2 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 96 | 46 | 45 | 5 | .505 | 10 | 24–21–3 | 22–24–2 |
Saitama Seibu Lions | 96 | 42 | 51 | 3 | .452 | 15 | 23–25–2 | 19–26–1 |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 96 | 37 | 53 | 6 | .411 | 18½ | 21–24–3 | 16–29–3 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 96 | 33 | 61 | 2 | .351 | 24½ | 22–26–1 | 11–35–1 |
Round | Name | Position | Affiliation | Signed? |
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1 | Hiromichi Fujiwara | Pitcher | NTT Nishi Nippon | Yes |
2 | Taishi Nakagawa | Infielder | Sakuragaoka High School | Yes |
3 | Ryohei Isaka | Pitcher | Nippon Steel Kashima | Yes |
4 | Yusuke Inoue | Pitcher | Aoyama Gakuin University | Yes |
5 | Yusuke Kusuki | Outfielder | Panasonic | Yes |
6 | Wataru Karashima | Pitcher | Iizuka High School | Yes |
Development players | ||||
1 | Jobu Morita | Infielder | Kagawa Olive Guyners | Yes |
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