2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

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2008  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Rakuten eagles insignia.svg
League Pacific League
Ballpark Kleenex Stadium Miyagi
Record65–76–3 (.461)
League place5th
Parent company Rakuten
PresidentToru Shimada
Manager Katsuya Nomura
Average attendance15,959
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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.

Contents

Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the season in fifth place with a record of 65–76–3.

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]
TeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarinesCL
Buffaloes—13–10–113–1114–1010–1414–1011–13
Eagles10–13–1—13–10–112–1210–147–16–113–11
Fighters 11–1310–13–1—17–79–14–112–1214–10
Hawks10–1412–127–17—10–11–310–1415–9
Lions 14–1014–1014–9–111–10–3—13–1110–14
Marines10–1416–7–112–1214–1011–13—10–14

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks [3]

OrderPlayerPos.
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

Game log

2008 game log: 65–76–3 (Home: 37–34–1; Away: 28–42–2)
March: 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 20@ Hawks 3–4 Kume (1–0) Guzmán (0–1)— Yahoo Dome 35,7220–1–0 L1
2March 22@ Hawks4–5 (11) Nitkowski (1–0) Watanabe (0–1)—Yahoo Dome31,0140–2–0 L2
3March 23@ Hawks0–4 Oba (1–0) Asai (0–1)—Yahoo Dome31,6600–3–0 L3
4March 25@ Buffaloes 4–5 Takagi (1–0) Ichiba (0–1) Kato (3) Kyocera Dome 34,9110–4–0 L4
5March 26@ Buffaloes11–0 Nagai (1–0) Mitsuhara (0–1)—Kyocera Dome11,0521–4–0 W1
6March 27@ Buffaloes2–0 Iwakuma (1–0) Kaneko (1–1)—Kyocera Dome23,5472–4–0 W2
7March 29 Fighters 7–2 Tanaka (1–0) Hoshino (0–1)— Kleenex Stadium 20,1893–4–0 W3
8March 30Fighters3–1 Asai (1–1) Glynn (0–2) Aoyama (1)Kleenex Stadium19,5184–4–0 W4
April: 13–10 (Home: 11–1; Away: 2–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
9April 1 Marines 7–4 Koyama (1–0) Komiyama (0–2) Aoyama (2) Kleenex Stadium 10,9275–4–0 W5
10April 2Marines6–3 Nagai (2–0) Shimizu (0–2) Aoyama (3)Kleenex Stadium14,2856–4–0 W6
11April 3Marines9–1 Iwakuma (2–0) Kubo (1–1)—Kleenex Stadium15,0187–4–0 W7
12April 4@ Lions 2–4 Hoashi (1–0) Lin (0–1) Graman (2) Shikishima Stadium 17,5997–5–0 L1
13April 5@ Lions2–4 Ishii (3–0) Tanaka (1–1) Onuma (1) Seibu Dome 23,9027–6–0 L2
14April 6@ Lions3–4 Kinney (2–1) Asai (1–2) Graman (3)Seibu Dome18,2137–7–0 L3
15April 8@ Fighters 7–8 Takeda (3–0) Lin (0–1) Nakamura (3) Sapporo Dome 20,2577–8–0 L4
16April 9@ Fighters2–4 Yoshikawa (1–2) Nagai (2–1) Nakamura (4)Sapporo Dome19,0447–9–0 L5
17April 10@ Fighters0–1 Yu Darvish (3–0) Iwakuma (2–1)—Sapporo Dome25,1977–10–0 L6
18April 11 Buffaloes 5–4 (10) Aoyama (1–0) Yamaguchi (1–1)—Kleenex Stadium10,6268–10–0 W1
19April 12Buffaloes3–0 Tanaka (2–1) Kondo (2–1)—Kleenex Stadium15,4569–10–0 W2
20April 13Buffaloes12–6 Asai (2–2) Kawagoe (1–2)—Kleenex Stadium12,87910–10–0 W3
21April 15@ Marines6–7 Ono (1–0) Nagai (2–2) Ogino (4) Chiba Marine Stadium 17,33610–11–0 L1
22April 16@ Marines1–2 Shimizu (2–2) Guzmán (0–2)—Chiba Marine Stadium16,85310–12–0 L2
23April 17@ Marines11–2 Iwakuma (3–1) Kubo (1–3)—Chiba Marine Stadium9,21111–12–0 W1
—April 19LionsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4Kleenex Stadium—— —
24April 20Lions3–4 (10) Iwasaki (1–0) Aoyama (1–1) Graman (6)Kleenex Stadium19,60111–13–0 L1
25April 22 Hawks 4–3 Asai (3–2) Powell (1–1) Aoyama (4)Kleenex Stadium11,79912–13–0 W1
26April 23Hawks4–0 Nagai (3–2) Otonari (2–3)—Kleenex Stadium12,35313–13–0 W2
—April 24HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30Kleenex Stadium—— —
27April 25Fighters6–1 Iwakuma (4–1) Yoshikawa (1–4)—Kleenex Stadium13,21314–13–0 W3
28April 26Fighters6–1 Guzmán (1–2) Fujii (1–2)—Kleenex Stadium16,82615–13–0 W4
29April 27Fighters5–0 Tanaka (3–1) Glynn (1–4)—Kleenex Stadium20,63416–13–0 W5
30April 29@ Buffaloes1–2 Yamaguchi (2–1) Asai (3–3) Kato (7)Kyocera Dome18,57116–14–0 L1
31April 30@ Buffaloes5–4 Koyama (2–0) Yamaguchi (2–2)—Kyocera Dome13,14617–14–0 W1
May: 12–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
32May 1@ Buffaloes 1–6 Komatsu (3–0) Ichiba (0–2)— Skymark Stadium 14,00317–15–0 L1
33May 2@ Fighters 1–5 Tadano (1–0) Iwakuma (4–2) Nakamura (9) Sapporo Dome 41,12417–16–0 L2
34May 3@ Fighters5–12 Sakamoto (1–1) Kawagishi (0–1)—Sapporo Dome40,08317–17–0 L3
35May 4@ Fighters7–1 Tanaka (4–1) Glynn (1–5)—Sapporo Dome42,12618–17–0 W1
36May 5 Hawks 5–7 (11) Ogura (4–1) Koyama (2–1) Yanase (1) Kleenex Stadium 20,57218–18–0 L1
37May 6Hawks4–8 Otonari (3–4) Nagai (3–3)—Kleenex Stadium20,88518–19–0 L2
38May 7Hawks9–7 Asai (4–3) Takeoka (0–1) Arime (1)Kleenex Stadium10,66719–19–0 W1
39May 9@ Marines 11–4 Iwakuma (5–2) Ono (2–2)— Chiba Marine Stadium 16,84920–19–0 W2
—May 10@ MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 19Chiba Marine Stadium—— —
40May 11@ Marines1–6 Shimizu (4–3) Tanaka (4–2)—Chiba Marine Stadium24,89220–20–0 L1
41May 13Buffaloes2–8 Kondo (3–4) Nagai (3–4)— Fukushima Azuma 7,04120–21–0 L2
—May 14BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 4Kleenex Stadium—— —
42May 15Buffaloes1–2 Komatsu (4–0) Asai (4–4) Kato (10)Kleenex Stadium11,58120–22–0 L3
43May 16 Lions 8–2 Iwakuma (6–2) Kishi (4–2)—Kleenex Stadium12,05721–22–0 W1
44May 17Lions3–2 (12) Kawagishi (1–1) Okamoto (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium14,26522–22–0 W2
45May 18Lions3–7 Hsu (1–0) Tanaka (4–3)—Kleenex Stadium20,25322–23–0 L1
46May 20 Dragons 6–1 Nagai (4–4) Ogasawara (4–3)—Kleenex Stadium12,96423–23–0 W1
47May 21Dragons1–3 Yamamoto (3–0) Asai (4–5) Iwase (13)Kleenex Stadium15,37223–24–0 L1
48May 23 BayStars 7–5 Iwakuma (7–2) Kobayashi (1–1) Koyama (1)Kleenex Stadium14,09124–24–0 W1
49May 24BayStars2–1 Guzmán (2–2) Oyamada (1–2) Koyama (2)Kleenex Stadium17,43525–24–0 W2
50May 25@ Swallows 10–2 Tanaka (5–3) Kamada (0–1)— Meiji Jingu Stadium 22,49126–24–0 W3
51May 26@ Swallows5–4 Nagai (5–4) Rios (2–6) Koyama (3)Meiji Jingu Stadium16,48327–24–0 W4
52May 28@ Giants 1–6 Utsumi (3–3) Hasebe (0–1)— Tokyo Dome 43,13227–25–0 L1
53May 29@ Giants4–2 Asai (5–5) Greisinger (5–3) Koyama (4)Tokyo Dome41,10628–25–0 W1
54May 31 Carp 8–3 Iwakuma (8–2) Takahashi (6–3)—Kleenex Stadium14,39329–25–0 W2
June
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July
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August
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Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
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Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player statistics

Batting

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics [4]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Hideki Asai 309110001006.111.111.1111
José Fernández 14254181163400189955378.301.368.475257
Akihito Fujii 9019015507001331825.263.329.30057
Domingo Guzmán 235000000003.000.000.0000
Kohei Hasebe 131000000001.000.000.0000
Ryo Hijirisawa 344171100035510.268.333.26811
Yosuke Hiraishi 613231001211.231.333.3084
Suguru Ino 2323220002015.087.125.0872
Tadashi Ishimine 13000000001.000.000.0000
Koichi Isobe 461246292001221216.234.300.25031
Hisashi Iwakuma 287000000005.000.000.0000
Hiroshi Katayama 182000000001.000.000.0000
Kenshi Kawaguchi 6394719211901218.202.306.27726
Kazuyoshi Kimura 910000000000.000.000.0000
Daisuke Kusano 118328368915033622033.271.321.345113
Shintaro Masuda 24000000001.000.000.0000
Satoshi Nagai 282000000000.000.000.0000
Masato Nakamura 4914415426311261214.292.346.39657
Toshiya Nakashima 81178275610152512128.315.397.46683
Jin Nakatani 42010000001.500.500.5001
Wataru Nishimura 917121003016.118.167.1763
Shoji Ohiro 88000000002.000.000.0000
Yoshinori Okihara 1433281000019.242.265.2739
Fernando Seguignol †39136244470134001440.324.408.66290
Motohiro Shima 85196204513001941640.230.288.29658
Tatsuya Shiokawa 824318711015411.163.234.23310
Rick Short 13449162163312127142551.332.365.477234
Fumikazu Takanami 51191042004513.211.250.3166
Yosuke Takasu 1233834410820144562938.282.338.371142
Masahiro Tanaka 256000001002.000.000.0000
Teppei Tsuchiya 1244225211429655654252.270.345.403170
Kensuke Uchimura 471522144500139621.289.327.32249
Naoto Watanabe 13247079118112030345466.251.354.283133
Takeshi Yamasaki 142510631412102680173118.276.372.471240
Katsumi Yamashita 3378132030190619.256.318.33326
Takahiro Yamazaki 1439680113008.205.238.33313
Fuminori Yokogawa 5514013323041521137.229.285.33647
Yuji Yoshioka 1216051001017.313.353.3756
Total：38 players1,9374,8806271,3292321894604101439777.272.340.3851,879
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [5]

Pitching

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics [4]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Koji Aoyama 383.89416478.28639342661
Kanehisa Arime 222.056602443310101745
Hideki Asai 9114.3829230148165817260122
Domingo Guzmán 273.8723160102.19947443465
Marcus Gwyn †113.86190318.221128716
Kohei Hasebe 149.93136035.15641392223
Yasuhiro Ichiba 039.77128031.14938342127
Hisashi Iwakuma 2141.8728280201.2161484236159
Hiroshi Katayama 273.6518120797035323571
Tsuyoshi Kawagishi 431.94540355.24914122047
Hisashi Kitani 034.12225139.14018181324
Shinichiro Koyama 353.72540467.25829282571
Lin Ying-chieh 025.2351010.1107653
Rui Makino ‡009.00100121101
Akira Matsumoto 005.93210027.14119181116
Satoshi Nagai 674.6827150117.1121686147111
Hisashi Ogura 009.398007.21188110
Kenta Satake †202.142400211565922
Hiroshi Sato 000.00100.110000
Masahiro Tanaka 973.4925241172.2171716754159
Koki Watanabe 029.4514006.297773
Masaru Yoshizaki 004.80170015158868
Total：22 players65763.89522144181,2811,2836075534561,064
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [6]

Awards and honors

Most Valuable Player Award [7]

Eiji Sawamura Award [8]

Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award [9]

Best Nine Award [10]

Golden Spirit Award [11]

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]

Good Catch Award (July)

Farm team

Eastern League regular season standings [16]
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 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections [17]
RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?
1 Hiromichi Fujiwara Pitcher NTT Nishi NipponYes
2 Taishi Nakagawa InfielderSakuragaoka High SchoolYes
3 Ryohei Isaka Pitcher Nippon Steel KashimaYes
4 Yusuke Inoue Pitcher Aoyama Gakuin University Yes
5 Yusuke Kusuki Outfielder Panasonic Yes
6 Wataru Karashima PitcherIizuka High SchoolYes
Development players
1 Jobu Morita Infielder Kagawa Olive Guyners Yes

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