2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2013  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Japan Series champions
Pacific League champions
League	Pacific League
Ballpark	Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium
Record	82–59–3 (.582), 7½ GA
League place	1st
Parent company	Rakuten
President	Yozo Tachibana
Manager	Senichi Hoshino
Captain	Kazuo Matsui
Average attendance	17,793
Eagles seasons

The 2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 8th season of the franchise in Nippon Professional Baseball, also their 8th season under Rakuten, also their 8th season at then-named Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium (now Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi), and also their 8th season in Sendai. The Eagles were managed by Senichi Hoshino in his 3rd season managing the Eagles. The Eagles won their first and only Pacific League pennant and their first and only Japan Series championship as of 2022. ^[1]

Regular season

Standings

2013 Pacific League regular season standings ^[2]

Pos	Team	G Tooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GB Tooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles†	144	82	59	3	.582	—	42–28–2	40–31–1
2	Saitama Seibu Lions*	144	74	66	4	.529	7½	42–29–1	32–37–3
3	Chiba Lotte Marines*	144	74	68	2	.521	8½	41–29–2	33–39–0
4	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	144	73	69	2	.514	9½	37–34–1	36–35–1
5	Orix Buffaloes	144	66	73	5	.475	15	32–38–2	34–35–3
6	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	144	64	78	2	.451	18½	35–36–1	29–42–1

 ^†  League champion and advanced directly to the final stage of the Climax Series
 *  Advanced to the first stage of the Climax Series

Record vs. opponents

2013 record vs. opponents ^[2]

Team	Buffaloes	Eagles	Fighters	Hawks	Lions	Marines	CL
Buffaloes	—	7–16–1	11–12–1	14–10	10–13–1	11–12−1	13–10–1
Eagles	16–7–1	—	16–8	12–12	19–13–2	14–10	15–9
Fighters	12–11–1	8–16	—	12–12	9–15	10–14	13–10–1
Hawks	10–14	12–12	12–12	—	15–8–1	9–15	15–8–1
Lions	13–10–1	13–9–2	15–9	8–15–1	—	14–10	11–13
Marines	12–11−1	10–14	14–10	15–9	10–14	—	13–10−1

Interleague

2013 regular season interleague standings ^[3]

Pos	Team	G Tooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GB Tooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks †	24	15	8	1	.652	—	8–4	7–4–1
2	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	24	15	9	1	.625	½	8–4	7–5
3	Yomiuri Giants	24	13	10	1	.565	2	7–4–1	6–6
4	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	24	13	10	1	.565	2	8–3−1	5–7
5	Chiba Lotte Marines	24	13	10	1	.565	2	7–4−1	6–6
6	Orix Buffaloes	24	13	10	1	.565	2	7–5	6–5−1
7	Hanshin Tigers	24	12	11	1	.522	3	7–5	5–6–1
8	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	24	11	13	0	.458	4½	7–5	4–8
9	Saitama Seibu Lions	24	11	13	0	.458	4½	6–6	5–7
10	Chunichi Dragons	24	10	13	1	.435	5	7–4–1	3–9
11	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	24	7	16	1	.304	8	5–7	2–9–1
12	Yokohama DeNA Baystars	24	7	17	0	.292	8½	1–11	6–6

 ^†  Interleague champion

Chihō ballparks

The Eagles hosted five home games outside of Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium in 2013. Four were played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in Fukushima, Iwate, Yamagata, and Akita Prefectures in Japan's Tōhoku region and the fifth was played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. ^[4]

2013 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks ^[4]

Ballpark	City/Town	Prefecture
Iwate Prefectural Baseball Stadium	Morioka	Iwate Prefecture
Komachi Stadium	Akita	Akita Prefecture
Koriyama Kaiseizan Baseball Stadium	Kōriyama	Fukushima Prefecture
Shogin & Nissin Stadium	Nakayama	Yamagata Prefecture
Tokyo Dome	Bunkyō	Tokyo

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 29, 2013, vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ^[5]

2013 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster ^[5]

Order	Player	Position
1	Ryo Hijirisawa	Center fielder
2	Kazuya Fujita	Second baseman
3	Shintaro Masuda	Left fielder
4	Andruw Jones	Designated hitter
5	Ginji Akaminai	First baseman
6	Casey McGehee	Third baseman
7	Kazuo Matsui	Shortstop
8	Motohiro Shima	Catcher
9	Akihisa Makida	Right fielder
—	Takahiro Norimoto	Starting pitcher

Game log

2013 game log: 82–59–3 (Home: 42–28–2; Away: 40–31–1)
March/April: 11–14–0 (Home: 5–6–0; Away: 6–8–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 March 29 @ Hawks 1–7 Settsu (1–0) Norimoto (0–1) — Yafuoku Dome 38,561 0–1–0 L1 2 March 30 @ Hawks 3–1 Duckworth (1–0) Yamada (0–1) Aoyama (1) Yafuoku Dome 36,229 1–1–0 W1 3 March 31 @ Hawks 9–1 Mima (1–0) Takeda (0–1) — Yafuoku Dome 35,879 2–1–0 W2 4 April 2 Buffaloes 8–2 Tanaka (1–0) Kaida (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 16,273 3–1–0 W3 — April 3 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 13 Kleenex Stadium — — — [6] 5 April 4 Buffaloes 2–13 Maestri (1–0) Kamata (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 17,482 3–2–0 L1 6 April 5 Marines 17–5 Norimoto (1–1) Otani (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 14,177 4–2–0 W1 7 April 6 Marines 3–2 Heuser (1–0) Watanabe (0–1) Aoyama (2) Kleenex Stadium 18,809 5–2–0 W2 — April 7 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: April 8 Kleenex Stadium — — — [7] 8 April 8 Marines 2–11 Nishino (1–0) Kikuchi (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 9,209 5–3–0 L1 9 April 9 @ Fighters 9–1 Tanaka (2–0) Arakaki (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 20,072 6–3–0 W1 10 April 10 @ Fighters 0–6 Yoshikawa (1–1) Kamata (0–2) — Tokyo Dome 17,618 6–4–0 L1 11 April 11 @ Fighters 1–4 Ishii (2–0) Mima (1–1) Masui (2) Tokyo Dome 16,573 6–5–0 L2 12 April 12 Lions 3–2 Takahori (1–0) Kishi (0–3) Aoyama (3) Kleenex Stadium 12,374 7–5–0 W1 13 April 13 Lions 0–6 Kikuchi (2–0) Duckworth (1–1) — Kleenex Stadium 14,537 7–6–0 L1 14 April 14 Lions 2–4 Togame (2–1) Kikuchi (0–2) Oishi (3) Kleenex Stadium 16,528 7–7–0 L2 15 April 16 Hawks 5–6 (10) Iwasaki (1–0) Katayama (0–1) Falkenborg (1) Kleenex Stadium 16,089 7–8–0 L3 16 April 17 Hawks 1–5 Hoashi (1–0) Uezono (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 16,061 7–9–0 L4 17 April 18 Hawks 9–2 Mima (2–1) Higashihama (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 14,184 8–9–0 W1 18 April 19 @ Marines 1–3 Naruse (2–0) Norimoto (1–2) Masuda (4) QVC Marine Field 9,799 8–10–0 L1 19 April 20 @ Marines 3–6 Minami (1–0) Duckworth (1–2) Masuda (5) QVC Marine Field 13,490 8–11–0 L2 20 April 21 @ Marines 5–9 Katsuki (1–0) Kikuchi (0–3) — QVC Marine Field 9,080 8–12–0 L3 21 April 23 @ Buffaloes 9–3 Tanaka (3–0) Nakayama (0–3) — Kyocera Dome 10,778 9–12–0 W1 — April 24 @ Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30 Hotto Motto Field — — — [8] 22 April 25 @ Buffaloes 9–3 Mima (3–1) Kaida (1–2) — Hotto Motto Field 10,964 10–12–0 W2 23 April 27 @ Lions 9–2 Norimoto (2–2) Kishi (1–4) — Seibu Dome 26,556 11–12–0 W3 24 April 28 @ Lions 1–15 Kikuchi (3–1) Duckworth (1–3) — Seibu Dome 28,930 11–13–0 L1 25 April 29 @ Lions 4–8 Takekuma (1–0) Kikuchi (0–4) — Seibu Dome 28,092 11–14–0 L2
May: 16–7–0 (Home: 8–3–0; Away: 8–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 26 May 1 Fighters 4–1 Tanaka (4–0) Yoshikawa (3–2) Aoyama (4) Kleenex Stadium 12,077 12–14–0 W1 27 May 2 Fighters 1–9 Kisanuki (3–1) Uezono (0–2) — Kleenex Stadium 12,099 12–15–0 L1 28 May 3 Fighters 1–13 Tanimoto (1–2) Mima (3–2) — Kleenex Stadium 20,129 12–16–0 L2 29 May 4 Buffaloes 4–1 Norimoto (3–2) Kaneko (2–3) Aoyama (5) Kleenex Stadium 18,456 13–16–0 W1 30 May 5 Buffaloes 3–2 Duckworth (2–3) Nishi (2–2) Aoyama (6) Kleenex Stadium 18,221 14–16–0 W2 31 May 6 Buffaloes 10–3 Saito (1–0) Kishida (0–2) — Kleenex Stadium 15,963 15–16–0 W3 32 May 8 @ Fighters 5–2 Tanaka (5–0) Kisanuki (3–2) Aoyama (7) Sapporo Dome 24,129 16–16–0 W4 33 May 9 @ Fighters 6–2 Mima (4–2) Yoshikawa (3–3) — Sapporo Dome 19,333 17–16–0 W5 34 May 10 @ Marines 5–3 Katayama (1–1) Masuda (0–1) Aoyama (8) QVC Marine Field 11,282 18–16–0 W6 — May 11 @ Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 27 QVC Marine Field — — — 35 May 12 @ Marines 4–5 Masuda (1–1) Aoyama (0–1) — QVC Marine Field 20,849 18–17–0 L1 36 May 14 @ BayStars 7–3 Tanaka (6–0) Miura (2–3) — Yokohama Stadium 17,050 19–17–0 W1 37 May 15 @ BayStars 7–5 Katayama (2–1) H. Kobayashi (0–1) — Yokohama Stadium 14,583 20–17–0 W2 38 May 17 @ Dragons 3–4 Mise (1–0) Aoyama (0–2) — Nagoya Dome 25,090 20–18–0 L1 39 May 18 @ Dragons 2–7 Okada (2–1) Norimoto (3–3) — Nagoya Dome 26,824 20–19–0 L2 40 May 19 Swallows 1–0 Nagai (1–0) Yagi (1–3) Rasner (1) Kleenex Stadium 13,171 21–19–0 W1 41 May 20 Swallows 3–1 Tomura (1–0) Muranaka (3–3) Aoyama (9) Kleenex Stadium 15,199 22–19–0 W2 42 May 22 Giants 2–1 Tanaka (7–0) Sawamura (2–3) — Kleenex Stadium 21,354 23–19–0 W3 43 May 23 Giants 4–10 Kasahara (2–1) Mima (4–3) — Kleenex Stadium 20,405 23–20–0 L1 44 May 25 @ Carp 2–1 Norimoto (4–3) Mickolio (1–2) Rasner (2) Mazda Stadium 28,017 24–20–0 W1 45 May 26 @ Carp 4–6 K. Maeda (4–3) Nagai (1–1) Mickolio (9) Mazda Stadium 30,380 24–21–0 L1 46 May 28 @ Tigers 7–4 Katayama (3–1) Kubo (2–3) Rasner (3) Koshien Stadium 32,481 25–21–0 W1 47 May 29 @ Tigers 2–0 Tomura (2–0) Enokida (2–5) Rasner (4) Koshien Stadium 34,858 26–21–0 W2 48 May 31 BayStars 10–3 Norimoto (5–3) Ino (2–5) — Kleenex Stadium 15,355 27–21–0 W3
June: 11–9–0 (Home: 5–5–0; Away: 6–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 49 June 1 BayStars 3–4 Fujii (4–1) Nagai (1–2) Yamaguchi (7) Kleenex Stadium 20,413 27–22–0 L1 50 June 2 Dragons 1–0 Kikuchi (1–4) Yamamoto (2–1) Rasner (5) Kleenex Stadium 17,065 28–22–0 W1 51 June 3 Dragons 2–1 (11) Rasner (1–0) Muto (1–2) — Kleenex Stadium 14,461 29–22–0 W2 52 June 5 @ Swallows 5–9 Emura (2–0) Aoyama (0–3) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 14,215 29–23–0 L1 53 June 6 @ Swallows 9–4 Norimoto (6–3) Ishikawa (2–5) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 14,034 30–23–0 W1 54 June 8 @ Giants 3–5 Sugano (6–2) Kikuchi (1–5) Kentaro (15) Tokyo Dome 44,993 30–24–0 L1 55 June 9 @ Giants 5–3 Tanaka (8–0) Utsumi (4–3) — Tokyo Dome 46,087 31–24–0 W1 56 June 12 Carp 3–4 (10) Mickolio (2–2) Koyama (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 15,117 31–25–0 L1 57 June 13 Carp 4–5 Hisamoto (2–1) Rasner (1–1) Imamura (1) Kleenex Stadium 17,677 31–26–0 L2 58 June 15 Tigers 2–1 Nagai (2–2) Nomi (6–3) Rasner (6) Kleenex Stadium 21,252 32–26–0 W1 59 June 16 Tigers 3–0 Tanaka (9–0) Fujinami (4–2) — Kleenex Stadium 21,430 33–26–0 W2 60 June 21 Hawks 2–13 Settsu (7–3) Norimoto (6–4) — Kaiseizan Stadium 11,214 33–27–0 L1 61 June 22 Hawks 2–8 Oba (1–2) Tomura (2–1) — Kleenex Stadium 19,717 33–28–0 L2 62 June 23 Hawks 5–2 Duckworth (3–3) Hoashi (5–2) Rasner (7) Kleenex Stadium 19,411 34–28–0 W1 63 June 25 @ Lions 11–0 Tanaka (10–0) Makita (4–5) — Seibu Dome 14,528 35–28–0 W2 64 June 26 @ Lions 0–1 Nogami (4–2) Nagai (2–3) Sarfate (3) Seibu Dome 12,707 35–29–0 L1 65 June 27 @ Lions 10–1 Kawai (1–0) Wakui (4–4) — Omiya Stadium 20,051 36–29–0 W1 66 June 28 @ Buffaloes 2–3 Higa (1–0) Norimoto (6–5) — Kyocera Dome 14,726 36–30–0 L1 67 June 29 @ Buffaloes 2–0 Tomura (3–1) Igawa (2–2) Rasner (8) Kyocera Dome 20,187 37–30–0 W1 68 June 30 @ Buffaloes 2–1 (10) Aoyama (1–3) Y. Hirano (1–3) Rasner (9) Kyocera Dome 23,596 38–30–0 W2
July: 14–6–1 (Home: 9–3–1; Away: 5–3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 69 July 2 Marines 7–0 Tanaka (11–0) Karakawa (4–6) — Kleenex Stadium 14,347 39–30–0 W3 — July 3 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 3 Kleenex Stadium — — — [9] 70 July 4 Marines 8–4 Kawai (2–0) Furuya (1–1) — Kleenex Stadium 11,819 40–30–0 W4 71 July 5 @ Hawks 1–6 Settsu (9–3) Norimoto (6–6) — Yafuoku Dome 30,079 40–31–0 L1 72 July 6 @ Hawks 8–4 Norimoto (7–6) Padilla (2–4) — Yafuoku Dome 35,709 41–31–0 W1 73 July 7 @ Hawks 7–0 Duckworth (4–3) Hoashi (5–4) — Yafuoku Dome 36,493 42–31–0 W2 74 July 9 Fighters 5–0 Tanaka (12–0) M. Takeda (5–5) — Tokyo Dome 43,683 43–31–0 W3 75 July 10 Fighters 1–4 Wolfe (4–3) Nagai (2–4) H. Takeda (15) Kleenex Stadium 15,428 43–32–0 L1 76 July 11 Fighters 3–0 Kawai (3–0) Tanimoto (3–4) Rasner (10) Kleenex Stadium 11,931 44–32–0 W1 77 July 12 Lions 3–4 (12) Y. Okamoto (2–0) Hoshino (0–1) Matsushita (1) Kleenex Stadium 12,758 44–33–0 L1 78 July 13 Lions 3–1 Norimoto (8–6) Togame (6–6) Rasner (11) Kleenex Stadium 18,722 45–33–0 W1 79 July 14 Lions 2–5 Kishi (5–5) Duckworth (4–4) — Kleenex Stadium 21,283 45–34–0 L1 80 July 15 @ Buffaloes 1–0 Koyama (1–1) T. Sato (2–1) Rasner (12) Kyocera Dome 20,184 46–34–0 W1 81 July 16 @ Buffaloes 4–1 Tanaka (13–0) Dickson (5–3) — Kyocera Dome 11,860 47–34–0 W2 82 July 17 @ Buffaloes 0–3 Kaneko (7–5) Kawai (3–1) — Kyocera Dome 10,743 47–35–0 L1 All-Star Break : CL and PL split series, 1–1–1 [10] 83 July 24 @ Hawks 9–4 Saito (2–0) Igarashi (1–2) — Kitakyushu Stadium 20,851 48–35–0 W1 84 July 25 @ Hawks 2–5 Hoashi (6–4) Koyama (1–2) Igarashi (2) Yafuoku Dome 38,561 48–36–0 L1 85 July 26 Marines 3–2 Tanaka (14–0) Masuda (2–4) — Kleenex Stadium 20,382 49–36–0 W1 86 July 27 Marines 8–1 Tomura (4–1) Gonzalez (0–2) — Kleenex Stadium 21,334 50–36–0 W2 87 July 28 Marines 5–4 Aoyama (2–3) Rosa (0–1) Rasner (13) Kleenex Stadium 19,773 51–36–0 W3 88 July 30 Lions 9–4 Norimoto (9–6) Y. Okamoto (3–1) — Iwate Baseball Stadium 15,043 52–36–0 W4 89 July 31 Lions 2−2 Game tied after 5 innings Komachi Stadium 12,759 52–36–1 T1
August: 14–11–0 (Home: 6–5–0; Away: 8–6–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 90 August 2 @ Fighters 4–1 Tanaka (15–0) Wolfe (4–5) — Sapporo Dome 28,659 53–36–1 W1 91 August 3 @ Fighters 3–0 Duckworth (5–4) Kawano (0–1) Rasner (14) Sapporo Dome 36,535 54–36–1 W2 92 August 4 @ Fighters 14–4 Miyagawa (1–0) Yoshikawa (6–9) — Sapporo Dome 27,592 55–36–1 W3 — August 6 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 8 Kleenex Stadium — — — [11] 93 August 7 Buffaloes 1–2 Kaneko (9–6) Aoyama (2–4) Y. Hirano (22) Kleenex Stadium 19,255 55–37–1 L1 94 August 8 Buffaloes 5–2 Norimoto (10–6) Maestri (4–3) Rasner (15) Kleenex Stadium 16,094 56–37–1 W1 95 August 9 Hawks 5–0 Tanaka (16–0) Hoashi (7–5) — Kleenex Stadium 21,320 57–37–1 W2 96 August 10 Hawks 3–8 Settsu (12–4) Karashima (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 21,42 57–38–1 L1 97 August 11 Hawks 10–6 Saito (3–0) Iwasaki (1–4) — Kleenex Stadium 21,465 58–38–1 W1 98 August 13 @ Marines 0–3 Furuya (5–1) Tomura (4–2) Uchi (1) QVC Marine Field 22,664 58–39–1 L1 99 August 14 @ Marines 5–6 (11) Matsunaga (2–1) Koyama (1–3) — QVC Marine Field 22,861 58–40–1 L2 100 August 15 @ Marines 3–1 Norimoto (11–6) Watanabe (0–3) Rasner (16) QVC Marine Field 22,243 59–40–1 W1 101 August 16 @ Lions 3–1 Tanaka (17–0) Nogami (8–3) Rasner (17) Seibu Dome 29,846 60–40–1 W2 102 August 17 @ Lions 2–3 Sarfate (5–0) Koyama (1–4) — Seibu Dome 27,382 60–41–1 L1 103 August 18 @ Lions 11–12 Masuda (2–2) Rasner (1–2) — Seibu Dome 21,689 60–42–1 L2 104 August 20 Fighters 5–9 Tanimoto (5–4) Uezono (0–3) — Shogin & Nissin Stadium 13,407 60–43–1 L3 105 August 21 Fighters 3–5 M. Takeda (7–5) Mima (4–4) H. Takeda (20) Kleenex Stadium 19,127 60–44–1 L4 106 August 22 Fighters 2–5 Wolfe (5–5) Norimoto (11–7) — Kleenex Stadium 18,904 60–45–1 L5 107 August 23 Marines 5–0 Tanaka (18–0) Nishino (9–4) — Kleenex Stadium 20,766 61–45–1 W1 108 August 24 Marines 7–5 Karashima (1–1) Hattori (1–1) Saito (1) Kleenex Stadium 21,372 62–45–1 W2 109 August 25 Marines 6–5 Hasebe (1–0) Masuda (2–5) — Kleenex Stadium 20,263 63–45–1 W3 110 August 27 @ Buffaloes 0–4 Matsuba (4–4) Heuser (1–1) — Kyocera Dome 12,921 63–46–1 L1 111 August 28 @ Buffaloes 2–1 Mima (5–4) Kaneko (10–8) Saito (2) Kyocera Dome 13,687 64–46–1 W1 112 August 29 @ Buffaloes 4–2 Norimoto (12–7) Nishi (7–7) Aoyama (10) Hotto Motto Field 22,293 65–46–1 W2 113 August 30 @ Hawks 11–6 Tanaka (19–0) Hoashi (7–7) — Yafuoku Dome 36,218 66–46–1 W3 114 August 31 @ Hawks 2–9 Settsu (14–5) Karashima (1–2) — Yafuoku Dome 36,782 66–47–1 L1
September/October: 15–12–2 (Home: 8–6–1; Away: 7–6–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 115 September 1 @ Hawks 0–4 Oseguera (1–0) Duckworth (5–5) — Yafuoku Dome 36,464 66–48–1 L2 116 September 3 Lions 4–3 Kaneto (1–0) Wakui (5–7) Saito (3) Kleenex Stadium 18,541 67–48–1 W1 117 September 4 Lions 0−0 Game tied after 12 innings Kleenex Stadium 13,710 67–48–2 T1 — September 5 Lions Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 Kleenex Stadium — — — [12] 118 September 6 Fighters 3–2 Tanaka (20–0) Yanuki (2–2) — Kleenex Stadium 22,316 68–48–2 W1 119 September 7 Fighters 7–5 Karashima (2–2) Keppel (2–4) Saito (4) Kleenex Stadium 20,833 69–48–2 W2 120 September 8 Fighters 3–1 Norimoto (13–7) Yoshikawa (7–12) Aoyama (11) Kleenex Stadium 20,429 70–48–2 W3 121 September 10 @ Marines 2–9 Karakawa (9–9) Ray (0–1) — QVC Marine Field 13,922 70–49–2 L1 122 September 11 @ Marines 7–0 Mima (6–4) Otani (2–4) — QVC Marine Field 12,624 71–49–2 W1 123 September 12 @ Marines 6–2 Kamata (1–2) Greisinger (5–4) Hasebe (1) QVC Marine Field 12,898 72–49–2 W2 124 September 13 Buffaloes 6–2 Tanaka (21–0) Yagi (0–2) — Kleenex Stadium 21,534 73–49–2 W3 125 September 14 Buffaloes 1–2 Dickson (7–7) Karashima (2–3) Y. Hirano (24) Kleenex Stadium 21,205 73–50–2 L1 — September 15 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 12 Kleenex Stadium — — — [13] — September 16 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 13 Kleenex Stadium — — — [13] 126 September 17 Hawks 7–5 Norimoto (14–7) Terahara (4–6) Hasebe (2) Kleenex Stadium 16,863 74–50–2 W1 127 September 18 Hawks 10–11 Kanazawa (2–0) Hasebe (1–1) Falkenborg (10) Kleenex Stadium 17,667 74–51–2 L1 128 September 19 Hawks 3–2 Aoyama (3–4) Igarashi (2–3) — Kleenex Stadium 19,525 75–51–2 W1 129 September 21 @ Fighters 7–3 Tanaka (22–0) Yoshikawa (7–14) — Sapporo Dome 37,992 76–51–2 W2 130 September 22 @ Fighters 15–1 Karashima (3–3) Keppel (2–5) — Sapporo Dome 41,071 77–51–2 W3 131 September 23 @ Fighters 5–0 Miyagawa (2–0) Kisanuki (9–7) — Sapporo Dome 27,535 78–51–2 W4 132 September 24 @ Lions 3–4 Sarfate (6–1) Aoyama (3–5) — Seibu Dome 19,621 78–52–2 L1 133 September 25 @ Lions 2–4 Sarfate (7–1) D. Kato (0–1) — Seibu Dome 20,332 78–53–2 L2 134 September 26 @ Lions 4–3 Heuser (2–1) Nogami (8–7) Tanaka (1) Seibu Dome 27,869 79–53–2 W1 135 September 27 @ Marines 0–6 Matsunaga (4–1) Kawai (3–2) — QVC Marine Field 18,421 79–54–2 L1 136 September 29 @ Hawks 0–5 Higashihama (2–1) Karashima (3–4) — Yafuoku Dome 37,519 79–55–2 L2 137 September 30 @ Buffaloes 0−0 Game tied after 12 innings Kyocera Dome 14,098 79–55–3 T1 138 October 1 @ Fighters 11–2 Tanaka (23–0) Thomas (0–2) — Sapporo Dome 24,661 80–55–3 W1 139 October 3 Marines 6–7 Ledezma (3–2) D. Kato (0–2) Uchi (2) Kleenex Stadium 22,254 80–56–3 L1 140 October 4 Lions 4–6 Nogami (11–7) Mima (6–5) Wakui (5) Kleenex Stadium 16,577 80–57–3 L2 141 October 5 Lions 1–2 Kishi (11–5) Norimoto (14–8) Wakui (6) Kleenex Stadium 22,581 80–58–3 L3 142 October 8 Buffaloes 7–3 Tanaka (24–0) Maestri (7–5) — Kleenex Stadium 19,433 81–58–3 W1 143 October 12 Buffaloes 4–1 Norimoto (15–8) Mills (0–1) Hasebe (3) Kleenex Stadium 12,082 82–58–3 W2 144 October 13 Buffaloes 4–10 Kaneko (15–8) Heuser (2–2) — Kleenex Stadium 16,966 82–59–3 L1
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play Bold = Eagles team member

Postseason

Climax Series

Main article: 2013 Pacific League Climax Series

Japan Series

Main article: 2013 Japan Series

Asia Series

Main article: 2013 Asia Series

Game log

2013 postseason game log: 10–5–0 (Home: 7–4–0; Away: 3–1–0)
Climax Series final stage: 4–1–0 (Home: 4–1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage. 1–0–0 W1 2 October 17 Marines 2–1 Tanaka (1–0) Naruse (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 24,332 2–0–0 W2 3 October 18 Marines 1–4 (10) Uchi (1–0) Kaneto (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 24,097 2–1–0 L1 5 October 19 Marines 2–0 Mima (1–0) Furuya (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 24,396 3–1–0 W1 — October 20 Marines Cancelled (rain) Kleenex Stadium — — — [14] 5 October 21 Marines 8–5 Saito (1–0) Rosa (0–1) Tanaka (1) Kleenex Stadium 24,264 4–1–0 W2
Japan Series: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Away: 2–1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 October 26 Giants 0–2 Utsumi (1–0) Norimoto (0–1) Nishimura (1) Kleenex Stadium 25,209 0–1–0 L1 2 October 27 Giants 2–1 Tanaka (1–0) Sugano (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 25,219 1–1–0 W1 3 October 29 @ Giants 5–1 Mima (1–0) Sugiuchi (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 44,940 2–1–0 W2 4 October 30 @ Giants 5–6 Mathieson (1–0) Hasebe (0–1) Yamaguchi (1) Tokyo Dome 44,968 2–2–0 L1 5 October 31 @ Giants 4–2 (10) Norimoto (1–1) Nishimura (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 44,995 3–2–0 W1 6 November 2 Giants 2–4 Sugano (1–1) Tanaka (1–1) Mathieson (1) Kleenex Stadium 25,271 3–3–0 L1 7 November 3 Giants 3–0 Mima (2–0) Sugiuchi (0–2) Tanaka (1) Kleenex Stadium 25,249 4–3–0 W1
Asia Series: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Away: 1–0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 November 15 Rhinos 6–1 Kaneto (1–0) CF. Yang (0–1) — Taichung Stadium 10,910 1–0–0 W1 2 November 17 @ Cavalry 6–3 Nagai (1–0) Motta (0–1) Koyama (1) Taoyuan Stadium 4,211 2–0–0 W2 3 November 19 Lions 1–4 Figueroa (1–0) Miyagawa (0–1) — Taichung Stadium 4,720 2–1–0 L1
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers 00 Tomoki Hoshino 14 Takahiro Norimoto 17 Darrell Rasner 18 Masahiro Tanaka 20 Kohei Hasebe 21 Yoshinao Kamata 22 Kenji Tomura 24 Kazuya Takahori 26 Norihito Kaneto 28 Hiroshi Katayama 30 Satoshi Nagai 31 Manabu Mima 40 Tomohiro Tsuchiya 41 Koji Aoyama 42 Ken Ray 44 Takashi Saito 45 Takashi Kawai 53 Jim Heuser 54 Daisuke Kato 57 Shinichiro Koyama 58 Wataru Karashima 59 Yasunori Kikuchi 61 Keiji Uezono 64 Hiroyuki Fukuyama 69 Brandon Duckworth 90 Sho Miyagawa		Catchers 27 Takero Okajima 37 Motohiro Shima 48 Tadashi Ishimine 65 Keiji Oyama Infielders  2 Takumi Miyoshi  3 Casey McGehee  4 Yosuke Takasu  6 Kazuya Fujita  7 Kazuo Matsui  9 Toshihito Abe 32 Shintaro Masuda 33 Ginji Akaminai 43 Yusuke Kosai 55 Tetsuro Nishida 56 Taishi Nakagawa 67 Tatsuro Iwasaki 68 Hiroki Nakazawa		Outfielders  0 Makoto Moriyama  5 Akihisa Makida  8 Toshiya Nakashima 23 Ryo Hijirisawa 25 Andruw Jones 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 36 Aoi Enomoto 46 Teppei Tsuchiya		Manager 77 Senichi Hoshino Coaches 80 Toru Nimura (head) 82 Tomio Tashiro (hitting) 89 Yosuke Hiraishi (asst. hitting) 71 Yoshinori Sato (pitching) 72 Ryoji Moriyama (bullpen) 70 Takashi Miwa (battery) 73 Yasutomo Suzuki (infield defense/baserunning) 76 Osamu Yonemura (outfield defense/baserunning)
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Player statistics

Batting

2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics ^[15]

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	TB
Toshihito Abe	22	38	4	8	2	0	0	1	1	2	7	.211	.250	.263	10
Ginji Akaminai	131	482	63	153	24	3	4	54	3	36	44	.317	.365	.405	195
Brandon Duckworth	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Aoi Enomoto	13	11	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	.091	.091	.182	2
Kazuya Fujita	128	466	48	128	17	2	1	48	3	21	43	.275	.320	.326	152
Ryo Hijirisawa	120	433	51	123	17	4	2	40	21	44	100	.284	.357	.356	154
Tadashi Ishimine	19	32	2	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	8	.125	.118	.219	7
Tatsuro Iwasaki	74	101	17	22	5	0	0	12	0	5	18	.218	.252	.267	27
Andruw Jones	143	478	81	116	21	1	26	94	4	105	164	.243	.391	.454	217
Yusuke Kosai	22	46	3	11	3	0	1	3	0	1	7	.239	.255	.370	17
Shinichiro Koyama	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Akihisa Makida	27	81	15	18	3	1	2	7	0	7	6	.222	.292	.358	29
Shintaro Masuda	86	268	32	73	17	0	8	47	1	33	81	.272	.352	.425	114
Kazuo Matsui	125	448	55	111	26	2	11	58	1	40	85	.248	.311	.388	174
Casey McGehee	144	513	78	150	30	0	28	93	2	70	119	.292	.376	.515	264
Manabu Mima	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Takumi Miyoshi	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Makoto Moriyama	89	81	20	22	0	0	0	9	11	8	10	.272	.344	.272	22
Satoshi Nagai	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0
Taishi Nakagawa	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Toshiya Nakashima	45	82	7	19	4	0	1	3	0	6	8	.232	.284	.317	26
Hiroki Nakazawa	14	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	2
Tetsuro Nishida	26	48	3	8	1	0	0	2	1	2	14	.167	.200	.188	9
Takahiro Norimoto	27	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.125	.000	0
Takero Okajima	79	226	40	73	9	1	1	13	3	27	31	.323	.405	.385	87
Keiji Oyama	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.375	.167	1
Motohiro Shima	134	447	44	115	13	1	4	48	3	39	92	.257	.318	.318	142
Hiroaki Shimauchi	97	299	36	85	6	4	6	38	6	21	44	.284	.326	.391	117
Yosuke Takasu	21	50	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	2	6	.160	.189	.180	9
Masahiro Tanaka	28	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	2
Kenji Tomura	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0
Teppei Tsuchiya	54	146	24	35	7	1	1	10	2	15	22	.240	.311	.322	47
Total：32 players	144	4,819	628	1,287	208	20	97	593	62	487	934	.267	.338	.379	1,826

Bold/italics denotes best in the league ^[16]

Pitching

2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics ^[15]

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Koji Aoyama	3	5	3.43	60	0	11	60.1	61	24	23	20	60
Brandon Duckworth	5	5	4.31	18	17	0	87.2	91	46	42	37	64
Hiroyuki Fukuyama	0	0	4.41	22	0	0	34.2	34	17	17	10	20
Kohei Hasebe	1	1	1.83	24	1	3	34.1	24	7	7	10	31
Jim Heuser	2	2	6.03	22	5	0	37.1	42	29	25	19	32
Tomoki Hoshino	0	1	12.71	11	0	0	5.2	8	10	8	6	4
Yoshinao Kamata	1	2	12.51	8	2	0	13.2	24	19	19	8	11
Norihito Kaneto	1	0	1.85	39	0	0	34	30	8	7	6	25
Wataru Karashima	3	4	4.42	11	10	0	59	63	31	29	19	45
Hiroshi Katayama	3	1	3.03	31	0	0	35.2	38	12	12	16	22
Daisuke Kato	0	2	8.71	6	0	0	10.1	17	13	10	10	4
Takashi Kawai	3	2	3.00	6	6	0	30	33	10	10	5	13
Yasunori Kikuchi	1	5	6.48	14	5	0	33.1	38	28	24	23	22
Shinichiro Koyama	1	4	3.94	45	0	0	45.2	40	22	20	20	42
Manabu Mima	6	5	4.12	18	18	0	98.1	118	46	45	31	63
Sho Miyagawa	2	0	2.45	17	2	0	40.1	41	11	11	21	33
Satoshi Nagai	2	4	3.46	10	9	0	54.2	47	22	21	15	31
Takahiro Norimoto	15	8	3.34	27	25	0	170	142	65	63	51	134
Darrell Rasner	1	2	3.35	37	0	17	37.2	31	14	14	11	40
Ken Ray	0	1	3.26	5	3	0	19.1	13	10	7	10	10
Takashi Saito	3	0	2.36	30	0	4	26.2	25	7	7	10	25
Kazuya Takahori	1	0	6.39	14	0	0	12.2	14	9	9	7	5
Masahiro Tanaka	24	0	1.27	28	27	1	212	168	35	30	32	183
Kenji Tomura	4	2	3.33	12	12	0	67.2	63	27	25	28	22
Tomohiro Tsuchiya	0	0	5.68	5	0	0	6.1	9	4	4	0	6
Keiji Uezono	0	3	7.24	5	2	0	13.2	16	11	11	5	11
Total：26 players	82	59	3.51	144	144	36	1281	1230	537	500	430	958

Bold/italics denotes best in the league ^[17]

Awards and honors

Matsutaro Shoriki Award

• Senichi Hoshino
• Masahiro Tanaka - special award

Pacific League Most Valuable Player

• Masahiro Tanaka

Eiji Sawamura Award

• Masahiro Tanaka

Pacific League Rookie of the Year

• Takahiro Norimoto

Japan Series Most Valuable Player

• Manabu Mima

Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award ^[18]

• Masahiro Tanaka - May, June, July, August, September (pitcher)

Best Nine Award ^[19]

• Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher
• Motohiro Shima - catcher
• Kazuya Fujita - second baseman
• Casey McGehee - third baseman

Mitsui Golden Glove Award ^[20]

• Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher
• Motohiro Shima - catcher
• Kazuya Fujita - second baseman

Best Battery Award

• Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher
• Motohiro Shima - catcher

All-Star Series selections ^[21]

• Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher
• Koji Aoyama - pitcher
• Motohiro Shima - catcher
• Kazuo Matsui - infielder
• Andruw Jones - designated hitter

All-Star Game Fighting Spirit Award ^[22]

• Masahiro Tanaka - Game 1

SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award ^[23]

• Motohiro Shima - July (July 26)

Farm team

2013 Eastern League regular season standings ^[24]

Pos	Team	G Tooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GB Tooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Tokyo Yakult Swallows†	108	60	42	6	.588	—	31–21–2	29–21–4
2	Chiba Lotte Marines	108	58	45	5	.563	2½	27–24–3	31–21–2
3	Yomiuri Giants	114	61	48	5	.5360	2½	30–20–4	31–28–1
4	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	108	58	46	4	.558	3	30–22–2	28–24–2
5	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	108	56	49	3	.533	5½	28–24–2	28–25–1
6	Saitama Seibu Lions	108	41	63	4	.394	20	19–33–2	22–30–2
7	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	110	32	73	5	.305	29½	18–37–1	14–36–4

 ^†  League champion

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

Main article: 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections ^[25]

Round	Name	Position	Affiliation	Signed?
1	Yuki Matsui	Pitcher	Toko Gakuen High School	Yes
2	Yasuhito Uchida	Catcher	Joso Gakuin High School	Yes
3	Kodai Hamaya	Pitcher	Honda Suzuka	Yes
4	Yuri Furukawa	Pitcher	Arita Technical High School	Yes
5	Yusuke Nishimiya	Pitcher	Yokohama College of Commerce	Yes
6	Takaaki Yokoyama	Pitcher	Waseda University	Yes
7	Kazutomo Aihara	Pitcher	The 77 Bank	Yes
8	Susumu Aizawa	Pitcher	Nippon Paper Industries Ishinomaki	Yes
9	Ryuta Konno	Pitcher	Iwadeyama High School	Yes

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