2019 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

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2019 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
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League Pacific League
Record71–68–4 (.511)
League place3rd
Team information
Parent company Rakuten
PresidentYozo Tachibana
General manager Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager Yosuke Hiraishi
Captain Ginji Akaminai
Ballpark Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Average attendance25,659
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The 2019 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the fifteenth season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Yosuke Hiraishi in his first and only season as team manager.

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Rakuten finished the season with a record of 71–68–4, securing third place in the PL and qualifying for the Climax Series. They were eliminated by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the First Stage in three games.

Regular season standings

Pacific League regular season standings [1]
RankTeam G W L T Pct. GB HomeRoad
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 14380621.563-43–29–037–33–1
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 14376625.5512.042–27–334–35-2
3Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14371684.5117.536–33–235–35–2
4 Chiba Lotte Marines 14369704.5049.537–32–232–38–2
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14365735.47112.035–34–330–39–2
6 Orix Buffaloes 14361757.45214.032–34–529–41–2

Record vs. opponents

2019 record vs. opponents [1]
TeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarinesCL
Buffaloes—12–12–18–15–27–16–28–1715–9–111–6–1
Eagles12–12–1—13–11–112–1314–1110–13–210–8
Fighters15–8–211–13–1—9–15–111–1411–148–9–1
Hawks16–7–213–1215–9–1—13–128–1711–5–2
Lions17–811–1414–1112–13—16–8–110–8
Marines9–15–113–10–214–1117–88–16–1—8–10

Interleague

Regular season interleague standings [2]
TeamG W L T Win% GB HomeAway
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 181152.688—5–2–26–3
Orix Buffaloes 181161.647.55–3–16–3
Yomiuri Giants 181170.61115–46–3
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 181071.5881.56–34–4–1
Saitama Seibu Lions 181080.55625–45–4
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles181080.55624–56–3
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 18891.4713.55–3–13–6
Chunichi Dragons 188100.44444–54–5
Chiba Lotte Marines 188100.44443–65–4
Hanshin Tigers 186102.37553–63–4–2
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 186120.33363–63–6
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 185121.2946.52–73–5–1

Opening Day roster

Friday, March 29, 2019, vs. Chiba Lotte Marines [3]

OrderPlayerPos.
1 Kazuki Tanaka CF
2 Eigoro Mogi SS
3 Hideto Asamura 2B
4 Hiroaki Shimauchi LF
5 Zelous Wheeler 3B
6 Ginji Akaminai 1B
7 Jabari Blash DH
8 Motohiro Shima C
9 Louis Okoye RF
— Takayuki Kishi P

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References

  1. 1 2 "2019 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2019年度 交流戦" [2019 Interleague Play] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Friday, March 29, 2019". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved March 29, 2022.
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