2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

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2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Rakuten eagles insignia.png
League Pacific League
Record55–57–8 (.491)
League place4th
Team information
Parent company Rakuten
PresidentYozo Tachibana
General manager Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager Hajime Miki
Captain Eigoro Mogi
Ballpark Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Average attendance3,935
←  2019 Eagles seasons 2021  →

The 2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the sixteenth 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 Hajime Miki on his first and only season as team manager.

Contents

Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the COVID-shortened season in fourth place with a record of 55–57–8.

Regular season

Standings

Pacific League regular season standings [1]
RankTeam G W L T Pct. GB HomeRoad
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 12073425.635—40–19–133–23–4
2 Chiba Lotte Marines 12060573.5131435–23–225–34–1
3 Saitama Seibu Lions 12058584.50015½35–22–323–36–1
4Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles12055578.49116½31–25–424–32–4
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 12053625.4612031–26–322–36–2
6 Orix Buffaloes 12045687.3982726–31–319–37–4

Record vs. opponents

2020 record vs. opponents [1]
TeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarines
Buffaloes—12–10–211–12–15–17–212–11–15–18–1
Eagles10–12–2—11–10–39–1510–12–215–8–1
Fighters12–11–110–11–3—6–17–114–1011–13
Hawks17–5–215–917–6–1—13–10–111–12–1
Lions11–12–112–10–210–1410–13–1—15–9
Marines18–5–18–15–113–1112–11–19–15—

Opening Day roster

Friday, June 19, 2020 at Orix Buffaloes [2]

OrderPlayerPos.
1 Eigoro Mogi SS
2 Daichi Suzuki 3B
3 Jabari Blash DH
4 Hideto Asamura 2B
5 Hiroaki Shimauchi LF
6 Stefen Romero RF
7 Ginji Akaminai 1B
8 Hikaru Ohta C
9 Ryosuke Tatsumi CF
— Takahiro Norimoto P

Game log

2020 game log: 55–57–8 (Home: 31–25–4; Away: 24–32–4)
June: 7–3
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July: 12–13–1
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August: 12–12–2
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September: 12–14
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October: 10–13–3
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November: 2–2–2
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Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player statistics

Batting

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics [3]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Yuichi Adachi 426061011130615.167.242.26716
Ginji Akaminai 8821216508002332328.236.313.27458
Hideto Asamura 1204327212125032104191111.280.408.560242
Jabari Blash 3711925287021812546.235.369.34541
Kazuya Fujita 5535371004015.200.222.2298
Kengo Horiuchi 107000000004.000.000.0000
Tsuyoshi Ishihara 18231410010013.174.174.2175
Masaki Iwami 16372811140111.216.237.37814
Hiroto Kobukata 11237861109165331174259.288.364.381144
Fumiya Kurokawa 1014020002016.143.235.1432
Eigoro Mogi 73276438314473383952.301.396.457126
Itsuki Murabayashi 31000000000.000.000.0000
Yuya Ogo 5810523313041281934.295.405.43846
Hikaru Ohta 67130172610021601838.200.301.32342
Takero Okajima 3575101561090826.200.277.30723
Stefen Romero 10335646971922463038108.272.354.539192
Hiroaki Shimauchi 1144065011417285394871.281.363.392159
Takahiro Shimotsuma 437751240190126.156.165.24719
Ko Shimozuru 20321601150211.188.257.34411
Daichi Suzuki 1204787114127145514658.295.363.381182
Kazuki Tanaka 80254386110182562376.240.305.38297
Takaya Tanaka †915560014017.400.438.6009
Ryosuke Tatsumi 104251385693828112057.223.286.37895
Yasuhito Uchida 38939163051811431.172.284.36634
Ren Wada 716021001014.125.176.1883
Naoto Watanabe 14121000001.500.500.7503
Yoshiaki Watanabe 3585920510120315.235.258.31827
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 2012421001112.167.214.2503
Ayatsugu Yamashita 87100000013.000.125.0000
Total：29 players1,4463,9905571,0291902311253467473918.258.341.4011,601
†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 [4]

Pitching

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics [3]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Tomohiro Anraku 103.482700312412121730
Koji Aoyama 204.35110010.1116568
Alan Busenitz 142.8646018444616141832
J. T. Chargois 035.81310126.12317171419
Shoma Fujihira 00—110012200
Yuya Fukui 045.4677029.22618181418
Hiroyuki Fukuyama 000.75140012121158
Shun Ikeda 104.32210016.22188713
Ryota Ishibashi 166.111313063.17243432846
D. J. Johnson †103.07160014.21365616
Yoshinao Kamata 009.824003.295444
Wataru Karashima 134.93196138.14322211526
Takayuki Kishi 703.211111067.14824242070
Hiroki Kondo 005.406006.254454
Yuya Kubo 1013.5500243301
Kazuhisa Makita 222.165202503915121233
Yuki Matsui 453.1825102685625242882
Kohei Morihara 127.56170416.2231414714
Takahiro Norimoto 573.9618180109110564834105
Tomohito Sakai 323.65460044.13820181834
Takahiro Shiomi 484.81616084.18845452063
Sung Chia-hao 126.94380036.13529281729
Sora Suzuki 0013.502001.122211
Ryota Takinaka 213.40880453418171529
Kanji Teraoka 213.1524002015771114
Taisei Tsurusaki 114.19330034.13017161824
Hideaki Wakui 1143.620200130110535238110
Hayato Yuge 325.011010050.15734282034
Total：28 players55574.19541120281,055.2995522491398867
†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]

Awards and honors

Monthly MVP Award [6]

Best Nine Award [7]

Mitsui Golden Glove Award [8]

Best Battery Award

Speed Up Award [9]

SKY Perfect! Sayonara Award [10]

Farm team

Eastern League regular season standings [11]
TeamG W L T Win% GB HomeAway
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles7942289.600—23–13–119–15–8
Yokohama DeNA BayStars7642322.568222–22–120–10–1
Yomiuri Giants7938338.5354½18–18–520–15–3
Chiba Lotte Marines7034315.5235½14–14–220–17–3
Tokyo Yakult Swallows7932389.4571018–14–514–24–4
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters7628417.40613½11–20–617–21–1
Saitama Seibu Lions7528416.40613½15–21–313–20–3


Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections [12]
RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?
1 Takahisa Hayakawa Pitcher Waseda University Yes
2 Koichi Takada Pitcher Hosei University Yes
3 Masaru Fujii Pitcher Eneos Holdings Yes
4 Takuma Uchima Pitcher Asia University Yes
5 Daiki Irie InfielderSendai Ikuei Gakuen High SchoolYes
6 Seiryu Uchi PitcherRiseisha High SchoolYes
Development players
1 Shun Ishida Pitcher Tochigi Golden Braves Yes

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