2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

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2022  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Rakuten eagles insignia.svg
League Pacific League
Ballpark Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Record69–71–3 (.493)
League place4th
Parent company Rakuten
PresidentYosuke Yoneda
General manager Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager Kazuhisa Ishii
Average attendance18,748
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The 2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 18th 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 led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his second season as team manager.

Contents

Rakuten finished the season with a record of 69–71–3, finishing in fourth place in the PL.

Regular season

Standings

2022 Pacific League regular season standings [1]
PosTeam G Tooltip Games playedWL T Pct. GB Tooltip Games behindHomeRoad
1 Orix Buffaloes †14376652.539—37–3439–31–2
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks*14376652.539—40–3236–33–2
3 Saitama Seibu Lions*14372683.5143½41–29–231–39–1
4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14369713.4936½30–40–139–31–2
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 14369731.4867½34–36–135–37
6 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14359813.42116½34–35–325–46
 †  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

2022 record vs. opponents [1]
TeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarinesCL
Buffaloes—11–13–115–9–115–1011–1416–98–10
Eagles13–11–1—16–910–159–15–112–12–19–9
Fighters9–15–19–16—11–13–111–13–111–148–10
Hawks10–1515–1013–11–1—14–10–115–109–9
Lions14–1115–9–113–11–110–14–1—11–149–9
Marines9–1612–12–114–1110–1514–11—10–8

Interleague

2022 regular season interleague standings [2]
PosTeam G Tooltip Games playedWL T Pct. GB Tooltip Games behindHomeRoad
1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows †181440.778—7–27–2
2 Hanshin Tigers 181260.66726–36–3
3 Chiba Lotte Marines 181080.55646–34–5
4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 18990.50055–44–5
5 Saitama Seibu Lions 18990.50056–33–6
6 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 18990.50055–44–5
7Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles18990.50055–44–5
8 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 188100.44466–32–7
9 Orix Buffaloes 188100.44462–76–3
10 Yomiuri Giants 188100.44465–43–6
11 Chunichi Dragons 187110.38975–42–7
12 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 185130.27993–62–7
 †  Interleague champion

Chihō ballparks

The Eagles hosted three home games outside of Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in 2022. They were played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in Aomori, Iwate, and Akita Prefectures in Japan's Tōhoku region [3]

2022 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks [3]
Ballpark City Prefecture
Haruka Yume Stadium Hirosaki Aomori Prefecture
Iwate Prefectural Baseball Stadium Morioka Iwate Prefecture
Komachi Stadium Akita Akita Prefecture

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 25, 2022 vs. Chiba Lotte Marines [4]

2022 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster [4]
Order Player Position
1 Haruki Nishikawa Left fielder
2 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki Shortstop
3 Hideto Asamura Second baseman
4 Hiroaki Shimauchi Right fielder
5 Eigoro Mogi Third baseman
6 Ren Wada Designated hitter
7 Daichi Suzuki First baseman
8 Yuma Yasuda Catcher
9 Hiroto Kobukata Center fielder
— Takahiro Norimoto Starting pitcher

Game log

2022 game log: 69–71–3 (Home: 30–40–1; Away: 39–31–2)
March/April: 16–6–1 (Home: 6–3–0; Away: 10–3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 25 Marines 0–4 Ishikawa (1–0) Norimoto (0–1)— Rakuten Seimei Park 20,5640–1–0 L1
—March 26MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: August 4Rakuten Seimei Park——— [5]
2March 27Marines6–5 (11) Y. Matsui (1–0) Suzuki (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park19,9031–1–0 W1
3March 29@ Buffaloes 2–1 M. Tanaka (1–0) Kuroki (0–1) Y. Matsui (1) Kyocera Dome 26,2372–1–0 W2
4March 30@ Buffaloes6–1 Hayakawa (1–0) Vargas (0–1)—Kyocera Dome17,8353–1–0 W3
5March 31@ Buffaloes6–1 Nishiguchi (1–0) Yo. Hirano (0–1) Y. Matsui (2)Kyocera Dome15,1114–1–0 W4
6April 1 Hawks 0–1 Senga (1–0) Wakui (0–1) Mori (5) Rakuten Seimei Park 15,1114–2–0 L1
—April 2HawksPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: August 25Rakuten Seimei Park——— [5]
—April 3HawksPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: September 29Rakuten Seimei Park——— [5]
7April 5 Lions 7–3 M. Tanaka (2–0) Sato (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park16,8935–2–0 W1
8April 6Lions7–2 Kishi (1–0) Matsumoto (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park16,8706–2–0 W2
9April 8@ Fighters 3–0 Hayakawa (2–0) Itoh (0–2) Y. Matsui (3) Sapporo Dome 9,8547–2–0 W3
10April 9@ Fighters8–5 Wakui (1–1) Kawano (0–2)—Sapporo Dome13,9948–2–0 W4
11April 10@ Fighters2–3 (10) Kitayama (2–0) Y. Matsui (1–1)—Sapporo Dome12,1418–3–0 L1
—April 12 Buffaoles Postponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: September 12Rakuten Seimei Park——— [5]
—April 13BuffaolesPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: September 13Rakuten Seimei Park——— [5]
—April 14BuffaolesPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: October 2Rakuten Seimei Park——— [5]
12April 16@ Hawks6–5 Anraku (1–0) Mori (0–3) Y. Matsui (4) Kitakyushu Stadium 18,7099–3–0 W1
13April 17@ Hawks14–4 Takinaka (1–0) Higashihama (1–1)— Heiwa Lease Stadium 17,79610–3–0 W2
14April 19Fighters0–2 Kato (2–1) M. Tanaka (2–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park15,11910–4–0 L1
15April 20Fighters4–2 Kishi (2–0) Ponce (0–1) Y. Matsui (5)Rakuten Seimei Park14,45311–4–0 W1
16April 21Fighters8–5 Ishibashi (1–0) Tateno (1–2) Y. Matsui (6)Rakuten Seimei Park15,13112–4–0 W2
17April 22@ Lions0–3 K. Takahashi (2–2) Hayakawa (2–1) Taira (1) Belluna Dome 10,22412–5–0 L1
18April 23@ Lions7–3 Wakui (2–1) Sumida (1–3)—Belluna Dome26,25713–5–0 W1
19April 24@ Lions3–6 Hirai (2–1) Takinaka (1–1)—Belluna Dome14,90113–6–0 L1
20April 26@ Marines3–2 (10) Anraku (2–0) Tojo (0–1) Y. Matsui (7) Zozo Marine Stadium 15,52414–6–0 W1
21April 27@ Marines3–3Game tied after 12 inningsZozo Marine Stadium13,25814–6–1 T1
22April 28@ Marines2–1 Fujii (1–0) Mima (0–3) Anraku (1)Zozo Marine Stadium17,53115–6–1 W1
—April 29HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30Rakuten Seimei Park——— [5]
23April 30Hawks (11)7–6 Anraku (3–0) Tsumori (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park25,60216–6–1 W2
May: 13–13–0 (Home:3–7–0; Away: 10–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 1 Hawks 2–1 (6) Norimoto (1–1) Ohzeki (2–2) Yuge (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 24,25017–6–1 W3
25May 3@ Fighters 2–1 M. Tanaka (3–1) Kato (2–2) Y. Matsui (8) Sapporo Dome 20,08718–6–1 W4
26May 4@ Fighters5–1 Wakui (3–1) Kaneko (0–1)—Sapporo Dome20,18419–6–1 W5
27May 5@ Fighters8–4 Kishi (3–0) Itoh (3–3)—Sapporo Dome16,42020–6–1 W6
28May 6@ Buffaloes 3–2 Busenitz (1–0) Yo. Hirano (2–2) Y. Matsui (9) Kyocera Dome 16,43021–6–1 W7
29May 7@ Buffaloes7–1 Hayakawa (3–1) Yamasaki (0–4)—Kyocera Dome18,34022–6–1 W8
30May 8@ Buffaloes2–1 (10) Sung (1–0) Kuroki (0–2) Y. Matsui (10)Kyocera Dome16,29623–6–1 W9
31May 10 Marines 7–0 M. Tanaka (4–1) Ojima (0–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park22,00524–6–1 W10
32May 11Marines1–3 Kawamura (2–0) Fujii (1–1) Masuda (5)Rakuten Seimei Park23,11024–7–1 L1
33May 12Marines2–5 Mima (1–4) Kishi (3–1) Masuda (6)Rakuten Seimei Park20,08924–8–1 L2
34May 13@ Lions 2–4 K. Takahashi (4–2) Takinaka (1–2) Masuda (8) Belluna Dome 10,12124–9–1 L3
35May 14@ Lions4–5 Moriwaki (1–0) Anraku (3–1) Masuda (9)Belluna Dome12,09124–10–1 L4
36May 15@ Lions3–1 Norimoto (2–1) Enns (2–2) Y. Matsui (11)Belluna Dome21,22425–10–1 W1
37May 17@ Marines3–6 C. Sasaki (1–0) M. Tanaka (4–2) Masuda (7) Zozo Marine Stadium 21,00125–11–1 L1
38May 18@ Marines0–1 (10) Tojo (1–1) Sakai (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium20,08425–12–1 L2
39May 19@ Marines7–2 Kishi (4–1) C. Sasaki (1–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium19,93026–12–1 W1
40May 20Buffaloes0–1 Tajima (1–2) Takinaka (1–3) Yo. Hirano (13)Rakuten Seimei Park17,23926–13–1 L1
41May 21Buffaloes0–6 Yamamoto (5–2) Hayakawa (3–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park18,30626–14–1 L2
42May 22Buffaloes0–6 Miyagi (3–2) Norimoto (2–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park17,89626–15–1 L3
43May 24@ Tigers 0–1 Y. Nishi (3–3) M. Tanaka (4–3) Iwazaki (7) Koshien Stadium 33,18626–16–1 L4
44May 25@ Tigers6–1 Karashima (1–0) J. Nishi (2–1)—Koshien Stadium31,49327–16–1 W1
45May 26@ Tigers1–0 Sung (2–0) Iwazaki (1–2) Y. Matsui (12)Koshien Stadium26,25528–16–1 W2
46May 27 Swallows 1–8 Takahashi (4–1) Takinaka (1–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park17,68828–17–1 L1
47May 28Swallows4–11 Kizawa (3–1) Hayakawa (3–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park23,62928–18–1 L2
48May 29Swallows3–1 Norimoto (3–2) Ishikawa (2–3) Y. Matsui (13)Rakuten Seimei Park22,53429–18–1 W1
49May 31@ Dragons 0–2 Ogasawara (3–3) M. Tanaka (4–4) R. Martínez (13) Vantelin Dome 18,82729–19–1 L1
June: 9–12–0 (Home:6–5–0; Away: 3–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
50June 1@ Dragons 2–0 Karashima (2–0) Ueda (0–2) Y. Matsui (14) Vantelin Dome 16,53630–19–1 W1
51June 2@ Dragons2–3 Matsuba (3–1) Kishi (4–2) R. Martínez (14)Vantelin Dome16,21430–20–1 L1
52June 3@ BayStars 0–7 Ohnuki (4–2) Takinaka (1–5)— Yokohama Stadium 26,20130–21–1 L2
53June 4@ BayStars1–6 Kriske (1–1) Sung (2–1)—Yokohama Stadium31,13030–22–1 L3
54June 5@ BayStars6–5 Anraku (4–1) Yamasaki (0–2) Y. Matsui (15)Yokohama Stadium27,12531–22–1 W1
55June 7 Carp 1–3 Tokoda (6–3) M. Tanaka (4–5) Kuribayashi (12) Rakuten Seimei Park 14,55831–23–1 L1
56June 8Carp1–0 (10) Sung (3–1) Matsumoto (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park15,04432–23–1 W1
57June 9Carp4–1 Kishi (5–2) Kuri (3–4) Y. Matsui (16)Rakuten Seimei Park15,18633–23–1 W2
58June 10 Giants 1–4 Togo (7–3) Fujii (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park19,25933–24–1 L1
59June 11Giants8–1 Hayakawa (4–3) Mercedes (5–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park25,58534–24–1 W1
60June 12Giants9–2 Norimoto (4–2) I. Yamasaki (2–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park22,87035–24–1 W2
61June 17@ Hawks 4–9 Senga (4–2) M. Tanaka (4–6)— PayPay Dome 31,32235–25–1 L1
62June 18@ Hawks1–3 (10) Matayoshi (2–3) Y. Matsui (1–2)—PayPay Dome31,05735–26–1 L2
63June 19@ Hawks1–4 Wada (2–1) Hayakawa (4–4) Moinelo (10)PayPay Dome31,59535–27–1 L3
64June 21 Fighters 3–0 Norimoto (5–2) Yoshida (1–2) Y. Matsui (17) Komachi Stadium 17,12836–27–1 W1
65June 22Fighters6–3 Nishiguchi (2–0) Kitayama (3–5)— Iwate Stadium 15,58537–27–1 W2
66June 24 Lions 3–4 K. Takahashi (6–6) M. Tanaka (4–7) Masuda (19)Rakuten Seimei Park18,04537–28–1 L1
67June 25Lions0–2 Hirai (4–4) Karashima (2–1) Masuda (20)Rakuten Seimei Park24,91437–29–1 L2
68June 26Lions0–2 Yoza (5–2) Hayakawa (4–5) Moriwaki (1)Rakuten Seimei Park22,36737–30–1 L3
69June 28@ Buffaloes 4–2 Norimoto (6–2) Miyagi (6–4) Y. Matsui (18) Hotto Motto Field 16,96138–30–1 W1
70June 29@ Buffaloes1–6 Tajima (4–3) Kishi (5–3)—Hotto Motto Field17,09338–31–1 L1
July: 8–12–1 (Home:5–6–0; Away: 3–6–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
71July 1@ Marines 4–6 Guerrero (2–2) Sung (3–2) Masuda (18) Zozo Marine Stadium 20,19438–32–1 L2
72July 2@ Marines1–3 Osuna (2–0) S. Suzuki (0–1) Masuda (19)Zozo Marine Stadium19,09038–33–1 L3
73July 3@ Marines14–1 Hayakawa (5–5) Mima (4–5)—Zozo Marine Stadium17,38939–33–1 W1
74July 5 Hawks 2–6 Ohzeki (6–3) Norimoto (6–3)— Haruka Yume Stadium 10,19139–34–1 L1
75July 7Hawks5–2 Kishi (6–3) K. Otake (0–2) Y. Matsui (19) Rakuten Seimei Park 20,05840–34–1 W1
76July 8 Lions 4–8 Mizukami (2–1) S. Suzuki (0–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park22,60540–35–1 L1
77July 9Lions3–6 Mizukami (3–1) S. Suzuki (0–3) Masuda (22)Rakuten Seimei Park19,96940–36–1 L2
78July 10Lions3–6 Yoza (6–3) Hayakawa (5–6)—Rakuten Seimei Park21,79140–37–1 L3
79July 13@ Fighters 2–3 Ponce (1–1) Norimoto (6–4) Hori (3) Kusanagi Stadium 12,53540–38–1 L4
80July 14@ Fighters0–6 Kato (4–4) Kishi (6–4)—Kusanagi Stadium10,44940–39–1 L5
81July 16 Buffaloes 7–3 M. Tanaka (5–7) Yamamoto (6–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park18,73041–39–1 W1
82July 17Buffaloes3–7 Tajima (6–3) Karashima (2–2) Yo. Hirano (23)Rakuten Seimei Park18,15841–40–1 L1
83July 18Buffaloes8–3 Sung (4–2) Suzuki (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park17,77442–40–1 W1
84July 20@ Hawks17–3 Takinaka (2–5) Ohzeki (6–5)— Kitakyushu Stadium 16,72543–40–1 W2
85July 21@ Hawks0–7 Senga (8–3) Kishi (6–5)— PayPay Dome 29,25443–41–1 L1
86July 22@ Lions4–9 Y. Watanabe (1–1) Norimoto (6–5)— Belluna Dome 19,54643–42–1 L2
87July 23@ Lions3–3Game tied after 12 inningsBelluna Dome26,64143–42–2 T1
88July 24@ Lions9–2 Karashima (3–2) Hirai (5–5)—Belluna Dome13,97344–42–2 W1
All-Star Break : PL defeats the CL, 2–0 [6]
89July 29Fighters1–2 Ponce (2–2) Takinaka (2–6) Kitaura (1)Rakuten Seimei Park21,05744–43–2 L1
90July 30Fighters7–0 M. Tanaka (6–7) Tanaka (1–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park26,13645–43–2 W1
91July 31Fighters10–5 Ishibashi (2–0) Miyanishi (0–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park20,10546–43–2 W2
August: 12–14–0 (Home:6–8–0; Away: 6–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
92August 2 Marines 4–6 Romero (8–5) Norimoto (6–6) Masuda (24) Rakuten Seimei Park 16,56046–44–2 L1
93August 3Marines5–4 Sakai (1–1) R. Sasaki (6–2) Y. Matsui (20)Rakuten Seimei Park15,71747–44–2 W1
94August 4Marines10–1 Kishi (7–5) Motomae (3–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park15,03848–44–2 W2
95August 5@ Hawks 3–7 Matsumoto (4–0) Takinaka (2–7)— PayPay Dome 27,43948–45–2 L1
96August 6@ Hawks1–9 Takeda (1–0) M. Tanaka (6–8)—PayPay Dome29,57848–46–2 L2
97August 7@ Hawks7–2 Miyamori (1–0) Wada (3–3)—PayPay Dome29,54449–46–2 W1
98August 9@ Buffaloes 1–5 Tajima (8–3) Norimoto (6–7)— Kyocera Dome 16,34749–47–2 L1
99August 10@ Buffaloes2–1 (10) Nishiguchi (3–0) Waguespack (2–6) Y. Matsui (21)Kyocera Dome17,76650–47–2 W1
100August 11@ Buffaloes1–6 Miyagi (7–6) Yuge (1–0)—Kyocera Dome24,03750–48–2 L1
101August 12 Lions 1–5 Imai (3–1) Kishi (7–6)—Rakuten Seimei Park21,12850–49–2 L2
102August 13Lions4–6 Yoza (9–3) M. Tanaka (6–9) Smith (1)Rakuten Seimei Park19,65950–50–2 L3
103August 14Lions4–3 Nishiguchi (4–0) Mizukami (4–3) Y. Matsui (22)Rakuten Seimei Park19,36651–50–2 W1
104August 16@ Fighters 2–1 Norimoto (7–7) Nemoto (2–3) Y. Matsui (23) Sapporo Dome 17,85952–50–2 W2
105August 17@ Fighters8–2 Karashima (4–2) Uehara (3–4)—Sapporo Dome17,34153–50–2 W3
106August 18@ Fighters2–1 Busenitz (2–0) Itoh (9–8) Y. Matsui (24)Sapporo Dome17,63254–50–2 W4
107August 19Marines5–6 R. Sasaki (7–3) Kishi (7–7) Osuna (2)Rakuten Seimei Park21,21554–51–2 L1
108August 20Marines5–2 M. Tanaka (7–9) Romero (8–7) Y. Matsui (25)Rakuten Seimei Park22,87455–51–2 W1
109August 21Marines1–0 Fujihira (1–0) Ojima (2–9) Y. Matsui (26)Rakuten Seimei Park18,44956–51–2 W2
110August 23Hawks6–15 Ishikawa (5–7) Norimoto (7–8)—Rakuten Seimei Park16,80156–52–2 L1
111August 24Hawks3–4 (11) Kaino (1–0) Busenitz (2–1) Tsumori (1)Rakuten Seimei Park16,25956–53–2 L2
112August 25Hawks7–5 S. Suzuki (1–3) Bandoh (1–1) Y. Matsui (27)Rakuten Seimei Park14,31257–53–2 W1
113August 26@ Marines0–2 R. Sasaki (8–3) Kishi (7–8) Osuna (4)Zozo Marine Stadium24,31357–54–2 L1
114August 27@ Marines11–3 M. Tanaka (8–9) Romero (8–8)—Zozo Marine Stadium25,91258–54–2 W1
115August 28@ Marines2–9 Ojima (3–9) Hayakawa (5–7)—Zozo Marine Stadium26,77158–55–2 L1
116August 30Buffaloes3–4 Higa (4–0) Y. Matsui (1–3) Yo. Hirano (28)Rakuten Seimei Park18,90158–56–2 L2
117August 31Buffaloes3–8 Tajima (9–3) Karashima (4–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park13,01758–57–2 L3
September/October: 11–14–1 (Home:4–11–1; Away: 7–3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
118September 1 Buffaloes 11–8 Anraku (5–1) Biddle (4–5) Y. Matsui (28) Rakuten Seimei Park 12,18759–57–2 W1
119September 2 Fighters 1–3 Itoh (10–9) Kishi (7–9) N. Ishikawa (4)Rakuten Seimei Park15,06859–58–2 L1
120September 3Fighters5–4 (10) Anraku (6–1) Hori (1–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park21,62560–58–2 W1
121September 4Fighters2–8 Kato (6–6) Hayakawa (5–8)—Rakuten Seimei Park18,74860–59–2 L1
122September 6@ Hawks 2–4 Wada (5–4) Takinaka (2–8) Moinelo (20) PayPay Dome 25,85160–60–2 L2
123September 7@ Hawks4–3 Karashima (5–3) Ishikawa (5–9) Y. Matsui (29)PayPay Dome28,44161–60–2 W1
124September 8@ Hawks7–3 Wakui (4–1) Rea (5–5)—PayPay Dome30,45262–60–2 W2
125September 10 Marines 4–6 Nishino (2–2) M. Tanaka (8–10) Osuna (7)Rakuten Seimei Park19,27462–61–2 L1
126September 11Marines3–2 Kishi (8–9) Karakawa (2–1) Y. Matsui (30)Rakuten Seimei Park20,65763–61–2 W1
127September 12Buffaloes8–2 Norimoto (8–8) Miyagi (10–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park14,11564–61–2 W2
128September 13Buffaloes3–3Game tied after 12 inningsRakuten Seimei Park12,71564–61–3 T1
129September 15Hawks3–7 Wada (6–4) Karashima (5–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park15,07864–62–3 L1
130September 16Hawks2–6 Kaino (2–0) Wakui (4–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park16,33664–63–3 L2
131September 17@ Lions 3–0 M. Tanaka (9–10) Matsumoto (6–6) Y. Matsui (31) Belluna Dome 24,16765–63–3 W1
132September 18@ Lions4–3 Norimoto (9–8) Yoza (10–7) Y. Matsui (32)Belluna Dome27,47166–63–3 W2
133September 19@ Lions6–4 (11) Busenitz (3–1) Masuda (2–5) Miyamori (1)Belluna Dome27,47567–63–3 W3
134September 20@ Lions1–4 K. Takahashi (11–8) Takinaka (2–9) Taira (8)Belluna Dome14,06367–64–3 L1
135September 23Fighters3–6 (10) Rodriguez (3–2) Miyamori (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park23,31967–65–3 L2
136September 24Buffaloes1–9 Yamamoto (15–5) M. Tanaka (9–11)—Rakuten Seimei Park21,33267–66–3 L3
137September 25@ Fighters6–0 Karashima (6–4) Matsuura (0–1)— Sapporo Dome 22,61968–66–3 W1
138September 26@ Fighters2–3 Kato (8–7) Hayakawa (5–9) Itoh (1)Sapporo Dome16,92368–67–3 L1
139September 27@ Buffaloes6–1 Norimoto (10–8) Miyagi (11–8)— Kyocera Dome 20,09269–67–3 W1
140September 28Lions0–1 Imai (5–1) Kishi (8–10) Taira (9)Rakuten Seimei Park17,31369–68–3 L1
141September 29Hawks4–5 Ohzeki (7–6) Anraku (6–2) Moinelo (24)Rakuten Seimei Park14,36069–69–3 L2
142September 30Hawks1–5 Wada (7–4) Wakui (4–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park18,64269–70–3 L3
143October 2 Buffaloes 2–5 Udagawa (2–1) M. Tanaka (9–12) Abe (3) Rakuten Seimei Park 25,33969–71–3 L4
  Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

[7]

Player statistics

Batting

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics [7]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Ginji Akaminai 8323818626002602831.261.335.28668
Hideto Asamura 143532731341702786492137.252.365.436232
Chris Gittens 2162415200801125.242.365.27417
Takahisa Hayakawa 191000000011.000.500.0000
Kengo Horiuchi 51000000000.000.000.0000
Tsuyoshi Ishihara 11000000000.000.000.0000
Yukiya Itoh †38000000004.000.000.0000
Masaki Iwami 37121000003.286.286.4293
Wataru Karashima 174000000002.000.000.0000
Keizo Kawashima 1222131016019.136.174.3187
Takayuki Kishi 222000000001.000.000.0000
Hiroto Kobukata 11842454113165229213765.267.328.342145
Fumiya Kurokawa 17634143002079.222.296.27017
José Marmolejos 5820214426072802068.208.278.34269
Eigoro Mogi 73238265312193042774.223.300.39594
Itsuki Murabayashi 4716930000015.188.235.1883
Atsuki Mutoh 4388112223191828.250.323.37533
Haruki Nishikawa 10837258811747371968103.218.342.341127
Takahiro Norimoto 212000000002.000.000.0000
Yuya Ogo 1018231012024.167.250.3897
Hikaru Ohta 7114510314031812146.214.325.30344
Takero Okajima 5318220398332521027.214.264.34162
Louis Okoye 625250000108.200.200.2005
Hiroaki Shimauchi 14254159161363147756382.298.373.453245
Ginjiro Sumitani 9825321604041801852.237.293.30076
Daichi Suzuki 1254083910519053543852.257.344.341139
Ryota Takinaka 151000000001.000.000.0000
Kazuki Tanaka 776310930156625.143.229.23815
Masahiro Tanaka 254000000001.000.000.0000
Takaya Tanaka 1817220001017.118.211.1182
Ryosuke Tatsumi 1204096011114311351242103.271.354.401164
Yasuhito Uchida 810010002024.100.231.1001
Ren Wada 11290200010010.069.067.0692
Yoshiaki Watanabe 6015314371211721224.242.295.29445
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 79187193865313151746.203.280.33763
Yuma Yasuda 510220011024.200.333.5005
Total：36 players14347385331,15017929101511975351,063.243.325.3571,690
†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 [8]

Pitching

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics [7]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Tomohiro Anraku 624.38520149.15125241239
Alan Busenitz 312.27340031.222881025
Shoma Fujihira 103.9785022.21511101217
Masaru Fujii 123.3844018.216871010
Yuya Fukui 004.09110011145547
Hiroyuki Fukuyama 000.00300330003
Takahisa Hayakawa 593.8619190107.110548462386
Ryota Ishibashi 206.12260032.13522221218
Yoshinao Kamata 006.002206104432
Wataru Karashima 643.4017170908636342453
Takayuki Kishi 8103.1922220141116515028118
Shinri Komine 006.00600694454
Tomotaka Matsui 009.00110464423
Yuki Matsui 131.925303251.22111111983
Satoshi Miyamori †111.54260123.112441223
Kohei Morihara ‡000.003002.130013
Masaya Nishigaki 002.66240023.220771015
Naoto Nishiguchi 402.26610055.23916142659
Takahiro Norimoto 1083.5321210125127544938104
Tomohito Sakai 113.31340032.22312121732
Sung Chia-hao 422.61540051.24518151538
Sora Suzuki 134.033800382517172535
Koichi Takada 007.112106.185549
Hosei Takata 007.20300555455
Ryota Takinaka 294.6215150789444402742
Masahiro Tanaka 9123.3125250163160656030126
Taisei Tsurusaki 004.50110012166667
Takuma Uchima 000.00100110000
Hideaki Wakui 433.5410100565023221035
Yuki Watanabe 002.13130012.2733410
Kazuki Yoshikawa 001.80400531112
Hayato Yuge 013.29131113.2145565
Total：32 players69713.47143143351,279.21,1615224934011,018
†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 [9]

Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award [10]

Best Nine Award [11]

Mitsui Golden Glove Award [12]

All-Star Series selections [13]

Speed Up Award [14]

SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award [15]

Farm team

2022 Eastern League regular season standings [16]
PosTeam G Tooltip Games playedWL T Pct. GB Tooltip Games behindHomeRoad
1Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles11469423.622—38–20–231–22–1
2Chiba Lotte Marines10961453.5755½34–18–227–27–1
3Yomiuri Giants125635210.548835–26–528–26–5
4Tokyo Yakult Swallows11154561.49114½29–22–125–34
5Saitama Seibu Lions11147586.4481923–25–324–33–3
6Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters9938556.4092218–33–320–22–3
7Yokohama DeNA BayStars10540623.39224½26–2714–35–3
 †  League champion

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections [17]
RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?
1 Kosei Shoji Pitcher Rikkyo University Yes
2 Ryuji Komago PitcherSaginomiya SeisakushoYes
3 Shota Watanabe Pitcher Kyushu Sangyo University Yes
4 Mao Itoh Pitcher Tokyo University of Agriculture Okhotsk Yes
5 Ryuya Taira Infielder NTT WestYes
6 Yuki Hayashi PitcherSeino TransportationYes
Development players
1 Konosuke Tatsumi Infielder Seinan Gakuin University Yes
2 Kosei Koga PitcherShimonoseki International High SchoolYes
3 Akihiro Takeshita Pitcher Hakodate University Yes
4 Sotaro Nagata Infielder National Taiwan University of Sport Yes

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