2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

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2023  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Rakuten eagles insignia.svg
League Pacific League
Ballpark Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Record70–71–2 (.497)
League place4th
Parent company Rakuten
PresidentYosuke Yoneda
Masayuki Morii
General manager Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager Kazuhisa Ishii
Captain Hideto Asamura
Average attendance18,868
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The 2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season is the 19th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles play their home games at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team is led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his third season as team manager.

Contents

Regular season

Standings

2023 Pacific League regular season standings [1]
#Team G Tooltip Games playedWL T Pct. GB Tooltip Games behindHomeRoad
1 Orix Buffaloes 14386534.619—41–28–345–25–1
2 Chiba Lotte Marines 14370685.50715½42–27–228–40–3
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 14371693.50715½39–32–032–37–3
4Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14370712.4961738–33–132–38–1
5 Saitama Seibu Lions 14365771.45822½33–37–132–40–0
6 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14360821.42327½31–40–029–42–1

Record vs. opponents

2023 record vs. opponents [1]
TeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarinesCL
Buffaloes—15–1015–9–113–11−117–815–8−211–7
Eagles10–15—15–1014–10−110–14–112–139–9
Fighters9–15–110–15—11–149–1611–1410–8
Hawks11–13−110–14−114–11—13–1212–12−111–7
Lions8–1714–10–116–912–13—9–166–12
Marines8–15−213–1214–1112–12−116–9—7–9−2

Interleague

2023 regular season interleague standings [2]
#Team G Tooltip Games playedWL T Pct. GB Tooltip Games behindHomeRoad
1 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 181170.611—6–35–4
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 181170.611—4–57–2
3 Yomiuri Giants 181170.611—5–46–3
4 Orix Buffaloes 181170.611—4–57–2
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 181080.55614–56–3
6Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles18990.50025–44–5
7 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18990.50024–55–4
8 Chiba Lotte Marines 18792.43835–42–5−2
9 Chunichi Dragons 187101.4123½2–6−15–4
10 Hanshin Tigers 187101.4123½4–4−13–6
11 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 187110.38943–64–5
12 Saitama Seibu Lions 186120.33354–52–7

Opening Day starting roster

Thursday, March 30, 2023, vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters [3]

Order Player Position
1 Ryosuke Tatsumi Center fielder
2 Hiroto Kobukata Left fielder
3 Maikel Franco Designated hitter
4 Hideto Asamura Second baseman
5 Hiroaki Shimauchi Right fielder
6 Toshiki Abe First baseman
7 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki Shortstop
8 Yukiya Itoh Third baseman
9 Yuma Yasuda Catcher
— Masahiro Tanaka Starting pitcher

Game log

2023 game log: 70–71–2 (Home: 38–33–1; Away: 32–38–1)
March/April: 9–14–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 5–8–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 30@ Fighters 3–1 M. Tanaka (1–0) Kato (0–1) Y. Matsui (1) Es Con Field 31,0921–0–0 W1
2April 1@ Fighters3–4 (10) Suzuki (1–0) Miyamori (0–1)—Es Con Field30,6371–1–0 L1
3April 2@ Fighters2–1 Fujihira (1–0) Kitayama (0–1) Y. Matsui (2)Es Con Field30,7752–1–0 W1
4April 4 Lions 0–4 Imai (1–0) Norimoto (0–1)— Rakuten Mobile Park 24,3652–2–0 L1
5April 5Lions1–0 Hayakawa (1–0) Sumida (0–1) Y. Matsui (3)Rakuten Mobile Park21,5263–2–0 W1
6April 6Lions1–2 Matsumoto (1–0) M. Tanaka (1–1) Masuda (1)Rakuten Mobile Park19,0343–3–0 L1
7April 8@ Marines 4–5 Sawamura (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–1) Masuda (3) Zozo Marine Stadium 27,4443–4–0 L2
8April 9@ Marines1–10 Taneichi (1–1) Kishi (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium28,8483–5–0 L3
9April 11 Buffaloes 0–6 Yamashita (1–0) Norimoto (0–2)—Rakuten Mobile Park13,1653–6–0 L4
10April 12Buffaloes2–7 Tajima (1–1) Hayakawa (1–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park12,4883–7–0 L5
11April 14 Hawks 3–0 M. Tanaka (2–1) Wada (1–1) Y. Matsui (4)Rakuten Mobile Park15,7284–7–0 W1
—April 15HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 7Rakuten Mobile Park———
12April 16Hawks3–6 Tsumori (2–0) Nishiguchi (0–2) Osuna (3)Rakuten Mobile Park18,5044–8–0 L1
13April 18@ Buffaloes5–1 M. Itoh (1–0) Waguespack (2–1)— Kyocera Dome 15,1735–8–0 W1
14April 19@ Buffaloes1–2 Tajima (2–1) Nishiguchi (0–3) Yo. Hirano (4)Kyocera Dome14,9835–9–0 L1
15April 20@ Buffaloes1–3 Yamasaki (1–0) Fujihira (1–1) Waguespack (1)Kyocera Dome13,8735–10–0 L2
16April 21Fighters8–7 Suzuki (1–0) S. Tanaka (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park16,4426–10–0 W1
17April 22Fighters3–5 Uwasawa (2–1) Shoji (0–1) Miyanishi (1)Rakuten Mobile Park17,1616–11–0 L1
18April 23Fighters4–3 (11) Uchi (1–0) Tamai (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park21,1287–11–0 W1
—April 25@ HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 2 Kitakyushi Stadium ———
19April 26@ Hawks2–4 Wada (2–1) Hayakawa (1–2) Osuna (4) PayPay Dome 34,8587–12–0 L1
20April 27@ Hawks3–5 Mori (1–0) Takinaka (0–1) Osuna (5)PayPay Dome35,1027–13–0 L2
21April 28@ Lions0–4 Imai (3–0) M. Tanaka (2–2)— Belluna Dome 16,4537–14–0 L3
22April 29@ Lions8–2 Fujihira (2–1) K. Takahashi (3–1)—Belluna Dome24,1488–14–0 W1
23April 30@ Lions7–6 (10) Y. Matsui (1–0) Yoza (0–1) Sakai (1)Belluna Dome22,1769–14–0 W2
May: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–8–0; Away: 2–5–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 2 Marines 5–1 Kishi (1–1) Nishino (3−1) Y. Matsui (5) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,55010–14–0 W3
25May 3Marines0−2 (10) Sawamura (3–0) Uchi (1–1) Masuda (9)Rakuten Mobile Park25,14310−15−0 L1
26May 4Marines6−0 T. Matsui (1−0) Mori (1−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,13411−15−0 W1
27May 5@ Fighters 2−5 Miyauchi (1−0) Nishiguchi (0–4) S. Tanaka (4) Es Con Field 26,34211−16−0 L1
28May 6@ Fighters5−0 Takinaka (1–1) Uwasawa (3–2)—Es Con Field26,76112−16−0 W1
29May 7@ Fighters2−3 S. Tanaka (1−1) Miyamori (0–2)—Es Con Field25,25012−17−0 L1
30May 9 Buffaloes 0−2 Miyagi (4−0) Hayakawa (1–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park17,45912−18−0 L2
31May 10Buffaloes2−8 Tajima (4–2) Kishi (1–2)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,48012−19−0 L3
32May 11Buffaloes7−3 Norimoto (1–2) Kuroki (0−2)—Rakuten Mobile Park21,70913−19−0 W1
33May 12@ Lions 4−4Game tied after 12 innings Belluna Dome 12,67513−19−1 T1
34May 13@ Lions4−7 K. Takahashi (3–1) Fujihira (2–2) Moriwaki (1)Belluna Dome18,41713−20−1 L1
35May 14@ Lions5−0 Takinaka (2–1) Sumida (1–4)—Belluna Dome22,25714−20−1 W1
36May 16 Hawks 3−0 Hayakawa (2–3) Ohzeki (2−4) Y. Matsui (6) Kitagin Ballpark 16,07015−20−1 W2
37May 17Hawks1−10 Wada (3–1) Shoji (0–2)— Kirayaka Stadium 9,91215−21−1 L1
—May 19MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 9Rakuten Mobile Park———
38May 20Marines1−6 Nishino (5−1) Norimoto (1–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park18,11915−22−1 L2
39May 21Marines4−6 Hirohata (1−0) Takinaka (2–2) Perdomo (1)Rakuten Mobile Park17,85915−23−1 L3
40May 23@ Buffaloes0−8 Yamashita (4–0) M. Tanaka (2–3)— Hotto Motto Field 21,05515−24−1 L4
41May 24@ Buffaloes5−6 Waguespack (2–2) Y. Matsui (1–1)—Hotto Motto Field21,36215−25−1 L5
42May 26Fighters4−3 Uchi (2–1) H. Itoh (2−4) Y. Matsui (7)Rakuten Mobile Park16,44416−25−1 W1
43May 27Fighters1−3 Suzuki (4–2) T. Matsui (1−1) S. Tanaka (7)Rakuten Mobile Park20,11116−26−1 L1
44May 28Fighters3−2 (12) Sung (1−0) Rodriguez (0−3)—Rakuten Mobile Park20,95417−26−1 W1
45May 30 BayStars 2−3 Imanaga (3−1) Norimoto (1–4)—Rakuten Mobile Park13,06117−27−1 L1
46May 31BayStars3−1 M. Tanaka (3–3) Wendelken (1−1) Y. Matsui (8)Rakuten Mobile Park13,67718−27−1 W1
June: 10–13–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 6–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
47June 1 BayStars 3−11 K. Azuma (5−2) Takinaka (2–3)— Rakuten Mobile Park 12,40618−28−1 L1
—June 2@ Swallows Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 20 Meiji Jingu Stadium ———
48June 3@ Swallows5−9 Peters (2−1) Hayakawa (2–4)—Meiji Jingu Stadium29,34518−29−1 L2
49June 4@ Swallows2−5 Kozawa (1−1) Shoji (0–3) Taguchi (12)Meiji Jingu Stadium29,60218−30−1 L3
50June 6 Tigers 4−1 Norimoto (2–4) Murakami (5−2) Y. Matsui (9)Rakuten Mobile Park16,02819−30−1 W1
51June 7Tigers3−11 Y. Nishi M. Tanaka (3–4)—Rakuten Mobile Park17,16819−31−1 L1
52June 8Tigers6−4 Uchi (3–1) Yuasa (0−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park16,49820−31−1 W1
53June 9 Dragons 5−4 S. Watanabe (1−0) Ogasawara (4−3) Y. Matsui (10)Rakuten Mobile Park15,30221−31−1 W2
54June 10Dragons1−0 Hayakawa (3–4) Matsuba (0−1) Y. Matsui (11)Rakuten Mobile Park23,56222−31−1 W3
—June 11DragonsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21Rakuten Mobile Park———
55June 13@ Carp 6−3 Norimoto (3–4) Ohsera (2−5) Y. Matsui (12) Mazda Stadium 28,43023−31−1 W4
56June 14@ Carp3−4 Yasaki (4−0) Y. Matsui (1−2)—Mazda Stadium23,94923−32−1 L1
57June 15@ Carp11−7 S. Watanabe (2−0) Shimauchi (1−2)—Mazda Stadium23,16924−32−1 W1
58June 16@ Giants 5−6 Ohe (4−0) Sakai (0−1)— Tokyo Dome 36,91624−33−1 L1
59June 17@ Giants2−1 Hayakawa (4–4) Griffin (4−3) Y. Matsui (13)Tokyo Dome40,84525−33−1 W1
60June 18@ Giants2−1 Kishi (2–2) Sugano (1−1) Y. Matsui (14)Tokyo Dome40,92926−33−1 W2
61June 20@ Swallows0−13 Yamamoto (1−0) Fujihira (2–3)—Meiji Jingu Stadium16,18226−34−1 L1
62June 21Dragons2−5 Takahashi (3−6) Takinaka (2–4) Martínez (15)Rakuten Mobile Park13,95926−35−1 L2
63June 23 Lions 4−5 Hirai (3−2) Sakai (0−2) Masuda (10)Rakuten Mobile Park13,79426−36−1 L3
64June 24Lions0−1 K. Takahashi (5–5) Karashima (0−1) Masuda (11)Rakuten Mobile Park18,27626−37−1 L4
65June 25Lions2−5 Sumida (3–6) Hayakawa (4–5) Moriwaki (3)Rakuten Mobile Park17,06526−38−1 L5
66June 26@ Hawks 3−1 M. Tanaka (4–4) Wada (5–3) Y. Matsui (15) Tokyo Dome 41,87627−38−1 W1
67June 28@ Hawks2−3 Moinelo (3−0) S. Watanabe (2−1) Osuna (14) PayPay Dome 34,35127−39−1 L1
68June 29@ Hawks2−3 Ohtsu (2−0) Uchi (3–2) Osuna (15)PayPay Dome36,15727−40−1 L2
69June 30@ Marines 5−4 Sakai (1−2) Perdomo (0−1) Y. Matsui (16) Zozo Marine Stadium 18,54628−40−1 W1
July: 15–7–0 (Home: 8–4–0; Away: 7–3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
70July 1@ Marines 2−10 Taneichi (5–3) Karashima (0−2)— Zozo Marine Stadium 25,37028−41−1 L1
71July 2@ Marines11−4 Fujii (1−0) Mercedes (3−4)—Zozo Marine Stadium23,05129−41−1 W1
72July 4 Buffaloes 7−9 Udagawa (1−0) M. Tanaka (4–5) Yo. Hirano (13) Tokyo Dome 40,50229−42−1 L1
73July 5Buffaloes6−1 Shoji (1–3) Miyagi (6−3)— Rakuten Mobile Park 12,57530−42−1 W1
74July 6Buffaloes3−0 Kishi (3–2) Yamashita (7–2) Y. Matsui (17)Rakuten Mobile Park12,08731−42−1 W2
75July 7 Hawks 6−5 Norimoto (4–4) Arihara (3−1) Y. Matsui (18)Rakuten Mobile Park14,61332−42−1 W3
76July 8Hawks8−1 Karashima (1−2) Higashihama (5−6)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,95033−42−1 W4
77July 9Hawks5−1 Fujii (2−0) Ishikawa (3−4)—Rakuten Mobile Park20,02834−42−1 W5
78July 11@ Fighters 3−2 M. Tanaka (5–5) Kitayama (5–4) Y. Matsui (19) Es Con Field 26,85535−42−1 W6
79July 12@ Fighters4−3 Sung (2−0) H. Itoh (5−5) Y. Matsui (20)Es Con Field25,93636−42−1 W7
80July 13@ Fighters3−2 Sakai (2−2) S. Tanaka (2–2) Y. Matsui (21)Es Con Field29,01037−42−1 W8
81July 15@ Marines7−9 T. Nakamura (1−0) Sakai (2−3) Masuda (23)Zozo Marine Stadium25,56037−43−1 L1
82July 16@ Marines7−6 S. Watanabe (3−1) Masuda (2−2) Y. Matsui (22)Zozo Marine Stadium26,61738−43−1 W1
83July 17@ Marines4−2 Anraku (1−0) Taneichi (6–4) Y. Matsui (23)Zozo Marine Stadium22,09839−43−1 W2
All-Star Break : PL defeats the CL, 2–0
84July 22@ Lions 1−2 Imai (5–2) Karashima (2−2) Masuda (16) Belluna Dome 17,60639−44−1 L1
85July 23@ Lions4−2 Norimoto (5–4) Enns (1−8) S. Suzuki (1)Belluna Dome15,68540−44−1 W1
86July 25Fighters3−1 Hayakawa (5–5) Kato (5–7) S. Watanabe (1)Rakuten Mobile Park16,15841−44−1 W2
87July 26Fighters2−3 Ikeda (1−3) S. Suzuki (1−1) S. Tanaka (15)Rakuten Mobile Park16,93541−45−1 L1
88July 27Fighters5−9 Kitayama (6–4) M. Tanaka (5–6)—Rakuten Mobile Park15,08241−46−1 L2
89July 28Lions5−1 Kishi (4–2) Taira (6−5)—Rakuten Mobile Park15,16442−46−1 W1
90July 29Lions1−3 Imai (6–2) Karashima (2−4) Masuda (18)Rakuten Mobile Park18,85542−47−1 L1
91July 30Lions5−4 (10) Sakai (3−3) Mizukami (0−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park17,20943−47−1 W1
August: 12–12–0 (Home: 9–5–0; Away: 3–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
92August 1@ Buffaloes 2−6 Yamamoto (10−4) Hayakawa (5–6) Yamazaki (5) Kyocera Dome 28,52743−48−1 L1
93August 2@ Buffaloes2−3 Yo. Hirano (3−1) Anraku (1−1)—Kyocera Dome21,65143−49−1 L2
94August 3@ Buffaloes9−1 M. Tanaka (6–6) Waguespack (3–5)—Kyocera Dome23,01644−49−1 W1
95August 4 Marines 3−5 Taneichi (8–4) Kishi (4–3) Tojo (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,03544−50−1 L1
96August 5Marines7−6 Sakai (4−3) Perdomo (1−2) Y. Matsui (24)Rakuten Mobile Park16,50145−50−1 W1
97August 6Marines2−1 Norimoto (6–4) Ojima (5−4) Y. Matsui (25)Rakuten Mobile Park18,01846−50−1 W2
98August 8@ Hawks 9−3 Hayakawa (6–6) Taura (2−1)— PayPay Dome 35,20347−50−1 W3
—August 9@ HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 3PayPay Dome———
99August 10@ Hawks4−11 Wada (6–4) M. Tanaka (6–7)—PayPay Dome37,97447−51−1 L1
100August 11Buffaloes5−0 Kishi (5–3) Yamasaki (8–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park22,31348−51−1 W1
—August 12BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 14Rakuten Mobile Park———
101August 13Buffaloes0−1 Udagawa (3−0) Norimoto (6–5) Yo. Hirano (19)Rakuten Mobile Park20,52648−52−1 L1
102August 15@ Lions 5−3 S. Watanabe (4−1) Masuda (4−3) Y. Matsui (26) Belluna Dome 20,41449−52−1 W1
103August 16@ Lions1−4 Imai (7–3) Karashima (1−5)—Belluna Dome18,19449−53−1 L1
104August 17@ Lions2−4 Sumida (7–7) M. Tanaka (6–8) Aoyama (3)Belluna Dome16,49649−54−1 L2
105August 18Marines1−4 Taneichi (10–4) Kishi (5–4) Masuda (30)Rakuten Mobile Park20,02149−55−1 L3
106August 19Marines7−5 S. Watanabe (5−1) Perdomo (1−3) Y. Matsui (27)Rakuten Mobile Park21,26650−55−1 W1
107August 20Marines3−4 Nishimura (3−0) Y. Matsui (1−3) Masuda (31)Rakuten Mobile Park20,02850−56−1 L1
108August 22@ Fighters 2−6 Kato (5–7) Hayakawa (6–7)— Es Con Field 23,56350−57−1 L2
109August 23@ Fighters4−10 Ponce (2−4) T. Matsui (1−2)—Es Con Field22,43550−58−1 L3
110August 25Hawks3−2 (10) S. Watanabe (6−1) Kaino (1−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park26,37251−58−1 W1
111August 26Hawks2−1 M. Tanaka (7–8) Bando (4−3) Y. Matsui (28)Rakuten Mobile Park25,66952−58−1 W2
112August 27Hawks7−1 Shoji (2–3) Matsumoto (0−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park18,40853−58−1 W3
113August 29Lions2−1 Norimoto (7–5) Matsumoto (4–8) Y. Matsui (29)Rakuten Mobile Park13,95254−58−1 W4
114August 30Lions6−4 Uchi (4–2) Masuda (4−4)—Rakuten Mobile Park14,81255−58−1 W5
115August 31Lions4−5 Kumon (1−0) S. Watanabe (6−2) Kriske (1)Rakuten Mobile Park13,53755−59−1 L1
September/October: 15–11–1 (Home: 6–3–1; Away: 9–8–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
116September 1@ Marines 0−5 Mima (2−7) Kishi (5–5)— Zozo Marine Stadium 22,53555−60−1 L2
117September 2@ Marines5−3 Anraku (2−1) Masuda (2−4) Y. Matsui (30)Zozo Marine Stadium28,85756−60−1 W1
118September 3@ Marines5−4 Shoji (3–3) Nakamori (1−2) Y. Matsui (31)Zozo Marine Stadium27,72957−60−1 W2
—September 5 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 22 Rakuten Mobile Park ———
—September 6FightersPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 5Rakuten Mobile Park———
119September 8@ Hawks 8−6 Kishi (6–5) Ishikawa (4−7) Y. Matsui (32) PayPay Dome 34,79558−60−1 W3
120September 9@ Hawks2−7 Kaino (2−1) M. Tanaka (7–9)—PayPay Dome38,33158−61−1 L1
121September 10@ Hawks6−4 Shoji (4–3) Bando (5−4) Y. Matsui (33)PayPay Dome38,13959−61−1 W1
122September 12@ Marines3−5 Sawada (2−0) Norimoto (7–6) Masuda (35)Zozo Marine Stadium24,23459−62−1 L1
123September 13@ Marines5−3 S. Watanabe (7−2) Masuda (2−5) Y. Matsui (34)Zozo Marine Stadium24,20060−62−1 W1
124September 14 Buffaloes 0−2 (11) Yamazaki (1−0) Anraku (2−2) Yamaoka (1)Rakuten Mobile Park21,53960−63−1 L1
125September 16@ Buffaloes3−1 Kishi (7–5) Yamamoto (14−6) Y. Matsui (35) Kyocera Dome 35,36061−63−1 W1
126September 17@ Buffaloes4−6 Udagawa (4−0) Sung (2−1) Yamazaki (8)Kyocera Dome35,68861−64−1 L1
127September 18@ Buffaloes3−6 Kogita (3−0) M. Tanaka (7–10) Yamazaki (9)Kyocera Dome33,77361−65−1 L2
128September 19Hawks3−2 Norimoto (8–6) Matayoshi (2−2) Y. Matsui (36)Rakuten Mobile Park20,04862−65−1 W1
129September 20Hawks6−1 Fujii (3−0) Ohzeki (4−7)—Rakuten Mobile Park20,30063−65−1 W2
130September 21 Lions 2−7 Imai (10–4) Shiomi (0−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park14,03163−66−1 L1
131September 22Fighters0−3 Kanemura (2−1) Fujihira (2–4) S. Tanaka (24)Rakuten Mobile Park15,81163−67−1 L2
132September 23Fighters4−1 Kishi (8–5) Uwasawa (8–9) Y. Matsui (37)Rakuten Mobile Park25,94664−67−1 W1
133September 24Fighters3−1 Y. Matsui (2−3) Ikeda (1−5)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,56165−67−1 W2
134September 25@ Fighters9−1 S. Watanabe (8−2) Itoh (7−10)— Es Con Field 26,01066−67−1 W3
135September 27@ Lions1−2 Hirai (4−3) S. Watanabe (8−3) Kriske (7) Belluna Dome 24,87366−68−1 L1
136September 28Buffaloes9−5 Anraku (3−2) Abe (3−5)—Rakuten Mobile Park22,91167−68−1 W1
137September 30@ Buffaloes5−4 Kishi (9–5) Tajima (6–4) Y. Matsui (38)Kyocera Dome26,15968−68−1 W2
138October 1@ Buffaloes8−2 Shoji (5–3) Kuroki (1−5)—Kyocera Dome28,16269−68−1 W3
139October 2@ Hawks0−6 Ohzeki (5−7) M. Tanaka (7–11)—PayPay Dome37,41369−69−1 L1
140October 3@ Hawks3−7 Wada (8–6) Norimoto (8–7) Osuna (26)PayPay Dome38,59769−70−1 L2
141October 5Fighters5−3 Sakai (5−3) Nemoto (3−1) Y. Matsui (39)Rakuten Mobile Park24,99770−70−1 W1
142October 7Hawks5−5Game tied after 12 inningsRakuten Mobile Park25,84170−70−2 T1
—October 9MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 10Rakuten Mobile Park———
143October 10Marines0−5 Ojima (10−6) Norimoto (8–8)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,63070−71−2 L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

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Batting

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics [4]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Toshiki Abe 78216165517142402747.255.340.39886
Ginji Akaminai 610010001001.100.100.1001
Hideto Asamura 143522641432002678275108.274.368.462241
Maikel Franco 953123169110123202152.221.273.372116
Takahisa Hayakawa 173110000000.333.333.3331
Kengo Horiuchi 32010000010.500.667.5001
Yukiya Itoh 8718820466151631548.245.301.36769
Wataru Karashima 101000000001.000.000.0000
Takayuki Kishi 201000000001.000.000.0000
Hiroto Kobukata 1344776712386537364883.258.329.331158
Fumiya Kurokawa 922120012005.091.087.2275
Eigoro Mogi 812110001033.083.267.0831
Itsuki Murabayashi 983013577142232112155.256.311.336101
Haruki Nishikawa 35721113211421124.181.286.27820
Takahiro Norimoto 243000000003.000.000.0000
Yuya Ogo 120390531021631049133685.262.321.395154
Hikaru Ohta 10417319426031412747.243.356.33057
Takero Okajima 114361339620064333367.266.327.371134
Hiroaki Shimauchi 104322217613073824141.236.325.342110
Kosei Shoji 192000000000.000.000.0000
Yuya Shozui 11000000010.000.500.0000
Ginjiro Sumitani 65131929201100523.221.259.26034
Daichi Suzuki 10125025619152702436.244.330.34887
Kazuki Tanaka 953422300233513.088.205.2659
Masahiro Tanaka 242000000002.000.000.0000
Ryosuke Tatsumi 13343445114165943134099.263.341.385167
Ren Wada 25010002003.200.167.2001
Yoshiaki Watanabe 2549370003057.143.222.1437
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 117261295365219133558.203.303.28775
Yuma Yasuda 53110724203701625.218.323.31835
Total：30 players1434,6675131,14016825104485102490937.244.321.3581,670
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [5]

Pitching

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics [4]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Tomohiro Anraku 323.04570047.14816161832
Manny Bañuelos 00811000.246620
Shoma Fujihira 244.441111050.25030252742
Masaru Fujii 302.29106035.1281291824
Takahisa Hayakawa 673.441717096.210242372778
Ryota Ishibashi 0018.92003.187712
Mao Itoh 103.2725002218118149
Wataru Karashima 154.561010051.15727261624
Takayuki Kishi 953.0720200120.112344412076
Ryuji Komago 009400444463
Tomotaka Matsui 123.8663018.21598813
Yuki Matsui 231.575903957.13814101372
Satoshi Miyamori 027.712400213018181415
Masaya Nishigaki 00811000.113310
Naoto Nishiguchi 044.56260023.2321412918
Takahiro Norimoto 882.6124240155134574544111
Tomohito Sakai 532.98470142.13617142530
Takahiro Shiomi 019110444414
Kosei Shoji 533.3619190109.29043414893
Sung Chia-hao 212.89490046.24116151135
Sora Suzuki 113.3610143.23718162547
Koichi Takada 001.867009.2144226
Ryota Takinaka 243.8388042.14520181118
Masahiro Tanaka 7114.9124240139.115679763881
Taisei Tsurusaki 001.867009.2112207
Seiryu Uchi 422.28530055.13817141735
Shota Watanabe 832.4510148.23015132041
Hayato Yuge 005.5912009.2127645
Total：28 players70713.52143143421,268.21,206556496440921
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [6]

Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award [7]

Best Nine Award [8]

Mitsui Golden Glove Award [9]

All-Star Series selections [10]

SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award [11]

Farm team

2023 Eastern League regular season standings [12]
#Team G Tooltip Games playedWL T Pct. GB Tooltip Games behindHomeRoad
1Yomiuri Giants12474446.627—45–1829–26–6
2Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles12978483.619041–22–237–26–1
3Saitama Seibu Lions12471494.592424–24–237–25–2
4Yokohama DeNA BayStars13259667.47218½35–29–324–37–4
5Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters12854677.44621½29–30–625–37–1
6Tokyo Yakult Swallows12245734.3812926–31–319–42–1
7Chiba Lotte Marines12443756.3643121–37–322–38–3

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections [13]
RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?
1 Tatsuki Koja Pitcher Toin University of Yokohama Yes
2 Haruto Sakai PitcherTakigawa Daini High SchoolYes
3 Hinata Naoki Pitcher Tokai University Sugao High SchoolYes
4 Jumil Rikai Waters InfielderNihon Wellness Okinawa High SchoolYes
5 Takuma Matsuda Pitcher Osaka Sangyo University Yes
6 Daisuke Nakajima Outfielder Aoyama Gakuin University Yes
7 Seiya Ohuchi PitcherNihon Wellness Miyagi High SchoolYes
8 Takumi Aono Infielder Himi High SchoolYes

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