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2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season
Professional sports season in Nippon Professional Baseball
Professional sports season in Nippon Professional Baseball
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |
| image | Rakuten eagles insignia.svg |
| year | 2008 |
| league | Pacific League |
| league_place | 5th |
| record | 65–76–3 (.461) |
| parent_company | Rakuten |
| president | Toru Shimada |
| manager | Katsuya Nomura |
| field | Kleenex Stadium Miyagi |
| attendance | 15,959 |
| nickname | Eagles |
The 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the fourth season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Miyagi Baseball Stadium in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Katsuya Nomura on his third season as team manager.
Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the season in fifth place with a record of .
Regular season
Standings
Interleague
Record vs. opponents
| Team | Orix Buffaloes}}" | Buffaloes | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles}}" | Eagles | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters}}" | Fighters | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks}}" | Hawks | Saitama Seibu Lions}}" | Lions | Chiba Lotte Marines}}" | Marines | CL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffaloes | — | 13–10–1 | 13–11 | 14–10 | 10–14 | 14–10 | 11–13 | ||||||
| Eagles | 10–13–1 | — | 13–10–1 | 12–12 | 10–14 | 7–16–1 | 13–11 | ||||||
| Fighters | 11–13 | 10–13–1 | — | 17–7 | 9–14–1 | 12–12 | 14–10 | ||||||
| Hawks | 10–14 | 12–12 | 7–17 | — | 10–11–3 | 10–14 | 15–9 | ||||||
| Lions | 14–10 | 14–10 | 14–9–1 | 11–10–3 | — | 13–11 | 10–14 | ||||||
| Marines | 10–14 | 16–7–1 | 12–12 | 14–10 | 11–13 | — | 10–14 |
Opening Day roster
Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
| Order | Player | Pos. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naoto Watanabe | SS |
| 2 | Teppei Tsuchiya | CF |
| 3 | Daisuke Kusano | 3B |
| 4 | José Fernández | 1B |
| 5 | Takeshi Yamasaki | DH |
| 6 | Rick Short | LF |
| 7 | Koichi Isobe | RF |
| 8 | Yosuke Takasu | 2B |
| 9 | Akihito Fujii | C |
| — | Hisashi Iwakuma | P |
Game log
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || March 20 || @ Hawks || 3–4 || Kume (1–0) || Guzmán (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 35,722 || 0–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || March 22 || @ Hawks || 4–5 (11) || Nitkowski (1–0) || Watanabe (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 31,014 || 0–2–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || March 23 || @ Hawks || 0–4 || Oba (1–0) || Asai (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 31,660 || 0–3–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || March 25 || @ Buffaloes || 4–5 || Takagi (1–0) || Ichiba (0–1) || Kato (3) || Kyocera Dome || 34,911 || 0–4–0 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || March 26 || @ Buffaloes || 11–0 || Nagai (1–0) || Mitsuhara (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 11,052 || 1–4–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || March 27 || @ Buffaloes || 2–0 || Iwakuma (1–0) || Kaneko (1–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 23,547 || 2–4–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || March 29 || Fighters || 7–2 || Tanaka (1–0) || Hoshino (0–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,189 || 3–4–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || March 30 || Fighters || 3–1 || Asai (1–1) || Glynn (0–2) || Aoyama (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,518 || 4–4–0 || W4 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 1 || Marines || 7–4 || Koyama (1–0) || Komiyama (0–2) || Aoyama (2) || Kleenex Stadium || 10,927 || 5–4–0 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 2 || Marines || 6–3 || Nagai (2–0) || Shimizu (0–2) || Aoyama (3) || Kleenex Stadium || 14,285 || 6–4–0 || W6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 3 || Marines || 9–1 || Iwakuma (2–0) || Kubo (1–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 15,018 || 7–4–0 || W7 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 4 || @ Lions || 2–4 || Hoashi (1–0) || Lin (0–1) || Graman (2) || Shikishima Stadium || 17,599 || 7–5–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 5 || @ Lions || 2–4 || Ishii (3–0) || Tanaka (1–1) || Onuma (1) || Seibu Dome || 23,902 || 7–6–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 6 || @ Lions || 3–4 || Kinney (2–1) || Asai (1–2) || Graman (3) || Seibu Dome || 18,213 || 7–7–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 8 || @ Fighters || 7–8 || Takeda (3–0) || Lin (0–1) || Nakamura (3) || Sapporo Dome || 20,257 || 7–8–0 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 9 || @ Fighters || 2–4 || Yoshikawa (1–2) || Nagai (2–1) || Nakamura (4) || Sapporo Dome || 19,044 || 7–9–0 || L5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 10 || @ Fighters || 0–1 || Yu Darvish (3–0) || Iwakuma (2–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 25,197 || 7–10–0 || L6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 11 || Buffaloes || 5–4 (10) || Aoyama (1–0) || Yamaguchi (1–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 10,626 || 8–10–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 12 || Buffaloes || 3–0 || Tanaka (2–1) || Kondo (2–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 15,456 || 9–10–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 13 || Buffaloes || 12–6 || Asai (2–2) || Kawagoe (1–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,879 || 10–10–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 15 || @ Marines || 6–7 || Ono (1–0) || Nagai (2–2) || Ogino (4) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 17,336 || 10–11–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 16 || @ Marines || 1–2 || Shimizu (2–2) || Guzmán (0–2) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,853 || 10–12–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 17 || @ Marines || 11–2 || Iwakuma (3–1) || Kubo (1–3) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 9,211 || 11–12–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 19 || Lions || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 || Kleenex Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || April 20 || Lions || 3–4 (10) || Iwasaki (1–0) || Aoyama (1–1) || Graman (6) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,601 || 11–13–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || April 22 || Hawks || 4–3 || Asai (3–2) || Powell (1–1) || Aoyama (4) || Kleenex Stadium || 11,799 || 12–13–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || April 23 || Hawks || 4–0 || Nagai (3–2) || Otonari (2–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,353 || 13–13–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 24 || Hawks || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30 || Kleenex Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || April 25 || Fighters || 6–1 || Iwakuma (4–1) || Yoshikawa (1–4) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 13,213 || 14–13–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || April 26 || Fighters || 6–1 || Guzmán (1–2) || Fujii (1–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 16,826 || 15–13–0 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || April 27 || Fighters || 5–0 || Tanaka (3–1) || Glynn (1–4) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,634 || 16–13–0 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 || April 29 || @ Buffaloes || 1–2 || Yamaguchi (2–1) || Asai (3–3) || Kato (7) || Kyocera Dome || 18,571 || 16–14–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || April 30 || @ Buffaloes || 5–4 || Koyama (2–0) || Yamaguchi (2–2) || — || Kyocera Dome || 13,146 || 17–14–0 || W1 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 32 || May 1 || @ Buffaloes || 1–6 || Komatsu (3–0) || Ichiba (0–2) || — || Skymark Stadium || 14,003 || 17–15–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 2 || @ Fighters || 1–5 || Tadano (1–0) || Iwakuma (4–2) || Nakamura (9) || Sapporo Dome || 41,124 || 17–16–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 34 || May 3 || @ Fighters || 5–12 || Sakamoto (1–1) || Kawagishi (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 40,083 || 17–17–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 4 || @ Fighters || 7–1 || Tanaka (4–1) || Glynn (1–5) || — || Sapporo Dome || 42,126 || 18–17–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 36 || May 5 || Hawks || 5–7 (11) || Ogura (4–1) || Koyama (2–1) || Yanase (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 20,572 || 18–18–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 6 || Hawks || 4–8 || Otonari (3–4) || Nagai (3–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,885 || 18–19–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 7 || Hawks || 9–7 || Asai (4–3) || Takeoka (0–1) || Arime (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 10,667 || 19–19–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 9 || @ Marines || 11–4 || Iwakuma (5–2) || Ono (2–2) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,849 || 20–19–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 10 || @ Marines || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 19 || Chiba Marine Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 11 || @ Marines|| 1–6 || Shimizu (4–3) || Tanaka (4–2) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 24,892 || 20–20–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || May 13 || Buffaloes || 2–8 || Kondo (3–4) || Nagai (3–4) || — || Fukushima Azuma || 7,041 || 20–21–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 14 || Buffaloes || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 4 || Kleenex Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 15 || Buffaloes || 1–2 || Komatsu (4–0) || Asai (4–4) || Kato (10) || Kleenex Stadium || 11,581 || 20–22–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43 || May 16 || Lions || 8–2 || Iwakuma (6–2) || Kishi (4–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,057 || 21–22–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 17 || Lions || 3–2 (12) || Kawagishi (1–1) || Okamoto (0–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 14,265 || 22–22–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 18 || Lions || 3–7 || Hsu (1–0) || Tanaka (4–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,253 || 22–23–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-top: solid 2px black; border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 46 || May 20 || Dragons || 6–1 || Nagai (4–4) || Ogasawara (4–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,964 || 23–23–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 47 || May 21 || Dragons || 1–3 || Yamamoto (3–0) || Asai (4–5) || Iwase (13) || Kleenex Stadium || 15,372 || 23–24–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 48 || May 23 || BayStars || 7–5 || Iwakuma (7–2) || Kobayashi (1–1) || Koyama (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 14,091 || 24–24–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 49 || May 24 || BayStars || 2–1 || Guzmán (2–2) || Oyamada (1–2) || Koyama (2) || Kleenex Stadium || 17,435 || 25–24–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 50 || May 25 || @ Swallows || 10–2 || Tanaka (5–3) || Kamada (0–1) || — || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 22,491 || 26–24–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 51 || May 26 || @ Swallows || 5–4 || Nagai (5–4) || Rios (2–6) || Koyama (3) || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 16,483 || 27–24–0 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 52 || May 28 || @ Giants || 1–6 || Utsumi (3–3) || Hasebe (0–1) || — || Tokyo Dome || 43,132 || 27–25–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 53 || May 29 || @ Giants || 4–2 || Asai (5–5) || Greisinger (5–3) || Koyama (4) || Tokyo Dome || 41,106 || 28–25–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 54 || May 31 || Carp || 8–3 || Iwakuma (8–2) || Takahashi (6–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 14,393 || 29–25–0 || W2
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Roster
| 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |
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| Roster |
| Pitchers |
Player statistics
Batting
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB | Total:38 players | 1,937 | 4,880 | 627 | 1,329 | 232 | 18 | 94 | 604 | 101 | 439 | 777 | .272 | .340 | .385 | 1,879 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .111 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 142 | 541 | 81 | 163 | *40* | 0 | 18 | 99 | 5 | 53 | 78 | .301 | .368 | .475 | 257 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 90 | 190 | 15 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 25 | .263 | .329 | .300 | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | 41 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | .268 | .333 | .268 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .231 | .333 | .308 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .087 | .125 | .087 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 46 | 124 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 16 | .234 | .300 | .250 | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 63 | 94 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .202 | .306 | .277 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 118 | 328 | 36 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 33 | .271 | .321 | .345 | 113 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 49 | 144 | 15 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 14 | .292 | .346 | .396 | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 81 | 178 | 27 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 28 | .315 | .397 | .466 | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .118 | .167 | .176 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .242 | .265 | .273 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| † | 39 | 136 | 24 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 40 | .324 | .408 | .662 | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| 85 | 196 | 20 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 40 | .230 | .288 | .296 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 82 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | .163 | .234 | .233 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 134 | 491 | 62 | 163 | 31 | 2 | 12 | 71 | 4 | 25 | 51 | *.332* | .365 | .477 | 234 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 51 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .211 | .250 | .316 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 123 | 383 | 44 | 108 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 6 | 29 | 38 | .282 | .338 | .371 | 142 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 124 | 422 | 52 | 114 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 5 | 42 | 52 | .270 | .345 | .403 | 170 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 47 | 152 | 21 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 21 | .289 | .327 | .322 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 132 | 470 | 79 | 118 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 34 | 54 | 66 | .251 | .354 | .283 | 133 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 142 | 510 | 63 | 141 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 80 | 1 | 73 | 118 | .276 | .372 | .471 | 240 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | 78 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .256 | .318 | .333 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .205 | .238 | .333 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | 140 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 37 | .229 | .285 | .336 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .313 | .353 | .375 | 6 |
:†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
Pitching
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Total:22 players | 65 | 76 | 3.89 | 522 | 144 | 18 | 1,281 | 1,283 | 607 | 553 | 456 | 1,064 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 8 | 3.89 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 78.2 | 86 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2.05 | *66* | 0 | 2 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 11 | 4.38 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 148 | 165 | 81 | 72 | 60 | 122 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 3.87 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 102.1 | 99 | 47 | 44 | 34 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| † | 1 | 1 | 3.86 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 18.2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 9.93 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 35.1 | 56 | 41 | 39 | 22 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 3 | 9.77 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 31.1 | 49 | 38 | 34 | 21 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| *21* | 4 | *1.87* | 28 | *28* | 0 | *201.2* | 161 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 159 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 3.65 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 79 | 70 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1.94 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 55.2 | 49 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 3 | 4.12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 39.1 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 3.72 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 67.2 | 58 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| {{sortname | Lin | Ying-chieh | Lin, Ying-chieh}} | 0 | 2 | 5.23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10.1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| ‡ | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 4.68 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 117.1 | 121 | 68 | 61 | 47 | 111 | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 9.39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| † | 2 | 0 | 2.14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 7 | 3.49 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 172.2 | 171 | 71 | 67 | 54 | 159 | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 9.45 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
:†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
Awards and honors
Most Valuable Player Award
- Hisashi Iwakuma
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Hisashi Iwakuma
Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award
- Takeshi Yamasaki - March/April (batter)
- Hisashi Iwakuma - June (pitcher)
- Fernando Seguignol - September (batter)
Best Nine Award
- Hisashi Iwakuma - pitcher
- Rick Short - outfielder
Golden Spirit Award
- Hisashi Iwakuma
All-Star Series selections
- Hisashi Iwakuma - pitcher
- Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher
- Rick Short - infielder
- Takeshi Yamasaki - designated hitter
All-Star Series MVP
- Takeshi Yamasaki - Game 1
Nippon Life Award (Interleague play)
- Hisashi Iwakuma
Best Battery Award
- Hisashi Iwakuma and Akihito Fujii
JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awards
:Good Catch Award (July) :* Masato Nakamura (July 2)
Farm team
| Team | G | W | L | T | Win% | GB | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 96 | 55 | 34 | 7 | .618 | — | 35–10–3 | 20–24–4 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 96 | 58 | 36 | 2 | .617 | — | 29–15–1 | 29–21–1 |
| Shonan Searex | 96 | 50 | 43 | 3 | .538 | 7 | 23–24–1 | 27–19–2 |
| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 96 | 46 | 45 | 5 | .505 | 10 | 24–21–3 | 22–24–2 |
| Saitama Seibu Lions | 96 | 42 | 51 | 3 | .452 | 15 | 23–25–2 | 19–26–1 |
| Chiba Lotte Marines | 96 | 37 | 53 | 6 | .411 | 18½ | 21–24–3 | 16–29–3 |
| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 96 | 33 | 61 | 2 | .351 | 24½ | 22–26–1 | 11–35–1 |
Nippon Professional Baseball draft
| Round | Name | Position | Affiliation | Signed? | Development players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiromichi Fujiwara | Pitcher | NTT Nishi Nippon | Yes | |
| 2 | Taishi Nakagawa | Infielder | Sakuragaoka High School | Yes | |
| 3 | Ryohei Isaka | Pitcher | Nippon Steel Kashima | Yes | |
| 4 | Yusuke Inoue | Pitcher | Aoyama Gakuin University | Yes | |
| 5 | Yusuke Kusuki | Outfielder | Panasonic | Yes | |
| 6 | Wataru Karashima | Pitcher | Iizuka High School | Yes | |
| 1 | Jobu Morita | Infielder | Kagawa Olive Guyners | Yes |
References
References
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