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2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

Professional sports season in Nippon Professional Baseball


Professional sports season in Nippon Professional Baseball

FieldValue
nameTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
imageRakuten eagles insignia.svg
year2008
leaguePacific League
league_place5th
record65–76–3 (.461)
parent_companyRakuten
presidentToru Shimada
managerKatsuya Nomura
fieldKleenex Stadium Miyagi
attendance15,959
nicknameEagles

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

TeamOrix Buffaloes}}"BuffaloesTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles}}"EaglesHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters}}"FightersFukuoka SoftBank Hawks}}"HawksSaitama Seibu Lions}}"LionsChiba Lotte Marines}}"MarinesCL
Buffaloes13–10–113–1114–1010–1414–1011–13
Eagles10–13–113–10–112–1210–147–16–113–11
Fighters11–1310–13–117–79–14–112–1214–10
Hawks10–1412–127–1710–11–310–1415–9
Lions14–1014–1014–9–111–10–313–1110–14
Marines10–1416–7–112–1214–1011–1310–14

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

OrderPlayerPos.
1Naoto WatanabeSS
2Teppei TsuchiyaCF
3Daisuke Kusano3B
4José Fernández1B
5Takeshi YamasakiDH
6Rick ShortLF
7Koichi IsobeRF
8Yosuke Takasu2B
9Akihito FujiiC
Hisashi IwakumaP

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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Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers

Player statistics

Batting

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBKAVGOBPSLGTBTotal:38 players1,9374,8806271,3292321894604101439777.272.340.3851,879
309110001006.111.111.1111
14254181163*40*0189955378.301.368.475257
9019015507001331825.263.329.30057
235000000003.000.000.0000
131000000001.000.000.0000
344171100035510.268.333.26811
613231001211.231.333.3084
2323220002015.087.125.0872
13000000001.000.000.0000
461246292001221216.234.300.25031
287000000005.000.000.0000
182000000001.000.000.0000
6394719211901218.202.306.27726
910000000000.000.000.0000
118328368915033622033.271.321.345113
24000000001.000.000.0000
282000000000.000.000.0000
4914415426311261214.292.346.39657
81178275610152512128.315.397.46683
42010000001.500.500.5001
917121003016.118.167.1763
88000000002.000.000.0000
1433281000019.242.265.2739
39136244470134001440.324.408.66290
85196204513001941640.230.288.29658
824318711015411.163.234.23310
13449162163312127142551*.332*.365.477234
51191042004513.211.250.3166
1233834410820144562938.282.338.371142
256000001002.000.000.0000
1244225211429655654252.270.345.403170
471522144500139621.289.327.32249
13247079118112030345466.251.354.283133
142510631412102680173118.276.372.471240
3378132030190619.256.318.33326
1439680113008.205.238.33313
5514013323041521137.229.285.33647
1216051001017.313.353.3756

:†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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBKTotal:22 players65763.89522144181,2811,2836075534561,064
383.89416478.28639342661
222.05*66*02443310101745
9114.3829230148165817260122
273.8723160102.19947443465
113.86190318.221128716
149.93136035.15641392223
039.77128031.14938342127
*21*4*1.87*28*28*0*201.2*161484236159
273.6518120797035323571
431.94540355.24914122047
034.12225139.14018181324
353.72540467.25829282571
{{sortnameLinYing-chiehLin, Ying-chieh}}025.2351010.1107653
009.00100121101
005.93210027.14119181116
674.6827150117.1121686147111
009.398007.21188110
202.142400211565922
000.00100.110000
973.4925241172.2171716754159
029.4514006.297773
004.80170015158868

:†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

TeamGWLTWin%GBHomeAway
Tokyo Yakult Swallows9655347.61835–10–320–24–4
Yomiuri Giants9658362.61729–15–129–21–1
Shonan Searex9650433.538723–24–127–19–2
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles9646455.5051024–21–322–24–2
Saitama Seibu Lions9642513.4521523–25–219–26–1
Chiba Lotte Marines9637536.41118½21–24–316–29–3
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters9633612.35124½22–26–111–35–1

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?Development players
1Hiromichi FujiwaraPitcherNTT Nishi NipponYes
2Taishi NakagawaInfielderSakuragaoka High SchoolYes
3Ryohei IsakaPitcherNippon Steel KashimaYes
4Yusuke InouePitcherAoyama Gakuin UniversityYes
5Yusuke KusukiOutfielderPanasonicYes
6Wataru KarashimaPitcherIizuka High SchoolYes
1Jobu MoritaInfielderKagawa Olive GuynersYes

References

References

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