2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season

The 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season was the 59th season of the Saitama Seibu Lions franchise. The Lions played their home games at Seibu Dome in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Hisanobu Watanabe on his first season as team manager.

2008 Saitama Seibu Lions
Pacific League champions
LeaguePacific League
Record76–64–4 (.543)
League place1st
Team information
Parent companySeibu Holdings
ManagerHisanobu Watanabe
BallparkSeibu Dome

Seibu finished the season in first place with a record of 76–64–4, winning the team its 21st PL pennant and qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Lions defeated the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Second Stage and went on to win the 2008 Japan Series, its thirteenth, as well as the 2008 Asia Series.

Regular season

Standings

Pacific League regular season standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GB PCT Home Away
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 144 76 64 4 — .542 44–27–1 32–37–3
2 Orix Buffaloes 144 75 68 1 5.5 .524 41–31–0 34–37–1
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 73 69 2 6 .514 41–30–1 32–39–1
4 Chiba Lotte Marines 144 73 70 1 7.5 .510 41–30–1 32–40–0
5 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 65 76 3 12.5 .462 37–34–1 28–42–2
6 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 64 77 3 13.5 .455 36–33–3 28–44–0
Source: [1]

Interleague

Team Pld HW HL AW AL GB PCT
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 24 10 2 5 7 — .625
Hanshin Tigers 24 10 2 5 7 — .625
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 24 8 4 6 6 1 .583
Yomiuri Giants 24 9 3 5 7 1 .583
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 24 6 6 7 5 2 .542
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 24 6 6 7 5 2 .542
Chunichi Dragons 24 8 4 4 8 3 .500
Orix Buffaloes 24 6 6 5 7 4 .458
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 24 4 8 7 5 4 .458
Chiba Lotte Marines 24 6 6 4 8 5 .417
Saitama Seibu Lions 24 7 5 3 9 5 .417
Yokohama BayStars 24 5 7 1 11 9 .250
Updated to match(es) played on compute. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Whenever multiple teams have same number of wins, the team having better standings in last year's interleague games will have advantage, thus Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the interleague title, despite Hanshin Tigers beating the Hawks 3 out of 4 games. A similar rule applies to other teams tied in wins.

Record vs. opponents
2008 record vs. opponents[1]
Team Central League opponents Pacific League opponents
BayStars Carp Dragons Giants Swallows Tigers Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines
BayStars —11–137–175–18–19–1510–13–11–30–41–30–42–22–2
Carp 13–11—9–13–212–10–212–11–110–142–22–22–21–33–13–1
Dragons 17–713–9–2—14–109–13–26–17–11–32–21–32–23–13–1
Giants 18–5–110–12–210–14—18–614–103–12–23–11–31–34–0
Swallows 15–911–12–113–9–26–18—10–13–13–12–21–32–22–21–3
Tigers 13–10–114–1017–6–110–1413–10–1—3–13–12–23–13–11–3
Buffaloes 3–12–23–11–31–31–3—13–10–113–1114–1010–1414–10
Eagles 4–02–22–22–22–21–310–13–1—13–10–112–1210–147–16–1
Fighters 3–12–23–11–33–12–211–1310–13–1—17–79–14–112–12
Hawks 4–03–12–23–12–21–310–1412–127–17—10–11–310–14
Lions 2–21–31–33–12–21–314–1014–1014–9–111–10–3—13–11
Marines 2–21–31–30–43–13–110–1416–7–112–1214–1011–13—

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 20, 2008 vs. Orix Buffaloes[3]

Order Player Pos.
1 Yasuyuki Kataoka 2B
2 Takumi Kuriyama DH
3 Hiroyuki Nakajima SS
4 Craig Brazell 1B
5 G. G. Sato RF
6 Takeya Nakamura 3B
7 Hiram Bocachica CF
8 Toru Hosokawa C
9 Kenta Matsusaka LF
— Hideaki Wakui P

Game log
2008 game log: 76–64–4 (Home: 44–27–1; Away: 32–37–3)
March: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 1–2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 20Buffaloes1–2Kaneko (1–0)Wakui (0–1)Kato (1)Seibu Dome27,1370–1–0L1
2March 22Buffaloes6–0Ishii (1–0)Nakayama (0–1)—Seibu Dome12,2881–1–0W1
3March 23Buffaloes1–2Kondo (1–0)Kinney (0–1)Kato (2)Seibu Dome12,6321–2–0L1
4March 25@ Fighters1–9Takeda (1–0)Nishiguchi (0–1)—Sapporo Dome16,4101–3–0L2
5March 26@ Fighters8–0Kishi (1–0)Yoshikawa (0–1)—Sapporo Dome19,2062–3–0W1
6March 27@ Fighters0–1 (10)Takeda (1–0)Wakui (0–2)—Sapporo Dome25,0112–4–0L1
7March 28Hawks2–3Sugiuchi (1–0)Onodera (0–1)Nitkowski (1)Seibu Dome9,1842–5–0L2
8March 29Hawks10–4Ishii (2–0)Standridge (0–1)—Seibu Dome16,0443–5–0W1
9March 30Hawks5–1Kinney (1–1)Oba (1–1)—Seibu Dome18,0594–5–0W2
April: 14–7–1 (Home: 10–2–1; Away: 4–5–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
10April 1@ Buffaloes6–10Yamamoto (1–0)Nishiguchi (0–2)—Skymark Stadium10,7514–6–0L1
11April 2@ Buffaloes5–1Kishi (2–0)Takagi (1–1)—Kyocera Dome8,6165–6–0W1
12April 3@ Buffaloes4–3Hoshino (1–0)Motoyanagi (0–1)Graman (1)Kyocera Dome9,1636–6–0W2
13April 4Eagles4–2Hoashi (1–0)Lin (0–1)Graman (2)Shikishima Stadium17,5997–6–0W3
14April 5Eagles4–2Ishii (3–0)Tanaka (1–1)Onuma (1)Seibu Dome23,9028-6-0W4
15April 6Eagles4–3Kinney (2–1)Asai (1–2)Graman (3)Seibu Dome18,2139–6–0W5
16April 8Marines4–3Onodera (1–1)Ogino (1–1)—Seibu Dome8,81810–6–0W6
17April 9Marines1–10Shimizu (1–2)Kishi (2–1)—Seibu Dome10,54110–7–0L1
18April 10Marines15–5Wakui (1–2)Kubo (1–2)—Seibu Dome7,70211–7–0W1
19April 11@ Hawks8–3Onuma (1–0)Sugiuchi (1–1)Graman (4)Yahoo Dome28,72112–7–0W2
20April 12@ Hawks5–8Ogura (1–0)Onodera (1–2)Houlton (1)Yahoo Dome29,69212–8–0L1
21April 13@ Hawks4–5Kume (3–0)Onuma (1–1)—Yahoo Dome29,54512–9–0L2
22April 15Fighters3–3 (12)Game tied after 12 inningsSeibu Dome8,39712–9–1T1
23April 16Fighters4–2Wakui (2–2)Yoshikawa (1–3)Graman (5)Seibu Dome11,26313–9–1W1
—April 19@ EaglesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4Kleenex Stadium———
24April 20@ Eagles4–3 (10)Iwasaki (1–0)Aoyama (1–1)Graman (6)Kleenex Stadium19,60114–9–1W2
25April 22@ Marines1–8Watanabe (3–1)Ishii (3–1)—Chiba Marine Stadium16,85614–10–1L1
26April 23@ Marines1–2Ono (2–0)Wakui (2–3)Ogino (5)Chiba Marine Stadium16,05914–11–1L2
—April 24@ MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 1Chiba Marine Stadium———
27April 25Buffaloes9–5 (11)Graman (1–0)Junge (0–1)—Seibu Dome7,41715–11–1W1
28April 26Buffaloes10–8Mitsui (1–0)Yoshino (0–1)Graman (7)Seibu Dome20,13016–11–1W2
29April 27Buffaloes10–3Hoashi (2–0)Kondo (2–3)—Seibu Dome16,47217–11–1W3
30April 29Hawks7–10 (12)Houlton (1–0)Mitsui (1–1)—Seibu Dome26,61917–12–1L1
31April 30Hawks6–2Ishii (4–1)Otonari (2–4)—Seibu Dome12,49718–12–1W1
May: 15–9–0 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 8–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
32May 1Hawks5–4Wakui (3–3)Houlton (1–1)—Seibu Dome14,65919–12–1W2
33May 2@ Marines5–0Kishi (3–1)Shimizu (3–3)—Chiba Marine Stadium9,65920–12–1W3
34May 3@ Marines1–10Karakawa (2–0)Nishiguchi (0–3)—Chiba Marine Stadium30,01420–13–1L1
35May 4@ Marines4–0Hoashi (3–0)Kobayashi (1–5)—Chiba Marine Stadium30,02321–13–1W1
36May 5Fighters8–6Onodera (2–2)Takeda (2–2)Graman (8)Seibu Dome34,78322–13–1W2
37May 6Fighters3–1Ishii (5–1)Miyanishi (0–2)—Seibu Dome27,34023–13–1W3
38May 7Fighters4–3Hoshino (2–0)Darvish (5–1)—Seibu Dome15,57424–13–1W4
39May 9@ Buffaloes3–2Kishi (4–1)Ortiz (0–2)Graman (9)Kyocera Dome14,67025–13–1W5
—May 10@ BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 5Skymark Stadium———
40May 11@ Buffaloes9–0Hoashi (4–0)Kaneko (2–4)—Skymark Stadium12,67826–13–1W6
41May 13@ Hawks2–4Wada (4–0)Ishii (5–2)Houlton (5)Sun Marine Stadium20,60626–14–1L1
42May 14@ Hawks11–4Wakui (4–3)Guttormson (1–2)—Yahoo Dome33,62927–14–1W1
43May 15@ Hawks10–3Nishiguchi (1–3)Powell (1–2)—Yahoo Dome31,79328–14–1W2
44May 16@ Eagles2–8Iwakuma (6–2)Kishi (4–2)—Kleenex Stadium12,05728–15–1L1
45May 17@ Eagles2–3 (12)Kawagishi (1–1)Okamoto (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium14,26528–16–1L2
46May 18@ Eagles7–3Hsu (1–0)Tanaka (4–3)—Kleenex Stadium20,25329–16–1W1
47May 21Swallows4–5Rios (2–5)Onodera (2–3)Lim (13)Seibu Dome15,68329–17–1L1
48May 22Swallows7–2Wakui (5–3)Muranaka (3–5)—Seibu Dome14,23630–17–1W1
49May 23Giants10–1Kishi (5–2)Greisinger (5–2)—Seibu Dome24,13731–17–1W2
50May 24Giants4–2Hoashi (5–0)Nomaguchi (1–2)Graman (10)Seibu Dome34,43232–17–1W3
51May 25@ Tigers1–5Kubota (2–1)Onodera (2–4)—Koshien Stadium43,51632–18–1L1
52May 26@ Tigers1–2 (11)Watanabe (2–0)Graman (1–1)—Koshien Stadium41,97032–19–1L2
53May 28@ Carp5–3Ishii (6–2)Oshima (0–2)Graman (11)Fukuyama Stadium7,04133–19–1W1
54May 29@ Carp1–3Lewis (7–4)Wakui (5–4)Nagakawa (6)Hiroshima Stadium15,26733–20–1L1
55May 31Dragons3–4Kawakami (3–3)Onuma (1–2)Iwase (16)Seibu Dome32,78833–21–1L2
June: 8–10–0 (Home: 6–4–0; Away: 2–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
56June 1Dragons10–3Hoashi (6–0)Nakata (4–4)—Seibu Dome33,15734–21–1W1
57June 3BayStars7–3Nishiguchi (2–3)Oyamada (1–3)—Seibu Dome11,47735–21–1W2
58June 4BayStars2–1Ishii (7–2)Kuwahara (0–1)Graman (12)Seibu Dome13,41636–21–1W3
59June 6@ Swallows1–7Tateyama (5–1)Wakui (5–5)—Iwaki Green Stadium7,73336–22–1L1
60June 7@ Swallows5–3Kishi (6–2)Kawashima (1–2)Graman (13)Hitachinaka Stadium11,23237–22–1W1
61June 8@ Giants0–4Utsumi (4–4)Hsu (1–1)—Tokyo Dome43,05137–23–1L1
62June 9@ Giants9–3Nishiguchi (3–3)Greisinger (6–4)—Tokyo Dome44,28438–23–1W1
63June 11Tigers4–6Uezono (2–0)Ishii (7–3)Fujikawa (23)Seibu Dome32,38338–24–1L1
64June 12Tigers6–3Wakui (6–5)Iwata (5–3)—Seibu Dome28,45639–24–1W1
65June 14Carp1–8Hasegawa (3–5)Kishi (6–3)—Seibu Dome30,37439–25–1L1
66June 15Carp2–4Lewis (10–4)Hoashi (6–1)Nagakawa (11)Seibu Dome28,65739–26–1L2
67June 17@ Dragons4–5Iwase (2–2)Okamoto (0–1)—Ishikawa Stadium10,94439–27–1L3
68June 18@ Dragons2–3Ogasawara (7–4)Wakui (6–6)Iwase (21)Alpen Stadium13,63239–28–1L4
69June 21@ BayStars4–5 (10)Terahara (3–5)Graman (1–2)—Yokohama Stadium14,16539–29–1L5
—June 22@ BayStarsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 23Yokohama Stadium———
70June 23@ BayStars5–10Wood (1–6)Ishii (7–4)—Yokohama Stadium8,25139–30–1L6
71June 27Marines4–1Hoashi (7–1)Naruse (4–4)Graman (14)Omiya Stadium20,28940–30–1W1
72June 28Marines3–11Watanabe (6–4)Kishi (6–4)—Seibu Dome29,50740–31–1L1
73June 29Marines9–5Nishiguchi (4–3)Kobayashi (2–8)—Seibu Dome25,66641–31–1W1
July: 13–10–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Away: 8–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
74July 1@ Fighters12–7Onodera (3–4)Miyanishi (2–3)—Sapporo Dome22,12542–31–1W2
75July 2@ Fighters8–6Wakui (7–6)Glynn (3–11)Graman (15)Sapporo Dome17,68243–31–1W3
76July 3@ Fighters4–6Darvish (9–3)Hoashi (7–2)Nakamura (14)Sapporo Dome24,42043–32–1L1
77July 5Eagles3–2Kishi (7–4)Tanaka (6–5)Graman (16)Seibu Dome29,71944–32–1W1
78July 6Eagles5–7Aoyama (2–2)Hsu (1–2)Kawagishi (1)Seibu Dome25,65444–33–1L1
79July 8Hawks2–5Sugiuchi (7–5)Ishii (7–5)—Seibu Dome13,48644–34–1L2
80July 9Hawks2–7Guttormson (4–4)Wakui (7–7)—Seibu Dome15,67444–35–1L3
81July 11@ Buffaloes12–4Hoashi (8–2)Ortiz (3–6)—Skymark Stadium15,29645–35–1W1
82July 12@ Buffaloes4–2Shotsu (1–0)Kato (1–3)Graman (17)Skymark Stadium13,32146–35–1W2
83July 13@ Buffaloes1–4Kaneko (5–6)Nishiguchi (4–4)Kato (19)Kyocera Dome13,31246–36–1L1
84July 15@ Hawks4–13Sugiuchi (8–5)Ishii (7–6)—Yahoo Dome35,70646–37–1L2
85July 16@ Hawks5–6 (12)Mise (2–0)Hoshino (2–1)—Yahoo Dome35,67446–38–1L3
86July 18@ Marines8–6Hoashi (9–2)Karakawa (5–2)Graman (18)Chiba Marine Stadium17,39447–38–1W1
87July 19@ Marines17–10Hoshino (3–1)Naruse (6–5)Onodera (1)Chiba Marine Stadium25,82348–38–1W2
88July 20@ Marines0–16Watanabe (8–4)Nishiguchi (4–5)—Chiba Marine Stadium26,36548–39–1L1
89July 21Eagles6 - 4Shotsu (2-0)Koyama (2-5)Graman (19)Seibu Dome25,43149–39–1W1
90July 22Eagles14–2Wakui (8–7)Hasebe (0–2)—Seibu Dome16,10350–39–1W2
91July 23Eagles14–5Hirano (1–0)Guzmán (2–6)—Seibu Dome17,02851–39–1W3
92July 25@ Fighters1–2Tadano (6–3)Hoashi (9–3)Nakamura (18)Sapporo Dome23,32351–40–1L1
93July 26@ Fighters6–3Iwasaki (2–0)Kanamori (0–1)Graman (20)Sapporo Dome33,53852–40–1W1
94July 27@ Fighters3–2 (10)Graman (2–2)Takeda (3–4)—Sapporo Dome36,06453–40–1W2
95July 28Buffaloes2–6Komatsu (7–3)Wakui (8–8)—Seibu Dome14,76853–41–1L1
96July 29Buffaloes4–2Ishii (8–6)Yoshino (1–3)Graman (21)Seibu Dome17,01654–41–1W1
All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1
August: 12–7–3 (Home: 10–4–0; Away: 2–3–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
97August 3Marines3–4Watanabe (9–4)Hirano (1–1)Ogino (16)Nagano Olympic14,13454–42–1L1
98August 4Marines16 –2Kishi (8–4)Shimizu (8–7)—Nagano Olympic11,35555–42–1W1
99August 10Fighters11–2Hoashi (10–3)Tadano (6–5)—Seibu Dome30,02456–42–1W2
100August 11Fighters3–0Kishi (9–4)Takeda (6–4)Graman (22)Seibu Dome19,26057–42–1W3
101August 12Fighters8–4Onodera (4–4)Takeda (3–5)—Seibu Dome19,05558–42–1W4
102August 13@ Eagles7–11Nagai (6–6)Ishii (8–7)—Kleenex Stadium20,40558–43–1L1
103August 14@ Eagles8–2Nishiguchi (5–5)Aoyama (2–6)—Kleenex Stadium19,22759–43–1W1
104August 15@ Eagles4–9Asai (8–7)Hirano (1–2)—Kleenex Stadium19,98159–44–1L1
105August 16Buffaloes8–7 (10)Graman (3–2)Shimizu (4–1)—Seibu Dome27,36360–44–1W1
106August 17Buffaloes4–1Kishi (10–4)Yamamoto (8–3)—Seibu Dome19,02761–44–1W2
107August 18Buffaloes4–7Katsuki (2–0)Okamoto (0–2)Kato (26)Seibu Dome12,16061–45–1L1
108August 19Hawks12–3Ishii (9–7)Houlton (4–4)—Seibu Dome16,16162–45–1W1
109August 20Hawks7–1Nishiguchi (6–5)Arakaki (0–4)—Seibu Dome17,51363–45–1W2
110August 21Hawks5–9Powell (2–6)Okamoto (0–2)—Seibu Dome18,19563–46–1L1
111August 24@ Fighters3–9Tadano (7–5)Hoashi (10–4)—Starffin Stadium22,58363–47–1L2
112August 25@ Fighters4–3Onodera (5–4)Takeda (3–7)Graman (23)Sapporo Dome21,84064–47–1W1
113August 26Eagles2–7Iwakuma (17–3)Kinney (2–2)—Seibu Dome13,49164–48–1L1
114August 27Eagles7–2Ishii (10–7)Asai (8–8)Graman (24)Seibu Dome17,76065–48–1W1
115August 28Eagles5–4Nishiguchi (7–5)Kitani (0–1)Graman (25)Seibu Dome16,55566–48–1W2
116August 29@ Hawks4–4 (12)Game tied after 12 inningsYahoo Dome32,99866–48–2T1
117August 30@ Hawks2–2 (12)Game tied after 12 inningsYahoo Dome33,05166–48–3T2
118August 31@ Hawks0–0 (12)Game tied after 12 inningsYahoo Dome33,28866–48–4T3
September: 9–15–0 (Home: 3–8–0; Away: 6–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
119September 2@ Marines5–8Watanabe (12–5)Ishii (10–8)—Chiba Marine Stadium14,26966–49–4L1
120September 3@ Marines2–0Nishiguchi (8–5)Kubo (2–7)Graman (26)Chiba Marine Stadium17,36167–49–4W1
121September 4@ Marines3–4Kawasaki (2–4)Wakui (8–9)Ogino (22)Chiba Marine Stadium16,53467–50–4L1
122September 5@ Buffaloes3–8Kishida (3–0)Hoashi (10–5)—Skymark Stadium11,28467–51–4L2
123September 6@ Buffaloes7–1Kishi (11–4)Yamamoto (9–5)—Kyocera Dome16,38568–51–4W1
124September 7@ Buffaloes2–6Kaneko (10–8)Kinney (2–3)—Kyocera Dome18,43168–52–4L1
125September 9Fighters1–4Darvish (13–4)Ishii (10–9)Nakamura (24)Seibu Dome14,55468–53–4L2
126September 10Fighters5–6Sakamoto (4–1)Nishiguchi (8–6)Nakamura (25)Seibu Dome14,29268–54–4L3
127September 11Fighters5–3Wakui (9–9)Sweeney (11–4)Graman (27)Seibu Dome14,01669–54–4W1
128September 13@ Eagles12–0Hoashi (11–5)Katayama (2–6)—Kleenex Stadium17,90970–54–4W2
129September 14@ Eagles4–5Arime (2–2)Onodera (5–5)Gwyn (3)Kleenex Stadium19,95670–55–4L1
130September 15@ Eagles6–5Shotsu (3–0)Gwyn (1–1)Graman (28)Kleenex Stadium17,18871–55–4W1
131September 16Marines4–3Ishii (11–9)Watanabe (12–7)Graman (29)Seibu Dome14,25072–55–4W2
132September 17Marines5–4 (10)Onuma (2–2)Kawasaki (2–5)—Seibu Dome14,49373–55–4W3
133September 18Marines3–6Shimizu (12–9)Wakui (9–10)Ogino (26)Seibu Dome14,07573–56–4L1
134September 20@ Hawks1–0 (10)Hoshino (4–1)Wada (8–6)Graman (30)Yahoo Dome29,78874–56–4W1
135September 21@ Hawks10–5Kishi (12–4)Guttormson (4–7)Graman (31)Yahoo Dome32,10875–56–4W2
136September 22Eagles1–6Iwakuma (20–3)Ishii (11–10)—Seibu Dome26,36175–57–4L1
137September 23Eagles7–10Kawagishi (3–3)Graman (3–3)—Seibu Dome33,22975–58–4L2
138September 24Marines1–9Kubo (3–7)Wakui (9–11)—Seibu Dome28,61375–59–4L3
139September 26@ Fighters0–2Sweeney (12–5)Hoashi (11–6)Tateyama (2)Sapporo Dome28,33175–60–4L4
140September 27@ Fighters4–5Glynn (7–14)Hsu (1–3)Nakamura (28)Sapporo Dome35,46075–61–4L5
141September 28Buffaloes2–7Komatsu (5–3)Kinney (2–4)—Seibu Dome33,22975–62–4L6
142September 29Buffaloes3–4 (10)Katsuki (4–0)Onuma (2–3)—Seibu Dome27,61175–63–4L7
October: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
143October 1@ Marines9–5Wakui (10–11)Watanabe (13–8)—Chiba Marine Stadium24,75276–63–4W1
144October 4@ Eagles3–4 (10)Kawagishi (4–3)Onuma (2–4)—Kleenex Stadium14,06376–64–4L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Lions team member

Postseason

Climax Series
Main article: 2008 Pacific League Climax Series

Japan Series
Main article: 2008 Japan Series

Asia Series
Main article: 2008 Asia Series

Game log
2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0)
Climax Series Second Stage: 3–2–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Away: 0–0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1October 17Fighters10–3Wakui (1–0)Glynn (0–1)—Omiya Stadium20,5001–0–0W1
2October 18Fighters0–5Darvish (1–0)Kishi (0–1)—Seibu Dome30,9181–1–0L1
3October 19Fighters4–7Takeda (1–0)Hoashi (0–1)—Seibu Dome33,0781–2–0L2
4October 21Fighters9–4Ishii (1–0)Sweeney (0–1)—Seibu Dome18,7042–2–0W1
5October 22Fighters9–4Wakui (2–0)Glynn (0–2)—Seibu Dome21,7313–2–0W2
Japan Series: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Away: 3–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1November 1@ Giants2–1Wakui (1–0)Uehara (0–1)Graman (1)Tokyo Dome44,7571–0–0W1
2November 2@ Giants2–3Ochi (1–0)Okamoto (0–1)—Tokyo Dome44,8141–1–0L1
3November 4Giants4–6Utsumi (1–0)Ishii (0–1)Kroon (1)Seibu Dome24,4951–2–0L2
4November 5Giants5–0Kishi (1–0)Greisinger (0–1)—Seibu Dome27,9302–2–0W1
5November 6Giants3–7Nishimura (1–0)Wakui (1–1)—Seibu Dome28,7632–3–0L1
6November 8@ Giants4–1Kishi (2–0)Takahashi (0–1)—Tokyo Dome44,7493–3–0W1
7November 9@ Giants3–2Hoshino (1–0)Ochi (1–1)Graman (2)Tokyo Dome44,7374–3–0W2
Asia Series: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 1–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1November 13@ Wyverns3–4Lee (1–0)Hoashi (0–1)—Tokyo Dome9,2770–1–0L1
2November 14Lions2–1Kishi (1–0)Pan (0–1)Onodera (1)Tokyo Dome8,4431–1–0W1
3November 15@ Lions16–2 (7)Onuma (1–0)Wei (0–2)—Tokyo Dome8,4782–1–0W2
4November 16Lions1–0Okamoto (1–0)Pan (0–2)—Tokyo Dome18,3703–1–0W3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Lions team member

Roster
2008 Saitama Seibu Lions
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 81 Yukinobu Kuroe (head)
  • 80 Kazuyoshi Ono (pitching)
  • 86 Tetsuya Shiozaki (pitching)
  • 96 Hiromoto Okubo (hitting)
  • 78 Toru Kumazawa (assistant hitting)
  • 82 Takanori Okamura (defensive/base running)
  • 85 Masakazu Seike (defensive/base running)
  • 88 Katsuya Soma (battery)
  • 98 Koichi Osako (training)

Player statistics

Batting
2008 Saitama Seibu Lions batting statistics[4]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Shogo Akada 6816029397121321437.244.305.33854
Hiram Bocachica 782394360130204732476.251.344.556133
Craig Brazell 130471591101902787030139.234.294.446210
Akira Eto 42979201071701321.206.297.43342
Taketoshi Goto 491663450140122701631.301.370.602100
Takuya Hara 36131000012.500.571.6674
Hiroshi Hirao 5593152440291323.258.293.36634
Kazuyuki Hoashi 275000000005.000.000.0000
Hidekazu Hoshi 37000000003.000.000.0000
Toru Hosokawa 13340442962011658012129.238.263.411166
Hsu Ming-chieh 171000000001.000.000.0000
Kazuhisa Ishii 252000000001.000.000.0000
Yoshihito Ishii 108306318521142902553.278.328.392120
Yasuyuki Kataoka 13958285167256446502457.287.322.371216
Takayuki Kishi 263000000002.000.000.0000
Takumi Kuriyama 138527761673131172174961.317.376.450237
Haruki Kurose 1838782015045.211.302.34213
Kenta Matsusaka 55911124631122229.264.316.42939
Taka Miura 87120001012.286.375.2862
Keisuke Mizuta 170200000010—1.00—0
Hiroyuki Nakajima 124486751613202181255596.331.410.527256
Takeya Nakamura 1435249012824446101253162.244.320.569298
Fumiya Nishiguchi 224110000012.250.400.2501
Kosuke Noda 99110000004.111.111.1111
Koji Onuma 521000000001.000.000.0000
Yutaro Osaki 59011000004.111.111.2222
Hiroyuki Oshima 3874618402701014.243.333.37828
G. G. Sato 10538862117301216213162.302.368.546212
Tomoaki Sato 591262338811114623.302.341.40551
Ginjiro Sumitani 46645840050230.125.149.18812
Hiroyuki Takagi 11000000000.000.000.0000
Hisashi Takayama 254261020030110.238.256.28612
Tatsuyuki Uemoto 1714111000004.071.071.1432
Hideaki Wakui 255000000004.000.000.0000
Total：34 players 1,8104,9527151,339270211986931073781,093.270.330.4532,245
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[5]

Pitching
2008 Saitama Seibu Lions pitching statistics[4]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Alex Graman 331.425503157471291342
Masamitsu Hirano 128.281130254129231121
Kazuyuki Hoashi 1162.6327260174.2169595138115
Tomoki Hoshino 412.3863003422991523
Hsu Ming-chieh 135.12172031.23721182211
Kazuhisa Ishii 11104.3225250135.1150786540108
Tetsuya Iwasaki 205.57200021321613410
Matt Kinney 244.481715080.18747403564
Takayuki Kishi 1243.4226260168.1151656448138
Koji Mitsui 117.502300243320201012
Fumiya Nishiguchi 865.0322210116.112569654892
Atsushi Okamoto 025.51141016.1301610109
Shinya Okamoto 023.83470042.13818182142
Chikara Onodera 553.56500155.25426222238
Koji Onuma 243.695201837934343664
Shuichiro Osada 000.001001.110001
Eiji Shotsu 302.35320030.2261181316
Shinji Taninaka 002.771100131444311
Hideaki Wakui 10113.9025250173173807551122
Minoru Yamagishi 005.404008.198522
Satoshi Yamazaki 006.353005.264473
Total：21 players 76643.86545144331,2971,324626556449944
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[6]

Awards and honors

Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award[7]

Best Nine Award[8]

Climax Series Second Stage MVP

  • Hideaki Wakui

Japan Series MVP

  • Takayuki Kishi

Matsutaro Shoriki Award

Mitsui Golden Glove Award[9]

  • Toru Hosokawa - catcher
  • Hiroyuki Nakajima - shortstop

All-Star Series selections[10]

  • Kazuyuki Hoashi - pitcher
  • Toru Hosokawa - catcher
  • Yasuyuki Kataoka - second baseman
  • Takeya Nakamura - third baseman
  • Hiroyuki Nakajima - infielder
  • G. G. Sato - outfielder

JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awards[11]

Most Doubles and Triples Award (August)
Strong Shoulder Award (September)

Farm team
Eastern League regular season standings[12]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Tokyo Yakult Swallows9655347.618—35–10–320–24–4
Yomiuri Giants9658362.617—29–15–129–21–1
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
2008 Saitama Seibu Lions Draft selections[13]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Yuta Nakazaki Pitcher Nichinan Gakuen High School yes
2 Ryoma Nogami Pitcher Nissan yes
3 Hideto Asamura Infielder Osaka Toin High School yes
4 Ryo Sakata Outfielder Hakodate University yes
5 Tatsuya Takeno Catcher Fukuoka University yes
6 Kazuki Miyata Pitcher Koka Health and Medical College yes

References
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  3. "Thursday, March 20, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  4. "2008 Saitama Seibu Lions". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  5. "2008 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  6. "2008 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  7. "2008年度 日本生命月間MVP賞" [2008 Nippon Life Month MVP Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  8. "2008年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ）" [2008 Awarded Players (Pacific League)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  9. "歴代受賞選手〜ポジション別〜" [Award Winners by Position] (in Japanese). Mitsui Public Relations Committee. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  10. "出場者" [Participants] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
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  12. "2008 Eastern League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  13. "埼玉西武ライオンズ 選択選手一覧" [Saitama Seibu Lions Selected Player List]. Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
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