2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

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.

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
LeaguePacific League
Record65–76–3 (.461)
League place5th
Team information
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentToru Shimada
ManagerKatsuya Nomura
BallparkKleenex Stadium Miyagi
Average attendance15,959
Eagles seasons

Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the season in fifth place with a record of 65–76–3.

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 Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines CL
Buffaloes —13–10–113–1114–1010–1414–1011–13
Eagles 10–13–1—13–10–112–1210–147–16–113–11
Fighters 11–1310–13–1—17–79–14–112–1214–10
Hawks 10–1412–127–17—10–11–310–1415–9
Lions 14–1014–1014–9–111–10–3—13–1110–14
Marines 10–1416–7–112–1214–1011–13—10–14

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks[3]

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
2008 game log: 65–76–3 (Home: 37–34–1; Away: 28–42–2)
March: 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 20@ Hawks3–4Kume (1–0)Guzmán (0–1)—Yahoo Dome35,7220–1–0L1
2March 22@ Hawks4–5 (11)Nitkowski (1–0)Watanabe (0–1)—Yahoo Dome31,0140–2–0L2
3March 23@ Hawks0–4Oba (1–0)Asai (0–1)—Yahoo Dome31,6600–3–0L3
4March 25@ Buffaloes4–5Takagi (1–0)Ichiba (0–1)Kato (3)Kyocera Dome34,9110–4–0L4
5March 26@ Buffaloes11–0Nagai (1–0)Mitsuhara (0–1)—Kyocera Dome11,0521–4–0W1
6March 27@ Buffaloes2–0Iwakuma (1–0)Kaneko (1–1)—Kyocera Dome23,5472–4–0W2
7March 29Fighters7–2Tanaka (1–0)Hoshino (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium20,1893–4–0W3
8March 30Fighters3–1Asai (1–1)Glynn (0–2)Aoyama (1)Kleenex Stadium19,5184–4–0W4
April: 13–10 (Home: 11–1; Away: 2–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
9April 1Marines7–4Koyama (1–0)Komiyama (0–2)Aoyama (2)Kleenex Stadium10,9275–4–0W5
10April 2Marines6–3Nagai (2–0)Shimizu (0–2)Aoyama (3)Kleenex Stadium14,2856–4–0W6
11April 3Marines9–1Iwakuma (2–0)Kubo (1–1)—Kleenex Stadium15,0187–4–0W7
12April 4@ Lions2–4Hoashi (1–0)Lin (0–1)Graman (2)Shikishima Stadium17,5997–5–0L1
13April 5@ Lions2–4Ishii (3–0)Tanaka (1–1)Onuma (1)Seibu Dome23,9027–6–0L2
14April 6@ Lions3–4Kinney (2–1)Asai (1–2)Graman (3)Seibu Dome18,2137–7–0L3
15April 8@ Fighters7–8Takeda (3–0)Lin (0–1)Nakamura (3)Sapporo Dome20,2577–8–0L4
16April 9@ Fighters2–4Yoshikawa (1–2)Nagai (2–1)Nakamura (4)Sapporo Dome19,0447–9–0L5
17April 10@ Fighters0–1Yu Darvish (3–0)Iwakuma (2–1)—Sapporo Dome25,1977–10–0L6
18April 11Buffaloes5–4 (10)Aoyama (1–0)Yamaguchi (1–1)—Kleenex Stadium10,6268–10–0W1
19April 12Buffaloes3–0Tanaka (2–1)Kondo (2–1)—Kleenex Stadium15,4569–10–0W2
20April 13Buffaloes12–6Asai (2–2)Kawagoe (1–2)—Kleenex Stadium12,87910–10–0W3
21April 15@ Marines6–7Ono (1–0)Nagai (2–2)Ogino (4)Chiba Marine Stadium17,33610–11–0L1
22April 16@ Marines1–2Shimizu (2–2)Guzmán (0–2)—Chiba Marine Stadium16,85310–12–0L2
23April 17@ Marines11–2Iwakuma (3–1)Kubo (1–3)—Chiba Marine Stadium9,21111–12–0W1
—April 19LionsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4Kleenex Stadium———
24April 20Lions3–4 (10)Iwasaki (1–0)Aoyama (1–1)Graman (6)Kleenex Stadium19,60111–13–0L1
25April 22Hawks4–3Asai (3–2)Powell (1–1)Aoyama (4)Kleenex Stadium11,79912–13–0W1
26April 23Hawks4–0Nagai (3–2)Otonari (2–3)—Kleenex Stadium12,35313–13–0W2
—April 24HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30Kleenex Stadium———
27April 25Fighters6–1Iwakuma (4–1)Yoshikawa (1–4)—Kleenex Stadium13,21314–13–0W3
28April 26Fighters6–1Guzmán (1–2)Fujii (1–2)—Kleenex Stadium16,82615–13–0W4
29April 27Fighters5–0Tanaka (3–1)Glynn (1–4)—Kleenex Stadium20,63416–13–0W5
30April 29@ Buffaloes1–2Yamaguchi (2–1)Asai (3–3)Kato (7)Kyocera Dome18,57116–14–0L1
31April 30@ Buffaloes5–4Koyama (2–0)Yamaguchi (2–2)—Kyocera Dome13,14617–14–0W1
May: 12–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
32May 1@ Buffaloes1–6Komatsu (3–0)Ichiba (0–2)—Skymark Stadium14,00317–15–0L1
33May 2@ Fighters1–5Tadano (1–0)Iwakuma (4–2)Nakamura (9)Sapporo Dome41,12417–16–0L2
34May 3@ Fighters5–12Sakamoto (1–1)Kawagishi (0–1)—Sapporo Dome40,08317–17–0L3
35May 4@ Fighters7–1Tanaka (4–1)Glynn (1–5)—Sapporo Dome42,12618–17–0W1
36May 5Hawks5–7 (11)Ogura (4–1)Koyama (2–1)Yanase (1)Kleenex Stadium20,57218–18–0L1
37May 6Hawks4–8Otonari (3–4)Nagai (3–3)—Kleenex Stadium20,88518–19–0L2
38May 7Hawks9–7Asai (4–3)Takeoka (0–1)Arime (1)Kleenex Stadium10,66719–19–0W1
39May 9@ Marines11–4Iwakuma (5–2)Ono (2–2)—Chiba Marine Stadium16,84920–19–0W2
—May 10@ MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 19Chiba Marine Stadium———
40May 11@ Marines1–6Shimizu (4–3)Tanaka (4–2)—Chiba Marine Stadium24,89220–20–0L1
41May 13Buffaloes2–8Kondo (3–4)Nagai (3–4)—Fukushima Azuma7,04120–21–0L2
—May 14BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 4Kleenex Stadium———
42May 15Buffaloes1–2Komatsu (4–0)Asai (4–4)Kato (10)Kleenex Stadium11,58120–22–0L3
43May 16Lions8–2Iwakuma (6–2)Kishi (4–2)—Kleenex Stadium12,05721–22–0W1
44May 17Lions3–2 (12)Kawagishi (1–1)Okamoto (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium14,26522–22–0W2
45May 18Lions3–7Hsu (1–0)Tanaka (4–3)—Kleenex Stadium20,25322–23–0L1
46May 20Dragons6–1Nagai (4–4)Ogasawara (4–3)—Kleenex Stadium12,96423–23–0W1
47May 21Dragons1–3Yamamoto (3–0)Asai (4–5)Iwase (13)Kleenex Stadium15,37223–24–0L1
48May 23BayStars7–5Iwakuma (7–2)Kobayashi (1–1)Koyama (1)Kleenex Stadium14,09124–24–0W1
49May 24BayStars2–1Guzmán (2–2)Oyamada (1–2)Koyama (2)Kleenex Stadium17,43525–24–0W2
50May 25@ Swallows10–2Tanaka (5–3)Kamada (0–1)—Meiji Jingu Stadium22,49126–24–0W3
51May 26@ Swallows5–4Nagai (5–4)Rios (2–6)Koyama (3)Meiji Jingu Stadium16,48327–24–0W4
52May 28@ Giants1–6Utsumi (3–3)Hasebe (0–1)—Tokyo Dome43,13227–25–0L1
53May 29@ Giants4–2Asai (5–5)Greisinger (5–3)Koyama (4)Tokyo Dome41,10628–25–0W1
54May 31Carp8–3Iwakuma (8–2)Takahashi (6–3)—Kleenex Stadium14,39329–25–0W2
June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster
2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

Batting
2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics[4]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Hideki Asai 30 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 1
José Fernández 142 541 81 163 40 0 18 99 5 53 78 .301 .368 .475 257
Akihito Fujii 90 190 15 50 7 0 0 13 3 18 25 .263 .329 .300 57
Domingo Guzmán 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0
Kohei Hasebe 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Ryo Hijirisawa 34 41 7 11 0 0 0 3 5 5 10 .268 .333 .268 11
Yosuke Hiraishi 613231001211.231.333.3084
Suguru Ino 2323220002015.087.125.0872
Tadashi Ishimine 13000000001.000.000.0000
Koichi Isobe 461246292001221216.234.300.25031
Hisashi Iwakuma 287000000005.000.000.0000
Hiroshi Katayama 182000000001.000.000.0000
Kenshi Kawaguchi 6394719211901218.202.306.27726
Kazuyoshi Kimura 910000000000.000.000.0000
Daisuke Kusano 118328368915033622033.271.321.345113
Shintaro Masuda 24000000001.000.000.0000
Satoshi Nagai 282000000000.000.000.0000
Masato Nakamura 4914415426311261214.292.346.39657
Toshiya Nakashima 81178275610152512128.315.397.46683
Jin Nakatani 42010000001.500.500.5001
Wataru Nishimura 917121003016.118.167.1763
Shoji Ohiro 88000000002.000.000.0000
Yoshinori Okihara 1433281000019.242.265.2739
Fernando Seguignol† 39136244470134001440.324.408.66290
Motohiro Shima 85196204513001941640.230.288.29658
Tatsuya Shiokawa 824318711015411.163.234.23310
Rick Short 13449162163312127142551.332.365.477234
Fumikazu Takanami 51191042004513.211.250.3166
Yosuke Takasu 1233834410820144562938.282.338.371142
Masahiro Tanaka 256000001002.000.000.0000
Teppei Tsuchiya 1244225211429655654252.270.345.403170
Kensuke Uchimura 471522144500139621.289.327.32249
Naoto Watanabe 13247079118112030345466.251.354.283133
Takeshi Yamasaki 142510631412102680173118.276.372.471240
Katsumi Yamashita 3378132030190619.256.318.33326
Takahiro Yamazaki 1439680113008.205.238.33313
Fuminori Yokogawa 5514013323041521137.229.285.33647
Yuji Yoshioka 1216051001017.313.353.3756
Total：38 players 1,9374,8806271,3292321894604101439777.272.340.3851,879
†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[5]

Pitching
2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics[4]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Koji Aoyama 3 8 3.89 41 6 4 78.2 86 39 34 26 61
Kanehisa Arime 2 2 2.05 66 0 2 44 33 10 10 17 45
Hideki Asai 9 11 4.38 29 23 0 148 165 81 72 60 122
Domingo Guzmán 2 7 3.87 23 16 0 102.1 99 47 44 34 65
Marcus Gwyn† 1 1 3.86 19 0 3 18.2 21 12 8 7 16
Kohei Hasebe 1 4 9.93 13 6 0 35.1 56 41 39 22 23
Yasuhiro Ichiba 0 3 9.77 12 8 0 31.1 49 38 34 21 27
Hisashi Iwakuma 21 4 1.87 28 28 0 201.2 161 48 42 36 159
Hiroshi Katayama 2 7 3.65 18 12 0 79 70 35 32 35 71
Tsuyoshi Kawagishi 4 3 1.94 54 0 3 55.2 49 14 12 20 47
Hisashi Kitani 0 3 4.12 22 5 1 39.1 40 18 18 13 24
Shinichiro Koyama 3 5 3.72 54 0 4 67.2 58 29 28 25 71
Lin Ying-chieh 0 2 5.23 5 1 0 10.1 10 7 6 5 3
Rui Makino‡ 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
Akira Matsumoto 0 0 5.93 21 0 0 27.1 41 19 18 11 16
Satoshi Nagai 6 7 4.68 27 15 0 117.1 121 68 61 47 111
Hisashi Ogura 0 0 9.39 8 0 0 7.2 11 8 8 1 10
Kenta Satake† 2 0 2.14 24 0 0 21 15 6 5 9 22
Hiroshi Sato 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 .1 1 0 0 0 0
Masahiro Tanaka 9 7 3.49 25 24 1 172.2 171 71 67 54 159
Koki Watanabe 0 2 9.45 14 0 0 6.2 9 7 7 7 3
Masaru Yoshizaki 0 0 4.80 17 0 0 15 15 8 8 6 8
Total：22 players 65763.89522144181,2811,2836075534561,064
†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[6]

Awards and honors

Most Valuable Player Award[7]

Eiji Sawamura Award[8]

  • Hisashi Iwakuma

Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award[9]

Best Nine Award[10]

Golden Spirit Award[11]

  • Hisashi Iwakuma

All-Star Series selections[12]

  • Hisashi Iwakuma - pitcher
  • Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher
  • Rick Short - infielder
  • Takeshi Yamasaki - designated hitter

All-Star Series MVP[13]

  • Takeshi Yamasaki - Game 1

Nippon Life Award (Interleague play)[14]

  • Hisashi Iwakuma

Best Battery Award

JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awards[15]

Good Catch Award (July)

Farm team
Eastern League regular season standings[16]
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 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections[17]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
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
Development players
1 Jobu Morita Infielder Kagawa Olive Guyners Yes

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