2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season

2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
League	Pacific League
Record	60-62-21 (.492)
League place	4th
Team information
Parent company	SoftBank Group
General manager	Sugihiko Mikasa
Manager	Kimiyasu Kudo
Ballpark	Fukuoka PayPay Dome

The 2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season was the 83rd season of the franchise in Nippon Professional Baseball, their 16th season under SoftBank Group, their 32nd season in Fukuoka, and their 28th season in Fukuoka PayPay Dome. This season was Kimiyasu Kudo's last season managing the Hawks, after a 6 year run. 2021 was also the first time the Hawks missed qualifying for the Climax Series play-offs after the 2013 season, and the first time they failed to maintain a .500 winning percentage since 2008.

Regular season

The Hawks failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2013, going 60-62-21 with a .492 winning percentage, barely going below .500 winning percentage.

2021 Pacific League standings [1]
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	.Pct	GB	Home	Road
1	Orix Buffaloes	143	70	55	18	.560	—	38-22-12	32–33–6
2	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	67	57	19	.540	2½	33-32-7	34–25–12
3	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	66	62	15	.514	5½	31-33-8	35–29–7
4	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	143	60	62	21	.492	8½	31-29-11	29–33–10
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	55	68	20	.447	14	25-36-10	30–32–10
6	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	55	70	18	.440	15	30-34-7	25–36–11

Roster

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks roster
First squad		Second squad
Pitchers 11 Yuki Tsumori 16 Nao Higashihama 17 Kohei Arihara 18 Shota Takeda 21 Tsuyoshi Wada 26 Ryosuke Ohtsu 27 Joe Gunkel 35 Liván Moinelo 38 Yuito Mori 42 Tomohisa Ohzeki 50 Yugo Bandoh 53 Keisuke Izumi 54 Roberto Osuna 56 Fumimaru Taura 57 Shinya Kayama 66 Yuki Matsumoto Catchers 12 Hiroki Minei 19 Takuya Kai 45 Kenta Tanigawara 62 Takashi Umino	Infielders 00 Hikaru Kawase 6 Kenta Imamiya 8 Taisei Makihara 13 Masaki Mimori 23 Ukyo Shuto 31 Tomoya Masaki 55 Daiju Nomura 99 Isami Nomura Outfielders 3 Kensuke Kondoh 7 Akira Nakamura 9 Yuki Yanagita 24 Ryoya Kurihara 25 Alfredo Despaigne 32 Tatsuru Yanagimachi 51 Seiji Uebayashi Manager 81 Hiroshi Fujimoto Coaches Head coach 86 Hiroyuki Mori Pitching 73 Manabu Saito 71 Kazumi Saito Hitting 77 Ryo Yoshimoto 83 Yuya Hasegawa Infield defense & base running 74 Hideaki Matsuyama Outfield defense & base running 93 Arihito Muramatsu Battery 85 Tetsuya Matoyama	Pitchers 1 Kyuta Kazama 2 Carter Stewart Jr. 14 Katsuki Matayoshi 20 Hiroshi Kaino 28 Rei Takahashi 29 Shuta Ishikawa 34 Arata Shiino 39 Shuto Ogata 40 Kazuki Sugiyama 47 Jumpei Takahashi 48 Kouya Fujii 49 Haru Matsumoto 58 Taisei Kimura 60 Kazuo Ohno 61 Darwinzon Hernández 63 Yuri Furukawa 67 Shunsuke Kasaya 68 Hikaru Kimura 70 Sota Tanoue Catchers 22 Kota Makihara 64 Kengo Yoshida 65 Ryuhei Kuki 79 Riku Watanabe	Infielders 0 Freddy Galvis 4 Willians Astudillo 30 Naoki Satoh 33 Shu Masuda 36 Itua Ikhine 43 Tomoya Inoue 46 Jumpei Kawarada 52 Richard Outfielders 10 Courtney Hawkins 37 Ikumi 44 Yoshiyasu Sasagawa 59 Shun Mizutani Manager 90 Hiroki Kokubo (Second squad) 92 Ryoji Moriyama (Third squad) 011 Hiroshi Ogawa (Fourth squad) Coaches Pitching 82 Keisaburo Tanoue (2nd SQ) 98 Hiroshi Takamura (2nd SQ) 72 Kenichi Wakatabe (3rd SQ) 76 Hayato Terahara (3rd SQ) 012 Kenichi Nakata (4th SQ) Hitting 78 Takayuki Murakami (2nd SQ) 88 Kenji Akashi (2nd SQ) 75 Noriyoshi Omichi (3rd SQ) 013 Shigeru Morikasa (4th SQ) Infield defense & base running 80 Yuichi Honda (2nd SQ) 91 Keisuke Kaneko (3rd SQ) 014 Takashi Sasagawa (4th SQ) Outfield defense & base running 87 Tatsuya Ide (2nd SQ) 96 Ryuma Kidokoro (3rd SQ) 015 Fumikazu Takanami (4th SQ) Battery 84 Hiroaki Takaya (2nd SQ) 95 Kenji Yoshitsuru (3rd SQ) 016 Masaumi Shimizu (4th SQ) Rehabilitation coach 017 Masahiro Sakumoto (Pitcher) 018 Tomoki Takata (Field player) Coordinator 019 Koichi Sekikawa (Field player) 020 Junji Hoshino (Pitcher)
Development Players
120 Hiroki Sato (P) 121 Soichiro Ishizuka (C) 122 Keio Fujino (IF) 123 Yuya Nakamichi (P) 124 Shuji Kuwahara (P) 125 Shinnosuke Haya (OF) 126 Masato Okumura (P) 127 Riku Ogata (IF) 128 Daisuke Itoh (IF) 129 Shoma Itani (C) 130 Haruki Katsuren (IF) 131 Hidetora Funakoshi (OF) 132 Yuto Kawamura (OF) 133 Naoya Okamoto (P) 134 Shinno Ohshiro (P) 135 Alexander Armenta (P) 136 Fuga Ohtake (P) 137 Ryota Nakamura (P) 138 Tomoaki Shigeta (P) 139 Sanshiro Izaki (P) 140 Mizuki Miura (P) 141 Mailon Felix (P) 142 Takamasa Nakamura (OF) 143 Shun Murakami (P) 144 Marco Simon (OF) 145 Leiri Hammond Tanaka (P) 146 Frankelly Geraldino (IF) 147 Koki Katoh (P) 148 Takuma Yamasaki (P) 149 Takuto Sakuma (IF) 150 Keita Yamamoto (OF) 151 Sora Katoh (C) 152 Masaki Takimoto (P) 153 Yoshiki Mishiro (IF) 154 Takuma Sato (P) 155 Keisuke Nakata (OF) 156 Luis Rodríguez (P) 157 Jui Kobayashi (IF) 158 Ren Akahane (IF) 159 Kyogo Yamashita (IF) 161 Kaito Uchino (P) 162 Junpei Okaue (P) 163 Akito Sasaki (P) 164 Sota Mizuguchi (IF) 165 Hayato Miyazaki (IF) 166 Kaito Shigematsu (OF) 167 Jun Maeda (IF) 168 Kota Sato (IF) 169 Yusei Tobita (P) 170 Ayuma Nishio (IF) 171 Ryota Morishima (C) 172 Yuki Watanabe (P) 173 Jose Ozuna (OF)
Updated June 13, 2023		→ All NPB rosters

References

"2021 Pacific League standings". Nippon Professional Baseball.

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[1] "2021 Pacific League standings". Nippon Professional Baseball.