2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

The 2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 17th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his first season as team manager.

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
LeaguePacific League
Record66–62–15 (.516)
League place3rd
Team information
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentYozo Tachibana
General managerKazuhisa Ishii
ManagerKazuhisa Ishii
CaptainEigoro Mogi
BallparkRakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Average attendance8,545
Eagles seasons

Rakuten finished the season with a record of 66–62–15, securing third place in the PL and qualifying for the Climax Series. They were eliminated by the Chiba Lotte Marines in the First Stage in two games.

Regular season

Standings
Pacific League regular season standings[1]
Rank Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Orix Buffaloes 143705518.560—38–22–1232–33–6
2 Chiba Lotte Marines 143675719.5402½33–32–734–25–12
3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143666215.5145½31–33–835–29–7
4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143606221.4928½31–29–1129–33–10
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143556820.4471425–36–1030–32–10
6 Saitama Seibu Lions 143557018.4401530–34–725–36–11

Record vs. opponents
2021 record vs. opponents[1]
Team Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines CL
Buffaloes —10–10–510–11–413–11–115–8–210–10–512–5–1
Eagles 10–10–5—12–11–211–10–415–8–29–15–19–8–1
Fighters 11–10–411–12–2—6–13–613–9–37–13–57–11
Hawks 11–13–110–11–413–6–6—9–13–312–10–35–9–4
Lions 8–15–28–15–29–13–313–9–3—10–11–47–7–4
Marines 10–10–515–9–113–7–510–12–311–10–4—8–9–1

Interleague
Regular season interleague standings[2]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Orix Buffaloes181251.706—7–1–15–4
Hanshin Tigers181170.6111.53–68–1
Yokohama DeNA BayStars18963.60026–2–13–4–2
Chunichi Dragons18972.5632.55–2–24–5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows181080.5562.55–45–4
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles18981.52933–5–16–3
Saitama Seibu Lions18774.5003.55–3–12–4–3
Chiba Lotte Marines18891.47145–43–5–1
Yomiuri Giants18783.46744–3–23–5–1
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters187110.3895.52–75–4
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks18594.3575.53–4–22–5–2
Hiroshima Toyo Carp183123.20082–6–11–6–2

Opening Day roster

Friday, March 26, 2021, vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters[3]

Order Player Pos.
1 Ryosuke Tatsumi CF
2 Hiroto Kobukata SS
3 Hiroaki Shimauchi LF
4 Hideto Asamura 2B
5 Eigoro Mogi 3B
6 Daichi Suzuki 1B
7 Kazuki Tanaka RF
8 Yuya Ogo DH
9 Hikaru Ohta C
— Hideaki Wakui P

Game log
2021 game log: 66–62–15 (Home: 31–33–8; Away: 35–29–7)
March: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 26Fighters8–2Wakui (1–0)Uwasawa (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park14,5591–0–0W1
2March 27Fighters4–9Kato (1–0)Takata (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park14,6811–1–0L1
3March 28Fighters5–0Hayakawa (1–0)Ikeda (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park14,4252–1–0W1
4March 30@ Marines5–0Kishi (1–0)Ojima (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium9,9313–1–0W2
5March 31@ Marines2–1Norimoto (1–0)Iwashita (0–1)Matsui (1)Zozo Marine Stadium9,5944–1–0W3
April: 10–8–6 (Home: 5–4–4; Away: 5–4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
6April 1@ Marines5–16Motomae (1–0)Takinaka (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium7,4474–2–0L1
7April 2Buffaloes4–2Wakui (2–0)Yamasaki (0–1)Matsui (2)Rakuten Seimei Park7,2475–2–0W1
8April 3Buffaloes3–2Anraku (1–0)Yamaoka (0–2)Matsui (3)Rakuten Seimei Park9,8566–2–0W2
9April 4Buffaloes0–4Miyagi (2–0)Hayakawa (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park7,3766–3–0L1
10April 6@ Lions13–2Kishi (2–0)Matsumoto (1–1)—MetLife Dome8,6087–3–0W1
11April 7@ Lions6–3Norimoto (2–0)Imai (0–1)—MetLife Dome7,3908–3–0W2
12April 8@ Lions4–0Takinaka (1–1)Uema (0–1)—MetLife Dome6,6539–3–0W3
13April 9Hawks1–1Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park5,0499–3–1T1
14April 10Hawks8–8Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park8,1229–3–2T2
15April 11Hawks0–2Taura (1–0)Hayakawa (1–2)Mori (3)Rakuten Seimei Park8,5159–4–2L1
16April 13Marines2–6Ishikawa (1–0)Kishi (2–1)Masuda (2)Rakuten Seimei Park6,1889–5–2L2
17April 14Marines2–2Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park6,3039–5–3T1
18April 15Marines3–7Iwashita (2–1)Takinaka (1–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park5,8749–6–3L1
19April 16@ Fighters4–1Wakui (3–0)Hori (1–1)Matsui (4)Tokyo Dome9,55910–6–3W1
20April 17@ Fighters1–4Uwasawa (1–2)Tanaka (0–1)Sugiura (4)Tokyo Dome9,98510–7–3L1
21April 18@ Fighters4–1Hayakawa (2–2)Kaneko (0–1)Matsui (5)Tokyo Dome9,98111–7–3W1
22April 20@ Hawks4–6Kayama (1–0)Kishi (2–2)Mori (5)Kitakyushu Stadium9,80111–8–3L1
23April 21@ Hawks1–4Wada (2–1)Norimoto (2–1)Mori (6)PayPay Dome12,04911–9–3L2
24April 23Lions2–2Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park6,20511–9–4T1
25April 24Lions2–1Tanaka (1–1)Honda (0–1)Matsui (6)Rakuten Seimei Park6,61912–9–4W1
26April 25Lions8–4Hayakawa (3–2)Hirai (3–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park7,03713–9–4W2
27April 27@ Buffaloes5–5Game tied after 9 inningsKyocera Dome—13–9–5T1
28April 28@ Buffaloes0–0Game tied after 9 inningsKyocera Dome—13–9–6T2
—April 29@ BuffaloesPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: October 20Kyocera Dome———[4][5]
29April 30Marines8–1Wakui (4–0)Nakamura (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,73414–9–6W1
May: 11–11–3 (Home: 5–3–2; Away: 6–8–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
30May 1Marines3–0Tanaka (2–1)Futaki (1–2)Matsui (7)Rakuten Seimei Park7,91415–9–6W2
31May 2Marines5–6Karakawa (2–1)Matsui (0–1)Masuda (6)Rakuten Seimei Park7,62215–10–6L1
32May 3@ Hawks7–4Takinaka (2–2)Niho (0–1)Matsui (8)PayPay Dome18,38216–10–6W1
33May 4@ Hawks4–6Tsumori (1–0)Kishi (2–3)Moinelo (2)PayPay Dome18,58416–11–6L1
34May 5@ Hawks5–5Game tied after 9 inningsPayPay Dome17,90216–11–7T1
35May 7@ Fighters1–6VerHagen (1–2)Wakui (4–1)—Sapporo Dome5,67416–12–7L1
36May 8@ Fighters1–4Uwasawa (3–2)Tanaka (2–2)Rodriguez (1)Sapporo Dome13,02216–13–7L2
37May 9@ Fighters6–3Hayakawa (4–2)Ikeda (2–4)Matsui (9)Sapporo Dome9,69817–13–7W1
38May 11Lions3–3Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park5,12817–13–8T1
39May 12Lions4–3Norimoto (3–1)Neal (0–1)Matsui (10)Rakuten Seimei Park5,12818–13–8W1
40May 14@ Buffaloes4–9Yamaoka (2–3)Wakui (4–2)—Hotto Motto Field4,88818–14–8L1
41May 15@ Buffaloes3–4Takeyasu (2–0)Tanaka (2–3)Suzuki (1)Hotto Motto Field7,79518–15–8L2
42May 16@ Buffaloes1–0Hayakawa (5–2)Yamasaki (1–4)—Kyocera Dome—19–15–8W1
43May 18Fighters3–2Sung (1–0)Rodriguez (0–1)Matsui (11)Rakuten Seimei Park6,01620–15–8W2
44May 19Fighters3–2Norimoto (4–1)Kato (3–1)Matsui (12)Rakuten Seimei Park7,03521–15–8W3
45May 20Fighters1–4Hori (2–1)Fukuyama (0–1)Sugiura (9)Rakuten Seimei Park8,44821–16–8L1
46May 21@ Marines13–6Wakui (5–2)Ishikawa (2–2)—Zozo Marine Stadium7,74222–16–8W1
47May 22@ Marines1–3Karakawa (3–1)Fukuyama (0–2)Masuda (11)Zozo Marine Stadium11,78822–17–8L1
48May 23@ Marines6–5Hayakawa (6–2)Ojima (1–2)Matsui (13)Zozo Marine Stadium10,60523–17–8W1
49May 25@ Giants4–9Togo (4–2)Kishi (2–4)—Tokyo Dome10,32923–18–8L1
50May 26@ Giants2–5Takahashi (6–1)Norimoto (4–2)De La Rosa (6)Tokyo Dome9,77823–19–8L2
51May 27@ Giants2–0Takinaka (3–2)Yokogawa (0–1)Matsui (14)Tokyo Dome8,95324–19–8W1
52May 28BayStars6–7Kuniyoshi (1–0)Wakui (5–3)Mishima (7)Rakuten Seimei Park10,82224–20–8L1
53May 29BayStars1–1Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park13,05724–20–9T1
54May 30BayStars5–1Sakai (1–0)Ishida (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park12,42625–20–9W1
June: 11–10–1 (Home: 5–8–1; Away: 6–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
55June 1@ Swallows4–7Onishi (1–0)Sakai (1–1)McGough (6)Meiji Jingu Stadium7,80925–21–9L1
56June 2@ Swallows3–1Norimoto (5–2)Taguchi (2–4)Matsui (15)Meiji Jingu Stadium7,54326–21–9W1
57June 3@ Swallows4–2Takinaka (4–2)Sneed (1–1)Matsui (16)Meiji Jingu Stadium7,10527–21–9W2
58June 4@ Carp12–5Wakui (6–3)Nakamura (0–3)—Mazda Stadium14,27428–21–9W3
59June 5@ Carp7–3Anraku (2–0)Horie (1–2)—Mazda Stadium16,23129–21–9W4
60June 6@ Carp6–4Hayakawa (7–2)Takahashi (2–2)Matsui (17)Mazda Stadium16,24630–21–9W5
61June 8Dragons5–2Kishi (3–4)Yanagi (5–2)Matsui (18)Rakuten Seimei Park10,85031–21–9W6
62June 9Dragons3–7Ogasawara (4–2)Norimoto (5–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park8,85431–22–9L1
63June 10Dragons6–2Takinaka (5–2)Katsuno (3–4) —Rakuten Seimei Park8,78232–22–9W1
64June 11Tigers2–3Aoyagi (5–2)Wakui (6–4)Robert Suárez (20)Rakuten Seimei Park12,52532–23–9L1
65June 12Tigers1–9Ito (4–3)Tanaka (2–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park13,25732–24–9L2
66June 13Tigers5–6Fujinami (4–3)Matsui (0–2)Robert Suárez (21)Rakuten Seimei Park13,15532–25–9L3
67June 18Buffaloes2–5Yamamoto (7–5)Wakui (6–5)Hirano (6)Rakuten Seimei Park10,97632–26–9L4
—June 19BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21Rakuten Seimei Park———[6]
68June 20Buffaloes0–3Miyagi (7–1)Hayakawa (7–3)Hirano (7)Rakuten Seimei Park13,09132–27–9L5
69June 21Buffaloes3–4Yamasaki (3–5)Takinaka (5–3)Hirano (8)Rakuten Seimei Park5,39632–28–9L6
70June 22@ Lions0–2Matsumoto (6–3)Kishi (3–5)Taira (8)MetLife Dome8,42032–29–9L7
71June 23@ Lions6–4Tanaka (3–4)Watanabe (0–1)Matsui (19)MetLife Dome10,29233–29–9W1
72June 25Hawks5–1Norimoto (6–3)Ishikawa (3–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park7,91734–29–9W2
73June 26Hawks3–2Nishiguchi (1–0)Martinez (5–2)Matsui (20)Rakuten Seimei Park12,42835–29–9W3
74June 27Hawks3–2Anraku (3–0)Wada (4–5)Matsui (21)Rakuten Seimei Park9,68036–29–9W4
75June 29Fighters5–5Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park6,21436–29–10T1
76June 30Fighters0–3Tateno (1–0)Wakui (6–6)Sugiura (14)Rakuten Seimei Park8,35836–30–10L1
July: 5–6–1 (Home: 1–2; Away: 4–4–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
77July 1Fighters1–2Ito (6–4)Kishi (3–6)Sugiura (15)Rakuten Seimei Park5,84336–31–10L2
—July 2@ MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: July 5Zozo Marine Stadium———[7]
78July 3@ Marines3–5Flores (1–0)Sung (1–1)Masuda (19)Zozo Marine Stadium12,40936–32–10L3
79July 4@ Marines6–8Ojima (5–2)Takinaka (5–4)Masuda (20)Zozo Marine Stadium9,13236–33–10L4
80July 5@ Marines1–8Iwashita (7–4)Nishiguchi (1–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium3,80236–34–10L5
81July 6@ Buffaloes7–2Norimoto (7–3)Hirano (0–3)—Kyocera Dome4,94237–34–10W1
82July 7@ Buffaloes6–5Busenitz (1–0)Urushihara (2–2)Matsui (22)Kyocera Dome4,98938–34–10W2
83July 8@ Buffaloes1–1Game tied after 9 inningsKyocera Dome4,99738–34–11T1
84July 10Lions2–6Imai (6–3)Nishiguchi (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park13,04938–35–11L1
85July 11Lions9–3Sakai (2–1)Togame (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park11,83239–35–11W1
86July 12@ Hawks0–8Rea (3–1)Norimoto (7–4)—PayPay Dome9,95739–36–11L1
87July 13@ Hawks6–2Tanaka (4–5)Ishikawa (3–8)—PayPay Dome9,84540–36–11W1
88July 14@ Hawks4–2Kishi (4–6)Higashihama (2–2)Matsui (23)PayPay Dome9,93041–36–11W2
All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1
Olympic Break: Japan places first
August: 5–6–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Away: 4–2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
Olympic Break: Japan places first
89August 13@ Lions5–0Kishi (5–6)Matsumoto (7–5)—MetLife Dome7,47742–36–11W3
90August 14@ Lions7–6Sakai (3–1)Masuda (0–3)Matsui (24)MetLife Dome7,34043–36–11W4
91August 15@ Lions2–10Watanabe (1–2)Wakui (6–7)—MetLife Dome7,29143–37–11L1
—August 17HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 23Rakuten Seimei Park———[8]
92August 18Hawks0–3Senga (2–1)Hayakawa (7–4)Iwasaki (6)Rakuten Seimei Park10,19343–38–11L2
93August 20@ Fighters3–3Game tied after 9 inningsSapporo Dome5,56643–38–12T1
94August 21@ Fighters8–4Kishi (6–6)Itoh (7–5)—Sapporo Dome8,41344–38–12W1
95August 22@ Fighters1–2Uwasawa (7–5)Wakui (6–8)Sugiura (17)Sapporo Dome7,69944–39–12L1
—August 24BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 25Rakuten Seimei Park———[8]
96August 25Buffaloes2–2Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park4,40544–39–13T1
97August 26Buffaloes7–6Norimoto (8–4)Yamazaki (0–1)Sung (1)Rakuten Seimei Park4,19445–39–13W1
98August 27Marines1–3Kuniyoshi (1–0)Anraku (3–1)Masuda (27)Rakuten Seimei Park6,13545–40–13L1
99August 28Marines1–5Sasaki (2–2)Kishi (6–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park8,11145–41–13L2
100August 29Marines0–1Sasaki (7–0)Sung (1–2)Masuda (28)Rakuten Seimei Park6,30645–42–13L3
101August 31@ Hawks6–3Nishiguchi (2–1)Higashihama (3–3)Sung (2)Sun Marine Stadium7,48446–42–13W1
September: 11–11–1 (Home: 7–4; Away: 4–7–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
102September 2@ Hawks2–5Senga (4–1)Norimoto (8–5)Kaino (1)PayPay Dome1,63046–43–13L1
103September 3Lions4–8Moriwaki (2–0)Sung (1–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,74246–44–13L2
104September 4Lions8–5Kishi (7–7)Imai (6–5)Sakai (1)Rakuten Seimei Park5,08847–44–13W1
105September 5Lions8–2Nishiguchi (3–1)Watanabe (2–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park6,53148–44–13W2
106September 7@ Fighters2–4Itoh (9–5)Hayakawa (7–5)Rodriguez (3)Sapporo Dome4,99048–45–13L1
107September 8@ Fighters8–0Takinaka (6–4)Uwasawa (8–6)—Sapporo Dome4,99249–45–13W1
108September 9@ Fighters4–0Norimoto (9–5)VerHagen (3–7)—Sapporo Dome4,98950–45–13W2
109September 10@ Marines2–3Masuda (1–4)Sakai (3–2)—Zozo Marine Stadium8,38750–46–13L1
110September 11@ Marines1–4Ojima (7–3)Kishi (7–8)—Zozo Marine Stadium9,92450–47–13L2
111September 12@ Marines2–9Kawamura (2–0)Ishibashi (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium7,79450–48–13L3
112September 14Buffaloes4–1Hayakawa (8–5)Miyagi (11–2)Sakai (2)Rakuten Seimei Park6,03451–48–13W1
113September 15Buffaloes7–0Takinaka (7–4)Yamazaki (0–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park6,73952–48–13W2
114September 16Buffaloes1–3Tajima (6–7)Anraku (3–2)Hirano (18)Rakuten Seimei Park6,00352–49–13L1
—September 18HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 24Rakuten Seimei Park———[8]
115September 19Hawks4–2Nishiguchi (4–1)Iwasaki (2–4)Sakai (3)Rakuten Seimei Park9,99353–49–13W1
116September 20Hawks4–5Matsumoto (2–3)Tanaka (4–6)Mori (9)Rakuten Seimei Park9,14353–50–13L1
117September 22@ Lions4–2Hayakawa (9–5)Hamaya (1–4)Sung (3)MetLife Dome8,75654–50–13W1
118September 23@ Lions3–4Taira (2–2)Sakai (3–3)—MetLife Dome9,39654–51–13L1
119September 24@ Buffaloes4–3Norimoto (10–5)Miyagi (11–3)Sung (4)Kyocera Dome5,27555–51–13W1
120September 25@ Buffaloes2–3Yamamoto (15–5)Kishi (7–9)Hirano (21)Kyocera Dome9,56055–52–13L1
121September 26@ Buffaloes1–1Game tied after 9 inningsKyocera Dome9,58955–52–14T1
122September 28Fighters1–3Kawano (3–4)Hayakawa (9–6)Sugiura (23)Rakuten Seimei Park4,98655–53–14L1
123September 29Fighters5–0Takinaka (8–4)Itoh (9–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,98056–53–14W1
124September 30Fighters8–5Yuge (1–0)Kaneko (0–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,99157–53–14W2
October: 9–9–1 (Home: 5–7; Away: 4–2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
—October 1MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 27Rakuten Seimei Park———[9]
125October 2Marines6–1Kishi (8–9)Futaki (5–6)—Rakuten Seimei Park9,85158–53–14W3
126October 3Marines0–2Ojima (10–3)Tanaka (4–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park9,96758–54–14L1
127October 5@ Hawks7–7Game tied after 9 inningsPayPay Dome8,01958–54–15T1
128October 6@ Hawks5–0Takinaka (9–4)Martinez (9–4)—PayPay Dome8,23359–54–15W1
129October 7@ Marines3–2Sung (2–3)Masuda (1–6)Anraku (1)Zozo Marine Stadium9,93360–54–15W2
130October 9@ Lions2–1Nishiguchi (5–1)Taira (2–4)Anraku (2)MetLife Dome9,30161–54–15W3
131October 10@ Lions2–3Taira (3–4)Nishiguchi (5–2)—MetLife Dome9,43561–55–15L1
132October 13Hawks2–1Sung (3–3)Mori (1–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park7,33462–55–15W1
133October 14Hawks5–6Furuya (1–1)Anraku (3–3)Mori (15)Rakuten Seimei Park8,10862–56–15L1
134October 15Lions1–5Imai (8–7)Takinaka (9–5)—Rakuten Seimei Park9,05462–57–15L2
135October 16Lions3–0Kishi (9–9)Hamaya (1–6)Sung (5)Rakuten Seimei Park8,12763–57–15W1
136October 17Lions5–6Watanabe (4–4)Tanaka (4–8)Moriwaki (1)Rakuten Seimei Park9,98763–58–15L1
137October 18Fighters0–5Kato (5–7)Yuge (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park8,17063–59–15L2
138October 19@ Buffaloes3–6Tajima (8–8)Hayakawa (9–7)Hirano (28)Kyocera Dome11,27463–60–15L3
139October 20@ Buffaloes5–2Norimoto (11–5)Tomiyama (2–1)Sung (6)Kyocera Dome11,31764–60–15W1
140October 23Hawks8–1Takinaka (10–5)Higashihama (4–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park10,55465–60–15W2
141October 24Hawks2–6Kasaya (3–4)Kishi (9–10)—Rakuten Seimei Park11,27565–61–15L1
142October 25Hawks0–4Yamamoto (18–5)Tanaka (4–9)—Rakuten Seimei Park9,57365–62–15L2
143October 27Marines2–1Sakai (4–3)Sasaki (8–1)Sung (7)Rakuten Seimei Park11,07466–62–15W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Postseason

Climax Series
Main article: 2021 Pacific League Climax Series

Game log
2021 game log: 66–62–15 (Home: 31–33–8; Away: 35–29–7)
Climax Series First Stage: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1November 6@ Marines4–5Masuda (1–0)Sung (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium14,9040–1–0L1
2November 7@ Marines4–4Game tied after 9 inningsZozo Marine Stadium14,8910–1–1T1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Lions team member

Roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

Batting
2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics[10]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Yuichi Adachi 1017011001012.059.111.1182
Ginji Akaminai 3591526100301411.286.381.29727
Hideto Asamura 143483701301811867110196.269.395.422204
Rusney Castillo 337141610130417.225.276.28220
Brandon Dixon 381086183141521242.167.268.32435
Takahisa Hayakawa 243000000001.000.000.0000
Masaki Iwami 47111000013.143.250.2862
Takayuki Kishi 252000000001.000.000.0000
Hiroto Kobukata 121391609710332154465.248.328.312122
Fumiya Kurokawa 347541420180317.187.228.25319
Eigoro Mogi 120410501061941453648107.259.343.427175
Itsuki Murabayashi 7940361014428.150.191.25010
Atsuki Mutoh 4419420100408.105.105.2114
Takahiro Norimoto 234000000002.000.000.0000
Yuya Ogo 387761431261623.182.259.32525
Hikaru Ohta 10724025454042311764.188.260.25461
Takero Okajima 1264614012930485632894.280.331.414191
Louis Okoye 429472110063821.223.291.23422
Hiroaki Shimauchi 14148664125345219629787.257.385.477232
Takahiro Shimotsuma 1623240002045.174.296.1744
Ko Shimozuru 610010000004.100.100.1001
Takahiro Shiomi 12000000001.000.000.0000
Ginjiro Sumitani† 51105112330380724.219.272.33335
Daichi Suzuki 14355270153193105335251.277.343.377208
Ryota Takinaka 205000000004.000.000.0000
Kazuki Tanaka 61595800030716.136.239.1368
Masahiro Tanaka 232010000001.500.500.5001
Takaya Tanaka 31382102023039.263.317.47418
Ryosuke Tatsumi 1303744984131103265199.225.326.345129
Yasuhito Uchida 2554211201110119.204.220.29616
Ren Wada 78020000014.250.333.2502
Hideaki Wakui 212000000001.000.000.0000
Yoshiaki Watanabe 45991227201701119.273.351.32332
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 5616829436342441541.256.326.39967
Toshitake Yokoo 30611112003008.180.254.21313
Total：35 players 1,2094,6415321,1291782710850845538975.243.329.3631,685
†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[11]

Pitching
2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics[10]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Tomohiro Anraku 332.08580256.14513133350
Alan Busenitz 104.97310029321616923
Yuya Fukui 004.43190020.1171010621
Hiroyuki Fukuyama 022.38240022.223661213
Takahisa Hayakawa 973.8624230137.2132595930127
Ryota Ishibashi 013.4633013125564
Yoshinao Kamata 0011.25110485512
Takayuki Kishi 9103.4425250149149625734131
Kazuhisa Makita 003.31170016.11710635
Yuki Matsui 020.63430244322332159
Kohei Morihara 002.78340032.1291010830
Naoto Nishiguchi 523.28331057.24623212355
Takahiro Norimoto 1153.1723230144.2123565135152
Tomohito Sakai 432.28540351.13315132444
Takahiro Shiomi 003.6110552214
Shu Sugahara 0016.881002.225550
Sung Chia-hao 332.23630760.24618152349
Sora Suzuki 0005004.130045
Koichi Takada 001.353106.262116
Hosei Takata 019.394107.2139858
Ryota Takinaka 1053.2120200103.29740372775
Masahiro Tanaka 493.0123230155.2131545229126
Taisei Tsurusaki 005.06110010.2116657
Takuma Uchima 005.91110010.2977416
Hideaki Wakui 685.042117096.111057542676
Yuki Watanabe 005.4900553324
Hayato Yuge 117.2454013.220111166
Total：27 players 66623.40566143361,2601,1465074763831,098
†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[12]

Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award[13]

All-Star Series selections[14]

All-Star Series MVP[15]

  • Hiroaki Shimauchi - Game 2

Farm team
Eastern League regular season standings[16]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Chiba Lotte Marines10860426.588—33–20–227–22–4
Yomiuri Giants11656573.4969½33–2923–28–3
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles11454555.49549½28–27–326–28–2
Tokyo Yakult Swallows10449505.49499½24–21–525–29
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters10849518.4901031–19–218–32–6
Yokohama DeNA BayStars11151555.4811124–25–427–30–1
Saitama Seibu Lions10748536.47511½29–23–319–30–3

Nippon Professional Baseball draft
2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections[17]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Soshi Yoshino Outfielder Shohei High School Yes
2 Yuma Yasuda Catcher Aichi University Yes
3 Ginji Maeda Infielder Mishima Minami High School Yes
4 Katsutoshi Tai Pitcher Kamimura Gakuen High School Yes
5 Tomotaka Matsui Pitcher Kanazawa Gakuin University Yes
6 Masaya Nishigaki Pitcher Waseda University Yes
7 Yudai Yoshikawa Pitcher JFE West Yes
Development players
1 Satoshi Miyamori Pitcher Kochi Fighting Dogs Yes
2 Ozora Yanagisawa Outfield Nihon University Fujisawa High School Yes
3 Sho Okawara Outfielder Tokai University Yamagata High School Yes

References
  1. "2021 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  2. "2021年度 交流戦" [2021 Interleague Play] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. "Friday, March 26, 2021". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  4. "プロ野球、29日のオリックス戦を延期" [Professional baseball postpones Orix game on March 29]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Kyodo News. April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  5. "公式戦日程追加のお知らせ（4/29振替試合)" [Notice of additional game schedule (4/29 transfer match)] (in Japanese). Orix Buffaloes. August 8, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  6. "6/19(土)オリックス戦 雨天中止のお知らせ" [6/19 (Sat) Announcement of rain cancellation for Orix game] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. June 19, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  7. "7/2(金)楽天戦のチケット払戻しについて" [7/2 (Fri) Rakuten game ticket refund] (in Japanese). Chiba Lotte Marines. July 2, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  8. "【9/27(月)～順次発売!】10/23(土)～25(月)[雨天中止振替試合]チケット販売概要決定!" [[9/27(Mon)～Sequential Release] 10/23 (Sat) - 25 (Mon) [Rain-Canceled Substitute Game] Ticket Sales Outline Determined!] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  9. "【10/9(土)～順次発売!】10/27(水)[10/1(金)振替試合]千葉ロッテ戦チケット販売概要決定!" [[10/9 (Sat)～Sequential release!] 10/27 (Wed) [10/1 (Fri) transfer match] Chiba Lotte game ticket sale outline decided!] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  10. "2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  11. "2021 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  12. "2021 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  13. "2021年度 大樹生命月間MVP賞" [2021 Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  14. "出場者" [Participants] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  15. "表彰選手（第2戦）" [Awarded Players (Game 2)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  16. "2021 Eastern League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  17. "東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス 選択選手一覧" [Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Selected Player List]. Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
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