2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season
2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | ||
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League | Pacific League | |
Ballpark | Kleenex Stadium Miyagi | |
Record | 65–76–3 (.461) | |
League place | 5th | |
Parent company | Rakuten | |
President | Toru Shimada | |
Manager | Katsuya Nomura | |
Average attendance | 15,959 | |
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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 65–76–3.
Regular season
[edit]Standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GB | PCT | Home | Away |
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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
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Team | Pld | HW | HL | AW | AL | GB | PCT |
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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.
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
[edit]Team | Buffaloes | Eagles | Fighters | Hawks | Lions | Marines | CL |
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Buffaloes | — | 13–10–1 | 13–11 | 14–10 | 10–14 | 14–10 | 11–13 |
Eagles | 10–13–1 | — | 13–10–1 | 12–12 | 10–14 | 7–16–1 | 13–11 |
Fighters | 11–13 | 10–13–1 | — | 17–7 | 9–14–1 | 12–12 | 14–10 |
Hawks | 10–14 | 12–12 | 7–17 | — | 10–11–3 | 10–14 | 15–9 |
Lions | 14–10 | 14–10 | 14–9–1 | 11–10–3 | — | 13–11 | 10–14 |
Marines | 10–14 | 16–7–1 | 12–12 | 14–10 | 11–13 | — | 10–14 |
Opening Day roster
[edit]Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks[3]
Order | Player | Pos. |
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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
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March: 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–4)
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April: 13–10 (Home: 11–1; Away: 2–9)
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May: 12–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–5)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Postponement Bold = Eagles team member |
Roster
[edit]Player statistics
[edit]Batting
[edit]Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
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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 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .231 | .333 | .308 | 4 |
Suguru Ino | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .087 | .125 | .087 | 2 |
Tadashi Ishimine | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Koichi Isobe | 46 | 124 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 16 | .234 | .300 | .250 | 31 |
Hisashi Iwakuma | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Hiroshi Katayama | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Kenshi Kawaguchi | 63 | 94 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .202 | .306 | .277 | 26 |
Kazuyoshi Kimura | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Daisuke Kusano | 118 | 328 | 36 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 33 | .271 | .321 | .345 | 113 |
Shintaro Masuda | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Satoshi Nagai | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Masato Nakamura | 49 | 144 | 15 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 14 | .292 | .346 | .396 | 57 |
Toshiya Nakashima | 81 | 178 | 27 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 28 | .315 | .397 | .466 | 83 |
Jin Nakatani | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1 |
Wataru Nishimura | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .118 | .167 | .176 | 3 |
Shoji Ohiro | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Yoshinori Okihara | 14 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .242 | .265 | .273 | 9 |
Fernando Seguignol† | 39 | 136 | 24 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 40 | .324 | .408 | .662 | 90 |
Motohiro Shima | 85 | 196 | 20 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 40 | .230 | .288 | .296 | 58 |
Tatsuya Shiokawa | 82 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | .163 | .234 | .233 | 10 |
Rick Short | 134 | 491 | 62 | 163 | 31 | 2 | 12 | 71 | 4 | 25 | 51 | .332 | .365 | .477 | 234 |
Fumikazu Takanami | 51 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .211 | .250 | .316 | 6 |
Yosuke Takasu | 123 | 383 | 44 | 108 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 6 | 29 | 38 | .282 | .338 | .371 | 142 |
Masahiro Tanaka | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Teppei Tsuchiya | 124 | 422 | 52 | 114 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 5 | 42 | 52 | .270 | .345 | .403 | 170 |
Kensuke Uchimura | 47 | 152 | 21 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 21 | .289 | .327 | .322 | 49 |
Naoto Watanabe | 132 | 470 | 79 | 118 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 34 | 54 | 66 | .251 | .354 | .283 | 133 |
Takeshi Yamasaki | 142 | 510 | 63 | 141 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 80 | 1 | 73 | 118 | .276 | .372 | .471 | 240 |
Katsumi Yamashita | 33 | 78 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .256 | .318 | .333 | 26 |
Takahiro Yamazaki | 14 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .205 | .238 | .333 | 13 |
Fuminori Yokogawa | 55 | 140 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 37 | .229 | .285 | .336 | 47 |
Yuji Yoshioka | 12 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .313 | .353 | .375 | 6 |
Total:38 players | 1,937 | 4,880 | 627 | 1,329 | 232 | 18 | 94 | 604 | 101 | 439 | 777 | .272 | .340 | .385 | 1,879 |
- †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
[edit]Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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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 | 65 | 76 | 3.89 | 522 | 144 | 18 | 1,281 | 1,283 | 607 | 553 | 456 | 1,064 |
- †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
[edit]- Hisashi Iwakuma
Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award[9]
- Takeshi Yamasaki - March/April (batter)
- Hisashi Iwakuma - June (pitcher)
- Fernando Seguignol - September (batter)
- Hisashi Iwakuma - pitcher
- Rick Short - outfielder
- 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
- Hisashi Iwakuma and Akihito Fujii
JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awards[15]
- Good Catch Award (July)
- Masato Nakamura (July 2)
Farm team
[edit]Team | G | W | L | T | Win% | GB | Home | Away |
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Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 96 | 55 | 34 | 7 | .618 | — | 35–10–3 | 20–24–4 |
Yomiuri Giants | 96 | 58 | 36 | 2 | .617 | — | 29–15–1 | 29–21–1 |
Shonan Searex | 96 | 50 | 43 | 3 | .538 | 7 | 23–24–1 | 27–19–2 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 96 | 46 | 45 | 5 | .505 | 10 | 24–21–3 | 22–24–2 |
Saitama Seibu Lions | 96 | 42 | 51 | 3 | .452 | 15 | 23–25–2 | 19–26–1 |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 96 | 37 | 53 | 6 | .411 | 18½ | 21–24–3 | 16–29–3 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 96 | 33 | 61 | 2 | .351 | 24½ | 22–26–1 | 11–35–1 |
Nippon Professional Baseball draft
[edit]Round | Name | Position | Affiliation | Signed? |
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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 |
References
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- ^ "Thursday, March 20, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ "2008 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ "2008 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ "パ・リーグ歴代MVP" [Pacific League Past MVPs]. Sankei Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ "歴代沢村賞" [Past Sawamura Awards]. Sankei Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "歴代受賞者" [Past Winners] (in Japanese). Hochi Shimbun. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "出場者" [Participants] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "表彰選手(第1戦)" [Awarded Players (Game 1)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "最優秀選手賞(MVP)および日本生命賞決定のお知らせ" [Announcement of MVP and Nippon Life Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "2008年度 JA全農Go・Go賞" [2008 JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "2008 Eastern League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "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 February 1, 2021.