2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
LeaguePacific League
BallparkRakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Record55–57–8 (.491)
League place4th
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentYozo Tachibana
General managerKazuhisa Ishii
ManagerHajime Miki
CaptainEigoro Mogi
Average attendance3,935
← 2019 Eagles seasons 2021 →

The 2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the sixteenth 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 Hajime Miki on his first and only season as team manager.

Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the COVID-shortened season in fourth place with a record of 55–57–8.

Regular season

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Standings

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2020 Pacific League regular season standings[1]
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 120 73 42 5 .635 — 40–19–1 33–23–4
2 Chiba Lotte Marines 120 60 57 3 .513 14 35–23–2 25–34–1
3 Saitama Seibu Lions 120 58 58 4 .500 15½ 35–22–3 23–36–1
4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 120 55 57 8 .491 16½ 31–25–4 24–32–4
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 120 53 62 5 .461 20 31–26–3 22–36–2
6 Orix Buffaloes 120 45 68 7 .398 27 26–31–3 19–37–4

Record vs. opponents

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2020 record vs. opponents[1]
Team Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines
Buffaloes — 12–10–2 11–12–1 5–17–2 12–11–1 5–18–1
Eagles 10–12–2 — 11–10–3 9–15 10–12–2 15–8–1
Fighters 12–11–1 10–11–3 — 6–17–1 14–10 11–13
Hawks 17–5–2 15–9 17–6–1 — 13–10–1 11–12–1
Lions 11–12–1 12–10–2 10–14 10–13–1 — 15–9
Marines 18–5–1 8–15–1 13–11 12–11–1 9–15 —

Opening Day starting roster

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Friday, June 19, 2020 at Orix Buffaloes[2]

Order Player Position
1 Eigoro Mogi Shortstop
2 Daichi Suzuki Third baseman
3 Jabari Blash Designated hitter
4 Hideto Asamura Second baseman
5 Hiroaki Shimauchi Left fielder
6 Stefen Romero Right fielder
7 Ginji Akaminai First baseman
8 Hikaru Ohta Catcher
9 Ryosuke Tatsumi Center fielder
— Takahiro Norimoto Starting pitcher

Game log

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2020 game log: 55–57–8 (Home: 31–25–4; Away: 24–32–4)
June: 7–3
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
July: 12–13–1
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
August: 12–12–2
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
September: 12–14
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
October: 10–13–3
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
November: 2–2–2
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

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2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

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Batting

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2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics[3]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Yuichi Adachi 42 60 6 10 1 1 1 3 0 6 15 .167 .242 .267 16
Ginji Akaminai 88 212 16 50 8 0 0 23 3 23 28 .236 .313 .274 58
Hideto Asamura 120 432 72 121 25 0 32 104 1 91 111 .280 .408 .560 242
Jabari Blash 37 119 25 28 7 0 2 18 1 25 46 .235 .369 .345 41
Kazuya Fujita 55 35 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 .200 .222 .229 8
Kengo Horiuchi 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0
Tsuyoshi Ishihara 18 23 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 .174 .174 .217 5
Masaki Iwami 16 37 2 8 1 1 1 4 0 1 11 .216 .237 .378 14
Hiroto Kobukata 112 378 61 109 16 5 3 31 17 42 59 .288 .364 .381 144
Fumiya Kurokawa 10 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 .143 .235 .143 2
Eigoro Mogi 73 276 43 83 14 4 7 33 8 39 52 .301 .396 .457 126
Itsuki Murabayashi 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0
Yuya Ogo 58 105 23 31 3 0 4 12 8 19 34 .295 .405 .438 46
Hikaru Ohta 67 130 17 26 10 0 2 16 0 18 38 .200 .301 .323 42
Takero Okajima 35 75 10 15 6 1 0 9 0 8 26 .200 .277 .307 23
Stefen Romero 103 356 46 97 19 2 24 63 0 38 108 .272 .354 .539 192
Hiroaki Shimauchi 114 406 50 114 17 2 8 53 9 48 71 .281 .363 .392 159
Takahiro Shimotsuma 43 77 5 12 4 0 1 9 0 1 26 .156 .165 .247 19
Ko Shimozuru 20 32 1 6 0 1 1 5 0 2 11 .188 .257 .344 11
Daichi Suzuki 120 478 71 141 27 1 4 55 1 46 58 .295 .363 .381 182
Kazuki Tanaka 80 254 38 61 10 1 8 25 6 23 76 .240 .305 .382 97
Takaya Tanaka† 9 15 5 6 0 0 1 4 0 1 7 .400 .438 .600 9
Ryosuke Tatsumi 104 251 38 56 9 3 8 28 11 20 57 .223 .286 .378 95
Yasuhito Uchida 38 93 9 16 3 0 5 18 1 14 31 .172 .284 .366 34
Ren Wada 7 16 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 .125 .176 .188 3
Naoto Watanabe 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 3
Yoshiaki Watanabe 35 85 9 20 5 1 0 12 0 3 15 .235 .258 .318 27
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 20 12 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 .167 .214 .250 3
Ayatsugu Yamashita 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 0
Total：29 players 1,446 3,990 557 1,029 190 23 112 534 67 473 918 .258 .341 .401 1,601
†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[4]

Pitching

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2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics[3]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Tomohiro Anraku 1 0 3.48 27 0 0 31 24 12 12 17 30
Koji Aoyama 2 0 4.35 11 0 0 10.1 11 6 5 6 8
Alan Busenitz 1 4 2.86 46 0 18 44 46 16 14 18 32
J. T. Chargois 0 3 5.81 31 0 1 26.1 23 17 17 14 19
Shoma Fujihira 0 0 — 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0
Yuya Fukui 0 4 5.46 7 7 0 29.2 26 18 18 14 18
Hiroyuki Fukuyama 0 0 0.75 14 0 0 12 12 1 1 5 8
Shun Ikeda 1 0 4.32 21 0 0 16.2 21 8 8 7 13
Ryota Ishibashi 1 6 6.11 13 13 0 63.1 72 43 43 28 46
D. J. Johnson† 1 0 3.07 16 0 0 14.2 13 6 5 6 16
Yoshinao Kamata 0 0 9.82 4 0 0 3.2 9 5 4 4 4
Wataru Karashima 1 3 4.93 19 6 1 38.1 43 22 21 15 26
Takayuki Kishi 7 0 3.21 11 11 0 67.1 48 24 24 20 70
Hiroki Kondo 0 0 5.40 6 0 0 6.2 5 4 4 5 4
Yuya Kubo 1 0 13.5 5 0 0 2 4 3 3 0 1
Kazuhisa Makita 2 2 2.16 52 0 2 50 39 15 12 12 33
Yuki Matsui 4 5 3.18 25 10 2 68 56 25 24 28 82
Kohei Morihara 1 2 7.56 17 0 4 16.2 23 14 14 7 14
Takahiro Norimoto 5 7 3.96 18 18 0 109 110 56 48 34 105
Tomohito Sakai 3 2 3.65 46 0 0 44.1 38 20 18 18 34
Takahiro Shiomi 4 8 4.8 16 16 0 84.1 88 45 45 20 63
Sung Chia-hao 1 2 6.94 38 0 0 36.1 35 29 28 17 29
Sora Suzuki 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 1 1
Ryota Takinaka 2 1 3.40 8 8 0 45 34 18 17 15 29
Kanji Teraoka 2 1 3.15 24 0 0 20 15 7 7 11 14
Taisei Tsurusaki 1 1 4.19 33 0 0 34.1 30 17 16 18 24
Hideaki Wakui 11 4 3.6 20 20 0 130 110 53 52 38 110
Hayato Yuge 3 2 5.01 10 10 0 50.1 57 34 28 20 34
Total：28 players 55 57 4.19 541 120 28 1,055.2 995 522 491 398 867
†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]

Awards and honors

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Monthly MVP Award[6]

Best Nine Award[7]

Mitsui Golden Glove Award[8]

  • Daichi Suzuki - third baseman

Best Battery Award

Speed Up Award[9]

SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award[10]

Farm team

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2020 Eastern League regular season standings[11]
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 79 42 28 9 .600 — 23–13–1 19–15–8
2 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 76 42 32 2 .568 2 22–22–1 20–10–1
3 Yomiuri Giants 79 38 33 8 .535 4½ 18–18–5 20–15–3
4 Chiba Lotte Marines 70 34 31 5 .523 5½ 14–14–2 20–17–3
5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 79 32 38 9 .457 10 18–14–5 14–24–4
6 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 76 28 41 7 .406 13½ 11–20–6 17–21–1
7 Saitama Seibu Lions 75 28 41 6 .406 13½ 15–21–3 13–20–3

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

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2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections[12]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Takahisa Hayakawa Pitcher Waseda University Yes
2 Koichi Takada Pitcher Hosei University Yes
3 Masaru Fujii Pitcher Eneos Holdings Yes
4 Takuma Uchima Pitcher Asia University Yes
5 Daiki Irie Infielder Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School Yes
6 Seiryu Uchi Pitcher Riseisha High School Yes
Development players
1 Shun Ishida Pitcher Tochigi Golden Braves Yes

References

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  1. ^ a b "2020 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Friday, June 19, 2020". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "2020 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "2020年度 日本生命月間MVP賞" [2020 Nippon Life Month MVP Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  7. ^ "2020年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ）" [2020 Awarded Players (Pacific League)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "ローソンチケット スピードアップ賞" [Lawson Ticket Speed Up Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "サヨナラ賞" [Goodbye Award] (in Japanese). SKY PerfecTV!. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "2020 Eastern League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "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 March 15, 2021.
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