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 season
ManagerKatsuya Nomura
ArenaMiyagi Baseball Stadium
Results
Record65–76–3 (.461)
Place5th (PL)
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles seasons
← 2007

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[1]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Saitama Seibu Lions (1)14476644.543—44–27–132–37–3
Orix Buffaloes (2)14475681.5242½41–3134–37–1
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)14473692.514441–30–132–39–1
Chiba Lotte Marines14473701.5104½41–30–132–40
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14465763.46111½37–34–128–42–2
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14464773.45412½36–33–328–44

Interleague
Regular season interleague standings[2]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks241590.625—10–25–7
Hanshin Tigers241590.625010–25–7
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters2414100.58318–46–6
Yomiuri Giants2414100.58319–35–7
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles2413110.54226–67–5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp2413110.54226–67–5
Chunichi Dragons2412120.50038–44–8
Orix Buffaloes2411130.45846–65–7
Tokyo Yakult Swallows2411130.45844–87–5
Chiba Lotte Marines2410140.41756–64–8
Saitama Seibu Lions2410140.41757–53–9
Yokohama BayStars246180.25095–71–11

Record vs. opponents
2008 record vs. opponents[1]
Team Central League opponents Pacific League opponents
BayStars Carp Dragons Giants Swallows Tigers Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines
BayStars —11–137–175–18–19–1510–13–11–30–41–30–42–22–2
Carp 13–11—9–13–212–10–212–11–110–142–22–22–21–33–13–1
Dragons 17–713–9–2—14–109–13–26–17–11–32–21–32–23–13–1
Giants 18–5–110–12–210–14—18–614–103–12–23–11–31–34–0
Swallows 15–911–12–113–9–26–18—10–13–13–12–21–32–22–21–3
Tigers 13–10–114–1017–6–110–1413–10–1—3–13–12–23–13–11–3
Buffaloes 3–12–23–11–31–31–3—13–10–113–1114–1010–1414–10
Eagles 4–02–22–22–22–21–310–13–1—13–10–112–1210–147–16–1
Fighters 3–12–23–11–33–12–211–1310–13–1—17–79–14–112–12
Hawks 4–03–12–23–12–21–310–1412–127–17—10–11–310–14
Lions 2–21–31–33–12–21–314–1014–1014–9–111–10–3—13–11
Marines 2–21–31–30–43–13–110–1416–7–112–1214–1011–13—

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)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster
2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers
  • 20 Kohei Hasebe
  • 54 Hisashi Kitani
  • 14 Rui Makino
  • 65 Akira Matsumoto
  • 13 Hisashi Ogura
  • 14 Kenta Satake
  •  0 Hiroshi Sato
  • 34 Koki Watanabe
  • 40 Masaru Yoshizaki
 Catchers
  • 58 Kazuyoshi Kimura

Infielders

  • 66 Wataru Nishimura
  • 35 Shoji Ohiro
  •  4 Yosuke Takasu
  • 38 Katsumi Yamashita
 Outfielders
  • 61 Kenshi Kawaguchi
  • 62 Fumikazu Takanami
 Manager

Coaches

  • 71 Makoto Kito (pitching)
  • 80 Shunji Nishi (infield defense)
  • 70 Katsuhiko Yamada (battery)

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 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 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 4.8 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

Farm team
Eastern League regular season standings[15]
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

Draft
2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections[16]
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

References
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