2005 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

Professional sports season in Nippon Professional Baseball Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2005 Eagles season logo.png 2005 Pacific League 6th 38 97 1 (.281), 51½ GB Games back Rakuten Toru Shimada Yasushi Tao Fullcast Stadium Miyagi 14,369 Eagles The 2005 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the first season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Fullcast Stadium Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Yasushi Tao in his first and only season as the team's manager. Regular season Standings + 2005 Pacific League regular season standings2005年度 パシフィック・リーグ 2005 Pacific League season https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2024/stats/std_p.html Japanese February 17, 2025 Nippon Professional Baseball Pos Position Team G Games played W Games won L Games lost T Games tied Pct. Winning percentage GB Games behind Home Home record Road Road record1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawksyes1368945289 45—45–21–244–242Chiba Lotte Marines*1368449384 494½38–3046–19–33Seibu Lions*1366769067 692336–3231–374Orix Buffaloes1366270462 702630–37–132–33–35Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters1366271362 7126½34–31–328–406Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles1363897138 9751½21–46–117–51 #BBF3BB yes darkgray Advanced directly to the second stage of the Pacific League Playoffs#FFFFBB * darkgray Advanced to the first stage of the Pacific League Playoffs Interleague + 2005 regular season interleague standingshttps://npb.jp/bis/2005/stats/std_inter.html 2005年度 交流戦 Nippon Professional Baseball April 20, 2026 ja 2005 Interleague Play Pos Position Team G Games played W Games won L Games lost T Games tied Pct. Winning percentage GB Games behind Home Home record Road Road record1Chiba Lotte Marinesyes362411124 11—10–814–3–12Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks362312123 12110–7–113–53Hanshin Tigers362113221 132½9–7–212–64Yomiuri Giants361814418 144½11–6–17–8–35Yakult Swallows362016020 164½8–1012–66Yokohama BayStars361917019 175½11–78–107Orix Buffaloes361716317 1668–9–19–7–28Seibu Lions361818018 186½10–88–109Chunichi Dragons361521015 219½8–107–1110Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters361222212 2211½9–7–23–1511Hiroshima Toyo Carp361124111 24136–125–12–112Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles361125011 2513½6–125–13 #BBF3BB yes darkgray Interleague champion Opening Day starting roster Saturday, March 26, 2005, vs. Chiba Lotte Marineshttps://www.rakuteneagles.jp/gamelive/result/2005032601/ 2005.03.26 SAT Japanese Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles April 20, 2026 + 2005 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster Order Player Position 1 Koichi Sekikawa Left fielder 2 Yosuke Takasu Second baseman 3 Kenshi Kawaguchi First baseman 4 Luis Lopez Third baseman 5 Takeshi Yamasaki Designated hitter 6 Koichi Isobe Right fielder 7 Tadaharu Sakai Shortstop 8 Akihito Fujii Catcher 9 Tetsuya Iida Center fielder — Hisashi Iwakuma Starting pitcher Roster 2005 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Roster Pitchers 11 Yasuhiro Ichiba 12 Hiroshi Kobayashi 14 Yasuyuki Kawamoto 15 Kazuo Fukumori 16 Hiroki Yamamura 17 Hisashi Tokano 18 Koki Watanabe 19 Tetsuro Kawajiri 20 Shinji Taninaka 21 Hisashi Iwakuma 22 Hisashi Aikyoh 24 Hiroshi Takamura 26 Kanehisa Arime 27 Hisashi Ogura 28 Masahiko Kaneda 29 Eiji Yano 30 Makoto Kito 34 Hideo Koike 36 Hideki Asai 43 Satoshi Tokumoto 47 Gary Rath 49 Toyohiko Yoshida 50 Aaron Myette 54 Kevin Hodges 57 Shinichiro Koyama 60 Hironori Fujisaki 62 Matt Skrmetta 69 Shigeo Tamaki Catchers 31 Akihito Fujii 39 Takeshi Nakamura 45 Ken Shinzato 52 Katsunori Nomura 58 Kenji Nagasaka Infielders  0 Tadaharu Sakai  3 Yuji Yoshioka  4 Yosuke Takasu  5 Hidemitsu Saito  7 Takeshi Yamasaki 13 Koichi Oshima 32 Tadatoki Maeda 32 Yoshinori Okihara 37 Yasuo Nagaike 38 Katsumi Yamashita 41 Osamu Hoshino 42 Luis Lopez 44 Damon Minor 65 Andy Tracy Outfielders 00 Akihito Moritani  2 Tetsuya Iida  8 Koichi Isobe  9 Fumitoshi Takano 23 Koichi Sekikawa 25 Manabu Satake 33 Yosuke Hiraishi 40 Daisuke Masuda 48 Ryutaro Tsuji 61 Kenshi Kawaguchi 63 Akihisa Makida Manager 88 Yasushi Tao Coaches 77 Daisuke Yamashita(Head) 87 Masanori Matsui(Head) 74 Kazuyoshi Ono(Pitching) 75 Norihiro Komada(Batting) 85 Koju Hirohashi(Defense/base running/batting) 80 Masahiro Takahashi(Defense/base running) 84 Kazuhiko Yamashita(Batting)https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=50966411 2005 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Baseball-Reference.com April 20, 2026 References Category:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles seasons Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season