2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

Professional sports season in Nippon Professional Baseball Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Rakuten eagles insignia.svg 2008 Pacific League 5th 65–76–3 (.461) Rakuten Toru Shimada Katsuya Nomura Kleenex Stadium Miyagi 15,959 Eagles 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 Standings Pacific TOH Interleague Interleague TOH Record vs. opponents + 2008 record vs. opponentsTeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarinesCL 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 Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawkshttps://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008032000090.html Thursday, March 20, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball February 1, 2021 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 background:#870010; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #ecac00 2008 game log: 65–76–3 (Home: 37–34–1; Away: 28–42–2) y background:#ecac00; color:#000000; March: 4–4 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || March 20 || @ Hawks || 3–4 || Kume (1–0) || Guzmán (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 35,722 || 0–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || March 22 || @ Hawks || 4–5 (11) || Nitkowski (1–0) || Watanabe (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 31,014 || 0–2–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || March 23 || @ Hawks || 0–4 || Oba (1–0) || Asai (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 31,660 || 0–3–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || March 25 || @ Buffaloes || 4–5 || Takagi (1–0) || Ichiba (0–1) || Kato (3) || Kyocera Dome || 34,911 || 0–4–0 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || March 26 || @ Buffaloes || 11–0 || Nagai (1–0) || Mitsuhara (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 11,052 || 1–4–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || March 27 || @ Buffaloes || 2–0 || Iwakuma (1–0) || Kaneko (1–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 23,547 || 2–4–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || March 29 || Fighters || 7–2 || Tanaka (1–0) || Hoshino (0–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,189 || 3–4–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || March 30 || Fighters || 3–1 || Asai (1–1) || Glynn (0–2) || Aoyama (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,518 || 4–4–0 || W4 |- y background:#ecac00; color:#000000; April: 13–10 (Home: 11–1; Away: 2–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 1 || Marines || 7–4 || Koyama (1–0) || Komiyama (0–2) || Aoyama (2) || Kleenex Stadium || 10,927 || 5–4–0 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 2 || Marines || 6–3 || Nagai (2–0) || Shimizu (0–2) || Aoyama (3) || Kleenex Stadium || 14,285 || 6–4–0 || W6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 3 || Marines || 9–1 || Iwakuma (2–0) || Kubo (1–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 15,018 || 7–4–0 || W7 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 4 || @ Lions || 2–4 || Hoashi (1–0) || Lin (0–1) || Graman (2) || Shikishima Stadium || 17,599 || 7–5–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 5 || @ Lions || 2–4 || Ishii (3–0) || Tanaka (1–1) || Onuma (1) || Seibu Dome || 23,902 || 7–6–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 6 || @ Lions || 3–4 || Kinney (2–1) || Asai (1–2) || Graman (3) || Seibu Dome || 18,213 || 7–7–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 8 || @ Fighters || 7–8 || Takeda (3–0) || Lin (0–1) || Nakamura (3) || Sapporo Dome || 20,257 || 7–8–0 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 9 || @ Fighters || 2–4 || Yoshikawa (1–2) || Nagai (2–1) || Nakamura (4) || Sapporo Dome || 19,044 || 7–9–0 || L5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 10 || @ Fighters || 0–1 || Yu Darvish (3–0) || Iwakuma (2–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 25,197 || 7–10–0 || L6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 11 || Buffaloes || 5–4 (10) || Aoyama (1–0) || Yamaguchi (1–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 10,626 || 8–10–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 12 || Buffaloes || 3–0 || Tanaka (2–1) || Kondo (2–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 15,456 || 9–10–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 13 || Buffaloes || 12–6 || Asai (2–2) || Kawagoe (1–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,879 || 10–10–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 15 || @ Marines || 6–7 || Ono (1–0) || Nagai (2–2) || Ogino (4) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 17,336 || 10–11–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 16 || @ Marines || 1–2 || Shimizu (2–2) || Guzmán (0–2) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,853 || 10–12–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 17 || @ Marines || 11–2 || Iwakuma (3–1) || Kubo (1–3) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 9,211 || 11–12–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 19 || Lions || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 || Kleenex Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || April 20 || Lions || 3–4 (10) || Iwasaki (1–0) || Aoyama (1–1) || Graman (6) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,601 || 11–13–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || April 22 || Hawks || 4–3 || Asai (3–2) || Powell (1–1) || Aoyama (4) || Kleenex Stadium || 11,799 || 12–13–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || April 23 || Hawks || 4–0 || Nagai (3–2) || Otonari (2–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,353 || 13–13–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 24 || Hawks || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30 || Kleenex Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || April 25 || Fighters || 6–1 || Iwakuma (4–1) || Yoshikawa (1–4) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 13,213 || 14–13–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || April 26 || Fighters || 6–1 || Guzmán (1–2) || Fujii (1–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 16,826 || 15–13–0 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || April 27 || Fighters || 5–0 || Tanaka (3–1) || Glynn (1–4) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,634 || 16–13–0 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 || April 29 || @ Buffaloes || 1–2 || Yamaguchi (2–1) || Asai (3–3) || Kato (7) || Kyocera Dome || 18,571 || 16–14–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || April 30 || @ Buffaloes || 5–4 || Koyama (2–0) || Yamaguchi (2–2) || — || Kyocera Dome || 13,146 || 17–14–0 || W1 |- y background:#ecac00; color:#000000; May: 12–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 32 || May 1 || @ Buffaloes || 1–6 || Komatsu (3–0) || Ichiba (0–2) || — || Skymark Stadium || 14,003 || 17–15–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 2 || @ Fighters || 1–5 || Tadano (1–0) || Iwakuma (4–2) || Nakamura (9) || Sapporo Dome || 41,124 || 17–16–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 34 || May 3 || @ Fighters || 5–12 || Sakamoto (1–1) || Kawagishi (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 40,083 || 17–17–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 4 || @ Fighters || 7–1 || Tanaka (4–1) || Glynn (1–5) || — || Sapporo Dome || 42,126 || 18–17–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 36 || May 5 || Hawks || 5–7 (11) || Ogura (4–1) || Koyama (2–1) || Yanase (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 20,572 || 18–18–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 6 || Hawks || 4–8 || Otonari (3–4) || Nagai (3–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,885 || 18–19–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 7 || Hawks || 9–7 || Asai (4–3) || Takeoka (0–1) || Arime (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 10,667 || 19–19–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 9 || @ Marines || 11–4 || Iwakuma (5–2) || Ono (2–2) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,849 || 20–19–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 10 || @ Marines || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 19 || Chiba Marine Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 11 || @ Marines|| 1–6 || Shimizu (4–3) || Tanaka (4–2) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 24,892 || 20–20–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || May 13 || Buffaloes || 2–8 || Kondo (3–4) || Nagai (3–4) || — || Fukushima Azuma || 7,041 || 20–21–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 14 || Buffaloes || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 4 || Kleenex Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 15 || Buffaloes || 1–2 || Komatsu (4–0) || Asai (4–4) || Kato (10) || Kleenex Stadium || 11,581 || 20–22–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43 || May 16 || Lions || 8–2 || Iwakuma (6–2) || Kishi (4–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,057 || 21–22–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 17 || Lions || 3–2 (12) || Kawagishi (1–1) || Okamoto (0–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 14,265 || 22–22–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 18 || Lions || 3–7 || Hsu (1–0) || Tanaka (4–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,253 || 22–23–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-top: solid 2px black; border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 46 || May 20 || Dragons || 6–1 || Nagai (4–4) || Ogasawara (4–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,964 || 23–23–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 47 || May 21 || Dragons || 1–3 || Yamamoto (3–0) || Asai (4–5) || Iwase (13) || Kleenex Stadium || 15,372 || 23–24–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 48 || May 23 || BayStars || 7–5 || Iwakuma (7–2) || Kobayashi (1–1) || Koyama (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 14,091 || 24–24–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 49 || May 24 || BayStars || 2–1 || Guzmán (2–2) || Oyamada (1–2) || Koyama (2) || Kleenex Stadium || 17,435 || 25–24–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 50 || May 25 || @ Swallows || 10–2 || Tanaka (5–3) || Kamada (0–1) || — || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 22,491 || 26–24–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 51 || May 26 || @ Swallows || 5–4 || Nagai (5–4) || Rios (2–6) || Koyama (3) || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 16,483 || 27–24–0 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 52 || May 28 || @ Giants || 1–6 || Utsumi (3–3) || Hasebe (0–1) || — || Tokyo Dome || 43,132 || 27–25–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 53 || May 29 || @ Giants || 4–2 || Asai (5–5) || Greisinger (5–3) || Koyama (4) || Tokyo Dome || 41,106 || 28–25–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 54 || May 31 || Carp || 8–3 || Iwakuma (8–2) || Takahashi (6–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 14,393 || 29–25–0 || W2 |- y background:#ecac00; color:#000000; June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- | || || || || || || || || |- y background:#ecac00; color:#000000; July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- | || || || || || || || || |- y background:#ecac00; color:#000000; August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- | || || || || || || || || |- y background:#ecac00; color:#000000; September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- | || || || || || || || || |- y background:#ecac00; color:#000000; October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |- | || || || || || || || || |- |- | #cfc darkgray Win  |   #fbb darkgray Loss  |   #ffeeaa darkgray Tie  |   #bbb darkgray Postponement  |    = Interleague play 2px solid black 100%Bold = Eagles team member Roster 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Roster Pitchers  0 Hiroshi Sato 11 Yasuhiro Ichiba 13 Hisashi Ogura 14 Kenta Satake 14 Rui Makino 18 Masahiro Tanaka 20 Kohei Hasebe 21 Hisashi Iwakuma 26 Kanehisa Arime 28 Hiroshi Katayama 30 Satoshi Nagai 34 Koki Watanabe 36 Hideki Asai 40 Masaru Yoshizaki 41 Koji Aoyama 42 Marcus Gwyn 49 Lin Ying-chieh 50 Domingo Guzmán 51 Tsuyoshi Kawagishi 54 Hisashi Kitani 57 Shinichiro Koyama 65 Akira Matsumoto Catchers 31 Akihito Fujii 37 Motohiro Shima 39 Suguru Ino 44 Jin Nakatani 48 Tadashi Ishimine 58 Kazuyoshi Kimura Infielders  1 Tatsuya Shiokawa  2 Naoto Watanabe  3 Yuji Yoshioka  4 Yosuke Takasu  6 Fernando Seguignol  7 Takeshi Yamasaki 12 Daisuke Kusano 17 José Fernández 32 Yoshinori Okihara 35 Shoji Ohiro 38 Katsumi Yamashita 66 Wataru Nishimura 68 Shintaro Masuda 98 Kensuke Uchimura Outfielders  8 Koichi Isobe 23 Ryo Hijirisawa 24 Takahiro Yamazaki 25 Fuminori Yokogawa 33 Yosuke Hiraishi 46 Teppei Tsuchiya 55 Rick Short 61 Kenshi Kawaguchi 62 Fumikazu Takanami 64 Toshiya Nakashima 99 Masato Nakamura Manager 19 Katsuya Nomura Coaches 78 Hideki Hashigami (head) 71 Makoto Kito (pitching) 76 Kento Sugiyama (bullpen) 77 Takahiro Ikeyama (hitting) 81 Koichi Sekikawa (assistant hitting) 80 Shunji Nishi (infield defense) 75 Manabu Satake (outfield defense) 73 Katsunori Nomura (battery) 70 Katsuhiko Yamada (battery) Player statistics Batting + 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statisticshttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=bf9cd6c5 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Baseball-Reference.com February 1, 2021 Player G Games played AB At bats R Runs H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in SB Stolen bases BB Walks K Strikeouts AVG Batting average OBP On-base percentage SLG Slugging percentage TB Total basesHideki Asai309110001006.111.111.1111José Fernández José Fernández (third baseman)14254181163400189955378.301.368.475257Akihito Fujii9019015507001331825.263.329.30057Domingo Guzmán235000000003.000.000.0000Kohei Hasebe Kohei Hasebe (baseball)131000000001.000.000.0000Ryo Hijirisawa344171100035510.268.333.26811Yosuke Hiraishi6 13 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 .231 .333 .308 4Suguru Ino23 23 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .087 .125 .087 2Tadashi Ishimine1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0Koichi Isobe46 124 6 29 2 0 0 12 2 12 16 .234 .300 .250 31Hisashi Iwakuma28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0Hiroshi Katayama Hiroshi Katayama (baseball)18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0Kenshi Kawaguchi63 94 7 19 2 1 1 9 0 12 18 .202 .306 .277 26Kazuyoshi Kimura9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0Daisuke Kusano118 328 36 89 15 0 3 36 2 20 33 .271 .321 .345 113Shintaro Masuda2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0Satoshi Nagai28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0Masato Nakamura Masato Nakamura (baseball)49 144 15 42 6 3 1 12 6 12 14 .292 .346 .396 57Toshiya Nakashima81 178 27 56 10 1 5 25 1 21 28 .315 .397 .466 83Jin Nakatani4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1Wataru Nishimura9 17 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 6 .118 .167 .176 3Shoji Ohiro8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0Yoshinori Okihara14 33 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .242 .265 .273 9Fernando Seguignol†39 136 24 44 7 0 13 40 0 14 40 .324 .408 .662 90Motohiro Shima85 196 20 45 13 0 0 19 4 16 40 .230 .288 .296 58Tatsuya Shiokawa82 43 18 7 1 1 0 1 5 4 11 .163 .234 .233 10Rick Short134 491 62 163 31 2 12 71 4 25 51 .332 .365 .477 234Fumikazu Takanami51 19 10 4 2 0 0 4 5 1 3 .211 .250 .316 6Yosuke Takasu123 383 44 108 20 1 4 45 6 29 38 .282 .338 .371 142Masahiro Tanaka25 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0Teppei Tsuchiya124 422 52 114 29 6 5 56 5 42 52 .270 .345 .403 170Kensuke Uchimura47 152 21 44 5 0 0 13 9 6 21 .289 .327 .322 49Naoto Watanabe132 470 79 118 11 2 0 30 34 54 66 .251 .354 .283 133Takeshi Yamasaki142 510 63 141 21 0 26 80 1 73 118 .276 .372 .471 240Katsumi Yamashita33 78 13 20 3 0 1 9 0 6 19 .256 .318 .333 26Takahiro Yamazaki Takahiro Yamazaki (baseball, born 1976)14 39 6 8 0 1 1 3 0 0 8 .205 .238 .333 13Fuminori Yokogawa55 140 13 32 3 0 4 15 2 11 37 .229 .285 .336 47Yuji Yoshioka12 16 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 .313 .353 .375 6Total：38 players1,9374,8806271,3292321894604101439777.272.340.3851,879 †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 leaguehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=26c5ba45 2008 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders Baseball-Reference.com February 6, 2021 Pitching + 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics Player W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average G Games played GS Games started SV Saves IP Innings pitched H Hits allowed R Runs allowed ER Earned runs allowed BB Walks allowed K StrikeoutsKoji Aoyama383.89416478.28639342661Kanehisa Arime222.056602443310101745Hideki Asai9114.3829230148165817260122Domingo Guzmán273.8723160102.19947443465Marcus Gwyn†113.86190318.221128716Kohei Hasebe Kohei Hasebe (baseball)149.93136035.15641392223Yasuhiro Ichiba039.77128031.14938342127Hisashi Iwakuma2141.8728280201.2161484236159Hiroshi Katayama Hiroshi Katayama (baseball)273.6518120797035323571Tsuyoshi Kawagishi431.94540355.24914122047Hisashi Kitani034.12225139.14018181324Shinichiro Koyama353.72540467.25829282571Lin Ying-chieh Lin, Ying-chieh025.2351010.1107653Rui Makino‡009.00100121101Akira Matsumoto005.93210027.14119181116Satoshi Nagai674.6827150117.1121686147111Hisashi Ogura Hisashi Ogura (baseball)009.398007.21188110Kenta Satake†202.142400211565922Hiroshi Sato Hiroshi Sato (baseball)000.00100.110000Masahiro Tanaka973.4925241172.2171716754159Koki Watanabe Koki Watanabe (baseball)029.4514006.297773Masaru Yoshizaki004.80170015158868Total：22 players65763.89522144181,2811,2836075534561,064 †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 leaguehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?type=pitch&id=26c5ba45 2008 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders Baseball-Reference.com February 6, 2021 Awards and honors Most Valuable Player Awardhttps://www.sanspo.com/baseball/professional/data/pacific-mvp.html パ・リーグ歴代ＭＶＰ Pacific League Past MVPs ja Sankei Sports February 5, 2020 November 2, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191102023548/https://www.sanspo.com/baseball/professional/data/pacific-mvp.html dead Hisashi Iwakuma Eiji Sawamura Awardhttps://www.sanspo.com/baseball/professional/data/sawamura.html 歴代沢村賞 Past Sawamura Awards ja Sankei Sports February 5, 2021 Hisashi Iwakuma Nippon Life Monthly MVP Awardhttps://npb.jp/award/2008/month.html 2008年度 日本生命月間MVP賞 2008 Nippon Life Month MVP Award ja Nippon Professional Baseball February 5, 2021 Takeshi Yamasaki - March/April (batter) Hisashi Iwakuma - June (pitcher) Fernando Seguignol - September (batter) Best Nine Awardhttps://npb.jp/award/2008/pl.html 2008年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ） 2008 Awarded Players (Pacific League) ja Nippon Professional Baseball February 5, 2021 Hisashi Iwakuma - pitcher Rick Short - outfielder Golden Spirit Awardhttps://www.hochi.co.jp/award/golden_spirit/list.html 歴代受賞者 Past Winners ja Hochi Shimbun February 5, 2021 Hisashi Iwakuma All-Star Series selectionshttps://npb.jp/allstar/2008/roster.html 出場者 Participants ja Nippon Professional Baseball February 5, 2021 Hisashi Iwakuma - pitcher Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher Rick Short - infielder Takeshi Yamasaki - designated hitter All-Star Series MVPhttps://npb.jp/allstar/2008/award_1.html 表彰選手（第1戦） Awarded Players (Game 1) ja Nippon Professional Baseball February 5, 2021 Takeshi Yamasaki - Game 1 Nippon Life Award (Interleague play)https://npb.jp/interleague/2008/news4.html 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 ja Nippon Professional Baseball February 5, 2021 Hisashi Iwakuma Best Battery Award Hisashi Iwakuma and Akihito Fujii JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awardshttps://npb.jp/award/2008/gogo.html 2008年度 ＪＡ全農Ｇｏ・Ｇｏ賞 2008 JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Award ja Nippon Professional Baseball March 15, 2021 Good Catch Award (July) Masato Nakamura (July 2) Farm team + Eastern League regular season standingshttps://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/stats/std_e.html 2008 Eastern League Standings Nippon Professional Baseball February 5, 2021 Team G W L T Win% GB Home AwayTokyo Yakult Swallows9655347.618—35–10–320–24–4Yomiuri Giants9658362.617—29–15–129–21–1Shonan Searex9650433.538723–24–127–19–2Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles9646455.5051024–21–322–24–2Saitama Seibu Lions9642513.4521523–25–219–26–1Chiba Lotte Marines9637536.41118½21–24–316–29–3Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters9633612.35124½22–26–111–35–1 Nippon Professional Baseball draft + 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selectionshttps://draft.npb.jp/draft/2008/draftlist_e.html 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 February 1, 2021RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?1Hiromichi FujiwaraPitcherNTT Nishi NipponYes2Taishi NakagawaInfielderSakuragaoka High SchoolYes3Ryohei IsakaPitcherNippon Steel KashimaYes4Yusuke InouePitcherAoyama Gakuin UniversityYes5Yusuke KusukiOutfielderPanasonicYes6Wataru KarashimaPitcherIizuka High SchoolYesDevelopment players1Jobu MoritaInfielderKagawa Olive GuynersYes References Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Category:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles seasons