2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season

2008 Saitama Seibu Lions Lions yes 76–64–4 (.543) 1st Pacific League Seibu Holdings Hisanobu Watanabe Seibu Dome The 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season was the 59th season of the Saitama Seibu Lions franchise. The Lions played their home games at Seibu Dome in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Hisanobu Watanabe on his first season as team manager. Seibu finished the season in first place with a record of 76 64 4, winning the team its 21st PL pennant and qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Lions defeated the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Second Stage and went on to win the 2008 Japan Series, its thirteenth, as well as the 2008 Asia Series. Regular season Standings Pacific SAI Interleague Interleague SAI Record vs. opponents + 2008 record vs. opponentsTeamCentral League opponentsPacific League opponentsBayStarsCarpDragonsGiantsSwallowsTigersBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarines BayStars — 11–13 7–17 5–18–1 9–15 10–13–1 1–3 0–4 1–3 0–4 2–2 2–2 Carp 13–11 — 9–13–2 12–10–2 12–11–1 10–14 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 3–1 Dragons 17–7 13–9–2 — 14–10 9–13–2 6–17–1 1–3 2–2 1–3 2–2 3–1 3–1 Giants 18–5–1 10–12–2 10–14 — 18–6 14–10 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 4–0 Swallows 15–9 11–12–1 13–9–2 6–18 — 10–13–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–3 Tigers 13–10–1 14–10 17–6–1 10–14 13–10–1 — 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–3 Buffaloes 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 1–3 — 13–10–1 13–11 14–10 10–14 14–10 Eagles 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 10–13–1 — 13–10–1 12–12 10–14 7–16–1 Fighters 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 11–13 10–13–1 — 17–7 9–14–1 12–12 Hawks 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 10–14 12–12 7–17 — 10–11–3 10–14 Lions 2–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–2 1–3 14–10 14–10 14–9–1 11–10–3 — 13–11 Marines 2–2 1–3 1–3 0–4 3–1 3–1 10–14 16–7–1 12–12 14–10 11–13 — Opening Day roster Thursday, March 20, 2008 vs. Orix Buffaloeshttps://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008032000089.html Thursday, March 20, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball February 8, 2021 Order Player Pos. 1 Yasuyuki Kataoka 2B 2 Takumi Kuriyama DH 3 Hiroyuki Nakajima SS 4 Craig Brazell 1B 5 G. 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Sato RF 6 Takeya Nakamura 3B 7 Hiram Bocachica CF 8 Toru Hosokawa C 9 Kenta Matsusaka LF — Hideaki Wakui P Game log background:#143D69; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #BB0119 2008 game log: 76–64–4 (Home: 44–27–1; Away: 32–37–3) y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; March: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 1–2–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || March 20 || Buffaloes || 1–2 || Kaneko (1–0) || Wakui (0–1) || Kato (1) || Seibu Dome || 27,137 || 0–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || March 22 || Buffaloes || 6–0 || Ishii (1–0) || Nakayama (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 12,288 || 1–1–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || March 23 || Buffaloes || 1–2 || Kondo (1–0) || Kinney (0–1) || Kato (2) || Seibu Dome || 12,632 || 1–2–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || March 25 || @ Fighters || 1–9 || Takeda (1–0) || Nishiguchi (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 16,410 || 1–3–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || March 26 || @ Fighters || 8–0 || Kishi (1–0) || Yoshikawa (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 19,206 || 2–3–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 6 || March 27 || @ Fighters || 0–1 (10) || Takeda (1–0) || Wakui (0–2) || — || Sapporo Dome || 25,011 || 2–4–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || March 28 || Hawks || 2–3 || Sugiuchi (1–0) || Onodera (0–1) || Nitkowski (1) || Seibu Dome || 9,184 || 2–5–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || March 29 || Hawks || 10–4 || Ishii (2–0) || Standridge (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 16,044 || 3–5–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || March 30 || Hawks || 5–1 || Kinney (1–1) || Oba (1–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 18,059 || 4–5–0 || W2 |- y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; April: 14–7–1 (Home: 10–2–1; Away: 4–5–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 1 || @ Buffaloes || 6–10 || Yamamoto (1–0) || Nishiguchi (0–2) || — || Skymark Stadium || 10,751 || 4–6–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 2 || @ Buffaloes || 5–1 || Kishi (2–0) || Takagi (1–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 8,616 || 5–6–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 3 || @ Buffaloes || 4–3 || Hoshino (1–0) || Motoyanagi (0–1) || Graman (1) || Kyocera Dome || 9,163 || 6–6–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 4 || Eagles || 4–2 || Hoashi (1–0) || Lin (0–1) || Graman (2) || Shikishima Stadium || 17,599 || 7–6–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 5 || Eagles || 4–2 || Ishii (3–0) || Tanaka (1–1) || Onuma (1) || Seibu Dome || 23,902 || 8-6-0 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 6 || Eagles || 4–3 || Kinney (2–1) || Asai (1–2) || Graman (3) || Seibu Dome || 18,213 || 9–6–0 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 8 || Marines || 4–3 || Onodera (1–1) || Ogino (1–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 8,818 || 10–6–0 || W6 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 9 || Marines || 1–10 || Shimizu (1–2) || Kishi (2–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 10,541 || 10–7–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 10 || Marines || 15–5 || Wakui (1–2) || Kubo (1–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 7,702 || 11–7–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 11 || @ Hawks || 8–3 || Onuma (1–0) || Sugiuchi (1–1) || Graman (4) || Yahoo Dome || 28,721 || 12–7–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || April 12 || @ Hawks || 5–8 || Ogura (1–0) || Onodera (1–2) || Houlton (1) || Yahoo Dome || 29,692 || 12–8–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 13 || @ Hawks || 4–5 || Kume (3–0) || Onuma (1–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 29,545 || 12–9–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa" | 22 || April 15 || Fighters || 3–3 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || Seibu Dome || 8,397 || 12–9–1 || T1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 16 || Fighters || 4–2 || Wakui (2–2) || Yoshikawa (1–3) || Graman (5) || Seibu Dome || 11,263 || 13–9–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 19 || @ Eagles || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 || Kleenex Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 20 || @ Eagles || 4–3 (10) || Iwasaki (1–0) || Aoyama (1–1) || Graman (6) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,601 || 14–9–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 25 || April 22 || @ Marines || 1–8 || Watanabe (3–1) || Ishii (3–1) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,856 || 14–10–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 26 || April 23 || @ Marines || 1–2 || Ono (2–0) || Wakui (2–3) || Ogino (5) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,059 || 14–11–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 24 || @ Marines || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 1 || Chiba Marine Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || April 25 || Buffaloes || 9–5 (11) || Graman (1–0) || Junge (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 7,417 || 15–11–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || April 26 || Buffaloes || 10–8 || Mitsui (1–0) || Yoshino (0–1) || Graman (7) || Seibu Dome || 20,130 || 16–11–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || April 27 || Buffaloes || 10–3 || Hoashi (2–0) || Kondo (2–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 16,472 || 17–11–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 || April 29 || Hawks || 7–10 (12) || Houlton (1–0) || Mitsui (1–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 26,619 || 17–12–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || April 30 || Hawks || 6–2 || Ishii (4–1) || Otonari (2–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 12,497 || 18–12–1 || W1 |- y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; May: 15–9–0 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 8–7–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 1 || Hawks || 5–4 || Wakui (3–3) || Houlton (1–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 14,659 || 19–12–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || May 2 || @ Marines || 5–0 || Kishi (3–1) || Shimizu (3–3) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 9,659 || 20–12–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 34 || May 3 || @ Marines || 1–10 || Karakawa (2–0) || Nishiguchi (0–3) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 30,014 || 20–13–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 4 || @ Marines || 4–0 || Hoashi (3–0) || Kobayashi (1–5) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 30,023 || 21–13–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 5 || Fighters || 8–6 || Onodera (2–2) || Takeda (2–2) || Graman (8) || Seibu Dome || 34,783 || 22–13–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || May 6 || Fighters || 3–1 || Ishii (5–1) || Miyanishi (0–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 27,340 || 23–13–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 7 || Fighters || 4–3 || Hoshino (2–0) || Darvish (5–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 15,574 || 24–13–1 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 9 || @ Buffaloes || 3–2 || Kishi (4–1) || Ortiz (0–2) || Graman (9) || Kyocera Dome || 14,670 || 25–13–1 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 10 || @ Buffaloes || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 5 || Skymark Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 11 || @ Buffaloes || 9–0 || Hoashi (4–0) || Kaneko (2–4) || — || Skymark Stadium || 12,678 || 26–13–1 || W6 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || May 13 || @ Hawks || 2–4 || Wada (4–0) || Ishii (5–2) || Houlton (5) || Sun Marine Stadium || 20,606 || 26–14–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 14 || @ Hawks || 11–4 || Wakui (4–3) || Guttormson (1–2) || — || Yahoo Dome || 33,629 || 27–14–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43 || May 15 || @ Hawks || 10–3 || Nishiguchi (1–3) || Powell (1–2) || — || Yahoo Dome || 31,793 || 28–14–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 16 || @ Eagles || 2–8 || Iwakuma (6–2) || Kishi (4–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,057 || 28–15–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 17 || @ Eagles || 2–3 (12) || Kawagishi (1–1) || Okamoto (0–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 14,265 || 28–16–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 18 || @ Eagles || 7–3 || Hsu (1–0) || Tanaka (4–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,253 || 29–16–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 21 || Swallows || 4–5 || Rios (2–5) || Onodera (2–3) || Lim (13) || Seibu Dome || 15,683 || 29–17–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 22 || Swallows || 7–2 || Wakui (5–3) || Muranaka (3–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 14,236 || 30–17–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 23 || Giants || 10–1 || Kishi (5–2) || Greisinger (5–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 24,137 || 31–17–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || May 24 || Giants || 4–2 || Hoashi (5–0) || Nomaguchi (1–2) || Graman (10) || Seibu Dome || 34,432 || 32–17–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 51 || May 25 || @ Tigers || 1–5 || Kubota (2–1) || Onodera (2–4) || — || Koshien Stadium || 43,516 || 32–18–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 52 || May 26 || @ Tigers || 1–2 (11) || Watanabe (2–0) || Graman (1–1) || — || Koshien Stadium || 41,970 || 32–19–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || May 28 || @ Carp || 5–3 || Ishii (6–2) || Oshima (0–2) || Graman (11) || Fukuyama Stadium || 7,041 || 33–19–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 54 || May 29 || @ Carp || 1–3 || Lewis (7–4) || Wakui (5–4) || Nagakawa (6) || Hiroshima Stadium || 15,267 || 33–20–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 55 || May 31 || Dragons || 3–4 || Kawakami (3–3) || Onuma (1–2) || Iwase (16) || Seibu Dome || 32,788 || 33–21–1 || L2 |- y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; June: 8–10–0 (Home: 6–4–0; Away: 2–6–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || June 1 || Dragons || 10–3 || Hoashi (6–0) || Nakata (4–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 33,157 || 34–21–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || June 3 || BayStars || 7–3 || Nishiguchi (2–3) || Oyamada (1–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 11,477 || 35–21–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || June 4 || BayStars || 2–1 || Ishii (7–2) || Kuwahara (0–1) || Graman (12) || Seibu Dome || 13,416 || 36–21–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 59 || June 6 || @ Swallows || 1–7 || Tateyama (5–1) || Wakui (5–5) || — || Iwaki Green Stadium || 7,733 || 36–22–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 7 || @ Swallows || 5–3 || Kishi (6–2) || Kawashima (1–2) || Graman (13) || Hitachinaka Stadium || 11,232 || 37–22–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 61 || June 8 || @ Giants || 0–4 || Utsumi (4–4) || Hsu (1–1) || — || Tokyo Dome || 43,051 || 37–23–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 9 || @ Giants || 9–3 || Nishiguchi (3–3) || Greisinger (6–4) || — || Tokyo Dome || 44,284 || 38–23–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 63 || June 11 || Tigers || 4–6 || Uezono (2–0) || Ishii (7–3) || Fujikawa (23) || Seibu Dome || 32,383 || 38–24–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || June 12 || Tigers || 6–3 || Wakui (6–5) || Iwata (5–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 28,456 || 39–24–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 65 || June 14 || Carp || 1–8 || Hasegawa (3–5) || Kishi (6–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 30,374 || 39–25–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 66 || June 15 || Carp || 2–4 || Lewis (10–4) || Hoashi (6–1) || Nagakawa (11) || Seibu Dome || 28,657 || 39–26–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 67 || June 17 || @ Dragons || 4–5 || Iwase (2–2) || Okamoto (0–1) || — || Ishikawa Stadium || 10,944 || 39–27–1 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 68 || June 18 || @ Dragons || 2–3 || Ogasawara (7–4) || Wakui (6–6) || Iwase (21) || Alpen Stadium || 13,632 || 39–28–1 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 69 || June 21 || @ BayStars || 4–5 (10) || Terahara (3–5) || Graman (1–2) || — || Yokohama Stadium || 14,165 || 39–29–1 || L5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || June 22 || @ BayStars || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 23 || Yokohama Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 70 || June 23 || @ BayStars || 5–10 || Wood (1–6) || Ishii (7–4) || — || Yokohama Stadium || 8,251 || 39–30–1 || L6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 27 || Marines || 4–1 || Hoashi (7–1) || Naruse (4–4) || Graman (14) || Omiya Stadium || 20,289 || 40–30–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 72 || June 28 || Marines || 3–11 || Watanabe (6–4) || Kishi (6–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 29,507 || 40–31–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 29 || Marines || 9–5 || Nishiguchi (4–3) || Kobayashi (2–8) || — || Seibu Dome || 25,666 || 41–31–1 || W1 |- y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; July: 13–10–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Away: 8–6–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || July 1 || @ Fighters || 12–7 || Onodera (3–4) || Miyanishi (2–3) || — || Sapporo Dome || 22,125 || 42–31–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || July 2 || @ Fighters || 8–6 || Wakui (7–6) || Glynn (3–11) || Graman (15) || Sapporo Dome || 17,682 || 43–31–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 76 || July 3 || @ Fighters || 4–6 || Darvish (9–3) || Hoashi (7–2) || Nakamura (14) || Sapporo Dome || 24,420 || 43–32–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || July 5 || Eagles || 3–2 || Kishi (7–4) || Tanaka (6–5) || Graman (16) || Seibu Dome || 29,719 || 44–32–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 78 || July 6 || Eagles || 5–7 || Aoyama (2–2) || Hsu (1–2) || Kawagishi (1) || Seibu Dome || 25,654 || 44–33–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 79 || July 8 || Hawks || 2–5 || Sugiuchi (7–5) || Ishii (7–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 13,486 || 44–34–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 80 || July 9 || Hawks || 2–7 || Guttormson (4–4) || Wakui (7–7) || — || Seibu Dome || 15,674 || 44–35–1 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 11 || @ Buffaloes || 12–4 || Hoashi (8–2) || Ortiz (3–6) || — || Skymark Stadium || 15,296 || 45–35–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || July 12 || @ Buffaloes || 4–2 || Shotsu (1–0) || Kato (1–3) || Graman (17) || Skymark Stadium || 13,321 || 46–35–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 83 || July 13 || @ Buffaloes || 1–4 || Kaneko (5–6) || Nishiguchi (4–4) || Kato (19) || Kyocera Dome || 13,312 || 46–36–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 84 || July 15 || @ Hawks || 4–13 || Sugiuchi (8–5) || Ishii (7–6) || — || Yahoo Dome || 35,706 || 46–37–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 85 || July 16 || @ Hawks || 5–6 (12) || Mise (2–0) || Hoshino (2–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 35,674 || 46–38–1 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 18 || @ Marines || 8–6 || Hoashi (9–2) || Karakawa (5–2) || Graman (18) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 17,394 || 47–38–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 19 || @ Marines || 17–10 || Hoshino (3–1) || Naruse (6–5) || Onodera (1) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 25,823 || 48–38–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 88 || July 20 || @ Marines || 0–16 || Watanabe (8–4) || Nishiguchi (4–5) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 26,365 || 48–39–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 89 || July 21 || Eagles || 6 - 4 || Shotsu (2-0) || Koyama (2-5) || Graman (19) || Seibu Dome || 25,431 || 49–39–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 22 || Eagles || 14–2 || Wakui (8–7) || Hasebe (0–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 16,103 || 50–39–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 91 || July 23 || Eagles || 14–5 || Hirano (1–0) || Guzmán (2–6) || — || Seibu Dome || 17,028 || 51–39–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 92 || July 25 || @ Fighters || 1–2 || Tadano (6–3) || Hoashi (9–3) || Nakamura (18) || Sapporo Dome || 23,323 || 51–40–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 93 || July 26 || @ Fighters || 6–3 || Iwasaki (2–0) || Kanamori (0–1) || Graman (20) || Sapporo Dome || 33,538 || 52–40–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 94 || July 27 || @ Fighters || 3–2 (10) || Graman (2–2) || Takeda (3–4) || — || Sapporo Dome || 36,064 || 53–40–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 95 || July 28 || Buffaloes || 2–6 || Komatsu (7–3) || Wakui (8–8) || — || Seibu Dome || 14,768 || 53–41–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 29 || Buffaloes || 4–2 || Ishii (8–6) || Yoshino (1–3) || Graman (21) || Seibu Dome || 17,016 || 54–41–1 || W1 |- align="center" |colspan="11" bgcolor="#bbffff"|All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1 |- y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; August: 12–7–3 (Home: 10–4–0; Away: 2–3–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 97 || August 3 || Marines || 3–4 || Watanabe (9–4) || Hirano (1–1) || Ogino (16) || Nagano Olympic || 14,134 || 54–42–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || August 4 || Marines || 16 –2 || Kishi (8–4) || Shimizu (8–7) || — || Nagano Olympic || 11,355 || 55–42–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || August 10 || Fighters || 11–2 || Hoashi (10–3) || Tadano (6–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 30,024 || 56–42–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || August 11 || Fighters || 3–0 || Kishi (9–4) || Takeda (6–4) || Graman (22) || Seibu Dome || 19,260 || 57–42–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 101 || August 12 || Fighters || 8–4 || Onodera (4–4) || Takeda (3–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 19,055 || 58–42–1 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 102 || August 13 || @ Eagles || 7–11 || Nagai (6–6) || Ishii (8–7) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,405 || 58–43–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 103 || August 14 || @ Eagles || 8–2 || Nishiguchi (5–5) || Aoyama (2–6) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 19,227 || 59–43–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 104 || August 15 || @ Eagles || 4–9 || Asai (8–7) || Hirano (1–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 19,981 || 59–44–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 105 || August 16 || Buffaloes || 8–7 (10) || Graman (3–2) || Shimizu (4–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 27,363 || 60–44–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 106 || August 17 || Buffaloes || 4–1 || Kishi (10–4) || Yamamoto (8–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 19,027 || 61–44–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 107 || August 18 || Buffaloes ||4–7 || Katsuki (2–0) || Okamoto (0–2) || Kato (26) || Seibu Dome || 12,160 || 61–45–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 108 || August 19 || Hawks || 12–3 || Ishii (9–7) || Houlton (4–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 16,161 || 62–45–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 109 || August 20 || Hawks || 7–1 || Nishiguchi (6–5) || Arakaki (0–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 17,513 || 63–45–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 110 || August 21 || Hawks || 5–9 || Powell (2–6) || Okamoto (0–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 18,195 || 63–46–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 111 || August 24 || @ Fighters || 3–9 || Tadano (7–5) || Hoashi (10–4) || — || Starffin Stadium || 22,583 || 63–47–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 25 || @ Fighters || 4–3 || Onodera (5–4) || Takeda (3–7) || Graman (23) || Sapporo Dome || 21,840 || 64–47–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 113 || August 26 || Eagles || 2–7 || Iwakuma (17–3) || Kinney (2–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 13,491 || 64–48–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || August 27 || Eagles || 7–2 || Ishii (10–7) || Asai (8–8) || Graman (24) || Seibu Dome || 17,760 || 65–48–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 28 || Eagles || 5–4 || Nishiguchi (7–5) || Kitani (0–1) || Graman (25) || Seibu Dome || 16,555 || 66–48–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa" | 116 || August 29 || @ Hawks || 4–4 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || Yahoo Dome || 32,998 || 66–48–2 || T1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa" | 117 || August 30 || @ Hawks || 2–2 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || Yahoo Dome || 33,051 || 66–48–3 || T2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa" | 118 || August 31 || @ Hawks || 0–0 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || Yahoo Dome || 33,288 || 66–48–4 || T3 |- y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; September: 9–15–0 (Home: 3–8–0; Away: 6–7–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 119 || September 2 || @ Marines || 5–8 || Watanabe (12–5) || Ishii (10–8) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 14,269 || 66–49–4 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || September 3 || @ Marines || 2–0 || Nishiguchi (8–5) || Kubo (2–7) || Graman (26) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 17,361 || 67–49–4 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 121 || September 4 || @ Marines || 3–4 || Kawasaki (2–4) || Wakui (8–9) || Ogino (22) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,534 || 67–50–4 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 122 || September 5 || @ Buffaloes || 3–8 || Kishida (3–0) || Hoashi (10–5) || — || Skymark Stadium || 11,284 || 67–51–4 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 123 || September 6 || @ Buffaloes || 7–1 || Kishi (11–4) || Yamamoto (9–5) || — || Kyocera Dome || 16,385 || 68–51–4 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 124 || September 7 || @ Buffaloes || 2–6 || Kaneko (10–8) || Kinney (2–3) || — || Kyocera Dome || 18,431 || 68–52–4 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 125 || September 9 || Fighters || 1–4 || Darvish (13–4) || Ishii (10–9) || Nakamura (24) || Seibu Dome || 14,554 || 68–53–4 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 126 || September 10 || Fighters || 5–6 || Sakamoto (4–1) || Nishiguchi (8–6) || Nakamura (25) || Seibu Dome || 14,292 || 68–54–4 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 127 || September 11 || Fighters || 5–3 || Wakui (9–9) || Sweeney (11–4) || Graman (27) || Seibu Dome || 14,016 || 69–54–4 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || September 13 || @ Eagles || 12–0 || Hoashi (11–5) || Katayama (2–6) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 17,909 || 70–54–4 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 129 || September 14 || @ Eagles || 4–5 || Arime (2–2) || Onodera (5–5) || Gwyn (3) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,956 || 70–55–4 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || September 15 || @ Eagles || 6–5 || Shotsu (3–0) || Gwyn (1–1) || Graman (28) || Kleenex Stadium || 17,188 || 71–55–4 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || September 16 || Marines || 4–3 || Ishii (11–9) || Watanabe (12–7) || Graman (29) || Seibu Dome || 14,250 || 72–55–4 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 132 || September 17 || Marines || 5–4 (10) || Onuma (2–2) || Kawasaki (2–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 14,493 || 73–55–4 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 133 || September 18 || Marines || 3–6 || Shimizu (12–9) || Wakui (9–10) || Ogino (26) || Seibu Dome || 14,075 || 73–56–4 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || September 20 || @ Hawks || 1–0 (10) || Hoshino (4–1) || Wada (8–6) || Graman (30) || Yahoo Dome || 29,788 || 74–56–4 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || September 21 || @ Hawks || 10–5 || Kishi (12–4) || Guttormson (4–7) || Graman (31) || Yahoo Dome || 32,108 || 75–56–4 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 136 || September 22 || Eagles || 1–6 || Iwakuma (20–3) || Ishii (11–10) || — || Seibu Dome || 26,361 || 75–57–4 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 137 || September 23 || Eagles || 7–10 || Kawagishi (3–3) || Graman (3–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 33,229 || 75–58–4 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 138 || September 24 || Marines || 1–9 || Kubo (3–7) || Wakui (9–11) || — || Seibu Dome || 28,613 || 75–59–4 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 139 || September 26 || @ Fighters || 0–2 || Sweeney (12–5) || Hoashi (11–6) || Tateyama (2) || Sapporo Dome || 28,331 || 75–60–4 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 140 || September 27 || @ Fighters || 4–5 || Glynn (7–14) || Hsu (1–3) || Nakamura (28) || Sapporo Dome || 35,460 || 75–61–4 || L5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 141 || September 28 || Buffaloes || 2–7 || Komatsu (5–3) || Kinney (2–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 33,229 || 75–62–4 || L6 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 142 || September 29 || Buffaloes || 3–4 (10) || Katsuki (4–0) || Onuma (2–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 27,611 || 75–63–4 || L7 |- y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; October: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 143 || October 1 || @ Marines || 9–5 || Wakui (10–11) || Watanabe (13–8) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 24,752 || 76–63–4 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 144 || October 4 || @ Eagles || 3–4 (10) || Kawagishi (4–3) || Onuma (2–4) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 14,063 || 76–64–4 || L1 |- |- | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #ffeeaa darkgray = Tie      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Lions team member Postseason Climax Series 2008 Pacific League Climax Series Japan Series 2008 Japan Series Asia Series 2008 Asia Series Game log background:#143D69; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #BB0119 2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0) y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; Climax Series Second Stage: 3–2–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Away: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || October 17 || Fighters || 10–3 || Wakui (1–0) || Glynn (0–1) || — || Omiya Stadium || 20,500 || 1–0–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || October 18 || Fighters || 0–5 || Darvish (1–0) || Kishi (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 30,918 || 1–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || October 19 || Fighters || 4–7 || Takeda (1–0) || Hoashi (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 33,078 || 1–2–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || October 21 || Fighters || 9–4 || Ishii (1–0) || Sweeney (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 18,704 || 2–2–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 || October 22 || Fighters || 9–4 || Wakui (2–0) || Glynn (0–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 21,731 || 3–2–0 || W2 |- y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; Japan Series: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Away: 3–1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || November 1 || @ Giants || 2–1 || Wakui (1–0) || Uehara (0–1) || Graman (1) || Tokyo Dome || 44,757 || 1–0–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || November 2 || @ Giants|| 2–3 || Ochi (1–0) || Okamoto (0–1) || — || Tokyo Dome|| 44,814 || 1–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || November 4 || Giants || 4–6 || Utsumi (1–0) || Ishii (0–1) || Kroon (1) || Seibu Dome || 24,495 || 1–2–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || November 5 || Giants || 5–0 || Kishi (1–0) || Greisinger (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 27,930 || 2–2–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || November 6 || Giants || 3–7 || Nishimura (1–0) || Wakui (1–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 28,763 || 2–3–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || November 8 || @ Giants || 4–1 || Kishi (2–0) || Takahashi (0–1) || — || Tokyo Dome || 44,749 || 3–3–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || November 9 || @ Giants || 3–2 || Hoshino (1–0) || Ochi (1–1) || Graman (2) || Tokyo Dome || 44,737 || 4–3–0 || W2 |- y background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; Asia Series: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 1–1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || November 13 || @ Wyverns || 3–4 || Lee (1–0) || Hoashi (0–1) || — || Tokyo Dome || 9,277 || 0–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || November 14 || Lions || 2–1 || Kishi (1–0) || Pan (0–1) || Onodera (1) || Tokyo Dome || 8,443 || 1–1–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || November 15 || @ Lions || 16–2 (7) || Onuma (1–0) || Wei (0–2) || — || Tokyo Dome || 8,478 || 2–1–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || November 16 || Lions || 1–0 || Okamoto (1–0) || Pan (0–2) || — || Tokyo Dome || 18,370 || 3–1–0 || W3 |- |- | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #ffeeaa darkgray = Tie      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Lions team member Roster 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions Roster Pitchers 54 Alex Graman 19 Masamitsu Hirano 47 Kazuyuki Hoashi 26 Tomoki Hoshino 23 Hsu Ming-chieh 61 Kazuhisa Ishii 35 Tetsuya Iwasaki 40 Matt Kinney 11 Takayuki Kishi 29 Koji Mitsui 13 Fumiya Nishiguchi 30 Atsushi Okamoto 12 Shinya Okamoto 14 Chikara Onodera 15 Koji Onuma 34 Shuichiro Osada 25 Eiji Shotsu 69 Shinji Taninaka 16 Hideaki Wakui 36 Minoru Yamagishi 17 Satoshi Yamazaki Catchers 27 Toru Hosokawa 22 Kosuke Noda 37 Ginjiro Sumitani 49 Tatsuyuki Uemoto Infielders 42 Craig Brazell 33 Akira Eto  6 Taketoshi Goto 43 Takuya Hara  8 Hiroshi Hirao 52 Hidekazu Hoshi  5 Yoshihito Ishii  7 Yasuyuki Kataoka 56 Haruki Kurose 45 Keisuke Mizuta  3 Hiroyuki Nakajima 60 Takeya Nakamura  4 Hiroyuki Takagi Outfielders  9 Shogo Akada 55 Hiram Bocachica  1 Takumi Kuriyama 58 Kenta Matsusaka 53 Taka Miura  0 Yutaro Osaki 51 Hiroyuki Oshima 46 G. G. Sato 10 Tomoaki Sato 44 Hisashi Takayama Manager 99 Hisanobu Watanabe Coaches 81 Yukinobu Kuroe (head) 80 Kazuyoshi Ono (pitching) 86 Tetsuya Shiozaki (pitching) 96 Hiromoto Okubo (hitting) 78 Toru Kumazawa (assistant hitting) 82 Takanori Okamura (defensive/base running) 85 Masakazu Seike (defensive/base running) 88 Katsuya Soma (battery) 98 Koichi Osako (training) Player statistics Batting + 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions batting statisticshttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=26c5ba45 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions Baseball-Reference.com February 16, 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 basesShogo Akada68 160 29 39 7 1 2 13 2 14 37 .244 .305 .338 54Hiram Bocachica78 239 43 60 13 0 20 47 3 24 76 .251 .344 .556 133Craig Brazell130 471 59 110 19 0 27 87 0 30 139 .234 .294 .446 210Akira Eto42 97 9 20 1 0 7 17 0 13 21 .206 .297 .433 42Taketoshi Goto49 166 34 50 14 0 12 27 0 16 31 .301 .370 .602 100Takuya Hara Takuya Hara (baseball)3 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 .571 .667 4Hiroshi Hirao55 93 15 24 4 0 2 9 1 3 23 .258 .293 .366 34Kazuyuki Hoashi27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0Hidekazu Hoshi3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0Toru Hosokawa133 404 42 96 20 1 16 58 0 12 129 .238 .263 .411 166Hsu Ming-chieh Hsu, Ming-chieh17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0Kazuhisa Ishii25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0Yoshihito Ishii108 306 31 85 21 1 4 29 0 25 53 .278 .328 .392 120Yasuyuki Kataoka139 582 85 167 25 6 4 46 50 24 57 .287 .322 .371 216Takayuki Kishi26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0Takumi Kuriyama138 527 76 167 31 3 11 72 17 49 61 .317 .376 .450 237Haruki Kurose18 38 7 8 2 0 1 5 0 4 5 .211 .302 .342 13Kenta Matsusaka55 91 11 24 6 3 1 12 2 2 29 .264 .316 .429 39Taka Miura8 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 2Keisuke Mizuta17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1.00 — 0Hiroyuki Nakajima124 486 75 161 32 0 21 81 25 55 96 .331 .410 .527 256Takeya Nakamura143 524 90 128 24 4 46 101 2 53 162 .244 .320 .569 298Fumiya Nishiguchi22 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 1Kosuke Noda9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 1Koji Onuma52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0Yutaro Osaki5 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .222 2Hiroyuki Oshima baseball38 74 6 18 4 0 2 7 0 10 14 .243 .333 .378 28G. G. Sato105 388 62 117 30 1 21 62 1 31 62 .302 .368 .546 212Tomoaki Sato Tomoaki Satoh (baseball, born 1978)59 126 23 38 8 1 1 11 4 6 23 .302 .341 .405 51Ginjiro Sumitani46 64 5 8 4 0 0 5 0 2 30 .125 .149 .188 12Hiroyuki Takagi1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0Hisashi Takayama25 42 6 10 2 0 0 3 0 1 10 .238 .256 .286 12Tatsuyuki Uemoto17 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .143 2Hideaki Wakui25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0Total：34 players1,8104,9527151,339270211986931073781,093.270.330.4532,245 †Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only. ‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions 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 Saitama Seibu Lions 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 StrikeoutsAlex Graman3 3 1.42 55 0 31 57 47 12 9 13 42Masamitsu Hirano1 2 8.28 11 3 0 25 41 29 23 11 21Kazuyuki Hoashi11 6 2.63 27 26 0 174.2 169 59 51 38 115Tomoki Hoshino4 1 2.38 63 0 0 34 22 9 9 15 23Hsu Ming-chieh Hsu, Ming-chieh1 3 5.12 17 2 0 31.2 37 21 18 22 11Kazuhisa Ishii11 10 4.32 25 25 0 135.1 150 78 65 40 108Tetsuya Iwasaki2 0 5.57 20 0 0 21 32 16 13 4 10Matt Kinney2 4 4.48 17 15 0 80.1 87 47 40 35 64Takayuki Kishi12 4 3.42 26 26 0 168.1 151 65 64 48 138Koji Mitsui1 1 7.50 23 0 0 24 33 20 20 10 12Fumiya Nishiguchi8 6 5.03 22 21 0 116.1 125 69 65 48 92Atsushi Okamoto0 2 5.51 14 1 0 16.1 30 16 10 10 9Shinya Okamoto0 2 3.83 47 0 0 42.1 38 18 18 21 42Chikara Onodera5 5 3.56 50 0 1 55.2 54 26 22 22 38Koji Onuma2 4 3.69 52 0 1 83 79 34 34 36 64Shuichiro Osada0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1Eiji Shotsu3 0 2.35 32 0 0 30.2 26 11 8 13 16Shinji Taninaka0 0 2.77 11 0 0 13 14 4 4 3 11Hideaki Wakui10 11 3.90 25 25 0 173 173 80 75 51 122Minoru Yamagishi0 0 5.40 4 0 0 8.1 9 8 5 2 2Satoshi Yamazaki0 0 6.35 3 0 0 5.2 6 4 4 7 3Total：21 players76643.86545144331,2971,324626556449944 †Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only. ‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions 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 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 Takayuki Kishi - August (pitcher) G. G. Sato - May (batter) Craig Brazell - June (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 Toru Hosokawa - catcher Yasuyuki Kataoka - second baseman Takeya Nakamura - third baseman Hiroyuki Nakajima - shortstop Takumi Kuriyama - outfielder Climax Series Second Stage MVP Hideaki Wakui Japan Series MVP Takayuki Kishi Matsutaro Shoriki Award Hisanobu Watanabe Mitsui Golden Glove Awardhttps://mgg.mitsuipr.com/member_backnumber.html 歴代受賞選手〜ポジション別〜 Award Winners by Position ja Mitsui Public Relations Committee February 5, 2021 Toru Hosokawa - catcher Hiroyuki Nakajima - shortstop All-Star Series selectionshttps://npb.jp/allstar/2008/roster.html 出場者 Participants ja Nippon Professional Baseball February 5, 2021 Kazuyuki Hoashi - pitcher Toru Hosokawa - catcher Yasuyuki Kataoka - second baseman Takeya Nakamura - third baseman Hiroyuki Nakajima - infielder G. G. Sato - outfielder 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 Most Doubles and Triples Award (August) Takumi Kuriyama Strong Shoulder Award (September) G. G. Sato 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 Saitama Seibu Lions Draft selectionshttps://draft.npb.jp/draft/2008/draftlist_l.html 埼玉西武ライオンズ 選択選手一覧 Saitama Seibu Lions Selected Player List Nippon Professional Baseball February 10, 2021RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?1Yuta NakazakiPitcherNichinan Gakuen High Schoolyes2Ryoma NogamiPitcherNissanyes3Hideto AsamuraInfielderOsaka Toin High Schoolyes4Ryo SakataOutfielderHakodate Universityyes5Tatsuya TakenoCatcherFukuoka Universityyes6Kazuki MiyataPitcherKoka Health and Medical Collegeyes References Saitama Seibu Lions Category:Saitama Seibu Lions seasons Category:Asia Series champion seasons Category:Japan Series champion seasons