2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season

Baseball event 2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Fighters yes Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters insignia (2004-2021).png 73–69–2 (.514) 3rd Pacific League Nippon Ham Junichi Fujii Masataka Nashida Makoto Kaneko Sapporo Dome The 2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season was the 63rd season of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise. The Fighters played the majority of their home games at Sapporo Dome in the city of Sapporo, as well as at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Masataka Nashida on his first season as team manager. Nippon-Ham finished the season in third place with a record of 73 69 2, qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes in the First Stage, but were eliminated by the Saitama Seibu Lions in the Second Stage. Regular season Standings Pacific HOK Interleague Interleague HOK 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. Chiba Lotte Marineshttps://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008032000088.html Thursday, March 20, 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball February 6, 2021 Order Player Pos. 1 Hichori Morimoto CF 2 Kensuke Tanaka 2B 3 Atsunori Inaba RF 4 Terrmel Sledge 1B 5 Eiichi Koyano 3B 6 Yoshio Itoi LF 7 Tomochika Tsuboi DH 8 Shinya Tsuruoka C 9 Makoto Kaneko SS — Yu Darvish P Game log background:#00508f; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #ccb67a 2008 game log: 73–69–2 (Home: 41–30–1; Away: 32–39–1) y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; March: 3–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 0–2–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || March 20 || Marines || 1–0 || Darvish (1–0) || Kobayashi (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 42,126 || 1–0–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || March 22 || Marines || 2–3 || Naruse (1–0) || Sakamoto (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 31,028 || 1–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || March 23 || Marines || 1–4 || Watanabe (1–0) || Glynn (0–1) || Takagi (1) || Sapporo Dome || 32,215 || 1–2–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || March 25 || Lions || 9–1 || Takeda (1–0) || Nishiguchi (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 16,410 || 2–2–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || March 26 || Lions || 0–8 || Kishi (1–0) || Yoshikawa (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 19,206 || 2–3–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || March 27 || Lions || 1–0 (10) || Takeda (1–0) || Wakui (0–2) || — || Sapporo Dome || 25,011 || 3–3–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || March 29 || @ Eagles || 2–7 || Tanaka (1–0) || Hoshino (0–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,189 || 3–4–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 8 || March 30 || @ Eagles || 1–3 || Asai (1–1) || Glynn (0–2) || Aoyama (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,518 || 3–5–0 || L2 |- y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; April: 14–10–1 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 7–8–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || April 1 || @ Hawks || 6–0 || Takeda (2–0) || Arakaki (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 29,204 || 4–5–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |10 || April 2 || @ Hawks || 0–9 || Otonari (2–0) || Yoshikawa (0–2) || — || Kitakyushu Stadium || 17,721 || 4–6–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |11 || April 3 || @ Hawks || 6–2 || Darvish (2–0) || Guttormson (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 32,144 || 5–6–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |12 || April 4 || @ Buffaloes || 3–2 || Sweeney (1–0) || Kamoshida (0–1) || Nakamura (1) || Kyocera Dome || 11,738 || 6–6–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |13 || April 5 || @ Buffaloes || 2–7 || Kondo (2–0) || Fujii (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 18,129 || 6–7–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |14 || April 6 || @ Buffaloes || 3–2 || Glynn (1–2) || Kawagoe (1–1) || Nakamura (2) || Skymark Stadium || 14,111 || 7–7–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |15 || April 8 || Eagles || 8–7 || Takeda (3–0) || Lin (0–2) || Nakamura (3) || Sapporo Dome || 20,257 || 8–7–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |16 || April 9 || Eagles || 4–2 || Yoshikawa (1–2) || Nagai (2–1) || Nakamura (4) || Sapporo Dome || 19,044 || 9–7–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |17 || April 10 || Eagles || 1–0 || Darvish (3–0) || Iwakuma (2–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 25,197 || 10–7–0 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |18 || April 11 || @ Marines || 3–2 || Sweeney (2–0) || Kobayashi (1–2) || Nakamura (5) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 15,161 || 11–7–0 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |19 || April 12 || @ Marines || 1–2 || Naruse (2–1) || Miyanishi (0–1) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 27,513 || 11–8–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |20 || April 13 || @ Marines || 1–2 (10) || Watanabe (2–1) || Takeda (1–1) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,282 || 11–9–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa" |21 || April 15 || @ Lions || 3–3 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || Seibu Dome || 8,397 || 11–9–1 || T1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |22 || April 16 || @ Lions || 2–4 || Wakui (2–2) || Yoshikawa (1–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 11,263 || 11–10–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |23 || April 18 || Hawks || 3–1 || Darvish (4–0) || Sugiuchi (1–2) || — || Sapporo Dome || 18,107 || 12–10–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |24 || April 19 || Hawks || 4–2 || Fujii (1–1) || Oba (2–2) || Nakamura (6) || Sapporo Dome || 27,041 || 13–10–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |25 || April 20 || Hawks || 2–4 || Wada (1–0) || Glynn (1–3) || Houlton (2) || Sapporo Dome || 30,536 || 13–11–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |26 || April 22 || Buffaloes || 4–2 || Hoshino (1–1) || Takagi (1–2) || Nakamura (7) || Sapporo Dome || 14,253 || 14–11–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |27 || April 23 || Buffaloes || 0–5 || Yamamoto (2–0) || Sweeney (2–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 14,358 || 14–12–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |28 || April 24 || Buffaloes || 3–2 (10) || Takeda (2–1) || Kato (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 15,644 || 15–12–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |29 || April 25 || @ Eagles || 1–6 || Iwakuma (4–1) || Yoshikawa (1–4) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 13,213 || 15–13–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |30 || April 26 || @ Eagles || 0–4 || Guzmán (1–2) || Fujii (1–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 16,826 || 15–14–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |31 || April 27 || @ Eagles || 0–5 || Tanaka (3–1) || Glynn (1–4) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,634 || 15–15–1 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |32 || April 29 || @ Marines || 3–2 || Nakamura (1–0) || Sikorski (1–4) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 30,021 || 16–15–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" |33 || April 30 || @ Marines || 6–3 || Darvish (5–0) || Watanabe (3–2) || Nakamura (8) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 17,516 || 17–15–1 || W2 |- y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; May: 15–9–0 (Home: 10–3–0; Away: 5–6–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 || May 1 || @ Marines || 6–1 || Yoshikawa (2–4) || Ono (2–1) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 17,143 || 18–15–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 || May 2 || Eagles || 5–1 || Tadano (1–0) || Iwakuma (4–2) || Nakamura (9) || Sapporo Dome || 41,124 || 19–15–1 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 || May 3 || Eagles || 12–5 || Sakamoto (1–1) || Kawagishi (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 40,083 || 20–15–1 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 4 || Eagles || 1–7 || Tanaka (4–1) || Glynn (1–5) || — || Sapporo Dome || 42,126 || 20–16–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 38 || May 5 || @ Lions || 6–8 || Onodera (2–2) || Takeda (2–2) || Graman (8) || Seibu Dome || 34,783 || 20–17–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 39 || May 6 || @ Lions || 1–3 || Ishii (5–1) || Miyanishi (0–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 27,340 || 20–18–1 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 7 || @ Lions || 3–4 || Hoshino (2–0) || Darvish (5–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 15,574 || 20–19–1 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || May 10 || Hawks || 0–1 || Sugiuchi (3–3) || Fujii (1–3) || — || Ocean Stadium || 16,822 || 20–20–1 || L5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 42 || May 11 || Hawks || 4–3 || Miyanishi (1–2) || Kume (3–1) || Nakamura (10) || Ocean Stadium || 17,919 || 21–20–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 13 || Marines || 2–8 || Karakawa (3–0) || Glynn (1–6) || — || Tokyo Dome || 19,828 || 21–21–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 || May 14 || Marines || 4–3 (11) || Nakamura (2–0) || Ogino (1–3) || — || Tokyo Dome || 22,265 || 22–21–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 45 || May 15 || Marines || 6–5 || Tateyama (1–0) || Abreu (1–1) || — || Tokyo Dome || 17,368 || 23–21–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 || May 16 || @ Hawks || 10–3 || Tadano (2–0) || Otonari (3–5) || — || Yahoo Dome || 30,948 || 24–21–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 17 || @ Hawks || 2–3 || Sugiuchi (4–3) || Tateyama (1–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 30,218 || 24–22–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 || May 18 || @ Hawks || 4–3 || Sweeney (3–1) || Oba (3–4) || Takeda (1) || Yahoo Dome || 32,494 || 25–22–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 49 || May 20 || BayStars || 6–3 || Glynn (2–6) || Nasuno (2–6) || Takeda (2) || Sapporo Dome || 16,957 || 26–22–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 50 || May 21 || BayStars || 4–3 || Hoshino (2–1) || Miura (2–5) || Takeda (3) || Sapporo Dome || 20,271 || 27–22–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 51 || May 23 || Dragons || 1–0 || Sakamoto (2–1) || Kawakami (2–3) || Takeda (4) || Sapporo Dome || 23,966 || 28–22–1 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 52 || May 24 || Dragons || 11–1 || Sweeney (4–1) || Kawai (1–2) || — || Sapporo Dome || 30,983 || 29–22–1 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 53 || May 25 || @ Giants || 4–6 || Nishimura (6–2) || Fujii (1–4) || Kroon (15) || Tokyo Dome || 43,813 || 29–23–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 54 || May 26 || @ Giants || 3–4 || Burnside (1–0) || Glynn (2–7) || Kroon (16) || Tokyo Dome || 39,278 || 29–24–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 || May 28 || @ Swallows || 7–3 || Darvish (6–1) || Muranaka (3–6) || — || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 18,050 || 30–24–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 56 || May 29 || @ Swallows || 3–2 || Miyanishi (2–2) || Oshimoto (2–1) || Takeda (5) || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 9,683 || 31–24–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 || May 31 || Tigers || 2–1 || Sweeney (5–1) || Iwata (5–2) || Takeda (6) || Sapporo Dome || 42,126 || 32–24–1 || W3 |- y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; June: 9–9–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Away: 6–5–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 58 || June 1 || Tigers || 4–5 (10) || Kubota (3–1) || Takeda (2–3) || Fujikawa (18) || Sapporo Dome || 42,126 || 32–25–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 || June 3 || Carp || 4–2 || Glynn (3–7) || Otake (2–7) || — || Sapporo Dome || 17,815 || 33–25–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 60 || June 4 || Carp || 2–3 || Lewis (8–4) || Darvish (6–2) || Nagakawa (8) || Sapporo Dome || 23,870 || 33–26–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 61 || June 6 || @ Dragons || 7–3 || Sakamoto (3–1) || Sato (0–1) || — || Nagoya Dome || 36,725 || 34–26–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 62 || June 7 || @ Dragons || 1–4 || Kawakami (4–3) || Sweeney (5–2) || Iwase (18) || Nagoya Dome || 38,247 || 34–27–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 || June 8 || @ BayStars || 9–3 || Fujii (2–4) || Nasuno (4–7) || — || Yokohama Stadium || 17,842 || 35–27–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 64 || June 9 || @ BayStars || 3–13 || Oyamada (2–3) || Glynn (3–8) || — || Yokohama Stadium || 9,796 || 35–28–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 65 || June 11 || Giants || 0–1 || Nomaguchi (2–3) || Darvish (6–3) || Kroon (18) || Sapporo Dome || 35,298 || 35–29–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 66 || June 12 || Giants || 3–2 || Tadano (3–0) || Burnside (2–1) || Nakamura (11) || Sapporo Dome || 30,135 || 36–29–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 || June 14 || Swallows || 2–1 (10) || Takeda (3–3) || Lim (1–3) || — || Sapporo Dome || 40,058 || 37–29–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 68 || June 15 || Swallows || 1–3 || Muranaka (4–7) || Glynn (3–9) || Lim (16) || Sapporo Dome || 31,556 || 37–30–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 69 || June 17 || @ Carp || 8–7 || Darvish (7–3) || Otake (2–9) || Nakamura (12) || Hiroshima Stadium || 19,860 || 38–30–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 70 || June 18 || @ Carp || 1–2 || Maeda (1–0) || Tadano (3–1) || Nagakawa (12) || Hiroshima Stadium || 18,527 || 38–31–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 71 || June 21 || @ Tigers || 4–0 || Sweeney (6–2) || Iwata (5–4) || — || Koshien Stadium || 43,528 || 39–31–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 72 || June 22 || @ Tigers || 3–5 || Atchison (5–4) || Glynn (3–10) || Fujikawa (25) || Koshien Stadium || 43,524 || 39–32–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 || June 27 || @ Buffaloes || 4–3 || Darvish (8–3) || Kawagoe (1–3) || Nakamura (13) || Kyocera Dome || 14,654 || 40–32–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 74 || June 28 || @ Buffaloes || 1–5 || Kaneko (3–6) || Tadano (3–2) || — || Kyocera Dome || 16,809 || 40–33–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 || June 29 || @ Buffaloes || 9–4 || Takeda (4–0) || Kondo (5–7) || Tateyama (1) || Kyocera Dome || 18,153 || 41–33–1 || W1 |- y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; July: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–9–0; Away: 2–4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 76 || July 1 || Lions || 7–12 || Onodera (3–4) || Miyanishi (2–3) || — ||| Sapporo Dome || 22,125 || 41–34–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 77 || July 2 || Lions || 6–8 || Wakui (7–6) || Glynn (3–11) || Graman (15) || Sapporo Dome || 17,682 || 41–35–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 || July 3 || Lions || 6–4 || Darvish (9–3) || Hoashi (7–2) || Nakamura (14) || Sapporo Dome || 24,420 || 42–35–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 || July 5 || Buffaloes || 4–3 || Tadano (4–2) || Ortiz (3–5) || Nakamura (15) || Kushiro Stadium || 17,892 || 43–35–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 80 || July 6 || Buffaloes || 5–8 || Kaneko (4–6) || Takeda (4–1) || Kato (17) || Obihiro Stadium || 21,063 || 43–36–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 81 || July 8 || @ Marines || 2–5 || Shimizu (7–6) || Sweeney (6–3) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 18,562 || 43–37–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 82 || July 9 || @ Marines || 5–7 || Kawasaki (1–3) || Glynn (3–12) || Ogino (11) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 28,198 || 43–38–1 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 83 || July 11 || Hawks || 3–2 || Darvish (10–3) || Otonari (7–7) || — || Sapporo Dome || 22,712 || 44–38–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 84 || July 12 || Hawks || 9–6 || Tadano (5–2) || Oba (3–5) || Nakamura (16) || Sapporo Dome || 31,882 || 45–38–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 85 || July 13 || Hawks || 1–10 || Wada (8–3) || Takeda (4–2) || — || Sapporo Dome || 32,127 || 45–39–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa" | 86 || July 15 || Eagles || 4–4 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || Tokyo Dome || 16,186 || 45–39–2 || T1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 87 || July 16 || Eagles || 2–5 || Katayama (2–1) || Miyanishi (2–4) || Kawagishi (2) || Tokyo Dome || 16,249 || 45–40–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 88 || July 17 || Eagles || 3–1 || Darvish (11–3) || Guzmán (2–5) || — || Tokyo Dome || 20,773 || 46–40–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 89 || July 19 || @ Buffaloes || 2–6 || Yamamoto (7–2) || Tadano (5–3) || — || Skymark Stadium || 20,016 || 46–41–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 90 || July 20 || @ Buffaloes || 1–4 || Kaneko (6–6) || Takeda (4–3) || Kato (20) || Kyocera Dome || 16,068 || 46–42–2 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 91 || July 22 || Marines || 3–2 || Sweeney (7–3) || Kobayashi (2–9) || Nakamura (17) || Sapporo Dome || 25,845 || 47–42–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 92 || July 23 || Marines || 2–3 || Shimizu (8–6) || Fujii (2–5) || Ogino (14) || Sapporo Dome || 26,902 || 47–43–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 93 || July 24 || Marines || 2–5 || Omine (1–2) || Darvish (11–4) || Ogino (15) || Sapporo Dome || 27,825 || 47–44–2 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 94 || July 25 || Lions || 2–1 || Tadano (6–3) || Hoashi (9–3) || Nakamura (18) || Sapporo Dome || 23,323 || 48–44–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 95 || July 26 || Lions || 3–6 || Iwasaki (2–0) || Kanamori (0–1) || Graman (20) || Sapporo Dome || 33,538 || 48–45–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 96 || July 27 || Lions || 2–3 (10) || Graman (2–2) || Takeda (3–4) || — || Sapporo Dome || 36,064 || 48–46–2 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 97 || July 28 || @ Hawks || 10–2 || Takeda (5–3) || Powell (1–5) || — || Yahoo Dome || 34,222 || 49–46–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 98 || July 29 || @ Hawks || 5–2 || Sweeney (8–3) || Yang (1–2) || Nakamura (19) || Yahoo Dome || 32,653 || 50–46–2 || W2 |- align="center" |colspan="11" bgcolor="#bbffff"|All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1 |- y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; August: 8–14–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Away: 6–9–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 99 || August 3 || @ Eagles || 4–11 || Asai (7–7) || Tadano (6–4) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,516 || 50–47–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 100 || August 4 || @ Eagles || 6–2 || Takeda (6–3) || Aoyama (2–5) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 18,760 || 51–47–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 101 || August 5 || @ Eagles || 7–2 || Sweeney (9–3) || Guzmán (2–7) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 17,942 || 52–47–2 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 102 || August 10 || @ Lions || 2–11 || Hoashi (10–3) || Tadano (6–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 30,024 || 52–48–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 103 || August 11 || @ Lions || 0–3 || Kishi (9–4) || Takeda (6–4) || Graman (22) || Seibu Dome || 19,260 || 52–49–2 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 104 || August 12 || @ Lions || 4–8 || Onodera (4–4) || Takeda (3–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 19,055 || 52–50–2 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 105 || August 13 || Buffaloes || 2–4 || Komatsu (9–3) || Glynn (3–13) || Kato (24) || Sapporo Dome || 24,416 || 52–51–2 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 106 || August 14 || Buffaloes || 0–2 (11) || Kato (2–3) || Takeda (3–6) || Shimizu (1) || Sapporo Dome || 22,476 || 52–52–2 || L5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 107 || August 15 || Buffaloes || 3–5 (10) || Kawagoe (2–3) || Nakamura (2–1) || Kato (25) || Sapporo Dome || 22,829 || 52–53–2 || L6 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 108 || August 16 || @ Hawks || 5–1 || Yagi (1–0) || Standridge (0–2) || — || Yahoo Dome || 33,687 || 53–53–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 109 || August 17 || @ Hawks || 1–2 || Otonari (11–8) || Takeda (6–5) || Mahara (5) || Yahoo Dome || 33,533 || 53–54–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 110 || August 18 || @ Hawks || 7–0 || Sweeney (10–3) || Hoshino (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 30,636 || 54–54–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 111 || August 19 || Marines || 4–0 || Glynn (4–13) || Kobayashi (3–11) || — || Tokyo Dome || 20,061 || 55–54–2 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 112 || August 20 || Marines || 3–6 || Shimizu (9–8) || Fujii (2–6) || Ogino (20) || Tokyo Dome || 21,034 || 55–55–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 113 || August 24 || Lions || 9–3 || Tadano (7–5) || Hoashi (10–4) || — || Starffin Stadium || 22,583 || 56–55–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 114 || August 25 || Lions || 3–4 || Onodera (5–4) || Takeda (3–7) || Graman (23) || Sapporo Dome || 21,840 || 56–56–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 115 || August 26 || @ Marines || 3–2 || Sweeney (11–3) || Watanabe (11–5) || Nakamura (20) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 20,764 || 57–56–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 116 || August 27 || @ Marines || 1–0 || Glynn (5–13) || Kubo (2–6) || Nakamura (21) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 22,038 || 58–56–2 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 117 || August 28 || @ Marines || 0–3 || Shimizu (10–8) || Fujii (2–7) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,522 || 58–57–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 118 || August 29 || @ Buffaloes || 4–7 || Kishida (2–0) || Kanazawa (0–1) || Kato (29) || Skymark Stadium || 20,279 || 58–58–2 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 119 || August 30 || @ Buffaloes || 2–7 || Yamamoto (9–4) || Yagi (1–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 18,169 || 58–59–2 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 120 || August 31 || @ Buffaloes || 1–5 || Kaneko (9–8) || Tadano (7–6) || — || Kyocera Dome || 18,033 || 58–60–2 || L4 |- y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; September: 14–9–0 (Home: 9–4–0; Away: 5–5–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 121 || September 2 || Hawks || 2–0 || Darvish (12–4) || Guttormson (4–5) || Nakamura (22) || Sapporo Dome || 20,118 || 59–60–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 122 || September 3 || Hawks || 3–4 || Sato (3–1) || Takeda (6–6) || Mahara (7) || Sapporo Dome || 17,702 || 59–61–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 123 || September 4 || Hawks || 4–3 || Takeda (4–7) || Sato (3–2) || — || Sapporo Dome || 16,975 || 60–61–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 124 || September 5 || Eagles || 3–5 (10) || Gwyn (1–0) || Nakamura (2–2) || — || Sapporo Dome || 22,692 || 60–62–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 125 || September 6 || Eagles || 4–1 || Fujii (3–7) || Katayama (2–5) || Nakamura (23) || Sapporo Dome || 33,197 || 61–62–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 126 || September 7 || Eagles || 2–5 || Satake (1–0) || Tadano (7–7) || Arime (2) || Sapporo Dome || 33,224 || 61–63–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 127 || September 9 || @ Lions || 4–1 || Darvish (13–4) || Ishii (10–9) || Nakamura (24) || Seibu Dome || 14,554 || 62–63–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 128 || September 10 || @ Lions || 6–5 || Sakamoto (4–1) || Nishiguchi (8–6) || Nakamura (25) || Seibu Dome || 14,292 || 63–63–2 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 129 || September 11 || @ Lions || 3–5 || Wakui (9–9) || Sweeney (11–4) || Graman (27) || Seibu Dome || 14,016 || 63–64–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 130 || September 13 || Buffaloes || 7–4 || Glynn (6–13) || Yamamoto (9–6) || Nakamura (26) || Sapporo Dome || 25,074 || 64–64–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 131 || September 14 || Buffaloes || 9–6 || Sakamoto (5–1) || Kaneko (10–9) || Nakamura (27) || Sapporo Dome || 30,457 || 65–64–2 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 132 || September 15 || Buffaloes || 5–4 || Darvish (14–4) || Kato (2–4) || — || Sapporo Dome || 31,473 || 66–64–2 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 133 || September 16 || @ Eagles || 1–6 || Iwakuma (19–3) || Takeda (6–7) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 11,966 || 66–65–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 134 || September 17 || @ Eagles || 7–15 || Asai (9–10) || Sweeney (11–5) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 12,430 || 66–66–2 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 135 || September 18 || @ Eagles || 2–5 || Tanaka (8–6) || Fujii (3–8) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 13,697 || 66–67–2 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 136 || September 20 || @ Buffaloes || 1–6 || Yamamoto (10–6) || Glynn (6–14) || — || Kyocera Dome || 20,222 || 66–68–2 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 137 || September 21 || @ Buffaloes || 10–5 || Sakamoto (6–1) || Motoyanagi (2–7) || — || Kyocera Dome || 25,036 || 67–68–2 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 138 || September 22 || @ Hawks || 9–0 || Darvish (15–4) || Arakaki (2–6) || — || Yahoo Dome || 30,491 || 68–68–2 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 139 || September 23 || @ Hawks || 5–2 || Takeda (7–7) || Sugiuchi (10–7) || — || Yahoo Dome || 30,278 || 69–68–2 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 140 || September 26 || Lions || 2–0 || Sweeney (12–5) || Hoashi (11–6) || Tateyama (2) || Sapporo Dome || 28,331 || 70–68–2 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 141 || September 27 || Lions || 5–4 || Glynn (7–14) || Hsu (1–3) || Nakamura (28) || Sapporo Dome || 35,460 || 71–68–2 || W5 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 142 || September 28 || Marines || 1–4 || Naruse (8–6) || Tateyama (1–2) || Ogino (29) || Sapporo Dome || 42,126 || 71–69–2 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 143 || September 29 || Marines || 2–1 || Darvish (16–4) || Kobayashi (5–12) || — || Sapporo Dome || 42,126 || 72–69–2 || W1 |- y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; October: 1–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 144 || October 1 || @ Eagles || 17–0 || Takeda (8–7) || Tanaka (9–7) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 14,953 || 73–69–2 || W2 |- |- | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #ffeeaa darkgray = Tie      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Fighters team member Postseason Climax Series 2008 Pacific League Climax Series Game log background:#00508f; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #ccb67a 2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0) y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; Climax Series First Stage: 2–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 2–0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || October 11 || @ Buffaloes || 4–1 || Darvish (1–0) || Kondo (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 25,532 || 1–0–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || October 12 || @ Buffaloes|| 7–2 || Fujii (1–0) || Komatsu (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 26,703 || 2–0–0 || W2 |- y background:#ccb67a; color:#000000; Climax Series Second Stage: 2–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 2–3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || October 17 || @ Lions || 3–10 || Wakui (1–0) || Glynn (0–1) || — || Omiya Park Stadium || 20,500 || 0–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || October 18 || @ Lions|| 5–0 || Darvish (1–0) || Kishi (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 30,918 || 1–1–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || October 19 || @ Lions || 7–4 || Takeda (1–0) || Hoashi (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 33,078 || 2–1–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || October 21 || @ Lions || 4–9 || Ishii (1–0) || Sweeney (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 18,704 || 2–2–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || October 22 || @ Lions || 0–9 || Wakui (2–0) || Glynn (0–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 21,731 || 2–3–0 || L2 |- |- | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #ffeeaa darkgray = Tie      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Fighters team member Roster 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Roster Pitchers 11 Yu Darvish 66 Romash Tasuku Dass 18 Shugo Fujii 14 Ryan Glynn 43 Yachiho Hoshino 60 Takeshi Ito 59 Takayuki Kanamori 28 Takehito Kanazawa 12 Tatsuo Kato 47 Kazumasa Kikuchi 17 Ken Miyamoto 25 Naoki Miyanishi 36 Micheal Nakamura 30 Yataro Sakamoto 42 Brian Sweeney 16 Kazuhito Tadano 21 Hisashi Takeda 38 Masaru Takeda 22 Yoshinori Tateyama 67 Akiyoshi Toyoshima 46 Yusuke Uemura 29 Tomoya Yagi 34 Mitsuo Yoshikawa Catchers 62 Ryota Imanari 32 Satoshi Nakajima 37 Keiji Oyama  2 Shinji Takahashi 64 Shinya Tsuruoka 63 Ryuichi Watanabe Infielders 39 Jason Botts 50 Suguru Ichikawa  4 Yuji Iiyama 45 Takahiro Imanami  5 Naoto Inada 15 Mitch Jones  8 Makoto Kaneko 31 Eiichi Koyano 33 Hajime Miki  9 Tomoyuki Oda 23 Masaya Ozaki 58 Takayuki Takaguchi  3 Kensuke Tanaka 24 Dai-Kang Yang Outfielders 41 Atsunori Inaba 26 Yoshio Itoi 40 Yohei Kaneko 52 Toshimasa Konta 53 Takahito Kudo  1 Hichori Morimoto 51 Kazuya Murata 55 Yoshihiro Sato 10 Terrmel Sledge  7 Tomochika Tsuboi 65 Atsushi Ugumori Manager 88 Masataka Nashida Coaches 78 Junichi Fukura (head) 74 Kazuyuki Atsuzawa (pitching) 81 Masato Yoshii (pitching) 32 Satoshi Nakajima (battery/catching) 82 Ken Hirano (hitting) 77 Terushi Nakajima (hitting) 89 Yasunaga Makishi (infield defense) 87 Masaji Shimizu (outfield defense) Player statistics Batting + 2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters batting statisticshttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=a699fd1c 2008 Nippon Ham Fighters 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 basesJason Botts† 55 142 14 36 9 0 5 16 0 14 53 .254 .327 .423 60Yu Darvish 25 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 2Shugo Fujii 19 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 2Ryan Glynn 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0Suguru Ichikawa 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0Yuji Iiyama 74 49 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 13 .163 .212 .204 10Takahiro Imanami 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0Ryota Imanari 9 11 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .455 .500 .545 6Atsunori Inaba 127 448 71 135 25 5 20 82 2 56 85 .301 .380 .513 230Naoto Inada 99 185 10 41 1 1 0 12 3 6 13 .222 .254 .238 44Yoshio Itoi 63 188 19 45 14 1 5 21 13 10 53 .239 .285 .404 76Mitch Jones‡ 8 27 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 .111 .111 .148 4Makoto Kaneko Makoto Kaneko (baseball) 96 291 24 63 16 0 2 29 0 20 76 .216 .267 .292 85Yohei Kaneko 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0Toshimasa Konta 89 140 32 33 4 1 1 6 14 9 40 .236 .287 .300 42Eiichi Koyano 120 379 32 95 21 1 6 60 0 29 83 .251 .303 .359 136Takahito Kudo 104 199 20 51 11 1 0 12 8 9 42 .256 .307 .322 64Hajime Miki 17 28 5 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 7 .286 .333 .357 10Hichori Morimoto 121 478 66 121 15 1 0 21 12 49 81 .253 .327 .289 138Kazuya Murata Kazuya Murata (baseball) 15 34 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 .235 .297 .235 8Satoshi Nakajima 22 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 3Tomoyuki Oda 64 141 13 41 5 0 3 16 0 11 33 .291 .342 .390 55Keiji Oyama 27 29 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .172 .200 .207 6Masaya Ozaki 8 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .133 2Yoshihiro Sato Yoshihiro Sato (baseball) 7 12 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 .083 .154 .333 4Terrmel Sledge 113 395 41 114 21 2 16 69 0 44 88 .289 .361 .473 187Brian Sweeney 29 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 1Kazuhito Tadano 20 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 1Takayuki Takaguchi 74 167 12 36 5 4 0 14 1 7 49 .216 .272 .293 49Shinji Takahashi Shinji Takahashi (baseball) 108 357 33 102 19 0 9 58 3 24 74 .286 .333 .415 148Kensuke Tanaka 144 536 89 159 32 9 11 63 21 62 80 .297 .379 .451 242Tomochika Tsuboi 26 50 2 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 7 .220 .250 .260 13Shinya Tsuruoka 97 248 24 52 14 0 1 18 0 12 49 .210 .247 .278 69Atsushi Ugumori 11 20 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .300 .364 .350 7Ryuichi Watanabe 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 2Dai-Kang Yang 44 111 7 16 0 1 2 4 1 6 31 .144 .193 .216 24Total：36 players1,8754,7265331,2062242782516793801,010.255.316.3661,730 †Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Fighters only. ‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Fighters 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 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 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 StrikeoutsYu Darvish 16 4 1.88 25 24 0 200.2 136 44 42 44 208Romash Tasuku Dass 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 3 2Shugo Fujii 3 8 3.25 19 19 0 110.2 115 46 40 41 76Ryan Glynn 7 14 3.64 26 25 0 163.1 160 74 66 61 99Yachiho Hoshino 2 1 4.94 23 0 0 23.2 31 17 13 6 11Takeshi Ito Takeshi Ito (baseball) 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 3.1 7 3 2 0 2Takayuki Kanamori 0 1 4.50 10 0 0 12 14 7 6 5 7Takehito Kanazawa 0 1 6.00 4 3 0 18 23 12 12 7 8Tatsuo Kato 0 0 8.44 14 0 0 10.2 16 11 10 4 7Kazumasa Kikuchi 0 0 9.90 11 0 0 10 17 11 11 3 4Ken Miyamoto 0 0 5.40 9 0 0 8.1 11 9 5 4 6Naoki Miyanishi 2 4 4.37 50 0 0 45.1 47 24 22 15 25Micheal Nakamura 2 2 2.14 46 0 28 46.1 32 11 11 12 47Yataro Sakamoto 6 1 3.18 31 0 0 51 41 18 18 18 35Brian Sweeney 12 5 3.48 28 25 0 163 139 65 63 72 90Kazuhito Tadano 7 7 4.78 19 19 0 105.1 107 57 56 22 61Hisashi Takeda 4 7 4.40 62 0 6 61.1 68 31 30 19 40Masaru Takeda 8 7 2.96 20 19 0 121.2 110 44 40 19 68Yoshinori Tateyama 1 2 3.07 58 0 2 67.1 61 23 23 12 53Akiyoshi Toyoshima 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0Yusuke Uemura 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3 3 1 1 3 0Tomoya Yagi 1 1 6.75 2 2 0 10.2 14 8 8 2 10Mitsuo Yoshikawa 2 4 6.23 7 7 0 34.2 39 24 24 22 23Total：23 players73693.54473144361,277.11,196541503395882 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Eagles. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only. ‡Denotes player was traded 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 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 6, 2021 Yu Darvish - March/April, September (pitcher) 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 6, 2021 Atsunori Inaba - outfielder 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 Yu Darvish - pitcher Kensuke Tanaka - second baseman Atsunori Inaba - outfielder Hichori Morimoto - outfielder All-Star Series selectionshttps://npb.jp/allstar/2008/roster.html 出場者 Participants ja Nippon Professional Baseball February 6, 2021 Masataka Nashida - manager Yu Darvish - starting pitcher Hisashi Takeda - relief pitcher Kensuke Tanaka - second baseman Atsunori Inaba - outfielder Hichori Morimoto - outfielder 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 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Draft selectionshttps://draft.npb.jp/draft/2008/draftlist_f.html 北海道日本ハムファイターズ 選択選手一覧 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Selected Player List Nippon Professional Baseball February 6, 2021RoundNamePositionAffiliationSigned?1Shota OnoCatcherToyo Universityyes2Ryo SakakibaraPitcherKansai University of International Studiesyes3Toshiyuki YanukiPitcherMitsubishi Fuso Kawasakiyes4Kenji TsuchiyaPitcherYokohama High Schoolyes5Takuya NakashimaInfielderFukuoka Technical High Schoolyes6Kenshi SugiyaInfielderIizuka High Schoolyes7Keisuke TanimotoPitcherVITAL-NETyes References Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters seasons