2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season
Manager	Katsuya Nomura
Arena	Miyagi Baseball Stadium
Results
Record	65–76–3 (.461)
Place	5th (PL)
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The 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was a season in Japanese baseball.

Regular season

Standings

Pacific League	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB
Saitama Seibu Lions	144	76	64	4	.543	—
Orix Buffaloes	144	75	68	1	.524	2½
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	144	73	69	2	.514	4
Chiba Lotte Marines	144	73	70	1	.510	4½
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	144	65	76	3	.461	11½
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	144	64	77	3	.454	12½

Record vs. opponents

Team	Record
Chiba Lotte Marines	7–16 (1)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	12–12
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	13–10 (1)
Orix Buffaloes	10–13 (1)
Saitama Seibu Lions	10–14
Interleague play	13–11
Source: [1]

Game log

2008 Game Log
March # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 20 @Hawks 4 - 3 Kume (1-0) Guzmán (0-1) 35,722 0-1-0 2 March 22 @Hawks 5 - 4 (11) Nitkowski (1-0) K. Watanabe (0-1) 31,014 0-2-0 3 March 23 @Hawks 4 - 0 Oba (1-0) Asai (0-1) 31,660 0-3-0 4 March 25 @Buffaloes 5 - 4 Takagi (1-0) Ichiba (0-1) D. Kato (3) 34,911 0-4-0 5 March 26 @Buffaloes 0 - 11 Nagai (1-0) Mitsuhara (0-1) 11,052 1-4-0 6 March 27 @Buffaloes 0 - 2 Iwakuma (1-0) Kaneko (1-1) 23,547 2-4-0 7 March 29 Fighters 7 - 2 Tanaka (1-0) Hoshino (0-1) 20,189 3-4-0 8 March 30 Fighters 3 - 1 Asai (1-1) Glynn (0-2) Aoyama (1) 19,518 4-4-0
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 9 April 1 Marines 7 - 4 Koyama (1-0) Komiyama (0-2) Aoyama (2) 10,927 5-4-0 10 April 2 Marines 6 - 3 Nagai (2-0) Shimizu (0-2) Aoyama (3) 14,285 6-4-0 11 April 3 Marines 9 - 1 Iwakuma (2-0) Kubo (1-1) 15,018 7-4-0 12 April 4 @Lions 4 - 2 Hoashi (1-0) Y. Lin (0-1) Graman (2) 17,599 7-5-0 13 April 5 @Lions 4 - 2 K. Ishii (3-0) Tanaka (1-1) Onuma (1) 23,902 7-6-0 14 April 6 @Lions 4 - 3 Kinney (2-1) Asai (1-2) Graman (3) 18,213 7-7-0 15 April 8 @Fighters 16 April 9 @Fighters 17 April 10 @Fighters 18 April 11 Buffaloes 19 April 12 Buffaloes 20 April 13 Buffaloes 21 April 15 @Marines 22 April 16 @Marines 23 April 17 @Marines — April 19 Lions Postponed (rained out) 24 April 20 Lions 25 April 22 Hawks 26 April 23 Hawks — April 24 Hawks Postponed (rained out) 27 April 25 Fighters 28 April 26 Fighters 29 April 27 Fighters 30 April 29 @Buffaloes 31 April 30 @Buffaloes
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Aoyama, KojiKoji Aoyama	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Arime, KanehisaKanehisa Arime	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Asai, HidekiHideki Asai	30	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	.111	0
Fernandez, JoseJose Fernandez	142	541	81	163	40	0	18	99	.301	5
Fujii, AkihitoAkihito Fujii	90	190	15	50	7	0	0	13	.263	3
Guzmán, DomingoDomingo Guzmán	23	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Gwyn, MarcusMarcus Gwyn	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Hasebe, KoheiKohei Hasebe	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Hijirisawa, RyoRyo Hijirisawa	34	41	7	11	0	0	0	3	.268	5
Hiraishi, YosukeYosuke Hiraishi	6	13	2	3	1	0	0	1	.231	2
Ichiba, YasuhiroYasuhiro Ichiba	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ino, SuguruSuguru Ino	23	23	2	2	0	0	0	2	.087	0
Ishimine, TadashiTadashi Ishimine	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Isobe, KoichiKoichi Isobe	46	124	6	29	2	0	0	12	.234	2
Iwakuma, HisashiHisashi Iwakuma	28	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Katayama, HiroshiHiroshi Katayama	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Kawagishi, TsuyoshiTsuyoshi Kawagishi	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Kawaguchi, KenshiKenshi Kawaguchi	63	94	7	19	2	1	1	9	.202	0
Kimura, KoichiroKoichiro Kimura	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Kitani, HisashiHisashi Kitani	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Koyama, ShinichiroShinichiro Koyama	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Kusano, DaisukeDaisuke Kusano	118	328	36	89	15	0	3	36	.271	2
Lin, Ying-ChiehYing-Chieh Lin	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Makino, RuiRui Makino	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Masuda, ShintaroShintaro Masuda	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Matsumoto, AkiraAkira Matsumoto	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Nagai, SatoshiSatoshi Nagai	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Nakamura, MasatoMasato Nakamura	49	144	15	42	6	3	1	12	.292	6
Nakashima, ToshiyaToshiya Nakashima	81	178	27	56	10	1	5	25	.315	1
Nakatani, JinJin Nakatani	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Nishimura, WataruWataru Nishimura	9	17	1	2	1	0	0	3	.118	0
Ogura, HisashiHisashi Ogura	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ohiro, ShojiShoji Ohiro	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Okihara, YoshinoriYoshinori Okihara	14	33	2	8	1	0	0	0	.242	0
Satake, KentaKenta Satake	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Sato, HiroshiHiroshi Sato	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Seguignol, FernandoFernando Seguignol	39	136	24	44	7	0	13	40	.324	0
Shima, MotohiroMotohiro Shima	85	196	20	45	13	0	0	19	.230	4
Shiokawa, TatsuyaTatsuya Shiokawa	82	43	18	7	1	1	0	1	.163	5
Short, RickRick Short	134	491	62	163	31	2	12	71	.332	4
Takanami, FumikazuFumikazu Takanami	51	19	10	4	2	0	0	4	.211	5
Takasu, YosukeYosuke Takasu	123	383	44	108	20	1	4	45	.282	6
Tanaka, MasahiroMasahiro Tanaka	25	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Tsuchiya, TeppeiTeppei Tsuchiya	124	422	52	114	29	6	5	56	.270	5
Uchimura, KensukeKensuke Uchimura	47	152	21	44	5	0	0	13	.289	9
Watanabe, KokiKoki Watanabe	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Watanabe, NaotoNaoto Watanabe	132	470	79	118	11	2	0	30	.251	34
Yamasaki, TakeshiTakeshi Yamasaki	142	510	63	141	21	0	26	80	.276	1
Yamashita, KatsumiKatsumi Yamashita	33	78	13	20	3	0	1	9	.256	0
Yamazaki, TakahiroTakahiro Yamazaki	14	39	6	8	0	1	1	3	.205	0
Yokogawa, FuminoriFuminori Yokogawa	55	140	13	32	3	0	4	15	.229	2
Yoshioka, YujiYuji Yoshioka	12	16	0	5	1	0	0	1	.313	0
Yoshizaki, MasaruMasaru Yoshizaki	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Aoyama, KojiKoji Aoyama	3	8	3.89	41	4	78.2	39	34	26	61
Arime, KanehisaKanehisa Arime	2	2	2.05	66	2	44	10	10	17	45
Asai, HidekiHideki Asai	9	11	4.38	29	0	148	81	72	60	122
Guzmán, DomingoDomingo Guzmán	2	7	3.87	23	0	102.1	47	44	34	65
Gwyn, MarcusMarcus Gwyn	1	1	3.86	19	3	18.2	12	8	7	16
Hasebe, KoheiKohei Hasebe	1	4	9.93	13	0	35.1	41	39	22	23
Ichiba, YasuhiroYasuhiro Ichiba	0	3	9.77	12	0	31.1	38	34	21	27
Iwakuma, HisashiHisashi Iwakuma	21	4	1.87	28	0	201.2	48	42	36	159
Katayama, HiroshiHiroshi Katayama	2	7	3.65	18	0	79	35	32	35	71
Kawagishi, TsuyoshiTsuyoshi Kawagishi	4	3	1.94	54	3	55.2	14	12	20	47
Kitani, HisashiHisashi Kitani	0	3	4.12	22	1	39.1	18	18	13	24
Koyama, ShinichiroShinichiro Koyama	3	5	3.72	54	4	67.2	29	28	25	71
Lin, Ying-ChiehYing-Chieh Lin	0	2	5.23	5	0	10.1	7	6	5	3
Makino, RuiRui Makino	0	0	9.00	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
Matsumoto, AkiraAkira Matsumoto	0	0	5.93	21	0	27.1	19	18	11	16
Nagai, SatoshiSatoshi Nagai	6	7	4.68	27	0	117.1	68	61	47	111
Ogura, HisashiHisashi Ogura	0	0	9.39	8	0	7.2	8	8	1	10
Satake, KentaKenta Satake	2	0	2.14	24	0	21	6	5	9	22
Sato, HiroshiHiroshi Sato	0	0	0.00	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
Tanaka, MasahiroMasahiro Tanaka	9	7	3.49	25	1	172.2	71	67	54	159
Watanabe, KokiKoki Watanabe	0	2	9.45	14	0	6.2	7	7	7	3
Yoshizaki, MasaruMasaru Yoshizaki	0	0	4.80	17	0	15	8	8	6	8

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References

1. "2008 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
2. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/stats/idb1_e.html
3. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/stats/idp1_e.html