2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

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2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
LeaguePacific League
BallparkRakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Record69–71–3 (.493)
League place4th
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentYosuke Yoneda
General managerKazuhisa Ishii
ManagerKazuhisa Ishii
Average attendance18,748
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The 2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 18th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his second season as team manager.

Rakuten finished the season with a record of 69–71–3, finishing in fourth place in the PL.

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pacific League regular season standings[1]
Rank Team G W L T Pct. GB
1 Orix Buffaloes 143 76 65 2 .539 —
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 76 65 2 .539 —
3 Saitama Seibu Lions 143 72 68 3 .514 3½
4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 69 71 3 .493 6½
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 143 69 73 1 .486 7½
6 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143 59 81 3 .421 16½

Record vs. opponents[edit]

2022 record vs. opponents[1]
Team Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines CL
Buffaloes — 11–13–1 15–9–1 15–10 11–14 16–9 8–10
Eagles 13–11–1 — 16–9 10–15 9–15–1 12–12–1 9–9
Fighters 9–15–1 9–16 — 11–13–1 11–13–1 11–14 8–10
Hawks 10–15 15–10 13–11–1 — 14–10–1 15–10 9–9
Lions 14–11 15–9–1 13–11–1 10–14–1 — 11–14 9–9
Marines 9–16 12–12–1 14–11 10–15 14–11 — 10–8

Interleague[edit]

Regular season interleague standings[2]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18 14 4 0 .778 — 7–2 7–2
Hanshin Tigers 18 12 6 0 .667 2 6–3 6–3
Chiba Lotte Marines 18 10 8 0 .556 4 6–3 4–5
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 18 9 9 0 .500 5 5–4 4–5
Saitama Seibu Lions 18 9 9 0 .500 5 6–3 3–6
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 18 9 9 0 .500 5 5–4 4–5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 18 9 9 0 .500 5 5–4 4–5
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 18 8 10 0 .444 6 6–3 2–7
Orix Buffaloes 18 8 10 0 .444 6 2–7 6–3
Yomiuri Giants 18 8 10 0 .444 6 5–4 3–6
Chunichi Dragons 18 7 11 0 .389 7 5–4 2–7
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18 5 13 0 .279 9 3–6 2–7

Opening Day roster[edit]

Friday, March 25, 2022 vs. Chiba Lotte Marines[3]

Order Player Pos.
1 Haruki Nishikawa LF
2 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki SS
3 Hideto Asamura 2B
4 Hiroaki Shimauchi RF
5 Eigoro Mogi 3B
6 Ren Wada DH
7 Daichi Suzuki 1B
8 Yuma Yasuda C
9 Hiroto Kobukata CF
— Takahiro Norimoto P

Game log[edit]

2022 game log: 69–71–3 (Home: 30–40–1; Away: 39–31–2)
March: 4–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Away: 3–0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 March 25 Marines 0–4 Ishikawa (1–0) Norimoto (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 20,564 0–1–0 L1
— March 26 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: August 4 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[4]
2 March 27 Marines 6–5 (11) Matsui (1–0) Suzuki (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 19,903 1–1–0 W1
3 March 29 @ Buffaloes 2–1 Tanaka (1–0) Kuroki (0–1) Matsui (1) Kyocera Dome 26,237 2–1–0 W2
4 March 30 @ Buffaloes 6–1 Hayakawa (1–0) Vargas (0–1) — Kyocera Dome 17,835 3–1–0 W3
5 March 31 @ Buffaloes 6–1 Nishiguchi (1–0) Hirano (0–1) Matsui (2) Kyocera Dome 15,111 4–1–0 W4
April: 12–5–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Away: 7–3–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
6 April 1 Hawks 0–1 Senga (1–0) Wakui (0–1) Mori (5) Rakuten Seimei Park 15,111 4–2–0 L1
— April 2 Hawks Postponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: August 25 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[4]
— April 3 Hawks Postponed (COVID) – Makeup date: September 29 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[4]
7 April 5 Lions 7–3 Tanaka (2–0) Sato (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 16,893 5–2–0 W1
8 April 6 Lions 7–2 Kishi (1–0) Matsumoto (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 16,870 6–2–0 W2
9 April 8 @ Fighters 3–0 Hayakawa (2–0) Itoh (0–2) Matsui (3) Sapporo Dome 9,854 7–2–0 W3
10 April 9 @ Fighters 8–5 Wakui (1–1) Kawano (0–2) — Sapporo Dome 13,994 8–2–0 W4
11 April 10 @ Fighters 2–3 (10) Kitayama (2–0) Matsui (1–1) — Sapporo Dome 12,141 8–3–0 L1
— April 12 Buffaoles Postponed (COVID) – Makeup date: September 12 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[4]
— April 13 Buffaoles Postponed (COVID) – Makeup date: September 13 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[4]
— April 14 Buffaoles Postponed (COVID) – Makeup date: October 2 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[4]
12 April 16 @ Hawks 6–5 Anraku (1–0) Mori (0–3) Matsui (4) Kitakyushi Stadium 18,709 9–3–0 W1
13 April 17 @ Hawks 14–4 Takinaka (1–0) Higashihama (1–1) — Heiwa Lease Field 17,796 10–3–0 W2
14 April 19 Fighters 0–2 Kato (2–1) Tanaka (2–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 15,119 10–4–0 L1
15 April 20 Fighters 4–2 Kishi (2–0) Ponce (0–1) Matsui (5) Rakuten Seimei Park 14,453 11–4–0 W1
16 April 21 Fighters 8–5 Ishibashi (1–0) Tateno (1–2) Matsui (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 15,131 12–4–0 W2
17 April 22 @ Lions 0–3 Takahashi (2–2) Hayakawa (2–1) Taira (1) Belluna Dome 10,224 12–5–0 L1
18 April 23 @ Lions 7–3 Wakui (2–1) Sumida (1–3) — Belluna Dome 26,257 13–5–0 W1
19 April 24 @ Lions 3–6 Hirai (2–1) Takinaka (1–1) — Belluna Dome 14,901 13–6–0 L1
20 April 26 @ Marines 3–2 (10) Anraku (2–0) Tojo (0–1) Matsui (7) Zozo Marine Stadium 15,524 14–6–0 W1
21 April 27 @ Marines 3–3 Game tied after 12 innings Zozo Marine Stadium 13,258 14–6–1 T1
22 April 28 @ Marines 2–1 Fujii (1–0) Mima (0–3) Anraku (1) Zozo Marine Stadium 17,531 15–6–1 W1
— April 29 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[4]
23 April 30 Hawks (11) 7–6 Anraku (3–0) Tsumori (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 25,602 16–6–1 W2
May: 13–13–0 (Home:3–7–0; Away: 10–6–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
24 May 1 Hawks 2–1 (6) Norimoto (1–1) Ohzeki (2–2) Yuge (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 24,250 17–6–1 W3
25 May 3 @ Fighters 2–1 Tanaka (3–1) Kato (2–2) Matsui (8) Sapporo Dome 20,087 18–6–1 W4
26 May 4 @ Fighters 5–1 Wakui (3–1) Kaneko (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 20,184 19–6–1 W5
27 May 5 @ Fighters 8–4 Kishi (3–0) Itoh (3–3) — Sapporo Dome 16,420 20–6–1 W6
28 May 6 @ Buffaloes 3–2 Busenitz (1–0) Hirano (2–2) Matsui (9) Kyocera Dome 16,430 21–6–1 W7
29 May 7 @ Buffaloes 7–1 Hayakawa (3–1) Yamasaki (0–4) — Kyocera Dome 18,340 22–6–1 W8
30 May 8 @ Buffaloes 2–1 (10) Sung (1–0) Kuroki (0–2) Matsui (10) Kyocera Dome 16,296 23–6–1 W9
31 May 10 Marines 7–0 Tanaka (4–1) Ojima (0–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 22,005 24–6–1 W10
32 May 11 Marines 1–3 Kawamura (2–0) Fujii (1–1) Masuda (5) Rakuten Seimei Park 23,110 24–7–1 L1
33 May 12 Marines 2–5 Mima (1–4) Kishi (3–1) Masuda (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 20,089 24–8–1 L2
34 May 13 @ Lions 2–4 Takahashi (4–2) Takinaka (1–2) Masuda (8) Belluna Dome 10,121 24–9–1 L3
35 May 14 @ Lions 4–5 Moriwaki (1–0) Anraku (3–1) Masuda (9) Belluna Dome 12,091 24–10–1 L4
36 May 15 @ Lions 3–1 Norimoto (2–1) Enns (2–2) Matsui (11) Belluna Dome 21,224 25–10–1 W1
37 May 17 @ Marines 3–6 Sasaki (1–0) Tanaka (4–2) Masuda (7) Zozo Marine Stadium 21,001 25–11–1 L1
38 May 18 @ Marines 0–1 (10) Tojo (1–1) Sakai (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 20,084 25–12–1 L2
39 May 19 @ Marines 7–2 Kishi (4–1) Sasaki (1–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 19,930 26–12–1 W1
40 May 20 Buffaloes 0–1 Tajima (1–2) Takinaka (1–3) Hirano (13) Rakuten Seimei Park 17,239 26–13–1 L1
41 May 21 Buffaloes 0–6 Yamamoto (5–2) Hayakawa (3–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 18,306 26–14–1 L2
42 May 22 Buffaloes 0–6 Miyagi (3–2) Norimoto (2–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 17,896 26–15–1 L3
43 May 24 @ Tigers 0–1 Nishi (3–3) Tanaka (4–3) Iwazaki (7) Koshien Stadium 33,186 26–16–1 L4
44 May 25 @ Tigers 6–1 Karashima (1–0) Nishi (2–1) — Koshien Stadium 31,493 27–16–1 W1
45 May 26 @ Tigers 1–0 Sung (2–0) Iwazaki (1–2) Matsui (12) Koshien Stadium 26,255 28–16–1 W2
46 May 27 Swallows 1–8 Takahashi (4–1) Takinaka (1–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 17,688 28–17–1 L1
47 May 28 Swallows 4–11 Kizawa (3–1) Hayakawa (3–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 23,629 28–18–1 L2
48 May 29 Swallows 3–1 Norimoto (3–2) Ishikawa (2–3) Matsui (13) Rakuten Seimei Park 22,534 29–18–1 W1
49 May 31 @ Dragons 0–2 Ogasawara (3–3) Tanaka (4–4) Martínez (13) Vantelin Dome 18,827 29–19–1 L1
June: 9–12–0 (Home:6–5–0; Away: 3–7–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
50 June 1 @ Dragons 2–0 Karashima (2–0) Ueda (0–2) Matsui (14) Vantelin Dome 16,536 30–19–1 W1
51 June 2 @ Dragons 2–3 Matsuba (3–1) Kishi (4–2) Martínez (14) Vantelin Dome 16,214 30–20–1 L1
52 June 3 @ BayStars 0–7 Ohnuki (4–2) Takinaka (1–5) — Yokohama Stadium 26,201 30–21–1 L2
53 June 4 @ BayStars 1–6 Kriske (1–1) Sung (2–1) — Yokohama Stadium 31,130 30–22–1 L3
54 June 5 @ BayStars 6–5 Anraku (4–1) Yamasaki (0–2) Matsui (15) Yokohama Stadium 27,125 31–22–1 W1
55 June 7 Carp 1–3 Tokoda (6–3) Tanaka (4–5) Kuribayashi (12) Rakuten Seimei Park 14,558 31–23–1 L1
56 June 8 Carp 1–0 (10) Sung (3–1) Matsumoto (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 15,044 32–23–1 W1
57 June 9 Carp 4–1 Kishi (5–2) Kuri (3–4) Matsui (16) Rakuten Seimei Park 15,186 33–23–1 W2
58 June 10 Giants 1–4 Togo (7–3) Fujii (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 19,259 33–24–1 L1
59 June 11 Giants 8–1 Hayakawa (4–3) Mercedes (5–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 25,585 34–24–1 W1
60 June 12 Giants 9–2 Norimoto (4–2) Yamasaki (2–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 22,870 35–24–1 W2
61 June 17 @ Hawks 4–9 Senga (4–2) Tanaka (4–6) — PayPay Dome 31,322 35–25–1 L1
62 June 18 @ Hawks 1–3 (10) Matayoshi (2–3) Matsui (1–2) — PayPay Dome 31,057 35–26–1 L2
63 June 19 @ Hawks 1–4 Wada (2–1) Hayakawa (4–4) Moinelo (10) PayPay Dome 31,595 35–27–1 L3
64 June 21 Fighters 3–0 Norimoto (5–2) Yoshida (1–2) Matsui (17) Komachi Stadium 17,128 36–27–1 W1
65 June 22 Fighters 6–3 Nishiguchi (2–0) Kitayama (3–5) — Iwate Stadium 15,585 37–27–1 W2
66 June 24 Lions 3–4 Takahashi (6–6) Tanaka (4–7) Masuda (19) Rakuten Seimei Park 18,045 37–28–1 L1
67 June 25 Lions 0–2 Hirai (4–4) Karashima (2–1) Masuda (20) Rakuten Seimei Park 24,914 37–29–1 L2
68 June 26 Lions 0–2 Yoza (5–2) Hayakawa (4–5) Moriwaki (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 22,367 37–30–1 L3
69 June 28 @ Buffaloes 4–2 Norimoto (6–2) Miyagi (6–4) Matsui (18) Hotto Motto Field 16,961 38–30–1 W1
70 June 29 @ Buffaloes 1–6 Tajima (4–3) Kishi (5–3) — Hotto Motto Field 17,093 38–31–1 L1
July: 8–12–1 (Home:5–6–0; Away: 3–6–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
71 July 1 @ Marines 4–6 Guerrero (2–2) Sung (3–2) Masuda (18) Zozo Marine Stadium 20,194 38–32–1 L2
72 July 2 @ Marines 1–3 Osuna (2–0) Suzuki (0–1) Masuda (19) Zozo Marine Stadium 19,090 38–33–1 L3
73 July 3 @ Marines 14–1 Hayakawa (5–5) Mima (4–5) — Zozo Marine Stadium 17,389 39–33–1 W1
74 July 5 Hawks 2–6 Ohzeki (6–3) Norimoto (6–3) — Hirosaki Stadium 10,191 39–34–1 L1
75 July 7 Hawks 5–2 Kishi (6–3) Otake (0–2) Matsui (19) Rakuten Seimei Park 20,058 40–34–1 W1
76 July 8 Lions 4–8 Mizukami (2–1) Suzuki (0–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 22,605 40–35–1 L1
77 July 9 Lions 3–6 Mizukami (3–1) Suzuki (0–3) Masuda (22) Rakuten Seimei Park 19,969 40–36–1 L2
78 July 10 Lions 3–6 Yoza (6–3) Hayakawa (5–6) — Rakuten Seimei Park 21,791 40–37–1 L3
79 July 13 @ Fighters 2–3 Ponce (1–1) Norimoto (6–4) Hori (3) Kusanagi Stadium 12,535 40–38–1 L4
80 July 14 @ Fighters 0–6 Kato (4–4) Kishi (6–4) — Kusanagi Stadium 10,449 40–39–1 L5
81 July 16 Buffaloes 7–3 Tanaka (5–7) Yamamoto (6–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 18,730 41–39–1 W1
82 July 17 Buffaloes 3–7 Tajima (6–3) Karashima (2–2) Hirano (23) Rakuten Seimei Park 18,158 41–40–1 L1
83 July 18 Buffaloes 8–3 Sung (4–2) Suzuki (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 17,774 42–40–1 W1
84 July 20 @ Hawks 17–3 Takinaka (2–5) Ohzeki (6–5) — Kitakyushi Stadium 16,725 43–40–1 W2
85 July 21 @ Hawks 0–7 Senga (8–3) Kishi (6–5) — PayPay Dome 29,254 43–41–1 L1
86 July 22 @ Lions 4–9 Watanabe (1–1) Norimoto (6–5) — Belluna Dome 19,546 43–42–1 L2
87 July 23 @ Lions 3–3 Game tied after 12 innings Belluna Dome 26,641 43–42–2 T1
88 July 24 @ Lions 9–2 Karashima (3–2) Hirai (5–5) — Belluna Dome 13,973 44–42–2 W1
All-Star Break: PL defeats the CL, 2–0
89 July 29 Fighters 1–2 Ponce (2–2) Takinaka (2–6) Kitaura (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 21,057 44–43–2 L1
90 July 30 Fighters 7–0 Tanaka (6–7) Tanaka (1–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 26,136 45–43–2 W1
91 July 31 Fighters 10–5 Ishibashi (2–0) Miyanishi (0–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 20,105 46–43–2 W2
August: 12–14–0 (Home:6–8–0; Away: 6–6–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
92 August 2 Marines 4–6 Romero (8–5) Norimoto (6–6) Masuda (24) Rakuten Seimei Park 16,560 46–44–2 L1
93 August 3 Marines 5–4 Sakai (1–1) Sasaki (6–2) Matsui (20) Rakuten Seimei Park 15,717 47–44–2 W1
94 August 4 Marines 10–1 Kishi (7–5) Motomae (3–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 15,038 48–44–2 W2
95 August 5 @ Hawks 3–7 Matsumoto (4–0) Takinaka (2–7) — PayPay Dome 27,439 48–45–2 L1
96 August 6 @ Hawks 1–9 Takeda (1–0) Tanaka (6–8) — PayPay Dome 29,578 48–46–2 L2
97 August 7 @ Hawks 7–2 Miyamori (1–0) Wada (3–3) — PayPay Dome 29,544 49–46–2 W1
98 August 9 @ Buffaloes 1–5 Tajima (8–3) Norimoto (6–7) — Kyocera Dome 16,347 49–47–2 L1
99 August 10 @ Buffaloes 2–1 (10) Nishiguchi (3–0) Waguespack (2–6) Matsui (21) Kyocera Dome 17,766 50–47–2 W1
100 August 11 @ Buffaloes 1–6 Miyagi (7–6) Yuge (1–0) — Kyocera Dome 24,037 50–48–2 L1
101 August 12 Lions 1–5 Imai (3–1) Kishi (7–6) — Rakuten Seimei Park 21,128 50–49–2 L2
102 August 13 Lions 4–6 Yoza (9–3) Tanaka (6–9) Smith (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 19,659 50–50–2 L3
103 August 14 Lions 4–3 Nishiguchi (4–0) Mizukami (4–3) Matsui (22) Rakuten Seimei Park 19,366 51–50–2 W1
104 August 16 @ Fighters 2–1 Norimoto (7–7) Nemoto (2–3) Matsui (23) Sapporo Dome 17,859 52–50–2 W2
105 August 17 @ Fighters 8–2 Karashima (4–2) Uehara (3–4) — Sapporo Dome 17,341 53–50–2 W3
106 August 18 @ Fighters 2–1 Busenitz (2–0) Itoh (9–8) Matsui (24) Sapporo Dome 17,632 54–50–2 W4
107 August 19 Marines 5–6 Sasaki (7–3) Kishi (7–7) Osuna (2) Rakuten Seimei Park 21,215 54–51–2 L1
108 August 20 Marines 5–2 Tanaka (7–9) Romero (8–7) Matsui (25) Rakuten Seimei Park 22,874 55–51–2 W1
109 August 21 Marines 1–0 Fujihira (1–0) Ojima (2–9) Matsui (26) Rakuten Seimei Park 18,449 56–51–2 W2
110 August 23 Hawks 6–15 Ishikawa (5–7) Norimoto (7–8) — Rakuten Seimei Park 16,801 56–52–2 L1
111 August 24 Hawks 3–4 (11) Kaino (1–0) Busenitz (2–1) Tsumori (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 16,259 56–53–2 L2
112 August 25 Hawks 7–5 Suzuki (1–3) Bandoh (1–1) Matsui (27) Rakuten Seimei Park 14,312 57–53–2 W1
113 August 26 @ Marines 0–2 Sasaki (8–3) Kishi (7–8) Osuna (4) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,313 57–54–2 L1
114 August 27 @ Marines 11–3 Tanaka (8–9) Romero (8–8) — Zozo Marine Stadium 25,912 58–54–2 W1
115 August 28 @ Marines 2–9 Ojima (3–9) Hayakawa (5–7) — Zozo Marine Stadium 26,771 58–55–2 L1
116 August 30 Buffaloes 3–4 Higa (4–0) Matsui (1–3) Hirano (28) Rakuten Seimei Park 18,901 58–56–2 L2
117 August 31 Buffaloes 3–8 Tajima (9–3) Karashima (4–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 13,017 58–57–2 L3
September/October: 11–14–1 (Home:4–11–1; Away: 7–3–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
118 September 1 Buffaloes 11–8 Anraku (5–1) Biddle (4–5) Matsui (28) Rakuten Seimei Park 12,187 59–57–2 W1
119 September 2 Fighters 1–3 Itoh (10–9) Kishi (7–9) Ishikawa (4) Rakuten Seimei Park 15,068 59–58–2 L1
120 September 3 Fighters 5–4 (10) Anraku (6–1) Hori (1–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 21,625 60–58–2 W1
121 September 4 Fighters 2–8 Kato (6–6) Hayakawa (5–8) — Rakuten Seimei Park 18,748 60–59–2 L1
122 September 6 @ Hawks 2–4 Wada (5–4) Takinaka (2–8) Moinelo (20) PayPay Dome 25,851 60–60–2 L2
123 September 7 @ Hawks 4–3 Karashima (5–3) Ishikawa (5–9) Matsui (29) PayPay Dome 28,441 61–60–2 W1
124 September 8 @ Hawks 7–3 Wakui (4–1) Rea (5–5) — PayPay Dome 30,452 62–60–2 W2
125 September 10 Marines 4–6 Nishino (2–2) Tanaka (8–10) Osuna (7) Rakuten Seimei Park 19,274 62–61–2 L1
126 September 11 Marines 3–2 Kishi (8–9) Karakawa (2–1) Matsui (30) Rakuten Seimei Park 20,657 63–61–2 W1
127 September 12 Buffaloes 8–2 Norimoto (8–8) Miyagi (10–7) — Rakuten Seimei Park 14,115 64–61–2 W2
128 September 13 Buffaloes 3–3 Game tied after 12 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 12,715 64–61–3 T1
129 September 15 Hawks 3–7 Wada (6–4) Karashima (5–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 15,078 64–62–3 L1
130 September 16 Hawks 2–6 Kaino (2–0) Wakui (4–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 16,336 64–63–3 L2
131 September 17 @ Lions 3–0 Tanaka (9–10) Matsumoto (6–6) Matsui (31) Belluna Dome 24,167 65–63–3 W1
132 September 18 @ Lions 4–3 Norimoto (9–8) Yoza (10–7) Matsui (32) Belluna Dome 27,471 66–63–3 W2
133 September 19 @ Lions 6–4 (11) Busenitz (3–1) Masuda (2–5) Miyamori (1) Belluna Dome 27,475 67–63–3 W3
134 September 20 @ Lions 1–4 Takahashi (11–8) Takinaka (2–9) Taira (8) Belluna Dome 14,063 67–64–3 L1
135 September 23 Fighters 3–6 (10) Rodriguez (3–2) Miyamori (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 23,319 67–65–3 L2
136 September 24 Buffaloes 1–9 Yamamoto (15–5) Tanaka (9–11) — Rakuten Seimei Park 21,332 67–66–3 L3
137 September 25 @ Fighters 6–0 Karashima (6–4) Matsuura (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 22,619 68–66–3 W1
138 September 26 @ Fighters 2–3 Kato (8–7) Hayakawa (5–9) Itoh (1) Sapporo Dome 16,923 68–67–3 L1
139 September 27 @ Buffaloes 6–1 Norimoto (10–8) Miyagi (11–8) — Kyocera Dome 20,092 69–67–3 W1
140 September 28 Lions 0–1 Imai (5–1) Kishi (8–10) Taira (9) Rakuten Seimei Park 17,313 69–68–3 L1
141 September 29 Hawks 4–5 Ohzeki (7–6) Anraku (6–2) Moinelo (24) Rakuten Seimei Park 14,360 69–69–3 L2
142 September 30 Hawks 1–5 Wada (7–4) Wakui (4–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 18,642 69–70–3 L3
143 October 2 Buffaloes 2–5 Udagawa (2–1) Tanaka (9–12) Abe (3) Rakuten Seimei Park 25,339 69–71–3 L4
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster[edit]

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics[edit]

Batting[edit]

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics[5]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Ginji Akaminai 83 238 18 62 6 0 0 26 0 28 31 .261 .335 .286 68
Hideto Asamura 143 532 73 134 17 0 27 86 4 92 137 .252 .365 .436 232
Chris Gittens 21 62 4 15 2 0 0 8 0 11 25 .242 .365 .274 17
Takahisa Hayakawa 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 0
Kengo Horiuchi 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0
Tsuyoshi Ishihara 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0
Yukiya Itoh† 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0
Masaki Iwami 3 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .429 3
Wataru Karashima 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
Keizo Kawashima 12 22 1 3 1 0 1 6 0 1 9 .136 .174 .318 7
Takayuki Kishi 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Hiroto Kobukata 118 424 54 113 16 5 2 29 21 37 65 .267 .328 .342 145
Fumiya Kurokawa 17 63 4 14 3 0 0 2 0 7 9 .222 .296 .270 17
José Marmolejos 58 202 14 42 6 0 7 28 0 20 68 .208 .278 .342 69
Eigoro Mogi 73 238 26 53 12 1 9 30 4 27 74 .223 .300 .395 94
Itsuki Murabayashi 47 16 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .188 .235 .188 3
Atsuki Mutoh 43 88 11 22 2 3 1 9 1 8 28 .250 .323 .375 33
Haruki Nishikawa 108 372 58 81 17 4 7 37 19 68 103 .218 .342 .341 127
Takahiro Norimoto 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
Yuya Ogo 10 18 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 4 .167 .250 .389 7
Hikaru Ohta 71 145 10 31 4 0 3 18 1 21 46 .214 .325 .303 44
Takero Okajima 53 182 20 39 8 3 3 25 2 10 27 .214 .264 .341 62
Louis Okoye 6 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 .200 .200 .200 5
Hiroaki Shimauchi 142 541 59 161 36 3 14 77 5 63 82 .298 .373 .453 245
Ginjiro Sumitani 98 253 21 60 4 0 4 18 0 18 52 .237 .293 .300 76
Daichi Suzuki 125 408 39 105 19 0 5 35 4 38 52 .257 .344 .341 139
Ryota Takinaka 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Kazuki Tanaka 77 63 10 9 3 0 1 5 6 6 25 .143 .229 .238 15
Masahiro Tanaka 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Takaya Tanaka 18 17 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .118 .211 .118 2
Ryosuke Tatsumi 120 409 60 111 14 3 11 35 12 42 103 .271 .354 .401 164
Yasuhito Uchida 8 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 .100 .231 .100 1
Ren Wada 11 29 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 .069 .067 .069 2
Yoshiaki Watanabe 60 153 14 37 1 2 1 17 2 12 24 .242 .295 .294 45
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 79 187 19 38 6 5 3 13 15 17 46 .203 .280 .337 63
Yuma Yasuda 5 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 .200 .333 .500 5
Total：36 players 143 4738 533 1,150 179 29 101 511 97 535 1,063 .243 .325 .357 1,690
†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 league[6]

Pitching[edit]

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics[5]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Tomohiro Anraku 6 2 4.38 52 0 1 49.1 51 25 24 12 39
Alan Busenitz 3 1 2.27 34 0 0 31.2 22 8 8 10 25
Shoma Fujihira 1 0 3.97 8 5 0 22.2 15 11 10 12 17
Masaru Fujii 1 2 3.38 4 4 0 18.2 16 8 7 10 10
Yuya Fukui 0 0 4.09 11 0 0 11 14 5 5 4 7
Hiroyuki Fukuyama 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3
Takahisa Hayakawa 5 9 3.86 19 19 0 107.1 105 48 46 23 86
Ryota Ishibashi 2 0 6.12 26 0 0 32.1 35 22 22 12 18
Yoshinao Kamata 0 0 6.00 2 2 0 6 10 4 4 3 2
Wataru Karashima 6 4 3.40 17 17 0 90 86 36 34 24 53
Takayuki Kishi 8 10 3.19 22 22 0 141 116 51 50 28 118
Shinri Komine 0 0 6.00 6 0 0 6 9 4 4 5 4
Tomotaka Matsui 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 4 6 4 4 2 3
Yuki Matsui 1 3 1.92 53 0 32 51.2 21 11 11 19 83
Satoshi Miyamori† 1 1 1.54 26 0 1 23.1 12 4 4 12 23
Kohei Morihara‡ 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 1 3
Masaya Nishigaki 0 0 2.66 24 0 0 23.2 20 7 7 10 15
Naoto Nishiguchi 4 0 2.26 61 0 0 55.2 39 16 14 26 59
Takahiro Norimoto 10 8 3.53 21 21 0 125 127 54 49 38 104
Tomohito Sakai 1 1 3.31 34 0 0 32.2 23 12 12 17 32
Sung Chia-hao 4 2 2.61 54 0 0 51.2 45 18 15 15 38
Sora Suzuki 1 3 4.03 38 0 0 38 25 17 17 25 35
Koichi Takada 0 0 7.11 2 1 0 6.1 8 5 5 4 9
Hosei Takata 0 0 7.20 3 0 0 5 5 5 4 5 5
Ryota Takinaka 2 9 4.62 15 15 0 78 94 44 40 27 42
Masahiro Tanaka 9 12 3.31 25 25 0 163 160 65 60 30 126
Taisei Tsurusaki 0 0 4.50 11 0 0 12 16 6 6 6 7
Takuma Uchima 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Hideaki Wakui 4 3 3.54 10 10 0 56 50 23 22 10 35
Yuki Watanabe 0 0 2.13 13 0 0 12.2 7 3 3 4 10
Kazuki Yoshikawa 0 0 1.80 4 0 0 5 3 1 1 1 2
Hayato Yuge 0 1 3.29 13 1 1 13.2 14 5 5 6 5
Total：32 players 69 71 3.47 143 143 35 1,279.2 1,161 522 493 401 1,018
†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 league[7]

Awards and honors[edit]

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award[8]

Best Nine Award[9]

Mitsui Golden Glove Award[10]

All-Star Series selections[11]

Speed Up Award[12]

  • Hiroto Kobukata (batter)

SKY Perfect! Sayonara Award[13]

  • Hideto Asamura - March/April
  • Hiroaki Shimauchi - June

Farm team[edit]

2022 Eastern League regular season standings[14]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 114 69 42 3 .622 — 38–20–2 31–22–1
Chiba Lotte Marines 109 61 45 3 .575 5½ 34–18–2 27–27–1
Yomiuri Giants 125 63 52 10 .548 8 35–26–5 28–26–5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 111 54 56 1 .491 14½ 29–22–1 25–34
Saitama Seibu Lions 111 47 58 6 .448 19 23–25–3 24–33–3
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 99 38 55 6 .409 22 18–33–3 20–22–3
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 105 40 62 3 .392 24½ 26–27 14–35–3

Nippon Professional Baseball draft[edit]

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections[15]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Kosei Shoji Pitcher Rikkyo University Yes
2 Ryuji Komago Pitcher Saginomiya Seisakusho Yes
3 Shota Watanabe Pitcher Kyushu Sangyo University Yes
4 Mao Ito Pitcher Tokyo University of Agriculture Okhotsk Yes
5 Ryuya Taira Infielder NTT West Yes
6 Yuki Hayashi Pitcher Seino Transportation Yes
Development players
1 Konosuke Tatsumi Infielder Seinan Gakuin University Yes
2 Kosei Koga Pitcher Shimonoseki International High School Yes
3 Akihiro Takeshita Pitcher Hakodate University Yes
4 Sotaro Nagata Infielder National Taiwan University of Sport Yes

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2022 Pacific League Standings". Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. ^ "2022年度 交流戦" [2022 Interleague Play] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Friday, March 25, 2022". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "振替試合開催日のお知らせ" [Announcement of the dates of the make-up games] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  6. ^ "2022 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  7. ^ "2022 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  8. ^ "2021年度 大樹生命月間MVP賞" [2022 Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  9. ^ "2022年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ）" [2022 Awarded Players (Pacific League)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  10. ^ "2022年度 三井ゴールデン・グラブ賞" [2022 [Mitsui Golden Glove Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  11. ^ "出場者" [Participants] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  12. ^ "ローソンチケット スピードアップ賞" [Lawson Ticket Speed Up Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  13. ^ "サヨナラ賞" [Goodbye Award] (in Japanese). Sky PerfecTV!. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  14. ^ "2022 Eastern League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  15. ^ "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. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
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