2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

Professional sports season in Nippon Professional Baseball

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

League| Pacific League
Ballpark| Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Record| 55–57–8 (.491)
League place| 4th
Parent company| Rakuten
President| Yozo Tachibana
General manager| Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager| Hajime Miki
Captain| Eigoro Mogi
Average attendance| 3,935
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The 2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the sixteenth 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 was led by Hajime Miki on his first and only season as team manager.

Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the COVID-shortened season in fourth place with a record of 55–57–8.

## Regular season[edit]

### Standings[edit]

Pacific League regular season standings[1] Rank  | Team  | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | Home  | Road

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1  | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 120 | 73 | 42 | 5 | .635 | — | 40–19–1 | 33–23–4
2  | Chiba Lotte Marines | 120 | 60 | 57 | 3 | .513 | 14 | 35–23–2 | 25–34–1
3  | Saitama Seibu Lions | 120 | 58 | 58 | 4 | .500 | 15½ | 35–22–3 | 23–36–1
4  | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 120 | 55 | 57 | 8 | .491 | 16½ | 31–25–4 | 24–32–4
5  | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 120 | 53 | 62 | 5 | .461 | 20 | 31–26–3 | 22–36–2
6  | Orix Buffaloes | 120 | 45 | 68 | 7 | .398 | 27 | 26–31–3 | 19–37–4

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

2020 record vs. opponents[1] Team  | Buffaloes  | Eagles  | Fighters  | Hawks  | Lions  | Marines

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Buffaloes  | — | 12–10–2 | 11–12–1 | 5–17–2 | 12–11–1 | 5–18–1
Eagles | 10–12–2 | — | 11–10–3 | 9–15 | 10–12–2 | 15–8–1
Fighters  | 12–11–1 | 10–11–3 | — | 6–17–1 | 14–10 | 11–13
Hawks  | 17–5–2 | 15–9 | 17–6–1 | — | 13–10–1 | 11–12–1
Lions  | 11–12–1 | 12–10–2 | 10–14 | 10–13–1 | — | 15–9
Marines  | 18–5–1 | 8–15–1 | 13–11 | 12–11–1 | 9–15 | —

### Opening Day roster[edit]

Friday, June 19, 2020 at Orix Buffaloes[2]

Order  | Player  | Pos.

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1  | Eigoro Mogi | SS
2  | Daichi Suzuki | 3B
3  | Jabari Blash | DH
4  | Hideto Asamura | 2B
5  | Hiroaki Shimauchi | LF
6  | Stefen Romero | RF
7  | Ginji Akaminai | 1B
8  | Hikaru Ohta | C
9  | Ryosuke Tatsumi | CF
—  | Takahiro Norimoto | P

### Game log[edit]

2020 game log: 55–57–8 (Home: 31–25–4; Away: 24–32–4)

June: 7–3

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July: 12–13–1

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August: 12–12–2

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Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

## Roster[edit]

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Roster
Pitchers

* 1 Yuki Matsui
* 11 Takayuki Kishi
* 12 Hiroki Kondo
* 13 Kohei Morihara
* 14 Takahiro Norimoto
* 15 J. T. Chargois
* 16 Hideaki Wakui
* 17 Takahiro Shiomi
* 19 Shoma Fujihira
* 20 Tomohiro Anraku
* 21 Yoshinao Kamata
* 22 Kazuhisa Makita
* 23 Hayato Yuge
* 28 Tomohito Sakai
* 31 Yuya Fukui
* 32 Alan Busenitz
* 41 Koji Aoyama
* 42 D.J. Johnson
* 43 Sung Chia-hao
* 52 Taisei Tsurusaki
* 56 Sora Suzuki
* 57 Ryota Takinaka
* 58 Wataru Karashima
* 60 Ryota Ishibashi
* 64 Hiroyuki Fukuyama
* 68 Kanji Teraoka
* 72 Shun Ikeda
* 91 Yuya Kubo

|  | Catchers

* 2 Hikaru Ohta
* 29 Ayatsugu Yamashita
* 44 Yuichi Adachi
* 55 Takaya Tanaka
* 65 Kengo Horiuchi
* 67 Takahiro Shimotsuma
* 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara

Infielders

* 0 Hiroto Kobukata
* 3 Hideto Asamura
* 5 Eigoro Mogi
* 6 Kazuya Fujita
* 7 Daichi Suzuki
* 24 Fumiya Kurokawa
* 26 Naoto Watanabe
* 33 Ginji Akaminai
* 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki
* 36 Yasuhito Uchida
* 38 Masaki Iwami
* 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe
* 66 Itsuki Murabayashi

|  | Outfielders

* 8 Ryosuke Tatsumi
* 9 Stefen Romero
* 25 Kazuki Tanaka
* 27 Takero Okajima
* 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi
* 46 Ko Shimozuru
* 51 Yuya Ogo
* 54 Ren Wada
* 69 Jabari Blash

|  | Manager

* 88 Hajime Miki

Coaches

* 73 Katsunori Nomura (strategy)
* 81 Eiji Kanamori (hitting)
* 96 Teppei Tsuchiya (hitting)
* 26 Naoto Watanabe (hitting)
* 84 Tomohito Ito (head pitching)
* 75 Shinichiro Koyama (pitching)
* 90 Hidekazu Mitsuyama (battery/defense)
* 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa (infield defense)
* 79 Seiji Tomashino (outfield defense)

## Player statistics[edit]

### Batting[edit]

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics[3] Player  | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB

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Yuichi Adachi | 42 | 60 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .167 | .242 | .267 | 16
Ginji Akaminai | 88 | 212 | 16 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 28 | .236 | .313 | .274 | 58
Hideto Asamura | 120 | 432 | 72 | 121 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 104 | 1 | 91 | 111 | .280 | .408 | .560 | 242
Jabari Blash | 37 | 119 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 46 | .235 | .369 | .345 | 41
Kazuya Fujita | 55 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .222 | .229 | 8
Kengo Horiuchi | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0
Tsuyoshi Ishihara | 18 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .174 | .174 | .217 | 5
Masaki Iwami | 16 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .216 | .237 | .378 | 14
Hiroto Kobukata | 112 | 378 | 61 | 109 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 42 | 59 | .288 | .364 | .381 | 144
Fumiya Kurokawa | 10 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .235 | .143 | 2
Eigoro Mogi | 73 | 276 | 43 | 83 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 8 | 39 | 52 | .301 | .396 | .457 | 126
Itsuki Murabayashi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0
Yuya Ogo | 58 | 105 | 23 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 34 | .295 | .405 | .438 | 46
Hikaru Ohta | 67 | 130 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 38 | .200 | .301 | .323 | 42
Takero Okajima | 35 | 75 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 26 | .200 | .277 | .307 | 23
Stefen Romero | 103 | 356 | 46 | 97 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 63 | 0 | 38 | 108 | .272 | .354 | .539 | 192
Hiroaki Shimauchi | 114 | 406 | 50 | 114 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 9 | 48 | 71 | .281 | .363 | .392 | 159
Takahiro Shimotsuma | 43 | 77 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .156 | .165 | .247 | 19
Ko Shimozuru | 20 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .188 | .257 | .344 | 11
Daichi Suzuki | 120 | 478 | 71 | 141 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 46 | 58 | .295 | .363 | .381 | 182
Kazuki Tanaka | 80 | 254 | 38 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 76 | .240 | .305 | .382 | 97
Takaya Tanaka† | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .400 | .438 | .600 | 9
Ryosuke Tatsumi | 104 | 251 | 38 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 11 | 20 | 57 | .223 | .286 | .378 | 95
Yasuhito Uchida | 38 | 93 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 31 | .172 | .284 | .366 | 34
Ren Wada | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .188 | 3
Naoto Watanabe | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 3
Yoshiaki Watanabe | 35 | 85 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .235 | .258 | .318 | 27
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .214 | .250 | 3
Ayatsugu Yamashita | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | 0
Total：29 players  | 1,446 | 3,990 | 557 | 1,029 | 190 | 23 | 112 | 534 | 67 | 473 | 918 | .258 | .341 | .401 | 1,601

†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[4]

### Pitching[edit]

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics[3] Player  | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K

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Tomohiro Anraku | 1 | 0 | 3.48 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 30
Koji Aoyama | 2 | 0 | 4.35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8
Alan Busenitz | 1 | 4 | 2.86 | 46 | 0 | 18 | 44 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 32
J. T. Chargois | 0 | 3 | 5.81 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 26.1 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 19
Shoma Fujihira | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0
Yuya Fukui | 0 | 4 | 5.46 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 29.2 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 18
Hiroyuki Fukuyama | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8
Shun Ikeda | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13
Ryota Ishibashi | 1 | 6 | 6.11 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 63.1 | 72 | 43 | 43 | 28 | 46
D. J. Johnson† | 1 | 0 | 3.07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16
Yoshinao Kamata | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4
Wataru Karashima | 1 | 3 | 4.93 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 38.1 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 26
Takayuki Kishi | 7 | 0 | 3.21 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 67.1 | 48 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 70
Hiroki Kondo | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4
Yuya Kubo | 1 | 0 | 13.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1
Kazuhisa Makita | 2 | 2 | 2.16 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 33
Yuki Matsui | 4 | 5 | 3.18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 56 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 82
Kohei Morihara | 1 | 2 | 7.56 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 16.2 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14
Takahiro Norimoto | 5 | 7 | 3.96 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 109 | 110 | 56 | 48 | 34 | 105
Tomohito Sakai | 3 | 2 | 3.65 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 44.1 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 34
Takahiro Shiomi | 4 | 8 | 4.8 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 84.1 | 88 | 45 | 45 | 20 | 63
Sung Chia-hao | 1 | 2 | 6.94 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 36.1 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 29
Sora Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1
Ryota Takinaka | 2 | 1 | 3.40 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 29
Kanji Teraoka | 2 | 1 | 3.15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14
Taisei Tsurusaki | 1 | 1 | 4.19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 24
Hideaki Wakui | 11 | 4 | 3.6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 130 | 110 | 53 | 52 | 38 | 110
Hayato Yuge | 3 | 2 | 5.01 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 50.1 | 57 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 34
Total：28 players  | 55 | 57 | 4.19 | 541 | 120 | 28 | 1,055.2 | 995 | 522 | 491 | 398 | 867

†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[5]

## Awards and honors[edit]

Monthly MVP Award[6]

* Hideaki Wakui \- June/July (pitcher)
* Takayuki Kishi \- October/November (pitcher)
* Hideto Asamura \- September (batter)

Best Nine Award[7]

* Hideto Asamura - second baseman
* Daichi Suzuki \- third baseman

Mitsui Golden Glove Award[8]

* Daichi Suzuki - third baseman

Best Battery Award

* Hideaki Wakui and Hikaru Ohta \- June/July

Speed Up Award[9]

* Hiroto Kobukata (batter)

SKY Perfect! Sayonara Award[10]

* Eigoro Mogi \- September (September 11)

## Farm team[edit]

Eastern League regular season standings[11] Team  | G  | W | L | T | Win% | GB | Home  | Away

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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 79 | 42 | 28 | 9 | .600 | -- | 23–13–1 | 19–15–8
Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 76 | 42 | 32 | 2 | .568 | 2 | 22–22–1 | 20–10–1
Yomiuri Giants | 79 | 38 | 33 | 8 | .535 | 4½ | 18–18–5 | 20–15–3
Chiba Lotte Marines | 70 | 34 | 31 | 5 | .523 | 5½ | 14–14–2 | 20–17–3
Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 79 | 32 | 38 | 9 | .457 | 10 | 18–14–5 | 14–24–4
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 76 | 28 | 41 | 7 | .406 | 13½ | 11–20–6 | 17–21–1
Saitama Seibu Lions | 75 | 28 | 41 | 6 | .406 | 13½ | 15–21–3 | 13–20–3

## Nippon Professional Baseball draft[edit]

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections[12] Round  | Name  | Position  | Affiliation  | Signed?

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1  | Takahisa Hayakawa | Pitcher  | Waseda University | Yes
2  | Koichi Takada | Pitcher  | Hosei University | Yes
3  | Masaru Fujii | Pitcher  | Eneos Holdings | Yes
4  | Takuma Uchima | Pitcher  | Asia University | Yes
5  | Daiki Irie | Infielder  | Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School  | Yes
6  | Seiryu Uchi | Pitcher  | Riseisha High School  | Yes
Development players
1  | Shun Ishida | Pitcher  | Tochigi Golden Braves | Yes

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "2020 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
2. ^ "Friday, June 19, 2020". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
3. ^ a b "2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
4. ^ "2020 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
5. ^ "2020 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
6. ^ "2020年度 日本生命月間MVP賞" [2020 Nippon Life Month MVP Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
7. ^ "2020年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ）" [2020 Awarded Players (Pacific League)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
8. ^ "歴代受賞選手〜ポジション別〜" [Award Winners by Position] (in Japanese). Mitsui Public Relations Committee. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
9. ^ "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 March 15, 2021.
10. ^ "サヨナラ賞" [Goodbye Award] (in Japanese). Sky PerfecTV!. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
11. ^ "2020 Eastern League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
12. ^ "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 March 15, 2021.

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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

* Established in 2005
* Based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

The Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* Players
* Managers

Ballparks|

* Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi

Retired numbers|

* 10
* 77

Key personnel|

* Owner: Hiroshi Mikitani
* Management: Rakuten Baseball, Inc.
* President: Yozo Tachibana
* General Manager / Manager: Kazuhisa Ishii

Japan Series championships (1)|

* 2013

Pacific League championships (1)|

* 2013

Playoff berths (5)|

* 2009
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* 2021

Seasons (19)

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* 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005
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* 2010
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* 2020
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*[55–57–8]: 55 wins, 57 losses, 8 ties
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*[BB]: Walks allowed
*[K]: Strikeouts
*[AVG]: Batting average
*[OBP]: On-base percentage
*[SLG]: Slugging percentage
*[TB]: Total bases
*[W]: Wins
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