2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season explained

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Year:	2008
League:	Pacific League
League Place:	5th
Record:	65–76–3 (.461)
Parent Company:	Rakuten
President:	Toru Shimada
Manager:	Katsuya Nomura
Field:	Kleenex Stadium Miyagi
Attendance:	15,959
Nickname:	Eagles

The 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the fourth season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Miyagi Baseball Stadium in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Katsuya Nomura on his third season as team manager.

Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the season in fifth place with a record of .

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

2008 record vs. opponents

Team	Buffaloes	Eagles	Fighters	Hawks	Lions	Marines	CL
Buffaloes	—	13–10–1	13–11	14–10	10–14	14–10	11–13
Eagles	10–13–1	—	13–10–1	12–12	10–14	7–16–1	13–11
Fighters	11–13	10–13–1	—	17–7	9–14–1	12–12	14–10
Hawks	10–14	12–12	7–17	—	10–11–3	10–14	15–9
Lions	14–10	14–10	14–9–1	11–10–3	—	13–11	10–14
Marines	10–14	16–7–1	12–12	14–10	11–13	—	10–14

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks^[1]

Order	Player	Pos.
1	Naoto Watanabe	SS
2	Teppei Tsuchiya	CF
3	Daisuke Kusano	3B
4	José Fernández	1B
5	Takeshi Yamasaki	DH
6	Rick Short	LF
7	Koichi Isobe	RF
8	Yosuke Takasu	2B
9	Akihito Fujii	C
—	Hisashi Iwakuma	P

Game log

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1 || March 20 || @ Hawks || 3–4 || Kume (1–0) || Guzmán (0–1) || - || Yahoo Dome || 35,722 || 0–1–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 2 || March 22 || @ Hawks || 4–5 (11) || Nitkowski (1–0) || Watanabe (0–1) || - || Yahoo Dome || 31,014 || 0–2–0 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 3 || March 23 || @ Hawks || 0–4 || Oba (1–0) || Asai (0–1) || - || Yahoo Dome || 31,660 || 0–3–0 || L3|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 4 || March 25 || @ Buffaloes || 4–5 || Takagi (1–0) || Ichiba (0–1) || Kato (3) || Kyocera Dome || 34,911 || 0–4–0 || L4|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5 || March 26 || @ Buffaloes || 11–0 || Nagai (1–0) || Mitsuhara (0–1) || - || Kyocera Dome || 11,052 || 1–4–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || March 27 || @ Buffaloes || 2–0 || Iwakuma (1–0) || Kaneko (1–1) || - || Kyocera Dome || 23,547 || 2–4–0 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7 || March 29 || Fighters || 7–2 || Tanaka (1–0) || Hoshino (0–1) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 20,189 || 3–4–0 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || March 30 || Fighters || 3–1 || Asai (1–1) || Glynn (0–2) || Aoyama (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,518 || 4–4–0 || W4|-|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9 || April 1 || Marines || 7–4 || Koyama (1–0) || Komiyama (0–2) || Aoyama (2) || Kleenex Stadium || 10,927 || 5–4–0 || W5|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || April 2 || Marines || 6–3 || Nagai (2–0) || Shimizu (0–2) || Aoyama (3) || Kleenex Stadium || 14,285 || 6–4–0 || W6|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || April 3 || Marines || 9–1 || Iwakuma (2–0) || Kubo (1–1) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 15,018 || 7–4–0 || W7|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 12 || April 4 || @ Lions || 2–4 || Hoashi (1–0) || Lin (0–1) || Graman (2) || Shikishima Stadium || 17,599 || 7–5–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 13 || April 5 || @ Lions || 2–4 || Ishii (3–0) || Tanaka (1–1) || Onuma (1) || Seibu Dome || 23,902 || 7–6–0 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 14 || April 6 || @ Lions || 3–4 || Kinney (2–1) || Asai (1–2) || Graman (3) || Seibu Dome || 18,213 || 7–7–0 || L3|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 15 || April 8 || @ Fighters || 7–8 || Takeda (3–0) || Lin (0–1) || Nakamura (3) || Sapporo Dome || 20,257 || 7–8–0 || L4|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 16 || April 9 || @ Fighters || 2–4 || Yoshikawa (1–2) || Nagai (2–1) || Nakamura (4) || Sapporo Dome || 19,044 || 7–9–0 || L5|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 17 || April 10 || @ Fighters || 0–1 || Yu Darvish (3–0) || Iwakuma (2–1) || - || Sapporo Dome || 25,197 || 7–10–0 || L6|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18 || April 11 || Buffaloes || 5–4 (10) || Aoyama (1–0) || Yamaguchi (1–1) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 10,626 || 8–10–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || April 12 || Buffaloes || 3–0 || Tanaka (2–1) || Kondo (2–1) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 15,456 || 9–10–0 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20 || April 13 || Buffaloes || 12–6 || Asai (2–2) || Kawagoe (1–2) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 12,879 || 10–10–0 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 21 || April 15 || @ Marines || 6–7 || Ono (1–0) || Nagai (2–2) || Ogino (4) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 17,336 || 10–11–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 22 || April 16 || @ Marines || 1–2 || Shimizu (2–2) || Guzmán (0–2) || - || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,853 || 10–12–0 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 23 || April 17 || @ Marines || 11–2 || Iwakuma (3–1) || Kubo (1–3) || - || Chiba Marine Stadium || 9,211 || 11–12–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || April 19 || Lions || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 || Kleenex Stadium || - || - || - |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 24 || April 20 || Lions || 3–4 (10) || Iwasaki (1–0) || Aoyama (1–1) || Graman (6) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,601 || 11–13–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 25 || April 22 || Hawks || 4–3 || Asai (3–2) || Powell (1–1) || Aoyama (4) || Kleenex Stadium || 11,799 || 12–13–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || April 23 || Hawks || 4–0 || Nagai (3–2) || Otonari (2–3) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 12,353 || 13–13–0 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || April 24 || Hawks || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30 || Kleenex Stadium || - || - || - |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || April 25 || Fighters || 6–1 || Iwakuma (4–1) || Yoshikawa (1–4) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 13,213 || 14–13–0 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 28 || April 26 || Fighters || 6–1 || Guzmán (1–2) || Fujii (1–2) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 16,826 || 15–13–0 || W4|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 29 || April 27 || Fighters || 5–0 || Tanaka (3–1) || Glynn (1–4) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 20,634 || 16–13–0 || W5|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 30 || April 29 || @ Buffaloes || 1–2 || Yamaguchi (2–1) || Asai (3–3) || Kato (7) || Kyocera Dome || 18,571 || 16–14–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31 || April 30 || @ Buffaloes || 5–4 || Koyama (2–0) || Yamaguchi (2–2) || - || Kyocera Dome || 13,146 || 17–14–0 || W1|-|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 32 || May 1 || @ Buffaloes || 1–6 || Komatsu (3–0) || Ichiba (0–2) || - || Skymark Stadium || 14,003 || 17–15–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 33 || May 2 || @ Fighters || 1–5 || Tadano (1–0) || Iwakuma (4–2) || Nakamura (9) || Sapporo Dome || 41,124 || 17–16–0 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 34 || May 3 || @ Fighters || 5–12 || Sakamoto (1–1) || Kawagishi (0–1) || - || Sapporo Dome || 40,083 || 17–17–0 || L3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 35 || May 4 || @ Fighters || 7–1 || Tanaka (4–1) || Glynn (1–5) || - || Sapporo Dome || 42,126 || 18–17–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 36 || May 5 || Hawks || 5–7 (11) || Ogura (4–1) || Koyama (2–1) || Yanase (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 20,572 || 18–18–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 37 || May 6 || Hawks || 4–8 || Otonari (3–4) || Nagai (3–3) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 20,885 || 18–19–0 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 38 || May 7 || Hawks || 9–7 || Asai (4–3) || Takeoka (0–1) || Arime (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 10,667 || 19–19–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 39 || May 9 || @ Marines || 11–4 || Iwakuma (5–2) || Ono (2–2) || - || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,849 || 20–19–0 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || May 10 || @ Marines || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 19 || Chiba Marine Stadium || - || - || - |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 40 || May 11 || @ Marines|| 1–6 || Shimizu (4–3) || Tanaka (4–2) || - || Chiba Marine Stadium || 24,892 || 20–20–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 41 || May 13 || Buffaloes || 2–8 || Kondo (3–4) || Nagai (3–4) || - || Fukushima Azuma || 7,041 || 20–21–0 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || May 14 || Buffaloes || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 4 || Kleenex Stadium || - || - || - |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 42 || May 15 || Buffaloes || 1–2 || Komatsu (4–0) || Asai (4–4) || Kato (10) || Kleenex Stadium || 11,581 || 20–22–0 || L3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 43 || May 16 || Lions || 8–2 || Iwakuma (6–2) || Kishi (4–2) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 12,057 || 21–22–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 44 || May 17 || Lions || 3–2 (12) || Kawagishi (1–1) || Okamoto (0–1) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 14,265 || 22–22–0 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 45 || May 18 || Lions || 3–7 || Hsu (1–0) || Tanaka (4–3) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 20,253 || 22–23–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 46 || May 20 || Dragons || 6–1 || Nagai (4–4) || Ogasawara (4–3) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 12,964 || 23–23–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb| 47 || May 21 || Dragons || 1–3 || Yamamoto (3–0) || Asai (4–5) || Iwase (13) || Kleenex Stadium || 15,372 || 23–24–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 48 || May 23 || BayStars || 7–5 || Iwakuma (7–2) || Kobayashi (1–1) || Koyama (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 14,091 || 24–24–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 49 || May 24 || BayStars || 2–1 || Guzmán (2–2) || Oyamada (1–2) || Koyama (2) || Kleenex Stadium || 17,435 || 25–24–0 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 50 || May 25 || @ Swallows || 10–2 || Tanaka (5–3) || Kamada (0–1) || - || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 22,491 || 26–24–0 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 51 || May 26 || @ Swallows || 5–4 || Nagai (5–4) || Rios (2–6) || Koyama (3) || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 16,483 || 27–24–0 || W4|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb| 52 || May 28 || @ Giants || 1–6 || Utsumi (3–3) || Hasebe (0–1) || - || Tokyo Dome || 43,132 || 27–25–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 53 || May 29 || @ Giants || 4–2 || Asai (5–5) || Greisinger (5–3) || Koyama (4) || Tokyo Dome || 41,106 || 28–25–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 54 || May 31 || Carp || 8–3 || Iwakuma (8–2) || Takahashi (6–3) || - || Kleenex Stadium || 14,393 || 29–25–0 || W2|-|-| || || || || || || || || |-|-| || || || || || || || || |-|-| || || || || || || || || |-|-| || || || || || || || || |-|-| || || || || || || || || |-|-| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Tie      = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player statistics

Batting

Player! width="5%"

align=left		30	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	1
align=left		142	541	81	163	40	0	18	99	5	53	78	.301	.368	.475	257
align=left		90	190	15	50	7	0	0	13	3	18	25	.263	.329	.300	57
align=left		23	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		34	41	7	11	0	0	0	3	5	5	10	.268	.333	.268	11
align=left		6	13	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	.231	.333	.308	4
align=left		23	23	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	.087	.125	.087	2
align=left		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		46	124	6	29	2	0	0	12	2	12	16	.234	.300	.250	31
align=left		28	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		63	94	7	19	2	1	1	9	0	12	18	.202	.306	.277	26
align=left		9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		118	328	36	89	15	0	3	36	2	20	33	.271	.321	.345	113
align=left		2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		49	144	15	42	6	3	1	12	6	12	14	.292	.346	.396	57
align=left		81	178	27	56	10	1	5	25	1	21	28	.315	.397	.466	83
align=left		4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1
align=left		9	17	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	6	.118	.167	.176	3
align=left		8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		14	33	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	.242	.265	.273	9
align=left	^†	39	136	24	44	7	0	13	40	0	14	40	.324	.408	.662	90
align=left		85	196	20	45	13	0	0	19	4	16	40	.230	.288	.296	58
align=left		82	43	18	7	1	1	0	1	5	4	11	.163	.234	.233	10
align=left		134	491	62	163	31	2	12	71	4	25	51	.332	.365	.477	234
align=left		51	19	10	4	2	0	0	4	5	1	3	.211	.250	.316	6
align=left		123	383	44	108	20	1	4	45	6	29	38	.282	.338	.371	142
align=left		25	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		124	422	52	114	29	6	5	56	5	42	52	.270	.345	.403	170
align=left		47	152	21	44	5	0	0	13	9	6	21	.289	.327	.322	49
align=left		132	470	79	118	11	2	0	30	34	54	66	.251	.354	.283	133
align=left		142	510	63	141	21	0	26	80	1	73	118	.276	.372	.471	240
align=left		33	78	13	20	3	0	1	9	0	6	19	.256	.318	.333	26
align=left		14	39	6	8	0	1	1	3	0	0	8	.205	.238	.333	13
align=left		55	140	13	32	3	0	4	15	2	11	37	.229	.285	.336	47
align=left		12	16	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	.313	.353	.375	6
Total：38 players	1,937	4,880	627	1,329	232	18	94	604	101	439	777	.272	.340	.385	1,879

^†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^[2]

Pitching

Player! width="5%"

	3	8	3.89	41	6	4	78.2	86	39	34	26	61
	2	2	2.05	66	0	2	44	33	10	10	17	45
	9	11	4.38	29	23	0	148	165	81	72	60	122
	2	7	3.87	23	16	0	102.1	99	47	44	34	65
^†	1	1	3.86	19	0	3	18.2	21	12	8	7	16
	1	4	9.93	13	6	0	35.1	56	41	39	22	23
	0	3	9.77	12	8	0	31.1	49	38	34	21	27
	21	4	1.87	28	28	0	201.2	161	48	42	36	159
	2	7	3.65	18	12	0	79	70	35	32	35	71
	4	3	1.94	54	0	3	55.2	49	14	12	20	47
	0	3	4.12	22	5	1	39.1	40	18	18	13	24
	3	5	3.72	54	0	4	67.2	58	29	28	25	71
	0	2	5.23	5	1	0	10.1	10	7	6	5	3
^‡	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1
	0	0	5.93	21	0	0	27.1	41	19	18	11	16
	6	7	4.68	27	15	0	117.1	121	68	61	47	111
	0	0	9.39	8	0	0	7.2	11	8	8	1	10
^†	2	0	2.14	24	0	0	21	15	6	5	9	22
	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	.1	1	0	0	0	0
	9	7	3.49	25	24	1	172.2	171	71	67	54	159
	0	2	9.45	14	0	0	6.2	9	7	7	7	3
	0	0	4.80	17	0	0	15	15	8	8	6	8
Total：22 players	65	76	3.89	522	144	18	1,281	1,283	607	553	456	1,064

^†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^[3]

Awards and honors

Most Valuable Player Award^[4]

• Hisashi Iwakuma

Eiji Sawamura Award^[5]

• Hisashi Iwakuma

Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award^[6]

• Takeshi Yamasaki - March/April (batter)
• Hisashi Iwakuma - June (pitcher)
• Fernando Seguignol - September (batter)

Best Nine Award^[7]

• Hisashi Iwakuma - pitcher
• Rick Short - outfielder

Golden Spirit Award^[8]

• Hisashi Iwakuma

All-Star Series selections^[9]

• Hisashi Iwakuma - pitcher
• Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher
• Rick Short - infielder
• Takeshi Yamasaki - designated hitter

All-Star Series MVP^[10]

• Takeshi Yamasaki - Game 1

Nippon Life Award (Interleague play)^[11]

• Hisashi Iwakuma

Best Battery Award

• Hisashi Iwakuma and Akihito Fujii

JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awards^[12]

Good Catch Award (July)

• Masato Nakamura (July 2)

Farm team

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G	W	L	T	Win%	GB	Home	Away
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	96	55	34	7	.618	-	35–10–3	20–24–4
Yomiuri Giants	96	58	36	2	.617	-	29–15–1	29–21–1
Shonan Searex	96	50	43	3	.538	7	23–24–1	27–19–2
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	96	46	45	5	.505	10	24–21–3	22–24–2
Saitama Seibu Lions	96	42	51	3	.452	15	23–25–2	19–26–1
Chiba Lotte Marines	96	37	53	6	.411	18½	21–24–3	16–29–3
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	96	33	61	2	.351	24½	22–26–1	11–35–1

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections^[13] !Round!Name!Position!Affiliation!Signed?

1	Hiromichi Fujiwara	Pitcher	NTT Nishi Nippon	Yes
2	Taishi Nakagawa	Infielder	Sakuragaoka High School	Yes
3	Ryohei Isaka	Pitcher	Nippon Steel Kashima	Yes
4	Yusuke Inoue	Pitcher	Aoyama Gakuin University	Yes
5	Yusuke Kusuki	Outfielder	Panasonic	Yes
6	Wataru Karashima	Pitcher	Iizuka High School	Yes
Development players
1	Jobu Morita	Infielder	Kagawa Olive Guyners	Yes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thursday, March 20, 2008 . . February 1, 2021.
2. Web site: 2008 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders . . February 6, 2021.
3. Web site: 2008 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders . . February 6, 2021.
4. Web site: パ・リーグ歴代ＭＶＰ . Pacific League Past MVPs . ja . . February 5, 2020.
5. Web site: 歴代沢村賞 . Past Sawamura Awards . ja . . February 5, 2021.
6. Web site: 2008年度 日本生命月間MVP賞 . 2008 Nippon Life Month MVP Award . ja . . February 5, 2021.
7. Web site: 2008年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ） . 2008 Awarded Players (Pacific League) . ja . . February 5, 2021.
8. Web site: 歴代受賞者 . Past Winners . ja . . February 5, 2021.
9. Web site: 出場者 . Participants . ja . . February 5, 2021.
10. Web site: 表彰選手（第1戦） . Awarded Players (Game 1) . ja . . February 5, 2021.
11. Web site: 最優秀選手賞（ＭＶＰ）および日本生命賞決定のお知らせ . Announcement of MVP and Nippon Life Award . ja . . February 5, 2021.
12. Web site: 2008年度 ＪＡ全農Ｇｏ・Ｇｏ賞 . 2008 JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Award . ja . . March 15, 2021.
13. Web site: 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. . February 1, 2021.