2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season explained

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Year:	2020
League:	Pacific League
League Place:	4th
Record:	55–57–8 (.491)
Parent Company:	Rakuten
President:	Yozo Tachibana
General Manager:	Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager:	Hajime Miki
Captain:	Eigoro Mogi
Field:	Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Attendance:	3,935
Nickname:	Eagles

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 .

Regular season

Standings

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Team	G	W	L	T		GB	Home	Road
1		120	73	42	5	.635	—	40–19–1	33–23–4
2		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

2020 record vs. opponents

Team	Buffaloes	Eagles	Fighters	Hawks	Lions	Marines
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

Friday, June 19, 2020 at Orix Buffaloes^[1]

Order	Player	Pos.
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

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

Roster

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player statistics

Batting

Player! width="5%"

align=left		42	60	6	10	1	1	1	3	0	6	15	.167	.242	.267	16
align=left		88	212	16	50	8	0	0	23	3	23	28	.236	.313	.274	58
align=left		120	432	72	121	25	0	32	104	1	91	111	.280	.408	.560	242
align=left		37	119	25	28	7	0	2	18	1	25	46	.235	.369	.345	41
align=left		55	35	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	1	5	.200	.222	.229	8
align=left		10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		18	23	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	.174	.174	.217	5
align=left		16	37	2	8	1	1	1	4	0	1	11	.216	.237	.378	14
align=left		112	378	61	109	16	5	3	31	17	42	59	.288	.364	.381	144
align=left		10	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	.143	.235	.143	2
align=left		73	276	43	83	14	4	7	33	8	39	52	.301	.396	.457	126
align=left		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
align=left		58	105	23	31	3	0	4	12	8	19	34	.295	.405	.438	46
align=left		67	130	17	26	10	0	2	16	0	18	38	.200	.301	.323	42
align=left		35	75	10	15	6	1	0	9	0	8	26	.200	.277	.307	23
align=left		103	356	46	97	19	2	24	63	0	38	108	.272	.354	.539	192
align=left		114	406	50	114	17	2	8	53	9	48	71	.281	.363	.392	159
align=left		43	77	5	12	4	0	1	9	0	1	26	.156	.165	.247	19
align=left		20	32	1	6	0	1	1	5	0	2	11	.188	.257	.344	11
align=left		120	478	71	141	27	1	4	55	1	46	58	.295	.363	.381	182
align=left		80	254	38	61	10	1	8	25	6	23	76	.240	.305	.382	97
align=left	^†	9	15	5	6	0	0	1	4	0	1	7	.400	.438	.600	9
align=left		104	251	38	56	9	3	8	28	11	20	57	.223	.286	.378	95
align=left		38	93	9	16	3	0	5	18	1	14	31	.172	.284	.366	34
align=left		7	16	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	.125	.176	.188	3
align=left		1	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	3
align=left		35	85	9	20	5	1	0	12	0	3	15	.235	.258	.318	27
align=left		20	12	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	.167	.214	.250	3
align=left		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^[2]

Pitching

Player! width="5%"

	1	0	3.48	27	0	0	31	24	12	12	17	30
	2	0	4.35	11	0	0	10.1	11	6	5	6	8
	1	4	2.86	46	0	18	44	46	16	14	18	32
	0	3	5.81	31	0	1	26.1	23	17	17	14	19
	0	0	—	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0
	0	4	5.46	7	7	0	29.2	26	18	18	14	18
	0	0	0.75	14	0	0	12	12	1	1	5	8
	1	0	4.32	21	0	0	16.2	21	8	8	7	13
	1	6	6.11	13	13	0	63.1	72	43	43	28	46
^†	1	0	3.07	16	0	0	14.2	13	6	5	6	16
	0	0	9.82	4	0	0	3.2	9	5	4	4	4
	1	3	4.93	19	6	1	38.1	43	22	21	15	26
	7	0	3.21	11	11	0	67.1	48	24	24	20	70
	0	0	5.40	6	0	0	6.2	5	4	4	5	4
	1	0	13.5	5	0	0	2	4	3	3	0	1
	2	2	2.16	52	0	2	50	39	15	12	12	33
	4	5	3.18	25	10	2	68	56	25	24	28	82
	1	2	7.56	17	0	4	16.2	23	14	14	7	14
	5	7	3.96	18	18	0	109	110	56	48	34	105
	3	2	3.65	46	0	0	44.1	38	20	18	18	34
	4	8	4.8	16	16	0	84.1	88	45	45	20	63
	1	2	6.94	38	0	0	36.1	35	29	28	17	29
	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	1	1
	2	1	3.40	8	8	0	45	34	18	17	15	29
	2	1	3.15	24	0	0	20	15	7	7	11	14
	1	1	4.19	33	0	0	34.1	30	17	16	18	24
	11	4	3.6	20	20	0	130	110	53	52	38	110
	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^[3]

Awards and honors

Monthly MVP Award^[4]

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

Best Nine Award^[5]

• Hideto Asamura - second baseman
• Daichi Suzuki - third baseman

Mitsui Golden Glove Award^[6]

• Daichi Suzuki - third baseman

Best Battery Award

• Hideaki Wakui and Hikaru Ohta - June/July

Speed Up Award^[7]

• Hiroto Kobukata (batter)

SKY Perfect! Sayonara Award^[8]

• Eigoro Mogi - September (September 11)

Farm team

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G	W	L	T	Win%	GB	Home	Away
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

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections^[9] !Round!Name!Position!Affiliation!Signed?

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Friday, June 19, 2020 . . March 8, 2021.
2. Web site: 2020 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders . . March 13, 2021.
3. Web site: 2020 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders . . March 13, 2021.
4. Web site: 2020年度 日本生命月間MVP賞 . 2020 Nippon Life Month MVP Award . ja . . February 5, 2021.
5. Web site: 2020年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ） . 2020 Awarded Players (Pacific League) . ja . . March 14, 2021.
6. Web site: 歴代受賞選手〜ポジション別〜 . Award Winners by Position . ja . Mitsui Public Relations Committee . February 5, 2021.
7. Web site: ローソンチケット スピードアップ賞 . Lawson Ticket Speed Up Award . ja . . March 15, 2021.
8. Web site: サヨナラ賞 . Goodbye Award . ja . . March 15, 2021.
9. 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. . March 15, 2021.