2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season explained

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Climax Berth:yes
Year:2021
League:Pacific League
League Place:3rd
Record:66–62–15 (.516)
Parent Company:Rakuten
President:Yozo Tachibana
General Manager:Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager:Kazuhisa Ishii
Captain:Eigoro Mogi
Field:Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Attendance:8,545
Nickname:Eagles

The 2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 17th 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 Kazuhisa Ishii in his first season as team manager.

Rakuten finished the season with a record of, securing third place in the PL and qualifying for the Climax Series. They were eliminated by the Chiba Lotte Marines in the First Stage in two games.

Regular season

Standings

Rank!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLTGBHomeRoad
1Orix Buffaloes143705518.560—38–22–1232–33–6
2Chiba Lotte Marines143675719.5402½33–32–734–25–12
3Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles143666215.5145½31–33–835–29–7
4Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks143606221.4928½31–29–1129–33–10
5Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters143556820.4471425–36–1030–32–10
6Saitama Seibu Lions143557018.4401530–34–725–36–11

Record vs. opponents

2021 record vs. opponents
TeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarinesCL
Buffaloes— 10–10–5 10–11–4 13–11–1 15–8–2 10–10–5 12–5–1
Eagles10–10–5 — 12–11–2 11–10–4 15–8–2 9–15–1 9–8–1
Fighters11–10–4 11–12–2 — 6–13–6 13–9–3 7–13–5 7–11
Hawks11–13–1 10–11–4 13–6–6 — 9–13–3 12–10–3 5–9–4
Lions8–15–2 8–15–2 9–13–3 13–9–3 — 10–11–4 7–7–4
Marines10–10–5 15–9–1 13–7–5 10–12–3 11–10–4 — 8–9–1

Interleague

Team! width="6%"
GWLTWin%GBHomeAway
Orix Buffaloes181251.706 - 7–1–15–4
Hanshin Tigers181170.6111.53–68–1
Yokohama DeNA BayStars18963.60026–2–13–4–2
Chunichi Dragons18972.5632.55–2–24–5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows181080.5562.55–45–4
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles18981.52933–5–16–3
Saitama Seibu Lions18774.5003.55–3–12–4–3
Chiba Lotte Marines18891.47145–43–5–1
Yomiuri Giants18783.46744–3–23–5–1
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters187110.3895.52–75–4
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks18594.3575.53–4–22–5–2
Hiroshima Toyo Carp183123.20082–6–11–6–2

Opening Day roster

Friday, March 26, 2021, vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters[1]

OrderPlayerPos.
1Ryosuke TatsumiCF
2Hiroto KobukataSS
3Hiroaki ShimauchiLF
4Hideto Asamura2B
5Eigoro Mogi3B
6Daichi Suzuki1B
7Kazuki TanakaRF
8Yuya OgoDH
9Hikaru OhtaC
—Hideaki WakuiP

Game log

|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || March 26 || Fighters || 8–2 || Wakui (1–0) || Uwasawa (0–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 14,559 || 1–0–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || March 27 || Fighters || 4–9 || Kato (1–0) || Takata (0–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 14,681 || 1–1–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || March 28 || Fighters || 5–0 || Hayakawa (1–0) || Ikeda (0–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 14,425 || 2–1–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || March 30 || @ Marines || 5–0 || Kishi (1–0) || Ojima (0–1) || - || Zozo Marine Stadium || 9,931 || 3–1–0 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5 || March 31 || @ Marines || 2–1 || Norimoto (1–0) || Iwashita (0–1) || Matsui (1) || Zozo Marine Stadium || 9,594 || 4–1–0 || W3|-|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6 || April 1 || @ Marines || 5–16 || Motomae (1–0) || Takinaka (0–1) || - || Zozo Marine Stadium || 7,447 || 4–2–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7 || April 2 || Buffaloes || 4–2 || Wakui (2–0) || Yamasaki (0–1) || Matsui (2) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 7,247 || 5–2–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || April 3 || Buffaloes || 3–2 || Anraku (1–0) || Yamaoka (0–2) || Matsui (3) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 9,856 || 6–2–0 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || April 4 || Buffaloes || 0–4 || Miyagi (2–0) || Hayakawa (1–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 7,376 || 6–3–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || April 6 || @ Lions || 13–2 || Kishi (2–0) || Matsumoto (1–1) || - || MetLife Dome || 8,608 || 7–3–0 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || April 7 || @ Lions || 6–3 || Norimoto (2–0) || Imai (0–1) || - || MetLife Dome || 7,390 || 8–3–0 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || April 8 || @ Lions || 4–0 || Takinaka (1–1) || Uema (0–1) || - || MetLife Dome || 6,653 || 9–3–0 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 13 || April 9 || Hawks || 1–1 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Rakuten Seimei Park || 5,049 || 9–3–1 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 14 || April 10 || Hawks || 8–8 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,122 || 9–3–2 || T2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || April 11 || Hawks || 0–2 || Taura (1–0) || Hayakawa (1–2) || Mori (3) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,515 || 9–4–2 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || April 13 || Marines|| 2–6 || Ishikawa (1–0) || Kishi (2–1) || Masuda (2) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,188 || 9–5–2 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 17 || April 14 || Marines || 2–2 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,303 || 9–5–3 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || April 15 || Marines || 3–7 || Iwashita (2–1) || Takinaka (1–2) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 5,874 || 9–6–3 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || April 16 || @ Fighters || 4–1 || Wakui (3–0) || Hori (1–1) || Matsui (4) || Tokyo Dome || 9,559 || 10–6–3 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || April 17 || @ Fighters || 1–4 || Uwasawa (1–2) || Tanaka (0–1) || Sugiura (4) || Tokyo Dome || 9,985 || 10–7–3 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21 || April 18 || @ Fighters || 4–1 || Hayakawa (2–2) || Kaneko (0–1) || Matsui (5) || Tokyo Dome || 9,981 || 11–7–3 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || April 20 || @ Hawks || 4–6 || Kayama (1–0) || Kishi (2–2) || Mori (5) || Kitakyushu Stadium || 9,801 || 11–8–3 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || April 21 || @ Hawks || 1–4 || Wada (2–1) || Norimoto (2–1) || Mori (6) || PayPay Dome || 12,049 || 11–9–3 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 24 || April 23 || Lions || 2–2 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,205 || 11–9–4 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 25 || April 24 || Lions || 2–1 || Tanaka (1–1) || Honda (0–1) || Matsui (6) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,619 || 12–9–4 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || April 25 || Lions || 8–4 || Hayakawa (3–2) || Hirai (3–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 7,037 || 13–9–4 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 27 || April 27 || @ Buffaloes || 5–5 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Kyocera Dome || - || 13–9–5 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 28 || April 28 || @ Buffaloes || 0–0 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Kyocera Dome || - || 13–9–6 || T2|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || April 29 || @ Buffaloes || colspan=4|Postponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: October 20 || Kyocera Dome || - || - || - [2] [3] |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 29 || April 30 || Marines || 8–1 || Wakui (4–0) || Nakamura (0–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 4,734 || 14–9–6 || W1|-|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30 || May 1 || Marines || 3–0 || Tanaka (2–1) || Futaki (1–2) || Matsui (7) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 7,914 || 15–9–6 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || May 2 || Marines || 5–6 || Karakawa (2–1) || Matsui (0–1) || Masuda (6) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 7,622 || 15–10–6 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32 || May 3 || @ Hawks || 7–4 || Takinaka (2–2) || Niho (0–1) || Matsui (8) || PayPay Dome || 18,382 || 16–10–6 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || May 4 || @ Hawks || 4–6 || Tsumori (1–0) || Kishi (2–3) || Moinelo (2) || PayPay Dome || 18,584 || 16–11–6 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 34 || May 5 || @ Hawks || 5–5 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || PayPay Dome || 17,902 || 16–11–7 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 35 || May 7 || @ Fighters || 1–6 || VerHagen (1–2) || Wakui (4–1) || - || Sapporo Dome || 5,674 || 16–12–7 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 36 || May 8 || @ Fighters || 1–4 || Uwasawa (3–2) || Tanaka (2–2) || Rodriguez (1) || Sapporo Dome || 13,022 || 16–13–7 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 37 || May 9 || @ Fighters || 6–3 || Hayakawa (4–2) || Ikeda (2–4) || Matsui (9) || Sapporo Dome || 9,698 || 17–13–7 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 38 || May 11 || Lions || 3–3 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Rakuten Seimei Park || 5,128 || 17–13–8 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 39 || May 12 || Lions || 4–3 || Norimoto (3–1) || Neal (0–1) || Matsui (10) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 5,128 || 18–13–8 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 40 || May 14 || @ Buffaloes || 4–9 || Yamaoka (2–3) || Wakui (4–2) || - || Hotto Motto Field || 4,888 || 18–14–8 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 41 || May 15 || @ Buffaloes || 3–4 || Takeyasu (2–0) || Tanaka (2–3) || Suzuki (1) || Hotto Motto Field || 7,795 || 18–15–8 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 42 || May 16 || @ Buffaloes || 1–0 || Hayakawa (5–2) || Yamasaki (1–4) || - || Kyocera Dome || - || 19–15–8 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 43 || May 18 || Fighters || 3–2 || Sung (1–0) || Rodriguez (0–1) || Matsui (11) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,016 || 20–15–8 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 44 || May 19 || Fighters || 3–2 || Norimoto (4–1) || Kato (3–1) || Matsui (12) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 7,035 || 21–15–8 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 45 || May 20 || Fighters || 1–4 || Hori (2–1) || Fukuyama (0–1) || Sugiura (9) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,448 || 21–16–8 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 46 || May 21 || @ Marines || 13–6 || Wakui (5–2) || Ishikawa (2–2) || - || Zozo Marine Stadium || 7,742 || 22–16–8 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 47 || May 22 || @ Marines || 1–3 || Karakawa (3–1) || Fukuyama (0–2) || Masuda (11) || Zozo Marine Stadium || 11,788 || 22–17–8 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 48 || May 23 || @ Marines || 6–5 || Hayakawa (6–2) || Ojima (1–2) || Matsui (13) || Zozo Marine Stadium || 10,605 || 23–17–8 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 49 || May 25 || @ Giants || 4–9 || Togo (4–2) || Kishi (2–4) || - || Tokyo Dome || 10,329 || 23–18–8 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 50 || May 26 || @ Giants || 2–5 || Takahashi (6–1) || Norimoto (4–2) || De La Rosa (6) || Tokyo Dome || 9,778 || 23–19–8 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 51 || May 27 || @ Giants || 2–0 || Takinaka (3–2) || Yokogawa (0–1) || Matsui (14) || Tokyo Dome || 8,953 || 24–19–8 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 52 || May 28 || BayStars || 6–7 || Kuniyoshi (1–0) || Wakui (5–3) || Mishima (7) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 10,822 || 24–20–8 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 53 || May 29 || BayStars || 1–1 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Rakuten Seimei Park || 13,057 || 24–20–9 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 54 || May 30 || BayStars || 5–1 || Sakai (1–0) || Ishida (1–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 12,426 || 25–20–9 || W1|-|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 55 || June 1 || @ Swallows || 4–7 || Onishi (1–0) || Sakai (1–1) || McGough (6) || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 7,809 || 25–21–9 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 56 || June 2 || @ Swallows || 3–1 || Norimoto (5–2) || Taguchi (2–4) || Matsui (15) || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 7,543 || 26–21–9 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 57 || June 3 || @ Swallows || 4–2 || Takinaka (4–2) || Sneed (1–1) || Matsui (16) || Meiji Jingu Stadium || 7,105 || 27–21–9 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 58 || June 4 || @ Carp || 12–5 || Wakui (6–3) || Nakamura (0–3) || - || Mazda Stadium || 14,274 || 28–21–9 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 59 || June 5 || @ Carp || 7–3 || Anraku (2–0) || Horie (1–2) || - || Mazda Stadium || 16,231 || 29–21–9 || W4|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 60 || June 6 || @ Carp || 6–4 || Hayakawa (7–2) || Takahashi (2–2) || Matsui (17) || Mazda Stadium || 16,246 || 30–21–9 || W5|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 61 || June 8 || Dragons || 5–2 || Kishi (3–4) || Yanagi (5–2) || Matsui (18) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 10,850 || 31–21–9 || W6|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 62 || June 9 || Dragons || 3–7 || Ogasawara (4–2) || Norimoto (5–3) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,854 || 31–22–9 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 63 || June 10 || Dragons || 6–2 || Takinaka (5–2) || Katsuno (3–4) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,782 || 32–22–9 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 64 || June 11 || Tigers || 2–3 || Aoyagi (5–2) || Wakui (6–4) || Robert Suárez (20) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 12,525 || 32–23–9 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 65 || June 12 || Tigers || 1–9 || Ito (4–3) || Tanaka (2–4) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 13,257 || 32–24–9 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 66 || June 13 || Tigers || 5–6 || Fujinami (4–3) || Matsui (0–2) || Robert Suárez (21) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 13,155 || 32–25–9 || L3|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 67 || June 18 || Buffaloes || 2–5 || Yamamoto (7–5) || Wakui (6–5) || Hirano (6) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 10,976 || 32–26–9 || L4|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || June 19 || Buffaloes || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21 || Rakuten Seimei Park || - || - || - [4] |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 68 || June 20 || Buffaloes || 0–3 || Miyagi (7–1) || Hayakawa (7–3) || Hirano (7) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 13,091 || 32–27–9 || L5|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 69 || June 21 || Buffaloes || 3–4 || Yamasaki (3–5) || Takinaka (5–3) || Hirano (8) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 5,396 || 32–28–9 || L6|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 70 || June 22 || @ Lions|| 0–2 || Matsumoto (6–3) || Kishi (3–5) || Taira (8) || MetLife Dome || 8,420 || 32–29–9 || L7|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 71 || June 23 || @ Lions|| 6–4 || Tanaka (3–4) || Watanabe (0–1) || Matsui (19) || MetLife Dome || 10,292 || 33–29–9 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 72 || June 25 || Hawks || 5–1 || Norimoto (6–3) || Ishikawa (3–7) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 7,917 || 34–29–9 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 73 || June 26 || Hawks || 3–2 || Nishiguchi (1–0) || Martinez (5–2) || Matsui (20) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 12,428 || 35–29–9 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 74 || June 27 || Hawks || 3–2 || Anraku (3–0) || Wada (4–5) || Matsui (21) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 9,680 || 36–29–9 || W4|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 75 || June 29 || Fighters || 5–5 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,214 || 36–29–10 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 76 || June 30 || Fighters || 0–3 || Tateno (1–0) || Wakui (6–6) || Sugiura (14) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,358 || 36–30–10 || L1|-|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 77 || July 1 || Fighters || 1–2 || Ito (6–4) || Kishi (3–6) || Sugiura (15) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 5,843 || 36–31–10 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || July 2 || @ Marines || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: July 5 || Zozo Marine Stadium || - || - || - [5] |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 78 || July 3 || @ Marines || 3–5 || Flores (1–0) || Sung (1–1) || Masuda (19) || Zozo Marine Stadium || 12,409 || 36–32–10 || L3|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 79 || July 4 || @ Marines || 6–8 || Ojima (5–2) || Takinaka (5–4) || Masuda (20) || Zozo Marine Stadium || 9,132 || 36–33–10 || L4|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 80 || July 5 || @ Marines || 1–8 || Iwashita (7–4) || Nishiguchi (1–1) || - || Zozo Marine Stadium || 3,802 || 36–34–10 || L5|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 81 || July 6 || @ Buffaloes || 7–2 || Norimoto (7–3) || Hirano (0–3) || - || Kyocera Dome || 4,942 || 37–34–10 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 82 || July 7 || @ Buffaloes || 6–5 || Busenitz (1–0) || Urushihara (2–2) || Matsui (22) || Kyocera Dome || 4,989 || 38–34–10 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 83 || July 8 || @ Buffaloes || 1–1 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Kyocera Dome || 4,997 || 38–34–11 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 84 || July 10 || Lions || 2–6 || Imai (6–3) || Nishiguchi (1–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 13,049 || 38–35–11 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 85 || July 11 || Lions || 9–3 || Sakai (2–1) || Togame (1–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 11,832 || 39–35–11 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 86 || July 12 || @ Hawks || 0–8 || Rea (3–1) || Norimoto (7–4) || - || PayPay Dome || 9,957 || 39–36–11 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 87 || July 13 || @ Hawks || 6–2 || Tanaka (4–5) || Ishikawa (3–8) || - || PayPay Dome || 9,845 || 40–36–11 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 88 || July 14 || @ Hawks || 4–2 || Kishi (4–6) || Higashihama (2–2) || Matsui (23) || PayPay Dome || 9,930 || 41–36–11 || W2|- align="center"|colspan="11" bgcolor="#bbffff"|All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1|- align="center"|colspan="11" bgcolor="#bbffff"|Olympic Break: Japan places first|-|- align="center"|colspan="11" bgcolor="#bbffff"|Olympic Break: Japan places first|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 89 || August 13 || @ Lions || 5–0 || Kishi (5–6) || Matsumoto (7–5) || - || MetLife Dome || 7,477 || 42–36–11 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 90 || August 14 || @ Lions || 7–6 || Sakai (3–1) || Masuda (0–3) || Matsui (24) || MetLife Dome || 7,340 || 43–36–11 || W4|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 91 || August 15 || @ Lions || 2–10 || Watanabe (1–2) || Wakui (6–7) || - || MetLife Dome || 7,291 || 43–37–11 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || August 17 || Hawks || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 23 || Rakuten Seimei Park || - || - || - [6] |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 92 || August 18 || Hawks || 0–3 || Senga (2–1) || Hayakawa (7–4) || Iwasaki (6) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 10,193 || 43–38–11 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 93 || August 20 || @ Fighters || 3–3 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Sapporo Dome || 5,566 || 43–38–12 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 94 || August 21 || @ Fighters || 8–4 || Kishi (6–6) || Itoh (7–5) || - || Sapporo Dome || 8,413 || 44–38–12 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 95 || August 22 || @ Fighters || 1–2 || Uwasawa (7–5) || Wakui (6–8) || Sugiura (17) || Sapporo Dome || 7,699 || 44–39–12 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || August 24 || Buffaloes || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 25 || Rakuten Seimei Park || - || - || —[6] |-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 96 || August 25 || Buffaloes || 2–2 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Rakuten Seimei Park || 4,405 || 44–39–13 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 97 || August 26 || Buffaloes || 7–6 || Norimoto (8–4) || Yamazaki (0–1) || Sung (1) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 4,194 || 45–39–13 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 98 || August 27 || Marines || 1–3 || Kuniyoshi (1–0) || Anraku (3–1) || Masuda (27) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,135 || 45–40–13 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 99 || August 28 || Marines || 1–5 || Sasaki (2–2) || Kishi (6–7) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,111 || 45–41–13 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 100 || August 29 || Marines || 0–1 || Sasaki (7–0) || Sung (1–2) || Masuda (28) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,306 || 45–42–13 || L3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 101 || August 31 || @ Hawks || 6–3 || Nishiguchi (2–1) || Higashihama (3–3) || Sung (2) || Sun Marine Stadium || 7,484 || 46–42–13 || W1|-|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 102 || September 2 || @ Hawks || 2–5 || Senga (4–1) || Norimoto (8–5) || Kaino (1) || PayPay Dome || 1,630 || 46–43–13 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 103 || September 3 || Lions || 4–8 || Moriwaki (2–0) || Sung (1–3) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 4,742 || 46–44–13 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 104 || September 4 || Lions || 8–5 || Kishi (7–7) || Imai (6–5) || Sakai (1) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 5,088 || 47–44–13 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 105 || September 5 || Lions || 8–2 || Nishiguchi (3–1) || Watanabe (2–3) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,531 || 48–44–13 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 106 || September 7 || @ Fighters || 2–4 || Itoh (9–5) || Hayakawa (7–5) || Rodriguez (3) || Sapporo Dome || 4,990 || 48–45–13 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 107 || September 8 || @ Fighters || 8–0 || Takinaka (6–4) || Uwasawa (8–6) || - || Sapporo Dome || 4,992 || 49–45–13 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 108 || September 9 || @ Fighters || 4–0 || Norimoto (9–5) || VerHagen (3–7) || - || Sapporo Dome || 4,989 || 50–45–13 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 109 || September 10 || @ Marines || 2–3 || Masuda (1–4) || Sakai (3–2) || - || Zozo Marine Stadium || 8,387 || 50–46–13 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 110 || September 11 || @ Marines || 1–4 || Ojima (7–3) || Kishi (7–8) || - || Zozo Marine Stadium || 9,924 || 50–47–13 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 111 || September 12 || @ Marines || 2–9 || Kawamura (2–0) || Ishibashi (0–1) || - || Zozo Marine Stadium || 7,794 || 50–48–13 || L3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 112 || September 14 || Buffaloes || 4–1 || Hayakawa (8–5) || Miyagi (11–2) || Sakai (2) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,034 || 51–48–13 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 113 || September 15 || Buffaloes || 7–0 || Takinaka (7–4) || Yamazaki (0–2) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,739 || 52–48–13 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 114 || September 16 || Buffaloes || 1–3 || Tajima (6–7) || Anraku (3–2) || Hirano (18) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 6,003 || 52–49–13 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || September 18 || Hawks || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 24 || Rakuten Seimei Park || - || - || —[6] |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 115 || September 19 || Hawks || 4–2 || Nishiguchi (4–1) || Iwasaki (2–4) || Sakai (3) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 9,993 || 53–49–13 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 116 || September 20 || Hawks || 4–5 || Matsumoto (2–3) || Tanaka (4–6) || Mori (9) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 9,143 || 53–50–13 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 117 || September 22 || @ Lions || 4–2 || Hayakawa (9–5) || Hamaya (1–4) || Sung (3) || MetLife Dome || 8,756 || 54–50–13 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 118 || September 23 || @ Lions || 3–4 || Taira (2–2) || Sakai (3–3) || - || MetLife Dome || 9,396 || 54–51–13 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 119 || September 24 || @ Buffaloes || 4–3 || Norimoto (10–5) || Miyagi (11–3) || Sung (4) || Kyocera Dome || 5,275 || 55–51–13 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 120 || September 25 || @ Buffaloes || 2–3 || Yamamoto (15–5) || Kishi (7–9) || Hirano (21) || Kyocera Dome || 9,560 || 55–52–13 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 121 || September 26 || @ Buffaloes || 1–1 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Kyocera Dome || 9,589 || 55–52–14 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 122 || September 28 || Fighters || 1–3 || Kawano (3–4) || Hayakawa (9–6) || Sugiura (23) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 4,986 || 55–53–14 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 123 || September 29 || Fighters || 5–0 || Takinaka (8–4) || Itoh (9–7) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 4,980 || 56–53–14 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 124 || September 30 || Fighters || 8–5 || Yuge (1–0) || Kaneko (0–4) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 4,991 || 57–53–14 || W2|-|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| - || October 1 || Marines || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 27 || Rakuten Seimei Park || - || - || - [7] |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 125 || October 2 || Marines || 6–1 || Kishi (8–9) || Futaki (5–6) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 9,851 || 58–53–14 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 126 || October 3 || Marines || 0–2 || Ojima (10–3) || Tanaka (4–7) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 9,967 || 58–54–14 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa"| 127 || October 5 || @ Hawks || 7–7 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || PayPay Dome || 8,019 || 58–54–15 || T1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 128 || October 6 || @ Hawks || 5–0 || Takinaka (9–4) || Martinez (9–4) || - || PayPay Dome || 8,233 || 59–54–15 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 129 || October 7 || @ Marines || 3–2 || Sung (2–3) || Masuda (1–6) || Anraku (1) || Zozo Marine Stadium || 9,933 || 60–54–15 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 130 || October 9 || @ Lions || 2–1 || Nishiguchi (5–1) || Taira (2–4) || Anraku (2) || MetLife Dome || 9,301 || 61–54–15 || W3|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 131 || October 10 || @ Lions || 2–3 || Taira (3–4) || Nishiguchi (5–2) || - || MetLife Dome || 9,435 || 61–55–15 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 132 || October 13 || Hawks || 2–1 || Sung (3–3) || Mori (1–2) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 7,334 || 62–55–15 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 133 || October 14 || Hawks || 5–6 || Furuya (1–1) || Anraku (3–3) || Mori (15) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,108 || 62–56–15 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 134 || October 15 || Lions || 1–5 || Imai (8–7) || Takinaka (9–5) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 9,054 || 62–57–15 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 135 || October 16 || Lions || 3–0 || Kishi (9–9) || Hamaya (1–6) || Sung (5) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,127 || 63–57–15 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 136 || October 17 || Lions || 5–6 || Watanabe (4–4) || Tanaka (4–8) || Moriwaki (1) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 9,987 || 63–58–15 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 137 || October 18 || Fighters || 0–5 || Kato (5–7) || Yuge (1–1) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 8,170 || 63–59–15 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 138 || October 19 || @ Buffaloes || 3–6 || Tajima (8–8) || Hayakawa (9–7) || Hirano (28) || Kyocera Dome || 11,274 || 63–60–15 || L3|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 139 || October 20 || @ Buffaloes || 5–2 || Norimoto (11–5) || Tomiyama (2–1) || Sung (6) || Kyocera Dome || 11,317 || 64–60–15 || W1|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 140 || October 23 || Hawks || 8–1 || Takinaka (10–5) || Higashihama (4–4) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 10,554 || 65–60–15 || W2|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 141 || October 24 || Hawks || 2–6 || Kasaya (3–4) || Kishi (9–10) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 11,275 || 65–61–15 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 142 || October 25 || Hawks || 0–4 || Yamamoto (18–5) || Tanaka (4–9) || - || Rakuten Seimei Park || 9,573 || 65–62–15 || L2|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 143 || October 27 || Marines || 2–1 || Sakai (4–3) || Sasaki (8–1) || Sung (7) || Rakuten Seimei Park || 11,074 || 66–62–15 || W1|-|-| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Tie      = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Postseason

Climax Series

See main article: 2021 Pacific League Climax Series.

Game log

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1 || November 6 || @ Marines || 4–5 || Masuda (1–0) || Sung (0–1) || - || Zozo Marine Stadium || 14,904 || 0–1–0 || L1|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa"| 2 || November 7 || @ Marines|| 4–4 || colspan=3|Game tied after 9 innings || Zozo Marine Stadium || 14,891 || 0–1–1 || T1|-|-| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Tie      = Postponement
Bold = Lions team member

Roster

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManagerCoaches

Player statistics

Batting

Player! width="5%"
align=left 10 17 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .059 .111 .118 2
align=left 35 91 5 26 1 0 0 3 0 14 11 .286 .381 .297 27
align=left 143 483 70 130 18 1 18 67 1 101 96 .269 .395 .422 204
align=left 33 71 4 16 1 0 1 3 0 4 17 .225 .276 .282 20
align=left 38 108 6 18 3 1 4 15 2 12 42 .167 .268 .324 35
align=left 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
align=left 4 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .286 2
align=left 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
align=left 121 391 60 97 10 3 3 21 5 44 65 .248 .328 .312 122
align=left 34 75 4 14 2 0 1 8 0 3 17 .187 .228 .253 19
align=left 120 410 50 106 19 4 14 53 6 48 107 .259 .343 .427 175
align=left 79 40 3 6 1 0 1 4 4 2 8 .150 .191 .250 10
align=left 44 19 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 8 .105 .105 .211 4
align=left 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
align=left 38 77 6 14 3 1 2 6 1 6 23 .182 .259 .325 25
align=left 107 240 25 45 4 0 4 23 1 17 64 .188 .260 .254 61
align=left 126 461 40 129 30 4 8 56 3 28 94 .280 .331 .414 191
align=left 42 94 7 21 1 0 0 6 3 8 21 .223 .291 .234 22
align=left 141 486 64 125 34 5 21 96 2 97 87 .257 .385 .477 232
align=left 16 23 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 5 .174 .296 .174 4
align=left 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 1
align=left 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
align=left †51 105 11 23 3 0 3 8 0 7 24 .219 .272 .333 35
align=left 143 552 70 153 19 3 10 53 3 52 51 .277 .343 .377 208
align=left 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0
align=left 61 59 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 7 16 .136 .239 .136 8
align=left 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1
align=left 31 38 2 10 2 0 2 3 0 3 9 .263 .317 .474 18
align=left 130 374 49 84 13 1 10 32 6 51 99 .225 .326 .345 129
align=left 25 54 2 11 2 0 1 11 0 1 19 .204 .220 .296 16
align=left 7 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .250 2
align=left 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
align=left 45 99 12 27 2 0 1 7 0 11 19 .273 .351 .323 32
align=left 56 168 29 43 6 3 4 24 4 15 41 .256 .326 .399 67
align=left 30 61 1 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 8 .180 .254 .213 13
Total：35 players1,2094,6415321,1291782710850845538975.243.329.3631,685

†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[8]

Pitching

Player! width="5%"
3 3 2.08 58 0 2 56.1 45 13 13 33 50
1 0 4.97 31 0 0 29 32 16 16 9 23
0 0 4.43 19 0 0 20.1 17 10 10 6 21
0 2 2.38 24 0 0 22.2 23 6 6 12 13
9 7 3.86 24 23 0 137.2 132 59 59 30 127
0 1 3.46 3 3 0 13 12 5 5 6 4
0 0 11.25 1 1 0 4 8 5 5 1 2
9 10 3.44 25 25 0 149 149 62 57 34 131
0 0 3.31 17 0 0 16.1 17 10 6 3 5
0 2 0.63 43 0 24 43 22 3 3 21 59
0 0 2.78 34 0 0 32.1 29 10 10 8 30
5 2 3.28 33 1 0 57.2 46 23 21 23 55
11 5 3.17 23 23 0 144.2 123 56 51 35 152
4 3 2.28 54 0 3 51.1 33 15 13 24 44
0 0 3.6 1 1 0 5 5 2 2 1 4
0 0 16.88 1 0 0 2.2 2 5 5 5 0
3 3 2.23 63 0 7 60.2 46 18 15 23 49
0 0 0 5 0 0 4.1 3 0 0 4 5
0 0 1.35 3 1 0 6.2 6 2 1 1 6
0 1 9.39 4 1 0 7.2 13 9 8 5 8
10 5 3.21 20 20 0 103.2 97 40 37 27 75
4 9 3.01 23 23 0 155.2 131 54 52 29 126
0 0 5.06 11 0 0 10.2 11 6 6 5 7
0 0 5.91 11 0 0 10.2 9 7 7 4 16
6 8 5.04 21 17 0 96.1 110 57 54 26 76
0 0 5.4 9 0 0 5 5 3 3 2 4
1 1 7.24 5 4 0 13.2 20 11 11 6 6
Total：27 players66623.40566143361,2601,1465074763831,098

†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[9]

Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award[10]

All-Star Series selections[11]

All-Star Series MVP[12]

Farm team

Team! width="6%"
GWLTWin%GBHomeAway
Chiba Lotte Marines10860426.588 - 33–20–227–22–4
Yomiuri Giants11656573.4969½33–2923–28–3
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles11454555.49549½28–27–326–28–2
Tokyo Yakult Swallows10449505.49499½24–21–525–29
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters10849518.4901031–19–218–32–6
Yokohama DeNA BayStars11151555.4811124–25–427–30–1
Saitama Seibu Lions10748536.47511½29–23–319–30–3

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Draft selections[13] !Round!Name!Position!Affiliation!Signed?
1Soshi YoshinoOutfielderShohei High SchoolYes
2Yuma YasudaCatcherAichi UniversityYes
3Ginji MaedaInfielderMishima Minami High SchoolYes
4Katsutoshi TaiPitcherKamimura Gakuen High SchoolYes
5Tomotaka MatsuiPitcherKanazawa Gakuin UniversityYes
6Masaya NishigakiPitcherWaseda UniversityYes
7Yudai YoshikawaPitcherJFE WestYes
Development players
1Satoshi MiyamoriPitcherKochi Fighting DogsYes
2Ozora YanagisawaOutfieldNihon University Fujisawa High SchoolYes
3Sho OkawaraOutfielderTokai University Yamagata High SchoolYes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Friday, March 26, 2021 . . March 26, 2021.
  2. Web site: プロ野球、29日のオリックス戦を延期 . Professional baseball postpones Orix game on March 29 . . . ja . April 29, 2021 . April 26, 2021.
  3. Web site: 公式戦日程追加のお知らせ(4/29振替試合) . Notice of additional game schedule (4/29 transfer match) . . ja . October 7, 2021 . August 8, 2021.
  4. Web site: 6/19(土)オリックス戦 雨天中止のお知らせ . 6/19 (Sat) Announcement of rain cancellation for Orix game . ja . . June 19, 2021 . June 19, 2021.
  5. Web site: 7/2(金)楽天戦のチケット払戻しについて . 7/2 (Fri) Rakuten game ticket refund . ja . . July 3, 2021 . July 2, 2021.
  6. Web site: 【9/27(月)～順次発売!】10/23(土)～25(月)[雨天中止振替試合]チケット販売概要決定! ]. [9/27(Mon)～Sequential Release] 10/23 (Sat) - 25 (Mon) [Rain-Canceled Substitute Game] Ticket Sales Outline Determined! . ja . . September 26, 2021 . September 24, 2021.
  7. Web site: 【10/9(土)～順次発売!】10/27(水)[10/1(金)振替試合]千葉ロッテ戦チケット販売概要決定! ]. [10/9 (Sat)～Sequential release!] 10/27 (Wed) [10/1 (Fri) transfer match] Chiba Lotte game ticket sale outline decided! . ja . . October 7, 2021 . October 6, 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders . . March 25, 2022.
  9. Web site: 2021 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders . . March 26, 2022.
  10. Web site: 2021年度 大樹生命月間MVP賞 . 2021 Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award . ja . . May 12, 2021.
  11. Web site: 出場者 . Participants . ja . . July 24, 2021.
  12. Web site: 表彰選手（第2戦） . Awarded Players (Game 2) . ja . . July 24, 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. . October 25, 2021.

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