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2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
LeaguePacific League
BallparkRakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Record70–71–2 (.497)
League place4th
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentYosuke Yoneda
Masayuki Morii
General managerKazuhisa Ishii
ManagerKazuhisa Ishii
CaptainHideto Asamura
Average attendance18,868
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The 2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season is the 19th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles play their home games at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team is led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his third season as team manager.

Regular season

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Standings

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2023 Pacific League regular season standings[1]
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Orix Buffaloes 143 86 53 4 .619 — 41–28–3 45–25–1
2 Chiba Lotte Marines 143 70 68 5 .507 15½ 42–27–2 28–40–3
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 71 69 3 .507 15½ 39–32–0 32–37–3
4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 70 71 2 .496 17 38–33–1 32–38–1
5 Saitama Seibu Lions 143 65 77 1 .458 22½ 33–37–1 32–40–0
6 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143 60 82 1 .423 27½ 31–40–0 29–42–1

Record vs. opponents

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2023 record vs. opponents[1]
Team Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines CL
Buffaloes — 15–10 15–9–1 13–11−1 17–8 15–8−2 11–7
Eagles 10–15 — 15–10 14–10−1 10–14–1 12–13 9–9
Fighters 9–15–1 10–15 — 11–14 9–16 11–14 10–8
Hawks 11–13−1 10–14−1 14–11 — 13–12 12–12−1 11–7
Lions 8–17 14–10–1 16–9 12–13 — 9–16 6–12
Marines 8–15−2 13–12 14–11 12–12−1 16–9 — 7–9−2

Interleague

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2023 regular season interleague standings[2]
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 18 11 7 0 .611 — 6–3 5–4
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 18 11 7 0 .611 — 4–5 7–2
3 Yomiuri Giants 18 11 7 0 .611 — 5–4 6–3
4 Orix Buffaloes 18 11 7 0 .611 — 4–5 7–2
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 18 10 8 0 .556 1 4–5 6–3
6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 18 9 9 0 .500 2 5–4 4–5
7 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18 9 9 0 .500 2 4–5 5–4
8 Chiba Lotte Marines 18 7 9 2 .438 3 5–4 2–5−2
9 Chunichi Dragons 18 7 10 1 .412 3½ 2–6−1 5–4
10 Hanshin Tigers 18 7 10 1 .412 3½ 4–4−1 3–6
11 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18 7 11 0 .389 4 3–6 4–5
12 Saitama Seibu Lions 18 6 12 0 .333 5 4–5 2–7

Opening Day starting roster

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Thursday, March 30, 2023, vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters[3]

Order Player Position
1 Ryosuke Tatsumi Center fielder
2 Hiroto Kobukata Left fielder
3 Maikel Franco Designated hitter
4 Hideto Asamura Second baseman
5 Hiroaki Shimauchi Right fielder
6 Toshiki Abe First baseman
7 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki Shortstop
8 Yukiya Itoh Third baseman
9 Yuma Yasuda Catcher
— Masahiro Tanaka Starting pitcher

Game log

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2023 game log: 70–71–2 (Home: 38–33–1; Away: 32–38–1)
March/April: 9–14–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 5–8–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 March 30 @ Fighters 3–1 M. Tanaka (1–0) Kato (0–1) Y. Matsui (1) Es Con Field 31,092 1–0–0 W1
2 April 1 @ Fighters 3–4 (10) Suzuki (1–0) Miyamori (0–1) — Es Con Field 30,637 1–1–0 L1
3 April 2 @ Fighters 2–1 Fujihira (1–0) Kitayama (0–1) Y. Matsui (2) Es Con Field 30,775 2–1–0 W1
4 April 4 Lions 0–4 Imai (1–0) Norimoto (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,365 2–2–0 L1
5 April 5 Lions 1–0 Hayakawa (1–0) Sumida (0–1) Y. Matsui (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,526 3–2–0 W1
6 April 6 Lions 1–2 Matsumoto (1–0) M. Tanaka (1–1) Masuda (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 19,034 3–3–0 L1
7 April 8 @ Marines 4–5 Sawamura (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–1) Masuda (3) Zozo Marine Stadium 27,444 3–4–0 L2
8 April 9 @ Marines 1–10 Taneichi (1–1) Kishi (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 28,848 3–5–0 L3
9 April 11 Buffaloes 0–6 Yamashita (1–0) Norimoto (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 13,165 3–6–0 L4
10 April 12 Buffaloes 2–7 Tajima (1–1) Hayakawa (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 12,488 3–7–0 L5
11 April 14 Hawks 3–0 M. Tanaka (2–1) Wada (1–1) Y. Matsui (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 15,728 4–7–0 W1
— April 15 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 7 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
12 April 16 Hawks 3–6 Tsumori (2–0) Nishiguchi (0–2) Osuna (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,504 4–8–0 L1
13 April 18 @ Buffaloes 5–1 M. Itoh (1–0) Waguespack (2–1) — Kyocera Dome 15,173 5–8–0 W1
14 April 19 @ Buffaloes 1–2 Tajima (2–1) Nishiguchi (0–3) Yo. Hirano (4) Kyocera Dome 14,983 5–9–0 L1
15 April 20 @ Buffaloes 1–3 Yamasaki (1–0) Fujihira (1–1) Waguespack (1) Kyocera Dome 13,873 5–10–0 L2
16 April 21 Fighters 8–7 Suzuki (1–0) S. Tanaka (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 16,442 6–10–0 W1
17 April 22 Fighters 3–5 Uwasawa (2–1) Shoji (0–1) Miyanishi (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,161 6–11–0 L1
18 April 23 Fighters 4–3 (11) Uchi (1–0) Tamai (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,128 7–11–0 W1
— April 25 @ Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 2 Kitakyushi Stadium — — —
19 April 26 @ Hawks 2–4 Wada (2–1) Hayakawa (1–2) Osuna (4) PayPay Dome 34,858 7–12–0 L1
20 April 27 @ Hawks 3–5 Mori (1–0) Takinaka (0–1) Osuna (5) PayPay Dome 35,102 7–13–0 L2
21 April 28 @ Lions 0–4 Imai (3–0) M. Tanaka (2–2) — Belluna Dome 16,453 7–14–0 L3
22 April 29 @ Lions 8–2 Fujihira (2–1) K. Takahashi (3–1) — Belluna Dome 24,148 8–14–0 W1
23 April 30 @ Lions 7–6 (10) Y. Matsui (1–0) Yoza (0–1) Sakai (1) Belluna Dome 22,176 9–14–0 W2
May: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–8–0; Away: 2–5–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
24 May 2 Marines 5–1 Kishi (1–1) Nishino (3−1) Y. Matsui (5) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,550 10–14–0 W3
25 May 3 Marines 0−2 (10) Sawamura (3–0) Uchi (1–1) Masuda (9) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,143 10−15−0 L1
26 May 4 Marines 6−0 T. Matsui (1−0) Mori (1−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,134 11−15−0 W1
27 May 5 @ Fighters 2−5 Miyauchi (1−0) Nishiguchi (0–4) S. Tanaka (4) Es Con Field 26,342 11−16−0 L1
28 May 6 @ Fighters 5−0 Takinaka (1–1) Uwasawa (3–2) — Es Con Field 26,761 12−16−0 W1
29 May 7 @ Fighters 2−3 S. Tanaka (1−1) Miyamori (0–2) — Es Con Field 25,250 12−17−0 L1
30 May 9 Buffaloes 0−2 Miyagi (4−0) Hayakawa (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 17,459 12−18−0 L2
31 May 10 Buffaloes 2−8 Tajima (4–2) Kishi (1–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,480 12−19−0 L3
32 May 11 Buffaloes 7−3 Norimoto (1–2) Kuroki (0−2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,709 13−19−0 W1
33 May 12 @ Lions 4−4 Game tied after 12 innings Belluna Dome 12,675 13−19−1 T1
34 May 13 @ Lions 4−7 K. Takahashi (3–1) Fujihira (2–2) Moriwaki (1) Belluna Dome 18,417 13−20−1 L1
35 May 14 @ Lions 5−0 Takinaka (2–1) Sumida (1–4) — Belluna Dome 22,257 14−20−1 W1
36 May 16 Hawks 3−0 Hayakawa (2–3) Ohzeki (2−4) Y. Matsui (6) Kitagin Ballpark 16,070 15−20−1 W2
37 May 17 Hawks 1−10 Wada (3–1) Shoji (0–2) — Kirayaka Stadium 9,912 15−21−1 L1
— May 19 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 9 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
38 May 20 Marines 1−6 Nishino (5−1) Norimoto (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 18,119 15−22−1 L2
39 May 21 Marines 4−6 Hirohata (1−0) Takinaka (2–2) Perdomo (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,859 15−23−1 L3
40 May 23 @ Buffaloes 0−8 Yamashita (4–0) M. Tanaka (2–3) — Hotto Motto Field 21,055 15−24−1 L4
41 May 24 @ Buffaloes 5−6 Waguespack (2–2) Y. Matsui (1–1) — Hotto Motto Field 21,362 15−25−1 L5
42 May 26 Fighters 4−3 Uchi (2–1) H. Itoh (2−4) Y. Matsui (7) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,444 16−25−1 W1
43 May 27 Fighters 1−3 Suzuki (4–2) T. Matsui (1−1) S. Tanaka (7) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,111 16−26−1 L1
44 May 28 Fighters 3−2 (12) Sung (1−0) Rodriguez (0−3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,954 17−26−1 W1
45 May 30 BayStars 2−3 Imanaga (3−1) Norimoto (1–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 13,061 17−27−1 L1
46 May 31 BayStars 3−1 M. Tanaka (3–3) Wendelken (1−1) Y. Matsui (8) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,677 18−27−1 W1
June: 10–13–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 6–7–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
47 June 1 BayStars 3−11 K. Azuma (5−2) Takinaka (2–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 12,406 18−28−1 L1
— June 2 @ Swallows Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 20 Meiji Jingu Stadium — — —
48 June 3 @ Swallows 5−9 Peters (2−1) Hayakawa (2–4) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 29,345 18−29−1 L2
49 June 4 @ Swallows 2−5 Kozawa (1−1) Shoji (0–3) Taguchi (12) Meiji Jingu Stadium 29,602 18−30−1 L3
50 June 6 Tigers 4−1 Norimoto (2–4) Murakami (5−2) Y. Matsui (9) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,028 19−30−1 W1
51 June 7 Tigers 3−11 Y. Nishi M. Tanaka (3–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 17,168 19−31−1 L1
52 June 8 Tigers 6−4 Uchi (3–1) Yuasa (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 16,498 20−31−1 W1
53 June 9 Dragons 5−4 S. Watanabe (1−0) Ogasawara (4−3) Y. Matsui (10) Rakuten Mobile Park 15,302 21−31−1 W2
54 June 10 Dragons 1−0 Hayakawa (3–4) Matsuba (0−1) Y. Matsui (11) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,562 22−31−1 W3
— June 11 Dragons Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
55 June 13 @ Carp 6−3 Norimoto (3–4) Ohsera (2−5) Y. Matsui (12) Mazda Stadium 28,430 23−31−1 W4
56 June 14 @ Carp 3−4 Yasaki (4−0) Y. Matsui (1−2) — Mazda Stadium 23,949 23−32−1 L1
57 June 15 @ Carp 11−7 S. Watanabe (2−0) Shimauchi (1−2) — Mazda Stadium 23,169 24−32−1 W1
58 June 16 @ Giants 5−6 Ohe (4−0) Sakai (0−1) — Tokyo Dome 36,916 24−33−1 L1
59 June 17 @ Giants 2−1 Hayakawa (4–4) Griffin (4−3) Y. Matsui (13) Tokyo Dome 40,845 25−33−1 W1
60 June 18 @ Giants 2−1 Kishi (2–2) Sugano (1−1) Y. Matsui (14) Tokyo Dome 40,929 26−33−1 W2
61 June 20 @ Swallows 0−13 Yamamoto (1−0) Fujihira (2–3) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 16,182 26−34−1 L1
62 June 21 Dragons 2−5 Takahashi (3−6) Takinaka (2–4) Martínez (15) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,959 26−35−1 L2
63 June 23 Lions 4−5 Hirai (3−2) Sakai (0−2) Masuda (10) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,794 26−36−1 L3
64 June 24 Lions 0−1 K. Takahashi (5–5) Karashima (0−1) Masuda (11) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,276 26−37−1 L4
65 June 25 Lions 2−5 Sumida (3–6) Hayakawa (4–5) Moriwaki (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,065 26−38−1 L5
66 June 26 @ Hawks 3−1 M. Tanaka (4–4) Wada (5–3) Y. Matsui (15) Tokyo Dome 41,876 27−38−1 W1
67 June 28 @ Hawks 2−3 Moinelo (3−0) S. Watanabe (2−1) Osuna (14) PayPay Dome 34,351 27−39−1 L1
68 June 29 @ Hawks 2−3 Ohtsu (2−0) Uchi (3–2) Osuna (15) PayPay Dome 36,157 27−40−1 L2
69 June 30 @ Marines 5−4 Sakai (1−2) Perdomo (0−1) Y. Matsui (16) Zozo Marine Stadium 18,546 28−40−1 W1
July: 15–7–0 (Home: 8–4–0; Away: 7–3–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
70 July 1 @ Marines 2−10 Taneichi (5–3) Karashima (0−2) — Zozo Marine Stadium 25,370 28−41−1 L1
71 July 2 @ Marines 11−4 Fujii (1−0) Mercedes (3−4) — Zozo Marine Stadium 23,051 29−41−1 W1
72 July 4 Buffaloes 7−9 Udagawa (1−0) M. Tanaka (4–5) Yo. Hirano (13) Tokyo Dome 40,502 29−42−1 L1
73 July 5 Buffaloes 6−1 Shoji (1–3) Miyagi (6−3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 12,575 30−42−1 W1
74 July 6 Buffaloes 3−0 Kishi (3–2) Yamashita (7–2) Y. Matsui (17) Rakuten Mobile Park 12,087 31−42−1 W2
75 July 7 Hawks 6−5 Norimoto (4–4) Arihara (3−1) Y. Matsui (18) Rakuten Mobile Park 14,613 32−42−1 W3
76 July 8 Hawks 8−1 Karashima (1−2) Higashihama (5−6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,950 33−42−1 W4
77 July 9 Hawks 5−1 Fujii (2−0) Ishikawa (3−4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,028 34−42−1 W5
78 July 11 @ Fighters 3−2 M. Tanaka (5–5) Kitayama (5–4) Y. Matsui (19) Es Con Field 26,855 35−42−1 W6
79 July 12 @ Fighters 4−3 Sung (2−0) H. Itoh (5−5) Y. Matsui (20) Es Con Field 25,936 36−42−1 W7
80 July 13 @ Fighters 3−2 Sakai (2−2) S. Tanaka (2–2) Y. Matsui (21) Es Con Field 29,010 37−42−1 W8
81 July 15 @ Marines 7−9 T. Nakamura (1−0) Sakai (2−3) Masuda (23) Zozo Marine Stadium 25,560 37−43−1 L1
82 July 16 @ Marines 7−6 S. Watanabe (3−1) Masuda (2−2) Y. Matsui (22) Zozo Marine Stadium 26,617 38−43−1 W1
83 July 17 @ Marines 4−2 Anraku (1−0) Taneichi (6–4) Y. Matsui (23) Zozo Marine Stadium 22,098 39−43−1 W2
All-Star Break: PL defeats the CL, 2–0
84 July 22 @ Lions 1−2 Imai (5–2) Karashima (2−2) Masuda (16) Belluna Dome 17,606 39−44−1 L1
85 July 23 @ Lions 4−2 Norimoto (5–4) Enns (1−8) S. Suzuki (1) Belluna Dome 15,685 40−44−1 W1
86 July 25 Fighters 3−1 Hayakawa (5–5) Kato (5–7) S. Watanabe (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,158 41−44−1 W2
87 July 26 Fighters 2−3 Ikeda (1−3) S. Suzuki (1−1) S. Tanaka (15) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,935 41−45−1 L1
88 July 27 Fighters 5−9 Kitayama (6–4) M. Tanaka (5–6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 15,082 41−46−1 L2
89 July 28 Lions 5−1 Kishi (4–2) Taira (6−5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 15,164 42−46−1 W1
90 July 29 Lions 1−3 Imai (6–2) Karashima (2−4) Masuda (18) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,855 42−47−1 L1
91 July 30 Lions 5−4 (10) Sakai (3−3) Mizukami (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 17,209 43−47−1 W1
August: 12–12–0 (Home: 9–5–0; Away: 3–7–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
92 August 1 @ Buffaloes 2−6 Yamamoto (10−4) Hayakawa (5–6) Yamazaki (5) Kyocera Dome 28,527 43−48−1 L1
93 August 2 @ Buffaloes 2−3 Yo. Hirano (3−1) Anraku (1−1) — Kyocera Dome 21,651 43−49−1 L2
94 August 3 @ Buffaloes 9−1 M. Tanaka (6–6) Waguespack (3–5) — Kyocera Dome 23,016 44−49−1 W1
95 August 4 Marines 3−5 Taneichi (8–4) Kishi (4–3) Tojo (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,035 44−50−1 L1
96 August 5 Marines 7−6 Sakai (4−3) Perdomo (1−2) Y. Matsui (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,501 45−50−1 W1
97 August 6 Marines 2−1 Norimoto (6–4) Ojima (5−4) Y. Matsui (25) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,018 46−50−1 W2
98 August 8 @ Hawks 9−3 Hayakawa (6–6) Taura (2−1) — PayPay Dome 35,203 47−50−1 W3
— August 9 @ Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 3 PayPay Dome — — —
99 August 10 @ Hawks 4−11 Wada (6–4) M. Tanaka (6–7) — PayPay Dome 37,974 47−51−1 L1
100 August 11 Buffaloes 5−0 Kishi (5–3) Yamasaki (8–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,313 48−51−1 W1
— August 12 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 14 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
101 August 13 Buffaloes 0−1 Udagawa (3−0) Norimoto (6–5) Yo. Hirano (19) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,526 48−52−1 L1
102 August 15 @ Lions 5−3 S. Watanabe (4−1) Masuda (4−3) Y. Matsui (26) Belluna Dome 20,414 49−52−1 W1
103 August 16 @ Lions 1−4 Imai (7–3) Karashima (1−5) — Belluna Dome 18,194 49−53−1 L1
104 August 17 @ Lions 2−4 Sumida (7–7) M. Tanaka (6–8) Aoyama (3) Belluna Dome 16,496 49−54−1 L2
105 August 18 Marines 1−4 Taneichi (10–4) Kishi (5–4) Masuda (30) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,021 49−55−1 L3
106 August 19 Marines 7−5 S. Watanabe (5−1) Perdomo (1−3) Y. Matsui (27) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,266 50−55−1 W1
107 August 20 Marines 3−4 Nishimura (3−0) Y. Matsui (1−3) Masuda (31) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,028 50−56−1 L1
108 August 22 @ Fighters 2−6 Kato (5–7) Hayakawa (6–7) — Es Con Field 23,563 50−57−1 L2
109 August 23 @ Fighters 4−10 Ponce (2−4) T. Matsui (1−2) — Es Con Field 22,435 50−58−1 L3
110 August 25 Hawks 3−2 (10) S. Watanabe (6−1) Kaino (1−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 26,372 51−58−1 W1
111 August 26 Hawks 2−1 M. Tanaka (7–8) Bando (4−3) Y. Matsui (28) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,669 52−58−1 W2
112 August 27 Hawks 7−1 Shoji (2–3) Matsumoto (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 18,408 53−58−1 W3
113 August 29 Lions 2−1 Norimoto (7–5) Matsumoto (4–8) Y. Matsui (29) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,952 54−58−1 W4
114 August 30 Lions 6−4 Uchi (4–2) Masuda (4−4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 14,812 55−58−1 W5
115 August 31 Lions 4−5 Kumon (1−0) S. Watanabe (6−2) Kriske (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,537 55−59−1 L1
September/October: 15–11–1 (Home: 6–3–1; Away: 9–8–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
116 September 1 @ Marines 0−5 Mima (2−7) Kishi (5–5) — Zozo Marine Stadium 22,535 55−60−1 L2
117 September 2 @ Marines 5−3 Anraku (2−1) Masuda (2−4) Y. Matsui (30) Zozo Marine Stadium 28,857 56−60−1 W1
118 September 3 @ Marines 5−4 Shoji (3–3) Nakamori (1−2) Y. Matsui (31) Zozo Marine Stadium 27,729 57−60−1 W2
— September 5 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 22 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
— September 6 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 5 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
119 September 8 @ Hawks 8−6 Kishi (6–5) Ishikawa (4−7) Y. Matsui (32) PayPay Dome 34,795 58−60−1 W3
120 September 9 @ Hawks 2−7 Kaino (2−1) M. Tanaka (7–9) — PayPay Dome 38,331 58−61−1 L1
121 September 10 @ Hawks 6−4 Shoji (4–3) Bando (5−4) Y. Matsui (33) PayPay Dome 38,139 59−61−1 W1
122 September 12 @ Marines 3−5 Sawada (2−0) Norimoto (7–6) Masuda (35) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,234 59−62−1 L1
123 September 13 @ Marines 5−3 S. Watanabe (7−2) Masuda (2−5) Y. Matsui (34) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,200 60−62−1 W1
124 September 14 Buffaloes 0−2 (11) Yamazaki (1−0) Anraku (2−2) Yamaoka (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,539 60−63−1 L1
125 September 16 @ Buffaloes 3−1 Kishi (7–5) Yamamoto (14−6) Y. Matsui (35) Kyocera Dome 35,360 61−63−1 W1
126 September 17 @ Buffaloes 4−6 Udagawa (4−0) Sung (2−1) Yamazaki (8) Kyocera Dome 35,688 61−64−1 L1
127 September 18 @ Buffaloes 3−6 Kogita (3−0) M. Tanaka (7–10) Yamazaki (9) Kyocera Dome 33,773 61−65−1 L2
128 September 19 Hawks 3−2 Norimoto (8–6) Matayoshi (2−2) Y. Matsui (36) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,048 62−65−1 W1
129 September 20 Hawks 6−1 Fujii (3−0) Ohzeki (4−7) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,300 63−65−1 W2
130 September 21 Lions 2−7 Imai (10–4) Shiomi (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 14,031 63−66−1 L1
131 September 22 Fighters 0−3 Kanemura (2−1) Fujihira (2–4) S. Tanaka (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 15,811 63−67−1 L2
132 September 23 Fighters 4−1 Kishi (8–5) Uwasawa (8–9) Y. Matsui (37) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,946 64−67−1 W1
133 September 24 Fighters 3−1 Y. Matsui (2−3) Ikeda (1−5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,561 65−67−1 W2
134 September 25 @ Fighters 9−1 S. Watanabe (8−2) Itoh (7−10) — Es Con Field 26,010 66−67−1 W3
135 September 27 @ Lions 1−2 Hirai (4−3) S. Watanabe (8−3) Kriske (7) Belluna Dome 24,873 66−68−1 L1
136 September 28 Buffaloes 9−5 Anraku (3−2) Abe (3−5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,911 67−68−1 W1
137 September 30 @ Buffaloes 5−4 Kishi (9–5) Tajima (6–4) Y. Matsui (38) Kyocera Dome 26,159 68−68−1 W2
138 October 1 @ Buffaloes 8−2 Shoji (5–3) Kuroki (1−5) — Kyocera Dome 28,162 69−68−1 W3
139 October 2 @ Hawks 0−6 Ohzeki (5−7) M. Tanaka (7–11) — PayPay Dome 37,413 69−69−1 L1
140 October 3 @ Hawks 3−7 Wada (8–6) Norimoto (8–7) Osuna (26) PayPay Dome 38,597 69−70−1 L2
141 October 5 Fighters 5−3 Sakai (5−3) Nemoto (3−1) Y. Matsui (39) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,997 70−70−1 W1
142 October 7 Hawks 5−5 Game tied after 12 innings Rakuten Mobile Park 25,841 70−70−2 T1
— October 9 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 10 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
143 October 10 Marines 0−5 Ojima (10−6) Norimoto (8–8) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,630 70−71−2 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

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2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

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Batting

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2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics[4]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Toshiki Abe 78 216 16 55 17 1 4 24 0 27 47 .255 .340 .398 86
Ginji Akaminai 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 1
Hideto Asamura 143 522 64 143 20 0 26 78 2 75 108 .274 .368 .462 241
Maikel Franco 95 312 31 69 11 0 12 32 0 21 52 .221 .273 .372 116
Takahisa Hayakawa 17 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1
Kengo Horiuchi 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1
Yukiya Itoh 87 188 20 46 6 1 5 16 3 15 48 .245 .301 .367 69
Wataru Karashima 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Takayuki Kishi 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Hiroto Kobukata 134 477 67 123 8 6 5 37 36 48 83 .258 .329 .331 158
Fumiya Kurokawa 9 22 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 .091 .087 .227 5
Eigoro Mogi 8 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .083 .267 .083 1
Itsuki Murabayashi 98 301 35 77 14 2 2 32 11 21 55 .256 .311 .336 101
Haruki Nishikawa 35 72 11 13 2 1 1 4 2 11 24 .181 .286 .278 20
Takahiro Norimoto 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0
Yuya Ogo 120 390 53 102 16 3 10 49 13 36 85 .262 .321 .395 154
Hikaru Ohta 104 173 19 42 6 0 3 14 1 27 47 .243 .356 .330 57
Takero Okajima 114 361 33 96 20 0 6 43 3 33 67 .266 .327 .371 134
Hiroaki Shimauchi 104 322 21 76 13 0 7 38 2 41 41 .236 .325 .342 110
Kosei Shoji 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0
Yuya Shozui 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 0
Ginjiro Sumitani 65 131 9 29 2 0 1 10 0 5 23 .221 .259 .260 34
Daichi Suzuki 101 250 25 61 9 1 5 27 0 24 36 .244 .330 .348 87
Kazuki Tanaka 95 34 22 3 0 0 2 3 3 5 13 .088 .205 .265 9
Masahiro Tanaka 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
Ryosuke Tatsumi 133 434 45 114 16 5 9 43 13 40 99 .263 .341 .385 167
Ren Wada 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .200 .167 .200 1
Yoshiaki Watanabe 25 49 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 5 7 .143 .222 .143 7
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 117 261 29 53 6 5 2 19 13 35 58 .203 .303 .287 75
Yuma Yasuda 53 110 7 24 2 0 3 7 0 16 25 .218 .323 .318 35
Total：30 players 143 4,667 513 1,140 168 25 104 485 102 490 937 .244 .321 .358 1,670
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[5]

Pitching

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2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics[4]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Tomohiro Anraku 3 2 3.04 57 0 0 47.1 48 16 16 18 32
Manny Bañuelos 0 0 81 1 0 0 0.2 4 6 6 2 0
Shoma Fujihira 2 4 4.44 11 11 0 50.2 50 30 25 27 42
Masaru Fujii 3 0 2.29 10 6 0 35.1 28 12 9 18 24
Takahisa Hayakawa 6 7 3.44 17 17 0 96.2 102 42 37 27 78
Ryota Ishibashi 0 0 18.9 2 0 0 3.1 8 7 7 1 2
Mao Itoh 1 0 3.27 25 0 0 22 18 11 8 14 9
Wataru Karashima 1 5 4.56 10 10 0 51.1 57 27 26 16 24
Takayuki Kishi 9 5 3.07 20 20 0 120.1 123 44 41 20 76
Ryuji Komago 0 0 9 4 0 0 4 4 4 4 6 3
Tomotaka Matsui 1 2 3.86 6 3 0 18.2 15 9 8 8 13
Yuki Matsui 2 3 1.57 59 0 39 57.1 38 14 10 13 72
Satoshi Miyamori 0 2 7.71 24 0 0 21 30 18 18 14 15
Masaya Nishigaki 0 0 81 1 0 0 0.1 1 3 3 1 0
Naoto Nishiguchi 0 4 4.56 26 0 0 23.2 32 14 12 9 18
Takahiro Norimoto 8 8 2.61 24 24 0 155 134 57 45 44 111
Tomohito Sakai 5 3 2.98 47 0 1 42.1 36 17 14 25 30
Takahiro Shiomi 0 1 9 1 1 0 4 4 4 4 1 4
Kosei Shoji 5 3 3.36 19 19 0 109.2 90 43 41 48 93
Sung Chia-hao 2 1 2.89 49 0 0 46.2 41 16 15 11 35
Sora Suzuki 1 1 3.3 61 0 1 43.2 37 18 16 25 47
Koichi Takada 0 0 1.86 7 0 0 9.2 14 4 2 2 6
Ryota Takinaka 2 4 3.83 8 8 0 42.1 45 20 18 11 18
Masahiro Tanaka 7 11 4.91 24 24 0 139.1 156 79 76 38 81
Taisei Tsurusaki 0 0 1.86 7 0 0 9.2 11 2 2 0 7
Seiryu Uchi 4 2 2.28 53 0 0 55.1 38 17 14 17 35
Shota Watanabe 8 3 2.4 51 0 1 48.2 30 15 13 20 41
Hayato Yuge 0 0 5.59 12 0 0 9.2 12 7 6 4 5
Total：28 players 70 71 3.52 143 143 42 1,268.2 1,206 556 496 440 921
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[6]

Awards and honors

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Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award[7]

Best Nine Award[8]

  • Hideto Asamura - second baseman

Mitsui Golden Glove Award[9]

All-Star Series selections[10]

SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award[11]

  • Hiroto Kobukata - June (June 8)
  • Hideto Asamura - August (August 30)

Farm team

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2023 Eastern League regular season standings[12]
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Yomiuri Giants 124 74 44 6 .627 — 45–18 29–26–6
2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 129 78 48 3 .619 0 41–22–2 37–26–1
3 Saitama Seibu Lions 124 71 49 4 .592 4 24–24–2 37–25–2
4 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 132 59 66 7 .472 18½ 35–29–3 24–37–4
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 128 54 67 7 .446 21½ 29–30–6 25–37–1
6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 122 45 73 4 .381 29 26–31–3 19–42–1
7 Chiba Lotte Marines 124 43 75 6 .364 31 21–37–3 22–38–3

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

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Main article: 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball draft
2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections[13]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Tatsuki Koja Pitcher Toin University of Yokohama Yes
2 Haruto Sakai Pitcher Takigawa Daini High School Yes
3 Hinata Naoki Pitcher Tokai University Sugao High School Yes
4 Jumil Rikai Waters Infielder Nihon Wellness Okinawa High School Yes
5 Takuma Matsuda Pitcher Osaka Sangyo University Yes
6 Daisuke Nakajima Outfielder Aoyama Gakuin University Yes
7 Seiya Ohuchi Pitcher Nihon Wellness Miyagi High School Yes
8 Takumi Aono Infielder Himi High School Yes

References

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  1. ^ a b "2023 Pacific League Standings". Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023年度 交流戦" [2023 Interleague Play] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  3. ^ "Thursday, March 30, 2023". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "2023 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "2023 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  7. ^ "2023年度 大樹生命月間MVP賞" [2023 Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  8. ^ "2023年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ）" [2023 Awarded Players (Pacific League)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  9. ^ "2023年度 三井ゴールデン・グラブ賞" [2023 Mitsui Golden Glove Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  10. ^ "出場者" [Participants] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "サヨナラ賞" [Goodbye Award] (in Japanese). SKY PerfecTV!. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  12. ^ "2023 Eastern League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  13. ^ "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 September 30, 2024.
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