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Baseball event Nippon Professional Baseball team season
2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Climax Series berth
LeaguePacific League
BallparkSapporo Dome
Record73–69–2 (.514)
League place3rd
Parent companyNippon Ham
PresidentJunichi Fujii
ManagerMasataka Nashida
CaptainMakoto Kaneko
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The 2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season was the 63rd season of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise. The Fighters played the majority of their home games at Sapporo Dome in the city of Sapporo, as well as at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Masataka Nashida on his first season as team manager.

Nippon-Ham finished the season in third place with a record of 73–69–2, qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes in the First Stage, but were eliminated by the Saitama Seibu Lions in the Second Stage.

Regular season

Standings

Pacific League regular season standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GB PCT Home Away
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 144 76 64 4 — .542 44–27–1 32–37–3
2 Orix Buffaloes 144 75 68 1 5.5 .524 41–31–0 34–37–1
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 73 69 2 6 .514 41–30–1 32–39–1
4 Chiba Lotte Marines 144 73 70 1 7.5 .510 41–30–1 32–40–0
5 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 65 76 3 12.5 .462 37–34–1 28–42–2
6 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 64 77 3 13.5 .455 36–33–3 28–44–0
Source:

Interleague

Team Pld HW HL AW AL GB PCT
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 24 10 2 5 7 — .625
Hanshin Tigers 24 10 2 5 7 — .625
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 24 8 4 6 6 1 .583
Yomiuri Giants 24 9 3 5 7 1 .583
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 24 6 6 7 5 2 .542
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 24 6 6 7 5 2 .542
Chunichi Dragons 24 8 4 4 8 3 .500
Orix Buffaloes 24 6 6 5 7 4 .458
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 24 4 8 7 5 4 .458
Chiba Lotte Marines 24 6 6 4 8 5 .417
Saitama Seibu Lions 24 7 5 3 9 5 .417
Yokohama BayStars 24 5 7 1 11 9 .250
Updated to match(es) played on compute. Source:
Rules for classification: Whenever multiple teams have same number of wins, the team having better standings in last year's interleague games will have advantage, thus Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the interleague title, despite Hanshin Tigers beating the Hawks 3 out of 4 games. A similar rule applies to other teams tied in wins.

Record vs. opponents

2008 record vs. opponents
Team Central League opponents Pacific League opponents
BayStars Carp Dragons Giants Swallows Tigers Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines
BayStars — 11–13 7–17 5–18–1 9–15 10–13–1 1–3 0–4 1–3 0–4 2–2 2–2
Carp 13–11 — 9–13–2 12–10–2 12–11–1 10–14 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 3–1
Dragons 17–7 13–9–2 — 14–10 9–13–2 6–17–1 1–3 2–2 1–3 2–2 3–1 3–1
Giants 18–5–1 10–12–2 10–14 — 18–6 14–10 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 4–0
Swallows 15–9 11–12–1 13–9–2 6–18 — 10–13–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–3
Tigers 13–10–1 14–10 17–6–1 10–14 13–10–1 — 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–3
Buffaloes 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 1–3 — 13–10–1 13–11 14–10 10–14 14–10
Eagles 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 10–13–1 — 13–10–1 12–12 10–14 7–16–1
Fighters 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 11–13 10–13–1 — 17–7 9–14–1 12–12
Hawks 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 10–14 12–12 7–17 — 10–11–3 10–14
Lions 2–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–2 1–3 14–10 14–10 14–9–1 11–10–3 — 13–11
Marines 2–2 1–3 1–3 0–4 3–1 3–1 10–14 16–7–1 12–12 14–10 11–13 —

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 20, 2008, vs. Chiba Lotte Marines

Order Player Pos.
1 Hichori Morimoto CF
2 Kensuke Tanaka 2B
3 Atsunori Inaba RF
4 Terrmel Sledge 1B
5 Eiichi Koyano 3B
6 Yoshio Itoi LF
7 Tomochika Tsuboi DH
8 Shinya Tsuruoka C
9 Makoto Kaneko SS
— Yu Darvish P

Game log

2008 game log: 73–69–2 (Home: 41–30–1; Away: 32–39–1)
March: 3–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 0–2–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 March 20 Marines 1–0 Darvish (1–0) Kobayashi (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 42,126 1–0–0 W1
2 March 22 Marines 2–3 Naruse (1–0) Sakamoto (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 31,028 1–1–0 L1
3 March 23 Marines 1–4 Watanabe (1–0) Glynn (0–1) Takagi (1) Sapporo Dome 32,215 1–2–0 L2
4 March 25 Lions 9–1 Takeda (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 16,410 2–2–0 W1
5 March 26 Lions 0–8 Kishi (1–0) Yoshikawa (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 19,206 2–3–0 L1
6 March 27 Lions 1–0 (10) Takeda (1–0) Wakui (0–2) — Sapporo Dome 25,011 3–3–0 W1
7 March 29 @ Eagles 2–7 Tanaka (1–0) Hoshino (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 20,189 3–4–0 L1
8 March 30 @ Eagles 1–3 Asai (1–1) Glynn (0–2) Aoyama (1) Kleenex Stadium 19,518 3–5–0 L2
April: 14–10–1 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 7–8–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
9 April 1 @ Hawks 6–0 Takeda (2–0) Arakaki (0–1) — Yahoo Dome 29,204 4–5–0 W1
10 April 2 @ Hawks 0–9 Otonari (2–0) Yoshikawa (0–2) — Kitakyushu Stadium 17,721 4–6–0 L1
11 April 3 @ Hawks 6–2 Darvish (2–0) Guttormson (0–1) — Yahoo Dome 32,144 5–6–0 W1
12 April 4 @ Buffaloes 3–2 Sweeney (1–0) Kamoshida (0–1) Nakamura (1) Kyocera Dome 11,738 6–6–0 W2
13 April 5 @ Buffaloes 2–7 Kondo (2–0) Fujii (0–1) — Kyocera Dome 18,129 6–7–0 L1
14 April 6 @ Buffaloes 3–2 Glynn (1–2) Kawagoe (1–1) Nakamura (2) Skymark Stadium 14,111 7–7–0 W1
15 April 8 Eagles 8–7 Takeda (3–0) Lin (0–2) Nakamura (3) Sapporo Dome 20,257 8–7–0 W2
16 April 9 Eagles 4–2 Yoshikawa (1–2) Nagai (2–1) Nakamura (4) Sapporo Dome 19,044 9–7–0 W3
17 April 10 Eagles 1–0 Darvish (3–0) Iwakuma (2–1) — Sapporo Dome 25,197 10–7–0 W4
18 April 11 @ Marines 3–2 Sweeney (2–0) Kobayashi (1–2) Nakamura (5) Chiba Marine Stadium 15,161 11–7–0 W5
19 April 12 @ Marines 1–2 Naruse (2–1) Miyanishi (0–1) — Chiba Marine Stadium 27,513 11–8–0 L1
20 April 13 @ Marines 1–2 (10) Watanabe (2–1) Takeda (1–1) — Chiba Marine Stadium 16,282 11–9–0 L2
21 April 15 @ Lions 3–3 (12) Game tied after 12 innings Seibu Dome 8,397 11–9–1 T1
22 April 16 @ Lions 2–4 Wakui (2–2) Yoshikawa (1–3) — Seibu Dome 11,263 11–10–1 L1
23 April 18 Hawks 3–1 Darvish (4–0) Sugiuchi (1–2) — Sapporo Dome 18,107 12–10–1 W1
24 April 19 Hawks 4–2 Fujii (1–1) Oba (2–2) Nakamura (6) Sapporo Dome 27,041 13–10–1 W2
25 April 20 Hawks 2–4 Wada (1–0) Glynn (1–3) Houlton (2) Sapporo Dome 30,536 13–11–1 L1
26 April 22 Buffaloes 4–2 Hoshino (1–1) Takagi (1–2) Nakamura (7) Sapporo Dome 14,253 14–11–1 W1
27 April 23 Buffaloes 0–5 Yamamoto (2–0) Sweeney (2–1) — Sapporo Dome 14,358 14–12–1 L1
28 April 24 Buffaloes 3–2 (10) Takeda (2–1) Kato (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 15,644 15–12–1 W1
29 April 25 @ Eagles 1–6 Iwakuma (4–1) Yoshikawa (1–4) — Kleenex Stadium 13,213 15–13–1 L1
30 April 26 @ Eagles 0–4 Guzmán (1–2) Fujii (1–2) — Kleenex Stadium 16,826 15–14–1 L2
31 April 27 @ Eagles 0–5 Tanaka (3–1) Glynn (1–4) — Kleenex Stadium 20,634 15–15–1 L3
32 April 29 @ Marines 3–2 Nakamura (1–0) Sikorski (1–4) — Chiba Marine Stadium 30,021 16–15–1 W1
33 April 30 @ Marines 6–3 Darvish (5–0) Watanabe (3–2) Nakamura (8) Chiba Marine Stadium 17,516 17–15–1 W2
May: 15–9–0 (Home: 10–3–0; Away: 5–6–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
34 May 1 @ Marines 6–1 Yoshikawa (2–4) Ono (2–1) — Chiba Marine Stadium 17,143 18–15–1 W3
35 May 2 Eagles 5–1 Tadano (1–0) Iwakuma (4–2) Nakamura (9) Sapporo Dome 41,124 19–15–1 W4
36 May 3 Eagles 12–5 Sakamoto (1–1) Kawagishi (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 40,083 20–15–1 W5
37 May 4 Eagles 1–7 Tanaka (4–1) Glynn (1–5) — Sapporo Dome 42,126 20–16–1 L1
38 May 5 @ Lions 6–8 Onodera (2–2) Takeda (2–2) Graman (8) Seibu Dome 34,783 20–17–1 L2
39 May 6 @ Lions 1–3 Ishii (5–1) Miyanishi (0–2) — Seibu Dome 27,340 20–18–1 L3
40 May 7 @ Lions 3–4 Hoshino (2–0) Darvish (5–1) — Seibu Dome 15,574 20–19–1 L4
41 May 10 Hawks 0–1 Sugiuchi (3–3) Fujii (1–3) — Ocean Stadium 16,822 20–20–1 L5
42 May 11 Hawks 4–3 Miyanishi (1–2) Kume (3–1) Nakamura (10) Ocean Stadium 17,919 21–20–1 W1
43 May 13 Marines 2–8 Karakawa (3–0) Glynn (1–6) — Tokyo Dome 19,828 21–21–1 L1
44 May 14 Marines 4–3 (11) Nakamura (2–0) Ogino (1–3) — Tokyo Dome 22,265 22–21–1 W1
45 May 15 Marines 6–5 Tateyama (1–0) Abreu (1–1) — Tokyo Dome 17,368 23–21–1 W2
46 May 16 @ Hawks 10–3 Tadano (2–0) Otonari (3–5) — Yahoo Dome 30,948 24–21–1 W3
47 May 17 @ Hawks 2–3 Sugiuchi (4–3) Tateyama (1–1) — Yahoo Dome 30,218 24–22–1 L1
48 May 18 @ Hawks 4–3 Sweeney (3–1) Oba (3–4) Takeda (1) Yahoo Dome 32,494 25–22–1 W1
49 May 20 BayStars 6–3 Glynn (2–6) Nasuno (2–6) Takeda (2) Sapporo Dome 16,957 26–22–1 W2
50 May 21 BayStars 4–3 Hoshino (2–1) Miura (2–5) Takeda (3) Sapporo Dome 20,271 27–22–1 W3
51 May 23 Dragons 1–0 Sakamoto (2–1) Kawakami (2–3) Takeda (4) Sapporo Dome 23,966 28–22–1 W4
52 May 24 Dragons 11–1 Sweeney (4–1) Kawai (1–2) — Sapporo Dome 30,983 29–22–1 W5
53 May 25 @ Giants 4–6 Nishimura (6–2) Fujii (1–4) Kroon (15) Tokyo Dome 43,813 29–23–1 L1
54 May 26 @ Giants 3–4 Burnside (1–0) Glynn (2–7) Kroon (16) Tokyo Dome 39,278 29–24–1 L2
55 May 28 @ Swallows 7–3 Darvish (6–1) Muranaka (3–6) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 18,050 30–24–1 W1
56 May 29 @ Swallows 3–2 Miyanishi (2–2) Oshimoto (2–1) Takeda (5) Meiji Jingu Stadium 9,683 31–24–1 W2
57 May 31 Tigers 2–1 Sweeney (5–1) Iwata (5–2) Takeda (6) Sapporo Dome 42,126 32–24–1 W3
June: 9–9–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Away: 6–5–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
58 June 1 Tigers 4–5 (10) Kubota (3–1) Takeda (2–3) Fujikawa (18) Sapporo Dome 42,126 32–25–1 L1
59 June 3 Carp 4–2 Glynn (3–7) Otake (2–7) — Sapporo Dome 17,815 33–25–1 W1
60 June 4 Carp 2–3 Lewis (8–4) Darvish (6–2) Nagakawa (8) Sapporo Dome 23,870 33–26–1 L1
61 June 6 @ Dragons 7–3 Sakamoto (3–1) Sato (0–1) — Nagoya Dome 36,725 34–26–1 W1
62 June 7 @ Dragons 1–4 Kawakami (4–3) Sweeney (5–2) Iwase (18) Nagoya Dome 38,247 34–27–1 L1
63 June 8 @ BayStars 9–3 Fujii (2–4) Nasuno (4–7) — Yokohama Stadium 17,842 35–27–1 W1
64 June 9 @ BayStars 3–13 Oyamada (2–3) Glynn (3–8) — Yokohama Stadium 9,796 35–28–1 L1
65 June 11 Giants 0–1 Nomaguchi (2–3) Darvish (6–3) Kroon (18) Sapporo Dome 35,298 35–29–1 L2
66 June 12 Giants 3–2 Tadano (3–0) Burnside (2–1) Nakamura (11) Sapporo Dome 30,135 36–29–1 W1
67 June 14 Swallows 2–1 (10) Takeda (3–3) Lim (1–3) — Sapporo Dome 40,058 37–29–1 W2
68 June 15 Swallows 1–3 Muranaka (4–7) Glynn (3–9) Lim (16) Sapporo Dome 31,556 37–30–1 L1
69 June 17 @ Carp 8–7 Darvish (7–3) Otake (2–9) Nakamura (12) Hiroshima Stadium 19,860 38–30–1 W1
70 June 18 @ Carp 1–2 Maeda (1–0) Tadano (3–1) Nagakawa (12) Hiroshima Stadium 18,527 38–31–1 L1
71 June 21 @ Tigers 4–0 Sweeney (6–2) Iwata (5–4) — Koshien Stadium 43,528 39–31–1 W1
72 June 22 @ Tigers 3–5 Atchison (5–4) Glynn (3–10) Fujikawa (25) Koshien Stadium 43,524 39–32–1 L1
73 June 27 @ Buffaloes 4–3 Darvish (8–3) Kawagoe (1–3) Nakamura (13) Kyocera Dome 14,654 40–32–1 W1
74 June 28 @ Buffaloes 1–5 Kaneko (3–6) Tadano (3–2) — Kyocera Dome 16,809 40–33–1 L1
75 June 29 @ Buffaloes 9–4 Takeda (4–0) Kondo (5–7) Tateyama (1) Kyocera Dome 18,153 41–33–1 W1
July: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–9–0; Away: 2–4–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
76 July 1 Lions 7–12 Onodera (3–4) Miyanishi (2–3) — Sapporo Dome 22,125 41–34–1 L1
77 July 2 Lions 6–8 Wakui (7–6) Glynn (3–11) Graman (15) Sapporo Dome 17,682 41–35–1 L2
78 July 3 Lions 6–4 Darvish (9–3) Hoashi (7–2) Nakamura (14) Sapporo Dome 24,420 42–35–1 W1
79 July 5 Buffaloes 4–3 Tadano (4–2) Ortiz (3–5) Nakamura (15) Kushiro Stadium 17,892 43–35–1 W2
80 July 6 Buffaloes 5–8 Kaneko (4–6) Takeda (4–1) Kato (17) Obihiro Stadium 21,063 43–36–1 L1
81 July 8 @ Marines 2–5 Shimizu (7–6) Sweeney (6–3) — Chiba Marine Stadium 18,562 43–37–1 L2
82 July 9 @ Marines 5–7 Kawasaki (1–3) Glynn (3–12) Ogino (11) Chiba Marine Stadium 28,198 43–38–1 L3
83 July 11 Hawks 3–2 Darvish (10–3) Otonari (7–7) — Sapporo Dome 22,712 44–38–1 W1
84 July 12 Hawks 9–6 Tadano (5–2) Oba (3–5) Nakamura (16) Sapporo Dome 31,882 45–38–1 W2
85 July 13 Hawks 1–10 Wada (8–3) Takeda (4–2) — Sapporo Dome 32,127 45–39–1 L1
86 July 15 Eagles 4–4 (12) Game tied after 12 innings Tokyo Dome 16,186 45–39–2 T1
87 July 16 Eagles 2–5 Katayama (2–1) Miyanishi (2–4) Kawagishi (2) Tokyo Dome 16,249 45–40–2 L1
88 July 17 Eagles 3–1 Darvish (11–3) Guzmán (2–5) — Tokyo Dome 20,773 46–40–2 W1
89 July 19 @ Buffaloes 2–6 Yamamoto (7–2) Tadano (5–3) — Skymark Stadium 20,016 46–41–2 L1
90 July 20 @ Buffaloes 1–4 Kaneko (6–6) Takeda (4–3) Kato (20) Kyocera Dome 16,068 46–42–2 L2
91 July 22 Marines 3–2 Sweeney (7–3) Kobayashi (2–9) Nakamura (17) Sapporo Dome 25,845 47–42–2 W1
92 July 23 Marines 2–3 Shimizu (8–6) Fujii (2–5) Ogino (14) Sapporo Dome 26,902 47–43–2 L1
93 July 24 Marines 2–5 Omine (1–2) Darvish (11–4) Ogino (15) Sapporo Dome 27,825 47–44–2 L2
94 July 25 Lions 2–1 Tadano (6–3) Hoashi (9–3) Nakamura (18) Sapporo Dome 23,323 48–44–2 W1
95 July 26 Lions 3–6 Iwasaki (2–0) Kanamori (0–1) Graman (20) Sapporo Dome 33,538 48–45–2 L1
96 July 27 Lions 2–3 (10) Graman (2–2) Takeda (3–4) — Sapporo Dome 36,064 48–46–2 L2
97 July 28 @ Hawks 10–2 Takeda (5–3) Powell (1–5) — Yahoo Dome 34,222 49–46–2 W1
98 July 29 @ Hawks 5–2 Sweeney (8–3) Yang (1–2) Nakamura (19) Yahoo Dome 32,653 50–46–2 W2
All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1
August: 8–14–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Away: 6–9–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
99 August 3 @ Eagles 4–11 Asai (7–7) Tadano (6–4) — Kleenex Stadium 20,516 50–47–2 L1
100 August 4 @ Eagles 6–2 Takeda (6–3) Aoyama (2–5) — Kleenex Stadium 18,760 51–47–2 W1
101 August 5 @ Eagles 7–2 Sweeney (9–3) Guzmán (2–7) — Kleenex Stadium 17,942 52–47–2 W2
102 August 10 @ Lions 2–11 Hoashi (10–3) Tadano (6–5) — Seibu Dome 30,024 52–48–2 L1
103 August 11 @ Lions 0–3 Kishi (9–4) Takeda (6–4) Graman (22) Seibu Dome 19,260 52–49–2 L2
104 August 12 @ Lions 4–8 Onodera (4–4) Takeda (3–5) — Seibu Dome 19,055 52–50–2 L3
105 August 13 Buffaloes 2–4 Komatsu (9–3) Glynn (3–13) Kato (24) Sapporo Dome 24,416 52–51–2 L4
106 August 14 Buffaloes 0–2 (11) Kato (2–3) Takeda (3–6) Shimizu (1) Sapporo Dome 22,476 52–52–2 L5
107 August 15 Buffaloes 3–5 (10) Kawagoe (2–3) Nakamura (2–1) Kato (25) Sapporo Dome 22,829 52–53–2 L6
108 August 16 @ Hawks 5–1 Yagi (1–0) Standridge (0–2) — Yahoo Dome 33,687 53–53–2 W1
109 August 17 @ Hawks 1–2 Otonari (11–8) Takeda (6–5) Mahara (5) Yahoo Dome 33,533 53–54–2 L1
110 August 18 @ Hawks 7–0 Sweeney (10–3) Hoshino (0–1) — Yahoo Dome 30,636 54–54–2 W1
111 August 19 Marines 4–0 Glynn (4–13) Kobayashi (3–11) — Tokyo Dome 20,061 55–54–2 W2
112 August 20 Marines 3–6 Shimizu (9–8) Fujii (2–6) Ogino (20) Tokyo Dome 21,034 55–55–2 L1
113 August 24 Lions 9–3 Tadano (7–5) Hoashi (10–4) — Starffin Stadium 22,583 56–55–2 W1
114 August 25 Lions 3–4 Onodera (5–4) Takeda (3–7) Graman (23) Sapporo Dome 21,840 56–56–2 L1
115 August 26 @ Marines 3–2 Sweeney (11–3) Watanabe (11–5) Nakamura (20) Chiba Marine Stadium 20,764 57–56–2 W1
116 August 27 @ Marines 1–0 Glynn (5–13) Kubo (2–6) Nakamura (21) Chiba Marine Stadium 22,038 58–56–2 W2
117 August 28 @ Marines 0–3 Shimizu (10–8) Fujii (2–7) — Chiba Marine Stadium 16,522 58–57–2 L1
118 August 29 @ Buffaloes 4–7 Kishida (2–0) Kanazawa (0–1) Kato (29) Skymark Stadium 20,279 58–58–2 L2
119 August 30 @ Buffaloes 2–7 Yamamoto (9–4) Yagi (1–1) — Kyocera Dome 18,169 58–59–2 L3
120 August 31 @ Buffaloes 1–5 Kaneko (9–8) Tadano (7–6) — Kyocera Dome 18,033 58–60–2 L4
September: 14–9–0 (Home: 9–4–0; Away: 5–5–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
121 September 2 Hawks 2–0 Darvish (12–4) Guttormson (4–5) Nakamura (22) Sapporo Dome 20,118 59–60–2 W1
122 September 3 Hawks 3–4 Sato (3–1) Takeda (6–6) Mahara (7) Sapporo Dome 17,702 59–61–2 L1
123 September 4 Hawks 4–3 Takeda (4–7) Sato (3–2) — Sapporo Dome 16,975 60–61–2 W1
124 September 5 Eagles 3–5 (10) Gwyn (1–0) Nakamura (2–2) — Sapporo Dome 22,692 60–62–2 L1
125 September 6 Eagles 4–1 Fujii (3–7) Katayama (2–5) Nakamura (23) Sapporo Dome 33,197 61–62–2 W1
126 September 7 Eagles 2–5 Satake (1–0) Tadano (7–7) Arime (2) Sapporo Dome 33,224 61–63–2 L1
127 September 9 @ Lions 4–1 Darvish (13–4) Ishii (10–9) Nakamura (24) Seibu Dome 14,554 62–63–2 W1
128 September 10 @ Lions 6–5 Sakamoto (4–1) Nishiguchi (8–6) Nakamura (25) Seibu Dome 14,292 63–63–2 W2
129 September 11 @ Lions 3–5 Wakui (9–9) Sweeney (11–4) Graman (27) Seibu Dome 14,016 63–64–2 L1
130 September 13 Buffaloes 7–4 Glynn (6–13) Yamamoto (9–6) Nakamura (26) Sapporo Dome 25,074 64–64–2 W1
131 September 14 Buffaloes 9–6 Sakamoto (5–1) Kaneko (10–9) Nakamura (27) Sapporo Dome 30,457 65–64–2 W2
132 September 15 Buffaloes 5–4 Darvish (14–4) Kato (2–4) — Sapporo Dome 31,473 66–64–2 W3
133 September 16 @ Eagles 1–6 Iwakuma (19–3) Takeda (6–7) — Kleenex Stadium 11,966 66–65–2 L1
134 September 17 @ Eagles 7–15 Asai (9–10) Sweeney (11–5) — Kleenex Stadium 12,430 66–66–2 L2
135 September 18 @ Eagles 2–5 Tanaka (8–6) Fujii (3–8) — Kleenex Stadium 13,697 66–67–2 L3
136 September 20 @ Buffaloes 1–6 Yamamoto (10–6) Glynn (6–14) — Kyocera Dome 20,222 66–68–2 L4
137 September 21 @ Buffaloes 10–5 Sakamoto (6–1) Motoyanagi (2–7) — Kyocera Dome 25,036 67–68–2 W1
138 September 22 @ Hawks 9–0 Darvish (15–4) Arakaki (2–6) — Yahoo Dome 30,491 68–68–2 W2
139 September 23 @ Hawks 5–2 Takeda (7–7) Sugiuchi (10–7) — Yahoo Dome 30,278 69–68–2 W3
140 September 26 Lions 2–0 Sweeney (12–5) Hoashi (11–6) Tateyama (2) Sapporo Dome 28,331 70–68–2 W4
141 September 27 Lions 5–4 Glynn (7–14) Hsu (1–3) Nakamura (28) Sapporo Dome 35,460 71–68–2 W5
142 September 28 Marines 1–4 Naruse (8–6) Tateyama (1–2) Ogino (29) Sapporo Dome 42,126 71–69–2 L1
143 September 29 Marines 2–1 Darvish (16–4) Kobayashi (5–12) — Sapporo Dome 42,126 72–69–2 W1
October: 1–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
144 October 1 @ Eagles 17–0 Takeda (8–7) Tanaka (9–7) — Kleenex Stadium 14,953 73–69–2 W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Fighters team member

Postseason

Climax Series

Main article: 2008 Pacific League Climax Series

Game log

2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0)
Climax Series First Stage: 2–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 2–0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 October 11 @ Buffaloes 4–1 Darvish (1–0) Kondo (0–1) — Kyocera Dome 25,532 1–0–0 W1
2 October 12 @ Buffaloes 7–2 Fujii (1–0) Komatsu (0–1) — Kyocera Dome 26,703 2–0–0 W2
Climax Series Second Stage: 2–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 2–3–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 October 17 @ Lions 3–10 Wakui (1–0) Glynn (0–1) — Omiya Park Stadium 20,500 0–1–0 L1
2 October 18 @ Lions 5–0 Darvish (1–0) Kishi (0–1) — Seibu Dome 30,918 1–1–0 W1
3 October 19 @ Lions 7–4 Takeda (1–0) Hoashi (0–1) — Seibu Dome 33,078 2–1–0 W2
4 October 21 @ Lions 4–9 Ishii (1–0) Sweeney (0–1) — Seibu Dome 18,704 2–2–0 L1
5 October 22 @ Lions 0–9 Wakui (2–0) Glynn (0–2) — Seibu Dome 21,731 2–3–0 L2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Fighters team member

Roster

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

Batting

2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters batting statistics
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Jason Botts 55 142 14 36 9 0 5 16 0 14 53 .254 .327 .423 60
Yu Darvish 25 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 2
Shugo Fujii 19 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 2
Ryan Glynn 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Suguru Ichikawa 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
Yuji Iiyama 74 49 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 13 .163 .212 .204 10
Takahiro Imanami 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0
Ryota Imanari 9 11 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .455 .500 .545 6
Atsunori Inaba 127 448 71 135 25 5 20 82 2 56 85 .301 .380 .513 230
Naoto Inada 99 185 10 41 1 1 0 12 3 6 13 .222 .254 .238 44
Yoshio Itoi 63 188 19 45 14 1 5 21 13 10 53 .239 .285 .404 76
Mitch Jones 8 27 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 .111 .111 .148 4
Makoto Kaneko 96 291 24 63 16 0 2 29 0 20 76 .216 .267 .292 85
Yohei Kaneko 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0
Toshimasa Konta 89 140 32 33 4 1 1 6 14 9 40 .236 .287 .300 42
Eiichi Koyano 120 379 32 95 21 1 6 60 0 29 83 .251 .303 .359 136
Takahito Kudo 104 199 20 51 11 1 0 12 8 9 42 .256 .307 .322 64
Hajime Miki 17 28 5 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 7 .286 .333 .357 10
Hichori Morimoto 121 478 66 121 15 1 0 21 12 49 81 .253 .327 .289 138
Kazuya Murata 15 34 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 .235 .297 .235 8
Satoshi Nakajima 22 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 3
Tomoyuki Oda 64 141 13 41 5 0 3 16 0 11 33 .291 .342 .390 55
Keiji Oyama 27 29 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .172 .200 .207 6
Masaya Ozaki 8 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .133 2
Yoshihiro Sato 7 12 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 .083 .154 .333 4
Terrmel Sledge 113 395 41 114 21 2 16 69 0 44 88 .289 .361 .473 187
Brian Sweeney 29 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 1
Kazuhito Tadano 20 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 1
Takayuki Takaguchi 74 167 12 36 5 4 0 14 1 7 49 .216 .272 .293 49
Shinji Takahashi 108 357 33 102 19 0 9 58 3 24 74 .286 .333 .415 148
Kensuke Tanaka 144 536 89 159 32 9 11 63 21 62 80 .297 .379 .451 242
Tomochika Tsuboi 26 50 2 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 7 .220 .250 .260 13
Shinya Tsuruoka 97 248 24 52 14 0 1 18 0 12 49 .210 .247 .278 69
Atsushi Ugumori 11 20 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .300 .364 .350 7
Ryuichi Watanabe 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 2
Dai-Kang Yang 44 111 7 16 0 1 2 4 1 6 31 .144 .193 .216 24
Total：36 players 1,875 4,726 533 1,206 224 27 82 516 79 380 1,010 .255 .316 .366 1,730
Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Fighters only.
Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Fighters only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league

Pitching

2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pitching statistics
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Yu Darvish 16 4 1.88 25 24 0 200.2 136 44 42 44 208
Romash Tasuku Dass 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 3 2
Shugo Fujii 3 8 3.25 19 19 0 110.2 115 46 40 41 76
Ryan Glynn 7 14 3.64 26 25 0 163.1 160 74 66 61 99
Yachiho Hoshino 2 1 4.94 23 0 0 23.2 31 17 13 6 11
Takeshi Ito 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 3.1 7 3 2 0 2
Takayuki Kanamori 0 1 4.50 10 0 0 12 14 7 6 5 7
Takehito Kanazawa 0 1 6.00 4 3 0 18 23 12 12 7 8
Tatsuo Kato 0 0 8.44 14 0 0 10.2 16 11 10 4 7
Kazumasa Kikuchi 0 0 9.90 11 0 0 10 17 11 11 3 4
Ken Miyamoto 0 0 5.40 9 0 0 8.1 11 9 5 4 6
Naoki Miyanishi 2 4 4.37 50 0 0 45.1 47 24 22 15 25
Micheal Nakamura 2 2 2.14 46 0 28 46.1 32 11 11 12 47
Yataro Sakamoto 6 1 3.18 31 0 0 51 41 18 18 18 35
Brian Sweeney 12 5 3.48 28 25 0 163 139 65 63 72 90
Kazuhito Tadano 7 7 4.78 19 19 0 105.1 107 57 56 22 61
Hisashi Takeda 4 7 4.40 62 0 6 61.1 68 31 30 19 40
Masaru Takeda 8 7 2.96 20 19 0 121.2 110 44 40 19 68
Yoshinori Tateyama 1 2 3.07 58 0 2 67.1 61 23 23 12 53
Akiyoshi Toyoshima 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
Yusuke Uemura 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3 3 1 1 3 0
Tomoya Yagi 1 1 6.75 2 2 0 10.2 14 8 8 2 10
Mitsuo Yoshikawa 2 4 6.23 7 7 0 34.2 39 24 24 22 23
Total：23 players 73 69 3.54 473 144 36 1,277.1 1,196 541 503 395 882
Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Eagles. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league

Awards

Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award

Best Nine Award

Mitsui Golden Glove Award

All-Star Series selections

  • Masataka Nashida - manager
  • Yu Darvish - starting pitcher
  • Hisashi Takeda - relief pitcher
  • Kensuke Tanaka - second baseman
  • Atsunori Inaba - outfielder
  • Hichori Morimoto - outfielder

Farm team

Eastern League regular season standings
Team 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 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Draft selections
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Shota Ono Catcher Toyo University yes
2 Ryo Sakakibara Pitcher Kansai University of International Studies yes
3 Toshiyuki Yanuki Pitcher Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki yes
4 Kenji Tsuchiya Pitcher Yokohama High School yes
5 Takuya Nakashima Infielder Fukuoka Technical High School yes
6 Kenshi Sugiya Infielder Iizuka High School yes
7 Keisuke Tanimoto Pitcher VITAL-NET yes

References

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  9. "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.
  10. "出場者" [Participants] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
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  • Formerly the Senators, the Tokyu Flyers, the Kyuei Flyers, the Toei Flyers, the Nittaku Home Flyers, and the Nippon-Ham Fighters
  • Based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido
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