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2019 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Climax Series berth
LeaguePacific League
BallparkRakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Record71–68–4 (.511)
League place3rd
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentYozo Tachibana
General managerKazuhisa Ishii
ManagerYosuke Hiraishi
CaptainGinji Akaminai
Average attendance25,659
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The 2019 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the fifteenth 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 Yosuke Hiraishi in his first and only season as team manager.

Rakuten finished the season with a record of 71–68–4, securing third place in the PL and qualifying for the Climax Series. They were eliminated by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the First Stage in three games.

Regular season standings

2019 Pacific League regular season standings
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 143 80 62 1 .563 - 43–29–0 37–33–1
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 76 62 5 .551 2 42–27–3 34–35-2
3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 71 68 4 .511 7½ 36–33–2 35–35–2
4 Chiba Lotte Marines 143 69 70 4 .504 9½ 37–32–2 32–38–2
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143 65 73 5 .471 12 35–34–3 30–39–2
6 Orix Buffaloes 143 61 75 7 .452 14 32–34–5 29–41–2

Record vs. opponents

2019 record vs. opponents
Team Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines CL
Buffaloes — 12–12–1 8–15–2 7–16–2 8–17 15–9–1 11–6–1
Eagles 12–12–1 — 13–11–1 12–13 14–11 10–13–2 10–8
Fighters 15–8–2 11–13–1 — 9–15–1 11–14 11–14 8–9–1
Hawks 16–7–2 13–12 15–9–1 — 13–12 8–17 11–5–2
Lions 17–8 11–14 14–11 12–13 — 16–8–1 10–8
Marines 9–15–1 13–10–2 14–11 17–8 8–16–1 — 8–10

Interleague

2019 regular season interleague standings
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 18 11 5 2 .688 — 5–2–2 6–3
2 Orix Buffaloes 18 11 6 1 .647 .5 5–3–1 6–3
3 Yomiuri Giants 18 11 7 0 .611 1 5–4 6–3
4 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 18 10 7 1 .588 1.5 6–3 4–4–1
5 Saitama Seibu Lions 18 10 8 0 .556 2 5–4 5–4
6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 18 10 8 0 .556 2 4–5 6–3
7 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 18 8 9 1 .471 3.5 5–3–1 3–6
8 Chunichi Dragons 18 8 10 0 .444 4 4–5 4–5
9 Chiba Lotte Marines 18 8 10 0 .444 4 3–6 5–4
10 Hanshin Tigers 18 6 10 2 .375 5 3–6 3–4–2
11 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18 6 12 0 .333 6 3–6 3–6
12 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18 5 12 1 .294 6.5 2–7 3–5–1

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 29, 2019, vs. Chiba Lotte Marines

Order Player Position
1 Kazuki Tanaka Center fielder
2 Eigoro Mogi Shortstop
3 Hideto Asamura Second baseman
4 Hiroaki Shimauchi Left fielder
5 Zelous Wheeler Third baseman
6 Ginji Akaminai First baseman
7 Jabari Blash Designated hitter
8 Motohiro Shima Catcher
9 Louis Okoye Right fielder
— Takayuki Kishi Starting pitcher

References

  1. ^ "2019 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  2. "2019年度 交流戦" [2019 Interleague Play] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. "Friday, March 29, 2019". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
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