2019 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season explained

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, 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

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Team
1	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	80	62	1		-	43–29–0	37–33–1
2	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	143	76	62	5		2	42–27–3	34–35-2
3	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	71	68	4		7½	36–33–2	35–35–2
4	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	69	70	4		9½	37–32–2	32–38–2
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	65	73	5		12	35–34–3	30–39–2
6	Orix Buffaloes	143	61	75	7		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

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Team
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^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Friday, March 29, 2019 . . March 29, 2022.