Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

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Rakuten Eagles
Team logo Cap insignia
Information
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball (2005–present)
Ballpark
Established2005
Nickname(s)
  • Washi (鷲, eagles)
  • Inuwashi (イヌワシ, golden eagles)
Pacific League pennants1 (2013)
Japan Series championships1 (2013)
ColorsRed, Gold
   
OwnershipRakuten Inc.
ManagerMasataka Nashida
Uniforms
File:RakEagles Uniforms.PNG

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス, Tōhoku Rakuten Gōruden Īgurusu) is a baseball team based in Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, which plays in the Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball Pacific League since 2005. They were Japan Series champions in 2013 after defeating the Yomiuri Giants.

The team was created to fill the void left by the merger of the Orix BlueWave and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, after the 2004 season due to financial difficulties, leaving the Pacific League with five teams, causing the biggest crisis in the traditional two-league structure in NPB and finally caused the historical-first baseball player strike in Japan. The team is owned by the Internet shopping company Rakuten.[1]

The team's manager was Katsuya Nomura, the oldest manager in NPB history, but he was replaced as of the 2010 season by Marty Brown the former manager of Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Brown was in turn replaced by Senichi Hoshino after a last place finish in 2010.

The stadium was heavily damaged by floods during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11.[2]

Players of note

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles roster
First squad Second squad

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Development Players
Updated May 3, 2024 → All NPB rosters


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Retired numbers

  • 10 – This number is worn by both team mascots, Clutch and Clutchina, and is considered the number of the fan, the 'tenth man' on the field. It is the first retired number in NPB involving a fan, inspired by some teams in other sports (such as football, which retires "12" for the "12th man", or basketball, which retires "6" for the "6th man"). It should be noted that there are ten starting players in the Pacific League as the league uses the designated hitter. The Chiba Lotte Marines has the #26 retired in similar fashion (MLB's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim has retired #26, in similar fashion, for the original owner Gene Autry).

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Honours and records

2013 honours

Rakuten (楽天) were victorious in the 2013 Japan Series after defeating the Yomiuri Giants .

Records

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Year Manager Games Wins Losses Ties Pct. GB BA ERA Place
2005 Yasushi Tao 136 38 97 1 .281 51.5 .255 5.67 6
2006 Katsuya Nomura 136 47 85 4 .356 33.0 .258 4.30 6
2007 Katsuya Nomura 144 67 75 2 .472 13.5 .262 4.31 4
2008 Katsuya Nomura 144 65 76 3 .461 11.5 .272 3.89 5
2009 Katsuya Nomura 144 77 66 1 .538 5.5 .267 4.01 2
2010 Marty Brown 144 62 79 3 .440 15.0 .265 3.98 6
2011 Senichi Hoshino 144 66 71 7 .482 22.5 .245 2.85 5
2012 Senichi Hoshino 144 67 67 10 .500 7.5 .252 2.99 4
2013 Senichi Hoshino 144 82 59 3 .582 - .267 3.51 1
2014 Senichi Hoshino 144 64 80 0 .444 17.0 .255 3.97 6
2015 Hiromoto Okubo 143 57 83 3 .407 33.5 .241 3.82 6
2016 Masataka Nashida 143 － － － . － . .
Total -- 1424 692 838 37 .452 -- -- -- --

Golden Eagles Fan Club honorary members

See also

Gallery

External links

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References

  1. ^ Rakuten Golden Eagles (Sendai) Team Information. JapanBall.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-19.
  2. ^ Japan Pro Baseball and the Earthquake and Tsunami
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