2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Interleague champions
20th anniversary logo
LeaguePacific League
BallparkRakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Record67–72–4 (.482), 23½ GB
League place4th
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentMasayuki Morii
ManagerToshiaki Imae
CaptainHideto Asamura (fielding)
Takahiro Norimoto (pitching)
Average attendance23,132

The 2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 20th 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 was led by Toshiaki Imae in his first season as team manager.

Regular season

Standings

2024 Pacific League regular season standings[1]
Pos Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks† 143 91 49 3 .650 — 49–21–2 42–28–1
2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters* 143 75 60 8 .556 13½ 41–25–6 34–35–2
3 Chiba Lotte Marines* 143 71 66 6 .518 18½ 37–33–1 34–33–5
4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 67 72 4 .482 23½ 30–39–2 37–33–2
5 Orix Buffaloes 143 63 77 3 .450 28 34–36–1 29–41–2
6 Saitama Seibu Lions 143 49 91 3 .350 42 31–40–1 18–51–2
 †  League champion and advanced directly to the final stage of the Climax Series
 *  Advanced to the first stage of the Climax Series

Record vs. opponents

2024 record vs. opponents[1]
Team Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines CL
Buffaloes — 15–10 12–12–1 6–18−1 12–13 8–16−1 10–8
Eagles 10–15 — 10–13–2 9–16 14–10–1 11–13–1 13–5
Fighters 12–12–1 13–10–2 — 12–12–1 13–10–2 18–6–1 7–10–1
Hawks 18–6−1 16–9 12–12–1 — 17–8 16–8−1 12–6
Lions 13–12 10–14–1 10–13–2 8–17 — 4–21 4–14
Marines 16–8−1 13–11–1 6–18–1 8–16−1 21–4 — 7–9−2

Interleague

2024 regular season interleague standings[2]
Pos Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles† 18 13 5 0 .722 — 6–3 7–2
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 18 12 6 0 .667 1 7–2 5–4
3 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 18 11 7 0 .611 2 3–6 8–1
4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18 9 7 2 .563 3 5–2−2 4–5
5 Orix Buffaloes 18 10 8 0 .556 3 4–5 6–3
6 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18 10 8 0 .556 3 6–3 4–5
7 Yomiuri Giants 18 8 9 1 .471 4½ 4–5 4–4–1
8 Chiba Lotte Marines 18 7 9 2 .438 5 4–5 3–4−2
9 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 18 7 10 1 .412 5½ 3–5–1 4–5
10 Hanshin Tigers 18 7 11 0 .388 6 4–5 3–6
11 Chunichi Dragons 18 7 11 0 .388 6 3–6 4–5
12 Saitama Seibu Lions 18 4 14 0 .222 9 3–6 2–7
 †  Interleague champion

Chihō ballparks

The Eagles hosted five home games outside of Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in 2024. Four were played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in Fukushima, Aomori, Yamagata, and Akita Prefectures in Japan's Tōhoku region and the fifth was played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.[3] A sixth game was scheduled to be played in Iwate Prefecture, however the game was rained out and was instead played in Rakuten Mobile Park.[4]

2024 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks[3]
Ballpark City Prefecture
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium Fukushima Fukushima Prefecture
Haruka Yume Stadium Hirosaki Aomori Prefecture
Kirayaka Stadium Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture
Kitagin Ballpark† Morioka Iwate Prefecture
Komachi Stadium Akita Akita Prefecture
Tokyo Dome Bunkyō Tokyo
† Game was rained out.[5]

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 29, 2024, vs. Saitama Seibu Lions[6]

2024 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster[6]
Order Player Position
1 Eigoro Mogi First baseman
2 Hiroto Kobukata Second baseman
3 Yuya Ogo Right fielder
4 Hideto Asamura Third baseman
5 Hiroaki Shimauchi Left fielder
6 Maikel Franco Designated hitter
7 Ryosuke Tatsumi Center fielder
8 Hikaru Ohta Catcher
9 Itsuki Murabayashi Shortstop
— Takahisa Hayakawa Starting pitcher

Game log

2024 game log: 70–71–2 (Home: 38–33–1; Away: 32–38–1)
March/April: 11–14–1 (Home: 5–8–1; Away: 6–6–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 March 29 Lions 0–1 Imai (1–0) Hayakawa (0–1) Abreu (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,069 0–1–0 L1
2 March 30 Lions 2–8 Sumida (1–0) Shoji (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,593 0–2–0 L2
3 March 31 Lions 4–3 (11) S. Watanabe (1–0) Itogawa (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,501 1–2–0 W1
4 April 2 @ Fighters 4–2 Ponce (1–0) Yamasaki (0–1) Norimoto (1) Es Con Field 30,728 2–2–0 W2
5 April 3 @ Fighters 2–4 Kitayama (1–0) Kishi (0–1) S. Tanaka (2) Es Con Field 27,042 2–3–0 L1
6 April 5 Hawks 1–6 Ishikawa (1–0) Hayakawa (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,506 2–4–0 L2
7 April 6 Hawks 4–5 Fujii (1–0) Turley (0–1) Osuna (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,801 2–5–0 L3
8 April 7 Hawks 3–2 Norimoto (1–0) Sawayanagi (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,457 3–5–0 W1
9 April 9 @ Buffaloes 4–5 Tajima (1–0) Ponce (1–1) Yo. Hirano (3) Kyocera Dome 19,256 3–6–0 L1
10 April 10 @ Buffaloes 5–4 (10) Nishigaki (1–0) Yamazaki (0–1) Norimoto (2) Kyocera Dome 19,667 4–6–0 W1
11 April 11 @ Buffaloes 1–2 Yo. Hirano (1–0) Nishigaki (1–1) — Kyocera Dome 18,214 4–7–0 L1
12 April 12 Marines 5–2 Hayakawa (1–2) Ojima (1–2) Norimoto (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,213 5–7–0 W1
13 April 13 Marines 2−2 Game tied after 12 innings Rakuten Mobile Park 24,075 5–7–1 T1
14 April 14 Marines 2–9 Sasaki (2–0) Fujii (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,020 5–8–1 L1
15 April 16 Buffaloes 6–2 Ponce (2–1) Tajima (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 19,079 6–8–1 W1
16 April 17 Buffaloes 0–5 Espinoza (3–0) Kishi (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,735 6–9–1 L1
17 April 18 Buffaloes 0–7 Sotani (1–1) Uchi (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,974 6–10–1 L2
18 April 19 @ Lions 4–5 Imai (2–0) Hayakawa (1–3) Abreu (5) Belluna Dome 17,811 6–11–1 L3
19 April 20 @ Lions 8–2 T. Sakai (1–0) S. Sato (0–1) — Belluna Dome 20,109 7–11–1 W1
20 April 21 @ Lions 1–0 Fujii (1–1) K. Takahashi (0–2) Nishigaki (1) Belluna Dome 25,210 8–11–1 W2
21 April 23 Fighters 3–4 (12) S. Tanaka (1–0) Nishigaki (1–2) Sugiura (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,892 8–12–1 L1
— April 24 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 5 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —[4]
22 April 25 Fighters 5–1 Kishi (1–2) Suzuki (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,850 9–12–1 W1
23 April 27 @ Marines 4–1 Uchi (1–1) Sawamura (0–1) Norimoto (4) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,478 10–12–1 W2
24 April 28 @ Marines 1–10 Ojima (2–3) Takinaka (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 27,945 10–13–1 L1
25 April 29 @ Marines 8–6 Shoji (1–1) Taneichi (1–3) Norimoto (5) Zozo Marine Stadium 23,599 11–13–1 W1
26 April 30 @ Hawks 0–8 Arihara (3–2) Ponce (2–2) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 11–14–1 L1
May: 10–13–0 (Home: 5–6–0; Away: 5–7–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
27 May 1 @ Hawks 4–3 S. Suzuki (1–0) Osuna (0–1) Norimoto (6) Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 12–14–1 W1
28 May 3 Marines 12–1 Hayakawa (2–3) Nishino (2–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,572 13–14–1 W2
29 May 4 Marines 0–2 Iwashita (2–0) Uchi (1–2) Masuda (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,010 13–15–1 L1
30 May 5 Marines 1–4 Ojima (3–3) Kishi (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,039 13–16–1 L2
31 May 6 Buffaloes 2–4 Sotani (2–1) Shoji (1–2) Machado (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,769 13–17–1 L3
32 May 8 Buffaloes 4–1 Fujii (2–1) Miyagi (2–4) Norimoto (7) Komachi Stadium 14,047 14–17–1 W1
33 May 10 @ Lions 13–2 Hayakawa (3–3) Aoyama (0–1) — Belluna Dome 14,409 15–17–1 W2
34 May 11 @ Lions 1–2 Takeuchi (3–0) Uchi (1–3) Abreu (8) Belluna Dome 19,482 15–18–1 L1
35 May 12 @ Lions 2–6 Imai (3–0) Kishi (1–4) — Belluna Dome 19,185 15–19–1 L2
36 May 14 Hawks 4–1 Ponce (3–2) Arihara (3–3) Norimoto (8) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,043 16–19–1 W1
37 May 15 Hawks 3–7 Hasegawa (3–2) Shoji (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,193 16–20–1 L1
38 May 17 @ Buffaloes 5–3 CH. Sung (1–0) Takashima (0–1) Norimoto (9) Kyocera Dome 31,932 17–20–1 W1
39 May 18 @ Buffaloes 3–8 Sotani (3–1) Uchi (1–4) — Kyocera Dome 30,977 17–21–1 L1
40 May 19 @ Buffaloes 2–3 (10) Iguchi (1–0) T. Sakai (1–1) — Kyocera Dome 31,664 17–22–1 L2
41 May 21 @ Hawks 0–21 Arihara (4–3) Ponce (3–3) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 17–23–1 L3
42 May 22 @ Hawks 0–12 Wada (2–0) Shoji (1–4) — Kyocera Dome 33,293 17–24–1 L4
43 May 24 Fighters 3–4 (10) S. Tanaka (2–0) CH. Sung (1–1) Sugiura (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,783 17–25–1 L5
44 May 25 Fighters 0–5 T. Kato (3–4) Koja (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,034 17–26–1 L6
45 May 26 Fighters 3–2 Kishi (2–4) Yanagawa (0–1) Norimoto (10) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,735 18–26–1 W1
46 May 28 @ BayStars 1–6 (7) Kay (3–4) Ponce (3–4) — Yokohama Stadium 29,710 18–27–1 L1
47 May 29 @ BayStars 4–0 Uchi (2–4) Jackson (2–4) — Yokohama Stadium 32,141 19–27–1 W1
48 May 30 @ BayStars 6–5 Fujii (3–1) K. Ishida (2–3) Norimoto (11) Yokohama Stadium 31,209 20–27–1 W2
49 May 31 Swallows 5–3 S. Watanabe (2–0) Espada (0–2) — Azuma Baseball Stadium 12,223 21–27–1 W3
June: 12–9–1 (Home: 8–5–0; Away: 4–4–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
50 June 1 Swallows 8–2 Matsui (1–0) Yajure (4–5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,337 22–27–1 W4
51 June 2 Swallows 0–4 (5) Ishikawa (1–1) Kishi (2–5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,303 22–28–1 L1
52 June 4 @ Tigers 3–1 (10) S. Suzuki (2–0) Guerra (0–3) Norimoto (12) Koshien Stadium 42,622 23–28–1 W1
53 June 5 Tigers 3–2 S. Watanabe (3–0) Iwazaki (2–3) Norimoto (13) Koshien Stadium 42,615 24–28–1 W2
54 June 6 Tigers 4–1 Fujii (4–1) Nishi (2–3) S. Suzuki (1) Koshien Stadium 42,625 25–28–1 W3
55 June 7 @ Dragons 2–0 Hayakawa (4–3) Wakui (2–4) Norimoto (14) Vantelin Dome 30,254 26–28–1 W4
56 June 8 @ Dragons 7–2 Koja (1–1) Mejía (3–3) — Vantelin Dome 36,296 27–28–1 W5
57 June 9 @ Dragons 1–3 Matsuba (3–3) Kishi (2–6) Martínez (19) Vantelin Dome 36,294 27–29–1 L1
58 June 11 Giants 7–6 Tsurusaki (1–0) Baldonado (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,844 28–29–1 W1
59 June 12 Giants 5–4 Uchi (3–4) Hotta (3–3) Norimoto (15) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,623 29–29–1 W2
60 June 13 Giants 3–0 Fujii (5–1) Inoue (2–4) Norimoto (16) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,251 30–29–1 W3
61 June 14 Carp 0–1 (11) Moriura (1–0) CH. Sung (1–2) Hearn (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,202 30–30–1 L1
62 June 15 Carp 3–4 Tamamura (1–2) Koja (1–2) Kuribayashi (19) Rakuten Mobile Park 26,153 30–31–1 L2
63 June 16 Carp 5–3 Yuge (1–0) Aduwa (5–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,761 31–31–1 W1
64 June 21 @ Fighters 9−9 Game tied after 12 innings Es Con Field 22,592 31–31–2 T1
65 June 22 @ Fighters 2–5 Itoh (6–1) Ponce (3–5) S. Tanaka (11) Es Con Field 30,648 31–32–2 L1
66 June 23 @ Fighters 6–2 Fujii (6–1) T. Kato (3–5) Norimoto (17) Es Con Field 27,704 32–32–2 W1
67 June 25 @ Marines 2–10 Nishino (5–5) Uchi (3–5) — Zozo Marine Stadium 22,377 32–33–2 L1
68 June 26 @ Marines 1–4 Nakamori (1–0) Kishi (2–7) Masuda (10) Zozo Marine Stadium 22,681 32–34–2 L2
69 June 28 Lions 0–4 Imai (4–4) Koja (1–3) — Kirayaka Stadium 10,013 32–35–2 L3
70 June 29 Lions 2–4 Sumida (6–5) Takinaka (0–2) Abreu (14) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,527 32–36–2 L4
71 June 30 Lions 2–1 S. Watanabe (4–0) Honda (0–3) Norimoto (18) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,064 33–36–2 W1
July: 12–8–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Away: 7–4–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
72 July 2 Buffaloes 1–4 Sotani (5–3) Uchi (3–6) Machado (12) Haruka Yume Ballpark 11,525 33–37–2 L1
— July 3 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 6 Kitagin Ballpark — — —[4]
73 July 5 @ Hawks 5–1 Hayakawa (5–3) Wada (2–2) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 39,197 34–37–2 W1
74 July 6 @ Hawks 4–0 Koja (2–3) Ohtsu (6–4) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 38,974 35–37–2 W2
75 July 7 @ Hawks 3–5 Hernández (3–0) T. Sakai (1–2) Y. Matsumoto (2) Mizuho PayPay Dome 39,021 35–38–2 L1
76 July 9 @ Marines 4–2 Uchi (4–6) Mercedes (2–4) — Zozo Marine Stadium 19,832 36–38–2 W1
77 July 10 @ Marines 5–18 A. Ishikawa (2–0) Matsui (1–1) Hirohata (1) Zozo Marine Stadium 21,511 36–39–2 L1
78 July 12 Lions 3–2 Hayakawa (6–3) Takeuchi (5–1) Norimoto (19) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,502 37–39–2 W1
79 July 13 Lions 5–0 Kishi (3–7) Imai (4–6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,640 38–39–2 W2
80 July 14 Lions 4–2 T. Sakai (2–2) Sumida (6–7) Norimoto (20) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,046 39–39–2 W3
81 July 15 @ Fighters 16–3 Takinaka (1–2) Fukushima (1–2) — Es Con Field 30,163 40–39–2 W4
82 July 16 @ Fighters 4–5 (10) Ikeda (1–0) Norimoto (1–1) — Es Con Field 24,061 40–40–2 L1
83 July 17 @ Fighters 2–6 Kanemura (4–4) Koja (2–4) S. Tanaka (14) Es Con Field 24,337 40–41–2 L2
84 July 19 @ Buffaloes 3–2 Hayakawa (7–3) Sotani (5–5) Norimoto (21) Hotto Motto Field 24,752 41–41–2 W1
85 July 20 @ Buffaloes 3–2 (12) Norimoto (2–1) Yamashita (0–4) Turley (1) Hotto Motto Field 29,264 42–41–2 W2
86 July 21 @ Buffaloes 12–5 Fujii (7–1) Satoh (1–1) — Hotto Motto Field 34,565 43–41–2 W3
All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1[7]
87 July 26 Marines 1–6 Nishino (8–5) Uchi (4–7) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,633 43–42–2 L1
88 July 27 Marines 3–5 Karakawa (1–0) Ponce (3–6) Masuda (16) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,437 43–43–2 L2
89 July 28 Marines 8–7 Norimoto (3–1) Masuda (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,026 44–43–2 W1
90 July 30 Hawks 1–10 Moinelo (7–3) Hayakawa (7–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,710 44–44–2 L1
91 July 31 Hawks 3–2 Koja (3–4) Ohtsu (6–5) Norimoto (22) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,076 45–44–2 W1
August: 11–12–1 (Home: 3–7–0; Away: 8–5–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
92 August 1 Hawks 0–7 Sawayanagi (1–1) Fujii (7–2) — Tokyo Dome 40,648 45–45–2 L1
93 August 2 @ Lions 3–2 Uchi (5–7) Imai (4–7) Norimoto (23) Belluna Dome 18,768 46–45–2 W1
94 August 3 @ Lions 0–7 Takeuchi (7–2) Takinaka (1–3) — Belluna Dome 22,045 46–46–2 L1
95 August 4 @ Lions 10–5 S. Watanabe (5–0) Mizukami (1–1) — Belluna Dome 22,927 47–46–2 W1
96 August 6 Fighters 1–5 (10) Kanemura (5–4) Norimoto (3–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,052 47–47–2 L1
97 August 7 Fighters 0–2 Nabatame (1–1) Kishi (3–8) Yanagawa (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,808 47–48–2 L2
98 August 8 Fighters 4–5 T. Kato (5–7) Fujii (7–3) Yanagawa (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,639 47–49–2 L3
99 August 10 @ Hawks 13–6 Koja (4–4) Arihara (10–5) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 38,955 48–49–2 W1
100 August 11 @ Hawks 2–5 Stewart, Jr. (7–2) Takinaka (1–4) Y. Matsumoto (10) Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 48–50–2 L1
101 August 12 @ Hawks 4–14 Ohzeki (7–2) Tsurusaki (1–1) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 39,732 48–51–2 L2
102 August 13 @ Buffaloes 3–0 Hayakawa (8–4) Sotani (5–8) — Kyocera Dome 31,855 49–51–2 W1
103 August 14 @ Buffaloes 6–1 Uchi (6–7) Espinoza (7–6) — Kyocera Dome 32,335 50–51–2 W2
104 August 15 @ Buffaloes 2–3 Machado (3–2) S. Watanabe (5–1) — Kyocera Dome 28,150 50–52–2 L1
— August 16 Lions Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —[8]
105 August 17 Lions 4–11 Imai (5–8) Koja (4–5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,019 50–53–2 L2
106 August 18 Lions 6–1 Takinaka (2–4) Takeuchi (7–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,239 51–53–2 W1
107 August 20 Hawks 3–0 Hayakawa (9–4) Moinelo (9–4) Norimoto (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,872 52–53–2 W2
108 August 21 Hawks 2–1 Yuge (2–0) Y. Matsumoto (2–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,364 53–53–2 W3
109 August 23 @ Lions 2–1 Fujii (8–3) Matsumoto (1–7) Norimoto (25) Belluna Dome 21,533 54–53–2 W4
110 August 24 @ Lions 2–3 Imai (6–8) Kishi (3–9) Abreu (21) Belluna Dome 22,842 54–54–2 L1
111 August 25 @ Lions 2–0 Koja (5–5) Takeuchi (7–5) Norimoto (26) Belluna Dome 25,986 55–54–2 W1
112 August 27 @ Fighters 3−3 Game tied after 12 innings Es Con Field 26,383 55–54–3 T1
113 August 28 @ Fighters 9–5 S. Watanabe (6–1) Yamasaki (9–4) — Es Con Field 27,321 56–54–3 W1
114 August 30 Buffaloes 0–2 Sotani (6–9) Fujii (8–4) Machado (22) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,654 56–55–3 L1
115 August 31 Buffaloes 0–6 Miyagi (5–8) Kishi (3–10) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,372 56–56–3 L2
September/October: 11–16–1 (Home: 6–9–1; Away: 5–7–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
116 September 1 Buffaloes 2–6 Suzuki (1–0) S. Watanabe (6–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,065 56–57–3 L3
117 September 2 Buffaloes 5–2 Takinaka (3–4) Takashima (1–2) Norimoto (27) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,268 57–57–3 W1
118 September 5 @ Marines 1–3 Keuchel (1–1) Fujii (8–5) Masuda (21) Zozo Marine Stadium 25,030 57–58–3 L1
119 September 6 @ Marines 2–1 Hayakawa (10–4) Nishino (8–8) Norimoto (28) Zozo Marine Stadium 28,704 58–58–3 W1
120 September 7 @ Marines 4–1 Kishi (4–10) Ojima (9–10) Norimoto (29) Zozo Marine Stadium 28,480 59–58–3 W2
121 September 8 @ Marines 5–9 Sasaki (8–4) Uchi (6–8) — Zozo Marine Stadium 25,650 59–59–3 L1
122 September 10 Hawks 1–4 Ishikawa (5–2) Koja (5–6) Hernández (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,997 59–60–3 L2
123 September 11 Hawks 2–9 Ohzeki (8–3) Takinaka (3–5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,331 59–61–3 L3
124 September 12 @ Lions 7–3 Fujii (9–5) Sugiyama (0–1) — Belluna Dome 14,657 60–61–3 W1
125 September 14 Fighters 7–5 Hayakawa (11–4) T. Kato (9–8) Norimoto (30) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,767 61–61–3 W2
— September 15 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 7 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —[9]
126 September 16 Fighters 6–5 Kishi (5–10) Ikeda (2–1) Norimoto (31) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,875 62–61–3 W3
127 September 17 Marines 5–4 (10) S. Watanabe (7–2) Kuniyoshi (3–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,793 63–61–3 W4
128 September 18 Marines 8–1 Fujii (10–5) Keuchel (2–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,809 64–61–3 W5
129 September 20 @ Fighters 3–7 VerHagen (2–1) Hayakawa (11–5) — Es Con Field 30,881 64–62–3 L1
130 September 21 @ Hawks 2–3 S. Ogata (2–0) Norimoto (3–3) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 64–63–3 L2
131 September 22 @ Hawks 5–11 Iwai (1–0) Takada (0–1) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,142 64–64–3 L3
132 September 23 @ Marines 6–0 Kishi (6–10) Karakawa (3–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 24,765 65–64–3 W1
133 September 25 @ Fighters 3–1 Fujii (11–5) Kanemura (6–6) Norimoto (32) Es Con Field 30,710 66–64–3 W2
134 September 26 @ Fighters 1–2 Itoh (14–4) Koja (5–7) — Es Con Field 30,241 66–65–3 L1
135 September 28 Buffaloes 2–5 Takashima (2–2) M. Tanaka (0–1) Perdomo (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,953 66–66–3 L2
136 September 29 Buffaloes 1–8 Miyagi (6–9) Takinaka (3–6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,799 66–67–3 L3
137 September 30 Marines 1–2 Kikuchi (1–0) Norimoto (3–4) Masuda (25) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,040 66–68–3 L4
138 October 1 Marines 1–5 Sasaki (10–5) Kishi (6–11) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,621 66–69–3 L5
139 October 3 @ Hawks 2–4 Arihara (14–7) Koja (5–8) Osuna (24) Mizuho PayPay Dome 36,777 66–70–3 L6
— October 4 Lions Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 9 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —[8]
140 October 5 Fighters 2–3 Kanemura (7–6) Fujihira (0–1) Y. Saitoh (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,072 66–71–3 L7
141 October 6 Buffaloes 1–8 (7) Miyagi (7–9) Hayakawa (11–6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,346 66–72–3 L8
— October 7 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 8 Rakuten Mobile Park — — —[9]
142 October 8 Fighters 2–0 Takinaka (4–6) Itoh (14–5) Fujihira (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 11,543 67–72–3 W1
143 October 9 Lions 2−2 Game tied after 12 innings Rakuten Mobile Park 24,539 67–72–4 T1
  Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  •  2 Hikaru Ohta
  • 44 Takaya Tanaka
  • 55 Yuma Yasuda
  • 65 Kengo Horiuchi
  • 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

[10]

Player statistics

Batting

2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics[10]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Toshiki Abe 78 229 19 52 13 2 9 32 0 20 54 .227 .292 .419 96
Hideto Asamura 143 471 51 119 19 0 14 60 1 68 101 .253 .346 .382 180
Maikel Franco 68 229 20 50 5 0 8 30 0 9 49 .218 .251 .345 79
Masaru Fujii 22 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 1
Takahisa Hayakawa 25 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 1
Kengo Horiuchi 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Daiki Irie 5 12 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .417 .462 .417 5
Tsuyoshi Ishihara 68 146 9 25 5 0 4 13 0 13 50 .171 .239 .288 42
Yukiya Itoh 44 115 10 30 6 1 2 10 0 5 34 .261 .298 .383 44
Takayuki Kishi 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 0
Hiroto Kobukata 134 450 50 103 9 4 3 23 29 42 84 .229 .296 .287 129
Tatsuki Koja 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Fumiya Kurokawa 22 56 8 13 1 0 1 8 0 4 12 .232 .283 .304 17
Eigoro Mogi 46 68 6 18 4 1 1 8 0 5 13 .265 .311 .397 27
Itsuki Murabayashi 139 518 51 125 13 3 6 50 5 21 91 .241 .270 .313 162
Atsuki Mutoh 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 1
Daisuke Nakashima 37 123 18 28 8 1 1 10 1 2 21 .228 .258 .333 41
Yuya Ogo 143 565 64 145 24 6 7 49 32 68 120 .257 .337 .358 202
Hikaru Ohta 94 230 23 45 10 3 2 23 2 13 58 .196 .244 .291 67
Takero Okajima 31 80 6 16 1 1 1 6 0 11 15 .200 .304 .275 22
Cody Ponce 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
Hiroaki Shimauchi 40 131 8 28 3 1 0 12 0 16 16 .214 .307 .252 33
Daichi Suzuki 123 406 41 108 11 5 4 41 0 23 43 .266 .324 .347 141
Ryuya Taira 18 21 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 .143 .217 .143 3
Kazuki Tanaka 68 31 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 .129 .129 .161 5
Takaya Tanaka 17 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .100 .250 .100 1
Konosuke Tatsumi 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
Ryosuke Tatsumi 143 537 68 158 22 12 7 58 20 44 108 .294 .353 .419 225
Seiryu Uchi 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0
Yoshiaki Watanabe 47 136 9 34 2 0 0 11 0 11 26 .250 .302 .265 36
Haruka Yamada 25 25 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 10 .160 .222 .240 6
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Yuma Yasuda 34 122 12 32 6 0 2 9 0 6 38 .262 .297 .361 44
Total：33 players 143 4,746 492 1,149 165 40 72 459 90 389 977 .242 .303 .339 1,610
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[11]

Pitching

2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics[10]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Shoma Fujihira 0 1 1.75 47 0 1 46.1 29 11 9 12 58
Masaru Fujii 11 5 2.93 22 22 0 126 138 45 41 29 74
Takahisa Hayakawa 11 6 2.54 25 25 0 170.1 156 54 48 35 160
Naoki Hinata 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Mao Itoh 0 0 7.94 6 0 0 5.2 7 5 5 4 6
Takayuki Kishi 6 11 2.83 22 22 0 143.1 144 52 45 29 73
Tatsuki Koja 5 8 4.32 15 15 0 83.1 70 42 40 31 58
Ryuji Komago 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Takuma Matsuda 0 0 3.60 7 1 0 15 14 6 6 9 8
Tomotaka Matsui 1 1 6.75 7 3 0 22.2 30 18 17 14 10
Satoshi Miyamori 0 0 1.00 9 0 0 9 5 1 1 2 5
Masaya Nishigaki 1 2 7.50 18 0 1 18 28 18 15 12 13
Takahiro Norimoto 3 4 3.46 54 0 32 52 57 21 20 11 44
Cody Ponce 3 6 6.72 15 12 0 67 92 55 50 16 56
Haruto Sakai 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Tomohito Sakai 2 2 2.33 49 0 0 46.1 35 13 12 15 29
Shuto Sakurai 0 0 8.44 8 0 0 10.2 11 10 10 8 9
Kotaro Seimiya 0 0 12.00 3 0 0 3 4 4 4 3 1
Kosei Shoji 1 4 6.98 7 7 0 29.2 32 26 23 18 26
Sung Chia-hao 1 2 3.18 41 0 0 39.2 41 15 14 7 22
Sora Suzuki 2 0 1.66 49 0 1 48.2 24 9 9 21 48
Koichi Takada 0 1 6.97 5 1 0 10.1 13 8 8 3 4
Ryota Takinaka 4 6 4.16 12 12 0 71.1 74 36 33 14 26
Masahiro Tanaka 0 1 7.20 1 1 0 5 6 4 4 2 1
Taisei Tsurusaki 1 1 6.85 14 2 0 23.2 36 19 18 5 14
Nik Turley 0 1 2.93 17 0 1 15.1 15 5 5 12 13
Seiryu Uchi 6 8 3.58 20 20 0 110.2 113 49 44 28 45
Shota Watanabe 7 2 3.04 49 0 0 47.1 42 19 16 22 41
Kazuki Yoshikawa 0 0 5.40 13 0 0 20 32 12 12 8 17
Hayato Yuge 2 0 5.94 34 0 0 33.1 42 22 22 9 28
Total: 30 players 67 72 3.73 143 143 36 1,276.2 1,293 579 529 382 890
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[12]

Awards and honors

Best Nine Award[13]

Mitsui Golden Glove Award[14]

  • Hiroto Kobukata - second baseman
  • Ryosuke Tatsumi - outfielder

All-Star Series selections[15]

All-Star Game Fighting Spirit Award[16]

  • Ryosuke Tatsumi - Game 2

SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award[17]

Farm team

2024 Eastern League regular season standings[18]
Pos Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Yokohama DeNA BayStars† 126 69 48 9 .590 — 42–18–4 27–30–5
2 Yomiuri Giants 130 69 52 9 .570 2 41–16–6 28–36–3
3 Saitama Seibu Lions 126 65 53 8 .551 4½ 34–21–3 31–32–5
4 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 121 62 54 5 .534 6½ 36–23–1 26–31–4
5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 125 59 59 7 .500 10½ 35–25–4 24–34–3
6 Chiba Lotte Marines 122 56 63 3 .471 14 32–31–2 24–32–1
7 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 124 51 61 12 .455 15½ 30–22–7 21–39–5
8 Oisix Niigata Albirex 126 41 79 6 .342 29½ 33–28–3 8–51–3
 †  League champion

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections[19]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Rui Muneyama Infielder Meiji University Yes
2 Kazuto Tokuyama Pitcher International Pacific University Yes
3 Haruto Nakagomi Pitcher Tokushima Indigo Socks Yes
4 Masahiro Ehara Infielder Nippon Steel Yes
5 Tsubasa Yoshino Pitcher Waseda University Yes
6 Yang Po-hsiang Outfielder Ibaraki Astro Planets Yes
Development players
1 Yuya Kishimoto Infielder Nara University High School Yes

References

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