2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season
2008 Saitama Seibu Lions | |
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Pacific League champions | |
Record | 76–64–4 (.543) |
League place | 1st Pacific |
Playoff finish | Won Japan Series |
Team information | |
Parent company | Seibu Holdings |
Manager | Hisanobu Watanabe |
Field | Seibu Dome |
The 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season was the of the Saitama Seibu Lions franchise. The Lions played their home games at Seibu Dome in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Hisanobu Watanabe on his first season as team manager.
Seibu finished the season in first place with a record of 76–64–4, winning the team its 21st PL pennant and qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Lions defeated the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Second Stage and went on to win the 2008 Japan Series, its thirteenth, as well as the 2008 Asia Series.
Regular season[]
Standings[]
Team
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G | W | L | T | Win% | GB | Home | Away |
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Saitama Seibu Lions (1) | 144 | 76 | 64 | 4 | .543 | — | 44–27–1 | 32–37–3 |
Orix Buffaloes (2) | 144 | 75 | 68 | 1 | .524 | 2½ | 41–31 | 34–37–1 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) | 144 | 73 | 69 | 2 | .514 | 4 | 41–30–1 | 32–39–1 |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 144 | 73 | 70 | 1 | .510 | 4½ | 41–30–1 | 32–40 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 144 | 65 | 76 | 3 | .461 | 11½ | 37–34–1 | 28–42–2 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 144 | 64 | 77 | 3 | .454 | 12½ | 36–33–3 | 28–44 |
Interleague[]
Team | G | W | L | T | Win% | GB | Home | Away |
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | .625 | — | 10–2 | 5–7 |
Hanshin Tigers | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | .625 | 0 | 10–2 | 5–7 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 1 | 8–4 | 6–6 |
Yomiuri Giants | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 1 | 9–3 | 5–7 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 2 | 6–6 | 7–5 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 2 | 6–6 | 7–5 |
Chunichi Dragons | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | 3 | 8–4 | 4–8 |
Orix Buffaloes | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | 4 | 6–6 | 5–7 |
Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | 4 | 4–8 | 7–5 |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .417 | 5 | 6–6 | 4–8 |
Saitama Seibu Lions | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .417 | 5 | 7–5 | 3–9 |
Yokohama BayStars | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | .250 | 9 | 5–7 | 1–11 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Team | Central League opponents | Pacific League opponents | ||||||||||
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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. Orix Buffaloes[3]
Order | Player | Pos. |
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1 | Yasuyuki Kataoka | 2B |
2 | Takumi Kuriyama | DH |
3 | Hiroyuki Nakajima | SS |
4 | Craig Brazell | 1B |
5 | G. G. Sato | RF |
6 | Takeya Nakamura | 3B |
7 | Hiram Bocachica | CF |
8 | Toru Hosokawa | C |
9 | LF | |
— | Hideaki Wakui | P |
Game log[]
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March: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 1–2–0)
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April: 14–7–1 (Home: 10–2–1; Away: 4–5–0)
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May: 15–9–0 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 8–7–0)
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June: 8–10–0 (Home: 6–4–0; Away: 2–6–0)
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July: 13–10–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Away: 8–6–0)
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August: 12–7–3 (Home: 10–4–0; Away: 2–3–3)
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September: 9–15–0 (Home: 3–8–0; Away: 6–7–0)
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October: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–1–0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Postponement Bold = Lions team member |
Postseason[]
Climax Series[]
Japan Series[]
Asia Series[]
Game log[]
2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Climax Series Second Stage: 3–2–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Away: 0–0–0)
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Japan Series: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Away: 3–1–0)
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Asia Series: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 1–1–0)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Postponement Bold = Lions team member |
Roster[]
2008 Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player statistics[]
Batting[]
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
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Shogo Akada | 68 | 160 | 29 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 37 | .244 | .305 | .338 | 54 |
Hiram Bocachica | 78 | 239 | 43 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 47 | 3 | 24 | 76 | .251 | .344 | .556 | 133 |
Craig Brazell | 130 | 471 | 59 | 110 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 87 | 0 | 30 | 139 | .234 | .294 | .446 | 210 |
Akira Eto | 42 | 97 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .206 | .297 | .433 | 42 |
Taketoshi Goto | 49 | 166 | 34 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 31 | .301 | .370 | .602 | 100 |
Takuya Hara | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .571 | .667 | 4 |
Hiroshi Hirao | 55 | 93 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | .258 | .293 | .366 | 34 |
Kazuyuki Hoashi | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |
Toru Hosokawa | 133 | 404 | 42 | 96 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 58 | 0 | 12 | 129 | .238 | .263 | .411 | 166 |
Hsu Ming-chieh | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Kazuhisa Ishii | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Yoshihito Ishii | 108 | 306 | 31 | 85 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 53 | .278 | .328 | .392 | 120 |
Yasuyuki Kataoka | 139 | 582 | 85 | 167 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 50 | 24 | 57 | .287 | .322 | .371 | 216 |
Takayuki Kishi | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Takumi Kuriyama | 138 | 527 | 76 | 167 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 72 | 17 | 49 | 61 | .317 | .376 | .450 | 237 |
18 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .211 | .302 | .342 | 13 | |
55 | 91 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 29 | .264 | .316 | .429 | 39 | |
8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | 2 | |
17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.00 | — | 0 | |
Hiroyuki Nakajima | 124 | 486 | 75 | 161 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 81 | 25 | 55 | 96 | .331 | .410 | .527 | 256 |
Takeya Nakamura | 143 | 524 | 90 | 128 | 24 | 4 | 46 | 101 | 2 | 53 | 162 | .244 | .320 | .569 | 298 |
Fumiya Nishiguchi | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | 1 |
Kosuke Noda | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | 1 |
Koji Onuma | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Yutaro Osaki | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 |
Hiroyuki Oshima | 38 | 74 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .243 | .333 | .378 | 28 |
G. G. Sato | 105 | 388 | 62 | 117 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 62 | 1 | 31 | 62 | .302 | .368 | .546 | 212 |
Tomoaki Sato | 59 | 126 | 23 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 23 | .302 | .341 | .405 | 51 |
Ginjiro Sumitani | 46 | 64 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 30 | .125 | .149 | .188 | 12 |
Hiroyuki Takagi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Hisashi Takayama | 25 | 42 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .238 | .256 | .286 | 12 |
Tatsuyuki Uemoto | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 2 |
Hideaki Wakui | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Total:34 players | 1,810 | 4,952 | 715 | 1,339 | 270 | 21 | 198 | 693 | 107 | 378 | 1,093 | .270 | .330 | .453 | 2,245 |
- †Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
- ‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
- Bold/italics denotes best in the league[5]
Pitching[]
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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Alex Graman | 3 | 3 | 1.42 | 55 | 0 | 31 | 57 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 42 |
Masamitsu Hirano | 1 | 2 | 8.28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 41 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 21 |
Kazuyuki Hoashi | 11 | 6 | 2.63 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 174.2 | 169 | 59 | 51 | 38 | 115 |
Tomoki Hoshino | 4 | 1 | 2.38 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 23 |
Hsu Ming-chieh | 1 | 3 | 5.12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 31.2 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 11 |
Kazuhisa Ishii | 11 | 10 | 4.32 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 135.1 | 150 | 78 | 65 | 40 | 108 |
2 | 0 | 5.57 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 10 | |
Matt Kinney | 2 | 4 | 4.48 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 80.1 | 87 | 47 | 40 | 35 | 64 |
Takayuki Kishi | 12 | 4 | 3.42 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 168.1 | 151 | 65 | 64 | 48 | 138 |
Koji Mitsui | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 12 |
Fumiya Nishiguchi | 8 | 6 | 5.03 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 116.1 | 125 | 69 | 65 | 48 | 92 |
Atsushi Okamoto | 0 | 2 | 5.51 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 16.1 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
0 | 2 | 3.83 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 42 | |
Chikara Onodera | 5 | 5 | 3.56 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 55.2 | 54 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 38 |
Koji Onuma | 2 | 4 | 3.69 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 79 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 64 |
Shuichiro Osada | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Eiji Shotsu | 3 | 0 | 2.35 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 16 |
0 | 0 | 2.77 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
Hideaki Wakui | 10 | 11 | 3.90 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 173 | 173 | 80 | 75 | 51 | 122 |
0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
Satoshi Yamazaki | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Total:21 players | 76 | 64 | 3.86 | 545 | 144 | 33 | 1,297 | 1,324 | 626 | 556 | 449 | 944 |
- †Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
- ‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.
- Bold/italics denotes best in the league[6]
Awards and honors[]
Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award[7]
- Takayuki Kishi - August (pitcher)
- G. G. Sato - May (batter)
- Craig Brazell - June (batter)
- Toru Hosokawa - catcher
- Yasuyuki Kataoka - second baseman
- Takeya Nakamura - third baseman
- Hiroyuki Nakajima - shortstop
- Takumi Kuriyama - outfielder
Climax Series Second Stage MVP
- Hideaki Wakui
Japan Series MVP
- Takayuki Kishi
- Hisanobu Watanabe
- Toru Hosokawa - catcher
- Hiroyuki Nakajima - shortstop
All-Star Series selections[10]
- Kazuyuki Hoashi - pitcher
- Toru Hosokawa - catcher
- Yasuyuki Kataoka - second baseman
- Takeya Nakamura - third baseman
- Hiroyuki Nakajima - infielder
- G. G. Sato - outfielder
JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awards[11]
- Most Doubles and Triples Award (August)
- Strong Shoulder Award (September)
- G. G. Sato
Farm team[]
Team | G | W | L | T | Win% | GB | Home | Away |
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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[]
Round | Name | Position | Affiliation | Signed? |
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1 | Pitcher | Nichinan Gakuen High School | yes | |
2 | Ryoma Nogami | Pitcher | Nissan | yes |
3 | Hideto Asamura | Infielder | Osaka Toin High School | yes |
4 | Ryo Sakata | Outfielder | Hakodate University | yes |
5 | Catcher | Fukuoka University | yes | |
6 | Pitcher | Koka Health and Medical College | yes |
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- 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season
- Saitama Seibu Lions seasons
- Pacific League (Nippon Professional Baseball) champion seasons
- Asia Series champion seasons
- Japan Series champion seasons