2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Climax Series berth
LeaguePacific League
BallparkRakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Record66–62–15 (.516)
League place3rd
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentYozo Tachibana
General managerKazuhisa Ishii
ManagerKazuhisa Ishii
CaptainEigoro Mogi
Average attendance8,545
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The 2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 17th 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 Kazuhisa Ishii in his first season as team manager.

Rakuten finished the season with a record of 66–62–15, securing third place in the PL and qualifying for the Climax Series. They were eliminated by the Chiba Lotte Marines in the First Stage in two games.

Regular season

Standings

2021 Pacific League regular season standings[1]
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Orix Buffaloes 143 70 55 18 .560 — 38–22–12 32–33–6
2 Chiba Lotte Marines 143 67 57 19 .540 2½ 33–32–7 34–25–12
3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 66 62 15 .514 5½ 31–33–8 35–29–7
4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 60 62 21 .492 8½ 31–29–11 29–33–10
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143 55 68 20 .447 14 25–36–10 30–32–10
6 Saitama Seibu Lions 143 55 70 18 .440 15 30–34–7 25–36–11

Record vs. opponents

2021 record vs. opponents[1]
Team Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines CL
Buffaloes — 10–10–5 10–11–4 13–11–1 15–8–2 10–10–5 12–5–1
Eagles 10–10–5 — 12–11–2 11–10–4 15–8–2 9–15–1 9–8–1
Fighters 11–10–4 11–12–2 — 6–13–6 13–9–3 7–13–5 7–11
Hawks 11–13–1 10–11–4 13–6–6 — 9–13–3 12–10–3 5–9–4
Lions 8–15–2 8–15–2 9–13–3 13–9–3 — 10–11–4 7–7–4
Marines 10–10–5 15–9–1 13–7–5 10–12–3 11–10–4 — 8–9–1

Interleague

2021 regular season interleague standings[2]
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Orix Buffaloes 18 12 5 1 .706 — 7–1–1 5–4
2 Hanshin Tigers 18 11 7 0 .611 1.5 3–6 8–1
3 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 18 9 6 3 .600 2 6–2–1 3–4–2
4 Chunichi Dragons 18 9 7 2 .563 2.5 5–2–2 4–5
5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18 10 8 0 .556 2.5 5–4 5–4
6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 18 9 8 1 .529 3 3–5–1 6–3
7 Saitama Seibu Lions 18 7 7 4 .500 3.5 5–3–1 2–4–3
8 Chiba Lotte Marines 18 8 9 1 .471 4 5–4 3–5–1
9 Yomiuri Giants 18 7 8 3 .467 4 4–3–2 3–5–1
10 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 18 7 11 0 .389 5.5 2–7 5–4
11 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 18 5 9 4 .357 5.5 3–4–2 2–5–2
12 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18 3 12 3 .200 8 2–6–1 1–6–2

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 26, 2021, vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters[3]

Order Player Position
1 Ryosuke Tatsumi Center fielder
2 Hiroto Kobukata Shortstop
3 Hiroaki Shimauchi Left fielder
4 Hideto Asamura Second baseman
5 Eigoro Mogi Third baseman
6 Daichi Suzuki First baseman
7 Kazuki Tanaka Right fielder
8 Yuya Ogo Designated hitter
9 Hikaru Ohta Catcher
— Hideaki Wakui Starting pitcher

Game log

2021 game log: 66–62–15 (Home: 31–33–8; Away: 35–29–7)
March: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 March 26 Fighters 8–2 Wakui (1–0) Uwasawa (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 14,559 1–0–0 W1
2 March 27 Fighters 4–9 Kato (1–0) Takata (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 14,681 1–1–0 L1
3 March 28 Fighters 5–0 Hayakawa (1–0) Ikeda (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 14,425 2–1–0 W1
4 March 30 @ Marines 5–0 Kishi (1–0) Ojima (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 9,931 3–1–0 W2
5 March 31 @ Marines 2–1 Norimoto (1–0) Iwashita (0–1) Matsui (1) Zozo Marine Stadium 9,594 4–1–0 W3
April: 10–8–6 (Home: 5–4–4; Away: 5–4–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
6 April 1 @ Marines 5–16 Motomae (1–0) Takinaka (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 7,447 4–2–0 L1
7 April 2 Buffaloes 4–2 Wakui (2–0) Yamasaki (0–1) Matsui (2) Rakuten Seimei Park 7,247 5–2–0 W1
8 April 3 Buffaloes 3–2 Anraku (1–0) Yamaoka (0–2) Matsui (3) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,856 6–2–0 W2
9 April 4 Buffaloes 0–4 Miyagi (2–0) Hayakawa (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 7,376 6–3–0 L1
10 April 6 @ Lions 13–2 Kishi (2–0) Matsumoto (1–1) — MetLife Dome 8,608 7–3–0 W1
11 April 7 @ Lions 6–3 Norimoto (2–0) Imai (0–1) — MetLife Dome 7,390 8–3–0 W2
12 April 8 @ Lions 4–0 Takinaka (1–1) Uema (0–1) — MetLife Dome 6,653 9–3–0 W3
13 April 9 Hawks 1–1 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 5,049 9–3–1 T1
14 April 10 Hawks 8–8 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 8,122 9–3–2 T2
15 April 11 Hawks 0–2 Taura (1–0) Hayakawa (1–2) Mori (3) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,515 9–4–2 L1
16 April 13 Marines 2–6 Ishikawa (1–0) Kishi (2–1) Masuda (2) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,188 9–5–2 L2
17 April 14 Marines 2–2 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 6,303 9–5–3 T1
18 April 15 Marines 3–7 Iwashita (2–1) Takinaka (1–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 5,874 9–6–3 L1
19 April 16 @ Fighters 4–1 Wakui (3–0) Hori (1–1) Matsui (4) Tokyo Dome 9,559 10–6–3 W1
20 April 17 @ Fighters 1–4 Uwasawa (1–2) Tanaka (0–1) Sugiura (4) Tokyo Dome 9,985 10–7–3 L1
21 April 18 @ Fighters 4–1 Hayakawa (2–2) Kaneko (0–1) Matsui (5) Tokyo Dome 9,981 11–7–3 W1
22 April 20 @ Hawks 4–6 Kayama (1–0) Kishi (2–2) Mori (5) Kitakyushu Stadium 9,801 11–8–3 L1
23 April 21 @ Hawks 1–4 Wada (2–1) Norimoto (2–1) Mori (6) PayPay Dome 12,049 11–9–3 L2
24 April 23 Lions 2–2 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 6,205 11–9–4 T1
25 April 24 Lions 2–1 Tanaka (1–1) Honda (0–1) Matsui (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,619 12–9–4 W1
26 April 25 Lions 8–4 Hayakawa (3–2) Hirai (3–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 7,037 13–9–4 W2
27 April 27 @ Buffaloes 5–5 Game tied after 9 innings Kyocera Dome — 13–9–5 T1
28 April 28 @ Buffaloes 0–0 Game tied after 9 innings Kyocera Dome — 13–9–6 T2
— April 29 @ Buffaloes Postponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: October 20 Kyocera Dome — — —[4][5]
29 April 30 Marines 8–1 Wakui (4–0) Nakamura (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 4,734 14–9–6 W1
May: 11–11–3 (Home: 5–3–2; Away: 6–8–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
30 May 1 Marines 3–0 Tanaka (2–1) Futaki (1–2) Matsui (7) Rakuten Seimei Park 7,914 15–9–6 W2
31 May 2 Marines 5–6 Karakawa (2–1) Matsui (0–1) Masuda (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 7,622 15–10–6 L1
32 May 3 @ Hawks 7–4 Takinaka (2–2) Niho (0–1) Matsui (8) PayPay Dome 18,382 16–10–6 W1
33 May 4 @ Hawks 4–6 Tsumori (1–0) Kishi (2–3) Moinelo (2) PayPay Dome 18,584 16–11–6 L1
34 May 5 @ Hawks 5–5 Game tied after 9 innings PayPay Dome 17,902 16–11–7 T1
35 May 7 @ Fighters 1–6 VerHagen (1–2) Wakui (4–1) — Sapporo Dome 5,674 16–12–7 L1
36 May 8 @ Fighters 1–4 Uwasawa (3–2) Tanaka (2–2) Rodriguez (1) Sapporo Dome 13,022 16–13–7 L2
37 May 9 @ Fighters 6–3 Hayakawa (4–2) Ikeda (2–4) Matsui (9) Sapporo Dome 9,698 17–13–7 W1
38 May 11 Lions 3–3 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 5,128 17–13–8 T1
39 May 12 Lions 4–3 Norimoto (3–1) Neal (0–1) Matsui (10) Rakuten Seimei Park 5,128 18–13–8 W1
40 May 14 @ Buffaloes 4–9 Yamaoka (2–3) Wakui (4–2) — Hotto Motto Field 4,888 18–14–8 L1
41 May 15 @ Buffaloes 3–4 Takeyasu (2–0) Tanaka (2–3) Suzuki (1) Hotto Motto Field 7,795 18–15–8 L2
42 May 16 @ Buffaloes 1–0 Hayakawa (5–2) Yamasaki (1–4) — Kyocera Dome — 19–15–8 W1
43 May 18 Fighters 3–2 Sung (1–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Matsui (11) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,016 20–15–8 W2
44 May 19 Fighters 3–2 Norimoto (4–1) Kato (3–1) Matsui (12) Rakuten Seimei Park 7,035 21–15–8 W3
45 May 20 Fighters 1–4 Hori (2–1) Fukuyama (0–1) Sugiura (9) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,448 21–16–8 L1
46 May 21 @ Marines 13–6 Wakui (5–2) Ishikawa (2–2) — Zozo Marine Stadium 7,742 22–16–8 W1
47 May 22 @ Marines 1–3 Karakawa (3–1) Fukuyama (0–2) Masuda (11) Zozo Marine Stadium 11,788 22–17–8 L1
48 May 23 @ Marines 6–5 Hayakawa (6–2) Ojima (1–2) Matsui (13) Zozo Marine Stadium 10,605 23–17–8 W1
49 May 25 @ Giants 4–9 Togo (4–2) Kishi (2–4) — Tokyo Dome 10,329 23–18–8 L1
50 May 26 @ Giants 2–5 Takahashi (6–1) Norimoto (4–2) De La Rosa (6) Tokyo Dome 9,778 23–19–8 L2
51 May 27 @ Giants 2–0 Takinaka (3–2) Yokogawa (0–1) Matsui (14) Tokyo Dome 8,953 24–19–8 W1
52 May 28 BayStars 6–7 Kuniyoshi (1–0) Wakui (5–3) Mishima (7) Rakuten Seimei Park 10,822 24–20–8 L1
53 May 29 BayStars 1–1 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 13,057 24–20–9 T1
54 May 30 BayStars 5–1 Sakai (1–0) Ishida (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 12,426 25–20–9 W1
June: 11–10–1 (Home: 5–8–1; Away: 6–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
55 June 1 @ Swallows 4–7 Onishi (1–0) Sakai (1–1) McGough (6) Meiji Jingu Stadium 7,809 25–21–9 L1
56 June 2 @ Swallows 3–1 Norimoto (5–2) Taguchi (2–4) Matsui (15) Meiji Jingu Stadium 7,543 26–21–9 W1
57 June 3 @ Swallows 4–2 Takinaka (4–2) Sneed (1–1) Matsui (16) Meiji Jingu Stadium 7,105 27–21–9 W2
58 June 4 @ Carp 12–5 Wakui (6–3) Nakamura (0–3) — Mazda Stadium 14,274 28–21–9 W3
59 June 5 @ Carp 7–3 Anraku (2–0) Horie (1–2) — Mazda Stadium 16,231 29–21–9 W4
60 June 6 @ Carp 6–4 Hayakawa (7–2) Takahashi (2–2) Matsui (17) Mazda Stadium 16,246 30–21–9 W5
61 June 8 Dragons 5–2 Kishi (3–4) Yanagi (5–2) Matsui (18) Rakuten Seimei Park 10,850 31–21–9 W6
62 June 9 Dragons 3–7 Ogasawara (4–2) Norimoto (5–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 8,854 31–22–9 L1
63 June 10 Dragons 6–2 Takinaka (5–2) Katsuno (3–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 8,782 32–22–9 W1
64 June 11 Tigers 2–3 Aoyagi (5–2) Wakui (6–4) Robert Suárez (20) Rakuten Seimei Park 12,525 32–23–9 L1
65 June 12 Tigers 1–9 Ito (4–3) Tanaka (2–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 13,257 32–24–9 L2
66 June 13 Tigers 5–6 Fujinami (4–3) Matsui (0–2) Robert Suárez (21) Rakuten Seimei Park 13,155 32–25–9 L3
67 June 18 Buffaloes 2–5 Yamamoto (7–5) Wakui (6–5) Hirano (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 10,976 32–26–9 L4
— June 19 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[6]
68 June 20 Buffaloes 0–3 Miyagi (7–1) Hayakawa (7–3) Hirano (7) Rakuten Seimei Park 13,091 32–27–9 L5
69 June 21 Buffaloes 3–4 Yamasaki (3–5) Takinaka (5–3) Hirano (8) Rakuten Seimei Park 5,396 32–28–9 L6
70 June 22 @ Lions 0–2 Matsumoto (6–3) Kishi (3–5) Taira (8) MetLife Dome 8,420 32–29–9 L7
71 June 23 @ Lions 6–4 Tanaka (3–4) Watanabe (0–1) Matsui (19) MetLife Dome 10,292 33–29–9 W1
72 June 25 Hawks 5–1 Norimoto (6–3) Ishikawa (3–7) — Rakuten Seimei Park 7,917 34–29–9 W2
73 June 26 Hawks 3–2 Nishiguchi (1–0) Martinez (5–2) Matsui (20) Rakuten Seimei Park 12,428 35–29–9 W3
74 June 27 Hawks 3–2 Anraku (3–0) Wada (4–5) Matsui (21) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,680 36–29–9 W4
75 June 29 Fighters 5–5 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 6,214 36–29–10 T1
76 June 30 Fighters 0–3 Tateno (1–0) Wakui (6–6) Sugiura (14) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,358 36–30–10 L1
July: 5–6–1 (Home: 1–2; Away: 4–4–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
77 July 1 Fighters 1–2 Ito (6–4) Kishi (3–6) Sugiura (15) Rakuten Seimei Park 5,843 36–31–10 L2
— July 2 @ Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: July 5 Zozo Marine Stadium — — —[7]
78 July 3 @ Marines 3–5 Flores (1–0) Sung (1–1) Masuda (19) Zozo Marine Stadium 12,409 36–32–10 L3
79 July 4 @ Marines 6–8 Ojima (5–2) Takinaka (5–4) Masuda (20) Zozo Marine Stadium 9,132 36–33–10 L4
80 July 5 @ Marines 1–8 Iwashita (7–4) Nishiguchi (1–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 3,802 36–34–10 L5
81 July 6 @ Buffaloes 7–2 Norimoto (7–3) Hirano (0–3) — Kyocera Dome 4,942 37–34–10 W1
82 July 7 @ Buffaloes 6–5 Busenitz (1–0) Urushihara (2–2) Matsui (22) Kyocera Dome 4,989 38–34–10 W2
83 July 8 @ Buffaloes 1–1 Game tied after 9 innings Kyocera Dome 4,997 38–34–11 T1
84 July 10 Lions 2–6 Imai (6–3) Nishiguchi (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 13,049 38–35–11 L1
85 July 11 Lions 9–3 Sakai (2–1) Togame (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 11,832 39–35–11 W1
86 July 12 @ Hawks 0–8 Rea (3–1) Norimoto (7–4) — PayPay Dome 9,957 39–36–11 L1
87 July 13 @ Hawks 6–2 Tanaka (4–5) Ishikawa (3–8) — PayPay Dome 9,845 40–36–11 W1
88 July 14 @ Hawks 4–2 Kishi (4–6) Higashihama (2–2) Matsui (23) PayPay Dome 9,930 41–36–11 W2
All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1
Olympic Break: Japan places first
August: 5–6–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Away: 4–2–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
Olympic Break: Japan places first
89 August 13 @ Lions 5–0 Kishi (5–6) Matsumoto (7–5) — MetLife Dome 7,477 42–36–11 W3
90 August 14 @ Lions 7–6 Sakai (3–1) Masuda (0–3) Matsui (24) MetLife Dome 7,340 43–36–11 W4
91 August 15 @ Lions 2–10 Watanabe (1–2) Wakui (6–7) — MetLife Dome 7,291 43–37–11 L1
— August 17 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 23 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[8]
92 August 18 Hawks 0–3 Senga (2–1) Hayakawa (7–4) Iwasaki (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 10,193 43–38–11 L2
93 August 20 @ Fighters 3–3 Game tied after 9 innings Sapporo Dome 5,566 43–38–12 T1
94 August 21 @ Fighters 8–4 Kishi (6–6) Itoh (7–5) — Sapporo Dome 8,413 44–38–12 W1
95 August 22 @ Fighters 1–2 Uwasawa (7–5) Wakui (6–8) Sugiura (17) Sapporo Dome 7,699 44–39–12 L1
— August 24 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 25 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[8]
96 August 25 Buffaloes 2–2 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 4,405 44–39–13 T1
97 August 26 Buffaloes 7–6 Norimoto (8–4) Yamazaki (0–1) Sung (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 4,194 45–39–13 W1
98 August 27 Marines 1–3 Kuniyoshi (1–0) Anraku (3–1) Masuda (27) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,135 45–40–13 L1
99 August 28 Marines 1–5 Sasaki (2–2) Kishi (6–7) — Rakuten Seimei Park 8,111 45–41–13 L2
100 August 29 Marines 0–1 Sasaki (7–0) Sung (1–2) Masuda (28) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,306 45–42–13 L3
101 August 31 @ Hawks 6–3 Nishiguchi (2–1) Higashihama (3–3) Sung (2) Sun Marine Stadium 7,484 46–42–13 W1
September: 11–11–1 (Home: 7–4; Away: 4–7–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
102 September 2 @ Hawks 2–5 Senga (4–1) Norimoto (8–5) Kaino (1) PayPay Dome 1,630 46–43–13 L1
103 September 3 Lions 4–8 Moriwaki (2–0) Sung (1–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 4,742 46–44–13 L2
104 September 4 Lions 8–5 Kishi (7–7) Imai (6–5) Sakai (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 5,088 47–44–13 W1
105 September 5 Lions 8–2 Nishiguchi (3–1) Watanabe (2–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 6,531 48–44–13 W2
106 September 7 @ Fighters 2–4 Itoh (9–5) Hayakawa (7–5) Rodriguez (3) Sapporo Dome 4,990 48–45–13 L1
107 September 8 @ Fighters 8–0 Takinaka (6–4) Uwasawa (8–6) — Sapporo Dome 4,992 49–45–13 W1
108 September 9 @ Fighters 4–0 Norimoto (9–5) VerHagen (3–7) — Sapporo Dome 4,989 50–45–13 W2
109 September 10 @ Marines 2–3 Masuda (1–4) Sakai (3–2) — Zozo Marine Stadium 8,387 50–46–13 L1
110 September 11 @ Marines 1–4 Ojima (7–3) Kishi (7–8) — Zozo Marine Stadium 9,924 50–47–13 L2
111 September 12 @ Marines 2–9 Kawamura (2–0) Ishibashi (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 7,794 50–48–13 L3
112 September 14 Buffaloes 4–1 Hayakawa (8–5) Miyagi (11–2) Sakai (2) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,034 51–48–13 W1
113 September 15 Buffaloes 7–0 Takinaka (7–4) Yamazaki (0–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 6,739 52–48–13 W2
114 September 16 Buffaloes 1–3 Tajima (6–7) Anraku (3–2) Hirano (18) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,003 52–49–13 L1
— September 18 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 24 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[8]
115 September 19 Hawks 4–2 Nishiguchi (4–1) Iwasaki (2–4) Sakai (3) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,993 53–49–13 W1
116 September 20 Hawks 4–5 Matsumoto (2–3) Tanaka (4–6) Mori (9) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,143 53–50–13 L1
117 September 22 @ Lions 4–2 Hayakawa (9–5) Hamaya (1–4) Sung (3) MetLife Dome 8,756 54–50–13 W1
118 September 23 @ Lions 3–4 Taira (2–2) Sakai (3–3) — MetLife Dome 9,396 54–51–13 L1
119 September 24 @ Buffaloes 4–3 Norimoto (10–5) Miyagi (11–3) Sung (4) Kyocera Dome 5,275 55–51–13 W1
120 September 25 @ Buffaloes 2–3 Yamamoto (15–5) Kishi (7–9) Hirano (21) Kyocera Dome 9,560 55–52–13 L1
121 September 26 @ Buffaloes 1–1 Game tied after 9 innings Kyocera Dome 9,589 55–52–14 T1
122 September 28 Fighters 1–3 Kawano (3–4) Hayakawa (9–6) Sugiura (23) Rakuten Seimei Park 4,986 55–53–14 L1
123 September 29 Fighters 5–0 Takinaka (8–4) Itoh (9–7) — Rakuten Seimei Park 4,980 56–53–14 W1
124 September 30 Fighters 8–5 Yuge (1–0) Kaneko (0–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 4,991 57–53–14 W2
October: 9–9–1 (Home: 5–7; Away: 4–2–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
— October 1 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 27 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[9]
125 October 2 Marines 6–1 Kishi (8–9) Futaki (5–6) — Rakuten Seimei Park 9,851 58–53–14 W3
126 October 3 Marines 0–2 Ojima (10–3) Tanaka (4–7) — Rakuten Seimei Park 9,967 58–54–14 L1
127 October 5 @ Hawks 7–7 Game tied after 9 innings PayPay Dome 8,019 58–54–15 T1
128 October 6 @ Hawks 5–0 Takinaka (9–4) Martinez (9–4) — PayPay Dome 8,233 59–54–15 W1
129 October 7 @ Marines 3–2 Sung (2–3) Masuda (1–6) Anraku (1) Zozo Marine Stadium 9,933 60–54–15 W2
130 October 9 @ Lions 2–1 Nishiguchi (5–1) Taira (2–4) Anraku (2) MetLife Dome 9,301 61–54–15 W3
131 October 10 @ Lions 2–3 Taira (3–4) Nishiguchi (5–2) — MetLife Dome 9,435 61–55–15 L1
132 October 13 Hawks 2–1 Sung (3–3) Mori (1–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 7,334 62–55–15 W1
133 October 14 Hawks 5–6 Furuya (1–1) Anraku (3–3) Mori (15) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,108 62–56–15 L1
134 October 15 Lions 1–5 Imai (8–7) Takinaka (9–5) — Rakuten Seimei Park 9,054 62–57–15 L2
135 October 16 Lions 3–0 Kishi (9–9) Hamaya (1–6) Sung (5) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,127 63–57–15 W1
136 October 17 Lions 5–6 Watanabe (4–4) Tanaka (4–8) Moriwaki (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,987 63–58–15 L1
137 October 18 Fighters 0–5 Kato (5–7) Yuge (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 8,170 63–59–15 L2
138 October 19 @ Buffaloes 3–6 Tajima (8–8) Hayakawa (9–7) Hirano (28) Kyocera Dome 11,274 63–60–15 L3
139 October 20 @ Buffaloes 5–2 Norimoto (11–5) Tomiyama (2–1) Sung (6) Kyocera Dome 11,317 64–60–15 W1
140 October 23 Hawks 8–1 Takinaka (10–5) Higashihama (4–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 10,554 65–60–15 W2
141 October 24 Hawks 2–6 Kasaya (3–4) Kishi (9–10) — Rakuten Seimei Park 11,275 65–61–15 L1
142 October 25 Hawks 0–4 Yamamoto (18–5) Tanaka (4–9) — Rakuten Seimei Park 9,573 65–62–15 L2
143 October 27 Marines 2–1 Sakai (4–3) Sasaki (8–1) Sung (7) Rakuten Seimei Park 11,074 66–62–15 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Postseason

Climax Series

Main article: 2021 Pacific League Climax Series

Game log

2021 game log: 66–62–15 (Home: 31–33–8; Away: 35–29–7)
Climax Series First Stage: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–1–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 November 6 @ Marines 4–5 Masuda (1–0) Sung (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 14,904 0–1–0 L1
2 November 7 @ Marines 4–4 Game tied after 9 innings Zozo Marine Stadium 14,891 0–1–1 T1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Lions team member

Roster

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

Batting

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics[10]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Yuichi Adachi 10 17 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .059 .111 .118 2
Ginji Akaminai 35 91 5 26 1 0 0 3 0 14 11 .286 .381 .297 27
Hideto Asamura 143 483 70 130 18 1 18 67 1 101 96 .269 .395 .422 204
Rusney Castillo 33 71 4 16 1 0 1 3 0 4 17 .225 .276 .282 20
Brandon Dixon 38 108 6 18 3 1 4 15 2 12 42 .167 .268 .324 35
Takahisa Hayakawa 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Masaki Iwami 4 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .286 2
Takayuki Kishi 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Hiroto Kobukata 121 391 60 97 10 3 3 21 5 44 65 .248 .328 .312 122
Fumiya Kurokawa 34 75 4 14 2 0 1 8 0 3 17 .187 .228 .253 19
Eigoro Mogi 120 410 50 106 19 4 14 53 6 48 107 .259 .343 .427 175
Itsuki Murabayashi 79 40 3 6 1 0 1 4 4 2 8 .150 .191 .250 10
Atsuki Mutoh 44 19 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 8 .105 .105 .211 4
Takahiro Norimoto 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
Yuya Ogo 38 77 6 14 3 1 2 6 1 6 23 .182 .259 .325 25
Hikaru Ohta 107 240 25 45 4 0 4 23 1 17 64 .188 .260 .254 61
Takero Okajima 126 461 40 129 30 4 8 56 3 28 94 .280 .331 .414 191
Louis Okoye 42 94 7 21 1 0 0 6 3 8 21 .223 .291 .234 22
Hiroaki Shimauchi 141 486 64 125 34 5 21 96 2 97 87 .257 .385 .477 232
Takahiro Shimotsuma 16 23 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 5 .174 .296 .174 4
Ko Shimozuru 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 1
Takahiro Shiomi 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Ginjiro Sumitani† 51 105 11 23 3 0 3 8 0 7 24 .219 .272 .333 35
Daichi Suzuki 143 552 70 153 19 3 10 53 3 52 51 .277 .343 .377 208
Ryota Takinaka 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0
Kazuki Tanaka 61 59 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 7 16 .136 .239 .136 8
Masahiro Tanaka 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1
Takaya Tanaka 31 38 2 10 2 0 2 3 0 3 9 .263 .317 .474 18
Ryosuke Tatsumi 130 374 49 84 13 1 10 32 6 51 99 .225 .326 .345 129
Yasuhito Uchida 25 54 2 11 2 0 1 11 0 1 19 .204 .220 .296 16
Ren Wada 7 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .250 2
Hideaki Wakui 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0
Yoshiaki Watanabe 45 99 12 27 2 0 1 7 0 11 19 .273 .351 .323 32
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 56 168 29 43 6 3 4 24 4 15 41 .256 .326 .399 67
Toshitake Yokoo 30 61 1 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 8 .180 .254 .213 13
Total：35 players 1,209 4,641 532 1,129 178 27 108 508 45 538 975 .243 .329 .363 1,685
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[11]

Pitching

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics[10]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Tomohiro Anraku 3 3 2.08 58 0 2 56.1 45 13 13 33 50
Alan Busenitz 1 0 4.97 31 0 0 29 32 16 16 9 23
Yuya Fukui 0 0 4.43 19 0 0 20.1 17 10 10 6 21
Hiroyuki Fukuyama 0 2 2.38 24 0 0 22.2 23 6 6 12 13
Takahisa Hayakawa 9 7 3.86 24 23 0 137.2 132 59 59 30 127
Ryota Ishibashi 0 1 3.46 3 3 0 13 12 5 5 6 4
Yoshinao Kamata 0 0 11.25 1 1 0 4 8 5 5 1 2
Takayuki Kishi 9 10 3.44 25 25 0 149 149 62 57 34 131
Kazuhisa Makita 0 0 3.31 17 0 0 16.1 17 10 6 3 5
Yuki Matsui 0 2 0.63 43 0 24 43 22 3 3 21 59
Kohei Morihara 0 0 2.78 34 0 0 32.1 29 10 10 8 30
Naoto Nishiguchi 5 2 3.28 33 1 0 57.2 46 23 21 23 55
Takahiro Norimoto 11 5 3.17 23 23 0 144.2 123 56 51 35 152
Tomohito Sakai 4 3 2.28 54 0 3 51.1 33 15 13 24 44
Takahiro Shiomi 0 0 3.6 1 1 0 5 5 2 2 1 4
Shu Sugahara 0 0 16.88 1 0 0 2.2 2 5 5 5 0
Sung Chia-hao 3 3 2.23 63 0 7 60.2 46 18 15 23 49
Sora Suzuki 0 0 0 5 0 0 4.1 3 0 0 4 5
Koichi Takada 0 0 1.35 3 1 0 6.2 6 2 1 1 6
Hosei Takata 0 1 9.39 4 1 0 7.2 13 9 8 5 8
Ryota Takinaka 10 5 3.21 20 20 0 103.2 97 40 37 27 75
Masahiro Tanaka 4 9 3.01 23 23 0 155.2 131 54 52 29 126
Taisei Tsurusaki 0 0 5.06 11 0 0 10.2 11 6 6 5 7
Takuma Uchima 0 0 5.91 11 0 0 10.2 9 7 7 4 16
Hideaki Wakui 6 8 5.04 21 17 0 96.1 110 57 54 26 76
Yuki Watanabe 0 0 5.4 9 0 0 5 5 3 3 2 4
Hayato Yuge 1 1 7.24 5 4 0 13.2 20 11 11 6 6
Total：27 players 66 62 3.40 566 143 36 1,260 1,146 507 476 383 1,098
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[12]

Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award[13]

All-Star Series selections[14]

All-Star Series MVP[15]

  • Hiroaki Shimauchi - Game 2

Farm team

2021 Eastern League regular season standings[16]
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Chiba Lotte Marines 108 60 42 6 .588 — 33–20–2 27–22–4
2 Yomiuri Giants 116 56 57 3 .496 9½ 33–29 23–28–3
3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 114 54 55 5 .4954 9½ 28–27–3 26–28–2
4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 104 49 50 5 .4949 9½ 24–21–5 25–29
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 108 49 51 8 .490 10 31–19–2 18–32–6
6 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 111 51 55 5 .481 11 24–25–4 27–30–1
7 Saitama Seibu Lions 107 48 53 6 .475 11½ 29–23–3 19–30–3

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections[17]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Soshi Yoshino Outfielder Shohei High School Yes
2 Yuma Yasuda Catcher Aichi University Yes
3 Ginji Maeda Infielder Mishima Minami High School Yes
4 Katsutoshi Tai Pitcher Kamimura Gakuen High School Yes
5 Tomotaka Matsui Pitcher Kanazawa Gakuin University Yes
6 Masaya Nishigaki Pitcher Waseda University Yes
7 Yudai Yoshikawa Pitcher JFE West Yes
Development players
1 Satoshi Miyamori Pitcher Kochi Fighting Dogs Yes
2 Ozora Yanagisawa Outfield Nihon University Fujisawa High School Yes
3 Sho Okawara Outfielder Tokai University Yamagata High School Yes

References

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  15. ^ "表彰選手（第2戦）" [Awarded Players (Game 2)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
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