2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season

2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season
2008 Japan Series champions
Manager Hisanobu Watanabe
Owner(s) Seibu Group
Arena Seibu Dome
Results
Record 76–64–4 (.543)
Place 1st (PL)
Saitama Seibu Lions seasons
← 2007

The 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season was a season in Japanese baseball, it saw the Lions win the 2008 Japan Series and the 2008 Asia Series.

Regular season

Standings

Pacific League		 G W L T Win% GB
Saitama Seibu Lions14476644.543—
Orix Buffaloes14475681.5242½
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters14473692.5144
Chiba Lotte Marines14473701.5104½
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14465763.46111½
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14464773.45412½

Record vs. opponents

Team Record
Orix Buffaloes 14–10
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 14–9 (1)
Chiba Lotte Marines 13–11
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14–10
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 11–10 (3)
Interleague play 10–14
Source: [1]

Game log

2008 Game Log

Post-season

Climax Series

The Lions were automatically sent to the second stage of the Climax Series to play the winner out of the Stage 1, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters who defeated the Orix Buffaloes. Saitama Seibu Lions win the series, 4-2 (Saitama Seibu Lions have a one-win advantage)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 3, Saitama Seibu Lions - 10October 17Omiya Park Baseball Stadium20,500[2]
2Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 5, Saitama Seibu Lions - 0October 18Seibu Dome30,918[3]
3Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 7, Saitama Seibu Lions - 4October 19Seibu Dome33,078[4]
4Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 4, Saitama Seibu Lions - 9October 21Seibu Dome18,704[5]
5Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 0, Saitama Seibu Lions - 9October 22Seibu Dome21,731[6]

Japan Series

The Lions win the series, 4-3, against the Yomiuri Giants, the champions of the Central League.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Saitama Seibu Lions - 2, Yomiuri Giants - 1November 1Tokyo Dome44,757[7]
2Saitama Seibu Lions - 2, Yomiuri Giants - 3November 2Tokyo Dome44,814[8]
3Yomiuri Giants - 6, Saitama Seibu Lions - 4November 4Seibu Dome24,495[9]
4Yomiuri Giants - 0, Saitama Seibu Lions - 5November 5Seibu Dome27,930[10]
5Yomiuri Giants - 7, Saitama Seibu Lions - 3November 6Seibu Dome28,763[11]
6Saitama Seibu Lions - 4, Yomiuri Giants - 1November 8Tokyo Dome44,749[12]
7Saitama Seibu Lions - 3, Yomiuri Giants - 2November 9Tokyo Dome44,737[13]

Asia Series

The Lions won the series 1-0 against the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 1-0, the champions of the 2008 Chinese Professional Baseball League.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Saitama Seibu Lions - 3, SK Wyverns - 4November 13Tokyo Dome9,277[14]
2Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions - 1, Saitama Seibu Lions - 2November 14Tokyo Dome8,443[15]
3Tianjin Lions - 2, Saitama Seibu Lions - 16November 15Tokyo Dome8,478[16]
4 FSaitama Seibu Lions - 1, Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions - 0November 16Tokyo Dome18,370[17]

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Akada, ShogoShogo Akada 68 160 29 39 7 1 2 13 .244 2
Bocachica, HiramHiram Bocachica 78 239 43 60 13 0 20 47 .251 3
Brazell, CraigCraig Brazell 130 471 59 110 19 0 27 37 .234 0
Eto, AkiraAkira Eto 42 97 9 20 1 0 7 17 .206 0
Goto, TaketoshiTaketoshi Goto 49 166 34 50 14 0 12 27 .301 0
Graman, AlexAlex Graman 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Hara, TakuyaTakuya Hara 3 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 .500 0
Hirano, MasamitsuMasamitsu Hirano 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Hirao, HiroshiHiroshi Hirao 55 93 15 24 4 0 2 9 .258 1
Hoashi, KazuyukiKazuyuki Hoashi 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Hoshi, HidekazuHidekazu Hoshi 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Hoshino, TomokiTomoki Hoshino 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Hosokawa, ToruToru Hosokawa 133 404 42 96 20 1 16 58 .238 0
Hsu, Ming-ChiehMing-Chieh Hsu 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ishii, KazuhisaKazuhisa Ishii 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ishii, YoshihitoYoshihito Ishii 108 306 31 85 21 1 4 29 .278 0
Iwasaki, TetsuyaTetsuya Iwasaki 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Kataoka, YasuyukiYasuyuki Kataoka 139 582 85 167 25 6 4 46 .287 50
Kinney, MattMatt Kinney 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Kishi, TakayukiTakayuki Kishi 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Kuriyama, TakumiTakumi Kuriyama 138 527 76 167 31 3 11 72 .317 17
Kurose, HarukiHaruki Kurose 18 38 7 8 2 0 1 5 .211 0
Matsusaka, KentaKenta Matsusaka 55 91 11 24 6 3 1 12 .264 2
Mitsui, KojiKoji Mitsui 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Miura, TakaTaka Miura 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 .286 0
Mizuta, KeisukeKeisuke Mizuta 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Nakajima, HiroyukiHiroyuki Nakajima 124 486 75 161 32 0 21 81 .331 25
Nakamura, TakeyaTakeya Nakamura 143 524 90 128 24 4 46 101 .244 2
Nishiguchi, FumiyaFumiya Nishiguchi 22 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0
Noda, KosukeKosuke Noda 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .111 0
Okamoto, AtsushiAtsushi Okamoto 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Okamoto, ShinyaShinya Okamoto 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Onodera, ChikaraChikara Onodera 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Onuma, KojiKoji Onuma 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Osada, ShuichiroShuichiro Osada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Osaki, YutaroYutaro Osaki 5 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 .111 0
Oshima, HiroyukiHiroyuki Oshima 38 74 6 18 4 0 2 7 .243 0
Sato, TakahikoTakahiko Sato 105 388 62 117 30 1 21 62 .302 1
Sato, TomoakiTomoaki Sato 59 126 23 38 8 1 1 11 .302 4
Shotsu, EijiEiji Shotsu 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Sumitani, GinjiroGinjiro Sumitani 46 64 5 8 4 0 0 5 .125 0
Takagi, HiroyukiHiroyuki Takagi 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Takayama, HisashiHisashi Takayama 25 42 6 10 2 0 0 3 .238 0
Taninaka, ShinjiShinji Taninaka 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Uemoto, TatsuyukiTatsuyuki Uemoto 17 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 .071 0
Wakui, HideakiHideaki Wakui 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Yamagishi, MinoruMinoru Yamagishi 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Yamazaki, SatoshiSatoshi Yamazaki 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0

[18]

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G SV IP R ER BB K
Graman, AlexAlex Graman 3 3 1.42 55 31 57 12 9 13 42
Hirano, MasamitsuMasamitsu Hirano 1 2 8.28 11 0 25 29 23 11 21
Hoashi, KazuyukiKazuyuki Hoashi 11 6 2.63 27 0 174.2 59 51 38 115
Hoshino, TomokiTomoki Hoshino 4 1 2.38 63 0 34 9 9 15 23
Hsu, Ming-ChiehMing-Chieh Hsu 1 3 5.12 17 0 31.2 21 18 22 11
Ishii, KazuhisaKazuhisa Ishii 11 10 4.32 25 0 135.1 78 65 40 108
Iwasaki, TetsuyaTetsuya Iwasaki 2 0 5.57 20 0 21 16 13 4 10
Kinney, MattMatt Kinney 2 4 4.48 17 0 80.1 47 40 35 64
Kishi, TakayukiTakayuki Kishi 12 4 3.42 26 0 168.1 65 64 48 138
Mitsui, KojiKoji Mitsui 1 1 7.50 23 0 24 20 20 10 12
Nishiguchi, FumiyaFumiya Nishiguchi 8 6 5.03 22 0 116.1 69 65 48 92
Okamoto, AtsushiAtsushi Okamoto 0 2 5.51 14 0 16.1 16 10 10 9
Okamoto, ShinyaShinya Okamoto 0 2 3.83 47 0 42.1 18 18 21 42
Onodera, ChikaraChikara Onodera 5 5 3.56 50 1 55.2 26 22 22 38
Onuma, KojiKoji Onuma 2 4 3.69 52 1 83 34 34 36 64
Osada, ShuichiroShuichiro Osada 0 0 0.00 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 1
Shotsu, EijiEiji Shotsu 3 0 2.35 32 0 30.2 11 8 13 16
Taninaka, ShinjiShinji Taninaka 0 0 2.77 11 0 13 4 4 3 11
Wakui, HideakiHideaki Wakui 10 11 3.90 25 0 173 80 75 51 122
Yamagishi, MinoruMinoru Yamagishi 0 0 5.40 4 0 8.1 8 5 2 2
Yamazaki, SatoshiSatoshi Yamazaki 0 0 6.35 3 0 5.2 4 4 7 3

[19]

References

  1. ↑ "2008 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  2. ↑ "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 1".
  3. ↑ "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 2".
  4. ↑ "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 3".
  5. ↑ "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 4".
  6. ↑ "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 5".
  7. ↑ "2008 Japan Series Game 1".
  8. ↑ "2008 Japan Series Game 2".
  9. ↑ "2008 Japan Series Game 3".
  10. ↑ "2008 Japan Series Game 4".
  11. ↑ "2008 Japan Series Game 5".
  12. ↑ "2008 Japan Series Game 6".
  13. ↑ "2008 Japan Series Game 7".
  14. ↑ "2008 Asia Series Preliminary Round Game 1".
  15. ↑ "2008 Asia Series Preliminary Round Game 2".
  16. ↑ "2008 Asia Series Preliminary Round Game 3". - 7 Innings
  17. ↑ "2008 Asia Series Final".
  18. ↑ http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/stats/idb1_l.html
  19. ↑ http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/stats/idp1_l.html
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