2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season

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.

2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season
2008 Japan Series champions
ManagerHisanobu Watanabe
Owner(s)Seibu Group
ArenaSeibu Dome
Results
Record76–64–4 (.543)
Place1st (PL)
Saitama Seibu Lions seasons
← 2007

Regular season

Standings
Pacific League regular season standings[1]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Saitama Seibu Lions (1)14476644.543—44–27–132–37–3
Orix Buffaloes (2)14475681.5242½41–3134–37–1
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)14473692.514441–30–132–39–1
Chiba Lotte Marines14473701.5104½41–30–132–40
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14465763.46111½37–34–128–42–2
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14464773.45412½36–33–328–44

Interleague
Regular season interleague standings[2]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks241590.625—10–25–7
Hanshin Tigers241590.625010–25–7
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters2414100.58318–46–6
Yomiuri Giants2414100.58319–35–7
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles2413110.54226–67–5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp2413110.54226–67–5
Chunichi Dragons2412120.50038–44–8
Orix Buffaloes2411130.45846–65–7
Tokyo Yakult Swallows2411130.45844–87–5
Chiba Lotte Marines2410140.41756–64–8
Saitama Seibu Lions2410140.41757–53–9
Yokohama BayStars246180.25095–71–11

Record vs. opponents
2008 record vs. opponents[1]
Team Central League opponents Pacific League opponents
BayStars Carp Dragons Giants Swallows Tigers Buffaloes Eagles Fighters Hawks Lions Marines
BayStars —11–137–175–18–19–1510–13–11–30–41–30–42–22–2
Carp 13–11—9–13–212–10–212–11–110–142–22–22–21–33–13–1
Dragons 17–713–9–2—14–109–13–26–17–11–32–21–32–23–13–1
Giants 18–5–110–12–210–14—18–614–103–12–23–11–31–34–0
Swallows 15–911–12–113–9–26–18—10–13–13–12–21–32–22–21–3
Tigers 13–10–114–1017–6–110–1413–10–1—3–13–12–23–13–11–3
Buffaloes 3–12–23–11–31–31–3—13–10–113–1114–1010–1414–10
Eagles 4–02–22–22–22–21–310–13–1—13–10–112–1210–147–16–1
Fighters 3–12–23–11–33–12–211–1310–13–1—17–79–14–112–12
Hawks 4–03–12–23–12–21–310–1412–127–17—10–11–310–14
Lions 2–21–31–33–12–21–314–1014–1014–9–111–10–3—13–11
Marines 2–21–31–30–43–13–110–1416–7–112–1214–1011–13—

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 20, 2008 vs. Orix Buffaloes[3]

Order Player Pos.
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 Kenta Matsusaka LF
— Hideaki Wakui P

Game log
2008 game log: 76–64–4 (Home: 44–27–1; Away: 32–37–3)

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[4]
2Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 5, Saitama Seibu Lions - 0October 18Seibu Dome30,918[5]
3Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 7, Saitama Seibu Lions - 4October 19Seibu Dome33,078[6]
4Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 4, Saitama Seibu Lions - 9October 21Seibu Dome18,704[7]
5Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 0, Saitama Seibu Lions - 9October 22Seibu Dome21,731[8]

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[9]
2Saitama Seibu Lions - 2, Yomiuri Giants - 3November 2Tokyo Dome44,814[10]
3Yomiuri Giants - 6, Saitama Seibu Lions - 4November 4Seibu Dome24,495[11]
4Yomiuri Giants - 0, Saitama Seibu Lions - 5November 5Seibu Dome27,930[12]
5Yomiuri Giants - 7, Saitama Seibu Lions - 3November 6Seibu Dome28,763[13]
6Saitama Seibu Lions - 4, Yomiuri Giants - 1November 8Tokyo Dome44,749[14]
7Saitama Seibu Lions - 3, Yomiuri Giants - 2November 9Tokyo Dome44,737[15]

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[16]
2Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions - 1, Saitama Seibu Lions - 2November 14Tokyo Dome8,443[17]
3Tianjin Lions - 2, Saitama Seibu Lions - 16November 15Tokyo Dome8,478[18]
4 FSaitama Seibu Lions - 1, Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions - 0November 16Tokyo Dome18,370[19]

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
Shogo Akada68160293971213.2442
Hiram Bocachica7823943601302047.2513
Craig Brazell130471591101902737.2340
Akira Eto429792010717.2060
Taketoshi Goto4916634501401227.3010
Alex Graman550000000.0000
Takuya Hara36131000.5000
Masamitsu Hirano110000000.0000
Hiroshi Hirao559315244029.2581
Kazuyuki Hoashi275000000.0000
Hidekazu Hoshi37000000.0000
Tomoki Hoshino630000000.0000
Toru Hosokawa13340442962011658.2380
Ming-Chieh Hsu171000000.0000
Kazuhisa Ishii252000000.0000
Yoshihito Ishii1083063185211429.2780
Tetsuya Iwasaki200000000.0000
Yasuyuki Kataoka13958285167256446.28750
Matt Kinney170000000.0000
Takayuki Kishi263000000.0000
Takumi Kuriyama138527761673131172.31717
Haruki Kurose1838782015.2110
Kenta Matsusaka5591112463112.2642
Koji Mitsui230000000.0000
Taka Miura87120001.2860
Keisuke Mizuta170200000.0000
Hiroyuki Nakajima124486751613202181.33125
Takeya Nakamura1435249012824446101.2442
Fumiya Nishiguchi224110000.2500
Kosuke Noda99110000.1110
Atsushi Okamoto140000000.0000
Shinya Okamoto470000000.0000
Chikara Onodera500000000.0000
Koji Onuma521000000.0000
Shuichiro Osada10000000.0000
Yutaro Osaki59011000.1110
Hiroyuki Oshima38746184027.2430
Takahiko Sato105388621173012162.3021
Tomoaki Satoh59126233881111.3024
Eiji Shotsu320000000.0000
Ginjiro Sumitani4664584005.1250
Hiroyuki Takagi11000000.0000
Hisashi Takayama25426102003.2380
Shinji Taninaka110000000.0000
Tatsuyuki Uemoto1714111000.0710
Hideaki Wakui255000000.0000
Minoru Yamagishi40000000.0000
Satoshi Yamazaki30000000.0000

[20]

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
Alex Graman331.425531571291342
Masamitsu Hirano128.281102529231121
Kazuyuki Hoashi1162.63270174.2595138115
Tomoki Hoshino412.3863034991523
Ming-Chieh Hsu135.1217031.221182211
Kazuhisa Ishii11104.32250135.1786540108
Tetsuya Iwasaki205.57200211613410
Matt Kinney244.4817080.147403564
Takayuki Kishi1243.42260168.1656448138
Koji Mitsui117.502302420201012
Fumiya Nishiguchi865.03220116.169654892
Atsushi Okamoto025.5114016.11610109
Shinya Okamoto023.8347042.118182142
Chikara Onodera553.5650155.226222238
Koji Onuma243.695218334343664
Shuichiro Osada000.00101.10001
Eiji Shotsu302.3532030.21181316
Shinji Taninaka002.771101344311
Hideaki Wakui10113.90250173807551122
Minoru Yamagishi005.40408.18522
Satoshi Yamazaki006.35305.24473

[21]

Farm team
Eastern League regular season standings[22]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Tokyo Yakult Swallows9655347.618—35–10–320–24–4
Yomiuri Giants9658362.617—29–15–129–21–1
Shonan Searex9650433.538723–24–127–19–2
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles9646455.5051024–21–322–24–2
Saitama Seibu Lions9642513.4521523–25–219–26–1
Chiba Lotte Marines9637536.41118½21–24–316–29–3
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters9633612.35124½22–26–111–35–1


References
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  2. "2008年度 交流戦" [2008 Interleague Play] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. "Thursday, March 20, 2008". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  4. "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 1".
  5. "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 2".
  6. "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 3".
  7. "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 4".
  8. "2008 PL Climax Series 2nd Stage Game 5".
  9. "2008 Japan Series Game 1".
  10. "2008 Japan Series Game 2".
  11. "2008 Japan Series Game 3".
  12. "2008 Japan Series Game 4".
  13. "2008 Japan Series Game 5".
  14. "2008 Japan Series Game 6".
  15. "2008 Japan Series Game 7".
  16. "2008 Asia Series Preliminary Round Game 1".
  17. "2008 Asia Series Preliminary Round Game 2".
  18. "2008 Asia Series Preliminary Round Game 3". - 7 Innings
  19. "2008 Asia Series Final".
  20. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/stats/idb1_l.html
  21. http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/stats/idp1_l.html
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