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2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season

The 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season was the 59th season 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.

2008 Saitama Seibu Lions
Pacific League champions
LeaguePacific League
BallparkSeibu Dome
Record76–64–4 (.543)
League place1st
Parent companySeibu Holdings
ManagerHisanobu Watanabe
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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

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Standings

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Pacific League regular season standings
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GB PCT Home Away
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 144 76 64 4 — .542 44–27–1 32–37–3
2 Orix Buffaloes 144 75 68 1 5.5 .524 41–31–0 34–37–1
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 73 69 2 6 .514 41–30–1 32–39–1
4 Chiba Lotte Marines 144 73 70 1 7.5 .510 41–30–1 32–40–0
5 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 65 76 3 12.5 .462 37–34–1 28–42–2
6 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 64 77 3 13.5 .455 36–33–3 28–44–0
Source: [1]

Interleague

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Team
 Pld HW HL AW AL GB PCT
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 24 10 2 5 7 — .625
Hanshin Tigers 24 10 2 5 7 — .625
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 24 8 4 6 6 1 .583
Yomiuri Giants 24 9 3 5 7 1 .583
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 24 6 6 7 5 2 .542
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 24 6 6 7 5 2 .542
Chunichi Dragons 24 8 4 4 8 3 .500
Orix Buffaloes 24 6 6 5 7 4 .458
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 24 4 8 7 5 4 .458
Chiba Lotte Marines 24 6 6 4 8 5 .417
Saitama Seibu Lions 24 7 5 3 9 5 .417
Yokohama BayStars 24 5 7 1 11 9 .250
Updated to match(es) played on compute. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Whenever multiple teams have same number of wins, the team having better standings in last year's interleague games will have advantage, thus Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the interleague title, despite Hanshin Tigers beating the Hawks 3 out of 4 games. A similar rule applies to other teams tied in wins.

Record vs. opponents

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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 — 11–13 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

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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

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2008 game log: 76–64–4 (Home: 44–27–1; Away: 32–37–3)
March: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 1–2–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 March 20 Buffaloes 1–2 Kaneko (1–0) Wakui (0–1) Kato (1) Seibu Dome 27,137 0–1–0 L1
2 March 22 Buffaloes 6–0 Ishii (1–0) Nakayama (0–1) — Seibu Dome 12,288 1–1–0 W1
3 March 23 Buffaloes 1–2 Kondo (1–0) Kinney (0–1) Kato (2) Seibu Dome 12,632 1–2–0 L1
4 March 25 @ Fighters 1–9 Takeda (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 16,410 1–3–0 L2
5 March 26 @ Fighters 8–0 Kishi (1–0) Yoshikawa (0–1) — Sapporo Dome 19,206 2–3–0 W1
6 March 27 @ Fighters 0–1 (10) Takeda (1–0) Wakui (0–2) — Sapporo Dome 25,011 2–4–0 L1
7 March 28 Hawks 2–3 Sugiuchi (1–0) Onodera (0–1) Nitkowski (1) Seibu Dome 9,184 2–5–0 L2
8 March 29 Hawks 10–4 Ishii (2–0) Standridge (0–1) — Seibu Dome 16,044 3–5–0 W1
9 March 30 Hawks 5–1 Kinney (1–1) Oba (1–1) — Seibu Dome 18,059 4–5–0 W2
April: 14–7–1 (Home: 10–2–1; Away: 4–5–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
10 April 1 @ Buffaloes 6–10 Yamamoto (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–2) — Skymark Stadium 10,751 4–6–0 L1
11 April 2 @ Buffaloes 5–1 Kishi (2–0) Takagi (1–1) — Kyocera Dome 8,616 5–6–0 W1
12 April 3 @ Buffaloes 4–3 Hoshino (1–0) Motoyanagi (0–1) Graman (1) Kyocera Dome 9,163 6–6–0 W2
13 April 4 Eagles 4–2 Hoashi (1–0) Lin (0–1) Graman (2) Shikishima Stadium 17,599 7–6–0 W3
14 April 5 Eagles 4–2 Ishii (3–0) Tanaka (1–1) Onuma (1) Seibu Dome 23,902 8-6-0 W4
15 April 6 Eagles 4–3 Kinney (2–1) Asai (1–2) Graman (3) Seibu Dome 18,213 9–6–0 W5
16 April 8 Marines 4–3 Onodera (1–1) Ogino (1–1) — Seibu Dome 8,818 10–6–0 W6
17 April 9 Marines 1–10 Shimizu (1–2) Kishi (2–1) — Seibu Dome 10,541 10–7–0 L1
18 April 10 Marines 15–5 Wakui (1–2) Kubo (1–2) — Seibu Dome 7,702 11–7–0 W1
19 April 11 @ Hawks 8–3 Onuma (1–0) Sugiuchi (1–1) Graman (4) Yahoo Dome 28,721 12–7–0 W2
20 April 12 @ Hawks 5–8 Ogura (1–0) Onodera (1–2) Houlton (1) Yahoo Dome 29,692 12–8–0 L1
21 April 13 @ Hawks 4–5 Kume (3–0) Onuma (1–1) — Yahoo Dome 29,545 12–9–0 L2
22 April 15 Fighters 3–3 (12) Game tied after 12 innings Seibu Dome 8,397 12–9–1 T1
23 April 16 Fighters 4–2 Wakui (2–2) Yoshikawa (1–3) Graman (5) Seibu Dome 11,263 13–9–1 W1
— April 19 @ Eagles Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 Kleenex Stadium — — —
24 April 20 @ Eagles 4–3 (10) Iwasaki (1–0) Aoyama (1–1) Graman (6) Kleenex Stadium 19,601 14–9–1 W2
25 April 22 @ Marines 1–8 Watanabe (3–1) Ishii (3–1) — Chiba Marine Stadium 16,856 14–10–1 L1
26 April 23 @ Marines 1–2 Ono (2–0) Wakui (2–3) Ogino (5) Chiba Marine Stadium 16,059 14–11–1 L2
— April 24 @ Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 1 Chiba Marine Stadium — — —
27 April 25 Buffaloes 9–5 (11) Graman (1–0) Junge (0–1) — Seibu Dome 7,417 15–11–1 W1
28 April 26 Buffaloes 10–8 Mitsui (1–0) Yoshino (0–1) Graman (7) Seibu Dome 20,130 16–11–1 W2
29 April 27 Buffaloes 10–3 Hoashi (2–0) Kondo (2–3) — Seibu Dome 16,472 17–11–1 W3
30 April 29 Hawks 7–10 (12) Houlton (1–0) Mitsui (1–1) — Seibu Dome 26,619 17–12–1 L1
31 April 30 Hawks 6–2 Ishii (4–1) Otonari (2–4) — Seibu Dome 12,497 18–12–1 W1
May: 15–9–0 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 8–7–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
32 May 1 Hawks 5–4 Wakui (3–3) Houlton (1–1) — Seibu Dome 14,659 19–12–1 W2
33 May 2 @ Marines 5–0 Kishi (3–1) Shimizu (3–3) — Chiba Marine Stadium 9,659 20–12–1 W3
34 May 3 @ Marines 1–10 Karakawa (2–0) Nishiguchi (0–3) — Chiba Marine Stadium 30,014 20–13–1 L1
35 May 4 @ Marines 4–0 Hoashi (3–0) Kobayashi (1–5) — Chiba Marine Stadium 30,023 21–13–1 W1
36 May 5 Fighters 8–6 Onodera (2–2) Takeda (2–2) Graman (8) Seibu Dome 34,783 22–13–1 W2
37 May 6 Fighters 3–1 Ishii (5–1) Miyanishi (0–2) — Seibu Dome 27,340 23–13–1 W3
38 May 7 Fighters 4–3 Hoshino (2–0) Darvish (5–1) — Seibu Dome 15,574 24–13–1 W4
39 May 9 @ Buffaloes 3–2 Kishi (4–1) Ortiz (0–2) Graman (9) Kyocera Dome 14,670 25–13–1 W5
— May 10 @ Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 5 Skymark Stadium — — —
40 May 11 @ Buffaloes 9–0 Hoashi (4–0) Kaneko (2–4) — Skymark Stadium 12,678 26–13–1 W6
41 May 13 @ Hawks 2–4 Wada (4–0) Ishii (5–2) Houlton (5) Sun Marine Stadium 20,606 26–14–1 L1
42 May 14 @ Hawks 11–4 Wakui (4–3) Guttormson (1–2) — Yahoo Dome 33,629 27–14–1 W1
43 May 15 @ Hawks 10–3 Nishiguchi (1–3) Powell (1–2) — Yahoo Dome 31,793 28–14–1 W2
44 May 16 @ Eagles 2–8 Iwakuma (6–2) Kishi (4–2) — Kleenex Stadium 12,057 28–15–1 L1
45 May 17 @ Eagles 2–3 (12) Kawagishi (1–1) Okamoto (0–1) — Kleenex Stadium 14,265 28–16–1 L2
46 May 18 @ Eagles 7–3 Hsu (1–0) Tanaka (4–3) — Kleenex Stadium 20,253 29–16–1 W1
47 May 21 Swallows 4–5 Rios (2–5) Onodera (2–3) Lim (13) Seibu Dome 15,683 29–17–1 L1
48 May 22 Swallows 7–2 Wakui (5–3) Muranaka (3–5) — Seibu Dome 14,236 30–17–1 W1
49 May 23 Giants 10–1 Kishi (5–2) Greisinger (5–2) — Seibu Dome 24,137 31–17–1 W2
50 May 24 Giants 4–2 Hoashi (5–0) Nomaguchi (1–2) Graman (10) Seibu Dome 34,432 32–17–1 W3
51 May 25 @ Tigers 1–5 Kubota (2–1) Onodera (2–4) — Koshien Stadium 43,516 32–18–1 L1
52 May 26 @ Tigers 1–2 (11) Watanabe (2–0) Graman (1–1) — Koshien Stadium 41,970 32–19–1 L2
53 May 28 @ Carp 5–3 Ishii (6–2) Oshima (0–2) Graman (11) Fukuyama Stadium 7,041 33–19–1 W1
54 May 29 @ Carp 1–3 Lewis (7–4) Wakui (5–4) Nagakawa (6) Hiroshima Stadium 15,267 33–20–1 L1
55 May 31 Dragons 3–4 Kawakami (3–3) Onuma (1–2) Iwase (16) Seibu Dome 32,788 33–21–1 L2
June: 8–10–0 (Home: 6–4–0; Away: 2–6–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
56 June 1 Dragons 10–3 Hoashi (6–0) Nakata (4–4) — Seibu Dome 33,157 34–21–1 W1
57 June 3 BayStars 7–3 Nishiguchi (2–3) Oyamada (1–3) — Seibu Dome 11,477 35–21–1 W2
58 June 4 BayStars 2–1 Ishii (7–2) Kuwahara (0–1) Graman (12) Seibu Dome 13,416 36–21–1 W3
59 June 6 @ Swallows 1–7 Tateyama (5–1) Wakui (5–5) — Iwaki Green Stadium 7,733 36–22–1 L1
60 June 7 @ Swallows 5–3 Kishi (6–2) Kawashima (1–2) Graman (13) Hitachinaka Stadium 11,232 37–22–1 W1
61 June 8 @ Giants 0–4 Utsumi (4–4) Hsu (1–1) — Tokyo Dome 43,051 37–23–1 L1
62 June 9 @ Giants 9–3 Nishiguchi (3–3) Greisinger (6–4) — Tokyo Dome 44,284 38–23–1 W1
63 June 11 Tigers 4–6 Uezono (2–0) Ishii (7–3) Fujikawa (23) Seibu Dome 32,383 38–24–1 L1
64 June 12 Tigers 6–3 Wakui (6–5) Iwata (5–3) — Seibu Dome 28,456 39–24–1 W1
65 June 14 Carp 1–8 Hasegawa (3–5) Kishi (6–3) — Seibu Dome 30,374 39–25–1 L1
66 June 15 Carp 2–4 Lewis (10–4) Hoashi (6–1) Nagakawa (11) Seibu Dome 28,657 39–26–1 L2
67 June 17 @ Dragons 4–5 Iwase (2–2) Okamoto (0–1) — Ishikawa Stadium 10,944 39–27–1 L3
68 June 18 @ Dragons 2–3 Ogasawara (7–4) Wakui (6–6) Iwase (21) Alpen Stadium 13,632 39–28–1 L4
69 June 21 @ BayStars 4–5 (10) Terahara (3–5) Graman (1–2) — Yokohama Stadium 14,165 39–29–1 L5
— June 22 @ BayStars Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 23 Yokohama Stadium — — —
70 June 23 @ BayStars 5–10 Wood (1–6) Ishii (7–4) — Yokohama Stadium 8,251 39–30–1 L6
71 June 27 Marines 4–1 Hoashi (7–1) Naruse (4–4) Graman (14) Omiya Stadium 20,289 40–30–1 W1
72 June 28 Marines 3–11 Watanabe (6–4) Kishi (6–4) — Seibu Dome 29,507 40–31–1 L1
73 June 29 Marines 9–5 Nishiguchi (4–3) Kobayashi (2–8) — Seibu Dome 25,666 41–31–1 W1
July: 13–10–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Away: 8–6–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
74 July 1 @ Fighters 12–7 Onodera (3–4) Miyanishi (2–3) — Sapporo Dome 22,125 42–31–1 W2
75 July 2 @ Fighters 8–6 Wakui (7–6) Glynn (3–11) Graman (15) Sapporo Dome 17,682 43–31–1 W3
76 July 3 @ Fighters 4–6 Darvish (9–3) Hoashi (7–2) Nakamura (14) Sapporo Dome 24,420 43–32–1 L1
77 July 5 Eagles 3–2 Kishi (7–4) Tanaka (6–5) Graman (16) Seibu Dome 29,719 44–32–1 W1
78 July 6 Eagles 5–7 Aoyama (2–2) Hsu (1–2) Kawagishi (1) Seibu Dome 25,654 44–33–1 L1
79 July 8 Hawks 2–5 Sugiuchi (7–5) Ishii (7–5) — Seibu Dome 13,486 44–34–1 L2
80 July 9 Hawks 2–7 Guttormson (4–4) Wakui (7–7) — Seibu Dome 15,674 44–35–1 L3
81 July 11 @ Buffaloes 12–4 Hoashi (8–2) Ortiz (3–6) — Skymark Stadium 15,296 45–35–1 W1
82 July 12 @ Buffaloes 4–2 Shotsu (1–0) Kato (1–3) Graman (17) Skymark Stadium 13,321 46–35–1 W2
83 July 13 @ Buffaloes 1–4 Kaneko (5–6) Nishiguchi (4–4) Kato (19) Kyocera Dome 13,312 46–36–1 L1
84 July 15 @ Hawks 4–13 Sugiuchi (8–5) Ishii (7–6) — Yahoo Dome 35,706 46–37–1 L2
85 July 16 @ Hawks 5–6 (12) Mise (2–0) Hoshino (2–1) — Yahoo Dome 35,674 46–38–1 L3
86 July 18 @ Marines 8–6 Hoashi (9–2) Karakawa (5–2) Graman (18) Chiba Marine Stadium 17,394 47–38–1 W1
87 July 19 @ Marines 17–10 Hoshino (3–1) Naruse (6–5) Onodera (1) Chiba Marine Stadium 25,823 48–38–1 W2
88 July 20 @ Marines 0–16 Watanabe (8–4) Nishiguchi (4–5) — Chiba Marine Stadium 26,365 48–39–1 L1
89 July 21 Eagles 6 - 4 Shotsu (2-0) Koyama (2-5) Graman (19) Seibu Dome 25,431 49–39–1 W1
90 July 22 Eagles 14–2 Wakui (8–7) Hasebe (0–2) — Seibu Dome 16,103 50–39–1 W2
91 July 23 Eagles 14–5 Hirano (1–0) Guzmán (2–6) — Seibu Dome 17,028 51–39–1 W3
92 July 25 @ Fighters 1–2 Tadano (6–3) Hoashi (9–3) Nakamura (18) Sapporo Dome 23,323 51–40–1 L1
93 July 26 @ Fighters 6–3 Iwasaki (2–0) Kanamori (0–1) Graman (20) Sapporo Dome 33,538 52–40–1 W1
94 July 27 @ Fighters 3–2 (10) Graman (2–2) Takeda (3–4) — Sapporo Dome 36,064 53–40–1 W2
95 July 28 Buffaloes 2–6 Komatsu (7–3) Wakui (8–8) — Seibu Dome 14,768 53–41–1 L1
96 July 29 Buffaloes 4–2 Ishii (8–6) Yoshino (1–3) Graman (21) Seibu Dome 17,016 54–41–1 W1
All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1
August: 12–7–3 (Home: 10–4–0; Away: 2–3–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
97 August 3 Marines 3–4 Watanabe (9–4) Hirano (1–1) Ogino (16) Nagano Olympic 14,134 54–42–1 L1
98 August 4 Marines 16 –2 Kishi (8–4) Shimizu (8–7) — Nagano Olympic 11,355 55–42–1 W1
99 August 10 Fighters 11–2 Hoashi (10–3) Tadano (6–5) — Seibu Dome 30,024 56–42–1 W2
100 August 11 Fighters 3–0 Kishi (9–4) Takeda (6–4) Graman (22) Seibu Dome 19,260 57–42–1 W3
101 August 12 Fighters 8–4 Onodera (4–4) Takeda (3–5) — Seibu Dome 19,055 58–42–1 W4
102 August 13 @ Eagles 7–11 Nagai (6–6) Ishii (8–7) — Kleenex Stadium 20,405 58–43–1 L1
103 August 14 @ Eagles 8–2 Nishiguchi (5–5) Aoyama (2–6) — Kleenex Stadium 19,227 59–43–1 W1
104 August 15 @ Eagles 4–9 Asai (8–7) Hirano (1–2) — Kleenex Stadium 19,981 59–44–1 L1
105 August 16 Buffaloes 8–7 (10) Graman (3–2) Shimizu (4–1) — Seibu Dome 27,363 60–44–1 W1
106 August 17 Buffaloes 4–1 Kishi (10–4) Yamamoto (8–3) — Seibu Dome 19,027 61–44–1 W2
107 August 18 Buffaloes 4–7 Katsuki (2–0) Okamoto (0–2) Kato (26) Seibu Dome 12,160 61–45–1 L1
108 August 19 Hawks 12–3 Ishii (9–7) Houlton (4–4) — Seibu Dome 16,161 62–45–1 W1
109 August 20 Hawks 7–1 Nishiguchi (6–5) Arakaki (0–4) — Seibu Dome 17,513 63–45–1 W2
110 August 21 Hawks 5–9 Powell (2–6) Okamoto (0–2) — Seibu Dome 18,195 63–46–1 L1
111 August 24 @ Fighters 3–9 Tadano (7–5) Hoashi (10–4) — Starffin Stadium 22,583 63–47–1 L2
112 August 25 @ Fighters 4–3 Onodera (5–4) Takeda (3–7) Graman (23) Sapporo Dome 21,840 64–47–1 W1
113 August 26 Eagles 2–7 Iwakuma (17–3) Kinney (2–2) — Seibu Dome 13,491 64–48–1 L1
114 August 27 Eagles 7–2 Ishii (10–7) Asai (8–8) Graman (24) Seibu Dome 17,760 65–48–1 W1
115 August 28 Eagles 5–4 Nishiguchi (7–5) Kitani (0–1) Graman (25) Seibu Dome 16,555 66–48–1 W2
116 August 29 @ Hawks 4–4 (12) Game tied after 12 innings Yahoo Dome 32,998 66–48–2 T1
117 August 30 @ Hawks 2–2 (12) Game tied after 12 innings Yahoo Dome 33,051 66–48–3 T2
118 August 31 @ Hawks 0–0 (12) Game tied after 12 innings Yahoo Dome 33,288 66–48–4 T3
September: 9–15–0 (Home: 3–8–0; Away: 6–7–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
119 September 2 @ Marines 5–8 Watanabe (12–5) Ishii (10–8) — Chiba Marine Stadium 14,269 66–49–4 L1
120 September 3 @ Marines 2–0 Nishiguchi (8–5) Kubo (2–7) Graman (26) Chiba Marine Stadium 17,361 67–49–4 W1
121 September 4 @ Marines 3–4 Kawasaki (2–4) Wakui (8–9) Ogino (22) Chiba Marine Stadium 16,534 67–50–4 L1
122 September 5 @ Buffaloes 3–8 Kishida (3–0) Hoashi (10–5) — Skymark Stadium 11,284 67–51–4 L2
123 September 6 @ Buffaloes 7–1 Kishi (11–4) Yamamoto (9–5) — Kyocera Dome 16,385 68–51–4 W1
124 September 7 @ Buffaloes 2–6 Kaneko (10–8) Kinney (2–3) — Kyocera Dome 18,431 68–52–4 L1
125 September 9 Fighters 1–4 Darvish (13–4) Ishii (10–9) Nakamura (24) Seibu Dome 14,554 68–53–4 L2
126 September 10 Fighters 5–6 Sakamoto (4–1) Nishiguchi (8–6) Nakamura (25) Seibu Dome 14,292 68–54–4 L3
127 September 11 Fighters 5–3 Wakui (9–9) Sweeney (11–4) Graman (27) Seibu Dome 14,016 69–54–4 W1
128 September 13 @ Eagles 12–0 Hoashi (11–5) Katayama (2–6) — Kleenex Stadium 17,909 70–54–4 W2
129 September 14 @ Eagles 4–5 Arime (2–2) Onodera (5–5) Gwyn (3) Kleenex Stadium 19,956 70–55–4 L1
130 September 15 @ Eagles 6–5 Shotsu (3–0) Gwyn (1–1) Graman (28) Kleenex Stadium 17,188 71–55–4 W1
131 September 16 Marines 4–3 Ishii (11–9) Watanabe (12–7) Graman (29) Seibu Dome 14,250 72–55–4 W2
132 September 17 Marines 5–4 (10) Onuma (2–2) Kawasaki (2–5) — Seibu Dome 14,493 73–55–4 W3
133 September 18 Marines 3–6 Shimizu (12–9) Wakui (9–10) Ogino (26) Seibu Dome 14,075 73–56–4 L1
134 September 20 @ Hawks 1–0 (10) Hoshino (4–1) Wada (8–6) Graman (30) Yahoo Dome 29,788 74–56–4 W1
135 September 21 @ Hawks 10–5 Kishi (12–4) Guttormson (4–7) Graman (31) Yahoo Dome 32,108 75–56–4 W2
136 September 22 Eagles 1–6 Iwakuma (20–3) Ishii (11–10) — Seibu Dome 26,361 75–57–4 L1
137 September 23 Eagles 7–10 Kawagishi (3–3) Graman (3–3) — Seibu Dome 33,229 75–58–4 L2
138 September 24 Marines 1–9 Kubo (3–7) Wakui (9–11) — Seibu Dome 28,613 75–59–4 L3
139 September 26 @ Fighters 0–2 Sweeney (12–5) Hoashi (11–6) Tateyama (2) Sapporo Dome 28,331 75–60–4 L4
140 September 27 @ Fighters 4–5 Glynn (7–14) Hsu (1–3) Nakamura (28) Sapporo Dome 35,460 75–61–4 L5
141 September 28 Buffaloes 2–7 Komatsu (5–3) Kinney (2–4) — Seibu Dome 33,229 75–62–4 L6
142 September 29 Buffaloes 3–4 (10) Katsuki (4–0) Onuma (2–3) — Seibu Dome 27,611 75–63–4 L7
October: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
143 October 1 @ Marines 9–5 Wakui (10–11) Watanabe (13–8) — Chiba Marine Stadium 24,752 76–63–4 W1
144 October 4 @ Eagles 3–4 (10) Kawagishi (4–3) Onuma (2–4) — Kleenex Stadium 14,063 76–64–4 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Lions team member

Postseason

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Climax Series

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Main article: 2008 Pacific League Climax Series

Japan Series

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Main article: 2008 Japan Series

Asia Series

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Main article: 2008 Asia Series

Game log

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2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0)
Climax Series Second Stage: 3–2–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Away: 0–0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 October 17 Fighters 10–3 Wakui (1–0) Glynn (0–1) — Omiya Stadium 20,500 1–0–0 W1
2 October 18 Fighters 0–5 Darvish (1–0) Kishi (0–1) — Seibu Dome 30,918 1–1–0 L1
3 October 19 Fighters 4–7 Takeda (1–0) Hoashi (0–1) — Seibu Dome 33,078 1–2–0 L2
4 October 21 Fighters 9–4 Ishii (1–0) Sweeney (0–1) — Seibu Dome 18,704 2–2–0 W1
5 October 22 Fighters 9–4 Wakui (2–0) Glynn (0–2) — Seibu Dome 21,731 3–2–0 W2
Japan Series: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Away: 3–1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 November 1 @ Giants 2–1 Wakui (1–0) Uehara (0–1) Graman (1) Tokyo Dome 44,757 1–0–0 W1
2 November 2 @ Giants 2–3 Ochi (1–0) Okamoto (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 44,814 1–1–0 L1
3 November 4 Giants 4–6 Utsumi (1–0) Ishii (0–1) Kroon (1) Seibu Dome 24,495 1–2–0 L2
4 November 5 Giants 5–0 Kishi (1–0) Greisinger (0–1) — Seibu Dome 27,930 2–2–0 W1
5 November 6 Giants 3–7 Nishimura (1–0) Wakui (1–1) — Seibu Dome 28,763 2–3–0 L1
6 November 8 @ Giants 4–1 Kishi (2–0) Takahashi (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 44,749 3–3–0 W1
7 November 9 @ Giants 3–2 Hoshino (1–0) Ochi (1–1) Graman (2) Tokyo Dome 44,737 4–3–0 W2
Asia Series: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 1–1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 November 13 @ Wyverns 3–4 Lee (1–0) Hoashi (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 9,277 0–1–0 L1
2 November 14 Lions 2–1 Kishi (1–0) Pan (0–1) Onodera (1) Tokyo Dome 8,443 1–1–0 W1
3 November 15 @ Lions 16–2 (7) Onuma (1–0) Wei (0–2) — Tokyo Dome 8,478 2–1–0 W2
4 November 16 Lions 1–0 Okamoto (1–0) Pan (0–2) — Tokyo Dome 18,370 3–1–0 W3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Lions team member

Roster

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2008 Saitama Seibu Lions
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

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Batting

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2008 Saitama Seibu Lions batting statistics[4]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
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
Hidekazu Hoshi 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
Haruki Kurose 18 38 7 8 2 0 1 5 0 4 5 .211 .302 .342 13
Kenta Matsusaka 55 91 11 24 6 3 1 12 2 2 29 .264 .316 .429 39
Taka Miura 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 2
Keisuke Mizuta 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

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2008 Saitama Seibu Lions pitching statistics[4]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
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
Tetsuya Iwasaki 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
Shinya Okamoto 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
Shinji Taninaka 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
Minoru Yamagishi 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

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Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award[7]

Best Nine Award[8]

Climax Series Second Stage MVP

  • Hideaki Wakui

Japan Series MVP

  • Takayuki Kishi

Matsutaro Shoriki Award

Mitsui Golden Glove Award[9]

  • 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)

Farm team

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Eastern League regular season standings[12]
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
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

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2008 Saitama Seibu Lions Draft selections[13]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Yuta Nakazaki 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 Tatsuya Takeno Catcher Fukuoka University yes
6 Kazuki Miyata Pitcher Koka Health and Medical College yes

References

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  1. ^ a b "2008 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  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. ^ a b "2008 Saitama Seibu Lions". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "2008 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "2008 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "2008年度 日本生命月間MVP賞" [2008 Nippon Life Month MVP Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  8. ^ "2008年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ）" [2008 Awarded Players (Pacific League)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  9. ^ "歴代受賞選手〜ポジション別〜" [Award Winners by Position] (in Japanese). Mitsui Public Relations Committee. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "出場者" [Participants] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "2008年度 ＪＡ全農Ｇｏ・Ｇｏ賞" [2008 JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Award] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "2008 Eastern League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  13. ^ "埼玉西武ライオンズ 選択選手一覧" [Saitama Seibu Lions Selected Player List]. Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
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