2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

The 2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 8th season of the franchise in Nippon Professional Baseball, also their 8th season under Rakuten, also their 8th season at then-named Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium (now Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi), and also their 8th season in Sendai. The Eagles were managed by Senichi Hoshino in his 3rd season managing the Eagles. The Eagles won their first and only Pacific League pennant and their first and only Japan Series championship as of 2022.[1]

2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Japan Series champions
Pacific League champions
LeaguePacific League
BallparkNippon Paper Kleenex Stadium
Record82-59-3 (.582)
League place1st
Parent companyRakuten
ManagerSenichi Hoshino
Average attendance16,897
Eagles seasons

Regular season

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The Eagles finished with the best record in Pacific League, finishing the season at 82-59-3 (.582).

2013 Pacific League standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 82 59 3 .582
Saitama Seibu Lions 144 74 66 4 .529 7.5
Chiba Lotte Marines 144 74 68 2 .521 8.5
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 73 69 2 .514 9.5
Orix Buffaloes 144 66 73 5 .475 15.0
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 64 78 2 .451 18.5

Playoffs

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The Eagles defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines in the Climax Series, then defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the Japan Series.

References

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  1. ^ "Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles win 2013 NPB Championship". wbsc.org. Retrieved 2022-02-25.