2008 Saitama Seibu Lions Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 76-64
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Hisanobu Watanabe (76-64)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
2008 Saitama Seibu Lions RosterTeam Record: 76-64
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Hisanobu Watanabe (76-64)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
Playoffs - Saitama Seibu Lions 4 games, Nippon Ham Fighters 2
Japan Series - Saitama Seibu Lions 4 games, Yomiuri Giants 3
The Saitama Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2008 season with a record of 76 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Seibu Lions scored 715 runs, most in the league. Saitama yielded 626 runs. Takeya Nakamura walloped 46 home runs for the team, while Toru Hosokawa, Takahiko Sato, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hiram Bocachica and Craig Brazell each added 15 or more, too. Takeya Nakamura accounted for 101 RBI. Hiroyuki Nakajima topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .331 clip. Takayuki Kishi led the squad with 12 wins, and Kazuyuki Hoashi registered a 2.63 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Hiram Bocachica, Craig Brazell, Alex Graman, Matt Kinney and Kazuhisa Ishii.
Hisanobu Watanabe served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takayuki Kishi | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.42 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 168.3 | 151 | 65 | 64 | 12 | 48 | 0 | 138 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 695 | |
| Kazuyuki Hoashi | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.63 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 174.7 | 169 | 59 | 51 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 724 | |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.32 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135.3 | 150 | 78 | 65 | 16 | 40 | 1 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 593 | |
| Hideaki Wakui | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.90 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 173.0 | 173 | 80 | 75 | 16 | 51 | 4 | 122 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 738 | |
| Fumiya Nishiguchi | 8 | 6 | .571 | 5.03 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116.3 | 125 | 69 | 65 | 18 | 48 | 2 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 517 | |
| Chikara Onodera | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.56 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.7 | 54 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 243 | |
| Tomoki Hoshino | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.38 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 140 | |
| Eiji Shotsu | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.35 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127 | |
| Alex Graman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.42 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 57.0 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 226 | |
| Tetsuya Iwasaki | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.57 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 99 | |
| Koji Onuma | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.69 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83.0 | 79 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 357 | |
| Matt Kinney | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.48 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.3 | 87 | 47 | 40 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 365 | |
| Koji Mitsui | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.50 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116 | |
| Masamitsu Hirano | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 41 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 128 | |
| Ming Chieh Hsu | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 151 | |
| Shuichiro Osada | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Shinji Taninaka | 0 | 0 | 2.77 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 56 | ||
| Minoru Yamagishi | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||
| Satoshi Yamazaki | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | ||
| Shinya Okamoto | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.83 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 182 | |
| Atsushi Okamoto | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.51 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | |
| Totals | 76 | 64 | .543 | 3.87 | 545 | 144 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 33 | 1297.0 | 1324 | 626 | 557 | 114 | 449 | 18 | 944 | 68 | 0 | 56 | 5615 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takumi Kuriyama | 138 | 612 | 527 | 76 | 167 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 72 | 17 | 8 | 49 | 61 | .317 | .376 | .450 | .826 | 237 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| Yasuyuki Kataoka | 139 | 634 | 582 | 85 | 167 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 50 | 17 | 24 | 57 | .287 | .322 | .371 | .693 | 216 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | 124 | 556 | 486 | 75 | 161 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 81 | 25 | 5 | 55 | 96 | .331 | .410 | .527 | .937 | 256 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Takeya Nakamura | 143 | 590 | 524 | 90 | 128 | 24 | 4 | 46 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 162 | .244 | .320 | .569 | .889 | 298 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Takahiko Sato | 105 | 432 | 388 | 62 | 117 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 62 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 62 | .302 | .368 | .546 | .914 | 212 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Craig Brazell | 130 | 521 | 471 | 59 | 110 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 139 | .234 | .294 | .446 | .740 | 210 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Toru Hosokawa | 133 | 445 | 404 | 42 | 96 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 129 | .238 | .263 | .411 | .674 | 166 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| Yoshihito Ishii | 108 | 335 | 306 | 31 | 85 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 53 | .278 | .328 | .392 | .721 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Hiram Bocachica | 78 | 279 | 239 | 43 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 76 | .251 | .344 | .556 | .901 | 133 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Taketoshi Goto | 49 | 184 | 166 | 34 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 31 | .301 | .370 | .602 | .972 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shogo Akada | 68 | 180 | 160 | 29 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 37 | .244 | .305 | .338 | .643 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tomoaki Sato | 59 | 143 | 126 | 23 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | .302 | .341 | .405 | .746 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenta Matsusaka | 55 | 100 | 91 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 29 | .264 | .316 | .429 | .745 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Hirao | 55 | 103 | 93 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | .258 | .293 | .366 | .659 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Akira Eto | 42 | 111 | 97 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .206 | .297 | .433 | .730 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hiroyuki Oshima | 38 | 86 | 74 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | .243 | .333 | .378 | .712 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Hisashi Takayama | 25 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .238 | .256 | .286 | .542 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haruki Kurose | 18 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .211 | .302 | .342 | .644 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ginjiro Sumitani | 46 | 68 | 64 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | .125 | .149 | .188 | .337 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Takuya Hara | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .571 | .667 | 1.238 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taka Miura | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumiya Nishiguchi | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kosuke Noda | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yutaro Osaki | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tatsuyuki Uemoto | 17 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .071 | .071 | .143 | .214 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroyuki Takagi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koji Onuma | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuyuki Hoashi | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hidekazu Hoshi | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ming Chieh Hsu | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hideaki Wakui | 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keisuke Mizuta | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1810 | 5548 | 4952 | 715 | 1339 | 270 | 21 | 198 | 693 | 107 | 46 | 378 | 1093 | .270 | .330 | .453 | .783 | 2245 | 98 | 83 | 95 | 40 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Brazell | 1B | 80 | 585 | 46 | 8 | 47 | .987 | 7.888 | ||||
| Yoshihito Ishii | 1B | 35 | 238 | 12 | 2 | 16 | .992 | 7.143 | ||||
| Akira Eto | 1B | 24 | 163 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 7.083 | ||||
| Hiroshi Hirao | 1B | 19 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.316 | ||||
| Hiroyuki Oshima | 1B | 17 | 107 | 12 | 3 | 13 | .975 | 7.000 | ||||
| Tatsuyuki Uemoto | 1B | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .955 | 2.625 | ||||
| Takeya Nakamura | 1B | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Taketoshi Goto | 1B | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.857 | ||||
| Taka Miura | 1B | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Yasuyuki Kataoka | 2B | 128 | 315 | 388 | 11 | 78 | .985 | 5.492 | ||||
| Yoshihito Ishii | 2B | 16 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 10 | .969 | 3.875 | ||||
| Hiroshi Hirao | 2B | 15 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .972 | 2.333 | ||||
| Hiroyuki Takagi | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Takeya Nakamura | 3B | 139 | 80 | 256 | 22 | 18 | .939 | 2.417 | ||||
| Keisuke Mizuta | 3B | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Yoshihito Ishii | 3B | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Hiroshi Hirao | 3B | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Takuya Hara | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Toru Hosokawa | C | 133 | 862 | 77 | 5 | 9 | .995 | 7.060 | 8 | |||
| Ginjiro Sumitani | C | 44 | 121 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.136 | 1 | |||
| Kosuke Noda | C | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | |||
| Tatsuyuki Uemoto | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Takumi Kuriyama | OF | 127 | 245 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .980 | 1.976 | ||||
| Takahiko Sato | OF | 99 | 167 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 1.778 | ||||
| Hiram Bocachica | OF | 74 | 148 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .957 | 2.081 | ||||
| Shogo Akada | OF | 57 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.702 | ||||
| Tomoaki Sato | OF | 55 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.600 | ||||
| Kenta Matsusaka | OF | 42 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Taketoshi Goto | OF | 28 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
| Hisashi Takayama | OF | 16 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Hiroyuki Oshima | OF | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Yutaro Osaki | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Taka Miura | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tomoki Hoshino | P | 63 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .079 | ||||
| Alex Graman | P | 55 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .273 | ||||
| Koji Onuma | P | 52 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .423 | ||||
| Chikara Onodera | P | 50 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .280 | ||||
| Shinya Okamoto | P | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .128 | ||||
| Eiji Shotsu | P | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Kazuyuki Hoashi | P | 27 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 1 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Takayuki Kishi | P | 26 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hideaki Wakui | P | 25 | 13 | 41 | 2 | 3 | .964 | 2.160 | ||||
| Kazuhisa Ishii | P | 25 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.240 | ||||
| Koji Mitsui | P | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .043 | ||||
| Fumiya Nishiguchi | P | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tetsuya Iwasaki | P | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .150 | ||||
| Matt Kinney | P | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .529 | ||||
| Ming Chieh Hsu | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Atsushi Okamoto | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| Shinji Taninaka | P | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Masamitsu Hirano | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Minoru Yamagishi | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Satoshi Yamazaki | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Shuichiro Osada | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | SS | 122 | 204 | 359 | 12 | 79 | .979 | 4.615 | ||||
| Haruki Kurose | SS | 15 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 4 | .926 | 3.333 | ||||
| Yasuyuki Kataoka | SS | 15 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.067 | ||||
| Keisuke Mizuta | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Takuya Hara | SS | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1928 | 3891 | 1564 | 98 | 326 | .982 | 2.829 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
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