2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Climax Series berth
LeaguePacific League
BallparkSapporo Dome
Record73–69–2 (.514)
League place3rd
Parent companyNippon Ham
PresidentJunichi Fujii
ManagerMasataka Nashida
CaptainMakoto Kaneko

The 2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season was the 63rd season of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise. The Fighters played the majority of their home games at Sapporo Dome in the city of Sapporo, as well as at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Masataka Nashida on his first season as team manager.

Nippon-Ham finished the season in third place with a record of 73–69–2, qualifying them for the Climax Series. In the 2008 Pacific League Climax Series, the Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes in the First Stage, but were eliminated by the Saitama Seibu Lions in the Second Stage.

Regular season

Standings

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

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

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. Chiba Lotte Marines[3]

Order Player Pos.
1 Hichori Morimoto CF
2 Kensuke Tanaka 2B
3 Atsunori Inaba RF
4 Terrmel Sledge 1B
5 Eiichi Koyano 3B
6 Yoshio Itoi LF
7 Tomochika Tsuboi DH
8 Shinya Tsuruoka C
9 Makoto Kaneko SS
— Yu Darvish P

Game log

2008 game log: 73–69–2 (Home: 41–30–1; Away: 32–39–1)
March: 3–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 0–2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 20Marines1–0Darvish (1–0)Kobayashi (0–1)—Sapporo Dome42,1261–0–0W1
2March 22Marines2–3Naruse (1–0)Sakamoto (0–1)—Sapporo Dome31,0281–1–0L1
3March 23Marines1–4Watanabe (1–0)Glynn (0–1)Takagi (1)Sapporo Dome32,2151–2–0L2
4March 25Lions9–1Takeda (1–0)Nishiguchi (0–1)—Sapporo Dome16,4102–2–0W1
5March 26Lions0–8Kishi (1–0)Yoshikawa (0–1)—Sapporo Dome19,2062–3–0L1
6March 27Lions1–0 (10)Takeda (1–0)Wakui (0–2)—Sapporo Dome25,0113–3–0W1
7March 29@ Eagles2–7Tanaka (1–0)Hoshino (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium20,1893–4–0L1
8March 30@ Eagles1–3Asai (1–1)Glynn (0–2)Aoyama (1)Kleenex Stadium19,5183–5–0L2
April: 14–10–1 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 7–8–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
9April 1@ Hawks6–0Takeda (2–0)Arakaki (0–1)—Yahoo Dome29,2044–5–0W1
10April 2@ Hawks0–9Otonari (2–0)Yoshikawa (0–2)—Kitakyushu Stadium17,7214–6–0L1
11April 3@ Hawks6–2Darvish (2–0)Guttormson (0–1)—Yahoo Dome32,1445–6–0W1
12April 4@ Buffaloes3–2Sweeney (1–0)Kamoshida (0–1)Nakamura (1)Kyocera Dome11,7386–6–0W2
13April 5@ Buffaloes2–7Kondo (2–0)Fujii (0–1)—Kyocera Dome18,1296–7–0L1
14April 6@ Buffaloes3–2Glynn (1–2)Kawagoe (1–1)Nakamura (2)Skymark Stadium14,1117–7–0W1
15April 8Eagles8–7Takeda (3–0)Lin (0–2)Nakamura (3)Sapporo Dome20,2578–7–0W2
16April 9Eagles4–2Yoshikawa (1–2)Nagai (2–1)Nakamura (4)Sapporo Dome19,0449–7–0W3
17April 10Eagles1–0Darvish (3–0)Iwakuma (2–1)—Sapporo Dome25,19710–7–0W4
18April 11@ Marines3–2Sweeney (2–0)Kobayashi (1–2)Nakamura (5)Chiba Marine Stadium15,16111–7–0W5
19April 12@ Marines1–2Naruse (2–1)Miyanishi (0–1)—Chiba Marine Stadium27,51311–8–0L1
20April 13@ Marines1–2 (10)Watanabe (2–1)Takeda (1–1)—Chiba Marine Stadium16,28211–9–0L2
21April 15@ Lions3–3 (12)Game tied after 12 inningsSeibu Dome8,39711–9–1T1
22April 16@ Lions2–4Wakui (2–2)Yoshikawa (1–3)—Seibu Dome11,26311–10–1L1
23April 18Hawks3–1Darvish (4–0)Sugiuchi (1–2)—Sapporo Dome18,10712–10–1W1
24April 19Hawks4–2Fujii (1–1)Oba (2–2)Nakamura (6)Sapporo Dome27,04113–10–1W2
25April 20Hawks2–4Wada (1–0)Glynn (1–3)Houlton (2)Sapporo Dome30,53613–11–1L1
26April 22Buffaloes4–2Hoshino (1–1)Takagi (1–2)Nakamura (7)Sapporo Dome14,25314–11–1W1
27April 23Buffaloes0–5Yamamoto (2–0)Sweeney (2–1)—Sapporo Dome14,35814–12–1L1
28April 24Buffaloes3–2 (10)Takeda (2–1)Kato (0–1)—Sapporo Dome15,64415–12–1W1
29April 25@ Eagles1–6Iwakuma (4–1)Yoshikawa (1–4)—Kleenex Stadium13,21315–13–1L1
30April 26@ Eagles0–4Guzmán (1–2)Fujii (1–2)—Kleenex Stadium16,82615–14–1L2
31April 27@ Eagles0–5Tanaka (3–1)Glynn (1–4)—Kleenex Stadium20,63415–15–1L3
32April 29@ Marines3–2Nakamura (1–0)Sikorski (1–4)—Chiba Marine Stadium30,02116–15–1W1
33April 30@ Marines6–3Darvish (5–0)Watanabe (3–2)Nakamura (8)Chiba Marine Stadium17,51617–15–1W2
May: 15–9–0 (Home: 10–3–0; Away: 5–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
34May 1@ Marines6–1Yoshikawa (2–4)Ono (2–1)—Chiba Marine Stadium17,14318–15–1W3
35May 2Eagles5–1Tadano (1–0)Iwakuma (4–2)Nakamura (9)Sapporo Dome41,12419–15–1W4
36May 3Eagles12–5Sakamoto (1–1)Kawagishi (0–1)—Sapporo Dome40,08320–15–1W5
37May 4Eagles1–7Tanaka (4–1)Glynn (1–5)—Sapporo Dome42,12620–16–1L1
38May 5@ Lions6–8Onodera (2–2)Takeda (2–2)Graman (8)Seibu Dome34,78320–17–1L2
39May 6@ Lions1–3Ishii (5–1)Miyanishi (0–2)—Seibu Dome27,34020–18–1L3
40May 7@ Lions3–4Hoshino (2–0)Darvish (5–1)—Seibu Dome15,57420–19–1L4
41May 10Hawks0–1Sugiuchi (3–3)Fujii (1–3)—Ocean Stadium16,82220–20–1L5
42May 11Hawks4–3Miyanishi (1–2)Kume (3–1)Nakamura (10)Ocean Stadium17,91921–20–1W1
43May 13Marines2–8Karakawa (3–0)Glynn (1–6)—Tokyo Dome19,82821–21–1L1
44May 14Marines4–3 (11)Nakamura (2–0)Ogino (1–3)—Tokyo Dome22,26522–21–1W1
45May 15Marines6–5Tateyama (1–0)Abreu (1–1)—Tokyo Dome17,36823–21–1W2
46May 16@ Hawks10–3Tadano (2–0)Otonari (3–5)—Yahoo Dome30,94824–21–1W3
47May 17@ Hawks2–3Sugiuchi (4–3)Tateyama (1–1)—Yahoo Dome30,21824–22–1L1
48May 18@ Hawks4–3Sweeney (3–1)Oba (3–4)Takeda (1)Yahoo Dome32,49425–22–1W1
49May 20BayStars6–3Glynn (2–6)Nasuno (2–6)Takeda (2)Sapporo Dome16,95726–22–1W2
50May 21BayStars4–3Hoshino (2–1)Miura (2–5)Takeda (3)Sapporo Dome20,27127–22–1W3
51May 23Dragons1–0Sakamoto (2–1)Kawakami (2–3)Takeda (4)Sapporo Dome23,96628–22–1W4
52May 24Dragons11–1Sweeney (4–1)Kawai (1–2)—Sapporo Dome30,98329–22–1W5
53May 25@ Giants4–6Nishimura (6–2)Fujii (1–4)Kroon (15)Tokyo Dome43,81329–23–1L1
54May 26@ Giants3–4Burnside (1–0)Glynn (2–7)Kroon (16)Tokyo Dome39,27829–24–1L2
55May 28@ Swallows7–3Darvish (6–1)Muranaka (3–6)—Meiji Jingu Stadium18,05030–24–1W1
56May 29@ Swallows3–2Miyanishi (2–2)Oshimoto (2–1)Takeda (5)Meiji Jingu Stadium9,68331–24–1W2
57May 31Tigers2–1Sweeney (5–1)Iwata (5–2)Takeda (6)Sapporo Dome42,12632–24–1W3
June: 9–9–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Away: 6–5–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
58June 1Tigers4–5 (10)Kubota (3–1)Takeda (2–3)Fujikawa (18)Sapporo Dome42,12632–25–1L1
59June 3Carp4–2Glynn (3–7)Otake (2–7)—Sapporo Dome17,81533–25–1W1
60June 4Carp2–3Lewis (8–4)Darvish (6–2)Nagakawa (8)Sapporo Dome23,87033–26–1L1
61June 6@ Dragons7–3Sakamoto (3–1)Sato (0–1)—Nagoya Dome36,72534–26–1W1
62June 7@ Dragons1–4Kawakami (4–3)Sweeney (5–2)Iwase (18)Nagoya Dome38,24734–27–1L1
63June 8@ BayStars9–3Fujii (2–4)Nasuno (4–7)—Yokohama Stadium17,84235–27–1W1
64June 9@ BayStars3–13Oyamada (2–3)Glynn (3–8)—Yokohama Stadium9,79635–28–1L1
65June 11Giants0–1Nomaguchi (2–3)Darvish (6–3)Kroon (18)Sapporo Dome35,29835–29–1L2
66June 12Giants3–2Tadano (3–0)Burnside (2–1)Nakamura (11)Sapporo Dome30,13536–29–1W1
67June 14Swallows2–1 (10)Takeda (3–3)Lim (1–3)—Sapporo Dome40,05837–29–1W2
68June 15Swallows1–3Muranaka (4–7)Glynn (3–9)Lim (16)Sapporo Dome31,55637–30–1L1
69June 17@ Carp8–7Darvish (7–3)Otake (2–9)Nakamura (12)Hiroshima Stadium19,86038–30–1W1
70June 18@ Carp1–2Maeda (1–0)Tadano (3–1)Nagakawa (12)Hiroshima Stadium18,52738–31–1L1
71June 21@ Tigers4–0Sweeney (6–2)Iwata (5–4)—Koshien Stadium43,52839–31–1W1
72June 22@ Tigers3–5Atchison (5–4)Glynn (3–10)Fujikawa (25)Koshien Stadium43,52439–32–1L1
73June 27@ Buffaloes4–3Darvish (8–3)Kawagoe (1–3)Nakamura (13)Kyocera Dome14,65440–32–1W1
74June 28@ Buffaloes1–5Kaneko (3–6)Tadano (3–2)—Kyocera Dome16,80940–33–1L1
75June 29@ Buffaloes9–4Takeda (4–0)Kondo (5–7)Tateyama (1)Kyocera Dome18,15341–33–1W1
July: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–9–0; Away: 2–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
76July 1Lions7–12Onodera (3–4)Miyanishi (2–3)—Sapporo Dome22,12541–34–1L1
77July 2Lions6–8Wakui (7–6)Glynn (3–11)Graman (15)Sapporo Dome17,68241–35–1L2
78July 3Lions6–4Darvish (9–3)Hoashi (7–2)Nakamura (14)Sapporo Dome24,42042–35–1W1
79July 5Buffaloes4–3Tadano (4–2)Ortiz (3–5)Nakamura (15)Kushiro Stadium17,89243–35–1W2
80July 6Buffaloes5–8Kaneko (4–6)Takeda (4–1)Kato (17)Obihiro Stadium21,06343–36–1L1
81July 8@ Marines2–5Shimizu (7–6)Sweeney (6–3)—Chiba Marine Stadium18,56243–37–1L2
82July 9@ Marines5–7Kawasaki (1–3)Glynn (3–12)Ogino (11)Chiba Marine Stadium28,19843–38–1L3
83July 11Hawks3–2Darvish (10–3)Otonari (7–7)—Sapporo Dome22,71244–38–1W1
84July 12Hawks9–6Tadano (5–2)Oba (3–5)Nakamura (16)Sapporo Dome31,88245–38–1W2
85July 13Hawks1–10Wada (8–3)Takeda (4–2)—Sapporo Dome32,12745–39–1L1
86July 15Eagles4–4 (12)Game tied after 12 inningsTokyo Dome16,18645–39–2T1
87July 16Eagles2–5Katayama (2–1)Miyanishi (2–4)Kawagishi (2)Tokyo Dome16,24945–40–2L1
88July 17Eagles3–1Darvish (11–3)Guzmán (2–5)—Tokyo Dome20,77346–40–2W1
89July 19@ Buffaloes2–6Yamamoto (7–2)Tadano (5–3)—Skymark Stadium20,01646–41–2L1
90July 20@ Buffaloes1–4Kaneko (6–6)Takeda (4–3)Kato (20)Kyocera Dome16,06846–42–2L2
91July 22Marines3–2Sweeney (7–3)Kobayashi (2–9)Nakamura (17)Sapporo Dome25,84547–42–2W1
92July 23Marines2–3Shimizu (8–6)Fujii (2–5)Ogino (14)Sapporo Dome26,90247–43–2L1
93July 24Marines2–5Omine (1–2)Darvish (11–4)Ogino (15)Sapporo Dome27,82547–44–2L2
94July 25Lions2–1Tadano (6–3)Hoashi (9–3)Nakamura (18)Sapporo Dome23,32348–44–2W1
95July 26Lions3–6Iwasaki (2–0)Kanamori (0–1)Graman (20)Sapporo Dome33,53848–45–2L1
96July 27Lions2–3 (10)Graman (2–2)Takeda (3–4)—Sapporo Dome36,06448–46–2L2
97July 28@ Hawks10–2Takeda (5–3)Powell (1–5)—Yahoo Dome34,22249–46–2W1
98July 29@ Hawks5–2Sweeney (8–3)Yang (1–2)Nakamura (19)Yahoo Dome32,65350–46–2W2
All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1
August: 8–14–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Away: 6–9–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
99August 3@ Eagles4–11Asai (7–7)Tadano (6–4)—Kleenex Stadium20,51650–47–2L1
100August 4@ Eagles6–2Takeda (6–3)Aoyama (2–5)—Kleenex Stadium18,76051–47–2W1
101August 5@ Eagles7–2Sweeney (9–3)Guzmán (2–7)—Kleenex Stadium17,94252–47–2W2
102August 10@ Lions2–11Hoashi (10–3)Tadano (6–5)—Seibu Dome30,02452–48–2L1
103August 11@ Lions0–3Kishi (9–4)Takeda (6–4)Graman (22)Seibu Dome19,26052–49–2L2
104August 12@ Lions4–8Onodera (4–4)Takeda (3–5)—Seibu Dome19,05552–50–2L3
105August 13Buffaloes2–4Komatsu (9–3)Glynn (3–13)Kato (24)Sapporo Dome24,41652–51–2L4
106August 14Buffaloes0–2 (11)Kato (2–3)Takeda (3–6)Shimizu (1)Sapporo Dome22,47652–52–2L5
107August 15Buffaloes3–5 (10)Kawagoe (2–3)Nakamura (2–1)Kato (25)Sapporo Dome22,82952–53–2L6
108August 16@ Hawks5–1Yagi (1–0)Standridge (0–2)—Yahoo Dome33,68753–53–2W1
109August 17@ Hawks1–2Otonari (11–8)Takeda (6–5)Mahara (5)Yahoo Dome33,53353–54–2L1
110August 18@ Hawks7–0Sweeney (10–3)Hoshino (0–1)—Yahoo Dome30,63654–54–2W1
111August 19Marines4–0Glynn (4–13)Kobayashi (3–11)—Tokyo Dome20,06155–54–2W2
112August 20Marines3–6Shimizu (9–8)Fujii (2–6)Ogino (20)Tokyo Dome21,03455–55–2L1
113August 24Lions9–3Tadano (7–5)Hoashi (10–4)—Starffin Stadium22,58356–55–2W1
114August 25Lions3–4Onodera (5–4)Takeda (3–7)Graman (23)Sapporo Dome21,84056–56–2L1
115August 26@ Marines3–2Sweeney (11–3)Watanabe (11–5)Nakamura (20)Chiba Marine Stadium20,76457–56–2W1
116August 27@ Marines1–0Glynn (5–13)Kubo (2–6)Nakamura (21)Chiba Marine Stadium22,03858–56–2W2
117August 28@ Marines0–3Shimizu (10–8)Fujii (2–7)—Chiba Marine Stadium16,52258–57–2L1
118August 29@ Buffaloes4–7Kishida (2–0)Kanazawa (0–1)Kato (29)Skymark Stadium20,27958–58–2L2
119August 30@ Buffaloes2–7Yamamoto (9–4)Yagi (1–1)—Kyocera Dome18,16958–59–2L3
120August 31@ Buffaloes1–5Kaneko (9–8)Tadano (7–6)—Kyocera Dome18,03358–60–2L4
September: 14–9–0 (Home: 9–4–0; Away: 5–5–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
121September 2Hawks2–0Darvish (12–4)Guttormson (4–5)Nakamura (22)Sapporo Dome20,11859–60–2W1
122September 3Hawks3–4Sato (3–1)Takeda (6–6)Mahara (7)Sapporo Dome17,70259–61–2L1
123September 4Hawks4–3Takeda (4–7)Sato (3–2)—Sapporo Dome16,97560–61–2W1
124September 5Eagles3–5 (10)Gwyn (1–0)Nakamura (2–2)—Sapporo Dome22,69260–62–2L1
125September 6Eagles4–1Fujii (3–7)Katayama (2–5)Nakamura (23)Sapporo Dome33,19761–62–2W1
126September 7Eagles2–5Satake (1–0)Tadano (7–7)Arime (2)Sapporo Dome33,22461–63–2L1
127September 9@ Lions4–1Darvish (13–4)Ishii (10–9)Nakamura (24)Seibu Dome14,55462–63–2W1
128September 10@ Lions6–5Sakamoto (4–1)Nishiguchi (8–6)Nakamura (25)Seibu Dome14,29263–63–2W2
129September 11@ Lions3–5Wakui (9–9)Sweeney (11–4)Graman (27)Seibu Dome14,01663–64–2L1
130September 13Buffaloes7–4Glynn (6–13)Yamamoto (9–6)Nakamura (26)Sapporo Dome25,07464–64–2W1
131September 14Buffaloes9–6Sakamoto (5–1)Kaneko (10–9)Nakamura (27)Sapporo Dome30,45765–64–2W2
132September 15Buffaloes5–4Darvish (14–4)Kato (2–4)—Sapporo Dome31,47366–64–2W3
133September 16@ Eagles1–6Iwakuma (19–3)Takeda (6–7)—Kleenex Stadium11,96666–65–2L1
134September 17@ Eagles7–15Asai (9–10)Sweeney (11–5)—Kleenex Stadium12,43066–66–2L2
135September 18@ Eagles2–5Tanaka (8–6)Fujii (3–8)—Kleenex Stadium13,69766–67–2L3
136September 20@ Buffaloes1–6Yamamoto (10–6)Glynn (6–14)—Kyocera Dome20,22266–68–2L4
137September 21@ Buffaloes10–5Sakamoto (6–1)Motoyanagi (2–7)—Kyocera Dome25,03667–68–2W1
138September 22@ Hawks9–0Darvish (15–4)Arakaki (2–6)—Yahoo Dome30,49168–68–2W2
139September 23@ Hawks5–2Takeda (7–7)Sugiuchi (10–7)—Yahoo Dome30,27869–68–2W3
140September 26Lions2–0Sweeney (12–5)Hoashi (11–6)Tateyama (2)Sapporo Dome28,33170–68–2W4
141September 27Lions5–4Glynn (7–14)Hsu (1–3)Nakamura (28)Sapporo Dome35,46071–68–2W5
142September 28Marines1–4Naruse (8–6)Tateyama (1–2)Ogino (29)Sapporo Dome42,12671–69–2L1
143September 29Marines2–1Darvish (16–4)Kobayashi (5–12)—Sapporo Dome42,12672–69–2W1
October: 1–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
144October 1@ Eagles17–0Takeda (8–7)Tanaka (9–7)—Kleenex Stadium14,95373–69–2W2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Fighters team member

Postseason

Climax Series

Game log

2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0)
Climax Series First Stage: 2–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 2–0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1October 11@ Buffaloes4–1Darvish (1–0)Kondo (0–1)—Kyocera Dome25,5321–0–0W1
2October 12@ Buffaloes7–2Fujii (1–0)Komatsu (0–1)—Kyocera Dome26,7032–0–0W2
Climax Series Second Stage: 2–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 2–3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1October 17@ Lions3–10Wakui (1–0)Glynn (0–1)—Omiya Park Stadium20,5000–1–0L1
2October 18@ Lions5–0Darvish (1–0)Kishi (0–1)—Seibu Dome30,9181–1–0W1
3October 19@ Lions7–4Takeda (1–0)Hoashi (0–1)—Seibu Dome33,0782–1–0W2
4October 21@ Lions4–9Ishii (1–0)Sweeney (0–1)—Seibu Dome18,7042–2–0L1
5October 22@ Lions0–9Wakui (2–0)Glynn (0–2)—Seibu Dome21,7312–3–0L2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Fighters team member

Roster

2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

Batting

2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters batting statistics[4]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Jason Botts† 5514214369051601453.254.327.42360
Yu Darvish 258011001003.125.125.2502
Shugo Fujii 194020001002.500.500.5002
Ryan Glynn 265000000001.000.000.0000
Suguru Ichikawa 32000000002.000.000.0000
Yuji Iiyama 74493820020313.163.212.20410
Takahiro Imanami 11000000000.000.000.0000
Ryota Imanari 911151001111.455.500.5456
Atsunori Inaba 12744871135255208225685.301.380.513230
Naoto Inada 991851041110123613.222.254.23844
Yoshio Itoi 631881945141521131053.239.285.40476
Mitch Jones‡ 8272310000010.111.111.1484
Makoto Kaneko 96291246316022902076.216.267.29285
Yohei Kaneko 69000000005.000.000.0000
Toshimasa Konta 891403233411614940.236.287.30042
Eiichi Koyano 120379329521166002983.251.303.359136
Takahito Kudo 10419920511110128942.256.307.32264
Hajime Miki 1728582002027.286.333.35710
Hichori Morimoto 12147866121151021124981.253.327.289138
Kazuya Murata 15345800010212.235.297.2358
Satoshi Nakajima 224130001000.750.750.7503
Tomoyuki Oda 6414113415031601133.291.342.39055
Keiji Oyama 2729351000013.172.200.2076
Masaya Ozaki 815020000003.133.133.1332
Yoshihiro Sato 712110012014.083.154.3334
Terrmel Sledge 11339541114212166904488.289.361.473187
Brian Sweeney 294010001002.250.250.2501
Kazuhito Tadano 205010000001.200.200.2001
Takayuki Takaguchi 741671236540141749.216.272.29349
Shinji Takahashi 1083573310219095832474.286.333.415148
Kensuke Tanaka 144536891593291163216280.297.379.451242
Tomochika Tsuboi 26502112001017.220.250.26013
Shinya Tsuruoka 97248245214011801249.210.247.27869
Atsushi Ugumori 1120361002013.300.364.3507
Ryuichi Watanabe 44011000001.250.250.5002
Dai-Kang Yang 4411171601241631.144.193.21624
Total：36 players 1,8754,7265331,2062242782516793801,010.255.316.3661,730
†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Fighters only.
‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Fighters only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[5]

Pitching

2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pitching statistics[4]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Yu Darvish 1641.8825240200.2136444244208
Romash Tasuku Dass 000.00110541032
Shugo Fujii 383.2519190110.211546404176
Ryan Glynn 7143.6426250163.116074666199
Yachiho Hoshino 214.94230023.2311713611
Takeshi Ito 005.404003.173202
Takayuki Kanamori 014.50100012147657
Takehito Kanazawa 016.004301823121278
Tatsuo Kato 008.44140010.216111047
Kazumasa Kikuchi 009.9011001017111134
Ken Miyamoto 005.409008.1119546
Naoki Miyanishi 244.37500045.14724221525
Micheal Nakamura 222.144602846.13211111247
Yataro Sakamoto 613.183100514118181835
Brian Sweeney 1253.482825016313965637290
Kazuhito Tadano 774.7819190105.110757562261
Hisashi Takeda 474.40620661.16831301940
Masaru Takeda 872.9620190121.211044401968
Yoshinori Tateyama 123.07580267.16123231253
Akiyoshi Toyoshima 000.00200210010
Yusuke Uemura 003.00200331130
Tomoya Yagi 116.7522010.21488210
Mitsuo Yoshikawa 246.2377034.23924242223
Total：23 players 73693.54473144361,277.11,196541503395882
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Eagles. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
Bold/italics denotes best in the league[6]

Awards

Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award[7]

Best Nine Award[8]

Mitsui Golden Glove Award[9]

All-Star Series selections[10]

  • Masataka Nashida - manager
  • Yu Darvish - starting pitcher
  • Hisashi Takeda - relief pitcher
  • Kensuke Tanaka - second baseman
  • Atsunori Inaba - outfielder
  • Hichori Morimoto - outfielder

Farm team

Eastern League regular season standings[11]
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

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Draft selections[12]
Round Name Position Affiliation Signed?
1 Shota Ono Catcher Toyo University yes
2 Ryo Sakakibara Pitcher Kansai University of International Studies yes
3 Toshiyuki Yanuki Pitcher Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki yes
4 Kenji Tsuchiya Pitcher Yokohama High School yes
5 Takuya Nakashima Infielder Fukuoka Technical High School yes
6 Kenshi Sugiya Infielder Iizuka High School yes
7 Keisuke Tanimoto Pitcher VITAL-NET yes

References

  1. 1 2 "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 6, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "2008 Nippon Ham Fighters". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 1, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2021.
  11. ↑ "2008 Eastern League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  12. ↑ "北海道日本ハムファイターズ 選択選手一覧" [Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Selected Player List]. Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
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