# 2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

The 2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 18th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his second season as team manager.
Rakuten finished the season with a record of 69–71–3, finishing in fourth place in the PL.

## Regular season
### Standings

2022 Pacific League regular season standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Orix Buffaloes$^†$ | 143 | 76 | 65 | 2 | .539 | — | 37–34 | 39–31–2 |
| 2 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks* | 143 | 76 | 65 | 2 | .539 | — | 40–32 | 36–33–2 |
| 3 | Saitama Seibu Lions* | 143 | 72 | 68 | 3 | .514 | 3½ | 41–29–2 | 31–39–1 |
| 4 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 143 | 69 | 71 | 3 | .493 | 6½ | 30–40–1 | 39–31–2 |
| 5 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 143 | 69 | 73 | 1 | .486 | 7½ | 34–36–1 | 35–37 |
| 6 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 143 | 59 | 81 | 3 | .421 | 16½ | 34–35–3 | 25–46 |
    $^†$ League champion and advanced directly to the final stage of the Climax Series * Advanced to the first stage of the Climax Series

### Record vs. opponents

2022 record vs. opponents :
| Team | Buffaloes | Eagles | Fighters | Hawks | Lions | Marines | CL |
| Buffaloes | — | 11–13–1 | 15–9–1 | 15–10 | 11–14 | 16–9 | 8–10 |
| Eagles | 13–11–1 | — | 16–9 | 10–15 | 9–15–1 | 12–12–1 | 9–9 |
| Fighters | 9–15–1 | 9–16 | — | 11–13–1 | 11–13–1 | 11–14 | 8–10 |
| Hawks | 10–15 | 15–10 | 13–11–1 | — | 14–10–1 | 15–10 | 9–9 |
| Lions | 14–11 | 15–9–1 | 13–11–1 | 10–14–1 | — | 11–14 | 9–9 |
| Marines | 9–16 | 12–12–1 | 14–11 | 10–15 | 14–11 | — | 10–8 |

### Interleague

2022 regular season interleague standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows$^†$ | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | — | 7–2 | 7–2 |
| 2 | Hanshin Tigers | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 2 | 6–3 | 6–3 |
| 3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 4 | 6–3 | 4–5 |
| 4 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 5–4 | 4–5 |
| 5 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 6–3 | 3–6 |
| 6 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 5–4 | 4–5 |
| 7 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 5–4 | 4–5 |
| 8 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 6 | 6–3 | 2–7 |
| 9 | Orix Buffaloes | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 6 | 2–7 | 6–3 |
| 10 | Yomiuri Giants | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 6 | 5–4 | 3–6 |
| 11 | Chunichi Dragons | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 7 | 5–4 | 2–7 |
| 12 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .279 | 9 | 3–6 | 2–7 |
    $^†$ Interleague champion

### Chihō ballparks

The Eagles hosted three home games outside of Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in 2022. They were played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in Aomori, Iwate, and Akita Prefectures in Japan's Tōhoku region
2022 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks :
| Ballpark | City | Prefecture |
| Haruka Yume Stadium | Hirosaki | Aomori Prefecture |
| Iwate Prefectural Baseball Stadium | Morioka | Iwate Prefecture |
| Komachi Stadium | Akita | Akita Prefecture |

### Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 25, 2022 vs. Chiba Lotte Marines
2022 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster :
| Order | Player | Position |
| 1 | Haruki Nishikawa | Left fielder |
| 2 | Tsuyoshi Yamasaki | Shortstop |
| 3 | Hideto Asamura | Second baseman |
| 4 | Hiroaki Shimauchi | Right fielder |
| 5 | Eigoro Mogi | Third baseman |
| 6 | Ren Wada | Designated hitter |
| 7 | Daichi Suzuki | First baseman |
| 8 | Yuma Yasuda | Catcher |
| 9 | Hiroto Kobukata | Center fielder |
| — | Takahiro Norimoto | Starting pitcher |

### Game log

2022 game log: 69–71–3 (Home: 30–40–1; Away: 39–31–2) :
March/April: 16–6–1 (Home: 6–3–0; Away: 10–3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 25Marines0–4Ishikawa (1–0)Norimoto (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park20,5640–1–0L1
—March 26MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: August 4Rakuten Seimei Park———
2March 27Marines6–5 (11)Y. Matsui (1–0)Suzuki (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park19,9031–1–0W1
3March 29@ Buffaloes2–1M. Tanaka (1–0)Kuroki (0–1)Y. Matsui (1)Kyocera Dome26,2372–1–0W2
4March 30@ Buffaloes6–1Hayakawa (1–0)Vargas (0–1)—Kyocera Dome17,8353–1–0W3
5March 31@ Buffaloes6–1Nishiguchi (1–0)Yo. Hirano (0–1)Y. Matsui (2)Kyocera Dome15,1114–1–0W4
6April 1Hawks0–1Senga (1–0)Wakui (0–1)Mori (5)Rakuten Seimei Park15,1114–2–0L1
—April 2HawksPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: August 25Rakuten Seimei Park———
—April 3HawksPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: September 29Rakuten Seimei Park———
7April 5Lions7–3M. Tanaka (2–0)Sato (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park16,8935–2–0W1
8April 6Lions7–2Kishi (1–0)Matsumoto (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park16,8706–2–0W2
9April 8@ Fighters3–0Hayakawa (2–0)Itoh (0–2)Y. Matsui (3)Sapporo Dome9,8547–2–0W3
10April 9@ Fighters8–5Wakui (1–1)Kawano (0–2)—Sapporo Dome13,9948–2–0W4
11April 10@ Fighters2–3 (10)Kitayama (2–0)Y. Matsui (1–1)—Sapporo Dome12,1418–3–0L1
—April 12BuffaolesPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: September 12Rakuten Seimei Park———
—April 13BuffaolesPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: September 13Rakuten Seimei Park———
—April 14BuffaolesPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: October 2Rakuten Seimei Park———
12April 16@ Hawks6–5Anraku (1–0)Mori (0–3)Y. Matsui (4)Kitakyushu Stadium18,7099–3–0W1
13April 17@ Hawks14–4Takinaka (1–0)Higashihama (1–1)—Heiwa Lease Stadium17,79610–3–0W2
14April 19Fighters0–2Kato (2–1)M. Tanaka (2–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park15,11910–4–0L1
15April 20Fighters4–2Kishi (2–0)Ponce (0–1)Y. Matsui (5)Rakuten Seimei Park14,45311–4–0W1
16April 21Fighters8–5Ishibashi (1–0)Tateno (1–2)Y. Matsui (6)Rakuten Seimei Park15,13112–4–0W2
17April 22@ Lions0–3K. Takahashi (2–2)Hayakawa (2–1)Taira (1)Belluna Dome10,22412–5–0L1
18April 23@ Lions7–3Wakui (2–1)Sumida (1–3)—Belluna Dome26,25713–5–0W1
19April 24@ Lions3–6Hirai (2–1)Takinaka (1–1)—Belluna Dome14,90113–6–0L1
20April 26@ Marines3–2 (10)Anraku (2–0)Tojo (0–1)Y. Matsui (7)Zozo Marine Stadium15,52414–6–0W1
21April 27@ Marines3–3Game tied after 12 inningsZozo Marine Stadium13,25814–6–1T1
22April 28@ Marines2–1Fujii (1–0)Mima (0–3)Anraku (1)Zozo Marine Stadium17,53115–6–1W1
—April 29HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30Rakuten Seimei Park———
23April 30Hawks (11)7–6Anraku (3–0)Tsumori (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park25,60216–6–1W2 :
May: 13–13–0 (Home:3–7–0; Away: 10–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 1Hawks2–1 (6)Norimoto (1–1)Ohzeki (2–2)Yuge (1)Rakuten Seimei Park24,25017–6–1W3
25May 3@ Fighters2–1M. Tanaka (3–1)Kato (2–2)Y. Matsui (8)Sapporo Dome20,08718–6–1W4
26May 4@ Fighters5–1Wakui (3–1)Kaneko (0–1)—Sapporo Dome20,18419–6–1W5
27May 5@ Fighters8–4Kishi (3–0)Itoh (3–3)—Sapporo Dome16,42020–6–1W6
28May 6@ Buffaloes3–2Busenitz (1–0)Yo. Hirano (2–2)Y. Matsui (9)Kyocera Dome16,43021–6–1W7
29May 7@ Buffaloes7–1Hayakawa (3–1)Yamasaki (0–4)—Kyocera Dome18,34022–6–1W8
30May 8@ Buffaloes2–1 (10)Sung (1–0)Kuroki (0–2)Y. Matsui (10)Kyocera Dome16,29623–6–1W9
31May 10Marines7–0M. Tanaka (4–1)Ojima (0–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park22,00524–6–1W10
32May 11Marines1–3Kawamura (2–0)Fujii (1–1)Masuda (5)Rakuten Seimei Park23,11024–7–1L1
33May 12Marines2–5Mima (1–4)Kishi (3–1)Masuda (6)Rakuten Seimei Park20,08924–8–1L2
34May 13@ Lions2–4K. Takahashi (4–2)Takinaka (1–2)Masuda (8)Belluna Dome10,12124–9–1L3
35May 14@ Lions4–5Moriwaki (1–0)Anraku (3–1)Masuda (9)Belluna Dome12,09124–10–1L4
36May 15@ Lions3–1Norimoto (2–1)Enns (2–2)Y. Matsui (11)Belluna Dome21,22425–10–1W1
37May 17@ Marines3–6C. Sasaki (1–0)M. Tanaka (4–2)Masuda (7)Zozo Marine Stadium21,00125–11–1L1
38May 18@ Marines0–1 (10)Tojo (1–1)Sakai (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium20,08425–12–1L2
39May 19@ Marines7–2Kishi (4–1)C. Sasaki (1–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium19,93026–12–1W1
40May 20Buffaloes0–1Tajima (1–2)Takinaka (1–3)Yo. Hirano (13)Rakuten Seimei Park17,23926–13–1L1
41May 21Buffaloes0–6Yamamoto (5–2)Hayakawa (3–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park18,30626–14–1L2
42May 22Buffaloes0–6Miyagi (3–2)Norimoto (2–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park17,89626–15–1L3
43May 24@ Tigers0–1Y. Nishi (3–3)M. Tanaka (4–3)Iwazaki (7)Koshien Stadium33,18626–16–1L4
44May 25@ Tigers6–1Karashima (1–0)J. Nishi (2–1)—Koshien Stadium31,49327–16–1W1
45May 26@ Tigers1–0Sung (2–0)Iwazaki (1–2)Y. Matsui (12)Koshien Stadium26,25528–16–1W2
46May 27Swallows1–8Takahashi (4–1)Takinaka (1–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park17,68828–17–1L1
47May 28Swallows4–11Kizawa (3–1)Hayakawa (3–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park23,62928–18–1L2
48May 29Swallows3–1Norimoto (3–2)Ishikawa (2–3)Y. Matsui (13)Rakuten Seimei Park22,53429–18–1W1
49May 31@ Dragons0–2Ogasawara (3–3)M. Tanaka (4–4)R. Martínez (13)Vantelin Dome18,82729–19–1L1 :
June: 9–12–0 (Home:6–5–0; Away: 3–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
50June 1@ Dragons2–0Karashima (2–0)Ueda (0–2)Y. Matsui (14)Vantelin Dome16,53630–19–1W1
51June 2@ Dragons2–3Matsuba (3–1)Kishi (4–2)R. Martínez (14)Vantelin Dome16,21430–20–1L1
52June 3@ BayStars0–7Ohnuki (4–2)Takinaka (1–5)—Yokohama Stadium26,20130–21–1L2
53June 4@ BayStars1–6Kriske (1–1)Sung (2–1)—Yokohama Stadium31,13030–22–1L3
54June 5@ BayStars6–5Anraku (4–1)Yamasaki (0–2)Y. Matsui (15)Yokohama Stadium27,12531–22–1W1
55June 7Carp1–3Tokoda (6–3)M. Tanaka (4–5)Kuribayashi (12)Rakuten Seimei Park14,55831–23–1L1
56June 8Carp1–0 (10)Sung (3–1)Matsumoto (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park15,04432–23–1W1
57June 9Carp4–1Kishi (5–2)Kuri (3–4)Y. Matsui (16)Rakuten Seimei Park15,18633–23–1W2
58June 10Giants1–4Togo (7–3)Fujii (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park19,25933–24–1L1
59June 11Giants8–1Hayakawa (4–3)Mercedes (5–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park25,58534–24–1W1
60June 12Giants9–2Norimoto (4–2)I. Yamasaki (2–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park22,87035–24–1W2
61June 17@ Hawks4–9Senga (4–2)M. Tanaka (4–6)—PayPay Dome31,32235–25–1L1
62June 18@ Hawks1–3 (10)Matayoshi (2–3)Y. Matsui (1–2)—PayPay Dome31,05735–26–1L2
63June 19@ Hawks1–4Wada (2–1)Hayakawa (4–4)Moinelo (10)PayPay Dome31,59535–27–1L3
64June 21Fighters3–0Norimoto (5–2)Yoshida (1–2)Y. Matsui (17)Komachi Stadium17,12836–27–1W1
65June 22Fighters6–3Nishiguchi (2–0)Kitayama (3–5)—Iwate Stadium15,58537–27–1W2
66June 24Lions3–4K. Takahashi (6–6)M. Tanaka (4–7)Masuda (19)Rakuten Seimei Park18,04537–28–1L1
67June 25Lions0–2Hirai (4–4)Karashima (2–1)Masuda (20)Rakuten Seimei Park24,91437–29–1L2
68June 26Lions0–2Yoza (5–2)Hayakawa (4–5)Moriwaki (1)Rakuten Seimei Park22,36737–30–1L3
69June 28@ Buffaloes4–2Norimoto (6–2)Miyagi (6–4)Y. Matsui (18)Hotto Motto Field16,96138–30–1W1
70June 29@ Buffaloes1–6Tajima (4–3)Kishi (5–3)—Hotto Motto Field17,09338–31–1L1 :
July: 8–12–1 (Home:5–6–0; Away: 3–6–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
71July 1@ Marines4–6Guerrero (2–2)Sung (3–2)Masuda (18)Zozo Marine Stadium20,19438–32–1L2
72July 2@ Marines1–3Osuna (2–0)S. Suzuki (0–1)Masuda (19)Zozo Marine Stadium19,09038–33–1L3
73July 3@ Marines14–1Hayakawa (5–5)Mima (4–5)—Zozo Marine Stadium17,38939–33–1W1
74July 5Hawks2–6Ohzeki (6–3)Norimoto (6–3)—Haruka Yume Stadium10,19139–34–1L1
75July 7Hawks5–2Kishi (6–3)K. Otake (0–2)Y. Matsui (19)Rakuten Seimei Park20,05840–34–1W1
76July 8Lions4–8Mizukami (2–1)S. Suzuki (0–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park22,60540–35–1L1
77July 9Lions3–6Mizukami (3–1)S. Suzuki (0–3)Masuda (22)Rakuten Seimei Park19,96940–36–1L2
78July 10Lions3–6Yoza (6–3)Hayakawa (5–6)—Rakuten Seimei Park21,79140–37–1L3
79July 13@ Fighters2–3Ponce (1–1)Norimoto (6–4)Hori (3)Kusanagi Stadium12,53540–38–1L4
80July 14@ Fighters0–6Kato (4–4)Kishi (6–4)—Kusanagi Stadium10,44940–39–1L5
81July 16Buffaloes7–3M. Tanaka (5–7)Yamamoto (6–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park18,73041–39–1W1
82July 17Buffaloes3–7Tajima (6–3)Karashima (2–2)Yo. Hirano (23)Rakuten Seimei Park18,15841–40–1L1
83July 18Buffaloes8–3Sung (4–2)Suzuki (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park17,77442–40–1W1
84July 20@ Hawks17–3Takinaka (2–5)Ohzeki (6–5)—Kitakyushu Stadium16,72543–40–1W2
85July 21@ Hawks0–7Senga (8–3)Kishi (6–5)—PayPay Dome29,25443–41–1L1
86July 22@ Lions4–9Y. Watanabe (1–1)Norimoto (6–5)—Belluna Dome19,54643–42–1L2
87July 23@ Lions3–3Game tied after 12 inningsBelluna Dome26,64143–42–2T1
88July 24@ Lions9–2Karashima (3–2)Hirai (5–5)—Belluna Dome13,97344–42–2W1
All-Star Break: PL defeats the CL, 2–0
89July 29Fighters1–2Ponce (2–2)Takinaka (2–6)Kitaura (1)Rakuten Seimei Park21,05744–43–2L1
90July 30Fighters7–0M. Tanaka (6–7)Tanaka (1–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park26,13645–43–2W1
91July 31Fighters10–5Ishibashi (2–0)Miyanishi (0–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park20,10546–43–2W2 :
August: 12–14–0 (Home:6–8–0; Away: 6–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
92August 2Marines4–6Romero (8–5)Norimoto (6–6)Masuda (24)Rakuten Seimei Park16,56046–44–2L1
93August 3Marines5–4Sakai (1–1)R. Sasaki (6–2)Y. Matsui (20)Rakuten Seimei Park15,71747–44–2W1
94August 4Marines10–1Kishi (7–5)Motomae (3–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park15,03848–44–2W2
95August 5@ Hawks3–7Matsumoto (4–0)Takinaka (2–7)—PayPay Dome27,43948–45–2L1
96August 6@ Hawks1–9Takeda (1–0)M. Tanaka (6–8)—PayPay Dome29,57848–46–2L2
97August 7@ Hawks7–2Miyamori (1–0)Wada (3–3)—PayPay Dome29,54449–46–2W1
98August 9@ Buffaloes1–5Tajima (8–3)Norimoto (6–7)—Kyocera Dome16,34749–47–2L1
99August 10@ Buffaloes2–1 (10)Nishiguchi (3–0)Waguespack (2–6)Y. Matsui (21)Kyocera Dome17,76650–47–2W1
100August 11@ Buffaloes1–6Miyagi (7–6)Yuge (1–0)—Kyocera Dome24,03750–48–2L1
101August 12Lions1–5Imai (3–1)Kishi (7–6)—Rakuten Seimei Park21,12850–49–2L2
102August 13Lions4–6Yoza (9–3)M. Tanaka (6–9)Smith (1)Rakuten Seimei Park19,65950–50–2L3
103August 14Lions4–3Nishiguchi (4–0)Mizukami (4–3)Y. Matsui (22)Rakuten Seimei Park19,36651–50–2W1
104August 16@ Fighters2–1Norimoto (7–7)Nemoto (2–3)Y. Matsui (23)Sapporo Dome17,85952–50–2W2
105August 17@ Fighters8–2Karashima (4–2)Uehara (3–4)—Sapporo Dome17,34153–50–2W3
106August 18@ Fighters2–1Busenitz (2–0)Itoh (9–8)Y. Matsui (24)Sapporo Dome17,63254–50–2W4
107August 19Marines5–6R. Sasaki (7–3)Kishi (7–7)Osuna (2)Rakuten Seimei Park21,21554–51–2L1
108August 20Marines5–2M. Tanaka (7–9)Romero (8–7)Y. Matsui (25)Rakuten Seimei Park22,87455–51–2W1
109August 21Marines1–0Fujihira (1–0)Ojima (2–9)Y. Matsui (26)Rakuten Seimei Park18,44956–51–2W2
110August 23Hawks6–15Ishikawa (5–7)Norimoto (7–8)—Rakuten Seimei Park16,80156–52–2L1
111August 24Hawks3–4 (11)Kaino (1–0)Busenitz (2–1)Tsumori (1)Rakuten Seimei Park16,25956–53–2L2
112August 25Hawks7–5S. Suzuki (1–3)Bandoh (1–1)Y. Matsui (27)Rakuten Seimei Park14,31257–53–2W1
113August 26@ Marines0–2R. Sasaki (8–3)Kishi (7–8)Osuna (4)Zozo Marine Stadium24,31357–54–2L1
114August 27@ Marines11–3M. Tanaka (8–9)Romero (8–8)—Zozo Marine Stadium25,91258–54–2W1
115August 28@ Marines2–9Ojima (3–9)Hayakawa (5–7)—Zozo Marine Stadium26,77158–55–2L1
116August 30Buffaloes3–4Higa (4–0)Y. Matsui (1–3)Yo. Hirano (28)Rakuten Seimei Park18,90158–56–2L2
117August 31Buffaloes3–8Tajima (9–3)Karashima (4–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park13,01758–57–2L3 :
September/October: 11–14–1 (Home:4–11–1; Away: 7–3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
118September 1Buffaloes11–8Anraku (5–1)Biddle (4–5)Y. Matsui (28)Rakuten Seimei Park12,18759–57–2W1
119September 2Fighters1–3Itoh (10–9)Kishi (7–9)N. Ishikawa (4)Rakuten Seimei Park15,06859–58–2L1
120September 3Fighters5–4 (10)Anraku (6–1)Hori (1–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park21,62560–58–2W1
121September 4Fighters2–8Kato (6–6)Hayakawa (5–8)—Rakuten Seimei Park18,74860–59–2L1
122September 6@ Hawks2–4Wada (5–4)Takinaka (2–8)Moinelo (20)PayPay Dome25,85160–60–2L2
123September 7@ Hawks4–3Karashima (5–3)Ishikawa (5–9)Y. Matsui (29)PayPay Dome28,44161–60–2W1
124September 8@ Hawks7–3Wakui (4–1)Rea (5–5)—PayPay Dome30,45262–60–2W2
125September 10Marines4–6Nishino (2–2)M. Tanaka (8–10)Osuna (7)Rakuten Seimei Park19,27462–61–2L1
126September 11Marines3–2Kishi (8–9)Karakawa (2–1)Y. Matsui (30)Rakuten Seimei Park20,65763–61–2W1
127September 12Buffaloes8–2Norimoto (8–8)Miyagi (10–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park14,11564–61–2W2
128September 13Buffaloes3–3Game tied after 12 inningsRakuten Seimei Park12,71564–61–3T1
129September 15Hawks3–7Wada (6–4)Karashima (5–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park15,07864–62–3L1
130September 16Hawks2–6Kaino (2–0)Wakui (4–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park16,33664–63–3L2
131September 17@ Lions3–0M. Tanaka (9–10)Matsumoto (6–6)Y. Matsui (31)Belluna Dome24,16765–63–3W1
132September 18@ Lions4–3Norimoto (9–8)Yoza (10–7)Y. Matsui (32)Belluna Dome27,47166–63–3W2
133September 19@ Lions6–4 (11)Busenitz (3–1)Masuda (2–5)Miyamori (1)Belluna Dome27,47567–63–3W3
134September 20@ Lions1–4K. Takahashi (11–8)Takinaka (2–9)Taira (8)Belluna Dome14,06367–64–3L1
135September 23Fighters3–6 (10)Rodriguez (3–2)Miyamori (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park23,31967–65–3L2
136September 24Buffaloes1–9Yamamoto (15–5)M. Tanaka (9–11)—Rakuten Seimei Park21,33267–66–3L3
137September 25@ Fighters6–0Karashima (6–4)Matsuura (0–1)—Sapporo Dome22,61968–66–3W1
138September 26@ Fighters2–3Kato (8–7)Hayakawa (5–9)Itoh (1)Sapporo Dome16,92368–67–3L1
139September 27@ Buffaloes6–1Norimoto (10–8)Miyagi (11–8)—Kyocera Dome20,09269–67–3W1
140September 28Lions0–1Imai (5–1)Kishi (8–10)Taira (9)Rakuten Seimei Park17,31369–68–3L1
141September 29Hawks4–5Ohzeki (7–6)Anraku (6–2)Moinelo (24)Rakuten Seimei Park14,36069–69–3L2
142September 30Hawks1–5Wada (7–4)Wakui (4–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park18,64269–70–3L3
143October 2Buffaloes2–5Udagawa (2–1)M. Tanaka (9–12)Abe (3)Rakuten Seimei Park25,33969–71–3L4 :
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play Bold = Eagles team member :

## Player statistics
### Batting

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics :
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
| Ginji Akaminai | 83 | 238 | 18 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 31 | .261 | .335 | .286 | 68 |
| Hideto Asamura | 143 | 532 | 73 | 134 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 86 | 4 | 92 | 137 | .252 | .365 | .436 | 232 |
| Chris Gittens | 21 | 62 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 25 | .242 | .365 | .274 | 17 |
| Takahisa Hayakawa | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| Kengo Horiuchi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Tsuyoshi Ishihara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Yukiya Itoh$^†$ | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Masaki Iwami | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .429 | 3 |
| Wataru Karashima | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Keizo Kawashima | 12 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .136 | .174 | .318 | 7 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Hiroto Kobukata | 118 | 424 | 54 | 113 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 21 | 37 | 65 | .267 | .328 | .342 | 145 |
| Fumiya Kurokawa | 17 | 63 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .222 | .296 | .270 | 17 |
| José Marmolejos | 58 | 202 | 14 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 68 | .208 | .278 | .342 | 69 |
| Eigoro Mogi | 73 | 238 | 26 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 27 | 74 | .223 | .300 | .395 | 94 |
| Itsuki Murabayashi | 47 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .188 | .235 | .188 | 3 |
| Atsuki Mutoh | 43 | 88 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 28 | .250 | .323 | .375 | 33 |
| Haruki Nishikawa | 108 | 372 | 58 | 81 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 19 | 68 | 103 | .218 | .342 | .341 | 127 |
| Takahiro Norimoto | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Yuya Ogo | 10 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .250 | .389 | 7 |
| Hikaru Ohta | 71 | 145 | 10 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 46 | .214 | .325 | .303 | 44 |
| Takero Okajima | 53 | 182 | 20 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 27 | .214 | .264 | .341 | 62 |
| Louis Okoye | 6 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .200 | .200 | .200 | 5 |
| Hiroaki Shimauchi | 142 | 541 | 59 | 161 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 77 | 5 | 63 | 82 | .298 | .373 | .453 | 245 |
| Ginjiro Sumitani | 98 | 253 | 21 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 52 | .237 | .293 | .300 | 76 |
| Daichi Suzuki | 125 | 408 | 39 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 38 | 52 | .257 | .344 | .341 | 139 |
| Ryota Takinaka | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Kazuki Tanaka | 77 | 63 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | .143 | .229 | .238 | 15 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Takaya Tanaka | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .118 | .211 | .118 | 2 |
| Ryosuke Tatsumi | 120 | 409 | 60 | 111 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 12 | 42 | 103 | .271 | .354 | .401 | 164 |
| Yasuhito Uchida | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .100 | .231 | .100 | 1 |
| Ren Wada | 11 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .069 | .067 | .069 | 2 |
| Yoshiaki Watanabe | 60 | 153 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 24 | .242 | .295 | .294 | 45 |
| Tsuyoshi Yamasaki | 79 | 187 | 19 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 46 | .203 | .280 | .337 | 63 |
| Yuma Yasuda | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 | .333 | .500 | 5 |
| Total：36 players | 143 | 4738 | 533 | 1,150 | 179 | 29 | 101 | 511 | 97 | 535 | 1,063 | .243 | .325 | .357 | 1,690 |
    $^†$Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
    $^‡$Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
    Bold/italics denotes best in the league

### Pitching

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics :
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Tomohiro Anraku | 6 | 2 | 4.38 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 49.1 | 51 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 39 |
| Alan Busenitz | 3 | 1 | 2.27 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| Shoma Fujihira | 1 | 0 | 3.97 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22.2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 17 |
| Masaru Fujii | 1 | 2 | 3.38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18.2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Yuya Fukui | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Hiroyuki Fukuyama | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Takahisa Hayakawa | 5 | 9 | 3.86 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 107.1 | 105 | 48 | 46 | 23 | 86 |
| Ryota Ishibashi | 2 | 0 | 6.12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 18 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Wataru Karashima | 6 | 4 | 3.40 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 90 | 86 | 36 | 34 | 24 | 53 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 8 | 10 | 3.19 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 141 | 116 | 51 | 50 | 28 | 118 |
| Shinri Komine | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Tomotaka Matsui | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Yuki Matsui | 1 | 3 | 1.92 | 53 | 0 | 32 | 51.2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 83 |
| Satoshi Miyamori$^†$ | 1 | 1 | 1.54 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 23.1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| Kohei Morihara$^‡$ | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Masaya Nishigaki | 0 | 0 | 2.66 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| Naoto Nishiguchi | 4 | 0 | 2.26 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 55.2 | 39 | 16 | 14 | 26 | 59 |
| Takahiro Norimoto | 10 | 8 | 3.53 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 125 | 127 | 54 | 49 | 38 | 104 |
| Tomohito Sakai | 1 | 1 | 3.31 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 32 |
| Sung Chia-hao | 4 | 2 | 2.61 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 | 45 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 38 |
| Sora Suzuki | 1 | 3 | 4.03 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 35 |
| Koichi Takada | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Hosei Takata | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Ryota Takinaka | 2 | 9 | 4.62 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 78 | 94 | 44 | 40 | 27 | 42 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 9 | 12 | 3.31 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 163 | 160 | 65 | 60 | 30 | 126 |
| Taisei Tsurusaki | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Takuma Uchima | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hideaki Wakui | 4 | 3 | 3.54 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 56 | 50 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 35 |
| Yuki Watanabe | 0 | 0 | 2.13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Kazuki Yoshikawa | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hayato Yuge | 0 | 1 | 3.29 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 13.2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Total：32 players | 69 | 71 | 3.47 | 143 | 143 | 35 | 1,279.2 | 1,161 | 522 | 493 | 401 | 1,018 |
    $^†$Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
    $^‡$Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.
    Bold/italics denotes best in the league

## Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award
* Haruki Nishikawa - March/April (batter)
* Hiroaki Shimauchi - August (batter)
Best Nine Award
* Hideto Asamura - second baseman
* Hiroaki Shimauchi - outfielder
Mitsui Golden Glove Award
* Ryosuke Tatsumi - outfielder
All-Star Series selections
* Kazuhisa Ishii - coach
* Hideto Asamura - second baseman
* Takayuki Kishi - pitcher
* Hiroto Kobukata - infielder
* Yuki Matsui - pitcher
* Takahiro Norimoto - pitcher
* Hiroaki Shimauchi - outfielder
Speed Up Award
* Hiroto Kobukata (batter)
SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award
* Hideto Asamura - March/April (April 30)
* Hiroaki Shimauchi - June (June 22)

## Farm team

2022 Eastern League regular season standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 114 | 69 | 42 | 3 | .622 | — | 38–20–2 | 31–22–1 |
| 2 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 109 | 61 | 45 | 3 | .575 | 5½ | 34–18–2 | 27–27–1 |
| 3 | Yomiuri Giants | 125 | 63 | 52 | 10 | .548 | 8 | 35–26–5 | 28–26–5 |
| 4 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 111 | 54 | 56 | 1 | .491 | 14½ | 29–22–1 | 25–34 |
| 5 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 111 | 47 | 58 | 6 | .448 | 19 | 23–25–3 | 24–33–3 |
| 6 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 99 | 38 | 55 | 6 | .409 | 22 | 18–33–3 | 20–22–3 |
| 7 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 105 | 40 | 62 | 3 | .392 | 24½ | 26–27 | 14–35–3 |
    $^†$ League champion

## Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2022 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections :
| Round | Name | Position | Affiliation | Signed? |
| 1 | Kosei Shoji | Pitcher | Rikkyo University | Yes |
| 2 | Ryuji Komago | Pitcher | Saginomiya Seisakusho | Yes |
| 3 | Shota Watanabe | Pitcher | Kyushu Sangyo University | Yes |
| 4 | Mao Itoh | Pitcher | Tokyo University of Agriculture Okhotsk | Yes |
| 5 | Ryuya Taira | Infielder | NTT West | Yes |
| 6 | Yuki Hayashi | Pitcher | Seino Transportation | Yes |
| Development players |||||
| 1 | Konosuke Tatsumi | Infielder | Seinan Gakuin University | Yes |
| 2 | Kosei Koga | Pitcher | Shimonoseki International High School | Yes |
| 3 | Akihiro Takeshita | Pitcher | Hakodate University | Yes |
| 4 | Sotaro Nagata | Infielder | National Taiwan University of Sport | Yes |