# 2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

The 2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the sixteenth 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 was led by Hajime Miki on his first and only season as team manager.
Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the COVID-shortened season in fourth place with a record of 55–57–8.

## Regular season
### Standings

2020 Pacific League regular season standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks$^†$ | 120 | 73 | 42 | 5 | .635 | — | 40–19–1 | 33–23–4 |
| 2 | Chiba Lotte Marines* | 120 | 60 | 57 | 3 | .513 | 14 | 35–23–2 | 25–34–1 |
| 3 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 120 | 58 | 58 | 4 | .500 | 15½ | 35–22–3 | 23–36–1 |
| 4 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 120 | 55 | 57 | 8 | .491 | 16½ | 31–25–4 | 24–32–4 |
| 5 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 120 | 53 | 62 | 5 | .461 | 20 | 31–26–3 | 22–36–2 |
| 6 | Orix Buffaloes | 120 | 45 | 68 | 7 | .398 | 27 | 26–31–3 | 19–37–4 |
    $^†$ League champion and advanced to the Climax Series * Advanced to the Climax Series

### Record vs. opponents

2020 record vs. opponents :
| Team | Buffaloes | Eagles | Fighters | Hawks | Lions | Marines |
| Buffaloes | — | 12–10–2 | 11–12–1 | 5–17–2 | 12–11–1 | 5–18–1 |
| Eagles | 10–12–2 | — | 11–10–3 | 9–15 | 10–12–2 | 15–8–1 |
| Fighters | 12–11–1 | 10–11–3 | — | 6–17–1 | 14–10 | 11–13 |
| Hawks | 17–5–2 | 15–9 | 17–6–1 | — | 13–10–1 | 11–12–1 |
| Lions | 11–12–1 | 12–10–2 | 10–14 | 10–13–1 | — | 15–9 |
| Marines | 18–5–1 | 8–15–1 | 13–11 | 12–11–1 | 9–15 | — |

### Chihō ballparks

The Eagles had planned to host two home games outside of Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in 2020. Both were to be played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in Aomori and Akita Prefectures in Japan's Tōhoku region. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, both of games were cancelled.
2020 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks :
| Ballpark | City | Prefecture |
| Haruka Yume Stadium$^†$ | Hirosaki | Aomori Prefecture |
| Komachi Stadium$^†$ | Akita | Akita Prefecture |
    $^†$ Game was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Opening Day starting roster

Friday, June 19, 2020 at Orix Buffaloes
2020 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster :
| Order | Player | Position |
| 1 | Eigoro Mogi | Shortstop |
| 2 | Daichi Suzuki | Third baseman |
| 3 | Jabari Blash | Designated hitter |
| 4 | Hideto Asamura | Second baseman |
| 5 | Hiroaki Shimauchi | Left fielder |
| 6 | Stefen Romero | Right fielder |
| 7 | Ginji Akaminai | First baseman |
| 8 | Hikaru Ohta | Catcher |
| 9 | Ryosuke Tatsumi | Center fielder |
| — | Takahiro Norimoto | Starting pitcher |

### Game log

2020 game log: 55–57–8 (Home: 31–25–4; Away: 24–32–4) :
June: 7–3 (Home: 5–2; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1June 19@ Buffaloes9–1T. Norimoto (1–0)Kambe (0–1)—Kyocera Dome—1–0–0W1
2June 20@ Buffaloes2–1 (10)Morihara (1–0)Sawada (0–1)Karashima (1)Kyocera Dome—2–0–0W2
3June 21@ Buffaloes0–4Yamamoto (1–0)Ishibashi (0–1)—Kyocera Dome—2–1–0L1
4June 23Fighters4–0Yuge (1–0)Martinez (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park—3–1–0W1
5June 24Fighters5–2Wakui (1–0)Kawano (0–1)Morihara (1)Rakuten Seimei Park—4–1–0W2
6June 25Fighters5–8VerHagen (1–0)Shiomi (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park—4–2–0L1
7June 26Fighters7–1T. Norimoto (2–0)Arihara (0–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park—5–2–0W1
8June 27Fighters18–4Sakai (1–0)Tamai (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park—6–2–0W2
9June 28Fighters4–6Sugiura (1–0)Ishibashi (0–2)Akiyoshi (2)Rakuten Seimei Park—6–3–0L1
10June 30Marines15–4Yuge (2–0)Futaki (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park—7–3–0W1 :
July: 12–13–1 (Home: 8–7–1; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
11July 1Marines5–3Wakui (2–0)Ojima (1–1)Morihara (2)Rakuten Seimei Park—8–3–0W2
12July 2Marines5–8Iwashita (2–0)Shiomi (0–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park—8–4–0L1
13July 3Marines3–1T. Norimoto (3–0)Ishikawa (0–1)Morihara (3)Rakuten Seimei Park—9–4–0W1
14July 4Marines3–1 (7)Kishi (1–0)Taneichi (0–1)Chargois (1)Rakuten Seimei Park—10–4–0W2
15July 5Marines8–1Ishibashi (1–2)Mima (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park—11–4–0W3
16July 7@ Hawks3–4Senga (1–0)Yuge (2–1)Mori (3)PayPay Dome—11–5–0L1
17July 8@ Hawks12–8Wakui (3–0)Kasaya (0–1)—PayPay Dome—12–5–0W1
18July 9@ Hawks9–1Shiomi (1–2)van den Hurk (1–1)—PayPay Dome—13–5–0W2
19July 10@ Hawks1–2 (10)R. Takahashi (2–0)Chargois (0–1)—PayPay Dome1,83913–6–0L1
20July 11@ Hawks4–8Niho (1–2)Karashima (0–1)—PayPay Dome3,41913–7–0L2
21July 12@ Hawks1–6Ishikawa (2–0)Ishibashi (1–3)—PayPay Dome4,87313–8–0L3
—July 14LionsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: November 7Rakuten Seimei Park———
22July 15Lions11–0Wakui (4–0)Imai (1–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park2,32014–8–0W1
23July 16Lions7–4Anraku (1–0)K. Takahashi (1–3)Morihara (4)Rakuten Seimei Park2,38115–8–0W2
24July 17Lions2–10Neal (1–0)T. Norimoto (3–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park3,11115–9–0L1
25July 18Lions3–4Matsumoto (1–2)Shiomi (1–3)Masuda (7)Rakuten Seimei Park3,35515–10–0L2
26July 19Lions9–5Busenitz (1–0)Hirai (2–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park3,55916–10–0W1
27July 21Buffaloes3–10 (8)Albers (2–2)Sung (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park2,43516–11–0L1
28July 22Buffaloes7–11K. Yoshida (1–0)Morihara (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park3,66816–12–0L2
29July 23Buffaloes2−2Game tied after 10 inningsRakuten Seimei Park3,41416–12–1T1
30July 24Buffaloes2–6Sakakibara (1–1)T. Norimoto (3–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park3,89816–13–1L1
31July 25Buffaloes3–6Yamada (2–1)Morihara (1–2)Dickson (5)Rakuten Seimei Park3,14016–14–1L2
32July 26Buffaloes5–4Makita (1–0)Higgins (1–1)Busenitz (1)Rakuten Seimei Park2,49117–14–1W1
33July 28@ Marines12–13Masuda (1–2)Chargois (0–2)—Zozo Marine Stadium3,98617–15–1L1
34July 29@ Marines5–1Wakui (5–0)Ojima (2–3)—Zozo Marine Stadium4,09818–15–1W1
35July 30@ Marines4–3Kubo (1–0)Iwashita (3–2)Busenitz (2)Zozo Marine Stadium4,23619–15–1W2
36July 31@ Marines4–5Ishikawa (1–2)T. Norimoto (3–3)Masuda (10)Zozo Marine Stadium4,99019–16–1L1 :
August: 12–12–2 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–6–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
37August 1@ Marines8–0Shiomi (2–3)Taneichi (3–2)—Zozo Marine Stadium4,96720–16–1W1
38August 2@ Marines6–7K.Y. Chen (1–0)Sakai (1–1)Masuda (11)Zozo Marine Stadium4,99620–17–1L1
39August 4Hawks7–6Tsurusaki (1–0)Moinelo (0–1)Busenitz (3)Rakuten Seimei Park3,44221–17–1W1
40August 5Hawks6–0Wakui (6–0)Wada (3–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,03722–17–1W2
41August 6Hawks1–3Bandoh (1–1)Matsui (0–1)Mori (10)Rakuten Seimei Park3,75722–18–1L1
42August 7Hawks7–4Sung (1–1)Higashihama (2–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,33623–18–1W1
43August 8Hawks4–2Shiomi (3–3)Niho (3–3)Busenitz (4)Rakuten Seimei Park4,27724–18–1W2
44August 9Hawks0–5Bandoh (2–1)Fukui (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,56224–19–1L1
45August 11@ Lions7–5Yuge (3–1)K. Takahashi (2–5)Busenitz (5)MetLife Dome4,71525–19–1W1
46August 12@ Lions6–2Wakui (7–0)Itoh (0–1)—MetLife Dome4,67026–19–1W2
47August 13@ Lions7–4Sakai (2–1)Yoza (2–4)Makita (1)MetLife Dome4,71827–19–1W3
48August 14@ Lions8–13Imai (3–3)Tsurusaki (1–1)—MetLife Dome4,68127–20–1L1
49August 15@ Lions3−3Game tied after 10 inningsMetLife Dome4,67727–20–2T1
50August 16@ Lions1–11Honda (1–4)Fukui (0–2)—MetLife Dome4,65927–21–2L1
51August 18@ Fighters4–9Uwasawa (3–2)Yuge (3–2)—Sapporo Dome3,38027–22–2L2
52August 19@ Fighters12–2Wakui (8–0)Sugiura (4–2)—Sapporo Dome3,04828–22–2W1
53August 20@ Fighters3−3Game tied after 10 inningsSapporo Dome2,91928–22–3T1
54August 21@ Fighters4–1T. Norimoto (4–3)Tamai (4–2)Busenitz (6)Sapporo Dome4,92729–22–2W1
55August 22@ Fighters1–5Arihara (3–5)Shiomi (3–4)—Sapporo Dome4,94729–23–2L1
56August 23@ Fighters0–11VerHagen (5–1)Fukui (0–3)—Sapporo Dome4,93629–24–2L2
57August 25Marines4–8Mima (5–2)Chargois (0–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park3,42429–25–2L3
58August 26Marines0–2Ojima (4–4)Wakui (8–1)Masuda (17)Rakuten Seimei Park4,13029–26–2L4
59August 27Marines15–0Matsui (1–1)Iwashita (3–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park3,50330–26–2W1
60August 28Lions2–1T. Norimoto (5–3)Neal (2–4)Busenitz (7)Rakuten Seimei Park4,20831–26–2W2
61August 29Lions3–6Nolin (1–0)Shiomi (3–5)Masuda (13)Rakuten Seimei Park4,44631–27–2L1
62August 30Lions2–3Moriwaki (2–0)Busenitz (1–1)Masuda (14)Rakuten Seimei Park4,00831–28–2L2 :
September: 12–14 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
63September 1@ Fighters1–8Uwasawa (5–2)Sung (1–2)—Sapporo Dome4,04131–29–2L3
64September 2@ Fighters5–3S. Ikeda (1–0)Akiyoshi (1–2)Busenitz (8)Sapporo Dome3,55232–29–2W1
65September 3@ Fighters0–4Katoh (1–1)Matsui (1–2)—Sapporo Dome3,91732–30–2L1
66September 4Buffaloes4–3Aoyama (1–0)Yamaoka (0–2)Busenitz (9)Rakuten Seimei Park3,66133–30–2W1
67September 5Buffaloes6–5Shiomi (4–5)Yamasaki (2–4)Busenitz (10)Rakuten Seimei Park3,45834–30–2W2
68September 6Buffaloes6–9Y. Iida (1–0)Fukui (0–4)Dickson (9)Rakuten Seimei Park4,28734–31–2L1
69September 8Hawks0–2Senga (6–3)Karashima (0–2)Mori (19)Rakuten Seimei Park3,62834–32–2L2
70September 9Hawks1–8Wada (5–1)Wakui (8–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,03334–33–2L3
71September 10Hawks2–9Higashihama (3–1)Matsui (1–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park3,36234–34–2L4
72September 11Fighters5–4 (10)Aoyama (2–0)Tamai (4–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,17835–34–2W1
—September 12FightersPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 14Rakuten Seimei Park———
73September 13Fighters14–6Teraoka (1–0)Arihara (4–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,37636–34–2W2
74September 14Fighters1–2VerHagen (6–3)Shiomi (4–6)Miyanishi (1)Rakuten Seimei Park3,14336–35–2L1
75September 15@ Buffaloes1–5Yamamoto (5–3)Karashima (0–3)—Hotto Motto Field4,93336–36–2L2
76September 16@ Buffaloes0–2Tajima (2–4)Wakui (8–3)—Hotto Motto Field4,93936–37–2L3
77September 17@ Buffaloes5–4Matsui (2–3)Masui (0–2)Busenitz (11)Hotto Motto Field4,45537–37–2W1
78September 18@ Hawks3–9Moore (2–3)Ishibashi (1–4)—PayPay Dome4,98837–38–2L1
79September 19@ Hawks3–1Sakai (3–1)R. Takahashi (4–2)Busenitz (12)PayPay Dome11,93738–38–2W1
80September 20@ Hawks3–2Kishi (2–0)Ishikawa (6–3)Busenitz (13)PayPay Dome11,97239–38–2W2
81September 22Marines12–4Johnson (1–0)Ishikawa (6–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park6,42140–38–2W3
82September 23Marines5–3Wakui (9–3)Karakawa (0–1)Busenitz (14)Rakuten Seimei Park4,56541–38–2W4
83September 24Marines3–0Matsui (3–3)Iwashita (5–6)Busenitz (15)Rakuten Seimei Park3,42142–38–2W5
84September 25@ Lions4–5Moriwaki (4–0)Makita (1–1)Masuda (22)MetLife Dome7,69142–39–2L1
85September 26@ Lions1–5Moriwaki (5–0)Sakai (3–2)—MetLife Dome9,40142–40–2L2
86September 27@ Lions2–6Matsumoto (4–3)Takinaka (0–1)—MetLife Dome9,41242–41–2L3
87September 29Hawks2–6Senga (7–5)T. Norimoto (5–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park5,60342–42–2L4
88September 30Hawks9–3Wakui (10–3)Takeda (2–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park6,05143–42–2W1 :
October: 10–13–3 (Home: 3–4–2; Away: 7–9–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
89October 1Hawks1–4Ishikawa (7–3)Matsui (3–4)Mori (23)Rakuten Seimei Park5,75143–43–2L1
90October 2@ Buffaloes4–0Matsui (4–4)Tomiyama (0–2)—Kyocera Dome6,35544–43–2W1
91October 3@ Buffaloes5–3Teraoka (2–0)Saito (1–1)Busenitz (16)Kyocera Dome8,75945–43–2W2
92October 4@ Buffaloes2–9Yamada (3–4)Teraoka (2–1)—Kyocera Dome9,60445–44–2L1
93October 6@ Fighters3–5Uwasawa (8–4)T. Norimoto (5–5)Miyanishi (5)Sapporo Dome3,93845–45–2L2
94October 7@ Fighters3−3Game tied after 10 inningsSapporo Dome3,70845–45–3T1
95October 8@ Fighters4–1Kishi (3–0)Martinez (1–6)Busenitz (17)Sapporo Dome3,58046–45–3W1
96October 9Lions2–5Neal (4–6)Shiomi (4–7)Masuda (26)Rakuten Seimei Park10,05246–46–3L1
—October 10LionsCalled after three innings (rain) – Makeup date: October 12Rakuten Seimei Park———
97October 11Lions8–2Takinaka (1–1)Matsumoto (4–5)—Rakuten Seimei Park8,75847–46–3W1
—October 12LionsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: November 6Rakuten Seimei Park———
98October 13@ Marines3–4Masuda (3–2)Busenitz (1–2)—Zozo Marine Stadium8,68447–47–3L1
99October 14@ Marines4–1Wakui (11–3)W.Y. Chen (0–1)Busenitz (18)Zozo Marine Stadium10,25248–47–3W1
100October 15@ Marines6–0Kishi (4–0)Ojima (7–7)—Zozo Marine Stadium9,04449–47–3W2
101October 16@ Hawks3–7Moore (5–3)Shiomi (4–8)—PayPay Dome15,88749–48–3L1
102October 17@ Hawks0–5Higashihama (8–1)Ishibashi (1–5)—PayPay Dome18,01349–49–3L2
103October 18@ Hawks4–11Moinelo (2–2)Makita (1–2)—PayPay Dome19,65749–50–3L3
104October 20Buffaloes2−2Game tied after 10 inningsRakuten Seimei Park5,83749–50–4T1
105October 21Buffaloes5–6Higgins (3–3)Matsui (4–5)Dickson (15)Rakuten Seimei Park6,61249–51–4L1
106October 22Buffaloes6–3Kishi (5–0)Tajima (4–6)Makita (2)Rakuten Seimei Park10,41450–51–4W1
107October 23Fighters4−4Game tied after 10 inningsRakuten Seimei Park6,10950–51–5T1
108October 24Fighters4–5Hori (2–1)Busenitz (1–3)Miyanishi (7)Rakuten Seimei Park9,61750–52–5L1
109October 25Fighters13–4Takinaka (2–1)Arihara (7–9)—Rakuten Seimei Park10,19451–52–5W1
110October 27@ Lions3–4K. Takahashi (8–8)T. Norimoto (5–6)Masuda (30)MetLife Dome4,48051–53–5L1
111October 28@ Lions3–4Hamaya (3–2)Wakui (11–4)Masuda (31)MetLife Dome4,77651–54–5L2
112October 29@ Lions13–5Karashima (1–3)Neal (5–8)—MetLife Dome5,64552–54–5W1
113October 30@ Marines2–1Kishi (6–0)Sawamura (0–2)Matsui (1)Zozo Marine Stadium11,63253–54–5W2
114October 31@ Marines3–6Futaki (8–3)Ishibashi (1–6)Masuda (30)Zozo Marine Stadium13,22453–55–5L1 :
November: 2–2–2 (Home: 1–0–1; Away: 1–2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
115November 1@ Marines3−3Game tied after 10 inningsZozo Marine Stadium12,91953–55–6T1
116November 3@ Buffaloes3–6Yamasaki (5–5)T. Norimoto (5–7)—Kyocera Dome9,75953–56–6L1
117November 4@ Buffaloes7–8Yamada (4–5)Busenitz (1–4)Urushihara (2)Kyocera Dome6,36953–57–6L2
118November 5@ Buffaloes4–2Makita (2–2)Chang (2–4)Matsui (2)Kyocera Dome6,55554–57–6W1
119November 6Lions4–2Kishi (7–0)Hamaya (3–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park8,27155–57–6W2
120November 7Lions6−6Game tied after 10 inningsRakuten Seimei Park12,38053–55–7T1 :
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement Bold = Eagles team member :

## Player statistics
### Batting

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics :
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
| Yuichi Adachi | 42 | 60 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .167 | .242 | .267 | 16 |
| Ginji Akaminai | 88 | 212 | 16 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 28 | .236 | .313 | .274 | 58 |
| Hideto Asamura | 120 | 432 | 72 | 121 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 104 | 1 | 91 | 111 | .280 | .408 | .560 | 242 |
| Jabari Blash | 37 | 119 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 46 | .235 | .369 | .345 | 41 |
| Kazuya Fujita | 55 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .222 | .229 | 8 |
| Kengo Horiuchi | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Tsuyoshi Ishihara | 18 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .174 | .174 | .217 | 5 |
| Masaki Iwami | 16 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .216 | .237 | .378 | 14 |
| Hiroto Kobukata | 112 | 378 | 61 | 109 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 42 | 59 | .288 | .364 | .381 | 144 |
| Fumiya Kurokawa | 10 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .235 | .143 | 2 |
| Eigoro Mogi | 73 | 276 | 43 | 83 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 8 | 39 | 52 | .301 | .396 | .457 | 126 |
| Itsuki Murabayashi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Yuya Ogo | 58 | 105 | 23 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 34 | .295 | .405 | .438 | 46 |
| Hikaru Ohta | 67 | 130 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 38 | .200 | .301 | .323 | 42 |
| Takero Okajima | 35 | 75 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 26 | .200 | .277 | .307 | 23 |
| Stefen Romero | 103 | 356 | 46 | 97 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 63 | 0 | 38 | 108 | .272 | .354 | .539 | 192 |
| Hiroaki Shimauchi | 114 | 406 | 50 | 114 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 9 | 48 | 71 | .281 | .363 | .392 | 159 |
| Takahiro Shimotsuma | 43 | 77 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .156 | .165 | .247 | 19 |
| Ko Shimozuru | 20 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .188 | .257 | .344 | 11 |
| Daichi Suzuki | 120 | 478 | 71 | 141 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 46 | 58 | .295 | .363 | .381 | 182 |
| Kazuki Tanaka | 80 | 254 | 38 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 76 | .240 | .305 | .382 | 97 |
| Takaya Tanaka$^†$ | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .400 | .438 | .600 | 9 |
| Ryosuke Tatsumi | 104 | 251 | 38 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 11 | 20 | 57 | .223 | .286 | .378 | 95 |
| Yasuhito Uchida | 38 | 93 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 31 | .172 | .284 | .366 | 34 |
| Ren Wada | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .188 | 3 |
| Naoto Watanabe | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 3 |
| Yoshiaki Watanabe | 35 | 85 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .235 | .258 | .318 | 27 |
| Tsuyoshi Yamasaki | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .214 | .250 | 3 |
| Ayatsugu Yamashita | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | 0 |
| Total：29 players | 120 | 3,990 | 557 | 1,029 | 190 | 23 | 112 | 534 | 67 | 473 | 918 | .258 | .341 | .401 | 1,601 |
    $^†$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

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics :
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Tomohiro Anraku | 1 | 0 | 3.48 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 30 |
| Koji Aoyama | 2 | 0 | 4.35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Alan Busenitz | 1 | 4 | 2.86 | 46 | 0 | 18 | 44 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| J. T. Chargois | 0 | 3 | 5.81 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 26.1 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 19 |
| Shoma Fujihira | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuya Fukui | 0 | 4 | 5.46 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 29.2 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 18 |
| Hiroyuki Fukuyama | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Shun Ikeda | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| Ryota Ishibashi | 1 | 6 | 6.11 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 63.1 | 72 | 43 | 43 | 28 | 46 |
| DJ Johnson$^†$ | 1 | 0 | 3.07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Wataru Karashima | 1 | 3 | 4.93 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 38.1 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 26 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 7 | 0 | 3.21 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 67.1 | 48 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 70 |
| Hiroki Kondo | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Yuya Kubo | 1 | 0 | 13.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 2 | 2 | 2.16 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| Yuki Matsui | 4 | 5 | 3.18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 56 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 82 |
| Kohei Morihara | 1 | 2 | 7.56 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 16.2 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
| Takahiro Norimoto | 5 | 7 | 3.96 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 109 | 110 | 56 | 48 | 34 | 105 |
| Tomohito Sakai | 3 | 2 | 3.65 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 44.1 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 34 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 4 | 8 | 4.8 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 84.1 | 88 | 45 | 45 | 20 | 63 |
| Sung Chia-hao | 1 | 2 | 6.94 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 36.1 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 29 |
| Sora Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryota Takinaka | 2 | 1 | 3.40 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 29 |
| Kanji Teraoka | 2 | 1 | 3.15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
| Taisei Tsurusaki | 1 | 1 | 4.19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 24 |
| Hideaki Wakui | 11 | 4 | 3.6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 130 | 110 | 53 | 52 | 38 | 110 |
| Hayato Yuge | 3 | 2 | 5.01 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 50.1 | 57 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 34 |
| Total：28 players | 55 | 57 | 4.19 | 541 | 120 | 28 | 1,055.2 | 995 | 522 | 491 | 398 | 867 |
    $^†$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

Monthly MVP Award
* Hideaki Wakui - June/July (pitcher)
* Takayuki Kishi - October/November (pitcher)
* Hideto Asamura - September (batter)
Best Nine Award
* Hideto Asamura - second baseman
* Daichi Suzuki - third baseman
Mitsui Golden Glove Award
* Daichi Suzuki - third baseman
Best Battery Award
* Hideaki Wakui and Hikaru Ohta - June/July
Speed Up Award
* Hiroto Kobukata (batter)
SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award
* Eigoro Mogi - September (September 11)

## Farm team

2020 Eastern League regular season standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles$^†$ | 79 | 42 | 28 | 9 | .600 | — | 23–13–1 | 19–15–8 |
| 2 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 76 | 42 | 32 | 2 | .568 | 2 | 22–22–1 | 20–10–1 |
| 3 | Yomiuri Giants | 79 | 38 | 33 | 8 | .535 | 4½ | 18–18–5 | 20–15–3 |
| 4 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 70 | 34 | 31 | 5 | .523 | 5½ | 14–14–2 | 20–17–3 |
| 5 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 79 | 32 | 38 | 9 | .457 | 10 | 18–14–5 | 14–24–4 |
| 6 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 76 | 28 | 41 | 7 | .406 | 13½ | 11–20–6 | 17–21–1 |
| 7 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 75 | 28 | 41 | 6 | .406 | 13½ | 15–21–3 | 13–20–3 |
    $^†$ League champion

## Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections :
| Round | Name | Position | Affiliation | Signed? |
| 1 | Takahisa Hayakawa | Pitcher | Waseda University | Yes |
| 2 | Koichi Takada | Pitcher | Hosei University | Yes |
| 3 | Masaru Fujii | Pitcher | Eneos Holdings | Yes |
| 4 | Takuma Uchima | Pitcher | Asia University | Yes |
| 5 | Daiki Irie | Infielder | Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School | Yes |
| 6 | Seiryu Uchi | Pitcher | Riseisha High School | Yes |
| Development players |||||
| 1 | Shun Ishida | Pitcher | Tochigi Golden Braves | Yes |