# 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.

## Regular season
### Standings

2013 Pacific League regular season standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles$^†$ | 144 | 82 | 59 | 3 | .582 | — | 42–28–2 | 40–31–1 |
| 2 | Saitama Seibu Lions* | 144 | 74 | 66 | 4 | .529 | 7½ | 42–29–1 | 32–37–3 |
| 3 | Chiba Lotte Marines* | 144 | 74 | 68 | 2 | .521 | 8½ | 41–29–2 | 33–39–0 |
| 4 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 144 | 73 | 69 | 2 | .514 | 9½ | 37–34–1 | 36–35–1 |
| 5 | Orix Buffaloes | 144 | 66 | 73 | 5 | .475 | 15 | 32–38–2 | 34–35–3 |
| 6 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 144 | 64 | 78 | 2 | .451 | 18½ | 35–36–1 | 29–42–1 |
    $^†$ 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

2013 record vs. opponents :
| Team | Buffaloes | Eagles | Fighters | Hawks | Lions | Marines | CL |
| Buffaloes | — | 7–16–1 | 11–12–1 | 14–10 | 10–13–1 | 11–12−1 | 13–10–1 |
| Eagles | 16–7–1 | — | 16–8 | 12–12 | 19–13–2 | 14–10 | 15–9 |
| Fighters | 12–11–1 | 8–16 | — | 12–12 | 9–15 | 10–14 | 13–10–1 |
| Hawks | 10–14 | 12–12 | 12–12 | — | 15–8–1 | 9–15 | 15–8–1 |
| Lions | 13–10–1 | 13–9–2 | 15–9 | 8–15–1 | — | 14–10 | 11–13 |
| Marines | 12–11−1 | 10–14 | 14–10 | 15–9 | 10–14 | — | 13–10−1 |

### Interleague

2013 regular season interleague standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks$^†$ | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | .652 | — | 8–4 | 7–4–1 |
| 2 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1 | .625 | ½ | 8–4 | 7–5 |
| 3 | Yomiuri Giants | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .565 | 2 | 7–4–1 | 6–6 |
| 4 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .565 | 2 | 8–3−1 | 5–7 |
| 5 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .565 | 2 | 7–4−1 | 6–6 |
| 6 | Orix Buffaloes | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .565 | 2 | 7–5 | 6–5−1 |
| 7 | Hanshin Tigers | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | .522 | 3 | 7–5 | 5–6–1 |
| 8 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | 4½ | 7–5 | 4–8 |
| 9 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | 4½ | 6–6 | 5–7 |
| 10 | Chunichi Dragons | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | .435 | 5 | 7–4–1 | 3–9 |
| 11 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | .304 | 8 | 5–7 | 2–9–1 |
| 12 | Yokohama DeNA Baystars | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | .292 | 8½ | 1–11 | 6–6 |
    $^†$ Interleague champion

### Chihō ballparks

The Eagles hosted five home games outside of Nippon Paper Kleenex Stadium in 2013. Four were played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in Fukushima, Iwate, Yamagata, and Akita Prefectures in Japan's Tōhoku region and the fifth was played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
2013 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks :
| Ballpark | City/Town | Prefecture |
| Iwate Prefectural Baseball Stadium | Morioka | Iwate Prefecture |
| Komachi Stadium | Akita | Akita Prefecture |
| Koriyama Kaiseizan Baseball Stadium | Kōriyama | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Shogin & Nissin Stadium | Nakayama | Yamagata Prefecture |
| Tokyo Dome | Bunkyō | Tokyo |

### Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 29, 2013, vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2013 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster :
| Order | Player | Position |
| 1 | Ryo Hijirisawa | Center fielder |
| 2 | Kazuya Fujita | Second baseman |
| 3 | Shintaro Masuda | Left fielder |
| 4 | Andruw Jones | Designated hitter |
| 5 | Ginji Akaminai | First baseman |
| 6 | Casey McGehee | Third baseman |
| 7 | Kazuo Matsui | Shortstop |
| 8 | Motohiro Shima | Catcher |
| 9 | Akihisa Makida | Right fielder |
| — | Takahiro Norimoto | Starting pitcher |

### Game log

2013 game log: 82–59–3 (Home: 42–28–2; Away: 40–31–1) :
March/April: 11–14–0 (Home: 5–6–0; Away: 6–8–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 29@ Hawks1–7Settsu (1–0)Norimoto (0–1)—Yafuoku Dome38,5610–1–0L1
2March 30@ Hawks3–1Duckworth (1–0)Yamada (0–1)Aoyama (1)Yafuoku Dome36,2291–1–0W1
3March 31@ Hawks9–1Mima (1–0)Takeda (0–1)—Yafuoku Dome35,8792–1–0W2
4April 2Buffaloes8–2Tanaka (1–0)Kaida (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium16,2733–1–0W3
—April 3BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 13Kleenex Stadium———
5April 4Buffaloes2–13Maestri (1–0)Kamata (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium17,4823–2–0L1
6April 5Marines17–5Norimoto (1–1)Otani (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium14,1774–2–0W1
7April 6Marines3–2Heuser (1–0)Watanabe (0–1)Aoyama (2)Kleenex Stadium18,8095–2–0W2
—April 7MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: April 8Kleenex Stadium———
8April 8Marines2–11Nishino (1–0)Kikuchi (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium9,2095–3–0L1
9April 9@ Fighters9–1Tanaka (2–0)Arakaki (0–1)—Tokyo Dome20,0726–3–0W1
10April 10@ Fighters0–6Yoshikawa (1–1)Kamata (0–2)—Tokyo Dome17,6186–4–0L1
11April 11@ Fighters1–4Ishii (2–0)Mima (1–1)Masui (2)Tokyo Dome16,5736–5–0L2
12April 12Lions3–2Takahori (1–0)Kishi (0–3)Aoyama (3)Kleenex Stadium12,3747–5–0W1
13April 13Lions0–6Kikuchi (2–0)Duckworth (1–1)—Kleenex Stadium14,5377–6–0L1
14April 14Lions2–4Togame (2–1)Kikuchi (0–2)Oishi (3)Kleenex Stadium16,5287–7–0L2
15April 16Hawks5–6 (10)Iwasaki (1–0)Katayama (0–1)Falkenborg (1)Kleenex Stadium16,0897–8–0L3
16April 17Hawks1–5Hoashi (1–0)Uezono (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium16,0617–9–0L4
17April 18Hawks9–2Mima (2–1)Higashihama (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium14,1848–9–0W1
18April 19@ Marines1–3Naruse (2–0)Norimoto (1–2)Masuda (4)QVC Marine Field9,7998–10–0L1
19April 20@ Marines3–6Minami (1–0)Duckworth (1–2)Masuda (5)QVC Marine Field13,4908–11–0L2
20April 21@ Marines5–9Katsuki (1–0)Kikuchi (0–3)—QVC Marine Field9,0808–12–0L3
21April 23@ Buffaloes9–3Tanaka (3–0)Nakayama (0–3)—Kyocera Dome10,7789–12–0W1
—April 24@ BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30Hotto Motto Field———
22April 25@ Buffaloes9–3Mima (3–1)Kaida (1–2)—Hotto Motto Field10,96410–12–0W2
23April 27@ Lions9–2Norimoto (2–2)Kishi (1–4)—Seibu Dome26,55611–12–0W3
24April 28@ Lions1–15Kikuchi (3–1)Duckworth (1–3)—Seibu Dome28,93011–13–0L1
25April 29@ Lions4–8Takekuma (1–0)Kikuchi (0–4)—Seibu Dome28,09211–14–0L2 :
May: 16–7–0 (Home: 8–3–0; Away: 8–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
26May 1Fighters4–1Tanaka (4–0)Yoshikawa (3–2)Aoyama (4)Kleenex Stadium12,07712–14–0W1
27May 2Fighters1–9Kisanuki (3–1)Uezono (0–2)—Kleenex Stadium12,09912–15–0L1
28May 3Fighters1–13Tanimoto (1–2)Mima (3–2)—Kleenex Stadium20,12912–16–0L2
29May 4Buffaloes4–1Norimoto (3–2)Kaneko (2–3)Aoyama (5)Kleenex Stadium18,45613–16–0W1
30May 5Buffaloes3–2Duckworth (2–3)Nishi (2–2)Aoyama (6)Kleenex Stadium18,22114–16–0W2
31May 6Buffaloes10–3Saito (1–0)Kishida (0–2)—Kleenex Stadium15,96315–16–0W3
32May 8@ Fighters5–2Tanaka (5–0)Kisanuki (3–2)Aoyama (7)Sapporo Dome24,12916–16–0W4
33May 9@ Fighters6–2Mima (4–2)Yoshikawa (3–3)—Sapporo Dome19,33317–16–0W5
34May 10@ Marines5–3Katayama (1–1)Masuda (0–1)Aoyama (8)QVC Marine Field11,28218–16–0W6
—May 11@ MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 27QVC Marine Field———
35May 12@ Marines4–5Masuda (1–1)Aoyama (0–1)—QVC Marine Field20,84918–17–0L1
36May 14@ BayStars7–3Tanaka (6–0)Miura (2–3)—Yokohama Stadium17,05019–17–0W1
37May 15@ BayStars7–5Katayama (2–1)H. Kobayashi (0–1)—Yokohama Stadium14,58320–17–0W2
38May 17@ Dragons3–4Mise (1–0)Aoyama (0–2)—Nagoya Dome25,09020–18–0L1
39May 18@ Dragons2–7Okada (2–1)Norimoto (3–3)—Nagoya Dome26,82420–19–0L2
40May 19Swallows1–0Nagai (1–0)Yagi (1–3)Rasner (1)Kleenex Stadium13,17121–19–0W1
41May 20Swallows3–1Tomura (1–0)Muranaka (3–3)Aoyama (9)Kleenex Stadium15,19922–19–0W2
42May 22Giants2–1Tanaka (7–0)Sawamura (2–3)—Kleenex Stadium21,35423–19–0W3
43May 23Giants4–10Kasahara (2–1)Mima (4–3)—Kleenex Stadium20,40523–20–0L1
44May 25@ Carp2–1Norimoto (4–3)Mickolio (1–2)Rasner (2)Mazda Stadium28,01724–20–0W1
45May 26@ Carp4–6K. Maeda (4–3)Nagai (1–1)Mickolio (9)Mazda Stadium30,38024–21–0L1
46May 28@ Tigers7–4Katayama (3–1)Kubo (2–3)Rasner (3)Koshien Stadium32,48125–21–0W1
47May 29@ Tigers2–0Tomura (2–0)Enokida (2–5)Rasner (4)Koshien Stadium34,85826–21–0W2
48May 31BayStars10–3Norimoto (5–3)Ino (2–5)—Kleenex Stadium15,35527–21–0W3 :
June: 11–9–0 (Home: 5–5–0; Away: 6–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
49June 1BayStars3–4Fujii (4–1)Nagai (1–2)Yamaguchi (7)Kleenex Stadium20,41327–22–0L1
50June 2Dragons1–0Kikuchi (1–4)Yamamoto (2–1)Rasner (5)Kleenex Stadium17,06528–22–0W1
51June 3Dragons2–1 (11)Rasner (1–0)Muto (1–2)—Kleenex Stadium14,46129–22–0W2
52June 5@ Swallows5–9Emura (2–0)Aoyama (0–3)—Meiji Jingu Stadium14,21529–23–0L1
53June 6@ Swallows9–4Norimoto (6–3)Ishikawa (2–5)—Meiji Jingu Stadium14,03430–23–0W1
54June 8@ Giants3–5Sugano (6–2)Kikuchi (1–5)Kentaro (15)Tokyo Dome44,99330–24–0L1
55June 9@ Giants5–3Tanaka (8–0)Utsumi (4–3)—Tokyo Dome46,08731–24–0W1
56June 12Carp3–4 (10)Mickolio (2–2)Koyama (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium15,11731–25–0L1
57June 13Carp4–5Hisamoto (2–1)Rasner (1–1)Imamura (1)Kleenex Stadium17,67731–26–0L2
58June 15Tigers2–1Nagai (2–2)Nomi (6–3)Rasner (6)Kleenex Stadium21,25232–26–0W1
59June 16Tigers3–0Tanaka (9–0)Fujinami (4–2)—Kleenex Stadium21,43033–26–0W2
60June 21Hawks2–13Settsu (7–3)Norimoto (6–4)—Kaiseizan Stadium11,21433–27–0L1
61June 22Hawks2–8Oba (1–2)Tomura (2–1)—Kleenex Stadium19,71733–28–0L2
62June 23Hawks5–2Duckworth (3–3)Hoashi (5–2)Rasner (7)Kleenex Stadium19,41134–28–0W1
63June 25@ Lions11–0Tanaka (10–0)Makita (4–5)—Seibu Dome14,52835–28–0W2
64June 26@ Lions0–1Nogami (4–2)Nagai (2–3)Sarfate (3)Seibu Dome12,70735–29–0L1
65June 27@ Lions10–1Kawai (1–0)Wakui (4–4)—Omiya Stadium20,05136–29–0W1
66June 28@ Buffaloes2–3Higa (1–0)Norimoto (6–5)—Kyocera Dome14,72636–30–0L1
67June 29@ Buffaloes2–0Tomura (3–1)Igawa (2–2)Rasner (8)Kyocera Dome20,18737–30–0W1
68June 30@ Buffaloes2–1 (10)Aoyama (1–3)Y. Hirano (1–3)Rasner (9)Kyocera Dome23,59638–30–0W2 :
July: 14–6–1 (Home: 9–3–1; Away: 5–3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
69July 2Marines7–0Tanaka (11–0)Karakawa (4–6)—Kleenex Stadium14,34739–30–0W3
—July 3MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 3Kleenex Stadium———
70July 4Marines8–4Kawai (2–0)Furuya (1–1)—Kleenex Stadium11,81940–30–0W4
71July 5@ Hawks1–6Settsu (9–3)Norimoto (6–6)—Yafuoku Dome30,07940–31–0L1
72July 6@ Hawks8–4Norimoto (7–6)Padilla (2–4)—Yafuoku Dome35,70941–31–0W1
73July 7@ Hawks7–0Duckworth (4–3)Hoashi (5–4)—Yafuoku Dome36,49342–31–0W2
74July 9Fighters5–0Tanaka (12–0)M. Takeda (5–5)—Tokyo Dome43,68343–31–0W3
75July 10Fighters1–4Wolfe (4–3)Nagai (2–4)H. Takeda (15)Kleenex Stadium15,42843–32–0L1
76July 11Fighters3–0Kawai (3–0)Tanimoto (3–4)Rasner (10)Kleenex Stadium11,93144–32–0W1
77July 12Lions3–4 (12)Y. Okamoto (2–0)Hoshino (0–1)Matsushita (1)Kleenex Stadium12,75844–33–0L1
78July 13Lions3–1Norimoto (8–6)Togame (6–6)Rasner (11)Kleenex Stadium18,72245–33–0W1
79July 14Lions2–5Kishi (5–5)Duckworth (4–4)—Kleenex Stadium21,28345–34–0L1
80July 15@ Buffaloes1–0Koyama (1–1)T. Sato (2–1)Rasner (12)Kyocera Dome20,18446–34–0W1
81July 16@ Buffaloes4–1Tanaka (13–0)Dickson (5–3)—Kyocera Dome11,86047–34–0W2
82July 17@ Buffaloes0–3Kaneko (7–5)Kawai (3–1)—Kyocera Dome10,74347–35–0L1
All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1–1
83July 24@ Hawks9–4Saito (2–0)Igarashi (1–2)—Kitakyushu Stadium20,85148–35–0W1
84July 25@ Hawks2–5Hoashi (6–4)Koyama (1–2)Igarashi (2)Yafuoku Dome38,56148–36–0L1
85July 26Marines3–2Tanaka (14–0)Masuda (2–4)—Kleenex Stadium20,38249–36–0W1
86July 27Marines8–1Tomura (4–1)Gonzalez (0–2)—Kleenex Stadium21,33450–36–0W2
87July 28Marines5–4Aoyama (2–3)Rosa (0–1)Rasner (13)Kleenex Stadium19,77351–36–0W3
88July 30Lions9–4Norimoto (9–6)Y. Okamoto (3–1)—Iwate Baseball Stadium15,04352–36–0W4
89July 31Lions2−2Game tied after 5 inningsKomachi Stadium12,75952–36–1T1 :
August: 14–11–0 (Home: 6–5–0; Away: 8–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
90August 2@ Fighters4–1Tanaka (15–0)Wolfe (4–5)—Sapporo Dome28,65953–36–1W1
91August 3@ Fighters3–0Duckworth (5–4)Kawano (0–1)Rasner (14)Sapporo Dome36,53554–36–1W2
92August 4@ Fighters14–4Miyagawa (1–0)Yoshikawa (6–9)—Sapporo Dome27,59255–36–1W3
—August 6BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 8Kleenex Stadium———
93August 7Buffaloes1–2Kaneko (9–6)Aoyama (2–4)Y. Hirano (22)Kleenex Stadium19,25555–37–1L1
94August 8Buffaloes5–2Norimoto (10–6)Maestri (4–3)Rasner (15)Kleenex Stadium16,09456–37–1W1
95August 9Hawks5–0Tanaka (16–0)Hoashi (7–5)—Kleenex Stadium21,32057–37–1W2
96August 10Hawks3–8Settsu (12–4)Karashima (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium21,4257–38–1L1
97August 11Hawks10–6Saito (3–0)Iwasaki (1–4)—Kleenex Stadium21,46558–38–1W1
98August 13@ Marines0–3Furuya (5–1)Tomura (4–2)Uchi (1)QVC Marine Field22,66458–39–1L1
99August 14@ Marines5–6 (11)Matsunaga (2–1)Koyama (1–3)—QVC Marine Field22,86158–40–1L2
100August 15@ Marines3–1Norimoto (11–6)Watanabe (0–3)Rasner (16)QVC Marine Field22,24359–40–1W1
101August 16@ Lions3–1Tanaka (17–0)Nogami (8–3)Rasner (17)Seibu Dome29,84660–40–1W2
102August 17@ Lions2–3Sarfate (5–0)Koyama (1–4)—Seibu Dome27,38260–41–1L1
103August 18@ Lions11–12Masuda (2–2)Rasner (1–2)—Seibu Dome21,68960–42–1L2
104August 20Fighters5–9Tanimoto (5–4)Uezono (0–3)—Shogin & Nissin Stadium13,40760–43–1L3
105August 21Fighters3–5M. Takeda (7–5)Mima (4–4)H. Takeda (20)Kleenex Stadium19,12760–44–1L4
106August 22Fighters2–5Wolfe (5–5)Norimoto (11–7)—Kleenex Stadium18,90460–45–1L5
107August 23Marines5–0Tanaka (18–0)Nishino (9–4)—Kleenex Stadium20,76661–45–1W1
108August 24Marines7–5Karashima (1–1)Hattori (1–1)Saito (1)Kleenex Stadium21,37262–45–1W2
109August 25Marines6–5Hasebe (1–0)Masuda (2–5)—Kleenex Stadium20,26363–45–1W3
110August 27@ Buffaloes0–4Matsuba (4–4)Heuser (1–1)—Kyocera Dome12,92163–46–1L1
111August 28@ Buffaloes2–1Mima (5–4)Kaneko (10–8)Saito (2)Kyocera Dome13,68764–46–1W1
112August 29@ Buffaloes4–2Norimoto (12–7)Nishi (7–7)Aoyama (10)Hotto Motto Field22,29365–46–1W2
113August 30@ Hawks11–6Tanaka (19–0)Hoashi (7–7)—Yafuoku Dome36,21866–46–1W3
114August 31@ Hawks2–9Settsu (14–5)Karashima (1–2)—Yafuoku Dome36,78266–47–1L1 :
September/October: 15–12–2 (Home: 8–6–1; Away: 7–6–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
115September 1@ Hawks0–4Oseguera (1–0)Duckworth (5–5)—Yafuoku Dome36,46466–48–1L2
116September 3Lions4–3Kaneto (1–0)Wakui (5–7)Saito (3)Kleenex Stadium18,54167–48–1W1
117September 4Lions0−0Game tied after 12 inningsKleenex Stadium13,71067–48–2T1
—September 5LionsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4Kleenex Stadium———
118September 6Fighters3–2Tanaka (20–0)Yanuki (2–2)—Kleenex Stadium22,31668–48–2W1
119September 7Fighters7–5Karashima (2–2)Keppel (2–4)Saito (4)Kleenex Stadium20,83369–48–2W2
120September 8Fighters3–1Norimoto (13–7)Yoshikawa (7–12)Aoyama (11)Kleenex Stadium20,42970–48–2W3
121September 10@ Marines2–9Karakawa (9–9)Ray (0–1)—QVC Marine Field13,92270–49–2L1
122September 11@ Marines7–0Mima (6–4)Otani (2–4)—QVC Marine Field12,62471–49–2W1
123September 12@ Marines6–2Kamata (1–2)Greisinger (5–4)Hasebe (1)QVC Marine Field12,89872–49–2W2
124September 13Buffaloes6–2Tanaka (21–0)Yagi (0–2)—Kleenex Stadium21,53473–49–2W3
125September 14Buffaloes1–2Dickson (7–7)Karashima (2–3)Y. Hirano (24)Kleenex Stadium21,20573–50–2L1
—September 15BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 12Kleenex Stadium———
—September 16BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 13Kleenex Stadium———
126September 17Hawks7–5Norimoto (14–7)Terahara (4–6)Hasebe (2)Kleenex Stadium16,86374–50–2W1
127September 18Hawks10–11Kanazawa (2–0)Hasebe (1–1)Falkenborg (10)Kleenex Stadium17,66774–51–2L1
128September 19Hawks3–2Aoyama (3–4)Igarashi (2–3)—Kleenex Stadium19,52575–51–2W1
129September 21@ Fighters7–3Tanaka (22–0)Yoshikawa (7–14)—Sapporo Dome37,99276–51–2W2
130September 22@ Fighters15–1Karashima (3–3)Keppel (2–5)—Sapporo Dome41,07177–51–2W3
131September 23@ Fighters5–0Miyagawa (2–0)Kisanuki (9–7)—Sapporo Dome27,53578–51–2W4
132September 24@ Lions3–4Sarfate (6–1)Aoyama (3–5)—Seibu Dome19,62178–52–2L1
133September 25@ Lions2–4Sarfate (7–1)D. Kato (0–1)—Seibu Dome20,33278–53–2L2
134September 26@ Lions4–3Heuser (2–1)Nogami (8–7)Tanaka (1)Seibu Dome27,86979–53–2W1
135September 27@ Marines0–6Matsunaga (4–1)Kawai (3–2)—QVC Marine Field18,42179–54–2L1
136September 29@ Hawks0–5Higashihama (2–1)Karashima (3–4)—Yafuoku Dome37,51979–55–2L2
137September 30@ Buffaloes0−0Game tied after 12 inningsKyocera Dome14,09879–55–3T1
138October 1@ Fighters11–2Tanaka (23–0)Thomas (0–2)—Sapporo Dome24,66180–55–3W1
139October 3Marines6–7Ledezma (3–2)D. Kato (0–2)Uchi (2)Kleenex Stadium22,25480–56–3L1
140October 4Lions4–6Nogami (11–7)Mima (6–5)Wakui (5)Kleenex Stadium16,57780–57–3L2
141October 5Lions1–2Kishi (11–5)Norimoto (14–8)Wakui (6)Kleenex Stadium22,58180–58–3L3
142October 8Buffaloes7–3Tanaka (24–0)Maestri (7–5)—Kleenex Stadium19,43381–58–3W1
143October 12Buffaloes4–1Norimoto (15–8)Mills (0–1)Hasebe (3)Kleenex Stadium12,08282–58–3W2
144October 13Buffaloes4–10Kaneko (15–8)Heuser (2–2)—Kleenex Stadium16,96682–59–3L1 :
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play Bold = Eagles team member :

## Postseason
### Game log

2013 postseason game log: 10–5–0 (Home: 7–4–0; Away: 3–1–0) :
Climax Series final stage: 4–1–0 (Home: 4–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1The Pacific League regular season champion is given a one-game advantage in the final stage.1–0–0W1
2October 17Marines2–1Tanaka (1–0)Naruse (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium24,3322–0–0W2
3October 18Marines1–4 (10)Uchi (1–0)Kaneto (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium24,0972–1–0L1
5October 19Marines2–0Mima (1–0)Furuya (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium24,3963–1–0W1
—October 20MarinesCancelled (rain)Kleenex Stadium———
5October 21Marines8–5Saito (1–0)Rosa (0–1)Tanaka (1)Kleenex Stadium24,2644–1–0W2 :
Japan Series: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Away: 2–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1October 26Giants0–2Utsumi (1–0)Norimoto (0–1)Nishimura (1)Kleenex Stadium25,2090–1–0L1
2October 27Giants2–1Tanaka (1–0)Sugano (0–1)—Kleenex Stadium25,2191–1–0W1
3October 29@ Giants5–1Mima (1–0)Sugiuchi (0–1)—Tokyo Dome44,9402–1–0W2
4October 30@ Giants5–6Mathieson (1–0)Hasebe (0–1)Yamaguchi (1)Tokyo Dome44,9682–2–0L1
5October 31@ Giants4–2 (10)Norimoto (1–1)Nishimura (0–1)—Tokyo Dome44,9953–2–0W1
6November 2Giants2–4Sugano (1–1)Tanaka (1–1)Mathieson (1)Kleenex Stadium25,2713–3–0L1
7November 3Giants3–0Mima (2–0)Sugiuchi (0–2)Tanaka (1)Kleenex Stadium25,2494–3–0W1 :
Asia Series: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Away: 1–0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1November 15Rhinos6–1Kaneto (1–0)CF. Yang (0–1)—Taichung Stadium10,9101–0–0W1
2November 17@ Cavalry6–3Nagai (1–0)Motta (0–1)Koyama (1)Taoyuan Stadium4,2112–0–0W2
3November 19Lions1–4Figueroa (1–0)Miyagawa (0–1)—Taichung Stadium4,7202–1–0L1 :
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement Bold = Eagles team member :

## Player statistics
### Batting

2013 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics :
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
| Toshihito Abe | 22 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .211 | .250 | .263 | 10 |
| Ginji Akaminai | 131 | 482 | 63 | 153 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 3 | 36 | 44 | .317 | .365 | .405 | 195 |
| Brandon Duckworth | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Aoi Enomoto | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 |
| Kazuya Fujita | 128 | 466 | 48 | 128 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 21 | 43 | .275 | .320 | .326 | 152 |
| Ryo Hijirisawa | 120 | 433 | 51 | 123 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 44 | 100 | .284 | .357 | .356 | 154 |
| Tadashi Ishimine | 19 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .125 | .118 | .219 | 7 |
| Tatsuro Iwasaki | 74 | 101 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .218 | .252 | .267 | 27 |
| Andruw Jones | 143 | 478 | 81 | 116 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 94 | 4 | 105 | 164 | .243 | .391 | .454 | 217 |
| Yusuke Kosai | 22 | 46 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .239 | .255 | .370 | 17 |
| Shinichiro Koyama | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Akihisa Makida | 27 | 81 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .222 | .292 | .358 | 29 |
| Shintaro Masuda | 86 | 268 | 32 | 73 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 33 | 81 | .272 | .352 | .425 | 114 |
| Kazuo Matsui | 125 | 448 | 55 | 111 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 1 | 40 | 85 | .248 | .311 | .388 | 174 |
| Casey McGehee | 144 | 513 | 78 | 150 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 93 | 2 | 70 | 119 | .292 | .376 | .515 | 264 |
| Manabu Mima | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Takumi Miyoshi | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Makoto Moriyama | 89 | 81 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | .272 | .344 | .272 | 22 |
| Satoshi Nagai | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Taishi Nakagawa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Toshiya Nakashima | 45 | 82 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .232 | .284 | .317 | 26 |
| Hiroki Nakazawa | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | 2 |
| Tetsuro Nishida | 26 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .167 | .200 | .188 | 9 |
| Takahiro Norimoto | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .125 | .000 | 0 |
| Takero Okajima | 79 | 226 | 40 | 73 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 31 | .323 | .405 | .385 | 87 |
| Keiji Oyama | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .375 | .167 | 1 |
| Motohiro Shima | 134 | 447 | 44 | 115 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 39 | 92 | .257 | .318 | .318 | 142 |
| Hiroaki Shimauchi | 97 | 299 | 36 | 85 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 21 | 44 | .284 | .326 | .391 | 117 |
| Yosuke Takasu | 21 | 50 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .160 | .189 | .180 | 9 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 |
| Kenji Tomura | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Teppei Tsuchiya | 54 | 146 | 24 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 22 | .240 | .311 | .322 | 47 |
| Total：32 players | 144 | 4,819 | 628 | 1,287 | 208 | 20 | 97 | 593 | 62 | 487 | 934 | .267 | .338 | .379 | 1,826 |
    Bold/italics denotes best in the league