List of Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles seasons
# List of Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles seasons

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have completed 18 seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) since their inaugural season in 2005. The team was formed to fill the void left in the Pacific League when the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave merged into one team during the 2004 NPB realignment. Through 2022, they have played 2,545 regular season games, winning 1,150, losing 1,319, and tying 76 for a winning percentage of .466. The Eagles have also a combined record of 15–14–1 (.517) in post-season and Japan Series play. The team is based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

## Table key

Key to symbols and terms in season table :

| W | Number of regular season wins |
| - | - |
| L | Number of regular season losses |
| T | Number of regular season ties |
| GB | Games behind from league's first-place team |
| ROY | Rookie of the Year |
| MVP | Most Valuable Player |
| ESA | Eiji Sawamura Award |
| MSA | Matsutaro Shoriki Award |
| ^ | Playoff berth |
| * | Pacific League champions |
| $^†$ | Japan Series champions |

## Seasons

Statistics current through the 2022 season

| Season | League | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason (Climax & Japan Series) | Manager(s) | Awards | Home attendance | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | League | Finish | W | L | T | Win% | GB | Postseason (Climax & Japan Series) | Manager(s) | Awards | Home attendance | Notes |
| 2005 | Pacific | 6th | 38 | 97 | 1 | .281 | 51.5 | | Yasushi Tao | | 977,104 | |
| 2006 | Pacific | 6th | 47 | 85 | 4 | .356 | 33 | | Katsuya Nomura | | 951,723 | |
| 2007 | Pacific | 4th | 67 | 75 | 2 | .472 | 13.5 | | Katsuya Nomura | Masahiro Tanaka (ROY) | 1,117,369 | |
| 2008 | Pacific | 5th | 65 | 76 | 3 | .461 | 11.5 | | Katsuya Nomura | Hisashi Iwakuma (ESA) Hisashi Iwakuma (MVP) | 1,149,061 | |
| 2009 | Pacific | 2nd^ | 77 | 66 | 1 | .538 | 5.5 | Won First Stage (SoftBank) 2–0 Lost Second Stage (Nippon Ham) 1–4 | Katsuya Nomura | | 1,203,169 | |
| 2010 | Pacific | 6th | 62 | 79 | 3 | .440 | 15 | | Marty Brown | | 1,141,640 | |
| 2011 | Pacific | 5th | 66 | 71 | 7 | .482 | 23.5 | | Senichi Hoshino | Masahiro Tanaka (ESA) | 1,168,188 | |
| 2012 | Pacific | 4th | 67 | 67 | 10 | .500 | 7.5 | | Senichi Hoshino | | 1,177,193 | |
| $2013^†$ | Pacific* | 1st^ | 82 | 59 | 3 | .582 | — | Won Final Stage (Lotte) 4–1 Won Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–3 | Senichi Hoshino | Masahiro Tanaka (ESA) Senichi Hoshino (MSA) Masahiro Tanaka (MVP) Takahiro Norimoto (ROY) | 1,231,087 | [1][9][10][11] [4][5][6][3] |
| 2014 | Pacific | 6th | 64 | 80 | 0 | .444 | 17 | | Senichi Hoshino | | 1,450,233 | |
| 2015 | Pacific | 6th | 57 | 83 | 3 | .407 | 33.5 | | Hiromoto Okubo | | 1,524,149 | |
| 2016 | Pacific | 5th | 62 | 78 | 3 | .443 | 25 | | Masataka Nashida | | 1,620,961 | |
| 2017 | Pacific | 3rd^ | 77 | 63 | 3 | .550 | 15.5 | Won First Stage (Seibu) 2–1 Lost Final Stage (SoftBank) 2–4 | Masataka Nashida | | 1,770,108 | |
| 2018 | Pacific | 6th | 58 | 82 | 3 | .414 | 29.5 | | Masataka Nashida Yosuke Hiraishi | Kazuki Tanaka (ROY) | 1,726,004 | |
| 2019 | Pacific | 3rd^ | 71 | 68 | 4 | .511 | 7.5 | Lost First Stage (SoftBank) 1–2 | Yosuke Hiraishi | | 1,821,785 | |
| 2020 | Pacific | 4th | 55 | 57 | 8 | .491 | 16.5 | | Hajime Miki | | 236,084 | |
| 2021 | Pacific | 3rd^ | 66 | 62 | 15 | .516 | 5.5 | Lost First Stage (Lotte) 0–1–1 | Kazuhisa Ishii | | 615,237 | |
| 2022 | Pacific | 4th | 69 | 71 | 3 | .493 | 6.5 | | Kazuhisa Ishii | | 1,331,131 | |
| Total：18 seasons, 2,545 games | Total：18 seasons, 2,545 games | Total：18 seasons, 2,545 games | 1,150 | 1,319 | 76 | .466 | Pennants：1, Championships：1 | Pennants：1, Championships：1 | Pennants：1, Championships：1 | Pennants：1, Championships：1 | Pennants：1, Championships：1 | Pennants：1, Championships：1 | Pennants：1, Championships：1 | Pennants：1, Championships：1 |
