The 2019 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the fifteenth 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 Yosuke Hiraishi in his first and only season as team manager.

Rakuten finished the season with a record of , securing third place in the PL and qualifying for the Climax Series. They were eliminated by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the First Stage in three games.

Regular season standings + 2019 Pacific League regular season standings # Team 1Saitama Seibu Lions14380621-43–29–037–33–12Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14376625242–27–334–35-23Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles143716847½36–33–235–35–2 4Chiba Lotte Marines143697049½37–32–232–38–25Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters143657351235–34–330–39–26Orix Buffaloes143617571432–34–529–41–2

Record vs. opponents + 2019 record vs. opponentsTeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarinesCL Buffaloes — 12–12–1 8–15–2 7–16–2 8–17 15–9–1 11–6–1 Eagles 12–12–1 — 13–11–1 12–13 14–11 10–13–2 10–8 Fighters 15–8–2 11–13–1 — 9–15–1 11–14 11–14 8–9–1 Hawks 16–7–2 13–12 15–9–1 — 13–12 8–17 11–5–2 Lions 17–8 11–14 14–11 12–13 — 16–8–1 10–8 Marines 9–15–1 13–10–2 14–11 17–8 8–16–1 — 8–10

Interleague + 2019 regular season interleague standings # Team 1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks181152.688—5–2–26–32Orix Buffaloes181161.647.55–3–16–33Yomiuri Giants181170.61115–46–34Yokohama DeNA BayStars181071.5881.56–34–4–15Saitama Seibu Lions181080.55625–45–46Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles181080.55624–56–37Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters18891.4713.55–3–13–68Chunichi Dragons188100.44444–54–59Chiba Lotte Marines188100.44443–65–410Hanshin Tigers186102.37553–63–4–211Tokyo Yakult Swallows186120.33363–63–612Hiroshima Toyo Carp185121.2946.52–73–5–1

Opening Day starting roster Friday, March 29, 2019, vs. Chiba Lotte Marines Order Player Position 1 Kazuki Tanaka Center fielder 2 Eigoro Mogi Shortstop 3 Hideto Asamura Second baseman 4 Hiroaki Shimauchi Left fielder 5 Zelous Wheeler Third baseman 6 Ginji Akaminai First baseman 7 Jabari Blash Designated hitter 8 Motohiro Shima Catcher 9 Louis Okoye Right fielder — Takayuki Kishi Starting pitcher

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