The 2005 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the first season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Fullcast Stadium Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Yasushi Tao in his first and only season as the team's manager.
Regular season Standings + 2005 Pacific League regular season standings Team 1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks13689452—45–21–244–242Chiba Lotte Marines*136844934½38–3046–19–33Seibu Lions*136676902336–3231–374Orix Buffaloes136627042630–37–132–33–35Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters1366271326½34–31–328–406Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles1363897151½21–46–117–51 Advanced directly to the second stage of the Pacific League Playoffs Advanced to the first stage of the Pacific League Playoffs
Interleague + 2005 regular season interleague standings Team 1Chiba Lotte Marines3624111—10–814–3–12Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks3623121110–7–113–53Hanshin Tigers36211322½9–7–212–64Yomiuri Giants36181444½11–6–17–8–35Yakult Swallows36201604½8–1012–66Yokohama BayStars36191705½11–78–107Orix Buffaloes361716368–9–19–7–28Seibu Lions36181806½10–88–109Chunichi Dragons36152109½8–107–1110Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters361222211½9–7–23–1511Hiroshima Toyo Carp3611241136–125–12–112Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles361125013½6–125–13 Interleague champion
Opening Day starting roster Saturday, March 26, 2005, vs. Chiba Lotte Marines + 2005 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster Order Player Position 1 Koichi Sekikawa Left fielder 2 Yosuke Takasu Second baseman 3 Kenshi Kawaguchi First baseman 4 Luis Lopez Third baseman 5 Takeshi Yamasaki Designated hitter 6 Koichi Isobe Right fielder 7 Tadaharu Sakai Shortstop 8 Akihito Fujii Catcher 9 Tetsuya Iida Center fielder — Hisashi Iwakuma Starting pitcher
Roster 2005 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Roster Pitchers Catchers
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