2005 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2005 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2005 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
League	Pacific League
Ballpark	Fullcast Stadium Miyagi
Record	38–97–1 (.281), 51½ GB
League place	6th
Parent company	Rakuten
President	Toru Shimada
Manager	Yasushi Tao
Average attendance	14,369
	Eagles seasons

Record38–97–1 (.281), 51½ GB

Parent companyRakuten

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.

Pos	Team	GTooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GBTooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks^†	136	89	45	2	.664	—	45–21–2	44–24
2	Chiba Lotte Marines*	136	84	49	3	.632	4½	38–30	46–19–3
3	Seibu Lions*	136	67	69	0	.493	23	36–32	31–37

4	Orix Buffaloes	136	62	70	4	.470	26	30–37–1	32–33–3
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	136	62	71	3	.466	26½	34–31–3	28–40
6	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	136	38	97	1	.281	51½	21–46–1	17–51

Pos	Team	GTooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GBTooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Chiba Lotte Marines^†	36	24	11	1	.686	—	10–8	14–3–1
2	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	36	23	12	1	.657	1	10–7–1	13–5
3	Hanshin Tigers	36	21	13	2	.618	2½	9–7–2	12–6
4	Yomiuri Giants	36	18	14	4	.563	4½	11–6–1	7–8–3
5	Yakult Swallows	36	20	16	0	.556	4½	8–10	12–6
6	Yokohama BayStars	36	19	17	0	.528	5½	11–7	8–10
7	Orix Buffaloes	36	17	16	3	.515	6	8–9–1	9–7–2
8	Seibu Lions	36	18	18	0	.500	6½	10–8	8–10
9	Chunichi Dragons	36	15	21	0	.417	9½	8–10	7–11
10	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	36	12	22	2	.353	11½	9–7–2	3–15
11	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	36	11	24	1	.314	13	6–12	5–12–1
12	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	36	11	25	0	.306	13½	6–12	5–13

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