The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are a professional baseball team based in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The Eagles are members of the Pacific League (PL) in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[1][2] Since their inaugural season in 2005, the Eagles have employed four managers. Under the franchise's first manager, Yasushi Tao, the team finished last in the PL. Tao's Eagles was the first PL team in 40 years to lose over 90 games in a single season.[3] The next season Tao was replaced by Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer Katsuya Nomura. During his 4-year managerial tenure, the longest of any Eagles manager, Nomura accumulated 256 wins and a .459 winning percentage. Despite leading the team to its first and only Climax Series appearance in 2009, Eagles' management decided not to renew Nomura's contract.[4] Marty Brown, Nomura's successor, signed to a two-year managerial contract, however he was fired after only one last-place season with the Eagles.[5] Veteran manager Senichi Hoshino is the Eagles' current manager.[6]
Table key
| # |
A running total of the number of Giants managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once. |
| GM |
Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games |
| W |
Number of regular season wins in games managed |
| L |
Number of regular season losses in games managed |
| T |
Number of regular season ties in games managed |
| Win% |
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed |
| PA |
Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs |
| PW |
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs |
| PL |
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs |
| PT |
Playoff ties: number of ties this manager has accrued in the playoffs |
| LC |
League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager |
| JS |
Japan Series: number of Japan Series won by the manager |
| † |
Elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame |
Managers
Statistics current through the 2011 season
References
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