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{{Infobox Nippon Professional Baseball season
| year = 2008
| name = Saitama Seibu Lions
| nickname = Lions
| league_champ = yes
| image = 
| record = 76–64–4 (.543)
| league_place = 1st
| league = Pacific League
| parent_company = [[Seibu Holdings]]
| president = 
| general_manager = 
| manager = [[Hisanobu Watanabe]]
| captain = 
| field = [[Seibu Dome]]
| attendance = 
}}
The '''2008 Saitama Seibu Lions season''' was the [[List of Saitama Seibu Lions seasons|59th season]] of the [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] franchise. The Lions played their home games at [[Seibu Dome]] in the city of [[Tokorozawa, Saitama]] as members of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]'s [[Pacific League]]. The team was led by [[Hisanobu Watanabe]] on his first season as team manager. 

Seibu finished the season in first place with a record of {{win-loss record|w=76|l=64|t=4}}, winning the team its 21st PL pennant and qualifying them for the [[Climax Series]]. In the [[2008 Pacific League Climax Series]], the Lions defeated the [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] in the Second Stage and went on to win the [[2008 Japan Series]], its thirteenth, as well as the [[2008 Asia Series]].

== Regular season ==

===Standings===
{{:2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season|transcludesection=Pacific|showteam=SAI}}

===Interleague===
{{:2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season|transcludesection=Interleague|showteam=SAI}}

===Record vs. opponents===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|+ 2008 record vs. opponents<ref name="PL standings"/>
!rowspan=2 width=100|Team
!colspan=6|Central League opponents
!colspan=6|Pacific League opponents
|-
!style={{Baseball primary style|Yokohama DeNA BayStars}}|BayStars
!style={{Baseball primary style|Hiroshima Toyo Carp}}|Carp
!style={{Baseball primary style|Chunichi Dragons}}|Dragons
!style={{Baseball primary style|Yomiuri Giants}}|Giants
!style={{Baseball primary style|Tokyo Yakult Swallows}}|Swallows
!style={{Baseball primary style|Hanshin Tigers}}|Tigers
!style={{Baseball primary style|Orix Buffaloes}}|Buffaloes
!style={{Baseball primary style|Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles}}|Eagles
!style={{Baseball primary style|Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters}}|Fighters
!style={{Baseball primary style|Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks}}|Hawks
!style={{Baseball primary style|Saitama Seibu Lions}}|Lions
!style={{Baseball primary style|Chiba Lotte Marines}}|Marines
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | BayStars
|| — || 11–13 || 7–17 || 5–18–1 || 9–15 || 10–13–1 || 1–3 || 0–4 || 1–3 || 0–4 || 2–2 || 2–2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Carp
|| 13–11 || — || 9–13–2 || 12–10–2 || 12–11–1 || 10–14 || 2–2 || 2–2 || 2–2 || 1–3 || 3–1 || 3–1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Dragons
|| 17–7 || 13–9–2 || — || 14–10 || 9–13–2 || 6–17–1 || 1–3 || 2–2 || 1–3 || 2–2 || 3–1 || 3–1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Giants
|| 18–5–1 || 10–12–2 || 10–14 || — || 18–6 || 14–10 || 3–1 || 2–2 || 3–1 || 1–3 || 1–3 || 4–0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Swallows
|| 15–9 || 11–12–1 || 13–9–2 || 6–18 || — || 10–13–1 || 3–1 || 2–2 || 1–3 || 2–2 || 2–2 || 1–3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Tigers
|| 13–10–1 || 14–10 || 17–6–1 || 10–14 || 13–10–1 || — || 3–1 || 3–1 || 2–2 || 3–1 || 3–1 || 1–3
|-
! colspan="13"|
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Buffaloes
|| 3–1 || 2–2 || 3–1 || 1–3 || 1–3 || 1–3 || — || 13–10–1 || 13–11 || 14–10 || 10–14 || 14–10
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season|Eagles]]
|| 4–0 || 2–2 || 2–2 || 2–2 || 2–2 || 1–3 || 10–13–1 || — || 13–10–1 || 12–12 || 10–14 || 7–16–1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[2008 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season|Fighters]]
|| 3–1 || 2–2 || 3–1 || 1–3 || 3–1 || 2–2 || 11–13 || 10–13–1 || — || 17–7 || 9–14–1 || 12–12
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hawks
|| 4–0 || 3–1 || 2–2 || 3–1 || 2–2 || 1–3 || 10–14 || 12–12 || 7–17 || — || 10–11–3 || 10–14
|- style="background: #bbe0f1"
| style="text-align:left;" | Lions
|| 2–2 || 1–3 || 1–3 || 3–1 || 2–2 || 1–3 || 14–10 || 14–10 || 14–9–1 || 11–10–3 || — || 13–11
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Marines
|| 2–2 || 1–3 || 1–3 || 0–4 || 3–1 || 3–1 || 10–14 || 16–7–1 || 12–12 || 14–10 || 11–13 || —
|}

=== Opening Day roster ===
Thursday, March 20, 2008 vs. [[Orix Buffaloes]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008032000089.html|title=Thursday, March 20, 2008 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Order
! Player
! Pos.
|-
| 1
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Yasuyuki Kataoka]]
| [[Second baseman|2B]]
|-
| 2
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Takumi Kuriyama]]
| [[Designated hitter|DH]]
|-
| 3
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Hiroyuki Nakajima]]
| [[Shortstop|SS]]
|-
| 4
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Craig Brazell]]
| [[First baseman|1B]]
|-
| 5
|style="text-align:left;"| [[G. G. Sato]]
| [[Right fielder|RF]]
|-
| 6
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Takeya Nakamura]]
| [[Third baseman|3B]]
|-
| 7
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Hiram Bocachica]]
| [[Center fielder|CF]]
|-
| 8
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Toru Hosokawa]]
| [[Catcher|C]]
|-
| 9
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Kenta Matsusaka]]
| [[Left fielder|LF]]
|-
| —
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Hideaki Wakui]]
| [[Pitcher|P]]
|}

=== Game log ===
{{Game log start|style=background:#143D69; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #BB0119|title= 2008 game log: 76–64–4 (Home: 44–27–1; Away: 32–37–3)}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=March: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Away: 1–2–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 1 || March 20 || [[Orix Buffaloes|Buffaloes]] || 1–2 || [[Chihiro Kaneko|Kaneko]] (1–0) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (0–1) || [[Daisuke Kato (baseball)|Kato]] (1) || [[Seibu Dome]] || 27,137 || 0–1–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008032000089.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 2 || March 22 || Buffaloes || 6–0 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (1–0) || [[Shinya Nakayama|Nakayama]] (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 12,288 || 1–1–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008032200096.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 3 || March 23 || Buffaloes || 1–2 || [[Kazuki Kondo|Kondo]] (1–0) || '''[[Matthew Kinney|Kinney]]''' (0–1) || [[Daisuke Kato (baseball)|Kato]] (2) || Seibu Dome || 12,632 || 1–2–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008032300106.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 4 || March 25 || @ [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters|Fighters]] || 1–9 || [[Masaru Takeda|Takeda]] (1–0) || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (0–1) || — || [[Sapporo Dome]] || 16,410 || 1–3–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008032500117.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 5 || March 26 || @ Fighters || 8–0 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (1–0) || [[Mitsuo Yoshikawa|Yoshikawa]] (0–1) || — || Sapporo Dome || 19,206 || 2–3–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008032600124.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 6 || March 27 || @ Fighters || 0–1 <small>(10)</small> || [[Hisashi Takeda|Takeda]] (1–0) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (0–2) || — || Sapporo Dome || 25,011 || 2–4–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008032700131.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 7 || March 28 || [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks|Hawks]] || 2–3 || [[Toshiya Sugiuchi|Sugiuchi]] (1–0) || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (0–1) || [[C. J. Nitkowski|Nitkowski]] (1) || Seibu Dome || 9,184 || 2–5–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008032800140.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 8 || March 29 || Hawks || 10–4 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (2–0) || [[Jason Standridge|Standridge]] (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 16,044 || 3–5–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008032900149.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 9 || March 30 || Hawks || 5–1 || '''[[Matthew Kinney|Kinney]]''' (1–1) || [[Shota Oba|Oba]] (1–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 18,059 || 4–5–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008033000160.html W2]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=April: 14–7–1 (Home: 10–2–1; Away: 4–5–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 10 || April 1 || @ [[Orix Buffaloes|Buffaloes]] || 6–10 || [[Shogo Yamamoto|Yamamoto]] (1–0) || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (0–2) || — || [[Skymark Stadium]] || 10,751 || 4–6–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008040100170.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 11 || April 2 || @ Buffaloes || 5–1 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (2–0) || [[Yasunari Takagi|Takagi]] (1–1) || — || [[Kyocera Dome]] || 8,616 || 5–6–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008040200180.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 12 || April 3 || @ Buffaloes || 4–3 || '''[[Tomoki Hoshino|Hoshino]]''' (1–0) || [[Kazuya Motoyanagi|Motoyanagi]] (0–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (1) || Kyocera Dome || 9,163 || 6–6–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008040300190.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 13 || April 4 || [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles|Eagles]] || 4–2 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (1–0) || [[Lin Ying-chieh|Lin]] (0–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (2) || [[Jomo Shikishima Stadium|Shikishima Stadium]] || 17,599 || 7–6–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008040400197.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 14 || April 5 || Eagles || 4–2 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (3–0) || [[Masahiro Tanaka|Tanaka]] (1–1) || '''[[Koji Onuma|Onuma]]''' (1) || [[Seibu Dome]] || 23,902 || 8-6-0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008040500208.html W4]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 15 || April 6 || Eagles || 4–3 || '''[[Matthew Kinney|Kinney]]''' (2–1) || [[Hideki Asai|Asai]] (1–2) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (3) || Seibu Dome || 18,213 || 9–6–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008040600219.html W5]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 16 || April 8 || [[Chiba Lotte Marines|Marines]] || 4–3 || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (1–1) || [[Tadahiro Ogino|Ogino]] (1–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 8,818 || 10–6–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008040800229.html W6]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 17 || April 9 || Marines || 1–10 || [[Naoyuki Shimizu|Shimizu]] (1–2) || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (2–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 10,541 || 10–7–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008040900239.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 18 || April 10 || Marines || 15–5 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (1–2) || [[Yasutomo Kubo|Kubo]] (1–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 7,702 || 11–7–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008041000250.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 19 || April 11 || @ [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks|Hawks]] || 8–3 || '''[[Koji Onuma|Onuma]]''' (1–0) || [[Toshiya Sugiuchi|Sugiuchi]] (1–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (4) || [[Yahoo Dome]] || 28,721 || 12–7–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008041100260.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 20 || April 12 || @ Hawks || 5–8 || [[Shinsuke Ogura|Ogura]] (1–0) || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (1–2) || [[D. J. Houlton|Houlton]] (1) || Yahoo Dome || 29,692 || 12–8–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008041200269.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 21 || April 13 || @ Hawks || 4–5 || [[Yuki Kume|Kume]] (3–0) || '''[[Koji Onuma|Onuma]]''' (1–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 29,545 || 12–9–0 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008041300280.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa"
| 22 || April 15 || [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters|Fighters]] || 3–3 <small>(12)</small> || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || Seibu Dome || 8,397 || 12–9–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008041500290.html T1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 23 || April 16 || Fighters || 4–2 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (2–2) || [[Mitsuo Yoshikawa|Yoshikawa]] (1–3) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (5) || Seibu Dome || 11,263 || 13–9–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008041600301.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
| &mdash; || April 19 || @ Eagles || colspan=4|''Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4'' || [[Kleenex Stadium]] || &mdash; || &mdash; || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008041900326.html &mdash;]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 24 || April 20 || @ Eagles || 4–3 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Tetsuya Iwasaki|Iwasaki]]''' (1–0) || [[Koji Aoyama|Aoyama]] (1–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (6) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,601 || 14–9–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008042000337.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 25 || April 22 || @ Marines || 1–8 || [[Shunsuke Watanabe|Watanabe]] (3–1) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (3–1) || — || [[Chiba Marine Stadium]] || 16,856 || 14–10–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008042200349.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 26 || April 23 || @ Marines || 1–2 || [[Shingo Ono|Ono]] (2–0) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (2–3) || [[Tadahiro Ogino|Ogino]] (5) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,059 || 14–11–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008042300359.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
| &mdash; || April 24 || @ Marines || colspan=4|''Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 1'' || Chiba Marine Stadium || &mdash; || &mdash; || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008042400370.html &mdash;]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 27 || April 25 || Buffaloes || 9–5 <small>(11)</small> || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (1–0) || [[Eric Junge|Junge]] (0–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 7,417 || 15–11–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008042500376.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 28 || April 26 || Buffaloes || 10–8 || '''[[Koji Mitsui|Mitsui]]''' (1–0) || [[Makoto Yoshino|Yoshino]] (0–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (7) || Seibu Dome || 20,130 || 16–11–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008042600384.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 29 || April 27 || Buffaloes || 10–3 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (2–0) || [[Kazuki Kondo|Kondo]] (2–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 16,472 || 17–11–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008042700396.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 30 || April 29 || Hawks || 7–10 <small>(12)</small> || [[D. J. Houlton|Houlton]] (1–0) || '''[[Koji Mitsui|Mitsui]]''' (1–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 26,619 || 17–12–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008042900408.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 31 || April 30 || Hawks || 6–2 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (4–1) || [[Kenji Otonari|Otonari]] (2–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 12,497 || 18–12–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008043000419.html W1]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=May: 15–9–0 (Home: 7–2–0; Away: 8–7–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 32 || May 1 || [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks|Hawks]] || 5–4 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (3–3) || [[D. J. Houlton|Houlton]] (1–1) || — || [[Seibu Dome]] || 14,659 || 19–12–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008050100430.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 33 || May 2 || @ [[Chiba Lotte Marines|Marines]] || 5–0 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (3–1) || [[Naoyuki Shimizu|Shimizu]] (3–3) || — || [[Chiba Marine Stadium]] || 9,659 || 20–12–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008050200436.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 34 || May 3 || @ Marines || 1–10 || [[Yuki Karakawa|Karakawa]] (2–0) || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (0–3) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 30,014 || 20–13–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008050300444.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 35 || May 4 || @ Marines || 4–0 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (3–0) || [[Hiroyuki Kobayashi (baseball)|Kobayashi]] (1–5) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 30,023 || 21–13–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008050400455.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 36 || May 5 || [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters|Fighters]] || 8–6 || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (2–2) || [[Hisashi Takeda|Takeda]] (2–2) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (8) || Seibu Dome || 34,783 || 22–13–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008050500466.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 37 || May 6 || Fighters || 3–1 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (5–1) || [[Naoki Miyanishi|Miyanishi]] (0–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 27,340 || 23–13–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008050600475.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 38 || May 7 || Fighters || 4–3 || '''[[Tomoki Hoshino|Hoshino]]''' (2–0) || [[Yu Darvish|Darvish]] (5–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 15,574 || 24–13–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008050700486.html W4]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 39 || May 9 || @ [[Orix Buffaloes|Buffaloes]] || 3–2 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (4–1) || [[Ramón Ortiz|Ortiz]] (0–2) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (9) || [[Kyocera Dome]] || 14,670 || 25–13–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008050900499.html W5]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
| &mdash; || May 10 || @ Buffaloes || colspan=4|''Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 5'' || [[Skymark Stadium]] || &mdash; || &mdash; || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008051000507.html &mdash;]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 40 || May 11 || @ Buffaloes || 9–0 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (4–0) || [[Chihiro Kaneko|Kaneko]] (2–4) || — || Skymark Stadium || 12,678 || 26–13–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008051100518.html W6]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 41 || May 13 || @ Hawks || 2–4 || [[Tsuyoshi Wada|Wada]] (4–0) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (5–2) || [[D. J. Houlton|Houlton]] (5) || [[Sun Marine Stadium]] || 20,606 || 26–14–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008051300530.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 42 || May 14 || @ Hawks || 11–4 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (4–3) || [[Rick Guttormson|Guttormson]] (1–2) || — || [[Yahoo Dome]] || 33,629 || 27–14–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008051400541.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 43 || May 15 || @ Hawks || 10–3 || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (1–3) || [[Jeremy Powell|Powell]] (1–2) || — || Yahoo Dome || 31,793 || 28–14–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008051500552.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 44 || May 16 || @ [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles|Eagles]] || 2–8 || [[Hisashi Iwakuma|Iwakuma]] (6–2) || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (4–2) || — || [[Kleenex Stadium]] || 12,057 || 28–15–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008051600558.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 45 || May 17 || @ Eagles || 2–3 <small>(12)</small> || [[Tsuyoshi Kawagishi|Kawagishi]] (1–1) || '''[[Atsushi Okamoto|Okamoto]]''' (0–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 14,265 || 28–16–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008051700568.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 46 || May 18 || @ Eagles || 7–3 || '''[[Hsu Ming-chieh|Hsu]]''' (1–0) || [[Masahiro Tanaka|Tanaka]] (4–3) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,253 || 29–16–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008051800579.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 47 || May 21 || [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows|Swallows]] || 4–5 || [[Danny Rios|Rios]] (2–5) || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (2–3) || [[Lim Chang-yong|Lim]] (13) || Seibu Dome || 15,683 || 29–17–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008052100600.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 48 || May 22 || Swallows || 7–2 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (5–3) || [[Kyohei Muranaka|Muranaka]] (3–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 14,236 || 30–17–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008052200608.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 49 || May 23 || [[Yomiuri Giants|Giants]] || 10–1 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (5–2) || [[Seth Greisinger|Greisinger]] (5–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 24,137 || 31–17–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008052300615.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 50 || May 24 || Giants || 4–2 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (5–0) || [[Takahiko Nomaguchi|Nomaguchi]] (1–2) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (10) || Seibu Dome || 34,432 || 32–17–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008052400622.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 51 || May 25 || @ [[Hanshin Tigers|Tigers]] || 1–5 || [[Tomoyuki Kubota|Kubota]] (2–1) || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (2–4) || — || [[Koshien Stadium]] || 43,516 || 32–18–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008052500634.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 52 || May 26 || @ Tigers || 1–2 <small>(11)</small> || [[Ryo Watanabe (pitcher)|Watanabe]] (2–0) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (1–1) || — || Koshien Stadium || 41,970 || 32–19–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008052600645.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 53 || May 28 || @ [[Hiroshima Toyo Carp|Carp]] || 5–3 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (6–2) || [[Takayuki Oshima|Oshima]] (0–2) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (11) || [[Fukuyama Municipal Stadium|Fukuyama Stadium]] || 7,041 || 33–19–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008052800656.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 54 || May 29 || @ Carp || 1–3 || [[Colby Lewis|Lewis]] (7–4) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (5–4) || [[Katsuhiro Nagakawa|Nagakawa]] (6) || [[Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (1957)|Hiroshima Stadium]] || 15,267 || 33–20–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008052900667.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 55 || May 31 || [[Chunichi Dragons|Dragons]] || 3–4 || [[Kenshin Kawakami|Kawakami]] (3–3) || '''[[Koji Onuma|Onuma]]''' (1–2) || [[Hitoki Iwase|Iwase]] (16) || Seibu Dome || 32,788 || 33–21–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008053100676.html L2]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=June: 8–10–0 (Home: 6–4–0; Away: 2–6–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 56 || June 1 || [[Chunichi Dragons|Dragons]] || 10–3 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (6–0) || [[Kenichi Nakata|Nakata]] (4–4) || — || [[Seibu Dome]] || 33,157 || 34–21–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008060100688.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 57 || June 3 || [[Yokohama BayStars|BayStars]] || 7–3 || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (2–3) || [[Yasuhiro Oyamada|Oyamada]] (1–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 11,477 || 35–21–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008060300700.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 58 || June 4 || BayStars || 2–1 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (7–2) || [[Kentaro Kuwahara|Kuwahara]] (0–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (12) || Seibu Dome || 13,416 || 36–21–1 ||  [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008060400711.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 59 || June 6 || @ [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows|Swallows]] || 1–7 || [[Shohei Tateyama|Tateyama]] (5–1) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (5–5) || — || [[Iwaki Green Stadium]] || 7,733 || 36–22–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008060600723.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 60 || June 7 || @ Swallows || 5–3 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (6–2) || [[Ryo Kawashima|Kawashima]] (1–2) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (13) || [[Hitachinaka Baseball Stadium|Hitachinaka Stadium]] || 11,232 || 37–22–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008060700736.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 61 || June 8 || @ [[Yomiuri Giants|Giants]] || 0–4 || [[Tetsuya Utsumi|Utsumi]] (4–4) || '''[[Hsu Ming-chieh|Hsu]]''' (1–1) || — || [[Tokyo Dome]] || 43,051 || 37–23–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008060800747.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 62 || June 9 || @ Giants || 9–3 || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (3–3) || [[Seth Greisinger|Greisinger]] (6–4) || — || Tokyo Dome || 44,284 || 38–23–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008060900758.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 63 || June 11 || [[Hanshin Tigers|Tigers]] || 4–6 || [[Keiji Uezono|Uezono]] (2–0) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (7–3) || [[Kyuji Fujikawa|Fujikawa]] (23) || Seibu Dome || 32,383 || 38–24–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008061100771.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 64 || June 12 || Tigers || 6–3 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (6–5) || [[Minoru Iwata|Iwata]] (5–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 28,456 || 39–24–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008061200782.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 65 || June 14 || [[Hiroshima Toyo Carp|Carp]] || 1–8 || [[Masayuki Hasegawa|Hasegawa]] (3–5) || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (6–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 30,374 || 39–25–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008061400793.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 66 || June 15 || Carp || 2–4 || [[Colby Lewis|Lewis]] (10–4) || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (6–1) || [[Katsuhiro Nagakawa|Nagakawa]] (11) || Seibu Dome || 28,657 || 39–26–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008061500804.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 67 || June 17 || @ Dragons || 4–5 || [[Hitoki Iwase|Iwase]] (2–2) || '''[[Shinya Okamoto|Okamoto]]''' (0–1) || — || [[Ishikawa Stadium]] || 10,944 || 39–27–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008061700815.html L3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 68 || June 18 || @ Dragons || 2–3 || [[Takashi Ogasawara|Ogasawara]] (7–4) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (6–6) || [[Hitoki Iwase|Iwase]] (21) || [[Toyama Municipal Baseball Stadium Alpen Stadium|Alpen Stadium]] || 13,632 || 39–28–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008061800826.html L4]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 69 || June 21 || @ BayStars || 4–5 <small>(10)</small> || [[Hayato Terahara|Terahara]] (3–5) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (1–2) || — || [[Yokohama Stadium]] || 14,165 || 39–29–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008062100841.html L5]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
| &mdash; || June 22 || @ BayStars || colspan=4|''Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 23'' || Yokohama Stadium || &mdash; || &mdash; || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008062200852.html &mdash;]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 70 || June 23 || @ BayStars || 5–10 || [[Mike Wood (baseball)|Wood]] (1–6) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (7–4) || — || Yokohama Stadium || 8,251 || 39–30–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008062300862.html L6]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 71 || June 27 || [[Chiba Lotte Marines|Marines]] || 4–1 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (7–1) || [[Yoshihisa Naruse|Naruse]] (4–4) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (14) || [[Omiya Prefectural Stadium|Omiya Stadium]] || 20,289 || 40–30–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008062700879.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 72 || June 28 || Marines || 3–11 || [[Shunsuke Watanabe|Watanabe]] (6–4) || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (6–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 29,507 || 40–31–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008062800886.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 73 || June 29 || Marines || 9–5 || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (4–3) || [[Hiroyuki Kobayashi (baseball)|Kobayashi]] (2–8) || — || Seibu Dome || 25,666 || 41–31–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008062900897.html W1]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=July: 13–10–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Away: 8–6–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 74 || July 1 || @ [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters|Fighters]] || 12–7 || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (3–4) || [[Naoki Miyanishi|Miyanishi]] (2–3) || — || [[Sapporo Dome]] || 22,125 || 42–31–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008070100907.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 75 || July 2 || @ Fighters || 8–6 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (7–6) || [[Ryan Glynn|Glynn]] (3–11) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (15) || Sapporo Dome || 17,682 || 43–31–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008070200918.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 76 || July 3 || @ Fighters || 4–6 || [[Yu Darvish|Darvish]] (9–3) || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (7–2) || [[Micheal Nakamura|Nakamura]] (14) || Sapporo Dome || 24,420 || 43–32–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008070300929.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 77 || July 5 || [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles|Eagles]] || 3–2 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (7–4) || [[Masahiro Tanaka|Tanaka]] (6–5) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (16) || [[Seibu Dome]] || 29,719 || 44–32–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008070500948.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 78 || July 6 || Eagles || 5–7 || [[Koji Aoyama|Aoyama]] (2–2) || '''[[Hsu Ming-chieh|Hsu]]''' (1–2) || [[Tsuyoshi Kawagishi|Kawagishi]] (1) || Seibu Dome || 25,654 || 44–33–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008070600959.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 79 || July 8 || [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks|Hawks]] || 2–5 || [[Toshiya Sugiuchi|Sugiuchi]] (7–5) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (7–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 13,486 || 44–34–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008070800970.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 80 || July 9 || Hawks || 2–7 || [[Rick Guttormson|Guttormson]] (4–4) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (7–7) || — || Seibu Dome || 15,674 || 44–35–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008070900981.html L3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 81 || July 11 || @ [[Orix Buffaloes|Buffaloes]] || 12–4 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (8–2) || [[Ramón Ortiz|Ortiz]] (3–6) || — || [[Skymark Stadium]] || 15,296 || 45–35–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008071100999.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 82 || July 12 || @ Buffaloes || 4–2 || '''[[Eiji Shotsu|Shotsu]]''' (1–0) || [[Daisuke Kato (baseball)|Kato]] (1–3) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (17) || Skymark Stadium || 13,321 || 46–35–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008071201009.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 83 || July 13 || @ Buffaloes || 1–4 || [[Chihiro Kaneko|Kaneko]] (5–6) || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (4–4) || [[Daisuke Kato (baseball)|Kato]] (19) || [[Kyocera Dome]] || 13,312 || 46–36–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008071301020.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 84 || July 15 || @ Hawks || 4–13 || [[Toshiya Sugiuchi|Sugiuchi]] (8–5) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (7–6) || — || [[Yahoo Dome]] || 35,706 || 46–37–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008071501031.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 85 || July 16 || @ Hawks || 5–6 <small>(12)</small> || [[Koji Mise|Mise]] (2–0) || '''[[Tomoki Hoshino|Hoshino]]''' (2–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 35,674 || 46–38–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008071601046.html L3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 86 || July 18 || @ [[Chiba Lotte Marines|Marines]] || 8–6 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (9–2) || [[Yuki Karakawa|Karakawa]] (5–2) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (18) || [[Chiba Marine Stadium]] || 17,394 || 47–38–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008071801057.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 87 || July 19 || @ Marines || 17–10 || '''[[Tomoki Hoshino|Hoshino]]''' (3–1) || [[Yoshihisa Naruse|Naruse]] (6–5) || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (1) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 25,823 || 48–38–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008071901064.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 88 || July 20 || @ Marines || 0–16 || [[Shunsuke Watanabe|Watanabe]] (8–4) || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (4–5) || — || Chiba Marine Stadium || 26,365 || 48–39–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008072001075.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 89 || July 21 || Eagles || 6 - 4 || '''[[Eiji Shotsu|Shotsu]]''' (2-0) || [[Shinichiro Koyama|Koyama]] (2-5) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (19) || Seibu Dome || 25,431 || 49–39–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008072101091.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 90 || July 22 || Eagles || 14–2 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (8–7) || [[Kohei Hasebe (baseball)|Hasebe]] (0–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 16,103 || 50–39–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008072201096.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 91 || July 23 || Eagles || 14–5 || '''[[Masamitsu Hirano|Hirano]]''' (1–0) || [[Domingo Guzmán|Guzmán]] (2–6) || — || Seibu Dome || 17,028 || 51–39–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008072301107.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 92 || July 25 || @ Fighters || 1–2 || [[Kazuhito Tadano|Tadano]] (6–3) || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (9–3) || [[Micheal Nakamura|Nakamura]] (18) || Sapporo Dome || 23,323 || 51–40–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008072501117.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 93 || July 26 || @ Fighters || 6–3 || '''[[Tetsuya Iwasaki|Iwasaki]]''' (2–0) || [[Takayuki Kanamori|Kanamori]] (0–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (20) || Sapporo Dome || 33,538 || 52–40–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008072601126.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 94 || July 27 || @ Fighters || 3–2 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (2–2) || [[Hisashi Takeda|Takeda]] (3–4) || — || Sapporo Dome || 36,064 || 53–40–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008072701137.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 95 || July 28 || Buffaloes || 2–6 || [[Satoshi Komatsu|Komatsu]] (7–3) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (8–8) || — || Seibu Dome || 14,768 || 53–41–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008072801149.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 96 || July 29 || Buffaloes || 4–2 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (8–6) || [[Makoto Yoshino|Yoshino]] (1–3) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (21) || Seibu Dome || 17,016 || 54–41–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008072901158.html W1]
|- align="center"
|colspan="11" bgcolor="#bbffff"|'''[[2008 Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series|All-Star Break]]''': [[Central League|CL]] and [[Pacific League|PL]] split series, 1–1
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=August: 12–7–3 (Home: 10–4–0; Away: 2–3–3)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 97 || August 3 || [[Chiba Lotte Marines|Marines]] || 3–4 || [[Shunsuke Watanabe|Watanabe]] (9–4) || '''[[Masamitsu Hirano|Hirano]]''' (1–1) || [[Tadahiro Ogino|Ogino]] (16) || [[Nagano Olympic Stadium|Nagano Olympic]] || 14,134 || 54–42–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008080301177.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 98 || August 4 || Marines || 16 –2 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (8–4) || [[Naoyuki Shimizu|Shimizu]] (8–7) || — || Nagano Olympic || 11,355 || 55–42–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008080401183.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 99 || August 10 || [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters|Fighters]] || 11–2 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (10–3) || [[Kazuhito Tadano|Tadano]] (6–5) || — || [[Seibu Dome]] || 30,024 || 56–42–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081001215.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 100 || August 11 || Fighters || 3–0 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (9–4) || [[Masaru Takeda|Takeda]] (6–4) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (22) || Seibu Dome || 19,260 || 57–42–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081101224.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 101 || August 12 || Fighters || 8–4 || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (4–4) || [[Hisashi Takeda|Takeda]] (3–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 19,055 || 58–42–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081201231.html W4]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 102 || August 13 || @ [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles|Eagles]] || 7–11 || [[Satoshi Nagai|Nagai]] (6–6) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (8–7) || — || [[Kleenex Stadium]] || 20,405 || 58–43–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081301241.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 103 || August 14 || @ Eagles || 8–2 || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (5–5) || [[Koji Aoyama|Aoyama]] (2–6) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 19,227 || 59–43–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081401250.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 104 || August 15 || @ Eagles || 4–9 || [[Hideki Asai|Asai]] (8–7) || '''[[Masamitsu Hirano|Hirano]]''' (1–2) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 19,981 || 59–44–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081501260.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 105 || August 16 || [[Orix Buffaloes|Buffaloes]] || 8–7 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (3–2) || [[Akio Shimizu|Shimizu]] (4–1) || — || Seibu Dome || 27,363 || 60–44–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081601267.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 106 || August 17 || Buffaloes || 4–1 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (10–4) || [[Shogo Yamamoto|Yamamoto]] (8–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 19,027 || 61–44–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081701278.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 107 || August 18 || Buffaloes ||4–7 || [[Ryota Katsuki|Katsuki]] (2–0) || '''[[Shinya Okamoto|Okamoto]]''' (0–2) || [[Daisuke Kato (baseball)|Kato]] (26) || Seibu Dome || 12,160 || 61–45–1 ||  [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081801286.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 108 || August 19 || [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks|Hawks]] || 12–3 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (9–7) || [[D. J. Houlton|Houlton]] (4–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 16,161 || 62–45–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008081901293.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 109 || August 20 || Hawks || 7–1 || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (6–5) || [[Nagisa Arakaki|Arakaki]] (0–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 17,513 || 63–45–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008082001302.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 110 || August 21 || Hawks || 5–9 || [[Jeremy Powell|Powell]] (2–6) || '''[[Atsushi Okamoto|Okamoto]]''' (0–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 18,195 || 63–46–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008082101311.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 111 || August 24 || @ Fighters || 3–9 || [[Kazuhito Tadano|Tadano]] (7–5) || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (10–4) || — || [[Asahikawa Starffin Stadium|Starffin Stadium]] || 22,583 || 63–47–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008082401326.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 112 || August 25 || @ Fighters || 4–3 || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (5–4) || [[Hisashi Takeda|Takeda]] (3–7) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (23) || [[Sapporo Dome]] || 21,840 || 64–47–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008082501338.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 113 || August 26 || Eagles || 2–7 || [[Hisashi Iwakuma|Iwakuma]] (17–3) || '''[[Matthew Kinney|Kinney]]''' (2–2) || — || Seibu Dome || 13,491 || 64–48–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008082601345.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 114 || August 27 || Eagles || 7–2 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (10–7) || [[Hideki Asai|Asai]] (8–8) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (24) || Seibu Dome || 17,760 || 65–48–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008082701355.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 115 || August 28 || Eagles || 5–4 || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (7–5) || [[Hisashi Kitani|Kitani]] (0–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (25) || Seibu Dome || 16,555 || 66–48–1 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008082801363.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa"
| 116 || August 29 || @ Hawks || 4–4 <small>(12)</small> || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || [[Yahoo Dome]] || 32,998 || 66–48–2 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008082901370.html T1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa"
| 117 || August 30 || @ Hawks || 2–2 <small>(12)</small> || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || Yahoo Dome || 33,051 || 66–48–3 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008083001379.html T2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffeeaa"
| 118 || August 31 || @ Hawks || 0–0 <small>(12)</small> || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || Yahoo Dome || 33,288 || 66–48–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008083101390.html T3]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=September: 9–15–0 (Home: 3–8–0; Away: 6–7–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 119 || September 2 || @ [[Chiba Lotte Marines|Marines]] || 5–8 || [[Shunsuke Watanabe|Watanabe]] (12–5) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (10–8) || — || [[Chiba Marine Stadium]] || 14,269 || 66–49–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008090201401.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 120 || September 3 || @ Marines || 2–0 || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (8–5) || [[Yasutomo Kubo|Kubo]] (2–7) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (26) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 17,361 || 67–49–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008090301412.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 121 || September 4 || @ Marines || 3–4 || [[Yusuke Kawasaki|Kawasaki]] (2–4) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (8–9) || [[Tadahiro Ogino|Ogino]] (22) || Chiba Marine Stadium || 16,534 || 67–50–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008090401422.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 122 || September 5 || @ [[Orix Buffaloes|Buffaloes]] || 3–8 || [[Mamoru Kishida|Kishida]] (3–0) || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (10–5) || — || [[Skymark Stadium]] || 11,284 || 67–51–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008090501429.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 123 || September 6 || @ Buffaloes || 7–1 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (11–4) || [[Shogo Yamamoto|Yamamoto]] (9–5) || — || [[Kyocera Dome]] || 16,385 || 68–51–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008090601437.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 124 || September 7 || @ Buffaloes || 2–6 || [[Chihiro Kaneko|Kaneko]] (10–8) || '''[[Matthew Kinney|Kinney]]''' (2–3) || — || Kyocera Dome || 18,431 || 68–52–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008090701447.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 125 || September 9 || [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters|Fighters]] || 1–4 || [[Yu Darvish|Darvish]] (13–4) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (10–9) || [[Micheal Nakamura|Nakamura]] (24) || [[Seibu Dome]] || 14,554 || 68–53–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008090901455.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 126 || September 10 || Fighters || 5–6 || [[Yataro Sakamoto|Sakamoto]] (4–1) || '''[[Fumiya Nishiguchi|Nishiguchi]]''' (8–6) || [[Micheal Nakamura|Nakamura]] (25) || Seibu Dome || 14,292 || 68–54–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008091001466.html L3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 127 || September 11 || Fighters || 5–3 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (9–9) || [[Brian Sweeney|Sweeney]] (11–4) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (27) || Seibu Dome || 14,016 || 69–54–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008091101476.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 128 || September 13 || @ [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles|Eagles]] || 12–0 || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (11–5) || [[Hiroshi Katayama|Katayama]] (2–6) || — || [[Kleenex Stadium]] || 17,909 || 70–54–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008091301489.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 129 || September 14 || @ Eagles || 4–5 || [[Kanehisa Arime|Arime]] (2–2) || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (5–5) || [[Marcus Gwyn|Gwyn]] (3) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,956 || 70–55–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008091401500.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 130 || September 15 || @ Eagles || 6–5 || '''[[Eiji Shotsu|Shotsu]]''' (3–0) || [[Marcus Gwyn|Gwyn]] (1–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (28) || Kleenex Stadium || 17,188 || 71–55–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008091501511.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 131 || September 16 || Marines || 4–3 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (11–9) || [[Shunsuke Watanabe|Watanabe]] (12–7) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (29) || Seibu Dome || 14,250 || 72–55–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008091601522.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 132 || September 17 || Marines || 5–4 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Koji Onuma|Onuma]]''' (2–2) || [[Yusuke Kawasaki|Kawasaki]] (2–5) || — || Seibu Dome || 14,493 || 73–55–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008091701531.html W3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 133 || September 18 || Marines || 3–6 || [[Naoyuki Shimizu|Shimizu]] (12–9) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (9–10) || [[Tadahiro Ogino|Ogino]] (26) || Seibu Dome || 14,075 || 73–56–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008091801536.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 134 || September 20 || @ [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks|Hawks]] || 1–0 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Tomoki Hoshino|Hoshino]]''' (4–1) || [[Tsuyoshi Wada|Wada]] (8–6) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (30) || [[Yahoo Dome]] || 29,788 || 74–56–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008092001553.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 135 || September 21 || @ Hawks || 10–5 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (12–4) || [[Rick Guttormson|Guttormson]] (4–7) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (31) || Yahoo Dome || 32,108 || 75–56–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008092101564.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 136 || September 22 || Eagles || 1–6 || [[Hisashi Iwakuma|Iwakuma]] (20–3) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (11–10) || — || Seibu Dome || 26,361 || 75–57–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008092201571.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 137 || September 23 || Eagles || 7–10 || [[Tsuyoshi Kawagishi|Kawagishi]] (3–3) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (3–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 33,229 || 75–58–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008092301578.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 138 || September 24 || Marines || 1–9 || [[Yasutomo Kubo|Kubo]] (3–7) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (9–11) || — || Seibu Dome || 28,613 || 75–59–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008092401587.html L3]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 139 || September 26 || @ Fighters || 0–2 || [[Brian Sweeney|Sweeney]] (12–5) || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (11–6) || [[Yoshinori Tateyama|Tateyama]] (2) || [[Sapporo Dome]] || 28,331 || 75–60–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008092601594.html L4]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 140 || September 27 || @ Fighters || 4–5 || [[Ryan Glynn|Glynn]] (7–14) || '''[[Hsu Ming-chieh|Hsu]]''' (1–3) || [[Micheal Nakamura|Nakamura]] (28) || Sapporo Dome || 35,460 || 75–61–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008092701601.html L5]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 141 || September 28 || Buffaloes || 2–7 || [[Satoshi Komatsu|Komatsu]] (5–3) || '''[[Matthew Kinney|Kinney]]''' (2–4) || — || Seibu Dome || 33,229 || 75–62–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008092801610.html L6]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 142 || September 29 || Buffaloes || 3–4 <small>(10)</small> || [[Ryota Katsuki|Katsuki]] (4–0) || '''[[Koji Onuma|Onuma]]''' (2–3) || — || Seibu Dome || 27,611 || 75–63–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008092901614.html L7]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=October: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 1–1–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 143 || October 1 || @ [[Chiba Lotte Marines|Marines]] || 9–5 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (10–11) || [[Shunsuke Watanabe|Watanabe]] (13–8) || — || [[Chiba Marine Stadium]] || 24,752 || 76–63–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008100101622.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 144 || October 4 || @ [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles|Eagles]] || 3–4 <small>(10)</small> || [[Tsuyoshi Kawagishi|Kawagishi]] (4–3) || '''[[Koji Onuma|Onuma]]''' (2–4) || — || [[Kleenex Stadium]] || 14,063 || 76–64–4 || [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2008/games/s2008100401633.html L1]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
|-
| Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#fbb|border=darkgray}} = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#ffeeaa|border=darkgray}} = Tie&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#bbb|border=darkgray}} = Postponement<br>Bold = Lions team member
{{Game log end}}

==Postseason==
===Climax Series===
{{Main|2008 Pacific League Climax Series}}

===Japan Series===
{{Main|2008 Japan Series}}

===Asia Series===
{{Main|2008 Asia Series}}

===Game log===
{{Game log start|style=background:#143D69; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #BB0119|title= 2008 postseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 4–3–0)}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=Climax Series Second Stage: 3–2–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Away: 0–0–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 1 || October 17 || [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters|Fighters]] || 10–3 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (1–0) || [[Ryan Glynn|Glynn]] (0–1) || &mdash; || [[Omiya Prefectural Stadium|Omiya Stadium]] || 20,500 || 1–0–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008101701656.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 2 || October 18 || Fighters || 0–5 || [[Yu Darvish|Darvish]] (1–0) || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (0–1) || &mdash; || [[Seibu Dome]] || 30,918 || 1–1–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008101801658.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 3 || October 19 || Fighters || 4–7 || [[Masaru Takeda|Takeda]] (1–0) || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (0–1) || &mdash; || Seibu Dome || 33,078 || 1–2–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008101901660.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 4 || October 21 || Fighters || 9–4 || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (1–0) || [[Brian Sweeney|Sweeney]] (0–1) || &mdash; || Seibu Dome || 18,704 || 2–2–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008102101662.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 5 || October 22 || Fighters || 9–4 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (2–0) || [[Ryan Glynn|Glynn]] (0–2) || &mdash; || Seibu Dome || 21,731 || 3–2–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008102201664.html W2]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=Japan Series: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Away: 3–1–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 1 || November 1 || @ [[Yomiuri Giants|Giants]] || 2–1 || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (1–0) || [[Koji Uehara|Uehara]] (0–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (1) || [[Tokyo Dome]] || 44,757 || 1–0–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008110101668.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 2 || November 2 || @ Giants|| 2–3 || [[Daisuke Ochi|Ochi]] (1–0) || '''[[Shinya Okamoto|Okamoto]]''' (0–1) || &mdash; || Tokyo Dome|| 44,814 || 1–1–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008110201669.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 3 || November 4 || Giants || 4–6 || [[Tetsuya Utsumi|Utsumi]] (1–0) || '''[[Kazuhisa Ishii|Ishii]]''' (0–1) || [[Marc Kroon|Kroon]] (1) || [[Seibu Dome]] || 24,495 || 1–2–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008110401670.html L2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 4 || November 5 || Giants || 5–0 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (1–0) || [[Seth Greisinger|Greisinger]] (0–1) || &mdash; || Seibu Dome || 27,930 || 2–2–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008110501671.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 5 || November 6 || Giants || 3–7 || [[Kentaro Nishimura|Nishimura]] (1–0) || '''[[Hideaki Wakui|Wakui]]''' (1–1) || &mdash; || Seibu Dome || 28,763 || 2–3–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008110601672.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 6 || November 8 || @ Giants || 4–1 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (2–0) || [[Hisanori Takahashi|Takahashi]] (0–1) || &mdash; || Tokyo Dome || 44,749 || 3–3–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008110801673.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 7 || November 9 || @ Giants || 3–2 || '''[[Tomoki Hoshino|Hoshino]]''' (1–0) || [[Daisuke Ochi|Ochi]] (1–1) || '''[[Alex Graman|Graman]]''' (2) || Tokyo Dome || 44,737 || 4–3–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008110901674.html W2]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF;|title=Asia Series: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 1–1–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Stadium| Attendance| Record| Streak}}
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 1 || November 13 || @ [[SK Wyverns|Wyverns]] || 3–4 || [[Lee Seung-ho (baseball, born 1976)|Lee]] (1–0) || '''[[Kazuyuki Hoashi|Hoashi]]''' (0–1) || &mdash; || [[Tokyo Dome]] || 9,277 || 0–1–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008111301675.html L1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 2 || November 14 || [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions|Lions]] || 2–1 || '''[[Takayuki Kishi|Kishi]]''' (1–0) || [[Pan Wei-lun|Pan]] (0–1) || '''[[Chikara Onodera|Onodera]]''' (1) || Tokyo Dome || 8,443 || 1–1–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008111401677.html W1]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 3 || November 15 || @ [[Tianjin Lions|Lions]] || 16–2 <small>(7)</small> || '''[[Koji Onuma|Onuma]]''' (1–0) || [[Chen Wei (baseball)|Wei]] (0–2) || &mdash; || Tokyo Dome || 8,478 || 2–1–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008111501679.html W2]
|-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 4 || November 16 || [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions|Lions]] || 1–0 || '''[[Shinya Okamoto|Okamoto]]''' (1–0) || [[Pan Wei-lun|Pan]] (0–2) || &mdash; || Tokyo Dome || 18,370 || 3–1–0 || [https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/games/s2008111601681.html W3]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
|-
| Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#fbb|border=darkgray}} = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#ffeeaa|border=darkgray}} = Tie&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{Color box|#bbb|border=darkgray}} = Postponement<br>Bold = Lions team member
{{Game log end}}

==Roster==
{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#143D69; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center; border:2px solid #BB0119"| 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions
|-
| colspan="10" style="background:#BB0119; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;"| '''Roster'''
|-
| valign="top" | '''Pitchers'''
{{NPBplayer|54|[[Alex Graman]]}}
{{NPBplayer|19|[[Masamitsu Hirano]]}}
{{NPBplayer|47|[[Kazuyuki Hoashi]]}}
{{NPBplayer|26|[[Tomoki Hoshino]]}}
{{NPBplayer|23|[[Hsu Ming-chieh]]}}
{{NPBplayer|61|[[Kazuhisa Ishii]]}}
{{NPBplayer|35|[[Tetsuya Iwasaki]]}}
{{NPBplayer|40|[[Matt Kinney]]}}
{{NPBplayer|11|[[Takayuki Kishi]]}}
{{NPBplayer|29|[[Koji Mitsui]]}}
{{NPBplayer|13|[[Fumiya Nishiguchi]]}}
{{NPBplayer|30|[[Atsushi Okamoto]]}}
{{NPBplayer|12|[[Shinya Okamoto]]}}
{{NPBplayer|14|[[Chikara Onodera]]}}
{{NPBplayer|15|[[Koji Onuma]]}}
{{NPBplayer|34|[[Shuichiro Osada]]}}
{{NPBplayer|25|[[Eiji Shotsu]]}}
{{NPBplayer|69|[[Shinji Taninaka]]}}
{{NPBplayer|16|[[Hideaki Wakui]]}}
{{NPBplayer|36|[[Minoru Yamagishi]]}}
{{NPBplayer|17|[[Satoshi Yamazaki]]}}
| style="width:25px;"| 
| valign="top" | '''Catchers'''
{{NPBplayer|27|[[Toru Hosokawa]]}}
{{NPBplayer|22|[[Kosuke Noda]]}}
{{NPBplayer|37|[[Ginjiro Sumitani]]}}
{{NPBplayer|49|[[Tatsuyuki Uemoto]]}}
'''Infielders'''
{{NPBplayer|42|[[Craig Brazell]]}}
{{NPBplayer|33|[[Akira Eto]]}}
{{NPBplayer|&nbsp;6|[[Taketoshi Goto]]}}
{{NPBplayer|43|[[Takuya Hara (baseball)|Takuya Hara]]}}
{{NPBplayer|&nbsp;8|[[Hiroshi Hirao]]}}
{{NPBplayer|52|[[Hidekazu Hoshi]]}}
{{NPBplayer|&nbsp;5|[[Yoshihito Ishii]]}}
{{NPBplayer|&nbsp;7|[[Yasuyuki Kataoka]]}}
{{NPBplayer|56|[[Haruki Kurose]]}}
{{NPBplayer|45|[[Keisuke Mizuta]]}}
{{NPBplayer|&nbsp;3|[[Hiroyuki Nakajima]]}}
{{NPBplayer|60|[[Takeya Nakamura]]}}
{{NPBplayer|&nbsp;4|[[Hiroyuki Takagi]]}}
| style="width:25px;"| 
| valign="top" | '''Outfielders'''
{{NPBplayer|&nbsp;9|[[Shogo Akada]]}}
{{NPBplayer|55|[[Hiram Bocachica]]}}
{{NPBplayer|&nbsp;1|[[Takumi Kuriyama]]}}
{{NPBplayer|58|[[Kenta Matsusaka]]}}
{{NPBplayer|53|[[Taka Miura]]}}
{{NPBplayer|&nbsp;0|[[Yutaro Osaki]]}}
{{NPBplayer|51|[[Hiroyuki Oshima (baseball)|Hiroyuki Oshima]]}}
{{NPBplayer|46|[[G. G. Sato]]}}
{{NPBplayer|10|[[Tomoaki Satoh (baseball, born 1978)|Tomoaki Sato]]}}
{{NPBplayer|44|[[Hisashi Takayama]]}}
| style="width:25px;"| 
| valign="top" | '''Manager'''
{{NPBplayer|99|[[Hisanobu Watanabe]]}}
'''Coaches'''
{{MLBplayer|81|[[Yukinobu Kuroe]]}} {{small|(head)}}
{{MLBplayer|80|[[Kazuyoshi Ono]]}} {{small|(pitching)}}
{{MLBplayer|86|[[Tetsuya Shiozaki]]}} {{small|(pitching)}}
{{MLBplayer|96|[[Hiromoto Okubo]]}} {{small|(hitting)}}
{{MLBplayer|78|[[Toru Kumazawa]]}} {{small|(assistant hitting)}}
{{MLBplayer|82|[[Takanori Okamura]]}} {{small|(defensive/base running)}}
{{MLBplayer|85|[[Masakazu Seike]]}} {{small|(defensive/base running)}}
{{MLBplayer|88|[[Katsuya Soma]]}} {{small|(battery)}}
{{MLBplayer|98|[[Koichi Osako]]}} {{small|(training)}}
|}

== Player statistics ==

=== Batting ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions batting statistics<ref name="BR">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=26c5ba45|title=2008 Saitama Seibu Lions |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref>
! width="12%" | Player
! width="5%" | [[Games played|{{Abbr|G|Games played}}]]
! width="5%" | [[At bat|{{Abbr|AB|At bats}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Run (baseball)|{{Abbr|R|Runs}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Hit (baseball)|{{Abbr|H|Hits}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Double (baseball)|{{Abbr|2B|Doubles}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Triple (baseball)|{{Abbr|3B|Triples}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Home run|{{Abbr|HR|Home runs}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Run batted in|{{Abbr|RBI|Runs batted in}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Stolen base|{{Abbr|SB|Stolen bases}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Base on balls|{{Abbr|BB|Walks}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Strikeout|{{Abbr|K|Strikeouts}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Batting average (baseball)|{{Abbr|AVG|Batting average}}]]
! width="5%" | [[On-base percentage|{{Abbr|OBP|On-base percentage}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Slugging percentage|{{Abbr|SLG|Slugging percentage}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Total bases|{{Abbr|TB|Total bases}}]]
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Shogo|Akada}}
||68	||160	||29	||39	||7	||1	||2	||13	||2	||14	||37	||.244	||.305	||.338	||54
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Hiram|Bocachica}}
||78	||239	||43	||60	||13	||0	||20	||47	||3	||24	||76	||.251	||.344	||.556	||133
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Craig|Brazell}}
||130	||471	||59	||110	||19	||0	||27	||87	||0	||30	||139	||.234	||.294	||.446	||210
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Akira|Eto}}
||42	||97	||9	||20	||1	||0	||7	||17	||0	||13	||21	||.206	||.297	||.433	||42
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Taketoshi|Goto}}
||49	||166	||34	||50	||14	||0	||12	||27	||0	||16	||31	||.301	||.370	||'''''.602'''''	||100
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Takuya|Hara|Takuya Hara (baseball)}}
||3	||6	||1	||3	||1	||0	||0	||0	||0	||1	||2	||.500	||.571	||.667	||4
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Hiroshi|Hirao}}
||55	||93	||15	||24	||4	||0	||2	||9	||1	||3	||23	||.258	||.293	||.366	||34
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Kazuyuki|Hoashi}}
||27	||5	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||5	||.000	||.000	||.000	||0
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Hidekazu|Hoshi}}
||3	||7	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||3	||.000	||.000	||.000	||0
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Toru|Hosokawa}}
||133	||404	||42	||96	||20	||1	||16	||58	||0	||12	||129	||.238	||.263	||.411	||166
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Hsu|Ming-chieh||Hsu, Ming-chieh}}
||17	||1	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||1	||.000	||.000	||.000	||0
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Kazuhisa|Ishii}}
||25	||2	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||1	||.000	||.000	||.000	||0
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Yoshihito|Ishii}}
||108	||306	||31	||85	||21	||1	||4	||29	||0	||25	||53	||.278	||.328	||.392	||120
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Yasuyuki|Kataoka}}
||139	||'''''582'''''	||85	||'''''167'''''	||25	||6	||4	||46	||'''''50'''''	||24	||57	||.287	||.322	||.371	||216
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Takayuki|Kishi}}
||26	||3	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||2	||.000	||.000	||.000	||0
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Takumi|Kuriyama}}
||138	||527	||76	||'''''167'''''	||31	||3	||11	||72	||17	||49	||61	||.317	||.376	||.450	||237
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Haruki|Kurose}}
||18	||38	||7	||8	||2	||0	||1	||5	||0	||4	||5	||.211	||.302	||.342	||13
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Kenta|Matsusaka}}
||55	||91	||11	||24	||6	||3	||1	||12	||2	||2	||29	||.264	||.316	||.429	||39
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Taka|Miura}}
||8	||7	||1	||2	||0	||0	||0	||1	||0	||1	||2	||.286	||.375	||.286	||2
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Keisuke|Mizuta}}
||17	||0	||2	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||1	||0	||—	||1.00	||—	||0
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Hiroyuki|Nakajima}}
||124	||486	||75	||161	||32	||0	||21	||81	||25	||55	||96	||.331	||'''''.410'''''	||.527	||256
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Takeya|Nakamura}}
||143	||524	||'''''90'''''	||128	||24	||4	||'''''46'''''	||101	||2	||53	||'''''162'''''	||.244	||.320	||.569	||298
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Fumiya|Nishiguchi}}
||22	||4	||1	||1	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||1	||2	||.250	||.400	||.250	||1
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Kosuke|Noda}}
||9	||9	||1	||1	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||4	||.111	||.111	||.111	||1
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Koji|Onuma}}
||52	||1	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||1	||.000	||.000	||.000	||0
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Yutaro|Osaki}}
||5	||9	||0	||1	||1	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||4	||.111	||.111	||.222	||2
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Hiroyuki|Oshima|dab=baseball}}
||38	||74	||6	||18	||4	||0	||2	||7	||0	||10	||14	||.243	||.333	||.378	||28
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|G. G.|Sato}}
||105	||388	||62	||117	||30	||1	||21	||62	||1	||31	||62	||.302	||.368	||.546	||212
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Tomoaki|Sato|Tomoaki Satoh (baseball, born 1978)}}
||59	||126	||23	||38	||8	||1	||1	||11	||4	||6	||23	||.302	||.341	||.405	||51
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Ginjiro|Sumitani}}
||46	||64	||5	||8	||4	||0	||0	||5	||0	||2	||30	||.125	||.149	||.188	||12
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Hiroyuki|Takagi}}
||1	||1	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||.000	||.000	||.000	||0
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Hisashi|Takayama}}
||25	||42	||6	||10	||2	||0	||0	||3	||0	||1	||10	||.238	||.256	||.286	||12
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Tatsuyuki|Uemoto}}
||17	||14	||1	||1	||1	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||4	||.071	||.071	||.143	||2
|-
| align=left |{{sortname|Hideaki|Wakui}}
||25	||5	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||0	||4	||.000	||.000	||.000	||0
|-
!Total：34 players
!1,810!!4,952!!715!!1,339!!270!!21!!198!!693!!107!!378!!1,093!!.270!!.330!!.453!!2,245
|}
:<small><sup>†</sup>Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.</small>
:<small><sup>‡</sup>Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.</small>
:<small>Bold/italics denotes best in the league<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=26c5ba45|title=2008 Japan Pacific League Batting Leaders |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref></small>

=== Pitching ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions pitching statistics<ref name="BR"/>
! width="12%" | Player
! width="5%" | [[Win–loss record (pitching)|{{Abbr|W|Wins}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Win–loss record (pitching)|{{Abbr|L|Losses}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Earned run average|{{Abbr|ERA|Earned run average}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Games played|{{Abbr|G|Games played}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Games started|{{Abbr|GS|Games started}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Save (baseball)|{{Abbr|SV|Saves}}]]
! width="6%" | [[Innings pitched|{{Abbr|IP|Innings pitched}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Hits allowed|{{Abbr|H|Hits allowed}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Run (baseball)|{{Abbr|R|Runs allowed}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Earned run|{{Abbr|ER|Earned runs allowed}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Base on balls|{{Abbr|BB|Walks allowed}}]]
! width="5%" | [[Strikeout|{{Abbr|K|Strikeouts}}]]
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Alex|Graman}}
||3	||3	||1.42	||55	||0	||31	||57	||47	||12	||9	||13	||42
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Masamitsu|Hirano}}
||1	||2	||8.28	||11	||3	||0	||25	||41	||29	||23	||11	||21
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Kazuyuki|Hoashi}}
||11	||6	||2.63	||27	||26	||0	||174.2	||169	||59	||51	||38	||115
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Tomoki|Hoshino}}
||4	||1	||2.38	||63	||0	||0	||34	||22	||9	||9	||15	||23
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Hsu|Ming-chieh||Hsu, Ming-chieh}}
||1	||3	||5.12	||17	||2	||0	||31.2	||37	||21	||18	||22	||11
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Kazuhisa|Ishii}}
||11	||10	||4.32	||25	||25	||0	||135.1	||150	||78	||65	||40	||108
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Tetsuya|Iwasaki}}
||2	||0	||5.57	||20	||0	||0	||21	||32	||16	||13	||4	||10
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Matt|Kinney}}
||2	||4	||4.48	||17	||15	||0	||80.1	||87	||47	||40	||35	||64
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Takayuki|Kishi}}
||12	||4	||3.42	||26	||26	||0	||168.1	||151	||65	||64	||48	||138
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Koji|Mitsui}}
||1	||1	||7.50	||23	||0	||0	||24	||33	||20	||20	||10	||12
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Fumiya|Nishiguchi}}
||8	||6	||5.03	||22	||21	||0	||116.1	||125	||69	||65	||48	||92
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Atsushi|Okamoto}}
||0	||2	||5.51	||14	||1	||0	||16.1	||30	||16	||10	||10	||9
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Shinya|Okamoto}}
||0	||2	||3.83	||47	||0	||0	||42.1	||38	||18	||18	||21	||42
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Chikara|Onodera}}
||5	||5	||3.56	||50	||0	||1	||55.2	||54	||26	||22	||22	||38
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Koji|Onuma}}
||2	||4	||3.69	||52	||0	||1	||83	||79	||34	||34	||36	||64
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Shuichiro|Osada}}
||0	||0	||0.00	||1	||0	||0	||1.1	||1	||0	||0	||0	||1
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Eiji|Shotsu}}
||3	||0	||2.35	||32	||0	||0	||30.2	||26	||11	||8	||13	||16
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Shinji|Taninaka}}
||0	||0	||2.77	||11	||0	||0	||13	||14	||4	||4	||3	||11
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Hideaki|Wakui}}
||10	||11	||3.90	||25	||25	||0	||173	||173	||80	||75	||51	||122
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Minoru|Yamagishi}}
||0	||0	||5.40	||4	||0	||0	||8.1	||9	||8	||5	||2	||2
|-
| align="left"|{{sortname|Satoshi|Yamazaki}}
||0	||0	||6.35	||3	||0	||0	||5.2	||6	||4	||4	||7	||3

|-
!Total：21 players
!76!!64!!3.86!!545!!144!!33!!1,297!!1,324!!626!!556!!449!!944
|}
:<small><sup>†</sup>Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.</small>
:<small><sup>‡</sup>Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Lions only.</small>
:<small>Bold/italics denotes best in the league<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?type=pitch&id=26c5ba45|title=2008 Japan Pacific League Pitching Leaders |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref></small>

== Awards and honors==
'''Nippon Life Monthly MVP Award'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://npb.jp/award/2008/month.html |title=2008年度 日本生命月間MVP賞 |trans-title=2008 Nippon Life Month MVP Award |lang=ja |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Takayuki Kishi]] - August (pitcher)
* [[G. G. Sato]] - May (batter)
* [[Craig Brazell]] - June (batter)

'''[[Best Nine Award]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://npb.jp/award/2008/pl.html |title=2008年度 表彰選手（パシフィック・リーグ） |trans-title=2008 Awarded Players (Pacific League) |lang=ja |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Toru Hosokawa]] - catcher
* [[Yasuyuki Kataoka]] - second baseman
* [[Takeya Nakamura]] - third baseman
* [[Hiroyuki Nakajima]] - shortstop
* [[Takumi Kuriyama]] - outfielder

'''Climax Series Second Stage MVP'''
* Hideaki Wakui

'''Japan Series MVP'''
* Takayuki Kishi

'''[[Matsutaro Shoriki Award]]'''
* [[Hisanobu Watanabe]]

'''[[Mitsui Golden Glove Award]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mgg.mitsuipr.com/member_backnumber.html |title=
歴代受賞選手〜ポジション別〜 |trans-title=Award Winners by Position |lang=ja |publisher=Mitsui Public Relations Committee |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* Toru Hosokawa - catcher
* Hiroyuki Nakajima - shortstop

'''[[Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series|All-Star Series]] selections'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://npb.jp/allstar/2008/roster.html |title=出場者 |trans-title=Participants |lang=ja |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Kazuyuki Hoashi]] - pitcher
* Toru Hosokawa - catcher
* Yasuyuki Kataoka - second baseman
* Takeya Nakamura - third baseman
* [[Hiroyuki Nakajima]] - infielder
* G. G. Sato - outfielder

'''JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Awards'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://npb.jp/award/2008/gogo.html |title=2008年度 ＪＡ全農Ｇｏ・Ｇｏ賞 |trans-title=2008 JA Zen-Noh Go-Go Award |lang=ja |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref><br/>
:''Most Doubles and Triples Award'' (August)
:* [[Takumi Kuriyama]]
:''Strong Shoulder Award'' (September)
:* [[G. G. Sato]]

==Farm team==
{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center;"
|+ [[Eastern League (Japanese baseball)|Eastern League]] regular season standings<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2008/stats/std_e.html|title=2008 Eastern League Standings |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>
! width="30%" | Team
! width="6%" | G
! width="5%" | [[Winning percentage|W]]
! width="5%" | [[Winning percentage|L]]
! width="4%" | [[Tie (draw)|T]]
! width="6%" | [[Winning percentage|Win%]]
! width="6%" | [[Games behind|GB]]
! width="10%"| Home
! width="10%"| Away
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Tokyo Yakult Swallows||96||55||34||7||.618||&mdash;||35–10–3||20–24–4
|-
! colspan="9" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Yomiuri Giants||96||58||36||2||.617||&mdash;||29–15–1||29–21–1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Shonan Searex||96||50||43||3||.538||7||23–24–1||27–19–2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles||96||46||45||5||.505||10||24–21–3||22–24–2
|- style="background: #dbcaec"
| style="text-align:left;" |'''Saitama Seibu Lions'''||96||42||51||3||.452||15||23–25–2||19–26–1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Chiba Lotte Marines||96||37||53||6||.411||18½||21–24–3||16–29–3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters||96||33||61||2||.351||24½||22–26–1||11–35–1
|}

== Nippon Professional Baseball draft ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions Draft selections<ref>{{cite web|url=https://draft.npb.jp/draft/2008/draftlist_l.html|title=埼玉西武ライオンズ 選択選手一覧 |trans-title=Saitama Seibu Lions Selected Player List|publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref>
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Round
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Name
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Position
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Affiliation
!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Signed?
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Yuta Nakazaki]]
|Pitcher
|style="text-align:left;"|Nichinan Gakuen High School
|yes
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ryoma Nogami]]
|Pitcher
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Nissan]]
|yes
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Hideto Asamura]]
|Infielder
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School|Osaka Toin High School]]
|yes
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ryo Sakata]]
|Outfielder
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Hakodate University]]
|yes
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Tatsuya Takeno]]
|Catcher
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fukuoka University]]
|yes
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kazuki Miyata]]
|Pitcher
|style="text-align:left;"|Koka Health and Medical College
|yes
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Asia Series champion seasons]]
[[Category:Japan Series champion seasons]]
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