2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 60th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950

This article is about the 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2009 in baseball.
2009 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 3 – November 7
Central League Pennant
League championsYomiuri Giants
  Runners-upChunichi Dragons
Season MVPAlex Ramírez (Yomiuri)
Pacific League Pennant
League championsHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Runners-upTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Season MVPYu Darvish (Nippon Ham)
Climax Series
CL championsYomiuri Giants
  CL runners-upChunichi Dragons
PL championsHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  PL runners-upTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Japan Series
ChampionsYomiuri Giants
  Runners-upHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Finals MVPShinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri)

Regular season standings

Central League

2009 Central League regular season standings
Team Pld W L T PCT GB
Yomiuri Giants 144 89 46 9 .649 —
Chunichi Dragons 144 81 62 1 .566 12
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 71 72 1 .497 22
Hanshin Tigers 144 67 73 4 .479 24.5
Hiroshima Carp 144 65 75 4 .465 26.5
Yokohama BayStars 144 51 93 0 .354 42.5
Source:

Pacific League

2009 Pacific League regular season standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GB PCT Home Away
1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 82 60 2 — .576 46–25–1 36–35–1
2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 77 66 1 6.5 .538 39–32–1 38–34–0
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 74 65 5 3.5 .531 40–28–4 34–37–1
4 Saitama Seibu Lions 144 70 70 4 9 .500 38–32–2 32–38–2
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 144 62 77 5 15.5 .448 37–31–4 25–46–1
6 Orix Buffaloes 144 56 86 2 26 .396 32–40–0 24–46–2
Source: [1]

Climax Series
Main articles: 2009 Central League Climax Series and 2009 Pacific League Climax Series

Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.

First StageFinal StageJapan Series
Central League
1Yomiuri Giants4
2Chunichi Dragons22Chunichi Dragons1
3Tokyo Yakult Swallows1CL1Yomiuri Giants4
PL1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters2
Pacific League
1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters4
2Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles22Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles1
3Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks0

Central League First Stage

Chunichi Dragons win the series, 2-1

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chunichi Dragons 2 - 3 Tokyo Yakult SwallowsOctober 17Nagoya Dome38,391
2Chunichi Dragons 3 - 2 Tokyo Yakult SwallowsOctober 18Nagoya Dome38,171
3Chunichi Dragons 7 - 4 Tokyo Yakult SwallowsOctober 19Nagoya Dome32,897

Central League Second Stage

Yomiuri Giants have one-win advantage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Yomiuri Giants 2 - 7 Chunichi DragonsOctober 21Tokyo Dome41,259
2Yomiuri Giants 6 - 4 Chunichi DragonsOctober 22Tokyo Dome40,452
3Yomiuri Giants 5 - 4 Chunichi DragonsOctober 23Tokyo Dome45,409
4Yomiuri Giants 8 - 2 Chunichi DragonsOctober 24Tokyo Dome46,535

Yomiuri Giants win the series, 4-1

Pacific League First Stage

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles win the series, 2-0

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11 - 4 Fukuoka SoftBank HawksOctober 16Miyagi Baseball Stadium21,303
2Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4 - 1 Fukuoka SoftBank HawksOctober 17Miyagi Baseball Stadium21,388

Pacific League Second Stage

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters have one-win advantage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 9 - 8 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 21Sapporo Dome38,235
2Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 - 1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 22Sapporo Dome32,713
3Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 - 3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 23Sapporo Dome42,328
4Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 9 - 4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 24Sapporo Dome42,328

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters win the series, 4-1

Japan Series
Main article: 2009 Japan Series

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 31Yomiuri Giants 4 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3Sapporo Dome3:1840,650 
2November 1Yomiuri Giants 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4Sapporo Dome2:5240,718 
3November 3Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 Yomiuri Giants 7Tokyo Dome3:1145,150 
4November 4Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 8 Yomiuri Giants 4Tokyo Dome3:3845,133 
5November 5Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 Yomiuri Giants 3Tokyo Dome2:5745,160 
6November 7Yomiuri Giants 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 0Sapporo Dome3:0240,714

See also

References
  1. "2009 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 31, 2021.


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