2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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

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)
NPB seasons

Regular season standings

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Central League

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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: [citation needed]

Pacific League

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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

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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
1Yomiuri Giants4
2Chunichi Dragons22Chunichi Dragons1
3Tokyo Yakult Swallows1CL1Yomiuri Giants4
PL1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters2
1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters4
2Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles22Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles1
3Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks0

Central League First Stage

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Chunichi Dragons win the series, 2-1

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Chunichi Dragons 2 - 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows October 17 Nagoya Dome 38,391
2 Chunichi Dragons 3 - 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows October 18 Nagoya Dome 38,171
3 Chunichi Dragons 7 - 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows October 19 Nagoya Dome 32,897

Central League Second Stage

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Yomiuri Giants have one-win advantage

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Yomiuri Giants 2 - 7 Chunichi Dragons October 21 Tokyo Dome 41,259
2 Yomiuri Giants 6 - 4 Chunichi Dragons October 22 Tokyo Dome 40,452
3 Yomiuri Giants 5 - 4 Chunichi Dragons October 23 Tokyo Dome 45,409
4 Yomiuri Giants 8 - 2 Chunichi Dragons October 24 Tokyo Dome 46,535

Yomiuri Giants win the series, 4-1

Pacific League First Stage

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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles win the series, 2-0

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11 - 4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks October 16 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 21,303
2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4 - 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks October 17 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 21,388

Pacific League Second Stage

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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters have one-win advantage

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 9 - 8 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles October 21 Sapporo Dome 38,235
2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 - 1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles October 22 Sapporo Dome 32,713
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 - 3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles October 23 Sapporo Dome 42,328
4 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 9 - 4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles October 24 Sapporo Dome 42,328

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

Japan Series

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

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 31 Yomiuri Giants 4 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 Sapporo Dome 3:18 40,650 
2 November 1 Yomiuri Giants 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 Sapporo Dome 2:52 40,718 
3 November 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 Yomiuri Giants 7 Tokyo Dome 3:11 45,150 
4 November 4 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 8 Yomiuri Giants 4 Tokyo Dome 3:38 45,133 
5 November 5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 Yomiuri Giants 3 Tokyo Dome 2:57 45,160 
6 November 7 Yomiuri Giants 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 0 Sapporo Dome 3:02 40,714

See also

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References

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