2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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2009 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 3 November 7
Central League Pennant
League champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Chunichi Dragons
Season MVP Alex Ramírez (Yomiuri)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Runners-up Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Season MVP Yu Darvish (Nippon Ham)
Climax Series
CL champions Yomiuri Giants
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  PL runners-up Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Japan Series
Champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Finals MVP Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri)
NPB seasons

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

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League

2009 Central League regular season standings
TeamPldWLTPCTGB
Yomiuri Giants 14489469.649
Chunichi Dragons 14481621.56612
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14471721.49722
Hanshin Tigers 14467734.47924.5
Hiroshima Carp 14465754.46526.5
Yokohama BayStars 14451930.35442.5
Source: [ citation needed ]

Pacific League

2009 Pacific League regular season standings
PosTeamPldWLTGBPCTHomeAway
1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14482602.57646–25–136–35–1
2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144776616.5.53839–32–138–34–0
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144746553.5.53140–28–434–37–1
4 Saitama Seibu Lions 144707049.50038–32–232–38–2
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 1446277515.5.44837–31–425–46–1
6 Orix Buffaloes 1445686226.39632–40–024–46–2
Source: [1]

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 Stage Japan 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

Chunichi Dragons win the series, 2-1

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chunichi Dragons 2 - 3 Tokyo Yakult SwallowsOctober 17 Nagoya Dome 38,391
2Chunichi Dragons 3 - 2 Tokyo Yakult SwallowsOctober 18 Nagoya Dome 38,171
3Chunichi Dragons 7 - 4 Tokyo Yakult SwallowsOctober 19 Nagoya Dome 32,897

Central League Second Stage

Yomiuri Giants have one-win advantage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Yomiuri Giants 2 - 7 Chunichi DragonsOctober 21 Tokyo Dome 41,259
2Yomiuri Giants 6 - 4 Chunichi DragonsOctober 22 Tokyo Dome 40,452
3Yomiuri Giants 5 - 4 Chunichi DragonsOctober 23 Tokyo Dome 45,409
4Yomiuri Giants 8 - 2 Chunichi DragonsOctober 24 Tokyo Dome 46,535

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 16 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 21,303
2Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4 - 1 Fukuoka SoftBank HawksOctober 17 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 21,388

Pacific League Second Stage

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters have one-win advantage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 9 - 8 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 21 Sapporo Dome 38,235
2Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 - 1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 22 Sapporo Dome 32,713
3Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 - 3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 23 Sapporo Dome 42,328
4Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 9 - 4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 24 Sapporo Dome 42,328

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

Japan Series

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

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

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References

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