2009 Yomiuri Giants | |
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Japan Series champions | |
Central League champions | |
League | Central League |
Record | 89–46–9 (.649) |
League place | 1st |
Team information | |
Owners | Yomiuri Group |
Manager | Tatsunori Hara |
Ballpark | Tokyo Dome |
The 2009 Yomiuri Giants season was the 76th season for the Yomiuri Giants franchise.
Team | Pld | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
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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 |
Central League | |
Chunichi Dragons | 16–8–0 |
Hanshin Tigers | 11–11–2 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 14–7–3 |
Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 18–5–1 |
Yokohama BayStars | 18–6–0 |
Pacific League | |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 1–1–2 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 1–3–0 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 2–2–0 |
Orix Buffaloes | 2–2–0 |
Saitama Seibu Lions | 2–1–1 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 4–0–0 |
Interleague total | 12–9–3 |
Total | 89–46–9 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chunichi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Takashi Ogasawara (1–0) LP: Dicky Gonzalez (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Kei Nomoto (1), Tony Blanco (1) YOM: None |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chunichi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Wirfin Obispo (1–0) LP: Chen Wei-Yin (0–1) Sv: Marc Kroon (1) Home runs: CHU: Masahiko Morino (1), Atsushi Fujii (1) YOM: Shinnosuke Abe (1) |
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Chunichi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0) LP: Takuya Asao (0–1) Sv: Marc Kroon (2) Home runs: CHU: Masahiko Morino (2) YOM: Alex Ramírez (1), Yoshiyuki Kamei (1) |
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Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0) LP: Kenichi Nakata (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Tony Blanco (2) YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1) |
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Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nippon-Ham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Dicky Gonzalez (1–0) LP: Masaru Takeda (0–1) Sv: Marc Kroon (1) Home runs: YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1) NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1) |
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Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0) LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1) Home runs: YOM: Yoshiyuki Kamei (1) NIP: Atsunori Inaba (1) |
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Nippon-Ham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Wirfin Obispo (1–0) LP: Keisaku Itokazu (0–1) Sv: Marc Kroon (2) Home runs: NIP: Atsunori Inaba (2), Eiichi Koyano (1), Kensuke Tanaka (1) YOM: Lee Seung-Yeop (1), Shinnosuke Abe (1), Michihiro Ogasawara (1) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yagi (1–0) LP: Takahashi (0–1) Sv: Takeda (2) Home runs: NIP: Shinji Takahashi (1) YOM: Ramírez (1) |
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Nippon-Ham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yamaguchi, (1-0) LP: H. Takeda, (0-1) Home runs: NIP: Takahashi (2) YOM: Kamei (2), Abe (2) |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nippon-Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Tetsuya Utsumi (1–1) LP: Masaru Takeda (0-2) Sv: Marc Kroon (3) |
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Shinnosuke Abe | 123 | 409 | 63 | 120 | 20 | 3 | 32 | 76 | .293 | 1 |
Edgardo Alfonzo | 21 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .146 | 0 |
Satoshi Fukuda | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .063 | 0 |
Shigeyuki Furuki | 77 | 179 | 14 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .251 | 3 |
Dicky Gonzalez | 23 | 50 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .260 | 0 |
Seth Greisinger | 25 | 48 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | 0 |
Takanori Hoshi | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Tomoya Inzen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Ryuichi Kajimae | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Yoshiyuki Kamei | 134 | 490 | 79 | 142 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 71 | .290 | 12 |
Ken Kato | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
Shota Kimura | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
Takuya Kimura | 86 | 186 | 17 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .231 | 1 |
Hiroshi Kisanuki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Yuya Kubo | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Takahito Kudo | 49 | 51 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .255 | 1 |
Lee Seung-Yeop | 77 | 223 | 33 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 36 | .229 | 1 |
Tetsuya Matsumoto | 129 | 372 | 55 | 109 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .293 | 16 |
Daisuke Nakai | 18 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .233 | 2 |
Micheal Nakamura | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Takahiko Nomaguchi | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Wirfin Obispo | 14 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .105 | 0 |
Daisuke Ochi | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Masakuni Odajima | 10 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .190 | 0 |
Michihiro Ogasawara | 139 | 514 | 78 | 159 | 25 | 1 | 31 | 107 | .309 | 2 |
Noriyoshi Omichi | 37 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .257 | 0 |
Taishi Ota | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Alex Ramírez | 144 | 577 | 66 | 186 | 35 | 0 | 31 | 103 | .322 | 4 |
Hayato Sakamoto | 141 | 581 | 87 | 178 | 33 | 3 | 18 | 62 | .306 | 5 |
Takahiro Suzuki | 122 | 202 | 40 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .262 | 25 |
Hisanori Takahashi | 25 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | 0 |
Yoshinobu Takahashi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Daijiro Tanaka | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | 0 |
Yoshitomo Tani | 101 | 287 | 35 | 95 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 48 | .331 | 3 |
Takayuki Terauchi | 78 | 84 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | 2 |
Masafumi Togano | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Shun Tono | 27 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | 0 |
Hidetoshi Tsuburaya | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .500 | 0 |
Kazunari Tsuruoka | 59 | 142 | 17 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .261 | 1 |
Tetsuya Utsumi | 27 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | 0 |
Ryota Wakiya | 89 | 231 | 26 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | .268 | 5 |
Tetsuya Yamaguchi | 73 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Kenji Yano | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | 0 |
Player | W | L | ERA | G | Win% | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Soichi Fujita | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | 19 | 1.000 | 0 | 17+1⁄3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
Takuya Fukata | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Satoshi Fukuda | 2 | 0 | 3.48 | 9 | 1.000 | 0 | 44 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 31 |
Yuki Furukawa | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Dicky Gonzalez | 15 | 2 | 2.11 | 23 | .882 | 0 | 162 | 42 | 38 | 25 | 113 |
Seth Greisinger | 13 | 6 | 3.47 | 25 | .684 | 0 | 161 | 77 | 62 | 26 | 91 |
Norihito Kaneto | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 6 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Shota Kimura | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 25 | .000 | 0 | 29+1⁄3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
Hiroshi Kisanuki | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2+2⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Marc Kroon | 1 | 3 | 1.26 | 46 | .250 | 27 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 57 |
Yuya Kubo | 1 | 0 | 3.29 | 7 | 1.000 | 0 | 27+1⁄3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
Micheal Nakamura | 1 | 2 | 6.18 | 29 | .333 | 0 | 27+2⁄3 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 28 |
Kentaro Nishimura | 2 | 0 | 4.97 | 11 | 1.000 | 0 | 12+2⁄3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
Takahiko Nomaguchi | 0 | 1 | 4.97 | 25 | .000 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 28 |
Wirfin Obispo | 6 | 1 | 2.45 | 14 | .857 | 0 | 58+2⁄3 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 48 |
Daisuke Ochi | 8 | 3 | 3.30 | 66 | .727 | 10 | 71 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 70 |
Hisanori Takahashi | 10 | 6 | 2.94 | 25 | .625 | 0 | 144 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 126 |
Masafumi Togano | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 6+2⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Shun Tono | 8 | 8 | 3.17 | 27 | .500 | 0 | 153+1⁄3 | 61 | 54 | 57 | 133 |
Kiyoshi Toyoda | 2 | 2 | 1.99 | 46 | .500 | 5 | 40+2⁄3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
Tetsuya Utsumi | 9 | 11 | 2.96 | 27 | .450 | 0 | 179+2⁄3 | 66 | 59 | 36 | 115 |
Tetsuya Yamaguchi | 9 | 1 | 1.27 | 73 | .900 | 4 | 78 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 62 |
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