2009 Yomiuri Giants season

Last updated
2009 Yomiuri Giants
Japan Series champions
Central League champions
League Central League
Record89–46–9 (.649)
League place1st
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.

Contents

Regular season

Standings

2009 Central League regular season standings
Team
PldWLTPCTGB
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 ]

Record vs. opponents

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
Total89–46–9

Game log

Legend
 Giants win
 Giants loss
 Giants tie
 Postponement
BoldGiants team member
2009 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3 Carp 3–6 Lewis (1–0) Greisinger (0–1) Nagakawa (1)44,1240–1–0
2April 4 Carp 3–5 Maeda (1–0) Nakamura (0–1) Nagakawa (2)42,6500–2–0
3April 5 Carp 1–1 (12)Game tied after 12 innings42,2750–2–1
4April 7@ BayStars 1–5 Takahashi (1–0) Terahara (0–1)20,1681–2–1
5April 8@ BayStars 1–12 Fukuda (1–0) Kudoh (0–1)16,3612–2–1
6April 9@ BayStars 2–9 Greisinger (1–1) Walrond (0–1)16,6913–2–1
7April 10 Tigers 6–5 Ochi (1–0) Egusa (1–1) Kroon (1)43,3564–2–1
8April 11 Tigers 4–1 Tono (1–0) Nomi (0–2) Kroon (2)44,2845–2–1
9April 12 Tigers 6–6 (12)Game tied after 12 innings44,2465–2–2
—April 14@ Swallows Game postponed due to rain
10April 15@ Swallows 2–6 Greisinger (2–1) Kida (1–1)20,0726–2–2
11April 16@ Swallows 6–2 Tateyama (1–0) Utsumi (0–1)16,5926–3–2
12April 17@ Dragons 3–5 Tono (2–0) Yoshimi (2–1) Kroon (3)35,6697–3–2
13April 18@ Dragons 2–3 Yamaguchi (1–0) Chen (1–1) Kroon (4)37,8838–3–2
14April 19@ Dragons 5–6 Nishimura (1–0) Nelson (0–1) Kroon (5)37,8159–3–2
15April 21 Swallows 4–0 Greisinger (3–1) Kida (1–2)20,81710–3–2
16April 22 Swallows 3–2 Yamaguchi (2–0) Igarashi (0–1) Kroon (6)15,87611–3–2
17April 23 Swallows 2–1 Ochi (2–0) Oshimoto (0–2)20,12012–3–2
18April 24 Dragons 2–3 (10) Kobayashi (1–0) Ochi (2–1) Iwase (5)42,26212–4–2
19April 25 Dragons 5–4 Toyoda (1–0) Iwase (0–1)43,70713–4–2
20April 26 Dragons 0–8 Kawai (1–0) Greisinger (3–2)43,02013–5–2
21April 28@ Carp 5–0 Otake (1–1) Utsumi (0–2)24,42313–6–2
22April 29@ Carp 2–0 Saito (2–1) Tono (2–1) Nagakawa (8)31,77313–7–2
23April 30@ Carp 4–7 Fukuda (2–0) Maeda (2–3) Ochi (1)26,32214–7–2
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 2@ Tigers 5–6 Yamaguchi (3–0) Fujikawa (1–1) Ochi (2)46,42515–7–2
25May 3@ Tigers 0–4 Gonzalez (1–0) Cheng (0–1)46,44016–7–2
26May 4@ Tigers 6–0 Shimoyanagi (2–2) Utsumi (0–3)46,43416–8–2
27May 5 BayStars 4–6 Walrond (2–2) Tono (2–2) Yamaguchi (1)45,83516–9–2
28May 6 BayStars 3–2 Yamaguchi (4–0) Sanada (0–1)43,18217–9–2
29May 7 BayStars 7–3 Nishimura (2–0) Yamaguchi (2–1)40,13918–9–2
30May 8 Dragons 10–4 Greisinger (4–2) Yamai (0–2)42,92719–9–2
31May 9 Dragons 3–1 Gonzalez (2–0) Chen (2–2) Ochi (3)42,04720–9–2
32May 10 Dragons 8–7 Nakamura (1–1) Saito (2–1) Ochi (4)43,18521–9–2
33May 12@ BayStars 3–5 Takahashi (2–0) Walrond (2–3) Ochi (5)19,69122–9–2
34May 13@ BayStars 9–8 Yamaguchi (3–1) Toyoda (1–1)20,41222–10–2
35May 14@ BayStars 5–9 Greisinger (5–2) Fujie (0–1)19,27923–10–2
36May 15@ Carp 2–5 Gonzalez (3–0) Aoki (0–2) Kroon (7)30,16424–10–2
37May 16@ Carp 0–0 (12)Game tied after 12 innings29,79424–10–3
38May 17@ Carp 1–2 Ochi (3–1) Nagakawa (0–3) Kroon (8)29,70725–10–3
39May 19@ Fighters 16–6 Yagi (4–0) Takahashi (2–1)33,05025–11–3
40May 20@ Fighters 6–5 Hayashi (1–0) Greisinger (5–3) Takeda (10)33,60225–12–3
41May 22@ Eagles 2–12 Gonzalez (4–0) Nagai (3–2)20,17026–12–3
42May 23@ Eagles 1–7 Utsumi (1–3) Iwakuma (5–2)20,59927–12–3
43May 24 Buffaloes 6–8 Hirano (1–1) Tono (2–3)42,11027–13–3
44May 25 Buffaloes 6–2 Takahashi (3–1) Kondo (3–4)40,05728–13–3
45May 27 Hawks 3–5 Houlton (3–3) Greisinger (5–4) Mahara (9)43,05028–14–3
46May 28 Hawks 8–2 Gonzalez (5–0) Wada (3–3)42,21829–14–3
47May 30@ Lions 2–2 (12)Game tied after 12 innings33,77829–14–4
48May 31@ Lions 3–2 (10) Onodera (2–2) Kroon (0–1)33,17329–15–4
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 2@ Marines 0–0 (12)Game tied after 12 innings25,24929–15–5
50June 3 @Marines
51June 5 Fighters
52June 6 Fighters
53June 7 Eagles
54June 8 Eagles
55June 10 @Buffaloes
56June 11 @Buffaloes
57June 13 @Hawks
58June 14 @Hawks
59June 16 Lions
60June 17 Lions
61June 20 Marines
62June 21 Marines
63June 26 Swallows
64June 27 Swallows
65June 28 Swallows
66June 30@ Carp 4–3
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
67July 1 Carp
68July 2 Carp
69July 3 @Dragons
70July 4 @Dragons
71July 5 @Dragons
72July 7 BayStars
73July 8 BayStars
74July 9 BayStars
75July 10 @Tigers
76July 11 @Tigers
77July 12 @Tigers
78July 14 @Swallows
79July 15 @Swallows
80July 17 Tigers
81July 18 Tigers
82July 19 Tigers
83July 20 @BayStars
84July 21 @BayStars
85July 22 @BayStars
86July 28 Dragons
87July 29 Dragons
88July 30 Dragons
89July 31 @Tigers
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
90August 1 @Tigers
91August 2 @Tigers
92August 4 Carp
93August 5 Carp
94August 7 Swallows
95August 8 Swallows
96August 9 Swallows
97August 11 @Carp
98August 12 @Carp
99August 13 @Carp
100August 14 Tigers
101August 15 Tigers
102August 16 Tigers
103August 18 BayStars
104August 19 BayStars
105August 20 BayStars
106August 21 @Swallows
107August 22 @Swallows
108August 23 @Swallows
109August 25 @Dragons
110August 26 @Dragons
111August 27 @Dragons
112August 28 @Tigers
113August 29 @Tigers
114August 30 @Tigers
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
115September 1 BayStars
116September 2 BayStars
117September 4 Swallows
118September 5 Swallows
119September 6 Swallows
120September 8 @BayStars
121September 9 @BayStars
122September 10 @BayStars
123September 11 @Carp
124September 12 @Carp
125September 13 @Carp
126September 15 Tigers
127September 16 Tigers
128September 17 Tigers
129September 18 @Swallows
130September 19 @Swallows
131September 20 @Swallows
132September 21 Dragons
133September 22 Dragons
134September 23 Dragons
135September 25 Carp
136September 26 Carp
137September 27 Carp
138September 28 @Dragons
139September 29 @Dragons
140September 30 @Dragons

Roster

2009 Yomiuri Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Postseason

Climax Series

Stage 2

Game 1
Team123456789 R H E
Chunichi5010010007100
Yomiuri010000100250
WP: Takashi Ogasawara (1–0)   LP: Dicky Gonzalez (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Kei Nomoto (1), Tony Blanco (1)
YOM: None
Game 2
Team123456789 R H E
Chunichi200000020480
Yomiuri10131000X6150
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)
Game 3
Team123456789 R H E
Chunichi200000200481
Yomiuri00000203X5100
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)
Game 4
Team123456789 R H E
Chunichi000110000261
Yomiuri20500100X891
WP: Daisuke Ochi (1–0)   LP: Kenichi Nakata (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: Tony Blanco (2)
YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)

Japan Series

Game 1

Team123456789 R H E
Yomiuri010020100480
Nippon-Ham0100010013120
WP: Dicky Gonzalez (1–0)   LP: Masaru Takeda (0–1)   Sv: Marc Kroon (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)

Game 2

Team123456789 R H E
Yomiuri000200000280
Nippon-Ham00400000x4120
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Yoshiyuki Kamei (1)
NIP: Atsunori Inaba (1)

Game 3

Team123456789 R H E
Nippon-Ham110010010440
Yomiuri02102002X783
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)

Game 4

Team123456789 R H E
Nippon-Ham0040102108111
Yomiuri0010000304130
WP: Yagi (1–0)   LP: Takahashi (0–1)   Sv: Takeda (2)
Home runs:
NIP: Shinji Takahashi (1)
YOM: Ramírez (1)

Game 5

Team123456789 R H E
Nippon-Ham010000001241
Yomiuri000000012372
WP: Yamaguchi, (1-0)   LP: H. Takeda, (0-1)
Home runs:
NIP: Takahashi (2)
YOM: Kamei (2), Abe (2)

Game 6

Team123456789 R H E
Yomiuri010001000260
Nippon-Ham0000000000111
WP: Tetsuya Utsumi (1–1)   LP: Masaru Takeda (0-2)   Sv: Marc Kroon (3)

Player statistics

Batting

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Shinnosuke Abe 123409631202033276.2931
Edgardo Alfonzo 2141360024.1460
Satoshi Fukuda 916110000.0630
Shigeyuki Furuki 77179144551218.2513
Dicky Gonzalez 23503131006.2600
Seth Greisinger 2548161002.1250
Takanori Hoshi 95000000.0000
Tomoya Inzen 32000000.0000
Ryuichi Kajimae 147000000.0000
Yoshiyuki Kamei 134490791422542571.29012
Ken Kato 1210221000.2000
Shota Kimura 252010000.5000
Takuya Kimura 86186174380216.2311
Hiroshi Kisanuki 11000000.0000
Yuya Kubo 78000000.0000
Takahito Kudo 495112132101.2551
Lee Seung-Yeop 772233351901636.2291
Tetsuya Matsumoto 12937255109111015.29316
Daisuke Nakai 1830272016.2332
Micheal Nakamura 291000000.0000
Takahiko Nomaguchi 252000000.0000
Wirfin Obispo 1419021001.1050
Daisuke Ochi 663000000.0000
Masakuni Odajima 1021140013.1900
Michihiro Ogasawara 1395147815925131107.3092
Noriyoshi Omichi 3735191003.2570
Taishi Ota 31000000.0000
Alex Ramírez 1445776618635031103.3224
Hayato Sakamoto 141581871783331862.3065
Takahiro Suzuki 12220240535118.26225
Hisanori Takahashi 2539350000.1280
Yoshinobu Takahashi 11000000.0000
Daijiro Tanaka 512010000.0830
Yoshitomo Tani 10128735952311148.3313
Takayuki Terauchi 78847142011.1672
Masafumi Togano 51000000.0000
Shun Tono 2744141000.0910
Hidetoshi Tsuburaya 12110014.5000
Kazunari Tsuruoka 591421737100518.2611
Tetsuya Utsumi 2750250001.1000
Ryota Wakiya 89231266272216.2685
Tetsuya Yamaguchi 733000000.0000
Kenji Yano 69010000.1110
  Indicates CL leader in the category
Player W L ERA G Win% SV IP R ER BB K
Soichi Fujita 102.08191.000017+1⁄354110
Takuya Fukata 009.008.000044414
Satoshi Fukuda 203.4891.00004424171731
Yuki Furukawa 004.506.000042220
Dicky Gonzalez 1522.1123.8820162423825113
Seth Greisinger 1363.4725.684016177622691
Norihito Kaneto 103.6061.000052213
Shota Kimura 003.3825.000029+1⁄313111223
Hiroshi Kisanuki 0010.131.00002+2⁄33302
Marc Kroon 131.2646.25027501071957
Yuya Kubo 103.2971.000027+1⁄310101025
Micheal Nakamura 126.1829.333027+2⁄31919928
Kentaro Nishimura 204.97111.000012+2⁄397510
Takahiko Nomaguchi 014.9725.00012916162028
Wirfin Obispo 612.4514.857058+2⁄316161148
Daisuke Ochi 833.3066.727107128262070
Hisanori Takahashi 1062.9425.6250144584736126
Masafumi Togano 004.055.00006+2⁄33334
Shun Tono 883.1727.5000153+1⁄3615457133
Kiyoshi Toyoda 221.9946.500540+2⁄31391532
Tetsuya Utsumi 9112.9627.4500179+2⁄3665936115
Tetsuya Yamaguchi 911.2773.90047812111462
  Indicates CL leader in the category

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