2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2009 in baseball.

2009 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 3, 2009 – November 7, 2009
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL:Alex Ramírez (YOM) PL:Yu Darvish (NIP)
League Postseason
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 (YOM)

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

Regular season standings

Central League	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB
Yomiuri Giants	144	89	46	9	.659	—
Chunichi Dragons	144	81	62	1	.566	12
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	144	71	72	1	.497	22
Hanshin Tigers	144	67	73	4	.479	24½
Hiroshima Carp	144	65	75	4	.464	26½
Yokohama BayStars	144	51	93	0	.354	42½

Pacific League	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	144	82	60	2	.577	—
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	144	77	66	1	.538	5½
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	144	74	65	5	.532	6½
Saitama Seibu Lions	144	70	70	4	.500	11
Chiba Lotte Marines	144	62	77	5	.446	18½
Orix Buffaloes	144	56	86	2	.394	26

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

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

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

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

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

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons

1930s–1940s (Japanese Baseball League)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 (1945) 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s–1980s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s–2000s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s–2020s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Japan Series Climax Series

2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Central League	Chunichi Dragons Hanshin Tigers Hiroshima Toyo Carp Tokyo Yakult Swallows Yokohama BayStars Yomiuri Giants

Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Orix Buffaloes Saitama Seibu Lions Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

2009 All-Star Series 2009 Japan Series 2009 Asia Series

Postseason Climax Series Japan Series Asia Series

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