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

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

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

Climax Series

Central League First Stage

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

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

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

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

Main article: 2009 Japan Series

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

Yomiuri Giants win the Japan Series 4-2

External links

• Official Website (English)
• Official Website (Japanese)