2009 Yomiuri Giants
Japan Series champions
Central League champions
LeagueCentral League
BallparkTokyo Dome
Record89–46–9 (.649)
League place1st
OwnersYomiuri Group
ManagerTatsunori Hara

The 2009 Yomiuri Giants season was the 76th season for the Yomiuri Giants franchise.

Regular season

Standings

2009 Central League regular season standings
Team
 Pld W L T PCT GB
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
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
Total 89–46–9

Game log

Legend
  Giants win
  Giants loss
  Giants tie
  Postponement
Bold Giants team member
2009 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 Carp 3–6 Lewis (1–0) Greisinger (0–1) Nagakawa (1) 44,124 0–1–0
2 April 4 Carp 3–5 Maeda (1–0) Nakamura (0–1) Nagakawa (2) 42,650 0–2–0
3 April 5 Carp 1–1 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 42,275 0–2–1
4 April 7 @ BayStars 1–5 Takahashi (1–0) Terahara (0–1) 20,168 1–2–1
5 April 8 @ BayStars 1–12 Fukuda (1–0) Kudoh (0–1) 16,361 2–2–1
6 April 9 @ BayStars 2–9 Greisinger (1–1) Walrond (0–1) 16,691 3–2–1
7 April 10 Tigers 6–5 Ochi (1–0) Egusa (1–1) Kroon (1) 43,356 4–2–1
8 April 11 Tigers 4–1 Tono (1–0) Nomi (0–2) Kroon (2) 44,284 5–2–1
9 April 12 Tigers 6–6 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 44,246 5–2–2
— April 14 @ Swallows Game postponed due to rain
10 April 15 @ Swallows 2–6 Greisinger (2–1) Kida (1–1) 20,072 6–2–2
11 April 16 @ Swallows 6–2 Tateyama (1–0) Utsumi (0–1) 16,592 6–3–2
12 April 17 @ Dragons 3–5 Tono (2–0) Yoshimi (2–1) Kroon (3) 35,669 7–3–2
13 April 18 @ Dragons 2–3 Yamaguchi (1–0) Chen (1–1) Kroon (4) 37,883 8–3–2
14 April 19 @ Dragons 5–6 Nishimura (1–0) Nelson (0–1) Kroon (5) 37,815 9–3–2
15 April 21 Swallows 4–0 Greisinger (3–1) Kida (1–2) 20,817 10–3–2
16 April 22 Swallows 3–2 Yamaguchi (2–0) Igarashi (0–1) Kroon (6) 15,876 11–3–2
17 April 23 Swallows 2–1 Ochi (2–0) Oshimoto (0–2) 20,120 12–3–2
18 April 24 Dragons 2–3 (10) Kobayashi (1–0) Ochi (2–1) Iwase (5) 42,262 12–4–2
19 April 25 Dragons 5–4 Toyoda (1–0) Iwase (0–1) 43,707 13–4–2
20 April 26 Dragons 0–8 Kawai (1–0) Greisinger (3–2) 43,020 13–5–2
21 April 28 @ Carp 5–0 Otake (1–1) Utsumi (0–2) 24,423 13–6–2
22 April 29 @ Carp 2–0 Saito (2–1) Tono (2–1) Nagakawa (8) 31,773 13–7–2
23 April 30 @ Carp 4–7 Fukuda (2–0) Maeda (2–3) Ochi (1) 26,322 14–7–2
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24 May 2 @ Tigers 5–6 Yamaguchi (3–0) Fujikawa (1–1) Ochi (2) 46,425 15–7–2
25 May 3 @ Tigers 0–4 Gonzalez (1–0) Cheng (0–1) 46,440 16–7–2
26 May 4 @ Tigers 6–0 Shimoyanagi (2–2) Utsumi (0–3) 46,434 16–8–2
27 May 5 BayStars 4–6 Walrond (2–2) Tono (2–2) Yamaguchi (1) 45,835 16–9–2
28 May 6 BayStars 3–2 Yamaguchi (4–0) Sanada (0–1) 43,182 17–9–2
29 May 7 BayStars 7–3 Nishimura (2–0) Yamaguchi (2–1) 40,139 18–9–2
30 May 8 Dragons 10–4 Greisinger (4–2) Yamai (0–2) 42,927 19–9–2
31 May 9 Dragons 3–1 Gonzalez (2–0) Chen (2–2) Ochi (3) 42,047 20–9–2
32 May 10 Dragons 8–7 Nakamura (1–1) Saito (2–1) Ochi (4) 43,185 21–9–2
33 May 12 @ BayStars 3–5 Takahashi (2–0) Walrond (2–3) Ochi (5) 19,691 22–9–2
34 May 13 @ BayStars 9–8 Yamaguchi (3–1) Toyoda (1–1) 20,412 22–10–2
35 May 14 @ BayStars 5–9 Greisinger (5–2) Fujie (0–1) 19,279 23–10–2
36 May 15 @ Carp 2–5 Gonzalez (3–0) Aoki (0–2) Kroon (7) 30,164 24–10–2
37 May 16 @ Carp 0–0 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 29,794 24–10–3
38 May 17 @ Carp 1–2 Ochi (3–1) Nagakawa (0–3) Kroon (8) 29,707 25–10–3
39 May 19 @ Fighters 16–6 Yagi (4–0) Takahashi (2–1) 33,050 25–11–3
40 May 20 @ Fighters 6–5 Hayashi (1–0) Greisinger (5–3) Takeda (10) 33,602 25–12–3
41 May 22 @ Eagles 2–12 Gonzalez (4–0) Nagai (3–2) 20,170 26–12–3
42 May 23 @ Eagles 1–7 Utsumi (1–3) Iwakuma (5–2) 20,599 27–12–3
43 May 24 Buffaloes 6–8 Hirano (1–1) Tono (2–3) 42,110 27–13–3
44 May 25 Buffaloes 6–2 Takahashi (3–1) Kondo (3–4) 40,057 28–13–3
45 May 27 Hawks 3–5 Houlton (3–3) Greisinger (5–4) Mahara (9) 43,050 28–14–3
46 May 28 Hawks 8–2 Gonzalez (5–0) Wada (3–3) 42,218 29–14–3
47 May 30 @ Lions 2–2 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 33,778 29–14–4
48 May 31 @ Lions 3–2 (10) Onodera (2–2) Kroon (0–1) 33,173 29–15–4
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
49 June 2 @ Marines 0–0 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 25,249 29–15–5
50 June 3 @Marines
51 June 5 Fighters
52 June 6 Fighters
53 June 7 Eagles
54 June 8 Eagles
55 June 10 @Buffaloes
56 June 11 @Buffaloes
57 June 13 @Hawks
58 June 14 @Hawks
59 June 16 Lions
60 June 17 Lions
61 June 20 Marines
62 June 21 Marines
63 June 26 Swallows
64 June 27 Swallows
65 June 28 Swallows
66 June 30 @ Carp 4–3
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
67 July 1 Carp
68 July 2 Carp
69 July 3 @Dragons
70 July 4 @Dragons
71 July 5 @Dragons
72 July 7 BayStars
73 July 8 BayStars
74 July 9 BayStars
75 July 10 @Tigers
76 July 11 @Tigers
77 July 12 @Tigers
78 July 14 @Swallows
79 July 15 @Swallows
80 July 17 Tigers
81 July 18 Tigers
82 July 19 Tigers
83 July 20 @BayStars
84 July 21 @BayStars
85 July 22 @BayStars
86 July 28 Dragons
87 July 29 Dragons
88 July 30 Dragons
89 July 31 @Tigers
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
90 August 1 @Tigers
91 August 2 @Tigers
92 August 4 Carp
93 August 5 Carp
94 August 7 Swallows
95 August 8 Swallows
96 August 9 Swallows
97 August 11 @Carp
98 August 12 @Carp
99 August 13 @Carp
100 August 14 Tigers
101 August 15 Tigers
102 August 16 Tigers
103 August 18 BayStars
104 August 19 BayStars
105 August 20 BayStars
106 August 21 @Swallows
107 August 22 @Swallows
108 August 23 @Swallows
109 August 25 @Dragons
110 August 26 @Dragons
111 August 27 @Dragons
112 August 28 @Tigers
113 August 29 @Tigers
114 August 30 @Tigers
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
115 September 1 BayStars
116 September 2 BayStars
117 September 4 Swallows
118 September 5 Swallows
119 September 6 Swallows
120 September 8 @BayStars
121 September 9 @BayStars
122 September 10 @BayStars
123 September 11 @Carp
124 September 12 @Carp
125 September 13 @Carp
126 September 15 Tigers
127 September 16 Tigers
128 September 17 Tigers
129 September 18 @Swallows
130 September 19 @Swallows
131 September 20 @Swallows
132 September 21 Dragons
133 September 22 Dragons
134 September 23 Dragons
135 September 25 Carp
136 September 26 Carp
137 September 27 Carp
138 September 28 @Dragons
139 September 29 @Dragons
140 September 30 @Dragons

Roster

2009 Yomiuri Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Postseason

Climax Series

Main article: 2009 Central League Climax Series

Stage 2

Game 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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
Game 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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)
Game 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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)
Game 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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)

Japan Series

Main article: 2009 Japan Series

Game 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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)

Game 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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)

Game 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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)

Game 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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)

Game 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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)

Game 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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 statistics

Batting

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
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
  Indicates CL leader in the category
Player W L ERA G Win% SV IP R ER BB K
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
  Indicates CL leader in the category

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