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 Giants14489469.659
Chunichi Dragons14481621.56612
Tokyo Yakult Swallows14471721.49722
Hanshin Tigers14467734.47924½
Hiroshima Carp14465754.46426½
Yokohama BayStars14451930.35442½

Pacific League

Pacific League
G W L T Win% GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters14482602.577
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14477661.538
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14474655.532
Saitama Seibu Lions14470704.50011
Chiba Lotte Marines14462775.44618½
Orix Buffaloes14456862.39426


Climax Series

Central League First Stage

Chunichi Dragons win the series, 2-1

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Chunichi Dragons 2 - 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows October 17Nagoya Dome38,391
2 Chunichi Dragons 3 - 2 Tokyo Yakult SwallowsOctober 18Nagoya Dome38,171
3 Chunichi Dragons 7 - 4 Tokyo Yakult SwallowsOctober 19Nagoya Dome32,897

Central League Second Stage

Yomiuri Giants have one-win advantage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Yomiuri Giants 2 - 7 Chunichi Dragons October 21Tokyo Dome41,259
2 Yomiuri Giants 6 - 4 Chunichi Dragons October 22Tokyo Dome40,452
3 Yomiuri Giants 5 - 4 Chunichi Dragons October 23Tokyo Dome45,409
4 Yomiuri Giants 8 - 2 Chunichi Dragons October 24Tokyo Dome46,535

Yomiuri Giants win the series, 4-1

Pacific League First Stage

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles win the series, 2-0

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11 - 4 Fukuoka SoftBank HawksOctober 16Miyagi Baseball Stadium21,303
2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4 - 1 Fukuoka SoftBank HawksOctober 17Miyagi Baseball Stadium21,388

Pacific League Second Stage

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have one-win advantage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 9 - 8 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 21Sapporo Dome38,235
2 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 - 1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 22Sapporo Dome32,713
3 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2 - 3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 23Sapporo Dome42,328
4 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 9 - 4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesOctober 24Sapporo Dome42,328

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)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 31Yomiuri Giants 4 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3Sapporo Dome3:1840,650 
2November 1Yomiuri Giants 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4Sapporo Dome2:5240,718 
3November 3Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 Yomiuri Giants 7Tokyo Dome3:1145,150 
4November 4Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 8 Yomiuri Giants 4Tokyo Dome3:3845,133 
5November 5Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 Yomiuri Giants 3Tokyo Dome2:5745,160 
6November 7Yomiuri Giants 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 0Sapporo Dome3:0240,714

Yomiuri Giants win the Japan Series 4-2

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