2009 Hanshin Tigers season

The 2009 Hanshin Tigers season features the Tigers quest to win their first Central League title since 2005.

Contents

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

Game log

2009 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 Swallows 5 - 2 Ando (1-0) Ishikawa (0-1) Fujikawa (1) 33,792 1-0-0
2 April 4 Swallows 1 - 5 Sato (1-0) Nomi (0-1) 33,449 1-1-0
3 April 5 Swallows 6 - 7 Kawashima (1-0) Fukuhara (0-1) Lim (1) 33,436 1-2-0
4 April 7 Carp 11 - 10 Egusa (1-0) Nagakawa (0-1) 46,307 2-2-0
5 April 8 Carp 8 - 2 Shimoyanagi (1-0) Saito (0-1) 42,300 3-2-0
6 April 9 Carp 2 - 4 Hasegawa (1-0) Ishikawa (0-1) Nagakawa (3) 38,733 3-3-0
7 April 10 @Giants 6 - 5 Ochi (1-0) Egusa (1-1) Kroon (1) 43,356 3-4-0
8 April 11 @Giants 4 - 1 Tono (1-0) Nomi (0-2) Kroon (2) 44,284 3-5-0
9 April 12 @Giants 6 - 6 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 44,246 3-5-1
— April 14 Dragons Postponed (rained out)
10 April 15 Dragons 2 - 9 Asakura (1-0) Shimoyanagi (1-1) 40,476 3-6-1
11 April 16 Dragons 4 - 3 Atchison (1-0) Asao (1-2) Fujikawa (2) 40,195 4-6-1
12 April 17 @BayStars 1 - 5 Ando (2-0) Miura (1-2) 12,250 5-6-1
13 April 18 @BayStars 4 - 9 Nomi (1-2) Glynn (0-3) 25,773 6-6-1
14 April 19 @BayStars 4 - 2 Kobayashi (1-1) Fukuhara (0-2) Ishii (4) 24,491 6-7-1
15 April 21 @Dragons 2 - 1 Asakura (2-0) Shimoyanagi (1-2) Iwase (3) 30,434 6-8-1
16 April 22 @Dragons 6 - 2 Asao (2-2) Kubo (0-1) Iwase (4) 31,650 6-9-1
17 April 23 @Dragons 1 - 4 (12) Fujikawa (1-0) Nelson (0-2) 30,850 7-9-1
18 April 24 @Carp 0 - 4 Nomi (2-2) Maeda (2-2) 24,417 8-9-1
19 April 25 @Carp 1 - 12 Fukuhara (1-2) Hasegawa (1-1) 28,400 9-9-1
20 April 26 @Carp 2 - 1 Shinoda (2-1) Atchison (1-1) Nagakawa (7) 30,528 9-10-1
21 April 28 BayStars 8 - 4 Egusa (2-1) Yoshikawa (0-1) 19,163 10-10-1
22 April 29 BayStars 4 - 7 Walrond (1-2) Ando (2-1) Ishii (6) 46,431 10-11-1
23 April 30 BayStars 3 - 2 Atchison (2-1) Ishii (0-2) 45,758 11-11-1
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24 May 2 Giants 5 - 6 Yamaguchi (3-0) Fujikawa (1-1) Ochi (2) 46,425 11-12-1
25 May 3 Giants 0 - 4 Gonzalez (1-0) Cheng (0-1) 46,440 11-13-1
26 May 4 Giants 6 - 0 Shimoyanagi (2-2) Utsumi (0-3) 46,434 12-13-1
— May 5 @Swallows Postponed (rained out)
— May 6 @Swallows Postponed (rained out)
27 May 7 @Swallows 2 - 1 Ishikawa (4-1) Kubo(0-2) Lim (9) 15,575 12-14-1
28 May 8 @BayStars 2 - 0 Miura (4-2) Ando (2-2) 13,467 12-15-1
29 May 9 @BayStars 4 - 0 Glynn (2-4) Nomi (2-3) 23,464 12-16-1
30 May 10 @BayStars 4 - 12 Fukuhara (2-2) Kobayashi (1-2) 23,963 13-16-1
31 May 12 Carp 1 - 0 Shimoyanagi (3-2) Yokoyama (0-2) 41,558 14-16-1
32 May 13 Carp 1 - 2 (10) Yokoyama (1-2) Fujikawa (1-2) Nagakawa (11) 43,899 14-17-1
33 May 14 Carp 7 - 1 Ando (3-2) Maeda (2-4) 40,599 15-17-1
34 May 15 @Swallows 2 - 1 Matsuoka (2-0) Nomi (2-4) Lim (12) 22,528 15-18-1
35 May 16 @Swallows 4 - 1 Tateyama (4-0) Fukuhara (2-3) Lim (13) 28,380 15-19-1
36 May 17 @Swallows 2 - 1 Kawashima (3-2) Egusa (2-2) Igarashi (1) 19,534 15-20-1
37 May 19 @Hawks 1 - 1 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 33,182 15-20-2
38 May 20 @Hawks 3 - 2 (10) Settsu (2-2) Egusa (2-3) 29,258 15-21-2
39 May 22 @Buffaloes 8 - 3 Kaneko (4-3) Ando (3-3) Kato (7) 23,433 15-22-2
40 May 23 @Buffaloes 3 - 7 Atchison (3-1) Vogelsong (0-1) 28,031 16-22-2
— May 24 Marines No game (called after 4 innings)
41 May 25 Marines 4 - 3 Kubo (1-2) Shimizu (1-3) Fujikawa (3) 43,474 17-22-2
42 May 26 Marines 2 - 3 Sikorski (4-2) Fujikawa (1-3) Ogino (7) 26,680 17-23-2
43 May 27 Lions 4 - 1 Shimoyanagi (4-2) Ishii (2-4) Fujikawa (4) 46,160 18-23-2
44 May 28 Lions 4 - 6 Wakui (5-2) Ando (3-4) Onodera (4) 44,395 18-24-2
45 May 30 @Fighters 8 - 2 Darvish (7-1) Fukuhara (2-4) 42,328 18-25-2
46 May 31 @Fighters 4 - 4 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 42,051 18-25-3
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
47 June 2 @Eagles 3 - 2 Rasner (3-3) Kubo (1-3) Aoyama (3) 20,128 18-26-3
48 June 3 @Eagles 2 - 3 19-26-3
49 June 5 Buffaloes 4 - 0 20-26-3
50 June 6 Buffaloes 7 - 0 21-26-3
51 June 7 Hawks 4 - 3 22-26-3
52 June 8 Hawks 1 - 8 22-27-3
53 June 10 @Lions 4 - 3 22-28-3
54 June 11 @Lions 6 - 5 22-29-3
55 June 13 @Marines 9 - 1 22-30-3
56 June 14 @Marines 4 - 1 22-31-3
57 June 16 Fighters 4 - 3 23-31-3
58 June 17 Fighters 5 - 10 23-32-3
59 June 20 Eagles 2 - 5 23-33-3
60 June 21 Eagles 4 - 2 24-33-3
61 June 26 BayStars 9 - 4 25-33-3
62 June 27 BayStars 3 - 5 25-34-3
63 June 28 BayStars 3 - 2 26-34-3
64 June 30 @Dragons 5 - 4 26-35-3
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
65 July 1 @Dragons 4 - 1 26-36-3
66 July 2 @Dragons 3 - 5 27-36-3
67 July 3 Swallows 7 - 2 28-36-3
68 July 4 Swallows 3 - 6 28-37-3
69 July 5 Swallows 4 - 1 29-37-3
70 July 7 @Carp 8 - 1 29-38-3
71 July 8 @Carp 3 - 1 29-39-3
72 July 10 Giants 5 - 7 29-40-3
73 July 11 Giants 2 - 2 Game tied after 12 innings 29-40-4
74 July 12 Giants 1 - 2 29-41-4
75 July 14 Dragons 5 - 4 30-41-4
76 July 15 Dragons 1 - 6 30-42-4
77 July 16 Dragons 4 - 6 30-43-4
78 July 17 @Giants 1 - 5 31-43-4
79 July 18 @Giants 11 - 4 31-44-4
80 July 19 @Giants 0 - 1 32-44-4
81 July 20 Swallows 2 - 3 32-45-4
— July 21 Swallows Postponed (rained out)
82 July 22 Swallows 0 - 5 32-46-4
83 July 28 BayStars 5 - 4 33-46-4
84 July 29 BayStars 8 - 0 34-46-4
85 July 30 BayStars 2 - 0 35-46-4
86 July 31 Giants 3 - 2 36-46-4
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
87 August 1 Giants 2 - 4 36-47-4
88 August 2 Giants 7 - 4 37-47-4
89 August 3 @Dragons 7 - 0 37-48-4
90 August 4 @Dragons 3 - 1 37-49-4
91 August 5 @Dragons 2 - 9 38-49-4
92 August 7 @Carp 0 - 4 39-49-4
93 August 8 @Carp 8 - 0 39-50-4
94 August 9 @Carp 7 - 3 39-51-4
95 August 11 Dragons 1 - 3 39-52-4
96 August 12 Dragons 6 - 1 40-52-4
97 August 13 Dragons 2 - 9 40-53-4
98 August 14 @Giants 4 - 7 41-53-4
99 August 15 @Giants 9 - 7 41-54-4
100 August 16 @Giants 2 - 5 42-54-4
101 August 18 @Swallows 1 - 4 43-54-4
102 August 19 @Swallows 4 - 2 43-55-4
103 August 20 @Swallows 2 - 10 44-55-4
104 August 21 Carp 0 - 9 44-56-4
105 August 22 Carp 2 - 1 45-56-4
106 August 23 Carp 8 - 2 46-56-4
107 August 25 @BayStars 3 - 4 47-56-4
108 August 26 @BayStars 3 - 9 48-56-4
109 August 27 @BayStars 4 - 1 48-57-4
110 August 28 Giants 5 - 1 49-57-4
111 August 29 Giants 5 - 7 49-58-4
112 August 30 Giants 3 - 1 50-58-4
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
113 September 1 Swallows 6 - 1 51-58-4
114 September 2 Swallows 9 - 4 52-58-4
115 September 3 Swallows 2 - 4 52-59-4
116 September 4 @Carp 0 - 2 53-59-4
117 September 5 @Carp 5 - 2 53-60-4
118 September 6 @Carp 1 - 4 54-60-4
119 September 8 Dragons 0 - 7 54-61-4
120 September 9 Dragons 4 - 0 55-61-4
121 September 10 Dragons 2 - 4 55-62-4
122 September 11 BayStars 2 - 1 56-62-4
123 September 12 BayStars 2 - 4 56-63-4
124 September 13 BayStars 2 - 1 57-63-4
125 September 15 @Giants 3 - 5 58-63-4
126 September 16 @Giants 6 - 7 59-63-4
127 September 17 @Giants 4 - 2 59-64-4
128 September 18 Carp 4 - 5 59-65-4
129 September 19 Carp 3 - 4 59-66-4
130 September 20 Carp 14 - 2 60-66-4
131 September 21 @BayStars 8 - 1 60-67-4
132 September 22 @BayStars 7 - 2 60-68-4
133 September 23 @BayStars 3 - 6 61-68-4
134 September 25 @Dragons 2 - 5 62-68-4
135 September 26 @Dragons 10 - 7 62-69-4
136 September 27 @Dragons 2 - 7 63-69-4
137 September 28 @Swallows 7 - 1 63-70-4
138 September 29 @Swallows 2 - 8 64-70-4
139 September 30 @Swallows 1 - 7 65-70-4

Player stats

Batting

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB

Pitching

Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO

References

2009 All-Star Series • 2009 Japan Series • 2009 Asia Series
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Retired Numbers
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Japan Series
Championships (1)
Central League
Championships (5)
1962 • 1964 • 1985 • 2003 • 2005
Japanese Baseball League
Championships (4)