2009 Yomiuri Giants season

2009 Yomiuri Giants
2009 Yomiuri Giants
League	CL
League place	1
Owners	Yomiuri Group
Manager	Tatsunori Hara

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

Regular season

Standings

Template:2009 Central League standings

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	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

July

#	Date	Opponent
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
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
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

88 Tatsunori Hara

Postseason

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

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

References

v t e 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