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2009 Nippon Professional Baseball Season
The 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 60th season since the NPB was reorganized in Regular season standings Central League Pacific League Climax Series ''Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.'' Central League first stage ''Chunichi Dragons win the series, 2-1'' Central League second stage ''Yomiuri Giants have one-win advantage'' ''Yomiuri Giants win the series, 4-1'' Pacific League first stage ''Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles win the series, 2-0'' Pacific League second stage ''Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters have one-win advantage'' ''Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters win the series, 4-1'' Japan Series See also *2009 Korea Professional Baseball season *2009 Major League Baseball season References External linksOfficial WebsiteOfficial Website 2009 Nippon Profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Professional Baseball
is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the in 1934. The first professional circuit for the sport in Japan, the Japanese Baseball League (JBL), was founded two years later and continued to play even through the final years of World War II. The organization that is today's NPB was formed when the JBL reorganized in 1950, dividing its 15 teams into two leagues, which would meet in the annual season-ending Japan Series championship play-off series of games starting that year. NPB comprises twelve teams divided equally in two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, a format which it has largely kept since . It has seen several waves of Expansion team, expansion and contraction, sometimes at the same time, to keep it at those number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Yokohama BayStars Season
The 2009 Yokohama BayStars season features the BayStars quest to win their first Central League title since 1998. The team made a bit of a splash just before the season, signing former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters starter Ryan Glynn to shore up their rotation, led by veterans Daisuke Miura and Hayato Terahara. On the offensive side, the 'Stars picked up Dan Johnson, a journeyman minor leaguer, to give protection to 2008 batting champion Seiichi Uchikawa and slugging third baseman Shuichi Murata. The year did not start well even before the regular season started. The 'Stars lost Murata to a pulled hamstring muscle during the 2009 World Baseball Classic in a seeding game against Team Japan's arch-rival Korea. The injury hurt the team in the worst way, as Yokohama's bad luck with batting with runners in scoring position continued from 2008. The BayStars scored just five runs in their first six games en route to another rough start in April. Towards the end of May, BayStars ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Korea Professional Baseball Season
The 2009 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 28th season in the history of the KBO League. The Kia Tigers won the regular season and the Korean Series The Korean Series () is the final championship series of the KBO League. It has been held since the KBO League's first season in and is the final series of the post-season play-offs. From to 2013, the winner of the Korean Series went on to play .... Format Season format *Regular season: 133 games for each team *Semiplayoff: regular-season 3rd place vs. regular-season 4th place – best of 5 *Playoff: regular-season second place vs. semiplayoff winner – best of 5 *Korean Series: regular-season first place vs. playoff winner – best of 7 Final standings *Champion (1st place): Korean Series winner *Runner-up (2nd place): Korean Series loser *3rd–8th place: sort by regular-season record except teams to play in the Korean Series Pre-season Regular season Post-season Semiplayoff ''Doosan Bears win the series, 3-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapporo Dome
The , currently known as for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, and is primarily used for association football. It is the home field of the association football club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, and was also home to the baseball team Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters through the 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season. It was a football venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics, was the venue for the opening ceremony of the 2017 Asian Winter Games, and was used for two matches of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The stadium also hosted matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. On 19 July 2024, it was announced that the stadium would be named Daiwa House PREMIST DOME from 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2028, due to a four-year naming rights contract with Daiwa House, a homebuilding company. History Sapporo Dome opened in 2001 with 41,580 seats. The stadium hosted three games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Germany vs Saudi Arabia, Argentina vs England and Italy vs Ecu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyagi Baseball Stadium
, officially Miyagi Baseball Stadium, is a baseball stadium in Miyaginohara Sports Park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The 30,508-seat park is owned by the prefecture and operated by Rakuten, which has used it as the home field for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) since 2005. Its symmetrical playing surface is the only all natural grass field in the Pacific League (PL). An amusement park, Smile Glico Park, is integrated into the stadium's left field seating and features a Ferris wheel and merry-go-round. Miyagi Stadium is the third-oldest NPB stadium and the oldest in the PL. It was built in 1950 to host amateur baseball and countryside NPB games. Lights were added in 1973 for night games and to attract more professional games. The Lotte Orions began using it as a semi-home that same year and played five seasons there until 1977. In 1974, the Orions brought the stadium its first postseason games, however Japan Series games were not held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Dome
is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often used as a unit of size; for example, "the new construction is five times the size of Tokyo Dome." Construction Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome, adjacent to Korakuen Stadium and the Koishikawa-Kōrakuen garden. It has a maximum total capacity of 57,000 depending on configuration, with an all-seating configuration of 42,000. Tokyo Dome's original nickname was "The Big Egg", with some calling it the "Tokyo Big Egg".Haberman, Clyde Amid Some Doubts, a Tokyo Dome New York Times, March 23, 1988 Its dome-shaped roof is an air-supported structure, a cable-reinforced 0.8 mm flexible fiberglass membrane supported by slightly pressurizing the inside of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoya Dome
The Nagoya Dome (ナゴヤドーム), known as Vantelin Dome Nagoya (バンテリンドーム ナゴヤ) for sponsorship reasons, is a domed baseball stadium, constructed in 1997, located in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The dome has the capacity of 36,418 for sports and 49,000 for concerts. It is an example of a geodesic dome. It has served as the home stadium for the Chunichi Dragons professional baseball team since its opening. It has also served the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes, and hosted a single group stage game of the 2024 WBSC Premier12. The official theme song for the Nagoya Dome, "Here for You", was written by local FM radio disc jockey James Havens and released on CD by Victor Entertainment. Access *Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line, Nagoya GuideWay-Bus Yutorito Line ** Nagoya Dome-mae Yada Station **Ōzone Station *Central Japan Railway Company Chūō Main Line, Meitetsu Seto Line **Ōzone Station * Meitetsu Seto Line ** Yada Station See also * Diag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Series
The Japan Series ( , officially the Japan Championship Series, ), also the Nippon Series, is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a best-of-seven series between the winning clubs of the league's two circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League, and is played in October or November. The first team to win four games is the overall winner and is declared each year. The Japan Series uses a 2–3–3-3 format, with the latter four games in theory if additional games are needed following tiebreakers. The home team for games 1, 2 and eventually 6 and 7, alternates between the two leagues with the Pacific League having the advantage on the years ending with an odd number and the Central League on the years ending with an even number. Designated hitters are used if the team from the Pacific League hosts the game. There is a 40-man postseason roster limit, and the rule on drawn games is changed to 12 innings, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Orix Buffaloes Season
The 2009 Orix Buffaloes season features the Buffaloes quest to win their first Pacific League title under their current franchise configuration. Regular season Standings Game log , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 1 , , April 3 , , @Hawks , 8 - 0, , Wada (1-0) , , Komatsu (0-1) , , , , 30,106 , , 0-1-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 2 , , April 4 , , @Hawks , 2 - 5, , Kondo (1-0) , , Oba (0-1) , , Kato (1) , , 28,827 , , 1-1-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 3 , , April 5 , , @Hawks , 2 - 1(10) , , Kamiuchi (1-0) , , Kawagoe (0-1) , , , , 29,576 , , 1-2-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 4 , , April 7 , , @Lions , 8 - 3, , Kishi (1-0) , , Kaneko (0-1) , , , , 24,011 , , 1-3-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 5 , , April 8 , , @Lions , 2 - 10, , Yamamoto (1-0) , , Ishii (0-1) , , , , 10,001 , , 2-3-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 6 , , April 9 , , @Lions , 13 - 6, , Nishiguchi (1-0) , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Chiba Lotte Marines Season
The 2009 Chiba Lotte Marines season features the Marines quest to win their first Pacific League title since 2005. This was the final season that Bobby Valentine managed the Marines. Regular season Standings Game log , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 1 , , April 3 , , Lions , 2 - 5, , Wakui (1-0) , , Shimizu (0-1) , , Graman (1) , , 30,041 , , 0-1-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 2 , , April 4 , , Lions , 10 - 5, , Komiyama (1-0) , , Hoashi (0-1) , , , , 26,819 , , 1-1-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 3 , , April 5 , , Lions , 6 - 5, , Sikorski (1-0) , , Graman (0-1) , , , , 24,313 , , 2-1-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 4 , , April 7 , , @Fighters , 9 - 1, , Tadano (1-0) , , Karakawa (0-1) , , , , 17,568 , , 2-2-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 5 , , April 8 , , @Fighters , 8 - 7, , Tateyama (1-0) , , Sikorski (1-1) , , Takeda (1) , , 18,853 , , 2-3-0 , -align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 6 , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Saitama Seibu Lions Season
The 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions season features the Lions quest to win back-to-back Japan Series titles. Regular season Standings Game log , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 1 , , April 3 , , @Marines , 2 - 5, , Wakui (1-0) , , Shimizu (0-1) , , Graman (1) , , 30,041 , , 1-0-0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 2 , , April 4 , , @Marines , 10 - 5, , Komiyama (1-0) , , Hoashi (0-1) , , , , 26,819 , , 1-1-0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 3 , , April 5 , , @Marines , 6 - 5, , Sikorski (1-0) , , Graman (0-1) , , , , 24,313 , , 1-2-0 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 4 , , April 7 , , Buffaloes , 8 - 3, , Kishi (1-0) , , Kaneko (0-1) , , , , 24,011 , , 2-2-0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , 5 , , April 8 , , Buffaloes , 2 - 10, , Yamamoto (1-0) , , Ishii (0-1) , , , , 10,001 , , 2-3-0 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 6 , , April 9 , , Buffaloes , 13 - 6, , Nishiguchi (1-0) , , Hirano (0-1) , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Season
The 2009 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season featured the Hawks quest to win their first Pacific League title since 2003. For the first time since 1994, the Hawks had a new manager in Koji Akiyama, who replaced the legendary Sadaharu Oh. SoftBank absorbed more injuries from Opening Day starter Tsuyoshi Wada, but saw the continued dominance of Toshiya Sugiuchi, and the emergence of foreign pitchers D.J. Houlton and Justin Germano, who stabilized the starting rotation. More foreign help came in the person of 201 cm-tall reliever Brian Falkenborg. Together with Rookie of the Year Tadashi Settsu and closer Takahiro Mahara, the Hawks had one of the most reliable bullpens in the league. The Hawks had one of the older offenses in the league, still anchored by Nobuhiko Matsunaka and Hiroki Kokubo. Yuya Hasegawa had a breakout season (.312, 7HR, 44RBI) after suffering injuries in the previous two seasons. Hitoshi Tamura came back in mid-May and hit .283 with 17 home runs, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
