2009 Hanshin Tigers season

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

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	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	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	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

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
140	October 3	Swallows	4 - 6	65-71-4
141	October 4	Dragons	5 - 0	66-71-4
142	October 7	@Carp	1 - 5	67-71-4
143	October 8	@Swallows	5 - 0	67-72-4
144	October 9	@Swallows	3 - 1	67-73-4

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB

Pitching

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

References

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

Hanshin Tigers

Formerly the Osaka Tigers and Hanshin
Based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

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