2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

Summary

The 2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season features the Eagles quest to win their first Pacific League title.

2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Climax Series berth
LeaguePacific League
BallparkKleenex Stadium Miyagi
Record77–66–1 (.538)
League place2nd
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentToru Shimada
ManagerKatsuya Nomura
Average attendance16,711
← 2008 Eagles seasons

Regular season edit

Standings edit

2009 Pacific League regular season standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GB PCT Home Away
1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 82 60 2 .576 46–25–1 36–35–1
2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 77 66 1 6.5 .538 39–32–1 38–34–0
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 74 65 5 3.5 .531 40–28–4 34–37–1
4 Saitama Seibu Lions 144 70 70 4 9 .500 38–32–2 32–38–2
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 144 62 77 5 15.5 .448 37–31–4 25–46–1
6 Orix Buffaloes 144 56 86 2 26 .396 32–40–0 24–46–2
Source: [1]

Game log edit

2009 game log: 77–66–1 (Home: 39–32–1; Away: 38–34–0)
April: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 April 3 @Fighters 1 - 3 Iwakuma (1-0) Darvish (0-1) Arime (1) 42,328 1-0-0
2 April 4 @Fighters 5 - 6 Gwyn (1-0) Fujii (0-1) Kawagishi (1) 36,316 2-0-0
3 April 5 @Fighters 6 - 9 (11) Kawagishi (1-0) Sakamoto (0-1) 34,252 3-0-0
4 April 7 Hawks 6 - 0 Tanaka (1-0) Loe (0-1) 17,281 4-0-0
5 April 8 Hawks 0 - 7 Houlton (1-0) Asai (0-1) 13,373 4-1-0
6 April 9 Hawks 2 - 1 Nagai (1-0) Otonari (0-1) Koyama (1) 12,418 5-1-0
7 April 10 Lions 0 - 6 Wakui (2-0) Iwakuma (1-1) 15,990 5-2-0
8 April 11 Lions 2 - 5 Onodera (1-0) Hasebe (0-1) Graman (2) 17,835 5-3-0
9 April 12 Lions 4 - 1 Rasner (1-0) Wasdin (0-1) 17,477 6-3-0
10 April 14 @Marines 1 - 2 Tanaka (2-0) Watanabe (0-1) 9,247 7-3-0
11 April 15 @Marines 7 - 1 Karakawa (1-1) Asai (0-2) 16,235 7-4-0
12 April 16 @Marines 11 - 7 (10) Sikorski (2-1) Koyama (0-1) 13,984 7-5-0
13 April 18 @Buffaloes 0 - 7 Iwakuma (2-1) Kondo (2-1) 20,598 8-5-0
14 April 19 @Buffaloes 15 - 0 Kishida (2-0) Rasner (1-1) 21,561 8-6-0
April 21 Marines Postponed (rained out)
15 April 22 Marines 2 - 0 Tanaka (3-0) Watanabe (0-2) 12,909 9-6-0
16 April 23 Marines 2 - 5 Ono (1-1) Hasebe (0-2) Ogino (1) 11,444 9-7-0
17 April 24 @Hawks 2 - 3 Nagai (2-0) Wada (1-2) Gwyn (1) 27,568 10-7-0
18 April 25 @Hawks 5 - 4 (11) Mahara (1-0) Asai (0-3) 31,021 10-8-0
19 April 26 @Hawks 0 - 4 Rasner (2-1) Sugiuchi (2-1) Koyama (2) 31,787 11-8-0
20 April 28 Fighters 2 - 4 Yagi (1-0) Kawai (0-1) Takeda (5) 13,326 11-9-0
21 April 29 Fighters 2 - 1 Tanaka (4-0) Takeda (1-1) 20,381 12-9-0
22 April 30 Fighters 4 - 2 Hasebe (1-2) Sweeney (0-2) Arime (2) 11,239 13-9-0
May: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
23 May 1 Buffaloes 12 - 2 Nagai (3-0) Nakayama (0-2) 12,262 14-9-0
24 May 2 Buffaloes 7 - 3 Iwakuma (3-1) Komatsu (0-3) 20,246 15-9-0
25 May 3 Buffaloes 8 - 4 Koyama (1-1) Kishida (3-1) 20,619 16-9-0
26 May 4 @Lions 8 - 3 Kishi (5-0) Kawai (0-2) 33,911 16-10-0
27 May 5 @Lions 3 - 7 Isaka (1-0) Ishii (1-3) 33,908 17-10-0
28 May 6 @Lions 3 - 6 Hasebe (2-2) Nishiguchi (2-1) 31,440 18-10-0
29 May 8 @Marines 4 - 3 Shimizu (1-2) Nagai (3-1) Ogino (3) 13,263 18-11-0
30 May 9 @Marines 2 - 6 Iwakuma (4-1) Ono (1-3) 24,668 19-11-0
31 May 10 @Marines 6 - 0 Karakawa (3-2) Rasner (2-2) 24,023 19-12-0
32 May 12 Fighters 1 - 8 Yagi (3-0) Isaka (1-1) 10,231 19-13-0
33 May 13 Fighters 7 - 3 Tanaka (5-0) Sakamoto (0-2) 13,983 20-13-0
34 May 14 Fighters 0 - 7 Sweeney (1-3) Hasebe (2-3) 10,677 20-14-0
35 May 15 Hawks 2 - 4 Falkenborg (2-0) Koyama (1-2) Mahara (5) 11,338 21-14-0
36 May 16 Hawks 1 - 2 Iwakuma (5-1) Kamiuchi (2-1) 17,768 21-15-0
May 17 Hawks Postponed (rained out)
37 May 19 Swallows 3 - 7 Ishikawa (6-1) Rasner (2-3) 12,691 21-16-0
38 May 20 Swallows 2 - 0 Tanaka (6-0) Sato (2-3) 19,295 22-16-0
39 May 22 Giants 2 - 12 Gonzalez (4-0) Nagai (3-2) 20,170 22-17-0
40 May 23 Giants 1 - 7 Utsumi (1-3) Iwakuma (5-2) 20,599 22-18-0
41 May 24 @BayStars 2 - 5 Hasebe (3-3) Kobayashi (1-4) Aoyama (1) 18,041 23-18-0
42 May 25 @BayStars 6 - 5 Kudoh (1-1) Aoyama (0-1) 18,696 23-19-0
43 May 27 @Dragons 2 - 3 Tanaka (7-0) Takahashi (1-1) Aoyama (2) 32,208 24-19-0
44 May 28 @Dragons 2 - 1 (10) Nagamine (1-0) Aoyama (0-2) 28,262 24-20-0
May 30 Carp Postponed (rained out)
45 May 31 Carp 4 - 5 Otake (5-1) Iwakuma (5-3) Nagakawa (15) 18,015 24-21-0
June: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
46 June 1 Carp 0 - 2 Saito (3-3) Hasebe (3-4) Nagakawa (16) 10,402 24-22-0
47 June 2 Tigers
48 June 3 Tigers
49 June 5 @Swallows
50 June 6 @Swallows
51 June 7 @Giants
52 June 8 @Giants
53 June 10 Dragons
54 June 11 Dragons
55 June 13 BayStars
56 June 14 BayStars
57 June 17 @Carp
58 June 18 @Carp
59 June 20 @Tigers
60 June 21 @Tigers
61 June 26 @Buffaloes
62 June 27 @Buffaloes
63 June 28 @Buffaloes
64 June 30 @Fighters
July: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
65 July 1 @Fighters
66 July 2 @Fighters
67 July 3 Lions
68 July 4 Lions
69 July 5 Lions
70 July 7 Marines
71 July 8 Marines
72 July 9 Marines
73 July 10 @Hawks
74 July 11 @Hawks
75 July 12 @Hawks
76 July 14 @Lions
77 July 15 @Lions
78 July 16 @Lions
79 July 17 Buffaloes
80 July 18 Buffaloes
81 July 19 Buffaloes
82 July 20 @Hawks
83 July 21 @Hawks
84 July 22 @Hawks
85 July 28 Lions
86 July 29 Lions
87 July 31 @Marines
August: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
88 August 1 @Marines
89 August 2 @Marines
90 August 4 @Buffaloes
91 August 5 @Buffaloes
92 August 6 @Buffaloes
93 August 7 Fighters
94 August 8 Fighters
95 August 9 Fighters
96 August 11 Hawks
97 August 12 Hawks
98 August 13 Hawks
99 August 14 Marines
100 August 15 Marines
101 August 16 Marines
102 August 18 @Fighters
103 August 19 @Fighters
104 August 20 @Fighters
105 August 21 Buffaloes
106 August 22 Buffaloes
107 August 23 Buffaloes
108 August 25 @Lions
109 August 26 @Lions
110 August 27 @Lions
111 August 28 @Marines
112 August 29 @Marines
113 August 30 @Marines
September: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
114 September 1 Lions
115 September 2 Lions
116 September 3 Lions
117 September 4 Fighters
118 September 5 Fighters
119 September 6 Fighters
120 September 8 @Buffaloes
121 September 9 @Buffaloes
122 September 10 @Buffaloes
123 September 11 @Hawks
124 September 12 @Hawks
125 September 13 @Hawks
126 September 15 @Fighters
127 September 16 @Fighters
128 September 17 @Fighters
129 September 18 Marines
130 September 19 Marines
131 September 20 Marines
132 September 21 Buffaloes
133 September 22 Buffaloes
134 September 23 Buffaloes
135 September 25 @Lions
136 September 26 @Lions
137 September 27 @Lions
138 September 29 Hawks
139 September 30 Hawks
October: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 2–4–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
140 October 1 Hawks
141 October 3 Lions
142 October 5 @Buffaloes
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Player stats edit

Batting edit

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Pitching edit

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References edit

  1. ^ "2009 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 31, 2021.