2009 World Baseball Classic

December 2023 International baseball competition in 2009 December 2023 2009 World Baseball Classic logo.svg 200px March 5–23, 2009 16 Japan 2 South Korea 1997 Venezuela United States 1960 39 801408 JPN Daisuke Matsuzaka 2006 2013 right|280px|thumb|Jumbotron ad for the 2009 WBC at Rogers Centre The 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international baseball competition. It began on March 5 and finished March 23. Unlike in 2006, when the round-robin format of the first two rounds led to some eliminations being decided by run-difference tiebreakers, the first two rounds of the 2009 edition were modified double-elimination format. The modification was that the final game of each bracket was winner-take-all, even if won by the team emerging from the loser's bracket, although that game only affected seeding, as two teams always advanced from each bracket. The biggest surprise in the first round was the Netherlands, which twice defeated the Dominican Republic in Pool D to advance. The second round saw the two Pool A teams (South Korea and Japan) defeat the two Pool B teams (Cuba and Mexico) while the two Pool C teams (Venezuela and the United States) defeated the two Pool D teams (Puerto Rico and the Netherlands). South Korea and Japan then advanced to the final game, playing each other for the fifth time in the tournament (split 2–2 up to that time), and Japan emerged victorious for the second straight Classic, winning the final game 5–3 in 10 innings. For the second straight Classic, Daisuke Matsuzaka was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Format As was the case for the 2006 tournament, the sixteen teams were split into four pools of four teams each. WBC 2009 Brackets Major League Baseball July 31, 2008 http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/wbc_09/brackets.jsp September 27, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081006135214/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/wbc_09/brackets.jsp October 6, 2008 live Whereas previously the teams played in round-robin competition in the first two rounds, this time they took part in a double-elimination format, similar to the U.S. College World Series sponsored by the NCAA. Under the new format, teams were only guaranteed to play two games. This change was made to eliminate the complicated tiebreaking procedures, Classic changes advancement rules Major League Baseball March 23, 2008 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080323&content_id=2453941&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb September 27, 2008 which were required for one of the pools in each of the first two rounds in 2006. After the first round, the tournament was held in the U.S. The top two teams from each of the four pools—seeded from the final game in their respective pools—went to the second round, with the teams from Pools A and B meeting at Petco Park in San Diego for Pool 1, and the teams in Pools C and D playing at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens for Pool 2. Dodger Stadium to host Classic finals Major League Baseball July 31, 2008 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080731&content_id=3229562&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb September 27, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080909170402/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080731&content_id=3229562&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb September 9, 2008 live Again, both pools made use of double-elimination to determine the teams qualifying for the semifinals. In another change from 2006, the four qualifying teams crossed over for the semifinals, with the winner of each pool playing against the runner-up from the other pool. The championship round process was otherwise unchanged, with each semifinal being a single elimination match, the victors meeting in the final to determine the tournament champion. All three championship round games were held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. In the final, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team. Rosters 2009 World Baseball Classic rosters Each participating national federation had a deadline of January 19, 2009, to submit a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which was required to include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were submitted on February 24. If a player on the submitted roster was unable to play, usually due to injury, he could be substituted at any time before the start of the tournament. While rosters could not be changed during a round of competition, a team that advanced to a later round could change its roster for the later round. Venues Seven stadiums were used during the tournament: Pool APool BPool CPool DJPN Tokyo, JapanMEX Mexico City, MexicoCAN Toronto, CanadaPUR San Juan, Puerto RicoTokyo DomeForo SolRogers CentreHiram Bithorn StadiumCapacity: 42,000Capacity: 26,000Capacity: 49,539Capacity: 18,264200px200px200px200px Pool 1Pool 2ChampionshipUSA San Diego, United StatesUSA Miami Gardens, United StatesUSA Los Angeles, United StatesPetco ParkDolphin StadiumDodger StadiumCapacity: 42,685Capacity: 38,560Capacity: 56,000200px200px200px Pools composition The 16 teams that participated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic were all invited back for the 2009 tournament. The World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) changed the members of each pool as compared with the 2006 Classic, however, except for Pool A. There was no official qualifying competition. Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the IBAF World Rankings at the time of the tournament.Inaugural IBAF World Ranking Released https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-6035-0-0-0&sID=83786&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=7837069 MyGameday August 20, 202214 European Teams listed in IBAF World Ranking https://www.mister-baseball.com/14-european-teams-listed-ibaf-world-ranking/ Mister Baseball August 20, 2022 Pool APool BPool CPool DCHN (14)AUS (10)CAN (7)DOM (17)TPE (5)CUB (1)ITA (13)NED (6)JPN (4)MEX (8)USA (2)PAN (9)KOR 1997 (3)RSA (20)VEN (15)PUR (11) First round Pool A 2009 World Baseball Classic Pool A Bracket Mar 5, 2009 18:30 CHN 0–4 JPN Tokyo Dome 2:55 43,428 Boxscore Mar 6, 2009 18:30 TPE 0–9 KOR 1997 Tokyo Dome 2:48 12,704 Boxscore Mar 7, 2009 12:30 TPE 1–4 CHN Tokyo Dome 2:51 12,890 Boxscore Mar 7, 2009 19:00 JPN 14–2 KOR 1997 7 Tokyo Dome 2:48 45,640 Boxscore Mar 8, 2009 18:30 CHN 0–14 KOR 1997 7 Tokyo Dome 2:13 12,571 Boxscore Mar 9, 2009 18:30 KOR 1997 1–0 JPN Tokyo Dome 3:02 42,879 Boxscore |} Pool B 2009 World Baseball Classic Pool B Bracket Mar 8, 2009 12:00 RSA 1–8 CUB Foro Sol 2:37 11,270 Boxscore Mar 8, 2009 19:00 AUS 17–7 MEX 8 Foro Sol 3:43 20,821 Boxscore Mar 9, 2009 20:00 MEX 14–3 RSA Foro Sol 3:33 10,311 Boxscore Mar 10, 2009 20:00 CUB 5–4 AUS Foro Sol 3:29 13,396 Boxscore Mar 11, 2009 20:00 MEX 16–1 AUS 6 Foro Sol 2:31 16,718 Boxscore Mar 12, 2009 19:00 MEX 4–16 CUB 7 Foro Sol 3:33 20,149 Boxscore |} Pool C 2009 World Baseball Classic Pool C Bracket Mar 7, 2009 14:00 CAN 5–6 USA Rogers Centre 2:55 42,314 Boxscore Mar 7, 2009 20:00 ITA 0–7 VEN Rogers Centre 3:00 13,272 Boxscore Mar 8, 2009 20:00 USA 15–6 VEN Rogers Centre 3:39 13,094 Boxscore Mar 9, 2009 18:30 ITA 6–2 CAN Rogers Centre 3:36 12,411 Boxscore Mar 10, 2009 17:00 ITA 1–10 VEN Rogers Centre 3:04 10,450 Boxscore Mar 11, 2009 18:30 VEN 5–3 USA Rogers Centre 3:08 12,358 Boxscore |} Pool D 2009 World Baseball Classic Pool D Bracket Mar 7, 2009 12:00 NED 3–2 DOM Hiram Bithorn Stadium 3:01 9,335 Boxscore Mar 7, 2009 18:00 PAN 0–7 PUR Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2:57 17,348 Boxscore Mar 8, 2009 16:30 PAN 0–9 DOM Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2:46 9,221 Boxscore Mar 9, 2009 18:30 NED 1–3 PUR Hiram Bithorn Stadium 3:11 19,479 Boxscore Mar 10, 2009 18:30 DOM 1–2 NED 11 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 3:38 11,814 Boxscore Mar 11, 2009 17:30 NED 0–5 PUR Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2:55 19,501 Boxscore |} Second round Pool 1 2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 1 Bracket Mar 15, 2009 13:00 JPN 6–0 CUB Petco Park 3:33 20,179 Boxscore Mar 15, 2009 20:00 MEX 2–8 KOR 1997 Petco Park 3:43 22,337 Boxscore Mar 16, 2009 20:00 CUB 7–4 MEX Petco Park 3:09 9,329 Boxscore Mar 17, 2009 20:00 JPN 1–4 KOR 1997 Petco Park 3:21 15,332 Boxscore Mar 18, 2009 20:00 JPN 5–0 CUB Petco Park 3:26 9,774 Boxscore Mar 19, 2009 18:00 JPN 6–2 KOR 1997 Petco Park 3:42 14,832 Boxscore |} Pool 2 2009 World Baseball Classic Pool 2 Bracket Mar 14, 2009 13:00 NED 1–3 VEN Dolphin Stadium 2:22 17,345 Boxscore Mar 14, 2009 20:00 USA 1–11 PUR 7 Dolphin Stadium 2:15 30,595 Boxscore Mar 15, 2009 19:30 NED 3–9 USA Dolphin Stadium 3:14 11,059 Boxscore Mar 16, 2009 20:00 VEN 2–0 PUR Dolphin Stadium 3:23 25,599 Boxscore Mar 17, 2009 19:00 PUR 5–6 USA Dolphin Stadium 3:54 13,224 Boxscore Mar 18, 2009 19:00 USA 6–10 VEN Dolphin Stadium 3:32 16,575 Boxscore |} Championship round 2009 World Baseball Classic championship Bracket Semifinals Mar 21, 2009 18:00 KOR 1997 10–2 VEN Dodger Stadium 3:22 43,378 Boxscore Mar 22, 2009 17:00 US 1960 4–9 JPN Dodger Stadium 3:15 43,630 Boxscore |} Final Mar 23, 2009 18:00 JPN 5–3 KOR 1997 10 Dodger Stadium 4:00 54,846 Boxscore |} Final standings Organizer WBCI has no interest in the final standings and did not compute. So, it was calculated by IBAF for the IBAF Men's Baseball World Rankings. In the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority: The team allowing the fewest runs per nine innings (RA/9) in all games; The team allowing the fewest earned runs per nine innings (ERA) in all games; The team with the highest batting average (AVG) in all games; RkTeamWLTiebreaker1JPN72–Lost in Final2KOR 199763–Lost in Semifinals3VEN62–4USA 196044–Eliminated in Second Round5PUR421.75 RA/96CUB424.15 RA/97NED243.98 RA/98MEX2410.10 RA/9Eliminated in First Round9DOM121.57 RA/910ITA126.84 RA/911CHN127.43 RA/912AUS1210.96 RA/913CAN026.35 RA/914TPE027.31 RA/915PAN029.00 RA/916RSA 19940211.65 RA/9 bb 2009 World Baseball Classic champions JPN Second Attendance 801,408 (avg. 20,549; pct. 54.5%) First round 453,374 (avg. 18,891; pct. 55.6%) Pool A – 170,112 (avg. 28,352; pct. 67.5%) Pool B – 92,665 (avg. 15,444; pct. 59.4%) Pool C – 103,899 (avg. 17,317; pct. 35.0%) Pool D – 86,698 (avg. 14,450; pct. 79.1%) Second round 206,180 (avg. 17,182; pct. 42.3%) Pool 1 – 91,783 (avg. 15,297; pct. 35.8%) Pool 2 – 114,397 (avg. 19,066; pct. 49.4%) Championship round 141,854 (avg. 47,285; pct. 84.4%) Semifinals – 87,008 (avg. 43,504; pct. 77.7%) Final – 54,846 (avg. 54,846; pct. 97.9%) 2009 All-World Baseball Classic team right 600 Iván Rodríguez on March 11, 2007 (1).jpg José López on June 3, 2010 (1).jpg Jimmy Rollins on August 1, 2012 (1).jpg Norichika Aoki on April 3, 2010 (1).jpg Yoenis Céspedes on April 15, 2012 (1).jpg Hisashi Iwakuma on August 30, 2011 (1).jpg Players named to the All-WBC Team (from left to right); Catcher – Iván Rodríguez of Puerto RicoSecond baseman – José López of VenezuelaShortstop – Jimmy Rollins of the United StatesOutfielder – Norichika Aoki of JapanOutfielder – Yoenis Céspedes of CubaPitcher – Hisashi Iwakuma of Japan Note: The tournament Most Valuable Player was Daisuke Matsuzaka.See: 2009 World Baseball Classic – Championship Final – Japan 5, South Korea 3. PositionPlayerCPUR Iván Rodríguez1BKOR 1997 Tae-kyun Kim2BVEN José López3BKOR 1997 Bum-ho LeeSSUSA Jimmy RollinsOFJPN Norichika AokiCUB Frederich CepedaCUB Yoenis CéspedesDHKOR 1997 Hyun-soo KimPKOR 1997 Jung-keun BongJPN Hisashi IwakumaJPN Daisuke Matsuzaka Statistics leaders Batting Statistic Name Total/AvgBatting average* AUS Brett Roneberg .714Hits JPN Norichika AokiCUB Frederich CepedaJPN Ichiro Suzuki 12Runs USA Adam DunnKOR 1997 Tae-kyun KimUSA Kevin Youkilis 9Home runs 7 Players 3RBI KOR 1997 Tae-kyun Kim 11Walks USA Adam Dunn 9Strikeouts USA Adam DunnJPN Michihiro Ogasawara 10Stolen bases JPN Yasuyuki KataokaUSA Jimmy Rollins 4On-base percentage* CAN Jason Bay .778Slugging percentage* AUS Brett Roneberg 1.286OPS* AUS Brett Roneberg 2.036 * Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game Pitching Statistic Name Total/AvgWins JPN Daisuke Matsuzaka 3Losses USA Jeremy Guthrie 2Saves VEN Francisco Rodríguez 3Innings pitched JPN Hisashi Iwakuma 20.0Hits allowed USA Roy Oswalt 17Runs allowed USA Jeremy Guthrie 10Earned runs allowed KOR 1997 Kwang-hyun Kim 8ERA* VEN Enrique González 0.00**Walks 5 Players 6Strikeouts JPN Yu Darvish 20WHIP* DOM Rafael Pérez 0.00 * Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game ** González is tied with 17 others with a 0.00 ERA but he pitched the most innings with 9.2 Additional rules As was the case for the 2006 Classic, several rules were announced for the 2009 tournament that modified the existing rules for international baseball set out by the IBAF.Major League Baseball January 29, 2009 Several rules changes adopted for 2009 World Baseball Classic http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090129&content_id=3783722&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp October 6, 2010 November 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105110142/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090129&content_id=3783722&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp dead http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090129&content_id=3784012&vkey=wbc&team= Rules changes approved for Classic January 31, 2009 Miller Doug MLB.com January 30, 2009 Major League Baseball WorldBaseballClassic.com https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120216200859/http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090129&content_id=3784012&vkey=wbc&team= February 16, 2012 dead Once again there were limits on the number of pitches thrown in a game, though the limits themselves were changed from the previous tournament: 70 pitches in First Round (up from 65 in 2006) 85 pitches in Second Round (up from 80 in 2006) 100 pitches in Championship Round (up from 95 in 2006) If a pitcher reached his limit during an at bat, he was allowed to finish pitching to the batter, but was removed from the game at the end of the at bat. A 30–pitch outing needed to be followed by one day off, and a 50–pitch outing by four days off. No one would be allowed to pitch on three consecutive days. As the championship round was played over three consecutive days, a so-called "pitcher rest equalization" rule was added: a pitcher making 30 or more pitches in a semifinal was ineligible to pitch in the final. This negated an advantage the winners of the first semifinal would have had in the final. A mercy rule came into effect when one team led by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings in the first two rounds. Instant replay was also available to umpires during the tournament. As was introduced in Major League Baseball during the 2008 season, replays were only used to adjudicate on home run decisions, to determine whether the ball was fair or foul, over the fence or not, and the impact of fan interference. An alternative version of the IBAF's extra inning rule was also introduced. If after 12 innings the score was still tied, each half inning thereafter would have started with runners on second and first base. The runners would have been the eighth and ninth hitters due in that inning respectively. For example, if the number five hitter was due to lead off the inning, the number three hitter would have been on second base, and the number four hitter on first base. However, this rule was never actually employed in this year's Classic, as the two extra-inning games in the tournament ended prior to a 13th inning. All base coaches were required to wear protective helmets, in the aftermath of the death of Mike Coolbaugh and participating teams were required to announce the next day's starting pitcher. Additionally, a modified early termination rule was in effect for the first two rounds; had a team been ahead by 15 or more runs after five innings or ten or more runs after seven or eight innings, the game ended at that point. Prize money USD 14,000,000 By final standings Champions – USD 2,700,000 Runners-up – USD 1,700,000 Semifinalists – USD 1,200,000 (x 2 teams) Eliminated in Second Round – USD 700,000 (x 4 teams) Eliminated in First Round – USD 300,000 (x 8 teams) Bonus for pool winners First Round – USD 300,000 (x 4 teams) Second Round – USD 400,000 (x 2 teams) Media coverage In the United States, ESPN and the MLB Network shared the rights, with ESPN broadcasting 23 of the games, including the Finals, while MLB Network showed the remaining 16.Ibarra Sergio October 7, 2008 ESPN, MLB Net Map Plans for World Baseball Classic TelevisionWeek http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/espn_mlb_net_map_plans_for_wor.php March 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323171424/http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/espn_mlb_net_map_plans_for_wor.php March 23, 2012 dead Spanish language telecasts in the U.S. were handled by ESPN Deportes telecasting all games. Internationally, it was broadcast to 167 countries by ESPN International. In Canada, Rogers Sportsnet aired all 39 games.Notebook: Happy fans would pay Junior well https://www.thestar.com/printArticle/592625 Toronto Star February 25, 2009 March 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121014101302/http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/592625 October 14, 2012 dead In the Dominican Republic, CDN (Cadena de Noticias) and CDN2 broadcast all games live (except for games played in Tokyo, shown on tape delay)March 2009 In Japan, J Sports broadcast all 39 games. TV Asahi (Round 1) and TBS (Round 2 and Finals) broadcast all games featuring Japan. For all games featuring Japan, they gained viewing ratings of at least 20%. The final game gained ratings in the range 30-45%.http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=200903/2009032500286 WBC決勝戦視聴率、36.4％【WBC】 ja Jiji Press March 25, 2009 March 27, 2009 https://archive.today/20090908125757/http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=200903/2009032500286 September 8, 2009 live Video games World Baseball Classic 2009 has licensed three video games, all only released in Japan: Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6,http://www.konami.jp/prospi/6/wbc/index.html Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 March 5, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100324201300/http://www.konami.jp/prospi/6/wbc/index.html March 24, 2010 live Baseball Heroes 2009http://www.konami.jp/am/bbh2009 Baseball Heroes 2009 March 6, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205080513/http://www.konami.jp/am/bbh2009 February 5, 2010 live and Jikkyou Pawafuru Major League 2009http://www.konami.jp/topics/2009/0218/index-e.html Jikkyou Pawafuru Major League 2009 March 5, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100415221218/http://www.konami.jp/topics/2009/0218/index-e.html April 15, 2010 live References 30em External links Official website World Baseball Classic Category:World Baseball Classic Category:March 2009 in sports