2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season

2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Fighters yes Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters insignia (2004-2021).png 82–60–2 (.577) 1st Pacific League Nippon Ham Junichi Fujii Masataka Nashida Atsunori Inaba Sapporo Dome The 2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season was the 64th season for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise. Regular season Standings Pacific HOK Record vs. opponents Pacific League Chiba Lotte Marines 18–6–1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 11–12–1 Orix Buffaloes 16–8–0 Saitama Seibu Lions 12–12–0 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 13–11–0Central League Chunichi Dragons 1–3–0 Hanshin Tigers 2–1–1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2–2–0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2–2–0 Yokohama BayStars 3–1–0 Yomiuri Giants 2–2–0 Interleague total 12–11–1Total 82–60–2 Game log Legend Fighters win Fighters loss Fighters tie PostponementBoldFighters team member 2009 Game Log y background:#006699; color:gold; April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || April 3 || Eagles || 3–1 || Iwakuma (1–0) || Darvish (0–1) || Arime (1) || 42,328 || 0–1–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 4 || Eagles || 6–5 || Gwyn (1–0) || Fujii (0–1) || Kawagishi (1) || 36,316 || 0–2–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 5 || Eagles || 9–6 (11) || Kawagishi (1–0) || Sakamoto (0–1) || || 34,252 || 0–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 7 || Marines || 1–9 || Tadano (1–0) || Karakawa (0–1) || || 17,568 || 1–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 8 || Marines || 7–8 || Tateyama (1–0) || Sikorski (1–1) || H. Takeda (1) || 18,853 || 2–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 10 || @ Hawks || 9–1 || Darvish (1–1) || Wada (1–1) || || 26,940 || 3–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 11 || @ Hawks || 9–0 || Fujii (1–1) || Takahashi (0–1) || || 28,306 || 4–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 12 || @ Hawks || 4–5 || Sugiuchi (1–0) || Sweeney (0–1) || Mahara (1) || 28,296 || 4–4–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 14 || Buffaloes || 8–7 || Kaneko (1–1) || Tadano (1–1) || Kato (4) || 17,548 || 4–5–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 15 || Buffaloes || 5–11 || Kikuchi (1–0) || Motoyanagi (0–1) || || 17,579 || 5–5–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 16 || Buffaloes || 1–7 || M. Takeda (1–0) || Nakayama (0–1) || || 20,702 || 6–5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 17 || @ Lions || 4–2 || Darvish (2–1) || Wakui (2–1) || H. Takeda (2) || 15,181 || 7–5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 18 || @ Lions || 6–4 || Tanimoto (1–0) || Shotsu (0–1) || H. Takeda (3) || 28,525 || 8–5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 19 || @ Lions || 8–6 || Miyanishi (1–0) || Onodera (1–1) || H. Takeda (4) || 22,315 || 9–5–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 21 || Hawks || 10–5 || Kamiuchi (2–0) || Tadano (1–2) || || 17,486 || 9–6–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 22 || Hawks || 3–2 || Houlton (2–0) || Tateyama (1–1) || Mahara (3) || 19,138 || 9–7–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 23 || Hawks || 6–7 || Miyanishi (2–0) || Settsu (0–2) || || 18,364 || 10–7–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 24 || @ Buffaloes || 11–0 || Darvish (3–1) || Komatsu (0–2) || || 18,724 || 11–7–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 25 || @ Buffaloes || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 19 || April 26 || @ Buffaloes || 3–11 || Kishida (3–0) || Sakakibara (0–1) || || 13,223 || 11–8–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 28 || @ Eagles || 4–2 || Yagi (1–0) || Kawai (0–1) || H. Takeda (5) || 13,326 || 12–8–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 29 || @ Eagles || 1–2 || Tanaka (4–0) || M. Takeda (1–1) || || 20,381 || 12–9–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 30 || @ Eagles || 2–4 || Hasebe (1–2) || Sweeney (0–2) || Arime (2) || 11,239 || 12–10–0 |- y background:#006699; color:gold; May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 23 || May 1 || Lions || 2–1 (12) || Onuma (1–1) || Tateyama (1–2) || Nogami (1) || 28,007 || 12–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || May 2 || Lions || 6–7 (11) || H. Takeda (1–0) || Nogami (0–1) || || 34,711 || 13–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || May 3 || Lions || 5–6 (12) || Tanimoto (2–0) || Onodera (1–2) || || 40,754 || 14–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 4 || @ Marines || 10–7 || Tadano (2–2) || Omine (1–1) || H. Takeda (6) || 30,058 || 15–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || May 5 || @ Marines || 2–0 (5) || Yagi (2–0) || Kobayashi (0–3) || || 22,726 || 16–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 28 || May 6 || @ Marines || 3–7 || Watanabe (1–3) || Sweeney (0–3) || || 23,139 || 16–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 8 || Buffaloes || 1–10 || Darvish (4–1) || Nakayama (0–3) || || 26,638 || 17–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 9 || Buffaloes || 2–3 || Fujii (2–1) || Komatsu (0–4) || H. Takeda (7) || 26,308 || 18–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 10 || Buffaloes || 2–7 || M. Takeda (2–1) || Yoshino (0–1) || || 28,156 || 19–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 12 || @ Eagles || 8–1 || Yagi (3–0) || Isaka (1–1) || || 10,231 || 20–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 13 || @ Eagles || 3–7 || Tanaka (5–0) || Sakamoto (0–2) || || 13,983 || 20–13–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 14 || @ Eagles || 7–0 || Sweeney (1–3) || Hasebe (2–3) || || 10,677 || 21–13–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 15 || @ Buffaloes || 4–2 || Darvish (5–1) || Nakayama (0–4) || H. Takeda (8) || 11,405 || 22–13–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 16 || @ Buffaloes || 7–3 || Fujii (3–1) || Komatsu (0–5) || H. Takeda (9) || 21,965 || 23–13–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 17 || @ Buffaloes || 0–6 || Mitsuhara (1–0) || M. Takeda (2–2) || || 19,467 || 23–14–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 19 || Giants || 6–16 || Yagi (4–0) || Takahashi (2–1) || || 33,050 || 24–14–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 20 || Giants || 5–6 || Hayashi (1–0) || Greisinger (5–3) || H. Takeda (10) || 33,602 || 25–14–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 22 || Swallows || 3–2 || Tateyama (5–0) || Fujii (3–2) || Lim (14) || 20,932 || 25–15–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 23 || Swallows || 0–3 || Darvish (6–1) || Barrett (0–1) || || 31,288 || 26–15–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 24 || @ Dragons || 0–1 || Kawai (3–0) || M. Takeda (2–3) || Iwase (11) || 31,711 || 26–16–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 25 || @ Dragons || 4–10 || Asakura (5–2) || Itokazu (0–1) || || 29,051 || 26–17–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 27 || @ BayStars || 4–5 || Kizuka (1–0) || Kikuchi (1–1) || Yamaguchi (3) || 13,062 || 26–18–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 28 || @ BayStars || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 29 || @ BayStars || 7–1 || Fujii (4–2) || Miura (5–3) || || 7,349 || 27–18–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 30 || Tigers || 2–8 || Darvish (7–1) || Fukuhara (2–4) || || 42,328 || 28–18–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa" | 47 || May 31 || Tigers || 4–4 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 42,051 || 28–18–1 |- y background:#006699; color:gold; June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || June 2 || Carp || 2–1 || Maeda (4–5) || Itokazu (0–2) || Nagakawa (17) || 20,252 || 28–19–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || June 3 || Carp || 2–7 || Tateyama (2–2) || Yokoyama (1–3) || || 22,257 || 29–19–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || June 5 || @ Giants || 2–5 || Gonzalez (6–0) || Fujii (4–3) || Kroon (9) || 44,242 || 29–20–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || June 6 || @ Giants || 2–3 || Utsumi (2–3) || Darvish (7–2) || Kroon (10) || 44,887 || 29–21–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || June 7 || @ Swallows || 3–0 || M. Takeda (3–3) || Kawashima (4–4) || H. Takeda (11) || 20,032 || 30–21–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || June 8 || @ Swallows || 3–4 || Lim (1–0) || Tateyama (2–3) || || 12,515 || 30–22–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || June 10 || BayStars || 3–5 || Miyanishi (3–0) || Walrond (3–5) || H. Takeda (12) || 10,977 || 31–22–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 11 || BayStars || 3–9 || Sweeney (2–3) || Oyamada (0–1) || || 22,582 || 32–22–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || June 13 || Dragons || 1–9 || Darvish (8–2) || Yamamoto (0–2) || || 35,699 || 33–22–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 14 || Dragons || 11–10 || Kawai (5–0) || Itokazu (0–3) || Iwase (15) || 33,086 || 33–23–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 16 || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Kubo (2–4) || M. Takeda (3–4) || Fujikawa (6) || 21,310 || 33–24–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 17 || @ Tigers || 10–5 || Yagi (5–0) || Shimoyanagi (5–4) || || 23,543 || 34–24–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 20 || @ Carp || 5–1 || Darvish (9–2) || Saito (4–5) || || 30,993 || 35–24–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 21 || @ Carp || 5–7 || Maeda (5–5) || M. Takeda (3–5) || Nagakawa (20) || 30,486 || 35–25–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 26 || @ Marines || 5–0 || Darvish (10–2) || Kobayashi (1–5) || || 28,367 || 36–25–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 27 || @ Marines || 5–4 || Yagi (6–0) || Karakawa (4–4) || H. Takeda (13) || 23,513 || 37–25–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 28 || @ Marines || 2–3 (7) || Ono (4–4) || Sweeney (2–4) || || 18,184 || 37–26–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 30 || Eagles || 1–3 || Itokazu (1–3) || Hasebe (4–6) || H. Takeda (14) || 23,248 || 38–26–1 |- y background:#006699; color:gold; July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || July 1 || Eagles || 5–10 || M. Takeda (4–5) || Fujiwara (0–2) || || 23,374 || 39–26–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || July 2 || Eagles || 3–6 || Hayashi (2–0) || Arime (0–1) || H. Takeda (15) || 25,442 || 40–26–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || July 4 || Hawks || 7–3 || Sugiuchi (9–1) || Yagi (6–1) || || 18,086 || 40–27–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || July 5 || Hawks || 3–2 || Houlton (6–3) || Sweeney (2–5) || Mahara (14) || 18,660 || 40–28–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || July 7 || @ Lions || 4–6 || Kishi (9–1) || Itokazu (1–4) || || 12,525 || 40–29–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || July 8 || @ Lions || 3–4 || Iwasaki (2–0) || Darvish (10–3) || Onodera (10) || 12,525 || 40–30–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || July 9 || @ Lions || 2–8 || Wakui (10–3) || M. Takeda (4–6) || || 12,625 || 40–31–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || July 10 || Marines || 0–4 || Tadano (3–2) || Kobayashi (1–7) || || 25,690 || 41–31–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || July 11 || Marines || 5–6 || Ejiri (1–0) || Kawasaki (1–1) || H. Takeda (16) || 37,116 || 42–31–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || July 12 || Marines || 6–7 (12) || Miyanishi (4–0) || Ito (2–2) || || 34,764 || 43–31–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || July 14 || @ Hawks || 1–2 || Otonari (4–4) || Fujii (4–4) || Mahara (16) || 31,262 || 43–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || July 15 || @ Hawks || 9–1 || Darvish (11–3) || Fujioka (3–4) || || 33,031 || 44–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || July 16 || @ Hawks || 3–2 || Kikuchi (2–1) || Sugiuchi (9–2) || H. Takeda (17) || 33,549 || 45–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || July 18 || Lions || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || July 19 || Lions || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || July 20 || Marines || 3–4 || Fujii (5–4) || Omine (2–5) || H. Takeda (18) || 22,004 || 46–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || July 21 || Marines || 3–7 || Tadano (4–2) || Matsumoto (0–1) || || 18,742 || 47–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 22 || Marines || 1–2 || Darvish (12–3) || Naruse (4–5) || || 23,547 || 48–32–1 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbffff"|All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || July 28 || @ Marines || 5–1 || Yagi (7–1) || Kobayashi (2–8) || || 24,558 || 49–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 29 || @ Marines || 6–5 || Ejiri (2–0) || Sikorski (5–5) || H. Takeda (19) || 17,878 || 50–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 30 || @ Marines || 7–6 || Miyanishi (5–0) || Ogino (2–2) || H. Takeda (20) || 15,137 || 51–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 31 || Hawks || 1–5 || Darvish (13–3) || Germano (4–2) || || 29,525 || 52–32–1 |- y background:#006699; color:gold; August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 86 || August 1 || Hawks || 2–1 || Houlton (8–4) || Tateyama (2–4) || Mahara (21) || 33,543 || 52–33–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || August 2 || Hawks || 1–7 || M. Takeda (5–6) || Sugiuchi (9–3) || || 35,639 || 53–33–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || August 4 || @ Lions || 5–1 || Yagi (8–1) || Wakui (12–4) || || 20,473 || 54–33–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || August 5 || @ Lions || 2–5 || Ishii (5–7) || Kikuchi (2–2) || Onodera (16) || 18,510 || 54–34–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || August 6 || @ Lions || 7–4 || Tateyama (3–4) || Iwasaki (2–4) || H. Takeda (21) || 19,360 || 55–34–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || August 7 || @ Eagles || 1–3 || Tanaka (9–4) || Darvish (13–4) || Gwyn (4) || 20,226 || 55–35–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 92 || August 8 || @ Eagles || 8–6 || Fujii (6–4) || Nagai (7–5) || H. Takeda (22) || 20,542 || 56–35–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 93 || August 9 || @ Eagles || 4–1 || M. Takeda (6–6) || Hasebe (4–6) || H. Takeda (23) || 16,077 || 57–35–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 94 || August 11 || Buffaloes || 3–4 (12) || Hayashi (3–0) || Okubo (2–1) || || 20,013 || 58–35–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || August 12 || Buffaloes || 8–2 || Kondo (6–7) || Sunaga (2–1) || || 21,884 || 58–36–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || August 13 || Buffaloes || 4–8 || Sweeney (3–5) || Hirano (2–8) || || 33,823 || 59–36–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || August 14 || Lions || 2–3 || Darvish (14–4) || Onuma (2–4) || H. Takeda (24) || 34,095 || 60–36–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || August 15 || Lions || 0–2 || Kikuchi (3–2) || Kishi (11–2) || H. Takeda (25) || 33,567 || 61–36–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || August 16 || Lions || 6–7 (10) || Miyanishi (6–0) || Onodera (2–5) || || 30,399 || 62–36–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || August 18 || Eagles || 6–3 || Iwakuma (10–5) || Yagi (8–2) || || 15,105 || 62–37–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || August 19 || Eagles || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || August 20 || Eagles || 4–1 || Nagai (8–6) || Tadano (4–3) || Fukumori (3) || 24,010 || 62–38–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || August 21 || @ Hawks || 2–6 || Otonari (6–7) || Darvish (14–5) || || 34,374 || 62–39–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || August 22 || @ Hawks || 3–4 || Houlton (9–6) || Ejiri (2–1) || Mahara (26) || 32,511 || 62–40–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || August 23 || @ Hawks || 1–3 || Sugiuchi (12–3) || M. Takeda (6–7) || || 33,648 || 62–41–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || August 25 || @ Buffaloes || 10–11 (10) || Shimizu (1–2) || Tateyama (3–5) || || 12,381 || 62–42–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 106 || August 26 || @ Buffaloes || 6–2 || Itokazu (2–4) || Kondo (7–8) || || 20,360 || 63–42–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 107 || August 27 || @ Buffaloes || 3–1 || Tadano (5–3) || Hirano (2–10) || H. Takeda (26) || 9,412 || 64–42–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 108 || August 28 || Hawks || 1–3 || Miyanishi (7–0) || Otonari (6–8) || H. Takeda (27) || 23,402 || 65–42–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 109 || August 29 || Hawks || 3–5 || Kikuchi (4–2) || Mise (0–1) || H. Takeda (28) || 29,648 || 66–42–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 110 || August 30 || Hawks || 3–2 || Sugiuchi (13–3) || Miyanishi (7–1) || Mahara (27) || 28,483 || 66–43–1 |- y background:#006699; color:gold; September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 111 || September 1 || @ Marines || 2–9 || Omine (4–5) || Itokazu (2–5) || || 10,134 || 66–44–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || September 2 || @ Marines || 3–1 || Sweeney (4–5) || Kobayashi (3–12) || H. Takeda (29) || 16,542 || 67–44–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || September 3 || @ Marines || 1–7 || Naruse (8–5) || Tadano (5–4) || || 10,167 || 67–45–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || September 4 || @ Eagles || 9–2 || Kikuchi (5–2) || Kawagishi (2–3) || || 13,930 || 68–45–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || September 5 || @ Eagles || 10–3 || M. Takeda (7–7) || Aoyama (1–4) || || 19,781 || 69–45–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || September 6 || @ Eagles || 3–4 || Fukumori (6–0) || Tateyama (3–6) || || 19,533 || 69–46–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || September 8 || @ Lions || 0–5 || Wakui (14–5) || Sweeney (4–6) || || 15,346 || 69–47–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || September 9 || @ Lions || 4–7 || Ishii (8–8) || Tadano (5–5) || Bayliss (1) || 14,018 || 69–48–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || September 10 || @ Lions || 4–5 || Fujita (2–0) || Tateyama (3–7) || Matsunaga (1) || 15,160 || 69–49–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 120 || September 11 || Marines || 3–2 || Shimizu (5–6) || Fujii (6–5) || Sikorski (11) || 29,449 || 69–50–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || September 12 || Marines || 4–2 || Karakawa (5–6) || Yagi (8–3) || Sikorski (12) || 38,307 || 69–51–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || September 13 || Marines || 1–3 || Darvish (15–5) || Ono (7–7) || H. Takeda (30) || 42,069 || 70–51–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 123 || September 15 || Eagles || 2–5 || M. Takeda (8–7) || Iwakuma (12–6) || H. Takeda (31) || 20,351 || 71–51–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 124 || September 16 || Eagles || 7–3 || Nagai (11–6) || Sweeney (4–7) || || 20,446 || 71–52–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 125 || September 17 || Eagles || 7–3 || Tateyama (4–7) || Satake (0–1) || H. Takeda (32) || 21,636 || 72–52–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || September 18 || @ Buffaloes || 7–6 (11) || H. Takeda (2–0) || Kaneko (11–8) || || 13,684 || 73–52–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 127 || September 19 || @ Buffaloes || 4–1 || Itokazu (3–5) || Hirano (3–11) || || 18,914 || 74–52–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 128 || September 20 || @ Buffaloes || 2–7 || Vogelsong (1–4) || Miyanishi (7–2) || || 24,208 || 74–53–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || September 21 || Lions || 5–3 || Wakui (15–5) || M. Takeda (8–8) || || 38,165 || 74–54–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || September 22 || Lions || 5–2 || Hsu (1–1) || Sweeney (4–8) || || 34,214 || 74–55–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || September 23 || Lions || 6–1 || Nishiguchi (4–3) || Yoshikawa (0–1) || || 26,955 || 74–56–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa" | 132 || September 25 || @ Hawks || 0–0 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 31,278 || 74–56–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 133 || September 26 || @ Hawks || 5–4 (12) || H. Takeda (3–0) || Fujioka (5–8) || || 32,312 || 75–56–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 134 || September 27 || @ Hawks || 2–4 || Otonari (8–9) || M. Takeda (8–9) || Mahara (29) || 33,300 || 75–57–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || September 29 || Buffaloes || 3–12 || Sweeney (5–8) || Ihara (0–3) || || 19,576 || 76–57–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || September 30 || Buffaloes || 2–3 || Itokazu (4–5) || Kondo (8–12) || H. Takeda (33) || 17,352 || 77–57–2 |- y background:#006699; color:gold; October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || October 1 || Buffaloes || 6–5 || Kishida (9–4) || Hayashi (3–1) || Kaneko (3) || 19,784 || 77–58–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 138 || October 3 || Marines || 1–11 || Yagi (9–3) || Omine (5–6) || || 34,228 || 78–58–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 139 || October 4 || Hawks || 2–4 || M. Takeda (9–9) || Otonari (8–10) || H. Takeda (34) || 41,698 || 79–58–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || October 5 || Lions || 10–5 || Onodera (3–5) || Hayashi (3–2) || Fujita (3) || 41,999 || 79–59–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 141 || October 6 || Lions || 4–5 (12) || Tateyama (5–7) || Nishiguchi (4–4) || || 35,442 || 80–59–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 142 || October 7 || Lions || 3–8 || Fujii (7–5) || Kimura (0–4) || || 17,623 || 81–59–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || October 8 || @ Buffaloes || 1–11 || Kishida (10–4) || Yoshikawa (0–2) || || 15,297 || 81–60–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 144 || October 10 || Eagles || 1–7 || M. Takeda (10–9) || Aoyama (3–5) || || 36,257 || 82–60–2 |- Roster 2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Roster Pitchers 11 Yu Darvish 27 Shintaro Ejiri 18 Shugo Fujii 19 Masanori Hayashi 60 Takeshi Ito 20 Keisaku Itokazu 59 Takayuki Kanamori 47 Kazumasa Kikuchi 17 Ken Miyamoto 25 Naoki Miyanishi 15 Ryo Sakakibara 30 Yataro Sakamoto 13 Hideki Sunaga 42 Brian Sweeney 16 Kazuhito Tadano 21 Hisashi Takeda 38 Masaru Takeda 48 Keisuke Tanimoto 22 Yoshinori Tateyama 46 Yusuke Uemura 29 Tomoya Yagi 44 Kazunori Yamamoto 34 Mitsuo Yoshikawa Catchers 32 Satoshi Nakajima 28 Shota Ono 64 Shinya Tsuruoka Infielders 39 Jason Botts  4 Yuji Iiyama 45 Takahiro Imanami  5 Naoto Inada 14 Luis Jiménez  8 Makoto Kaneko 31 Eiichi Koyano  6 Sho Nakata 23 Tomohiro Nioka  2 Shinji Takahashi  9 Tomoyuki Oda 58 Takayuki Takaguchi  3 Kensuke Tanaka 24 Dai-Kang Yang Outfielders 41 Atsunori Inaba 26 Yoshio Itoi 52 Toshimasa Konta  1 Hichori Morimoto 51 Kazuya Murata 55 Yoshihiro Sato 10 Terrmel Sledge  7 Tomochika Tsuboi Manager 88 Masataka Nashida Postseason Climax Series 2009 Pacific League Climax Series Stage 2 Game 1 Rakuten RAK 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 12 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 13 0 Masanori Hayashi (1–0) Kazuo Fukumori (0–1) Teppei Tsuchiya (1) Terrmel Sledge (1) Game 2 Rakuten RAK 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 9 0 Keisaku Itokazu (1–0) Hisashi Iwakuma (0–1) Hisashi Takeda (1) Fernando Seguignol (1) Game 3 Rakuten RAK 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 Masahiro Tanaka (1–0) Tomoya Yagi (0–1) Naoto Watanabe (1) Shinji Takahashi (1) Game 4 Rakuten RAK 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 X 9 14 0 Shugo Fujii (1–0) Hiromichi Fujiwara (0–1) Hichori Morimoto (1), Terrmel Sledge (2) Japan Series 2009 Japan Series Game 1 Yomiuri YOM 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 8 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 12 0 Dicky Gonzalez (1–0) Masaru Takeda (0–1) Marc Kroon (1) Yoshitomo Tani (1) Terrmel Sledge (1) Game 2 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 x 4 12 0 Yu Darvish (1–0) Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1) Hisashi Takeda (1) Yoshiyuki Kamei (1) Atsunori Inaba (1) Game 3 Nippon-Ham NIP 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 X 7 8 3 Wirfin Obispo (1–0) Keisaku Itokazu (0–1) Marc Kroon (2) Atsunori Inaba (2), Eiichi Koyano (1), Kensuke Tanaka (1) Lee Seung-Yeop (1), Shinnosuke Abe (1), Michihiro Ogasawara (1) Game 4 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 8 11 1 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 13 0 Yagi (1–0) Takahashi (0–1) Takeda (2) Shinji Takahashi (1) Ramírez (1) Game 5 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 7 2 Yamaguchi, (1-0) H. Takeda, (0-1) Takahashi (2) Kamei (2), Abe (2) Game 6 Yomiuri YOM 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 Tetsuya Utsumi (1–1) Masaru Takeda (0-2) Marc Kroon (3) Awards Various Fighters players won awards for their regular season performances. Five players were selected for the Best Nine Award: Yu Darvish, Shinji Takahashi, Kensuke Tanaka, Atsunori Inaba and Yoshio Itoi. Shinya Tsuruoka and Eiichi Koyano joined Best Nine winners Takahashi, Tanaka, Inaba and Itoi to take seven of the nine available PL Golden Glove Awards. Darvish was voted the PL Most Valuable Player as well as the PL Most Valuable Pitcher. Player statistics Batting Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB Jason Botts 11 21 4 5 3 0 1 6 .238 0 Yu Darvish 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Shugo Fujii 22 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0 Yuji Iiyama 76 36 14 12 0 0 0 1 .333 2 Takahiro Imanami 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0 Atsunori Inaba 135 500 78 150 37 4 17 85 .300 5 Naoto Inada 65 65 4 18 3 0 0 7 .277 1 Yoshio Itoi 131 425 74 130 40 3 15 58 .306 24 Keisaku Itokazu 13 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0 Luis Jiménez Luis Antonio Jiménez (baseball) 39 121 13 28 5 0 5 14 .231 0 Makoto Kaneko Makoto Kaneko (baseball) 136 454 58 138 31Kaneko * 5 14 66 .304 6 Kazumasa Kikuchi 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Toshimasa Konta 56 65 11 15 2 1 0 4 .231 2 Eiichi Koyano 138 530 65 157 33 4 11 82 .296 7 Hichori Morimoto 107 316 50 78 14 4 1 29 .247 9 Kazuya Murata Kazuya Murata (baseball) 44 55 15 16 1 2 0 5 .291 8 Satoshi Nakajima 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0 Sho Nakata 22 36 3 10 2 0 0 1 .278 0 Tomohiro Nioka 69 170 25 43 5 0 4 25 .253 0 Tomoyuki Oda 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 Shota Ono 77 154 19 32 9 0 3 15 .208 0 Yoshihiro Sato Yoshihiro Sato (baseball) 10 15 3 3 0 0 2 2 .200 1 Terrmel Sledge 117 418 53 111 27 1 27 88 .266 1 Brian Sweeney 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Takayuki Takaguchi 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Shinji Takahashi Shinji Takahashi (baseball) 134 508 66 157 22 1 8 75 .309 7 Masaru Takeda 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Kensuke Tanaka 144 575 93 163 34 4 3 49 .283 31 Tomochika Tsuboi 84 146 13 39 8 0 0 15 .267 0 Shinya Tsuruoka 122 263 25 58 14 1 1 29 .221 1 Tomoya Yagi 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Yang Dai-Kang Dai-Kang Yang 15 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 .182 0 #a7e5ff Indicates PL leader in the category Kaneko *Makoto Kaneko set a NPB record on April 14, 2009, by hitting at least one double in seven consecutive games.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20090421j1.html Kaneko's streak gives Fighters double vision March 9, 2010 The Japan Times Coskrey, Jason April 21, 2009 Pitching Player W L ERA G Win% SV IP R ER BB K Yu Darvish 15 5 01.73 1.73 23 .750 .750 0 182.0 182 36 35 45 167 Shintaro Ejiri 2 1 03.20 3.20 45 .667 0 045.0 45 16 16 25 39 Shugo Fujii 7 5 03.53 3.53 22 .583 0 114.7 114 2 3 45 45 48 63 Masanori Hayashi 3 2 03.33 3.33 46 .600 0 046.0 46 17 17 25 42 Takeshi Ito baseball 0 0 00.00 0.00 1 .000 0 000.3 1 3 0 0 0 1 Keisaku Itokazu 4 5 04.56 4.56 13 .444 0 071.0 71 40 36 27 43 Takayuki Kanamori 0 0 00.84 0.84 18 .000 0 021.3 21 1 3 2 2 8 9 Kazumasa Kikuchi 5 2 03.67 3.67 58 .714 0 061.3 61 1 3 25 25 11 62 Ken Miyamoto 0 0 03.07 3.07 12 .000 0 014.7 14 2 3 6 5 7 3 Naoki Miyanishi 7 2 02.89 2.89 58 .778 0 046.7 46 2 3 15 15 15 55 Ryo Sakakibara 0 1 06.08 6.08 10 .000 0 026.7 26 2 3 19 18 8 23 Yataro Sakamoto 0 2 05.97 5.97 19 .000 0 028.7 28 2 3 19 19 13 11 Hideki Sunaga 0 1 08.50 8.50 9 .000 0 018.0 18 17 17 8 7 Brian Sweeney 5 8 05.32 5.32 21 .385 0 118.3 118 1 3 73 70 52 58 Kazuhito Tadano 5 5 05.76 5.76 13 .500 0 070.3 70 1 3 45 45 27 46 Hisashi Takeda 3 0 01.20 1.20 55 1.000 34 060.0 60 10 8 14 38 Masaru Takeda 10 9 03.55 3.55 24 .526 0 144.3 144 1 3 58 57 20 99 Keisuke Tanimoto 2 0 05.53 5.53 24 1.000 0 027.7 27 2 3 18 17 20 20 Yoshinori Tateyama 5 7 03.78 3.78 46 .417 0 047.7 47 2 3 24 20 15 43 Yusuke Uemura 0 0 15.00 15.00 1 .000 0 003.0 3 5 5 4 2 Tomoya Yagi 9 3 02.88 2.88 20 .750 0 122.0 122 41 39 40 76 Kazunori Yamamoto 0 0 07.71 7.71 3 .000 0 002.3 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 Mitsuo Yoshikawa 0 2 06.61 6.61 3 .000 0 016.3 16 1 3 17 12 10 18 #a7e5ff Indicates PL leader in the category References Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters seasons