# 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

2009 Central League regular season standings :
| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
| Yomiuri Giants | 144 | 89 | 46 | 9 | .649 | — |
| Chunichi Dragons | 144 | 81 | 62 | 1 | .566 | 12 |
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 144 | 71 | 72 | 1 | .497 | 22 |
| Hanshin Tigers | 144 | 67 | 73 | 4 | .479 | 24.5 |
| Hiroshima Carp | 144 | 65 | 75 | 4 | .465 | 26.5 |
| Yokohama BayStars | 144 | 51 | 93 | 0 | .354 | 42.5 |

### Game log

2009 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3Swallows5 - 2Ando (1-0)Ishikawa (0-1)Fujikawa (1)33,7921-0-0
2April 4Swallows1 - 5Sato (1-0)Nomi (0-1)33,4491-1-0
3April 5Swallows6 - 7Kawashima (1-0)Fukuhara (0-1)Lim (1)33,4361-2-0
4April 7Carp11 - 10Egusa (1-0)Nagakawa (0-1)46,3072-2-0
5April 8Carp8 - 2Shimoyanagi (1-0)Saito (0-1)42,3003-2-0
6April 9Carp2 - 4Hasegawa (1-0)Ishikawa (0-1)Nagakawa (3)38,7333-3-0
7April 10@Giants6 - 5Ochi (1-0)Egusa (1-1)Kroon (1)43,3563-4-0
8April 11@Giants4 - 1Tono (1-0)Nomi (0-2)Kroon (2)44,2843-5-0
9April 12@Giants6 - 6 (12)Game tied after 12 innings44,2463-5-1
—April 14DragonsPostponed (rained out)
10April 15Dragons2 - 9Asakura (1-0)Shimoyanagi (1-1)40,4763-6-1
11April 16Dragons4 - 3Atchison (1-0)Asao (1-2)Fujikawa (2)40,1954-6-1
12April 17@BayStars1 - 5Ando (2-0)Miura (1-2)12,2505-6-1
13April 18@BayStars4 - 9Nomi (1-2)Glynn (0-3)25,7736-6-1
14April 19@BayStars4 - 2Kobayashi (1-1)Fukuhara (0-2)Ishii (4)24,4916-7-1
15April 21@Dragons2 - 1Asakura (2-0)Shimoyanagi (1-2)Iwase (3)30,4346-8-1
16April 22@Dragons6 - 2Asao (2-2)Kubo (0-1)Iwase (4)31,6506-9-1
17April 23@Dragons1 - 4 (12)Fujikawa (1-0)Nelson (0-2)30,8507-9-1
18April 24@Carp0 - 4Nomi (2-2)Maeda (2-2)24,4178-9-1
19April 25@Carp1 - 12Fukuhara (1-2)Hasegawa (1-1)28,4009-9-1
20April 26@Carp2 - 1Shinoda (2-1)Atchison (1-1)Nagakawa (7)30,5289-10-1
21April 28BayStars8 - 4Egusa (2-1)Yoshikawa (0-1)19,16310-10-1
22April 29BayStars4 - 7Walrond (1-2)Ando (2-1)Ishii (6)46,43110-11-1
23April 30BayStars3 - 2Atchison (2-1)Ishii (0-2)45,75811-11-1 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 2Giants5 - 6Yamaguchi (3-0)Fujikawa (1-1)Ochi (2)46,42511-12-1
25May 3Giants0 - 4Gonzalez (1-0)Cheng (0-1)46,44011-13-1
26May 4Giants6 - 0Shimoyanagi (2-2)Utsumi (0-3)46,43412-13-1
—May 5@SwallowsPostponed (rained out)
—May 6@SwallowsPostponed (rained out)
27May 7@Swallows2 - 1Ishikawa (4-1)Kubo(0-2)Lim (9)15,57512-14-1
28May 8@BayStars2 - 0Miura (4-2)Ando (2-2)13,46712-15-1
29May 9@BayStars4 - 0Glynn (2-4)Nomi (2-3)23,46412-16-1
30May 10@BayStars4 - 12Fukuhara (2-2)Kobayashi (1-2)23,96313-16-1
31May 12Carp1 - 0Shimoyanagi (3-2)Yokoyama (0-2)41,55814-16-1
32May 13Carp1 - 2 (10)Yokoyama (1-2)Fujikawa (1-2)Nagakawa (11)43,89914-17-1
33May 14Carp7 - 1Ando (3-2)Maeda (2-4)40,59915-17-1
34May 15@Swallows2 - 1Matsuoka (2-0)Nomi (2-4)Lim (12)22,52815-18-1
35May 16@Swallows4 - 1Tateyama (4-0)Fukuhara (2-3)Lim (13)28,38015-19-1
36May 17@Swallows2 - 1Kawashima (3-2)Egusa (2-2)Igarashi (1)19,53415-20-1
37May 19@Hawks1 - 1 (12)Game tied after 12 innings33,18215-20-2
38May 20@Hawks3 - 2 (10)Settsu (2-2)Egusa (2-3)29,25815-21-2
39May 22@Buffaloes8 - 3Kaneko (4-3)Ando (3-3)Kato (7)23,43315-22-2
40May 23@Buffaloes3 - 7Atchison (3-1)Vogelsong (0-1)28,03116-22-2
—May 24MarinesNo game (called after 4 innings)
41May 25Marines4 - 3Kubo (1-2)Shimizu (1-3)Fujikawa (3)43,47417-22-2
42May 26Marines2 - 3Sikorski (4-2)Fujikawa (1-3)Ogino (7)26,68017-23-2
43May 27Lions4 - 1Shimoyanagi (4-2)Ishii (2-4)Fujikawa (4)46,16018-23-2
44May 28Lions4 - 6Wakui (5-2)Ando (3-4)Onodera (4)44,39518-24-2
45May 30@Fighters8 - 2Darvish (7-1)Fukuhara (2-4)42,32818-25-2
46May 31@Fighters4 - 4 (12)Game tied after 12 innings42,05118-25-3 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
47June 2@Eagles3 - 2Rasner (3-3)Kubo (1-3)Aoyama (3)20,12818-26-3
48June 3@Eagles2 - 319-26-3
49June 5Buffaloes4 - 020-26-3
50June 6Buffaloes7 - 021-26-3
51June 7Hawks4 - 322-26-3
52June 8Hawks1 - 822-27-3
53June 10@Lions4 - 322-28-3
54June 11@Lions6 - 522-29-3
55June 13@Marines9 - 122-30-3
56June 14@Marines4 - 122-31-3
57June 16Fighters4 - 323-31-3
58June 17Fighters5 - 1023-32-3
59June 20Eagles2 - 523-33-3
60June 21Eagles4 - 224-33-3
61June 26BayStars9 - 425-33-3
62June 27BayStars3 - 525-34-3
63June 28BayStars3 - 226-34-3
64June 30@Dragons5 - 426-35-3 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
65July 1@Dragons4 - 126-36-3
66July 2@Dragons3 - 527-36-3
67July 3Swallows7 - 228-36-3
68July 4Swallows3 - 628-37-3
69July 5Swallows4 - 129-37-3
70July 7@Carp8 - 129-38-3
71July 8@Carp3 - 129-39-3
72July 10Giants5 - 729-40-3
73July 11Giants2 - 2Game tied after 12 innings29-40-4
74July 12Giants1 - 229-41-4
75July 14Dragons5 - 430-41-4
76July 15Dragons1 - 630-42-4
77July 16Dragons4 - 630-43-4
78July 17@Giants1 - 531-43-4
79July 18@Giants11 - 431-44-4
80July 19@Giants0 - 132-44-4
81July 20Swallows2 - 332-45-4
—July 21SwallowsPostponed (rained out)
82July 22Swallows0 - 532-46-4
83July 28BayStars5 - 433-46-4
84July 29BayStars8 - 034-46-4
85July 30BayStars2 - 035-46-4
86July 31Giants3 - 236-46-4 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
87August 1Giants2 - 436-47-4
88August 2Giants7 - 437-47-4
89August 3@Dragons7 - 037-48-4
90August 4@Dragons3 - 137-49-4
91August 5@Dragons2 - 938-49-4
92August 7@Carp0 - 439-49-4
93August 8@Carp8 - 039-50-4
94August 9@Carp7 - 339-51-4
95August 11Dragons1 - 339-52-4
96August 12Dragons6 - 140-52-4
97August 13Dragons2 - 940-53-4
98August 14@Giants4 - 741-53-4
99August 15@Giants9 - 741-54-4
100August 16@Giants2 - 542-54-4
101August 18@Swallows1 - 443-54-4
102August 19@Swallows4 - 243-55-4
103August 20@Swallows2 - 1044-55-4
104August 21Carp0 - 944-56-4
105August 22Carp2 - 145-56-4
106August 23Carp8 - 246-56-4
107August 25@BayStars3 - 447-56-4
108August 26@BayStars3 - 948-56-4
109August 27@BayStars4 - 148-57-4
110August 28Giants5 - 149-57-4
111August 29Giants5 - 749-58-4
112August 30Giants3 - 150-58-4 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
113September 1Swallows6 - 151-58-4
114September 2Swallows9 - 452-58-4
115September 3Swallows2 - 452-59-4
116September 4@Carp0 - 253-59-4
117September 5@Carp5 - 253-60-4
118September 6@Carp1 - 454-60-4
119September 8Dragons0 - 754-61-4
120September 9Dragons4 - 055-61-4
121September 10Dragons2 - 455-62-4
122September 11BayStars2 - 156-62-4
123September 12BayStars2 - 456-63-4
124September 13BayStars2 - 157-63-4
125September 15@Giants3 - 558-63-4
126September 16@Giants6 - 759-63-4
127September 17@Giants4 - 259-64-4
128September 18Carp4 - 559-65-4
129September 19Carp3 - 459-66-4
130September 20Carp14 - 260-66-4
131September 21@BayStars8 - 160-67-4
132September 22@BayStars7 - 260-68-4
133September 23@BayStars3 - 661-68-4
134September 25@Dragons2 - 562-68-4
135September 26@Dragons10 - 762-69-4
136September 27@Dragons2 - 763-69-4
137September 28@Swallows7 - 163-70-4
138September 29@Swallows2 - 864-70-4
139September 30@Swallows1 - 765-70-4 :
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
140October 3Swallows4 - 665-71-4
141October 4Dragons5 - 066-71-4
142October 7@Carp1 - 567-71-4
143October 8@Swallows5 - 067-72-4
144October 9@Swallows3 - 167-73-4 :

## Player stats
### Batting

| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |

### Pitching

| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |