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2009 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 3, 2009 – November 7, 2009
	Regular Season
Season MVP	CL:; PL:
	League Postseason
CL champions	Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
PL champions	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
PL runners-up	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
	Japan Series
Japan Series champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series MVP	Shinnosuke Abe (YOM)
	NPB seasons
← 2008

This article is about the 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2009 in baseball.

The 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 60th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950

[edit] Regular Season Standings

v • d • e Central League	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	144	89	46	9	.659	—
Chunichi Dragons	144	81	62	1	.556	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	.464	26.5
Yokohama BayStars	144	51	93	0	.354	42.5

v • d • e Pacific League	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	144	82	60	2	.577	—
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	144	77	66	1	.538	5.5
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	144	74	65	5	.532	6.5
Saitama Seibu Lions	144	70	70	4	.500	11
Chiba Lotte Marines	144	62	77	5	.446	18.5
Orix Buffaloes	144	56	86	2	.394	26

Chunichi Dragons win the series, 2-1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Chunichi Dragons 2 - 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows	October 17	Nagoya Dome	38,391
2	Chunichi Dragons 3 - 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows	October 18	Nagoya Dome	38,171
3	Chunichi Dragons 7 - 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows	October 19	Nagoya Dome	32,897

Yomiuri Giants have one-win advantage

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yomiuri Giants 2 - 7 Chunichi Dragons	October 21	Tokyo Dome	41,259
2	Yomiuri Giants 6 - 4 Chunichi Dragons	October 22	Tokyo Dome	40,452
3	Yomiuri Giants 5 - 4 Chunichi Dragons	October 23	Tokyo Dome	45,409
4	Yomiuri Giants 8 - 2 Chunichi Dragons	October 24	Tokyo Dome	46,535

Yomiuri Giants win the series, 4-1

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles win the series, 2-0

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11 - 4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	October 16	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	21,303
2	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4 - 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	October 17	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	21,388

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have one-win advantage

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 9 - 8 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	October 21	Sapporo Dome	38,235
2	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 - 1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	October 22	Sapporo Dome	32,713
3	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2 - 3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	October 23	Sapporo Dome	42,328
4	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 9 - 4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	October 24	Sapporo Dome	42,328

Hokkaido Nippon Ham FIghters win the series, 4-1

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 31	Yomiuri Giants 4 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3	Sapporo Dome	3:18	40,650
2	November 1	Yomiuri Giants 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4	Sapporo Dome	2:52	40,718
3	November 3	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 Yomiuri Giants 7	Tokyo Dome	3:11	45,150
4	November 4	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 8 Yomiuri Giants 4	Tokyo Dome	3:38	45,133
5	November 5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 Yomiuri Giants 3	Tokyo Dome	2:57	45,160
6	November 7	Yomiuri Giants 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 0	Sapporo Dome	3:02	40,714

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