2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

The 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season features the Carp quest to win their first Central League title since 1991.

## Regular season

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### Standings

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2009 Central League regular season standings  Team

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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

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### Game log

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2009 Game Log

April

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1 | April 3 | @Giants | 3 - 6 | Lewis (1-0) | Greisinger (0-1) | Nagakawa (1) | 44,124 | 1-0-0
2 | April 4 | @Giants | 3 - 5 | K. Maeda (1-0) | Nakamura (0-1) | Nagakawa (2) | 42,650 | 2-0-0
3 | April 5 | @Giants | 1 - 1 (12) | Game tied after 12 innings | 42,275 | 2-0-1
4 | April 7 | @Tigers | 11 - 10 | Egusa (1-0) | Nagakawa (0-1) |  | 46,307 | 2-1-1
5 | April 8 | @Tigers | 8 - 2 | Shimoyanagi (1-0) | Saito (0-1) |  | 42,300 | 2-2-1
6 | April 9 | @Tigers | 2 - 4 | Hasegawa (1-0) | Ishikawa (0-1) | Nagakawa (3) | 38,733 | 3-2-1
7 | April 10 | Dragons | 3 - 11 | Yoshimi (2-0) | Lewis (1-1) | Nelson (1) | 30,618 | 3-3-1
8 | April 11 | Dragons | 2 - 0 | K. Maeda (2-0) | Shimizu (0-1) |  | 30,268 | 4-3-1
9 | April 12 | Dragons | 10 - 0 | Shinoda (1-0) | Yamamoto (0-1) |  | 30,139 | 5-3-1
10 | April 14 | BayStars | 1 - 4 | Terahara (1-1) | Otake (1-1) | Ishii (2) | 13,436 | 5-4-1
11 | April 15 | BayStars | 3 - 2 | Umetsu (1-0) | Mastny (0-1) | Nagakawa (4) | 17,288 | 6-4-1
12 | April 16 | BayStars | 1 - 2 (10) | Yamaguchi (2-0) | Nagakawa (0-2) | Ishii (3) | 14,476 | 6-5-1
13 | April 17 | @Swallows | 6 - 1 | Ishikawa (2-1) | T. Aoki (0-1) |  | 10,865 | 6-6-1
14 | April 18 | @Swallows | 1 - 0 | Sato (2-1) | K. Maeda (2-1) | Lim (4) | 25,455 | 6-7-1
15 | April 19 | @Swallows | 8 - 2 | R. Kawashima (2-1) | Shinoda (1-1) |  | 17,702 | 6-8-1
-- | April 21 | @BayStars | Postponed (rained out)
16 | April 22 | @BayStars | 4 - 5 | Schultz (1-0) | Ishii (0-1) | Nagakawa (5) | 16,948 | 7-8-1
17 | April 23 | @BayStars | 2 - 0 | Saito (1-1) | Walrond (0-2) | Nagakawa (6) | 16,772 | 8-8-1
18 | April 24 | Tigers | 0 - 4 | Nomi (2-2) | K. Maeda (2-2) |  | 24,417 | 8-9-1
19 | April 25 | Tigers | 1 - 12 | Fukuhara (1-2) | Hasegawa (1-1) |  | 28,400 | 8-10-1
20 | April 26 | Tigers | 2 - 1 | Shinoda (2-1) | Atchison (1-1) | Nagakawa (7) | 30,528 | 9-10-1
21 | April 28 | Giants | 5 - 0 | Otake (1-1) | Utsumi (0-2) |  | 24,423 | 10-10-1
22 | April 29 | Giants | 2 - 0 | Saito (2-1) | Tono (2-1) | Nagakawa (8) | 31,773 | 11-10-1
23 | April 30 | Giants | 4 - 7 | Fukuda (2-0) | K. Maeda (2-3) | Ochi (1-1) | 26,322 | 11-11-1

May

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24 | May 2 | Swallows | 9 - 2 | Umetsu (2-0) | Ichiba (1-2) |  | 31,427 | 12-11-1
25 | May 3 | Swallows | 2 - 3 | Kida (3-2) | Yokoyama (0-1) | Lim (7) | 31,622 | 12-12-1
26 | May 4 | Swallows | 3 - 5 | Oshimoto (1-2) | Makino (0-1) | Lim (8) | 31,834 | 12-13-1
27 | May 5 | @Dragons | 0 - 2 | Otake (2-1) | Asakura (2-2) | Nagakawa (9) | 37,494 | 13-13-1
28 | May 6 | @Dragons | 4 - 2 | Asao (3-3) | Saito (2-2) | Iwase (6) | 36,159 | 13-14-1
29 | May 7 | @Dragons | 4 - 3 | Saito (2-0) | Umetsu (2-1) |  | 26,978 | 13-15-1
30 | May 9 | @Swallows | 1 - 4 | Lewis (2-1) | R. Kawashima (2-2) | Nagakawa (10) | 19,119 | 14-15-1
31 | May 10 | @Swallows | 4 - 1 | Tateyama (3-0) | Hayashi (0-1) | Lim (10) | 14,891 | 14-16-1
32 | May 12 | @Tigers | 1 - 0 | Shimoyanagi (3-2) | Yokoyama (0-2) |  | 41,558 | 14-17-1
33 | May 13 | @Tigers | 1 - 2 (10) | Yokoyama (1-2) | Fujikawa (1-2) | Nagakawa (11) | 43,899 | 15-17-1
34 | May 14 | @Tigers | 7 - 1 | Ando (3-2) | K. Maeda (2-4) |  | 40,599 | 15-18-1
35 | May 15 | Giants | 2 - 5 | Gonzalez (3-0) | T. Aoki (0-2) | Kroon (7) | 30,164 | 15-19-1
36 | May 16 | Giants | 0 - 0 (12) | Game tied after 12 innings | 29,794 | 15-19-2
37 | May 17 | Giants | 1 - 2 | Ochi (3-1) | Nagakawa (0-3) | Kroon (8) | 29,707 | 15-20-2
38 | May 19 | @Buffaloes | 1 - 9 | Otake (3-1) | Kondo (3-3) |  | 9,887 | 16-20-2
39 | May 20 | @Buffaloes | 10 - 3 | Yamamoto (3-2) | K. Maeda (2-5) |  | 11,107 | 16-21-2
40 | May 22 | @Hawks | 6 - 3 | Wada (3-2) | Lewis (2-2) | Mahara (6) | 29,327 | 16-22-2
41 | May 23 | @Hawks | 5 - 4 | Mizuta (2-0) | Saito (2-3) | Mahara (7) | 32,221 | 16-23-2
42 | May 24 | Lions | 7 - 5 | Komatsu (1-0) | Nishiguchi (3-2) | Nagakawa (12) | 28,309 | 17-23-2
43 | May 25 | Lions | 3 - 0 | Otake (4-1) | Kishi (6-1) | Nagakawa (13) | 24,558 | 18-23-2
44 | May 27 | Marines | 8 - 3 | K. Maeda (3-5) | Karakawa (4-3) |  | 22,513 | 19-23-2
45 | May 28 | Marines | 4 - 3 | Lewis (3-2) | H. Kobayashi (0-4) | Nagakawa (14) | 12,048 | 20-23-2
-- | May 30 | @Eagles | Postponed (rained out)
46 | May 31 | @Eagles | 4 - 5 | Otake (5-1) | Iwakuma (5-3) | Nagakawa (15) | 18,015 | 21-23-2

June

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47 | June 1 | @Eagles | 0 - 2 | Saito (3-3) | Hasebe (3-4) | Nagakawa (16) | 10,402 | 22-23-2
48 | June 2 | @Fighters | 1-2 | K. Maeda (4-5) | Itokazu (0-2) | Nagakawa (17) | 20,252 | 23-23-2
49 | June 3 | @Fighters | 7-2 | Tateyama (2-2) | Yokoyama (1-3) |  | 22,257 | 23-24-2
50 | June 5 | Hawks | 4-1 (7) | Mori (1-0) | Ohba (0-2) | Schultz (1) | 28,814 | 24-24-2
51 | June 6 | Hawks | 1-11 (7) | Germano (1-0) | Ohtake (5-2) |  | 31,737 | 24-25-2
52 | June 7 | Buffaloes | 6-1 | Sato (4-3) | Hirano (2-2) |  | 28,747 | 25-25-2
53 | June 8 | Buffaloes |  |  |  |  |  |
54 | June 10 | @Marines |  |  |  |  |  |
55 | June 11 | @Marines |  |  |  |  |  |
56 | June 13 | @Lions |  |  |  |  |  |
57 | June 14 | @Lions |  |  |  |  |  |
58 | June 17 | Eagles |  |  |  |  |  |
59 | June 18 | Eagles |  |  |  |  |  |
60 | June 20 | Fighters |  |  |  |  |  |
61 | June 21 | Fighters |  |  |  |  |  |
62 | June 26 | Dragons |  |  |  |  |  |
63 | June 27 | Dragons |  |  |  |  |  |
64 | June 28 | Dragons |  |  |  |  |  |
65 | June 30 | @Giants |  |  |  |  |  |

## Player stats

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### Batting

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### Pitching

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## References

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2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Central League|

* Chunichi Dragons
* Hanshin Tigers
* Hiroshima Toyo Carp
* Tokyo Yakult Swallows
* Yokohama BayStars
* Yomiuri Giants

Pacific League|

* Chiba Lotte Marines
* Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
* Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
* Orix Buffaloes
* Saitama Seibu Lions
* Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

* 2009 All-Star Series
* 2009 Japan Series
* 2009 Asia Series

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Hiroshima Toyo Carp

* Established in 1950
* Formerly the Hiroshima Carp
* Based in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture

The Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* Players
* Managers

Ballparks|

* Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
* Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
* Mazda Stadium

Retired numbers|

* 3
* 8
* 15

Key personnel|

* Owner: Hajime Matsuda
* Management: Matsuda family
* Manager: Takahiro Arai

Japan Series championships (3)|

* 1979
* 1980
* 1984

Central League championships (9)|

* 1975
* 1979
* 1980
* 1984
* 1986
* 1991
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018

Climax Series berths (6)|

* 2013
* 2014
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2023

Seasons (73)

1950s|

* 1950
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* 1959

1960s|

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* 1968
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1970s|

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* 1978
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1980s|

* 1980
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* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
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1990s|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
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* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022

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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[T]: Tied
*[PCT]: Win percentage
*[GB]: Games behind