2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season

The 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp season features the Carp quest to win their first Central League title since 1991. The Hiroshima Toyo Carp drew an average home attendance of 26,015 in 2009.[1]

## 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

Source: [citation needed]

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

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## References

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1. ^ https://billsportsmaps.com/?p=3780

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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 (76)

1950s|

* 1950
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1960s|

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1970s|

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1980s|

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* 1988
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1990s|

* 1990
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* 1998
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2000s|

* 2000
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* 2006
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* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

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

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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