2009 Saitama Seibu Lions season

The 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions season features the Lions quest to win back-to-back Japan Series titles.

Regular season

Standings

2009 Pacific League regular season standings
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GB PCT Home Away
1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 82 60 2 — .576 46–25–1 36–35–1
2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 77 66 1 6.5 .538 39–32–1 38–34–0
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 74 65 5 3.5 .531 40–28–4 34–37–1
4 Saitama Seibu Lions 144 70 70 4 9 .500 38–32–2 32–38–2
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 144 62 77 5 15.5 .448 37–31–4 25–46–1
6 Orix Buffaloes 144 56 86 2 26 .396 32–40–0 24–46–2
Source: [1]

Game log

2009 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 @Marines 2 - 5 Wakui (1-0) Shimizu (0-1) Graman (1) 30,041 1-0-0
2 April 4 @Marines 10 - 5 Komiyama (1-0) Hoashi (0-1) 26,819 1-1-0
3 April 5 @Marines 6 - 5 Sikorski (1-0) Graman (0-1) 24,313 1-2-0
4 April 7 Buffaloes 8 - 3 Kishi (1-0) Kaneko (0-1) 24,011 2-2-0
5 April 8 Buffaloes 2 - 10 Yamamoto (1-0) Ishii (0-1) 10,001 2-3-0
6 April 9 Buffaloes 13 - 6 Nishiguchi (1-0) Hirano (0-1) 9,813 3-3-0
7 April 10 @Eagles 0 - 6 Wakui (2-0) Iwakuma (1-1) 15,990 4-3-0
8 April 11 @Eagles 2 - 5 Onodera (1-0) Hasebe (0-1) Graman (2) 17,835 5-3-0
9 April 12 @Eagles 4 - 1 Rasner (1-0) Wasdin (0-1) 17,477 5-4-0
10 April 14 @Hawks 3 - 5 Kishi (2-0) Loe (0-2) Graman (3) 14,451 6-4-0
11 April 15 @Hawks 2 - 2 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 26,498 6-4-1
12 April 16 @Hawks 5 - 12 Nishiguchi (2-0) Otonari (0-2) Hirano (1) 25,538 7-4-1
13 April 17 Fighters 2 - 4 Darvish (2-1) Wakui (2-1) Takeda (2) 15,181 7-5-1
14 April 18 Fighters 4 - 6 Tanimoto (1-0) Shotsu (0-1) Takeda (3) 28,525 7-6-1
15 April 19 Fighters 6 - 8 Miyanishi (1-0) Onodera (1-1) Takeda (4) 22,315 7-7-1
16 April 21 @Buffaloes 1 - 7 Kishi (3-0) Kaneko (1-2) 10,326 8-7-1
17 April 22 @Buffaloes 6 - 3 Yamamoto (2-0) Ishii (0-2) 10,805 8-8-1
18 April 23 @Buffaloes 2 - 1 Kato (1-0) Onuma (0-1) 10,586 8-9-1
19 April 24 Marines 3 - 1 Wakui (3-1) Karakawa (1-2) 12,618 9-9-1
20 April 25 Marines 2 - 3 Naruse (1-0) Hoashi (0-2) Ogino (2) 23,147 9-10-1
21 April 26 Marines 5 - 11 Omine (1-0) Wasdin (0-2) 23,647 9-11-1
22 April 28 Hawks 5 - 4 Kishi (4-0) Loe (0-3) Onodera (1) 16,151 10-11-1
23 April 29 Hawks 7 - 2 Ishii (1-2) Houlton (2-1) 28,855 11-11-1
24 April 30 Hawks 5 - 8 Mizuta (1-0) Doi (0-1) Mahara (4) 15,720 11-12-1
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
25 May 1 @Fighters 1 - 2 (12) Onuma (1-1) Tateyama (1-2) Nogami (1) 28,007 12-12-1
26 May 2 @Fighters 7 - 6 (11) Takeda (1-0) Nogami (0-1) 34,711 12-13-1
27 May 3 @Fighters 6 - 5 (12) Tanimoto (2-0) Onodera (1-2) 40,754 12-14-1
28 May 4 Eagles 8 - 3 Kishi (5-0) Kawai (0-2) 33,911 13-14-1
29 May 5 Eagles 3 - 7 Isaka (1-0) Ishii (1-3) 33,908 13-15-1
30 May 6 Eagles 3 - 6 Hasebe (2-2) Nishiguchi (2-1) 31,440 13-16-1
31 May 8 @Hawks 4 - 3 Settsu (1-2) Graman (0-2) 29,611 13-17-1
32 May 9 @Hawks 1 - 9 Hoashi (1-2) Arakaki (0-2) 30,863 14-17-1
33 May 10 @Hawks 8 - 1 Sugiuchi (4-1) Nogami (0-2) 30,337 14-18-1
34 May 12 @Buffaloes 5 - 6 Kishi (6-0) Kondo (3-2) Onodera (2) 10,502 15-18-1
35 May 13 @Buffaloes 3 - 8 Ishii (2-3) Yamamoto (2-2) 10,454 16-18-1
36 May 14 @Buffaloes 1 - 3 Nishiguchi (3-1) Kaneko (3-3) Onodera (3) 10,229 17-18-1
37 May 15 @Marines 0 - 18 Wakui (4-1) Watanabe (1-4) 17,567 18-18-1
38 May 16 @Marines 6 - 4 Ito (2-1) Onuma (1-2) Ogino (5) 20,074 18-19-1
39 May 17 @Marines 8 - 5 Ono (2-3) Hirano (0-1) Ogino (6) 14,363 18-20-1
40 May 19 Dragons 5 - 7 Asakura (4-2) Onuma (1-3) Iwase (9) 18,110 18-21-1
41 May 20 Dragons 2 - 1 (10) Nogami (1-2) Asao (3-5) 19,203 19-21-1
42 May 22 BayStars 5 - 15 Miura (5-2) Wakui (4-2) 16,323 19-22-1
43 May 23 BayStars 10 - 6 Hoashi (2-2) Glynn (2-5) 24,471 20-22-1
44 May 24 @Carp 7 - 5 Komatsu (1-0) Nishiguchi (3-2) Nagakawa (12) 28,309 20-23-1
45 May 25 @Carp 3 - 0 Otake (4-1) Kishi (6-1) Nagakawa (13) 24,558 20-24-1
46 May 27 @Tigers 4 - 1 Shimoyanagi (4-2) Ishii (2-4) Fujikawa (4) 46,160 20-25-1
47 May 28 @Tigers 4 - 6 Wakui (5-2) Ando (3-4) Onodera (4) 44,395 21-25-1
48 May 30 Giants 2 - 2 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 33,778 21-25-2
49 May 31 Giants 3 - 2 (10) Onodera (2-2) Kroon (0-1) 33,173 22-25-2
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
50 June 2 Swallows 7 - 3 Wasdin (1-2) Ishikawa (6-3) 16,001 23-25-2
51 June 3 Swallows
52 June 5 @BayStars
53 June 6 @BayStars
54 June 7 @Dragons
55 June 8 @Dragons
56 June 10 Tigers
57 June 11 Tigers
58 June 13 Carp
59 June 14 Carp
60 June 16 @Giants
61 June 17 @Giants
62 June 20 @Swallows
63 June 21 @Swallows
64 June 26 Hawks
65 June 27 Hawks
66 June 28 Hawks
67 June 30 Marines
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
68 July 1 Marines
69 July 2 Marines
70 July 3 @Eagles
71 July 4 @Eagles
72 July 5 @Eagles
73 July 7 Fighters
74 July 8 Fighters
75 July 9 Fighters
76 July 10 Buffaloes
77 July 11 Buffaloes
78 July 12 Buffaloes
79 July 14 Eagles
80 July 15 Eagles
81 July 16 Eagles
82 July 18 @Fighters
83 July 19 @Fighters
84 July 20 Buffaloes
85 July 21 Buffaloes
86 July 22 Buffaloes
87 July 28 @Eagles
88 July 29 @Eagles
89 July 31 @Buffaloes
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
90 August 1 @Buffaloes
91 August 2 @Buffaloes
92 August 4 Fighters
93 August 5 Fighters
94 August 6 Fighters
95 August 7 Hawks
96 August 8 Hawks
97 August 9 Hawks
98 August 11 @Marines
99 August 12 @Marines
100 August 13 @Marines
101 August 14 @Fighters
102 August 15 @Fighters
103 August 16 @Fighters
104 August 18 @Hawks
105 August 19 @Hawks
106 August 20 @Hawks
107 August 21 Marines
108 August 22 Marines
109 August 23 Marines
110 August 25 Eagles
111 August 26 Eagles
112 August 27 Eagles
113 August 28 @Buffaloes
114 August 29 @Buffaloes
115 August 30 @Buffaloes
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
116 September 1 @Eagles
117 September 2 @Eagles
118 September 3 @Eagles
119 September 4 @Hawks
120 September 5 @Hawks
121 September 6 @Hawks
122 September 8 Fighters
123 September 9 Fighters
124 September 10 Fighters
125 September 11 Buffaloes
126 September 12 Buffaloes
127 September 13 Buffaloes
128 September 15 @Marines
129 September 16 @Marines
130 September 17 @Marines
131 September 18 Hawks
132 September 19 Hawks
133 September 20 Hawks
134 September 21 @Fighters
135 September 22 @Fighters
136 September 23 @Fighters
137 September 25 Eagles
138 September 26 Eagles
139 September 27 Eagles
140 September 29 Marines
141 September 30 Marines
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
142 October 1 Marines
143 October 3 @Eagles
144 October 5 @Fighters

Player stats

Batting

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB

Pitching

Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO

References

  1. ^ "2009 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 31, 2021.