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.https://billsportsmaps.com/?p=3780
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || April 3 || @Giants || 3 - 6 || Lewis (1-0) || Greisinger (0-1) || Nagakawa (1) || 44,124 || 1-0-0 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || April 4 || @Giants || 3 - 5 || K. Maeda (1-0) || Nakamura (0-1) || Nagakawa (2) || 42,650 || 2-0-0 |-align="center" style="background:#bbbbbb;" | 3 || April 5 || @Giants || 1 - 1 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 42,275 || 2-0-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 4 || April 7 || @Tigers || 11 - 10 || Egusa (1-0) || Nagakawa (0-1) || || 46,307 || 2-1-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 5 || April 8 || @Tigers || 8 - 2 || Shimoyanagi (1-0) || Saito (0-1) || || 42,300 || 2-2-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || April 9 || @Tigers || 2 - 4 || Hasegawa (1-0) || Ishikawa (0-1) || Nagakawa (3) || 38,733 || 3-2-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 7 || April 10 || Dragons || 3 - 11 || Yoshimi (2-0) || Lewis (1-1) || Nelson (1) || 30,618 || 3-3-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || April 11 || Dragons || 2 - 0 || K. Maeda (2-0) || Shimizu (0-1) || || 30,268 || 4-3-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || April 12 || Dragons || 10 - 0 || Shinoda (1-0) || Yamamoto (0-1) || || 30,139 || 5-3-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 10 || April 14 || BayStars || 1 - 4 || Terahara (1-1) || Otake (1-1) || Ishii (2) || 13,436 || 5-4-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 || April 15 || BayStars || 3 - 2 || Umetsu (1-0) || Mastny (0-1) || Nagakawa (4) || 17,288 || 6-4-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 12 || April 16 || BayStars || 1 - 2 (10) || Yamaguchi (2-0) || Nagakawa (0-2) || Ishii (3) || 14,476 || 6-5-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 13 || April 17 || @Swallows || 6 - 1 || Ishikawa (2-1) || T. Aoki (0-1) || || 10,865 || 6-6-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 14 || April 18 || @Swallows || 1 - 0 || Sato (2-1) || K. Maeda (2-1) || Lim (4) || 25,455 || 6-7-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 15 || April 19 || @Swallows || 8 - 2 || R. Kawashima (2-1) || Shinoda (1-1) || || 17,702 || 6-8-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbbbbb;" | — || April 21 || @BayStars || colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 || April 22 || @BayStars || 4 - 5 || Schultz (1-0) || Ishii (0-1) || Nagakawa (5) || 16,948 || 7-8-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 || April 23 || @BayStars || 2 - 0 || Saito (1-1) || Walrond (0-2) || Nagakawa (6) || 16,772 || 8-8-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 18 || April 24 || Tigers || 0 - 4 || Nomi (2-2) || K. Maeda (2-2) || || 24,417 || 8-9-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 19 || April 25 || Tigers || 1 - 12 || Fukuhara (1-2) || Hasegawa (1-1) || || 28,400 || 8-10-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 || April 26 || Tigers || 2 - 1 || Shinoda (2-1) || Atchison (1-1) || Nagakawa (7) || 30,528 || 9-10-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 || April 28 || Giants || 5 - 0 || Otake (1-1) || Utsumi (0-2) || || 24,423 || 10-10-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 || April 29 || Giants || 2 - 0 || Saito (2-1) || Tono (2-1) || Nagakawa (8) || 31,773 || 11-10-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 23 || April 30 || Giants || 4 - 7 || Fukuda (2-0) || K. Maeda (2-3) || Ochi (1-1) || 26,322 || 11-11-1
|-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 || May 2 || Swallows || 9 - 2 || Umetsu (2-0) || Ichiba (1-2) || || 31,427 || 12-11-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 25 || May 3 || Swallows || 2 - 3 || Kida (3-2) || Yokoyama (0-1) || Lim (7) || 31,622 || 12-12-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 26 || May 4 || Swallows || 3 - 5 || Oshimoto (1-2) || Makino (0-1) || Lim (8) || 31,834 || 12-13-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 || May 5 || @Dragons || 0 - 2 || Otake (2-1) || Asakura (2-2) || Nagakawa (9) || 37,494 || 13-13-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 28 || May 6 || @Dragons || 4 - 2 || Asao (3-3) || Saito (2-2) || Iwase (6) || 36,159 || 13-14-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 29 || May 7 || @Dragons || 4 - 3 || Saito (2-0) || Umetsu (2-1) || || 26,978 || 13-15-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 30 || May 9 || @Swallows || 1 - 4 || Lewis (2-1) || R. Kawashima (2-2) || Nagakawa (10) || 19,119 || 14-15-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 31 || May 10 || @Swallows || 4 - 1 || Tateyama (3-0) || Hayashi (0-1) || Lim (10) || 14,891 || 14-16-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 32 || May 12 || @Tigers || 1 - 0 || Shimoyanagi (3-2) || Yokoyama (0-2) || || 41,558 || 14-17-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 || May 13 || @Tigers || 1 - 2 (10) || Yokoyama (1-2) || Fujikawa (1-2) || Nagakawa (11) || 43,899 || 15-17-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 34 || May 14 || @Tigers || 7 - 1 || Ando (3-2) || K. Maeda (2-4) || || 40,599 || 15-18-1 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 35 || May 15 || Giants || 2 - 5 || Gonzalez (3-0) || T. Aoki (0-2) || Kroon (7) || 30,164 || 15-19-1 |-align="center" style="background:#bbbbbb;" | 36 || May 16 || Giants || 0 - 0 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 29,794 || 15-19-2 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 37 || May 17 || Giants || 1 - 2 || Ochi (3-1) || Nagakawa (0-3) || Kroon (8) || 29,707 || 15-20-2 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 38 || May 19 || @Buffaloes || 1 - 9 || Otake (3-1) || Kondo (3-3) || || 9,887 || 16-20-2 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 39 || May 20 || @Buffaloes || 10 - 3 || Yamamoto (3-2) || K. Maeda (2-5) || || 11,107 || 16-21-2 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 40 || May 22 || @Hawks || 6 - 3 || Wada (3-2) || Lewis (2-2) || Mahara (6) || 29,327 || 16-22-2 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 41 || May 23 || @Hawks || 5 - 4 || Mizuta (2-0) || Saito (2-3) || Mahara (7) || 32,221 || 16-23-2 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 42 || May 24 || Lions || 7 - 5 || Komatsu (1-0) || Nishiguchi (3-2) || Nagakawa (12) || 28,309 || 17-23-2 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 43 || May 25 || Lions || 3 - 0 || Otake (4-1) || Kishi (6-1) || Nagakawa (13) || 24,558 || 18-23-2 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 44 || May 27 || Marines || 8 - 3 || K. Maeda (3-5) || Karakawa (4-3) || || 22,513 || 19-23-2 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 45 || May 28 || Marines || 4 - 3 || Lewis (3-2) || H. Kobayashi (0-4) || Nagakawa (14) || 12,048 || 20-23-2 |-align="center" style="background:#bbbbbb;" | — || May 30 || @Eagles || colspan=6|Postponed (rained out) |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 46 || May 31 || @Eagles || 4 - 5 || Otake (5-1) || Iwakuma (5-3) || Nagakawa (15) || 18,015 || 21-23-2
|-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 47 || June 1 || @Eagles || 0 - 2 || Saito (3-3) || Hasebe (3-4) || Nagakawa (16) || 10,402 || 22-23-2 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 48 || June 2 || @Fighters || 1-2 || K. Maeda (4-5) || Itokazu (0-2) || Nagakawa (17) || 20,252 || 23-23-2 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 49 || June 3 || @Fighters || 7-2 || Tateyama (2-2) || Yokoyama (1-3) || || 22,257 || 23-24-2 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb;" | 50 || June 5 || Hawks || 4-1 (7) || Mori (1-0) || Ohba (0-2) || Schultz (1) || 28,814 || 24-24-2 |-align="center" style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 51 || June 6 || Hawks || 1-11 (7) || Germano (1-0) || Ohtake (5-2) || || 31,737 || 24-25-2 |-align="center" style="background:#bbffbb | 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
Batting Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Pitching Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO
References