2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season

The 2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season was the 64th season for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise.

Regular season Standings

Record vs. opponents Pacific League Chiba Lotte Marines 18–6–1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 11–12–1 Orix Buffaloes 16–8–0 Saitama Seibu Lions 12–12–0 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 13–11–0Central League Chunichi Dragons 1–3–0 Hanshin Tigers 2–1–1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2–2–0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2–2–0 Yokohama BayStars 3–1–0 Yomiuri Giants 2–2–0 Interleague total 12–11–1Total 82–60–2

Game log Legend Fighters win Fighters loss Fighters tie PostponementBoldFighters team member

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || April 3 || Eagles || 3–1 || Iwakuma (1–0) || Darvish (0–1) || Arime (1) || 42,328 || 0–1–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 4 || Eagles || 6–5 || Gwyn (1–0) || Fujii (0–1) || Kawagishi (1) || 36,316 || 0–2–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 5 || Eagles || 9–6 (11) || Kawagishi (1–0) || Sakamoto (0–1) || || 34,252 || 0–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 7 || Marines || 1–9 || Tadano (1–0) || Karakawa (0–1) || || 17,568 || 1–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 8 || Marines || 7–8 || Tateyama (1–0) || Sikorski (1–1) || H. Takeda (1) || 18,853 || 2–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 10 || @ Hawks || 9–1 || Darvish (1–1) || Wada (1–1) || || 26,940 || 3–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 11 || @ Hawks || 9–0 || Fujii (1–1) || Takahashi (0–1) || || 28,306 || 4–3–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 12 || @ Hawks || 4–5 || Sugiuchi (1–0) || Sweeney (0–1) || Mahara (1) || 28,296 || 4–4–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 14 || Buffaloes || 8–7 || Kaneko (1–1) || Tadano (1–1) || Kato (4) || 17,548 || 4–5–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 15 || Buffaloes || 5–11 || Kikuchi (1–0) || Motoyanagi (0–1) || || 17,579 || 5–5–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 16 || Buffaloes || 1–7 || M. Takeda (1–0) || Nakayama (0–1) || || 20,702 || 6–5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 17 || @ Lions || 4–2 || Darvish (2–1) || Wakui (2–1) || H. Takeda (2) || 15,181 || 7–5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 18 || @ Lions || 6–4 || Tanimoto (1–0) || Shotsu (0–1) || H. Takeda (3) || 28,525 || 8–5–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 19 || @ Lions || 8–6 || Miyanishi (1–0) || Onodera (1–1) || H. Takeda (4) || 22,315 || 9–5–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 21 || Hawks || 10–5 || Kamiuchi (2–0) || Tadano (1–2) || || 17,486 || 9–6–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 22 || Hawks || 3–2 || Houlton (2–0) || Tateyama (1–1) || Mahara (3) || 19,138 || 9–7–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 23 || Hawks || 6–7 || Miyanishi (2–0) || Settsu (0–2) || || 18,364 || 10–7–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 24 || @ Buffaloes || 11–0 || Darvish (3–1) || Komatsu (0–2) || || 18,724 || 11–7–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || April 25 || @ Buffaloes || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 19 || April 26 || @ Buffaloes || 3–11 || Kishida (3–0) || Sakakibara (0–1) || || 13,223 || 11–8–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 28 || @ Eagles || 4–2 || Yagi (1–0) || Kawai (0–1) || H. Takeda (5) || 13,326 || 12–8–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 29 || @ Eagles || 1–2 || Tanaka (4–0) || M. Takeda (1–1) || || 20,381 || 12–9–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 30 || @ Eagles || 2–4 || Hasebe (1–2) || Sweeney (0–2) || Arime (2) || 11,239 || 12–10–0

|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 23 || May 1 || Lions || 2–1 (12) || Onuma (1–1) || Tateyama (1–2) || Nogami (1) || 28,007 || 12–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || May 2 || Lions || 6–7 (11) || H. Takeda (1–0) || Nogami (0–1) || || 34,711 || 13–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || May 3 || Lions || 5–6 (12) || Tanimoto (2–0) || Onodera (1–2) || || 40,754 || 14–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 4 || @ Marines || 10–7 || Tadano (2–2) || Omine (1–1) || H. Takeda (6) || 30,058 || 15–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || May 5 || @ Marines || 2–0 (5) || Yagi (2–0) || Kobayashi (0–3) || || 22,726 || 16–11–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 28 || May 6 || @ Marines || 3–7 || Watanabe (1–3) || Sweeney (0–3) || || 23,139 || 16–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 8 || Buffaloes || 1–10 || Darvish (4–1) || Nakayama (0–3) || || 26,638 || 17–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 9 || Buffaloes || 2–3 || Fujii (2–1) || Komatsu (0–4) || H. Takeda (7) || 26,308 || 18–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 10 || Buffaloes || 2–7 || M. Takeda (2–1) || Yoshino (0–1) || || 28,156 || 19–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 12 || @ Eagles || 8–1 || Yagi (3–0) || Isaka (1–1) || || 10,231 || 20–12–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 13 || @ Eagles || 3–7 || Tanaka (5–0) || Sakamoto (0–2) || || 13,983 || 20–13–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 14 || @ Eagles || 7–0 || Sweeney (1–3) || Hasebe (2–3) || || 10,677 || 21–13–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 15 || @ Buffaloes || 4–2 || Darvish (5–1) || Nakayama (0–4) || H. Takeda (8) || 11,405 || 22–13–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 16 || @ Buffaloes || 7–3 || Fujii (3–1) || Komatsu (0–5) || H. Takeda (9) || 21,965 || 23–13–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 17 || @ Buffaloes || 0–6 || Mitsuhara (1–0) || M. Takeda (2–2) || || 19,467 || 23–14–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 19 || Giants || 6–16 || Yagi (4–0) || Takahashi (2–1) || || 33,050 || 24–14–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 20 || Giants || 5–6 || Hayashi (1–0) || Greisinger (5–3) || H. Takeda (10) || 33,602 || 25–14–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 22 || Swallows || 3–2 || Tateyama (5–0) || Fujii (3–2) || Lim (14) || 20,932 || 25–15–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 23 || Swallows || 0–3 || Darvish (6–1) || Barrett (0–1) || || 31,288 || 26–15–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 24 || @ Dragons || 0–1 || Kawai (3–0) || M. Takeda (2–3) || Iwase (11) || 31,711 || 26–16–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 25 || @ Dragons || 4–10 || Asakura (5–2) || Itokazu (0–1) || || 29,051 || 26–17–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 27 || @ BayStars || 4–5 || Kizuka (1–0) || Kikuchi (1–1) || Yamaguchi (3) || 13,062 || 26–18–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || May 28 || @ BayStars || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 29 || @ BayStars || 7–1 || Fujii (4–2) || Miura (5–3) || || 7,349 || 27–18–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 30 || Tigers || 2–8 || Darvish (7–1) || Fukuhara (2–4) || || 42,328 || 28–18–0 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa" | 47 || May 31 || Tigers || 4–4 (12) || colspan=3|Game tied after 12 innings || 42,051 || 28–18–1

|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || June 2 || Carp || 2–1 || Maeda (4–5) || Itokazu (0–2) || Nagakawa (17) || 20,252 || 28–19–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || June 3 || Carp || 2–7 || Tateyama (2–2) || Yokoyama (1–3) || || 22,257 || 29–19–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || June 5 || @ Giants || 2–5 || Gonzalez (6–0) || Fujii (4–3) || Kroon (9) || 44,242 || 29–20–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || June 6 || @ Giants || 2–3 || Utsumi (2–3) || Darvish (7–2) || Kroon (10) || 44,887 || 29–21–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || June 7 || @ Swallows || 3–0 || M. Takeda (3–3) || Kawashima (4–4) || H. Takeda (11) || 20,032 || 30–21–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || June 8 || @ Swallows || 3–4 || Lim (1–0) || Tateyama (2–3) || || 12,515 || 30–22–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || June 10 || BayStars || 3–5 || Miyanishi (3–0) || Walrond (3–5) || H. Takeda (12) || 10,977 || 31–22–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 11 || BayStars || 3–9 || Sweeney (2–3) || Oyamada (0–1) || || 22,582 || 32–22–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || June 13 || Dragons || 1–9 || Darvish (8–2) || Yamamoto (0–2) || || 35,699 || 33–22–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 14 || Dragons || 11–10 || Kawai (5–0) || Itokazu (0–3) || Iwase (15) || 33,086 || 33–23–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 16 || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Kubo (2–4) || M. Takeda (3–4) || Fujikawa (6) || 21,310 || 33–24–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 17 || @ Tigers || 10–5 || Yagi (5–0) || Shimoyanagi (5–4) || || 23,543 || 34–24–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 20 || @ Carp || 5–1 || Darvish (9–2) || Saito (4–5) || || 30,993 || 35–24–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 21 || @ Carp || 5–7 || Maeda (5–5) || M. Takeda (3–5) || Nagakawa (20) || 30,486 || 35–25–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 26 || @ Marines || 5–0 || Darvish (10–2) || Kobayashi (1–5) || || 28,367 || 36–25–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 27 || @ Marines || 5–4 || Yagi (6–0) || Karakawa (4–4) || H. Takeda (13) || 23,513 || 37–25–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 28 || @ Marines || 2–3 (7) || Ono (4–4) || Sweeney (2–4) || || 18,184 || 37–26–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 30 || Eagles || 1–3 || Itokazu (1–3) || Hasebe (4–6) || H. Takeda (14) || 23,248 || 38–26–1

|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || July 1 || Eagles || 5–10 || M. Takeda (4–5) || Fujiwara (0–2) || || 23,374 || 39–26–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || July 2 || Eagles || 3–6 || Hayashi (2–0) || Arime (0–1) || H. Takeda (15) || 25,442 || 40–26–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || July 4 || Hawks || 7–3 || Sugiuchi (9–1) || Yagi (6–1) || || 18,086 || 40–27–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || July 5 || Hawks || 3–2 || Houlton (6–3) || Sweeney (2–5) || Mahara (14) || 18,660 || 40–28–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || July 7 || @ Lions || 4–6 || Kishi (9–1) || Itokazu (1–4) || || 12,525 || 40–29–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || July 8 || @ Lions || 3–4 || Iwasaki (2–0) || Darvish (10–3) || Onodera (10) || 12,525 || 40–30–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || July 9 || @ Lions || 2–8 || Wakui (10–3) || M. Takeda (4–6) || || 12,625 || 40–31–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || July 10 || Marines || 0–4 || Tadano (3–2) || Kobayashi (1–7) || || 25,690 || 41–31–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || July 11 || Marines || 5–6 || Ejiri (1–0) || Kawasaki (1–1) || H. Takeda (16) || 37,116 || 42–31–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || July 12 || Marines || 6–7 (12) || Miyanishi (4–0) || Ito (2–2) || || 34,764 || 43–31–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || July 14 || @ Hawks || 1–2 || Otonari (4–4) || Fujii (4–4) || Mahara (16) || 31,262 || 43–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || July 15 || @ Hawks || 9–1 || Darvish (11–3) || Fujioka (3–4) || || 33,031 || 44–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || July 16 || @ Hawks || 3–2 || Kikuchi (2–1) || Sugiuchi (9–2) || H. Takeda (17) || 33,549 || 45–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || July 18 || Lions || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | — || July 19 || Lions || colspan=6|Game postponed due to rain |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || July 20 || Marines || 3–4 || Fujii (5–4) || Omine (2–5) || H. Takeda (18) || 22,004 || 46–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || July 21 || Marines || 3–7 || Tadano (4–2) || Matsumoto (0–1) || || 18,742 || 47–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 22 || Marines || 1–2 || Darvish (12–3) || Naruse (4–5) || || 23,547 || 48–32–1 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbffff"|All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || July 28 || @ Marines || 5–1 || Yagi (7–1) || Kobayashi (2–8) || || 24,558 || 49–32–1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"