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2009 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season

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The 2009 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season featured the Hawks quest to win their first Pacific League title since 2003. For the first time since 1994, the Hawks had a new manager in Koji Akiyama, who replaced the legendary Sadaharu Oh.

SoftBank absorbed more injuries from Opening Day starter Tsuyoshi Wada, but saw the continued dominance of Toshiya Sugiuchi, and the emergence of foreign pitchers D.J. Houlton and Justin Germano, who stabilized the starting rotation. More foreign help came in the person of 201 cm-tall reliever Brian Falkenborg. Together with Rookie of the Year Tadashi Settsu and closer Takahiro Mahara, the Hawks had one of the most reliable bullpens in the league.

The Hawks had one of the older offenses in the league, still anchored by Nobuhiko Matsunaka and Hiroki Kokubo. Yuya Hasegawa had a breakout season (.312, 7HR, 44RBI) after suffering injuries in the previous two seasons. Hitoshi Tamura came back in mid-May and hit .283 with 17 home runs, which helped to make up for a disappointing season from Munenori Kawasaki, who batted a career-low .259 despite career highs in games played (143) and stolen bases (44).

For the second year in a row, the Hawks won the Interleague tournament. However, the team could not sustain their success as they stumbled in September, finishing 3rd and exiting in the first round of the playoffs, at the hands of the rival Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Regular season

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Standings

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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

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2009 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 Buffaloes 8 - 0 Wada (1-0) Komatsu (0-1) 30,106 1-0-0
2 April 4 Buffaloes 2 - 5 Kondo (1-0) Oba (0-1) Kato (1) 28,827 1-1-0
3 April 5 Buffaloes 2 - 1 (10) Kamiuchi (1-0) Kawagoe (0-1) 29,576 2-1-0
4 April 7 @Eagles 6 - 0 Tanaka (1-0) Loe (0-1) 17,281 2-2-0
5 April 8 @Eagles 0 - 7 Houlton (1-0) Asai (0-1) 13,373 3-2-0
6 April 9 @Eagles 2 - 1 Nagai (1-0) Otonari (0-1) Koyama (1) 12,418 3-3-0
7 April 10 Fighters 1 - 9 Darvish (1-1) Wada (1-1) 26,940 3-4-0
8 April 11 Fighters 0 - 9 Fujii (1-1) Takahashi (0-1) 28,306 3-5-0
9 April 12 Fighters 5 - 4 Sugiuchi (1-0) Sweeney (0-1) Mahara (1) 28,296 4-5-0
10 April 14 Lions 3 - 5 Kishi (2-0) Loe (0-2) Graman (3) 14,451 4-6-0
11 April 15 Lions 2 - 2 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 26,498 4-6-1
12 April 16 Lions 5 - 12 Nishiguchi (2-0) Otonari (0-2) Hirano (1) 25,538 4-7-1
13 April 17 @Marines 2 - 1 (11) Ogino (1-0) Settsu (0-1) 10,367 4-8-1
14 April 18 @Marines 4 - 7 Kume (1-0) Ito (0-1) Mahara (2) 23,225 5-8-1
15 April 19 @Marines 5 - 12 Sugiuchi (2-0) Kobayashi (0-2) 25,537 6-8-1
16 April 21 @Fighters 5 - 10 Kamiuchi (2-0) Tadano (1-2) 17,486 7-8-1
17 April 22 @Fighters 2 - 3 Houlton (2-0) Tateyama (1-1) Mahara (3) 19,138 8-8-1
18 April 23 @Fighters 7 - 6 Miyanishi (2-0) Settsu (0-2) 18,364 8-9-1
19 April 24 Eagles 2 - 3 Nagai (2-0) Wada (1-2) Gwyn (1) 27,568 8-10-1
20 April 25 Eagles 5 - 4 (11) Mahara (1-0) Asai (0-3) 31,021 9-10-1
21 April 26 Eagles 0 - 4 Rasner (2-1) Sugiuchi (2-1) Koyama (2) 31,787 9-11-1
22 April 28 @Lions 5 - 4 Kishi (4-0) Loe (0-3) Onodera (1) 16,151 9-12-1
23 April 29 @Lions 7 - 2 Ishii (1-2) Houlton (2-1) 28,855 9-13-1
24 April 30 @Lions 5 - 8 Mizuta (1-0) Doi (1-1) Mahara (4) 15,720 10-13-1
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
25 May 1 Marines 6 - 2 Wada (2-2) Ono (1-2) 26,830 11-13-1
26 May 2 Marines 4 - 9 Karakawa (2-2) Arakaki (0-1) 30,239 11-14-1
27 May 3 Marines 7 - 2 Sugiuchi (3-1) Naruse (1-1) 34,040 12-14-1
28 May 4 @Buffaloes 8 - 5 Kondo (3-1) Loe (0-4) Kato (6) 30,252 12-15-1
29 May 5 @Buffaloes 2 - 1 Kaneko (3-2) Houlton (2-2) 31,639 12-16-1
30 May 6 @Buffaloes 1 - 5 Otonari (1-2) Yamamoto (2-1) 30,960 13-16-1
31 May 8 Lions 4 - 3 Settsu (1-2) Graman (0-2) 29,611 14-16-1
32 May 9 Lions 1 - 9 Hoashi (1-2) Arakaki (0-2) 30,863 14-17-1
33 May 10 Lions 8 - 1 Sugiuchi (4-1) Nogami (0-2) 30,337 15-17-1
34 May 12 Marines 1 - 2 Naruse (2-1) Houlton (2-3) Ogino (4) 25,231 15-18-1
35 May 13 Marines 0 - 7 Omine (2-1) Otonari (1-3) 16,242 15-19-1
36 May 14 Marines 5 - 4 Falkenborg (1-0) Ogino (1-1) 29,671 16-19-1
37 May 15 @Eagles 2 - 4 Falkenborg (2-0) Koyama (1-2) Mahara (5) 11,338 17-19-1
38 May 16 @Eagles 1 - 2 Iwakuma (5-1) Kamiuchi (2-1) 17,768 17-20-1
May 17 @Eagles Postponed (rained out)
39 May 19 Tigers 1 - 1 (12) Game tied after 12 innings 33,182 17-20-2
40 May 20 Tigers 3 - 2 (10) Settsu (2-2) Egusa (2-3) 29,258 18-20-2
41 May 22 Carp 6 - 3 Wada (3-2) Lewis (2-2) Mahara (6) 29,327 19-20-2
42 May 23 Carp 5 - 4 Mizuta (2-0) Saito (2-3) Mahara (7) 32,221 20-20-2
43 May 24 @Swallows 5 - 8 Otonari (2-3) Kawashima (3-3) 16,518 21-20-2
44 May 25 @Swallows 2 - 3 Sugiuchi (5-1) Ishikawa (6-2) Mahara (8) 15,555 22-20-2
45 May 27 @Giants 3 - 5 Houlton (3-3) Greisinger (5-4) Mahara (9) 43,050 23-20-2
46 May 28 @Giants 8 - 2 Gonzalez (5-0) Wada (3-3) 42,218 23-21-2
47 May 30 Dragons 9 - 5 Satō (1-0) Nagamine (1-1) 30,387 24-21-2
48 May 31 Dragons 5 - 4 Falkenborg (3-0) Takahashi (1-2) 33,231 25-21-2
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
49 June 2 BayStars 7-3 Houlton (4-3) Mastny (0-2) 26-21-2
50 June 3 BayStars 3-0 Fujioka (1-0) Walrond (3-4) Mahara (10) 27-21-2
51 June 5 @Carp 4-1 Mori (1-0) Ohba (0-2) Schultz (1) 27-22-2
52 June 6 @Carp 1-11 (6) Germano (1-0) Ohtake (5-2) 28-22-2
53 June 7 @Tigers 4-3 Williams (1-0) Mahara (1-1) 28-23-2
54 June 8 @Tigers 1-8 Houlton (5-3) Kubo (1-4) 29-23-2
55 June 10 Swallows 4-2 Fujioka Yoshinori (2-4) Mahara (11) 30-23-2
56 June 11 Swallows 3-6 Tateyama Satō Lim 30-24-2
57 June 13 Giants 3-1 Germano Utsumi Mahara (12) 31-24-2
58 June 14 Giants 5-1 Sugiuchi Tohno 32-24-2
59 June 16 @Dragons 3-4 (10) Mahara Iwase Falkenborg 33-24-2
60 June 17 @Dragons 3-1 Ogasawara Fujioka Iwase 33-25-2
61 June 20 @BayStars 7-11 Germano Glynn 36-25-2
62 June 21 @BayStars 5-0 Sugiuchi Miura 37-25-2
63 June 26 @Lions 10-4 Wakui Fujioka 37-26-2
64 June 27 @Lions 3-10 Sugiuchi Ishii 38-26-2
65 June 28 @Lions 5-7 Falkenborg Mitsui Mahara 39-26-2
66 June 30 Buffaloes 13-2 Ohtonari Kondoh 40-26-2
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
July 1 Buffaloes Postponed (rained out)
67 July 2 Buffaloes
68 July 4 @Fighters
69 July 5 @Fighters
70 July 7 @Buffaloes
71 July 8 @Buffaloes
72 July 9 @Buffaloes
73 July 10 Eagles
74 July 11 Eagles
75 July 12 Eagles
76 July 14 Fighters
77 July 15 Fighters
78 July 16 Fighters
79 July 17 @Marines
80 July 18 @Marines
81 July 19 @Marines
82 July 20 Eagles
83 July 21 Eagles
84 July 22 Eagles
85 July 28 Buffaloes
86 July 29 Buffaloes
87 July 30 Buffaloes
88 July 31 @Fighters
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
89 August 1 @Fighters
90 August 2 @Fighters
91 August 4 Marines
92 August 5 Marines
93 August 6 Marines
94 August 7 @Lions
95 August 8 @Lions
96 August 9 @Lions
97 August 11 @Eagles
98 August 12 @Eagles
99 August 13 @Eagles
100 August 14 @Buffaloes
101 August 15 @Buffaloes
102 August 16 @Buffaloes
103 August 18 Lions
104 August 19 Lions
105 August 20 Lions
106 August 21 Fighters
107 August 22 Fighters
108 August 23 Fighters
109 August 25 @Marines
110 August 26 @Marines
111 August 27 @Marines
112 August 28 @Fighters
113 August 29 @Fighters
114 August 30 @Fighters
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
115 September 1 Buffaloes
116 September 2 Buffaloes
117 September 3 Buffaloes
118 September 4 Lions
119 September 5 Lions
120 September 6 Lions
121 September 8 @Marines
122 September 9 @Marines
123 September 10 @Marines
124 September 11 Eagles
125 September 12 Eagles
126 September 13 Eagles
127 September 15 @Buffaloes
128 September 16 @Buffaloes
129 September 17 @Buffaloes
130 September 18 @Lions
131 September 19 @Lions
132 September 20 @Lions
133 September 21 Marines
134 September 22 Marines
135 September 23 Marines
136 September 25 Fighters
137 September 26 Fighters
138 September 27 Fighters
139 September 29 @Eagles
140 September 30 @Eagles
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
141 October 1 @Eagles
October 2 @Eagles Postponed (rained out)
142 October 4 @Fighters
143 October 6 Buffaloes
144 October 11 @Eagles
PLCS Game 1 October 16 @Eagles
PLCS Game 2 October 17 @Eagles

Player stats

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Batting

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB

Pitching

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Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO

References

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