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The 2009 Yokohama BayStars season features the BayStars quest to win their first Central League title since 1998. The team made a bit of a splash just before the season, signing former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters starter Ryan Glynn to shore up their rotation, led by veterans Daisuke Miura and Hayato Terahara.

On the offensive side, the 'Stars picked up Dan Johnson, a journeyman minor leaguer, to give protection to 2008 batting champion Seiichi Uchikawa and slugging third baseman Shuichi Murata.

The year did not start well even before the regular season started. The 'Stars lost Murata to a pulled hamstring muscle during the 2009 World Baseball Classic in a seeding game against Team Japan's arch-rival Korea. The injury hurt the team in the worst way, as Yokohama's bad luck with batting with runners in scoring position continued from 2008. The BayStars scored just five runs in their first six games en route to another rough start in April.

Towards the end of May, BayStars manager Akihiko Ohya announced that he was taking a sabbatical, which turned into his resignation. Ohya's sudden resignation ended his second tenure as Yokohama manager. He had been manager previously from 1996 to 1997 and helped to put together the 1998 Japan Series Championship team. Ni-gun manager Tomio Tashiro was called on to replace Ohya, and he seemed to be the logical choice since he had been successful managing the ni-gun Shonan SeaRex. However, Tashiro could not turn the team's fortunes around as the team stumbled to another last-place finish in the Central League.

Regular season

Standings

2009 Central League regular season standings
Team Pld W L T PCT GB
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
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Game log

2009 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 @Dragons 4 - 1 Asao (1-0) Miura (0-1) Iwase (1) 37,678 0-1-0
2 April 4 @Dragons 6 - 0 Yoshimi (1-0) Glynn (0-1) 36,528 0-2-0
3 April 5 @Dragons 6 - 0 Chen (1-0) Kobayashi (0-1) 33,496 0-3-0
4 April 7 Giants 1 - 5 Takahashi (1-0) Terahara (0-1) 20,168 0-4-0
5 April 8 Giants 1 - 12 Fukuda (1-0) Kudoh (0-1) 16,361 0-5-0
6 April 9 Giants 2 - 9 Greisinger (1-1) Walrond (0-1) 16,691 0-6-0
7 April 10 Swallows 9 - 1 Miura (1-1) Sato (1-1) 12,791 1-6-0
8 April 11 Swallows 0 - 3 Ichiba (1-0) Glynn (0-2) Lim (3) 17,817 1-7-0
9 April 12 Swallows 5 - 3 Yamaguchi (1-0) Kawashima (1-1) Ishii (1) 17,972 2-7-0
10 April 14 @Carp 1 - 4 Terahara (1-1) Otake (1-1) Ishii (2) 13,436 3-7-0
11 April 15 @Carp 3 - 2 Umetsu (1-0) Mastny (0-1) Nagakawa (4) 17,288 3-8-0
12 April 16 @Carp 1 - 2 (10) Yamaguchi (2-0) Nagakawa (0-2) Ishii (3) 14,476 4-8-0
13 April 17 Tigers 1 - 5 Ando (2-0) Miura (1-2) 12,250 4-9-0
14 April 18 Tigers 4 - 9 Nomi (1-2) Glynn (0-3) 25,773 4-10-0
15 April 19 Tigers 4 - 2 Kobayashi (1-1) Fukuhara (0-2) Ishii (4) 24,491 5-10-0
— April 21 Carp Postponed (rained out)
16 April 22 Carp 4 - 5 Schultz (1-0) Ishii (0-1) Nagakawa (5) 16,948 5-11-0
17 April 23 Carp 2 - 0 Saito (1-1) Walrond (0-2) Nagakawa (6) 16,772 5-12-0
18 April 24 @Swallows 0 - 3 Miura (2-2) Ichiba (1-1) Ishii (5) 12,512 6-12-0
— April 25 @Swallows Postponed (rained out)
19 April 26 @Swallows 2 - 6 Glynn (1-3) Sato (2-2) 16,185 7-12-0
20 April 28 @Tigers 8 - 4 Egusa (2-1) Yoshikawa (0-1) 19,163 7-13-0
21 April 29 @Tigers 4 - 7 Walrond (1-2) Ando (2-1) Ishii (6) 46,431 8-13-0
22 April 30 @Tigers 3 - 2 Atchison (2-1) Ishii (0-2) 45,758 8-14-0
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
23 May 2 Dragons 6 - 1 Miura (3-2) Yamai (0-1) 21,080 9-14-0
24 May 3 Dragons 0 - 2 Chen (2-1) Glynn (1-4) 23,920 9-15-0
25 May 4 Dragons 2 - 4 Saito (1-0) Ishii (0-3) Hirai (1) 22,529 9-16-0
26 May 5 @Giants 4 - 6 Walrond (2-2) Tono (2-2) Yamaguchi (1) 45,835 10-16-0
27 May 6 @Giants 3 - 2 Yamaguchi (4-0) Sanada (0-1) 43,182 10-17-0
28 May 7 @Giants 7 - 3 Nishimura (2-0) Yamaguchi (2-1) 40,139 10-18-0
29 May 8 Tigers 2 - 0 Miura (4-2) Ando (2-2) 13,467 11-18-0
30 May 9 Tigers 4 - 0 Glynn (2-4) Nomi (2-3) 23,464 12-18-0
31 May 10 Tigers 4 - 12 Fukuhara (2-2) Kobayashi (1-2) 23,963 12-19-0
32 May 12 Giants 3 - 5 Takahashi (2-0) Walrond (2-3) Ochi (5) 19,691 12-20-0
33 May 13 Giants 9 - 8 Yamaguchi (3-1) Toyoda (1-1) 20,412 13-20-0
34 May 14 Giants 5 - 9 Greisinger (5-2) Fujie (0-1) 19,279 13-21-0
35 May 15 @Dragons 1 - 0 (10) Yoshimi (3-2) Ishii (0-4) 27,711 13-22-0
36 May 16 @Dragons 2 - 1 (10) Iwase (1-1) Yamaguchi (3-2) 32,869 13-23-0
37 May 17 @Dragons 4 - 1 Kawai (2-0) Kobayashi (1-3) Iwase (8) 33,935 13-24-0
38 May 19 @Marines 2 - 1 Karakawa (4-2) Ishii (0-5) 16,387 13-25-0
39 May 20 @Marines 1 - 4 Walrond (3-3) Naruse (2-2) Yamaguchi (2) 17,019 14-25-0
40 May 22 @Lions 5 - 15 Miura (5-2) Wakui (4-2) 16,323 15-25-0
41 May 23 @Lions 10 - 6 Hoashi (2-2) Glynn (2-5) 24,471 15-26-0
42 May 24 Eagles 2 - 5 Hasebe (3-3) Kobayashi (1-4) Aoyama (1) 18,041 15-27-0
43 May 25 Eagles 6 - 5 Kudoh (1-1) Aoyama (0-1) 18,696 16-27-0
44 May 27 Fighters 5 - 4 Kizuka (1-0) Kikuchi (1-1) Yamaguchi (3) 13,062 17-27-0
— May 28 Fighters Postponed (rained out)
45 May 29 Fighters 1 - 7 Fujii (4-2) Miura (5-3) 7,349 17-28-0
46 May 30 @Buffaloes 6 - 4 Kaneko (5-3) Glynn (2-6) Kato (8) 11,217 17-29-0
47 May 31 @Buffaloes 3 - 0 Hirano (2-1) Kobayashi (1-5) 14,857 17-30-0
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
48 June 2 @Hawks 7-3 Houlton (4-3) Mastny (0-2) 17-31-0
49 June 3 @Hawks 3-0 Fujioka (1-0) Walrond (3-4) Mahara (10) 17-32-0
50 June 5 Lions Postponed (rained out)
51 June 6 Lions
52 June 7 Marines
53 June 8 Marines
54 June 10 @Fighters
55 June 11 @Fighters
56 June 13 @Eagles
57 June 14 @Eagles
58 June 16 Buffaloes
59 June 17 Buffaloes
60 June 20 Hawks
61 June 21 Hawks
62 June 26 @Tigers
63 June 27 @Tigers
64 June 28 @Tigers
65 June 30 Swallows
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
66 July 1 Swallows
67 July 3 Carp
68 July 4 Carp
69 July 5 Carp
70 July 7 @Giants
71 July 8 @Giants
72 July 9 @Giants
73 July 10 @Swallows
74 July 11 @Swallows
75 July 12 @Swallows
76 July 14 @ Carp
77 July 15 @ Carp
78 July 16 @ Carp
79 July 17 Dragons
80 July 18 Dragons
81 July 19 Dragons
82 July 20 Giants
83 July 21 Giants
84 July 22 Giants
85 July 28 @Tigers
86 July 29 @Tigers
87 July 30 @Tigers
88 July 31 @Carp

Player stats

Batting

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB

Pitching

Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO

References

2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season
Central League
Pacific League
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  • Formerly the Taiyo Whales, the Taiyo Shochiku Robins, the Yosho Robins, the Yokohama Taiyo Whales, and the Yokohama BayStars
  • Based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
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