2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 60th season since the NPB was reorganized in

Central League First Stage

Chunichi Dragons win the series, 2-1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Chunichi Dragons 2 - 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows	October 17	Nagoya Dome Nagoya Dome Nagoya Dome , constructed in 1997, is a baseball field, located in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The dome has the capacity to seat up to 38,414 people . It is an example of a geodesic dome....	38,391
2	Chunichi Dragons 3 - 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows	October 18	Nagoya Dome Nagoya Dome Nagoya Dome , constructed in 1997, is a baseball field, located in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The dome has the capacity to seat up to 38,414 people . It is an example of a geodesic dome....	38,171
3	Chunichi Dragons 7 - 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows	October 19	Nagoya Dome Nagoya Dome Nagoya Dome , constructed in 1997, is a baseball field, located in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The dome has the capacity to seat up to 38,414 people . It is an example of a geodesic dome....	32,897

Central League Second Stage

Yomiuri Giants have one-win advantage

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yomiuri Giants 2 - 7 Chunichi Dragons	October 21	Tokyo Dome Tokyo Dome Tokyo Dome is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.The stadium opened for business on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome which was next door to the site of the predecessor ballpark, Kōrakuen Stadium...	41,259
2	Yomiuri Giants 6 - 4 Chunichi Dragons	October 22	Tokyo Dome Tokyo Dome Tokyo Dome is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.The stadium opened for business on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome which was next door to the site of the predecessor ballpark, Kōrakuen Stadium...	40,452
3	Yomiuri Giants 5 - 4 Chunichi Dragons	October 23	Tokyo Dome Tokyo Dome Tokyo Dome is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.The stadium opened for business on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome which was next door to the site of the predecessor ballpark, Kōrakuen Stadium...	45,409
4	Yomiuri Giants 8 - 2 Chunichi Dragons	October 24	Tokyo Dome Tokyo Dome Tokyo Dome is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, Japan.The stadium opened for business on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome which was next door to the site of the predecessor ballpark, Kōrakuen Stadium...	46,535

Yomiuri Giants win the series, 4-1

Pacific League First Stage

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles win the series, 2-0

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11 - 4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	October 16	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	21,303
2	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4 - 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	October 17	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	21,388

Pacific League Second Stage

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have one-win advantage

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 9 - 8 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	October 21	Sapporo Dome Sapporo Dome The is a stadium located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan, and is primarily used for baseball and football. It is the home field of the baseball team Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the football club Consadole Sapporo.-History:...	38,235
2	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 - 1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	October 22	Sapporo Dome Sapporo Dome The is a stadium located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan, and is primarily used for baseball and football. It is the home field of the baseball team Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the football club Consadole Sapporo.-History:...	32,713
3	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2 - 3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	October 23	Sapporo Dome Sapporo Dome The is a stadium located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan, and is primarily used for baseball and football. It is the home field of the baseball team Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the football club Consadole Sapporo.-History:...	42,328
4	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 9 - 4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	October 24	Sapporo Dome Sapporo Dome The is a stadium located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan, and is primarily used for baseball and football. It is the home field of the baseball team Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the football club Consadole Sapporo.-History:...	42,328

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters win the series, 4-1

Japan Series

Yomiuri Giants

The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the...

win the Japan Series

Japan Series

, or is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a seven-game series between the winning clubs of the league's two circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League....

4-2

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