The 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows season features the Swallows quest to win their first Central League title since 2001.
Regular season
Standings
Source:
Game log
| 2009 Game Log |
| # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | | 1 | April 3 | @Tigers | 5 - 2 | Ando (1-0) | Ishikawa (0-1) | Fujikawa (1) | 33,792 | 0-1-0 | | 2 | April 4 | @Tigers | 1 - 5 | Sato (1-0) | Nomi (0-1) | | 33,449 | 1-1-0 | | 3 | April 5 | @Tigers | 6 - 7 | Kawashima (1-0) | Fukuhara (0-1) | Lim (1) | 33,436 | 2-1-0 | | 4 | April 7 | Dragons | 3 - 4 | Takahashi (1-0) | Oshimoto (0-1) | Iwase (2) | 17,538 | 2-2-0 | | 5 | April 8 | Dragons | 8 - 4 | Kida (1-0) | Nakata (0-1) | | 15,089 | 3-2-0 | | 6 | April 9 | Dragons | 10 - 7 | Ishikawa (1-1) | Asao (1-1) | Lim (2) | 14,526 | 4-2-0 | | 7 | April 10 | @BayStars | 9 - 1 | Miura (1-1) | Sato (1-1) | | 12,791 | 4-3-0 | | 8 | April 11 | @BayStars | 0 - 3 | Ichiba (1-0) | Glynn (0-2) | Lim (3) | 17,817 | 5-3-0 | | 9 | April 12 | @BayStars | 5 - 3 | Yamaguchi (1-0) | Kawashima (1-1) | Ishii (1) | 17,972 | 5-4-0 | | — | April 14 | Giants | Postponed (rained out) | | 10 | April 15 | Giants | 2 - 6 | Greisinger (2-1) | Kida (1-1) | | 20,072 | 5-5-0 | | 11 | April 16 | Giants | 6 - 2 | Tateyama (1-0) | Utsumi (0-1) | | 16,592 | 6-5-0 | | 12 | April 17 | Carp | 6 - 1 | Ishikawa (2-1) | Aoki (0-1) | | 10,865 | 7-5-0 | | 13 | April 18 | Carp | 1 - 0 | Sato (2-1) | Maeda (2-1) | Lim (4) | 25,455 | 8-5-0 | | 14 | April 19 | Carp | 8 - 2 | Kawashima (2-1) | Shinoda (1-1) | | 17,702 | 9-5-0 | | 15 | April 21 | @Giants | 4 - 0 | Greisinger (3-1) | Kida (1-2) | | 20,817 | 9-6-0 | | 16 | April 22 | @Giants | 3 - 2 | Yamaguchi (2-0) | Igarashi (0-1) | Kroon (6) | 15,876 | 9-7-0 | | 17 | April 23 | @Giants | 2 - 1 | Ochi (2-0) | Oshimoto (0-2) | | 20,120 | 9-8-0 | | 18 | April 24 | BayStars | 0 - 3 | Miura (2-2) | Ichiba (1-1) | Ishii (5) | 12,512 | 9-9-0 | | — | April 25 | BayStars | Postponed (rained out) | | 19 | April 26 | BayStars | 2 - 6 | Glynn (1-3) | Sato (2-2) | | 16,185 | 9-10-0 | | 20 | April 28 | @Dragons | 2 - 4 | Kida (2-2) | Asakura (2-1) | Lim (5) | 12,115 | 10-10-0 | | 21 | April 29 | @Dragons | 1 - 7 | Tateyama (2-0) | Asao (2-3) | | 33,318 | 11-10-0 | | 22 | April 30 | @Dragons | 0 - 3 | Ishikawa (3-1) | Yoshimi (2-2) | Lim (6) | 29,184 | 12-10-0 | |
| # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | | 23 | May 2 | @Carp | 9 - 2 | Umetsu (2-0) | Ichiba (1-2) | | 31,427 | 12-11-0 | | 24 | May 3 | @Carp | 2 - 3 | Kida (3-2) | Yokoyama (0-1) | Lim (7) | 31,622 | 13-11-0 | | 25 | May 4 | @Carp | 3 - 5 | Oshimoto (1-2) | Makino (0-1) | Lim (8) | 31,834 | 14-11-0 | | — | May 5 | Tigers | Postponed (rained out) | | — | May 6 | Tigers | Postponed (rained out) | | 26 | May 7 | Tigers | 2 - 1 | Ishikawa (4-1) | Kubo (0-2) | Lim (9) | 15,575 | 15-11-0 | | 27 | May 9 | Carp | 1 - 4 | Lewis (2-1) | Kawashima (2-2) | Nagakawa (10) | 19,119 | 15-12-0 | | 28 | May 10 | Carp | 4 - 1 | Tateyama (3-0) | Hayashi (0-1) | Lim (10) | 14,891 | 16-12-0 | | 29 | May 12 | @Dragons | 6 - 3 | Asakura (3-2) | Ichiba (1-3) | Iwase (7) | 9,059 | 16-13-0 | | 30 | May 13 | @Dragons | 1 - 7 | Ishikawa (5-1) | Asao (3-4) | | 26,258 | 17-13-0 | | 31 | May 14 | @Dragons | 5 - 8 | Matsuoka (1-0) | Ogasawara (0-1) | Lim (11) | 25,010 | 18-13-0 | | 32 | May 15 | Tigers | 2 - 1 | Matsuoka (2-0) | Nomi (2-4) | Lim (12) | 22,528 | 19-13-0 | | 33 | May 16 | Tigers | 4 - 1 | Tateyama (4-0) | Fukuhara (2-3) | Lim (13) | 28,380 | 20-13-0 | | 34 | May 17 | Tigers | 2 - 1 | Kawashima (3-2) | Egusa (2-2) | Igarashi (1) | 19,534 | 21-13-0 | | 35 | May 19 | @Eagles | 3 - 7 | Ishikawa (6-1) | Rasner (2-3) | | 12,691 | 22-13-0 | | 36 | May 20 | @Eagles | 2 - 0 | Tanaka (6-0) | Sato (2-3) | | 19,295 | 22-14-0 | | 37 | May 22 | @Fighters | 2 - 3 | Tateyama (5-0) | Fujii (3-2) | Lim (14) | 20,932 | 23-14-0 | | 38 | May 23 | @Fighters | 3 - 0 | Darvish (6-1) | Barrett (0-1) | | 31,288 | 23-15-0 | | 39 | May 24 | Hawks | 5 - 8 | Otonari (2-3) | Kawashima (3-3) | | 16,518 | 23-16-0 | | 40 | May 25 | Hawks | 2 - 3 | Sugiuchi (5-1) | Ishikawa (6-2) | Mahara (8) | 15,555 | 23-17-0 | | 41 | May 27 | Buffaloes | 5 - 4 | Matsuoka (3-0) | Katsuki (1-1) | Lim (15) | 12,014 | 24-17-0 | | 42 | May 28 | Buffaloes | 4 - 0 | Tateyama (6-0) | Mitsuhara (1-1) | | 7,348 | 25-17-0 | | 43 | May 30 | @Marines | 6 - 3 | Naruse (3-2) | Tanaka (0-1) | | 15,431 | 25-18-0 | | 44 | May 31 | @Marines | 1 - 7 | Kawashima (4-3) | Omine (2-3) | | 27,310 | 26-18-0 | |
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Player stats
Batting
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Pitching
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- Formerly the Kokutestu Swallows, the Sankei Swallows, the Sankei Atoms, the Atoms, Yakult Atoms, and the Tokyo Swallows
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