2009 Yokohama BayStars season

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
Central League		 G W L T Win% GB
Yomiuri Giants14489469.659—
Chunichi Dragons14481621.56612
Tokyo Yakult Swallows14471721.49722
Hanshin Tigers14467734.47924½
Hiroshima Carp14465754.46426½
Yokohama BayStars14451930.35442½

Game log
2009 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1April 3@Dragons4 - 1Asao (1-0)Miura (0-1)Iwase (1)37,6780-1-0
2April 4@Dragons6 - 0Yoshimi (1-0)Glynn (0-1)36,5280-2-0
3April 5@Dragons6 - 0Chen (1-0)Kobayashi (0-1)33,4960-3-0
4April 7Giants1 - 5Takahashi (1-0)Terahara (0-1)20,1680-4-0
5April 8Giants1 - 12Fukuda (1-0)Kudoh (0-1)16,3610-5-0
6April 9Giants2 - 9Greisinger (1-1)Walrond (0-1)16,6910-6-0
7April 10Swallows9 - 1Miura (1-1)Sato (1-1)12,7911-6-0
8April 11Swallows0 - 3Ichiba (1-0)Glynn (0-2)Lim (3)17,8171-7-0
9April 12Swallows5 - 3Yamaguchi (1-0)Kawashima (1-1)Ishii (1)17,9722-7-0
10April 14@Carp1 - 4Terahara (1-1)Otake (1-1)Ishii (2)13,4363-7-0
11April 15@Carp3 - 2Umetsu (1-0)Mastny (0-1)Nagakawa (4)17,2883-8-0
12April 16@Carp1 - 2 (10)Yamaguchi (2-0)Nagakawa (0-2)Ishii (3)14,4764-8-0
13April 17Tigers1 - 5Ando (2-0)Miura (1-2)12,2504-9-0
14April 18Tigers4 - 9Nomi (1-2)Glynn (0-3)25,7734-10-0
15April 19Tigers4 - 2Kobayashi (1-1)Fukuhara (0-2)Ishii (4)24,4915-10-0
—April 21CarpPostponed (rained out)
16April 22Carp4 - 5Schultz (1-0)Ishii (0-1)Nagakawa (5)16,9485-11-0
17April 23Carp2 - 0Saito (1-1)Walrond (0-2)Nagakawa (6)16,7725-12-0
18April 24@Swallows0 - 3Miura (2-2)Ichiba (1-1)Ishii (5)12,5126-12-0
—April 25@SwallowsPostponed (rained out)
19April 26@Swallows2 - 6Glynn (1-3)Sato (2-2)16,1857-12-0
20April 28@Tigers8 - 4Egusa (2-1)Yoshikawa (0-1)19,1637-13-0
21April 29@Tigers4 - 7Walrond (1-2)Ando (2-1)Ishii (6)46,4318-13-0
22April 30@Tigers3 - 2Atchison (2-1)Ishii (0-2)45,7588-14-0
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
23May 2Dragons6 - 1Miura (3-2)Yamai (0-1)21,0809-14-0
24May 3Dragons0 - 2Chen (2-1)Glynn (1-4)23,9209-15-0
25May 4Dragons2 - 4Saito (1-0)Ishii (0-3)Hirai (1)22,5299-16-0
26May 5@Giants4 - 6Walrond (2-2)Tono (2-2)Yamaguchi (1)45,83510-16-0
27May 6@Giants3 - 2Yamaguchi (4-0)Sanada (0-1)43,18210-17-0
28May 7@Giants7 - 3Nishimura (2-0)Yamaguchi (2-1)40,13910-18-0
29May 8Tigers2 - 0Miura (4-2)Ando (2-2)13,46711-18-0
30May 9Tigers4 - 0Glynn (2-4)Nomi (2-3)23,46412-18-0
31May 10Tigers4 - 12Fukuhara (2-2)Kobayashi (1-2)23,96312-19-0
32May 12Giants3 - 5Takahashi (2-0)Walrond (2-3)Ochi (5)19,69112-20-0
33May 13Giants9 - 8Yamaguchi (3-1)Toyoda (1-1)20,41213-20-0
34May 14Giants5 - 9Greisinger (5-2)Fujie (0-1)19,27913-21-0
35May 15@Dragons1 - 0 (10)Yoshimi (3-2)Ishii (0-4)27,71113-22-0
36May 16@Dragons2 - 1 (10)Iwase (1-1)Yamaguchi (3-2)32,86913-23-0
37May 17@Dragons4 - 1Kawai (2-0)Kobayashi (1-3)Iwase (8)33,93513-24-0
38May 19@Marines2 - 1Karakawa (4-2)Ishii (0-5)16,38713-25-0
39May 20@Marines1 - 4Walrond (3-3)Naruse (2-2)Yamaguchi (2)17,01914-25-0
40May 22@Lions5 - 15Miura (5-2)Wakui (4-2)16,32315-25-0
41May 23@Lions10 - 6Hoashi (2-2)Glynn (2-5)24,47115-26-0
42May 24Eagles2 - 5Hasebe (3-3)Kobayashi (1-4)Aoyama (1)18,04115-27-0
43May 25Eagles6 - 5Kudoh (1-1)Aoyama (0-1)18,69616-27-0
44May 27Fighters5 - 4Kizuka (1-0)Kikuchi (1-1)Yamaguchi (3)13,06217-27-0
—May 28FightersPostponed (rained out)
45May 29Fighters1 - 7Fujii (4-2)Miura (5-3)7,34917-28-0
46May 30@Buffaloes6 - 4Kaneko (5-3)Glynn (2-6)Kato (8)11,21717-29-0
47May 31@Buffaloes3 - 0Hirano (2-1)Kobayashi (1-5)14,85717-30-0
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
48June 2@Hawks7-3Houlton (4-3)Mastny (0-2)17-31-0
49June 3@Hawks3-0Fujioka (1-0)Walrond (3-4)Mahara (10)17-32-0
50June 5LionsPostponed (rained out)
51June 6Lions
52June 7Marines
53June 8Marines
54June 10@Fighters
55June 11@Fighters
56June 13@Eagles
57June 14@Eagles
58June 16Buffaloes
59June 17Buffaloes
60June 20Hawks
61June 21Hawks
62June 26@Tigers
63June 27@Tigers
64June 28@Tigers
65June 30Swallows
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
66July 1Swallows
67July 3Carp
68July 4Carp
69July 5Carp
70July 7@Giants
71July 8@Giants
72July 9@Giants
73July 10@Swallows
74July 11@Swallows
75July 12@Swallows
76July 14@ Carp
77July 15@ Carp
78July 16@ Carp
79July 17Dragons
80July 18Dragons
81July 19Dragons
82July 20Giants
83July 21Giants
84July 22Giants
85July 28@Tigers
86July 29@Tigers
87July 30@Tigers
88July 31@Carp

Player stats

Batting
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB

Pitching
Player G GS IP W L SV ERA SO
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