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
Game log
2009 Game Log
#
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
#
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
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G
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