The regular season ended on Monday when Tokyo came from behind to beat Yomiuri, and the Swallows’ resulting 71-72-1 record earned them praise for a modest improvement over last year and the team’s first ever advancement to the Climax Series.
The team’s solid play at the end of 2009 was a refreshing bookend to a season [...]
Offensive league leaders after games played on May 1, 2009.
Home Runs
Central League
Pacific League
Player
#
Kanemoto (Hanshin)
8
Wada (Chunichi)
8
Ogasawara (Yomiuri)
6
D’Antona (Tokyo)
5
Guiel (Tokyo)
5
Morino (Chunichi)
5
Fujii (Chunichi)
4
Kawashima (Tokyo)
4
Arai (Hanshin)
4
Blanco (Chunichi)
4
Lee (Yomiuri)
4
Player
#
Rhodes (Orix)
10
Nakamura (Saitama)
9
Matsunaka (Fukuoka)
8
Bocachica (Saitama)
7
Larocca (Orix)
6
Sledge (Hokkaido)
6
Yamazaki (Rakuten)
5
Iguchi (Chiba)
4
Koyano (Hokkaido)
4
Cabrera (Orix)
4
Saburo (Chiba)
4
Offensive league leaders after games played on April 12, 2009.
Home Runs
Central League
Pacific League
Player
#
Kanemoto (Hanshin)
7
Guiel (Tokyo)
4
Fujii (Chunichi)
4
Tsuruoka (Yomiuri)
3
Morino (Chunichi)
3
Wada (Chunichi)
3
Ogasawara (Yomiuri)
3
Kawashima (Tokyo)
2
Kurihara (Hiroshima)
2
Arai (Hanshin)
2
Abe (Yomiuri)
2
Lee (Yomiuri)
2
Blanco (Chunichi)
2
Seabol (Hiroshima)
2
Player
#
Nakamura (Saitama)
4
Rhodes (Orix)
3
Saburo (Chiba)
3
Inaba (Hokkaido)
3
Sledge (Hokkaido)
3
Larocca (Orix)
3
Ohmatsu (Chiba)
3
Kaneko (Hokkaido)
2
Bocachica (Saitama)
2
Cabrera (Orix)
2
Hidaka (Orix)
2
Koyano (Hokkaido)
2
Seguignol (Tohoku)
2
Gotou (Orix)
2
