The 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 60th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950

Regular season standings

Central League

Pacific League

Climax Series

''Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.''

Central League First Stage

Chunichi Dragons win the series, 2-1

Central League Second Stage

Yomiuri Giants have one-win advantage Yomiuri Giants win the series, 4-1

Pacific League First Stage

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles win the series, 2-0

Pacific League Second Stage

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters have one-win advantage Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters win the series, 4-1

Japan Series