2009 Baseball World Cup – Japan’s Progress
by Gen on Sep.15, 2009 @ 9:17 pm, under Other
I've been meaning to post an update on this, but I kept pushing it off to another day.
Here are the results for Japan:
First Round
September 10th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Japan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
September 11th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | x | x | 13 | 13 | 1 |
September 12th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
Pool B Standings
| Team | G | W | L | WPCT | GB |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | -- |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 |
| Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 |
Japan Team Totals for the First Round
Batting
| BA | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FPCT | |
| Totals | .333 | 3 | 102 | 26 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 55 | .539 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 2 | .434 | 1 | 4 | 3-4 | 75 | 18 | 2 | .979 |
| Opponents | .243 | 3 | 103 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 45 | .437 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 0 | .304 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 74 | 39 | 5 | .958 |
Pitching
| ERA | W-L | G | CG | ShO | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB | BA | WP | HBP | BK | SFA | SHA | |
| Totals | 6.48 | 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 103 | .243 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents | 9.12 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 24.2 | 34 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 102 | .333 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
And it look like Chono is doing pretty well for himself:
| BA | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FPCT | |
| CHONO Hisayoshi | .429 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .643 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
======
Second Round
September 13th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | x | 9 | 13 | 1 |
September 15th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 4 | 4 | 1 |
September 16th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
September 17th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
September 18th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 6 | 2 |
September 19th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 6 | 0 |
September 20th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 10 | 12 | 0 |
Pool G Standings
| Team | G | W | L | WPCT | GB |
| USA | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | -- |
| Australia | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2 |
| Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2 |
| Japan | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5 |
| Italy | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5 |
| Mexico | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000 | 7 |
Batting
| BA | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FPCT | |
| Totals | .269 | 7 | 238 | 28 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 88 | .370 | 23 | 3 | 40 | 5 | .341 | 0 | 10 | 3-5 | 190 | 62 | 3 | .988 |
| Opponents | .191 | 7 | 220 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 70 | .318 | 17 | 1 | 78 | 1 | .250 | 2 | 7 | 3-5 | 192 | 93 | 9 | .969 |
Pitching
| ERA | W-L | G | CG | ShO | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB | BA | WP | HBP | BK | SFA | SHA | |
| Totals | 2.98 | 2-5 | 7 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 | 63.1 | 42 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 220 | .191 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Opponents | 2.81 | 5-2 | 7 | 1 | 1/1 | 2 | 64.0 | 64 | 28 | 20 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 238 | .269 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
So that's it for Japan. They get eliminated from the third round as their march to the World Cup ends.
