2009 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2009 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2009

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Philadelphia Phillies

Most Valuable Players

AL: Joe Mauer NL: Albert Pujols

Cy Young Winners

AL: Zack Greinke NL: Tim Lincecum

Rookies of the Year

AL: Andrew Bailey NL: Chris Coghlan

Managers of the Year

AL: Mike Scioscia NL: Jim Tracy

#1 Draft Pick

Stephen Strasburg (Washington Nationals)

All-Star Game

St. Louis,Missouri

Teams

Players

1260

Attendance

73,418,528

Payroll

$2,655,395,194

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2009 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	11	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	163	87	76	.534	--	817	765	52	Lost in ALDS (NY Yankees)	2,416,237	14	$ 65,299,266	12	Bill Smith	Ron Gardenhire	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2	6	13	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	163	86	77	.528	1.0	743	745	-2	dnq	2,567,185	12	$ 115,085,145	3	Dave Dombrowski	Jim Leyland	Comerica Park
3	9	18	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	7.5	724	732	-8	dnq	2,284,164	16	$ 96,068,500	6	Ken Williams	Ozzie Guillen	U.S. Cellular Field
4	13	27	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	21.5	773	865	-92	dnq	1,766,242	26	$ 81,579,166	7	Mark Shapiro	Eric Wedge	Progressive Field
5	12	26	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	21.5	686	842	-156	dnq	1,797,887	25	$ 70,519,333	9	Dayton Moore	Trey Hillman	Kauffman Stadium
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	103	59	.636	--	915	753	162	Won World Series (Philadelphia)	3,719,358	2	$ 201,449,189	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Girardi	Yankee Stadium II
2	3	3	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	8.0	872	736	136	Lost in ALDS (LA Angels)	3,062,699	8	$ 121,745,999	2	Theo Epstein	Terry Francona	Fenway Park
3	8	15	Tampa Bay Rays	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	19.0	803	754	49	dnq	1,874,962	23	$ 63,313,034	13	Andrew Friedman	Joe Maddon	Tropicana Field
4	10	22	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	28.0	798	771	27	dnq	1,876,129	22	$ 80,538,300	8	JP Ricciardi	Cito Gaston	Rogers Centre
5	14	28	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	64	98	.395	39.0	741	876	-135	dnq	1,907,163	21	$ 67,101,666	11	Andy MacPhail	Dave Trembley	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	883	761	122	Lost in ALCS (NY Yankees)	3,240,386	5	$ 113,709,000	4	Tony Reagins	Mike Scioscia	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2	4	9	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	10.0	784	740	44	dnq	2,156,016	18	$ 68,178,798	10	Jon Daniels	Ron Washington	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
3	7	14	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	12.0	640	692	-52	dnq	2,195,284	17	$ 98,904,166	5	Jack Zduriencik	Don Wakamatsu	Safeco Field
4	11	21	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	22.0	759	761	-2	dnq	1,408,783	30	$ 62,310,000	14	Billy Beane	Bob Geren	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	7	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	--	640	552	88	Lost in NLDS (LA Dodgers)	3,343,252	4	$ 77,605,109	9	John Mozeliak	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium III
2	8	16	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	161	83	78	.516	7.5	707	672	35	dnq	3,168,859	6	$ 134,809,000	2	Jim Hendry	Lou Piniella	Wrigley Field
3	9	17	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	11.0	785	818	-33	dnq	3,037,451	9	$ 80,182,502	8	Douglas Melvin	Ken Macha	Miller Park
4	10	19	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	13.0	673	723	-50	dnq	1,747,919	27	$ 73,558,500	11	Walt Jocketty	Dusty Baker	Great American Ballpark
5	12	23	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	17.0	643	770	-127	dnq	2,521,076	13	$ 102,996,414	4	Ed Wade	Cecil Cooper, Dave Clark	Minute Maid Park
6	15	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	161	62	99	.385	28.5	636	768	-132	dnq	1,577,853	28	$ 48,693,000	14	Neal Huntington	John Russell	PNC Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	5	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	--	820	709	111	Lost World Series (NY Yankees)	3,600,693	3	$ 113,004,046	3	Ruben Amaro	Charlie Manuel	Citizens Bank Park
2	6	10	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	6.0	772	766	6	dnq	1,464,109	29	$ 36,834,000	16	Michael Hill	Fredi Gonzalez	LandShark Stadium
3	7	12	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	7.0	735	641	94	dnq	2,373,631	15	$ 96,726,166	6	Frank Wren	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
4	14	25	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	23.0	671	757	-86	dnq	3,154,262	7	$ 149,373,987	1	Omar Minaya	Jerry Manuel	Citi field
5	16	30	Washington Nationals	T - S - R - L	162	59	103	.364	34.0	710	874	-164	dnq	1,817,280	24	$ 60,328,000	13	Michael Rizzo	Manny Acta, Jim Riggleman	Nationals Park
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	780	611	169	Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)	3,761,669	1	$ 100,414,592	5	Ned Colletti	Joe Torre	Dodger Stadium
2	3	6	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	3.0	804	715	89	Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)	2,665,080	11	$ 75,201,000	10	Daniel O'Dowd	Jim Tracy, Clint Hurdle	Coors Field
3	5	8	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	7.0	657	611	46	dnq	2,861,113	10	$ 82,616,450	7	Brian Sabean	Bruce Bochy	AT&T Park
4	11	20	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	20.0	638	769	-131	dnq	1,922,603	20	$ 43,734,200	15	Kevin Towers	Bud Black	Petco Park
5	13	24	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	25.0	720	782	-62	dnq	2,129,183	19	$ 73,516,666	12	Josh Byrnes	AJ Hinch, Bob Melvin	Chase Field
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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