2009 Boston Red Sox season

2009 Boston Red Sox
AL Wild Card Winner
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 95–67 (.586)
Divisional place 2nd
Other information
Owner(s) John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
General manager(s) Theo Epstein
Manager(s) Terry Francona[1]
Local television New England Sports Network
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Roberts, Buck Martinez, Tony Massarotti, Rance Mulliniks, Rex Hudler, Ron Coomer, Ken Rosenthal, Kevin Kennedy, Dwight Evans, Sean Casey, Jim Kaat, Gordon Edes, Bob Montgomery, Frank Viola, Sean McAdam, Brian Daubach, Rick Dempsey )
Local radio WRKO/WEEI (English) (Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien, Jon Rish, Dale Arnold)
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The 2009 Boston Red Sox season was the 109th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, eight games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, but were swept by the American League West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS.

Roster

2009 Boston Red Sox
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Infielders

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Other batters

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Regular season

Jim Rice's number 14 was retired by the Boston Red Sox in 2009.

The Red Sox opened the season with a postponement due to rain. However, on April 7, the season began at Fenway with the first pitch being thrown by Edward Kennedy, who later died in August.[2] The Red Sox got off to a slow start, going 2–6 in the first eight games. However, the Sox won 11 straight games beginning on April 15. The win streak was Boston's longest since 2006 when they had a 12-game win streak.[3] A highlight of the streak was Jacoby Ellsbury's steal of home on April 26 to cap off a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees.[4] They finished April with a record of 14–8 and tied with the Toronto Blue Jays for the division lead. Also, Jerry Remy, NESN color commentator, had surgery to remove a small area of cancer on his lung. While recovering he also got pneumonia. He also was suffering from fatigue and depression. These are the people who filled in for him.
Dennis Eckersley
Dave Roberts
Buck Martinez
Tony Massarotti
Rance Mulliniks
Rex Hudler
Ron Coomer
Ken Rosenthal
Kevin Kennedy
Dwight Evans
Sean Casey
Jim Kaat
Gordon Edes
Bob Montgomery
Frank Viola
Sean McAdam
Brian Daubach
Rick Dempsey

The team flattened out in May, going 15–14 in the month and falling to third in the division behind the Yankees and the Blue Jays. Through the first two months of the season, slugger David Ortiz struggled, batting .185 with one home run. Additionally, pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was placed on the disabled list after just two starts with an injury that manager Terry Francona attributed to his participation in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Off the field, announcer Jerry Remy, of NESN television, was replaced by Dennis Eckersely beginning on May 6 as Remy began undergoing cancer treatment. Despite these struggles, the Red Sox set an American League record, tying the Major League record, on May 7 by scoring 12 runs without recording an out during the 6th inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians.[5]

The Red Sox took the division lead, and improved to the second-best record in MLB, during June. Through the first half of the month, the Sox played four division leaders, the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies, winning three of the four series and sweeping both the Tigers and Yankees. By sweeping the Yankees, the Sox improved to 8–0 against the team, the best record against them since sweeping the 14-game season series against them in 1912.[6] At the All-Star break, the Red Sox had the second best record in Major League Baseball and held a three-game lead in the division.

The Red Sox faltered after the All-Star break, losing five of six on the road to the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers and batting .192 and scoring 13 runs. In response to the poor offensive performance and to make room for Jed Lowrie's return from injury, Julio Lugo was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash and two minor-league players were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Adam LaRoche on July 22, and on July 25 Mark Kotsay was designated for assignment.[7] The Red Sox made a move at the trade deadline, July 31, to acquire catcher Victor Martinez from the Cleveland Indians for pitchers Justin Masterson, Nick Hagadone, and Bryan Price.[8] They also traded Adam LaRoche to the Atlanta Braves for Casey Kotchman.[8] After winning the first eight games of the season against their rival Yankees in the first half of the season, the Red Sox lost nine of the next ten to finish the season 9–9 against them.

One of the stranger victories for the Sox came on August 14 against the Texas Rangers.[9] Going into the top of the 9th inning, the home Rangers were leading 4–2. Jacoby Ellsbury drove in David Ortiz to pull within one run and Jason Varitek was left on second base with no outs. Pitcher, Clay Buchholz came in to pinch run for Varitek with no outs. Dustin Pedroia doubled, but the inexperienced, and potentially tying run, Buchholz, was thrown out at the plate as he hesitated between second and third before attempting to score. All was shortly forgotten when the team scored five more runs to win 8–4. On August 21, Jacoby Ellsbury tied the record for the Red Sox single season record for stolen bases (54), in a game against the New York Yankees, a record previously held by Tommy Harper. Ellsbury then broke the record with his 55th steal on August 25, against the Chicago White Sox.

Opening Day lineup

Gold Glove first baseman Kevin Youkilis
46Jacoby EllsburyCF
15Dustin Pedroia2B
34David OrtizDH
20Kevin Youkilis1B
7J. D. DrewRF
44Jason BayLF
25Mike Lowell3B
12Jed LowrieSS
33Jason VaritekC
19Josh BeckettP

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 0.636 — 57–24 46–35
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 8 56–25 39–42
Tampa Bay Rays 8478 0.519 19 52–29 32–49
Toronto Blue Jays 7587 0.463 28 44–37 31–50
Baltimore Orioles 6498 0.395 39 39–42 25–56
AL Wild Card		 W L Pct. GB Strk. E#
Boston Red Sox9567.586—W4—
Texas Rangers8775.5378L2E

Record vs. opponents

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–2–165–42–53–54–42–83–25–131–54–58–105–59–911–7
Boston16–2–4–47–26–15–34–54–29–95–52–49–92–711–711–7
Chicago4–54−4–10–89–99–95–46−123–44–54–56–22–41–612–6
Cleveland5–22–78–10–4–1410–82–48–103–52–56–45–31–84–45–13
Detroit5–31–69–914–4–9–95–47–121–55–45–45–27–23–510–8
Kansas City4–43–59–98–109–9–1–96–122–42–65–41–93–34–38–10
Los Angeles8–25–44–54–24–59–1–6–45–512–710–94–28–114–414–4
Minnesota2–32–412–610–812–712–64–6–0–74–65–53–36–43–512–6
New York13–59–94–35–35–14–25–57–0–7–26–411–75–412–610–8
Oakland5–15–55–45–24–56–27–126–42–7–5–146–411–83–65–13
Seattle5–44–25–44–64–54–59–105–54–614–5–5–38–113–411–7
Tampa Bay10–89–92–63–52–59–12–43–37–114–63–5–3–614–413–5
Texas5–57–24–28–12–73–311–84–64–58–1111–86–3–5–59–9
Toronto9–97–116–14–45–33–44–45–36–126–34–34–145–5–7–11

Detailed record

TeamHomeAwayTotalPct.Gms Left
AL East
Baltimore Orioles8–18–116–20.889–
New York Yankees7–22–79–90.500–
Tampa Bay Rays6–33–69–90.500–
Toronto Blue Jays6–35–411–70.611–
26–918–1844–270.620–
AL Central
Chicago White Sox3–11–34–40.500–
Cleveland Indians5–12–17–20.750–
Detroit Tigers3–13–06–10.857–
Kansas City Royals3–12–25–30.625–
Minnesota Twins2–02–24–20.667–
16–410–826–120.684–
AL West
Los Angeles Angels2–12–44–50.444–
Oakland Athletics4–31–25–50.500–
Seattle Mariners1–21–22–40.333–
Texas Rangers1–21–52–70.222–
8–85–1313–210.382–
National League
Atlanta Braves2–12–14–20.667–
Florida Marlins2–1N/A2–10.667–
New York Mets1–2N/A1–20.333–
Philadelphia PhilliesN/A2–12–10.667-
Washington NationalsN/A2–12–10.667-
5–46–311–70.611–
Month Games Won Lost Pct.
April221480.636
May2915140.517
June261880.692
July2513120.520
August2816120.571
September2815130.536
October4401.000
16295670.586

Game log

Legend
Red Sox win Red Sox loss Game postponed
2009 game log
2009 postseason game log


Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Brian Anderson
86
202
32
49
9
0
4
18
.243
3
Jeff Bailey
26
77
14
16
3
2
3
9
.208
0
Rocco Baldelli
62
150
23
38
4
1
7
23
.253
1
Daniel Bard
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Aaron Bates
5
11
2
4
2
0
0
2
.364
0
Jason Bay
151
531
103
142
29
3
36
119
.267
13
Josh Beckett
2
5
1
1
0
0
1
1
.200
0
Dusty Brown
6
3
1
1
0
0
1
1
.333
0
Clay Buchholz
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Chris Carter
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
.000
0
Manny Delcarmen
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
J. D. Drew
137
452
84
126
30
4
24
68
.279
2
Jacoby Ellsbury
153
624
94
188
27
10
8
60
.301
70
Álex González
44
148
26
42
10
0
5
15
.284
1
Nick Green
103
276
35
65
18
0
6
35
.236
1
Casey Kotchman
39
87
9
19
3
0
1
7
.218
1
George Kottaras
45
93
15
22
11
0
1
10
.237
0
Adam LaRoche
6
19
2
5
2
0
1
3
.263
0
Jon Lester
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Javier López
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Mike Lowell
119
445
54
129
29
1
17
75
.290
2
Jed Lowrie
32
68
5
10
2
0
2
11
.147
0
Julio Lugo
37
109
16
31
4
1
1
8
.284
3
Víctor Martínez
56
211
32
71
12
0
8
41
.336
1
Justin Masterson
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Daisuke Matsuzaka
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Hideki Okajima
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
David Ortiz
150
541
77
129
35
1
28
99
.238
0
Jonathan Papelbon
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Dustin Pedroia
154
626
115
185
48
1
15
72
.298
20
Brad Penny
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Ramón Ramírez
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Josh Reddick
27
59
5
10
4
0
2
4
.169
0
Takashi Saito
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
John Smoltz
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Jonathan Van Every
7
11
1
4
0
0
1
3
.364
0
Jason Varitek
109
364
41
76
24
0
14
51
.209
0
Gil Velazquez
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Tim Wakefield
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
.500
0
Kevin Youkilis
136
491
99
150
36
1
27
94
.305
7
Totals
129
4984
768
1328
309
22
184
728
.266
102

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home Run Allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER HR BB K
Daniel Bard
2
2
3.65
49
0
1
49.1
24
20
5
22
63
Josh Beckett
17
6
3.86
32
32
0
212.1
99
91
25
55
199
Michael Bowden
1
1
9.56
8
1
0
16.0
17
17
3
6
12
Clay Buchholz
7
4
4.21
16
16
0
92.0
44
43
13
36
68
Fernando Cabrera
0
0
8.44
6
0
0
5.1
5
5
0
4
8
Manny Delcarmen
5
2
4.53
64
0
0
59.2
34
30
5
34
44
Enrique González
0
0
4.91
2
0
0
3.2
2
2
1
2
1
Nick Green
0
0
0.00
1
0
0
2.0
0
0
0
3
0
Hunter Jones
0
0
9.24
11
0
0
12.2
13
13
3
7
9
Jon Lester
15
8
3.41
32
32
0
203.1
80
77
20
64
225
Javier López
0
2
9.26
14
0
0
11.2
13
12
1
9
5
Justin Masterson
3
3
4.50
31
6
0
72.0
38
36
7
25
67
Daisuke Matsuzaka
4
6
5.76
12
12
0
59.1
38
38
10
30
54
Hideki Okajima
6
0
3.39
68
0
0
61.1
23
23
8
21
53
Jonathan Papelbon
1
1
1.85
66
0
38
68.0
15
14
5
24
76
Brad Penny
7
8
5.61
24
24
0
131.2
89
82
17
42
89
Ramón Ramírez
7
4
2.84
70
0
0
69.2
26
22
7
32
52
Takashi Saito
3
3
2.43
56
0
2
55.2
16
15
6
25
52
John Smoltz
2
5
8.33
8
8
0
40.0
37
37
8
9
33
Junichi Tazawa
2
3
7.46
6
4
0
25.1
23
21
4
9
13
Billy Traber
0
0
12.27
1
0
0
3.2
5
5
2
1
1
Jonathan Van Every
0
0
0.00
1
0
0
0.2
0
0
0
1
0
Tim Wakefield
11
5
4.58
21
21
0
129.2
67
66
12
50
72
Totals
75
54
5.16
129
129
35
1154.1
585
553
129
422
995

Awards and honors

Awards
All-Star Game[10]
Starters
Reserves

Other

Recognition

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ron Johnson
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Arnie Beyeler
A-Advanced Salem Red Sox Carolina League Chad Epperson
A Greenville Drive South Atlantic League Kevin Boles
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Gary DiSarcina
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Dave Tomlin
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League José Zapata

[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Boston Red Sox Managers (1908–2009) by Baseball Almanac". Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox – Recap – April 07, 2009 – ESPN
  3. ↑ Bay's 3-run HR helps Red Sox beat Indians, win 11th straight
  4. ↑ Red Sox run off with three-game sweep of Yankees to win 10th straight
  5. ↑ Bay's three-run homer part of offensive outburst by BoSox
  6. ↑ Drew keys Red Sox's decisive rally in eighth
  7. ↑ Boston Red Sox Transactions
  8. 1 2 Red Sox deal three for Victor Martinez
  9. ↑ Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers – Play By Play – August 14, 2009 – ESPN
  10. ↑ 2009 All-Star Game | MLB.com: Events
  11. ↑ Friedman, Dick (December 22, 2009). "2000s: Top 10 GMs/Executives". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  12. ↑ Boston Red Sox 2009 Media Guide
  13. ↑ milb.com
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