2009 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2009 season was their 41st in Oakland, California. It was also the 109th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 75-87.

2009 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Lewis Wolff
General manager(s)Billy Beane
Manager(s)Bob Geren
Local televisionCSN
Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse
Local radioXtra Sports 860
Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse
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The Athletics entered the season with a measure of hope. During the 2008-09 offseason, the team added numerous hitters through both trades and free agent signings. The most notable addition was that of outfielder Matt Holliday. Holliday was acquired from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for rookie outfielder Carlos González, starting pitcher Greg Smith, and closer Huston Street. Oakland also added a handful of veterans via free agency; these included Orlando Cabrera, Nomar Garciaparra, and former Athletics superstar Jason Giambi. The signings were meant to improve the team's offense, which was the American League's worst (as measured by number of runs scored) in 2008.

While the Athletics' offense improved considerably in 2009, its gains were largely offset by inconsistent pitching. All told, Oakland would finish the season with a third consecutive losing record.

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9765 0.599 — 49–32 48–33
Texas Rangers 8775 0.537 10 48–33 39–42
Seattle Mariners 8577 0.525 12 48–33 37–44
Oakland Athletics 7587 0.463 22 40–41 35–46

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

Roster
2009 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
2009 Game Log
October (0–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
159October 1@ Mariners4–2Fister (3–4)Anderson (11–11)Aardsma (37)16,60775–84
160October 2Angels5–2Weaver (16–8)G. Gonzalez (6–7)Fuentes (47)14,55475–85
161October 3Angels4–2Kazmir (10–9)Eveland (2–4)Fuentes (48)16,53975–86
162October 4Angels5–3Saunders (16–7)Gray (0–1)Jepsen (1)16,59175–87

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
Ryan Sweeney13448468142313653.2936
Scott Hairston *602332455131735.2363
Eric Patterson3994152751111.2876
Orlando Cabrera *10141441116230441.28011
Adam Kennedy129529651532911163.28920
Matt Holliday *9334652992311154.28612
Kurt Suzuki147570741563711588.2748
Rajai Davis12539065119275348.30541
Cliff Pennington602082758113421.2797
Jack Cust149513881231602570.2404
Daric Barton541603143121324.2690
Jason Giambi *8326939521301140.1930
Mark Ellis10537752992301061.26310
Bobby Crosby972383553102629.2232
Travis Buck36105112330310.2191
Nomar Garciaparra65160174580316.2812

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Dallas Braden893.8922220136.214461594281
Brad Kilby100.53111017.01011420
Santiago Casilla125.96460048.16132322535
Brett Tomko *412.9566036.2311212622
Trevor Cahill10134.6332320178.218593927290
Brett Anderson11114.0630300175.1180817945150
Dana Eveland247.16139044.07036352622
Kevin Cameron003.44110118.11577615
Clayton Mortensen *247.8166027.23724241211
Gio Gonzalez675.752017098.2113636356109
Andrew Bailey631.846802683.14917172491
Brad Ziegler243.07690773.18225252854
Vin Mazzaro495.321717091.112054543959
Josh Outman413.481412067.15328262553
Craig Breslow *752.60600055.13716161844
Dan Giese035.3271022.0221313911
Michael Wuertz612.63740478.252242323102
Russ Springer *014.10480041.25220191447
Sean Gallagher *128.1662014.1211413710

Awards and honors

On December 22, 2009, Sports Illustrated named general manager Billy Beane as number 10 on its list of the Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade (in all sports).[1]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Darren Bush
A Stockton Ports California League Aaron Nieckula
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Steve Scarsone
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Rick Magnante
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Marcus Jensen

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Midland

Notes
  1. The list's only other MLB GMs were Boston's Theo Epstein (No. 3) and Seattle and Philadelphia's Pat Gillick (No. 7). Friedman, Dick (December 22, 2009). "2000s: Top 10 GMs/Executives". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 23, 2010.

References
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