2009 San Francisco Giants season

The 2009 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 127th year in Major League Baseball, their 52nd year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 10th at AT&T Park. After four consecutive losing seasons, the team finished in third place in the National League West with an 88-74 record, 7 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Following Peter Magowan's retirement, Bill Neukom served as general managing partner of the Giants.[1] After a season with the fewest home runs of any team since the 1993 Florida Marlins,[2] general manager Brian Sabean said the Giants would attempt to bring in a power hitter as well as strengthening a bullpen that held a 4.45 ERA in 2008, fourteenth in the National League.[3][4]

2009 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
  • AT&T Park (since 2000)
  • San Francisco, California (since 1958)
Results
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Bill Neukom (managing general partner)
General manager(s)Brian Sabean
Manager(s)Bruce Bochy
Local televisionKNTV (NBC 11)
CSN Bay Area
(Duane Kuiper, Jon Miller, Mike Krukow)
Local radioKNBR (680 AM)
(Jon Miller, Greg Papa, Dave Flemming)
KIQI (1010 AM, Spanish)
(Erwin Higueros, Tito Fuentes)
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After leading the National League Wild Card race for most of the season, the Giants were ultimately passed by the Colorado Rockies. The team finished third in the NL West and second in the Wild Card. Though they missed the playoffs, the Giants surpassed most expectations for their season; for example, Sports Illustrated projected that the Giants would finish with a record of 7785.[5] Sports Illustrated's Lee Jenkins noted San Francisco's promising farm system (including products Pablo Sandoval and Madison Bumgarner) and the perceived weakness of the NL West as reasons to be optimistic about the Giants' potential.[6] Additionally, the Giants' starting rotation boasted three Cy Young Award winners: Randy Johnson, Tim Lincecum, and Barry Zito. After the season ended, Lincecum won his second straight Cy Young.[7] The Giants would build on their surprising 2009 season the following year, winning the World Series. It would be their first in San Francisco.

Regular season

Notable events

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9567 0.586 50–31 45–36
Colorado Rockies 9270 0.568 3 51–30 41–40
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 7 52–29 36–45
San Diego Padres 7587 0.463 20 42–39 33–48
Arizona Diamondbacks 7092 0.432 25 36–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents

2009 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona3–44-21–57-115–35–47-112–55–21–56–111-75-132–41–55–10
Atlanta4–34–23–64–48-103-34–33–313–510-83–43–33–44–210-87–8
Chicago2-42–410-52–44–311–63–510-73-31–510-44–54-26-105–26–9
Cincinnati5-16-35-100-73-312-41-58-72-42-513-51-63-38-83-46-9
Colorado11-74-44-27-02-42-54-146-03-42-46-310-88-106-16-011-4
Florida3-510-83-43-34-24–33-33-411-79-92-44-23-43-312-610-8
Houston4–53-36-114-125-23-44–35-101-56-210-56-12-46-93-36-9
Los Angeles11-73-45-35-114-43-33-43–35-14-34-310-811-72-53-29-9
Milwaukee5-23-37-107-80-64-310-53-33-34-39-52-44-59-95-35-10
New York2-55-133-34-24-37-115-11-53-36-124-32-55-34-510-85–10
Philadelphia5-18-105-15-24-29-92-63-43-412-64-25-23-44-115-36-12
Pittsburgh1-64-34-105-133-64-25-103-45-93-42-43-42-45-105-38–7
San Diego7-113-35-46-18-102-41-68-104-25-22-54-310-81-64-25–10
San Francisco13-54–32–43–310-84–34–27-115-43–54–34–28-104–34–29–6
St. Louis4-22-410-68-81-63-39-65-29-95-41-410-56-13-46–19–6
Washington5-18-102-54-30-66-123-32-33-58-103-153-52-42-41-67–11

Game log

Legend
Giants Win Giants Loss Postponed
Game Log

Roster

2009 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
Pablo Sandoval153572791894452590.3305
Randy Winn14953865141335251.26216
Aaron Rowand144499611303021564.2614
Bengie Molina132491521302512080.2650
Edgar Rentería12446050115191548.2507
Freddy Sanchez11145756134293741.2935
Juan Uribe122398501152641655.2893
Travis Ishikawa1203264985102939.2612
Fred Lewis1222954976213420.2588
Nate Schierholtz1162853376192529.2673
Eugenio Vélez842854076135531.26711
Emmanuel Burriss61202184860013.23811
Andrés Torres75152304168623.2706
Eli Whiteside49127152961213.2280
Rich Aurilia60122102620216.2130
Ryan Garko40115102731212.2350
John Bowker31677132227.1941
Tim Lincecum32668101003.1520
Matt Cain3260292103.1500
Matt Downs1753692012.1701
Barry Zito3251260000.1180
Kevin Frandsen2350372001.1400
Jonathan Sánchez3141230000.0730
Randy Johnson2026120000.0770
Jesus Guzman1220050000.2500
Ryan Rohlinger1219031004.1580
Buster Posey717120000.1180
Brad Penny614000000.1430
Ryan Sadowski610010000.1000
Joe Martinez108221000.2500
Steve Holm47120000.2860
Justin Miller423000000.0000
Jeremy Affeldt732010000.5000
Madison Bumgarner42000000.0000
Bob Howry612000000.0000
Brandon Medders602000000.0000
Brian Wilson672000000.0000
Osiris Matos510100011.0000
Sergio Romo441000000.0000
Alex Hinshaw90000000.0000
Waldis Joaquín100000000.0000
Dan Runzler110000000.0000
Merkin Valdéz460000000.0000

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
Tim Lincecum1572.4832320225.1168696268261
Matt Cain1482.8933330217.2184737073171
Barry Zito10134.0333330192.0179898681154
Jonathan Sánchez8124.2432290163.1135827788177
Randy Johnson864.882217096.09755523186
Brian Wilson562.746803872.16027222783
Brandon Medders513.01610168.26326233258
Bob Howry263.39630063.25026242346
Jeremy Affeldt221.73740062.14214123155
Justin Miller333.18440056.24720202736
Merkin Valdéz215.66480049.15733312838
Brad Penny412.5966041.2311312920
Sergio Romo523.97450234.03015151141
Joe Martinez327.5095030.04627251219
Ryan Sadowski244.4566028.12815141717
Waldis Joaquín004.22100010.21055712
Madison Bumgarner001.8041010.0822310
Dan Runzler001.0411008.2611511
Alex Hinshaw0012.009006.0108872
Osiris Matos009.005006.0117615

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Dan Rohn
AA Connecticut Defenders Eastern League Steve Decker
A San Jose Giants California League Andy Skeels
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Dave Machemer
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Tom Trebelhorn
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Mike Goff

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, Salem-Keizer

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