2009 postseason · rankings

2009 MLB Postseason Batting Leaders

62 players from 8 clubs qualified, ranked by OPS. October is short and uneven — one club plays two games, another nineteen — so the qualifier is 3.1 plate appearances per game the player's own club played, and never fewer than 10. None of it counts toward the regular-season leaders.

GamesRegular season Postseason

TableBatting Pitching

PositionLeaguePool

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62 of 62 qualifiedDownload Parquet

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1	Carlos González	Venezuela	LF	24	Division Series	4	19	5	10	2	1	1	2	1	2	.588	.632	.882	1.514
2	Colby Rasmus	United States	CF	23	Division Series	3	11	1	4	3	0	1	2	1	0	.444	.545	.778	1.323
3	Alex Rodriguez	United States	3B	34	World Series	15	68	15	19	5	6	18	12	13	2	.365	.500	.808	1.308
4	Andre Ethier	United States	RF	27	LCS	8	35	7	11	3	3	6	3	6	0	.355	.429	.806	1.235
5	Nick Punto	United States	2B	32	Division Series	3	12	0	4	1	0	1	3	1	0	.444	.583	.556	1.139
6	Hideki Matsui	Japan	DH	35	World Series	15	52	5	15	2	4	13	9	10	0	.349	.462	.674	1.136
7	Jayson Werth	United States	RF	30	World Series	15	62	13	14	0	7	13	11	18	0	.275	.403	.725	1.129
8	Carlos Ruiz	Panama	C	30	World Series	15	57	8	15	3	2	9	12	4	1	.341	.491	.591	1.082
9	Chase Utley	United States	2B	31	World Series	15	66	15	16	1	6	10	12	12	3	.296	.424	.648	1.072
10	Yorvit Torrealba	Venezuela	C	31	Division Series	4	15	1	5	2	1	4	0	5	0	.357	.357	.714	1.071
11	Joe Mauer	United States	C	26	Division Series	3	14	1	5	1	0	1	2	4	0	.417	.500	.500	1.000
12	Derek Jeter	United States	SS	35	World Series	15	74	14	22	5	3	6	10	11	0	.344	.432	.563	.995
13	Ryan Howard	United States	1B	30	World Series	15	64	11	15	6	3	17	9	21	1	.278	.375	.593	.968
14	Vladimir Guerrero	Dominican Republic	DH	34	LCS	9	40	5	14	3	1	7	3	6	0	.378	.425	.541	.966
15	Shane Victorino	United States	CF	29	World Series	15	69	11	17	3	3	9	6	4	2	.293	.382	.534	.917
16	James Loney	United States	1B	25	LCS	8	32	3	9	0	2	3	3	3	0	.310	.375	.517	.892
17	Denard Span	United States	LF	25	Division Series	3	15	1	6	1	0	1	0	2	1	.400	.400	.467	.867
18	Michael Cuddyer	United States	RF	30	Division Series	3	14	0	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	.429	.429	.429	.857
19	J.D. Drew	United States	RF	34	Division Series	3	10	1	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	.222	.300	.556	.856
20	Mark DeRosa	United States	3B	34	Division Series	3	13	1	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	.385	.385	.462	.846
21	Torii Hunter	United States	CF	34	LCS	9	41	4	9	2	1	5	7	5	1	.273	.415	.424	.839
22	Raul Ibanez	United States	LF	37	World Series	15	60	8	14	6	2	13	6	17	0	.259	.333	.481	.815
23	Manny Ramirez	Dominican Republic	LF	37	LCS	8	34	3	9	3	1	4	2	6	0	.281	.324	.469	.792
24	Bobby Abreu	Venezuela	RF	35	LCS	9	42	6	9	4	0	3	8	8	0	.265	.405	.382	.787
25	Jorge Posada	Puerto Rico	C	39	World Series	15	58	5	13	2	2	8	7	14	1	.260	.345	.420	.765
26	Albert Pujols	Dominican Republic	1B	29	Division Series	3	13	0	3	0	0	1	3	1	0	.300	.462	.300	.762
27	Johnny Damon	United States	LF	36	World Series	15	69	10	18	3	2	9	5	9	3	.281	.333	.422	.755
28	Erick Aybar	Dominican Republic	SS	25	LCS	9	34	4	9	2	0	3	1	2	3	.290	.313	.419	.732
29	Ryan Ludwick	United States	RF	31	Division Series	3	13	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.385	.333	.718
30	Yadier Molina	Puerto Rico	C	27	Division Series	3	13	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.308	.308	.385	.692
31	Ronnie Belliard	United States	2B	34	LCS	8	34	4	9	0	0	1	4	6	1	.300	.382	.300	.682
32	Jacoby Ellsbury	United States	CF	26	Division Series	3	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.250	.417	.667
33	Brendan Harris	United States	SS	29	Division Series	3	12	1	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	.250	.250	.417	.667
34	Rafael Furcal	Dominican Republic	SS	32	LCS	8	37	2	9	1	0	3	2	4	1	.273	.297	.364	.661
35	Troy Tulowitzki	United States	SS	25	Division Series	4	18	0	4	2	0	3	0	2	0	.250	.278	.375	.653
36	Matt Holliday	United States	LF	29	Division Series	3	13	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	.167	.231	.417	.647
37	Melky Cabrera	Dominican Republic	CF	25	World Series	13	53	5	13	2	0	4	3	14	0	.271	.314	.313	.626
38	Garrett Atkins	United States	3B	30	Division Series	4	13	0	3	2	0	2	0	3	0	.231	.231	.385	.615
39	Matt Kemp	United States	CF	25	LCS	8	35	4	7	0	2	4	1	16	0	.206	.229	.382	.611
40	Russell Martin	Canada	C	26	LCS	8	31	2	5	1	0	3	4	4	0	.200	.355	.240	.595
41	Mark Teixeira	United States	1B	29	World Series	15	71	10	11	2	2	8	6	17	0	.180	.282	.311	.593
42	Kendrys Morales	Cuba	1B	26	LCS	9	38	2	6	0	2	7	2	6	0	.176	.237	.353	.590
43	Jimmy Rollins	United States	SS	31	World Series	15	72	9	15	3	0	5	5	10	3	.234	.306	.281	.587
44	Pedro Feliz	Dominican Republic	3B	34	World Series	15	56	5	9	2	2	4	2	11	0	.167	.196	.352	.548
45	Robinson Canó	Dominican Republic	2B	27	World Series	15	64	5	11	1	0	6	4	9	0	.193	.266	.281	.546
46	Todd Helton	United States	1B	36	Division Series	4	19	5	3	0	0	2	3	2	0	.188	.316	.188	.503
47	Juan Rivera	Venezuela	LF	31	LCS	9	36	1	8	2	0	2	0	3	1	.222	.222	.278	.500
48	Jason Bay	Canada	LF	31	Division Series	3	11	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	.125	.364	.125	.489
49	Nick Swisher	United States	RF	29	World Series	14	56	5	6	2	1	2	7	15	0	.128	.255	.234	.489
50	Dustin Pedroia	United States	2B	26	Division Series	3	13	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481

Reading this table

Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are all measured against a league season, and a dozen clubs playing each other's best pitchers for a month is not one — borrowing the regular season's baselines would print numbers that look comparable and are not. Reached is the last round the player's club played in. The Parquet holds every round as well as the October totals. See the methodology →