AL by season · league · 2009
AL Standings 2009
American League, 2009: 14 teams and 2,270 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 466.5
- Runs / game
- 4.82
- wRC+
- 104
- ERA
- 4.45
- FIP
- 4.40
- Home runs
- 2,584
Standings
Broken out by division within each league. Every column sorts.
sorted by PCT descending
American League
East
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 915 | 753 | +162 | .588 | 127 | 4.27 | 52.1 |
| 2 |  Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 8 | 872 | 736 | +136 | .577 | 115 | 4.31 | 46.1 |
| 3 |  Tampa Bay Rays | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19 | 803 | 754 | +49 | .529 | 109 | 4.25 | 39.9 |
| 4 |  Toronto Blue Jays | 75 | 87 | .463 | 28 | 798 | 771 | +27 | .516 | 107 | 4.45 | 35.6 |
| 5 |  Baltimore Orioles | 64 | 98 | .395 | 39 | 741 | 876 | -135 | .424 | 97 | 5.14 | 18.6 |
Central
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Minnesota Twins | 87 | 76 | .534 | — | 817 | 765 | +52 | .530 | 104 | 4.55 | 32.8 |
| 2 |  Detroit Tigers | 86 | 77 | .528 | 1 | 743 | 745 | -2 | .499 | 98 | 4.21 | 27.8 |
| 3 |  Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 7.5 | 724 | 732 | -8 | .495 | 98 | 4.17 | 31.7 |
| 4 |  Kansas City Royals | 65 | 97 | .401 | 21.5 | 686 | 842 | -156 | .407 | 88 | 4.81 | 23.5 |
| 5 |  Cleveland Indians | 65 | 97 | .401 | 21.5 | 773 | 865 | -92 | .449 | 108 | 4.98 | 32.1 |
West
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Los Angeles Angels | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 883 | 761 | +122 | .568 | 111 | 4.52 | 37.4 |
| 2 |  Texas Rangers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 10 | 784 | 740 | +44 | .526 | 100 | 4.37 | 32.1 |
| 3 |  Seattle Mariners | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 640 | 692 | -52 | .464 | 92 | 3.95 | 21.7 |
| 4 |  Oakland Athletics | 75 | 87 | .463 | 22 | 759 | 761 | -2 | .499 | 100 | 4.31 | 35.2 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Joe Mauer | 606 | 171 | 7.8 |
| 2 |  Derek Jeter | 716 | 140 | 6.9 |
| 3 |  Ben Zobrist | 599 | 154 | 6.1 |
| 4 |  Kevin Youkilis | 588 | 155 | 5.7 |
| 5 |  Mark Teixeira | 707 | 153 | 5.7 |
| 6 |  Jason Bartlett | 567 | 137 | 5.2 |
| 7 |  Victor Martinez | 672 | 139 | 5.1 |
| 8 |  Shin-Soo Choo | 685 | 145 | 5.0 |
| 9 |  Alex Rodriguez | 535 | 152 | 5.0 |
| 10 |  Jason Bay | 638 | 143 | 4.9 |
| 11 |  Miguel Cabrera | 685 | 150 | 4.9 |
| 12 |  Michael Young | 593 | 135 | 4.8 |
| 13 |  Evan Longoria | 671 | 134 | 4.7 |
| 14 |  Matt Holliday | 670 | 144 | 4.7 |
| 15 |  Robinson Canó | 674 | 133 | 4.7 |