The Baltimore Orioles went 64-98 in 2009, a .395 winning percentage — 28th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 741 runs and allowed 876, a run differential of -135. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.14 staff ERA was the worst. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Brian Roberts led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Brad Bergesen the rotation at a 3.43 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 39 games back. They spent 4 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 8 and were as far as 41.5 games back on September 29. Their best month was May at 14-15, their worst August at 10-20. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 25 to May 29 and a 13-game losing streak from September 17 to September 30. They were 39-42 at home and 25-56 on the road, 17-22 in one-run games and 37-68 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Nationals on June 26; the heaviest defeat, 19-6 at the Rangers on April 15.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
13
.409
116
144
-28
May
14
15
.483
134
144
-10
June
12
14
.462
110
124
-14
July
9
16
.360
112
119
-7
August
10
20
.333
139
164
-25
Sept/Oct
10
20
.333
130
181
-51
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
25-56
.309
One-run games
17-22
.436
Extra innings
5-7
.417
Within the division
24-48
.333
Against .500+ clubs
37-68
.352
Decided by 5+ runs
18-26
.409
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League East standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2009. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
23,545
22,856
10,130
49,384
Night
59
22,994
21,545
10,130
49,384
Day
22
25,023
23,900
13,713
48,607
Weekend
39
28,774
26,812
13,961
49,384
Weekday
42
18,690
16,146
10,130
48,607
On the road
81
28,108
28,978
10,222
47,134
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
21,063
May
14
23,897
Jun
14
27,218
Jul
9
25,512
Aug
14
24,781
Sep
12
20,077
Oct
3
19,381
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 161 completed games, 2009.
Regulation
2:50
149 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:23
12 of them
Longest
4:28
2009-08-16, 13 inn
Shortest
2:12
2009-05-29
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
161
2:53
2:50
2:09
4:28
Regulation
149
2:50
2:49
2:09
3:49
Extra innings
12
3:23
3:17
2:47
4:28
Home
80
2:55
2:52
2:12
4:28
Road
81
2:50
2:47
2:09
3:49
Day
44
2:52
2:46
2:13
4:28
Night
117
2:53
2:51
2:09
3:49
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
2:54
May
13
2:52
Jun
14
2:51
Jul
9
2:59
Aug
14
3:03
Sep
12
2:57
Oct
3
2:43
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 170 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Baltimore Orioles are 64-98, a .395 win rate, while their -135 run differential implies .424. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
