The Boston Red Sox went 95-67 in 2009, a .586 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 872 runs and allowed 736, a run differential of +136. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.31 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 115 team wRC+ was 15% above league average — the second best in MLB. Kevin Youkilis led the position players at 5.7 WAR, and Jon Lester the rotation at a 3.41 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL East, 8 games back. They spent 55 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 5 games on June 23 and were as far as 10.5 games back on September 29. Their best month was June at 18-8, their worst May at 15-14. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from April 15 to April 27 and a 6-game losing streak from August 4 to August 9. They were 56-25 at home and 39-42 on the road, 22-17 in one-run games and 44-41 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 against the Yankees on August 22; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 at the Rays on April 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
8
.636
126
107
+19
May
15
14
.517
141
129
+12
June
18
8
.692
138
96
+42
July
13
12
.520
121
110
+11
August
16
12
.571
165
143
+22
Sept/Oct
19
13
.594
181
151
+30
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
56-25
.691
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
22-17
.564
Extra innings
4-6
.400
Within the division
45-27
.625
Against .500+ clubs
44-41
.518
Decided by 5+ runs
34-16
.680
Last 10
4-6
.400
2009 postseason
In October the Boston Red Sox lost the ALDS to the Angels 3-0.
ALDS vs Angels0-3 L
Game 1, October 8 L 0-5 at Angels
Game 2, October 9 L 1-4 at Angels
Game 3, October 11 L 6-7 vs Angels
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
37,811
37,828
37,057
38,347
Night
60
37,887
37,886
37,246
38,347
Day
21
37,595
37,608
37,057
38,228
Weekend
39
37,765
37,759
37,243
38,266
Weekday
42
37,854
37,886
37,057
38,347
On the road
81
33,869
33,239
16,770
49,384
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
37,756
May
11
37,854
Jun
12
37,828
Jul
17
37,941
Aug
14
37,813
Sep
11
37,716
Oct
4
37,514
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 158 completed games, 2009.
Regulation
3:04
148 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
4:11
10 of them
Longest
4:21
2009-04-24, 11 inn
Shortest
2:11
2009-06-20
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
158
3:08
3:03
2:11
5:33
Regulation
148
3:04
3:01
2:11
4:21
Extra innings
10
4:11
4:08
3:09
5:33
Home
77
3:04
3:01
2:11
4:21
Road
81
3:12
3:07
2:13
5:33
Day
46
3:00
2:57
2:13
4:21
Night
112
3:11
3:09
2:11
5:33
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:18
May
11
2:55
Jun
11
2:53
Jul
17
3:05
Aug
14
3:11
Sep
9
3:00
Oct
4
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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
Boston Red Sox are 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +136 run differential implies .577. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
