The Cincinnati Reds went 78-84 in 2009, a .481 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 673 runs and allowed 723, a run differential of -50. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.19 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Joey Votto led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Aaron Harang the rotation at a 4.21 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 13 games back. They spent 1 of 184 days in first place and were as far as 20.5 games back on September 10. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 20-11, their worst July at 8-19. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from August 31 to September 6 and an 8-game losing streak from July 28 to August 4. They were 40-41 at home and 38-43 on the road, 19-20 in one-run games and 28-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-2 at the Pirates on September 23; the heaviest defeat, 22-1 at the Phillies on July 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
10
.524
78
92
-14
May
15
13
.536
144
124
+20
June
11
15
.423
97
118
-21
July
8
19
.296
89
157
-68
August
13
16
.448
112
127
-15
Sept/Oct
20
11
.645
153
105
+48
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
19-20
.487
Extra innings
8-7
.533
Within the division
46-34
.575
Against .500+ clubs
28-44
.389
Decided by 5+ runs
23-19
.548
Last 10
7-3
.700
National League Central standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 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
21,579
19,258
9,087
42,234
Night
53
20,511
18,016
9,087
42,234
Day
28
23,601
24,337
11,541
42,177
Weekend
38
27,277
26,878
12,876
42,234
Weekday
43
16,544
15,619
9,087
42,177
On the road
81
31,493
32,268
10,825
56,000
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
21,460
May
14
22,480
Jun
10
30,330
Jul
14
25,001
Aug
17
19,599
Sep
11
12,456
Oct
4
18,407
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 162 completed games, 2009.
Regulation
2:53
147 games
All games
2:58
Extra innings
3:54
15 of them
Longest
5:13
2009-06-07, 14 inn
Shortest
2:07
2009-08-13
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
162
2:58
2:54
2:05
5:14
Regulation
147
2:53
2:51
2:05
3:54
Extra innings
15
3:54
3:37
2:40
5:14
Home
81
2:58
2:53
2:07
5:13
Road
81
2:58
2:56
2:05
5:14
Day
52
3:02
2:57
2:14
5:13
Night
110
2:56
2:53
2:05
5:14
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:56
May
14
3:04
Jun
10
3:16
Jul
14
2:54
Aug
17
2:58
Sep
11
2:42
Oct
4
3:00
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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
Cincinnati Reds are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -50 run differential implies .467. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
