The Cleveland Indians went 65-97 in 2009, a .401 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 773 runs and allowed 865, a run differential of -92. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.98 staff ERA was 28th of 30. Their 108 team wRC+ was 8% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Victor Martinez led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Cliff Lee the rotation at a 3.22 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 4th in the AL Central, 21.5 games back. They spent 1 of 184 days in first place and were as far as 21.5 games back on October 6. Their best month was August at 15-12, their worst Sept/Oct at 7-25. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from July 23 to July 27 and an 11-game losing streak from September 13 to September 24. They were 35-46 at home and 30-51 on the road, 19-21 in one-run games and 33-59 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 22-4 at the Yankees on April 18; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 at the Twins on August 14.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
14
.364
117
129
-12
May
14
16
.467
157
159
-2
June
9
18
.333
129
152
-23
July
12
12
.500
125
121
+4
August
15
12
.556
125
121
+4
Sept/Oct
7
25
.219
120
183
-63
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
35-46
.432
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
19-21
.475
Extra innings
4-8
.333
Within the division
30-42
.417
Against .500+ clubs
33-59
.359
Decided by 5+ runs
20-25
.444
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American 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
79
22,492
22,371
11,408
42,473
Night
57
22,310
22,986
11,408
35,273
Day
22
22,965
21,405
12,852
42,473
Weekend
39
26,387
25,705
14,216
42,473
Weekday
40
18,695
18,497
11,408
27,534
On the road
81
27,844
27,411
9,967
49,916
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
19,693
May
13
25,002
Jun
15
21,841
Jul
9
23,763
Aug
14
21,873
Sep
18
20,437
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
2:58
149 games
All games
3:01
Extra innings
3:48
12 of them
Longest
5:02
2009-07-31, 13 inn
Shortest
1:58
2009-06-14
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
3:01
3:01
1:58
5:02
Regulation
149
2:58
2:57
1:58
4:19
Extra innings
12
3:48
3:39
3:06
5:02
Home
80
3:00
2:59
1:58
5:02
Road
81
3:02
3:01
2:18
4:27
Day
58
3:04
3:03
2:23
4:27
Night
103
3:00
2:59
1:58
5:02
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:09
May
13
3:01
Jun
14
3:07
Jul
9
3:01
Aug
14
2:55
Sep
18
2:53
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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
Cleveland Indians are 65-97, a .401 win rate, while their -92 run differential implies .449. That is about 8 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
