The Colorado Rockies went 92-70 in 2009, a .568 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 804 runs and allowed 715, a run differential of +89. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.24 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Troy Tulowitzki led the position players at 5.4 WAR, and Ubaldo Jiménez the rotation at a 3.47 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL West, 3 games back. They spent 3 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 10 and were as far as 15.5 games back on June 3. Their best month was June at 21-7, their worst March/April at 8-12. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from June 4 to June 14 and a 5-game losing streak from August 26 to August 30. They were 51-30 at home and 41-40 on the road, 23-20 in one-run games and 38-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 against the Astros on May 12; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 at the Dodgers on April 19.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
12
.400
108
108
0
May
12
17
.414
130
147
-17
June
21
7
.750
154
105
+49
July
15
11
.577
116
98
+18
August
16
12
.571
146
124
+22
Sept/Oct
20
11
.645
150
133
+17
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
23-20
.535
Extra innings
4-5
.444
Within the division
33-39
.458
Against .500+ clubs
38-43
.469
Decided by 5+ runs
27-18
.600
Last 10
6-4
.600
2009 postseason
In October the Colorado Rockies lost the NLDS to the Phillies 3-1.
NLDS vs Phillies1-3 L
Game 1, October 7 L 1-5 at Phillies
Game 2, October 8 W 5-4 at Phillies
Game 3, October 11 L 5-6 vs Phillies
Game 4, October 12 L 4-5 vs Phillies
National League West standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 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
32,902
31,401
18,246
49,427
Night
53
33,074
31,401
18,246
49,096
Day
28
32,577
31,946
20,289
49,427
Weekend
39
37,509
36,151
21,628
49,427
Weekday
42
28,624
27,645
18,246
41,465
On the road
80
30,709
30,260
13,646
54,531
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
29,702
May
14
26,196
Jun
9
32,364
Jul
16
35,087
Aug
14
37,958
Sep
18
33,825
Oct
1
38,098
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
2:55
153 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:32
9 of them
Longest
4:57
2009-08-24, 14 inn
Shortest
2:12
2009-07-06
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
2:57
2:54
2:12
4:57
Regulation
153
2:55
2:53
2:12
3:59
Extra innings
9
3:32
3:29
2:38
4:57
Home
81
2:59
2:58
2:12
4:57
Road
81
2:55
2:50
2:16
4:10
Day
54
2:56
2:54
2:22
3:59
Night
108
2:57
2:55
2:12
4:57
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
3:05
May
14
2:59
Jun
9
2:47
Jul
16
2:52
Aug
14
3:10
Sep
18
3:01
Oct
1
2:59
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 175 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
Colorado Rockies are 92-70, a .568 win rate, while their +89 run differential implies .553. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
