The Florida Marlins went 87-75 in 2009, a .537 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 772 runs and allowed 766, a run differential of +6. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.25 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Hanley Ramirez led the position players at 7.4 WAR, and Josh Johnson the rotation at a 3.23 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 East, 6 games back. They spent 29 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 5 games on April 19 and were as far as 9.5 games back on September 1. Their best month was March/April at 14-8, their worst May at 9-20. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 12 to April 19 and a 7-game losing streak from April 20 to April 27. They were 43-38 at home and 44-37 on the road, 30-20 in one-run games and 39-41 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-3 at the Phillies on August 9; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 against the Rays on May 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
8
.636
112
105
+7
May
9
20
.310
119
161
-42
June
17
11
.607
131
120
+11
July
14
10
.583
104
88
+16
August
14
14
.500
149
153
-4
Sept/Oct
19
12
.613
157
139
+18
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
30-20
.600
Extra innings
7-7
.500
Within the division
42-30
.583
Against .500+ clubs
39-41
.487
Decided by 5+ runs
20-19
.513
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League East standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National 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
78
18,771
15,049
10,131
46,427
Night
62
18,914
14,575
10,131
46,427
Day
16
18,215
15,699
12,423
34,323
Weekend
37
23,271
20,253
11,505
46,427
Weekday
41
14,709
13,128
10,131
34,323
On the road
81
30,385
30,101
8,790
51,565
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
23,663
May
14
14,273
Jun
19
16,882
Jul
11
18,248
Aug
16
16,369
Sep
12
22,327
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 160 completed games, 2009.
Regulation
2:56
146 games
All games
3:01
Extra innings
3:47
14 of them
Longest
4:50
2009-05-20, 13 inn
Shortest
2:04
2009-04-12
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
160
3:01
2:57
2:04
4:50
Regulation
146
2:56
2:54
2:04
3:49
Extra innings
14
3:47
3:39
3:15
4:50
Home
80
3:04
3:03
2:04
4:50
Road
80
2:57
2:54
2:05
3:45
Day
44
2:58
2:58
2:04
3:51
Night
116
3:02
2:56
2:05
4:50
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
3:04
May
14
3:26
Jun
18
2:53
Jul
11
2:57
Aug
16
3:07
Sep
12
2:59
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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
Florida Marlins are 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +6 run differential implies .504. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
