The Los Angeles Angels went 97-65 in 2009, a .599 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 883 runs and allowed 761, a run differential of +122. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.52 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 111 team wRC+ was 11% above league average — the third best in MLB. Chone Figgins led the position players at 4.2 WAR, and John Lackey the rotation at a 3.83 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 10 games clear. They spent 102 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 10 games on October 4 and were as far as 5.5 games back on April 25. Their best month was July at 19-7, their worst March/April at 9-12. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 18 to July 25 and a 4-game losing streak from September 22 to September 26. They were 49-32 at home and 48-33 on the road, 27-18 in one-run games and 50-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 against the Rangers on September 28; the heaviest defeat, 17-3 against the White Sox on May 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
12
.429
105
113
-8
May
16
12
.571
128
131
-3
June
17
9
.654
148
120
+28
July
19
7
.731
185
138
+47
August
17
12
.586
180
150
+30
Sept/Oct
19
13
.594
137
109
+28
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
48-33
.593
One-run games
27-18
.600
Extra innings
7-4
.636
Within the division
30-27
.526
Against .500+ clubs
50-44
.532
Decided by 5+ runs
30-16
.652
Last 10
7-3
.700
2009 postseason
In October the Los Angeles Angels beat the Red Sox 3-0 in the ALDS, then lost the ALCS to the Yankees 4-2.
ALDS vs Red Sox3-0 W
Game 1, October 8 W 5-0 vs Red Sox
Game 2, October 9 W 4-1 vs Red Sox
Game 3, October 11 W 7-6 at Red Sox
ALCS vs Yankees2-4 L
Game 1, October 16 L 1-4 at Yankees
Game 2, October 17 L 3-4 at Yankees
Game 3, October 19 W 5-4 vs Yankees
Game 4, October 20 L 1-10 vs Yankees
Game 5, October 22 W 7-6 vs Yankees
Game 6, October 25 L 2-5 at Yankees
American League West standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American 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
40,005
40,163
33,411
44,222
Night
58
40,637
41,017
33,411
44,222
Day
23
38,410
38,018
35,124
43,646
Weekend
39
40,505
41,014
35,706
44,222
Weekday
42
39,540
39,188
33,411
43,559
On the road
80
26,552
24,539
10,397
55,301
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
41,869
May
14
39,187
Jun
9
42,511
Jul
17
39,228
Aug
13
39,930
Sep
15
38,815
Oct
1
38,552
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
2:54
151 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:25
11 of them
Longest
4:07
2009-05-14, 12 inn
Shortest
2:02
2009-09-10
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
2:56
2:57
2:02
4:28
Regulation
151
2:54
2:56
2:02
4:07
Extra innings
11
3:25
3:29
2:17
4:28
Home
81
2:55
2:57
2:02
4:07
Road
81
2:58
2:57
2:16
4:28
Day
48
2:59
2:57
2:12
4:28
Night
114
2:56
2:57
2:02
4:07
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:59
May
14
2:48
Jun
9
2:54
Jul
17
3:02
Aug
13
2:55
Sep
15
2:52
Oct
1
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 174 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
Los Angeles Angels are 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +122 run differential implies .568. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
