The Los Angeles Dodgers went 95-67 in 2009, a .586 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 780 runs and allowed 611, a run differential of +169. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.51 staff ERA was the best. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Matt Kemp led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Clayton Kershaw the rotation at a 2.79 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL West, 3 games clear. They spent 177 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 9.5 games on June 3 and were as far as 1.5 games back on April 10. Their best month was May at 20-9, their worst August at 14-15. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 11 to April 19 and a 5-game losing streak from September 27 to October 2. They were 50-31 at home and 45-36 on the road, 28-22 in one-run games and 48-35 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-4 against the Brewers on August 4; the heaviest defeat, 10-0 at the Cardinals on July 28.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
8
.652
131
96
+35
May
20
9
.690
156
104
+52
June
14
12
.538
93
97
-4
July
15
10
.600
124
106
+18
August
14
15
.483
131
98
+33
Sept/Oct
17
13
.567
145
110
+35
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
28-22
.560
Extra innings
12-9
.571
Within the division
46-26
.639
Against .500+ clubs
48-35
.578
Decided by 5+ runs
30-13
.698
Last 10
4-6
.400
2009 postseason
In October the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cardinals 3-0 in the NLDS, then lost the NLCS to the Phillies 4-1.
NLDS vs Cardinals3-0 W
Game 1, October 7 W 5-3 vs Cardinals
Game 2, October 8 W 3-2 vs Cardinals
Game 3, October 10 W 5-1 at Cardinals
NLCS vs Phillies1-4 L
Game 1, October 15 L 6-8 vs Phillies
Game 2, October 16 W 2-1 vs Phillies
Game 3, October 18 L 0-11 at Phillies
Game 4, October 19 L 4-5 at Phillies
Game 5, October 21 L 4-10 at 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
46,440
48,110
30,530
57,097
Night
61
46,295
47,680
30,530
56,000
Day
20
46,883
48,947
36,759
57,097
Weekend
39
49,186
50,847
36,759
55,301
Weekday
42
43,890
45,288
30,530
57,097
On the road
81
33,547
35,605
16,332
49,843
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
7
44,881
May
16
43,743
Jun
17
42,473
Jul
11
48,165
Aug
15
49,253
Sep
12
49,740
Oct
3
53,353
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
3:02
141 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
3:50
21 of them
Longest
4:44
2009-05-10, 13 inn
Shortest
2:16
2009-06-30
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
3:08
3:05
2:16
4:53
Regulation
141
3:02
3:01
2:16
3:59
Extra innings
21
3:50
3:33
3:02
4:53
Home
81
3:07
3:05
2:16
4:44
Road
81
3:09
3:04
2:28
4:53
Day
45
3:11
3:06
2:28
4:44
Night
117
3:07
3:04
2:16
4:53
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
7
3:10
May
16
3:19
Jun
17
3:02
Jul
11
3:01
Aug
15
3:04
Sep
12
3:05
Oct
3
3:16
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 Dodgers are 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +169 run differential implies .610. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
