The New York Yankees went 103-59 in 2009, a .636 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 915 runs and allowed 753, a run differential of +162. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.27 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 127 team wRC+ was 27% above league average — the best in MLB. Derek Jeter led the position players at 6.9 WAR, and CC Sabathia the rotation at a 3.37 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 East, 8 games clear. They spent 92 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 10.5 games on September 29 and were as far as 6.5 games back on May 12. Their best month was August at 21-7, their worst March/April at 12-10. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from May 13 to May 21 and a 5-game losing streak from May 2 to May 7. They were 57-24 at home and 46-35 on the road, 22-16 in one-run games and 52-35 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-0 against the Mets on June 14; the heaviest defeat, 22-4 against the Indians on April 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
10
.545
128
136
-8
May
17
11
.607
155
127
+28
June
15
11
.577
140
102
+38
July
18
9
.667
146
126
+20
August
21
7
.750
175
123
+52
Sept/Oct
20
11
.645
171
139
+32
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
57-24
.704
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
22-16
.579
Extra innings
7-3
.700
Within the division
45-27
.625
Against .500+ clubs
52-35
.598
Decided by 5+ runs
32-19
.627
Last 10
7-3
.700
2009 postseason
In October the New York Yankees beat the Twins 3-0 in the ALDS, beat the Angels 4-2 in the ALCS, then beat the Phillies 4-2 in the World Series. They won the 2009 World Series.
ALDS vs Twins3-0 W
Game 1, October 7 W 7-2 vs Twins
Game 2, October 9 W 4-3 vs Twins
Game 3, October 11 W 4-1 at Twins
ALCS vs Angels4-2 W
Game 1, October 16 W 4-1 vs Angels
Game 2, October 17 W 4-3 vs Angels
Game 3, October 19 L 4-5 at Angels
Game 4, October 20 W 10-1 at Angels
Game 5, October 22 L 6-7 at Angels
Game 6, October 25 W 5-2 vs Angels
World Series vs Phillies4-2 W
Game 1, October 28 L 1-6 vs Phillies
Game 2, October 29 W 3-1 vs Phillies
Game 3, October 31 W 8-5 at Phillies
Game 4, November 1 W 7-4 at Phillies
Game 5, November 2 L 6-8 at Phillies
Game 6, November 4 W 7-3 vs Phillies
American League East standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American 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
81
45,364
46,197
24,799
49,005
Night
46
44,553
45,848
24,799
49,005
Day
35
46,430
46,450
43,068
48,809
Weekend
37
46,478
46,413
43,068
48,809
Weekday
44
44,428
45,651
24,799
49,005
On the road
81
34,482
35,827
17,473
48,914
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
7
44,343
May
16
44,764
Jun
13
45,977
Jul
16
44,950
Aug
13
47,202
Sep
16
44,834
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
3:08
152 games
All games
3:11
Extra innings
4:05
10 of them
Longest
5:33
2009-08-07, 15 inn
Shortest
2:17
2009-07-01
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
3:11
3:09
2:15
5:33
Regulation
152
3:08
3:08
2:15
4:21
Extra innings
10
4:05
3:57
3:15
5:33
Home
81
3:16
3:14
2:17
5:33
Road
81
3:07
3:07
2:15
4:21
Day
56
3:17
3:16
2:33
4:57
Night
106
3:09
3:08
2:15
5:33
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
7
3:36
May
16
3:19
Jun
13
3:08
Jul
16
3:02
Aug
13
3:27
Sep
16
3:15
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 188 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
New York Yankees are 103-59, a .636 win rate, while their +162 run differential implies .588. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
