The Oakland Athletics went 75-87 in 2009, a .463 winning percentage — 21st of 30 record in baseball. They scored 759 runs and allowed 761, a run differential of -2. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.31 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Matt Holliday led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Brett Anderson the rotation at a 4.06 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL West, 22 games back. They were as far as 22 games back on September 10. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-14, their worst May at 11-18. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from June 2 to June 8 and a 7-game losing streak from September 27 to October 4. They were 40-41 at home and 35-46 on the road, 15-23 in one-run games and 48-69 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-1 against the Twins on July 22; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Tigers on May 15.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
11
.421
79
82
-3
May
11
18
.379
126
165
-39
June
13
15
.464
115
110
+5
July
12
14
.462
138
142
-4
August
14
15
.483
125
129
-4
Sept/Oct
17
14
.548
176
133
+43
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
15-23
.395
Extra innings
3-10
.231
Within the division
23-34
.404
Against .500+ clubs
48-69
.410
Decided by 5+ runs
27-23
.540
Last 10
3-7
.300
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
17,392
16,057
10,039
36,067
Night
51
17,385
15,342
10,039
36,067
Day
30
17,405
16,507
11,124
35,067
Weekend
39
17,931
16,591
11,738
36,067
Weekday
42
16,892
13,543
10,039
35,067
On the road
80
28,919
26,298
11,420
50,492
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
22,283
May
15
15,222
Jun
15
18,332
Jul
9
15,667
Aug
16
20,042
Sep
14
13,970
Oct
3
15,895
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
2:45
149 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:39
13 of them
Longest
4:24
2009-04-14, 12 inn
Shortest
2:13
2009-04-15
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
2:50
2:46
2:02
5:02
Regulation
149
2:45
2:44
2:02
3:49
Extra innings
13
3:39
3:26
2:17
5:02
Home
81
2:44
2:42
2:13
4:24
Road
81
2:56
2:53
2:02
5:02
Day
52
2:47
2:42
2:09
5:02
Night
110
2:51
2:46
2:02
4:24
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
2:53
May
15
2:38
Jun
15
2:41
Jul
9
2:50
Aug
16
2:41
Sep
14
2:48
Oct
3
2:36
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 165 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
Oakland Athletics are 75-87, a .463 win rate, while their -2 run differential implies .499. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
