The Philadelphia Phillies went 93-69 in 2009, a .574 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 820 runs and allowed 709, a run differential of +111. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.21 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Chase Utley led the position players at 7.1 WAR, and Cole Hamels the rotation at a 4.32 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 East, 6 games clear. They spent 143 of 185 days in first place, led by as many as 8.5 games on September 3 and were as far as 5.5 games back on April 18. Their best month was July at 20-7, their worst June at 11-15. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from July 8 to July 21 and a 6-game losing streak from June 16 to June 21. They were 45-36 at home and 48-33 on the road, 24-21 in one-run games and 40-36 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 22-1 against the Reds on July 6; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Braves on July 1.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
9
.550
119
112
+7
May
17
11
.607
148
133
+15
June
11
15
.423
124
124
0
July
20
7
.741
153
97
+56
August
16
11
.593
121
97
+24
Sept/Oct
18
16
.529
155
146
+9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
48-33
.593
One-run games
24-21
.533
Extra innings
11-5
.688
Within the division
44-28
.611
Against .500+ clubs
40-36
.526
Decided by 5+ runs
28-21
.571
Last 10
4-6
.400
2009 postseason
In October the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Rockies 3-1 in the NLDS, beat the Dodgers 4-1 in the NLCS, then lost the World Series to the Yankees 4-2.
NLDS vs Rockies3-1 W
Game 1, October 7 W 5-1 vs Rockies
Game 2, October 8 L 4-5 vs Rockies
Game 3, October 11 W 6-5 at Rockies
Game 4, October 12 W 5-4 at Rockies
NLCS vs Dodgers4-1 W
Game 1, October 15 W 8-6 at Dodgers
Game 2, October 16 L 1-2 at Dodgers
Game 3, October 18 W 11-0 vs Dodgers
Game 4, October 19 W 5-4 vs Dodgers
Game 5, October 21 W 10-4 vs Dodgers
World Series vs Yankees2-4 L
Game 1, October 28 W 6-1 at Yankees
Game 2, October 29 L 1-3 at Yankees
Game 3, October 31 L 5-8 vs Yankees
Game 4, November 1 L 4-7 vs Yankees
Game 5, November 2 W 8-6 vs Yankees
Game 6, November 4 L 3-7 at Yankees
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
81
44,453
45,141
32,759
45,356
Night
58
44,325
45,118
32,759
45,356
Day
23
44,777
45,239
36,395
45,343
Weekend
40
45,108
45,154
44,377
45,343
Weekday
41
43,814
45,086
32,759
45,356
On the road
80
30,760
31,430
15,033
52,538
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
41,714
May
14
44,990
Jun
9
44,675
Jul
17
44,853
Aug
12
45,120
Sep
13
44,912
Oct
4
45,098
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
2:51
144 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:40
16 of them
Longest
4:06
2009-06-12, 13 inn
Shortest
2:08
2009-09-03
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
2:56
2:53
2:08
4:31
Regulation
144
2:51
2:50
2:08
3:48
Extra innings
16
3:40
3:41
2:52
4:31
Home
80
2:54
2:51
2:08
4:06
Road
80
2:58
2:54
2:14
4:31
Day
46
3:01
2:59
2:18
4:03
Night
114
2:54
2:52
2:08
4:31
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:51
May
14
3:00
Jun
9
3:15
Jul
17
2:53
Aug
11
2:41
Sep
13
2:46
Oct
4
3:01
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 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
Philadelphia Phillies are 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +111 run differential implies .566. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
