The San Diego Padres went 75-87 in 2009, a .463 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 638 runs and allowed 769, a run differential of -131. The offence ranked the second worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.33 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Adrián González led the position players at 5.2 WAR, and Kevin Correia the rotation at a 3.91 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL West, 20 games back. They spent 8 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 12 and were as far as 24.5 games back on July 23. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-11, their worst July at 8-20. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from May 15 to May 25 and a 7-game losing streak from July 5 to July 11. They were 42-39 at home and 33-48 on the road, 23-18 in one-run games and 43-58 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-6 at the Brewers on August 11; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 at the Nationals on July 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
11
.500
96
115
-19
May
14
14
.500
104
115
-11
June
9
17
.346
91
144
-53
July
8
20
.286
100
150
-50
August
15
14
.517
126
141
-15
Sept/Oct
18
11
.621
121
104
+17
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
23-18
.561
Extra innings
10-7
.588
Within the division
33-39
.458
Against .500+ clubs
43-58
.426
Decided by 5+ runs
10-32
.238
Last 10
6-4
.600
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
23,699
21,887
13,646
45,496
Night
58
22,936
20,367
13,646
42,217
Day
23
25,621
24,249
14,377
45,496
Weekend
39
27,840
27,021
18,022
42,217
Weekday
42
19,854
18,901
13,646
45,496
On the road
81
31,527
30,312
12,566
54,628
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
30,028
May
13
22,883
Jun
15
20,861
Jul
13
25,761
Aug
17
24,058
Sep
10
18,748
Oct
3
25,863
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 161 completed games, 2009.
Regulation
2:50
144 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:37
17 of them
Longest
5:45
2009-06-07, 18 inn
Shortest
2:11
2009-06-29
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
161
2:55
2:52
2:11
5:45
Regulation
144
2:50
2:51
2:11
3:42
Extra innings
17
3:37
3:27
2:38
5:45
Home
81
2:54
2:51
2:11
5:45
Road
80
2:56
2:54
2:19
3:58
Day
45
2:59
2:53
2:14
5:45
Night
116
2:54
2:52
2:11
5:14
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:51
May
13
2:54
Jun
15
2:59
Jul
13
3:02
Aug
17
2:46
Sep
10
2:58
Oct
3
2:44
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 170 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
San Diego Padres are 75-87, a .463 win rate, while their -131 run differential implies .415. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
