The San Francisco Giants went 88-74 in 2009, a .543 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 657 runs and allowed 611, a run differential of +46. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.57 staff ERA was the second best. Their 82 team wRC+ was 18% below league average — the worst in MLB. Pablo Sandoval led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Tim Lincecum the rotation at a 2.48 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL West, 7 games back. They spent 2 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 7 and were as far as 11 games back on September 26. Their best month was June at 17-10, their worst March/April at 10-10. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 19 to April 25 and a 6-game losing streak from April 10 to April 16. They were 52-29 at home and 36-45 on the road, 21-22 in one-run games and 39-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 against the Astros on July 3; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 against the Diamondbacks on August 27.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
10
.500
77
80
-3
May
15
14
.517
116
116
0
June
17
10
.630
118
89
+29
July
14
13
.519
96
94
+2
August
16
12
.571
123
117
+6
Sept/Oct
16
15
.516
127
115
+12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
52-29
.642
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
21-22
.488
Extra innings
9-7
.563
Within the division
38-34
.528
Against .500+ clubs
39-40
.494
Decided by 5+ runs
21-18
.538
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
35,335
35,885
23,934
43,300
Night
50
34,516
34,620
23,934
42,694
Day
31
36,655
37,409
26,593
43,300
Weekend
39
37,429
37,728
30,157
43,012
Weekday
42
33,390
32,556
23,934
43,300
On the road
80
32,234
34,006
11,302
57,097
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
35,128
May
16
33,569
Jun
9
35,916
Jul
15
34,921
Aug
14
38,747
Sep
15
34,742
Oct
1
27,941
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
2:45
145 games
All games
2:49
Extra innings
3:25
16 of them
Longest
3:31
2009-04-28, 9 inn
Shortest
1:56
2009-09-25
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
2:49
2:46
1:56
4:57
Regulation
145
2:45
2:44
1:56
3:38
Extra innings
16
3:25
3:18
2:32
4:57
Home
81
2:44
2:44
1:56
3:31
Road
80
2:55
2:49
2:06
4:57
Day
54
2:51
2:46
2:09
4:44
Night
107
2:48
2:45
1:56
4:57
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:53
May
16
2:50
Jun
9
2:34
Jul
15
2:30
Aug
14
2:48
Sep
15
2:49
Oct
1
2:25
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
San Francisco Giants are 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their +46 run differential implies .533. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
