The Tampa Bay Rays went 84-78 in 2009, a .519 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 803 runs and allowed 754, a run differential of +49. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.25 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Ben Zobrist led the position players at 6.1 WAR, and James Shields the rotation at a 4.14 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL East, 19 games back. They were as far as 20.5 games back on September 16. Their best month was June at 19-7, their worst March/April at 9-14. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from June 24 to June 30 and an 11-game losing streak from September 3 to September 13. They were 52-29 at home and 32-49 on the road, 20-25 in one-run games and 37-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 against the Red Sox on April 30; the heaviest defeat, 15-3 at the Rangers on September 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
14
.391
110
103
+7
May
16
14
.533
184
157
+27
June
19
7
.731
148
89
+59
July
12
12
.500
94
115
-21
August
15
12
.556
138
126
+12
Sept/Oct
13
19
.406
129
164
-35
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
52-29
.642
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
20-25
.444
Extra innings
6-3
.667
Within the division
40-32
.556
Against .500+ clubs
37-47
.440
Decided by 5+ runs
26-22
.542
Last 10
6-4
.600
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
23,148
21,522
10,349
36,973
Night
59
21,824
19,608
10,349
36,973
Day
22
26,696
27,995
13,174
36,973
Weekend
39
27,639
28,699
18,273
36,973
Weekday
42
18,977
16,309
10,349
36,973
On the road
81
28,644
28,504
10,548
47,436
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
8
27,906
May
16
22,534
Jun
15
20,888
Jul
10
26,434
Aug
14
25,798
Sep
14
18,581
Oct
4
23,051
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
2:59
152 games
All games
3:02
Extra innings
3:42
9 of them
Longest
4:57
2009-08-04, 13 inn
Shortest
2:23
2009-09-30
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
3:02
2:59
2:03
4:57
Regulation
152
2:59
2:57
2:03
4:05
Extra innings
9
3:42
3:41
2:50
4:57
Home
81
3:03
3:00
2:23
4:57
Road
80
3:01
2:56
2:03
4:24
Day
50
2:59
2:54
2:03
4:24
Night
111
3:03
3:01
2:13
4:57
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
8
3:04
May
16
3:07
Jun
15
2:56
Jul
10
3:06
Aug
14
3:06
Sep
14
3:01
Oct
4
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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
Tampa Bay Rays are 84-78, a .519 win rate, while their +49 run differential implies .529. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
