The Texas Rangers went 87-75 in 2009, a .537 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 784 runs and allowed 740, a run differential of +44. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.37 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% below league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Michael Young led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Scott Feldman the rotation at a 4.08 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL West, 10 games back. They spent 64 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 5.5 games on May 30 and were as far as 10 games back on October 4. Their best month was May at 20-9, their worst June at 11-15. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from May 10 to May 17 and a 5-game losing streak from April 10 to April 14. They were 48-33 at home and 39-42 on the road, 19-18 in one-run games and 46-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-6 against the Orioles on April 15; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 at the Tigers on April 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
11
.476
123
127
-4
May
20
9
.690
148
107
+41
June
11
15
.423
99
117
-18
July
17
8
.680
123
94
+29
August
14
15
.483
140
133
+7
Sept/Oct
15
17
.469
151
162
-11
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
19-18
.514
Extra innings
6-4
.600
Within the division
30-27
.526
Against .500+ clubs
46-44
.511
Decided by 5+ runs
28-26
.519
Last 10
4-6
.400
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
78
27,641
27,071
12,184
49,916
Night
65
26,932
25,865
12,184
48,201
Day
13
31,186
33,688
13,802
49,916
Weekend
38
32,182
32,598
18,522
48,201
Weekday
40
23,328
21,309
12,184
49,916
On the road
80
27,629
26,723
10,475
47,209
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
22,449
May
16
28,652
Jun
14
25,999
Jul
15
30,362
Aug
10
28,469
Sep
15
23,103
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
2:49
152 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:28
10 of them
Longest
3:50
2009-07-19, 12 inn
Shortest
2:10
2009-05-14
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
2:51
2:49
2:10
4:22
Regulation
152
2:49
2:47
2:10
3:50
Extra innings
10
3:28
3:18
3:03
4:22
Home
81
2:53
2:54
2:10
3:50
Road
81
2:49
2:46
2:19
4:22
Day
42
2:48
2:50
2:10
3:14
Night
120
2:52
2:48
2:10
4:22
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:02
May
16
2:49
Jun
14
2:48
Jul
15
2:51
Aug
10
3:11
Sep
15
2:47
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 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
Texas Rangers are 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +44 run differential implies .526. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
