2009_Oakland_Athletics_season

2009 Oakland Athletics
2009 Oakland Athletics
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City	Oakland, California
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Lewis Wolff
General managers	Billy Beane
Managers	Bob Geren
Television	CSN California; Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse
Radio	Xtra Sports 860; Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse

2009 Oakland Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

The Oakland Athletics' 2009 season was their 41st in Oakland, California. It was also the 109th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 75–87.

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The Athletics entered the season with a measure of hope. During the 2008–09 offseason, the team added numerous hitters through both trades and free agent signings. The most notable addition was that of outfielder Matt Holliday. Holliday was acquired from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for rookie outfielder Carlos González, starting pitcher Greg Smith, and closer Huston Street. Oakland also added a handful of veterans via free agency; these included Orlando Cabrera, Nomar Garciaparra, and former Athletics superstar Jason Giambi. The signings were meant to improve the team's offense, which was the American League's worst (as measured by number of runs scored) in 2008.

While the Athletics' offense improved considerably in 2009, its gains were largely offset by inconsistent pitching. All told, Oakland would finish the season with a third consecutive losing record.

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v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	97	65	0.599	—	49–32	48–33
Texas Rangers	87	75	0.537	10	48–33	39–42
Seattle Mariners	85	77	0.525	12	48–33	37–44
Oakland Athletics	75	87	0.463	22	40–41	35–46

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	2–16	5–4	2–5	3–5	4–4	2–8	3–2	5–13	1–5	4–5	8–10	5–5	9–9	11–7
Boston	16–2	–	4–4	7–2	6–1	5–3	4–5	4–2	9–9	5–5	2–4	9–9	2–7	11–7	11–7
Chicago	4–5	4−4	–	10–8	9–9	9–9	5–4	6−12	3–4	4–5	4–5	6–2	2–4	1–6	12–6
Cleveland	5–2	2–7	8–10	–	4–14	10–8	2–4	8–10	3–5	2–5	6–4	5–3	1–8	4–4	5–13
Detroit	5–3	1–6	9–9	14–4	–	9–9	5–4	7–12	1–5	5–4	5–4	5–2	7–2	3–5	10–8
Kansas City	4–4	3–5	9–9	8–10	9–9	–	1–9	6–12	2–4	2–6	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–3	8–10
Los Angeles	8–2	5–4	4–5	4–2	4–5	9–1	–	6–4	5–5	12–7	10–9	4–2	8–11	4–4	14–4
Minnesota	2–3	2–4	12–6	10–8	12–7	12–6	4–6	–	0–7	4–6	5–5	3–3	6–4	3–5	12–6
New York	13–5	9–9	4–3	5–3	5–1	4–2	5–5	7–0	–	7–2	6–4	11–7	5–4	12–6	10–8
Oakland	5–1	5–5	5–4	5–2	4–5	6–2	7–12	6–4	2–7	–	5–14	6–4	11–8	3–6	5–13
Seattle	5–4	4–2	5–4	4–6	4–5	4–5	9–10	5–5	4–6	14–5	–	5–3	8–11	3–4	11–7
Tampa Bay	10–8	9–9	2–6	3–5	2–5	9–1	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	3–5	–	3–6	14–4	13–5
Texas	5–5	7–2	4–2	8–1	2–7	3–3	11–8	4–6	4–5	8–11	11–8	6–3	–	5–5	9–9
Toronto	9–9	7–11	6–1	4–4	5–3	3–4	4–4	5–3	6–12	6–3	4–3	4–14	5–5	–	7–11

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Ryan Sweeney	134	484	68	142	31	3	6	53	.293	6
Scott Hairston	60	233	24	55	13	1	7	35	.236	3
Orlando Cabrera	101	414	41	116	23	0	4	41	.280	11
Adam Kennedy	129	529	65	153	29	1	11	63	.289	20
Matt Holliday	93	346	52	99	23	1	11	54	.286	12
Kurt Suzuki	147	570	74	156	37	1	15	88	.274	8
Rajai Davis	125	390	65	119	27	5	3	48	.305	41
Cliff Pennington	60	208	27	58	11	3	4	21	.279	7
Jack Cust	149	513	88	123	16	0	25	70	.240	4
Daric Barton	54	160	31	43	12	1	3	24	.269	0
Jason Giambi	83	269	39	52	13	0	11	40	.193	0
Mark Ellis	105	377	52	99	23	0	10	61	.263	10
Bobby Crosby	97	238	35	53	10	2	6	29	.223	2
Travis Buck	36	105	11	23	3	0	3	10	.219	1
Nomar Garciaparra	65	160	17	45	8	0	3	16	.281	2
Landon Powell	46	140	19	32	7	0	7	30	.229	0
Jack Hannahan	52	119	12	23	6	2	1	8	.193	0
Eric Patterson	39	94	15	27	5	1	1	11	.287	6
Tommy Everidge	24	85	13	19	6	0	2	7	.224	0
Aaron Cunningham	23	53	6	8	2	0	1	6	.151	0
Gregorio Petit	11	31	2	7	1	0	0	1	.226	0
Eric Chavez	8	30	0	3	1	0	0	1	.100	0
Matt Carson	10	21	1	6	0	0	1	5	.286	0
Chris Denorfia	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Eric Munson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Pitcher totals	162	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Team Totals	162	5584	759	1464	307	21	135	723	.262	133

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Trevor Cahill	10	13	4.63	32	32	0	178.2	185	99	92	72	90
Brett Anderson	11	11	4.06	30	30	0	175.1	180	94	79	45	150
Dallas Braden	8	9	3.89	22	22	0	136.2	144	61	59	42	81
Brad Kilby	1	0	0.53	11	1	0	17.0	10	1	1	4	20
Santiago Casilla	1	2	5.96	46	0	0	48.1	61	32	32	25	35
Brett Tomko	4	1	2.95	6	6	0	36.2	31	12	12	6	22
Dana Eveland	2	4	7.16	13	9	0	44.0	70	36	35	26	22
Kevin Cameron	0	0	3.44	11	0	1	18.1	15	7	7	6	15
Clayton Mortensen	2	4	7.81	6	6	0	27.2	37	24	24	12	11
Gio Gonzalez	6	7	5.75	20	17	0	98.2	113	63	63	56	109
Andrew Bailey	6	3	1.84	68	0	26	83.1	49	17	17	24	91
Brad Ziegler	2	4	3.07	69	0	7	73.1	82	25	25	28	54
Vin Mazzaro	4	9	5.32	17	17	0	91.1	120	54	54	39	59
Josh Outman	4	1	3.48	14	12	0	67.1	53	28	26	25	53
Édgar González	0	4	5.51	26	6	0	65.1	76	41	40	28	39
Craig Breslow	7	5	2.60	60	0	0	55.1	37	16	16	18	44
Dan Giese	0	3	5.32	7	1	0	22.0	22	13	13	9	11
Michael Wuertz	6	1	2.63	74	0	4	78.2	52	24	23	23	102
Russ Springer	0	1	4.10	48	0	0	41.2	52	20	19	14	47
Jeff Gray	0	1	3.76	24	0	0	26.1	30	12	11	4	19
Jerry Blevins	0	0	4.84	20	0	0	22.1	19	12	12	6	23
Sean Gallagher	1	2	8.16	6	2	0	14.1	21	14	13	7	10
Jon Meloan	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	8.1	3	1	0	2	11
Jay Marshall	0	2	14.73	10	0	0	7.1	13	12	12	0	1
Chad Reineke	0	0	7.20	1	1	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	1
Henry Rodríguez	0	0	2.25	3	0	0	4.0	4	2	1	2	4
Team Totals	75	87	4.26	162	162	38	1447.1	1486	761	685	523	1124

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Darren Bush
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Aaron Nieckula
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Steve Scarsone
A-Short Season	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Rick Magnante
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Marcus Jensen

2009_Oakland_Athletics_season

2009 Oakland Athletics season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Game log

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

Awards and honors

Farm system

Notes

References

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