2009 Boston Red Sox
American League Wild Card Winners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place2nd (8 GB)
OwnersJohn W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
PresidentLarry Lucchino
General managerTheo Epstein
ManagerTerry Francona[1]
TelevisionNew England Sports Network
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Roberts, Buck Martinez, Tony Massarotti, Rance Mulliniks, Rex Hudler, Ron Coomer, Ken Rosenthal, Kevin Kennedy, Dwight Evans, Sean Casey, Jim Kaat, Gordon Edes, Bob Montgomery, Frank Viola, Sean McAdam, Brian Daubach, Rick Dempsey)
RadioWRKO/WEEI (English) (Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien, Jon Rish, Dale Arnold)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 2009 Boston Red Sox season was the 109th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, eight games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 2009 World Series. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, but were swept by the American League West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS.

Roster

2009 Boston Red Sox
Roster
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Coaches

Regular season

Jim Rice's number 14 was retired by the Boston Red Sox in 2009.

The Red Sox opened the season with a postponement due to rain. However, on April 7, the season began at Fenway with the first pitch being thrown by Edward Kennedy, who later died in August.[2] The Red Sox got off to a slow start, going 2–6 in the first eight games. However, the Sox won 11 straight games beginning on April 15. The win streak was Boston's longest since 2006 when they had a 12-game win streak.[3] A highlight of the streak was Jacoby Ellsbury's steal of home on April 26 to cap off a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees.[4] They finished April with a record of 14–8 and tied with the Toronto Blue Jays for the division lead. Also, Jerry Remy, NESN color commentator, had surgery to remove a small area of cancer on his lung. While recovering he also got pneumonia. He also was suffering from fatigue and depression. These are the people who filled in for him: Dennis Eckersley, Dave Roberts, Buck Martinez, Tony Massarotti, Rance Mulliniks, Rex Hudler, Ron Coomer, Ken Rosenthal, Kevin Kennedy, Dwight Evans, Sean Casey, Jim Kaat, Gordon Edes, Bob Montgomery, Frank Viola, Sean McAdam, Brian Daubach, and Rick Dempsey.

The team flattened out in May, going 15–14 in the month and falling to third in the division behind the Yankees and the Blue Jays. Through the first two months of the season, slugger David Ortiz struggled, batting .185 with one home run. Additionally, pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was placed on the disabled list after just two starts with an injury that manager Terry Francona attributed to his participation in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Off the field, announcer Jerry Remy, of NESN television, was replaced by Dennis Eckersley beginning on May 6 as Remy began undergoing cancer treatment. Despite these struggles, the Red Sox set an American League record, tying the Major League record, on May 7 by scoring 12 runs without recording an out during the 6th inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians.[5]

The Red Sox took the division lead, and improved to the second-best record in MLB, during June. Through the first half of the month, the Sox played four division leaders, the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies, winning three of the four series and sweeping both the Tigers and Yankees. By sweeping the Yankees, the Sox improved to 8–0 against the team, the best record against them since sweeping the 14-game season series against them in 1912.[6] At the All-Star break, the Red Sox had the second best record in Major League Baseball and held a three-game lead in the division.

The Red Sox faltered after the All-Star break, losing five of six on the road to the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers and batting .192 and scoring 13 runs. In response to the poor offensive performance and to make room for Jed Lowrie's return from injury, Julio Lugo was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash and two minor-league players were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Adam LaRoche on July 22, and on July 25 Mark Kotsay was designated for assignment.[7] The Red Sox made a move at the trade deadline, July 31, to acquire catcher Victor Martinez from the Cleveland Indians for pitchers Justin Masterson, Nick Hagadone, and Bryan Price.[8] They also traded Adam LaRoche to the Atlanta Braves for Casey Kotchman.[8] After winning the first eight games of the season against their rival Yankees in the first half of the season, the Red Sox lost nine of the next ten to finish the season 9–9 against them.

One of the stranger victories for the Sox came on August 14 against the Texas Rangers.[9] Going into the top of the 9th inning, the home Rangers were leading 4–2. Jacoby Ellsbury drove in David Ortiz to pull within one run and Jason Varitek was left on second base with no outs. Pitcher, Clay Buchholz came in to pinch run for Varitek with no outs. Dustin Pedroia doubled, but the inexperienced, and potentially tying run, Buchholz, was thrown out at the plate as he hesitated between second and third before attempting to score. All was shortly forgotten when the team scored five more runs to win 8–4. On August 21, Jacoby Ellsbury tied the record for the Red Sox single season record for stolen bases (54), in a game against the New York Yankees, a record previously held by Tommy Harper. Ellsbury then broke the record with his 55th steal on August 25, against the Chicago White Sox.

Opening Day lineup

Gold Glove first baseman Kevin Youkilis
46Jacoby EllsburyCF
15Dustin Pedroia2B
34David OrtizDH
20Kevin Youkilis1B
7J. D. DrewRF
44Jason BayLF
25Mike Lowell3B
12Jed LowrieSS
33Jason VaritekC
19Josh BeckettP

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 0.636 — 57–24 46–35
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 8 56–25 39–42
Tampa Bay Rays 8478 0.519 19 52–29 32–49
Toronto Blue Jays 7587 0.463 28 44–37 31–50
Baltimore Orioles 6498 0.395 39 39–42 25–56
AL Wild Card		 W L Pct. GB Strk. E#
Boston Red Sox9567.586—W4—
Texas Rangers8775.5378L2E

Record vs. opponents

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–2–165–42–53–54–42–83–25–131–54–58–105–59–911–7
Boston16–2–4–47–26–15–34–54–29–95–52–49–92–711–711–7
Chicago4–54−4–10–89–99–95–46−123–44–54–56–22–41–612–6
Cleveland5–22–78–10–4–1410–82–48–103–52–56–45–31–84–45–13
Detroit5–31–69–914–4–9–95–47–121–55–45–45–27–23–510–8
Kansas City4–43–59–98–109–9–1–96–122–42–65–41–93–34–38–10
Los Angeles8–25–44–54–24–59–1–6–45–512–710–94–28–114–414–4
Minnesota2–32–412–610–812–712–64–6–0–74–65–53–36–43–512–6
New York13–59–94–35–35–14–25–57–0–7–26–411–75–412–610–8
Oakland5–15–55–45–24–56–27–126–42–7–5–146–411–83–65–13
Seattle5–44–25–44–64–54–59–105–54–614–5–5–38–113–411–7
Tampa Bay10–89–92–63–52–59–12–43–37–114–63–5–3–614–413–5
Texas5–57–24–28–12–73–311–84–64–58–1111–86–3–5–59–9
Toronto9–97–116–14–45–33–44–45–36–126–34–34–145–5–7–11
Red Sox vs. National League East
Team ATL FLA NYM PHI WSH
Boston 4–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1

Notable transactions

Detailed record

Game log

Legend
Red Sox win Red Sox loss Game postponed
2009 game log
April (14–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
April 6RaysPostponed
1April 7Rays5–3Beckett (1–0)Shields (0–1)Papelbon (1)37,0571–0
2April 8Rays7–2Kazmir (1–0)Lester (0–1)Balfour (1)37,5521–1
3April 9Rays4–3Garza (1–0)Matsuzaka (0–1)Percival (1)37,7841–2
4April 10@ Angels6–3Weaver (1–0)Wakefield (0–1)Shields (1)41,3851–3
5April 11@ Angels5–4Penny (1–0)Saunders (1–1)Papelbon (2)40,1632–3
6April 12@ Angels5–4Moseley (1–0)Beckett (1–1)Fuentes (2)38,0762–4
7April 13@ Athletics8–2Braden (1–1)Lester (0–2)21,3312–5
8April 14@ Athletics6 – 5 (12)Gallagher (1–0)López (0–1)22,1322–6
9April 15@ Athletics8–2Wakefield (1–1)Anderson (0–2)35,0673–6
10April 17Orioles10–8Ramírez (1–0)Báez (0–1)Papelbon (3)38,2664–6
11April 18Orioles6–4Beckett (2–1)Eaton (0–2)Papelbon (4)37,5595–6
12April 19Orioles2–1Lester (1–2)Uehara (2–1)Saito (1)37,8696–6
13April 20Orioles12–1Masterson (1–0)Hendrickson (1–2)37,8657–6
April 21TwinsPostponed
14April 22Twins10 – 1 (8)Wakefield (2–1)Baker (0–2)8–6
15April 22Twins7–3Penny (2–0)Liriano (0–4)37,4949–6
16April 24Yankees5 – 4 (11)Ramírez (2–0)Marte (0–1)38,16310–6
17April 25Yankees16–11Okajima (1–0)Albaladejo (1–1)37,69911–6
18April 26Yankees4–1Masterson (2–0)Pettitte (2–1)Saito (2)38,15412–6
19April 27@ Indians3–1Delcarmen (1–0)Wood (0–1)Papelbon (5)18,65213–6
20April 28@ Indians9–8Wood (1–1)López (0–2)19,61313–7
21April 29@ Indians6 – 5 (10)Okajima (2–0)Lewis (2–3)Papelbon (6)19,13714–7
22April 30@ Rays13–0Garza (2–2)Beckett (2–2)20,34114–8
May (15–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1@ Rays6–2Sonnanstine (1–3)Masterson (2–1)27,04514–9
24May 2@ Rays10–6Wakefield (3–1)Niemann (2–3)34,91015–9
25May 3@ Rays5–3Shields (3–2)Penny (2–1)Percival (3)32,33215–10
26May 4@ Yankees6–4Lester (2–2)Hughes (1–1)Papelbon (7)46,42616–10
27May 5@ Yankees7–3Beckett (3–2)Chamberlain (1–1)46,81017–10
28May 6Indians9–2Pavano (2–3)Masterson (2–2)Laffey (1)37,88817–11
29May 7Indians13–3Wakefield (4–1)Sowers (0–1)37,54118–11
30May 8Rays7–3Penny (3–1)Shields (3–3)37,74519–11
31May 9Rays14–5Kazmir (4–3)Lester (2–3)Cormier (1)37,77319–12
32May 10Rays4–3Ramírez (3–0)Shouse (1–1)Papelbon (8)37,75920–12
33May 12@ Angels4–3Ramírez (4–0)Shields (1–3)Papelbon (9)33,41121–12
34May 13@ Angels8–4Palmer (4–0)Wakefield (4–2)35,66621–13
35May 14@ Angels5 – 4 (12)Bulger (1–1)Delcarmen (1–1)35,12421–14
36May 15@ Mariners5–4Jakubauskas (2–4)Lester (2–4)Aardsma (4)34,95221–15
37May 16@ Mariners5–3Beckett (4–2)Olson (0–1)Papelbon (10)42,58922–15
38May 17@ Mariners3–2Aardsma (1–1)Ramírez (4–1)40,83322–16
39May 19Blue Jays2–1Wakefield (5–2)Tallet (2–2)Papelbon (11)37,83023–16
40May 20Blue Jays8–3Penny (4–1)Cecil (2–1)38,09924–16
41May 21Blue Jays5–1Lester (3–4)Ray (1–2)38,34725–16
42May 22Mets5–3Santana (6–2)Matsuzaka (0–2)Rodríguez (12)38,09225–17
43May 23Mets3–2Feliciano (1–1)Papelbon (0–1)Putz (2)37,87125–18
44May 24Mets12–5Wakefield (6–2)Redding (0–1)37,44626–18
45May 25@ Twins6–5Penny (5–1)Liriano (2–6)Papelbon (12)27,63627–18
46May 26@ Twins5–2Blackburn (4–2)Lester (3–5)Nathan (7)20,01927–19
47May 27@ Twins4–2Slowey (7–1)Matsuzaka (0–3)Nathan (8)28,22127–20
48May 28@ Twins3–1Beckett (5–2)Swarzak (1–1)Papelbon (13)23,95828–20
49May 29@ Blue Jays6–3Janssen (1–1)Wakefield (6–3)Downs (6)32,02628–21
50May 30@ Blue Jays5–3Tallet (3–3)Ramírez (4–2)Downs (7)35,48428–22
51May 31@ Blue Jays8–2Lester (4–5)Romero (2–2)30,49629–22
June (18–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 2@ Tigers5–1Matsuzaka (1–3)Porcello (6–4)25,91430–22
53June 3@ Tigers10–5Beckett (6–2)Galarraga (3–6)29,24031–22
54June 4@ Tigers6–3Wakefield (7–3)Willis (1–3)Papelbon (14)31,35332–22
55June 5Rangers5–1Millwood (5–4)Penny (5–2)37,51932–23
56June 6Rangers8–1Lester (5–5)Holland (1–3)37,82833–23
57June 7Rangers6–3Padilla (4–3)Matsuzaka (1–4)Wilson (5)37,53733–24
58June 9Yankees7–0Beckett (7–2)Burnett (4–3)37,88334–24
59June 10Yankees6–5Wakefield (8–3)Wang (0–4)Papelbon (15)38,12135–24
60June 11Yankees4–3Saito (1–0)Sabathia (5–4)Papelbon (16)38,15336–24
61June 12@ Phillies5 – 2 (13)Saito (2–0)Kendrick (0–1)Bard (1)45,32137–24
62June 13@ Phillies11–6Okajima (3–0)Bastardo (2–1)45,20238–24
63June 14@ Phillies11–6Park (3–1)Beckett (7–3)45,14138–25
64June 16Marlins8–2Wakefield (9–3)Volstad (4–7)38,14939–25
65June 17Marlins6–1Penny (6–2)Miller (2–3)38,19640–25
66June 18Marlins2 – 1 (6)Nolasco (3–6)Lester (5–6)37,57740–26
67June 19Braves8–2Kawakami (4–6)Matsuzaka (1–5)37,70340–27
68June 20Braves3–0Beckett (8–3)Lowe (7–5)38,02941–27
69June 21Braves6–5Papelbon (1–1)Bennett (2–4)37,24342–27
70June 23@ Nationals11–3Delcarmen (2–1)Tavárez (3–5)41,51743–27
71June 24@ Nationals6–4Lester (6–6)Stammen (1–3)Papelbon (17)41,53044–27
72June 25@ Nationals9–3Zimmermann (3–3)Smoltz (0–1)41,98544–28
73June 26@ Braves4–1Beckett (9–3)Jurrjens (5–6)48,41845–28
74June 27@ Braves1–0Wakefield (10–3)Vázquez (5–7)Papelbon (18)48,15146–28
75June 28@ Braves2–1Hanson (4–0)Penny (6–3)González (9)41,46346–29
76June 29@ Orioles4–0Lester (7–6)Berken (1–5)Papelbon (19)36,54847–29
77June 30@ Orioles11–10Hendrickson (3–4)Saito (2–1)Sherrill (17)31,96947–30
July (13–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1@ Orioles6 – 5 (11)Ramírez (5–2)Báez (4–2)Papelbon (20)29,39148–30
79July 3Mariners7 – 6 (11)Jakubauskas (5–5)Ramírez (5–3)Lowe (1)38,07848–31
80July 4Mariners3–2Corcoran (2–0)Saito (2–2)Aardsma (17)37,65648–32
81July 5Mariners8–4Masterson (3–2)Batista (5–3)37,69149–32
82July 6Athletics6–0Anderson (5–7)Smoltz (0–2)38,29449–33
83July 7Athletics5–2Beckett (10–3)Eveland (1–3)Papelbon (21)37,67650–33
84July 8Athletics5–4Wakefield (11–3)Cahill (5–8)Papelbon (22)37,98151–33
85July 9Royals8–6Hochevar (5–3)Masterson (3–3)Soria (14)38,18951–34
86July 10Royals1–0Lester (8–6)Bannister (6–7)Papelbon (23)38,11652–34
87July 11Royals15–9Smoltz (1–2)Meche (4–9)37,82553–34
88July 12Royals6–0Beckett (11–3)Chen (0–4)37,61254–34
All-Star Break: AL def. NL at Busch Stadium, 4–3
89July 17@ Blue Jays4–1Buchholz (1–0)Romero (7–4)Papelbon (24)32,92855–34
90July 18@ Blue Jays6–2Rzepczynski (1–1)Penny (6–4)36,92655–35
91July 19@ Blue Jays3–1Halladay (11–3)Lester (8–7)36,53455–36
92July 20@ Rangers6–3Millwood (9–7)Smoltz (1–3)Wilson (8)28,91655–37
93July 21@ Rangers4–2Hunter (9–7)Beckett (11–4)Wilson (9)28,55555–38
94July 22@ Rangers3–1Nippert (2–0)Buchholz (1–1)Mathis (1)39,77855–39
95July 24Orioles3–1Penny (7–4)Bergesen (6–5)Papelbon (25)38,05856–39
96July 25Orioles7–2Lester (9–7)Guthrie (7–9)38,06357–39
97July 26Orioles6–2Hernandez (3–2)Smoltz (1–4)37,60657–40
98July 27Athletics8–2Beckett (12–4)Cahill (6–9)37,95558–40
99July 28Athletics9 – 8 (11)Berslow (4–4)Delcarmen (2–2)Bailey (12)38,08458–41
100July 29Athletics8–6Anderson (6–8)Penny (7–5)Bailey (13)38,19358–42
101July 30Athletics8–5Delcarmen (3–2)Breslow (4–5)Papelbon (26)37,91959–42
102July 31@ Orioles6–5Smoltz (2–4)Guthrie (7–10)Papelbon (27)44,09160–42
August (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1@ Orioles4–0Beckett (13–4)Hernandez (3–3)49,38461–42
104August 2@ Orioles18–10Delcarmen (4–2)Berken (1–9)43,11562–42
105August 4@ Rays4 – 2 (13)Cormier (2–1)Saito (2–3)29,87362–43
106August 5@ Rays6–4Price (5–4)Penny (7–6)Howell (12)31,51762–44
107August 6@ Yankees13–6Chamberlain (8–2)Smoltz (2–5)49,00562–45
108August 7@ Yankees2 – 0 (15)Coke (3–3)Tazawa (0–1)48,26262–46
109August 8@ Yankees5–0Sabathia (12–7)Buchholz (1–2)48,79662–47
110August 9@ Yankees5–2Coke (4–3)Bard (0–1)Rivera (32)48,19062–48
111August 10Tigers6–5Ramírez (6–3)Miner (5–2)Papelbon (28)37,96063–48
112August 11Tigers7–5Tazawa (1–1)Lambert (0–1)38,01364–48
113August 12Tigers8–2Beckett (14–4)Miner (5–3)38,12465–48
114August 13Tigers2–0Verlander (13–6)Buchholz (1–3)Rodney (24)37,55665–49
115August 14@ Rangers8–4Saito (3–3)Francisco (2–2)40,31166–49
116August 15@ Rangers7–2Holland (6–7)Penny (7–7)Feliz (1)48,20166–50
117August 16@ Rangers4–3Nippert (4–1)Tazawa (1–2)Francisco (17)27,15566–51
118August 18@ Blue Jays10–9Okajima (4–0)Janssen (2–4)Papelbon (29)25,47267–51
119August 19@ Blue Jays6–1Buchholz (2–3)Halladay (13–6)25,92568–51
120August 20@ Blue Jays8–1Lester (10–7)Cecil (5–2)22,81769–51
121August 21Yankees20–11Pettitte (10–6)Penny (7–8)37,86969–52
122August 22Yankees14–1Tazawa (2–2)Burnett (10–7)37,27770–52
123August 23Yankees8–4Sabathia (15–7)Beckett (14–5)38,00870–53
124August 24White Sox12–8Ramírez (6–3)Contreras (5–7)37,81271–53
125August 25White Sox6–3Delcarmen (5–2)Linebrink (3–6)Papelbon (30)38,05972–53
126August 26White Sox3–2Bard (1–1)Peña (6–5)37,83973–53
127August 27White Sox9–5Danks (12–8)Tazawa (2–3)38,00373–54
128August 28Blue Jays6–5Okajima (5–0)Tallet (5–8)Papelbon (31)37,84474–54
129August 29Blue Jays3–2Buchholz (3–3)Romero (11–6)Papelbon (32)37,45275–54
130August 30Blue Jays7–0Byrd (1–0)Halladay (13–8)37,56076–54
September (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1@ Rays8–4Lester (11–7)Sonnanstine (6–8)Papelbon (33)17,69277–54
132September 2@ Rays8–5Howell (7–4)Ramírez (7–4)Wheeler (2)19,14877–55
133September 3@ Rays6–3Buchholz (4–3)Price (7–7)Papelbon (34)20,82378–55
134September 4@ White Sox12–2García (1–2)Byrd (1–1)28,83978–56
135September 5@ White Sox5–1Floyd (11–9)Wakefield (11–4)33,23976–57
136September 6@ White Sox6–1Lester (12–7)Danks (12–9)32,13479–57
137September 7@ White Sox5–1Buehrle (12–7)Beckett (14–6)22,51179–58
138September 8Orioles10–0Buchholz (5–3)Hernandez (4–7)37,64780–58
139September 9Orioles7–5Wagner (1–0)Albers (2–5)Papelbon (35)37,71281–58
September 11RaysPostponed
140September 12Rays9 – 1 (6)Beckett (15–6)Davis (0–1)37,75582–58
141September 13Rays3–1Okajima (6–0)Garza (7–10)Papelbon (36)38,22883–58
142September 13Rays4–0Lester (13–7)Shields (9–11)37,27184–58
143September 15Angels4–1Matsuzaka (2–5)Lackey (10–8)37,94285–58
144September 16Angels9–8Bard (2–1)Fuentes (1–5)37,70686–58
145September 17Angels4–3Jepsen (6–3)Wagner (1–1)Fuentes (42)38,15786–59
146September 18@ Orioles3–1Buchholz (6–3)Guthrie (10–15)Papelbon (37)26,81287–59
147September 19@ Orioles11–5Lester (14–7)Albers (2–6)39,28588–59
148September 20@ Orioles9–3Matsuzaka (3–5)Berken (5–12)27,54689–59
149September 21@ Royals12–9Yabuta (2–1)Bard (2–2)Soria (27)16,77089–60
150September 22@ Royals5–1Greinke (15–8)Byrd (1–2)Soria (28)21,22889–61
151September 23@ Royals9–2Beckett (16–6)Hochevar (7–11)18,98990–61
152September 24@ Royals10–3Buchholz (7–3)Lerew (0–1)20,80791–61
153September 25@ Yankees9–5Chamberlain (9–6)Lester (14–8)48,44991–62
154September 26@ Yankees3–0Sabathia (19–7)Matsuzaka (3–6)Rivera (43)48,80991–63
155September 27@ Yankees4–2Pettitte (14–7)Byrd (1–3)Rivera (44)47,57691–64
156September 28Blue Jays11 – 5 (7)Richmond (8–10)Bowden (0–1)37,59191–65
157September 29Blue Jays8–7Romero (13–9)Buchholz (7–4)Frasor (11)37,61891–66
158September 30Blue Jays12–0Halladay (17–10)Wakefield (11–5)37,24691–67
October (4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1Indians3–0Lester (15–8)Carrasco (0–4)Papelbon (38)37,45992–67
160October 2Indians6–2Matsuzaka (4–6)Sowers (6–11)37,78793–67
161October 3Indians11–6Beckett (17–6)Laffey (7–9)37,56294–67
162October 4Indians12–7Bowden (1–1)Ohka (1–5)37,24795–67
2009 postseason game log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordBox
1October 8@ Angels5–0Lackey (1–0)Lester (0–1)Angel Stadium of Anaheim45,0700–1
2October 9@ Angels4–1Weaver (1–0)Beckett (0–1)Fuentes (1)Angel Stadium of Anaheim45,2230–2
3October 11Angels7–6Oliver (1–0)Papelbon (0–1)Fuentes (2)Fenway Park38,7040–3

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Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Brian Anderson 21 17 7 5 0 0 2 5 .294 0
Jeff Bailey 26 77 14 16 3 2 3 9 .208 0
Rocco Baldelli 62 150 23 38 4 1 7 23 .253 1
Daniel Bard 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Aaron Bates 5 11 2 4 2 0 0 2 .364 0
Jason Bay 151 531 103 142 29 3 36 119 .267 13
Josh Beckett 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .200 0
Dusty Brown 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333 0
Clay Buchholz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Chris Carter 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Manny Delcarmen 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
J. D. Drew 137 452 84 126 30 4 24 68 .279 2
Jacoby Ellsbury 153 624 94 188 27 10 8 60 .301 70
Joey Gathright 17 16 7 5 0 0 0 0 .313 1
Álex González 44 148 26 42 10 0 5 15 .284 2
Nick Green 103 276 35 65 18 0 6 35 .236 1
Casey Kotchman 39 87 9 19 3 0 1 7 .218 1
Mark Kotsay 27 74 4 19 2 0 1 5 .257 1
George Kottaras 45 93 15 22 11 0 1 10 .237 0
Adam LaRoche 6 19 2 5 2 0 1 3 .263 0
Jon Lester 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Javier López 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Mike Lowell 119 445 54 129 29 1 17 75 .290 2
Jed Lowrie 32 68 5 10 2 0 2 11 .147 0
Julio Lugo 37 109 16 31 4 1 1 8 .284 3
Víctor Martínez 56 211 32 71 12 0 8 41 .336 1
Justin Masterson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Daisuke Matsuzaka 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Hideki Okajima 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
David Ortiz 150 541 77 129 35 1 28 99 .238 0
Jonathan Papelbon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Dustin Pedroia 154 626 115 185 48 1 15 72 .298 20
Brad Penny 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ramón Ramírez 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Josh Reddick 27 59 5 10 4 0 2 4 .169 0
Takashi Saito 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
John Smoltz 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jonathan Van Every 7 11 1 4 0 0 1 3 .364 0
Jason Varitek 109 364 41 76 24 0 14 51 .209 0
Gil Velazquez 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Tim Wakefield 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0
Chris Woodward 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 .083 0
Kevin Youkilis 136 491 99 150 36 1 27 94 .305 7
Team Totals 162 5543 872 1495 335 25 212 822 .270 126

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home Run Allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER HR BB K
Daniel Bard 2 2 3.65 49 0 1 49.1 24 20 5 22 63
Josh Beckett 17 6 3.86 32 32 0 212.1 99 91 25 55 199
Michael Bowden 1 1 9.56 8 1 0 16.0 17 17 3 6 12
Dusty Brown 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Clay Buchholz 7 4 4.21 16 16 0 92.0 44 43 13 36 68
Paul Byrd 1 3 5.82 7 6 0 34.0 22 22 4 11 11
Fernando Cabrera 0 0 8.44 6 0 0 5.1 5 5 0 4 8
Manny Delcarmen 5 2 4.53 64 0 0 59.2 34 30 5 34 44
Enrique González 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 3.2 2 2 1 2 1
Nick Green 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 3 0
Hunter Jones 0 0 9.24 11 0 0 12.2 13 13 3 7 9
Jon Lester 15 8 3.41 32 32 0 203.1 80 77 20 64 225
Javier López 0 2 9.26 14 0 0 11.2 13 12 1 9 5
Justin Masterson 3 3 4.50 31 6 0 72.0 38 36 7 25 67
Daisuke Matsuzaka 4 6 5.76 12 12 0 59.1 38 38 10 30 54
Hideki Okajima 6 0 3.39 68 0 0 61.1 23 23 8 21 53
Jonathan Papelbon 1 1 1.85 66 0 38 68.0 15 14 5 24 76
Brad Penny 7 8 5.61 24 24 0 131.2 89 82 17 42 89
Ramón Ramírez 7 4 2.84 70 0 0 69.2 26 22 7 32 52
Dustin Richardson 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 1 1
Takashi Saito 3 3 2.43 56 0 2 55.2 16 15 6 25 52
John Smoltz 2 5 8.33 8 8 0 40.0 37 37 8 9 33
Junichi Tazawa 2 3 7.46 6 4 0 25.1 23 21 4 9 13
Billy Traber 0 0 12.27 1 0 0 3.2 5 5 2 1 1
Jonathan Van Every 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Billy Wagner 1 1 1.98 15 0 0 13.2 5 3 1 7 22
Tim Wakefield 11 5 4.58 21 21 0 129.2 67 66 12 50 72
Team Totals 95 67 4.35 162 162 41 1436.2 736 695 167 530 1230

Awards and honors

Awards
All-Star Game[29]
Starters
Reserves

Other

Recognition

Farm system

The Class A-Advanced affiliate changed from the Lancaster JetHawks to the Salem Red Sox.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ron Johnson
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Arnie Beyeler
A-Advanced Salem Red Sox Carolina League Chad Epperson
A Greenville Drive South Atlantic League Kevin Boles
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Gary DiSarcina
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Dave Tomlin
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League José Zapata

Source:[31][32]

References

  1. ↑ "Boston Red Sox Managers (1908–2009) by Baseball Almanac". Archived from the original on May 10, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox – Recap – April 07, 2009 – ESPN
  3. ↑ Bay's 3-run HR helps Red Sox beat Indians, win 11th straight
  4. ↑ Red Sox run off with three-game sweep of Yankees to win 10th straight
  5. ↑ Bay's three-run homer part of offensive outburst by BoSox
  6. ↑ Drew keys Red Sox's decisive rally in eighth
  7. ↑ Boston Red Sox Transactions
  8. 1 2 Red Sox deal three for Victor Martinez
  9. ↑ Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers – Play By Play – August 14, 2009 – ESPN
  10. ↑ Ramon Ramirez Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  11. 1 2 Brad Penny Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  12. ↑ Nick Green Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  13. ↑ Rocco Baldelli Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  14. ↑ Mark Kotsay Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  15. ↑ Takashi Saito Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  16. 1 2 John Smoltz Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  17. ↑ Jonathan Van Every Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  18. ↑ Adam LaRoche Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  19. ↑ Chris Duncan Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  20. ↑ Brian Anderson Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  21. ↑ Casey Kotchman Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  22. ↑ Victor Martinez Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  23. ↑ Paul Byrd Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  24. ↑ Chris Woodward Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  25. ↑ Álex González Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  26. ↑ Chris Duncan Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  27. ↑ Billy Wagner Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  28. ↑ Joey Gathright Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  29. ↑ 2009 All-Star Game | MLB.com: Events
  30. ↑ Friedman, Dick (December 22, 2009). "2000s: Top 10 GMs/Executives". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  31. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  32. ↑ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 2009. pp. 529–549. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
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