2009 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place4th
OwnersLewis Wolff
General managersBilly Beane
ManagersBob Geren
TelevisionCSN California
Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse
RadioXtra Sports 860
Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse
Seasons

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.

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.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9765 0.599 — 49–32 48–33
Texas Rangers 8775 0.537 10 48–33 39–42
Seattle Mariners 8577 0.525 12 48–33 37–44
Oakland Athletics 7587 0.463 22 40–41 35–46

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

Roster

2009 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

2009 Game Log
April (8–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Angels3–0Saunders (1–0)Braden (0–1)Fuentes (1)43,2200–1
2April 7@ Angels6–4Wuertz (1–0)Jepsen (0–1)Ziegler (1)43,3961–1
3April 8@ Angels6–4Bailey (1–0)Fuentes (0–1)Ziegler (2)43,2832–1
April 9@ AngelsPostponed (death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart; rescheduled for August 27)
4April 10Mariners5–4Jakubauskas (1–0)Anderson (0–1)Aardsma (1)36,0672–2
5April 11Mariners8–5Batista (1–0)Casilla (0–1)Morrow (2)19,5602–3
6April 12Mariners1–0Bédard (1–0)Cahill (0–1)Aardsma (2)12,1272–4
7April 13Red Sox8–2Braden (1–1)Lester (0–2)21,3313–4
8April 14Red Sox6 – 5 (12)Gallagher (1–0)López (0–1)22,1324–4
9April 15Red Sox8–2Wakefield (1–1)Anderson (0–2)35,0674–5
10April 17@ Blue Jays8–5Bailey (2–0)League (1–1)Ziegler (3)18,2725–5
11April 18@ Blue Jays4 – 2 (12)Frasor (2–0)Giese (0–1)21,6985–6
12April 19@ Blue Jays1–0Romero (2–0)Braden (1–2)Ryan (2)22,1645–7
April 20@ YankeesPostponed (rain; rescheduled for July 23)
13April 21@ Yankees5–3Pettitte (2–0)Eveland (0–1)Rivera (4)42,0655–8
14April 22@ Yankees9 – 7 (14)Veras (1–1)Giese (0–2)43,3425–9
15April 24Rays8–2Kazmir (3–1)Cahill (0–2)20,1405–10
16April 25Rays5–2Braden (2–2)Garza (1–2)Ziegler (4)15,4326–10
17April 26Rays7–1Eveland (1–1)Sonnanstine (0–3)18,6897–10
18April 28@ Rangers5–4Millwood (2–2)Wuertz (1–1)Francisco (6)12,6277–11
April 29@ RangersPostponed (rain; rescheduled for May 29)
19April 30@ Rangers4–2Braden (3–2)Padilla (1–2)Wuertz (1)13,8028–11
May (11–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
20May 1@ Mariners8–7Kelley (1–1)Springer (0–1)25,7608–12
21May 2@ Mariners3–2Bailey (3–0)Aardsma (0–1)Wuertz (2)29,4849–12
22May 3@ Mariners8 – 7 (15)Vargas (1–0)Eveland (1–2)29,9639–13
23May 4Angels5–2Saunders (4–1)Anderson (0–3)Fuentes (6)10,3979–14
24May 5Angels5–3Loux (2–2)Braden (3–3)Fuentes (7)13,2989–15
25May 6Rangers3–2Feldman (2–0)Giese (0–3)Francisco (9)15,3429–16
26May 7Rangers9–4Cahill (1–2)McCarthy (3–1)13,70210–16
27May 8Blue Jays5–3Wuertz (2–1)Richmond (4–1)Bailey (1)14,10311–16
28May 9Blue Jays6–4Tallet (2–1)Gallagher (1–1)15,81711–17
29May 10Blue Jays5–0Cecil (1–0)Braden (3–4)15,12611–18
30May 12Royals12–3Cahill (2–2)Hochevar (0–1)10,15612–18
31May 13Royals7–2Outman (1–0)Bannister (3–1)16,05713–18
32May 15@ Tigers14–1Jackson (3–2)Anderson (0–4)26,77013–19
33May 16@ Tigers9–1Porcello (4–3)Braden (3–5)31,55413–20
34May 17@ Tigers11–7Miner (3–1)Cahill (2–3)27,53513–21
35May 18@ Rays13–4Niemann (4–3)Gallagher (1–2)11,42013–22
36May 19@ Rays4 – 1 (11)Casilla (1–1)Wheeler (1–1)12,84214–22
37May 20@ Rays7–6Anderson (1–4)Kazmir (4–4)Ziegler (5)13,72115–22
38May 21@ Rays6–5Nelson (1–0)Ziegler (0–1)14,37415–23
39May 22Diamondbacks2–1Buckner (1–0)Cahill (2–4)Rauch (2)13,58615–24
40May 23Diamondbacks8 – 7 (11)Peña (4–1)Breslow (1–3)Qualls (11)21,29515–25
41May 24Diamondbacks6–2Outman (2–0)Garland (4–3)13,79216–25
42May 25Mariners6–1Anderson (2–4)Jakubauskas (3–5)Cameron (1)15,28017–25
43May 26Mariners4–3Braden (4–5)Batista (2–1)Bailey (2)10,37118–25
44May 27Mariners6–1Bédard (3–2)Cahill (2–5)30,01218–26
45May 29@ Rangers6–3Wilson (3–2)Casilla (1–2)Francisco (11)18–27
46May 29@ Rangers5–2Feldman (4–0)É. González (0–1)Wilson (4)30,49618–28
47May 30@ Rangers14–1McCarthy (5–2)Anderson (2–5)45,32518–29
48May 31@ Rangers5–4Bailey (4–0)Francisco (1–1)22,95219–29
June (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1@ White Sox6–2Thornton (3–1)Breslow (1–4)26,03819–30
50June 2@ White Sox5–0Mazzaro (1–0)Colón (3–5)20,51920–30
51June 3@ White Sox5–3Outman (3–0)Richard (2–1)Bailey (3)23,20721–30
52June 4@ White Sox7–0Anderson (3–5)Buehrle (6–2)18,21922–30
53June 5Orioles9–1Braden (5–5)Guthrie (4–5)12,60823–30
54June 6Orioles9–4Cahill (3–5)Berken (1–2)20,26724–30
55June 7Orioles3–0Mazzaro (2–0)Hill (2–1)Bailey (4)17,20825–30
56June 8Twins4–3Outman (4–0)Ayala (1–2)Bailey (5)10,18126–30
57June 9Twins10–5Baker (4–6)Anderson (3–6)Nathan (12)10,12726–31
58June 10Twins6–3Guerrier (3–0)Bailey (4–1)Nathan (13)18,07426–32
59June 11Twins4–3Ziegler (1–1)Henn (0–2)13,38327–32
60June 12@ Giants3–0Lincecum (6–1)Mazzaro (2–1)36,03527–33
61June 13@ Giants5–2Johnson (6–5)Outman (4–1)Wilson (17)37,87427–34
62June 14@ Giants7–1Cain (9–1)Anderson (3–7)37,72827–35
63June 16@ Dodgers5 – 4 (10)Mota (3–1)Ziegler (1–2)41,16927–36
64June 17@ Dodgers5–4Cahill (4–5)Kuroda (1–3)Bailey (6)46,27428–36
65June 18@ Dodgers3–2Leach (2–0)Ziegler (1–3)Troncoso (4)50,49228–37
66June 19@ Padres7–5Wuertz (3–1)Mujica (2–2)Bailey (7)20,01929–37
67June 20@ Padres6–3Wuertz (4–1)Meredith (4–1)Bailey (8)28,07430–37
68June 21@ Padres4–1Correia (4–5)Braden (5–6)Bell (19)24,24930–38
69June 22Giants5–1Cahill (5–5)Sánchez (2–8)Ziegler (6)27,32431–38
70June 23Giants4–1Lincecum (7–2)Mazzaro (2–2)32,85431–39
71June 24Giants6–3Johnson (7–5)G. Gonzalez (0–1)Wilson (20)35,06731–40
72June 26Rockies4–2Hammel (5–3)Braden (5–7)Street (17)20,87231–41
73June 27Rockies11–9de la Rosa (4–7)Cahill (5–6)Street (18)18,62431–42
74June 28Rockies3–1Cook (8–3)Mazzaro (2–3)Street (19)15,70131–43
75June 29Tigers7–1Anderson (4–7)Porcello (8–5)10,56332–43
76June 30Tigers5–3Galarraga (5–7)G. Gonzalez (0–2)12,12632–44
July (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Tigers5–1Braden (6–7)Verlander (8–4)21,23833–44
78July 3@ Indians15–3Huff (4–3)Cahill (5–7)26,55733–45
79July 4@ Indians5–2Pavano (7–7)Mazzaro (2–4)Wood (10)24,50133–46
80July 5@ Indians5–2G. Gonzalez (1–2)Lee (4–7)Bailey (9)19,10534–46
81July 6@ Red Sox6–0Anderson (5–7)Smoltz (0–2)38,29435–46
82July 7@ Red Sox5–2Beckett (10–3)Eveland (1–3)Papelbon (21)37,67635–47
83July 8@ Red Sox5–4Wakefield (11–3)Cahill (5–8)Papelbon (22)37,98135–48
84July 10@ Rays6–0Niemann (8–4)Mazzaro (2–5)20,35835–49
85July 11@ Rays7–2Braden (7–7)Garza (6–7)33,27336–49
86July 12@ Rays7–3Wuertz (5–1)Wheeler (3–2)Bailey (10)29,72737–49
87July 16Angels6–2Santana (2–3)Braden (7–8)Fuentes (27)11,11337–50
88July 17Angels7–3Breslow (2–4)Saunders (8–6)17,14738–50
89July 18Angels11–6Oliver (4–0)Mazzaro (2–6)16,47538–51
90July 19Angels1 – 0 (10)Lackey (5–4)Bailey (4–2)Fuentes (28)18,53938–52
91July 20Twins14–13Breslow (3–4)Mijares (0–2)Wuertz (3)10,28339–52
92July 21Twins3 – 2 (10)Guerrier (5–0)Bailey (4–3)Nathan (26)12,02739–53
93July 22Twins16–1Cahill (6–8)Perkins (5–6)22,03140–53
94July 23@ Yankees6–3Sabathia (10–6)Mazzaro (2–7)Hughes (1)44,20640–54
95July 24@ Yankees8–3Chamberlain (6–2)Anderson (5–8)46,08640–55
96July 25@ Yankees6–4G. Gonzalez (2–2)Pettitte (8–6)Bailey (11)46,41241–55
97July 26@ Yankees7–5Coke (2–3)Braden (7–9)Rivera (29)46,16341–56
98July 27@ Red Sox8–2Beckett (12–4)Cahill (6–9)37,95541–57
99July 28@ Red Sox9 – 8 (11)Berslow (4–4)Delcarmen (2–2)Bailey (12)38,08442–57
100July 29@ Red Sox8–6Anderson (6–8)Penny (7–5)Bailey (13)38,19343–57
101July 30@ Red Sox8–5Delcarmen (3–2)Breslow (4–5)Papelbon (26)37,91943–58
102July 31Blue Jays8–5Braden (8–9)Richmond (6–6)Bailey (14)12,15144–58
August (14–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1Blue Jays6–5Cecil (5–1)Cahill (6–10)Frasor (4)35,06744–59
104August 2Blue Jays7–2Romero (10–4)Mazzaro (2–8)13,07044–60
105August 3Rangers3–2Wuertz (6–1)Wilson (4–5)10,52345–60
106August 4Rangers6–0G. Gonzalez (3–2)Holland (4–7)10,78146–60
107August 5Rangers7–5Breslow (5–5)Padilla (8–5)Bailey (15)20,56047–60
108August 6Rangers6–4Hunter (4–2)Cahill (6–11)Wilson (13)17,21447–61
109August 7@ Royals9–4Mazzaro (3–8)Bannister (7–8)21,91848–61
110August 8@ Royals12–6Greinke (11–7)Mortensen (0–1)29,81848–62
111August 9@ Royals6–3Anderson (7–8)Hochevar (6–5)Bailey (16)19,43949–62
112August 10@ Orioles9–1G. Gonzalez (4–2)Guthrie (7–12)14,68850–62
113August 11@ Orioles3–2Hernandez (4–4)Cahill (6–12)Johnson (4)23,00650–63
114August 12@ Orioles6–3Mazzaro (4–8)Berken (2–10)Bailey (17)19,12851–63
115August 14White Sox8 – 7 (10)Dotel (2–3)Breslow (5–6)Jenks (24)20,34851–64
116August 15White Sox8–1Floyd (10–7)G. Gonzalez (4–3)17,74251–65
117August 16White Sox2–3Bailey (5–3)Jenks (2–4)20,24152–65
118August 17Yankees3–0Tomko (2–2)Burnett (10–6)Bailey (18)24,40953–65
119August 18Yankees7–2Sabathia (14–7)Marshall (0–1)25,38353–66
120August 19Yankees3–2Aceves (8–1)Anderson (7–9)Rivera (36)35,06753–67
121August 21Tigers3–2Jackson (10–5)G. Gonzalez (4–4)Rodney (26)15,92753–68
122August 22Tigers3–2Bailey (6–3)Miner (5–4)26,26654–68
123August 23Tigers9–4Tomko (3–2)Porcello (10–8)17,69055–68
124August 24@ Mariners3–1Snell (4–9)Mazzaro (4–9)Aardsma (29)21,05655–69
125August 25@ Mariners4–2Lowe (2–6)Breslow (5–7)17,66155–70
126August 26@ Mariners5–3French (4–3)G. Gonzalez (4–5)Aardsma (30)18,69555–71
127August 27@ Angels2–0Cahill (7–12)Santana (7–7)Bailey (19)43,13956–71
128August 28@ Angels11–7Arredondo (2–3)Ziegler (1–4)Fuentes (37)41,91256–72
129August 29@ Angels4–3Ziegler (2–4)Rodríguez (0–1)Bailey (20)43,01157–72
130August 30@ Angels9–1Lackey (9–7)Anderson (7–10)38,01857–73
131August 31Royals8–5Breslow (6–7)Hochevar (6–8)Bailey (21)10,37658–73
September (17–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1Royals4–3Davies (6–9)Marshall (0–2)Soria (21)10,03958–74
133September 2Royals10–4Cahill (8–12)Bannister (7–12)13,92059–74
134September 3Mariners7–4Snell (6–9)Tomko (3–3)Aardsma (34)10,29759–75
135September 4Mariners6–3Rowland-Smith (3–2)Mortensen (0–2)Lowe (2)11,73859–76
136September 5Mariners9–5Anderson (8–10)French (4–5)Bailey (22)16,49560–76
137September 6Mariners5–2G. Gonzalez (5–5)Kelley (4–2)Bailey (23)16,18861–76
138September 8@ White Sox11–3Tomko (4–3)Torres (1–1)24,31762–76
139September 9@ White Sox4 – 3 (13)Dotel (3–3)É. González (0–2)23,70362–77
140September 11@ Twins12–5Mortensen (1–2)Blackburn (9–11)21,08463–77
141September 12@ Twins4–2Anderson (9–10)Manship (0–1)Bailey (24)24,28364–77
142September 13@ Twins8–0Duensing (3–1)G. Gonzalez (5–6)21,85064–78
143September 14@ Rangers9–0Tomko (5–3)Feldman (16–5)13,66965–78
144September 15@ Rangers6–1Breslow (7–7)McCarthy (7–3)15,96466–78
145September 16@ Rangers4–0Cahill (9–12)Nippert (5–3)23,37267–78
146September 17Indians5–2Mortensen (2–2)Masterson (4–8)Bailey (25)10,87368–78
147September 18Indians2–1Anderson (10–10)Huff (10–8)Ziegler (7)22,89369–78
148September 19Indians8–4Kilby (1–0)Sowers (6–10)Wuertz (4)17,20970–78
149September 20Indians11–4Eveland (2–3)Carmona (3–12)15,43071–78
150September 21Rangers10–3Millwood (11–10)É. González (0–3)10,58171–79
151September 22Rangers9–1Cahill (10–12)McCarthy (7–4)10,47572–79
152September 23Rangers9–8Hunter (9–4)Mortensen (2–3)Francisco (24)18,31172–80
153September 24Rangers12–3Anderson (11–10)Feldman (17–6)11,12473–80
154September 25@ Angels3–0G. Gonzalez (6–6)Weaver (15–8)Bailey (26)43,24274–80
155September 26@ Angels15–10Breslow (8–7)Jepsen (6–4)41,01475–80
156September 27@ Angels7–4Saunders (15–7)É. González (0–4)Fuentes (45)38,71875–81
157September 29@ Mariners6–4Hernández (18–5)Cahill (10–13)18,16775–82
158September 30@ Mariners7–0Morrow (2–4)Mortensen (2–4)16,93075–83
October (0–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Mariners4–2Fister (3–4)Anderson (11–11)Aardsma (37)16,60775–84
160October 2Angels5–2Weaver (16–8)G. Gonzalez (6–7)Fuentes (47)14,55475–85
161October 3Angels4–2Kazmir (10–9)Eveland (2–4)Fuentes (48)16,53975–86
162October 4Angels5–3Saunders (16–7)Gray (0–1)Jepsen (1)16,59175–87

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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
Ryan Sweeney13448468142313653.2936
Scott Hairston602332455131735.2363
Orlando Cabrera10141441116230441.28011
Adam Kennedy129529651532911163.28920
Matt Holliday9334652992311154.28612
Kurt Suzuki147570741563711588.2748
Rajai Davis12539065119275348.30541
Cliff Pennington602082758113421.2797
Jack Cust149513881231602570.2404
Daric Barton541603143121324.2690
Jason Giambi8326939521301140.1930
Mark Ellis10537752992301061.26310
Bobby Crosby972383553102629.2232
Travis Buck36105112330310.2191
Nomar Garciaparra65160174580316.2812
Landon Powell46140193270730.2290
Jack Hannahan5211912236218.1930
Eric Patterson3994152751111.2876
Tommy Everidge248513196027.2240
Aaron Cunningham2353682016.1510
Gregorio Petit1131271001.2260
Eric Chavez830031001.1000
Matt Carson1021160015.2860
Chris Denorfia42100001.0000
Eric Munson11000000.0000
Pitcher totals16212130000.2500
Team Totals1625584759146430721135723.262133

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts |

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Trevor Cahill10134.6332320178.218599927290
Brett Anderson11114.0630300175.1180947945150
Dallas Braden893.8922220136.214461594281
Brad Kilby100.53111017.01011420
Santiago Casilla125.96460048.16132322535
Brett Tomko412.9566036.2311212622
Dana Eveland247.16139044.07036352622
Kevin Cameron003.44110118.11577615
Clayton Mortensen247.8166027.23724241211
Gio Gonzalez675.752017098.2113636356109
Andrew Bailey631.846802683.14917172491
Brad Ziegler243.07690773.18225252854
Vin Mazzaro495.321717091.112054543959
Josh Outman413.481412067.15328262553
Édgar González045.51266065.17641402839
Craig Breslow752.60600055.13716161844
Dan Giese035.3271022.0221313911
Michael Wuertz612.63740478.252242323102
Russ Springer014.10480041.25220191447
Jeff Gray013.76240026.1301211419
Jerry Blevins004.84200022.1191212623
Sean Gallagher128.1662014.1211413710
Jon Meloan000.006008.1310211
Jay Marshall0214.7310007.113121201
Chad Reineke007.201105.074401
Henry Rodríguez002.253004.042124
Team Totals75874.26162162381447.114867616855231124

Awards and honors

On December 22, 2009, Sports Illustrated named general manager Billy Beane as number 10 on its list of the Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade (in all sports).[1]

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Midland

Notes

  1. ↑ The list's only other MLB GMs were Boston's Theo Epstein (No. 3) and Seattle and Philadelphia's Pat Gillick (No. 7). Friedman, Dick (December 22, 2009). "2000s: Top 10 GMs/Executives". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 23, 2010.

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