2009 Boston Red Sox season

2009 Boston Red Sox
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Division	East Division
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Television	NESN
Radio	Boston Red Sox Radio Network (English) WROL (Spanish)
Seasons

The Boston Red Sox' 2009 season is an American baseball season. The goal for the Boston Red Sox is to win the AL East, to move on to the ALCS.

Roster

Boston Red Sox roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 66 Brayan Bello 50 Kutter Crawford 89 Tanner Houck 37 Nick Pivetta Bullpen 48 Chase Anderson 83 Brennan Bernardino 71 Cam Booser 46 Brad Keller 76 Zack Kelly 55 Chris Martin 63 Justin Slaten 57 Greg Weissert Closer(s) 74 Kenley Jansen		Catchers  3 Reese McGuire 12 Connor Wong Infielders 29 Bobby Dalbec 11 Rafael Devers 23 Romy González 70 David Hamilton  2 Dominic Smith 47 Enmanuel Valdez Outfielders 16 Jarren Duran 17 Tyler O'Neill 43 Ceddanne Rafaela 30 Rob Refsnyder  7 Masataka Yoshida		Pitchers 44 Isaiah Campbell 64 Cooper Criswell 92 Wikelman González -- Bailey Horn 79 Bryan Mata 93 Luis Perales 39 Naoyuki Uwasawa 75 Brandon Walter 25 Josh Winckowski Catchers 32 Tyler Heineman Infielders  5 Vaughn Grissom 73 Jamie Westbrook Outfielders 52 Wilyer Abreu		Manager 13 Alex Cora Coaches 53 Andrew Bailey (pitching) 62 Peter Fatse (hitting) 81 Andy Fox (first base/field coordinator) 84 Kyle Hudson (third base/outfield) 90 Charlie Madden (bullpen catcher) 88 Mani Martinez (bullpen catcher) 58 Luis Ortiz (assistant hitting) 85 Ben Rosenthal (assistant hitting) 33 Jason Varitek (game planning/catching) 60 Ramón Vázquez (bench) 51 Kevin Walker (bullpen) 60-day injured list 36 Triston Casas 54 Lucas Giolito 31 Liam Hendriks 72 Chris Murphy 10 Trevor Story 22 Garrett Whitlock 26 active, 13 inactive 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list # Personal leave Roster and coaches updated June 18, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	59	0.636	—	57–24	46–35
Boston Red Sox	95	67	0.586	8	56–25	39–42
Tampa Bay Rays	84	78	0.519	19	52–29	32–49
Toronto Blue Jays	75	87	0.463	28	44–37	31–50
Baltimore Orioles	64	98	0.395	39	39–42	25–56

Record vs. opponents

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

• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009

Game log

Legend
Red Sox Win	Red Sox Loss	Game Postponed

-On April 26, Jacoby Ellsbury Stole home during the third game against the NY Yankees. Red Sox swept the Yankees in this three-game set to run their winning streak to 10 games.

-On May 6, It was announced that Jerry Remy, of NESN television (Red Sox announcer) was to take time off from his color commentary job because of Cancer Surgery. Dennis Eckersely takes over for the majority of the future months.

-On May 7, By scoring 12 runs without recording an out, the Red Sox set an American League record. They also tied a modern-day Major League record, set by the Brooklyn Dodgers on May 24, 1953, in the eighth inning of a game against the Phillies.

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
Jeff Bailey	19	58	8	11	2	1	2	8	.190	0
Rocco Baldelli	12	39	4	8	0	1	1	4	.205	0
Jason Bay	41	143	34	43	9	1	13	44	.301	4
Chris Carter	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
J.D. Drew	36	120	24	31	9	1	6	20	.258	0
Jacoby Ellsbury	39	172	22	56	8	1	1	13	.302	17
Nick Green	29	86	10	26	8	0	1	13	.302	1
George Kottaras	14	30	4	4	2	0	0	5	.133	0
Mike Lowell	40	159	21	46	13	1	7	29	.289	0
Jed Lowrie	5	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.056	0
Julio Lugo	18	58	9	17	2	1	1	4	.293	1
David Ortiz	37	142	15	30	11	1	1	18	.211	0
Dustin Pedroia	39	157	32	50	13	0	1	14	.318	4
Jonathan Van Every	7	11	1	4	0	0	1	3	.364	0
Jason Varitek	31	115	13	26	9	0	6	18	.237	0
Gil Velazquez	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Kevin Youkilis	27	97	25	39	11	0	6	21	.402	1
Totals	41	1411	223	389	98	8	47	214	.276	28

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	R	ER	BB	K
Daniel Bard	0	0	2.25	3	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	1
Josh Beckett	4	2	8.85	8	8	0	47.2	33	31	23	46
Michael Bowden	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	2
Manny Delcarmen	1	1	0.95	18	0	0	19.0	5	2	8	15
Hunter Jones	0	0	8.00	8	0	0	9.0	8	8	4	7
Jon Lester	3	4	5.91	9	9	0	53.1	35	35	18	58
Javier Lopez	0	2	9.26	14	0	0	11.2	13	12	9	5
Justin Masterson	2	2	4.57	10	6	0	41.1	21	21	14	35
Daisuke Matsuzaka	0	1	12.79	2	2	0	6.1	9	9	5	5
Hideki Okajima	2	0	2.84	20	0	0	19.0	6	6	9	22
Jonathan Papelbon	0	0	0.95	18	0	11	19.0	2	2	10	21
Brad Penny	4	1	6.07	8	8	0	43.0	33	29	17	22
Ramón Ramírez	4	1	0.79	20	0	0	22.0	2	1	7	13
Takashi Saito	0	0	3.60	15	0	2	15.0	6	6	4	12
Jonathan Van Every	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	1	0
Tim Wakefield	5	2	3.59	8	8	0	52.2	21	21	22	30
Totals	25	16	4.55	41	41	13	366.1	195	184	151	294

References

• 2009 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Reference