2009 Boston Red Sox

95-67 • .586 Win% • 2nd in AL E

The 2009 Boston Red Sox went 95-67 (.586) finishing 2nd in the AL E division. The club scored 872 runs, allowed 736, and played home games at Fenway Park II. Team leaders included Jason Bay (36 HR, 119 RBI) and Josh Beckett (17-6, 3.86 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

95 Wins
67 Losses
.586 Win %
2nd Rank
872 R 736 RA
Diff +136

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872 Runs Scored
736 Runs Allowed
+136 Run Diff
3,062K Attendance

📈 vs. 2009 AL Average

Batting Avg .269 1% above the 2009 league average (.266)
OBP .351 5% above the 2009 league average (.335)
SLG .453 6% above the 2009 league average (.428)
Team ERA 4.35 2% better than the 2009 league average (4.45)
Runs Scored 872 12% above the 2009 league average (781 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 3,062,699
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Avg per Game 37,811

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2009

Batting Avg

1 Victor Martinez 0.336 2 Kevin Youkilis 0.305 3 Jacoby Ellsbury 0.301 4 Dustin Pedroia 0.296 5 Mike Lowell 0.290

Home Runs

1 Jason Bay 36 2 David Ortiz 28 3 Kevin Youkilis 27 4 J. D. Drew 24 5 Mike Lowell 17

RBI

1 Jason Bay 119 2 David Ortiz 99 3 Kevin Youkilis 94 4 Mike Lowell 75 5 Dustin Pedroia 72
2009 Boston Red Sox — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dustin Pedroia 154 626 115 185 48 1 15 72 74 45 20 0.296
Jacoby Ellsbury 153 624 94 188 27 10 8 60 49 74 70 0.301
David Ortiz 150 541 77 129 35 1 28 99 74 134 0 0.238
Jason Bay 151 531 103 142 29 3 36 119 94 162 13 0.267
Kevin Youkilis 136 491 99 150 36 1 27 94 77 125 7 0.305
J. D. Drew 137 452 84 126 30 4 24 68 82 109 2 0.279
Mike Lowell 119 445 54 129 29 1 17 75 33 61 2 0.290
Jason Varitek 109 364 41 76 24 0 14 51 54 90 0 0.209
Nick Green 104 276 35 65 18 0 6 35 20 69 1 0.236
Victor Martinez 56 211 32 71 12 0 8 41 24 23 1 0.336
Rocco Baldelli 62 150 23 38 4 1 7 23 11 37 1 0.253
Alex Gonzalez 44 148 26 42 10 0 5 15 5 29 2 0.284
Julio Lugo 37 109 16 31 4 1 1 8 12 18 3 0.284
George Kottaras 45 93 15 22 11 0 1 10 11 25 0 0.237
Casey Kotchman 39 87 9 19 3 0 1 7 7 14 1 0.218
Jeff Bailey 26 77 14 16 3 2 3 9 10 21 0 0.208
Mark Kotsay 27 74 4 19 2 0 1 5 4 12 2 0.257
Jed Lowrie 32 68 5 10 2 0 2 11 6 20 0 0.147
Josh Reddick 27 59 5 10 4 0 2 4 2 17 0 0.169
Adam LaRoche 6 19 2 5 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 0.263
Brian Anderson 21 17 7 5 0 0 2 5 3 5 0 0.294
Joey Gathright 17 16 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0.312
Chris Woodward 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.083
Aaron Bates 5 11 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.364
Jonathan Van Every 7 11 1 4 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0.364
Josh Beckett 32 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.200
Chris Carter 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.000
Brad Penny 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dusty Brown 7 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.333
Jon Lester 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Daisuke Matsuzaka 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Smoltz 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Gil Velazquez 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Wakefield 21 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Hideki Okajima 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ramon Ramirez 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Daniel Bard 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Michael Bowden 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clay Buchholz 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Byrd 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fernando Cabrera 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Manny Delcarmen 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Enrique Gonzalez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hunter Jones 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Javier Lopez 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Masterson 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jonathan Papelbon 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dustin Richardson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Takashi Saito 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Junichi Tazawa 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Traber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Wagner 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2009

ERA

1 Jonathan Papelbon 1.85 2 Takashi Saito 2.43 3 Ramon Ramirez 2.84 4 Hideki Okajima 3.39 5 Jon Lester 3.41

Wins

1 Josh Beckett 17 2 Jon Lester 15 3 Tim Wakefield 11 4 Clay Buchholz 7 5 Brad Penny 7

Strikeouts

1 Jon Lester 225 2 Josh Beckett 199 3 Brad Penny 89 4 Jonathan Papelbon 76 5 Tim Wakefield 72
2009 Boston Red Sox — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Josh Beckett 17 6 3.86 32 32 0 212.1 198 91 55 199
Jon Lester 15 8 3.41 32 32 0 203.1 186 77 64 225
Brad Penny 7 8 5.61 24 24 0 131.2 160 82 42 89
Tim Wakefield 11 5 4.58 21 21 0 129.2 137 66 50 72
Clay Buchholz 7 4 4.21 16 16 0 92.0 91 43 36 68
Justin Masterson 3 3 4.50 31 6 0 72.0 72 36 25 67
Ramon Ramirez 7 4 2.84 70 0 0 69.2 61 22 32 52
Jonathan Papelbon 1 1 1.85 66 0 38 68.0 54 14 24 76
Hideki Okajima 6 0 3.39 68 0 0 61.0 56 23 21 53
Manny Delcarmen 5 2 4.53 64 0 0 59.2 64 30 34 44
Daisuke Matsuzaka 4 6 5.76 12 12 0 59.1 81 38 30 54
Takashi Saito 3 3 2.43 56 0 2 55.2 50 15 25 52
Daniel Bard 2 2 3.65 49 0 1 49.1 41 20 22 63
John Smoltz 2 5 8.33 8 8 0 40.0 59 37 9 33
Paul Byrd 1 3 5.82 7 6 0 34.0 47 22 11 11
Junichi Tazawa 2 3 7.46 6 4 0 25.1 43 21 9 13
Michael Bowden 1 1 9.56 8 1 0 16.0 23 17 6 12
Billy Wagner 1 1 1.98 15 0 0 13.2 8 3 7 22
Hunter Jones 0 0 9.24 11 0 0 12.2 16 13 7 9
Javier Lopez 0 2 9.26 14 0 0 11.2 20 12 9 5
Fernando Cabrera 0 0 8.44 6 0 0 5.1 7 5 4 8
Enrique Gonzalez 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 3.2 5 2 2 1
Billy Traber 0 0 12.27 1 0 0 3.2 9 5 1 1
Dustin Richardson 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3.1 3 0 1 0
Nick Green 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 3 0
Dusty Brown 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1
Jonathan Van Every 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 1 0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Division Series
Lost to LAA 3-0

👥 Roster (52)

Brian Anderson Jeff Bailey Rocco Baldelli Daniel Bard Aaron Bates Jason Bay Josh Beckett Michael Bowden Dusty Brown Clay Buchholz Paul Byrd Fernando Cabrera +40 more

52 players

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The 2009 Boston Red Sox in brief

The 2009 Boston Red Sox won 95 games and lost 67, ending up 2nd in the AL East. In 2009 the franchise earned a wild-card berth. The run column shows 872 for and 736 against. At the plate the Boston Red Sox hit .269, 1% better than the league's .266. The Boston Red Sox staff finished with a 4.35 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.45.

Home games were played at Fenway Park II, where 3,062,699 fans came through the gates. For power, Jason Bay led the way with 36 homers. Josh Beckett was the top winner, with 17 victories. The strikeout leader was Jon Lester with 225. The saves leader was Jonathan Papelbon with 38. The AL Division Series ended in a loss against LAA 3-0.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2009 Boston Red Sox

What was the 2009 Boston Red Sox record?
The 2009 Boston Red Sox finished 95-67 (.586 win pct).
Who led the 2009 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
Jason Bay led the 2009 Boston Red Sox with 36 home runs.
What was the 2009 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 2009 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 4.35.
Did the 2009 Boston Red Sox win the World Series?
No. The 2009 Boston Red Sox did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2009 Boston Red Sox play?
The 2009 Boston Red Sox played home games at Fenway Park II.
Who led the 2009 Boston Red Sox in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Jason Bay (36 HR, 119 RBI) and Josh Beckett (17-6, 3.86 ERA).
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