2009 Cleveland Indians

65-97 • .401 Win% • 4th in AL C

The 2009 Cleveland Indians went 65-97 (.401) finishing 4th in the AL C division. The club scored 773 runs, allowed 865, and played home games at Jacobs Field. Team leaders included Shin-Soo Choo (20 HR, 86 RBI) and David Huff (11-8, 5.61 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

65 Wins
97 Losses
.401 Win %
4th Rank
773 R 865 RA
Diff -92

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⚡ Quick Stats

773 Runs Scored
865 Runs Allowed
-92 Run Diff
1,766K Attendance

📈 vs. 2009 AL Average

Batting Avg .263 1% below the 2009 league average (.266)
OBP .339 1% above the 2009 league average (.335)
SLG .416 3% below the 2009 league average (.428)
Team ERA 5.06 14% worse than the 2009 league average (4.45)
Runs Scored 773 1% below the 2009 league average (781 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,766,242
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Avg per Game 21,805

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2009

Batting Avg

1 Michael Brantley 0.312 2 Asdrubal Cabrera 0.308 3 Shin-Soo Choo 0.300 4 Ryan Garko 0.285 5 Victor Martinez 0.284

Home Runs

1 Shin-Soo Choo 20 2 Grady Sizemore 18 3 Travis Hafner 16 4 Victor Martinez 15 5 Mark DeRosa 13

RBI

1 Shin-Soo Choo 86 2 Jhonny Peralta 83 3 Asdrubal Cabrera 68 4 Victor Martinez 67 5 Grady Sizemore 64
2009 Cleveland Indians — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Shin-Soo Choo 156 583 87 175 38 6 20 86 78 151 21 0.300
Jhonny Peralta 151 582 57 148 35 1 11 83 51 134 0 0.254
Asdrubal Cabrera 131 523 81 161 42 4 6 68 44 89 17 0.308
Grady Sizemore 106 436 73 108 20 6 18 64 60 92 13 0.248
Victor Martinez 99 377 56 107 21 1 15 67 51 51 0 0.284
Luis Valbuena 103 368 52 92 25 3 10 31 26 83 2 0.250
Travis Hafner 94 338 46 92 19 0 16 49 41 67 0 0.272
Jamey Carroll 93 315 53 87 10 2 2 26 36 63 4 0.276
Ben Francisco 89 308 48 77 21 1 10 33 33 59 13 0.250
Mark DeRosa 71 278 47 75 13 0 13 50 29 63 1 0.270
Kelly Shoppach 89 271 33 58 14 0 12 40 33 98 0 0.214
Ryan Garko 78 239 29 68 10 0 11 39 20 40 0 0.285
Trevor Crowe 68 183 22 43 9 3 1 17 11 39 6 0.235
Matt LaPorta 52 181 29 46 13 0 7 21 12 37 2 0.254
Andy Marte 47 155 20 36 6 1 6 25 14 30 0 0.232
Michael Brantley 28 112 10 35 4 0 0 11 8 19 4 0.312
Chris Gimenez 45 111 12 16 2 0 3 7 17 36 1 0.144
Wyatt Toregas 19 51 1 9 1 0 0 6 6 12 0 0.176
Lou Marson 14 44 6 11 6 0 0 4 7 14 0 0.250
David Dellucci 14 40 3 11 3 0 0 1 2 12 0 0.275
Tony Graffanino 7 23 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.130
Josh Barfield 17 20 5 8 1 0 0 2 0 7 0 0.400
Niuman Romero 10 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.143
Cliff Lee 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
David Huff 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tomo Ohka 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Carl Pavano 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeremy Sowers 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jensen Lewis 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rafael Perez 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Anthony Reyes 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Winston Abreu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Aquino 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rafael Betancourt 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roberto Hernandez 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Carrasco 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vinnie Chulk 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Gosling 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Herges 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Zach Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Masahide Kobayashi 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aaron Laffey 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Lewis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Masterson 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Perez 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Rundles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Sipp 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Smith 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jess Todd 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Veras 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Vizcaino 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kerry Wood 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2009

ERA

1 Tony Sipp 2.93 2 Cliff Lee 3.14 3 Joe Smith 3.44 4 Rafael Betancourt 3.52 5 Kerry Wood 4.25

Wins

1 David Huff 11 2 Carl Pavano 9 3 Aaron Laffey 7 4 Cliff Lee 7 5 Jeremy Sowers 6

Strikeouts

1 Cliff Lee 107 2 Carl Pavano 88 3 Roberto Hernandez 79 4 David Huff 65 5 Kerry Wood 63
2009 Cleveland Indians — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Cliff Lee 7 9 3.14 22 22 0 152.0 165 53 33 107
David Huff 11 8 5.61 23 23 0 128.1 159 80 41 65
Carl Pavano 9 8 5.37 21 21 0 125.2 150 75 23 88
Roberto Hernandez 5 12 6.32 24 24 0 125.1 151 88 70 79
Jeremy Sowers 6 11 5.25 23 22 0 123.1 134 72 52 51
Aaron Laffey 7 9 4.44 25 19 1 121.2 140 60 57 59
Tomo Ohka 1 5 5.96 18 6 0 71.0 77 47 19 31
Jensen Lewis 2 4 4.61 47 0 1 66.1 62 34 29 62
Justin Masterson 1 7 4.55 11 10 0 57.1 56 29 35 52
Kerry Wood 3 3 4.25 58 0 20 55.0 48 26 28 63
Rafael Perez 4 3 7.31 54 0 0 48.0 66 39 25 32
Tony Sipp 2 0 2.93 46 0 0 40.0 27 13 25 48
Anthony Reyes 1 1 6.57 8 8 0 38.1 40 28 23 22
Joe Smith 0 0 3.44 37 0 0 34.0 30 13 13 30
Chris Perez 0 1 4.32 32 0 1 33.1 24 16 12 38
Rafael Betancourt 1 2 3.52 29 0 1 30.2 25 12 15 32
Matt Herges 2 1 3.55 21 0 0 25.1 24 10 6 18
Mike Gosling 0 0 5.04 15 0 0 25.0 30 14 11 13
Jose Veras 1 2 4.38 22 0 0 24.2 19 12 14 22
Carlos Carrasco 0 4 8.87 5 5 0 22.1 40 22 11 11
Jess Todd 0 1 7.40 19 0 0 20.2 31 17 7 18
Greg Aquino 1 2 4.50 10 0 0 16.0 13 8 15 11
Vinnie Chulk 0 1 3.75 8 0 0 12.0 10 5 10 4
Luis Vizcaino 1 3 5.40 11 0 1 11.2 8 7 12 9
Masahide Kobayashi 0 0 8.38 10 0 0 9.2 12 9 4 4
Zach Jackson 0 0 9.35 3 1 0 8.2 14 9 4 10
Scott Lewis 0 0 8.31 1 1 0 4.1 7 4 1 3
Winston Abreu 0 0 23.14 3 0 0 2.1 7 6 2 3
Rich Rundles 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 1

👥 Roster (52)

Winston Abreu Greg Aquino Josh Barfield Rafael Betancourt Michael Brantley Asdrubal Cabrera Carlos Carrasco Jamey Carroll Shin-Soo Choo Vinnie Chulk Trevor Crowe Mark DeRosa +40 more

52 players

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The 2009 Cleveland Indians in brief

The 2009 Cleveland Indians won 65 games and lost 97, ending up 4th in the AL Central. With 773 runs scored and 865 given up, the 2009 differential was -92. The team batting average of .263 was 1% below the 2009 league mark of .266. Pitchers allowed 5.06 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.45. The 2009 Cleveland Indians scored 1% fewer runs than the average club (773 against 781).

Home games were played at Jacobs Field, where 1,766,242 fans came through the gates. Shin-Soo Choo topped the Cleveland Indians with 20 home runs. David Huff led the pitchers with 11 wins. The strikeout leader was Cliff Lee with 107. The saves leader was Kerry Wood with 20. The 2009 roster runs to 52 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2009 Cleveland Indians

What was the 2009 Cleveland Indians record?
The 2009 Cleveland Indians finished 65-97 (.401 win pct).
Who led the 2009 Cleveland Indians in home runs?
Shin-Soo Choo led the 2009 Cleveland Indians with 20 home runs.
What was the 2009 Cleveland Indians team ERA?
The 2009 Cleveland Indians posted a team ERA of 5.06.
Did the 2009 Cleveland Indians win the World Series?
No. The 2009 Cleveland Indians did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2009 Cleveland Indians play?
The 2009 Cleveland Indians played home games at Jacobs Field.
Who led the 2009 Cleveland Indians in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Shin-Soo Choo (20 HR, 86 RBI) and David Huff (11-8, 5.61 ERA).
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