2009 Oakland Athletics

75-87 • .463 Win% • 4th in AL W

The 2009 Oakland Athletics went 75-87 (.463) finishing 4th in the AL W division. The club scored 759 runs, allowed 761, and played home games at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Team leaders included Jack Cust (25 HR, 70 RBI) and Brett Anderson (11-11, 4.06 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

75 Wins
87 Losses
.463 Win %
4th Rank
759 R 761 RA
Diff -2

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⚡ Quick Stats

759 Runs Scored
761 Runs Allowed
-2 Run Diff
1,408K Attendance

📈 vs. 2009 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 2% below the 2009 league average (.266)
OBP .328 2% below the 2009 league average (.335)
SLG .397 7% below the 2009 league average (.428)
Team ERA 4.26 4% better than the 2009 league average (4.45)
Runs Scored 759 3% below the 2009 league average (781 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumOakland-Alameda County Coliseum
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,408,783
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Avg per Game 17,392

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2009

Batting Avg

1 Rajai Davis 0.305 2 Ryan Sweeney 0.293 3 Adam Kennedy 0.289 4 Eric Patterson 0.287 5 Matt Holliday 0.286

Home Runs

1 Jack Cust 25 2 Kurt Suzuki 15 3 Jason Giambi 11 4 Matt Holliday 11 5 Adam Kennedy 11

RBI

1 Kurt Suzuki 88 2 Jack Cust 70 3 Adam Kennedy 63 4 Mark Ellis 61 5 Matt Holliday 54
2009 Oakland Athletics — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Kurt Suzuki 147 570 74 156 37 1 15 88 28 59 8 0.274
Adam Kennedy 129 529 65 153 29 1 11 63 45 86 20 0.289
Jack Cust 149 513 88 123 16 0 25 70 93 185 4 0.240
Ryan Sweeney 134 484 68 142 31 3 6 53 40 67 6 0.293
Orlando Cabrera 101 414 41 116 23 0 4 41 25 39 11 0.280
Rajai Davis 125 390 65 119 27 5 3 48 29 70 41 0.305
Mark Ellis 105 377 52 99 23 0 10 61 23 54 10 0.263
Matt Holliday 93 346 52 99 23 1 11 54 46 58 12 0.286
Jason Giambi 83 269 39 52 13 0 11 40 50 72 0 0.193
Bobby Crosby 97 238 35 53 10 2 6 29 24 44 2 0.223
Scott Hairston 60 233 24 55 13 1 7 35 8 38 3 0.236
Cliff Pennington 60 208 27 58 11 3 4 21 19 46 7 0.279
Daric Barton 54 160 31 43 12 1 3 24 26 25 0 0.269
Nomar Garciaparra 65 160 17 45 8 0 3 16 8 28 2 0.281
Landon Powell 46 140 19 32 7 0 7 30 14 36 0 0.229
Jack Hannahan 52 119 12 23 6 2 1 8 13 36 0 0.193
Travis Buck 36 105 11 23 3 0 3 10 10 20 1 0.219
Eric Patterson 39 94 15 27 5 1 1 11 14 25 6 0.287
Tommy Everidge 24 85 13 19 6 0 2 7 8 17 0 0.224
Aaron Cunningham 23 53 6 8 2 0 1 6 3 16 0 0.151
Gregorio Petit 11 31 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.226
Eric Chavez 8 30 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.100
Matt Carson 10 21 1 6 0 0 1 5 0 7 0 0.286
Brett Anderson 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dallas Braden 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Trevor Cahill 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Chris Denorfia 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Edgar Gonzalez 26 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Josh Outman 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Eric Munson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andrew Bailey 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Blevins 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Breslow 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Cameron 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dana Eveland 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sean Gallagher 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Santiago Casilla 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Giese 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gio Gonzalez 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Gray 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Kilby 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jay Marshall 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vin Mazzaro 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jon Meloan 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clayton Mortensen 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Reineke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Henry Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Russ Springer 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brett Tomko 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Michael Wuertz 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Ziegler 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2009

ERA

1 Andrew Bailey 1.84 2 Craig Breslow 2.60 3 Michael Wuertz 2.63 4 Brett Tomko 2.95 5 Brad Ziegler 3.07

Wins

1 Brett Anderson 11 2 Trevor Cahill 10 3 Dallas Braden 8 4 Craig Breslow 7 5 Andrew Bailey 6

Strikeouts

1 Brett Anderson 150 2 Gio Gonzalez 109 3 Michael Wuertz 102 4 Andrew Bailey 91 5 Trevor Cahill 90
2009 Oakland Athletics — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Trevor Cahill 10 13 4.63 32 32 0 178.2 185 92 72 90
Brett Anderson 11 11 4.06 30 30 0 175.1 180 79 45 150
Dallas Braden 8 9 3.89 22 22 0 136.2 144 59 42 81
Gio Gonzalez 6 7 5.75 20 17 0 98.2 113 63 56 109
Vin Mazzaro 4 9 5.32 17 17 0 91.1 120 54 39 59
Andrew Bailey 6 3 1.84 68 0 26 83.1 49 17 24 91
Michael Wuertz 6 1 2.63 74 0 4 78.2 52 23 23 102
Brad Ziegler 2 4 3.07 69 0 7 73.1 82 25 28 54
Josh Outman 4 1 3.48 14 12 0 67.1 53 26 25 53
Edgar Gonzalez 0 4 5.51 26 6 0 65.1 76 40 28 39
Craig Breslow 7 5 2.60 60 0 0 55.1 37 16 18 44
Santiago Casilla 1 2 5.96 46 0 0 48.1 61 32 25 35
Dana Eveland 2 4 7.16 13 9 0 44.0 70 35 26 22
Russ Springer 0 1 4.10 48 0 0 41.2 52 19 14 47
Brett Tomko 4 1 2.95 6 6 0 36.2 31 12 6 22
Clayton Mortensen 2 4 7.81 6 6 0 27.2 37 24 12 11
Jeff Gray 0 1 3.76 24 0 0 26.1 30 11 4 19
Jerry Blevins 0 0 4.84 20 0 0 22.1 19 12 6 23
Dan Giese 0 3 5.32 7 1 0 22.0 22 13 9 11
Kevin Cameron 0 0 3.44 11 0 1 18.1 15 7 6 15
Brad Kilby 1 0 0.53 11 1 0 17.0 10 1 4 20
Sean Gallagher 1 2 8.16 6 2 0 14.1 21 13 7 10
Jon Meloan 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 8.1 3 0 2 11
Jay Marshall 0 2 14.73 10 0 0 7.1 13 12 0 1
Chad Reineke 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 5.0 7 4 0 1
Henry Rodriguez 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 4.0 4 1 2 4

👥 Roster (51)

Brett Anderson Andrew Bailey Daric Barton Jerry Blevins Dallas Braden Craig Breslow Travis Buck Orlando Cabrera Trevor Cahill Kevin Cameron Matt Carson Santiago Casilla +39 more

51 players

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The 2009 Oakland Athletics in brief

The record for the 2009 Oakland Athletics reads 75 wins and 87 losses, good for 4th in the AL West. Runs came in at 759 scored against 761 allowed (-2). The team batting average of .262 was 2% below the 2009 league mark of .266. Pitchers allowed 4.26 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.45. The 2009 Oakland Athletics scored 3% fewer runs than the average club (759 against 781).

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum was home in 2009, drawing a total attendance of 1,408,783. Jack Cust led the club in home runs with 25. Kurt Suzuki led in RBI with 88. The pitching staff's wins leader was Brett Anderson (11). Andrew Bailey closed out 26 saves. The roster section lists 51 players who appeared for the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2009 Oakland Athletics

What was the 2009 Oakland Athletics record?
The 2009 Oakland Athletics finished 75-87 (.463 win pct).
Who led the 2009 Oakland Athletics in home runs?
Jack Cust led the 2009 Oakland Athletics with 25 home runs.
What was the 2009 Oakland Athletics team ERA?
The 2009 Oakland Athletics posted a team ERA of 4.26.
Did the 2009 Oakland Athletics win the World Series?
No. The 2009 Oakland Athletics did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2009 Oakland Athletics play?
The 2009 Oakland Athletics played home games at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Who led the 2009 Oakland Athletics in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Jack Cust (25 HR, 70 RBI) and Brett Anderson (11-11, 4.06 ERA).
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