2009 Pittsburgh Pirates

62-99 • .385 Win% • 6th in NL C

The 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates went 62-99 (.385) finishing 6th in the NL C division. The club scored 636 runs, allowed 768, and played home games at PNC Park. Team leaders included Garrett Jones (21 HR, 44 RBI) and Zach Duke (11-16, 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

62 Wins
99 Losses
.385 Win %
6th Rank
636 R 768 RA
Diff -132

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636 Runs Scored
768 Runs Allowed
-132 Run Diff
1,577K Attendance

📈 vs. 2009 NL Average

Batting Avg .251 3% below the 2009 league average (.258)
OBP .318 4% below the 2009 league average (.330)
SLG .386 5% below the 2009 league average (.408)
Team ERA 4.59 9% worse than the 2009 league average (4.19)
Runs Scored 636 11% below the 2009 league average (718 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPNC Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,577,853
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Avg per Game 19,479

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2009

Batting Avg

1 Freddy Sanchez 0.296 2 Garrett Jones 0.293 3 Lastings Milledge 0.291 4 Andrew McCutchen 0.286 5 Robinzon Diaz 0.279

Home Runs

1 Garrett Jones 21 2 Adam LaRoche 12 3 Andy LaRoche 12 4 Andrew McCutchen 12 5 Ryan Doumit 10

RBI

1 Andy LaRoche 64 2 Andrew McCutchen 54 3 Garrett Jones 44 4 Delwyn Young 43 5 Brandon Moss 41
2009 Pittsburgh Pirates — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Andy LaRoche 150 524 64 135 29 5 12 64 50 84 3 0.258
Andrew McCutchen 108 433 74 124 26 9 12 54 54 83 22 0.286
Brandon Moss 133 385 47 91 20 4 7 41 34 84 1 0.236
Freddy Sanchez 86 355 45 105 28 3 6 34 20 60 5 0.296
Delwyn Young 124 354 40 94 16 2 7 43 29 90 2 0.266
Adam LaRoche 87 324 46 80 25 1 12 40 41 81 2 0.247
Garrett Jones 82 314 45 92 21 1 21 44 40 76 10 0.293
Ryan Doumit 75 280 31 70 16 0 10 38 20 49 4 0.250
Nyjer Morgan 71 278 39 77 6 5 2 27 29 49 18 0.277
Jack Wilson 75 266 26 71 18 1 4 31 15 31 2 0.267
Lastings Milledge 58 220 20 64 11 0 4 20 12 37 6 0.291
Jason Jaramillo 63 206 20 52 14 0 3 26 17 33 1 0.252
Ramon Vazquez 101 204 17 47 7 0 1 16 31 47 1 0.230
Nate McLouth 45 168 27 43 7 1 9 34 21 29 7 0.256
Steve Pearce 60 165 19 34 13 1 4 16 21 43 1 0.206
Ronny Cedeno 46 155 17 40 4 1 5 21 9 29 2 0.258
Robinzon Diaz 41 129 9 36 7 0 1 19 3 9 0 0.279
Eric Hinske 54 106 18 27 9 0 1 11 17 27 0 0.255
Craig Monroe 34 79 8 17 2 0 3 16 7 21 0 0.215
Luis Cruz 27 70 5 15 1 0 0 2 6 7 0 0.214
Zach Duke 33 60 1 12 2 0 0 5 4 18 0 0.200
Ross Ohlendorf 29 59 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 0.068
Paul Maholm 31 58 1 4 1 0 1 2 3 36 0 0.069
Brian Bixler 18 44 5 10 5 0 0 3 2 26 1 0.227
Neil Walker 17 36 5 7 1 0 0 0 4 11 1 0.194
Charlie Morton 18 31 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0.129
Jeff Salazar 21 23 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 1 0.043
Ian Snell 16 23 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.174
Jeff Karstens 39 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0.045
Kevin Hart 10 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.125
Daniel McCutchen 6 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.091
Virgil Vasquez 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Chris Bootcheck 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Tom Gorzelanny 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sean Burnett 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Chavez 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John Grabow 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joel Hanrahan 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steven Jackson 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Ascanio 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Denny Bautista 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Capps 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Anthony Claggett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Dumatrait 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Hacker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Hansen 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Evan Meek 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Donnie Veal 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tyler Yates 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2009

ERA

1 Joel Hanrahan 1.72 2 Sean Burnett 3.06 3 Steven Jackson 3.14 4 John Grabow 3.42 5 Evan Meek 3.45

Wins

1 Zach Duke 11 2 Ross Ohlendorf 11 3 Paul Maholm 8 4 Charlie Morton 5 5 Matt Capps 4

Strikeouts

1 Paul Maholm 119 2 Ross Ohlendorf 109 3 Zach Duke 106 4 Charlie Morton 62 5 Jeff Karstens 52
2009 Pittsburgh Pirates — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Zach Duke 11 16 4.06 32 32 0 213.0 231 96 49 106
Paul Maholm 8 9 4.44 31 31 0 194.2 221 96 60 119
Ross Ohlendorf 11 10 3.92 29 29 0 176.2 165 77 53 109
Jeff Karstens 4 6 5.42 39 13 0 108.0 115 65 45 52
Charlie Morton 5 9 4.55 18 18 0 97.0 102 49 40 62
Ian Snell 2 8 5.36 15 15 0 80.2 87 48 44 52
Jesse Chavez 1 4 4.01 73 0 0 67.1 69 30 22 47
Matt Capps 4 8 5.80 57 0 27 54.1 73 35 17 46
Kevin Hart 1 8 6.92 10 10 0 53.1 74 41 26 39
John Grabow 3 0 3.42 45 0 0 47.1 43 18 28 41
Evan Meek 1 1 3.45 41 0 0 47.0 34 18 29 42
Virgil Vasquez 2 5 5.84 14 7 0 44.2 58 29 18 29
Steven Jackson 2 3 3.14 40 0 0 43.0 38 15 22 21
Daniel McCutchen 1 2 4.21 6 6 0 36.1 38 17 11 19
Sean Burnett 1 2 3.06 38 0 1 32.1 22 11 15 23
Joel Hanrahan 0 1 1.72 33 0 0 31.1 23 6 20 37
Donnie Veal 1 0 7.16 19 0 0 16.1 18 13 20 16
Chris Bootcheck 0 0 11.05 13 0 0 14.2 16 18 9 13
Denny Bautista 1 1 5.27 14 0 0 13.2 15 8 7 15
Phil Dumatrait 0 2 6.92 15 0 0 13.0 13 10 11 7
Tyler Yates 0 2 7.50 15 0 0 12.0 14 10 7 9
Tom Gorzelanny 3 1 5.19 9 0 0 8.2 6 5 4 7
Craig Hansen 0 0 5.68 5 0 0 6.1 6 4 4 5
Eric Hacker 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1
Jose Ascanio 0 1 6.75 2 0 0 2.2 4 2 0 2
Anthony Claggett 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0

👥 Roster (49)

Jose Ascanio Denny Bautista Brian Bixler Chris Bootcheck Sean Burnett Matt Capps Ronny Cedeno Jesse Chavez Anthony Claggett Luis Cruz Robinzon Diaz Ryan Doumit +37 more

49 players

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The 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates in brief

The record for the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates reads 62 wins and 99 losses, good for 6th in the NL Central. With 636 runs scored and 768 given up, the 2009 differential was -132. At the plate the Pittsburgh Pirates hit .251, 3% worse than the league's .258. The Pittsburgh Pirates staff finished with a 4.59 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.19. The 636 runs scored compare with a league average of 718 per club, 11% fewer.

PNC Park was home in 2009, drawing a total attendance of 1,577,853. The home run leader was Garrett Jones, who hit 21. Andy LaRoche drove in a team-high 64 runs. Ross Ohlendorf led the pitchers with 11 wins. The strikeout leader was Paul Maholm with 119. Matt Capps saved 27 games.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 62-99 (.385 win pct).
Who led the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Garrett Jones led the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates with 21 home runs.
What was the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 4.59.
Did the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series?
No. The 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates play?
The 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates played home games at PNC Park.
Who led the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Garrett Jones (21 HR, 44 RBI) and Zach Duke (11-16, 4.06 ERA).
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