2009 Tampa Bay Rays

84-78 • .519 Win% • 3rd in AL E

The 2009 Tampa Bay Rays went 84-78 (.519) finishing 3rd in the AL E division. The club scored 803 runs, allowed 754, and played home games at Tropicana Field. Team leaders included Carlos Peña (39 HR, 100 RBI) and Jeff Niemann (13-6, 3.94 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

84 Wins
78 Losses
.519 Win %
3rd Rank
803 R 754 RA
Diff +49

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803 Runs Scored
754 Runs Allowed
+49 Run Diff
1,874K Attendance

📈 vs. 2009 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 2% below the 2009 league average (.266)
OBP .342 2% above the 2009 league average (.335)
SLG .439 3% above the 2009 league average (.428)
Team ERA 4.33 3% better than the 2009 league average (4.45)
Runs Scored 803 3% above the 2009 league average (781 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTropicana Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,874,962
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Avg per Game 23,147

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2009

Batting Avg

1 Jason Bartlett 0.320 2 Carl Crawford 0.305 3 Ben Zobrist 0.297 4 Akinori Iwamura 0.290 5 Gregg Zaun 0.287

Home Runs

1 Carlos Peña 39 2 Evan Longoria 33 3 Ben Zobrist 27 4 Carl Crawford 15 5 Jason Bartlett 14

RBI

1 Evan Longoria 113 2 Carlos Peña 100 3 Ben Zobrist 91 4 Carl Crawford 68 5 Jason Bartlett 66
2009 Tampa Bay Rays — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Carl Crawford 156 606 96 185 28 8 15 68 51 99 60 0.305
Evan Longoria 157 584 100 164 44 0 33 113 72 140 9 0.281
B. J. Upton 144 560 79 135 33 4 11 55 57 152 42 0.241
Ben Zobrist 152 501 91 149 28 7 27 91 91 104 17 0.297
Jason Bartlett 137 500 90 160 29 7 14 66 54 89 30 0.320
Carlos Peña 135 471 91 107 25 2 39 100 87 163 3 0.227
Pat Burrell 122 412 45 91 16 1 14 64 57 119 2 0.221
Dioner Navarro 115 376 38 82 15 0 8 32 18 51 5 0.218
Willy Aybar 105 296 38 75 12 0 12 41 34 54 1 0.253
Gabe Gross 115 282 31 64 16 1 6 36 42 79 6 0.227
Akinori Iwamura 69 231 28 67 16 2 1 22 24 44 9 0.290
Gabe Kapler 99 205 26 49 15 1 8 32 29 39 5 0.239
Michel Hernandez 35 99 12 24 3 1 1 12 7 12 2 0.242
Gregg Zaun 34 94 11 27 7 0 4 14 4 18 0 0.287
Reid Brignac 31 90 10 25 8 2 1 6 3 20 2 0.278
Fernando Perez 18 34 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0.206
Matt Joyce 11 32 3 6 1 0 3 7 3 7 1 0.188
Joe Dillon 15 30 4 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 0.300
Chris Richard 13 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0.105
Shawn Riggans 7 14 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.143
Andy Sonnanstine 25 11 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.273
Jeff Niemann 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
James Shields 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
David Price 23 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Matt Garza 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dale Thayer 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Winston Abreu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Grant Balfour 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Bennett 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Bradford 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Choate 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lance Cormier 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wade Davis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
J. P. Howell 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Isringhausen 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Kazmir 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Nelson 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Troy Percival 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Shouse 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Russ Springer 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Wheeler 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2009

ERA

1 J. P. Howell 2.84 2 Lance Cormier 3.26 3 Dan Wheeler 3.28 4 Randy Choate 3.47 5 Wade Davis 3.72

Wins

1 Jeff Niemann 13 2 James Shields 11 3 David Price 10 4 Matt Garza 8 5 Scott Kazmir 8

Strikeouts

1 Matt Garza 189 2 James Shields 167 3 Jeff Niemann 125 4 David Price 102 5 Scott Kazmir 91
2009 Tampa Bay Rays — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
James Shields 11 12 4.14 33 33 0 219.2 239 101 52 167
Matt Garza 8 12 3.95 32 32 0 203.0 177 89 79 189
Jeff Niemann 13 6 3.94 31 30 0 180.2 185 79 59 125
David Price 10 7 4.42 23 23 0 128.1 119 63 54 102
Scott Kazmir 8 7 5.92 20 20 0 111.0 121 73 50 91
Andy Sonnanstine 6 9 6.77 22 18 0 99.2 131 75 34 60
Lance Cormier 3 3 3.26 53 0 2 77.1 75 28 25 36
Grant Balfour 5 4 4.81 73 0 4 67.1 59 36 33 69
J. P. Howell 7 5 2.84 69 0 17 66.2 47 21 33 79
Dan Wheeler 4 5 3.28 69 0 2 57.2 41 21 9 45
Joe Nelson 3 0 4.02 42 0 3 40.1 32 18 27 36
Randy Choate 1 0 3.47 61 0 5 36.1 28 14 11 28
Wade Davis 2 2 3.72 6 6 0 36.1 33 15 13 36
Brian Shouse 1 1 4.50 45 0 0 28.0 31 14 7 17
Russ Springer 1 3 4.11 26 0 1 15.1 16 7 3 11
Dale Thayer 0 0 4.61 11 0 1 13.2 18 7 1 8
Jeff Bennett 0 0 9.95 11 0 0 12.2 24 14 11 4
Troy Percival 0 1 6.35 14 0 6 11.1 14 8 5 7
Chad Bradford 1 0 4.35 20 0 0 10.1 22 5 2 6
Jason Isringhausen 0 1 2.25 9 0 0 8.0 6 2 5 6
Winston Abreu 0 0 2.45 2 0 0 3.2 3 1 2 3

👥 Roster (41)

Winston Abreu Willy Aybar Grant Balfour Jason Bartlett Jeff Bennett Chad Bradford Reid Brignac Pat Burrell Randy Choate Lance Cormier Carl Crawford Wade Davis +29 more

41 players

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The 2009 Tampa Bay Rays in brief

A 84-78 record (.519) put the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays 3rd in the AL East. Runs came in at 803 scored against 754 allowed (+49). Against a league average of .266, the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays batted .262. The staff ERA of 4.33 was 3% better than the league average of 4.45. The 803 runs scored compare with a league average of 781 per club, 3% more. Attendance at Tropicana Field totaled 1,874,962 for the year.

The home run leader was Carlos Peña, who hit 39. Evan Longoria led in RBI with 113. The hits leader was Carl Crawford with 185. Jeff Niemann was the top winner, with 13 victories. The strikeout leader was Matt Garza with 189. The saves leader was J. P. Howell with 17.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays

What was the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays record?
The 2009 Tampa Bay Rays finished 84-78 (.519 win pct).
Who led the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays in home runs?
Carlos Peña led the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays with 39 home runs.
What was the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays team ERA?
The 2009 Tampa Bay Rays posted a team ERA of 4.33.
Did the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays win the World Series?
No. The 2009 Tampa Bay Rays did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays play?
The 2009 Tampa Bay Rays played home games at Tropicana Field.
Who led the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Carlos Peña (39 HR, 100 RBI) and Jeff Niemann (13-6, 3.94 ERA).
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