2009 Cleveland Indians season

The 2009 Cleveland Indians season marks the 109th season for the franchise, with the Indians attempting (but failing) to improve on their 81–81 record and third-place finish in the American League Central in 2008. The team played all of its home games at Progressive Field (formerly known as Jacobs Field).

2009 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	65–97 (.401)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Larry Dolan
General managers	Mark Shapiro
Managers	Eric Wedge
Television	SportsTime Ohio · WKYC (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Al Pawlowski)
Radio	WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Mike Hegan)
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The season began on April 6 with a 9–1 loss to the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The Home Opener was on April 10 with the Indians losing 13–7 to the Toronto Blue Jays. The season ended on October 4 against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

2009 is the first year that the Indians held spring training in Goodyear, Arizona. Goodyear replaces Winter Haven, Florida after 15 years of spring training.

The Indians ended their season at 65–97. For the Indians, this marks their first season since 1987 (the infamous "Indian Uprising" season) that they were below .500 for the entire season.

Regular season

April

The Indians struggled at the beginning of the season, losing their first five and seven of their first eight games. They finished with an 8-14 record in April, and were in last place in the AL central for the entire month. One of the few highlights of the month was the Tribe defeating former Indian CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees 10-2 in the first game ever at the new Yankee Stadium. Starting pitcher Cliff Lee had his first win of the season in that game. Two days later, the Indians defeated the Yankees 22-4.

May

The Indians went 14-16 in May, but were in last place in the division throughout the entire month. The Indians struggled on many fronts, including an ineffective bullpen and poor hitting. Several players were sent to the disabled list including Travis Hafner, Grady Sizemore, and Asdrúbal Cabrera. The poor play and injuries allowed many minor league players to come up from AAA Columbus and contribute to the Indians. A turning point came in the season when on May 25, when the Indians defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 11-10 after coming back from a 10-0 deficit. The Indians rallied to win 5 of the final 7 games in the month

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	87	76	.534	—	49‍–‍33	38‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers	86	77	.528	1	51‍–‍30	35‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox	79	83	.488	7½	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Cleveland Indians	65	97	.401	21½	35‍–‍46	30‍–‍51
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	21½	33‍–‍48	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

2009 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	2–16	5–4	2–5	3–5	4–4	2–8	3–2	5–13	1–5	4–5	8–10	5–5	9–9	11–7
Boston	16–2	–	4–4	7–2	6–1	5–3	4–5	4–2	9–9	5–5	2–4	9–9	2–7	11–7	11–7
Chicago	4–5	4−4	–	10–8	9–9	9–9	5–4	6−12	3–4	4–5	4–5	6–2	2–4	1–6	12–6
Cleveland	5–2	2–7	8–10	–	4–14	10–8	2–4	8–10	3–5	2–5	6–4	5–3	1–8	4–4	5–13
Detroit	5–3	1–6	9–9	14–4	–	9–9	5–4	7–12	1–5	5–4	5–4	5–2	7–2	3–5	10–8
Kansas City	4–4	3–5	9–9	8–10	9–9	–	1–9	6–12	2–4	2–6	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–3	8–10
Los Angeles	8–2	5–4	4–5	4–2	4–5	9–1	–	6–4	5–5	12–7	10–9	4–2	8–11	4–4	14–4
Minnesota	2–3	2–4	12–6	10–8	12–7	12–6	4–6	–	0–7	4–6	5–5	3–3	6–4	3–5	12–6
New York	13–5	9–9	4–3	5–3	5–1	4–2	5–5	7–0	–	7–2	6–4	11–7	5–4	12–6	10–8
Oakland	5–1	5–5	5–4	5–2	4–5	6–2	7–12	6–4	2–7	–	5–14	6–4	11–8	3–6	5–13
Seattle	5–4	4–2	5–4	4–6	4–5	4–5	9–10	5–5	4–6	14–5	–	5–3	8–11	3–4	11–7
Tampa Bay	10–8	9–9	2–6	3–5	2–5	9–1	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	3–5	–	3–6	14–4	13–5
Texas	5–5	7–2	4–2	8–1	2–7	3–3	11–8	4–6	4–5	8–11	11–8	6–3	–	5–5	9–9
Toronto	9–9	7–11	6–1	4–4	5–3	3–4	4–4	5–3	6–12	6–3	4–3	4–14	5–5	–	7–11

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• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009

Roster

2009 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 59 Winston Abreu 36 Greg Aquino 63 Rafael Betancourt 55 Fausto Carmona 59 Carlos Carrasco 39 Vinnie Chulk 20 Mike Gosling 40 Matt Herges 38 David Huff 57 Zach Jackson 30 Masahide Kobayashi 32 Aaron Laffey 31 Cliff Lee 50 Jensen Lewis 46 Scott Lewis 63 Justin Masterson 16 Tomo Ohka 44 Carl Pavano 54 Chris Perez 53 Rafael Pérez 27 Anthony Reyes 56 Rich Rundles 49 Tony Sipp 38 Joe Smith 45 Jeremy Sowers 40 Jess Todd 47 José Veras 47 Luis Vizcaíno 34 Kerry Wood		Catchers 30 Lou Marson 41 Víctor Martínez 10 Kelly Shoppach 15 Wyatt Toregas Infielders 29 Josh Barfield 13 Asdrúbal Cabrera 11 Jamey Carroll  7 Mark DeRosa 25 Ryan Garko  8 Chris Gimenez  4 Tony Graffanino 25 Andy Marte  2 Jhonny Peralta  4 Niuman Romero  1 Luis Valbuena Outfielders 23 Michael Brantley 17 Shin-Soo Choo 30 Trevor Crowe 20 David Dellucci 12 Ben Francisco  7 Matt LaPorta 24 Grady Sizemore Other batters 48 Travis Hafner		Manager 22 Eric Wedge Coaches 28 Jeff Datz (third base) 33 Chuck Hernandez (bullpen)  6 Luis Rivera (first base/infield)  9 Derek Shelton (hitting) 35 Joel Skinner (bench) 51 Carl Willis (pitching)

Game log

2009 Game Log
April (8–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Rangers 9–1 Millwood (1–0) Lee (0–1) 49,916 0–1 2 April 8 @ Rangers 8–5 Padilla (1–0) Carmona (0–1) Francisco (1) 22,829 0–2 3 April 9 @ Rangers 12–8 McCarthy (1–0) Pavano (0–1) 14,672 0–3 4 April 10 Blue Jays 13–7 League (1–0) Pérez (0–1) 42,473 0–4 5 April 11 Blue Jays 5–4 Halladay (2–0) Lee (0–2) Frasor (1) 20,895 0–5 6 April 12 Blue Jays 8–4 Reyes (1–0) Purcey (0–1) 14,216 1–5 7 April 13 @ Royals 4–2 Greinke (2–0) Carmona (0–2) Soria (4) 10,061 1–6 8 April 14 @ Royals 9–3 Davies (1–0) Pavano (0–2) 11,756 1–7 9 April 15 @ Royals 5–4 Lewis (1–0) Farnsworth (0–2) Wood (1) 13,589 2–7 10 April 16 @ Yankees 10–2 Lee (1–2) Veras (0–1) 48,271 3–7 11 April 17 @ Yankees 6–5 Bruney (2–0) Lewis (1–1) Rivera (3) 45,101 3–8 12 April 18 @ Yankees 22–4 Carmona (1–2) Wang (0–3) 45,167 4–8 13 April 19 @ Yankees 7–3 Albaladejo (1–0) Lewis (1–2) 43,068 4–9 14 April 21 Royals 8–7 Laffey (1–0) Ponson (0–2) Wood (2) 11,408 5–9 15 April 22 Royals 2–0 Bannister (1–0) Lee (1–3) Soria (5) 13,509 5–10 16 April 23 Royals 5–2 Lewis (2–2) Meche (1–1) Wood (3) 12,852 6–10 17 April 24 Twins 5–1 Blackburn (1–1) Carmona (1–3) 20,215 6–11 18 April 25 Twins 7–1 Slowey (3–0) Pavano (0–3) 23,186 6–12 19 April 26 Twins 4–2 Laffey (2–0) Perkins (1–2) Wood (4) 20,153 7–12 20 April 27 Red Sox 3–1 Delcarmen (1–0) Wood (0–1) Papelbon (5) 18,652 7–13 21 April 28 Red Sox 9–8 Wood (1–1) López (0–2) 19,613 8–13 22 April 29 Red Sox 6 – 5 (10) Okajima (2–0) Lewis (2–3) Papelbon (6) 19,137 8–14
May (14–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Tigers 6–5 Pavano (1–3) Galarraga (3–1) Wood (5) 22,288 9–14 24 May 2 @ Tigers 9–7 Zumaya (1–0) Betancourt (0–1) Rodney (5) 34,646 9–15 25 May 3 @ Tigers 3–1 Verlander (2–2) Lee (1–4) Rodney (6) 27,411 9–16 26 May 4 @ Blue Jays 9 – 7 (12) Betancourt (1–1) Camp (0–1) Lewis (1) 15,295 10–16 27 May 5 @ Blue Jays 10–6 Wolfe (1–0) Chulk (0–1) 22,005 10–17 28 May 6 @ Red Sox 9–2 Pavano (2–3) Masterson (2–2) Laffey (1) 37,888 11–17 29 May 7 @ Red Sox 13–3 Wakefield (4–1) Sowers (0–1) 37,541 11–18 30 May 8 Tigers 1–0 Verlander (3–2) Lee (1–5) 27,492 11–19 31 May 9 Tigers 4–0 Jackson (2–2) Carmona (1–4) 33,640 11–20 32 May 10 Tigers 5–3 Porcello (3–3) Reyes (1–1) 25,705 11–21 33 May 11 White Sox 9–4 Pavano (3–3) Floyd (2–3) 14,567 12–21 34 May 12 White Sox 7–4 Carrasco (1–0) Sowers (0–2) Jenks (8) 16,760 12–22 35 May 13 White Sox 4–0 Lee (2–5) Buehrle (5–1) 23,884 13–22 36 May 14 @ Rays 11–7 Carmona (2–4) Shields (3–4) 17,169 14–22 37 May 15 @ Rays 8–7 Wheeler (1–0) Vizcaíno (0–1) 25,827 14–23 38 May 16 @ Rays 4–2 Garza (4–2) Pavano (3–4) Nelson (2) 34,235 14–24 39 May 17 @ Rays 7–5 Sonnanstine (2–4) Huff (0–1) Percival (6) 28,841 14–25 40 May 19 @ Royals 6–5 Farnsworth (1–3) Wood (1–2) 25,024 14–26 41 May 20 @ Royals 6–5 Laffey (3–0) Ponson (1–5) Wood (6) 19,652 15–26 42 May 21 @ Royals 8–3 Pavano (4–4) Ramírez (0–2) Betancourt (1) 23,095 16–26 43 May 22 @ Reds 3–1 Arroyo (6–3) Laffey (3–1) Cordero (11) 28,019 16–27 44 May 23 @ Reds 7–6 Vizcaíno (1–1) Weathers (0–1) Wood (7) 35,821 17–27 45 May 24 @ Reds 4 – 3 (11) Fisher (1–0) Vizcaíno (1–2) 27,796 17–28 46 May 25 Rays 11–10 Sowers (1–2) Isringhausen (0–1) 20,929 18–28 47 May 26 Rays 5–1 Pavano (5–4) Garza (4–3) 18,754 19–28 48 May 27 Rays 12–7 Aquino (1–0) Sonnanstine (3–5) Vizcaíno (1) 19,335 20–28 49 May 28 Rays 2–1 Herges (1–0) Niemann (4–4) Wood (8) 27,356 21–28 50 May 29 Yankees 3–1 Pettitte (5–1) Lee (2–6) Rivera (10) 32,802 21–29 51 May 30 Yankees 10–5 Sabathia (5–3) Carmona (2–5) 34,396 21–30 52 May 31 Yankees 5–4 Wood (2–2) Coke (1–3) 29, 405 22–30
June (9–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 Yankees 5–2 Chamberlain (3–1) Aquino (1–1) Rivera (11) 23,651 22–31 54 June 2 @ Twins 4–3 Slowey (8–1) Huff (0–2) Nathan (10) 26,530 22–32 55 June 3 @ Twins 10–1 Lee (3–6) Swarzak (1–2) 29,336 23–32 56 June 4 @ Twins 11–3 Baker (3–6) Carmona (2–6) 20,897 23–33 57 June 5 @ White Sox 6–0 Pavano (6–4) Danks (4–4) 29,825 24–33 58 June 6 @ White Sox 4–2 Floyd (4–5) Sowers (1–3) Jenks (13) 30,307 24–34 59 June 7 @ White Sox 8–4 Huff (1–2) Colón (3–6) 25,609 25–34 60 June 9 Royals 8–4 Pérez (1–1) Cruz (3–2) 15,038 26–34 61 June 10 Royals 9–0 Meche (3–5) Pavano (6–5) 16,257 26–35 62 June 11 Royals 4 – 3 (10) Herges (2–0) Farnsworth (1–4) 14,342 27–35 63 June 12 Cardinals 7–3 Huff (2–2) Piñeiro (5–7) 28,159 28–35 64 June 13 Cardinals 3–1 Thompson (1–2) Ohka (0–1) Franklin (15) 31,754 28–36 65 June 14 Cardinals 3–0 Lee (4–6) Carpenter (4–1) 23,644 29–36 66 June 15 Brewers 14–12 Coffey (2–1) Pérez (1–2) Hoffman (16) 25,415 29–37 67 June 16 Brewers 7–5 Gallardo (7–3) Sowers (1–4) 22,986 29–38 68 June 17 Brewers 9 – 8 (11) DiFelice (4–0) Aquino (1–2) Stetter (1) 15,269 29–39 69 June 19 @ Cubs 8 – 7 (10) Gregg (2–1) Vizcaíno (1–3) 40,155 29–40 70 June 20 @ Cubs 6 – 5 (13) Patton (3–1) Wood (2–3) 41,007 29–41 71 June 21 @ Cubs 6–2 Wells (1–3) Sowers (1–5) Gregg (11) 40,866 29–42 72 June 23 @ Pirates 5–4 Huff (3–2) Snell (2–8) Wood (9) 19,109 30–42 73 June 24 @ Pirates 10–6 Duke (8–5) Pavano (6–6) 20,162 30–43 74 June 25 @ Pirates 3–2 Capps (1–3) Herges (2–1) 30,120 30–44 75 June 26 Reds 9–2 Sowers (2–5) Harang (5–8) 28,114 31–44 76 June 27 Reds 7–3 Bailey (1–0) Ohka (0–2) 28,646 31–45 77 June 28 Reds 8–1 Owings (5–8) Huff (3–3) 23,900 31–46 78 June 29 White Sox 6–3 Floyd (6–5) Pavano (6–7) 15,645 31–47 79 June 30 White Sox 11 – 4 (7) Richard (3–1) Lee (4–7) 14,793 31–48
July (12–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 White Sox 6–2 Contreras (3–7) Sowers (2–6) 16,722 31–49 81 July 3 Athletics 15–3 Huff (4–3) Cahill (5–7) 26,557 32–49 82 July 4 Athletics 5–2 Pavano (7–7) Mazzaro (2–4) Wood (10) 24,501 33–49 83 July 5 Athletics 5–2 Gonzalez (1–2) Lee (4–7) Bailey (9) 19,105 33–50 84 July 7 @ White Sox 10–6 Buehrle (9–2) Sowers (2–7) 23,758 33–51 85 July 8 @ White Sox 5–1 Contreras (4–7) Laffey (3–2) 26,772 33–52 86 July 9 @ White Sox 10–8 Sipp (1–0) Richard (3–3) Wood (11) 27,257 34–52 87 July 10 @ Tigers 5–1 Jackson (7–4) Lee (4–9) 35,592 34–53 88 July 11 @ Tigers 5–4 Pavano (8–7) Galarraga (5–8) Wood (12) 41,782 35–53 89 July 12 @ Tigers 10–1 Verlander (10–4) Ohka (0–3) 39,680 35–54 90 July 16 Mariners 4–1 Lee (5–9) Olson (3–3) 22,371 36–54 91 July 17 Mariners 6–2 Hernández (10–3) Huff (4–4) 23,545 36–55 92 July 18 Mariners 3–1 Washburn (7–6) Ohka (0–4) Aardsma (21) 24,893 36–56 93 July 19 Mariners 5–3 Kelley (2–1) Betancourt (1–2) Aardsma (22) 20,900 36–57 94 July 21 @ Blue Jays 2–1 Lee (6–9) Downs (1–1) 18,330 37–57 95 July 22 @ Blue Jays 10–6 Romero (8–4) Pavano (8–8) 18,375 37–58 96 July 23 @ Blue Jays 5–4 Huff (5–4) Rzepczynski (1–2) Wood (13) 32,061 38–58 97 July 24 @ Mariners 9–0 Laffey (4–2) Rowland-Smith (0–1) 34,802 39–58 98 July 25 @ Mariners 10–3 Sowers (3–7) Bédard (5–3) 29,213 40–58 99 July 26 @ Mariners 12–3 Lee (7–9) Vargas (3–4) 30,224 41–58 100 July 27 @ Angels 8–6 Veras (4–1) Fuentes (1–3) Wood (14) 35,371 42–58 101 July 28 @ Angels 7–6 Palmer (9–1) Huff (5–5) Bulger (1) 43,270 42–59 102 July 29 @ Angels 9–3 Lackey (7–4) Laffey (4–3) 39,196 42–60 103 July 31 Tigers 6–5 Ohka (1–4) Fien (0–1) 35,273 43–60
August (15–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 Tigers 4 – 3 (12) Seay (2–2) Veras (4–2) Miner (1) 31.353 43–61 105 August 2 Tigers 11–1 Pavano (9–8) Galarraga (5–10) 24,718 44–61 106 August 4 Twins 10–1 Baker (9–7) Huff (5–6) 17,518 44–62 107 August 5 Twins 8–1 Laffey (5–3) Liriano (4–11) 17,683 45–62 108 August 6 Twins 2–1 Sipp (2–0) Blackburn (8–6) Wood (15) 21,657 46–62 109 August 7 @ White Sox 6–2 Sowers (4–7) Buehrle (11–6) 27,153 47–62 110 August 8 @ White Sox 8–5 Carrasco (4–2) Todd (0–1) 35,224 47–63 111 August 9 @ White Sox 8–4 Huff (6–6) Contreras (4–11) 34,063 48–63 112 August 11 Rangers 5–0 Laffey (6–3) Nippert (3–1) 21,870 49–63 113 August 12 Rangers 5–0 Hunter (5–2) Carmona (2–7) 18,794 49–64 114 August 13 Rangers 4–1 Feldman (12–4) Sowers (4–8) Francisco (16) 20,090 49–65 115 August 14 @ Twins 11–0 Baker (10–7) Masterson (3–4) 34,845 49–66 116 August 15 @ Twins 7–3 Huff (7–6) Swarzak (3–6) 33,931 50–66 117 August 16 @ Twins 7–4 Laffey (7–3) Blackburn (8–8) 30,260 51–66 118 August 18 Angels 5–4 Bell (1–0) Carmona (2–7) Fuentes (35) 18,341 51–67 119 August 19 Angels 3–0 Weaver (13–4) Sowers (4–9) 16,868 51–68 120 August 20 Angels 11–3 Masterson (4–4) Lackey (8–6) 16,804 52–68 121 August 21 Mariners 9–4 French (3–3) Huff (7–7) 28,503 52–69 122 August 22 Mariners 4–3 Pérez (2–2) Messenger (0–1) 28,942 53–69 123 August 23 Mariners 6–1 Carmona (3–7) Hernández (12–5) 23,086 54–69 124 August 24 @ Royals 10–6 Sowers (5–9) Soria (3–2) 11,101 55–69 125 August 25 @ Royals 6–2 Greinke (12–8) Masterson (4–5) 17,353 55–70 126 August 26 @ Royals 4–2 Huff (8–7) Hochevar (6–7) Wood (16) 10,751 56–70 127 August 27 @ Orioles 5–4 Pérez (3–2) Johnson (3–5) Wood (17) 13,991 57–70 128 August 28 @ Orioles 13–4 Berken (4–11) Carmona (3–9) 13,961 57–71 129 August 29 @ Orioles 5–3 Pérez (4–2) Ray (0–2) C. Perez (1) 24,358 58–71 130 August 30 @ Orioles 5–2 Matusz (3–2) Masterson (4–6) Johnson (7) 20,643 58–72
September/October (7–26) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 131 September 1 @ Tigers 8–5 Jackson (11–6) Carrasco (0–1) Rodney (30) 24,225 58–73 132 September 2 @ Tigers 4–2 Porcello (12–8) Laffey (7–4) Rodney (31) 25,840 58–74 133 September 3 @ Tigers 4–3 (10) Miner (6–4) Pérez (4–3) 28,267 58–75 134 September 4 Twins 5–2 Sowers (6–9) Pavano (10–11) Wood (18) 24,402 59–75 135 September 5 Twins 4–1 Baker (13–7) Masterson (4–7) Nathan (36) 19,455 59–76 136 September 6 Twins 3–1 Huff (9–7) Blackburn (9–10) Wood (19) 17,911 60–76 September 7 Rangers Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 8 137 September 8 Rangers 11–9 Feliz (1–0) Lewis (2–4) 60–77 138 September 8 Rangers 10–5 McCarthy (7–2) Laffey (7–5) 12,976 60–78 139 September 9 Rangers 10–0 Feldman (16–4) Carmona (3–10) 14,637 60–79 140 September 11 Royals 2–1 Wright (2–5) Veras (4–3) Soria (25) 26,006 60–80 141 September 12 Royals 13–6 Huff (10–7) Hochevar (6–10) 24,842 61–80 142 September 13 Royals 7–0 Davies (8–9) Carrasco (0–2) 21,153 61–81 143 September 14 @ Twins 6–3 Mahay (2–1) C. Perez (0–1) Nathan (39) 20,640 61–82 144 September 15 @ Twins 5–4 Rauch (3–1) Carmona (3–11) Nathan (40) 19,035 61–83 145 September 16 @ Twins 7–3 Blackburn (10–11) Laffey (7–6) Nathan (41) 16,921 61–84 146 September 17 @ Athletics 5–2 Mortensen (2–2) Masterson (4–8) Bailey (25) 10,873 61–85 147 September 18 @ Athletics 2–1 Anderson (10–10) Huff (10–8) Ziegler (7) 22,893 61–86 148 September 19 @ Athletics 8–4 Kilby (1–0) Sowers (6–10) Wuertz (4) 17,209 61–86 149 September 20 @ Athletics 11–4 Eveland (2–3) Carmona (3–12) 15,430 61–87 150 September 22 Tigers 3–1 Jackson (13–7) Laffey (7–7) Rodney (34) 23,217 61–88 151 September 23 Tigers 11–3 Porcello (14–9) Masterson (4–9) 13,971 61–89 152 September 24 Tigers 6–5 Verlander (17–9) Carrasco (0–3) Rodney (35) 23,516 61–90 153 September 25 Orioles 4–2 Carmona (4–12) Hernandez (4–9) Wood (20) 33,472 62–90 154 September 26 Orioles 9–8 Wood (3–3) Johnson (4–6) 31,749 63–90 155 September 27 Orioles 9–0 Huff (11–8) Tillman (2–5) 29,930 64–90 156 September 28 White Sox 6–1 Danks (13–10) Laffey (7–8) 23,088 64–91 September 29 White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 30 157 September 30 White Sox 5–1 Carmona (5–12) Torres (1–2) 65–92 158 September 30 White Sox 1–0 Buehrle (13–10) Masterson (4–10) Thornton (4) 16,871 65–93 159 October 1 @ Red Sox 3–0 Lester (15–8) Carrasco (0–4) Papelbon (38) 37,459 65–94 160 October 2 @ Red Sox 6–2 Matsuzaka (4–6) Sowers (6–11) 37,787 65–95 161 October 3 @ Red Sox 11–6 Beckett (17–6) Laffey (7–9) 37,562 65–96 162 October 4 @ Red Sox 12–7 Bowden (1–1) Ohka (1–5) 37,247 65–97

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Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Greg Aquino	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Josh Barfield	17	20	5	8	1	0	0	2	.400	0
Rafael Betancourt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Michael Brantley	28	112	10	35	4	0	0	11	.313	4
Asdrúbal Cabrera	131	523	81	161	42	4	6	68	.308	17
Jamey Carroll	93	315	53	87	10	2	2	26	.276	4
Shin-Soo Choo	156	583	87	175	38	6	20	86	.300	21
Trevor Crowe	68	183	22	43	9	3	1	17	.235	6
Mark DeRosa	71	278	47	75	13	0	13	50	.270	1
David Dellucci	14	40	3	11	3	0	0	1	.275	0
Ben Francisco	89	308	48	77	21	1	10	33	.250	13
Ryan Garko	78	239	29	68	10	0	11	39	.285	0
Chris Gimenez	45	111	12	16	2	0	3	7	.144	1
Mike Gosling	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Tony Graffanino	7	23	1	3	1	0	0	0	.130	0
Travis Hafner	94	338	46	92	19	0	16	49	.272	0
Matt Herges	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
David Huff	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Matt LaPorta	52	181	29	46	13	0	7	21	.254	2
Aaron Laffey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Cliff Lee	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jensen Lewis	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Lou Marson	14	44	6	11	6	0	0	4	.250	0
Andy Marte	47	155	20	36	6	1	6	25	.232	0
Victor Martinez	99	377	56	107	21	1	15	65	.284	0
Tomo Ohka	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Carl Pavano	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jhonny Peralta	151	582	57	148	35	1	11	83	.254	0
Rafael Perez	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Anthony Reyes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Niuman Romero	10	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	.143	0
Kelly Shoppach	89	271	33	58	14	0	12	40	.214	0
Tony Sipp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Grady Sizemore	106	436	73	108	20	6	18	64	.248	13
Joe Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jeremy Sowers	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Wyatt Toregas	19	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	.176	0
Luis Valbuena	103	368	52	92	25	3	10	31	.250	2
Luis Vizcaíno	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Kerry Wood	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Team Totals	162	5568	773	1468	314	28	161	730	.264	84

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Winston Abreu	0	0	23.14	3	0	0	2.1	7	7	6	2	3
Greg Aquino	1	2	4.50	10	0	0	16.0	13	8	8	15	11
Rafael Betancourt	1	2	3.52	29	0	1	30.2	25	15	12	15	32
Fausto Carmona	5	12	6.32	24	24	0	125.1	151	97	88	70	79
Carlos Carrasco	0	4	8.87	5	5	0	22.1	40	23	22	11	11
Vinnie Chulk	0	1	3.75	8	0	0	12.0	10	6	5	10	4
Mike Gosling	0	0	5.04	15	0	0	25.0	30	15	14	11	13
Matt Herges	2	1	3.55	21	0	0	25.1	24	10	10	6	18
David Huff	11	8	5.61	23	23	0	128.1	159	82	80	41	65
Zach Jackson	0	0	9.35	3	1	0	8.2	14	10	9	4	10
Masahide Kobayashi	0	0	8.38	10	0	0	9.2	12	9	9	4	4
Aaron Laffey	7	9	4.44	25	19	1	121.2	140	69	60	57	59
Jensen Lewis	2	4	4.61	47	0	1	66.1	62	37	34	29	62
Scott Lewis	0	0	8.31	1	1	0	4.1	7	4	4	1	3
Justin Masterson	1	7	4.55	11	10	0	57.1	56	35	29	35	52
Tomo Ohka	1	5	5.96	18	6	0	71.0	77	47	47	19	31
Carl Pavano	9	8	5.37	21	21	0	125.2	150	80	75	23	88
Chris Perez	0	1	4.32	32	0	1	33.1	24	16	16	12	38
Rafael Perez	4	3	7.31	54	0	0	48.0	66	41	39	25	32
Anthony Reyes	1	1	6.57	8	8	0	38.1	40	30	28	23	22
Rich Rundles	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
Tony Sipp	2	0	2.93	46	0	0	40.0	27	16	13	25	48
Joe Smith	0	0	3.44	37	0	0	34.0	30	16	13	13	30
Jeremy Sowers	6	11	5.25	23	22	0	123.1	134	73	72	52	51
Jess Todd	0	1	7.40	19	0	0	20.2	31	17	17	7	18
José Veras	1	2	4.38	22	0	0	24.2	19	16	12	14	22
Luis Vizcaíno	1	3	5.40	11	0	1	11.2	8	7	7	12	9
Kerry Wood	3	3	4.25	58	0	20	55.0	48	26	26	28	63
Team Totals	65	97	5.06	162	162	25	1434.0	1570	865	806	598	986

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League	Season article
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	2009 Columbus Clippers season
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	2009 Akron Aeros season
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Lake County Captains	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Gulf Coast Indians	Gulf Coast League
Rookie	DSL Indians	Dominican Summer League

External links

• 2009 Cleveland Indians Season Official Site Archived July 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
• 2009 Cleveland Indians Season at Baseball Reference