The2009Detroit Tigers season was the team's 109th season. The Tigers' new slogan for 2009 was "Always a Tiger." It replaced the 2006–2008 slogan "Who's Your Tiger?"
2009 Detroit Tigers | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | Central | |||
Ballpark | Comerica Park | |||
City | Detroit, Michigan | |||
Record | 86–77 (.528) | |||
Divisional place | 2nd | |||
Owners | Mike Ilitch | |||
General managers | Dave Dombrowski | |||
Managers | Jim Leyland | |||
Television | Fox Sports Detroit (Mario Impemba,Rod Allen) | |||
Radio | Detroit Tigers Radio Network (Dan Dickerson,Jim Price,John Keating) | |||
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |||
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The Tigers ended the season on October 6 with a 6–5 loss in 12 innings to theMinnesota Twins in thetie-breaker game to win theAmerican League Central. The Tigers spent 146 days in first place and became the first team in Major League history to lose a three-game lead with four games left to play.
2008–2009 offseason events
edit- The Tigers announced on September 29, 2008, that they would not pick up the $12 million option on shortstopÉdgar Rentería's contract, although the team did not rule out the possibility of re-signing him in the offseason. The buyout was worth $3 million. The option was part of the contract Rentería signed with theBoston Red Sox in 2004. He had changed teams twice since then. The roster move was finalized on October 30. The team could have offered him arbitration and received a draft pick from Rentería's new team, but formally chose not to offer Rentería arbitration on December 1.[1] On December 4, 2008, Rentería signed a two-year deal with theSan Francisco Giants.[2]
- On October 17, the Tigers hiredRick Knapp as their new pitching coach,[3] replacingChuck Hernandez, who took part of the blame for the team's poor pitching in 2008. Knapp had worked for 12 years as the minor league pitching coordinator for theMinnesota Twins.
- The Red Sox claimed Tiger relieverVirgil Vasquez off waivers on October 28.[4] Vasquez had spent the entire season as a starter with theToledo Mud Hens, the Tigers' AAA affiliate.
- On December 8, the Tigers acquired catcherGerald Laird from theTexas Rangers, in exchange for minor league pitching prospects Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo.[5]
- On December 10, the Tigers traded outfielderMatt Joyce to theTampa Bay Rays for starting pitcherEdwin Jackson. Joyce had divided his time in the previous season between the Tigers and Class AAA Toledo.
- On December 12, the Tigers signed infielderRamón Santiago to a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration.[6]
- Also on December 12, in a Rule 5 draft, the Tigers selected left-handed pitcher Kyle Bloom from thePittsburgh Pirates double-A affiliate, Altoona. Detroit would return Bloom to the Pirates in March 2009. In the same draft, they lost James Skelton, a left-handed hitting catcher, to theArizona Diamondbacks. Skelton was on Detroit's 2008 40-man roster but was not included on the 40-man cast for 2009.[7]
- On December 13, relief pitcherAquilino López became the Tigers' only arbitration-eligible player this offseason to not be offered a contract by the team, making him a free agent.[8]
- On December 15, the Tigers finalized a one-year, $1 million contract with free-agentshortstopAdam Everett, previously with theMinnesota Twins.[9]
- On December 18, formerMarlins catcherMatt Treanor signed with the Tigers.[10]
- On January 6, 2009, the Tigers signed former utility outfielderAlexis Gómez to a minor-league contract. Gómez had played on the2006 World Series team, but had spent the subsequent two seasons in theColorado Rockies andFlorida Marlins systems.[11]
- On January 13, the Tigers signed Taiwanesesidearm relief pitcherFu-Te Ni to a minor-league contract with an invitation to training camp. Ni had pitched forTaiwan at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing.[12]
- On January 14, the team avoided arbitration with relief pitcherFernando Rodney and utility outfielderMarcus Thames by signing both to one-year contracts.[13]
- On January 20, the team avoided arbitration with catcher Gerald Laird, starting pitcher Edwin Jackson, and relieversJoel Zumaya andBobby Seay by signing each to one-year contracts.[14] The same day, the Tigers signedJuan Rincón to a minor-league contract with an invite to spring training.[15]
- On January 26, the Tigers signed relief pitcherBrandon Lyon to a one-year contract.[16] The same day, the team signedTimo Pérez to a minor-league contract.[17]
- On February 3, the Tigers avoided arbitration with starting pitcherJustin Verlander by signing him to a one-year, $3.7 million contract.[18]
- On February 4, the organization outrighted pitcherEddie Bonine to theMud Hens after clearing waivers.[19] He had spent most of the 2008 season with the Mud Hens.
- On February 24, the Tigers came to terms with relief pitchersClay Rapada andFreddy Dolsi, and outfieldersBrent Clevlen,Ryan Raburn andWilkin Ramírez, all to one-year contracts.[20]
- On March 19, the Tigers outrighted relief pitcherMacay McBride toToledo.[21]
- On March 29, the Tigers placed relieversJoel Zumaya andDontrelle Willis on the 15-daydisabled list. Zumaya, who had had a history of shoulder problems, was due to be activated April 11, one day after the Tigers' home opener against Texas. Willis was placed on the list due to ananxiety disorder.[22]
- On March 30, the Tigers acquired speedy outfielderJosh Anderson from the Atlanta Braves for pitching prospect Rudy Darrow. Anderson hit .294 with three home runs, 12 RBIs and ten stolen bases with Atlanta in 2008.[23]
- In a surprise move, the Tigers released nine-time All-StarGary Sheffield on March 31. Sheffield, who joined the Tigers before the 2007 season, was one home run short of the 500 club when he was released.[24]
Trades
editOn July 30, the Tigers traded outfielderJosh Anderson to Kansas City for cash considerations.[25]
On July 31, the Tigers traded rookie left-handed pitcherLuke French and left-handed pitcherMauricio Robles to Seattle for veteran left-handed starting pitcherJarrod Washburn.[26]
On August 17, the Tigers traded pitcher Brett Jacobson to Baltimore forAubrey Huff.[27]
Season highlights
editThe Tigers' home opener was on April 10 against theTexas Rangers.[28] The Tigers won that game 15–2, which included agrand slam byMiguel Cabrera and finished the series with a sweep.[29]
The Tigers swept their rivals the Indians in Cleveland during the second weekend of May.[30] The Tigers also completed back-to-back sweeps in May, against the Athletics and the Rangers. The Tigers also completed back-to-back sweeps in late June, over the Brewers and Cubs.
On May 15, the Tigers hit 2 grand slams in a game, only the third time in team history.[31]
On June 19,Instant replay was used twice in the Tigers' 10–4 victory over theMilwaukee Brewers atComerica Park, the first time that's happened in league history.[32]Miguel Cabrera's third-inning single off the top of the wall is called a home run after instant replay review shows that it had actually cleared the wall. Contrarily,Dusty Ryan's fourth-inning home run was overturned to a ground rule double. Later that weekend, the Tigers won the series with a sweep.
On May 19,Dontrelle Willis and four relief pitchers combined to throw a one-hitter in a 4–0 Tigers Victory. Willis had a stretch in which he retired 17 straight batters[33]
The Tigers completed back-to-back sweeps against the Indians and Rays in early September.[34][35]
The Tigers held the 1st-place position from May 8 until they lost it to the Twins in the tiebreaker game on October 6.
The Tigers swept the Indians for the third time of the season in late September.[36]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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Record vs. opponents
editTeam | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL | ||
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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 |
- Source:MLB Standings Grid – 2009
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Player stats
editThrough October 6, 2009
Batting
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Wilkin Ramírez | 15 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 1 | 3 |
Miguel Cabrera | 160 | 611 | 198 | .324 | 34 | 103 |
Magglio Ordóñez | 131 | 465 | 144 | .310 | 9 | 50 |
Alex Avila | 29 | 61 | 17 | .279 | 5 | 14 |
Ryan Raburn | 113 | 261 | 76 | .291 | 16 | 45 |
Plácido Polanco | 153 | 618 | 176 | .285 | 10 | 72 |
Ramón Santiago | 93 | 262 | 70 | .267 | 7 | 35 |
Marcus Thames | 87 | 258 | 65 | .252 | 13 | 36 |
Curtis Granderson | 160 | 631 | 157 | .249 | 30 | 71 |
Adam Everett | 118 | 345 | 82 | .238 | 3 | 44 |
Josh Anderson * | 74 | 165 | 40 | .242 | 0 | 16 |
Clete Thomas | 102 | 275 | 66 | .240 | 7 | 39 |
Don Kelly | 31 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Carlos Guillén | 81 | 277 | 67 | .242 | 11 | 41 |
Brandon Inge | 161 | 562 | 129 | .230 | 27 | 84 |
Gerald Laird | 135 | 413 | 93 | .225 | 4 | 33 |
Jeff Larish * | 32 | 74 | 16 | .216 | 4 | 7 |
Aubrey Huff * | 40 | 106 | 20 | .189 | 2 | 13 |
Dusty Ryan | 12 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 4 |
Dane Sardinha * | 12 | 31 | 3 | .097 | 0 | 3 |
Brent Dlugach | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Treanor * | 4 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitcher Totals | 163 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Team Totals | 163 | 5540 | 1443 | .260 | 183 | 718 |
Individual pitchers batting statistics not included.
Starting and other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Justin Verlander | 35 | 240 | 19 | 9 | 3.45 | 269 |
Edwin Jackson | 33 | 214 | 13 | 9 | 3.62 | 161 |
Lucas French * | 7 | 29+1⁄3 | 1 | 2 | 3.38 | 19 |
Rick Porcello | 31 | 170+2⁄3 | 14 | 9 | 3.96 | 89 |
Eddie Bonine | 10 | 34+1⁄3 | 1 | 1 | 4.40 | 19 |
Nate Robertson | 28 | 49+2⁄3 | 2 | 3 | 5.44 | 35 |
Armando Galarraga | 29 | 143+1⁄3 | 6 | 10 | 5.64 | 95 |
Alfredo Figaro | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6.35 | 16 |
Jarrod Washburn | 8 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 7.33 | 21 |
Dontrelle Willis * | 7 | 33+2⁄3 | 1 | 4 | 7.49 | 17 |
Jeremy Bonderman | 8 | 10+1⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 8.71 | 5 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | HLD | ERA | SO |
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Freddy Dolsi * | 6 | 10+2⁄3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 3 |
Brandon Lyon | 57 | 78+2⁄3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 2.87 | 51 |
Fu-Te Ni | 29 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.93 | 19 |
Bobby Seay | 63 | 48+2⁄3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3.61 | 37 |
Fernando Rodney | 64 | 75+2⁄3 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 3.88 | 59 |
Ryan Perry | 47 | 61+2⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.00 | 51 |
Zach Miner | 45 | 92+1⁄3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4.52 | 56 |
Joel Zumaya * | 29 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4.94 | 30 |
Juan Rincón * | 7 | 10+1⁄3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 10 |
Clay Rapada * | 2 | 3+1⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |
Casey Fien | 6 | 11+1⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 6 |
Chris Lambert * | 2 | 6+2⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.85 | 4 |
Team Pitching Totals | 163 | 1447 | 86 | 77 | 42 | 67 | 4.29 | 1102 |
* No longer on active roster
Farm system
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^"Detroit Tigers Official Site December 1, 2008 Tigers Won't Take Risk with Renteria". Archived fromthe original on December 4, 2008. RetrievedFebruary 21, 2009.
- ^"Giants sign free agent infielder Edgar Renteria to a two-year deal". Archived fromthe original on December 17, 2008. RetrievedJune 19, 2009.
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site October 17, 2008 - Rick Knapp named Tigers pitching coach
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site October 28, 2008 Red Sox Claim Tigers Hurler Vasquez
- ^"Detroit Tigers Official Site December 8, 2008 Tigers Seal Deal with Texas, Get Laird". Archived fromthe original on December 11, 2008. RetrievedFebruary 21, 2009.
- ^Detroit News December 8, 2008 Santiago, Tigers agree on 1 year contract
- ^Detroit News December 12, 2008 Tigers grab lefty Bloom
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site December 13, 2008 Lopez Left Out as Tigers Offer Contracts
- ^"Detroit Tigers Official Site December 15, 2008 Tigers agree to terms with Adam Everett". Archived fromthe original on December 17, 2008. RetrievedDecember 16, 2008.
- ^Mlive.com December 18, 2008 Tigers announce signing catcher Matt Treanor
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site January 6, 2009 Tigers sign Gomez to minor league deal
- ^Mlive.com January 13, 2009 Detroit Tigers sign Fu-Te Ni
- ^Mlive.com January 14, 2009 Fernando Rodney, Marcus Thames sign with Detroit Tigers to avoid contract arbitration
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site January 20, 2009 Tigers Ink Four, Ponder Verlander Terms
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site January 20, 2009 On Rebound, Rincón Inks Minors Deal
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site January 26, 2009 Chance to close landed Lyon in Detroit
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site January 26, 2009 Pérez Signs Minor League Deal
- ^Mlive.com February 3, 2009 Tigers, Justin Verlander avoid arbitration
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site February 4, 2009 Tigers Outright Bonine to Triple-A
- ^"Detroit Tigers Official Site February 24, 2009 Tigers Come to Terms With Five". Archived fromthe original on February 28, 2009. RetrievedMarch 31, 2009.
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site March 19, 2009 McBride Outrighted to Triple-A Toledo
- ^"Detroit Tigers Official Site March 29, 2009 Tigers Place Willis, Zumaya on DL". Archived fromthe original on April 1, 2009. RetrievedApril 1, 2009.
- ^"Detroit Tigers Official Site March 30, 2009 Tigers Acquire Anderson from Braves". Archived fromthe original on April 1, 2009. RetrievedApril 1, 2009.
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site March 31, 2009 Tigers Release SheffieldArchived April 3, 2009, at theWayback Machine
- ^"Detroit Tigers Official Site July 30, 2009 Tigers send Anderson to Royals for cash - Oufielder moves to fourth Major League ballclub in career". Archived fromthe original on August 2, 2009. RetrievedJuly 31, 2009.
- ^"Detroit Tigers Official Site July 31, 2009 Tigers acquire Washburn from Mariners - AL Central leaders add veteran left-hander to all-righty rotation". Archived fromthe original on August 3, 2009. RetrievedJuly 31, 2009.
- ^Tigers acquire infielder Huff from O's - Veteran brings left-hand bat to lineup and versatility in the field
- ^2009 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Schedule
- ^"MLB.com 4/12/09 Inge starts, finishes Tigers' comeback". Archived fromthe original on April 15, 2009. RetrievedJune 20, 2009.
- ^"Detroit Tigers Official Site May 10, 2009 Stingy Tigers sweep behind Porcello". Archived fromthe original on May 19, 2009. RetrievedJune 19, 2009.
- ^"MLB.com 5/15/09 Tigers get Raburn, Inge grand slams". Archived fromthe original on May 20, 2009. RetrievedJune 20, 2009.
- ^"MLB.com 6/19/09 Tigers rain down runs on Brewers". Archived fromthe original on June 23, 2009. RetrievedJune 20, 2009.
- ^"MLB.com 5/19/09 D-Train won't be denied in second start". Archived fromthe original on May 24, 2009.
- ^Tigers.com September 3, 2009 Polanco comes through for Tigers win - Victory in 10th extends lead in AL Central to five games
- ^Detroit Tigers Official Site September 6, 2009 Tigers sweep behind Inge's heroics - Slugger ropes go-ahead grand slam in ninth inning
- ^"Detroit tigers Official Site September 24, 2009 Tigers sweep Tribe, pad AL Central lead - Bats, Verlander help Detroit reduce magic number to eight". Archived fromthe original on September 28, 2009. RetrievedSeptember 25, 2009.
External links
edit- Fox Sports Detroit official site – 2009 Detroit Tigers telecast schedule
- The Detroit News Tigers newsfeed (updated daily)
- Detroit Tigers game-time forecasts (from weather.com) (updated daily)
- 2009 Detroit Tigers season atBaseball Reference