| 2009 Florida Marlins | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Division | East | |||
| Ballpark | Land Shark Stadium | |||
| City | Miami Gardens, Florida | |||
| Record | 87–75 (.537) | |||
| Divisional place | 2nd | |||
| Owners | Jeffrey Loria | |||
| General managers | Michael Hill | |||
| Managers | Fredi González | |||
| Television | Fox Sports Florida Sun Sports Rich Waltz,Tommy Hutton | |||
| Radio | Florida Marlins Radio Network (English) Dave Van Horne,Glenn Geffner WAQI (Spanish) | |||
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The2009 Florida Marlins season was the 17th season for theMajor League Baseball franchise. The Marlins played their home games atSun Life Stadium.Fredi González returned for his third straight season as manager. The Marlins failed to make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. This would also mark the Marlins last winning season until 2020.
Opening Day showcased the Marlins′ new emphasis on pitching and speed, although several home runs were hit too. New leadoff hitterEmilio Bonifacio had three stolen bases and aninside-the-park home run, going 4-for-5. Agrand slam byHanley Ramírez, and homers byJorge Cantú andJeremy Hermida capped a spectacular performance in a 12–6 win overthe Washington Nationals. The 12 runs set a franchise record for most runs scored on Opening Day.[1] Following an opening series sweep of Washington, the Marlins won two of three games againstthe New York Mets. Next, Florida had a nine-game road trip, visiting Atlanta, Washington, and Pittsburgh for three games each. The Marlins swept boththe Braves and Nationals to earn a franchise-best 11–1 record to open a season. But then they stumbled in Pittsburgh, losing all three games tothe Pirates. Then the Marlins returned home to meetthe Phillies, and lost all three games there too. In the final game against Philadelphia, outfielderCody Ross pitched an inning of relief, becoming the first Marlins position player to pitch sinceJason Wood did so in 2007. The Marlins closed April with three straight wins on the road.
The Marlins opened the month by losing the final three games of a four-game series atthe Chicago Cubs. This was the beginning of one of the worst months in Marlins history going 5–20.Ricky Nolasco never returned to his 2008 form and was sent down to AAA. Worse yet, their number three starterAníbal Sánchez got injured and the Marlins experimented with different pitchers includingJohn Koronka,Graham Taylor, and even tried starting relieversHayden Penn andBurke Badenhop before finally settling forSean West. For the second time in 2009 a position player,Ross Gload pitched a hitless 9th inning in a 15–2 loss tothe Tampa Bay Rays. After being 11–1 near the end of April the Marlins finished May with a 23–28 record.
In June the Marlins slowly were able to climb back to a 40–39 record. Rookie pitcher Sean West went into the seventh inning against his childhood idolRandy Johnson andthe San Francisco Giants with ano-hitter beforeÉdgar Rentería hit a single.[2] andRicky Nolasco returned from the Minors and was better than ever.Hanley Ramírez started to play like an MVP, by hitting 2 grand slams in one series againstthe Baltimore Orioles, his second and third of the year, then continued to have RBIs for 10 straight games into July 2 for aFlorida Marlins franchise record.
In the beginning of July Hanley Ramírez was voted as the startingshortstop for theNational League in the2009 MLB All-Star Game. Teammate and pitcherJosh Johnson joined him but was not named a starter. At the All-Star Game, Ramírez went 0 for 3 with 3 ground balls. Johnson did not get the opportunity to pitch. Coming out of the All-Star Break, the Marlins ran inthe Philadelphia Phillies with a four-game series. Since the 3rd game got rained out, they only lost all 3 games. No. 5 starter Sean West was sent to the minors andRick VandenHurk was called up to make his 2009 Marlins debut. Also, their No. 4 starterAndrew Miller was sent down andGaby Sánchez joined the team.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Philadelphia Phillies | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 45–36 | 48–33 |
| Florida Marlins | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 43–38 | 44–37 |
| Atlanta Braves | 86 | 76 | .531 | 7 | 40–41 | 46–35 |
| New York Mets | 70 | 92 | .432 | 23 | 41–40 | 29–52 |
| Washington Nationals | 59 | 103 | .364 | 34 | 33–48 | 26–55 |
Source:MLB Standings Grid – 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WAS | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–4 | 4-2 | 1–5 | 7-11 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 7-11 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 11-7 | 5-13 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–10 |
| Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 8-10 | 3-3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 10-8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10-8 | 7–8 |
| Chicago | 2-4 | 2–4 | – | 10-5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–6 | 3–5 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 1–5 | 10-4 | 4–5 | 4-2 | 6-10 | 5–2 | 6–9 |
| Cincinnati | 5-1 | 6-3 | 5-10 | – | 0-7 | 3-3 | 12-4 | 1-5 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 13-5 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 3-4 | 6-9 |
| Colorado | 11-7 | 4-4 | 4-2 | 7-0 | – | 2-4 | 2-5 | 4-14 | 6-0 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 10-8 | 8-10 | 6-1 | 6-0 | 11-4 |
| Florida | 3-5 | 10-8 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 4-2 | – | 4–3 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 11-7 | 9-9 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 12-6 | 10-8 |
| Houston | 4–5 | 3-3 | 6-11 | 4-12 | 5-2 | 3-4 | – | 4–3 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 6-9 |
| Los Angeles | 11-7 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 14-4 | 3-3 | 3-4 | – | 3–3 | 5-1 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 10-8 | 11-7 | 2-5 | 3-2 | 9-9 |
| Milwaukee | 5-2 | 3-3 | 7-10 | 7-8 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 10-5 | 3-3 | – | 3-3 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 9-9 | 5-3 | 5-10 |
| New York | 2-5 | 5-13 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 7-11 | 5-1 | 1-5 | 3-3 | – | 6-12 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 10-8 | 5–10 |
| Philadelphia | 5-1 | 8-10 | 5-1 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 9-9 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 12-6 | – | 4-2 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 15-3 | 6-12 |
| Pittsburgh | 1-6 | 4-3 | 4-10 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 4-2 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 2-4 | – | 3-4 | 2-4 | 5-10 | 5-3 | 8–7 |
| San Diego | 7-11 | 3-3 | 5-4 | 6-1 | 8-10 | 2-4 | 1-6 | 8-10 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 2-5 | 4-3 | – | 10-8 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 5–10 |
| San Francisco | 13-5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 10-8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7-11 | 5-4 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 8-10 | – | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| St. Louis | 4-2 | 2-4 | 10-6 | 8-8 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 1-4 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 3-4 | – | 6–1 | 9–6 |
| Washington | 5-1 | 8-10 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-6 | 6-12 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 8-10 | 3-15 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-6 | – | 7–11 |
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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 |
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| Jorge Cantú | 149 | 585 | 67 | 169 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 100 | .289 | 3 |
| Hanley Ramírez | 151 | 576 | 101 | 197 | 42 | 1 | 24 | 106 | .342 | 27 |
| Dan Uggla | 158 | 564 | 84 | 137 | 27 | 1 | 31 | 90 | .243 | 2 |
| Cody Ross | 151 | 559 | 73 | 151 | 37 | 1 | 24 | 90 | .270 | 5 |
| Chris Coghlan | 128 | 504 | 84 | 162 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 47 | .321 | 8 |
| Emilio Bonifacio | 127 | 461 | 72 | 116 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 27 | .252 | 21 |
| Jeremy Hermida | 129 | 429 | 48 | 111 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 47 | .259 | 5 |
| John Baker | 112 | 373 | 59 | 101 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 50 | .271 | 0 |
| Ronny Paulino | 80 | 239 | 24 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 27 | .272 | 1 |
| Ross Gload | 125 | 230 | 33 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 30 | .261 | 0 |
| Wes Helms | 113 | 214 | 18 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 33 | .271 | 1 |
| Cameron Maybin | 54 | 176 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 13 | .250 | 1 |
| Brett Carroll | 92 | 141 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | .234 | 0 |
| Nick Johnson | 35 | 104 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .279 | 0 |
| Alfredo Amezaga | 27 | 69 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .217 | 1 |
| Gaby Sánchez | 21 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .238 | 0 |
| Alejandro De Aza | 22 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | 0 |
| Brett Hayes | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 | 0 |
| Andy González | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .083 | 0 |
| Josh Johnson | 34 | 62 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .194 | 0 |
| Ricky Nolasco | 31 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .140 | 0 |
| Chris Volstad | 30 | 47 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .128 | 0 |
| Sean West | 20 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | 0 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Andrew Miller | 20 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | 0 |
| Rick VandenHurk | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Burke Badenhop | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Graham Taylor | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Brian Sanches | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Tim Wood | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| John Koronka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Cristhian Martínez | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Dan Meyer | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Renyel Pinto | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Dave Davidson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5572 | 772 | 1493 | 296 | 25 | 159 | 727 | .268 | 75 |
Note: Pitchers batting data are included above.
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average;
| Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA |
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| Josh Johnson | 33 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 209.0 | 184 | 75 | 64 | 191 | 3.23 |
| Ricky Nolasco | 31 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 185.0 | 188 | 104 | 51 | 195 | 5.06 |
| Chris Volstad | 29 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 159.0 | 169 | 92 | 62 | 107 | 5.21 |
| Sean West | 20 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 103.1 | 115 | 55 | 44 | 70 | 4.79 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 16 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 86.0 | 84 | 37 | 51 | 71 | 3.87 |
| Andrew Miller | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 80.0 | 85 | 43 | 44 | 59 | 4.84 |
| Rick VandenHurk | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 58.2 | 57 | 28 | 24 | 49 | 4.30 |
| Graham Taylor | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 8.18 |
| John Koronka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11.05 |
| Burke Badenhop | 35 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 72.0 | 71 | 30 | 28 | 57 | 3.75 |
| Hayden Penn | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 30 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 7.77 |
| Leo Nunez | 75 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 68.2 | 59 | 31 | 32 | 60 | 4.06 |
| Matt Lindstrom | 54 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 47.1 | 54 | 31 | 26 | 39 | 5.89 |
| Dan Meyer | 71 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 58.1 | 47 | 20 | 23 | 56 | 3.09 |
| Kiko Calero | 67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 36 | 13 | 34 | 69 | 1.95 |
| Renyel Pinto | 73 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 61.1 | 53 | 22 | 47 | 58 | 3.23 |
| Brian Sanches | 47 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 56.1 | 50 | 16 | 34 | 51 | 2.56 |
| Cristhian Martínez | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26.1 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 5.13 |
| Brendan Donnelly | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25.1 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 1.78 |
| Tim Wood | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 2.82 |
| Luis Ayala | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11.74 |
| Logan Kensing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9.82 |
| Chris Leroux | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10.80 |
| Carlos Martinez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.86 |
| Ross Gload | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cody Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dave Davidson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 45.00 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 162 | 87 | 75 | 45 | 1446.1 | 1425 | 690 | 661 | 1248 | 4.29 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville
