| 2009 San Francisco Giants | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Division | West | |||
| Ballpark | AT&T Park | |||
| City | San Francisco, California | |||
| Record | 88–74 (.543) | |||
| Divisional place | 3rd | |||
| Owners | Bill Neukom (managing general partner) | |||
| General managers | Brian Sabean | |||
| Managers | Bruce Bochy | |||
| Television | KNTV (NBC 11) CSN Bay Area (Duane Kuiper,Jon Miller,Mike Krukow) | |||
| Radio | KNBR (680 AM) (Jon Miller,Greg Papa,Dave Flemming) KIQI (1010 AM, Spanish) (Erwin Higueros,Tito Fuentes) | |||
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The2009 San Francisco Giants season was theGiants' 127th year inMajor League Baseball, their 52nd year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the1957 season, and their tenth atAT&T Park. After four consecutive losing seasons, the team finished in third place in theNational League West with an 88–74 record, 7 games behind theLos Angeles Dodgers. FollowingPeter Magowan's retirement,Bill Neukom served as general managing partner of the Giants.[1] After a season with the fewesthome runs of any team since the1993 Florida Marlins,[2] general managerBrian Sabean said the Giants would attempt to bring in a power hitter as well as strengthening a bullpen that held a 4.45 ERA in 2008, 14th in theNational League.[3][4]
After leading the National LeagueWild Card race for most of the season, the Giants were ultimately passed by theColorado Rockies. The team finished third in the NL West and second in the Wild Card. Though they missed the playoffs, the Giants surpassed most expectations for their season; for example,Sports Illustrated projected that the Giants would finish with a record of 77–85.[5]Sports Illustrated's Lee Jenkins noted San Francisco's promising farm system (including productsPablo Sandoval andMadison Bumgarner) and the perceived weakness of the NL West as reasons to be optimistic about the Giants' potential.[6] Additionally, the Giants' starting rotation boasted threeCy Young Award winners:Randy Johnson,Tim Lincecum, andBarry Zito. After the season ended, Lincecum won his second straight Cy Young.[7] The Giants would build on their surprising 2009 season the following year, winning the World Series. It would be their first in San Francisco.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 50–31 | 45–36 |
| Colorado Rockies | 92 | 70 | .568 | 3 | 51–30 | 41–40 |
| San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | .543 | 7 | 52–29 | 36–45 |
| San Diego Padres | 75 | 87 | .463 | 20 | 42–39 | 33–48 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 70 | 92 | .432 | 25 | 36–45 | 34–47 |
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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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| 2009 San Francisco Giants | |||||||||
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| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders
Outfielders | Manager Coaches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Sandoval | 153 | 572 | 79 | 189 | 44 | 5 | 25 | 90 | .330 | 5 |
| Randy Winn | 149 | 538 | 65 | 141 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 51 | .262 | 16 |
| Aaron Rowand | 144 | 499 | 61 | 130 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 64 | .261 | 4 |
| Bengie Molina | 132 | 491 | 52 | 130 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 80 | .265 | 0 |
| Edgar Rentería | 124 | 460 | 50 | 115 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 48 | .250 | 7 |
| Freddy Sanchez | 111 | 457 | 56 | 134 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 41 | .293 | 5 |
| Juan Uribe | 122 | 398 | 50 | 115 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 55 | .289 | 3 |
| Travis Ishikawa | 120 | 326 | 49 | 85 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 39 | .261 | 2 |
| Fred Lewis | 122 | 295 | 49 | 76 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 20 | .258 | 8 |
| Nate Schierholtz | 116 | 285 | 33 | 76 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 29 | .267 | 3 |
| Eugenio Vélez | 84 | 285 | 40 | 76 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 31 | .267 | 11 |
| Emmanuel Burriss | 61 | 202 | 18 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .238 | 11 |
| Andrés Torres | 75 | 152 | 30 | 41 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | .270 | 6 |
| Eli Whiteside | 49 | 127 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .228 | 0 |
| Rich Aurilia | 60 | 122 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .213 | 0 |
| Ryan Garko | 40 | 115 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .235 | 0 |
| John Bowker | 31 | 67 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .194 | 1 |
| Tim Lincecum | 32 | 66 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .152 | 0 |
| Matt Cain | 32 | 60 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .150 | 0 |
| Matt Downs | 17 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .170 | 1 |
| Barry Zito | 32 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | 0 |
| Kevin Frandsen | 23 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .140 | 0 |
| Jonathan Sánchez | 31 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .073 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 20 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | 0 |
| Jesus Guzman | 12 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |
| Ryan Rohlinger | 12 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .158 | 0 |
| Buster Posey | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | 0 |
| Brad Penny | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | 0 |
| Ryan Sadowski | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | 0 |
| Joe Martinez | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |
| Steve Holm | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | 0 |
| Justin Miller | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jeremy Affeldt | 73 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| Madison Bumgarner | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Bob Howry | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Brandon Medders | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Brian Wilson | 67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Osiris Matos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Sergio Romo | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Alex Hinshaw | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Waldis Joaquín | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Dan Runzler | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Merkin Valdéz | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5493 | 657 | 1411 | 275 | 43 | 122 | 612 | .257 | 78 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; 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 |
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| Tim Lincecum | 15 | 7 | 2.48 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 225.1 | 168 | 69 | 62 | 68 | 261 |
| Matt Cain | 14 | 8 | 2.89 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 217.2 | 184 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 171 |
| Barry Zito | 10 | 13 | 4.03 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 192.0 | 179 | 89 | 86 | 81 | 154 |
| Jonathan Sánchez | 8 | 12 | 4.24 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 163.1 | 135 | 82 | 77 | 88 | 177 |
| Randy Johnson | 8 | 6 | 4.88 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 96.0 | 97 | 55 | 52 | 31 | 86 |
| Brian Wilson | 5 | 6 | 2.74 | 68 | 0 | 38 | 72.1 | 60 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 83 |
| Brandon Medders | 5 | 1 | 3.01 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 68.2 | 63 | 26 | 23 | 32 | 58 |
| Bob Howry | 2 | 6 | 3.39 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 63.2 | 50 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 46 |
| Jeremy Affeldt | 2 | 2 | 1.73 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 62.1 | 42 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 55 |
| Justin Miller | 3 | 3 | 3.18 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | 47 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 36 |
| Merkin Valdéz | 2 | 1 | 5.66 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 49.1 | 57 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 38 |
| Brad Penny | 4 | 1 | 2.59 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 41.2 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 20 |
| Sergio Romo | 5 | 2 | 3.97 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 34.0 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| Joe Martinez | 3 | 2 | 7.50 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30.0 | 46 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 19 |
| Ryan Sadowski | 2 | 4 | 4.45 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 28.1 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 |
| Waldis Joaquín | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Madison Bumgarner | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Dan Runzler | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Alex Hinshaw | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| Osiris Matos | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Pat Misch | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 88 | 74 | 3.55 | 162 | 162 | 41 | 1446.0 | 1268 | 611 | 571 | 584 | 1302 |
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