2009 San Francisco Giants season

The 2009 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 127th year in Major League Baseball, their 52nd year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 10th at AT&T Park. After four consecutive losing seasons, the team finished in third place in the National League West with an 88–74 record, 7 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Following Peter Magowan's retirement, Bill Neukom served as general managing partner of the Giants.[1] After a season with the fewest home runs of any team since the 1993 Florida Marlins,[2] general manager Brian 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, fourteenth in the National League.[3][4]

2009 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersBill Neukom (managing general partner)
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersBruce Bochy
Local televisionKNTV (NBC 11)
CSN Bay Area
(Duane Kuiper, Jon Miller, Mike Krukow)
Local radioKNBR (680 AM)
(Jon Miller, Greg Papa, Dave Flemming)
KIQI (1010 AM, Spanish)
(Erwin Higueros, Tito Fuentes)
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After leading the National League Wild Card race for most of the season, the Giants were ultimately passed by the Colorado 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 7785.[5] Sports Illustrated's Lee Jenkins noted San Francisco's promising farm system (including products Pablo Sandoval and Madison 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 three Cy Young Award winners: Randy Johnson, Tim Lincecum, and Barry 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.

Regular season

Notable events

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9567 0.586 50–31 45–36
Colorado Rockies 9270 0.568 3 51–30 41–40
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 7 52–29 36–45
San Diego Padres 7587 0.463 20 42–39 33–48
Arizona Diamondbacks 7092 0.432 25 36–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents


Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona3–44-21–57-115–35–47-112–55–21–56–111-75-132–41–55–10
Atlanta4–34–23–64–48-103-34–33–313–510-83–43–33–44–210-87–8
Chicago2-42–410-52–44–311–63–510-73-31–510-44–54-26-105–26–9
Cincinnati5-16-35-100-73-312-41-58-72-42-513-51-63-38-83-46-9
Colorado11-74-44-27-02-42-54-146-03-42-46-310-88-106-16-011-4
Florida3-510-83-43-34-24–33-33-411-79-92-44-23-43-312-610-8
Houston4–53-36-114-125-23-44–35-101-56-210-56-12-46-93-36-9
Los Angeles11-73-45-35-114-43-33-43–35-14-34-310-811-72-53-29-9
Milwaukee5-23-37-107-80-64-310-53-33-34-39-52-44-59-95-35-10
New York2-55-133-34-24-37-115-11-53-36-124-32-55-34-510-85–10
Philadelphia5-18-105-15-24-29-92-63-43-412-64-25-23-44-115-36-12
Pittsburgh1-64-34-105-133-64-25-103-45-93-42-43-42-45-105-38–7
San Diego7-113-35-46-18-102-41-68-104-25-22-54-310-81-64-25–10
San Francisco13-54–32–43–310-84–34–27-115-43–54–34–28-104–34–29–6
St. Louis4-22-410-68-81-63-39-65-29-95-41-410-56-13-46–19–6
Washington5-18-102-54-30-66-123-32-33-58-103-153-52-42-41-67–11

Game log

Legend
Giants Win Giants Loss Postponed
Game Log
April (1010)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 7Brewers106Martinez (10)Suppan (01)42,76710
2April 8Brewers42Gallardo (10)Johnson (01)Villanueva (1)40,76411
3April 9Brewers71Cain (10)Parra (01)30,02721
4April 10@ Padres73Hill (10)Zito (01)20,50722
5April 11@ Padres63Peavy (11)Sánchez (01)Bell (3)35,30523
6April 12@ Padres61Young (20)Lincecum (01)19,41524
7April 13@ Dodgers111Billingsley (20)Johnson (02)57,09925
8April 15@ Dodgers54Broxton (10)Howry (01)42,51126
9April 16@ Dodgers72Stults (20)Zito (02)36,55327
10April 17Diamondbacks20Sánchez (11)Haren (03)Wilson (1)34,89837
11April 18Diamondbacks20Davis (12)Affeldt (01)Qualls37,40938
12April 19Diamondbacks20Johnson (12)Scherzer (01)Wilson (2)35,35048
13April 21Padres83Cain (20)Peavy (22)39,31458
14April 22Padres10 (10)Wilson (10)Moreno (02)26,59368
15April 24@ Diamondbacks51Lincecum (11)Davis (13)27,86578
16April 25@ Diamondbacks53Miller (10)Scherzer (02)Wilson (3)37,25388
17April 26@ Diamondbacks54 (12)Gutiérrez (11)Medders (01)31,86289
18April 27Dodgers54Valdéz (10)Belisario (02)Wilson (4)30,09199
19April 28Dodgers53Broxton (20)Howry (02)Ohman (1)30,482910
20April 29Dodgers94Lincecum (21)Stults (21)Wilson (5)37,7171010
May (1514)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1Rockies32Johnson (22)Jiménez (14)Wilson (6)30,7911110
22May 2Rockies51Marquis (41)Cain (21)30,1661111
23May 3Rockies10 (10)Medders (11)Corpas (03)30,6501211
24May 4@ Cubs42Dempster (21)Sánchez (12)Gregg (4)39,1121212
25May 5@ Cubs62Lincecum (31)Marshall (02)39,4971312
26May 6@ Rockies111Jiménez (24)Johnson (23)22,1051313
27May 7@ Rockies83Cain (31)Marquis (42)23,4531413
28May 8@ Dodgers31Zito (12)Billingsley (51)Wilson (7)51,2091513
29May 9@ Dodgers80Stults (41)Sánchez (13)41,4251514
30May 10@ Dodgers75 (13)Wilson (20)Mota (21)37,5291614
31May 11Nationals117Johnson (33)Cabrera (04)Wilson (8)23,9341714
32May 12Nationals97Medders (21)Beimel (02)25,7011814
33May 13Nationals63Martis (50)Zito (13)Wells (2)30,1201815
34May 14Mets74Parnell (20)Wilson (21)Rodríguez (10)30,1541816
35May 15Mets86Stokes (11)Wilson (22)Rodríguez (11)41,6841817
36May 16Mets96Santana (52)Johnson (34)Putz (1)41,3661818
37May 17Mets20Cain (41)Pelfrey (41)Wilson (9)43,0121918
38May 19@ Padres21Young (32)Zito (14)Bell (10)16,1751919
39May 20@ Padres21Gaudin (13)Sánchez (14)Bell (11)15,2081920
40May 21@ Padres32Bell (20)Wilson (23)19,9211921
41May 22@ Mariners21 (12)White (10)Miller (11)38,5201922
42May 23@ Mariners51Cain (51)Lowe (02)33,3482022
43May 24@ Mariners54Hernández (53)Zito (15)Aardsma (6)36,6162023
44May 25Braves82Sánchez (24)Vázquez (44)40,0342123
45May 26Braves40Lincecum (41)Medlen (02)29,4852223
46May 27Braves63Johnson (44)Kawakami (36)Wilson (10)27,7442323
47May 29Cardinals42Cain (61)Piñeiro (55)Wilson (11)35,2662423
48May 30Cardinals62Carpenter (30)Zito (16)35,5922424
49May 31Cardinals53Valdéz (20)Wainwright (53)Wilson (12)41,4402524
June (1710)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 2@ Nationals106Villone (30)Howry (03)17,3312525
June 3@ NationalsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 4
51June 4@ Nationals51Johnson (54)Zimmermann (23)Wilson (13)2625
52June 4@ Nationals41 (6)Cain (71)Detwiler (02)16,7872725
53June 5@ Marlins21Zito (26)Volstad (45)Wilson (14)12,8412825
54June 6@ Marlins54Miller (22)Sánchez (25)Núñez (2)16,2942826
55June 7@ Marlins32Lincecum (51)Nolasco (26)Wilson (15)11,5052926
56June 8@ Marlins40West (11)Johnson (55)12,0682927
57June 9@ Diamondbacks94Cain (81)Buckner (22)22,4283027
58June 10@ Diamondbacks64Zito (36)Davis (37)Wilson (16)19,8373127
59June 11@ Diamondbacks21Scherzer (34)Sánchez (26)Qualls (13)24,3893128
60June 12Athletics30Lincecum (61)Mazzaro (21)36,0353228
61June 13Athletics52Johnson (65)Outman (41)Wilson (17)37,8743328
62June 14Athletics71Cain (91)Anderson (37)37,7283428
63June 15Angels97Lackey (22)Zito (37)Fuentes (17)33,6133429
64June 16Angels81O'Sullivan (10)Sánchez (27)34,7163430
65June 17Angels43Jepsen (12)Lincecum (62)Fuentes (18)37,4313431
66June 19Rangers64Romo (10)Feldman (52)Wilson (18)31,2413531
67June 20Rangers21 (11)Romo (20)Jennings (23)33,3123631
68June 21Rangers32Zito (47)Millwood (75)Wilson (19)41,2923731
69June 22@ Athletics51Cahill (55)Sánchez (28)Ziegler (6)27,3243732
70June 23@ Athletics41Lincecum (72)Mazzaro (22)32,8543832
71June 24@ Athletics63Johnson (75)Gonzalez (01)Wilson (20)35,0673932
72June 26@ Brewers51Gallardo (84)Cain (92)37,3453933
73June 27@ Brewers76Hoffman (11)Wilson (24)42,0653934
74June 28@ Brewers70Sadowski (10)Suppan (56)43,3914034
75June 29@ Cardinals100Lincecum (82)Thompson (24)37,7374134
76June 30@ Cardinals63Johnson (85)Carpenter (53)Wilson (21)37,1744234
July (1413)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Cardinals21 (10)Franklin (20)Howry (04)36,9284235
78July 2@ Cardinals52Wellemeyer (77)Zito (48)Franklin (19)41,8754236
79July 3Astros130Sadowski (20)Paulino (25)42,1994336
80July 4Astros90Lincecum (92)Ortiz (34)34,5824436
81July 5Astros71Oswalt (54)Johnson (86)30,1574437
82July 6Marlins54Cain (102)West (33)Wilson (22)26,9954537
83July 7Marlins30Zito (58)Johnson (72)Romo (1)27,7994637
84July 8Marlins70Volstad (68)Sadowski (21)34,1573638
85July 9Padres93Lincecum (102)Geer (14)33,5084738
86July 10Padres80Sánchez (38)Banks (11)30,2984838
87July 11Padres21Miller (21)Stauffer (01)Wilson (23)38,1124938
88July 12Padres104Correia (67)Zito (59)41,9134939
89July 17@ Pirates21 (14) Meek (10)Howry (05)26,7094940
90July 18@ Pirates20Morton (22)Zito (510)Capps (20)37,0234941
91July 19@ Pirates43Cain (112)Duke (89)Wilson (24)24,8425041
92July 20@ Braves113Hanson (50)Romo (21)21,9885042
93July 21@ Braves81Lowe (97)Sadowki (22)25,1355043
94July 22@ Braves42Jurrjens (97)Lincecum (103)Soriano (14)34,6725044
95July 23@ Braves51Zito (610)Gonzalez (33)31,7275144
96July 24@ Rockies31Cain (122)Hammel (55)Wilson (25)40,5245244
97July 25@ Rockies82de la Rosa (87)Sánchez42,2015245
98July 26@ Rockies42Cook (103)Sadowski (23)Street (25)40,7235246
99July 27Pirates42Lincecum (113)Maholm (65)40,0085346
100July 28Pirates32Romo (31)Morton (23)Wilson (26)35,9725446
101July 29Pirates10 (10)Wilson (34)Capps (26)37,5825546
102July 30Phillies72Sánchez (49)López (31)36,6035646
103July 31Phillies51Lee (89)Sadowski (24)33,9345647
August (1612)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1Phillies20Lincecum (123)Blanton (75)Wilson (27)42,6945747
105August 2Phillies73Zito (710)Hamels (76)42,7445847
106August 3@ Astros43Hampton (78)Cain (123)Valverde (13)29,8355848
107August 4@ Astros81Sánchez (59)Paulino (26)29,7475948
108August 5@ Astros106Martinez (20)Moehler (77)31,7106048
109August 7Reds105Weathers (33)Wilson (35)41,7446049
110August 8Reds42Zito (810)Arroyo (1011)Wilson (28)37,0576149
111August 9Reds52Harang (613)Cain (124)Cordero (24)36,7056150
112August 10Dodgers42Kuroda (55)Sánchez (510)Broxton (25)40,5226151
113August 11Dodgers91Wolf (66)Martinez (21)41,1676152
114August 12Dodgers42 (10)Wilson (45)Mota (45)43,3006252
115August 14@ Mets30Parnell (34)Zito (811)Rodríguez (26)38,9976253
116August 15@ Mets54 (10)Wilson (55)Rodríguez (24)39,6526353
117August 16@ Mets32Rodríguez (34)Romo (32)38,7936354
118August 17@ Mets101Martinez (31)Hernández (78)38,5846454
119August 18@ Reds85 (10)Howry (15)Cordero (13)Wilson (29)13,3346554
120August 19@ Reds10Romo (42)Arroyo (1112)Wilson (30)11,3026654
121August 20@ Reds21 (10)Cordero (23)Howry (16)13,3906655
122August 21@ Rockies63Sánchez (610)Cook (106)43,6666755
123August 22@ Rockies1411de la Rosa (128)Miller (22)47,1786756
124August 23@ Rockies42Jiménez (129)Lincecum (124)Street (33)48,7046757
125August 24@ Rockies64 (14)Eaton (35)Miller (23)27,6706758
126August 25Diamondbacks54Affeldt (11)Rauch (22)Romo (2)37,4926858
127August 26Diamondbacks43Miller (33)Qualls (22)Medders (1)27,6456958
128August 27Diamondbacks110Petit (38)Martinez (32)28,5756959
129August 28Rockies20Lincecum (134)Jiménez (1210)Wilson (31)39,0477059
130August 29Rockies53Zito (911)Marquis (149)Wilson (32)41,2007159
131August 30Rockies95Medders (31)Betancourt (13)42,5717259
September (1313)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Phillies10Hamels (88)Sánchez (611)44,6797260
133September 2@ Phillies40Penny (88)Happ (104)45,0867360
134September 3@ Phillies21Martínez (30)Lincecum (135)Lidge (28)45,1567361
135September 4@ Brewers32Medders (41)Coffey (44)Wilson (33)37,5117461
136September 5@ Brewers32Cain (134)Gallardo (1211)Wilson (34)30,2547561
137September 6@ Brewers21 (12)Stetter (41)Valdez (21)36,5907562
138September 7Padres94Penny (98)Richard (85)37,1327662
139September 8Padres43Gregerson (13)Affeldt (12)Bell (36)34,5247663
140September 9Padres42LeBlanc (21)Zito (912)Bell (37)30,3127664
141September 11Dodgers103Kuroda (66)Cain (135)39,2127665
142September 12Dodgers91Padilla (116)Sánchez (612)41,7107666
143September 13Dodgers72Penny (108)Billingsley (1210)40,5797766
144September 14Rockies91Lincecum (145)Hammel (88)31,3077866
145September 15Rockies102Zito (1012)Jiménez (1311)30,3537966
146September 16Rockies43de la Rosa (159)Cain (136)Betancourt (2)38,6967967
147September 18@ Dodgers84Howry (24)Troncoso (44)53,6798067
148September 19@ Dodgers121Garland (1111)Penny (109)52,4388068
149September 20@ Dodgers62Wolf (116)Lincecum (146)53,2338069
150September 21@ Diamondbacks54Romo (52)Vásquez (33)Wilson (35)25,4858169
151September 22@ Diamondbacks108Davis (813)Cain (137)25,5918170
152September 23@ Diamondbacks52Sánchez (712)Mulvey (02)Wilson (36)25,8518270
153September 24Cubs32Heilman (44)Wilson (56)Mármol (15)31,6038271
154September 25Cubs30Zambrano (96)Lincecum (147)33,9708272
155September 26Cubs62Gorzelanny (72)Zito (1013)35,8858273
156September 27Cubs51Cain (147)Wells (1110)Wilson (37)38,3308373
157September 29Diamondbacks84Sánchez (812)Davis (814)28,0398473
158September 30Diamondbacks41Penny (119)Mulvey (03)29,4738573
October (31)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1Diamondbacks73Lincecum (157)Haren (1410)27,9418673
160October 2@ Padres72Medders (51)Correia (1211)26,7768773
161October 3@ Padres20LeBlanc (31)Cain (148)Bell (42)25,7328774
162October 4@ Padres43 (10)Affeldt (22)Webb (21)Wilson (38)25,0828874

Roster

2009 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
Pablo Sandoval153572791894452590.3305
Randy Winn14953865141335251.26216
Aaron Rowand144499611303021564.2614
Bengie Molina132491521302512080.2650
Edgar Rentería12446050115191548.2507
Freddy Sanchez11145756134293741.2935
Juan Uribe122398501152641655.2893
Travis Ishikawa1203264985102939.2612
Fred Lewis1222954976213420.2588
Nate Schierholtz1162853376192529.2673
Eugenio Vélez842854076135531.26711
Emmanuel Burriss61202184860013.23811
Andrés Torres75152304168623.2706
Eli Whiteside49127152961213.2280
Rich Aurilia60122102620216.2130
Ryan Garko40115102731212.2350
John Bowker31677132227.1941
Tim Lincecum32668101003.1520
Matt Cain3260292103.1500
Matt Downs1753692012.1701
Barry Zito3251260000.1180
Kevin Frandsen2350372001.1400
Jonathan Sánchez3141230000.0730
Randy Johnson2026120000.0770
Jesus Guzman1220050000.2500
Ryan Rohlinger1219031004.1580
Buster Posey717120000.1180
Brad Penny614000000.1430
Ryan Sadowski610010000.1000
Joe Martinez108221000.2500
Steve Holm47120000.2860
Justin Miller423000000.0000
Jeremy Affeldt732010000.5000
Madison Bumgarner42000000.0000
Bob Howry612000000.0000
Brandon Medders602000000.0000
Brian Wilson672000000.0000
Osiris Matos510100011.0000
Sergio Romo441000000.0000
Alex Hinshaw90000000.0000
Waldis Joaquín100000000.0000
Dan Runzler110000000.0000
Merkin Valdéz460000000.0000
Team Totals1625493657141127543122612.25778

Pitching

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
Tim Lincecum1572.4832320225.1168696268261
Matt Cain1482.8933330217.2184737073171
Barry Zito10134.0333330192.0179898681154
Jonathan Sánchez8124.2432290163.1135827788177
Randy Johnson864.882217096.09755523186
Brian Wilson562.746803872.16027222783
Brandon Medders513.01610168.26326233258
Bob Howry263.39630063.25026242346
Jeremy Affeldt221.73740062.14214123155
Justin Miller333.18440056.24720202736
Merkin Valdéz215.66480049.15733312838
Brad Penny412.5966041.2311312920
Sergio Romo523.97450234.03015151141
Joe Martinez327.5095030.04627251219
Ryan Sadowski244.4566028.12815141717
Waldis Joaquín004.22100010.21055712
Madison Bumgarner001.8041010.0822310
Dan Runzler001.0411008.2611511
Alex Hinshaw0012.009006.0108872
Osiris Matos009.005006.0117615
Pat Misch0010.804003.164430
Team Totals88743.55162162411446.012686115715841302

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Dan Rohn
AA Connecticut Defenders Eastern League Steve Decker
A San Jose Giants California League Andy Skeels
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Dave Machemer
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Tom Trebelhorn
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Mike Goff

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, Salem-Keizer

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