2009 Cleveland Indians season

The 2009 Cleveland Indians season marks the 109th season for the franchise, with the Indians attempting 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.
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 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

Game log

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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