2009 Boston Red Sox season

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 2009 Boston Red Sox season was the 109th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 95–67, eight games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 2009 World Series. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card but were swept by the American League West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS.

Roster

2009 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Regular season

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Jim Rice's number 14 was retired by the Boston Red Sox in 2009.

The team introduced blue alternate jerseys, worn on some road games in place of their traditional gray tops.[1]

The Red Sox opened the season with a postponement due to rain. However, on April 7, the season began at Fenway with the first pitch being thrown by Edward Kennedy, who later died in August.[2] The Red Sox got off to a slow start, going 2–6 in the first eight games. However, the Sox won 11 straight games beginning on April 15. The win streak was Boston's longest since 2006 when they had a 12-game win streak.[3] A highlight of the streak was Jacoby Ellsbury's steal of home on April 26 to cap off a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees.[4] They finished April with a record of 14–8 and tied with the Toronto Blue Jays for the division lead. Also, Jerry Remy, NESN color commentator, had surgery to remove a small area of cancer on his lung. While recovering he also got pneumonia. He also was suffering from fatigue and depression. These are the people who filled in for him: Dennis Eckersley, Dave Roberts, Buck Martinez, Tony Massarotti, Rance Mulliniks, Rex Hudler, Ron Coomer, Ken Rosenthal, Kevin Kennedy, Dwight Evans, Sean Casey, Jim Kaat, Gordon Edes, Bob Montgomery, Frank Viola, Sean McAdam, Brian Daubach, and Rick Dempsey.

The team flattened out in May, going 15–14 in the month and falling to third in the division behind the Yankees and the Blue Jays. Through the first two months of the season, slugger David Ortiz struggled, batting .185 with one home run. Additionally, pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was placed on the disabled list after just two starts with an injury that manager Terry Francona attributed to his participation in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.[5] Off the field, announcer Jerry Remy, of NESN television, was replaced by Dennis Eckersley beginning on May 6 as Remy began undergoing cancer treatment.[6] Despite these struggles, the Red Sox set an American League record, tying the Major League record, on May 7 by scoring 12 runs without recording an out during the 6th inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians.[7]

The Red Sox took the division lead, and improved to the second-best record in MLB, during June. Through the first half of the month, the Sox played four division leaders, the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies, winning three of the four series and sweeping both the Tigers and Yankees. By sweeping the Yankees, the Sox improved to 8–0 against the team, the best record against them since sweeping the 14-game season series against them in 1912.[8] At the All-Star break, the Red Sox had the second best record in Major League Baseball and held a three-game lead in the division.

The Red Sox faltered after the All-Star break, losing five of six on the road to the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers and batting .192 and scoring 13 runs. In response to the poor offensive performance and to make room for Jed Lowrie's return from injury, Julio Lugo was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash and two minor-league players were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Adam LaRoche on July 22, and on July 25 Mark Kotsay was designated for assignment.[9] The Red Sox made a move at the trade deadline, July 31, to acquire catcher Victor Martinez from the Cleveland Indians for pitchers Justin Masterson, Nick Hagadone, and Bryan Price.[10] They also traded Adam LaRoche to the Atlanta Braves for Casey Kotchman.[10] After winning the first eight games of the season against their rival Yankees in the first half of the season, the Red Sox lost nine of the next ten to finish the season 9–9 against them.

One of the stranger victories for the Sox came on August 14 against the Texas Rangers.[11] Going into the top of the 9th inning, the home Rangers were leading 4–2. Jacoby Ellsbury drove in David Ortiz to pull within one run and Jason Varitek was left on second base with no outs. Pitcher, Clay Buchholz came in to pinch run for Varitek with no outs. Dustin Pedroia doubled, but the inexperienced, and potentially tying run, Buchholz, was thrown out at the plate as he hesitated between second and third before attempting to score. All was shortly forgotten when the team scored five more runs to win 8–4. On August 21, Jacoby Ellsbury tied the record for the Red Sox single season record for stolen bases (54), in a game against the New York Yankees, a record previously held by Tommy Harper. Ellsbury then broke the record with his 55th steal on August 25, against the Chicago White Sox.

Opening Day lineup

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Gold Glove first baseman Kevin Youkilis
46 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
15 Dustin Pedroia 2B
34 David Ortiz DH
20 Kevin Youkilis 1B
7 J. D. Drew RF
44 Jason Bay LF
25 Mike Lowell 3B
12 Jed Lowrie SS
33 Jason Varitek C
19 Josh Beckett P

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

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Red Sox vs. National League East
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Boston 4–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1

Notable transactions

Detailed record

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Game log

Legend
Red Sox win Red Sox loss Game postponed

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || April 6 || Rays || colspan=6 |Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 7 || Rays || 5–3 || Beckett (1–0) || Shields (0–1) || Papelbon (1) || 37,057 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 8 || Rays || 7–2 || Kazmir (1–0) || Lester (0–1) || Balfour (1) || 37,552 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 9 || Rays || 4–3 || Garza (1–0) || Matsuzaka (0–1) || Percival (1) || 37,784 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 10 || @ Angels || 6–3 || Weaver (1–0) || Wakefield (0–1) || Shields (1) || 41,385 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 11 || @ Angels || 5–4 || Penny (1–0) || Saunders (1–1) || Papelbon (2) || 40,163 || 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 12 || @ Angels || 5–4 || Moseley (1–0) || Beckett (1–1) || Fuentes (2) || 38,076 || 2–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 13 || @ Athletics || 8–2 || Braden (1–1) || Lester (0–2) || || 21,331 || 2–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 14 || @ Athletics || 6–5 (12) || Gallagher (1–0) || López (0–1) || || 22,132 || 2–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 15 || @ Athletics || 8–2 || Wakefield (1–1) || Anderson (0–2) || || 35,067 || 3–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 17 || Orioles || 10–8 || Ramírez (1–0) || Báez (0–1) || Papelbon (3) || 38,266 || 4–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 18 || Orioles || 6–4 || Beckett (2–1) || Eaton (0–2) || Papelbon (4) || 37,559 || 5–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 19 || Orioles || 2–1 || Lester (1–2) || Uehara (2–1) || Saito (1) || 37,869 || 6–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 20 || Orioles || 12–1 || Masterson (1–0) || Hendrickson (1–2) || || 37,865 || 7–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || April 21 || Twins || colspan=6 |Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 22 || Twins || 10–1 (8) || Wakefield (2–1) || Baker (0–2) || || || 8–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 22 || Twins || 7–3 || Penny (2–0) || Liriano (0–4) || || 37,494 || 9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 24 || Yankees || 5–4 (11) || Ramírez (2–0) || Marte (0–1) || || 38,163 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 25 || Yankees || 16–11 || Okajima (1–0) || Albaladejo (1–1) || || 37,699 || 11–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 26 || Yankees || 4–1 || Masterson (2–0) || Pettitte (2–1) || Saito (2) || 38,154 || 12–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 27 || @ Indians || 3–1 || Delcarmen (1–0) || Wood (0–1) || Papelbon (5) || 18,652 || 13–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 28 || @ Indians || 9–8 || Wood (1–1) || López (0–2) || || 19,613 || 13–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 29 || @ Indians || 6–5 (10) || Okajima (2–0) || Lewis (2–3) || Papelbon (6) || 19,137 || 14–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 30 || @ Rays || 13–0 || Garza (2–2) || Beckett (2–2) || || 20,341 || 14–8 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || May 1 || @ Rays || 6–2 || Sonnanstine (1–3) || Masterson (2–1) || || 27,045 || 14–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || May 2 || @ Rays || 10–6 || Wakefield (3–1) || Niemann (2–3) || || 34,910 || 15–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 3 || @ Rays || 5–3 || Shields (3–2) || Penny (2–1) || Percival (3) || 32,332 || 15–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 4 || @ Yankees || 6–4 || Lester (2–2) || Hughes (1–1) || Papelbon (7) || 46,426 || 16–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || May 5 || @ Yankees || 7–3 || Beckett (3–2) || Chamberlain (1–1) || || 46,810 || 17–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 6 || Indians || 9–2 || Pavano (2–3) || Masterson (2–2) || Laffey (1) || 37,888 || 17–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 7 || Indians || 13–3 || Wakefield (4–1) || Sowers (0–1) || || 37,541 || 18–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 8 || Rays || 7–3 || Penny (3–1) || Shields (3–3) || || 37,745 || 19–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 9 || Rays || 14–5 || Kazmir (4–3) || Lester (2–3) || Cormier (1) || 37,773 || 19–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 10 || Rays || 4–3 || Ramírez (3–0) || Shouse (1–1) || Papelbon (8) || 37,759 || 20–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || May 12 || @ Angels || 4–3 || Ramírez (4–0) || Shields (1–3) || Papelbon (9) || 33,411 || 21–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 13 || @ Angels || 8–4 || Palmer (4–0) || Wakefield (4–2) || || 35,666 || 21–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 || May 14 || @ Angels || 5–4 (12) || Bulger (1–1) || Delcarmen (1–1) || || 35,124 || 21–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 15 || @ Mariners || 5–4 || Jakubauskas (2–4) || Lester (2–4) || Aardsma (4) || 34,952 || 21–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || May 16 || @ Mariners || 5–3 || Beckett (4–2) || Olson (0–1) || Papelbon (10) || 42,589 || 22–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 38 || May 17 || @ Mariners || 3–2 || Aardsma (1–1) || Ramírez (4–1) || || 40,833 || 22–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 19 || Blue Jays || 2–1 || Wakefield (5–2) || Tallet (2–2) || Papelbon (11) || 37,830 || 23–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 20 || Blue Jays || 8–3 || Penny (4–1) || Cecil (2–1) || || 38,099 || 24–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 21 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || Lester (3–4) || Ray (1–2) || || 38,347 || 25–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 22 || Mets || 5–3 || Santana (6–2) || Matsuzaka (0–2) || Rodríguez (12) || 38,092 || 25–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 23 || Mets || 3–2 || Feliciano (1–1) || Papelbon (0–1) || Putz (2) || 37,871 || 25–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 24 || Mets || 12–5 || Wakefield (6–2) || Redding (0–1) || || 37,446 || 26–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 25 || @ Twins || 6–5 || Penny (5–1) || Liriano (2–6) || Papelbon (12) || 27,636 || 27–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 26 || @ Twins || 5–2 || Blackburn (4–2) || Lester (3–5) || Nathan (7) || 20,019 || 27–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 27 || @ Twins || 4–2 || Slowey (7–1) || Matsuzaka (0–3) || Nathan (8) || 28,221 || 27–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 28 || @ Twins || 3–1 || Beckett (5–2) || Swarzak (1–1) || Papelbon (13) || 23,958 || 28–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 29 || @ Blue Jays || 6–3 || Janssen (1–1) || Wakefield (6–3) || Downs (6) || 32,026 || 28–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 30 || @ Blue Jays || 5–3 || Tallet (3–3) || Ramírez (4–2) || Downs (7) || 35,484 || 28–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || May 31 || @ Blue Jays || 8–2 || Lester (4–5) || Romero (2–2) || || 30,496 || 29–22 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || June 2 || @ Tigers || 5–1 || Matsuzaka (1–3) || Porcello (6–4) || || 25,914 || 30–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || June 3 || @ Tigers || 10–5 || Beckett (6–2) || Galarraga (3–6) || || 29,240 || 31–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || June 4 || @ Tigers || 6–3 || Wakefield (7–3) || Willis (1–3) || Papelbon (14) || 31,353 || 32–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 55 || June 5 || Rangers || 5–1 || Millwood (5–4) || Penny (5–2) || || 37,519 || 32–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || June 6 || Rangers || 8–1 || Lester (5–5) || Holland (1–3) || || 37,828 || 33–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 7 || Rangers || 6–3 || Padilla (4–3) || Matsuzaka (1–4) || Wilson (5) || 37,537 || 33–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || June 9 || Yankees || 7–0 || Beckett (7–2) || Burnett (4–3) || || 37,883 || 34–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 10 || Yankees || 6–5 || Wakefield (8–3) || Wang (0–4) || Papelbon (15) || 38,121 || 35–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 11 || Yankees || 4–3 || Saito (1–0) || Sabathia (5–4) || Papelbon (16) || 38,153 || 36–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || June 12 || @ Phillies || 5–2 (13) || Saito (2–0) || Kendrick (0–1) || Bard (1) || 45,321 || 37–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 13 || @ Phillies || 11–6 || Okajima (3–0) || Bastardo (2–1) || || 45,202 || 38–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 14 || @ Phillies || 11–6 || Park (3–1) || Beckett (7–3) || || 45,141 || 38–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || June 16 || Marlins || 8–2 || Wakefield (9–3) || Volstad (4–7) || || 38,149 || 39–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 17 || Marlins || 6–1 || Penny (6–2) || Miller (2–3) || || 38,196 || 40–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 18 || Marlins || 2–1 (6) || Nolasco (3–6) || Lester (5–6) || || 37,577 || 40–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 19 || Braves || 8–2 || Kawakami (4–6) || Matsuzaka (1–5)|| || 37,703|| 40–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || June 20 || Braves || 3–0 || Beckett (8–3) || Lowe (7–5) || || 38,029 || 41–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || June 21 || Braves || 6–5 || Papelbon (1–1) || Bennett (2–4)|| || 37,243 || 42–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 23 || @ Nationals || 11–3 || Delcarmen (2–1) || Tavárez (3–5) || || 41,517 || 43–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 24 || @ Nationals || 6–4 || Lester (6–6) || Stammen (1–3) || Papelbon (17) || 41,530 || 44–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 25 || @ Nationals || 9–3 || Zimmermann (3–3) || Smoltz (0–1) || || 41,985 || 44–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 26 || @ Braves || 4–1 || Beckett (9–3) || Jurrjens (5–6) || || 48,418 || 45–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 27 || @ Braves || 1–0 || Wakefield (10–3) || Vázquez (5–7) || Papelbon (18) || 48,151 || 46–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 28 || @ Braves || 2–1 || Hanson (4–0) || Penny (6–3) || González (9) || 41,463 || 46–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || June 29 || @ Orioles || 4–0 || Lester (7–6) || Berken (1–5) || Papelbon (19) || 36,548 || 47–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || June 30 || @ Orioles || 11–10 || Hendrickson (3–4) || Saito (2–1) || Sherrill (17) || 31,969 || 47–30 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || July 1 || @ Orioles || 6–5 (11) || Ramírez (5–2) || Báez (4–2) || Papelbon (20) || 29,391 || 48–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || July 3 || Mariners || 7–6 (11) || Jakubauskas (5–5) || Ramírez (5–3) || Lowe (1) || 38,078 || 48–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 80 || July 4 || Mariners || 3–2 || Corcoran (2–0) || Saito (2–2) || Aardsma (17) || 37,656 || 48–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 5 || Mariners || 8–4 || Masterson (3–2) || Batista (5–3) || || 37,691 || 49–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || July 6 || Athletics || 6–0 || Anderson (5–7) || Smoltz (0–2) || || 38,294 || 49–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 7 || Athletics || 5–2 || Beckett (10–3) || Eveland (1–3) || Papelbon (21) || 37,676 || 50–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 8 || Athletics || 5–4 || Wakefield (11–3) || Cahill (5–8) || Papelbon (22) || 37,981 || 51–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 9 || Royals || 8–6 || Hochevar (5–3) || Masterson (3–3) || Soria (14) || 38,189 || 51–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 10 || Royals || 1–0 || Lester (8–6) || Bannister (6–7) || Papelbon (23) || 38,116 || 52–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 11 || Royals || 15–9 || Smoltz (1–2) || Meche (4–9) || || 37,825 || 53–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || July 12 || Royals || 6–0 || Beckett (11–3) || Chen (0–4) || || 37,612 || 54–34 |- bgcolor="bbbbff" |align="center" colspan="9"|All-Star Break: AL def. NL at Busch Stadium, 4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 89 || July 17 || @ Blue Jays || 4–1 || Buchholz (1–0) || Romero (7–4) || Papelbon (24) || 32,928 || 55–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 18 || @ Blue Jays || 6–2 || Rzepczynski (1–1) || Penny (6–4) || || 36,926 || 55–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 19 || @ Blue Jays || 3–1 || Halladay (11–3) || Lester (8–7) || || 36,534 || 55–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 20 || @ Rangers || 6–3 || Millwood (9–7) || Smoltz (1–3) || Wilson (8) || 28,916 || 55–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 21 || @ Rangers || 4–2 || Hunter (9–7) || Beckett (11–4) || Wilson (9) || 28,555 || 55–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 22 || @ Rangers || 3–1 || Nippert (2–0) || Buchholz (1–1) || Mathis (1) || 39,778 || 55–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 95 || July 24 || Orioles || 3–1 || Penny (7–4) || Bergesen (6–5) || Papelbon (25) || 38,058 || 56–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 25 || Orioles || 7–2 || Lester (9–7) || Guthrie (7–9) || || 38,063 || 57–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 97 || July 26 || Orioles || 6–2 || Hernandez (3–2) || Smoltz (1–4) || || 37,606 || 57–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 27 || Athletics || 8–2 || Beckett (12–4) || Cahill (6–9) || || 37,955 || 58–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || July 28 || Athletics || 9–8 (11) || Berslow (4–4) || Delcarmen (2–2) || Bailey (12) || 38,084 || 58–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 29 || Athletics || 8–6 || Anderson (6–8) || Penny (7–5) || Bailey (13) || 38,193 || 58–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 101 || July 30 || Athletics || 8–5 || Delcarmen (3–2) || Breslow (4–5) || Papelbon (26) || 37,919 || 59–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 102 || July 31 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Smoltz (2–4) || Guthrie (7–10) || Papelbon (27) || 44,091 || 60–42 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 103 || August 1 || @ Orioles || 4–0 || Beckett (13–4) || Hernandez (3–3) || || 49,384 || 61–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || August 2 || @ Orioles || 18–10 || Delcarmen (4–2) || Berken (1–9) || || 43,115 || 62–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || August 4 || @ Rays || 4–2 (13) || Cormier (2–1) || Saito (2–3) || || 29,873 || 62–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || August 5 || @ Rays || 6–4 || Price (5–4) || Penny (7–6) || Howell (12) || 31,517 || 62–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || August 6 || @ Yankees || 13–6 || Chamberlain (8–2) || Smoltz (2–5) || || 49,005 ||62–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 7 || @ Yankees || 2–0 (15) || Coke (3–3) || Tazawa (0–1) || || 48,262 || 62–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 8 || @ Yankees || 5–0 || Sabathia (12–7) || Buchholz (1–2) || || 48,796 || 62–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 110 || August 9 || @ Yankees || 5–2 || Coke (4–3) || Bard (0–1) || Rivera (32) || 48,190 || 62–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 10 || Tigers || 6–5 || Ramírez (6–3) || Miner (5–2) || Papelbon (28) || 37,960 || 63–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 11 || Tigers || 7–5 || Tazawa (1–1) || Lambert (0–1) || || 38,013 || 64–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 113 || August 12 || Tigers || 8–2 || Beckett (14–4) || Miner (5–3) || || 38,124 || 65–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 13 || Tigers || 2–0 || Verlander (13–6) || Buchholz (1–3) || Rodney (24) || 37,556 || 65–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 14 || @ Rangers || 8–4 || Saito (3–3) || Francisco (2–2) || || 40,311 || 66–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 15 || @ Rangers || 7–2 || Holland (6–7) || Penny (7–7) || Feliz (1) || 48,201 || 66–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || August 16 || @ Rangers || 4–3 || Nippert (4–1) || Tazawa (1–2) || Francisco (17) || 27,155 || 66–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 118 || August 18 || @ Blue Jays || 10–9 || Okajima (4–0) || Janssen (2–4) || Papelbon (29) || 25,472 || 67–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 119 || August 19 || @ Blue Jays || 6–1 || Buchholz (2–3) || Halladay (13–6) || || 25,925 || 68–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 20 || @ Blue Jays || 8–1 || Lester (10–7) || Cecil (5–2) || || 22,817 || 69–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 21 || Yankees || 20–11 || Pettitte (10–6) || Penny (7–8) || || 37,869 || 69–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || August 22 || Yankees || 14–1 || Tazawa (2–2) || Burnett (10–7) || || 37,277 || 70–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 23 || Yankees || 8–4 || Sabathia (15–7) || Beckett (14–5) || || 38,008 || 70–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 24 || White Sox || 12–8 || Ramírez (6–3) || Contreras (5–7) || || 37,812 || 71–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 125 || August 25 || White Sox || 6–3 || Delcarmen (5–2) ||Linebrink (3–6) || Papelbon (30) || 38,059 || 72–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 26 || White Sox || 3–2 || Bard (1–1) || Peña (6–5) || || 37,839 || 73–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 27 || White Sox || 9–5 || Danks (12–8) || Tazawa (2–3) || || 38,003 || 73–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 28 || Blue Jays || 6–5 || Okajima (5–0) || Tallet (5–8) || Papelbon (31) || 37,844 || 74–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 29 || Blue Jays || 3–2 || Buchholz (3–3) || Romero (11–6) || Papelbon (32) || 37,452 || 75–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || August 30 || Blue Jays || 7–0 || Byrd (1–0) || Halladay (13–8) || || 37,560 || 76–54 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || September 1 || @ Rays || 8–4 || Lester (11–7) || Sonnanstine (6–8) || Papelbon (33) || 17,692 || 77–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || September 2 || @ Rays || 8–5 || Howell (7–4) || Ramírez (7–4) || Wheeler (2) || 19,148 || 77–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 133 || September 3 || @ Rays || 6–3 || Buchholz (4–3) || Price (7–7) || Papelbon (34) || 20,823 || 78–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 134 || September 4 || @ White Sox || 12–2 || García (1–2) || Byrd (1–1) || || 28,839 || 78–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || September 5 || @ White Sox || 5–1 || Floyd (11–9) || Wakefield (11–4) || || 33,239 || 76–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || September 6 || @ White Sox || 6–1 || Lester (12–7) || Danks (12–9) || || 32,134 || 79–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || September 7 || @ White Sox || 5–1 || Buehrle (12–7) || Beckett (14–6) || || 22,511 || 79–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 138 || September 8 || Orioles || 10–0 || Buchholz (5–3) || Hernandez (4–7) || || 37,647 || 80–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 139 || September 9 || Orioles || 7–5 || Wagner (1–0) || Albers (2–5) || Papelbon (35) || 37,712 || 81–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || September 11 || Rays || colspan=6 |Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 140 || September 12 || Rays || 9–1 (6) || Beckett (15–6) || Davis (0–1) || || 37,755 || 82–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 141 || September 13 || Rays || 3–1 || Okajima (6–0) || Garza (7–10) || Papelbon (36) || 38,228 || 83–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 142 || September 13 || Rays || 4–0 || Lester (13–7) || Shields (9–11) || || 37,271 || 84–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 143 || September 15 || Angels || 4–1 || Matsuzaka (2–5) || Lackey (10–8) || || 37,942 || 85–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 144 || September 16 || Angels || 9–8 || Bard (2–1) || Fuentes (1–5) || || 37,706 || 86–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 145 || September 17 || Angels || 4–3 || Jepsen (6–3) || Wagner (1–1) || Fuentes (42) || 38,157 || 86–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 146 || September 18 || @ Orioles || 3–1 || Buchholz (6–3) || Guthrie (10–15) || Papelbon (37) || 26,812 || 87–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 147 || September 19 || @ Orioles || 11–5 || Lester (14–7) || Albers (2–6) || || 39,285 || 88–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 148 || September 20 || @ Orioles || 9–3 || Matsuzaka (3–5) || Berken (5–12) || || 27,546 || 89–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 21 || @ Royals || 12–9 || Yabuta (2–1) || Bard (2–2) || Soria (27) || 16,770 || 89–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 150 || September 22 || @ Royals || 5–1 || Greinke (15–8) || Byrd (1–2) || Soria (28) || 21,228 || 89–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 151 || September 23 || @ Royals || 9–2 || Beckett (16–6) || Hochevar (7–11) || || 18,989 || 90–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 152 || September 24 || @ Royals || 10–3 || Buchholz (7–3) || Lerew (0–1) || || 20,807 || 91–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 25 || @ Yankees || 9–5 || Chamberlain (9–6) || Lester (14–8) || || 48,449 || 91–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 26 || @ Yankees || 3–0 || Sabathia (19–7) || Matsuzaka (3–6) || Rivera (43) || 48,809 || 91–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 27 || @ Yankees || 4–2 || Pettitte (14–7) || Byrd (1–3) || Rivera (44) || 47,576 || 91–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 28 || Blue Jays || 11–5 (7) || Richmond (8–10) || Bowden (0–1) || || 37,591 || 91–65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 29 || Blue Jays || 8–7 || Romero (13–9) || Buchholz (7–4) || Frasor (11) || 37,618 || 91–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 30 || Blue Jays || 12–0 || Halladay (17–10) || Wakefield (11–5) || || 37,246 || 91–67 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || October 1 || Indians || 3–0 || Lester (15–8) || Carrasco (0–4) || Papelbon (38) || 37,459 || 92–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || October 2 || Indians || 6–2 || Matsuzaka (4–6) || Sowers (6–11) || || 37,787 || 93–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 161 || October 3 || Indians || 11–6 || Beckett (17–6) || Laffey (7–9) || || 37,562 || 94–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 162 || October 4 || Indians || 12–7 || Bowden (1–1) || Ohka (1–5) || || 37,247 || 95–67 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log end

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 8 || @ Angels || 5–0 || Lackey (1–0) || Lester (0–1) || || Angel Stadium of Anaheim || 45,070 || 0–1 || [1] |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 9 || @ Angels || 4–1 || Weaver (1–0) || Beckett (0–1) || Fuentes (1) || Angel Stadium of Anaheim || 45,223 || 0–2 || [2] |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 11 || Angels || 7–6 || Oliver (1–0) || Papelbon (0–1) || Fuentes (2) || Fenway Park || 38,704 || 0–3 || [3] |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log end

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
Brian Anderson 21 17 7 5 0 0 2 5 .294 0
Jeff Bailey 26 77 14 16 3 2 3 9 .208 0
Rocco Baldelli 62 150 23 38 4 1 7 23 .253 1
Daniel Bard 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Aaron Bates 5 11 2 4 2 0 0 2 .364 0
Jason Bay 151 531 103 142 29 3 36 119 .267 13
Josh Beckett 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .200 0
Dusty Brown 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333 0
Clay Buchholz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Chris Carter 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Manny Delcarmen 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
J. D. Drew 137 452 84 126 30 4 24 68 .279 2
Jacoby Ellsbury 153 624 94 188 27 10 8 60 .301 70
Joey Gathright 17 16 7 5 0 0 0 0 .313 1
Álex González 44 148 26 42 10 0 5 15 .284 2
Nick Green 103 276 35 65 18 0 6 35 .236 1
Casey Kotchman 39 87 9 19 3 0 1 7 .218 1
Mark Kotsay 27 74 4 19 2 0 1 5 .257 1
George Kottaras 45 93 15 22 11 0 1 10 .237 0
Adam LaRoche 6 19 2 5 2 0 1 3 .263 0
Jon Lester 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Javier López 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Mike Lowell 119 445 54 129 29 1 17 75 .290 2
Jed Lowrie 32 68 5 10 2 0 2 11 .147 0
Julio Lugo 37 109 16 31 4 1 1 8 .284 3
Víctor Martínez 56 211 32 71 12 0 8 41 .336 1
Justin Masterson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Daisuke Matsuzaka 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Hideki Okajima 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
David Ortiz 150 541 77 129 35 1 28 99 .238 0
Jonathan Papelbon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
Dustin Pedroia 154 626 115 185 48 1 15 72 .298 20
Brad Penny 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ramón Ramírez 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Josh Reddick 27 59 5 10 4 0 2 4 .169 0
Takashi Saito 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .--- 0
John Smoltz 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jonathan Van Every 7 11 1 4 0 0 1 3 .364 0
Jason Varitek 109 364 41 76 24 0 14 51 .209 0
Gil Velazquez 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Tim Wakefield 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0
Chris Woodward 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 .083 0
Kevin Youkilis 136 491 99 150 36 1 27 94 .305 7
Team Totals 162 5543 872 1495 335 25 212 822 .270 126

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; HR = Home Run Allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER HR BB K
Daniel Bard 2 2 3.65 49 0 1 49.1 24 20 5 22 63
Josh Beckett 17 6 3.86 32 32 0 212.1 99 91 25 55 199
Michael Bowden 1 1 9.56 8 1 0 16.0 17 17 3 6 12
Dusty Brown 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Clay Buchholz 7 4 4.21 16 16 0 92.0 44 43 13 36 68
Paul Byrd 1 3 5.82 7 6 0 34.0 22 22 4 11 11
Fernando Cabrera 0 0 8.44 6 0 0 5.1 5 5 0 4 8
Manny Delcarmen 5 2 4.53 64 0 0 59.2 34 30 5 34 44
Enrique González 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 3.2 2 2 1 2 1
Nick Green 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 3 0
Hunter Jones 0 0 9.24 11 0 0 12.2 13 13 3 7 9
Jon Lester 15 8 3.41 32 32 0 203.1 80 77 20 64 225
Javier López 0 2 9.26 14 0 0 11.2 13 12 1 9 5
Justin Masterson 3 3 4.50 31 6 0 72.0 38 36 7 25 67
Daisuke Matsuzaka 4 6 5.76 12 12 0 59.1 38 38 10 30 54
Hideki Okajima 6 0 3.39 68 0 0 61.1 23 23 8 21 53
Jonathan Papelbon 1 1 1.85 66 0 38 68.0 15 14 5 24 76
Brad Penny 7 8 5.61 24 24 0 131.2 89 82 17 42 89
Ramón Ramírez 7 4 2.84 70 0 0 69.2 26 22 7 32 52
Dustin Richardson 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 1 1
Takashi Saito 3 3 2.43 56 0 2 55.2 16 15 6 25 52
John Smoltz 2 5 8.33 8 8 0 40.0 37 37 8 9 33
Junichi Tazawa 2 3 7.46 6 4 0 25.1 23 21 4 9 13
Billy Traber 0 0 12.27 1 0 0 3.2 5 5 2 1 1
Jonathan Van Every 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Billy Wagner 1 1 1.98 15 0 0 13.2 5 3 1 7 22
Tim Wakefield 11 5 4.58 21 21 0 129.2 67 66 12 50 72
Team Totals 95 67 4.35 162 162 41 1436.2 736 695 167 530 1230

Awards and honors

Awards
All-Star Game[31]
Starters
Reserves

Other

Recognition

Farm system

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References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox – Recap – April 07, 2009 – ESPN
  3. ↑ Bay's 3-run HR helps Red Sox beat Indians, win 11th straight
  4. ↑ Red Sox run off with three-game sweep of Yankees to win 10th straight
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  7. ↑ Bay's three-run homer part of offensive outburst by BoSox
  8. ↑ Drew keys Red Sox's decisive rally in eighth
  9. ↑ Boston Red Sox Transactions
  10. ↑ a b Red Sox deal three for Victor Martinez
  11. ↑ Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers – Play By Play – August 14, 2009 – ESPN
  12. ↑ Ramon Ramirez Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  13. ↑ a b Brad Penny Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  14. ↑ Nick Green Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  15. ↑ Rocco Baldelli Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  16. ↑ Mark Kotsay Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  17. ↑ Takashi Saito Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  18. ↑ a b John Smoltz Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  19. ↑ Jonathan Van Every Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  20. ↑ Adam LaRoche Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  21. ↑ Chris Duncan Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  22. ↑ Brian Anderson Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  23. ↑ Casey Kotchman Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  24. ↑ Victor Martinez Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  25. ↑ Paul Byrd Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  26. ↑ Chris Woodward Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  27. ↑ Álex González Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  28. ↑ Chris Duncan Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  29. ↑ Billy Wagner Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  30. ↑ Joey Gathright Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
  31. ↑ 2009 All-Star Game | MLB.com: Events
  32. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  33. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  34. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

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External links

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