2009 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2009 Los Angeles Dodgers
NL West champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s) Frank McCourt
General manager(s) Ned Colletti
Manager(s) Joe Torre
Local television FSN Prime Ticket
KCAL (9)
Vin Scully, Steve Lyons, Eric Collins
Local radio KABC
Vin Scully, Rick Monday, Charley Steiner
KHJ
Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela
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The 2009 Los Angeles Dodgers season saw the team defend their National League West title while earning the best record in the National League, and marked the fiftieth anniversary of their 1959 World Series Championship. The Dodgers reached the National League Championship Series for the second straight season only to once more fall short in five games against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Spring training

View from Right Field, Camelback Ranch, Glendale, Az.

2009 saw the Dodgers open their brand new spring training facility, Camelback Ranch-Glendale. The 13,000 seat stadium and surrounding facilities that the Dodgers share with the Chicago White Sox replaced their former facility at Holman Stadium in Vero Beach, Florida, where the team had trained in the spring since 1948. This also marked the Dodgers debut as a member of the Cactus League.

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 0.586 50–31 45–36
Colorado Rockies 92 70 0.568 3 51–30 41–40
San Francisco Giants 88 74 0.543 7 52–29 36–45
San Diego Padres 75 87 0.463 20 42–39 33–48
Arizona Diamondbacks 70 92 0.432 25 36–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents

2009 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH 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

Game log

2009 Game Log

Notable events

Opening Day starters

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Rafael FurcalShortstop
Orlando Hudson Second baseman
Manny Ramirez Left fielder
Andre Ethier Right fielder
Russell MartinCatcher
James Loney First baseman
Matt Kemp Center fielder
Casey BlakeThird baseman
Hiroki Kuroda Starting pitcher

Roster

2009 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Postseason

Postseason Game log

2009 Postseason

National League Division Series

As National League West Champions, the Dodgers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the Division Series and held home field advantage. They swept the Cardinals in three games.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 – 6:37 p.m. (PT) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 0
Los Angeles 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 5 12 0
WP: Jeff Weaver (1–0)   LP: Chris Carpenter (0–1)   Sv: Jonathan Broxton (1)
Home runs:
STL: None
LAD: Matt Kemp (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 8, 2009 – 3:07 p.m. (PT) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 1
Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0
WP: George Sherrill (1–0)   LP: Ryan Franklin (0–1)
Home runs:
STL: Matt Holliday (1)
LAD: Andre Ethier (1)

Game 3

Saturday, October 10, 2009 – 3:07 p.m. (PT) at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 12 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1
WP: Vicente Padilla (1–0)   LP: Joel Piñeiro (0–1)
Home runs:
LAD: Andre Ethier (2)
STL: None

National League Championship Series

The Dodgers advanced to the NLCS and faced the Philadelphia Phillies in a rematch of the 2008 National League Championship Series. However, they again lost to the Phillies in five games.

Game 1

Thursday, October 15, 2009 – 5:07 p.m. (PT) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 8 8 1
Los Angeles 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 6 14 0
WP: Cole Hamels (1–0)   LP: Clayton Kershaw (0–1)   Sv: Brad Lidge (1)
Home runs:
PHI: Carlos Ruiz (1), Raúl Ibáñez (1)
LAD: James Loney (1), Manny Ramirez (1)

Game 2

Friday, October 16, 2009 – 1:07 p.m. (PT) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 2 5 0
WP: Hong-Chih Kuo (1–0)   LP: Chan Ho Park (0–1)   Sv: Jonathan Broxton (1)
Home runs:
PHI: Ryan Howard (1)
LAD: None

Game 3

Sunday, October 18, 2009 – 5:07 p.m. (PT) at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Philadelphia 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 X 11 10 0
WP: Cliff Lee (1–0)   LP: Hiroki Kuroda (0–1)
Home runs:
LAD: None
PHI: Jayson Werth (1), Shane Victorino (1)

Game 4

Monday, October 19, 2009 – 5:07 p.m. (PT) at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 8 0
Philadelphia 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 5 1
WP: Brad Lidge (1–0)   LP: Jonathan Broxton (0–1)
Home runs:
LAD: Matt Kemp (1)
PHI: Ryan Howard (2)

Game 5

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 – 5:07 p.m. (PT) at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 8 0
Philadelphia 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 X 10 8 0
WP: Chad Durbin (1–0)   LP: Vicente Padilla (0–1)
Home runs:
LAD: Orlando Hudson (1), Andre Ethier (1), James Loney (2)
PHI: Jayson Werth 2 (3), Pedro Feliz (1), Shane Victorino (2)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; TB = Total bases; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; Avg. = Batting average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB OBP SLG AVG
Furcal, RafaelRafael Furcal 150 613 92 165 28 5 9 47 230 61 89 12 .335 .375 .269
Kemp, MattMatt Kemp 159 606 97 180 25 7 26 101 297 52 139 34 .352 .490 .297
Ethier, AndreAndre Ethier 160 596 92 162 42 3 31 106 303 72 116 6 .361 .508 .272
Loney, JamesJames Loney 158 576 73 161 25 2 13 90 230 70 68 7 .357 .399 .281
Hudson, OrlandoOrlando Hudson 149 551 74 156 34 6 9 62 230 62 99 8 .357 .417 .283
Martin, RussellRussell Martin 143 505 63 126 19 0 7 53 166 69 80 11 .352 .329 .250
Blake, CaseyCasey Blake 139 485 84 136 25 6 18 79 227 63 116 3 .363 .468 .280
Pierre, JuanJuan Pierre 145 380 57 117 16 8 0 31 149 27 27 30 .365 .392 .308
Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez 104 352 62 102 24 2 19 63 187 71 81 0 .418 .531 .290
Loretta, MarkMark Loretta 107 181 19 42 8 0 0 25 50 20 21 1 .309 .276 .232
Castro, JuanJuan Castro 57 112 18 31 4 0 1 9 38 6 25 0 .311 .339 .277
Ausmus, BradBrad Ausmus 36 95 9 28 4 0 1 9 35 5 21 1 .343 .368 .295
Belliard, RonnieRonnie Belliard 24 77 1327 7 0 5 17 49 6 16 1 .398 .636 .351
DeWitt, BlakeBlake DeWitt 31 49 4 10 3 0 2 4 19 3 7 0 .245 .388 .204
Hoffmann, JamieJamie Hoffmann 14 22 2 4 2 0 1 7 9 0 5 0 .167 .409 .182
Mientkiewicz, DougDoug Mientkiewicz 20 18 0 6 1 0 0 3 7 1 6 0 .400 .389 .333
Thome, JimJim Thome 17 17 0 4 0 0 0 3 4 0 7 0 .235 .235 .235
Paul, XavierXavier Paul 11 14 3 3 1 0 1 1 72 4 0 .313 .500 .214
Jones, MitchMitch Jones 8 13 1 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 6 0 .400 .385 .308
Ellis, A. J.A. J. Ellis 8 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .100 .100 .100
Abreu, TonyTony Abreu 6 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 .455 .250 .250
Hu, Chin-lungChin-lung Hu 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 .333 .600 .400
Repko, JasonJason Repko 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 .143 .000 .000

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
Wolf, RandyRandy Wolf 11 7 3.23 34 34 0 214.1 178 81 77 58 160
Billingsley, ChadChad Billingsley 12 11 4.03 33 32 0 196.1 173 94 88 86 179
Kershaw, ClaytonClayton Kershaw 8 8 2.79 31 30 0 171.0 119 55 53 91 185
Kuroda, HirokiHiroki Kuroda 8 7 3.76 21 20 0 117.1 110 59 49 24 87
Troncoso, RamónRamón Troncoso 5 4 2.72 73 0 6 82.2 83 30 25 34 55
Weaver, JeffJeff Weaver 6 4 3.65 28 7 0 79.0 87 34 32 33 64
Broxton, JonathanJonathan Broxton 7 2 2.61 73 0 36 76.0 44 24 22 29 114
Belisario, RonaldRonald Belisario 4 3 2.04 69 0 0 70.2 52 21 16 29 64
Mota, GuillermoGuillermo Mota 3 4 3.44 61 0 0 65.1 53 25 25 24 39
McDonald, JamesJames McDonald 5 5 4.00 45 4 0 63.0 60 34 28 34 54
Stults, EricEric Stults 4 3 4.86 10 10 0 50.05127 2726 33
Padilla, VicenteVicente Padilla 4 0 3.20 8 7 0 39.1 36 15 14 12 38
Garland, JonJon Garland 3 2 2.72 6 6 0 36.1 37 16 11 9 26
Kuo, Hong-ChihHong-Chih Kuo 2 0 3.00 35 0 0 30.0 21 10 10 13 32
Sherrill, GeorgeGeorge Sherrill 1 0 0.65 30 0 1 27.2 19 2 2 11 22
Wade, CoryCory Wade 2 3 5.53 27 0 0 27.22817 1710 18
Milton, EricEric Milton 2 1 3.80 5 5 0 23.23012 106 20
Leach, BrentBrent Leach 2 0 5.75 38 0 0 20.11613 131219
Elbert, ScottScott Elbert 2 0 5.03 19 0 0 19.2 19 11 11 7 21
Haeger, CharlieCharlie Haeger 1 1 3.32 6 3 0 19.0 13 7 7 7 15
Schmidt, JasonJason Schmidt 2 2 5.60 4 4 017.21612 1112 8
Ohman, WillWill Ohman 1 0 5.84 21 0 1 12.1 12 8 8 8 7
Vargas, ClaudioClaudio Vargas 0 0 1.65 8 0 0 11.0 7 2 2 4 10
Schlichting, TravisTravis Schlichting 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 2.2 1 2 1 5 2

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Awards and honors

Notable Transactions

2009 Minor League Teams

Level
Team League Manager W L Position
AAA Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League Tim Wallach 80 64 American South Division Champions[26]
Lost in 1st round of playoffs[27]
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League John Valentin 65 743rd place[28]
High A Inland Empire 66ers California League Carlos Subero 59 81 4th place[29]
A Great Lakes Loons Midwest League Juan Bustabad 81 59 2nd Place[30]
Clinched Playoff Spot[31]
Lost in 2nd round of playoffs[32]
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Damon Berryhill 4234 3rd place[33]
1st Half division winner[34]
Lost in 1st Round of Playoffs[35]
Rookie Arizona League Dodgers Arizona League Jeff Carter 24 32 4th Place[36]
Rookie DSL Dodgers Dominican Summer League Pedro Mega 30 409th place[37]

Major League Baseball draft

Aaron Miller

The Dodgers selected 51 players in this draft. Of those, only two of them have played Major League Baseball as of the 2014 season. They lost their first round pick as a result of signing free agent Orlando Hudson but gained a supplemental first round pick and a second round pick as a compensation for losing pitcher Derek Lowe.

The Dodgers top pick in this draft was left-handed pitcher Aaron Miller from Baylor University. In five seasons in the minors he was 20-19 with a 4.03 ERA in 82 games (65 starts). Mid-way through the 2013 season, the Dodgers decided to take him off the mound and turn him into a position player.[50] He hit 14 homers and drove in 60 RBI in 2014 in class-A as a designated hitter but retired after the season without making it to the Majors.[51]

They went the opposite direction with outfielder Blake Smith from University of California, Berkeley. Also in the 2013 season they decided to take Smith and make him into a relief pitcher.

References

  1. Hudson notches cycle for Dodgers
  2. Dodgers set modern record for home start
  3. Manny suspended 50 games for PED use
  4. Dodgers use big outbursts to down Rox
  5. Kuroda strong in return, but Dodgers fall
  6. Ethier leads walk-off win again for LA
  7. Brotherly love: Weavers set to match up
  8. Dodgers' Weaver wins battle of brothers
  9. Manny ties Mantle for 15th on homer list
  10. Manny passes Mantle on home run list
  11. Manny's pinch-hit homer caps sweep
  12. Loss gives LA first three-game skid of '09
  13. Geisler Young, LLC. "Seattle Mariners' 2001 schedule". Archived from the original on July 30, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
  14. Loretta offers relief help in Dodgers' loss
  15. Manny, Kemp lead Dodgers' blowout
  16. Fielder, Mota fined but not suspended
  17. Kuroda released from hospital
  18. Martin's slam lifts Dodgers past Cubs
  19. "Hot-hitting Wolf, Dodgers one-hit Cubs". Archived from the original on September 7, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  20. Wolf gets 100th win in characteristic outing
  21. Dodgers' late rally protects West lead
  22. Playoffs await after Dodgers top Bucs
  23. Dodgers end drama, wrap up NL West
  24. Dodgers seal West, home-field edge
  25. sortable player stats
  26. Isotopes lock up PCL division title
  27. 'Topes Season Ends in 1-0 Loss To 'Birds
  28. Chattanooga Lookouts website
  29. Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino website
  30. Great Lakes Loons website
  31. Playoff Bound! Loons Clinch Playoff Berth with 6-0 Win Over South Bend
  32. Lara 10th-Inning Home Run Ends LoonsSeason
  33. Ogden Raptors website
  34. Raptors clinch first-half title
  35. Orem sweeps Ogden to close season
  36. AZL Dodgers website
  37. DSL Dodgers website
  38. Record Seven Loons Named to All-Star Team
  39. BASTARDO, ROBINSON AND SEXTON NAMED ALL-STARS
  40. Dodgers' Baez headed to Futures Game
  41. Four Lookouts Tabbed All-Stars
  42. Chattanooga's Bell Named MVP in 7-0 Win
  43. Charlie Haeger Selected to PCL All-Star Team
  44. Gordon named MVP, top prospect
  45. 1 2 Dodgers name top Minor Leaguers
  46. Clark, Liddi earn Cal League honors
  47. PCL announces postseason All-Star team
  48. Tim Wallach Named PCL Manager of the Year
  49. Cavazos-Galvez named Pioneer MVP
  50. "Dodgers move pitching prospect Miller to outfield". Mlb.mlb.com. May 23, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  51. Gurnick, Ken (March 22, 2015). "Dodgers' 2009 first-round Draft pick Miller retires". dodgers.com. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  52. 2009 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

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