2009 Florida Marlins season

2009 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 87–75 (.537)
Divisional place 2nd
Other information
Owner(s) Jeffrey Loria
General manager(s) Michael Hill
Manager(s) Fredi González
Local television Fox Sports Florida
Sun Sports
Rich Waltz, Tommy Hutton
Local radio Florida Marlins Radio Network (English)
Dave Van Horne, Glenn Geffner
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The 2009 Florida Marlins season was the seventeenth season for the Major League Baseball franchise. The Marlins played their home games at Sun Life Stadium. Fredi González returns for his third straight season as manager. At 87-75, 2009 had proved the third best season in Franchise History, the best non-playoff season and their last winning record to the end of 2016.

Regular season

April

Opening Day showcased the Marlins′ new emphasis on pitching and speed, although several home runs were hit too. New leadoff hitter Emilio Bonifacio had three stolen bases and an inside-the-park home run, going 4-for-5. A grand slam by Hanley Ramírez, and homers by Jorge Cantú and Jeremy Hermida capped a spectacular performance in a 12–6 win over the Washington Nationals. Following an opening series sweep of Washington, the Marlins won two of three games against the New York Mets. Next, Florida had a nine-game road trip, visiting Atlanta, Washington, and Pittsburgh for three games each. The Marlins swept both the Braves and Nationals to earn a franchise-best 11—1 record to open a season. But then they stumbled in Pittsburgh, losing all three games to the Pirates. Then the Marlins returned home to meet the Phillies, and lost all three games there too. In the final game against Philadelphia, outfielder Cody Ross pitched an inning of relief, becoming the first Marlins position player to pitch since Jason Wood did so in 2007. The Marlins closed April with three straight wins on the road.

May

The Marlins opened the month by losing the final three games of a four-game series at the Chicago Cubs. This was the beginning of one of the worst months in Marlins history going 5—20. Ricky Nolasco never returned to his 2008 form and was sent down to AAA. Worse yet, their number three starter Aníbal Sánchez got injured and the Marlins experimented with different pitchers including John Koronka, Graham Taylor, and even tried starting relievers Hayden Penn and Burke Badenhop before finally settling for Sean West. For the second time in 2009 a position player, Ross Gload pitched a hitless 9th inning in a 15—2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. After being 11—1 near the end of April the Marlins finished May with a 23—28 record.

June

In June the Marlins slowly were able to climb back to a 40—39 record. Rookie pitcher Sean West went into the seventh inning against his childhood idol Randy Johnson and the San Francisco Giants with a no-hitter before Édgar Rentería hit a single.[1] and Ricky Nolasco returned from the Minors and was better than ever. Hanley Ramírez started to play like an MVP, by hitting 2 grand slams in one series against the Baltimore Orioles, his second and third of the year, then continued to have RBIs for 10 straight games into July 2 for a Florida Marlins franchise record.

July

In the beginning of July Hanley Ramírez was voted as the starting shortstop for the National League in the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. Teammate and pitcher Josh Johnson joined him but was not named a starter. At the All-Star Game, Ramírez went 0 for 3 with 3 ground balls. Johnson did not get the opportunity to pitch. Coming out of the All-Star Break, the Marlins ran in the Philadelphia Phillies with a four-game series. Since the 3rd game got rained out, they only lost all 3 games. No. 5 starter Sean West was sent to the minors and Rick VandenHurk was called up to make his 2009 Marlins debut. Also, their No. 4 starter Andrew Miller was sent down and Gaby Sánchez joined the team.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 93 69 0.574 45–36 48–33
Florida Marlins 87 75 0.537 6 43–38 44–37
Atlanta Braves 86 76 0.531 7 40–41 46–35
New York Mets 70 92 0.432 23 41–40 29–52
Washington Nationals 59 103 0.364 34 33–48 26–55

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

Roster

2009 Florida Marlins
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
Cantù, JorgeJorge Cantù 149 585 67 169 42 0 16 100 .289 3
Ramírez, HanleyHanley Ramírez 151 576 101 197 42 1 24 106 .342 27
Uggla, DanDan Uggla 158 564 84 137 27 1 31 90 .243 2
Ross, CodyCody Ross 151 559 73 151 37 1 24 90 .270 5
Coghlan, ChrisChris Coghlan 128 504 84 162 31 6 9 47 .321 8
Bonifacio, EmilioEmilio Bonifacio 127 461 72 116 11 6 1 27 .252 21
Hermida, JeremyJeremy Hermida 129 429 48 111 14 2 13 47 .259 5
Baker, JohnJohn Baker 112 373 59 101 25 0 9 50 .271 0
Paulino, RonnyRonny Paulino 80 239 24 65 10 1 8 27 .272 1
Gload, RossRoss Gload 125 230 33 60 10 2 6 30 .261 0
Helms, WesWes Helms 113 214 18 58 11 0 3 33 .271 1
Maybin, CameronCameron Maybin 54 176 30 44 12 2 4 13 .250 1
Carroll, BrettBrett Carroll 92 141 18 33 8 2 3 18 .234 0
Johnson, NickNick Johnson 35 104 24 29 8 0 2 18 .279 0
Amezaga, AlfredoAlfredo Amezaga 27 69 6 15 3 0 0 5 .217 1
Sánchez, GabyGaby Sánchez 21 21 2 5 0 0 2 3 .238 0
De Aza, AlejandroAlejandro De Aza 22 20 6 5 1 0 0 3 .250 0
Hayes, BrettBrett Hayes 14 11 5 3 1 0 1 2 .273 0
González, AndyAndy González 14 12 1 0 1 0 1 0 .083 0
Johnson, JoshJosh Johnson 34 62 8 12 1 0 3 10 .194 0
Nolasco, RickyRicky Nolasco 31 50 1 7 0 0 0 3 .140 0
Volstad, ChrisChris Volstad 30 47 5 6 1 0 0 3 .128 0
West, SeanSean West 20 31 2 2 1 0 0 0 .065 0
Sanchez, AnibalAnibal Sanchez 16 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Miller, AndrewAndrew Miller 20 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 .083 0
VandenHurk, RickRick VandenHurk 11 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Badenhop, BurkeBurke Badenhop 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Sanches, BrianBrian Sanches 47 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Wood, TimTim Wood 18 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0
Koronka, JohnJohn Koronka 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Martínez, CristhianCristhian Martínez 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Meyer, DanDan Meyer 71 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Pinto, RenyelRenyel Pinto 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Davidson, DaveDave Davidson 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0

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Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average;

Player G GS W L SV IP H ER BB K ERA
Johnson, JoshJosh Johnson 33 33 15 5 0 209.0 184 75 64 191 3.23
Nolasco, RickyRicky Nolasco 31 31 13 9 0 185.0 188 104 51 195 5.06
Volstad, ChrisChris Volstad 29 29 9 13 0 159.0 169 92 62 107 5.21
West, SeanSean West 20 20 8 6 0 103.1 115 55 44 70 4.79
Sanchez, AnibalAnibal Sanchez 16 16 4 8 0 86.0 84 37 51 71 3.87
Miller, AndrewAndrew Miller 20 14 3 5 0 80.0 85 43 44 59 4.84
VandenHurk, RickRick VandenHurk 11 11 3 2 0 58.2 57 28 24 49 4.30
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor 3 3 0 2 0 11.0 16 10 12 5 8.18
Koronka, JohnJohn Koronka 2 2 0 2 0 7.1 11 9 7 4 11.05
Badenhop, BurkeBurke Badenhop 35 2 7 4 0 72.0 71 30 28 57 3.75
Penn, HaydenHayden Penn 16 1 1 0 0 22.0 30 19 22 27 7.77
Nunez, LeoLeo Nunez 75 0 4 6 26 68.2 59 31 32 60 4.06
Lindstrom, MattMatt Lindstrom 54 0 2 1 15 47.1 54 31 26 39 5.89
Meyer, DanDan Meyer 71 0 3 2 2 58.1 47 20 23 56 3.09
Calero, KikoKiko Calero 67 0 2 2 0 60.0 36 13 34 69 1.95
Pinto, RenyelRenyel Pinto 73 0 4 1 0 61.1 53 22 47 58 3.23
Sanches, BrianBrian Sanches 47 0 4 2 0 56.1 50 16 34 51 2.56
Martínez, CristhianCristhian Martínez 15 0 1 1 0 26.1 27 15 9 18 5.13
Donnelly, BrendanBrendan Donnelly 30 0 3 0 2 25.1 22 5 10 25 1.78
Wood, TimTim Wood 18 0 1 0 0 22.1 22 7 11 16 2.82
Ayala, LuisLuis Ayala 10 0 0 3 0 7.2 12 10 9 7 11.74
Kensing, LoganLogan Kensing 6 0 0 1 0 7.1 14 8 5 7 9.82
Leroux, ChrisChris Leroux 5 0 0 0 0 6.2 11 8 4 2 10.80
Martinez, CarlosCarlos Martinez 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 2 2 3.86
Gload, RossRoss Gload 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Ross, CodyCody Ross 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Davidson, DaveDave Davidson 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 5 4 3 45.00
Totals 162 162 87 75 45 1446.1 1425 690 661 1248 4.29

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA New Orleans Zephyrs Pacific Coast League Edwin Rodríguez
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Brandon Hyde
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Tim Leiper
A Greensboro Grasshoppers South Atlantic League Darin Everson
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Andy Haines
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jorge Hernández

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville

References

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