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Season Almanac

2009 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Albert Pujols (HR, R)

Home Runs
  1. 1Albert PujolsSTL47
  2. 2Prince FielderMIL46
  3. 3Ryan HowardPHI45
Hits
  1. 1Ichiro SuzukiSEA225
  2. 2Derek JeterNYY212
  3. 3Robinson CanóNYY204
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Prince FielderMIL141
  2. 2Ryan HowardPHI141
  3. 3Albert PujolsSTL135
Runs
  1. 1Albert PujolsSTL124
  2. 2Dustin PedroiaBOS115
  3. 3Chone FigginsLAA114
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Jacoby EllsburyBOS70
  2. 2Michael BournHOU61
  3. 3Carl CrawfordTB60
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Justin VerlanderDET269
  2. 2Tim LincecumSF261
  3. 3Zack GreinkeKC242
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Adam WainwrightSTL19
  2. 2CC SabathiaNYY19
  3. 3Félix HernándezSEA19
Saves
  1. 1Brian FuentesLAA48
  2. 2Joe NathanMIN47
  3. 3Mariano RiveraNYY44

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Albert PujolsBAT21.2
  2. 2Prince FielderBAT18.6
  3. 3Ryan HowardBAT17.2
  4. 4Ryan BraunBAT16.9
  5. 5Hanley RamirezBAT16.8
  6. 6Mark TeixeiraBAT16.8
  7. 7Joe MauerBAT16.7
  8. 8Jason BayBAT16.4
  9. 9Derrek LeeBAT16.1
  10. 10Mark ReynoldsBAT16.1
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Andrew McCutchenDH189.7
  2. 2Mark MelanconP134.3
  3. 3Justin Turner1B126.4
  4. 4Elvis AndrusSS120.3
  5. 5Madison BumgarnerP114.2
  6. 6Buster PoseyC109.7
  7. 7Koji UeharaP109.1
  8. 8Wade DavisP108

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Gary SheffieldRF255
  2. 2Randy JohnsonP227
  3. 3John SmoltzP217.3
  4. 4Carlos Delgado1B194.9
  5. 5Tom GordonP190.4
  6. 6Pedro MartínezP175.7
  7. 7Brian GilesRF161.5
  8. 8Troy PercivalP160.3

Teams · 30

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
New York Yankees103-59330.5Mark TeixeiraPlayoffs
Los Angeles Angels97-65250.4Kendrys MoralesPlayoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers95-67337Jonathan BroxtonPlayoffs
Boston Red Sox95-67250.2Jason BayPlayoffs
Philadelphia Phillies93-69288.3Ryan HowardPlayoffs
Colorado Rockies92-70281.1Troy TulowitzkiPlayoffs
St. Louis Cardinals91-71263.9Albert PujolsPlayoffs
San Francisco Giants88-74313.9Pablo Sandoval
Miami Marlins87-75326Hanley Ramirez
Texas Rangers87-75244.5Ian Kinsler
Minnesota Twins87-76236.5Joe MauerPlayoffs
Atlanta Braves86-76265.5Javier Vazquez
Detroit Tigers86-77241Miguel Cabrera
Seattle Mariners85-77220.3Félix Hernández
Tampa Bay Rays84-78262Ben Zobrist
Chicago Cubs83-78271.3Derrek Lee
Milwaukee Brewers80-82278.1Prince Fielder
Chicago White Sox79-83198.5Paul Konerko
Cincinnati Reds78-84265.9Joey Votto
Toronto Blue Jays75-87246.3Adam Lind
San Diego Padres75-87234.9Adrián González
Athletics75-87197.6Andrew Bailey
Houston Astros74-88279.3Jose Valverde
Arizona Diamondbacks70-92234Mark Reynolds
New York Mets70-92219.8David Wright
Kansas City Royals65-97217.4Joakim Soria
Cleveland Indians65-97160.7Shin-Soo Choo
Baltimore Orioles64-98208.3Brian Roberts
Pittsburgh Pirates62-99181.7Andrew McCutchen
Washington Nationals59-103206.7Adam Dunn

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.