2009 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2009 season was their 41st in Oakland, California. It was also the 109th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 75–87.

2009 Oakland Athletics
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City	Oakland, California
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Lewis Wolff
General managers	Billy Beane
Managers	Bob Geren
Television	CSN California Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse
Radio	Xtra Sports 860 Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse
Seasons

The Athletics entered the season with a measure of hope. During the 2008–09 offseason, the team added numerous hitters through both trades and free agent signings. The most notable addition was that of outfielder Matt Holliday. Holliday was acquired from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for rookie outfielder Carlos González, starting pitcher Greg Smith, and closer Huston Street. Oakland also added a handful of veterans via free agency; these included Orlando Cabrera, Nomar Garciaparra, and former Athletics superstar Jason Giambi. The signings were meant to improve the team's offense, which was the American League's worst (as measured by number of runs scored) in 2008.

While the Athletics' offense improved considerably in 2009, its gains were largely offset by inconsistent pitching. All told, Oakland would finish the season with a third consecutive losing record.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	97	65	0.599	—	49–32	48–33
Texas Rangers	87	75	0.537	10	48–33	39–42
Seattle Mariners	85	77	0.525	12	48–33	37–44
Oakland Athletics	75	87	0.463	22	40–41	35–46

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	2–16	5–4	2–5	3–5	4–4	2–8	3–2	5–13	1–5	4–5	8–10	5–5	9–9	11–7
Boston	16–2	–	4–4	7–2	6–1	5–3	4–5	4–2	9–9	5–5	2–4	9–9	2–7	11–7	11–7
Chicago	4–5	4−4	–	10–8	9–9	9–9	5–4	6−12	3–4	4–5	4–5	6–2	2–4	1–6	12–6
Cleveland	5–2	2–7	8–10	–	4–14	10–8	2–4	8–10	3–5	2–5	6–4	5–3	1–8	4–4	5–13
Detroit	5–3	1–6	9–9	14–4	–	9–9	5–4	7–12	1–5	5–4	5–4	5–2	7–2	3–5	10–8
Kansas City	4–4	3–5	9–9	8–10	9–9	–	1–9	6–12	2–4	2–6	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–3	8–10
Los Angeles	8–2	5–4	4–5	4–2	4–5	9–1	–	6–4	5–5	12–7	10–9	4–2	8–11	4–4	14–4
Minnesota	2–3	2–4	12–6	10–8	12–7	12–6	4–6	–	0–7	4–6	5–5	3–3	6–4	3–5	12–6
New York	13–5	9–9	4–3	5–3	5–1	4–2	5–5	7–0	–	7–2	6–4	11–7	5–4	12–6	10–8
Oakland	5–1	5–5	5–4	5–2	4–5	6–2	7–12	6–4	2–7	–	5–14	6–4	11–8	3–6	5–13
Seattle	5–4	4–2	5–4	4–6	4–5	4–5	9–10	5–5	4–6	14–5	–	5–3	8–11	3–4	11–7
Tampa Bay	10–8	9–9	2–6	3–5	2–5	9–1	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	3–5	–	3–6	14–4	13–5
Texas	5–5	7–2	4–2	8–1	2–7	3–3	11–8	4–6	4–5	8–11	11–8	6–3	–	5–5	9–9
Toronto	9–9	7–11	6–1	4–4	5–3	3–4	4–4	5–3	6–12	6–3	4–3	4–14	5–5	–	7–11

• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009

Roster

2009 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 49 Brett Anderson 40 Andrew Bailey 13 Jerry Blevins 51 Dallas Braden 56 Craig Breslow 53 Trevor Cahill 52 Kevin Cameron 44 Santiago Casilla 30 Dana Eveland 39 Sean Gallagher 45 Dan Giese 59 Édgar González 47 Gio González 60 Jeff Gray 39,85 Brad Kilby 52 Jay Marshall 54 Vin Mazzaro 65 Jonathan Meloan 62 Clay Mortensen 55 Josh Outman 61 Chad Reineke 63 Henry Rodríguez 36 Russ Springer 23 Brett Tomko 48 Michael Wuertz 31 Brad Ziegler		Catchers 35 Landon Powell  8 Kurt Suzuki Infielders 10 Daric Barton 18 Orlando Cabrera  3 Eric Chavez  7 Bobby Crosby 14 Mark Ellis 21 Tommy Everidge 1,5 Nomar Garciaparra 16 Jason Giambi 22 Jack Hannahan 29 Adam Kennedy 26 Cliff Pennington  2 Gregorio Petit Outfielders  6 Travis Buck 25 Matt Carson 57 Aaron Cunningham 32 Jack Cust 11 Rajai Davis 19 Chris Denorfia 12,21 Scott Hairston  5 Matt Holliday 4,5,1 Eric Patterson 15 Ryan Sweeney Other batters 28 Eric Munson		Manager 17 Bob Geren Coaches 4,12 Mike Gallego (third base) 37 Ron Romanick (bullpen) 20 Jim Skaalen (hitting) 38 Todd Steverson (first base) 46 Tye Waller (bench) 41 Curt Young (pitching)

Game log

2009 Game Log
April (8–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Angels 3–0 Saunders (1–0) Braden (0–1) Fuentes (1) 43,220 0–1 2 April 7 @ Angels 6–4 Wuertz (1–0) Jepsen (0–1) Ziegler (1) 43,396 1–1 3 April 8 @ Angels 6–4 Bailey (1–0) Fuentes (0–1) Ziegler (2) 43,283 2–1 April 9 @ Angels Postponed (death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart; rescheduled for August 27) 4 April 10 Mariners 5–4 Jakubauskas (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Aardsma (1) 36,067 2–2 5 April 11 Mariners 8–5 Batista (1–0) Casilla (0–1) Morrow (2) 19,560 2–3 6 April 12 Mariners 1–0 Bédard (1–0) Cahill (0–1) Aardsma (2) 12,127 2–4 7 April 13 Red Sox 8–2 Braden (1–1) Lester (0–2) 21,331 3–4 8 April 14 Red Sox 6 – 5 (12) Gallagher (1–0) López (0–1) 22,132 4–4 9 April 15 Red Sox 8–2 Wakefield (1–1) Anderson (0–2) 35,067 4–5 10 April 17 @ Blue Jays 8–5 Bailey (2–0) League (1–1) Ziegler (3) 18,272 5–5 11 April 18 @ Blue Jays 4 – 2 (12) Frasor (2–0) Giese (0–1) 21,698 5–6 12 April 19 @ Blue Jays 1–0 Romero (2–0) Braden (1–2) Ryan (2) 22,164 5–7 April 20 @ Yankees Postponed (rain; rescheduled for July 23) 13 April 21 @ Yankees 5–3 Pettitte (2–0) Eveland (0–1) Rivera (4) 42,065 5–8 14 April 22 @ Yankees 9 – 7 (14) Veras (1–1) Giese (0–2) 43,342 5–9 15 April 24 Rays 8–2 Kazmir (3–1) Cahill (0–2) 20,140 5–10 16 April 25 Rays 5–2 Braden (2–2) Garza (1–2) Ziegler (4) 15,432 6–10 17 April 26 Rays 7–1 Eveland (1–1) Sonnanstine (0–3) 18,689 7–10 18 April 28 @ Rangers 5–4 Millwood (2–2) Wuertz (1–1) Francisco (6) 12,627 7–11 April 29 @ Rangers Postponed (rain; rescheduled for May 29) 19 April 30 @ Rangers 4–2 Braden (3–2) Padilla (1–2) Wuertz (1) 13,802 8–11
May (11–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 20 May 1 @ Mariners 8–7 Kelley (1–1) Springer (0–1) 25,760 8–12 21 May 2 @ Mariners 3–2 Bailey (3–0) Aardsma (0–1) Wuertz (2) 29,484 9–12 22 May 3 @ Mariners 8 – 7 (15) Vargas (1–0) Eveland (1–2) 29,963 9–13 23 May 4 Angels 5–2 Saunders (4–1) Anderson (0–3) Fuentes (6) 10,397 9–14 24 May 5 Angels 5–3 Loux (2–2) Braden (3–3) Fuentes (7) 13,298 9–15 25 May 6 Rangers 3–2 Feldman (2–0) Giese (0–3) Francisco (9) 15,342 9–16 26 May 7 Rangers 9–4 Cahill (1–2) McCarthy (3–1) 13,702 10–16 27 May 8 Blue Jays 5–3 Wuertz (2–1) Richmond (4–1) Bailey (1) 14,103 11–16 28 May 9 Blue Jays 6–4 Tallet (2–1) Gallagher (1–1) 15,817 11–17 29 May 10 Blue Jays 5–0 Cecil (1–0) Braden (3–4) 15,126 11–18 30 May 12 Royals 12–3 Cahill (2–2) Hochevar (0–1) 10,156 12–18 31 May 13 Royals 7–2 Outman (1–0) Bannister (3–1) 16,057 13–18 32 May 15 @ Tigers 14–1 Jackson (3–2) Anderson (0–4) 26,770 13–19 33 May 16 @ Tigers 9–1 Porcello (4–3) Braden (3–5) 31,554 13–20 34 May 17 @ Tigers 11–7 Miner (3–1) Cahill (2–3) 27,535 13–21 35 May 18 @ Rays 13–4 Niemann (4–3) Gallagher (1–2) 11,420 13–22 36 May 19 @ Rays 4 – 1 (11) Casilla (1–1) Wheeler (1–1) 12,842 14–22 37 May 20 @ Rays 7–6 Anderson (1–4) Kazmir (4–4) Ziegler (5) 13,721 15–22 38 May 21 @ Rays 6–5 Nelson (1–0) Ziegler (0–1) 14,374 15–23 39 May 22 Diamondbacks 2–1 Buckner (1–0) Cahill (2–4) Rauch (2) 13,586 15–24 40 May 23 Diamondbacks 8 – 7 (11) Peña (4–1) Breslow (1–3) Qualls (11) 21,295 15–25 41 May 24 Diamondbacks 6–2 Outman (2–0) Garland (4–3) 13,792 16–25 42 May 25 Mariners 6–1 Anderson (2–4) Jakubauskas (3–5) Cameron (1) 15,280 17–25 43 May 26 Mariners 4–3 Braden (4–5) Batista (2–1) Bailey (2) 10,371 18–25 44 May 27 Mariners 6–1 Bédard (3–2) Cahill (2–5) 30,012 18–26 45 May 29 @ Rangers 6–3 Wilson (3–2) Casilla (1–2) Francisco (11) 18–27 46 May 29 @ Rangers 5–2 Feldman (4–0) É. González (0–1) Wilson (4) 30,496 18–28 47 May 30 @ Rangers 14–1 McCarthy (5–2) Anderson (2–5) 45,325 18–29 48 May 31 @ Rangers 5–4 Bailey (4–0) Francisco (1–1) 22,952 19–29
June (13–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 49 June 1 @ White Sox 6–2 Thornton (3–1) Breslow (1–4) 26,038 19–30 50 June 2 @ White Sox 5–0 Mazzaro (1–0) Colón (3–5) 20,519 20–30 51 June 3 @ White Sox 5–3 Outman (3–0) Richard (2–1) Bailey (3) 23,207 21–30 52 June 4 @ White Sox 7–0 Anderson (3–5) Buehrle (6–2) 18,219 22–30 53 June 5 Orioles 9–1 Braden (5–5) Guthrie (4–5) 12,608 23–30 54 June 6 Orioles 9–4 Cahill (3–5) Berken (1–2) 20,267 24–30 55 June 7 Orioles 3–0 Mazzaro (2–0) Hill (2–1) Bailey (4) 17,208 25–30 56 June 8 Twins 4–3 Outman (4–0) Ayala (1–2) Bailey (5) 10,181 26–30 57 June 9 Twins 10–5 Baker (4–6) Anderson (3–6) Nathan (12) 10,127 26–31 58 June 10 Twins 6–3 Guerrier (3–0) Bailey (4–1) Nathan (13) 18,074 26–32 59 June 11 Twins 4–3 Ziegler (1–1) Henn (0–2) 13,383 27–32 60 June 12 @ Giants 3–0 Lincecum (6–1) Mazzaro (2–1) 36,035 27–33 61 June 13 @ Giants 5–2 Johnson (6–5) Outman (4–1) Wilson (17) 37,874 27–34 62 June 14 @ Giants 7–1 Cain (9–1) Anderson (3–7) 37,728 27–35 63 June 16 @ Dodgers 5 – 4 (10) Mota (3–1) Ziegler (1–2) 41,169 27–36 64 June 17 @ Dodgers 5–4 Cahill (4–5) Kuroda (1–3) Bailey (6) 46,274 28–36 65 June 18 @ Dodgers 3–2 Leach (2–0) Ziegler (1–3) Troncoso (4) 50,492 28–37 66 June 19 @ Padres 7–5 Wuertz (3–1) Mujica (2–2) Bailey (7) 20,019 29–37 67 June 20 @ Padres 6–3 Wuertz (4–1) Meredith (4–1) Bailey (8) 28,074 30–37 68 June 21 @ Padres 4–1 Correia (4–5) Braden (5–6) Bell (19) 24,249 30–38 69 June 22 Giants 5–1 Cahill (5–5) Sánchez (2–8) Ziegler (6) 27,324 31–38 70 June 23 Giants 4–1 Lincecum (7–2) Mazzaro (2–2) 32,854 31–39 71 June 24 Giants 6–3 Johnson (7–5) G. Gonzalez (0–1) Wilson (20) 35,067 31–40 72 June 26 Rockies 4–2 Hammel (5–3) Braden (5–7) Street (17) 20,872 31–41 73 June 27 Rockies 11–9 de la Rosa (4–7) Cahill (5–6) Street (18) 18,624 31–42 74 June 28 Rockies 3–1 Cook (8–3) Mazzaro (2–3) Street (19) 15,701 31–43 75 June 29 Tigers 7–1 Anderson (4–7) Porcello (8–5) 10,563 32–43 76 June 30 Tigers 5–3 Galarraga (5–7) G. Gonzalez (0–2) 12,126 32–44
July (12–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 Tigers 5–1 Braden (6–7) Verlander (8–4) 21,238 33–44 78 July 3 @ Indians 15–3 Huff (4–3) Cahill (5–7) 26,557 33–45 79 July 4 @ Indians 5–2 Pavano (7–7) Mazzaro (2–4) Wood (10) 24,501 33–46 80 July 5 @ Indians 5–2 G. Gonzalez (1–2) Lee (4–7) Bailey (9) 19,105 34–46 81 July 6 @ Red Sox 6–0 Anderson (5–7) Smoltz (0–2) 38,294 35–46 82 July 7 @ Red Sox 5–2 Beckett (10–3) Eveland (1–3) Papelbon (21) 37,676 35–47 83 July 8 @ Red Sox 5–4 Wakefield (11–3) Cahill (5–8) Papelbon (22) 37,981 35–48 84 July 10 @ Rays 6–0 Niemann (8–4) Mazzaro (2–5) 20,358 35–49 85 July 11 @ Rays 7–2 Braden (7–7) Garza (6–7) 33,273 36–49 86 July 12 @ Rays 7–3 Wuertz (5–1) Wheeler (3–2) Bailey (10) 29,727 37–49 87 July 16 Angels 6–2 Santana (2–3) Braden (7–8) Fuentes (27) 11,113 37–50 88 July 17 Angels 7–3 Breslow (2–4) Saunders (8–6) 17,147 38–50 89 July 18 Angels 11–6 Oliver (4–0) Mazzaro (2–6) 16,475 38–51 90 July 19 Angels 1 – 0 (10) Lackey (5–4) Bailey (4–2) Fuentes (28) 18,539 38–52 91 July 20 Twins 14–13 Breslow (3–4) Mijares (0–2) Wuertz (3) 10,283 39–52 92 July 21 Twins 3 – 2 (10) Guerrier (5–0) Bailey (4–3) Nathan (26) 12,027 39–53 93 July 22 Twins 16–1 Cahill (6–8) Perkins (5–6) 22,031 40–53 94 July 23 @ Yankees 6–3 Sabathia (10–6) Mazzaro (2–7) Hughes (1) 44,206 40–54 95 July 24 @ Yankees 8–3 Chamberlain (6–2) Anderson (5–8) 46,086 40–55 96 July 25 @ Yankees 6–4 G. Gonzalez (2–2) Pettitte (8–6) Bailey (11) 46,412 41–55 97 July 26 @ Yankees 7–5 Coke (2–3) Braden (7–9) Rivera (29) 46,163 41–56 98 July 27 @ Red Sox 8–2 Beckett (12–4) Cahill (6–9) 37,955 41–57 99 July 28 @ Red Sox 9 – 8 (11) Berslow (4–4) Delcarmen (2–2) Bailey (12) 38,084 42–57 100 July 29 @ Red Sox 8–6 Anderson (6–8) Penny (7–5) Bailey (13) 38,193 43–57 101 July 30 @ Red Sox 8–5 Delcarmen (3–2) Breslow (4–5) Papelbon (26) 37,919 43–58 102 July 31 Blue Jays 8–5 Braden (8–9) Richmond (6–6) Bailey (14) 12,151 44–58
August (14–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 Blue Jays 6–5 Cecil (5–1) Cahill (6–10) Frasor (4) 35,067 44–59 104 August 2 Blue Jays 7–2 Romero (10–4) Mazzaro (2–8) 13,070 44–60 105 August 3 Rangers 3–2 Wuertz (6–1) Wilson (4–5) 10,523 45–60 106 August 4 Rangers 6–0 G. Gonzalez (3–2) Holland (4–7) 10,781 46–60 107 August 5 Rangers 7–5 Breslow (5–5) Padilla (8–5) Bailey (15) 20,560 47–60 108 August 6 Rangers 6–4 Hunter (4–2) Cahill (6–11) Wilson (13) 17,214 47–61 109 August 7 @ Royals 9–4 Mazzaro (3–8) Bannister (7–8) 21,918 48–61 110 August 8 @ Royals 12–6 Greinke (11–7) Mortensen (0–1) 29,818 48–62 111 August 9 @ Royals 6–3 Anderson (7–8) Hochevar (6–5) Bailey (16) 19,439 49–62 112 August 10 @ Orioles 9–1 G. Gonzalez (4–2) Guthrie (7–12) 14,688 50–62 113 August 11 @ Orioles 3–2 Hernandez (4–4) Cahill (6–12) Johnson (4) 23,006 50–63 114 August 12 @ Orioles 6–3 Mazzaro (4–8) Berken (2–10) Bailey (17) 19,128 51–63 115 August 14 White Sox 8 – 7 (10) Dotel (2–3) Breslow (5–6) Jenks (24) 20,348 51–64 116 August 15 White Sox 8–1 Floyd (10–7) G. Gonzalez (4–3) 17,742 51–65 117 August 16 White Sox 2–3 Bailey (5–3) Jenks (2–4) 20,241 52–65 118 August 17 Yankees 3–0 Tomko (2–2) Burnett (10–6) Bailey (18) 24,409 53–65 119 August 18 Yankees 7–2 Sabathia (14–7) Marshall (0–1) 25,383 53–66 120 August 19 Yankees 3–2 Aceves (8–1) Anderson (7–9) Rivera (36) 35,067 53–67 121 August 21 Tigers 3–2 Jackson (10–5) G. Gonzalez (4–4) Rodney (26) 15,927 53–68 122 August 22 Tigers 3–2 Bailey (6–3) Miner (5–4) 26,266 54–68 123 August 23 Tigers 9–4 Tomko (3–2) Porcello (10–8) 17,690 55–68 124 August 24 @ Mariners 3–1 Snell (4–9) Mazzaro (4–9) Aardsma (29) 21,056 55–69 125 August 25 @ Mariners 4–2 Lowe (2–6) Breslow (5–7) 17,661 55–70 126 August 26 @ Mariners 5–3 French (4–3) G. Gonzalez (4–5) Aardsma (30) 18,695 55–71 127 August 27 @ Angels 2–0 Cahill (7–12) Santana (7–7) Bailey (19) 43,139 56–71 128 August 28 @ Angels 11–7 Arredondo (2–3) Ziegler (1–4) Fuentes (37) 41,912 56–72 129 August 29 @ Angels 4–3 Ziegler (2–4) Rodríguez (0–1) Bailey (20) 43,011 57–72 130 August 30 @ Angels 9–1 Lackey (9–7) Anderson (7–10) 38,018 57–73 131 August 31 Royals 8–5 Breslow (6–7) Hochevar (6–8) Bailey (21) 10,376 58–73
September (17–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 Royals 4–3 Davies (6–9) Marshall (0–2) Soria (21) 10,039 58–74 133 September 2 Royals 10–4 Cahill (8–12) Bannister (7–12) 13,920 59–74 134 September 3 Mariners 7–4 Snell (6–9) Tomko (3–3) Aardsma (34) 10,297 59–75 135 September 4 Mariners 6–3 Rowland-Smith (3–2) Mortensen (0–2) Lowe (2) 11,738 59–76 136 September 5 Mariners 9–5 Anderson (8–10) French (4–5) Bailey (22) 16,495 60–76 137 September 6 Mariners 5–2 G. Gonzalez (5–5) Kelley (4–2) Bailey (23) 16,188 61–76 138 September 8 @ White Sox 11–3 Tomko (4–3) Torres (1–1) 24,317 62–76 139 September 9 @ White Sox 4 – 3 (13) Dotel (3–3) É. González (0–2) 23,703 62–77 140 September 11 @ Twins 12–5 Mortensen (1–2) Blackburn (9–11) 21,084 63–77 141 September 12 @ Twins 4–2 Anderson (9–10) Manship (0–1) Bailey (24) 24,283 64–77 142 September 13 @ Twins 8–0 Duensing (3–1) G. Gonzalez (5–6) 21,850 64–78 143 September 14 @ Rangers 9–0 Tomko (5–3) Feldman (16–5) 13,669 65–78 144 September 15 @ Rangers 6–1 Breslow (7–7) McCarthy (7–3) 15,964 66–78 145 September 16 @ Rangers 4–0 Cahill (9–12) Nippert (5–3) 23,372 67–78 146 September 17 Indians 5–2 Mortensen (2–2) Masterson (4–8) Bailey (25) 10,873 68–78 147 September 18 Indians 2–1 Anderson (10–10) Huff (10–8) Ziegler (7) 22,893 69–78 148 September 19 Indians 8–4 Kilby (1–0) Sowers (6–10) Wuertz (4) 17,209 70–78 149 September 20 Indians 11–4 Eveland (2–3) Carmona (3–12) 15,430 71–78 150 September 21 Rangers 10–3 Millwood (11–10) É. González (0–3) 10,581 71–79 151 September 22 Rangers 9–1 Cahill (10–12) McCarthy (7–4) 10,475 72–79 152 September 23 Rangers 9–8 Hunter (9–4) Mortensen (2–3) Francisco (24) 18,311 72–80 153 September 24 Rangers 12–3 Anderson (11–10) Feldman (17–6) 11,124 73–80 154 September 25 @ Angels 3–0 G. Gonzalez (6–6) Weaver (15–8) Bailey (26) 43,242 74–80 155 September 26 @ Angels 15–10 Breslow (8–7) Jepsen (6–4) 41,014 75–80 156 September 27 @ Angels 7–4 Saunders (15–7) É. González (0–4) Fuentes (45) 38,718 75–81 157 September 29 @ Mariners 6–4 Hernández (18–5) Cahill (10–13) 18,167 75–82 158 September 30 @ Mariners 7–0 Morrow (2–4) Mortensen (2–4) 16,930 75–83
October (0–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 159 October 1 @ Mariners 4–2 Fister (3–4) Anderson (11–11) Aardsma (37) 16,607 75–84 160 October 2 Angels 5–2 Weaver (16–8) G. Gonzalez (6–7) Fuentes (47) 14,554 75–85 161 October 3 Angels 4–2 Kazmir (10–9) Eveland (2–4) Fuentes (48) 16,539 75–86 162 October 4 Angels 5–3 Saunders (16–7) Gray (0–1) Jepsen (1) 16,591 75–87

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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
Ryan Sweeney	134	484	68	142	31	3	6	53	.293	6
Scott Hairston	60	233	24	55	13	1	7	35	.236	3
Orlando Cabrera	101	414	41	116	23	0	4	41	.280	11
Adam Kennedy	129	529	65	153	29	1	11	63	.289	20
Matt Holliday	93	346	52	99	23	1	11	54	.286	12
Kurt Suzuki	147	570	74	156	37	1	15	88	.274	8
Rajai Davis	125	390	65	119	27	5	3	48	.305	41
Cliff Pennington	60	208	27	58	11	3	4	21	.279	7
Jack Cust	149	513	88	123	16	0	25	70	.240	4
Daric Barton	54	160	31	43	12	1	3	24	.269	0
Jason Giambi	83	269	39	52	13	0	11	40	.193	0
Mark Ellis	105	377	52	99	23	0	10	61	.263	10
Bobby Crosby	97	238	35	53	10	2	6	29	.223	2
Travis Buck	36	105	11	23	3	0	3	10	.219	1
Nomar Garciaparra	65	160	17	45	8	0	3	16	.281	2
Landon Powell	46	140	19	32	7	0	7	30	.229	0
Jack Hannahan	52	119	12	23	6	2	1	8	.193	0
Eric Patterson	39	94	15	27	5	1	1	11	.287	6
Tommy Everidge	24	85	13	19	6	0	2	7	.224	0
Aaron Cunningham	23	53	6	8	2	0	1	6	.151	0
Gregorio Petit	11	31	2	7	1	0	0	1	.226	0
Eric Chavez	8	30	0	3	1	0	0	1	.100	0
Matt Carson	10	21	1	6	0	0	1	5	.286	0
Chris Denorfia	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Eric Munson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Pitcher totals	162	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Team Totals	162	5584	759	1464	307	21	135	723	.262	133

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
Trevor Cahill	10	13	4.63	32	32	0	178.2	185	99	92	72	90
Brett Anderson	11	11	4.06	30	30	0	175.1	180	94	79	45	150
Dallas Braden	8	9	3.89	22	22	0	136.2	144	61	59	42	81
Brad Kilby	1	0	0.53	11	1	0	17.0	10	1	1	4	20
Santiago Casilla	1	2	5.96	46	0	0	48.1	61	32	32	25	35
Brett Tomko	4	1	2.95	6	6	0	36.2	31	12	12	6	22
Dana Eveland	2	4	7.16	13	9	0	44.0	70	36	35	26	22
Kevin Cameron	0	0	3.44	11	0	1	18.1	15	7	7	6	15
Clayton Mortensen	2	4	7.81	6	6	0	27.2	37	24	24	12	11
Gio Gonzalez	6	7	5.75	20	17	0	98.2	113	63	63	56	109
Andrew Bailey	6	3	1.84	68	0	26	83.1	49	17	17	24	91
Brad Ziegler	2	4	3.07	69	0	7	73.1	82	25	25	28	54
Vin Mazzaro	4	9	5.32	17	17	0	91.1	120	54	54	39	59
Josh Outman	4	1	3.48	14	12	0	67.1	53	28	26	25	53
Édgar González	0	4	5.51	26	6	0	65.1	76	41	40	28	39
Craig Breslow	7	5	2.60	60	0	0	55.1	37	16	16	18	44
Dan Giese	0	3	5.32	7	1	0	22.0	22	13	13	9	11
Michael Wuertz	6	1	2.63	74	0	4	78.2	52	24	23	23	102
Russ Springer	0	1	4.10	48	0	0	41.2	52	20	19	14	47
Jeff Gray	0	1	3.76	24	0	0	26.1	30	12	11	4	19
Jerry Blevins	0	0	4.84	20	0	0	22.1	19	12	12	6	23
Sean Gallagher	1	2	8.16	6	2	0	14.1	21	14	13	7	10
Jon Meloan	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	8.1	3	1	0	2	11
Jay Marshall	0	2	14.73	10	0	0	7.1	13	12	12	0	1
Chad Reineke	0	0	7.20	1	1	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	1
Henry Rodríguez	0	0	2.25	3	0	0	4.0	4	2	1	2	4
Team Totals	75	87	4.26	162	162	38	1447.1	1486	761	685	523	1124

Awards and honors

On December 22, 2009, Sports Illustrated named general manager Billy Beane as number 10 on its list of the Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade (in all sports).

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Darren Bush
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Aaron Nieckula
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Steve Scarsone
A-Short Season	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Rick Magnante
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Marcus Jensen

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Midland

References

• 2009 Oakland Athletics season at Baseball Reference
• 2009 Oakland Athletics season Official Site (Archived 2009-08-02)