2009 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 2009 American League Central Progressive Field 65–97 (.401) 4th Cleveland, Ohio Larry Dolan Mark Shapiro Eric Wedge SportsTime Ohio WKYC (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Al Pawlowski) WTAM WMMSCleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Mike Hegan) The 2009 Cleveland Indians season marks the 109th season for the franchise, with the Indians attempting (but failing) to improve on their 81–81 record and third-place finish in the American League Central in 2008. The team played all of its home games at Progressive Field (formerly known as Jacobs Field). The season began on April 6 with a 9–1 loss to the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The Home Opener was on April 10 with the Indians losing 13–7 to the Toronto Blue Jays. The season ended on October 4 against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. 2009 is the first year that the Indians held spring training in Goodyear, Arizona. Goodyear replaces Winter Haven, Florida after 15 years of spring training. The Indians ended their season at 65–97. For the Indians, this marks their first season since 1987 (the infamous "Indian Uprising" season) that they were below .500 for the entire season. Regular season April The Indians struggled at the beginning of the season, losing their first five and seven of their first eight games. They finished with an 8–14 record in April, and were in last place in the AL central for the entire month. One of the few highlights of the month was the Tribe defeating former Indian CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees 10–2 in the first game ever at the new Yankee Stadium. Starting pitcher Cliff Lee had his first win of the season in that game. Two days later, the Indians defeated the Yankees 22–4. May The Indians went 14–16 in May, but were in last place in the division throughout the entire month. The Indians struggled on many fronts, including an ineffective bullpen and poor hitting. Several players were sent to the disabled list including Travis Hafner, Grady Sizemore, and Asdrúbal Cabrera. The poor play and injuries allowed many minor league players to come up from AAA Columbus and contribute to the Indians. A turning point came in the season when on May 25, when the Indians defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 11–10 after coming back from a 10–0 deficit. The Indians rallied to win 5 of the final 7 games in the month Season standings Cleveland Indians Record vs. opponents CLE Roster 2009 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers 59 Winston Abreu 36 Greg Aquino 63 Rafael Betancourt 55 Fausto Carmona 59 Carlos Carrasco 39 Vinnie Chulk 20 Mike Gosling 40 Matt Herges 38 David Huff 57 Zach Jackson 30 Masahide Kobayashi 32 Aaron Laffey 31 Cliff Lee 50 Jensen Lewis 46 Scott Lewis 63 Justin Masterson 16 Tomo Ohka 44 Carl Pavano 54 Chris Perez 53 Rafael Pérez 27 Anthony Reyes 56 Rich Rundles 49 Tony Sipp 38 Joe Smith 45 Jeremy Sowers 40 Jess Todd 47 José Veras 47 Luis Vizcaíno 34 Kerry Wood Catchers 30 Lou Marson 41 Víctor Martínez 10 Kelly Shoppach 15 Wyatt Toregas Infielders 29 Josh Barfield 13 Asdrúbal Cabrera 11 Jamey Carroll  7 Mark DeRosa 25 Ryan Garko  8 Chris Gimenez  4 Tony Graffanino 25 Andy Marte  2 Jhonny Peralta  4 Niuman Romero  1 Luis Valbuena Outfielders 23 Michael Brantley 17 Shin-Soo Choo 30 Trevor Crowe 20 David Dellucci 12 Ben Francisco  7 Matt LaPorta 24 Grady Sizemore Other batters 48 Travis HafnerManager 22 Eric Wedge Coaches 28 Jeff Datz (third base) 33 Chuck Hernandez (bullpen)  6 Luis Rivera (first base/infield)  9 Derek Shelton (hitting) 35 Joel Skinner (bench) 51 Carl Willis (pitching) Game log background:#6E8B3D 2009 Game Log y background:#9EBD69; April (8–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 6 || @ Rangers || 9–1 || Millwood (1–0) || Lee (0–1) || || 49,916 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 8 || @ Rangers || 8–5 || Padilla (1–0) || Carmona (0–1) || Francisco (1) || 22,829 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 9 || @ Rangers || 12–8 || McCarthy (1–0) || Pavano (0–1) || || 14,672 || 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 10 || Blue Jays || 13–7 || League (1–0) || Pérez (0–1) || || 42,473 || 0–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 11 || Blue Jays || 5–4 || Halladay (2–0) || Lee (0–2) || Frasor (1) || 20,895 || 0–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 12 || Blue Jays || 8–4 || Reyes (1–0) || Purcey (0–1) || || 14,216 || 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 13 || @ Royals || 4–2 || Greinke (2–0) || Carmona (0–2) || Soria (4) || 10,061 || 1–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 14 || @ Royals || 9–3 || Davies (1–0) || Pavano (0–2) || || 11,756 || 1–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 15 || @ Royals || 5–4 || Lewis (1–0) || Farnsworth (0–2) || Wood (1) || 13,589 || 2–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 16 || @ Yankees || 10–2 || Lee (1–2) || Veras (0–1) || || 48,271 || 3–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 17 || @ Yankees || 6–5 || Bruney (2–0) || Lewis (1–1) || Rivera (3) || 45,101 || 3–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 18 || @ Yankees || 22–4 || Carmona (1–2) || Wang (0–3) || || 45,167 || 4–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 19 || @ Yankees || 7–3 || Albaladejo (1–0) || Lewis (1–2) || || 43,068 || 4–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 21 || Royals || 8–7 || Laffey (1–0) || Ponson (0–2) || Wood (2) || 11,408 || 5–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || April 22 || Royals || 2–0 || Bannister (1–0) || Lee (1–3) || Soria (5) || 13,509 || 5–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 23 || Royals || 5–2 || Lewis (2–2) || Meche (1–1) || Wood (3) || 12,852 || 6–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 24 || Twins || 5–1 || Blackburn (1–1) || Carmona (1–3) || || 20,215 || 6–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 25 || Twins || 7–1 || Slowey (3–0) || Pavano (0–3) || || 23,186 || 6–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 26 || Twins || 4–2 || Laffey (2–0) || Perkins (1–2) || Wood (4) || 20,153 || 7–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 27 || Red Sox || 3–1 || Delcarmen (1–0) || Wood (0–1) || Papelbon (5) || 18,652 || 7–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 28 || Red Sox || 9–8 || Wood (1–1) || López (0–2) || || 19,613 || 8–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 29 || Red Sox || 6–5 (10) || Okajima (2–0) || Lewis (2–3) || Papelbon (6) || 19,137 || 8–14 |- y background:#9EBD69; May (14–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || May 1 || @ Tigers || 6–5 || Pavano (1–3) || Galarraga (3–1) || Wood (5) || 22,288 || 9–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || May 2 || @ Tigers || 9–7 || Zumaya (1–0) || Betancourt (0–1) || Rodney (5) || 34,646 || 9–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 3 || @ Tigers || 3–1 || Verlander (2–2) || Lee (1–4) || Rodney (6) || 27,411 || 9–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 4 || @ Blue Jays || 9–7 (12) || Betancourt (1–1) || Camp (0–1) || Lewis (1) || 15,295 || 10–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 5 || @ Blue Jays || 10–6 || Wolfe (1–0) || Chulk (0–1) || || 22,005 || 10–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 6 || @ Red Sox || 9–2 || Pavano (2–3) || Masterson (2–2) || Laffey (1) || 37,888 || 11–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 7 || @ Red Sox || 13–3 || Wakefield (4–1) || Sowers (0–1) || || 37,541 || 11–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 8 || Tigers || 1–0 || Verlander (3–2) || Lee (1–5) || || 27,492 || 11–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 9 || Tigers || 4–0 || Jackson (2–2) || Carmona (1–4) || || 33,640 || 11–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 10 || Tigers || 5–3 || Porcello (3–3) || Reyes (1–1) || || 25,705 || 11–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || May 11 || White Sox || 9–4 || Pavano (3–3) || Floyd (2–3) || || 14,567 || 12–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 12 || White Sox || 7–4 || Carrasco (1–0) || Sowers (0–2) || Jenks (8) || 16,760 || 12–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 13 || White Sox || 4–0 || Lee (2–5) || Buehrle (5–1) || || 23,884 || 13–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 14 || @ Rays || 11–7 || Carmona (2–4) || Shields (3–4) || || 17,169 || 14–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 15 || @ Rays || 8–7 || Wheeler (1–0) || Vizcaíno (0–1) || || 25,827 || 14–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 38 || May 16 || @ Rays || 4–2 || Garza (4–2) || Pavano (3–4) || Nelson (2) || 34,235 || 14–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 17 || @ Rays || 7–5 || Sonnanstine (2–4) || Huff (0–1) || Percival (6) || 28,841 || 14–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 19 || @ Royals || 6–5 || Farnsworth (1–3) || Wood (1–2) || || 25,024 || 14–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 20 || @ Royals || 6–5 || Laffey (3–0) || Ponson (1–5) || Wood (6) || 19,652 || 15–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 21 || @ Royals || 8–3 || Pavano (4–4) || Ramírez (0–2) || Betancourt (1) || 23,095 || 16–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 22 || @ Reds || 3–1 || Arroyo (6–3) || Laffey (3–1) || Cordero (11) || 28,019 || 16–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 23 || @ Reds || 7–6 || Vizcaíno (1–1) || Weathers (0–1) || Wood (7) || 35,821 || 17–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 24 || @ Reds || 4–3 (11) || Fisher (1–0) || Vizcaíno (1–2) || || 27,796 || 17–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 25 || Rays || 11–10 || Sowers (1–2) || Isringhausen (0–1) || || 20,929 || 18–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 26 || Rays || 5–1 || Pavano (5–4) || Garza (4–3) || || 18,754 || 19–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 27 || Rays || 12–7 || Aquino (1–0) || Sonnanstine (3–5) || Vizcaíno (1) || 19,335 || 20–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 28 || Rays || 2–1 || Herges (1–0) || Niemann (4–4) || Wood (8) || 27,356 || 21–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 29 || Yankees || 3–1 || Pettitte (5–1) || Lee (2–6) || Rivera (10) || 32,802 || 21–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || May 30 || Yankees || 10–5 || Sabathia (5–3) || Carmona (2–5) || || 34,396 || 21–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || May 31 || Yankees || 5–4 || Wood (2–2) || Coke (1–3) || || 29, 405 || 22–30 |- y background:#9EBD69; June (9–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || June 1 || Yankees || 5–2 || Chamberlain (3–1) || Aquino (1–1) || Rivera (11) || 23,651 || 22–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 2 || @ Twins || 4–3 || Slowey (8–1) || Huff (0–2) || Nathan (10) || 26,530 || 22–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 3 || @ Twins || 10–1 || Lee (3–6) || Swarzak (1–2) || || 29,336 || 23–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 4 || @ Twins || 11–3 || Baker (3–6) || Carmona (2–6) || || 20,897 || 23–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || June 5 || @ White Sox || 6–0 || Pavano (6–4) || Danks (4–4) || || 29,825 || 24–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 6 || @ White Sox || 4–2 || Floyd (4–5) || Sowers (1–3) || Jenks (13) || 30,307 || 24–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 7 || @ White Sox || 8–4 || Huff (1–2) || Colón (3–6) || || 25,609 || 25–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 9 || Royals || 8–4 || Pérez (1–1) || Cruz (3–2) || || 15,038 || 26–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 10 || Royals || 9–0 || Meche (3–5) || Pavano (6–5) || || 16,257 || 26–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 11 || Royals || 4–3 (10) || Herges (2–0) || Farnsworth (1–4) || || 14,342 || 27–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 12 || Cardinals || 7–3 || Huff (2–2) || Piñeiro (5–7) || || 28,159 || 28–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 13 || Cardinals || 3–1 || Thompson (1–2) || Ohka (0–1) || Franklin (15) || 31,754 || 28–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 14 || Cardinals || 3–0 || Lee (4–6) || Carpenter (4–1) || || 23,644 || 29–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 15 || Brewers || 14–12 || Coffey (2–1) || Pérez (1–2) || Hoffman (16) || 25,415 || 29–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 16 || Brewers || 7–5 || Gallardo (7–3) || Sowers (1–4) || || 22,986 || 29–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 17 || Brewers || 9–8 (11) || DiFelice (4–0) || Aquino (1–2) || Stetter (1) || 15,269 || 29–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 19 || @ Cubs || 8–7 (10) || Gregg (2–1) || Vizcaíno (1–3) || || 40,155 || 29–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 20 || @ Cubs || 6–5 (13) || Patton (3–1) || Wood (2–3) || || 41,007 || 29–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || June 21 || @ Cubs || 6–2 || Wells (1–3) || Sowers (1–5) || Gregg (11) || 40,866 || 29–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || June 23 || @ Pirates || 5–4 || Huff (3–2) || Snell (2–8) || Wood (9) || 19,109 || 30–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 73 || June 24 || @ Pirates || 10–6 || Duke (8–5) || Pavano (6–6) || || 20,162 || 30–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 74 || June 25 || @ Pirates || 3–2 || Capps (1–3) || Herges (2–1) || || 30,120 || 30–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || June 26 || Reds || 9–2 || Sowers (2–5) || Harang (5–8) || || 28,114 || 31–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || June 27 || Reds || 7–3 || Bailey (1–0) || Ohka (0–2) || || 28,646 || 31–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || June 28 || Reds || 8–1 || Owings (5–8) || Huff (3–3) || || 23,900 || 31–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || June 29 || White Sox || 6–3 || Floyd (6–5) || Pavano (6–7) || || 15,645 || 31–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || June 30 || White Sox || 11–4 (7) || Richard (3–1) || Lee (4–7) || || 14,793 || 31–48 |- y background:#9EBD69; July (12–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 80 || July 1 || White Sox || 6–2 || Contreras (3–7) || Sowers (2–6) || || 16,722 || 31–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 3 || Athletics || 15–3 || Huff (4–3) || Cahill (5–7) || || 26,557 || 32–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || July 4 || Athletics || 5–2 || Pavano (7–7) || Mazzaro (2–4) || Wood (10) || 24,501 || 33–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 83 || July 5 || Athletics || 5–2 || Gonzalez (1–2) || Lee (4–7) || Bailey (9) || 19,105 || 33–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 84 || July 7 || @ White Sox || 10–6 || Buehrle (9–2) || Sowers (2–7) || || 23,758 || 33–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 8 || @ White Sox || 5–1 || Contreras (4–7) || Laffey (3–2) || || 26,772 || 33–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 9 || @ White Sox || 10–8 || Sipp (1–0) || Richard (3–3) || Wood (11) || 27,257 || 34–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 87 || July 10 || @ Tigers || 5–1 || Jackson (7–4) || Lee (4–9) || || 35,592 || 34–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || July 11 || @ Tigers || 5–4 || Pavano (8–7) || Galarraga (5–8) || Wood (12) || 41,782 || 35–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 12 || @ Tigers || 10–1 || Verlander (10–4) || Ohka (0–3) || || 39,680 || 35–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 16 || Mariners || 4–1 || Lee (5–9) || Olson (3–3) || || 22,371 || 36–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 17 || Mariners || 6–2 || Hernández (10–3) || Huff (4–4) || || 23,545 || 36–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 18 || Mariners || 3–1 || Washburn (7–6) || Ohka (0–4) || Aardsma (21) || 24,893 || 36–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 19 || Mariners || 5–3 || Kelley (2–1) || Betancourt (1–2) || Aardsma (22)|| 20,900 || 36–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 94 || July 21 || @ Blue Jays || 2–1 || Lee (6–9) || Downs (1–1) || || 18,330 || 37–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 22 || @ Blue Jays || 10–6 || Romero (8–4) || Pavano (8–8) || || 18,375 || 37–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 23 || @ Blue Jays || 5–4 || Huff (5–4) || Rzepczynski (1–2) || Wood (13) || 32,061 || 38–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 24 || @ Mariners || 9–0 || Laffey (4–2) || Rowland-Smith (0–1) || || 34,802 || 39–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 25 || @ Mariners || 10–3 || Sowers (3–7) || Bédard (5–3) || || 29,213 || 40–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || July 26 || @ Mariners || 12–3 || Lee (7–9) || Vargas (3–4) || || 30,224 || 41–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || July 27 || @ Angels || 8–6 || Veras (4–1) || Fuentes (1–3) || Wood (14) || 35,371 || 42–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 28 || @ Angels || 7–6 || Palmer (9–1) || Huff (5–5) || Bulger (1) || 43,270 || 42–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 29 || @ Angels || 9–3 || Lackey (7–4) || Laffey (4–3) || || 39,196 || 42–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 103 || July 31 || Tigers || 6–5 || Ohka (1–4) || Fien (0–1) || || 35,273 || 43–60 |- y background:#9EBD69; August (15–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || August 1 || Tigers || 4–3 (12) || Seay (2–2) || Veras (4–2) || Miner (1)|| 31.353 || 43–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 105 || August 2 || Tigers || 11–1 || Pavano (9–8) || Galarraga (5–10) || || 24,718 || 44–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || August 4 || Twins || 10–1 || Baker (9–7) || Huff (5–6) || || 17,518 || 44–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 107 || August 5 || Twins || 8–1 || Laffey (5–3) || Liriano (4–11) || || 17,683 || 45–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 108 || August 6 || Twins || 2–1 || Sipp (2–0) || Blackburn (8–6) || Wood (15) || 21,657 || 46–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 109 || August 7 || @ White Sox || 6–2 || Sowers (4–7) || Buehrle (11–6) || || 27,153 || 47–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 110 || August 8 || @ White Sox || 8–5 || Carrasco (4–2) || Todd (0–1) || || 35,224 || 47–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 9 || @ White Sox || 8–4 || Huff (6–6) || Contreras (4–11) || || 34,063 || 48–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 11 || Rangers || 5–0 || Laffey (6–3) || Nippert (3–1) || || 21,870 || 49–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 12 || Rangers || 5–0 || Hunter (5–2) || Carmona (2–7) || || 18,794 || 49–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 13 || Rangers || 4–1 || Feldman (12–4) || Sowers (4–8) || Francisco (16) || 20,090 || 49–65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 115 || August 14 || @ Twins || 11–0 || Baker (10–7) || Masterson (3–4) || || 34,845 || 49–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 116 || August 15 || @ Twins || 7–3 || Huff (7–6) || Swarzak (3–6) || || 33,931 || 50–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 16 || @ Twins || 7–4 || Laffey (7–3) || Blackburn (8–8) || || 30,260 || 51–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 18 || Angels || 5–4 || Bell (1–0) || Carmona (2–7) || Fuentes (35) || 18,341 || 51–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 19 || Angels || 3–0 || Weaver (13–4) || Sowers (4–9) || || 16,868 || 51–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 20 || Angels || 11–3 || Masterson (4–4) || Lackey (8–6) || || 16,804 || 52–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 21 || Mariners || 9–4 || French (3–3) || Huff (7–7) || || 28,503 || 52–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || August 22 || Mariners || 4–3 || Pérez (2–2) || Messenger (0–1) || || 28,942 || 53–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 123 || August 23 || Mariners || 6–1 || Carmona (3–7) || Hernández (12–5) || || 23,086 || 54–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 24 || @ Royals || 10–6 || Sowers (5–9) || Soria (3–2) || || 11,101 || 55–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 25 || @ Royals || 6–2 || Greinke (12–8) || Masterson (4–5) || || 17,353 || 55–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 26 || @ Royals || 4–2 || Huff (8–7) || Hochevar (6–7) || Wood (16) || 10,751 || 56–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 127 || August 27 || @ Orioles || 5–4 || Pérez (3–2) || Johnson (3–5) || Wood (17) || 13,991 || 57–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 128 || August 28 || @ Orioles || 13–4 || Berken (4–11) || Carmona (3–9) || || 13,961 || 57–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 29 || @ Orioles || 5–3 || Pérez (4–2) || Ray (0–2) || C. Perez (1) || 24,358 || 58–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || August 30 || @ Orioles || 5–2 || Matusz (3–2) || Masterson (4–6) || Johnson (7) || 20,643 || 58–72 |- y background:#9EBD69; September/October (7–26) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || September 1 || @ Tigers || 8–5 || Jackson (11–6) || Carrasco (0–1) || Rodney (30) ||24,225 || 58–73 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || September 2 || @ Tigers || 4–2 || Porcello (12–8) || Laffey (7–4) || Rodney (31) || 25,840 || 58–74 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || September 3 || @ Tigers || 4–3 (10) || Miner (6–4) || Pérez (4–3) || || 28,267 || 58–75 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || September 4 || Twins || 5–2 || Sowers (6–9) || Pavano (10–11) || Wood (18) || 24,402 || 59–75 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || September 5 || Twins || 4–1 || Baker (13–7) || Masterson (4–7) || Nathan (36) || 19,455 || 59–76 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || September 6 || Twins || 3–1 || Huff (9–7) || Blackburn (9–10) || Wood (19) || 17,911 || 60–76 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || September 7 || Rangers || colspan=6 |Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || September 8 || Rangers || 11–9 || Feliz (1–0) || Lewis (2–4) || || || 60–77 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 8 || Rangers || 10–5 || McCarthy (7–2) || Laffey (7–5) || || 12,976 || 60–78 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 9 || Rangers || 10–0 || Feldman (16–4) || Carmona (3–10) || || 14,637 || 60–79 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || September 11 || Royals || 2–1 || Wright (2–5) || Veras (4–3) || Soria (25) || 26,006 || 60–80 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 141 || September 12 || Royals || 13–6 || Huff (10–7) || Hochevar (6–10) || || 24,842 || 61–80 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 13 || Royals || 7–0 || Davies (8–9) || Carrasco (0–2) || || 21,153 || 61–81 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 14 || @ Twins || 6–3 || Mahay (2–1) || C. Perez (0–1) || Nathan (39) || 20,640 || 61–82 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 15 || @ Twins || 5–4 || Rauch (3–1) || Carmona (3–11) || Nathan (40) || 19,035 || 61–83 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 145 || September 16 || @ Twins || 7–3 || Blackburn (10–11) || Laffey (7–6) || Nathan (41) || 16,921 || 61–84 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 17 || @ Athletics || 5–2 || Mortensen (2–2) || Masterson (4–8) || Bailey (25) || 10,873 || 61–85 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 18 || @ Athletics || 2–1 || Anderson (10–10) || Huff (10–8) || Ziegler (7) || 22,893 || 61–86 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 19 || @ Athletics || 8–4 || Kilby (1–0) || Sowers (6–10) || Wuertz (4) || 17,209 || 61–86 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 20 || @ Athletics || 11–4 || Eveland (2–3) || Carmona (3–12) || || 15,430 || 61–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 150 || September 22 || Tigers || 3–1 || Jackson (13–7) || Laffey (7–7) || Rodney (34) || 23,217|| 61–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 23 || Tigers || 11–3 || Porcello (14–9) || Masterson (4–9) || ||13,971 || 61–89 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 152 || September 24 || Tigers || 6–5 || Verlander (17–9) || Carrasco (0–3) || Rodney (35) ||23,516 || 61–90 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 153 || September 25 || Orioles || 4–2 || Carmona (4–12) || Hernandez (4–9) || Wood (20) || 33,472 || 62–90 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 154 || September 26 || Orioles || 9–8 || Wood (3–3) || Johnson (4–6) || || 31,749 || 63–90 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 155 || September 27 || Orioles || 9–0 || Huff (11–8) || Tillman (2–5) || || 29,930 || 64–90 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 28 || White Sox || 6–1 || Danks (13–10) || Laffey (7–8) || || 23,088 || 64–91 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || September 29 || White Sox || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 157 || September 30 || White Sox || 5–1 || Carmona (5–12) || Torres (1–2) || || || 65–92 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 30 || White Sox || 1–0 || Buehrle (13–10) || Masterson (4–10) || Thornton (4) || 16,871 || 65–93 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 159 || October 1 || @ Red Sox || 3–0 || Lester (15–8) || Carrasco (0–4) || Papelbon (38) || 37,459 || 65–94 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 160 || October 2 || @ Red Sox || 6–2 || Matsuzaka (4–6) || Sowers (6–11) || || 37,787 || 65–95 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 || October 3 || @ Red Sox || 11–6 || Beckett (17–6) || Laffey (7–9) || || 37,562 || 65–96 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 162 || October 4 || @ Red Sox || 12–7 || Bowden (1–1) || Ohka (1–5) || || 37,247 || 65–97 |- 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 Greg Aquino 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Josh Barfield 17 20 5 8 1 0 0 2 .400 0 Rafael Betancourt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Michael Brantley 28 112 10 35 4 0 0 11 .313 4 Asdrúbal Cabrera 131 523 81 161 42 4 6 68 .308 17 Jamey Carroll 93 315 53 87 10 2 2 26 .276 4 Shin-Soo Choo 156 583 87 175 38 6 20 86 .300 21 Trevor Crowe 68 183 22 43 9 3 1 17 .235 6 Mark DeRosa 71 278 47 75 13 0 13 50 .270 1 David Dellucci 14 40 3 11 3 0 0 1 .275 0 Ben Francisco 89 308 48 77 21 1 10 33 .250 13 Ryan Garko 78 239 29 68 10 0 11 39 .285 0 Chris Gimenez 45 111 12 16 2 0 3 7 .144 1 Mike Gosling 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Tony Graffanino 7 23 1 3 1 0 0 0 .130 0 Travis Hafner 94 338 46 92 19 0 16 49 .272 0 Matt Herges 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 David Huff 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Matt LaPorta 52 181 29 46 13 0 7 21 .254 2 Aaron Laffey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Cliff Lee 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Jensen Lewis 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Lou Marson 14 44 6 11 6 0 0 4 .250 0 Andy Marte 47 155 20 36 6 1 6 25 .232 0 Victor Martinez 99 377 56 107 21 1 15 65 .284 0 Tomo Ohka 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Carl Pavano 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Jhonny Peralta 151 582 57 148 35 1 11 83 .254 0 Rafael Perez 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Anthony Reyes 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Niuman Romero 10 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 .143 0 Kelly Shoppach 89 271 33 58 14 0 12 40 .214 0 Tony Sipp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Grady Sizemore 106 436 73 108 20 6 18 64 .248 13 Joe Smith 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Jeremy Sowers 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Wyatt Toregas 19 51 1 9 1 0 0 6 .176 0 Luis Valbuena 103 368 52 92 25 3 10 31 .250 2 Luis Vizcaíno 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Kerry Wood 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Team totals 162 5568 773 1468 314 28 161 730 .264 84 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; 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 Winston Abreu 0 0 23.14 3 0 0 2.1 7 7 6 2 3 Greg Aquino 1 2 4.50 10 0 0 16.0 13 8 8 15 11 Rafael Betancourt 1 2 3.52 29 0 1 30.2 25 15 12 15 32 Fausto Carmona 5 12 6.32 24 24 0 125.1 151 97 88 70 79 Carlos Carrasco 0 4 8.87 5 5 0 22.1 40 23 22 11 11 Vinnie Chulk 0 1 3.75 8 0 0 12.0 10 6 5 10 4 Mike Gosling 0 0 5.04 15 0 0 25.0 30 15 14 11 13 Matt Herges 2 1 3.55 21 0 0 25.1 24 10 10 6 18 David Huff 11 8 5.61 23 23 0 128.1 159 82 80 41 65 Zach Jackson 0 0 9.35 3 1 0 8.2 14 10 9 4 10 Masahide Kobayashi 0 0 8.38 10 0 0 9.2 12 9 9 4 4 Aaron Laffey 7 9 4.44 25 19 1 121.2 140 69 60 57 59 Jensen Lewis 2 4 4.61 47 0 1 66.1 62 37 34 29 62 Scott Lewis 0 0 8.31 1 1 0 4.1 7 4 4 1 3 Justin Masterson 1 7 4.55 11 10 0 57.1 56 35 29 35 52 Tomo Ohka 1 5 5.96 18 6 0 71.0 77 47 47 19 31 Carl Pavano 9 8 5.37 21 21 0 125.2 150 80 75 23 88 Chris Perez 0 1 4.32 32 0 1 33.1 24 16 16 12 38 Rafael Perez 4 3 7.31 54 0 0 48.0 66 41 39 25 32 Anthony Reyes 1 1 6.57 8 8 0 38.1 40 30 28 23 22 Rich Rundles 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 Tony Sipp 2 0 2.93 46 0 0 40.0 27 16 13 25 48 Joe Smith 0 0 3.44 37 0 0 34.0 30 16 13 13 30 Jeremy Sowers 6 11 5.25 23 22 0 123.1 134 73 72 52 51 Jess Todd 0 1 7.40 19 0 0 20.2 31 17 17 7 18 José Veras 1 2 4.38 22 0 0 24.2 19 16 12 14 22 Luis Vizcaíno 1 3 5.40 11 0 1 11.2 8 7 7 12 9 Kerry Wood 3 3 4.25 58 0 20 55.0 48 26 26 28 63 Team totals 65 97 5.06 162 162 25 1434.0 1570 865 806 598 986 Minor league affiliates Classification level Team League Season article AAA Columbus Clippers International League 2009 Columbus Clippers season AA Akron Aeros Eastern League 2009 Akron Aeros season Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League A Lake County Captains South Atlantic League Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League Rookie Gulf Coast Indians Gulf Coast League Rookie DSL Indians Dominican Summer League External links 2009 Cleveland Indians Season Official Site https://web.archive.org/web/20110704133557/http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=cle July 4, 2011 2009 Cleveland Indians Season at Baseball Reference Cleveland Indians Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleve