2009 Detroit Tigers season

Top

Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia

2009 Detroit Tigers Slogan: "Always a Tiger"
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Comerica Park (since 2000) Detroit, Michigan (since 1894)
2009 information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	Fox Sports Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Local radio	Detroit Tigers Radio Network (Dan Dickerson, Jim Price, John Keating)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
Previous season Next season

The 2009 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 109th season. The Tigers' new slogan for 2009 was "Always a Tiger." It replaced the 2006–2008 slogan "Who's Your Tiger?"

The Tigers ended the season on October 6 with a 6–5 loss in 12 innings to the Minnesota Twins in the tie-breaker game to win the AL Central. The Tigers spent 146 days in first place and became the first team in Major League history to lose a three game lead with four games left to play. Leyland said the collapse was as pathetic as his stretch run managerial techniques.^[1]

Contents

1 2008–2009 offseason events
2 Trades
3 Season highlights
4 Regular season
5 Player stats
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

2008–2009 offseason events

The Tigers announced on September 29, 2008, that they would not pick up the $12 million option on shortstop Edgar Rentería's contract, although the team did not rule out the possibility of re-signing him in the offseason. The buyout was worth $3 million. The option was part of the contract Rentería signed with the Boston Red Sox in 2004. He had changed teams twice since then. The roster move was finalized on October 30. The team could have offered him arbitration and received a draft pick from Rentería's new team, but formally chose not to offer Rentería arbitration on December 1.^[2] On December 4, 2008, Rentería signed a two-year deal with the San Francisco Giants.^[3]
On October 17, the Tigers hired Rick Knapp as their new pitching coach,^[4] replacing Chuck Hernandez, who took part of the blame for the team's poor pitching in 2008. Knapp had worked for 12 years as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Minnesota Twins.
The Red Sox claimed Tiger reliever Virgil Vasquez off waivers on October 28.^[5] Vasquez had spent the entire season as a starter with the Toledo Mud Hens, the Tigers' AAA affiliate.
On December 8, the Tigers acquired catcher Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers, in exchange for minor league pitching prospects Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo.^[6]
On December 10, the Tigers traded outfielder Matt Joyce to the Tampa Bay Rays for starting pitcher Edwin Jackson. Joyce had divided his time in the previous season between the Tigers and Class AAA Toledo.
On December 12, the Tigers signed infielder Ramón Santiago to a one year contract, avoiding arbitration.^[7]
Also on December 12, in a Rule 5 Draft, the Tigers selected left-handed pitcher Kyle Bloom from the Pittsburgh Pirates double-A affiliate, Altoona. Detroit would return Bloom to the Pirates in March 2009. In the same draft, they lost James Skelton, a left-handed hitting catcher, to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Skelton was on Detroit's 2008 40-man roster but was not included on the 40-man cast for 2009.^[8]
On December 13, relief pitcher Aquilino López became the Tigers' only arbitration-eligible player this offseason to not be offered a contract by the team, making him a free agent.^[9]
On December 15, the Tigers finalized a one-year, $1 million contract with free-agent shortstop Adam Everett, previously with the Minnesota Twins.^[10]
On December 18, former Marlins catcher Matt Treanor signed with the Tigers.^[11]
On January 6, 2009, the Tigers signed former utility outfielder Alexis Gómez to a minor-league contract. Gómez had played on the 2006 World Series team, but had spent the subsequent two seasons in the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins systems.^[12]
On January 13, the Tigers signed Taiwanese sidearm relief pitcher Fu-Te Ni to a minor-league contract with an invitation to training camp. Ni had pitched for Taiwan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[13]
On January 14, the team avoided arbitration with relief pitcher Fernando Rodney and utility outfielder Marcus Thames by signing both to one-year contracts.^[14]
On January 20, the team avoided arbitration with catcher Gerald Laird, starting pitcher Edwin Jackson, and relievers Joel Zumaya and Bobby Seay by signing each to one-year contracts.^[15] The same day, the Tigers signed Juan Rincón to a minor-league contract with an invite to spring training.^[16]
On January 26, the Tigers signed relief pitcher Brandon Lyon to a one-year contract.^[17] The same day, the team signed Timo Pérez to a minor-league contract.^[18]
On February 3, the Tigers avoided arbitration with starting pitcher Justin Verlander by signing him to a one-year, $3.7 million contract.^[19]
On February 4, the organization outrighted pitcher Eddie Bonine to the Mudhens after clearing waivers.^[20] He had spent most of the 2008 season with the Mudhens.
On February 24, the Tigers came to terms with relief pitchers Clay Rapada and Freddy Dolsi, and outfielders Brent Clevlen, Ryan Raburn and Wilkin Ramírez, all to one-year contracts.^[21]
On March 19, the Tigers outrighted relief pitcher Macay McBride to Toledo.^[22]
On March 29, the Tigers placed relievers Joel Zumaya and Dontrelle Willis on the 15-day disabled list. Zumaya, who had had a history of shoulder problems, was due to be activated April 11, one day after the Tigers' home opener against Texas. Willis was placed on the list due to an anxiety disorder.^[23]
On March 30, the Tigers acquired speedy outfielder Josh Anderson from the Atlanta Braves for pitching prospect Rudy Darrow. Anderson hit .294 with three home runs, 12 RBIs and ten stolen bases with Atlanta in 2008.^[24]
In a surprise move, the Tigers released nine-time All-Star Gary Sheffield on March 31. Sheffield, who joined the Tigers before the 2007 season, was one home run short of the 500 club when he was released.^[25]

Trades

On July 30, the Tigers traded outfielder Josh Anderson to Kansas City for cash considerations.^[26]

On July 31, the Tigers traded rookie left-handed pitcher Luke French and left-handed pitcher Mauricio Robles to Seattle for veteran left-handed starting pitcher Jarrod Washburn.^[27]

On August 17, the Tigers traded pitcher Brett Jacobson to Baltimore for Aubrey Huff.^[28]

Season highlights

The Tigers' home opener was on April 10 against the Texas Rangers.^[29] The Tigers won that game 15–2, which included a grand slam by Miguel Cabrera and finished the series with a sweep.^[30]

The Tigers swept their rivals the Indians in Cleveland during the second weekend of May.^[31] The Tigers also completed back-to-back sweeps in May, against the Athletics and the Rangers. The Tigers also completed back-to-back sweeps in late June, over the Brewers and Cubs.

On May 15, the Tigers hit 2 grand slams in a game, only the third time in team history.^[32]

On June 19, Instant replay was used twice in the Tigers' 10-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Comerica Park, the first time that's happened in league history.^[33] Miguel Cabrera's third inning single off the top of the wall is called a home run after instant replay review shows that it had actually cleared the wall. Contrarily, Dusty Ryan's fourth inning home run was overturned to a ground rule double. Later that weekend, the Tigers won the series with a sweep.

On May 19, Dontrelle Willis and four relief pitchers combined to throw a one-hitter in a 4–0 Tigers Victory. Willis had a stretch in which he retired 17 straight batters ^[34]

The Tigers completed back-to-back sweeps against the Indians and Rays in early September.^[35]^[36]

The Tigers held the 1st place position from May 8 until they lost it to the Twins in the tiebreaker game on October 6.

The Tigers swept the Indians for the third time of the season in late September.^[37]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	87	76	.533	—	49–33	38–43
Detroit Tigers	86	77	.528	1	51–30	35–47
Chicago White Sox	79	83	.488	7½	43–38	36–45
Cleveland Indians	65	97	.401	21½	35–46	30–51
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	21½	33–48	32–49

Roster

2009 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

19 Aubrey Huff

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

17 Rafael Belliard (infield)
51 Jeff Jones (bullpen)
52 Rick Knapp (pitching)
22 Gene Lamont (third base)
12 Lloyd McClendon (hitting)
99 Scott Pickens (bullpen catcher)
18 Andy Van Slyke (first base)

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

Through October 5, 2009

Game log

Legend
Tigers win	Tigers loss	Game postponed

Game log

April (11–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 6	@ Blue Jays	L 12–5	Halladay (1–0)	Verlander (0–1)		48,027	0–1
2	April 7	@ Blue Jays	L 5–4	Ryan (1–0)	Lyon (0–1)		16,790	0–2
3	April 8	@ Blue Jays	W 5–1	Miner (1–0)	Litsch (0–1)		12,145	1–2
4	April 9	@ Blue Jays	L 6–2	Romero (1–0)	Porcello (0–1)		15,297	1–3
5	April 10	Rangers	W 15–2	Galarraga (1–0)	Benson (0–1)		44,588	2–3
6	April 11	Rangers	W 4–3	Robertson (1–0)	Harrison (0–1)	Rodney (1)	28,693	3–3
7	April 12	Rangers	W 6–4	Lyon (1–1)	Wilson (0–1)	Rodney (2)	18,905	4–3
8	April 13	White Sox	L 10–6	Floyd (1–1)	Miner (1–1)		21,850	4–4
	April 14	White Sox	Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 24
9	April 15	White Sox	W 9–0	Galarraga (2–0)	Contreras (0–2)		20,212	5–4
10	April 17	@ Mariners	L 6–3	Hernández (2–0)	Verlander (0–2)	Morrow (3)	35,824	5–5
11	April 18	@ Mariners	W 2–0	Jackson (1–0)	Bédard (1–1)	Rodney (3)	31,966	6–5
12	April 19	@ Mariners	W 8–2	Porcello (1–1)	Silva (0–2)		30,450	7–5
13	April 21	@ Angels	L 4–3	Arredondo (1–0)	Lyon (1–2)	Fuentes (3)	41,627	7–6
14	April 22	@ Angels	W 12–10	Rincón (1–0)	Shields (0–2)		43,047	8–6
15	April 23	@ Angels	L 10–5	Palmer (1–0)	Jackson (1–1)		38,543	8–7
16	April 24	@ Royals	L 6–1	Greinke (4–0)	Porcello (1–2)		36,363	8–8
17	April 25	@ Royals	W 9–1	Miner (2–1)	Davies (1–1)		37,647	9–8
18	April 26	@ Royals	W 3–2	Galarraga (3–0)	Ponson (0–3)	Rodney (4)	13,520	10–8
19	April 27	Yankees	W 4–2	Verlander (1–2)	Sabathia (1–2)		28,784	11–8
20	April 28	Yankees	L 11–0	Hughes (1–0)	Perry (0–1)		25,519	11–9
21	April 29	Yankees	L 8–6	Chamberlain (1–0)	Porcello (1–3)		28,348	11–10

May (17–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
22	May 1	Indians	L 6–5	Pavano (1–3)	Galarraga (3–1)	Wood (5)	22,288	11–11
23	May 2	Indians	W 9–7	Zumaya (1–0)	Betancourt (0–1)	Rodney (5)	34,646	12–11
24	May 3	Indians	W 3–1	Verlander (2–2)	Lee (1–4)	Rodney (6)	27,411	13–11
25	May 4	Twins	L 7–2	Liriano (1–4)	Jackson (1–2)		21,298	13–12
26	May 5	Twins	W 9–0	Porcello (2–3)	Blackburn (2–2)		23,754	14–12
	May 6	@ White Sox	Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for June 8
27	May 7	@ White Sox	L 6–0	Buehrle (5–0)	Galarraga (3–2)		27,475	14–13
28	May 8	@ Indians	W 1–0	Verlander (3–2)	Lee (1–5)		27,492	15–13
29	May 9	@ Indians	W 4–0	Jackson (2–2)	Carmona (1–4)		33,640	16–13
30	May 10	@ Indians	W 5–3	Porcello (3–3)	Reyes (1–1)		25,705	17–13
31	May 12	@ Twins	L 6–2	Slowey (5–1)	Galarraga (3–3)		24,807	17–14
32	May 13	@ Twins	L 14–10 (13)	Crain (2–1)	Lyon (1–3)		22,178	17–15
33	May 14	@ Twins	L 6–5	Breslow (1–1)	Seay (0–1)	Nathan (6)	26,046	17–16
34	May 15	Athletics	W 14–1	Jackson (3–2)	Anderson (0–4)		26,770	18–16
35	May 16	Athletics	W 9–1	Porcello (4–3)	Braden (3–5)		31,554	19–16
36	May 17	Athletics	W 11–7	Miner (3–1)	Cahill (2–3)		27,535	20–16
37	May 19	Rangers	W 4–0	Willis (1–0)	McCarthy (3–2)		23,756	21–16
38	May 20	Rangers	W 5–3	Verlander (4–2)	Harrison (4–3)	Rodney (7)	23,417	22–16
39	May 21	Rangers	W 4–3	Jackson (4–2)	Millwood (4–4)	Rodney (8)	34,356	23–16
40	May 22	Rockies	W 4–3	Porcello (5–3)	Jiménez (3–5)	Zumaya (1)	28,264	24–16
41	May 23	Rockies	L 4–3	Marquis (6–3)	Galarraga (3–4)	Street (6)	37,035	24–17
42	May 24	Rockies	L 3–1	Hammel (1–3)	Willis (1–1)	Street (7)	34,606	24–18
43	May 25	@ Royals	W 13–1	Verlander (5–2)	Meche (2–5)		34,524	25–18
44	May 26	@ Royals	L 6–1	Greinke (8–1)	Jackson (4–3)		16,366	25–19
45	May 27	@ Royals	W 8–3	Porcello (6–3)	Davies (2–4)		16,568	26–19
46	May 28	@ Orioles	L 5–1	Hernandez (1–0)	Galarraga (3–5)		11,937	26–20
47	May 29	@ Orioles	L 7–2	Bergesen (2–2)	Willis (1–2)		42,704	26–21
48	May 30	@ Orioles	W 6–3	Verlander (6–2)	Albers (0–2)	Rodney (9)	34,567	27–21
49	May 31	@ Orioles	W 3–0	Jackson (5–3)	Berken (1–1)	Rodney (10)	32,233	28–21

June (15–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
50	June 2	Red Sox	L 5–1	Matsuzaka (1–3)	Porcello (6–4)		25,914	28–22
51	June 3	Red Sox	L 10–5	Beckett (6–2)	Galarraga (3–6)		29,240	28–23
52	June 4	Red Sox	L 6–3	Wakefield (7–3)	Willis (1–3)	Papelbon (14)	31,353	28–24
53	June 5	Angels	L 2–1	Santana (1–2)	Rodney (0–1)	Fuentes (15)	31,187	28–25
54	June 6	Angels	W 2–1	Jackson (6–3)	Escobar (0–1)		32,367	29–25
55	June 7	Angels	W 9–6	Zumaya (2–0)	Arredondo (1–3)		32,074	30–25
56	June 8	@ White Sox	W 5–4	Zumaya (3–0)	Linebrink (2–3)	Rodney (11)		31–25
57	June 8	@ White Sox	L 6–1	Contreras (1–5)	Bonderman (0–1)		30,809	31–26
58	June 9	@ White Sox	W 7–6 (10)	Lyon (2–3)	Linebrink (2–4)		25,676	32–26
59	June 10	@ White Sox	W 2–1	Verlander (7–2)	Danks (4–5)		28,079	33–26
60	June 11	@ White Sox	L 4–3	Jenks (1–2)	Zumaya (3–1)		20,824	33–27
61	June 12	@ Pirates	W 3–1	Porcello (7–4)	Snell (1–7)	Rodney (12)	18,369	34–27
62	June 13	@ Pirates	L 9–3	Duke (7–4)	Galarraga (3–7)		31,411	34–28
63	June 14	@ Pirates	L 6–3	Ohlendorf (6–5)	Willis (1–4)	Capps (16)	27,565	34–29
64	June 16	@ Cardinals	L 11–2	Wainwright (7–4)	Verlander (7–3)		44,021	34–30
65	June 17	@ Cardinals	L 4–3	Wellemeyer (6–6)	Jackson (6–4)	Franklin (16)	39,699	34–31
66	June 18	@ Cardinals	W 6–3	Porcello (8–4)	Pineiro (5–8)	Rodney (13)	41,323	35–31
67	June 19	Brewers	W 10–4 (7)	Miner (4–1)	Looper (5–4)		34,112	36–31
68	June 20	Brewers	W 9–5	Figaro (1–0)	Bush (3–4)		39,156	37–31
69	June 21	Brewers	W 3–2	Verlander (8–3)	Gallardo (7–4)	Rodney (14)	41,163	38–31
70	June 23	Cubs	W 5–4	Lyon (3–3)	Gregg (2–2)		38,046	39–31
71	June 24	Cubs	W 5–3	Miner (5–1)	Harden (4–4)	Rodney (15)	36,438	40–31
72	June 25	Cubs	W 6–5	Galarraga (4–7)	Lilly (7–5)	Rodney (16)	42,332	41–31
73	June 26	@ Astros	L 5–4	Sampson (4–0)	Zumaya (3–2)	Hawkins (10)	33,052	41–32
74	June 27	@ Astros	L 8–1	Paulino (2–4)	Figaro (1–1)		37,123	41–33
75	June 28	@ Astros	W 4–3	Seay (1–1)	Valderde (0–2)	Rodney (17)	34,041	42–33
76	June 29	@ Athletics	L 7–1	Anderson (4–7)	Porcello (8–5)		10,563	42–34
77	June 30	@ Athletics	W 5–3	Galarraga (5–7)	Gonzalez (0–2)		12,126	43–34

July (10–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	July 1	@ Athletics	L 5–1	Braden (6–7)	Verlander (8–4)		21,238	43–35
79	July 3	@ Twins	W 11–9 (16)	Dolsi (1–0)	Dickey (1–1)		33,368	44–35
80	July 4	@ Twins	L 4–3	Guerrier (4–0)	Lyon (3–4)	Nathan (22)	27,238	44–36
81	July 5	@ Twins	L 6–2	Blackburn (7–4)	Porcello (8–6)		33,274	44–37
82	July 6	Royals	L 4–3	Colón (1–0)	Rodney (0–2)	Soria (13)	32,134	44–38
83	July 7	Royals	W 8–5	Verlander (9–4)	Chen (0–3)	Rodney (18)	29,751	45–38
84	July 8	Royals	W 3–1	French (1–0)	Greinke (10–5)	Rodney (19)	29,104	46–38
85	July 10	Indians	W 5–1	Jackson (7–4)	Lee (5–8)	Rodney (20)	35,592	47–38
86	July 11	Indians	L 5–4	Pavano (8–7)	Galarraga (5–8)	Wood (12)	41,782	47–39
87	July 12	Indians	W 10–1	Verlander (10–4)	Ohka (0–3)		39,680	48–39
88	July 17	@ Yankees	L 5–3	Hughes (4–2)	Zumaya (3–3)	Rivera (24)	46,197	48–40
89	July 18	@ Yankees	L 2–1	Sabathia (9–6)	Verlander (10–5)	Rivera (25)	46,423	48–41
90	July 19	@ Yankees	L 2–1	Chamberlain (5–2)	Jackson (7–5)	Rivera (26)	46,937	48–42
91	July 21	Mariners	W 9–7	Porcello (9–6)	Olson (3–4)	Rodney (20)	32,906	49–42
92	July 22	Mariners	L 2–1	Hernández (11–3)	Seay (1–2)	Aardsma (23)	29,758	49–43
93	July 23	Mariners	L 2–1	Washburn (8–6)	French (1–1)	Aardsma (24)	32,177	49–44
94	July 24	White Sox	W 5–1	Verlander (11–5)	Contreras (4–9)		27,844	50–44
95	July 24	White Sox	W 4–3	Lyon (4–4)	Linebrink (2–5)	Rodney (21)	39,375	51–44
96	July 25	White Sox	W 4–3 (10)	Rodney (1–2)	Carrasco (3–1)		41,378	52–44
97	July 26	White Sox	L 5–1	Richard (4–3)	Porcello (9–7)		38,255	52–45
98	July 27	@ Rangers	L 5–2	Hunter (3–1)	Galarraga (5–9)	Wilson (11)	17,137	52–46
99	July 28	@ Rangers	L 7–3	Grilli (1–2)	French (1–2)		21,615	52–47
100	July 29	@ Rangers	W 13–5	Verlander (12–5)	Feldman (9–4)		33,235	53–47
101	July 31	@ Indians	L 6–5 (13)	Ohka (1–4)	Fien (0–1)		35,273	53–48

August (16–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
102	August 1	@ Indians	W 4–3 (12)	Seay (2–2)	Veras (4–2)	Miner (1)	31,353	54–48
103	August 2	@ Indians	L 11–1	Pavano (9–8)	Galarraga (5–10)		24,718	54–49
104	August 3	Orioles	W 6–5	Rodney (2–2)	Baez (4–5)		27,857	55–49
105	August 4	Orioles	L 8–2	Matusz (1–0)	Washburn (8–7)		29,295	55–50
106	August 5	Orioles	W 4–2	Jackson (8–5)	Guthrie (7–11)	Rodney (22)	28,978	56–50
107	August 6	Orioles	W 7–3	Porcello (10–7)	Hernandez (3–4)	Lyon (1)	31,165	57–50
108	August 7	Twins	W 10–8	Galarraga (6–10)	Swarzak (3–5)		36,444	58–50
109	August 8	Twins	L 11–0	Pavano (10–8)	Verlander (12–6)		39,685	58–51
110	August 9	Twins	W 8–7	Lyon (5–4)	Guerrier (5–1)	Rodney (23)	35,423	59–51
111	August 10	@ Red Sox	L 6–5	Ramírez (6–3)	Miner (5–2)	Papelbon (28)	37,960	59–52
112	August 11	@ Red Sox	L 7–5	Tazawa (1–1)	Lambert (0–1)		38,013	59–53
113	August 12	@ Red Sox	L 8–2	Beckett (14–4)	Miner (5–3)		38,124	59–54
114	August 13	@ Red Sox	W 2–0	Verlander (13–6)	Buchholz (1–3)	Rodney (24)	37,556	60–54
115	August 14	Royals	W 1–0	Lyon (5–4)	Colón (1–2)		34,799	61–54
116	August 15	Royals	W 10–3	Jackson (6–6)	Hochevar (9–5)		37,276	62–54
117	August 16	Royals	L 3–2 (10)	Soria (3–0)	Rodney (2–3)		32,888	62–55
118	August 18	Mariners	W 5–3	Seay (3–2)	Lowe (1–6)	Rodney (25)	33,710	63–55
119	August 19	Mariners	L 3–1	Snell (3–9)	Verlander (13–7)	Aardsma (28)	33,194	63–56
120	August 20	Mariners	W 7–6	Seay (4–2)	Aardsma (3–5)		31,167	64–56
121	August 21	@ Athletics	W 3–2	Jackson (10–5)	Gonzalez (4–4)	Rodney (26)	15,927	65–56
122	August 22	@ Athletics	L 3–2	Bailey (6–3)	Miner (5–4)		26,266	65–57
123	August 23	@ Athletics	L 9–4	Tomko (3–2)	Porcello (10–8)		17,690	65–58
124	August 24	@ Angels	W 10–7	Verlander (14–7)	Weaver (13–5)	Rodney (27)	38,421	66–58
125	August 25	@ Angels	W 5–3	Washburn (9–7)	Lackey (8–7)	Rodney (28)	42,970	67–58
126	August 26	@ Angels	L 4–2	Saunders (10–7)	Jackson (10–6)	Fuentes (36)	36,329	67–59
127	August 28	Rays	W 6–2	Porcello (11–8)	Garza (7–9)		35,030	68–59
128	August 29	Rays	L 3–1	Price (7–6)	Robertson (1–1)	Howell (16)	39,296	68–60
129	August 30	Rays	W 4–3	Verlander (15–7)	Balfour (5–3)	Rodney (29)	36,067	69–60
130	August 31	Rays	L 11–7	Shields (9–10)	Washburn (9–8)		26,533	69–61

September (16–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	Indians	W 8–5	Jackson (11–6)	Carrasco (0–1)	Rodney (30)	24,225	70–61
132	September 2	Indians	W 4–2	Porcello (12–8)	Laffey (7–4)	Rodney (31)	25,840	71–61
133	September 3	Indians	W 4–3 (10)	Miner (6–4)	Pérez (4–3)		28,267	72–61
134	September 4	@ Rays	W 4–3	Verlander (16–7)	Howell (7–5)	Rodney (32)	18,596	73–61
135	September 5	@ Rays	W 8–6	Seay (5–2)	Balfour (5–4)	Lyon (2)	36,973	74–61
136	September 6	@ Rays	W 5–3	Jackson (12–6)	Springer (0–3)	Lyon (3)	28,059	75–61
137	September 8	@ Royals	L 7–5	Yabuta (1–1)	Seay (5–3)	Soria (23)	12,032	75–62
138	September 9	@ Royals	L 5–1	Tejeda (2–1)	Verlander (16–8)	Soria (24)	10,584	75–63
139	September 10	@ Royals	L 7–4	Colón (2–3)	Miner (6–5)	Rosa (1)	12,029	75–64
140	September 11	Blue Jays	W 6–4	Tallet (7–9)	Robertson (1–2)	Frasor (9)	31,575	75–65
141	September 12	Blue Jays	L 8–6	League (3–5)	Rodney (2–4)	Frasor (10)	36,142	75–66
142	September 13	Blue Jays	W 7–2	Porcello (13–8)	Romero (12–8)		32,468	76–66
143	September 14	Blue Jays	W 6–5 (10)	Seay (6–3)	Wolfe (1–2)		24,375	77–66
144	September 15	Royals	L 11–1	Tejeda (3–1)	Washburn (9–9)		20,422	77–67
145	September 16	Royals	W 4–3	Miner (7–5)	DiNardo (0–1)	Rodney (33)	25,400	78–67
146	September 17	Royals	L 9–2	Greinke (14–8)	Jackson (12–7)		26,457	78–68
147	September 18	@ Twins	L 3–0	Duensing (4–1)	Porcello (13–9)	Nathan (42)	32,693	78–69
148	September 19	@ Twins	L 6–2	Crain (6–4)	Verlander (16–9)		43,338	78–70
149	September 20	@ Twins	W 6–2	Robertson (2–2)	Baker (13–9)		36,335	79–70
150	September 22	@ Indians	W 3–1	Jackson (13–7)	Laffey (7–7)	Rodney (34)	23,217	80–70
151	September 23	@ Indians	W 11–3	Porcello (14–9)	Masterson (4–9)		13,971	81–70
152	September 24	@ Indians	W 6–5	Verlander (17–9)	Carrasco (0–3)	Rodney (35)	23,516	82–70
153	September 25	@ White Sox	L 2–0	Peavy (8–6)	Bonine (0–2)	Thornton (2)	30,794	82–71
154	September 26	@ White Sox	W 12–5	Figaro (2–1)	García (2–4)		35,590	83–71
155	September 27	@ White Sox	L 8–4	Hudson (1–1)	Jackson (13–8)	Thornton (3)	33,685	83–72
	September 28	Twins	Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for September 29
156	September 29	Twins	L 3–2 (10)	Rauch (6–3)	Lyon (6–5)	Nathan (45)	35,243	83–73
157	September 29	Twins	W 6–5	Verlander (18–9)	Duensing (5–2)	Rodney (36)	30,240	84–73
158	September 30	Twins	W 7–2	Bonine (1–1)	Pavano (13–12)		34,775	85–73

October (1–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
159	October 1	Twins	L 8–3	Baker (15–9)	Robertson (2–3)		40,533	85–74
160	October 2	White Sox	L 8–0	Peavy (9–6)	Jackson (13–9)		34,726	85–75
161	October 3	White Sox	L 5–1	García (3–4)	Figaro (2–2)		35,184	85–76
162	October 4	White Sox	W 5–3	Verlander (19–9)	Danks (13–11)	Rodney (37)	35,806	86–76
163	October 6	@ Twins	L 6–5 (12)	Keppel (1–1)	Rodney (2–5)		54,088	86–77

Player stats

Through September 17, 2009

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ramirez, WilkinWilkin Ramírez	11	11	4	.364	1	3
Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera	159	543	180	.323	30	101
Ordonez, MagglioMagglio Ordóñez	130	412	120	.309	8	48
Avila, AlexAlex Avila	29	56	16	.279	5	14
Raburn, RyanRyan Raburn	112	231	65	.288	16	45
Polanco, PlacidoPlácido Polanco	137	550	153	.286	10	72
Santiago, RamonRamón Santiago	92	224	58	.267	7	35
Thames, MarcusMarcus Thames	87	240	60	.252	13	36
Granderson, CurtisCurtis Granderson	159	556	138	.248	27	63
Everett, AdamAdam Everett	117	316	77	.238	3	44
Anderson, JoshJosh Anderson *	74	165	40	.242	0	16
Thomas, CleteClete Thomas	101	253	61	.241	7	39
Kelly, DonDon Kelly	30	54	13	.236	0	3
Guillen, CarlosCarlos Guillén	80	234	56	.238	11	41
Inge, BrandonBrandon Inge	160	496	116	.230	27	83
Laird, GeraldGerald Laird	134	359	81	.229	4	33
Larish, JeffJeff Larish *	32	74	16	.216	4	7
Huff, AubreyAubrey Huff	39	75	15	.241	15	83
Ryan, DustyDusty Ryan	12	26	4	.154	0	4
Sardinha, DaneDane Sardinha *	12	31	3	.097	0	3
Dlugach, BrentBrent Dlugach	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Treanor, MattMatt Treanor *	4	13	0	.000	0	0

Pitchers batting statistics not included

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Verlander, JustinJustin Verlander	35	240	19	9	3.45	269
Jackson, EdwinEdwin Jackson	33	214	13	9	3.62	161
French, LucasLucas French *	7	29⅓	1	2	3.38	19
Porcello, RickRick Porcello	31	170⅔	14	9	3.96	89
Galarraga, ArmandoArmando Galarraga	29	143⅓	6	10	5.64	95
Figaro, AlfredoAlfredo Figaro	5	17	2	2	6.35	16
Washburn, JarrodJarrod Washburn	8	43	1	3	7.33	21
Willis, DontrelleDontrelle Willis *	7	33⅔	1	4	7.49	17

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	HLD	ERA	SO
Dolsi, FreddyFreddy Dolsi *	6	1	0	0	0	1.69	3
Lyon, BrandonBrandon Lyon	57	6	4	3	13	2.87	51
Ni, Fu-TeFu-Te Ni	29	0	0	0	3	2.93	19
Seay, BobbyBobby Seay	63	6	3	0	27	3.61	37
Rodney, FernandoFernando Rodney	64	2	4	33	0	3.88	59
Perry, RyanRyan Perry	47	0	1	0	6	4.00	51
Miner, ZachZach Miner	45	7	5	1	6	4.52	56
Zumaya, JoelJoel Zumaya *	29	3	3	1	7	4.94	30
Rincon, JuanJuan Rincón *	7	1	0	0	0	5.23	10
Robertson, NateNate Robertson	25	1	2	0	0	5.35	25
Bonine, EddieEddie Bonine	8	0	0	0	0	5.96	13
Rapada, ClayClay Rapada *	2	0	0	0	0	7.71	2
Bonderman, JeremyJeremy Bonderman	6	0	1	0	0	9.31	5
Fien, CaseyCasey Fien	6	0	1	0	0	9.82	6
Lambert, ChrisChris Lambert *	2	0	1	0	0	14.85	4

* No longer on active roster

References

External links

2009 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Detroit Tigers

Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Award winners and league leaders • Players • Managers • Owners and executives

Ballparks

Boulevard Park • Bennett Park • Tiger Stadium • Comerica Park
Spring Training: Whittington Park • Plant Field • Bosse Field • Henley Field • Joker Marchant Stadium

Culture

Gum Time • Paws • "Detroit Rock City" • "The Bird" • Tiger Town •

Lore

1910 Chalmers Award • Disco Demolition Night • 28-out perfect game

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Sparky Anderson • Ty Cobb • Mickey Cochrane • Sam Crawford • Charlie Gehringer • Hank Greenberg • Harry Heilmann • Hughie Jennings • Al Kaline • George Kell • Heinie Manush • Hal Newhouser

Frick Award recipient	Ernie Harwell

Retired numbers

2 • 5 • 6 • 11 • 16 • 23 • 42

Minors

Player overview • AAA: Toledo Mud Hens • AA: Erie SeaWolves • A: Lakeland Flying Tigers • West Michigan Whitecaps • Connecticut Tigers • Rookie: Gulf Coast League Tigers • DSL Tigers

Key personnel

Owner: Mike Ilitch • General Manager: Dave Dombrowski • Manager: Jim Leyland

World Series
championships (4)

1935 • 1945 • 1968 • 1984

League pennants (10)

American League: 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1934 • 1935 • 1940 • 1945 • 1968 • 1984 • 2006

Division titles (4)

East: 1972 • 1984 • 1987 • Central: 2011

Wild card berths (1)

2006

Broadcasters

TV: Fox Sports Detroit • Mario Impemba • Rod Allen
Radio: Detroit Tigers Radio Network • WXYT • WXYT-FM • Dan Dickerson • Jim Price
History: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

Seasons (112)

1900s	1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

1910s	1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

1920s	1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

1930s	1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

1940s	1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

1950s	1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

1960s	1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

1970s	1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

2010s	2010 • 2011 • 2012

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

Donate to Wikimedia

Help us answer these

Who is the best detroit tigers player of 2009?

What was the detroit tigers record during the 2009 Major League Baseball season?

Why are the detroit tigers called the tigers?

How many touch downs have the detroit Lions had in the 2009 season?

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

Copyrights:

Cite

Wikipedia on Answers.com This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article 2009 Detroit Tigers season. Read