2009 in baseball

Calendar

Major League Baseball

Champions

Major League Baseball

*Regular Season Champions

*World Series Champions – New York Yankees
**American League Champions – New York Yankees
**National League Champions – Philadelphia Phillies
*Postseason – October 7 to November 4

Higher seed had home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.

The American League champion has home field advantage during the World Series as a result of the AL victory in the All-Star Game.

Other Champions

* Minor League Baseball
**AAA
***''Championship'': Durham Bulls (Rays)
****International League: Durham Bulls (Rays)
****Pacific Coast League: Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals)
***Mexican League: Saraperos de Saltillo
**AA
*** Eastern League: Akron Aeros (Indians)
*** Southern League: Jacksonville Suns (Marlins)
***Texas League: Midland RockHounds (Athletics)
**A
***California League: San Jose Giants (Giants)
***Carolina League: Lynchburg Hillcats (Pirates)
***Florida State League: Tampa Yankees (Yankees)
***Midwest League: Fort Wayne TinCaps (Padres)
***South Atlantic League: Lakewood BlueClaws (Phillies)
***New York–Penn League: Staten Island Yankees (Yankees)
***Northwest League: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Giants)
**Rookie
***Appalachian League: Danville Braves (Braves)
***Gulf Coast League: GF Nationals (Nationals)
*** Pioneer League: Orem Owlz (Angels)
***Arizona League: AZL Mariners (Mariners)
*Independent baseball leagues
**Alaska Baseball League: Mat-Su Miners
**American Association: Lincoln Saltdogs
** Atlantic League: Somerset Patriots
**Canadian-American Association: Quebec Capitales
**Frontier League: Lake Erie Crushers
**Golden Baseball League: Calgary Vipers
** Northern League: Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
**United League Baseball: Amarillo Dillas
*Amateur
**College
***College World Series: LSU
***NCAA Division II: Lynn University
***NCAA Division III: St. Thomas
*** NAIA: Lubbock Christian
**Youth
***Big League World Series: Santiago, Dominican Republic
***Junior League World Series: Scottsdale, Arizona
***Little League World Series: Chula Vista, California
***Senior League World Series: Houston, Texas
*International
**National teams
***World Baseball Classic: Japan
***Baseball World Cup: United States
***Asian Baseball Championship: Japan
**International club team competitions
***Asia Series: Yomiuri Giants, Japan
***Caribbean Series: Tigres de Aragua, Venezuela
***European Champion Cup Final Four: Nettuno, Italy
**Domestic Leagues
***Australia – Claxton Shield: Perth Heat
***China Baseball League: Beijing Tigers
***Cuban National Series: Habana
*** Dominican League: Tigres del Licey
*** France – Division Elite: Rouen Baseball 76
***Holland Series: Neptunus
*** Italy – Serie A1: Fortitudo Bologna
*** Japanese Leagues:
****''Championship'': Yomiuri Giants
****Central League: Yomiuri Giants
****Pacific League: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
**** Most Valuable Players – Alex Ramírez (Central League) / Yu Darvish (Pacific League)
***Korean Series: KIA Tigers
***Mexican Pacific League: Venados de Mazatlán
***Puerto Rican League: Leones de Ponce
***Taiwan Series: Uni-President Lions
***Venezuelan League: Tigres de Aragua

Awards and honors

* Baseball Hall of Fame honors
**Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America;
it was Henderson's first year of eligibility and Rice's last on the BBWAA ballot
Joe Gordon was inducted following his election by the Veterans Committee
**Nick Peters received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award
**Tony Kubek received the Ford C. Frick Award.
* MVP Awards
** American League – Joe Mauer (MIN)
** National League – Albert Pujols (STL)
*Cy Young Awards
** American League – Zack Greinke (KCR)
** National League – Tim Lincecum (SFG)
* Rookie of the Year Awards
** American League – Andrew Bailey (OAK)
** National League – Chris Coghlan (FLA)
* Manager of the Year Awards
** American League – Mike Scioscia (LAA)
** National League – Jim Tracy (COL)
*Silver Slugger Awards

*Gold Glove Awards

Others

*Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Katie Dannemiller, Greensboro Grasshoppers, South Atlantic League
Major Leagues
* Branch Rickey Award – Torii Hunter (LAA, AL)
* Delivery Man of the Year Award – Mariano Rivera (NYY, AL)
* Hutch Award – Mark Teahen (CHW, AL)
* Luis Aparicio Award – Félix Hernández (SEA, AL)
* Roberto Clemente Award – Derek Jeter (NYY, AL)
* Players Choice Awards
**Player of the Year – Albert Pujols (STL, NL)
**Marvin Miller Man of the Year – Curtis Granderson (DET, AL)
**Outstanding Players – Joe Mauer (MIN, AL) / Albert Pujols (STL, NL)
**Outstanding Pitchers – Zack Greinke (KCR, AL) / Adam Wainwright (STL, NL)
**Outstanding Rookies – Gordon Beckham (CHW, AL) / J. A. Happ (PHI, NL)
**Comeback players of the year – Aaron Hill (TOR, AL) / Chris Carpenter (STL, NL)
* Sporting News Awards
**Player of the Year – Albert Pujols (STL, NL)
**Managers of the Year – Mike Scioscia (AL, LAA) / Jim Tracy (NL, COL)
**Pitchers of the Year – Zack Greinke (AL, KCR) / Tim Lincecum (NL, SFG)
**Rookies of the Year – Gordon Beckham (AL, CHW) / J. A. Happ (NL, PHI)
**Comeback players of the year – Aaron Hill (TOR, AL) / Chris Carpenter (STL, NL)
**Relievers of the year – Mariano Rivera (AL, NYY) / Ryan Franklin (NL, STL)

Minor Leagues
* Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award – Jason Heyward (ATL)
* USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award – Jason Heyward (ATL)

Events

January

*January 1 – Major League Baseball launches the MLB Network at 6 PM ET. Commissioner Bud Selig greets viewers at the channel's official inception.
*January 13 – Trevor Hoffman, the current all-time saves leader, signs a one-year $6 million deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.
*January 15 – The Los Angeles Dodgers reach an agreement with Andruw Jones to release him in time to catch on with another team before spring training in exchange for a deferral of some of the remaining money due on his contract.
*January 21 – In his first year of arbitration eligibility, closer Jonathan Papelbon and the Boston Red Sox agree to a $6.25 million, one-year contract that avoids salary arbitration. Just one day after Bobby Jenks does the same ($5.65 million), Papelbon easily surpasses Éric Gagné's previous major league mark of $5 million for a reliever with three years of service time. Francisco Rodríguez made $3.775 million in his first year of arbitration.
*January 22 -Jeff Kent announces his retirement after 17 seasons. He hit more home runs than any other second baseman in major league history.
*January 25 – Three time All-Star Sean Casey announces his retirement after twelve seasons, later joining the MLB Network staff.

February

*February 3
**Joe Torre and Tom Verducci's book, ''The Yankee Years'' hits book stores. The book chronicles Torre's years as manager of the New York Yankees from to . In the book, Joe Torre says he feels that general manager Brian Cashman "betrayed" him in negotiations with the Yankees following the 2007 season, and that teammates refer to Alex Rodriguez as "A-Fraud."
**A urine sample that Barry Bonds submitted as part of Major League Baseball's anonymous testing program in that did not show the presence of performance-enhancing drugs under that program is retested by federal authorities after it is seized in a raid, and comes back positive for anabolic steroids, according to a ''The New York Times'' report.
**Óliver Pérez re-signs with the New York Mets with a three-year $36 million deal.
*February 4
**The list of victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme is revealed, and includes Sandy Koufax and Sterling Equities Associates, the New York Mets' ownership group.
**San Diego Padres slugger Adrián González sets a Caribbean Series record with three home runs in a game and Mexico's Venados de Mazatlán beats the Dominican Republic's Tigres del Licey, 12–9. González has a two-run homer in the fourth inning and a solo shot in the sixth and ninth innings. Forty-seven players had hit two home runs in a Series game over its previous fifty editions.

*February 7 – ''Sports Illustrated'' reports that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in .
*February 8 – Andruw Jones signs a one-year minor league contract offer from the Texas Rangers. Jones' deal pays him $500,000 if he makes the major league team. He also has the chance to make $1 million in incentives throughout the season.
*February 9 – Alex Rodriguez admits in an interview to ESPN's Peter Gammons that while with the Texas Rangers during the – seasons he used performance-enhancing drugs.
*February 17 – Alex Rodriguez meets the press at George M. Steinbrenner Field to discuss his admission of having used performance-enhancing drugs to ESPN's Peter Gammons. Rodriguez claims that a cousin repeatedly injected him with drugs obtained over the counter in the Dominican Republic called "Boli", a likely reference to Primobolan.
*February 18
** Ken Griffey Jr. returns to the Seattle Mariners, agreeing to a one-year deal that includes a $2 million base salary and up to $2.5 million in incentives based on at-bats and attendance.
**The demolition of Shea Stadium

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