The 2009 Kansas City Royals season was the 41st season for the franchise, and their 39th at Kauffman Stadium. The season began on April 7 with a game against the Chicago White Sox at U. S. Cellular Field, which Chicago won. On April 10, the Royals hosted the New York Yankees in the first game at the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium for the Royals' home opener. Interleague opponents included the St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks,

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and

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. The Royals looked to improve on their

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record of 75–87 and sought their first playoff appearance since 1985, as manager Trey Hillman returned for his second season with Kansas City. The Royals' payroll for the 2009 season was $70.5 million, approximately 25 percent higher than their 2008 payroll (and 21st in the major leagues). There was much optimism for the Royals heading into the season, with some experts saying they had the potential reach the postseason. After a strong start and 18–11 record, the Royals suffered several losing streaks and fell back to a losing record, finishing with a dismal 65-97 record.

Off-season

Coaching staff changes

Following the 2008 season, third base coach

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and hitting coach Mike Barnett were not retained on Trey Hillman's coaching staff. In October 2008, the Royals hired

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as the team's new hitting coach and

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. Seitzer served as the hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2008, and Gibbons was the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays for five seasons. Both were dismissed from their respective teams before the 2007 season was completed. Dave Owen, the team's bench coach from 2008, will be the third base coach.

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(pitching), Rusty Kuntz (first base), and John Mizerock (bullpen) were all retained to complete the six-man staff.

Winter meetings

After the acquisitions of

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and

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, the Royals entered the Winter Meetings not seeking to add another big free agent acquisition like in years past (

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in 2007 and José Guillén in 2008). Through trades, Kansas City sought to acquire relief pitching, a middle infielder, and a starting pitcher. The Royals pursued both RHP Kyle Farnsworth and RHP

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, and signed Farnsworth to a two-year contract. The Royals also signed LHP

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, who was previously with the team in 2008, and RHP

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. The Royals were also one of the final four teams that were in talks with SS Rafael Furcal. The acquisition of Furcal would have resulted in the Royals moving SS

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to second base. Furcal played with the Atlanta Braves, where Royals general manager

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worked prior to joining the Royals' front office. Reports said that Kansas City was maneuvering to clear payroll so that they could sign Furcal, or sign

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, who was in the Royals' backup plan. Kansas City bowed out of talks with Furcal after they could not work around their payroll. '' The Boston Globe'' reported that the Royals had "serious discussions" concerning a trade of RHP Zack Greinke to the Atlanta Braves for OF Jeff Francoeur. Reports about Kansas City's purported interest in Francoeur also surfaced weeks before the Winter Meetings but there had been no concrete evidence that the Royals pursued such a deal. Dayton Moore quickly denied the report. Moore showed a reluctance to trade Greinke or outfielders

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and

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, all of whom were attached to rumors throughout the off-season.

Roster moves

''Kansas City entered the 2008–2009 off-season with 15 players eligible for arbitration.'' * LHP

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(re-signed) * RHP

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* C John Buck * RHP Kyle Davies * RHP

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* OF

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(released) * IF/OF

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* LHP

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* RHP Zack Greinke * 2B

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(declined) * 1B

* C

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* RHP Joel Peralta * IF Jason Smith * IF/OF

In October, the Royals acquired 1B

from the Florida Marlins in exchange for SP Leo Núñez. In November, the Royals acquired CF

from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for RP Ramón Ramírez. In December, the Royals did not tender contracts to OF

, LHP

, RHP Jairo Cuevas, and 2B Jason Smith. Bale was later re-signed on a one-year deal, In January, the Royals agreed to a four-year, $38 million contract with RHP Zack Greinke.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Monthly summaries

April

The Royals' season opener against the Chicago White Sox was originally scheduled for April 6 but was postponed due to snow forecasts in the Chicago area. The game was rescheduled for April 7, which was originally an off-day for both teams. The Royals lost the first game of the season after Kyle Farnsworth gave up a game-losing, three-run homer to Chicago's Jim Thome. After losing the first game to Chicago, the Royals won two of three games against Chicago to open the series. The Royals played the New York Yankees on April 10 at the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium for their home opener. It was the first game of a three-game series. Kansas City lost the first two games and trailed late in the 8th inning of the third game before

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scored a game-tying RBI double and then scored the go-ahead run on Alberto Callaspo's RBI single. Peña is the team's third-string catcher and was listed as designated hitter for the day. The Royals would hold on to the 6–4 lead for their third win on the season. On April 17 the Royals began a three-game series with the Texas Rangers and eventually won two of them. On that day, 3B Alex Gordon was placed on the

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and was ruled out for at least two months after having surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip. Despite the bad news, the Royals beat the Rangers 12–3 in the opening game of the series. In the second game against the Rangers (on April 18), RHP Zack Greinke recorded his first career shut-out and extended his scoreless inning streak to 34. The streak dated back to the

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. This brought Greinke's statistics to three wins in three starts and an 0.00

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, the best in the American League at the time. Texas' Kevin Millwood, who started for the Rangers, had the American League's second lowest ERA entering the game with a 0.64 ERA. The Royals entered the third game of the series against Texas looking for their first series sweep of the season. After trailing 5–3 in the bottom of the eighth, the Rangers tied the game at 5 by the ninth inning after Royals set up pitchers

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and

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allowed two runs. Texas' Michael Young hit a game-winning leadoff home run off of reliever Kyle Farnsworth's second pitch of the inning. The loss brought Kansas City down to a three-way tie for first place in the American League Central with Detroit and Chicago. Royals manager Trey Hillman kept closer Joakim Soria in the bullpen for the entire series instead reasoning that he didn't want Soria to be used for more than one inning in the third game. RHP

was recalled from Triple-A

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to pitch for Kansas City on April 22 and replaced both the injured

, who was placed on the DL, and the struggling

in the pitching rotation. Bannister and

pitched eight shut-out innings before closer Joakim Soria returned from an eight-day hiatus to close out the 2–0 victory. Soria battled injuries for most of the month. Zack Greinke's scoreless innings streak ended at 38 when an unearned run was scored after an errant throw by

in a 6–1 Royals victory over the

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. The run was unearned so Greinke's ERA stayed at 0.00 and his record improved to 4-0 on the season. The game was also Greinke's second

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of the season. Greinke was featured on the cover of '' Sports Illustrateds May 4, 2009, issue (Volume 110, Issue 18) for a cover story by

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called "The Best Pitcher in Baseball." Greinke is the first Royals player to appear on the magazine cover since pitcher

David Cone David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and WPIX as well as for ESPN on Sunday Night Baseball. The last Kansas City player to appear in an in-season cover was back on June 12, 1989, when ''SI'' featured outfielder Bo Jackson. The team won three of four games against the Toronto Blue Jays, who entered the series with baseball's best record. On April 29 Zack Greinke was the first pitcher of the season to record his fifth win and allowed only two runs to the Blue Jays in an 11–3 victory. This brought his ERA for the season from 0.00 to 0.50. By finishing with a 12-10 record for the month, the Royals registered their first winning April since 2003 when they began the season with a 16-7 record.

May

The Royals entered the month of May in sole-possession of first place in the American League Central. They traveled to the

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to play the

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in a three-game series to start off the month. The series was hotly contested with the Royals scoring 22 runs and the Twins scoring 19 and several lead changes. The second game of the series was decided in 11 innings. In the third game, the Royals were no-hit by Scott Baker through six innings before an offensive but then suddenly unleashed an offensive flurry in the seventh, scoring five runs to roar ahead and hold on for a stunning 7–5 victory. Zack Greinke threw his third complete game in a 3–0 shutout of the White Sox on May 4 and improved his record to 6-0 on the year with a 0.40 ERA. Greinke lost his first game of the season to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 9 in a 1–0 loss. Greinke pitched a complete game and his ERA rose to 0.51. Joakim Soria continued to battle injuries to his shoulder and his appearances were limited in the early part of May. He was placed on the

and

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was sent to the bullpen in exchange for Luke Hochevar being called up from Triple-A Omaha. In his first appearance of the season, Hochevar lasted only two innings and allowed eight runs in a 12–3 loss to the

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. Entering the game, Kansas City's team ERA led the American League, but took a hit with Hochevar's performance. By the beginning of the fifth inning, Oakland led the game 12–0 and the Royals never recovered and dropped their fourth consecutive game. The Royals lost all five games of their road trip against the Angels and Athletics after sweeping their four-game homestand against the White Sox and Mariners. Zack Greinke's eighth start of the season was delayed by two and half hours of rainfall, but the Royals still won the game 8–1 against the Baltimore Orioles. The game was held at Kauffman Stadium and had a sell-out crowd of 38,353 along with many other games in the season selling out for Greinke's starts. The Royals split their four-game home series against the Orioles. On May 19, Kansas City trailed Cleveland 5–2 entering the ninth inning but accomplished their biggest comeback victory of the season. After two consecutive home runs by

and

, the Royals rallied to a 6–5 victory after a sacrifice fly by Willie Bloomquist brought

home for the winning run. Kansas City began Interleague play against their cross-state rival St. Louis Cardinals. After losing the first two games of the series by scores of 5–0, the Royals fell to a 21-22 record and under the .500 mark for the first time since April 11 when they were 2-3. After optioning three players (

, Luke Hochevar, and Robinson Tejeda) to the inactive roster, Kansas City won the final game 3–2 and regained a .500 record on the season. By the end of the month, the Royals began to slip from the top of their division standings in the American League Central, especially following a three-game sweep by the Chicago White Sox left the team with a 23–27 record. An 11–17 record in May dropped the Royals down to fourth place in the division.

June

Looking to rebound from a sub-par month of May, the Royals began June with a three-game series at Tampa Bay on June 2, but continued to flounder, dropping all three games. They lost their eighth game in a row on June 5 at Toronto, but broke the losing streak the next day thanks to a strong performance from Luke Hochevar. In the 2009 Major League Baseball draft held on June 9 the Royals selected RHP Aaron Crow with the 12th overall selection. Crow attended the University of Missouri, was born in nearby Topeka, Kansas, and was a longtime Royals fan prior to being selected with the team. That same day, the Royals' defense and bullpen allowed eight unanswered runs to the

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in an 8–4 loss. The loss dropped the Royals to fifth place in the American League Central.

Roster

Game log

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(0–4) , , Soria (6) , , 31,845 , , 14–11 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 26 , , May 4 , ,

, , 3–0 , , Greinke (6–0) , , Bartolo Colón, Colón (2–2) , , , , 21,843 , , 15–11 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 27 , , May 5 , ,

, , 8 – 7 (11) , , Cruz (2–0) , , Lance Broadway, Broadway (0–1) , , , , 13,419 , , 16–11 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 28 , , May 6 , , 2009 Seattle Mariners season, Mariners , , 9–1 , , Ponson (1–4) , , Carlos Silva (baseball), Silva (1–3) , , , , 15,324 , , 17–11 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 29 , , May 7 , , 2009 Seattle Mariners season, Mariners , , 3–1 , , Bannister (3–0) , , Jarrod Washburn, Washburn (3–2) , , Soria (7) , , 32,714 , , 18–11 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 30 , , May 8 , , @ 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 4–1 , , Matt Palmer (baseball), Palmer (3–0) , , Meche (2–3) , , Brian Fuentes, Fuentes (8) , , 41,019 , , 18–12 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 31 , , May 9 , , @ 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 1–0 , , Joe Saunders, Saunders (5–1) , , Greinke (6–1) , , , , 39,776 , , 18–13 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 32 , , May 10 , , @ 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 4–3 , , Scot Shields, Shields (1–2) , , Jamey WWright (0–1) , , Brian Fuentes, Fuentes (9) , , 43,646 , , 18–14 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 33 , , May 12 , , @ 2009 Oakland Athletics season, Athletics , , 12–3 , , Trevor Cahill, Cahill (2–2) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (0–1) , , , , 10,156 , , 18–15 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 34 , , May 13 , , @ 2009 Oakland Athletics season, Athletics , , 7–2 , , Josh Outman, Outman (1–0) , , Bannister (3–1) , , , , 16,057 , , 18–16 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 35 , , May 14 , , 2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Orioles , , 9–5 , , Jeremy Guthrie, Guthrie (3–3) , , Meche (2–4) , , , , 24,431 , , 18–17 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 36 , , May 15 , , 2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Orioles , , 8–1 , , Greinke (7–1) , , Adam Eaton (pitcher), Eaton (2–4) , , , , 38,353 , , 19–17 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 37 , , May 16 , , 2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Orioles , , 3–2 , , Rich Hill (pitcher), Hill (1–0) , , Davies (2–2) , , George Sherrill, Sherrill (7) , , 26,720 , , 19–18 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 38 , , May 17 , , 2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Orioles , , 7–4 , , Cruz (3–0) , , Jim Johnson (right-handed pitcher), Johnson (2–2) , , , , 22,791 , , 20–18 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 39 , , May 19 , ,

, , 6–5 , , Farnsworth (1–3) , , Wood (1–2) , , , , 25,024 , , 21–18 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 40 , , May 20 , ,

, , 6–5 , , Laffey (3–0) , , Ponson (1–5) , , Wood (6) , , 19,652 , , 21–19 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 41 , , May 21 , ,

, , 8–3 , , Pavano (4–4) , , Ramírez (0–2) , , Rafael Betancourt, Betancourt (1) , , 23,095 , , 21–20 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 42 , , May 22 , , @ 2009 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals , , 5–0 , , Todd Wellemeyer, Wellemeyer (4–4) , , Davies (2–3) , , , , 43,429 , , 21–21 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 43 , , May 23 , , @ 2009 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals , , 5–0 , , Kyle Lohse, Lohse (4–3) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (0–2) , , , , 43,829 , , 21–22 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 44 , , May 24 , , @ 2009 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals , , 3–2 , , Bannister (4–1) , , Joel Piñeiro, Piñeiro (5–4) , , Cruz (2) , , 44,213 , , 22–22 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 45 , , May 25 , , Tigers , , 13–1 , , Justin Verlander, Verlander (5–2) , , Meche (2–5) , , , , 34,524 , , 22–23 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 46 , , May 26 , , Tigers , , 6–1 , , Greinke (8–1) , , Edwin Jackson (baseball), Jackson (4–3) , , , , 16,366 , , 23–23 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 47 , , May 27 , , Tigers , , 8–3 , , Porcello (6–3) , , Davies (2–4) , , , , 16,568 , , 23–24 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 48 , , May 29 , ,

, , 11–2 , , Clayton Richard, Richard (2–0) , , Bannister (4–2) , , , , 26,495 , , 23–25 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 49 , , May 30 , ,

, , 5–3 , , Scott Linebrink, Linebrink (2–2) , , Cruz (3–1) , , Jenks (11) , , 37,894 , , 23–26 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 50 , , May 31 , ,

, , 7–4 , , Matt Thornton (baseball), Thornton (2–1) , , John Bale (baseball), Bale (0–1) , , Jenks (12) , , 19,855 , , 23–27 , - , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 51 , , June 2 , , @ 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 6–2 , , Andy Sonnanstine, Sonnanstine (4–5) , , Davies (2–5) , , , , 13,604 , , 23–28 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 52 , , June 3 , , @ 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 9–0 , , Jeff Niemann, Niemann (5–4) , , Bannister (4–3) , , , , 15,256 , , 23–29 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 53 , , June 4 , , @ 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 3–2 , , James Shields (baseball), Shields (5–4) , , Jamey WWright (0–2) , , J.P. Howell, Howell (2) , , 16,103 , , 23–30 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 54 , , June 5 , , @ Blue Jays , , 9–3 , , Ricky Romero (baseball), Romero (3–2) , , Greinke (8–2) , , , , 15,435 , , 23–31 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 55 , , June 6 , , @ Blue Jays , , 6–2 , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (1–2) , ,

(4–3) , , , , 16,552 , , 24–31 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 56 , , June 7 , , @ Blue Jays , , 4–0 , , Roy Halladay, Halladay (10–1) , , Davies (2–6) , , , , 21,071 , , 24–32 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 57 , , June 9 , , @

, , 8–4 , , Rafael Pérez (baseball), Pérez (1–1) , , Cruz (3–2) , , , , 15,038 , , 24–33 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 58 , , June 10 , , @

, , 9–0 , , Meche (3–5) , , Pavano (6–5) , , , , 16,257 , , 25–33 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 59 , , June 11 , , @

, , 4 – 3 (10) , , Matt Herges, Herges (2–0) , , Farnsworth (1–4) , , , , 14,342 , , 25–34 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 60 , , June 12 , , 2009 Cincinnati Reds season, Reds , , 4–1 , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (2–2) , , Matt Maloney, Maloney (0–1) , , , , 32,959 , , 26–34 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 61 , , June 13 , , 2009 Cincinnati Reds season, Reds , , 7–4 , , Davies (3–6) , , Bronson Arroyo, Arroyo (7–5) , , , , 29,574 , , 27–34 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 62 , , June 14 , , 2009 Cincinnati Reds season, Reds , , 7–1 , , Bannister (5–3) , , Johnny Cueto, Cueto (6–4) , , , , 24,525 , , 28–34 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 63 , , June 16 , , 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Diamondbacks , , 5–0 , , Meche (4–5) , , Doug Davis (pitcher), Davis (3–8) , , , , 26,974 , , 29–34 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 64 , , June 17 , , 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Diamondbacks , , 12–5 , , Max Scherzer, Scherzer (4–4) , , Greinke (8–3) , , , , 29,777 , , 29–35 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 65 , , June 18 , , 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Diamondbacks , , 12–5 , , Dan Haren, Haren (6–4) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (2–3) , , , , 14,129 , , 29–36 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 66 , , June 19 , , 2009 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals , , 10–5 , , Brad Thompson, Thompson (2–2) , , Davies (3–7) , , , , 37,660 , , 29–37 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 67 , , June 20 , , 2009 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals , , 7–1 , , Chris Carpenter, Carpenter (5–1) , , Bannister (5–4) , , Ryan Franklin, Franklin (17) , , 38,769 , , 29–38 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 68 , , June 21 , , 2009 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals , , 12–5 , , Adam WainwWainwright (8–4) , , Meche (4–6) , , , , 33,805 , , 29–39 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 69 , , June 23 , , @ 2009 Houston Astros season, Astros , , 2–1 , , Greinke (9–3) , , Russ Ortiz, Ortiz (3–3) , , Soria (8) , , 30,049 , , 30–39 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 70 , , June 24 , , @ 2009 Houston Astros season, Astros , , 4–3 , , Soria (2–0) , , Jeff Fulchino, Fulchino (2–3) , , John Bale (baseball), Bale (1) , , 28,602 , , 31–39 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 71 , , June 25 , , @ 2009 Houston Astros season, Astros , , 5–4 , , Wesley WWright (2–1) , , Bannister (5–5) , , José Valverde, Valverde (6) , , 32,048 , , 31–40 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 72 , , June 26 , , @ 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Pirates , , 5–3 , , Virgil Vasquez, Vasquez (1–0) , , Meche (4–7) , , Matt Capps, Capps (17) , , 18,458 , , 31–41 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 73 , , June 27 , , @ 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Pirates , , 6–2 , , Paul Maholm, Maholm (5–4) , , Bruce Chen, Chen (0–1) , , , , 36,032 , , 31–42 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 74 , , June 28 , , @ 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Pirates , , 3–2 , , Greinke (10–3) , , Charlie Morton (pitcher), Morton (0–1) , , Soria (9) , , 25,888 , , 32–42 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 75 , , June 29 , , Twins , , 4–2 , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (3–3) , , Nick Blackburn, Blackburn (6–4) , , Soria (10) , , 22,066 , , 33–42 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 76 , , June 30 , , Twins , , 2–1 , ,

(6–6) , , Bannister (5–6) , ,

(20) , , 19,310 , , 33–43 , - , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 77 , , July 1 , , Twins , , 5–1 , , Glen Perkins, Perkins (4–4) , , Meche (4–8) , ,

(21) , , 18,906 , , 33–44 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 78 , , July 2 , ,

, , 4–1 , , Mark Buehrle, Buehrle (8–2) , , Bruce Chen, Chen (0–2) , , Jenks (19) , , 17,964 , , 33–45 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 79 , , July 3 , ,

, , 5–0 , , John Danks, Danks (7–6) , , Greinke (10–4) , , Scott Linebrink, Linebrink (2) , , 39,026 , , 33–46 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 80 , , July 4 , ,

, , 6–4 , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (4–3) , , Floyd (6–6) , , Soria (11) , , 18,182 , , 34–46 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 81 , , July 5 , ,

, , 6–3 , , Bannister (6–6) , , Clayton Richard, Richard (3–2) , , Soria (12) , , 15,915 , , 35–46 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 82 , , July 6 , , @ Tigers , , 4–3 , , Román Colón, Colón (1–0) , , Rodney (0–2) , , Soria (13) , , 32,134 , , 36–46 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 83 , , July 7 , , @ Tigers , , 8–5 , , Justin Verlander, Verlander (9–4) , , Bruce Chen, Chen (0–3) , , Rodney (18) , , 29,751 , , 36–47 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 84 , , July 8 , , @ Tigers , , 3–1 , , Lucas French, French (1–0) , , Greinke (10–5) , , Rodney (19) , , 29,104 , , 36–48 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 85 , , July 9 , , @ 2009 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , 8–4 , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (5–3) , , Justin Masterson, Masterson (3–3) , , Soria (14) , , 38,189 , , 37–48 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 86 , , July 10 , , @ 2009 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , 1–0 , , Jon Lester, Lester (8–6) , , Bannister (6–7) , , Jonathan Papelbon, Papelbon (23) , , 38,116 , , 37–49 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 87 , , July 11 , , @ 2009 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , 15–9 , , John Smoltz, Smoltz (1–2) , , Meche (4–9) , , , , 37,825 , , 37–50 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 88 , , July 12 , , @ 2009 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , 6–0 , , Josh Beckett, Beckett (11–3) , , Bruce Chen, Chen (0–4) , , , , 37,612 , , 37–51 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 89 , , July 17 , , 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 8–7 , , Joe Nelson, Nelson (3–0) , , Cruz (3–3) , , J.P. Howell, Howell (7) , , 33,568 , , 37–52 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 90 , , July 18 , , 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 4–2 , , Chad Bradford, Bradford (1–0) , , Cruz (3–4) , , , , 30,288 , , 37–53 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 91 , , July 19 , , 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 4–3 , , Grant Balfour, Balfour (4–1) , , Jamey WWright (0–3) , , J.P. Howell, Howell (9) , , 18,934 , , 37–54 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" , , , , July 20 , , 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , colspan=6 , ''Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for July 21'' , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 92 , , July 21 , , 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 8–5 , , Ervin Santana, Santana (3–5) , , Ponson (1–6) , , Brian Fuentes, Fuentes (29) , , N/A , , 37–55 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 93 , , July 21 , , 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 10–2 , , Sean O'Sullivan (baseball), O'Sullivan (3–0) , , Bruce Chen, Chen (0–5) , , , , 23,874 , , 37–56 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 94 , , July 22 , , 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 9–6 , , Justin Speier, Speier (4–2) , , Román Colón, Colón (1–1) , , Brian Fuentes, Fuentes (30) , , 18,078 , , 37–57 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 95 , , July 24 , ,

, , 2–0 , , Scott Feldman (baseball), Feldman (9–3) , , Greinke (10–6) , , C. J. Wilson, Wilson (10) , , 25,012 , , 37–58 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 96 , , July 25 , ,

, , 6–3 , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (6–3) , , Derek Holland, Holland (3–6) , , Soria (15) , , 27,602 , , 38–58 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 97 , , July 26 , ,

, , 7–2 , , Dustin Nippert, Nippert (3–0) , , Mahay (1–1) , , , , 16,847 , , 38–59 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 98 , , July 27 , , @ 2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Orioles , , 5–3 , , Rob Tejeda, Tejeda (1–0) , , Matt Albers, Albers (1–4) , , Soria (16) , , 15,169 , , 39–59 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 99 , , July 28 , , @ 2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Orioles , , 4 – 3 (11) , , Jamey WWright (1–3) , , Danys Báez, Báez (4–4) , , Soria (17) , , 21,545 , , 40–59 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 100 , , July 29 , , @ 2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Orioles , , 7–3 , , Matt Albers, Albers (2–4) , , Rob Tejeda, Tejeda (1–1) , , Jim Johnson (right-handed pitcher), Johnson (2) , , 19,741 , , 40–60 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 101 , , July 30 , , @ 2009 Baltimore Orioles season, Orioles , , 7–3 , , Brad Bergesen, Bergesen (7–5) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (6–4) , , , , 19,194 , , 40–61 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 103 , , July 31 , , @ 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 8–2 , , David Price (baseball), Price (4–4) , , Ponson (1–7) , , , , 26,596 , , 40–62 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 103 , , August 1 , , @ 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 7–1 , , Jeff Niemann, Niemann (10–5) , , Bruce Chen, Chen (0–6) , , , , 36,973 , , 40–63 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 104 , , August 2 , , @ 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 4–1 , , Bannister (7–7) , , James Shields (baseball), Shields (6–8) , , Soria (18) , , 27,930 , , 41–63 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 105 , , August 3 , , @ 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season, Rays , , 10–4 , , Scott Kazmir, Kazmir (6–6) , , Greinke (10–7) , , , , 24,219 , , 41–64 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 106 , , August 4 , , 2009 Seattle Mariners season, Mariners , , 7–6 , , Shawn Kelley, Kelley (3–1) , , Jamey WWright (1–4) , , David Aardsma, Aardsma (26) , , 15,057 , , 41–65 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 107 , , August 5 , , 2009 Seattle Mariners season, Mariners , , 11–6 , , Luke French, French (2–2) , , Davies (3–8) , , , , 27,805 , , 41–66 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 108 , , August 6 , , 2009 Seattle Mariners season, Mariners , , 8–2 , , Bruce Chen, Chen (1–6) , , Jason Vargas, Vargas (3–6) , , , , 15,103 , , 42–66 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 109 , , August 7 , , 2009 Oakland Athletics season, Athletics , , 9–4 , , Vin Mazzaro, Mazzaro (3–8) , , Bannister(7–8) , , , , 21,918 , , 42–67 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 110 , , August 8 , , 2009 Oakland Athletics season, Athletics , , 12–6 , , Greinke (11–7) , , Clayton Mortensen, Mortensen(0–1) , , , , 29,818 , , 43–67 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 111 , , August 9 , , 2009 Oakland Athletics season, Athletics , , 6–3 , , Brett Anderson (baseball), Anderson (7–8) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (6–5) , , Andrew Bailey (baseball), Bailey (16) , , 19,439 , , 43–68 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 112 , , August 11 , , @ Twins , , 14–6 , , Davies (4–8) , , Nick Blackburn, Blackburn (8–7) , , , , 32,121 , , 44–68 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 113 , , August 12 , , @ Twins , , 7–1 , , Francisco Liriano, Liriano (5–11) , , Bannister (7–9) , , , , 30,105 , , 44–69 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 114 , , August 13 , , @ Twins , , 5–4 , , Meche (5–9) , , Pavano (10–9) , , Soria (19) , , 32,373 , , 45–69 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 115 , , August 14 , , @ Tigers , , 1–0 , , Brandon Lyon, Lyon (5–4) , , Román Colón, Colón (1–2) , , , , 34,799 , , 45–70 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 116 , , August 15 , , @ Tigers , , 0–3 , , Edwin Jackson (baseball), Jackson (6–6) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (9–5) , , , , 37,276 , , 45–71 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 117 , , August 16 , , @ Tigers , , 3 – 2 (10) , , Soria (3–0) , , Rodney (2–3) , , , , 32,888 , , 46–71 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 118 , , August 17 , , @

, , 8–7 , , Scott Linebrink, Linebrink (3–5) , , Román Colón, Colón (1–3) , , Jenks (25) , , 36,703 , , 46–72 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 119 , , August 18 , , @

, , 4–5 , , Meche (6–9) , , Freddy García, García (0–1) , , Soria (20) , , 28,812 , , 47–72 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 120 , , August 19 , , @

, , 4–2 , , José Contreras, Contreras (5–11) , , Greinke (11–8) , , Jenks (26) , , 25,786 , , 47–73 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 121 , , August 21 , , Twins , , 5–4 , ,

(2–1) , , Soria (3–1) , , , , 22,283 , , 47–74 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 122 , , August 22 , , Twins , , 8–7 , , Brian Duensing, Duensing (1–1) , , Davies (4–9) , , Matt Guerrier, Guerrier (1) , , 33,811 , , 47–75 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 123 , , August 23 , , Twins , , 10–3 , , Pavano (11–9) , , Bannister (7–10) , , , , 18,680 , , 47–76 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 124 , , August 24 , ,

, , 10–6 , , Jeremy Sowers, Sowers (5–9) , , Soria (3–2) , , , , 11,101 , , 47–77 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 125 , , August 25 , ,

, , 6–2 , , Greinke (12–8) , , Justin Masterson, Masterson (4–5) , , , , 17,353 , , 47–78 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 126 , , August 26 , ,

, , 4–2 , , David Huff (baseball), Huff (8–7) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (6–7) , , Wood (16) , , 10,751 , , 48–78 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 127 , , August 27 , , @ 2009 Seattle Mariners season, Mariners , , 8–4 , , Davies (5–9) , , Doug Fister, Fister (1–1) , , , , 19,345 , , 49–78 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 128 , , August 28 , , @ 2009 Seattle Mariners season, Mariners , , 6–3 , , Félix Hernández, Hernández (13–5) , , Bannister (7–11) , , David Aardsma, Aardsma (31) , , 26,714 , , 49–79 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 129 , , August 29 , , @ 2009 Seattle Mariners season, Mariners , , 8–4 , , Ian Snell, Snell (5–9) , , Meche (6–10) , , , , 26,457 , , 49–80 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 130 , , August 30 , , @ 2009 Seattle Mariners season, Mariners , , 3–0 , , Greinke (13–8) , , Ryan Rowland-Smith, Rowland-Smith (2–2) , , , , 30,286 , , 50–80 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 131 , , August 31 , , @ 2009 Oakland Athletics season, Athletics , , 8–5 , , Breslow (6–7) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (6–8) , , Andrew Bailey (baseball), Bailey (21) , , 10,376 , , 50–81 , - , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 132 , , September 1 , , @ 2009 Oakland Athletics season, Athletics , , 4–3 , , Davies (6–9) , , Jay Marshall (baseball), Marshall (0–2) , , Soria (21) , , 10,039 , , 51–81 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 133 , , September 2 , , @ 2009 Oakland Athletics season, Athletics , , 10–4 , , Trevor Cahill, Cahill (8–12) , , Bannister (7–12) , , , , 13,920 , , 51–82 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 134 , , September 4 , , 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 2–1 , , Jered Weaver, Weaver (14–5) , , Jamey WWright (1–5) , , Brian Fuentes, Fuentes (38) , , 17,447 , , 51–83 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 135 , , September 5 , , 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 2 – 1 (11) , , Kevin Jepsen, Jepsen (5–3) , , Yasuhiko Yabuta, Yabuta (0–1) , , Brian Fuentes, Fuentes (39) , , 22,628 , , 51–84 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 136 , , September 6 , , 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 7–2 , , Joe Saunders, Saunders (12–7) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (6–9) , , , , 16,745 , , 51–85 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 137 , , September 7 , , 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season, Angels , , 6–3 , , Davies (7–9) , , Ervin Santana, Santana (7–8) , , Soria (22) , , 18,453 , , 52–85 , - bgcolor="bbffbb" , 137 , , September 8 , , Tigers , , 7–5 , , Yasuhiko Yabuta, Yabuta (1–1) , , Bobby Seay, Seay (5–3) , , Soria (23) , , 12,032, , 53–85 , - bgcolor="bbffbb" , 138 , , September 9 , , Tigers , , 5–1 , , Rob Tejeda, Tejeda (2–1) , , Justin Verlander, Verlander (16–8) , , Soria (24) , , 10,584 , , 54–85 , - bgcolor="bbffbb" , 139 , , September 10 , , Tigers , , 7–4 , , Román Colón, Colón (2–3) , ,

(6–5) , , Carlos Rosa, Rosa (1), , 12,029 , , 55–85 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 141 , , September 11 , , @

, , 2–1 , , Jamey WWright (2–5) , , José Veras, Veras (4–3) , , Soria (25) , , 26,006 , , 56–85 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 142 , , September 12 , , @

, , 13–6 , , David Huff (baseball), Huff (10–7) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (6–10) , , , , 24,842 , , 56–86 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 143 , , September 13 , , @

, , 7–0 , , Davies (8–9) , , Carlos Carrasco (baseball), Carrasco (0–2) , , , , 21,153 , , 57–86 , - bgcolor="bbffbb" , 144 , , September 15 , , @ Tigers , , 11–1 , , Rob Tejeda, Tejeda (3–1) , , Jarrod Washburn, Washburn (9–9) , , , , 20,422 , , 58–86 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 145 , , September 16 , , @ Tigers , , 4–3 , ,

(7–5) , , Lenny DiNardo, DiNardo (0–1) , , Rodney (33), , 25,400 , , 58–87 , - bgcolor="bbffbb" , 146 , , September 17 , , @ Tigers , , 9–2 , , Greinke (14–8), , Edwin Jackson (baseball), Jackson (12–7) , , , , 26,457 , , 59–87 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 147 , , September 18 , , @

, , 11–0 , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (7–10) , , Mark Buehrle, Buehrle (12–9) , , , , 29,179 , , 62–87 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 148 , , September 19 , , @

, , 13–3 , , Jake Peavy, Peavy (1–0) , , Dusty Hughes (baseball), Hughes (0–1) , , , , 28,329 , , 60–88 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 149 , , September 20 , , @

, , 2–1 , , Rob Tejeda, Tejeda (4–1) , , Freddy García, García (2–3) , , Soria (26) , , 22,798 , , 61–88 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 150 , , September 21 , , 2009 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , 12–9 , , Yasuhiko Yabuta, Yabuta (2–1) , , Daniel Bard, Bard (2–2) , , Soria (27) , , 16,770 , , 62–88 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 151 , , September 22 , , 2009 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , 5–1 , , Greinke (15–8) , , Paul Byrd, Byrd (1–2) , , Soria (28) , , 21,228 , , 63–88 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 152 , , September 23 , , 2009 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , 9–2 , , Josh Beckett, Beckett (16–6) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (7–11) , , , , 18,989 , , 63–89 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 153 , , September 24 , , 2009 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , 10–3 , , Clay Buchholz, Buchholz (7–3) , , Anthony Lerew, Lerew (0–1) , , , , 20,807 , , 63–90 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 154 , , September 25 , , Twins , , 9–4 , , Pavano (13–11) , , Rob Tejeda, Tejeda (4–2) , , , , 23,307 , , 63–91 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 155 , , September 26 , , Twins , , 11–6 , ,

(14–9) , , Lenny DiNardo, DiNardo (0–2) , , , , 30,690 , , 63–92 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 156 , , September 27 , , Twins , , 4–1 , , Greinke (16–8) , , Francisco Liriano, Liriano (5–13) , , Soria (29) , , 28,721 , , 64–92 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 157 , , September 28 , , @ Yankees , , 8–2 , , Chad Gaudin, Gaudin (2–0) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (7–12) , , , , 45,348 , , 64–93 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 158 , , September 29 , , @ Yankees , , 4–3 , , Brian Bruney, Bruney (5–0) , , Farnsworth (1–5) , , , , 44,794 , , 64–94 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 159 , , September 30 , , @ Yankees , , 4–3 , , Jamey WWright (3–5) , , Dámaso Marte, Marte (1–3) , , Soria (30) , , 46,956 , , 65–94 , - , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 160 , , October 2 , , @ Twins , , 10–7 , , Jeff Manship, Manship (1–1) , , Lenny DiNardo, DiNardo (0–3) , ,

(46) , , 40,223 , , 65–95 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 161 , , October 3 , , @ Twins , , 5–4 , , Jon Rauch, Rauch (5–1) , , Dusty Hughes (baseball), Hughes (0–2) , ,

(47) , , 48,644 , , 65–96 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 162 , , October 4 , , @ Twins , , 13–4 , , Pavano (14–12) , , Luke Hochevar, Hochevar (7–13) , , , , 51,155 , , 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''

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; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts''

Awards and honors

Player of the week

April 13–19: Zack Greinke, shared with Ian Kinsler ( Texas Rangers).

Pitcher of the month

April: Zack Greinke.

Pepsi clutch performer of the month

April: Zack Greinke.

Farm system

References

*Kansas City Royals:''
Official web site

External links

2009 Kansas City Royals official site2009 KC Royals at Baseball Reference2009 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
{{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Kansas City Royals Season 2009 Major League Baseball season, Kansas City Royals Kansas City Royals seasons 2009 in sports in Missouri