2009 Florida Marlins season

2009 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1993)
Eastern Division (since 1993)
Location
Land Shark Stadium (since 1993)
Miami Gardens, Florida (since 1993)
Results
Record	87–75 (.537)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Jeffrey Loria
General manager(s)	Michael Hill
Manager(s)	Fredi González
Local television	Fox Sports Florida Sun Sports Rich Waltz, Tommy Hutton
Local radio	Florida Marlins Radio Network (English) Dave Van Horne, Glenn Geffner
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The 2009 Florida Marlins season was the seventeenth season for the Major League Baseball franchise. The Marlins played their home games at Sun Life Stadium. Fredi González returns for his third straight season as manager. At 87-75, 2009 had proved the third best season in Franchise History, the best non-playoff season and their last winning record to the end of 2016.

Regular season

April

Opening Day showcased the Marlins′ new emphasis on pitching and speed, although several home runs were hit too. New leadoff hitter Emilio Bonifacio had three stolen bases and an inside-the-park home run, going 4-for-5. A grand slam by Hanley Ramírez, and homers by Jorge Cantú and Jeremy Hermida capped a spectacular performance in a 12–6 win over the Washington Nationals. Following an opening series sweep of Washington, the Marlins won two of three games against the New York Mets. Next, Florida had a nine-game road trip, visiting Atlanta, Washington, and Pittsburgh for three games each. The Marlins swept both the Braves and Nationals to earn a franchise-best 11—1 record to open a season. But then they stumbled in Pittsburgh, losing all three games to the Pirates. Then the Marlins returned home to meet the Phillies, and lost all three games there too. In the final game against Philadelphia, outfielder Cody Ross pitched an inning of relief, becoming the first Marlins position player to pitch since Jason Wood did so in 2007. The Marlins closed April with three straight wins on the road.

May

The Marlins opened the month by losing the final three games of a four-game series at the Chicago Cubs. This was the beginning of one of the worst months in Marlins history going 5—20. Ricky Nolasco never returned to his 2008 form and was sent down to AAA. Worse yet, their number three starter Aníbal Sánchez got injured and the Marlins experimented with different pitchers including John Koronka, Graham Taylor, and even tried starting relievers Hayden Penn and Burke Badenhop before finally settling for Sean West. For the second time in 2009 a position player, Ross Gload pitched a hitless 9th inning in a 15—2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. After being 11—1 near the end of April the Marlins finished May with a 23—28 record.

June

In June the Marlins slowly were able to climb back to a 40—39 record. Rookie pitcher Sean West went into the seventh inning against his childhood idol Randy Johnson and the San Francisco Giants with a no-hitter before Édgar Rentería hit a single.^[1] and Ricky Nolasco returned from the Minors and was better than ever. Hanley Ramírez started to play like an MVP, by hitting 2 grand slams in one series against the Baltimore Orioles, his second and third of the year, then continued to have RBIs for 10 straight games into July 2 for a Florida Marlins franchise record.

July

In the beginning of July Hanley Ramírez was voted as the starting shortstop for the National League in the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. Teammate and pitcher Josh Johnson joined him but was not named a starter. At the All-Star Game, Ramírez went 0 for 3 with 3 ground balls. Johnson did not get the opportunity to pitch. Coming out of the All-Star Break, the Marlins ran in the Philadelphia Phillies with a four-game series. Since the 3rd game got rained out, they only lost all 3 games. No. 5 starter Sean West was sent to the minors and Rick VandenHurk was called up to make his 2009 Marlins debut. Also, their No. 4 starter Andrew Miller was sent down and Gaby Sánchez joined the team.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	93	69	0.574	—	45–36	48–33
Florida Marlins	87	75	0.537	6	43–38	44–37
Atlanta Braves	86	76	0.531	7	40–41	46–35
New York Mets	70	92	0.432	23	41–40	29–52
Washington Nationals	59	103	0.364	34	33–48	26–55

Record vs. opponents

2009 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–4	4-2	1–5	7-11	5–3	5–4	7-11	2–5	5–2	1–5	6–1	11-7	5-13	2–4	1–5	5–10
Atlanta	4–3	–	4–2	3–6	4–4	8-10	3-3	4–3	3–3	13–5	10-8	3–4	3–3	3–4	4–2	10-8	7–8
Chicago	2-4	2–4	–	10-5	2–4	4–3	11–6	3–5	10-7	3-3	1–5	10-4	4–5	4-2	6-10	5–2	6–9
Cincinnati	5-1	6-3	5-10	–	0-7	3-3	12-4	1-5	8-7	2-4	2-5	13-5	1-6	3-3	8-8	3-4	6-9
Colorado	11-7	4-4	4-2	7-0	–	2-4	2-5	4-14	6-0	3-4	2-4	6-3	10-8	8-10	6-1	6-0	11-4
Florida	3-5	10-8	3-4	3-3	4-2	–	4–3	3-3	3-4	11-7	9-9	2-4	4-2	3-4	3-3	12-6	10-8
Houston	4–5	3-3	6-11	4-12	5-2	3-4	–	4–3	5-10	1-5	6-2	10-5	6-1	2-4	6-9	3-3	6-9
Los Angeles	11-7	3-4	5-3	5-1	14-4	3-3	3-4	–	3–3	5-1	4-3	4-3	10-8	11-7	2-5	3-2	9-9
Milwaukee	5-2	3-3	7-10	7-8	0-6	4-3	10-5	3-3	–	3-3	4-3	9-5	2-4	4-5	9-9	5-3	5-10
New York	2-5	5-13	3-3	4-2	4-3	7-11	5-1	1-5	3-3	–	6-12	4-3	2-5	5-3	4-5	10-8	5–10
Philadelphia	5-1	8-10	5-1	5-2	4-2	9-9	2-6	3-4	3-4	12-6	–	4-2	5-2	3-4	4-1	15-3	6-12
Pittsburgh	1-6	4-3	4-10	5-13	3-6	4-2	5-10	3-4	5-9	3-4	2-4	–	3-4	2-4	5-10	5-3	8–7
San Diego	7-11	3-3	5-4	6-1	8-10	2-4	1-6	8-10	4-2	5-2	2-5	4-3	–	10-8	1-6	4-2	5–10
San Francisco	13-5	4–3	2–4	3–3	10-8	4–3	4–2	7-11	5-4	3–5	4–3	4–2	8-10	–	4–3	4–2	9–6
St. Louis	4-2	2-4	10-6	8-8	1-6	3-3	9-6	5-2	9-9	5-4	1-4	10-5	6-1	3-4	–	6–1	9–6
Washington	5-1	8-10	2-5	4-3	0-6	6-12	3-3	2-3	3-5	8-10	3-15	3-5	2-4	2-4	1-6	–	7–11

Game log

2009 Game Log
April (14–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 Nationals 12–6 Nolasco (1–0) Lannan (0–1) 34,323 1–0 2 April 7 Nationals 8–3 Johnson (1–0) Olsen (0–1) 11,124 2–0 3 April 8 Nationals 6–4 Volstad (1–0) Cabrera (0–1) Lindstrom (1) 13,308 3–0 4 April 10 Mets 5–4 Lindstrom (1–0) Feliciano (0–1) 24,070 4–0 5 April 11 Mets 8–4 Hernández (1–0) Nolasco (1–1) 39,412 4–1 6 April 12 Mets 2–1 Johnson (2–0) Santana (1–1) 18,109 5–1 7 April 14 @ Braves 5–1 Volstad (2–0) Vázquez (0–1) 16,293 6–1 8 April 15 @ Braves 10–4 Penn (1–0) Moylan (0–1) 19,204 7–1 9 April 16 @ Braves 6–2 Sánchez (1–0) Kawakami (1–1) 21,072 8–1 10 April 17 @ Nationals 3 – 2 (10) Núñez (1–0) Rivera (0–2) Lindstrom (2) 19,026 9–1 11 April 18 @ Nationals 9 – 6 (11) Calero (1–0) Tavárez (0–1) 19,864 10–1 12 April 19 @ Nationals 7–4 Núñez (2–0) Rivera (0–3) Lindstrom (3) 16,974 11–1 13 April 20 @ Pirates 8–0 Ohlendorf (1–2) Miller (0–1) 8,790 11–2 14 April 21 @ Pirates 3–2 Karstens (1–0) Sánchez (1–1) Capps (4) 9,917 11–3 15 April 22 @ Pirates 7–4 Maholm (3–0) Nolasco (1–2) Capps (5) 10,655 11–4 16 April 24 Phillies 7–3 Condrey (3–0) Lindstrom (1–1) 29,032 11–5 17 April 25 Phillies 6 – 4 (10) Madson (2–1) Kensing (0–1) Lidge (4) 26,412 11–6 18 April 26 Phillies 13–2 Moyer (3–1) Taylor (0–1) 17,177 11–7 19 April 27 @ Mets 7–1 Maine (1–2) Sánchez (1–2) 38,573 11–8 20 April 28 @ Mets 7–4 Badenhop (1–0) Green (0–1) Lindstrom (4) 38,546 12–8 21 April 29 @ Mets 4–3 Pinto (1–0) Putz (1–2) Lindstrom (5) 39,339 13–8 22 April 30 @ Cubs 8 – 2 (10) Pinto (2–0) Heilman (2–1) 37,956 14–8
May (9–20) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Cubs 8–6 Patton (1–1) Badenhop (1–1) Gregg (2) 38,336 14–9 24 May 2 @ Cubs 6–1 Lilly (3–2) Sánchez (1–3) 40,083 14–10 25 May 3 @ Cubs 6–4 Zambrano (3–1) Nolasco (1–3) Gregg (3) 40,457 14–11 26 May 4 Reds 3 – 2 (14) Badenhop (2–1) Herrera (0–1) 10,825 15–11 27 May 5 Reds 7–0 Vólquez (4–2) Volstad (2–1) 11,087 15–12 28 May 6 Braves 8–6 Lowe (4–1) Taylor (0–2) González (4) 12,725 15–13 29 May 7 Braves 4–2 Jurrjens (3–2) Sánchez (1–4) González (5) 17,759 15–14 30 May 8 @ Rockies 8–3 Nolasco (2–3) Hammel (0–1) 27,398 16–14 31 May 9 @ Rockies 3–1 Johnson (3–0) de la Rosa (0–3) Lindstrom (6) 28,227 17–14 32 May 10 @ Rockies 3–2 Cook (2–1) Volstad (2–2) Street (4) 30,197 17–15 33 May 12 @ Brewers 6–3 Parra (2–4) Koronka (0–1) Hoffman (6) 29,331 17–16 34 May 13 @ Brewers 8–6 Looper (3–2) Nolasco (2–4) Hoffman (7) 32,825 17–17 35 May 14 @ Brewers 5–3 Bush (2–0) Badenhop (2–2) Hoffman (8) 35,658 17–18 36 May 15 Dodgers 6–4 Weaver (2–0) Volstad (2–3) Broxton (9) 20,039 17–19 37 May 16 Dodgers 6–3 Miller (1–1) Weaver (2–1) Lindstrom (7) 25,132 18–19 38 May 17 Dodgers 12–5 Kershaw (2–3) Koronka (0–2) 16,332 18–20 May 18 Diamondbacks Postponed (rain) Rescheduled May 20, (doubleheader) 39 May 19 Diamondbacks 5–3 Garland (4–2) Johnson (3–1) Qualls (9) 10,131 18–21 40 May 20 Diamondbacks 8–6 Volstad (3–3) Davis (2–6) Lindstrom (8) 19–21 41 May 20 Diamondbacks 11 – 9 (13) Qualls (1–0) Núñez (2–1) Rauch (1) 14,426 19–22 42 May 21 Diamondbacks 4–3 Zavada (1–0) Martínez (0–1) Qualls (10) 12,045 19–23 43 May 22 Rays 15–2 Sonnanstine (3–4) Nolasco (2–5) 16,226 19–24 44 May 23 Rays 10–3 Balfour (2–0) Núñez (2–2) 20,253 19–25 45 May 24 Rays 5 – 4 (11) Sanches (1–0) Cormier (0–1) 12,839 20–25 46 May 25 @ Phillies 5–3 Volstad (4–3) Moyer (3–5) Lindstrom (9) 45,186 21–25 47 May 26 @ Phillies 5–3 Blanton (3–3) Miller (1–2) Lidge (9) 42,249 21–26 48 May 27 @ Phillies 6–2 Badenhop (3–2) Myers (4–3) 45,256 22–26 49 May 29 @ Mets 2 – 1 (11) Feliciano (2–1) Sanches (1–1) 40,677 22–27 50 May 30 @ Mets 7–3 Johnson (4–1) Redding (0–2) Núñez (1) 40,727 23–27 51 May 31 @ Mets 3–2 Maine (5–3) Volstad (4–4) Rodríguez (14) 40,482 23–28
June (17–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 Brewers 7–4 Martínez (1–0) Julio (1–1) Lindstrom (10) 10,509 24–28 53 June 2 Brewers 10–3 Badenhop (4–2) Parra (3–7) 10,831 25–28 54 June 3 Brewers 9–6 McClung (3–1) West (0–1) Hoffman (14) 13,012 25–29 55 June 4 Brewers 4–3 Johnson (5–1) Bush (3–2) Lindstrom (11) 11,623 26–29 56 June 5 Giants 2–1 Zito (2–6) Volstad (4–5) Wilson (14) 12,841 26–30 57 June 6 Giants 5–4 Miller (2–2) Sánchez (2–5) Núñez (2) 16,294 27–30 58 June 7 Giants 3–2 Lincecum (5–1) Nolasco (2–6) Wilson (15) 11,505 27–31 59 June 8 Giants 4–0 West (1–1) Johnson (5–5) 12,068 28–31 60 June 9 Cardinals 4–3 Lindstrom (2–1) Motte (2–2) 13,103 29–31 61 June 10 Cardinals 13–4 Wainwright (6–4) Volstad (4–6) 14,624 29–32 62 June 11 Cardinals 6–5 Miller (2–0) Núñez (2–3) Franklin (14) 19,112 29–33 63 June 12 @ Blue Jays 7–3 Meyer (1–0) League (1–3) 17,922 30–33 64 June 13 @ Blue Jays 6–5 West (2–1) Janssen (2–3) Lindstrom (12) 20,634 31–33 65 June 14 @ Blue Jays 11–3 Johnson (6–1) Tallet (4–4) 20,985 32–33 66 June 16 @ Red Sox 8–2 Wakefield (9–3) Volstad (4–7) 38,149 32–34 67 June 17 @ Red Sox 6–1 Penny (6–2) Miller (2–3) 38,196 32–35 68 June 18 @ Red Sox 2–1 Nolasco (3–6) Lester (5–6) 37,577 33–35 69 June 19 Yankees 5–1 Pettitte (7–3) West (2–2) 35,027 33–36 70 June 20 Yankees 2–1 Johnson (7–1) Burnett (5–4) Lindstrom (13) 46,427 34–36 71 June 21 Yankees 6–5 Volstad (5–7) Tomko (0–2) Lindstrom (14) 35,827 35–36 72 June 23 Orioles 7–6 Badenhop (5–2) Bass (4–2) 10,222 36–36 73 June 24 Orioles 5–2 Nolasco (4–6) Berken (1–4) Meyer (1) 12,469 37–36 74 June 25 Orioles 11–3 West (3–2) Hill (3–2) 12,822 38–36 75 June 26 @ Rays 7–3 Howell (3–2) Pinto (2–1) 20,972 38–37 76 June 27 @ Rays 3–2 Howell (4–2) Badenhop (5–3) 35,790 38–38 77 June 28 @ Rays 5–2 Price (2–2) Miller (2–4) 29,459 38–39 78 June 29 Nationals 4–2 Nolasco (5–6) Villone (3–5) Núñez (3) 10,623 39–39 79 June 30 Nationals 7–5 Pinto (3–1) Beimel (0–4) 11,821 40–39
July (14–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 Nationals 5–3 Meyer (2–0) Tavárez (3–6) Núñez (4) 27,032 41–39 81 July 3 Pirates 7–4 Morton (1–1) Volstad (5–8) 16,114 41–40 82 July 4 Pirates 5–3 Miller (3–4) Duke Meyer (2) 25,303 42–40 83 July 5 Pirates 5–0 Nolasco (6–6) Ohlendorf 13,287 43–40 84 July 6 @ Giants 5–4 Cain (10–2) West (3–3) Brian Wilson (22) 26,995 43–41 85 July 7 @ Giants 3–0 Zito (5–8) Johnson (7–2) Romo (1) 27,799 43–42 86 July 8 @ Giants 7–0 Volstad (6–8) Sadowski (2–1) 34,157 44–42 87 July 9 @ Diamondbacks 14–7 Calero (2–0) Schoeneweis (1–1) 21,558 45–42 88 July 10 @ Diamondbacks 8–0 Haren (9–5) Nolasco (6–7) 21,307 45–43 89 July 11 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Garland (5–8) West (3–4) 29,477 45–44 90 July 12 @ Diamondbacks 8–1 Johnson (8–2) Davis (4–9) 28,617 46–44 91 July 16 Phillies 4–0 Moyer (9–6) Volstad (6–9) 15,171 46–45 92 July 17 Phillies 6–5 Condrey (5–2) Badenhop (5–4) Lidge (19) 22,891 46–46 July 18 Phillies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled Sep 22, (doubleheader) 93 July 19 Phillies 5–0 Happ (7–0) Miller (3–5) 15,033 46–47 94 July 20 @ Padres 3–2 VandenHurk (1–0) Burke (2–2) Núñez (5) 17,184 47–47 95 July 21 @ Padres 3–2 Volstad (7–9) Gaudin (4–9) Núñez (6) 20,311 48–47 96 July 22 @ Padres 5–0 Nolasco (7–7) Geer (1–6) 16,450 49–47 97 July 24 @ Dodgers 6–3 Johnson (9–2) McDonald (2–2) Núñez (7) 51,565 50–47 98 July 25 @ Dodgers 4–3 Broxton (7–0) Meyer (2–1) 50,248 50–48 99 July 26 @ Dodgers 8–6 Volstad (8–9) Schmidt (1–1) 48,597 51–48 100 July 28 Braves 4–3 Núñez (3–3) Soriano (1–2) 13,128 52–48 101 July 29 Braves 6–3 Johnson (10–2) Kawakami (5–8) Núñez (8) 13,518 53–48 102 July 30 Braves 6 – 3 (10) Moylan (3–2) Ayala (1–3) Soriano (15) 14,226 53–49 103 July 31 Cubs 5–2 Donnelly (1–0) Mármol (2–2) Núñez (9) 25,024 54–49
August (14–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 Cubs 9–8 Gregg (4–2) Núñez (3–4) Heilman (1) 35,811 54–50 105 August 2 Cubs 3–2 Donnelly (2–0) Gregg (4–3) 25,969 55–50 106 August 4 @ Nationals 6–4 Villone (4–5) Calero (2–1) MacDougal (9) 19,828 55–51 107 August 5 @ Nationals 5–4 Lannan (8–8) VandenHurk (1–1) MacDougal (10) 18,312 55–52 108 August 6 @ Nationals 12–8 Sosa (1–0) Ayala (1–4) 23,691 55–53 109 August 7 @ Phillies 3–2 Nolasco (8–7) Blanton (7–7) Núñez (10) 45,114 56–53 110 August 8 @ Phillies 6–4 Sanches (2–1) Hamels (7–6) Núñez (11) 45,086 57–53 111 August 9 @ Phillies 12–3 Johnson (11–2) Moyer 10–9 45,169 58–53 112 August 10 Astros 8–6 VandenHurk (2–1) Moehler (7–8) Núñez (12) 12,325 59–53 113 August 11 Astros 9 – 8 (11) Sanches (3–1) Wright (2–2) 13,312 60–53 114 August 12 Astros 14–6 Norris (3–0) Nolasco (8–8) 21,122 60–54 115 August 13 Astros 9–2 West (4–4) Hampton (7–10) 14,047 61–54 116 August 14 Rockies 6–5 Johnson (12–2) Hammel (7–7) Núñez (13) 15,965 62–54 August 15 Rockies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled Aug 16, (doubleheader, 2nd game) 117 August 16 Rockies 10–3 Volstad (9–9) Cook (10–5) 63–54 118 August 16 Rockies 7–3 de la Rosa (11–8) VandenHurk (2–2) Street (29) 20,089 63–55 119 August 18 @ Astros 6–2 Nolasco (9–8) Norris (3–1) 30,189 64–55 120 August 19 @ Astros 6–3 Gervacio (1–0) West (4–5) Valverde (17) 30,101 64–56 121 August 20 @ Astros 4–1 Rodríguez (12–7) Johnson (12–3) Valverde (18) 30,039 64–57 122 August 21 @ Braves 5–3 Sánchez (2–4) Vázquez (10–9) Núñez (14) 22,608 65–57 123 August 22 @ Braves 4–3 Hanson (9–2) Volstad (9–10) Soriano (19) 35,200 65–58 124 August 23 @ Braves 7–5 Moylan (6–2) Calero (2–2) Soriano (20) 30,478 65–59 125 August 25 Mets 2–1 West (5–5) Figueroa (1–3) Núñez (15) 14,278 66–59 126 August 26 Mets 5–3 Johnson (13–3) Pelfrey (9–9) Núñez (16) 16,123 67–59 127 August 27 Mets 10–3 Redding (2–4) Sánchez (2–5) 12,423 67–60 128 August 28 Padres 9–5 Correia (9–10) Volstad (9–11) 14,402 67–61 129 August 29 Padres 7–4 Russell (1–0) Ayala (1–5) Bell (31) 20,924 67–62 130 August 30 Padres 6–4 West (6–5) Latos (4–4) Núñez (17) 12,873 68–62 131 August 31 Braves 5–2 Kawakami (7–10) Johnson (13–4) 12,244 68–63
September (17–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 Braves 4–3 Hudson (1–0) Sánchez (2–6) Soriano (21) 14,024 68–64 133 September 2 Braves 8–7 Núñez (4–4) Gonzalez (3–4) 14,723 69–64 134 September 3 Braves 8–3 Nolasco (10–8) Medlen (3–5) 13,711 70–64 135 September 4 @ Nationals 9–6 Badenhop (6–4) Mock (3–7) Núñez (18) 16,364 71–64 136 September 5 @ Nationals 9–5 Johnson (14–4) Hernández (7–10) 18,111 72–64 137 September 6 @ Nationals 5–4 MacDougal (1–0) Núñez (4–5) 22,325 72–65 138 September 8 @ Mets 4–2 Sanches (4–1) Redding (2–5) Núñez (19) 37,474 73–65 139 September 9 @ Mets 6–3 Nolasco (11–8) Misch (1–2) Núñez (20) 37,312 74–65 140 September 10 @ Mets 13–4 Badenhop (7–4) Parnell (3–8) 37,620 75–65 141 September 11 Nationals 5–3 Martin (4–4) Sanches (4–2) MacDougal (15) 15,247 75–66 142 September 12 Nationals 11–3 Wood (1–0) Estrada (0–1) 38,214 76–66 143 September 13 Nationals 7–2 Lannan (9–11) Volstad (9–12) 15,065 76–67 144 September 14 @ Cardinals 11–6 Hawksworth (4–0) Nolasco (11–9) 43,582 76–68 145 September 15 @ Cardinals 2–1 West (7–5) Wainwright (18–8) Núñez (21) 42,895 77–68 146 September 16 @ Cardinals 5–2 Johnson (15–4) Piñeiro (14–11) Núñez (22) 43,020 78–68 147 September 17 @ Reds 3–2 Maloney (1–4) Sánchez (2–7) Cordero (38) 9,685 78–69 148 September 18 @ Reds 4–3 Donnelly (3–0) Cordero (2–6) Núñez (23) 15,882 79–69 149 September 19 @ Reds 3–2 Nolasco (12–9) Arroyo (13–13) Lindstrom (15) 17,026 80–69 150 September 20 @ Reds 8–1 Wells (8–6) West (2–4) 16,186 80–70 September 21 Phillies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled Sep 21, (doubleheader, 1st game) 151 September 22 Phillies 9–3 Blanton (11–7) Johnson (15–5) 80–71 152 September 22 Phillies 3–0 Sánchez (3–7) Moyer (12–10) Núñez (24) 20,039 81–71 153 September 23 Phillies 7–6 Meyer (3–1) Lidge (0–8) 31,042 82–71 154 September 25 Mets 6–5 Parnell (4–8) Núñez (4–6) Rodríguez (34) 39,031 82–72 155 September 26 Mets 9–6 West (8–6) Maine (6–6) Donnelly (1) 35,666 83–72 156 September 27 Mets 4–0 Misch (2–4) Volstad (9–13) 31,167 83–73 157 September 28 @ Braves 4–0 Jurrjens (14–10) Sánchez (3–8) 25,046 83–74 158 September 29 @ Braves 5–4 Pinto (4–1) Kawakami (7–12) Núñez (25) 28,669 84–74 159 September 30 @ Braves 5–4 Nolasco (13–9) Vázquez (15–10) Donnelly (2) 31,513 85–74
October (2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 2 @ Phillies 7–2 VandenHurk (3–2) Blanton (12–8) 45,135 86–74 161 October 3 @ Phillies 4–3 Sánchez (4–8) Hamels (10–11) Núñez (26) 45,141 87–74 162 October 4 @ Phillies 7 – 6 (10) Durbin (2–2) Meyer (3–2) 45,211 87–75

Roster

2009 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers 52 Luis Ayala 35 Burke Badenhop 40 Kiko Calero 39 Dave Davidson 48 Brendan Donnelly 55 Josh Johnson 20 Logan Kensing 30 John Koronka 63 Chris Leroux 22 Matt Lindstrom 60 Carlos Martínez 51 Cristhian Martínez 53 Dan Meyer 23 Andrew Miller 47 Ricky Nolasco 46 Leo Núñez 48 Hayden Penn 37 Renyel Pinto 44 Brian Sanches 19 Aníbal Sánchez 50 Graham Taylor 56 Rick VandenHurk 41 Chris Volstad 45 Sean West 64 Tim Wood		Catchers 21 John Baker 29 Ronny Paulino Infielders  1 Emilio Bonifacio  3 Jorge Cantú  7 Ross Gload 13 Andy González 59 Brett Hayes 18 Wes Helms 20 Nick Johnson  2 Hanley Ramírez 14 Gaby Sánchez  6 Dan Uggla Outfielders  4 Alfredo Amézaga 25 Brett Carroll  8 Chris Coghlan 11 Alejandro De Aza 27 Jeremy Hermida 24 Cameron Maybin 12 Cody Ross		Manager 33 Fredi González Coaches 67 Pierre Arsenault 54 Steve Foster (bullpen)  9 Andy Fox (first base/infield) 16 Bo Porter (third base) 17 Jim Presley (hitting) 10 Carlos Tosca (bench) 28 Mark Wiley (pitching)

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
Cantù, JorgeJorge Cantù	149	585	67	169	42	0	16	100	.289	3
Ramírez, HanleyHanley Ramírez	151	576	101	197	42	1	24	106	.342	27
Uggla, DanDan Uggla	158	564	84	137	27	1	31	90	.243	2
Ross, CodyCody Ross	151	559	73	151	37	1	24	90	.270	5
Coghlan, ChrisChris Coghlan	128	504	84	162	31	6	9	47	.321	8
Bonifacio, EmilioEmilio Bonifacio	127	461	72	116	11	6	1	27	.252	21
Hermida, JeremyJeremy Hermida	129	429	48	111	14	2	13	47	.259	5
Baker, JohnJohn Baker	112	373	59	101	25	0	9	50	.271	0
Paulino, RonnyRonny Paulino	80	239	24	65	10	1	8	27	.272	1
Gload, RossRoss Gload	125	230	33	60	10	2	6	30	.261	0
Helms, WesWes Helms	113	214	18	58	11	0	3	33	.271	1
Maybin, CameronCameron Maybin	54	176	30	44	12	2	4	13	.250	1
Carroll, BrettBrett Carroll	92	141	18	33	8	2	3	18	.234	0
Johnson, NickNick Johnson	35	104	24	29	8	0	2	18	.279	0
Amezaga, AlfredoAlfredo Amezaga	27	69	6	15	3	0	0	5	.217	1
Sánchez, GabyGaby Sánchez	21	21	2	5	0	0	2	3	.238	0
De Aza, AlejandroAlejandro De Aza	22	20	6	5	1	0	0	3	.250	0
Hayes, BrettBrett Hayes	14	11	5	3	1	0	1	2	.273	0
González, AndyAndy González	14	12	1	0	1	0	1	0	.083	0
Johnson, JoshJosh Johnson	34	62	8	12	1	0	3	10	.194	0
Nolasco, RickyRicky Nolasco	31	50	1	7	0	0	0	3	.140	0
Volstad, ChrisChris Volstad	30	47	5	6	1	0	0	3	.128	0
West, SeanSean West	20	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	.065	0
Sanchez, AnibalAnibal Sanchez	16	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Miller, AndrewAndrew Miller	20	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	.083	0
VandenHurk, RickRick VandenHurk	11	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Badenhop, BurkeBurke Badenhop	35	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Sanches, BrianBrian Sanches	47	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Wood, TimTim Wood	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Koronka, JohnJohn Koronka	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Martínez, CristhianCristhian Martínez	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Meyer, DanDan Meyer	71	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Pinto, RenyelRenyel Pinto	73	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Davidson, DaveDave Davidson	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0

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Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average;

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	K	ERA
Johnson, JoshJosh Johnson	33	33	15	5	0	209.0	184	75	64	191	3.23
Nolasco, RickyRicky Nolasco	31	31	13	9	0	185.0	188	104	51	195	5.06
Volstad, ChrisChris Volstad	29	29	9	13	0	159.0	169	92	62	107	5.21
West, SeanSean West	20	20	8	6	0	103.1	115	55	44	70	4.79
Sanchez, AnibalAnibal Sanchez	16	16	4	8	0	86.0	84	37	51	71	3.87
Miller, AndrewAndrew Miller	20	14	3	5	0	80.0	85	43	44	59	4.84
VandenHurk, RickRick VandenHurk	11	11	3	2	0	58.2	57	28	24	49	4.30
Taylor, GrahamGraham Taylor	3	3	0	2	0	11.0	16	10	12	5	8.18
Koronka, JohnJohn Koronka	2	2	0	2	0	7.1	11	9	7	4	11.05
Badenhop, BurkeBurke Badenhop	35	2	7	4	0	72.0	71	30	28	57	3.75
Penn, HaydenHayden Penn	16	1	1	0	0	22.0	30	19	22	27	7.77
Nunez, LeoLeo Nunez	75	0	4	6	26	68.2	59	31	32	60	4.06
Lindstrom, MattMatt Lindstrom	54	0	2	1	15	47.1	54	31	26	39	5.89
Meyer, DanDan Meyer	71	0	3	2	2	58.1	47	20	23	56	3.09
Calero, KikoKiko Calero	67	0	2	2	0	60.0	36	13	34	69	1.95
Pinto, RenyelRenyel Pinto	73	0	4	1	0	61.1	53	22	47	58	3.23
Sanches, BrianBrian Sanches	47	0	4	2	0	56.1	50	16	34	51	2.56
Martínez, CristhianCristhian Martínez	15	0	1	1	0	26.1	27	15	9	18	5.13
Donnelly, BrendanBrendan Donnelly	30	0	3	0	2	25.1	22	5	10	25	1.78
Wood, TimTim Wood	18	0	1	0	0	22.1	22	7	11	16	2.82
Ayala, LuisLuis Ayala	10	0	0	3	0	7.2	12	10	9	7	11.74
Kensing, LoganLogan Kensing	6	0	0	1	0	7.1	14	8	5	7	9.82
Leroux, ChrisChris Leroux	5	0	0	0	0	6.2	11	8	4	2	10.80
Martinez, CarlosCarlos Martinez	2	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	2	2	3.86
Gload, RossRoss Gload	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Ross, CodyCody Ross	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Davidson, DaveDave Davidson	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	5	4	3	45.00
Totals	162	162	87	75	45	1446.1	1425	690	661	1248	4.29

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	Pacific Coast League	Edwin Rodríguez
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Brandon Hyde
A	Jupiter Hammerheads	Florida State League	Tim Leiper
A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	South Atlantic League	Darin Everson
A-Short Season	Jamestown Jammers	New York–Penn League	Andy Haines
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Jorge Hernández

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville

References

1. Rookie flirts with no-no, then gets 1st W
2. Marlins batting statistics

External links

• 2009 Florida Marlins season Official Site
• 2009 Florida Marlins season at Baseball Reference