The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim' 2009 season is the franchise's 49th season. The Angels began the season as the two-time defending American League West division champions.

Perhaps the most notable player to depart in the offseason due to free agency was longtime closing pitcher Francisco Rodríguez, who signed with the New York Mets. Other notable free agent departures were 2008 acquisitions Jon Garland (Arizona Diamondbacks) and Mark Teixeira (New York Yankees). Notable free agent acquisitions included new closer Brian Fuentes, previously of the Colorado Rockies, and Bobby Abreu, previously of the Yankees.

Tragedy has struck the Angels twice this season. Preston Gómez, the team's special assistant to the general manager, died January 13 of injuries sustained when he was struck by a car in Blythe, California on March 26, 2008. As a tribute, the Angels began the season wearing black "PRESTON" patches on their left sleeve. Then, on April 9, rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident in Fullerton, California, hours after pitching 6 shutout innings against the Oakland Athletics in his first start of the season. As a tribute, the Angels will continue to assign a locker to Adenhart at home and on the road, hang a jersey with his name and number in their dugout, and wear black patches with his name and number on their left breast for the rest of the season.

On September 28, the Angels clinched the American League West division title, their eighth in franchise history.

Spring Training

2009 Spring Training Game Log
February (3-1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record PCT 1 February 25 White Sox 12–3 Shields (1–0) Dotel (0–1) Rodríguez (1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 2,246 1–0 1.000 2 February 26 Athletics 3–1 Wilhite (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Davidson (1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 1,643 2–0 1.000 3 February 27 Rockies 5–3 O'Sullivan (1–0) Smith (0-1) Herndon (1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 2,860 3–0 1.000 4 February 28 @ Brewers 5–3 Gardner (1–0) Thompson (0–1) Green (1) Maryvale Baseball Park 4,737 3–1 0.750
March (22-5-1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record PCT 5 March 1 Royals 6–4 Browning (1–0) Hamulack (0–1) Wilhite (1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 4,097 4–1 0.800 6 March 2 @ Rockies 12–3 Lackey (1–0) Morales (0–1) Hi Corbett Field 2,509 5–1 0.833 March 4 South Africa 13–6 Thompson Verschuren Tempe Diablo Stadium 1,259 7 March 5 @ Mariners 4–2 Speier (1–0) Kelley (0–1) Herndon (2) Peoria Sports Complex 5,095 6–1 0.857 8 March 6 Giants 5–4 Bulger (1–0) Sadler (1–1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 7,364 7–1 0.875 9 March 7 @ Diamondbacks 9–5 Lackey (2–0) Haren (0–1) Tucson Electric Park 8,722 8–1 0.889 10 March 8 Giants 8–1 Adenhart (1–0) Pucetas (0–2) Tempe Diablo Stadium 5,905 9–1 0.900 11 March 9 @ Athletics 5–4 Cameron (1–0) Herndon (0–1) Phoenix Municipal Stadium 4,105 9–2 0.818 12 March 10 Indians 8–4 Bulger (2–0) Lewis (0–1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 5,115 10–2 0.833 13 March 12 Rockies 6–4 Morales (2–1) Lackey (2–1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 5,171 10–3 0.769 14 March 13 Cubs 8–2 Moseley (1–0) Gaudin (2–1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 8,876 11–3 0.786 15 March 14 @ Cubs 6–4 Palmer (1–0) Guzmán (0–1) Browning (1) HoHoKam Park 12,861 12–3 0.800 16 March 15 Athletics 8–1 Anderson (1–1) Weaver (0–1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 8,374 12–4 0.750 17 March 16 @ Giants 8–5 Loux (1–0) Valdez (0–1) Bulger (1) Scottsdale Stadium 8,987 13–4 0.765 18 March 17 @ Padres 12–7 Thorne (1–0) Patterson (0–1) Peoria Sports Complex 4,276 14–4 0.778 19 March 18 @ White Sox 4–1 Moseley (2–0) Floyd (1–1) Browning (2) Camelback Ranch 6,022 13–4 0.765 20 March 20 Diamondbacks 6–1 Weaver (1–1) Garland (1–3) Tempe Diablo Stadium 8,699 16–4 0.800 21 March 21 Brewers 4–4 Adenhart, Bush Tempe Diablo Stadium 8,511 16–4–1 0.800 22 March 22 Royals 18–12 Lackey (3–1) Ramírez (1–2) Tempe Diablo Stadium 5,925 17–4–1 0.810 23 March 23 Dodgers 10–4 Moseley (3–0) Weaver (0–1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 8,704 18–4–1 0.818 24 March 24 Padres 10–5 Saunders (1–0) Baek (1–4) Tempe Diablo Stadium 4,938 19–4–1 0.826 25 March 25 Rockies 18–11 Weaver (2–1) Marquis (0–3) Tempe Diablo Stadium 3,151 20–4–1 0.833 26 March 26 @ Indians 8–5 Adenhart (2–0) Lewis (1–2) Goodyear Ballpark 5,662 21–4–1 0.840 27 March 27 @ Diamondbacks 9–3 Haren (2–2) Loux (1–1) Tucson Electric Park 5,746 21–5–1 0.808 28 March 28 Mariners 16–9 Herndon (1–1) Silva (0-1) Thompson (1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 8,328 22–5–1 0.815 29 March 29 @ Rangers 13–7 McCarthy (3–0) O'Sullivan (1–1) Surprise Stadium 5,413 22–6–1 0.786 30 March 30 @ White Sox 13–3 Weaver (3–1) Colón (0–2) Camelback Ranch 3,679 23–6–1 0.793 31 March 31 @ Cubs 8–4 Adenhart (3–0) Marshall (0–2) HoHoKam Park 9,165 24–6–1 0.800
April (2-2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record PCT 32 April 1 Rangers 5–4 Holland (2–0) Wilhite (1–1) Tempe Diablo Stadium 1,869 24–7–1 0.774 33 April 2 @ Dodgers 6–2 Wolf (4–2) Moseley (3–1) Dodger Stadium 31,023 24–8–1 0.750 34 April 3 @ Padres 6–5 Speier (2–0) Silva (0–1) Bulger (2) Petco Park 13,433 25–8–1 0.758 35 April 4 Padres 5–4 Fuentes (1–0) Harrington (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 30,609 26–8–1 0.765

Legend
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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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Game log

2009 Game Log
April (9–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record GB 1 April 6 Athletics 3–0 Saunders (1–0) Braden (0–1) Fuentes (1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,220 1–0 0 2 April 7 Athletics 6–4 Wuertz (1–0) Jepsen (0–1) Ziegler (1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,396 1–1 -½ 3 April 8 Athletics 6–4 Bailey (1–0) Fuentes (0–1) Ziegler (2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,283 1–2 -1½ April 9 Athletics Postponed (death of P Nick Adenhart); rescheduled for August 27 Angel Stadium of Anaheim 1–2 -2 4 April 10 Red Sox 6–3 Weaver (1–0) Wakefield (0–1) Shields (1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,385 2–2 -1 5 April 11 Red Sox 5–4 Penny (1–0) Saunders (1–1) Papelbon (2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,163 2–3 -1½ 6 April 12 Red Sox 5–4 Moseley (1–0) Beckett (1–1) Fuentes (2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,076 3–3 -1½ 7 April 14 @ Mariners 3–2 (10) Corcoran (1–0) Shields (0–1) Safeco Field 45,958 3–4 -2½ 8 April 15 @ Mariners 11–3 Washburn (2–0) Weaver (1–1) Safeco Field 18,516 3–5 -3½ 9 April 16 @ Mariners 5–1 Saunders (2–1) Jakubauskas (1–1) Safeco Field 18,528 4–5 -2½ 10 April 17 @ Twins 11–9 Guerrier (1–0) Bulger (0–1) Nathan (2) HHH Metrodome 24,168 4–6 -3½ 11 April 18 @ Twins 9–2 Slowey (2–0) Jepsen (0–2) HHH Metrodome 34,286 4–7 -3½ 12 April 19 @ Twins 3–1 Perkins (1–1) Loux (0–1) Nathan (3) HHH Metrodome 28,302 4–8 -3½ 13 April 21 Tigers 4–3 Arredondo (1–0) Lyon (1–2) Fuentes (3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,627 5–8 -3½ 14 April 22 Tigers 12–10 Rincón (1–0) Shields (0–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,047 5–9 -3½ 15 April 23 Tigers 10–5 Palmer (1–0) Jackson (1–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,543 6–9 -3½ 16 April 24 Mariners 8–3 Bédard (2–1) Loux (0–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,083 6–10 -4½ 17 April 25 Mariners 9–8 Silva (1–2) Ortega (0–1) Aardsma (3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,542 6–11 -5½ 18 April 26 Mariners 8–0 Weaver (2–1) Washburn (3–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,057 7–11 -4½ 19 April 28 @ Orioles 7–5 Saunders (3–1) Eaton (1–3) Fuentes (4) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 11,857 8–11 -4 20 April 29 @ Orioles 3–2 Loux (1–2) Uehara (2–2) Fuentes (5) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 14,203 9–11 -3 21 April 30 @ Yankees 7–4 Coke (1–1) Speier (0–1) Rivera (5) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 43,388 9–12 -3½
May (16–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record GB 22 May 1 @ Yankees 10–9 Albaladejo (2–1) Fuentes (0–2) Yankee Stadium 44,058 9–13 -4½ 23 May 2 @ Yankees 8–4 Palmer (2–0) Sabathia (1–3) Yankee Stadium 44,970 10–13 -3½ May 3 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for September 14 Yankee Stadium -4 24 May 4 @ Athletics 5–2 Saunders (4–1) Anderson (0–3) Fuentes (6) Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 10,397 11–13 -3 25 May 5 @ Athletics 5–3 Loux (2–2) Braden (3–3) Fuentes (7) Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 13,298 12–13 -2 26 May 6 Blue Jays 13–1 Halladay (6–1) Ortega (0–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,123 12–14 -2½ 27 May 7 Blue Jays 6–1 Weaver (3–1) Ray (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,007 13–14 -1½ 28 May 8 Royals 4–1 Palmer (3–0) Meche (2–3) Fuentes (8) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,019 14–14 -1½ 29 May 9 Royals 1–0 Saunders (5–1) Greinke (6–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,776 15–14 -½ 30 May 10 Royals 4–3 Shields (1–2) Wright (0–1) Fuentes (9) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,646 16–14 -½ 31 May 12 Red Sox 4–3 Ramírez (4–0) Shields (1–3) Papelbon (9) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 33,411 16–15 -1½ 32 May 13 Red Sox 8–4 Palmer (4–0) Wakefield (4–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,666 17–15 -1½ 33 May 14 Red Sox 5 – 4 (12) Bulger (1–1) Delcarmen (1–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,124 18–15 -1½ 34 May 15 @ Rangers 10–8 Millwood (4–3) Saunders (5–2) Wilson (1) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 33,429 18–16 -2½ 35 May 16 @ Rangers 5–3 Padilla (3–2) Loux (2–3) Wilson (2) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 34,284 18–17 -3½ 36 May 17 @ Rangers 3–0 Jennings (1–1) Weaver (3–2) O'Day (1) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 37,146 18–18 -4½ 37 May 18 @ Mariners 10–6 Lackey (1–0) Washburn (3–3) Safeco Field 17,340 19–18 -4 38 May 19 @ Mariners 6–5 Palmer (5–0) Hernández (4–3) Fuentes (10) Safeco Field 16,002 20–18 -3 39 May 20 @ Mariners 1–0 Jakubauskas (3–4) Santana (0–1) Aardsma (5) Safeco Field 18,580 20–19 -3 40 May 21 @ Mariners 3–0 Saunders (6–2) Bédard (2–2) Fuentes (11) Safeco Field 18,468 21–19 -2 41 May 22 @ Dodgers 3–1 Oliver (1–0) Wade (0–3) Fuentes (12) Dodger Stadium 55,053 22–19 -2 42 May 23 @ Dodgers 5 – 4 (10) Broxton (5–0) Arredondo (1–1) Dodger Stadium 55,301 22–20 -3 43 May 24 @ Dodgers 10–7 Bulger (2–1) Billingsley (6–2) Dodger Stadium 54,122 23–20 -3 44 May 25 White Sox 17–3 Danks (4–3) Santana (0–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,177 23–21 -3 45 May 26 White Sox 4–2 Colón (3–4) Saunders (6–3) Linebrink (1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,040 23–22 -4 46 May 27 White Sox 3–1 Weaver (4–2) Floyd (3–5) Fuentes (13) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,169 24–22 -3 47 May 29 Mariners 5–2 Vargas (2–0) Lackey (1–1) Aardsma (7) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,492 24–23 -4½ 48 May 30 Mariners 4 – 3 (10) Batista (3–1) Arredondo (1–2) Aardsma (8) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,329 24–24 -5½ 49 May 31 Mariners 9–8 Speier (1–1) Aardsma (1–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,632 25–24 -4½
June (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record GB 50 June 2 @ Blue Jays 6–4 Halladay (9–1) Saunders (6–4) Rogers Centre 26,809 25–25 -4½ 51 June 3 @ Blue Jays 8–1 Weaver (5–2) Janssen (1–2) Rogers Centre 17,127 26–25 -4½ 52 June 4 @ Blue Jays 6–5 Speier (2–1) League (1–2) Fuentes (14) Rogers Centre 31,163 27–25 -3½ 53 June 5 @ Tigers 2–1 Santana (1–2) Rodney (0–1) Fuentes (15) Comerica Park 31,187 28–25 -3½ 54 June 6 @ Tigers 2–1 Jackson (6–3) Escobar (0–1) Comerica Park 32,367 28–26 -3½ 55 June 7 @ Tigers 9–6 Zumaya (2–0) Arredondo (1–3) Comerica Park 32,074 28–27 -4½ 56 June 9 @ Rays 4–3 Weaver (6–2) Shields (5–5) Fuentes (16) Tropicana Field 16,087 29–27 -3 57 June 10 @ Rays 9–5 Cormier (1–1) Lackey (1–2) Tropicana Field 15,658 29–28 -3½ 58 June 11 @ Rays 11–1 Balfour (3–1) Santana (1–3) Tropicana Field 17,086 29–29 -4½ 59 June 12 Padres 11–6 Palmer (6–0) Gaudin (2–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,597 30–29 -4½ 60 June 13 Padres 9–1 Saunders (7–4) Geer (1–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,233 31–29 -3½ 61 June 14 Padres 6–0 Weaver (7–2) Young (4–6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,163 32–29 -3½ 62 June 15 @ Giants 9–7 Lackey (2–2) Zito (3–7) Fuentes (17) AT&T Park 33,613 33–29 -2½ 63 June 16 @ Giants 8–1 O'Sullivan (1–0) Sánchez (2–7) AT&T Park 34,716 34–29 -2 64 June 17 @ Giants 4–3 Jepsen (1–2) Lincecum (6–2) Fuentes (18) AT&T Park 37,431 35–29 -2 65 June 19 Dodgers 5–4 Speier (3–1) Mota (3–2) Fuentes (19) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,222 36–29 -½ 66 June 20 Dodgers 6–4 Weaver (4–1) Weaver (7–3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,148 36–30 -½ 67 June 21 Dodgers 5–3 Kershaw (4–5) Lackey (2–3) Broxton (17) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,891 36–31 -½ 68 June 22 Rockies 11–1 Cook (7–3) Palmer (6–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,557 36–32 -1 69 June 23 Rockies 4–3 Jepsen (2–2) Jimenez (6–7) Fuentes (20) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,233 37–32 0 70 June 24 Rockies 11–3 Saunders (8–4) Marquis (9–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,551 38–32 0 71 June 26 @ Diamondbacks 12–3 Weaver (8–3) Buckner (2–5) Chase Field 24,870 39–32 -½ 72 June 27 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Oliver (2–0) Qualls (1–1) Fuentes (21) Chase Field 27,742 40–32 +½ 73 June 28 @ Diamondbacks 12–8 Palmer (7–1) Scherzer (5–5) Chase Field 25,684 41–32 +1½ 74 June 29 @ Rangers 5–2 O'Sullivan (2–0) Padilla (6–4) Fuentes (22) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 16,985 42–32 +2½ 75 June 30 @ Rangers 9–5 Feldman (6–2) Saunders (8–5) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 20,042 42–33 +1½
July (17–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record GB 76 July 1 @ Rangers 9–7 Francisco (2–1) Speier (3–2) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 27,142 42–34 +½ 77 July 2 Orioles 5–2 Lackey (3–3) Guthrie (6–8) Fuentes (23) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,180 43–34 +1 78 July 3 Orioles 6–4 Hernandez (2–2) Santana (1–4) Sherrill (18) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,104 43–35 0 79 July 4 Orioles 11–4 Bulger (3–1) Baez (4–3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,764 44–35 0 80 July 5 Orioles 9–6 Oliver (3–0) Albers (1–3) Fuentes (24) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,912 45–35 0 81 July 6 Rangers 9–4 Weaver (9–3) Millwood (8–6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,691 46–35 +1 82 July 7 Rangers 8–5 Holland (3–5) Lackey (3–4) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,088 46–36 0 83 July 8 Rangers 8–1 Padilla (7–4) Santana (1–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,364 46–37 -1 84 July 10 Yankees 10–6 Bulger (4–1) Melancon (0–1) Fuentes (25) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,076 47–37 -½ 85 July 11 Yankees 14–8 Weaver (10–3) Pettitte (8–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,602 48–37 +½ 86 July 12 Yankees 5–4 Lackey (4–4) Sabathia (8–6) Fuentes (26) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,532 49–37 +1½ July 13: All-Star Game (AL wins, 4–3) Papelbon Bell Rivera Busch Stadium 46,760 St. Louis, MO 87 July 16 @ Athletics 6–2 Santana (2–3) Braden (7–8) Fuentes (27) Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 11,113 50–37 +2 88 July 17 @ Athletics 7–3 Breslow (2–4) Saunders (8–6) Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 17,147 50–38 +2 89 July 18 @ Athletics 11–6 Oliver (4–0) Mazzaro (2–6) Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 16,475 51–38 +3 90 July 19 @ Athletics 1–0 (10) Lackey (5–4) Bailey (4–2) Fuentes (28) Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 18,539 52–38 +3 July 20 @ Royals Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for July 21 Kauffman Stadium 52–38 +2½ 91 July 21 @ Royals 8–5 Santana (3–5) Ponson (1–6) Fuentes (29) Kauffman Stadium N/A 53–38 +3 92 July 21 @ Royals 10–2 O'Sullivan (3–0) Chen (0–5) Kauffman Stadium 23,874 54–38 +3 93 July 22 @ Royals 9–6 Speier (4–2) Colon (1–1) Fuentes (30) Kauffman Stadium 18,078 55–38 +3 94 July 23 Twins 6–5 (10) Fuentes (1–2) Crain (2–4) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,145 56–38 +3½ 95 July 24 Twins 6–3 Lackey (6–4) Liriano (4–10) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,272 57–38 +3½ 96 July 25 Twins 11–5 Palmer (8–1) Blackburn (8–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,922 58–38 +4½ 97 July 26 Twins 10–1 Swarzak (3–3) Santana (3–6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 36,386 58–39 +3½ 98 July 27 Indians 8–6 Veras (4–1) Fuentes (1–3) Wood (14) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,371 58–40 +2½ 99 July 28 Indians 7–6 Palmer (9–1) Huff (5–5) Bulger (1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,270 59–40 +2½ 100 July 29 Indians 9–3 Lackey (7–4) Laffey (4–3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,196 60–40 +3½ 101 July 31 @ Twins 11–5 (11) Jepsen (3–2) Keppel (0–1) HHH Metrodome 31,767 61–40 +3
August (17–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record GB 102 August 1 @ Twins 11–6 Saunders (9–6) Swarzak (3–4) HHH Metrodome 40,828 62–40 +4 103 August 2 @ Twins 13–4 Weaver (11–3) Perkins (6–7) HHH Metrodome 41,079 63–40 +4 104 August 4 @ White Sox 5–4 Thornton (6–2) Jepsen (3–3) U.S. Cellular Field 30,228 63–41 +4½ 105 August 5 @ White Sox 6–2 Floyd (9–6) O'Sullivan (3–1) U.S. Cellular Field 32,167 63–42 +4½ 106 August 6 @ White Sox 9–5 Santana (4–6) Danks (9–8) U.S. Cellular Field 27,487 64–42 +4½ 107 August 7 Rangers 11–6 Feldman (11–4) Saunders (9–7) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,624 64–43 +3½ 108 August 8 Rangers 3–2 Weaver (12–3) Guardado (1–2) Fuentes (31) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,166 65–43 +4½ 109 August 9 Rangers 0–7 Holland (5–7) Lackey (7–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,706 65–44 +3½ 110 August 10 Rays 8–6 Jepsen (4–3) Springer (0–2) Fuentes (32) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,388 66–44 +4 111 August 11 Rays 6–0 Santana (5–6) Price (5–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,559 67–44 +5 112 August 12 Rays 10–5 Bulger (5–1) Balfour (4–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,859 68–44 +5 113 August 14 @ Orioles 16–6 Tillman (1–0) Weaver (12–4) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 25,836 68–45 +4½ 114 August 15 @ Orioles 5–1 Lackey (8–5) Matusz (1–2) Fuentes (33) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 28,770 69–45 +4½ 115 August 16 @ Orioles 17 – 8 (13) Bulger (6–1) Bass (5–3) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 26,529 70–45 +4½ 116 August 17 @ Orioles 8–5 Santana (6–6) Hernandez (4–5) Fuentes (34) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 18,460 71–45 +4½ 117 August 18 @ Indians 5–4 Bell (1–0) Carmona (2–7) Fuentes (35) Progressive Field 18,341 72–45 +5½ 118 August 19 @ Indians 3–0 Weaver (13–4) Sowers (4–9) Progressive Field 16,868 73–45 +6½ 119 August 20 @ Indians 11–3 Masterson (4–4) Lackey (8–6) Progressive Field 16,804 73–46 +5½ 120 August 21 @ Blue Jays 5–4 Rzepczynski (2–3) O'Sullivan (3–2) Janssen (1) Rogers Centre 15,993 73–47 +5½ 121 August 22 @ Blue Jays 7–3 Santana (7–6) Richmond (6–7) Rogers Centre 23,235 74–47 +6½ 122 August 23 @ Blue Jays 8–3 Romero (11–5) Bell (1–1) Rogers Centre 23,935 74–48 +5½ 123 August 24 Tigers 10–7 Verlander (14–7) Weaver (13–5) Rodney (27) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,421 74–49 +5 124 August 25 Tigers 5–3 Washburn (9–7) Lackey (8–7) Rodney (28) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,970 74–50 +4 125 August 26 Tigers 4–2 Saunders (10–7) Jackson (10–6) Fuentes (36) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 36,329 75–50 +5 126 August 27 Athletics 2–0 Cahill (7–12) Santana (7–7) Bailey (19) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,139 75–51 +4 127 August 28 Athletics 11–7 Arredondo (2–3) Ziegler (1–4) Fuentes (37) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,912 76–51 +5 128 August 29 Athletics 4–3 Ziegler (2–4) Rodríguez (0–1) Bailey (20) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,011 76–52 +4 129 August 30 Athletics 9–1 Lackey (9–7) Anderson (7–10) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,018 77–52 +5 130 August 31 @ Mariners 10–0 Saunders (11–7) French (4–4) Safeco Field 18,959 78–52 +6
September (16–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record GB 131 September 1 @ Mariners 2–1 Fister (2–1) Oliver (4–1) Aardsma (31) Safeco Field 18,542 78–53 +4½ 132 September 2 @ Mariners 3–0 Hernández (14–5) Kazmir (8–8) Aardsma (32) Safeco Field 22,130 78–54 +3½ 133 September 4 @ Royals 2–1 Weaver (14–5) Wright (1–5) Fuentes (38) Kauffman Stadium 17,447 79–54 +3½ 134 September 5 @ Royals 2 – 1 (11) Jepsen (5–3) Yabuta (0–1) Fuentes (39) Kauffman Stadium 22,628 80–54 +4½ 135 September 6 @ Royals 7–2 Saunders (12–7) Hochevar (6–9) Kauffman Stadium 16,745 81–54 +5½ 136 September 7 @ Royals 6–3 Davies (7–9) Santana (7–8) Soria (22) Kauffman Stadium 18,453 81–55 +5 137 September 8 Mariners 3 – 2 (10) Palmer (10–1) Batista (6–4) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,725 82–55 +4½ 138 September 9 Mariners 6–3 Weaver (15–5) Snell (6–10) Fuentes (40) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 36,340 83–55 +4½ 139 September 10 Mariners 3–0 Lackey (10–7) Rowland-Smith (3–3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,412 84–55 +5 140 September 11 White Sox 7–1 Saunders (13–7) Floyd (11–10) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,375 85–55 +5½ 141 September 12 White Sox 4 – 3 (10) Jenks (3–4) Fuentes (1–4) Peña (2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,390 85–56 +5½ 142 September 13 White Sox 3–2 Oliver (5–1) Buehrle (12–8) Fuentes (41) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,512 86–56 +6 143 September 14 @ Yankees 5–3 Hughes (7–3) Weaver (15–6) Rivera (40) Yankee Stadium 44,701 86–57 +6 144 September 15 @ Red Sox 4–1 Matsuzaka (2–5) Lackey (10–8) Fenway Park 37,942 86–58 +6 145 September 16 @ Red Sox 9–8 Bard (2–1) Fuentes (1–5) Fenway Park 37,706 86–59 +6 146 September 17 @ Red Sox 4–3 Jepsen (6–3) Wagner (1–1) Fuentes (42) Fenway Park 38,157 87–59 +6½ 147 September 18 @ Rangers 2–0 Kazmir (9–8) Hunter (8–4) Fuentes (43) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 34,240 88–59 +7½ 148 September 19 @ Rangers 3–2 Feldman (17–5) Weaver (15–7) Francisco (23) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 46,596 88–60 +6½ 149 September 20 @ Rangers 10–5 Lackey (11–8) Holland (7–12) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 33,688 89–60 +7½ 150 September 21 Yankees 5–2 Saunders (14–7) Pettitte (13–7) Fuentes (44) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,667 90–60 +7½ 151 September 22 Yankees 6–5 Hughes (8–3) Palmer (10–2) Rivera (41) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,374 90–61 +7½ 152 September 23 Yankees 3–2 Burnett (12–9) Kazmir (9–9) Rivera (42) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,760 90–62 +6½ 153 September 25 Athletics 3–0 Gonzalez (6–6) Weaver (15–8) Bailey (26) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,242 90–63 +6 154 September 26 Athletics 15–10 Breslow (8–7) Jepsen (6–4) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,014 90–64 +5 155 September 27 Athletics 7–4 Saunders (15–7) González (0–4) Fuentes (45) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,718 91–64 +6 156 y-September 28 Rangers 11–0 Santana (8–8) Hunter (9–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,484 92–64 +7 157 September 29 Rangers 5–2 O'Sullivan (4–2) Feldman (17–7) Fuentes (46) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,600 93–64 +8 158 September 30 Rangers 5–0 Palmer (11–2) Holland (8–13) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,616 94–64 +9
October (3–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record GB 159 October 1 Rangers 11–3 Millwood (13–10) Bell (1–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,552 94–65 +8 160 October 2 @ Athletics 5–2 Weaver (16–8) Gonzalez (6–7) Fuentes (47) Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 14,554 95–65 +8 161 October 3 @ Athletics 4–2 Kazmir (10–9) Eveland (2–4) Fuentes (48) Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 16,539 96–65 +9 162 October 4 @ Athletics 5–3 Saunders (16–7) Gray (0–1) Jepsen (1) Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 16,591 97–65 +10

Legend
Angels Win	Angels Loss	Game Postponed

Postseason

With their win on Mon. September 28, 2009, the Angels clinched their third straight American League West championship. Also, at that time, the Angels clinched the second-best record in the American League giving them home field advantage for the American League Division Series. Also, with their win on Tues. September 29, 2009, the Angels knocked the Rangers out of contention for the American League Wild Card, therefore, the Angels faced the Boston Red Sox in the Division Series for the third year in a row.

American League Division Series

The 2009 American League Division Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Wildcard winner Boston Red Sox. The series began on October 8, 2009 with the Angels winning the first two games at Angel Stadium. On October 11, the series continued to Fenway Park where the Angels had a stunning come-from-behind victory to win 7-6 and sweep the Red Sox. This series marks the first time the Angels have beaten the Red Sox in a postseason series as well as the first postseason sweep for the Angels in franchise history.

American League Championship Series

The 2009 American League Championship Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the AL East champion New York Yankees. The Yankees won the series 4 games to 2.

Game Log

2009 Postseason Game Log
American League Division Series (3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box 1 October 8 Red Sox 5–0 Lackey (1–0) Lester (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 45,070 1–0 [720775] 2 October 9 Red Sox 4–1 Weaver (1–0) Beckett (0–1) Fuentes (1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 45,223 2–0 [720776] 3 October 11 @ Red Sox 7–6 Oliver (1–0) Papelbon (0–1) Fuentes (2) Fenway Park 38,704 3–0 [720777]
American League Championship Series (2–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box 1 October 16 @ Yankees 4–1 Sabathia (2–0) Lackey (1–1) Rivera (2) Yankee Stadium 49,688 0–1 [720778] 2 October 17 @ Yankees 4 – 3 (13) Robertson (1–0) Santana (0–1) Yankee Stadium 49,922 0–2 [720779] 3 October 19 Yankees 5 – 4 (11) Santana (1–1) Aceves (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,911 1–2 [720780] 4 October 20 Yankees 10–1 Sabathia (3–0) Kazmir (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 45,160 1–3 [720781] 5 October 22 Yankees 7–6 Jepsen (1–0) Hughes (0–1) Fuentes (3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 45,113 2–3 [720782] October 24 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for October 25 Yankee Stadium 2–3 6 October 25 @ Yankees 5–2 Pettitte (2–0) Saunders (0–1) Rivera (3) Yankee Stadium 50,173 2–4 [720783]

Legend
Angels Win	Angels Loss	Game Postponed

Bracket

Note: Major League Baseball's playoff format automatically seeds the Wild Card team 4th. Normally, the No. 1 seed plays the No. 4 seed in the Division Series. However, MLB does not allow the No. 1 seed to play the 4th seed/Wild Card winner in the Division Series if they are from the same division, instead having the No. 1 seed play the next lowest seed, the No. 3 seed.

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; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	POS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	SB
Chone Figgins	3B	146	572	108	169	28	7	4	50	95	.295	42
Bobby Abreu	OF	141	522	89	154	27	2	13	96	90	.295	29
Kendry Morales	1B	141	531	75	158	41	2	30	98	349	.298	1
Erick Aybar	SS	127	471	66	145	23	8	5	55	29	.308	14
Juan Rivera	OF	126	488	67	142	23	1	23	82	33	.291	0
Torii Hunter	OF	109	412	70	127	23	1	22	85	46	.308	17
Maicer Izturis	2B	107	367	69	108	20	3	8	59	33	.294	12
Mike Napoli	C	106	360	55	96	21	1	18	51	38	.267	2
Howie Kendrick	2B	97	348	59	105	18	3	10	60	18	.302	9
Gary Matthews, Jr.	OF	94	297	42	72	16	2	4	44	38	.242	4
Vladimir Guerrero	DH	89	345	52	103	13	1	15	45	18	.299	2
Jeff Mathis	C	75	218	25	45	8	0	5	26	22	.206	2
Robb Quinlan	OF	47	101	11	25	4	0	2	11	4	.248	1
Reggie Willits	OF	39	68	15	14	2	0	0	6	2	.206	5
Sean Rodriguez	OF	12	25	4	5	0	0	2	4	3	.200	0
Brandon Wood	3B	12	26	3	4	0	0	1	3	2	.154	0
John Lackey	P	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.125	0
Matt Palmer	P	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Jered Weaver	P	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0
Sean O'Sullivan	P	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	0

• Source: LA Angels Batting Stats - September 20, 2009

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games SV = Saves; SVO = Save Opportunities; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SV	SVO	IP	R	ER	BB
Jered Weaver	15	7	3.87	31	31	4	0	0	200.0	89	86	63
Joe Saunders	13	7	4.75	28	28	1	0	0	166.2	95	88	61
John Lackey	11	8	3.56	25	25	1	0	0	169.1	76	67	46
Matt Palmer	10	1	4.02	36	12	1	0	0	112.0	52	50	50
Scott Kazmir	9	8	5.08	25	25	0	0	0	136.1	82	77	56
Ervin Santana	7	8	5.43	25	25	1	0	0	122.2	78	74	44
Jason Bulger	6	1	3.30	59	0	0	1	3	60.0	22	22	27
Kevin Jepsen	6	3	4.26	49	0	0	0	0	50.2	26	24	16
Darren Oliver	5	1	2.59	56	1	0	0	1	66.0	19	19	19
Justin Speier	4	2	5.18	41	0	0	0	1	40.0	23	23	15
Sean O'Sullivan	3	2	6.60	9	9	0	0	0	43.2	32	32	15
José Arredondo	2	3	6.15	39	0	0	0	1	41.0	28	28	18
Shane Loux	2	3	5.86	18	6	0	0	0	58.1	42	38	19
Trevor Bell	1	1	10.06	6	4	0	0	0	17.0	19	19	10
Brian Fuentes	1	5	4.26	60	0	0	43	50	50.2	24	24	22
Dustin Moseley	1	0	4.30	3	3	0	0	0	14.2	8	7	3
Scot Shields	1	3	6.62	20	0	0	1	4	17.2	14	13	15
Nick Adenhart	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	0	0	3
Daniel Davidson	0	0	5.40	4	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	3
Kelvim Escobar	0	1	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	2	4
Robert Mosebach	0	0	7.71	3	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	3
Anthony Ortega	0	2	9.24	3	3	0	0	0	12.2	15	13	6
Fernando Rodríguez	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2
Rafael Rodríguez	0	1	6.26	15	0	0	0	2	27.1	22	19	8
Rich Thompson	0	0	5.40	12	0	0	0	0	16.2	10	10	7

• Source: LA Angels Pitching Stats - September 20, 2009

See also

• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Other Anaheim–based teams in 2009

• Anaheim Ducks (Honda Center)
  • 2008–09 Anaheim Ducks season
  • 2009–10 Anaheim Ducks season

References

• 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season at Baseball Reference
• 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season Official Site ( Archived 2009-07-30)