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2009 Eastern League

2009 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 849 games, 12 teams, approx. 141 games in season
Attendance: 3,694,397 (4,351/game)
Other Years: 2008 / 2010
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League Standings

Regular Season

April 8, 2009 to September 7, 2009

Northern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	83	59	.585	--
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	72	69	.511	10.5
Trenton Thunder	NYY	69	72	.489	13.5
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	67	74	.475	15.5
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	64	78	.451	19
Binghamton Mets	NYM	54	86	.386	28

Southern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Akron Aeros	CLE	89	53	.627	--
Reading Phillies	PHI	75	67	.528	14
Bowie Baysox	BAL	73	69	.514	16
Erie SeaWolves	DET	71	70	.504	17.5
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	70	72	.493	19
Altoona Curve	PIT	62	80	.437	27

Semifinals

September 9, 2009 to September 13, 2009 · 5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	3	1
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	1	3

Tm	Aff	W	L
Akron Aeros	CLE	3	0
Reading Phillies	PHI	0	3

Finals

September 15, 2009 to September 19, 2009 · 5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Akron Aeros	CLE	3	1
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	1	3

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Erie SeaWolves	DET	24.0	4.97	141	5387	4744	701	1223	245	49	162	662	78	44	503	1186	.258	.334	.433	.766	2052	79	57	42	41	27
Akron Aeros	CLE	23.4	4.80	142	5295	4569	682	1177	250	26	98	628	95	39	535	767	.258	.340	.388	.728	1773	106	67	60	64	20
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	23.5	4.61	141	5349	4674	650	1196	279	18	105	603	72	30	558	1114	.256	.341	.391	.732	1826	96	65	16	36	19
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	24.0	4.43	141	5300	4678	624	1243	265	32	86	586	58	45	445	851	.266	.338	.391	.729	1830	103	84	56	37	17
Reading Phillies	PHI	25.4	4.41	142	5381	4755	626	1263	244	30	101	580	116	53	457	966	.266	.336	.393	.730	1870	125	68	66	35	30
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	24.3	4.38	142	5275	4696	622	1255	259	38	70	558	97	81	410	900	.267	.331	.383	.715	1800	120	60	71	38	28
Altoona Curve	PIT	24.3	4.08	142	5316	4676	580	1195	257	24	87	530	79	50	485	916	.256	.331	.377	.708	1761	113	62	56	37	22
Trenton Thunder	NYY	24.4	4.05	141	5185	4625	571	1173	240	29	76	529	72	28	437	864	.254	.324	.367	.692	1699	128	63	26	34	13
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	24.8	3.98	142	5245	4588	565	1090	241	25	84	526	118	47	550	1014	.238	.322	.356	.678	1633	113	38	31	38	15
Bowie Baysox	BAL	25.7	3.95	142	5076	4482	561	1147	237	35	79	508	139	60	449	916	.256	.327	.377	.704	1691	103	49	47	49	17
Binghamton Mets	NYM	23.7	3.93	140	5303	4657	550	1250	248	23	64	513	93	48	485	992	.268	.342	.373	.715	1736	133	58	62	41	19
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	24.8	3.91	142	5164	4586	555	1152	242	30	111	519	73	45	435	1019	.251	.321	.390	.711	1787	107	48	74	21	32
League Totals		24.3	4.29	1698	63276	55730	7287	14364	3007	359	1123	6742	1090	570	5749	11505	.258	.332	.385	.717	21458	1326	719	607	471	259

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Akron Aeros	CLE	23.9	3.78	89	53	.627	3.40	142	142	138	4	14	45	1218.2	1107	537	461	90	414	13	1041	35	2	47	5120	1.248	8.2	0.7	3.1	7.7	2.51
Bowie Baysox	BAL	24.3	3.79	73	69	.514	3.44	142	142	136	5	15	44	1196.2	1096	538	457	85	506	15	916	60	4	50	5127	1.339	8.2	0.6	3.8	6.9	1.81
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	23.6	3.91	83	59	.585	3.53	142	142	138	4	13	45	1245.0	1185	555	488	76	513	27	920	59	8	63	5349	1.364	8.6	0.5	3.7	6.7	1.79
Trenton Thunder	NYY	24.4	3.94	69	72	.489	3.54	141	141	141	0	15	29	1211.1	1078	555	476	76	515	24	1110	58	10	75	5182	1.315	8.0	0.6	3.8	8.2	2.16
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	24.5	4.02	70	72	.493	3.73	142	142	139	3	11	40	1210.0	1255	571	502	100	421	49	926	59	3	49	5214	1.385	9.3	0.7	3.1	6.9	2.20
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	24.5	4.08	64	78	.451	3.57	142	142	139	3	11	32	1241.1	1160	580	492	75	534	25	1006	67	5	55	5352	1.365	8.4	0.5	3.9	7.3	1.88
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	24.1	4.40	72	69	.511	3.94	141	141	137	4	11	41	1211.2	1228	621	530	87	433	33	983	72	5	58	5252	1.371	9.1	0.6	3.2	7.3	2.27
Reading Phillies	PHI	23.9	4.44	75	67	.528	4.15	142	142	140	2	10	40	1240.0	1212	630	572	126	462	18	966	54	8	58	5323	1.350	8.8	0.9	3.4	7.0	2.09
Erie SeaWolves	DET	23.8	4.52	71	70	.504	4.08	141	141	136	5	7	38	1230.1	1278	638	558	132	428	20	845	57	7	74	5319	1.387	9.3	1.0	3.1	6.2	1.97
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	24.3	4.60	67	74	.475	4.21	141	141	139	2	6	29	1213.0	1198	649	567	81	529	9	966	69	3	54	5330	1.424	8.9	0.6	3.9	7.2	1.83
Altoona Curve	PIT	24.4	4.74	62	80	.437	4.11	142	142	139	3	10	36	1227.0	1246	673	560	87	501	9	918	65	7	74	5379	1.424	9.1	0.6	3.7	6.7	1.83
Binghamton Mets	NYM	24.1	5.29	54	86	.386	4.99	140	140	138	2	6	33	1203.2	1321	740	667	108	493	17	908	64	12	58	5346	1.507	9.9	0.8	3.7	6.8	1.84
League Totals		24.1	4.29	849	849	.500	3.89	1698	1698	1660	37	129	452	14648.2	14364	7287	6330	1123	5749	259	11505	719	74	715	63293	1.373	8.8	0.7	3.5	7.1	2.00

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Reading Phillies	PHI	142	3720	1418	99	117	.981	11	95	54	36%	460,791	Steve Roadcap
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	142	3735	1437	99	136	.981	16	75	41	35%	203,005	Steve Decker
Binghamton Mets	NYM	140	3611	1377	105	133	.979	11	95	46	33%	210,526	Mako Oliveras
Akron Aeros	CLE	142	3656	1305	114	105	.978	19	91	40	31%	316,836	Mike Sarbaugh
Trenton Thunder	NYY	141	3634	1365	125	128	.976	22	107	57	35%	371,602	Tony Franklin
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	141	3635	1428	125	128	.976	11	73	36	33%	366,682	Tom Nieto
Bowie Baysox	BAL	142	3590	1376	128	131	.975	12	74	47	39%	247,660	Brad Komminsk
Erie SeaWolves	DET	141	3691	1425	132	139	.975	13	77	55	42%	220,909	Tom Brookens
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	142	3630	1494	130	155	.975	17	89	48	35%	228,741	John Stearns
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	141	3639	1399	136	118	.974	9	85	51	38%	404,709	Arnie Beyeler
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	142	3724	1568	145	164	.973	10	68	44	39%	386,991	Gary Cathcart
Altoona Curve	PIT	142	3681	1518	161	158	.970	21	161	51	24%	275,945	Matt Walbeck
League Totals		1698	43946	17110	1499	1612	.976	172	1090	570	34%	3,694,397

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