2009 Pacific Coast League

2009 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 1,149 games, 16 teams, approx. 143 games in season
Attendance: 7,133,386 (6,208/game)
Other Years: 2008 / 2010
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2008 / 2010

League Standings

Regular Season

April 9, 2009 to September 7, 2009

American - North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Memphis Redbirds	STL	77	67	.535	--
Nashville Sounds	MIL	75	69	.521	2
Iowa Cubs	CHC	72	72	.500	5
Omaha Royals	KCR	64	80	.444	13

American - South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Albuquerque Isotopes	LAD	80	64	.556	--
Oklahoma City RedHawks	TEX	69	75	.479	11
New Orleans Zephyrs	FLA	63	80	.441	16.5
Round Rock Express	HOU	63	81	.438	17

Pacific - North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Tacoma Rainiers	SEA	74	70	.514	--
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	73	69	.514	--
Salt Lake Bees	LAA	72	71	.503	1.5
Portland Beavers	SDP	60	84	.417	14

Pacific - South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Sacramento River Cats	OAK	86	57	.601	--
Reno Aces	ARI	79	64	.552	7
Las Vegas 51s	TOR	71	73	.493	15.5
Fresno Grizzlies	SFG	71	73	.493	15.5

Semifinals

September 9, 2009 to September 12, 2009 · 5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Memphis Redbirds	STL	3	0
Albuquerque Isotopes	LAD	0	3

Tm	Aff	W	L
Sacramento River Cats	OAK	3	1
Tacoma Rainiers	SEA	1	3

Finals

September 15, 2009 to September 18, 2009 · 5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Memphis Redbirds	STL	3	0
Sacramento River Cats	OAK	0	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
Reno Aces	ARI	26.9	5.64	143	5640	4891	807	1400	311	59	111	768	145	58	590	845	.286	.365	.442	.807	2162	120	47	63	49	22
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	27.3	5.48	142	5601	4872	778	1407	257	56	87	710	169	45	520	824	.289	.360	.418	.778	2037	116	59	82	68	18
Las Vegas 51s	TOR	27.5	5.43	144	5685	5075	782	1474	340	27	150	745	50	23	479	807	.290	.354	.457	.811	2318	143	42	51	38	22
Tacoma Rainiers	SEA	26.6	5.40	144	5665	5007	778	1403	290	30	166	728	65	35	516	1039	.280	.351	.450	.800	2251	111	53	44	45	22
Albuquerque Isotopes	LAD	28.1	5.38	144	5556	4894	774	1387	283	47	143	735	100	42	483	868	.283	.350	.448	.798	2193	98	46	85	48	27
Sacramento River Cats	OAK	25.3	5.27	143	5673	5013	753	1368	294	38	150	705	128	37	509	1002	.273	.342	.436	.779	2188	98	51	43	57	21
Salt Lake Bees	LAA	26.4	5.26	143	5456	4844	752	1321	271	41	139	700	123	47	470	998	.273	.342	.432	.773	2091	100	58	42	42	10
Fresno Grizzlies	SFG	26.3	5.24	144	5614	5025	755	1383	280	40	150	716	88	48	427	939	.275	.337	.436	.774	2193	104	68	45	49	19
Nashville Sounds	MIL	26.1	4.66	144	5442	4786	671	1295	252	43	117	628	144	43	457	1097	.271	.338	.415	.752	1984	105	54	92	53	28
Iowa Cubs	CHC	27.5	4.57	144	5424	4812	658	1305	279	44	86	603	125	50	446	834	.271	.337	.401	.738	1930	115	56	61	49	18
New Orleans Zephyrs	FLA	27.0	4.53	143	5510	4857	648	1267	244	27	124	607	94	34	487	1081	.261	.333	.399	.732	1937	117	60	63	43	25
Memphis Redbirds	STL	24.7	4.51	144	5399	4809	649	1288	226	23	134	601	103	23	415	981	.268	.332	.408	.740	1962	119	63	73	39	18
Omaha Royals	KCR	27.1	4.48	144	5465	4828	645	1267	252	24	132	615	79	34	492	868	.262	.333	.407	.739	1963	124	42	54	49	23
Oklahoma City RedHawks	TEX	25.9	4.26	144	5551	4851	613	1251	206	40	77	564	137	31	545	1054	.258	.337	.364	.701	1768	118	57	45	53	10
Portland Beavers	SDP	26.6	4.10	144	5456	4801	590	1203	251	22	124	560	60	32	516	990	.251	.328	.390	.718	1870	111	55	50	34	16
Round Rock Express	HOU	26.9	3.88	144	5389	4910	559	1254	246	32	97	515	111	31	357	1086	.255	.310	.378	.688	1855	117	45	46	31	18
League Totals		26.6	4.88	2298	88526	78275	11212	21273	4282	593	1987	10500	1721	613	7709	15313	.272	.341	.418	.758	32702	1816	856	939	747	317

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
Iowa Cubs	CHC	25.4	4.38	72	72	.500	4.14	144	144	141	2	10	34	1249.2	1232	631	575	123	469	21	1043	70	5	46	5421	1.361	8.9	0.9	3.4	7.5	2.22
Memphis Redbirds	STL	25.5	4.45	77	67	.535	4.05	144	144	139	4	6	41	1256.0	1264	641	565	125	453	26	1036	63	1	77	5448	1.367	9.1	0.9	3.2	7.4	2.29
Omaha Royals	KCR	28.8	4.53	64	80	.444	4.29	144	144	138	6	17	25	1259.2	1296	652	601	104	430	9	1013	32	6	59	5365	1.370	9.3	0.7	3.1	7.2	2.36
Round Rock Express	HOU	27.5	4.61	63	81	.438	4.27	144	144	141	3	10	40	1274.1	1313	664	604	114	496	28	918	44	11	52	5551	1.420	9.3	0.8	3.5	6.5	1.85
Nashville Sounds	MIL	27.3	4.65	75	69	.521	4.25	144	144	138	6	6	41	1252.1	1305	669	592	112	462	7	882	60	3	73	5482	1.411	9.4	0.8	3.3	6.3	1.91
Albuquerque Isotopes	LAD	29.7	4.70	80	64	.556	4.36	144	144	136	8	8	46	1268.1	1274	677	614	133	497	26	1076	54	8	45	5506	1.396	9.0	0.9	3.5	7.6	2.17
Oklahoma City RedHawks	TEX	27.1	4.75	69	75	.479	4.35	144	144	138	6	8	27	1264.2	1360	684	611	91	446	16	915	65	9	61	5529	1.428	9.7	0.6	3.2	6.5	2.05
Sacramento River Cats	OAK	25.6	4.80	86	57	.601	4.30	143	143	141	1	5	42	1296.2	1280	686	620	116	567	34	1038	64	4	89	5675	1.424	8.9	0.8	3.9	7.2	1.83
Portland Beavers	SDP	26.6	4.80	60	84	.417	4.58	144	144	141	3	5	35	1256.0	1304	691	639	125	503	29	907	43	7	75	5478	1.439	9.3	0.9	3.6	6.5	1.80
New Orleans Zephyrs	FLA	27.6	4.83	63	80	.441	4.34	143	143	139	4	7	27	1262.1	1354	690	609	124	475	29	908	46	2	69	5554	1.449	9.7	0.9	3.4	6.5	1.91
Fresno Grizzlies	SFG	27.9	5.10	71	73	.493	4.67	144	144	140	4	6	32	1283.0	1370	735	666	150	454	6	994	52	7	64	5638	1.422	9.6	1.1	3.2	7.0	2.19
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	27.9	5.13	73	69	.514	4.73	142	142	140	2	9	35	1244.0	1375	729	654	137	495	32	890	42	9	69	5508	1.503	9.9	1.0	3.6	6.4	1.80
Tacoma Rainiers	SEA	26.1	5.29	74	70	.514	4.82	144	144	141	3	6	42	1272.0	1392	762	681	141	495	10	915	63	7	82	5661	1.483	9.8	1.0	3.5	6.5	1.85
Las Vegas 51s	TOR	26.7	5.31	71	73	.493	4.65	144	144	140	4	11	33	1273.2	1365	764	658	105	483	12	994	50	8	55	5617	1.451	9.6	0.7	3.4	7.0	2.06
Reno Aces	ARI	26.6	5.31	79	64	.552	5.07	143	143	142	1	10	41	1263.2	1412	760	712	133	462	16	960	49	5	67	5579	1.483	10.1	0.9	3.3	6.8	2.08
Salt Lake Bees	LAA	26.5	5.43	72	71	.503	5.12	143	143	139	4	8	35	1247.2	1377	777	710	154	522	16	824	59	2	44	5534	1.522	9.9	1.1	3.8	5.9	1.58
League Totals		27.0	4.88	1149	1149	.500	4.50	2298	2298	2234	61	132	576	20224.0	21273	11212	10111	1987	7709	317	15313	856	94	1027	88546	1.433	9.5	0.9	3.4	6.8	1.99

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Omaha Royals	KCR	144	3779	1628	107	164	.981	5	138	33	19%	371,046	Mike Jirschele
Oklahoma City RedHawks	TEX	144	3794	1433	108	142	.980	21	135	39	22%	397,219	Bob Jones
Sacramento River Cats	OAK	143	3890	1447	109	146	.980	14	105	35	25%	657,095	Tony DeFrancesco
Iowa Cubs	CHC	144	3749	1400	109	120	.979	15	119	31	21%	536,872	Bobby Dickerson
Albuquerque Isotopes	LAD	144	3805	1424	110	121	.979	18	97	48	33%	602,129	Tim Wallach
Portland Beavers	SDP	144	3768	1438	114	143	.979	9	120	35	23%	369,580	Randy Ready
Salt Lake Bees	LAA	143	3743	1535	112	163	.979	3	88	58	40%	492,321	Bobby Mitchell
Nashville Sounds	MIL	144	3757	1527	118	120	.978	13	95	36	27%	305,434	Don Money
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	COL	142	3732	1490	118	140	.978	8	78	39	33%	300,185	Rene Lachemann, Tom Runnells and Stu Cole
Reno Aces	ARI	143	3791	1517	117	146	.978	12	89	44	33%	466,606	Brett Butler
Round Rock Express	HOU	144	3823	1443	119	131	.978	14	123	33	21%	626,899	Marc Bombard
Memphis Redbirds	STL	144	3768	1430	115	137	.978	17	113	43	28%	474,764	Chris Maloney
Tacoma Rainiers	SEA	144	3816	1357	124	126	.977	12	109	36	25%	352,450	Daren Brown
New Orleans Zephyrs	FLA	143	3787	1491	130	130	.976	19	115	30	21%	362,771	Edwin Rodriguez
Fresno Grizzlies	SFG	144	3849	1412	133	127	.975	13	91	32	26%	480,627	Dan Rohn
Las Vegas 51s	TOR	144	3821	1468	147	118	.973	23	106	41	28%	337,388	Mike Basso
League Totals		2298	60672	23440	1890	2174	.978	216	1721	613	26%	7,133,386

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