2009 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Mark Teixeira	1B	NYY (DL-60)	NY Yankees	156	609	103	178	43	3	39	122	2	0	81	114	12	0	5	13	.292	.383	.565	948
2	Miguel Cabrera	3B	DET 40m	Detroit	160	611	96	198	34	0	34	103	6	2	68	107	5	0	1	22	.324	.396	.547	943
3	Joe Mauer	C-DH	MIN 40m	Minnesota	138	523	94	191	30	1	28	96	4	1	76	63	2	0	5	13	.365	.444	.587	1031
4	Chone Figgins	LF	Free Agent	LA Angels	158	615	114	183	30	7	5	54	42	17	101	114	1	8	4	8	.298	.395	.393	788
5	Jason Bay	LF	SEA 40m	Boston	151	531	103	142	29	3	36	119	13	3	94	162	9	0	4	9	.267	.384	.537	921
6	Kendrys Morales	DH	SEA 40m	LA Angels	152	566	86	173	43	2	34	108	3	7	46	117	2	0	8	15	.306	.355	.569	924
7	Ichiro Suzuki	RF	NYY 40m	Seattle	146	639	88	225	31	4	11	46	26	9	32	71	4	2	1	1	.352	.386	.465	851
8	Robinson Cano	2B	NYY 40m	NY Yankees	161	637	103	204	48	2	25	85	5	7	30	63	3	0	4	22	.320	.352	.520	872
9	Derek Jeter	SS	NYY (DL-60)	NY Yankees	153	634	107	212	27	1	18	66	30	5	72	90	5	4	1	18	.334	.406	.465	871
10	Adam Lind	1B	TOR 40m	Toronto	151	587	93	179	46	0	35	114	1	1	58	110	5	0	4	15	.305	.370	.562	932
11	Evan Longoria	3B	TB 40m	Tampa Bay	157	584	100	164	44	0	33	113	9	0	72	140	8	0	7	27	.281	.364	.526	890
12	Aaron Hill	2B	ARI (DL-15) 40m	Toronto	158	682	103	195	37	0	36	108	6	2	42	98	5	1	4	17	.286	.330	.499	829
13	Carlos Pena	1B	HOU 40m	Tampa Bay	135	471	91	107	25	2	39	100	3	3	87	163	9	0	3	5	.227	.356	.537	893
14	Brian Roberts	2B	BAL (DL-60)	Baltimore	159	632	110	179	56	1	16	79	30	7	74	112	2	1	8	7	.283	.356	.451	807
15	Kevin Youkilis	3B	NYY (DL-15) 40m	Boston	136	491	99	150	36	1	27	94	7	2	77	125	16	0	4	9	.305	.413	.548	961
16	Nick Markakis	RF	BAL 40m	Baltimore	161	642	94	188	45	2	18	101	6	2	56	98	3	0	10	12	.293	.347	.453	800
17	Denard Span	CF	WAN 40m	Minnesota	145	578	97	180	16	10	8	68	23	10	70	89	10	12	6	7	.311	.392	.415	807
18	Shin-Soo Choo	RF	CIN 40m	Cleveland	156	583	87	175	38	6	20	86	21	2	78	151	17	0	7	9	.300	.394	.489	883
19	Ben Zobrist	RF-2B	TB 40m	Tampa Bay	152	501	91	149	28	7	27	91	17	6	91	104	2	1	4	7	.297	.405	.543	948
20	Bobby Abreu	LF	Free Agent	LA Angels	152	563	96	165	29	3	15	103	30	8	94	113	1	0	9	15	.293	.390	.435	825
21	Curtis Granderson	CF	NYY 40m	Detroit	160	631	91	157	23	8	30	71	20	6	72	141	2	3	2	1	.249	.327	.453	780
22	Dustin Pedroia	2B	BOS 40m	Boston	154	626	115	185	48	1	15	72	20	8	74	45	5	3	6	19	.296	.371	.447	818
23	Alex Rodriguez	3B	NYY (DL-60)	NY Yankees	124	444	78	127	17	1	30	100	14	2	80	97	8	0	3	13	.286	.402	.532	934
24	Carl Crawford	LF	LAD 40m	Tampa Bay	156	606	96	185	28	8	15	68	60	16	51	99	8	2	5	7	.305	.364	.452	816
25	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	BOS 40m	Boston	153	624	94	188	27	10	8	60	70	12	49	74	6	6	6	13	.301	.355	.415	770
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Orlando Cabrera	2B	Inactive	Oakland	101	414	41	116	23	0	4	41	11	4	25	39	0	5	4	13	.280	.318	.365	683
		2B	Inactive	Minnesota	59	242	42	70	13	3	5	36	2	0	11	32	0	1	6	9	.289	.313	.430	743
27	Jason Bartlett	SS	Free Agent	Tampa Bay	137	500	90	160	29	7	14	66	30	7	54	89	5	4	4	5	.320	.389	.490	879
28	Elvis Andrus	SS	TEX 40m	Texas	145	480	72	128	17	8	6	40	33	6	40	77	6	12	3	4	.267	.329	.373	702
29	Justin Morneau	1B	MIN 40m	Minnesota	135	508	85	139	31	1	30	100	0	0	72	86	3	0	7	12	.274	.363	.516	879
30	Billy Butler	DH	KC 40m	KC Royals	159	608	78	183	51	1	21	93	1	0	58	103	2	0	4	20	.301	.362	.492	854
31	Victor Martinez	DH	DET 40m	Cleveland	99	377	56	107	21	1	15	67	0	0	51	51	2	0	5	11	.284	.368	.464	832
		DH	DET 40m	Boston	56	211	32	71	12	0	8	41	1	0	24	23	1	0	1	6	.336	.405	.507	912
32	Marco Scutaro	2B	SF 40m	Toronto	144	574	100	162	35	1	12	60	14	5	90	75	4	5	7	12	.282	.379	.409	788
33	Brandon Inge	3B	PIT 40m	Detroit	161	562	71	129	16	1	27	84	2	5	54	170	17	1	3	12	.230	.314	.406	720
34	J.D. Drew	RF	Inactive	Boston	137	452	84	126	30	4	24	68	2	6	82	109	3	1	1	6	.279	.392	.522	914
35	Erick Aybar	SS	LAA 40m	LA Angels	137	504	70	157	23	9	5	58	14	7	30	54	5	12	5	9	.312	.353	.423	776
36	Jason Kubel	LF	ARI 40m	Minnesota	146	514	73	154	35	2	28	103	1	1	56	106	3	0	5	13	.300	.369	.539	908
37	Marlon Byrd	CF	NYM 40m	Texas	146	547	66	155	43	2	20	89	8	4	32	98	10	0	10	11	.283	.329	.479	808
38	Michael Cuddyer	RF	COL (DL-15) 40m	Minnesota	153	588	93	162	34	7	32	94	6	1	54	118	6	0	2	22	.276	.342	.520	862
39	Jack Cust	RF	Free Agent	Oakland	149	513	88	123	16	0	25	70	4	1	93	185	2	0	4	7	.240	.356	.417	773
40	B.J. Upton	CF	ATL 40m	Tampa Bay	144	560	79	135	33	4	11	55	42	14	57	152	3	3	3	7	.241	.313	.373	686
41	Alberto Callaspo	3B	LAA 40m	KC Royals	155	576	79	173	41	8	11	73	2	1	52	51	1	0	5	15	.300	.356	.457	813
42	Ian Kinsler	2B	TEX (DL-15) 40m	Texas	144	566	101	143	32	4	31	86	31	5	59	77	6	3	6	9	.253	.327	.488	815
43	Hideki Matsui	LF-DH	Retired (2012)	NY Yankees	142	456	62	125	21	1	28	90	0	1	64	75	4	0	2	4	.274	.367	.509	876
44	Nick Swisher	RF	CLE 40m	NY Yankees	150	498	84	124	35	1	29	82	0	0	97	126	3	3	6	13	.249	.371	.498	869
45	Jose Lopez	3B	Intl	Seattle	153	613	69	167	42	0	25	96	3	3	24	69	6	3	7	25	.272	.303	.463	766
46	Russell Branyan	1B	Free Agent	Seattle	116	431	64	108	21	1	31	76	2	0	58	149	9	1	6	6	.251	.347	.520	867
47	Michael Young	DH-1B	PHI 40m	Texas	135	541	76	174	36	2	22	68	8	3	47	90	1	0	4	16	.322	.374	.518	892
48	Asdrubal Cabrera	SS	CLE 40m	Cleveland	131	523	81	161	42	4	6	68	17	4	44	89	1	10	3	13	.308	.361	.438	799
49	Scott Podsednik	LF-CF	Free Agent	Chi White Sox	132	537	75	163	25	6	7	48	30	13	39	74	3	6	2	8	.304	.353	.412	765
50	Placido Polanco	3B	MIA 40m	Detroit	153	618	82	176	31	4	10	72	7	2	36	46	9	7	5	15	.285	.331	.396	727
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Vernon Wells	LF	NYY 40m	Toronto	158	630	84	164	37	3	15	66	17	4	48	86	1	0	5	18	.260	.311	.400	711
52	Nelson Cruz	RF	TEX 40m	Texas	128	462	75	120	21	1	33	76	20	4	49	118	2	0	2	9	.260	.332	.524	856
53	David Ortiz	DH	BOS 40m	Boston	150	541	77	129	35	1	28	99	0	2	74	134	5	0	7	9	.238	.332	.462	794
54	Gerald Laird	C	ATL 40m	Detroit	135	413	49	93	23	2	4	33	5	0	40	68	10	10	4	11	.225	.306	.320	626
55	Franklin Gutierrez	CF	SEA (DL-15) Rehab 40m	Seattle	153	565	85	160	24	1	18	70	16	5	46	122	3	13	2	14	.283	.339	.425	764
56	Magglio Ordonez	RF	Retired (2012)	Detroit	131	465	54	144	24	2	9	50	3	1	51	65	0	0	2	19	.310	.376	.428	804
57	Kelly Shoppach	C	SEA 40m	Cleveland	89	271	33	58	14	0	12	40	0	0	33	98	18	2	3	8	.214	.335	.399	734
58	Willie Bloomquist	SS	ARI (DL-15) 40m	KC Royals	125	434	52	115	11	8	4	29	25	6	27	73	1	4	2	7	.265	.308	.355	663
59	Adam Everett	3B	Minor League Infield Coordinator - Cleveland Indians (2013)	Detroit	118	345	43	82	21	0	3	44	5	2	22	61	4	15	4	9	.238	.288	.325	613
60	Johnny Damon	LF	Free Agent	NY Yankees	143	550	107	155	36	3	24	82	12	0	71	98	2	2	1	9	.282	.365	.489	854
61	Nick Punto	3B-2B	LAD 40m	Minnesota	125	359	56	82	15	1	1	38	16	3	61	70	1	13	6	7	.228	.337	.284	621
62	David DeJesus	RF	CHC 40m	KC Royals	144	558	74	157	28	9	13	71	4	9	51	87	8	5	5	10	.281	.347	.434	781
63	Rajai Davis	LF	TOR (DL-15) 40m	Oakland	125	390	65	119	27	5	3	48	41	12	29	70	7	2	4	12	.305	.360	.423	783
64	Alexei Ramirez	SS	CHW 40m	Chi White Sox	148	542	71	150	14	1	15	68	14	5	49	66	1	6	8	15	.277	.333	.389	722
65	Paul Konerko	1B	CHW 40m	Chi White Sox	152	546	75	151	30	1	28	88	1	0	58	89	10	0	7	15	.277	.353	.489	842
66	Kurt Suzuki	C	WAN 40m	Oakland	147	570	74	156	37	1	15	88	8	2	28	59	8	1	7	14	.274	.313	.421	734
67	Yuniesky Betancourt	2B	MIL 40m	Seattle	63	224	15	56	10	1	2	22	3	1	10	18	0	8	3	9	.250	.278	.330	608
		2B	MIL 40m	KC Royals	71	246	25	59	10	5	4	27	0	2	11	26	0	3	3	8	.240	.269	.370	639
68	David Murphy	LF	TEX 40m	Texas	128	432	61	116	24	1	17	57	9	4	49	106	1	2	9	5	.269	.338	.447	785
69	Carlos Quentin	LF	SD 40m	Chi White Sox	99	351	47	83	14	0	21	56	3	0	31	52	15	0	2	11	.236	.323	.456	779
70	Luke Scott	DH	TB 40m	Baltimore	128	449	61	116	26	1	25	77	0	0	55	104	1	0	1	4	.258	.340	.488	828
71	Chris Davis	DH-1B	BAL 40m	Texas	113	391	48	93	15	1	21	59	0	0	24	150	2	0	2	6	.238	.284	.442	726
72	Brett Gardner	LF	NYY 40m	NY Yankees	108	248	48	67	6	6	3	23	26	5	26	40	3	6	1	3	.270	.345	.379	724
73	Alex Rios	RF	CHW 40m	Toronto	108	436	52	115	25	2	14	62	19	3	31	78	6	0	6	14	.264	.317	.427	744
		RF	CHW 40m	Chi White Sox	41	146	11	29	6	0	3	9	5	2	6	29	0	1	1	7	.199	.229	.301	530
74	Ramon Santiago	2B	DET 40m	Detroit	93	262	29	70	6	2	7	35	1	2	17	57	4	10	3	3	.267	.318	.385	703
75	Lyle Overbay	1B	NYY 40m	Toronto	132	423	57	112	35	1	16	64	0	0	74	95	0	0	3	8	.265	.372	.466	838
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
76	Ryan Garko	1B	COL Minors	Cleveland	78	239	29	68	10	0	11	39	0	0	20	40	10	2	2	6	.285	.362	.464	826
77	Matt Tolbert	SS	PHI (DL-7)	Minnesota	71	198	28	46	7	1	2	19	6	2	21	37	0	10	2	1	.232	.303	.308	611
78	Aubrey Huff	1B	Free Agent	Detroit	40	106	8	20	6	0	2	13	0	0	10	13	1	0	0	3	.189	.265	.302	567
		1B	Free Agent	Baltimore	110	430	51	109	24	1	13	72	0	6	41	74	4	0	5	12	.253	.321	.405	726
79	Jhonny Peralta	SS	DET 40m	Cleveland	151	582	57	148	35	1	11	83	0	2	51	134	4	2	6	20	.254	.316	.375	691
80	Ronny Cedeno	SS-2B	HOU 40m	Seattle	59	186	15	31	4	2	5	17	3	2	10	50	1	9	0	6	.167	.213	.290	503
81	Jeff Mathis	C	MIA 40m	LA Angels	84	237	26	50	8	0	5	28	2	3	22	73	4	8	1	2	.211	.288	.308	596
82	Mike Jacobs	1B	Free Agent	KC Royals	128	434	46	99	16	1	19	61	0	0	41	132	2	0	1	9	.228	.297	.401	698
83	Miguel Olivo	C	MIA 40m	KC Royals	114	390	51	97	15	5	23	65	5	2	19	126	5	1	1	10	.249	.292	.490	782
84	Dioner Navarro	C	CHC 40m	Tampa Bay	115	376	38	82	15	0	8	32	5	2	18	51	5	8	3	14	.218	.261	.322	583
85	Josh Anderson	OF	Inactive	Detroit	74	165	22	40	4	4	0	16	13	2	8	22	1	1	0	4	.242	.282	.315	597
		OF	Inactive	KC Royals	44	118	20	28	3	0	1	8	12	3	5	21	0	0	0	3	.237	.268	.288	556
86	Maicer Izturis	3B-2B	TOR 40m	LA Angels	114	387	74	116	22	3	8	65	13	5	35	41	5	3	7	7	.300	.359	.434	793
87	Chris Getz	2B	KC 40m	Chi White Sox	107	375	49	98	18	4	2	31	25	2	30	54	6	1	3	4	.261	.324	.347	671
88	Travis Hafner	DH	NYY 40m	Cleveland	94	338	46	92	19	0	16	49	0	0	41	67	3	0	1	7	.272	.355	.470	825
89	Grady Sizemore	CF	Free Agent	Cleveland	106	436	73	108	20	6	18	64	13	8	60	92	4	2	1	4	.248	.343	.445	788
90	Rod Barajas	C	Free Agent	Toronto	125	429	43	97	19	0	19	71	1	0	20	76	1	3	7	4	.226	.258	.403	661
91	Mark Teahen	1B	TEX Minors [AAA]	KC Royals	144	524	69	142	34	1	12	50	8	1	37	123	6	2	2	11	.271	.325	.408	733
92	Carlos Gomez	CF	MIL 40m	Minnesota	137	315	51	72	15	5	3	28	14	7	22	72	4	7	1	1	.229	.287	.337	624
93	Nick Green	2B-SS	MIA 40m	Boston	103	276	35	65	18	0	6	35	1	4	20	69	8	2	3	10	.236	.303	.366	669
94	Adam Kennedy	3B	Free Agent	Oakland	129	529	65	153	29	1	11	63	20	6	45	86	4	5	3	8	.289	.348	.410	758
95	Mitch Maier	RF-CF	BOS (DL-7)	KC Royals	127	341	42	83	15	3	3	31	9	2	43	76	4	7	2	6	.243	.333	.331	664
96	Melky Cabrera	LF	TOR 40m	NY Yankees	154	485	66	133	28	1	13	68	10	2	43	59	4	4	4	15	.274	.336	.416	752
97	A.J. Pierzynski	C	TEX 40m	Chi White Sox	138	504	57	151	22	1	13	49	1	1	24	52	1	3	3	18	.300	.331	.425	756
98	Jose Guillen	RF-LF	Inactive	KC Royals	81	281	30	68	8	0	9	40	1	0	22	50	8	0	1	13	.242	.314	.367	681
99	Pat Burrell	LF	Inactive	Tampa Bay	122	412	45	91	16	1	14	64	2	0	57	119	2	0	5	6	.221	.315	.367	682
100	Jason Varitek	C	Inactive	Boston	109	364	41	76	24	0	14	51	0	0	54	90	3	0	4	6	.209	.313	.390	703
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
101	Coco Crisp	CF	OAK 40m	KC Royals	49	180	30	41	8	5	3	14	13	2	29	23	1	4	1	4	.228	.336	.378	714

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