This article is about the 2009 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2009 in baseball.
Sports season
2009 MLB season
League
Major League Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 5 – November 4, 2009
Number of games
162
Number of teams
30
TV partner(s)
Fox, TBS, ESPN, MLB Network
Draft
Top draft pick
Stephen Strasburg
Picked by
Washington Nationals
Regular Season
Season MVP
AL: Joe Mauer (MIN) NL: Albert Pujols (STL)
Postseason
AL champions
New York Yankees
AL runners-up
Los Angeles Angels
NL champions
Philadelphia Phillies
NL runners-up
Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series
Champions
New York Yankees
Runners-up
Philadelphia Phillies
World Series MVP
Hideki Matsui (NYY)
MLB seasons
← 2008
2010 →
The 2009 Major League Baseball season began on April 5, 2009; the regular season was extended two days for a one-game playoff between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins for the American League Central title. The postseason began the next day with the Division Series. The World Series began on October 28, and ended on November 4, with the New York Yankees defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. This was the second time the season was completed in November. The only other occasion was the 2001 World Series, because of the delaying of the end of that season due to the September 11 attacks as November baseball would be guaranteed when Game 4 was played on Sunday, November 1. Had the 2009 World Series gone the full seven games, Game 7 would've been played on November 5, the latest date ever scheduled for a World Series game. It became the latest date for a World Series game in 2022. The American League champion had home field advantage for the World Series by virtue of winning the All-Star Game on July 14 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, 4–3. In addition, the annual Civil Rights Game became a regular season game, and was played June 20 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, when the host Cincinnati Reds lost to the Chicago White Sox in an interleague game, 10–8. Both teams wore replicas of their 1965 uniforms in the contest.
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