2009 World Series

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The 2009 World Series was the

best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL) and defending World Series champions, and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League
(AL). The Yankees defeated the Phillies, 4 games to 2, winning their 27th World Series championship.

The series was played between October 28 and November 4, broadcast on

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the AL Championship Series (ALCS) to advance to their first World Series since 2003. As a result of their loss, the Phillies became the first team since the 2001
Yankees to lose the World Series after winning it the previous year. As of 2023, this is the most recent World Series to feature a defending champion.

rain delayed start, Game 3 featured more offense, with a combined six home runs and thirteen total runs en route to a Yankee victory. The Yankees won Game 4 by scoring the decisive three runs in the ninth inning after an alert base running play by Johnny Damon. The Phillies avoided elimination with a win in Game 5, aided by Utley's second two–home run game of the series. The Yankees secured their World Series championship with a Game 6 victory in which Matsui hit his third home run of the series. He was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the series, making him the first Japanese-born player and the first full-time designated hitter
to win the award. Matsui was the series' MVP despite starting only the three games that were played at Yankee Stadium, since the designated hitter position was not used in NL ballparks at the time.

Several records were tied, extended, or broken during this World Series, including team championships (Yankees with 27), career postseason wins (Andy Pettitte with 18), career World Series saves (Mariano Rivera with 11), home runs in a World Series (Utley with five), strikeouts by a hitter in a World Series (Ryan Howard with 13), and runs batted in in a single World Series game (Matsui with six).

Teams

See also:
2009 MLB Postseason

Philadelphia Phillies

Main article: 2009 Philadelphia Phillies season

During the off-season, the Phillies promoted assistant general manager

Spring Training.[5][6]

In July 2009, Phillies scouts evaluated pitcher

trade deadline, trading four minor league players to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Cliff Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco.[10] Lee won seven of his 12 regular season starts for Philadelphia in 2009.[11]

During the regular season, the Phillies led the

disabled list in mid-June for a groin injury, however, and though he returned he did not bat above .260 for any other month that season.[13][14] Although Ibáñez did not receive MVP votes his teammates Ryan Howard and Chase Utley had successful years, finishing 3rd and 8th in the balloting respectively.[15] The Phillies finished the season with a record of 93–69 (.574), six games above the second-place Florida Marlins in their division.[12]

The second-seeded Phillies defeated the wild card Colorado Rockies in the National League Division Series (NLDS), three games to one, advancing to the National League Championship Series (NLCS).[12] Facing the Los Angeles Dodgers again, making the first NLCS rematch in back-to-back years since 2004-05 series, when Houston faced St. Louis, and the 3rd LCS rematch in back-to-back years since 2000 (the other in the 2003-04 ALCS between New York and Boston), the Phillies won the NLCS, four games to one,[12] becoming the first team to repeat as National League champions since the 1995–96 Atlanta Braves.[16] Ryan Howard won the NLCS MVP for his strong offensive performance during the series.[17] Howard tied Lou Gehrig's postseason record by having at least one RBI in eight straight games across the NLDS and NLCS.[17] They became the first World Series champion to return to the World Series the following year since the 2000–01 New York Yankees.[1]

New York Yankees

Several men in pinstriped pants and red baseball caps, some wearing pinstriped baseball jerseys and some dark blue-hooded sweatshirts, stand in a group.
The Yankees celebrate Derek Jeter breaking their franchise career hits record.
Main article: 2009 New York Yankees season

The Yankees' offseason began in November 2008 with control over their organization shifting from long-time owner George Steinbrenner to his son Hal Steinbrenner.[18] Notable player departures included Mike Mussina—who announced his retirement on November 20, 2008[19]—as well as Bobby Abreu,[20] Jason Giambi,[21] and Carl Pavano,[22] who all left as free agents. Notable free agent acquisitions included starting pitchers CC Sabathia and A. J. Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira. Another major addition was outfielder Nick Swisher, acquired in a trade with the Chicago White Sox.[23]

The Yankees played the 2009 season in

their rivals, the Boston Red Sox, compiling a record of 103–59.[25] Sabathia won 19 games and position players Alex Rodriguez and Teixeira both had strong seasons offensively, Rodriguez with 30 home runs and 100 RBI and Teixeira with 39 and 122 respectively.[25] Closing pitcher Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save against the Yankees' cross-town rival New York Mets, becoming the second pitcher in history to do so.[26] On September 11, 2009, shortstop Derek Jeter recorded his 2,722nd career hit, passing Lou Gehrig to become the all-time leader in career hits recorded as a Yankee.[27]

The top-seeded Yankees defeated the third-seeded

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in six games in the American League Championship Series (ALCS)[25] to win their first American League pennant since 2003.[16] Sabathia was named MVP of the ALCS with two wins in the series.[28] The Yankees' victory in the ALCS earned them their 40th World Series appearance in franchise history, and their first since losing to the Florida Marlins in 2003.[29]

Series preview

How great would that be? A World Series here, us against the Yankees? We've proved we can put on a pretty good show.

Jimmy Rollins, discussing the potential of a Yankees–Phillies World Series on May 24, 2009.[30]

The two teams played a three-game

closer Brad Lidge in games 2 and 3, although the Phillies came back to win the final game in extra innings.[31]

The Yankees had

third baseman Alex Rodriguez drew particular focus in the media for his success in earlier rounds of the 2009 playoffs in contrast to past postseason performances.[38][39][40] The two lineups featured 20 former All-Stars and three former MVP award winners.[34] Only one regular starter between both teams, Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz, did not have at least ten home runs during the 2009 regular season.[34] The two teams combined for 468 home runs during the season, more than any pair of opponents in World Series history.[34]

The pitching staffs were also the subject of significant discussion prior to the series.

starting rotation during the playoffs, in contrast to the four-pitcher rotation used by the Phillies.[44][45] This difference led USA Today to give the Phillies' starting rotation the "edge" in the series, as the World Series had one fewer day off than previous rounds of the playoffs, making the series less conducive to using a three-man rotation.[45] Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN criticized Girardi's strategy, arguing that Chad Gaudin should have pitched in Game 5 or 6, instead of A. J. Burnett or Andy Pettitte on reduced, three days' rest.[46] Wojciechowski argued that while Sabathia had proven his ability to pitch on shorter rest, Burnett and Pettitte should have been given their regular time between starts.[46] Burnett had drawn some criticism, as he performed poorly in his last appearance before the World Series,[41] a start in Game 5 of the ALCS in which he allowed six runs over six innings.[47] However, Burnett had previously been successful on short rest, going 4–0 with a 2.33 ERA in four career starts on short rest before this game. Some believed Girardi settled on a three-man rotation because he had limited options for a fourth starting pitcher, either Gaudin or Joba Chamberlain, who had been inconsistent as starters in the regular season and had been shifted into the bullpen for the postseason.[46][48][49]

The matchup of closers, Mariano Rivera and Brad Lidge, also drew attention. Rivera and Lidge were the only closers who had not blown a save during the 2009 postseason, whereas closers on other postseason teams blew 11 saves in the 24 postseason games before the World Series.[50] Both had performed well during the postseason, but Lidge had posted a 7.21 ERA during the 2009 regular season, in contrast to Rivera's 1.76.[50][51] Lidge's 2009 numbers were in stark contrast to the previous season (41 out of 41 save opportunities, a 1.95 ERA, and 92 strikeouts in 62 games). As a result, USA Today gave the Yankees the edge, noting that Lidge had blown two saves against the Yankees during their regular season series earlier that year.[45]

Background

The Series started on October 28, 2009, which was the latest start in World Series history, beating the previous record held by the 2001 World Series (October 27).[52] Game 4 was played on Sunday, November 1 and the series-winning Game 6 took place on November 4. The Series was only the third to end in a month other than October. The first came in 1918, which was played entirely in September after the regular season was cut short due to World War I.[53] The other such series was in 2001, when the September 11 attacks caused a delay in the baseball season that eventually forced the end of the World Series into November.[54]

Earlier in the season

Commissioner Bud Selig expressed interest in scheduling a World Series game during daylight hours instead of the evening.[55] The starting times were ultimately moved before 8 p.m. ET for the first time in 30 years, but no day games were played.[56][57] The Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) played across the street from Citizens Bank Park at Lincoln Financial Field on the day of Game 4. The NFL moved that game's kickoff time to 1 p.m. to avoid it ending too close to the start of Game 4.[58] Similarly, Game 5 was played at Citizens Bank Park on the same day as the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL) at the Wachovia Center. The opening faceoff of the hockey game was scheduled for 7 p.m. but the NHL moved it to 5 p.m. to avoid conflict.[59]

The umpires for the series were Joe West, Dana DeMuth, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Jeff Nelson and Mike Everitt.[60] The World Series crew had included at least 1 umpire who had never worked the World Series in 24 of the past 25 series; however, following several mistakes by umpires in earlier rounds of the playoffs, this crew did not.[61][62][63]

The Phillies had won the previous season's World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays for the franchise's second championship. The Yankees had lost their previous World Series appearance to the Florida Marlins in 2003 and had not won since 2000 against the New York Mets. This was the fifth Series played between teams from New York and Philadelphia, and was the first Yankees–Phillies matchup since 1950.[64] The series also was the fourth consecutive time that the Phillies would have faced a team from the current AL East in the World Series, while the Yankees had faced a NL East opponent in four of their five most recent World Series appearances.[1]

This Series had two unofficial nicknames: "Turnpike Series", for the New Jersey Turnpike, which connects New York to Philadelphia through the state of New Jersey,[33] and "Liberty Series", based on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and the Statue of Liberty in New York.[65]

Summary

New York (AL) won the series, 4–2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 28 Philadelphia Phillies – 6, New York Yankees – 1 Yankee Stadium 3:27 50,207[66] 
2 October 29 Philadelphia Phillies – 1, New York Yankees − 3 Yankee Stadium 3:25 50,181[67] 
3 October 31 New York Yankees – 8, Philadelphia Phillies – 5 Citizens Bank Park 3:25 46,061[68] 
4 November 1 New York Yankees – 7, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 Citizens Bank Park 3:25 46,145[69] 
5 November 2 New York Yankees – 6, Philadelphia Phillies – 8 Citizens Bank Park 3:26 46,178[70] 
6 November 4 Philadelphia Phillies – 3, New York Yankees – 7 Yankee Stadium 3:52 50,315[71]

Matchups

Game 1

A man in a gray baseball uniform with red sleeves and cap throws a baseball with his left arm.
Phillies starting pitcher Cliff Lee, pictured in the 2009 regular season, became the first pitcher to ever throw a postseason series opener complete game against the Yankees without allowing an earned run.
October 28, 2009 7:57 pm (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York 53 °F (12 °C), chance of rain
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 6 9 1
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
WP: Cliff Lee (1–0)   LP: CC Sabathia (0–1)
Home runs:
PHI: Chase Utley 2 (2)
NYY: None
Boxscore
A man in a green military uniform prepares to throw a ball, while two women and a man on the left wearing red jackets with "World Series" on the chest look on.
Ceremonial first pitch of the World Series with Michelle Obama, Jill Biden, and Yogi Berra watching

Second Lady Jill Biden escorted former Yankees catcher and World War II veteran Yogi Berra to the mound, where the ceremonial first pitch was thrown by a veteran of the Iraq War.[72] The Phillies' Ryan Howard got the first hit of the 2009 World Series by doubling in the first inning.[73] Howard was stranded in the first and the game was scoreless after two innings.[73] The Phillies scored first with a two-out home run by Chase Utley in the top of the third inning.[73] Through the first five innings, Philadelphia starting pitcher Cliff Lee allowed no runs and three hits, striking out seven Yankees batters.[73] In the top of the sixth, Utley hit another home run to give the Phillies a 2–0 lead.[73] The starting pitchers Lee and CC Sabathia continued to pitch until the top of the eighth when Sabathia was replaced by Phil Hughes.[73] Hughes walked the first two batters and was replaced by Dámaso Marte.[73] Marte got two quick outs and was relieved by David Robertson, who walked Jayson Werth and gave up a two-run single to Raúl Ibañez.[73] The Phillies added two more runs in the ninth with an RBI single by Shane Victorino and an RBI double by Howard.[73] Lee finished with a complete game allowing one unearned run on six hits and striking out ten batters, not walking any of the hitters he faced.[73]

Lee's pitching performance made history in several ways:[74]

  • This was the fourth postseason start of Lee's career. In all four starts, he went at least seven innings and gave up no more than one earned run. The only other starting pitcher ever to begin his postseason career with four such starts was Christy Mathewson.
  • He was also the first left-handed starter to beat the Yankees in The Bronx to open a World Series since Sandy Koufax in 1963.
  • He was the first starting pitcher to throw a complete game without giving up an earned run against the Yankees in Game 1 of a postseason series.
  • Lee was the first pitcher ever to strike out at least ten, walk no one, and give up no earned runs in a World Series start.

Game 2

A man in a gray baseball uniform and navy blue cap stands on a dirt mound. He is striding forward with his left leg as he clutches a baseball behind his head with his right hand and curls his left hand, wearing a baseball glove, under his outstretched arm. His uniform reads "New York" in navy blue letters across the chest. His face is contorted in concentration.
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, pictured during the 2007 regular season, pitched two scoreless innings in Game 2 for the save.
October 29, 2009 7:57 pm (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York 52 °F (11 °C), Overcast
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
New York 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 3 8 0
WP: A. J. Burnett (1–0)   LP: Pedro Martínez (0–1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
PHI: None
NYY: Mark Teixeira (1), Hideki Matsui (1)
Boxscore

Prior to the game,

long standing rivalry; it was also the second-ever World Series start that Martínez made.[76] There was much media interest in Martínez's "return to Yankee Stadium" for Game 2, as he told reporters at a pre-game press conference "When you have 60,000 people chanting your name, waiting for you to throw the ball, you have to consider yourself someone special, someone that really has a purpose out there."[77]

The Phillies scored first for the second game in a row, with Raúl Ibañez hitting a ground rule double and then scoring on a Matt Stairs RBI single off A. J. Burnett in the second inning.[78]

Mark Teixeira tied the game with a home run in the fourth inning, and Hideki Matsui broke the tie in the sixth with another homer.[78] Martínez departed the game after giving up consecutive hits to Jerry Hairston Jr. and Melky Cabrera to start the seventh inning, and reliever Chan Ho Park gave up an RBI single to Jorge Posada.[79] With Cabrera at second base and Posada at first, Johnny Damon hit a low line drive at Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard. Howard grabbed the ball and threw to second where Posada was tagged and called out while standing on the base. First-base umpire Brian Gorman ruled that Howard had caught the ball in the air; thus, the result was an inning-ending double play. Both Posada and Joe Girardi vehemently protested the call, claiming that the batted ball had hit the ground before being caught; however, the umpires did not reverse the call. ESPN reported that Gorman blew the call.[80] This was the first of two calls made by Gorman in Game Two that were heavily criticized.[81][82][83]

Burnett left the game after seven innings, having given up one run. He was replaced by Mariano Rivera in the eighth inning.[78] With one out in the eighth, the Phillies put two runners on with a walk to Jimmy Rollins and a single by Shane Victorino.[78] However, Chase Utley grounded into an inning-ending double play[78] ending on a close play at first base. The play was the second disputed call made by umpire Brian Gorman in Game Two. Gorman himself later admitted he missed this call, saying, "on a freeze frame, it looks like there's a little bit of a ball outside [Teixeira's] glove when [Utley] hits the bag."[83] Ultimately, Rivera threw 39 pitches and got six outs for his 38th postseason save, his tenth in World Series play.[84]

Burnett earned the win in Game Two.[85]

Game 3

October 31, 2009 9:17 pm (EDT) at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 69 °F (21 °C), Occasional shower
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 8 8 1
Philadelphia 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 6 0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1–0)   LP: Cole Hamels (0–1)
Home runs:
NYY: Alex Rodriguez (1), Nick Swisher (1), Hideki Matsui (2)
PHI: Jayson Werth 2 (2), Carlos Ruiz (1)
Boxscore

The start of the game was postponed 80 minutes due to a rain delay, pushing the start time to 9:17 p.m.

MLB instant replay, which revealed that the ball had struck a camera sticking over the top of the wall, so the ball was ruled a two-run home run,[90] giving Rodriguez his first World Series hit.[91] This was the first home run reviewed by instant replay in postseason play.[90] Specifically, the ball hit a camera owned by Fox and MLB which extended slightly over the right field wall.[90] The camera was moved back for Game 4 such that its lens was in line with the wall.[90] Coincidentally, Alex Rodriguez also had the first regular season home run reviewed by replay.[92]

Nick Swisher opened the top of the fifth inning with a double and scored on a single to center field by Andy Pettitte.[89] This was Pettitte's first career postseason RBI and the first RBI by a Yankees pitcher in a World Series since Jim Bouton in 1964.[93] Derek Jeter followed Pettitte with another single, and both runners scored on a two-run double by Johnny Damon.[89] Cole Hamels then walked Teixeira and was relieved by J. A. Happ. Happ closed out the fifth without allowing further scoring, but Nick Swisher added to the Yankees lead with a home run off of him in the sixth.[89] Werth hit his second home run of the game leading off the bottom of the sixth to close the Yankees lead to 6–4,[89] becoming the second Phillies player to hit multiple home runs in this World Series.

Chad Durbin relieved Happ in the top of the seventh. He walked Johnny Damon, who then stole second base. Rodriguez was then hit by a pitch, and Damon scored on a single by Jorge Posada.[89] Joba Chamberlain relieved Pettitte in the bottom of the seventh and retired the side in order. Brett Myers retired the first two batters in the top of the eighth, but Hideki Matsui then hit a home run pinch hitting for Chamberlain.[94] Phil Hughes pitched a third of an inning in the bottom of the ninth and allowed a solo home run to Carlos Ruiz before being relieved by Mariano Rivera.[89] Rivera closed out the game, throwing just five pitches to record the final two outs.[89] This game was Pettitte's 17th career postseason win, extending his MLB record.[93]

Game 4

A man in grey pants, a blue baseball jersey, and a red baseball cap with "P" on it jogs on a grass field while carrying a red article of clothing in his right hand.
Phillies closer Brad Lidge, pictured during the 2008 regular season, allowed three runs in the ninth inning of a tied Game 4 and took the loss.
November 1, 2009 8:20 pm (EST) at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 52 °F (11 °C), Mostly cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 9 1
Philadelphia 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 8 1
WP: Joba Chamberlain (1–0)   LP: Brad Lidge (0–1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
NYY: None
PHI: Chase Utley (3), Pedro Feliz (1)
Boxscore

This game marked the second time the World Series was held during November. Prior to the start of the game, Derek Jeter and

home plate. As Sabathia threw to second base, Mike Everitt signaled that Howard was safe due to the attempted play on Feliz. Sabathia then pitched to Carlos Ruiz as part of an intentional walk, therefore losing the right to appeal that Howard missed home.[99][100]

Nick Swisher walked to lead off the fifth inning and advanced to second on a Melky Cabrera single.[97] Swisher restored the Yankees' lead, scoring on a single by Jeter, and Cabrera added to it by scoring a run on a Damon single.[97] Brett Gardner replaced Cabrera in center field as a defensive substitution in the bottom of the sixth inning after Cabrera left the game due to a hamstring injury.[101] Chan Ho Park relieved Phillies starter Joe Blanton in the seventh and held the Yankees scoreless in that inning.[97] Chase Utley hit his third home run of the series in the bottom of the seventh with two outs, bringing the game to 4–3. Dámaso Marte relieved Sabathia and got the final out of the seventh without further scoring.[97]

Ryan Madson relieved Park in the eighth and allowed a walk and a single but held the Yankees scoreless.[97] Joba Chamberlain replaced Marte in the bottom of the inning. He struck out the first two batters he faced but allowed a game-tying home run to Feliz before closing the inning.[97]

Brad Lidge came into the game for the ninth inning, popping out Matsui and striking out Jeter before surrendering a two-out single to Damon—after a nine-pitch at bat with two strikes and four foul balls.

slider with sharp downward movement—for the rest of the inning, as it risked a wild pitch that would have allowed Damon to score from third base.[106][107] Teixeira was then hit by a pitch and Rodriguez put the Yankees ahead with a double, scoring Damon.[97] Posada added to that lead with a single that scored Teixeira and Rodriguez, but was thrown out at second to end the inning.[97] Mariano Rivera entered in the bottom of the ninth and saved the game for the Yankees on eight pitches for his second save of the series.[97]

Game 5

A man in white pants, a red baseball jersey with "Phillies" on the chest, and a red batting helmet with "P" on it runs on a dirt surface.
Phillies second baseman Chase Utley, pictured during spring training in 2007, tied a World Series record with five home runs in the series.
November 2, 2009 7:57 pm (EST) at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 51 °F (11 °C), cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 6 10 0
Philadelphia 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 X 8 9 0
WP: Cliff Lee (2–0)   LP: A. J. Burnett (1–1)   Sv: Ryan Madson (1)
Home runs:
NYY: None
PHI: Chase Utley 2 (5), Raúl Ibañez (1)
Boxscore

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RBI singles by Jayson Werth and Raúl Ibañez.[110] With no outs in the inning, Burnett was relieved by David Robertson, who allowed another run to score on a Carlos Ruiz ground out.[110]

Robertson held the Phillies scoreless for a second inning in the fourth.[110] Jorge Posada entered as a pinch hitter in the fifth inning for José Molina and grounded out.[110] Eric Hinske then pinch hit for Robertson and walked, advanced to third on a Derek Jeter single, and scored on a ground out by Damon.[110] Alfredo Aceves entered as the new Yankee pitcher in the bottom of the fifth.[110] The first batter he faced, Jayson Werth, hit a deep drive to center field but it was caught for an out by Gardner, who collided with the outfield wall to complete the play.[110] Aceves completed the inning without a run scoring, inducing ground outs from Ibáñez and Ruiz.[110] Phil Coke relieved Aceves in the seventh inning and allowed two Phillies players to tie World Series records.[110] First, Utley tied Reggie Jackson's record for most home runs in a World Series with a home run, his fifth of the series.[111] Coke then struck out Howard, Howard's 12th strikeout in the series, tying Willie Wilson's record for most strikeouts in a World Series.[112] Finally, Coke was driven from the game after allowing another home run, this time to Ibáñez, and was relieved by Phil Hughes.[110]

Victorino was

starting rotation strategy following Game 3,[46] and contended that Burnett's poor performance was caused by insufficient rest in between starts.[113] However, Burnett had been successful up to this point in such situations, going 4–0 with a 2.33 ERA in four career starts on short rest (less than the normal four days between starts) before this game.[114]

Game 6

A man in a grey baseball uniform and blue batting helmet looks to the right as he clenches a swung baseball bat behind him.
Yankees designated hitter Hideki Matsui, pictured here in the 2007 regular season, tied a World Series record for most RBIs in a single game and won the World Series MVP award.
November 4, 2009 7:57 pm (EST) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York 50 °F (10 °C), Clear
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 0
New York 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 X 7 8 0
WP: Andy Pettitte (2–0)   LP: Pedro Martínez (0–2)
Home runs:
PHI: Ryan Howard (1)
NYY: Hideki Matsui (3)
Boxscore

This game was the first Game 6 in a World Series since the 2003 World Series six years earlier, the longest such gap in the history of the World Series.[115] Mary J. Blige, a Bronx native, performed "The Star-Spangled Banner".[116] Andy Pettitte started on three days rest, the third straight game in which the Yankees fielded a pitcher on short rest.[117] The Phillies started Pedro Martínez, who called himself and opposing pitcher Andy Pettitte "old goats" and acknowledged that Red Sox fans were rooting for him: "I know that they don't like the Yankees to win, not even in Nintendo games."[118]

The Yankees scored first with an Alex Rodriguez walk opening the bottom of the second inning followed by a two-run home run by

bases loaded in the bottom of the third, scoring Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon.[119] Damon, injured running the bases while scoring, was replaced defensively in the top of the fourth by Jerry Hairston Jr.[119]

Many men in white baseball uniforms and blue caps, some wearing blue jackets, stand near a dirt mound. Some are hugging each other.
The Yankees celebrate their 7–3 win and the franchise's 27th World Series championship.

Phillies starter Pedro Martínez was removed after allowing four runs in four innings, relieved in the fifth by Chad Durbin.

RBI of the game, which tied a World Series record for most RBI in a single game set by Bobby Richardson in the 1960 World Series.[120]

The Phillies made the game closer in the top of the sixth inning, as Chase Utley drew a walk and Ryan Howard followed him with a two-run home run, bringing the score to 7–3.

intentionally walked Jorge Posada but escaped the inning without allowing a run.[119]

Marte recorded one out, a strikeout of Howard, in the top of the eighth inning.

closer Mariano Rivera in a non-save situation.[119] Rivera allowed a double to Ibáñez, but no runs, in the eighth.[119] After retiring the first two batters in the eighth, Eyre gave way to Ryan Madson, who allowed a single to Jeter before ending the bottom of the eighth inning.[119] Matt Stairs led off the ninth as a pinch hitter, but lined out. Ruiz worked a walk from Rivera, but successive outs by Rollins and Victorino ended the game 7–3 to clinch the World Series for the Yankees.[119] Pettitte added to his own record for most playoff wins, bringing his career total to 18.[122]

Composite line score

2009 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (AL) beat Philadelphia Phillies (NL).

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia Phillies 4 4 5 1 0 4 3 3 3 27 44 2
New York Yankees 3 2 2 3 9 2 2 4 5 32 49 2
Total attendance: 289,087   Average attendance: 48,181
Winning player's share: $350,029.99[123][124]   Losing player's share: $265,357.50[125]

Broadcasting

For the tenth consecutive year in the United States,

WCBS-AM carried the Yankees' English broadcasts with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman announcing.[128] This broadcast made Waldman the first woman to announce a World Series game on radio.[129] XM Satellite Radio offered multiple feeds of each game to its subscribers.[130]

Ratings

Television ratings for the 2009 World Series were excellent. Game 1 attracted 19.5 million viewers, second only to the opening of the 2004 World Series for a series opener since 2000 and 29% higher than 2008's opening game.[131][132] Game 4 produced the highest total viewership of the series with 22.8 million viewers, the highest for any World Series game since 2004 and the highest for a "non-decisive Game 4" since 2001.[133] At 11.7 overall, the 2009 World Series was at the time the highest rated World Series since 2004 and one of the only World Series to average double digits since 2007, the other being the 2016 World Series.[134]

Game
Ratings

(households)
Share

(households)		 American audience
(in millions)
1[132] 11.9 19 19.5
2[135] 11.7 19 18.9
3[136] 9.1 18 15.4
4[133] 13.5 22 22.8
5[137] 10.6 16 17.1
6[138] 13.4 22 22.3

Impact and aftermath

Many players with both teams won awards for their performances during the 2009 season. Teixeira and Jeter each won a

Sportsman of the Year for 2009.[142][143] Matsui won the World Series MVP for his play, becoming the first Japanese player and first full-time designated hitter to win the award.[120][144] He joined former Minnesota Twins player Dan Gladden as members of the 1994 Japan Series-winning Yomiuri Giants team who have won championships in North America and Japan.[145] Several items related to the series were sent to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum including bats from Jeter and Matsui; caps from Rivera, Lee, and Pettitte; and Johnny Damon's cleats.[146]

Yankees

A black man on the left wearing a white T-shirt and dark jacket smiles holding a sign, while a white man on the right wearing a blue sweatshirt which reads "Champions" points upwards. White streamers hang from a building in the background.
CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira during the victory parade
A woman in an American Navy uniform stands before a microphone with several people behind her on stage. The stage is in front of a building with a sign that reads "#27!".
Ticker-tape parade at New York City Hall
Two men in dark suits stand in front of a crowd in the background and behind a podium in the foreground with the Seal of the President of the United States on it. The two men are holding a white jersey with pinstripes and the number 27 on it.
President Barack Obama meets with the 2009 World Series champion New York Yankees at the White House.

The series win brought the Yankees' franchise championship total to 27,[122][147] more than any other North American professional sports franchise. This championship came in the Yankees' first year in their new stadium. They had also won the 1923 World Series, the opening year of the previous Yankee Stadium.[148] The victory was noted by some sportswriters as a personal success for Alex Rodriguez, winning his first and only world championship and succeeding in the playoffs where some had previously claimed he was a "choker and a loser".[149][150][151] Prior to this series, Rodriguez had appeared in 2,166 regular season games without a World Series appearance, then the second-most among active players to Ken Griffey Jr.[149][151]

The Yankees' victory was credited to a number of different sources.

starting rotation.[158] The Yankees were the first team to use only three starters in a World Series since the San Diego Padres in the 1998 Series.[48]

Several members of the Yankees franchise dedicated the World Series in part to team owner George Steinbrenner, who had recently stepped back from his once prominent position with the team.

championship rings on Opening Day the next season.[164] Matsui was on the Angels in 2010 and when the Angels played their first series of the season in the Bronx, the Yankees home opener, they presented him with his ring.[165] They also visited U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House in April 2010, presenting him with a signed jersey.[166]

The Yankees returned to the playoffs the following season, as the

2022, losing each time and becoming the first team to lose five straight LCS. They have not been in the World Series since 2009.[168] With the Mets losing in 2015
, this remains the most recent World Series championship by a team from New York City.

Phillies

Following Game 4, after the Yankees took a 3–1 series lead, The Philadelphia Inquirer accidentally printed a three-quarters-page Macy's advertisement congratulating the Phillies for winning the World Series, along with a picture of a Phillies championship T-shirt. The newspaper subsequently apologized for the mistake.[169]

Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated attributed Philadelphia's loss to a lack of pitching depth, noting that three different Yankees starters managed to win games in the series, while only Cliff Lee won games for the Phillies. The Phillies' 2008 postseason star pitchers, starter Cole Hamels and closer Brad Lidge, struggled in their only appearances of the 2009 World Series. The Phillies bullpen which did well in the NLCS performed poorly in the World Series, allowing seven runs in just 11+2⁄3 innings with a 5.40 ERA.[170] Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN partially attributed the Phillies' loss to their lack of offensive production, citing the team's .227 batting average in the World Series. Only Chase Utley performed well with 5 home runs and 22 of the Phillies' 90 bases, while Shane Victorino and Jimmy Rollins struggled at the plate, and Ryan Howard struck out a record 13 times in the World Series after his NLCS MVP performance.[171]

David Paterson ticket scandal

Among those in attendance during Game 1 was

New York Governor David Paterson, whose party had five tickets behind home plate. On March 3, 2010, the New York Commission on Public Integrity found that Paterson had violated state laws concerning gifts to public officials, and that he lied under oath to the commission about his intent to pay for the tickets.[172] The commission further found that Paterson used his position to solicit and receive the five tickets—valued at US$425 each—free of charge from the Yankees,[173] that he had never intended to pay for the tickets despite testimony to the contrary, and that he or a person acting on his behalf wrote a backdated check to pay for them only after scrutiny in the case arose.[172][173] The Commission ultimately fined Paterson $62,125 for his actions.[174]

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