| 2009 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 28 – November 4 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Yankee Stadium (New York) Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia) | |||||||||
| MVP | Hideki Matsui (New York) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Gerry Davis (crew chief), Jeff Nelson, Brian Gorman, Mike Everitt, Dana DeMuth, Joe West | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Yankees: Derek Jeter Mariano Rivera Phillies: Pedro Martínez | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox (United States) MLB International (International) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Fox) Dave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International) | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN WCBS (NYY) WPHT (PHI) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (ESPN) John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman (WCBS) Scott Franzke, Tom McCarthy, Chris Wheeler, Larry Andersen and Gary Matthews (WPHT) | |||||||||
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| ALCS | New York Yankees over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (4–2) | |||||||||
| NLCS | Philadelphia Phillies over Los Angeles Dodgers (4–1) | |||||||||
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The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season. As the 105th[1] edition of the World Series, it was a 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 Fox, and watched by an average of roughly 19 million viewers. Home field advantage for the Series went to the AL for the eighth straight year as a result of its 4–3 win in the All-Star Game. The Phillies earned their berth into the playoffs by winning the National League East. The Yankees won the American League East to earn their berth, posting the best record in the Major Leagues. The Phillies reached the World Series by defeating the Colorado Rockies in the best-of-five National League Division Series and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins in the American League Division Series and the 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 2024, this is the most recent World Series to feature a defending champion.
Cliff Lee pitched a complete game in the Phillies' Game 1 victory, allowing only one unearned run, while Chase Utley hit two home runs. In Game 2, solo home runs by Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui helped the Yankees win by a score of 3–1. After a 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).
- ^ "Playoff and World Series Stats and Results". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2009.