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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 following is a chronological list of the starting pitchers for each World Series game contested in Major League Baseball. [1]Each pitcher's win–loss record for World Series starts, cumulative through the game in question, is listed when the starting pitcher received a win or loss.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the first game of an American All-Star team's tour of Japan in 1908, making him possibly the first person who had served as a national head of government to throw out a first pitch. [1] [3] Ceremonial first pitches during the World Series are subject to the ...
With the New York Yankees hosting their first World Series game since 2009, the team had someone that was part of that last championship team throw out the first pitch. Derek Jeter, a five-time ...
This was the fourth time Bush has thrown out a World Series first pitch. The first time was when the Diamondbacks upset the Yankees. Was former President George W. Bush’s World Series ceremonial ...
The Dodgers first baseman hit his third home run of this World Series in as many games and staked L.A. to a 2-0 lead in Game 3 before a sold-out crowd could even watch the Yankees bat in their ...
October 29 – The New York Yankees even the World Series at a game apiece with a 3–1 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies. In the biggest start of his career, A. J. Burnett throws seven solid innings to get his first postseason win, holding the Phillies to only one run and four hits, while Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui provide the ...
The postseason began on October 7, 2009, and ended on November 4, 2009, with the Yankees defeating the defending World Series champion Phillies in the 2009 World Series. It was the Yankees' 27th title in franchise history, and their most recent title win, as well as the most recent title win by a team from New York City.