At some point during the season I touched on Jeff Niemann and his issues holding runners on. The bad news is that Niemann was poor at holding guys all year. The good news is that at least he's not Chris Young who once allowed 44 steals without a single caught stealing (2007) and repeated the perfecto this year as 20 guys successful stole on him without a catch.
Given Niemann's height and mechanics, this flaw isn't unexpected. Someone has to be the worst on a team though, and at this skill set, that's Niemann. I'm a little tired of reviewing 2009 statistics to be honest, but I did want to give this closure by providing the data. I don't see anything else worth nothing.
| Name | IP | SB | CS | SBA | Success% | SBA/IP | SBA/9IP |
| Jeff Niemann | 180.2 | 24 | 6 | 30 | 80 | 0.17 | 1.5 |
| Joe Nelson | 40.1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 100 | 0.15 | 1.35 |
| Wade Davis | 36.1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 80 | 0.14 | 1.25 |
| *David Price | 128.1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 57.1 | 0.11 | 0.98 |
| Grant Balfour | 67.1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 85.7 | 0.1 | 0.94 |
| Lance Cormier | 77.1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 85.7 | 0.09 | 0.82 |
| Dan Wheeler | 57.2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 100 | 0.09 | 0.79 |
| *Randy Choate | 36.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 66.7 | 0.08 | 0.75 |
| *J.P. Howell | 66.2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 0.08 | 0.68 |
| *Brian Shouse | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 0.07 | 0.64 |
| *Scott Kazmir | 111 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 75 | 0.04 | 0.32 |
| Matt Garza | 203 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 42.9 | 0.03 | 0.31 |
| James Shields | 219.2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 71.4 | 0.03 | 0.29 |
| Andy Sonnanstine | 99.2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33.3 | 0.03 | 0.27 |