| perfect ninth | 8.95 | Herges pitched a perfect ninth. | ||
| scoreless ninth | 4.34 | Worrell pitched a scoreless ninth. | ||
| hitless ninth | 1.78 | Heath Murray finished with a hitless ninth. | ||
| disappointing ninth | 0.72 | Defending World Cup champion Maier finished a disappointing ninth. | ||
| one-hit ninth | 0.53 | Armando Benitez pitched a one-hit ninth. | ||
| distant ninth | 0.46 | Bernie Williams of the Yankees was a distant ninth in the voting. | ||
| finishing ninth | 0.39 | Jean-Marc Gounon, given as finishing ninth in the race, was unclassified. | ||
| batted ninth | 0.26 | Darren Lewis started in his place and batted ninth. | ||
| ranked ninth | 0.26 | The Gamecocks, ranked ninth in both polls, visit Arkansas this Saturday. |