2009 Atlanta Braves | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Turner Field | |
City | Atlanta | |
Record | 86–76 (.531) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Liberty Media | |
General managers | Frank Wren | |
Managers | Bobby Cox | |
Television | ||
Radio | Atlanta Braves Radio Network Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Mark Lemke, Jon Sciambi | |
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The 2009 Atlanta Braves season was the 44th season in Atlanta and the 139th overall. The Braves were once again skippered by Bobby Cox, then in his 24th season managing the team. It was the Braves' 44th season in Atlanta, and the 138th season overall for the franchise.
Player | Former Team | Contract Terms |
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Derek Lowe (RHP) | L.A. Dodgers | 4 years/$60M |
Kenshin Kawakami (RHP) | Chunichi Dragons (NPB) | 3 years/$23M |
Garret Anderson (OF) | L.A. Angeles of Anaheim | 1 year/$2.5M |
David Ross (C) | Boston Red Sox | 2 years/$3M |
Player | New Team |
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John Smoltz (RHP) | Boston Red Sox |
Mike Hampton (LHP) | Houston Astros |
Corky Miller (C) | Chicago White Sox |
Julián Tavárez (RHP) | Washington Nationals |
Chuck James (LHP) | FREE AGENT |
December 4, 2008 | to Chicago White Sox (IF) Brent Lillibridge & Minor League prospects Tyler Flowers, Jon Gilmore & Santos Rodriguez | to Atlanta Braves (P) Javier Vázquez & (P) Boone Logan [1] |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 45–36 | 48–33 |
Florida Marlins | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 43–38 | 44–37 |
Atlanta Braves | 86 | 76 | .531 | 7 | 40–41 | 46–35 |
New York Mets | 70 | 92 | .432 | 23 | 41–40 | 29–52 |
Washington Nationals | 59 | 103 | .364 | 34 | 33–48 | 26–55 |
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
Arizona | – | 3–4 | 4-2 | 1–5 | 7-11 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 7-11 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 11-7 | 5-13 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–10 |
Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 8-10 | 3-3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 10-8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10-8 | 7–8 |
Chicago | 2-4 | 2–4 | – | 10-5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–6 | 3–5 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 1–5 | 10-4 | 4–5 | 4-2 | 6-10 | 5–2 | 6–9 |
Cincinnati | 5-1 | 6-3 | 5-10 | – | 0-7 | 3-3 | 12-4 | 1-5 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 13-5 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 3-4 | 6-9 |
Colorado | 11-7 | 4-4 | 4-2 | 7-0 | – | 2-4 | 2-5 | 4-14 | 6-0 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 10-8 | 8-10 | 6-1 | 6-0 | 11-4 |
Florida | 3-5 | 10-8 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 4-2 | – | 4–3 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 11-7 | 9-9 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 12-6 | 10-8 |
Houston | 4–5 | 3-3 | 6-11 | 4-12 | 5-2 | 3-4 | – | 4–3 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 6-9 |
Los Angeles | 11-7 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 14-4 | 3-3 | 3-4 | – | 3–3 | 5-1 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 10-8 | 11-7 | 2-5 | 3-2 | 9-9 |
Milwaukee | 5-2 | 3-3 | 7-10 | 7-8 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 10-5 | 3-3 | – | 3-3 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 9-9 | 5-3 | 5-10 |
New York | 2-5 | 5-13 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 7-11 | 5-1 | 1-5 | 3-3 | – | 6-12 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 10-8 | 5–10 |
Philadelphia | 5-1 | 8-10 | 5-1 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 9-9 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 12-6 | – | 4-2 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 15-3 | 6-12 |
Pittsburgh | 1-6 | 4-3 | 4-10 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 4-2 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 2-4 | – | 3-4 | 2-4 | 5-10 | 5-3 | 8–7 |
San Diego | 7-11 | 3-3 | 5-4 | 6-1 | 8-10 | 2-4 | 1-6 | 8-10 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 2-5 | 4-3 | – | 10-8 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 5–10 |
San Francisco | 13-5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 10-8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7-11 | 5-4 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 8-10 | – | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
St. Louis | 4-2 | 2-4 | 10-6 | 8-8 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 1-4 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 3-4 | – | 6–1 | 9–6 |
Washington | 5-1 | 8-10 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-6 | 6-12 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 8-10 | 3-15 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-6 | – | 7–11 |
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June 3, 2009 | to Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League prospects (OF) Gorkys Hernández, (P) Charlie Morton & (P) Jeff Locke | to Atlanta Braves (OF) Nate McLouth [2] |
July 10, 2009 | to New York Mets (OF) Jeff Francoeur & Cash | to Atlanta Braves (OF) Ryan Church [3] |
July 31, 2009 | to Boston Red Sox (1B) Casey Kotchman | to Atlanta Braves (1B) Adam LaRoche & Cash [4] |
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played
Pos | Player | GP |
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C | Brian McCann | 127 |
1B | Casey Kotchman × [4] | 85 |
2B | Kelly Johnson | 84 |
SS | Yunel Escobar × | 139 |
3B | Chipper Jones | 133 |
LF | Garret Anderson × | 124 |
CF | Nate McLouth † | 84 |
RF | Jeff Francoeur × [3] | 80 |
As of October 4, 2009
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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18 Garret Anderson | 135 | 496 | 52 | 133 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 61 | .268 | 1 |
26 Brian Barton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .--- | 0 |
1 Gregor Blanco # | 24 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .186 | 2 |
25 Barbaro Canizares # | 5 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | 0 |
25 Ryan Church * [3] | 44 | 127 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .260 | 0 |
26 Brooks Conrad | 30 | 54 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .204 | 0 |
23 Matt Diaz | 125 | 371 | 56 | 116 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 58 | .313 | 12 |
19 Yunel Escobar | 141 | 528 | 89 | 158 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 76 | .299 | 5 |
7 Jeff Francoeur | 82 | 304 | 32 | 76 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 35 | .250 | 5 |
30 Reid Gorecki | 31 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | 1 |
27 Diory Hernández # | 33 | 85 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .141 | 0 |
4 Omar Infante | 70 | 203 | 24 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | .305 | 2 |
2 Kelly Johnson | 106 | 303 | 47 | 68 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 29 | .224 | 7 |
28 Brandon Jones | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 | 0 |
10 Chipper Jones | 143 | 488 | 80 | 129 | 23 | 2 | 18 | 71 | .264 | 4 |
22 Casey Kotchman | 87 | 298 | 28 | 84 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 41 | .282 | 0 |
22 Adam LaRoche * [4] | 57 | 212 | 30 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 40 | .325 | 0 |
16 Brian McCann | 138 | 488 | 63 | 137 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 94 | .281 | 4 |
13 Nate McLouth * [2] | 84 | 339 | 59 | 87 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 36 | .257 | 12 |
20 Greg Norton | 95 | 76 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .145 | 0 |
14 Martín Prado | 128 | 450 | 64 | 138 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 49 | .307 | 1 |
8 David Ross | 54 | 128 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .273 | 0 |
5 Clint Sammons | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | 0 |
24 Jordan Schafer # | 50 | 167 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .204 | 2 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 309 | 24 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .139 | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5539 | 735 | 1459 | 300 | 20 | 149 | 700 | .263 | 58 |
As of October 4, 2009
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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46 Manny Acosta # | 1 | 1 | 4.34 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 32 |
Jeff Bennett † [5] | 2 | 4 | 3.18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 23 |
Blaine Boyer † [6] | 0 | 1 | 40.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
57 Jorge Campillo # | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
38 Buddy Carlyle | 0 | 1 | 8.86 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 12 |
51 Mike González | 5 | 4 | 2.42 | 80 | 0 | 10 | 74.1 | 28 | 20 | 33 | 90 |
48 Tommy Hanson | 11 | 4 | 2.89 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 127.2 | 42 | 41 | 46 | 116 |
15 Tim Hudson | 2 | 1 | 3.61 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 42.1 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 30 |
49 Jair Jurrjens | 14 | 10 | 2.60 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 215.0 | 71 | 62 | 75 | 152 |
11 Kenshin Kawakami | 7 | 12 | 3.86 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 156.1 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 105 |
36 Boone Logan | 1 | 1 | 5.19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
32 Derek Lowe | 15 | 10 | 4.67 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 194.2 | 109 | 101 | 63 | 111 |
54 Kris Medlen | 3 | 5 | 4.26 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 67.2 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 72 |
58 Peter Moylan | 6 | 2 | 2.84 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 29 | 23 | 35 | 61 |
56 Vladimir Núñez | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
34 Eric O'Flaherty | 2 | 1 | 3.04 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 56.1 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 39 |
40 James Parr # | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
37 Jo-Jo Reyes # | 0 | 2 | 7.00 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27.0 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 21 |
39 Rafael Soriano | 1 | 6 | 2.97 | 77 | 0 | 27 | 75.2 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 102 |
50 Luis Valdez | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
33 Javier Vázquez | 15 | 10 | 2.87 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 219.1 | 75 | 70 | 44 | 238 |
Team Totals | 86 | 76 | 3.57 | 162 | 162 | 38 | 1462.2 | 641 | 581 | 530 | 1232 |
As of October 4, 2009
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