2009 Houston Astros season

2009 Houston Astros
2009 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers	Ed Wade
Managers	Cecil Cooper, Dave Clark (interim)
Television	FSN Houston ; (Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)
Radio	KTRH ; (Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond); KLAT (Spanish)
Stats	ESPN.com ; BB-reference

Last updated February 09, 2024

The Houston Astros' 2009 season is the 48th season for the franchise in the National League in Houston, Texas and their 10th season at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros attempted to win the National League Central for the fifth time (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001), but failed.

Regular season

April

The Astros lost their season opening series against the Cubs, their one win coming off of former Cincinnati Red Jeff Keppinger's tenth inning RBI single in his first at bat with the club.^[1] They were then swept by the Cardinals in St. Louis in a three-game series, giving up 19 runs while only being able to score 5 runs. The team then traveled to Pittsburgh where they lost the first game 7-0.^[2] The next day, Mike Hampton won his second start of his second stint with the franchise with an 8 strikeout, 6 inning outing for the win over the Pirates.^[3] Lance Berkman's 6th inning 3 run home run helped the Astros win the third game of the series against the Pirates. The Astros then returned home to Minute Maid Park, where they had three good outings against the Reds by ace Roy Oswalt, journeyman Wandy Rodríguez and Triple-A Round Rock call-up Felipe Paulino. José Valverde gave up a 2-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to Ramón Hernández for the loss in Oswalt's game on April 17,^[4] Rodriguez's got the win with a strong offensive outing by the Astros led by Geoff Blum with 3 RBIs on April 18,^[5] and Geoff Geary gave up a two-run double to Micah Owings in the top of the seventh inning for the loss in Paulino's game on April 19.^[6] In the fourth game of the series, Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee's back to back solo shot home runs were not enough to beat the Red's Edwin Encarnación's 2 RBI single and Joey Votto's 2 RBI double to give the Red's the series, 3–1.^[7] The Houston Astros are an even 451 wins and 451 losses against the Chicago Cubs

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	91	71	0.562	—	46–35	45–36
Chicago Cubs	83	78	0.516	7½	46–34	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	0.494	11	40–41	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	0.481	13	40–41	38–43
Houston Astros	74	88	0.457	17	44–37	30–51
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	99	0.385	28½	40–41	22–58

Record vs. opponents

2009 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009
Team	ARI	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

Game log

2009 Game Log

April (9–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 6	Cubs	4–2	Zambrano (1–0)	Oswalt (0–1)	Gregg (1)	43,827	0–1
2	April 7	Cubs	3–2 (10)	Brocail (1–0)	Cotts (0–1)		31,121	1–1
3	April 8	Cubs	11–6	Lilly (1–0)	Moehler (0–1)		30,047	1–2
4	April 10	@ Cardinals	5–3	Piñeiro (1–0)	Hampton (0–1)	McClellan (1)	37,224	1–3
5	April 11	@ Cardinals	11–2	Wainwright (1–0)	Oswalt (0–2)		43,454	1–4
6	April 12	@ Cardinals	3–0	Lohse (2–0)	Rodríguez (0–1)		36,310	1–5
7	April 13	@ Pirates	7–0	Duke (2–0)	Moehler (0–2)		38,411	1–6
8	April 15	@ Pirates	4–1	Hampton (1–1)	Ohlendorf (0–2)		20,690	2–6
9	April 16	@ Pirates	6–3	Wright (1–0)	Burnett (0–1)	Hawkins (1)	13,877	3–6
10	April 17	Reds	2–1	Masset (1–0)	Valverde (0–1)	Cordero (3)	32,268	3–7
11	April 18	Reds	7–0	Rodríguez (1–1)	Harang (1–2)		30,141	4–7
12	April 19	Reds	4–2	Vólquez (2–1)	Geary (0–1)	Cordero (4)	29,372	4–8
13	April 20	Reds	4–3	Arroyo (3–0)	Geary (0–2)	Cordero (5)	23,308	4–9
14	April 21	Dodgers	8–5	Ortiz (1–0)	Kershaw (0–1)	Valverde (1)	26,360	5–9
15	April 22	Dodgers	6–5	Sampson (1–0)	Belisario (0–1)	Hawkins (2)	26,725	6–9
16	April 23	Dodgers	2–0	Billingsley (4–0)	Rodríguez (1–2)	Broxton (5)	26,081	6–10
17	April 24	Brewers	5–2	Gallardo (2–1)	Paulino (0–1)		25,316	6–11
18	April 25	Brewers	9–8 (11)	DiFelice (1–0)	Geary (0–3)		31,355	6–12
19	April 26	Brewers	3–2	Ortiz (2–0)	Parra (0–4)	Valverde (2)	27,690	7–12
20	April 27	@ Reds	4–1	Sampson (2–0)	Cordero (0–1)		12,365	8–12
21	April 28	@ Reds	8–3	Rodríguez (2–2)	Harang (2–3)		9,878	9–12
22	April 29	@ Reds	3–0	Vólquez (3–2)	Paulino (0–2)	Cordero (7)	12,681	9–13

May (11–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
23	May 1	@ Braves	7–2	Lowe (3–1)	Hampton (1–2)		29,309	9–14
24	May 2	@ Braves	5–1	Byrdak (1–0)	Carlyle (0–1)		28,203	10–14
25	May 3	@ Braves	7–5	Geary (1–3)	Moylan (1–2)	Hawkins (3)	27,921	11–14
26	May 4	@ Nationals	9–4	Lannan (1–3)	Wright (1–1)		14,115	11–15
27	May 5*	@ Nationals	11–10	Hanrahan (1–1)	Hawkins (0–1) (1–1)		19,328	11–16
28	May 6	Cubs	6–3	Harden (3–1)	Hampton (1–3)	Gregg (5)	29,415	11–17
29	May 7	Cubs	8–5	Lilly (4–2)	Ortiz (2–1)		28,625	11–18
30	May 8	Padres	2–0	Rodríguez (3–2)	Gaudin (0–2)	Hawkins (4)	28,139	12–18
31	May 9	Padres	5–4	Hawkins (1–0)	Gregerson (0–3)		29,141	13–18
32	May 10	Padres	12–5	Oswalt (1–2)	Geer (0–1)		30,023	14–18
33	May 12	@ Rockies	12–1	Jiménez (3–4)	Paulino (0–3)		23,233	14–19
34	May 13	@ Rockies	15–11	Hampton (2–3)	Marquis (4–3)		19,226	15–19
35	May 14	@ Rockies	5–3	Rodríguez (4–2)	Hammel (0–2)	Hawkins (5)	22,696	16–19
	May 15	@ Cubs	Postponed
36	May 16	@ Cubs	5–4	Marshall (2–2)	Hawkins (1–1)		40,549	16–20
37	May 17	@ Cubs	6–5	Moehler (1–2)	Harden (4–2)	Sampson (1)	40,478	17–20
38	May 19	Brewers	4–2	Bush (3–0)	Ortiz (2–2)	Hoffman (10)	29,343	17–21
39	May 20	Brewers	6–4	Rodríguez (5–2)	Gallardo (4–2)	Sampson (2)	27,160	18–21
40	May 21	Brewers	4–3	McClung (1–1)	Fulchino (0–1)	Hoffman (11)	25,037	18–22
41	May 22	Rangers	6–5 (10)	O'Day (2–0)	Hawkins (1–2)	Francisco (10)	36,017	18–23
42	May 23	Rangers	6–3	Feldman (3–0)	Moehler (1–3)	Wilson (3)	36,019	18–24
43	May 24	Rangers	5–0	McCarthy (4–2)	Hampton (2–4)		36,749	18–25
44	May 25	@ Reds	8–5	Harang (5–4)	Rodríguez (5–3)	Cordero (12)	17,818	18–26
45	May 26	@ Reds	6–4	Masset (2–0)	Byrdak (1–1)	Cordero (13)	15,619	18–27
46	May 27	@ Reds	6–1	Arroyo (7–3)	Paulino (0–4)		17,602	18–28
47	May 29	@ Pirates	6–1	Moehler (2–3)	Ohlendorf (5–5)		18,236	19–28
48	May 30	@ Pirates	7–4	Karstens (2–2)	Rodríguez (5–4)	Capps (10)	37,167	19–29
49	May 31	@ Pirates	2–1	Hampton (3–4)	Maholm (3–2)	Hawkins (6)	19,566	20–29
*Game suspended, completed on July 9 at Minute Maid Park.

June (16–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
50	June 1	Rockies	4–1	Oswalt (2–2)	Cook (3–3)	Hawkins (7)	24,016	21–29
51	June 2	Rockies	3–2 (11)	Ortiz (3–2)	Fogg (0–1)		24,041	22–29
52	June 3	Rockies	6–4	Byrdak (2–1)	Marquis (7–4)	Sampson (3)	22,032	23–29
53	June 4	Rockies	10–3	Hammel (2–3)	Rodríguez (5–5)		26,671	23–30
54	June 5	Pirates	9–1	Hampton (4–4)	Karstens (2–3)		26,222	24–30
55	June 6	Pirates	6–4	Maholm (4–2)	Oswalt (2–3)	Capps (13)	26,099	24–31
56	June 7	Pirates	6–4	Fulchino (1–1)	Jackson (1–1)	Hawkins (8)	25,729	25–31
57	June 9	Cubs	7–1	Lilly (7–4)	Moehler (2–4)		29,669	25–32
58	June 10	Cubs	2–1	Sampson (3–0)	Guzmán (2–1)		29,840	26–32
59	June 11	Cubs	2–1 (13)	Fulchino (2–1)	Ascanio (0–1)		34,250	27–32
60	June 12	@ Diamondbacks	8–1	Haren (5–4)	Hampton (4–5)		22,225	27–33
61	June 13	@ Diamondbacks	6–4	Oswalt (3–3)	Garland (4–7)	Hawkins (9)	29,206	28–33
62	June 14	@ Diamondbacks	8–3	Moehler (3–4)	Buckner (2–3)		26,937	29–33
63	June 16	@ Rangers	6–1	Millwood (7–4)	Rodríguez (5–6)		21,676	29–34
64	June 17	@ Rangers	5–4 (10)	Wilson (4–3)	Fulchino (2–2)		32,425	29–35
65	June 18	@ Rangers	5–3	Arias (1–0)	Jennings (2–2)	Valverde (3)	25,445	30–35
66	June 19	@ Twins	5–2	Slowey (10–2)	Oswalt (3–4)	Nathan (16)	32,218	30–36
67	June 20	@ Twins	6–5	Moehler (4–3)	Henn (0–3)	Valverde (4)	34,710	31–36
68	June 21	@ Twins	4–1	Rodríguez (6–6)	Perkins (2–4)	Valverde (5)	39,659	32–36
69	June 23	Royals	2–1	Greinke (9–3)	Ortiz (3–3)	Soria (8)	30,049	32–37
70	June 24	Royals	4–3	Soria (2–0)	Fulchino (2–3)	Bale (1)	28,602	32–38
71	June 25	Royals	5–4	Wright (2–1)	Bannister (5–5)	Valverde (6)	32,048	33–38
72	June 26	Tigers	5–4	Sampson (4–0)	Zumaya (3–2)	Hawkins (10)	33,052	34–38
73	June 27	Tigers	8–1	Paulino (2–4)	Figaro (1–1)		37,123	35–38
74	June 28	Tigers	4–3	Seay (1–1)	Valverde (0–2)	Rodney (17)	34,041	35–39
75	June 29	@ Padres	3–1	Oswalt (4–4)	Geer (1–3)		15,671	36–39
76	June 30	@ Padres	4–3	Banks (1–0)	Sampson (4–1)	Bell (22)	15,276	36–40

July (15–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
77	July 1	@ Padres	7–1	Moehler (5–4)	Silva ((0–2)		16,670	37–40
78	July 2	@ Padres	7–2	Rodríguez (7–6)	Correia (5–6)		23,284	38–40
79	July 3	@ Giants	13–0	Sadowski (2–0)	Paulino (2–5)		42,199	38–41
80	July 4	@ Giants	9–0	Lincecum (9–2)	Ortiz (3–4)		34,582	38–42
81	July 5	@ Giants	7–1	Oswalt (5–4)	Johnson (8–6)		30,157	39–42
82	July 6	Pirates	4–1	Hampton (5–5)	Vasquez (1–2)	Valverde (7)	26,834	40–42
83	July 7	Pirates	6–3	Maholm (6–4)	Moehler (5–5)	Capps (13)	27,142	40–43
84	July 8	Pirates	5–0	Rodríguez (8–6)	Morton (1–2)		29,243	41–43
85	July 9	Nationals	9–4	Arias (2–0)	Lannan (6–6)		25,490	42–43
86	July 10	Nationals	6–5	Fulchino (3–3)	Beimel (0–5)		33,085	43–43
87	July 11	Nationals	13–2	Stammen (2–4)	Hampton (5–6)		30,052	43–44
88	July 12	Nationals	5–0	Moehler (6–5)	Zimmermann (3–4)	Valverde (8)	28,680	44–44
89	July 16	@ Dodgers	3–0	Rodríguez (9–6)	Wolf (4–4)	Valverde (9)	45,970	45–44
90	July 17	@ Dodgers	8–1	Oswalt (6–4)	Chad Billingsley (9–5)		51,209	46–44
91	July 18	@ Dodgers	5–2	Kershaw (8–5)	Hampton	Broxton (21)	48,298	46–45
92	July 19	@ Dodgers	4–3	Troncoso (4–0)	Hawkins (1–4)	Broxton (22)	40,340	46–46
93	July 20	Cardinals	3–2	Moehler (7–5)	Lohse (4–6)	Valverde (10)	36,437	47–46
94	July 21	Cardinals	11–6	Rodríguez (10–6)	Wellemeyer (7–8)		33,140	48–46
95	July 22	Cardinals	4–3	Valverde (1–2)	Franklin (2–1)		37,619	49–46
96	July 24	Mets	5–4	Hampton (6–7)	Santana (11–8)	Valverde (11)	42,967	50–46
97	July 25	Mets	10–3	Niese (1–0)	Ortiz (3–5)		43,302	50–47
98	July 26	Mets	8–3	Hernández (7–5)	Moehler (7–6)	Green (1)	34,642	50–48
99	July 27	@ Cubs	5–1 (13)	Samardzija (1–1)	Sampson (4–2)		40,794	50–49
100	July 28	@ Cubs	11–6	Fulchino	Guzmán		40,814	51–49
101	July 29	@ Cubs	12–0	Wells (7–4)	Hampton (6–8)		41,538	51–50
102	July 30	@ Cubs	12–3	Hart (3–1)	Ortiz (3–6)		41,524	51–51
103	July 31	@ Cardinals	4–3	Miller (3–0)	Arias (2–1)	Franklin	43,760	51–52

August (13–18)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	@ Cardinals	3–1	Carpenter (10–3)	Fulchino (4–4)		45,074	51–53
105	August 2	@ Cardinals	2–0	Norris (1–0)	Wainwright	Valverde (12)	45,227	52–53
106	August 3	Giants	4–3	Hampton (7–8)	Cain (12–3)	Valverde (13)	29,835	53–53
107	August 4	Giants	8–1	Sánchez (5–9)	Paulino (2–6)		29,747	53–54
108	August 5	Giants	10–6	Martinez (2–0)	Moehler (7–7)		31,710	53–55
109	August 7	Brewers	6–3	Norris (2–0)	Carlos Villanueva (2–9)		34,691	54–55
110	August 8	Brewers	12–5	Manny Parra (7–8)	Hampton (7–9)		35,216	54–56
111	August 9	Brewers	2–0	Rodríguez (11–6)	Gallardo (10–9)	Valverde (15)	32,262	55–56
112	August 10	@ Marlins	8–6	VandenHurk (2–1)	Moehler (7–8)	Núñez (12)	12,325	55–57
113	August 11	@ Marlins	9–8 (11)	Sanchez (3–1)	Wright (2–2)		13,312	55–58
114	August 12	@ Marlins	14–6	Norris (3–0)	Nolasco (8–8)		21,122	56–58
115	August 13	@ Marlins	9–2	West (4–4)	Hampton (7–10)		14,047	56–59
116	August 14	@ Brewers	11–2	Gallardo (11–9)	Rodríguez (11–7)		37,715	56–60
117	August 15	@ Brewers	6–2	Burns (3–4)	Moehler (7–9)		42,952	56–61
118	August 16	@ Brewers	8–5	Fulchino (5–4)	Weathers (3–4)	Valverde (16)	41,863	57–61
119	August 18	Marlins	6–2	Nolasco (9–8)	Norris (3–1)		30,189	57–62
120	August 19	Marlins	6–3	Gervacio (1–0)	West (4–5)	Valverde (17)	30,101	58–62
121	August 20	Marlins	4–1	Rodríguez (12–7)	Johnson (12–3)	Valverde (18)	30,039	59–62
122	August 21	Diamondbacks	1–0	Oswalt (7–4)	Petit (2–8)	Valverde (19)	30,032	60–62
123	August 22	Diamondbacks	4–2	Moehler (8–9)	Scherzer (7–8)	Hawkins	39,412	61–62
124	August 23	Diamondbacks	7–5	Jon Garland (7–11)	Norris (3–2)	Qualls (23)	30,612	61–63
125	August 25	@ Cardinals	1–0	Wainwright (15–7)	Rodríguez (11–7)	Franklin (33)	40,512	61–64
126	August 26	@ Cardinals	3–2	Piñeiro (13–9)	Oswalt (7–4)	Franklin (34)	40,311	61–65
127	August 27	@ Cardinals	4–3	Valverde (2–2)	McClellan (4–3)		40,348	62–65
128	August 28	@ Diamondbacks	14–7	Scherzer ((8–8)	Bazardo (0–1)		26,190	62–66
129	August 29	@ Diamondbacks	9–0	Garland (8–11)	Norris (3–3)		37,190	62–67
130	August 30	@ Diamondbacks	4–3	Haren (13–8)	Rodríguez (12–9)	Qualls (24)	29,062	62–68
131	August 31	@ Cubs	5–3	Oswalt (8–5)	Harden (8–8)	Valverde (20)	36,990	63–68

September (8–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	@ Cubs	4–1	Wells (10–7)	Moehler (8–10)	Mármol (7)	36,332	63–69
133	September 2	@ Cubs	2–0	Lilly (10–8)	Paulino (2–0)	Mármol (8)	39,192	63–70
134	September 4	Phillies	7–0	Rodríguez (13–9)	Lee (12–11)		30,043	64–70
135	September 5	Phillies	5–4	Valverde (3–2)	Lidge (0–7)		35,195	65–70
136	September 6	Phillies	4–3	Norris (3–3)	Cole Hamels (8–9)	Valverde (3–2)	34,754	66–70
137	September 7	Phillies	4–3	Wright (3–2)	Park (3–3)	Valverde (22)	29,040	67–70
138	September 8	Braves	2–1	Vázquez (12–9)	Paulino (2–8)	Soriano (22)	26,081	67–71
139	September 9	Braves	2–1	Valverde (4–2) (4–3)	Soriano (1–5))		22,392	68–71
140	September 10	Braves	9–7	Lowe (14–9)	Oswalt (8–6)	Gonzalez (10)	26,552	68–72
141	September 11	Pirates	9–1	Norris (5–3)	Morton (3–8)		31,302	69–72
142	September 12	Pirates	4–2	Jeff Fulchino (6–4)	Ross Ohlendorf (11–10)	Valverde (22)	35,213	70–72
143	September 13	Pirates	2–1	Maholm (8–8)	Paulino (2–9)	Capps (25)	34,405	70–73
144	September 14	@ Reds	3–1	Arroyo (13–12)	Rodríguez (13–9)	Cordero (36)	9,852	70–74
145	September 15	@ Reds	5–4	Herrera (4–4)	Gervacio (1–1)	Cordero (36)	11,923	70–75
146	September 16	@ Reds	6–5	Burton (1–0)	Wright (3–3)	Cordero (37)	10,662	70–76
147	September 18	@ Brewers	3–2	Weathers (4–5))	Wright (3–4)	Hoffman (34)	39,057	70–77
148	September 19	@ Brewers	7–2	Suppan (7–10)	Gervacio (1–2)		36,399	70–78
149	September 20	@ Brewers	6–0	Gallardo (13–12)	Paulino (2–10)	Manager fired	30,024	70–79
150	September 21	Cardinals	7–3	Lohse (6–8)	Rodríguez (13–11)		34,705	70–80
151	September 22	Cardinals	11–2	Piñeiro (15–11)	Bazardo (0–2)		32,644	70–81
152	September 23	Cardinals	3–0	Norris (6–3)	Smoltz (3–7)	Valverde (24)	38,732	71–81
153	September 25	Reds	10–4	Maloney (2–4)	Moehler (8–11)		37,710	71–82
154	September 26	Reds	10–4	Lehr (5–2)	Paulino (2–11)		39,476	71–83
155	September 27	Reds	3–2	Rodríguez (14–11)	Cuero (10–11)	Valverde (25)	37,595	72–83
156	September 28	@ Phillies	8–2	Bazardo (1–2)	Cole Hamels (10–10)		45,146	73–83
157	September 29	@ Phillies	7–4	Happ (12–4)	López (0–1)		44,905	74–83
158	September 30	@ Phillies	10–3	Kendrick (3–1)	Moehler (8–12)		45,207	74–84

October (0–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
159	October 1	@ Phillies	7–0	Paulino (2–11)	Lee (14–13)		44,905	74–85
160	October 2	@ Mets	7–1	Maine (7–6)	Rodríguez (14–12)		37,576	74–86
161	October 3	@ Mets	5–1	Misch (3–4)	Bazardo (1–3)	F Rodríguez (35)	37,578	74–87
162	October 4	@ Mets	4–0	Figueroa (3–8)	López (0–2)		38,135	74–88

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Roster

2009 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

35 Dave Clark
15 Cecil Cooper

Coaches

6 Mark Bailey (bullpen)
14 Sean Berry (hitting)
35 Dave Clark (third base)
25 José Cruz (first base)
76 Al Pedrique (third base)
75 Dewey Robinson (pitching)
16 Ed Romero (bench)

Player stats

Note: Team batting and pitching leaders are in bold.

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; 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	Pos	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Iván Rodríguez	C	93	327	41	82	15	2	8	34	.251	0
Lance Berkman	1B	136	460	73	126	31	1	25	80	.274	7
Kazuo Matsui	2B	132	476	56	119	20	2	9	46	.250	19
Miguel Tejeda	SS	158	635	83	199	46	1	14	86	.313	5
Geoff Blum	3B	120	381	34	94	14	1	10	49	.247	0
Carlos Lee	LF	160	610	65	183	35	1	26	102	.300	5
Michael Bourn	CF	157	606	97	173	27	12	3	35	.285	61
Hunter Pence	RF	159	585	76	165	26	5	25	72	.282	14
Jeff Keppinger	IF	107	305	35	78	13	3	7	29	.256	0
Humberto Quintero	C	60	157	11	37	8	1	4	14	.236	0
Jason Michaels	OF	102	135	17	32	12	1	4	16	.237	1
Darin Erstad	UT	107	134	13	26	8	2	2	11	.194	0
Chris Coste	UT	43	103	3	21	5	0	0	10	.204	0
Edwin Maysonet	IF	39	69	9	20	2	0	1	7	.290	0
J.R. Towles	C	16	48	7	9	2	0	2	3	.188	0
Matt Kata	UT	40	50	2	10	1	0	0	5	.200	1
Jason Smith	MI	21	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091	0
Chris Johnson	3B	11	22	1	2	0	0	0	1	.091	0
Aaron Boone	CI	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Tommy Manzella	SS	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	0
Pitcher Totals	—	162	290	19	38	5	0	2	15	.131	0
Team Totals	—	162	5436	643	1415	270	32	142	616	.260	113

Pitching

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; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP = (Walks+hits) per innings pitched

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
Wandy Rodríguez SP	14	12	3.02	33	33	0	205.2	77	69	63	193	1.240
Roy Oswalt SP	8	6	4.12	30	30	0	181.1	83	83	42	138	1.241
Brian Moehler SP	8	12	5.47	29	29	0	154.2	101	94	51	91	1.539
Mike Hampton SP	7	10	5.30	21	21	0	112.0	71	66	46	74	1.554
Felipe Paulino SP	3	11	6.27	23	17	0	97.2	73	68	37	93	1.669
Russ Ortiz SP	3	6	5.57	23	13	0	85.2	56	53	48	65	1.669
José Valverde CL	4	2	2.33	52	0	25	54.0	15	14	21	56	1.130
Jeff Fulchino RP	6	4	3.40	61	0	0	82.0	33	31	27	71	1.183
LaTroy Hawkins RP	1	4	2.13	65	0	11	63.1	16	15	16	45	1.200
Tim Byrdak	1	2	3.23	76	0	0	61.1	23	22	36	58	1.223
Chris Sampson	4	2	5.04	49	0	3	55.1	34	31	21	33	1.572
Bud Norris	6	3	4.53	11	10	0	55.2	29	28	25	54	1.509
Alberto Árias	2	1	3.35	42	0	0	45.2	21	17	19	39	1.489
Wesley Wright	3	4	5.44	49	0	0	44.2	27	27	25	47	1.746
Yorman Bazardo	1	3	7.88	10	6	0	32.0	31	28	22	17	1.844
Sammy Gervacio	1	1	2.14	29	0	0	21.0	5	5	8	25	1.143
Geoff Geary	1	3	8.10	16	0	0	20.0	19	18	10	12	2.000
Wilton López	0	2	8.38	8	2	0	19.1	21	18	8	9	2.069
Doug Brocail	1	0	4.58	20	0	0	17.2	9	9	13	9	1.925
Brandon Backe	0	0	10.38	5	1	0	13.0	15	15	6	10	2.077
Chad Paronto	0	0	12.15	6	0	0	6.2	9	9	1	3	2.400
Billy Sadler	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	1.1	2	2	1	2	13.50
Team Totals	74	88	4.54	162	162	39	1430.0	770	722	546	1144	1.445

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	Marc Bombard
AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Texas League	Luis Pujols
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Wes Clements
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League	Tom Lawless
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Jim Pankovits
Rookie	Greeneville Astros	Appalachian League	Rodney Linares
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Omar López

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External links

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2009 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

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