2009 Atlanta Braves season

2009 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 86–76 (.531)
Divisional place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) Liberty Media
Manager(s) Bobby Cox
Local television SportSouth
Fox Sports South
Peachtree TV
Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Jon Sciambi
Local radio Atlanta Braves Radio Network
Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Mark Lemke, Jon Sciambi
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The 2009 Atlanta Braves season featured the Braves' attempt to reclaim a postseason berth for the first time since 2005. 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.

Pre Season Transactions

Notable Free Agent Acquisitions

Player Former Team Contract Terms
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

Notable Players lost to free agency

Player New Team
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

Pre Season Trades

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]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 93 69 0.574 — 45–36 48–33
Florida Marlins 87 75 0.537 6 43–38 44–37
Atlanta Braves 86 76 0.531 7 40–41 46–35
New York Mets 70 92 0.432 23 41–40 29–52
Washington Nationals 59 103 0.364 34 33–48 26–55

Record vs. opponents

Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WAS 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

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2009 Regular Season Game Log

Roster

2009 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Mid-Season Trades

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]

Player stats

Most games at position

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played

Pos Player GP
C Brian McCann 104
1B Casey Kotchman ×[4] 85
2B Kelly Johnson 78
SS Yunel Escobar × 114
3B Chipper Jones 112
LF Garret Anderson × 98
CF Nate McLouth † 56
RF Jeff Francoeur ×[3] 80

As of September 3, 2009

× = No longer with team

† = On DL

Batting

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
18 Garret Anderson
105
379
41
110
21
0
12
50
.290
1
1 Gregor Blanco #
24
43
5
8
0
1
0
1
.186
6
25 Barbaro Canizares #
5
21
1
4
1
0
0
0
.190
0
25 Ryan Church *[3]
98 (31)
330 (98)
45 (19)
92 (27)
26 (10)
0 (0)
4 (2)
39 (17)
.279 (.276)
6 (0)
26 Brooks Conrad
14
32
6
11
1
2
2
8
.344
0
23 Matt Diaz
99
283
47
92
16
4
10
44
.325
8
19 Yunel Escobar
112
425
67
129
22
1
13
63
.304
3
30 Reid Gorecki
10
22
3
5
0
0
0
3
.227
1
27 Diory Hernández #
33
85
6
12
3
0
1
6
.141
0
4 Omar Infante
46
132
19
42
5
0
1
19
.318
2
2 Kelly Johnson
89
276
45
59
17
3
8
26
.214
6
10 Chipper Jones
115
396
65
110
19
2
16
59
.278
4
22 Adam LaRoche *[4]
113 (26)
416 (92)
63 (17)
114 (34)
28 (3)
1 (0)
20 (8)
58 (18)
.274 (.370)
2 (0)
16 Brian McCann
108
388
49
110
30
1
17
72
.284
3
13 Nate McLouth *[2]
101 (56)
395 (227)
66 (39)
102 (59)
23 (16)
2 (1)
15 (6)
56 (22)
.258 (.260)
17 (10)
20 Greg Norton
80
65
3
9
2
0
0
6
.138
0
14 Martín Prado
98
328
43
101
24
0
9
40
.308
0
8 David Ross
44
109
15
28
7
0
6
15
.257
0
24 Jordan Schafer #
50
167
18
34
8
0
2
8
.204
2
Totals
130
4292
607
1172
253
17
136
573
.273
61

As of August 30, 2009

* = Acquired Mid-Season

# = Not on Active roster

"()" = Stats with Braves

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; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
46 Manny Acosta #
1
0
4.32
31
0
0
33.1
17
16
16
28
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
8.85
15
0
0
20.1
22
20
12
12
51 Mike González
3
3
2.30
67
0
9
62.2
23
16
27
79
48 Tommy Hanson
9
3
3.15
15
15
0
88.2
32
31
32
73
15 Tim Hudson
1
0
3.38
1
1
0
5.1
2
2
3
5
49 Jair Jurrjens
10
9
2.89
28
28
0
171.0
63
55
61
122
11 Kenshin Kawakami
7
10
3.97
25
25
0
142.2
69
63
53
98
36 Boone Logan
1
0
5.17
17
0
0
15.2
11
9
7
8
32 Derek Lowe
13
8
4.38
28
28
0
164.1
86
80
50
87
54 Kris Medlen
3
4
4.13
28
4
0
56.2
26
26
27
65
58 Peter Moylan
6
2
3.10
74
0
0
58.0
25
20
26
47
34 Eric O'Flaherty
1
1
3.40
65
0
0
45.0
19
17
16
32
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
4
2.51
61
0
21
61.0
17
17
21
84
50 Luis Valdez
0
1
5.40
2
0
0
1.2
1
1
1
0
33 Javier Vázquez
11
9
3.02
26
26
0
176.0
62
59
35
192
Totals
70
62
3.67
538
132
30
1183.0
531
482
432
993

As of September 1, 2009

† = No longer with team

# = Not on Active roster

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Gwinnett Braves International League Dave Brundage
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Phillip Wellman
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Rocket Wheeler
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Randy Ingle
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Paul Runge
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Luis Ortiz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville

References

  1. ↑ Atlanta adds Vazquez to new-look staff
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Braves acquire McLouth from Pirates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Braves deal Francoeur for Church". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Braves reacquire LaRoche from Sox
  5. ↑ "Braves release right-hander Bennett". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Cards get Boyer from Braves for Barton". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.

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