2009 Atlanta Braves season

2009 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Eastern Division (since 1994)
Location
Turner Field (since 1997)
Atlanta (since 1966)
Results
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Liberty Media
General manager(s)	Frank Wren
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

• Source: Baseball-Reference.com 2009 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions

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

2009 National League Records Source:
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

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2009 Regular Season Game Log
April (10–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 1 April 5 @ Phillies 4–1 Lowe (1–0) Myers (0–1) 44,532 2:22 1–0 2 April 7 @ Phillies 4–0 Jurrjens (1–0) Moyer (0–1) 44,178 2:36 2–0 3 April 8 @ Phillies 11–12 Condrey (1–0) Boyer (0–1) Lidge (1) 44,939 3:13 2–1 4 April 10 Nationals 6–5(10) Campillo (1–0) Beimel (0–1) 48,327 3:58 3–1 5 April 11 Nationals 5–3 Kawakami (1–0) Lannan (0–2) González (1) 34,325 2:33 4–1 6 April 12 Nationals 8–5 Jurrjens (2–0) Olsen (0–2) Soriano (1) 19,873 2:47 5–1 7 April 14 Marlins 1–5 Volstad (2–0) Vázquez (0–1) 16,293 2:31 5–2 8 April 15 Marlins 4–10 Penn (1–0) Moylan (0–1) 19,204 3:07 5–3 9 April 16 Marlins 2–6 Sánchez (1–0) Kawakami (1–1) 21,072 2:49 5–4 10 April 17 @ Pirates 0–3 Maholm (2–0) Jurrjens (2–1) Capps (3) 15,659 2:36 5–5 11 April 18 @ Pirates 0–10 Snell (1–2) Reyes (0–1) 20,755 2:22 5–6 12 April 19 @ Pirates 11–1 Vázquez (1–1) Duke (2–1) 14,776 2:48 6–6 13 April 20 @ Nationals 2–3 Zimmermann (1–0) Lowe (1–1) Hanrahan (1) 12,473 2:24 6–7 14 April 21 @ Nationals 3–4 Martis (2–0) Kawakami (1–2) Hanrahan (2) 15,439 2:47 6–8 15 April 22 @ Nationals 1–0 González (1–0) Mock (0–1) Soriano (2) 15,567 2:30 7–8 16 April 24 @ Reds 4–3 Vázquez (2–1) Vólquez (2–2) González (2) 30,060 3:30 8–8 17 April 25 @ Reds 10–2 Lowe (2–1) Arroyo (3–1) 33,015 2:38 9–8 18 April 26 @ Reds 2–8 Owings (1–2) Kawakami (1–3) 29,327 2:36 9–9 19 April 27 Cardinals 2–3 Piñeiro (4–0) Jurrjens (2–2) Franklin (6) 16,739 2:46 9–10 20 April 28 Cardinals 2–1 Moylan (1–1) McClellan (1–1) González (3) 18,121 2:23 10–10 21 April 29 Cardinals 3–5 Wainwright (3–0) Vázquez (2–2) Franklin (7) 19,127 2:49 10–11
May (15–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 22 May 1 Astros 7–2 Lowe (3–1) Hampton (1–2) 29,309 2:47 11–11 23 May 2 Astros 1–5 Byrdak (1–0) Carlyle (0–1) 28,203 2:48 11–12 24 May 3 Astros 5–7 Geary (1–3) Moylan (1–2) Hawkins (3) 27,921 3:18 11–13 25 May 4 Mets 4–6 Maine (2–2) Vázquez (2–3) Rodríguez (6) 19,132 2:42 11–14 26 May 5 Mets 3–4 Hernández (2–1) Kawakami (1–4) Rodríguez (7) 21,049 3:13 11–15 27 May 6 @ Marlins 8–6 Lowe (4–1) Taylor (0–2) González (4) 12,725 3:09 12–15 28 May 7 @ Marlins 4–2 Jurrjens (3–2) Sánchez (1–4) González (5) 17,759 2:46 13–15 29 May 8 @ Phillies 6–10 Hamels (1–2) Reyes (0–2) 45,312 2:29 13–16 30 May 9 @ Phillies 6–2 Vázquez (3–3) Blanton (1–3) 45,339 2:29 14–16 31 May 10 @ Phillies 4–2 Kawakami (2–4) Taschner (1–1) Soriano (3) 45,343 2:50 15–16 32 May 11 @ Mets 8–3 Lowe (5–1) Santana (4–2) 40,497 3:04 16–16 33 May 12 @ Mets 3–4(10) Rodríguez (1–0) Bennett (0–1) 39,408 3:02 16–17 34 May 13 @ Mets 8–7(12) Bennett (1–1) Takahashi (0–1) González (6) 40,555 3:46 17–17 35 May 15 Diamondbacks 4–3 González (2–0) Peña (3–1) 32,593 2:50 18–17 36 May 16 Diamondbacks 0–12 Scherzer (1–3) Kawakami (2–5) 30,162 3:10 18–18 – May 17 Diamondbacks Rescheduled for August 17 18–18 38 May 18 Rockies 1–5 Marquis (5–3) Lowe (5–2) 15,364 2:30 18–19 39 May 19 Rockies 8–1 Jurrjens (4–2) Hammel (0–3) 16,749 2:46 19–19 40 May 20 Rockies 12–4 Vázquez (4–3) de la Rosa (0–4) 19,259 3:17 20–19 41 May 21 Rockies 0–9 Cook (3–1) Medlen (0–1) 25,481 2:35 20–20 42 May 22 Blue Jays 1–0 Kawakami (3–5) Carlson (1–3) González (7) 21,533 2:19 21–20 43 May 23 Blue Jays 4–3 Lowe (6–2) Janssen (0–1) Soriano (4) 27,377 2:31 22–20 44 May 24 Blue Jays 10–2 Bennett (2–1) Camp (0–2) 23,971 2:59 23–20 45 May 25 @ Giants 2–8 Sánchez (2–4) Vázquez (4–4) 40,034 3:04 23–21 46 May 26 @ Giants 0–4 Lincecum (4–1) Medlen (0–2) 29,485 2:08 23–22 47 May 27 @ Giants 3–6 Johnson (4–4) Kawakami (3–6) Wilson (10) 27,744 2:59 23–23 48 May 28 @ Diamondbacks 2–5 Haren (4–4) Lowe (6–3) Qualls (12) 19,452 2:20 23–24 49 May 29 @ Diamondbacks 10–6 Jurrjens (5–2) Garland (4–4) 26,146 3:10 24–24 50 May 30 @ Diamondbacks 2–3(11) Peña (5–2) Bennett (2–2) 35,039 3:06 24–25 51 May 31 @ Diamondbacks 9–3 Medlen (1–2) Scherzer (2–4) 30,020 2:56 25–25
June (11–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 52 June 2 Cubs 6–5(12) Soriano (1–0) Heilman (2–3) 30,262 3:39 26–25 53 June 3 Cubs 2–3(11) Guzmán (2–0) Bennett (2–3) Gregg (9) 30,646 3:19 26–26 – June 4 Cubs Rescheduled for June 22 26–26 55 June 5 Brewers 0–4 Gallardo (6–2) Jurrjens (5–3) 23,327 2:23 26–27 56 June 6 Brewers 0–3 Suppan (4–4) Vázquez (4–5) Hoffman (15) 32,721 2:57 26–28 57 June 7 Brewers 8–7 O'Flaherty (1–0) Villanueva (2–4) González (8) 33,428 2:49 27–28 58 June 8 Pirates 7–6(15) Medlen (2–2) Karstens (2–4) 21,856 4:46 28–28 59 June 9 Pirates 4–3 Lowe (7–3) Burnett (1–2) Soriano (5) 20,124 2:35 29–28 60 June 10 Pirates 2–3 Karstens (3–4) Jurrjens (5–4) Capps (14) 21,610 2:42 29–29 61 June 11 Pirates 1–3 Jackson (2–1) Soriano (1–1) Capps (15) 29,331 2:37 29–30 62 June 12 @ Orioles 7–2 Hanson (1–0) Berken (1–3) 28,469 3:15 30–30 63 June 13 @ Orioles 4–8 Bass (4–1) O'Flaherty (1–1) 29,645 3:07 30–31 64 June 14 @ Orioles 2–11 Bergesen (4–2) Lowe (7–4) 26,770 2:42 30–32 65 June 16 @ Reds 2–7 Herrera (1–2) Jurrjens (5–5) 19,127 2:53 30–33 66 June 17 @ Reds 3–4 Owings (4–7) Vázquez (4–6) Cordero (16) 27,455 2:44 30–34 67 June 18 @ Reds 7–0 Hanson (2–0) Maloney (0–2) 24,657 3:15 31–34 68 June 19 @ Red Sox 8–2 Kawakami (4–6) Matsuzaka (1–5) 37,703 2:49 32–34 69 June 20 @ Red Sox 0–3 Beckett (8–3) Lowe (7–5) 38,029 2:11 32–35 70 June 21 @ Red Sox 5–6 Papelbon (1–1) Bennett (2–4) 37,243 2:47 32–36 54 June 22 Cubs 2–0 Vázquez (5–6) Dempster (4–5) Soriano (6) 31,701 2:58 33–36 71 June 23 Yankees 4–0 Hanson (3–0) Wang (0–6) 40,828 2:47 34–36 72 June 24 Yankees 4–8 Chamberlain (4–2) Medlen (2–3) Rivera (16) 42,315 3:16 34–37 73 June 25 Yankees 7–11 Aceves (5–1) Lowe (7–6) Rivera (17) 47,508 3:49 34–38 74 June 26 Red Sox 1–4 Beckett (9–3) Jurrjens (5–6) 48,418 2:46 34–39 75 June 27 Red Sox 0–1 Wakefield (10–3) Vázquez (5–7) Papelbon (18) 48,151 2:46 34–40 76 June 28 Red Sox 2–1 Hanson (4–0) Penny (6–3) Gonzalez (9) 41,463 3:01 35–40 77 June 30 Phillies 5–4(10) Moylan (2–2) Park (3–2) 31,818 3:14 36–40
July (16–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 78 July 1 Phillies 11–1 Jurrjens (6–6) Hamels (4–5) 25,212 2:32 37–40 79 July 2 Phillies 5–2 Gonzalez (3–0) Madson (2–4) Soriano (7) 38,254 3:08 38–40 80 July 3 @ Nationals 9–8 Logan (1–0) Colomé (1–1) Soriano (8) 33,982 3:28 39–40 81 July 4 @ Nationals 3–5 Lannan (6–5) Gonzalez (3–1) MacDougal (4) 23,708 2:34 39–41 82 July 5 @ Nationals 3–5 Olsen (2–4) Lowe (7–7) MacDougal (5) 22,677 2:39 39–42 83 July 6 @ Cubs 2–4 Wells (4–3) Jurrjens (6–7) Gregg (15) 40,042 2:30 39–43 84 July 7 @ Cubs 2–1 Vázquez (6–7) Zambrano (4–4) Soriano (9) 40,359 2:44 40–43 85 July 8 @ Cubs 4–1 Kawakami (5–6) Hart (0–1) Soriano (10) 40,531 2:50 41–43 86 July 9 @ Rockies 6–7 Rincón (2–0) Gonzalez (3–2) Street (22) 30,392 3:11 41–44 87 July 10 @ Rockies 4–1 Lowe (8–7) Jiménez (6–9) Soriano (11) 35,238 2:40 42–44 88 July 11 @ Rockies 4–3 Jurrjens (7–7) Marquis (11–6) Soriano (12) 38,065 2:51 43–44 89 July 12 @ Rockies 7–8 Street (3–1) Valdez (0–1) 33,825 3:15 43–45 – July 14 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in St. Louis, Missouri 90 July 16 Mets 5–3 Acosta (1–0) Feliciano (2–3) Soriano (13) 32,736 2:57 44–45 91 July 17 Mets 11–0 Jurrjens (8–7) Pelfrey (7–5) 50,704 2:38 45–45 92 July 18 Mets 1–5 Santana (11–7) Kawakami (5–7) 51,175 3:22 45–46 93 July 19 Mets 7–1 Vázquez (7–7) Redding (1–4) 34,293 2:47 46–46 94 July 20 Giants 11–3 Hanson (5–0) Romo (2–1) 21,988 2:50 47–46 95 July 21 Giants 8–1 Lowe (9–7) Sadowski (2–2) 25,135 2:41 48–46 96 July 22 Giants 4–2 Jurrjens (9–7) Lincecum (10–3) Soriano (14) 34,672 2:28 49–46 97 July 23 Giants 1–5 Zito (6–10) Gonzalez (3–3) 31,727 2:58 49–47 98 July 24 @ Brewers 9–4 Vázquez (8–7) Villanueva (2–7) 41,941 3:25 50–47 99 July 25 @ Brewers 0–4 Gollardo (9–7) Hanson (5–1) 43,565 2:56 50–48 100 July 26 @ Brewers 10–2 Lowe (10–7) Looper (9–5) 43,471 2:47 51–48 101 July 28 @ Marlins 3–4 Núñez (3–3) Soriano (1–2) 13,128 2:48 51–49 102 July 29 @ Marlins 3–6 Johnson (10–2) Kawakami (5–8) Núñez (8) 13,518 2:48 51–50 103 July 30 @ Marlins 6–3(10) Moylan (3–2) Ayala (1–3) Soriano (15) 14,226 3:16 52–50 104 July 31 Dodgers 0–5 Schmidt (2–1) Hanson (5–2) 45,225 2:53 52–51
August (17–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 105 August 1 Dodgers 4–3 Lowe (11–7) Wolf (5–6) Soriano (16) 49,843 2:41 53–51 106 August 2 Dodgers 1–9 Billingsley (11–6) Jurrjens (9–8) 37,654 3:22 53–52 107 August 3 @ Padres 2–4 Latos (3–1) Kawakami (5–9) Bell (27) 20,423 2:33 53–53 108 August 4 @ Padres 9–2 Vázquez (9–7) Stauffer (1–3) 17,916 2:52 54–53 109 August 5 @ Padres 6–2 Hanson (6–2) Gaudin (4–10) 21,816 2:52 55–53 110 August 6 @ Dodgers 4–5 Elbert (2–0) Soriano (1–3) 46,399 3:13 55–54 111 August 7 @ Dodgers 9–5(12) Moylan (4–2) Troncoso (4–1) 53,184 4:20 56–54 112 August 8 @ Dodgers 2–1(10) Medlen (3–3) Mota (3–3) Soriano (17) 53,338 3:31 57–54 113 August 9 @ Dodgers 8–2 Vázquez (10–7) Stults (4–3) 45,438 2:53 58–54 114 August 11 Nationals 8–1 Hanson (7–2) Lannan (8–9) 19,273 3:01 59–54 115 August 12 Nationals 6–2 Lowe (12–7) Sosa (1–1) 17,886 2:34 60–54 116 August 14 Phillies 2–3 Madson (4–4) Soriano (1–4) Lidge (22) 37,639 2:21 60–55 117 August 15 Phillies 4–3 Moylan (5–2) Lidge (0–5) 44,043 2:54 61–55 118 August 16 Phillies 1–4 Happ (9–2) Vázquez (10–8) Lidge (23) 25,215 2:45 61–56 37 August 17 Diamondbacks 9–4 Hanson (8–2) Scherzer (7–7) 23,668 2:45 62–56 119 August 18 @ Mets 4–9 Pérez (3–3) Lowe (12–8) 38,613 2:52 62–57 120 August 19 @ Mets 14–2 Jurrjens (10–8) Parnell (3–5) 38,602 2:54 63–57 121 August 20 @ Mets 3–2 Kawakami (6–9) Santana (13–9) Soriano (18) 39,105 2:41 64–57 122 August 21 Marlins 3–5 Sánchez (2–4) Vázquez (10–9) Núñez (14) 22,608 2:48 64–58 123 August 22 Marlins 4–3 Hanson (9–2) Volstad (9–10) Soriano (19) 35,200 2:47 65–58 124 August 23 Marlins 7–5 Moylan (6–2) Calero (2–2) Soriano (20) 30,478 3:04 66–58 125 August 25 Padres 1–2(12) Thatcher (1–0) Medlen (3–4) Mujica (2) 15,389 3:43 66–59 126 August 26 Padres 5–12 Stauffer (2–6) Kawakami (6–10) 15,619 3:23 66–60 127 August 27 Padres 9–1 Vázquez (11–9) Richard (7–4) 18,651 2:50 67–60 128 August 28 @ Phillies 2–4 Moyer (12–9) Hanson (9–3) Lidge (26) 44,747 2:24 67–61 129 August 29 @ Phillies 9–1(8) Lowe (13–8) Lee (12–10) 45,134 2:46 68–61 130 August 30 @ Phillies 2–3 Blanton (9–6) Jurrjens (10–9) Lidge (27) 44,828 2:27 68–62 131 August 31 @ Marlins 5–2 Kawakami (7–10) Johnson (13–4) 12,244 2:38 69–62
September (17–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 132 September 1 @ Marlins 4–3 Hudson (1–0) Sánchez (2–6) Soriano (21) 14,024 3:02 70–62 133 September 2 @ Marlins 7–8 Núñez (4–4) Gonzalez (3–4) 14,723 3:40 70–63 134 September 3 @ Marlins 3–8 Nolasco (10–8) Medlen (3–5) 13,711 3:13 70–64 135 September 4 Reds 1–3 Arroyo (12–12) Lowe (13–9) 24,219 2:25 70–65 136 September 5 Reds 1–3 Wells (1–3) Jurrjens (10–10) 29,078 2:40 70–66 137 September 6 Reds 2–4 Owings (7–12) Kawakami (7–11) 32,397 3:39 70–67 138 September 8 @ Astros 2–1 Vázquez (12–9) Paulino (2–8) Soriano (22) 26,081 2:33 71–67 139 September 9 @ Astros 1–2 Valverde (4–2) Soriano (1–5) 22,392 2:13 71–68 140 September 10 @ Astros 9–7 Lowe (14–9) Oswalt (8–6) Gonzalez (10) 26,552 3:11 72–68 141 September 11 @ Cardinals 1–0 Jurrjens (11–10) Piñeiro (14–10) Soriano (23) 43,984 2:34 73–68 142 September 12 @ Cardinals 7–6 Gonzalez (4–4) Franklin (2–3) Soriano (24) 43,869 3:13 74–68 143 September 13 @ Cardinals 9–2 Vázquez (13–9) Carpenter (16–4) 41,179 2:08 75–68 144 September 15 Mets 6–0 Hanson (10–3) Misch (1–3) 25,094 2:27 76–68 145 September 16 Mets 6–5 O'Flaherty (2–1) Rodríguez (3–5) 17,988 3:32 77–68 146 September 17 Mets 7–3 Jurrjens (12–10) Figueroa (2–6) 20,192 2:22 78–68 147 September 18 Phillies 4–9 Kendrick (2–1) Hudson (1–1) 27,241 2:57 78–69 148 September 19 Phillies 6–4 Vázquez (14–9) Martínez (5–1) 35,818 2:43 79–69 149 September 20 Phillies 2–4 Walker (2–0) Hanson (10–4) Lidge (31) 29,452 2:46 79–70 150 September 21 @ Mets 11–3 Lowe (15–9) Misch (1–4) Kawakami (1) 37,706 2:32 80–70 151 September 22 @ Mets 3–1 Jurrjens (13–10) Figueroa (2–7) Soriano (25) 37,823 2:46 81–70 152 September 23 @ Mets 5–2 Hudson (2–1) Pelfrey (10–12) Soriano (26) 38,266 3:18 82–70 153 September 25 @ Nationals 4–1 Vázquez (15–9) Lannan (9–13) 28,276 2:27 83–70 154 September 26 @ Nationals 11–5 Hanson (11–4) Mock (3–10) 29,058 2:48 84–70 155 September 27 @ Nationals 6–3(10) Gonzalez (5–4) MacDougal (1–1) Soriano (27) 27,840 2:55 85–70 156 September 28 Marlins 4–0 Jurrjens (14–10) Sánchez (3–8) 25,046 2:37 86–70 157 September 29 Marlins 4–5 Pinto (4–1) Kawakami (7–12) Núñez (25) 28,669 3:20 86–71 158 September 30 Marlins 4–5 Nolasco (13–9) Vázquez (15–10) Donnelly (2) 31,513 3:00 86–72
October (0–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record 159 October 1 Nationals 1–2 Clippard (4–2) Soriano (1–6) MacDougal (19) 38,237 2:47 86–73 160 October 2 Nationals 0–6 Hernández (9–12) Lowe (15–10) MacDougal (20) 33,124 2:56 86–74 161 October 3 Nationals 4–6(11) Segovia (1–0) Acosta (1–1) Kensing (1) 28,278 3:16 86–75 162 October 4 Nationals 1–2(15) Kensing (1–2) Logan (1–1) 36,307 4:18 86–76

Roster

2009 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 46 Manny Acosta 47 Jeff Bennett 56 Blaine Boyer 57 Jorge Campillo 38 Buddy Carlyle 51 Mike Gonzalez 48 Tommy Hanson 15 Tim Hudson 49 Jair Jurrjens 11 Kenshin Kawakami 36 Boone Logan 32 Derek Lowe 54 Kris Medlen 58 Peter Moylan 56 Vladimir Núñez 34 Eric O'Flaherty 40 James Parr 37 Jo-Jo Reyes 39 Rafael Soriano 50 Luis Valdez 33 Javier Vázquez		Catchers 16 Brian McCann  8 Dave Ross  5 Clint Sammons Infielders 25 Barbaro Canizares 26 Brooks Conrad 19 Yunel Escobar 27 Diory Hernández  4 Omar Infante  2 Kelly Johnson 10 Chipper Jones 22 Casey Kotchman 22 Adam LaRoche 20 Greg Norton 14 Martín Prado Outfielders 18 Garret Anderson 26 Brian Barton  1 Gregor Blanco 25 Ryan Church 23 Matt Diaz  7 Jeff Francoeur 30 Reid Gorecki 28 Brandon Jones 13 Nate McLouth 24 Jordan Schafer		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 52 Chino Cadahia (bench) 17 Glenn Hubbard (first base) 45 Roger McDowell (pitching)  9 Terry Pendleton (hitting) 12 Eddie Pérez (bullpen) 43 Brian Snitker (third base)

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

• Source: ESPN.com-Atlanta Braves Lineup-Games By Position

× = 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. "Braves acquire McLouth from Pirates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
3. "Braves deal Francoeur for Church". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
4. 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.

External links

• 2009 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference
• 2009 Atlanta Braves season Official Site
• Atlanta Braves at ESPN.com

(Archived 2009-06-20)