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 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.

Preseason 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

2009 Regular Season game log

April (10–11)

May (15–14)

June (11–15)

July (16–11)

August (17–11)

September (17–10)

October (0–4)

Braves Win
Braves Loss
Game Postponed

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

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

External links

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[1] Atlanta adds Vazquez to new-look staff

[McLouthTrade-2] 1 2 "Braves acquire McLouth from Pirates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.

[ChruchTrade-3] 1 2 3 "Braves deal Francoeur for Church". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.

[LaRocheTrade-4] 1 2 3 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.

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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