From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 Atlanta Braves season
2009 Atlanta Braves season
Player Former Team Contract Terms
Derek Lowe (RHP) L.A. Dodgers 4 years/$60M
Kenshin Kawaka- Chunichi Dragons (NPB) 3 years/$23M
mi (RHP)
Garret Anderson L.A. Angeles of Anaheim 1 year/$2.5M
(OF)
David Ross (C) Boston Red Sox 2 years/$3M
Player New Team
John Smoltz (RHP) Boston Red Sox
Mike Hampton (LHP) Houston Astros
Corky Miller (C) Chicago White Sox
Julian Tavarez (RHP) Washington Nationals
Chuck James (LHP) FREE AGENT
2009 Atlanta Braves Pre Season Transactions
Major league affiliations
• •
Notable Free Agent Acquisitions
Location Notable Players lost to free agency
• • Source: Baseball-Reference.com 2009 Atlanta Braves Trades and
• Transactions
2009 information
Pre Season Trades
Owner(s) Liberty Media
December to Chicago White Sox (IF) to Atlanta
Manager(s) Bobby Cox
4, 2008 Brent Lillibridge & Minor Braves (P)
Local SportSouth League prospects Tyler Javier
television Fox Sports South Flowers, Jon Gilmore & Vazquez &
Peachtree TV Santos Rodriguez (P) Boone
Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Jon Sciambi
Logan [1]
Local radio Atlanta Braves Radio Network
Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Mark Lemke, Jon
Sciambi Regular season
Previous season Next season
Season standings
The 2009 Atlanta Braves Season features the Braves’ at-
tempt to reclaim a postseason berth for the first time Record vs. opponents
since 2005. The Braves are once again skippered by Bobby • Source: MLB Standings Grid
Cox, now in his 24th season managing the team. It will be
their 44th season in Atlanta, and the 138th of the fran-
chise.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 Atlanta Braves season
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
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
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 Francis- 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
co
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 • 48 • 27 Diory • 12 Eddie Pérez
Tommy Hernández (bullpen)
Roster Hanson • 4 Omar • 43 Brian
• 15 Tim Infante Snitker (third
2009 Atlanta Braves
Hudson • 2 Kelly base)
Roster • 49 Jair Johnson
Pitchers Catchers Manager Jurrjens • 10 Chipper
• 46 Manny • 16 Brian • 6 Bobby Cox • 11 Jones
Acosta McCann Coaches Kenshin • 22 Casey
• 47 Jeff • 8 Dave • 52 Chino Kawakami Kotchman
Bennett Ross Cadahia • 36 Boone • 22 Adam
• 56 Blaine • 5 Clint (bench) Logan LaRoche
Boyer Sammons • 17 Glenn • 32 Derek • 20 Greg
• 57 Jorge Infielders Hubbard (first Lowe Norton
Campillo • 28 Barbaro base) • 54 Kris • 14 Martin
• 38 Buddy Canizares • 45 Roger Medlen Prado
Carlyle • 26 Brooks McDowell • 58 Peter Outfielders
• 51 Mike Conrad (pitching) Moylan • 18 Garret
Gonzalez • 19 Yunel • 9 Terry • 56 Anderson
Escobar Pendleton Vladimir • 26 Brian
(hitting) Núñez Barton
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 Atlanta Braves season
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
• 34 Eric • 1 Gregor † = On DL
O’Flaherty Blanco
• 40 James • 25 Ryan Batting
Parr Church Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits;
• 37 Jo-Jo • 23 Matt 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted
Reyes Diaz in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
• 39 Rafael • 7 Jeff As of August 30, 2009
Soriano Francoeur * = Acquired Mid-Season
• 50 Luis • 30 Reid # = Not on Active roster
Valdez Gorecki "()" = Stats with Braves
• 33 Javier • 28
Vázquez Brandon Pitching
Jones Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games
• 13 Nate pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R
McLouth = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed;
• 24 Jordan K = Strikeouts
Schafer As of September 1, 2009
† = No longer with team
Mid-Season Trades # = Not on Active roster
June to Pittsburgh Pirates Minor to Atlanta
3, League prospects (OF) Gorkys
2009 Hernandez, (P) Charlie Morton
Braves (OF)
Nate
Minor league affiliates
& (P) Jeff Locke McLouth[2]
July to New York Mets (OF) Jeff to Atlanta References
10, Francoeur & Cash Braves (OF) [1] Atlanta adds Vazquez to new-look staff
2009 Ryan [2] ^ "Braves acquire McLouth from Pirates". Archived
Church[3] from the original on 2009-08-15.
July to Boston Red Sox (1B) Casey to Atlanta http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/
31, Kotchman Braves (1B) article.jsp?ymd=20090603&content_id=5127470&vkey=news_atl&f
2009 Adam Retrieved 2009-08-13.
LaRoche & [3] ^ "Braves deal Francoeur for Church". Archived
Cash [4] from the original on 2009-08-15.
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/
article.jsp?ymd=20090710&content_id=5805268&vkey=news_atl&f
Player stats Retrieved 2009-08-13.
[4] ^ Braves reacquire LaRoche from Sox
Most games at position [5] "Braves release right-hander Bennett". Archived
from the original on 2009-08-15.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/
As of September 3, 2009
article.jsp?ymd=20090730&content_id=6157040&vkey=news_atl&f
• Source: ESPN.com-Atlanta Braves Lineup-Games By Position
Retrieved 2009-08-13.
× = No longer with team
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 Atlanta Braves season
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 45 (19) 92 (27) 26 (10) 0 (0) 4 (2) 39 (17) .279 6 (0)
(98) (.276)
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 Hernandez # 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] 113 416 63 (17) 114 28 (3) 1 (0) 20 (8) 58 (18) .274 2 (0)
(26) (92) (34) (.370)
16 Brian McCann 108 388 49 110 30 1 17 72 .284 3
13 Nate McLouth *[2] 101 395 66 (39) 102 23 (16) 2 (1) 15 (6) 56 (22) .258 17 (10)
(56) (227) (59) (.260)
20 Greg Norton 80 65 3 9 2 0 0 6 .138 0
14 Martin 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
[6] "Cards get Boyer from Braves for Barton". Archived
from the original on 2009-08-15.
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/
article.jsp?ymd=20090420&content_id=4352346&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl.
Retrieved 2009-08-13.
External links
• 2009 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference
• 2009 Atlanta Braves season Official Site
• Atlanta Braves at ESPN.com
(Archived 2009-06-20)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 Atlanta Braves season
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 Gonzalez 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 Vazquez 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
Classification level Team League
AAA Gwinnett Braves International League
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League
Advanced A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League
Rookie Gulf Coast Braves Gulf Coast League
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