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

v t e 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 v t e Source: [1]
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

Legend
Braves Win	Braves Loss	Game Postponed

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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

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2009 Atlanta Braves
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Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	3rd
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Owner(s)	Liberty Media
General manager(s)	Frank Wren
Manager(s)	Bobby Cox
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