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The 2009 Atlanta Braves Season features the Braves' attempt to reclaim a postseason berth for the first time since 2005. The Braves are once again skippered by Bobby Cox, now in his 24th season managing the team. It will be their 44th season in Atlanta, and the 138th of the franchise.

Contents

[edit] Pre Season Transactions

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
Julian Tavarez (RHP) Washington Nationals
Chuck James (LHP) FREE AGENT

[edit] 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 Vazquez & (P) Boone Logan [1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

 v  d  e 
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

[edit] Record vs. opponents

Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WAS AL
Arizona 3–4 2–1 1–5 6–6 5–3 5–4 5–7 2–2 5–2 1–5 6–1 7–5 4–8 2–4 1–5 5–10
Atlanta 4–3 4–2 3–3 4–4 6–6 1–2 4–3 3–3 7–5 9–6 3–4 3–3 3–4 1–2 7–4 7–8
Chicago 1–2 2–4 8–4 2–4 4–3 9–6 3–5 6–4 2–1 1–5 6–2 4–5 1–1 5–8 5–2 6–9
Cincinnati 5–1 3–3 4–8 0–3 1–1 7–3 1–5 8–7 2–4 2–5 6–4 1–6 3–3 6–7 3–4 6–9
Colorado 6–6 4–4 4–2 3–0 2–4 2–5 3–12 3–0 1–3 2–4 6–3 8–4 7–8 4–0 6–0 11–4
Florida 3–5 6–6 3–4 1–1 4–2 4–3 3–3 3–4 7–5 5–7 2–4 4–2 3–4 1–2 9–3 10–8
Houston 4–5 2–1 6–9 3–7 5–2 3–4 4–3 5–7 1–2 0–0 8–4 6–1 2–4 5–7 3–3 6–9
Los Angeles 7–4 3–4 5–3 5–1 12–3 3–3 3–4 3–3 5–1 4–3 3–0 9–4 7–5 2–5 1–1 9–9
Milwaukee 2–2 3–3 4–6 7–8 0–3 4–3 7–5 3–3 3–3 2–1 9–5 2–4 3–3 5–4 5–3 5–10
New York 2–5 5–7 1–2 4–2 3–1 5–7 2–1 1–5 3–3 5–9 4–3 2–5 5–3 4–5 8–4 5–10
Philadelphia 5–1 6–9 5–1 5–2 4–2 7–5 0–0 3–4 1–2 9–5 4–2 5–2 1–3 4–1 10–2 6–12
Pittsburgh 1–6 4–3 2–6 4–6 3–6 4–2 4–8 0–3 5–9 3–4 2–4 2–1 2–4 4–8 5–3 8–7
San Diego 5–7 3–3 5–4 6–1 4–8 2–4 1–6 4–9 4–2 5–2 2–5 1–2 7–5 1–6 2–2 5–10
San Francisco 8–4 4–3 1–1 3–3 8–7 4–3 4–2 5–7 3–3 3–5 3–1 4–2 5–7 4–3 4–2 9–6
St. Louis 4–2 2–1 8–5 7–6 0–4 2–1 7–5 5–2 4–5 5–4 1–4 8–4 6–1 3–4 6–1 9–6
Washington 5–1 4–7 2–5 4–3 0–6 3–9 3–3 1–1 3–5 4–8 2–10 3–5 2–2 2–4 1–6 7–11


Through September 28, 2009


[edit] Game log

2009 Game Log

[edit] Roster

2009 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

[edit] Mid-Season Trades

June 3, 2009
to Pittsburgh Pirates
Minor League prospects (OF) Gorkys Hernandez, (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]

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 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 (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 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

As of August 30, 2009

* = Acquired Mid-Season

# = Not on Active roster

"()" = Stats with Braves

[edit] 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 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

As of September 1, 2009

† = No longer with team

# = Not on Active roster

[edit] Minor league affiliates

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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