2009 Houston Astros season

2009 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMinute Maid Park
CityHouston, Texas
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place5th
OwnersDrayton McLane, Jr.
General managersEd Wade
ManagersCecil Cooper, Dave Clark (interim)
TelevisionFSN Houston
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)
RadioKTRH
(Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond)
KLAT (Spanish)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference

The 2009 Houston Astros season was the 48th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 45th as the Astros, 48th in the National League (NL), 16th in the NL Central division, and 10th at Minute Maid Park. The Astros entered the season with a 86–75 record, in third place in the NL Central division and 12 games behind the first-place Chicacgo Cubs. It was the 14th winning season out of the previous 16 for the Astros.

On April 6, pitcher Roy Oswalt made his seventh consecutive Opening Day start as the Astros hosted the Cubs, but were defeated, 4–2. In the amateur draft, the Astros selected shortstop Jio Mier in the first round at 21st overall, shortstop Enrique Hernández in the sixth round, pitcher Dallas Keuchel in the seventh round, and outfielder J. D. Martinez in the 20th round.

Two Astros players realized significant career milestones on June 13—Lance Berkman slugged his 300th home run, while Miguel Tejada collected his 2,000th hit.

Right fielder Hunter Pence and Tejada (shortstop) represented the Astros at the MLB All-Star Game and played for the National League. This was the sixth career selection for Tejada, and first for Pence.

The Astros concluded the 2009 season with a 74–88 record, in fifth place in the NL Central, and 17 games behind the division-leading St. Louis Cardinals. This was the first of six consecutive losing seasons for Houston, through 2014. The only other occurrence in franchise history with as many consecutive losing seasons was in their first seven years in existence, from 1962—1968.

Center fielder Michael Bourne was awarded with his second career Gold Glove following the season.

Regular season

Summary

April

Opening Day starting lineup[1][2]
 3 Kazuo Matsui 2B
12 Iván Rodríguez  C
17 Lance Berkman 1B
45 Carlos Lee LF
10 Miguel Tejada SS
27 Geoff Blum 3B
 9 Hunter Pence RF
21 Michael Bourn CF
44 Roy Oswalt  P
Venue: Minute Maid Park • CHC 4, HOU 2

The Astros lost their season opening series against the Chidago Cubs, their one win coming off of former Cincinnati Red Jeff Keppinger's tenth inning run batted in (RBI) single in his first at bat with the club.[3] They were then swept by the Cardinals in St. Louis in a three-game series, giving up 19 runs while only being able to score 5 runs. The team then traveled to Pittsburgh where they lost the first game 7-0.[4] The next day, Mike Hampton won his second start of his second stint with the franchise with an 8 strikeout, 6 inning outing for the win over the Pirates.[5] Lance Berkman's 6th inning 3 run home run helped the Astros win the third game of the series against the Pirates. The Astros then returned home to Minute Maid Park, where they had three good outings against the Reds by ace Roy Oswalt, journeyman Wandy Rodríguez and Triple-A Round Rock call-up Felipe Paulino. José Valverde gave up a 2-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to Ramón Hernández for the loss in Oswalt's game on April 17,[6] Rodriguez's got the win with a strong offensive outing by the Astros led by Geoff Blum with 3 RBIs on April 18,[7] and Geoff Geary gave up a two-run double to Micah Owings in the top of the seventh inning for the loss in Paulino's game on April 19.[8] In the fourth game of the series, Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee's back to back solo shot home runs were not enough to beat the Red's Edwin Encarnación's 2 RBI single and Joey Votto's 2 RBI double to give the Red's the series, 3–1.[9] The Houston Astros are an even 451 wins and 451 losses against the Chicago Cubs.

May

Every starter collected at least two hits on May 13—including pitcher Mike Hampton—for the Astros, who routed the Colorado Rockies, 15–11. Further, Houston piled on 24 hits in all, one short of the franchise record.[10]

During the May 17 contest at Wrigley Field, Iván Rodríguez connected for his 300th career home run. It was one of the first milestones featured in a season highlighting achievement by a number of distinguished veterans on this Astros roster.[11]

As of May 30, Houston had a record of 19–29 for last place in the NL Central division.[11]

June

Two Astros players achieved significant career milestones on June 13—Berkman conenected for his 300th home run, while Miguel Tejada collected his 2,000th hit to lead a 6–4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.[12] Berkman joined Jeff Bagwell as the second Astro to have hit as many home runs with the team, while Tejada followed Craig Biggio and Bagwell as having collected their 2,000th hit in an Astros uniform.

On June 17, Astros catcher Iván Rodríguez made his 2,227th start behind the dish against the Texas Rangers, his long-time team. This start broke the all-time record for games played at catcher. However, Rodríguez made two crucial errors that helped the Rangers to a 5–4 win.[13]

July

Following a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals on July 22, Houston had been on a 30–27 run since the start of June which pulled the club to within a game of first place.[11]

August

Following suit of Iván Rodríguez and Lance Berkman earlier in the year, Carlos Lee cranked the 300th home run of his career at Minute Maid Park. Hence, the Astros became the first club in major league history in which three player crossed the 300-home run threshold during the same season.[11]

Performance overview

The Astros concluded the 2009 campaign with a 74–88 record for fifth place in the NL Central, and 11 games behind the division-champion St. Louis Cardinals, a reduction of 12 wins from the year prior. This was the first of six consecutive losing seasons, an artifact not realized by the club since the inception of the expansion era in 1962 until 1968, during which they also lost 90 or more games every year.[14] In spite of the downturn, Houston maintained their winning ways at home, reeling off a ninth straight winning chapter at Minute Maid Park, at 44–37 (.543). They concluded their first decade with a combined 456–351 (.565) showing.[11]

In a polling of fans, Craig Biggio’s 3,000th hit on June 28, 2007, was determined the most iconic moment in Minute Maid Park history.[11]

Outfielder Michael Bourn received the Gold Glove Award, the first Astros player at the position since César Cedeño in 1976.[15] Bourn also topped the National League with 61 stolen bases, the second Astro to do so, succeeding Biggio in 1994.[16] With runners in scoring position, Bourn hit a robust .353.[11]

Season standings

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 91 71 .562 — 46‍–‍35 45‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs 83 78 .516 7½ 46‍–‍34 37‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 80 82 .494 11 40‍–‍41 40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 78 84 .481 13 40‍–‍41 38‍–‍43
Houston Astros 74 88 .457 17 44‍–‍37 30‍–‍51
Pittsburgh Pirates 62 99 .385 28½ 40‍–‍41 22‍–‍58


Record vs. opponents

2009 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009

Team AZ 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 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 Game Log
April (9–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 6 Cubs 4–2 Zambrano (1–0) Oswalt (0–1) Gregg (1) 43,827 0–1
2 April 7 Cubs 3–2 (10) Brocail (1–0) Cotts (0–1) 31,121 1–1
3 April 8 Cubs 11–6 Lilly (1–0) Moehler (0–1) 30,047 1–2
4 April 10 @ Cardinals 5–3 Piñeiro (1–0) Hampton (0–1) McClellan (1) 37,224 1–3
5 April 11 @ Cardinals 11–2 Wainwright (1–0) Oswalt (0–2) 43,454 1–4
6 April 12 @ Cardinals 3–0 Lohse (2–0) Rodríguez (0–1) 36,310 1–5
7 April 13 @ Pirates 7–0 Duke (2–0) Moehler (0–2) 38,411 1–6
8 April 15 @ Pirates 4–1 Hampton (1–1) Ohlendorf (0–2) 20,690 2–6
9 April 16 @ Pirates 6–3 Wright (1–0) Burnett (0–1) Hawkins (1) 13,877 3–6
10 April 17 Reds 2–1 Masset (1–0) Valverde (0–1) Cordero (3) 32,268 3–7
11 April 18 Reds 7–0 Rodríguez (1–1) Harang (1–2) 30,141 4–7
12 April 19 Reds 4–2 Vólquez (2–1) Geary (0–1) Cordero (4) 29,372 4–8
13 April 20 Reds 4–3 Arroyo (3–0) Geary (0–2) Cordero (5) 23,308 4–9
14 April 21 Dodgers 8–5 Ortiz (1–0) Kershaw (0–1) Valverde (1) 26,360 5–9
15 April 22 Dodgers 6–5 Sampson (1–0) Belisario (0–1) Hawkins (2) 26,725 6–9
16 April 23 Dodgers 2–0 Billingsley (4–0) Rodríguez (1–2) Broxton (5) 26,081 6–10
17 April 24 Brewers 5–2 Gallardo (2–1) Paulino (0–1) 25,316 6–11
18 April 25 Brewers 9–8 (11) DiFelice (1–0) Geary (0–3) 31,355 6–12
19 April 26 Brewers 3–2 Ortiz (2–0) Parra (0–4) Valverde (2) 27,690 7–12
20 April 27 @ Reds 4–1 Sampson (2–0) Cordero (0–1) 12,365 8–12
21 April 28 @ Reds 8–3 Rodríguez (2–2) Harang (2–3) 9,878 9–12
22 April 29 @ Reds 3–0 Vólquez (3–2) Paulino (0–2) Cordero (7) 12,681 9–13
May (11–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
23 May 1 @ Braves 7–2 Lowe (3–1) Hampton (1–2) 29,309 9–14
24 May 2 @ Braves 5–1 Byrdak (1–0) Carlyle (0–1) 28,203 10–14
25 May 3 @ Braves 7–5 Geary (1–3) Moylan (1–2) Hawkins (3) 27,921 11–14
26 May 4 @ Nationals 9–4 Lannan (1–3) Wright (1–1) 14,115 11–15
27 May 5* @ Nationals 11–10 Hanrahan (1–1) Hawkins (0–1) (1–1) 19,328 11–16
28 May 6 Cubs 6–3 Harden (3–1) Hampton (1–3) Gregg (5) 29,415 11–17
29 May 7 Cubs 8–5 Lilly (4–2) Ortiz (2–1) 28,625 11–18
30 May 8 Padres 2–0 Rodríguez (3–2) Gaudin (0–2) Hawkins (4) 28,139 12–18
31 May 9 Padres 5–4 Hawkins (1–0) Gregerson (0–3) 29,141 13–18
32 May 10 Padres 12–5 Oswalt (1–2) Geer (0–1) 30,023 14–18
33 May 12 @ Rockies 12–1 Jiménez (3–4) Paulino (0–3) 23,233 14–19
34 May 13 @ Rockies 15–11 Hampton (2–3) Marquis (4–3) 19,226 15–19
35 May 14 @ Rockies 5–3 Rodríguez (4–2) Hammel (0–2) Hawkins (5) 22,696 16–19
May 15 @ Cubs Postponed
36 May 16 @ Cubs 5–4 Marshall (2–2) Hawkins (1–1) 40,549 16–20
37 May 17 @ Cubs 6–5 Moehler (1–2) Harden (4–2) Sampson (1) 40,478 17–20
38 May 19 Brewers 4–2 Bush (3–0) Ortiz (2–2) Hoffman (10) 29,343 17–21
39 May 20 Brewers 6–4 Rodríguez (5–2) Gallardo (4–2) Sampson (2) 27,160 18–21
40 May 21 Brewers 4–3 McClung (1–1) Fulchino (0–1) Hoffman (11) 25,037 18–22
41 May 22 Rangers 6–5 (10) O'Day (2–0) Hawkins (1–2) Francisco (10) 36,017 18–23
42 May 23 Rangers 6–3 Feldman (3–0) Moehler (1–3) Wilson (3) 36,019 18–24
43 May 24 Rangers 5–0 McCarthy (4–2) Hampton (2–4) 36,749 18–25
44 May 25 @ Reds 8–5 Harang (5–4) Rodríguez (5–3) Cordero (12) 17,818 18–26
45 May 26 @ Reds 6–4 Masset (2–0) Byrdak (1–1) Cordero (13) 15,619 18–27
46 May 27 @ Reds 6–1 Arroyo (7–3) Paulino (0–4) 17,602 18–28
47 May 29 @ Pirates 6–1 Moehler (2–3) Ohlendorf (5–5) 18,236 19–28
48 May 30 @ Pirates 7–4 Karstens (2–2) Rodríguez (5–4) Capps (10) 37,167 19–29
49 May 31 @ Pirates 2–1 Hampton (3–4) Maholm (3–2) Hawkins (6) 19,566 20–29
*Game suspended, completed on July 9 at Minute Maid Park.
June (16–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
50 June 1 Rockies 4–1 Oswalt (2–2) Cook (3–3) Hawkins (7) 24,016 21–29
51 June 2 Rockies 3–2 (11) Ortiz (3–2) Fogg (0–1) 24,041 22–29
52 June 3 Rockies 6–4 Byrdak (2–1) Marquis (7–4) Sampson (3) 22,032 23–29
53 June 4 Rockies 10–3 Hammel (2–3) Rodríguez (5–5) 26,671 23–30
54 June 5 Pirates 9–1 Hampton (4–4) Karstens (2–3) 26,222 24–30
55 June 6 Pirates 6–4 Maholm (4–2) Oswalt (2–3) Capps (13) 26,099 24–31
56 June 7 Pirates 6–4 Fulchino (1–1) Jackson (1–1) Hawkins (8) 25,729 25–31
57 June 9 Cubs 7–1 Lilly (7–4) Moehler (2–4) 29,669 25–32
58 June 10 Cubs 2–1 Sampson (3–0) Guzmán (2–1) 29,840 26–32
59 June 11 Cubs 2–1 (13) Fulchino (2–1) Ascanio (0–1) 34,250 27–32
60 June 12 @ Diamondbacks 8–1 Haren (5–4) Hampton (4–5) 22,225 27–33
61 June 13 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Oswalt (3–3) Garland (4–7) Hawkins (9) 29,206 28–33
62 June 14 @ Diamondbacks 8–3 Moehler (3–4) Buckner (2–3) 26,937 29–33
63 June 16 @ Rangers 6–1 Millwood (7–4) Rodríguez (5–6) 21,676 29–34
64 June 17 @ Rangers 5–4 (10) Wilson (4–3) Fulchino (2–2) 32,425 29–35
65 June 18 @ Rangers 5–3 Arias (1–0) Jennings (2–2) Valverde (3) 25,445 30–35
66 June 19 @ Twins 5–2 Slowey (10–2) Oswalt (3–4) Nathan (16) 32,218 30–36
67 June 20 @ Twins 6–5 Moehler (4–3) Henn (0–3) Valverde (4) 34,710 31–36
68 June 21 @ Twins 4–1 Rodríguez (6–6) Perkins (2–4) Valverde (5) 39,659 32–36
69 June 23 Royals 2–1 Greinke (9–3) Ortiz (3–3) Soria (8) 30,049 32–37
70 June 24 Royals 4–3 Soria (2–0) Fulchino (2–3) Bale (1) 28,602 32–38
71 June 25 Royals 5–4 Wright (2–1) Bannister (5–5) Valverde (6) 32,048 33–38
72 June 26 Tigers 5–4 Sampson (4–0) Zumaya (3–2) Hawkins (10) 33,052 34–38
73 June 27 Tigers 8–1 Paulino (2–4) Figaro (1–1) 37,123 35–38
74 June 28 Tigers 4–3 Seay (1–1) Valverde (0–2) Rodney (17) 34,041 35–39
75 June 29 @ Padres 3–1 Oswalt (4–4) Geer (1–3) 15,671 36–39
76 June 30 @ Padres 4–3 Banks (1–0) Sampson (4–1) Bell (22) 15,276 36–40
July (15–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
77 July 1 @ Padres 7–1 Moehler (5–4) Silva ((0–2) 16,670 37–40
78 July 2 @ Padres 7–2 Rodríguez (7–6) Correia (5–6) 23,284 38–40
79 July 3 @ Giants 13–0 Sadowski (2–0) Paulino (2–5) 42,199 38–41
80 July 4 @ Giants 9–0 Lincecum (9–2) Ortiz (3–4) 34,582 38–42
81 July 5 @ Giants 7–1 Oswalt (5–4) Johnson (8–6) 30,157 39–42
82 July 6 Pirates 4–1 Hampton (5–5) Vasquez (1–2) Valverde (7) 26,834 40–42
83 July 7 Pirates 6–3 Maholm (6–4) Moehler (5–5) Capps (13) 27,142 40–43
84 July 8 Pirates 5–0 Rodríguez (8–6) Morton (1–2) 29,243 41–43
85 July 9 Nationals 9–4 Arias (2–0) Lannan (6–6) 25,490 42–43
86 July 10 Nationals 6–5 Fulchino (3–3) Beimel (0–5) 33,085 43–43
87 July 11 Nationals 13–2 Stammen (2–4) Hampton (5–6) 30,052 43–44
88 July 12 Nationals 5–0 Moehler (6–5) Zimmermann (3–4) Valverde (8) 28,680 44–44
89 July 16 @ Dodgers 3–0 Rodríguez (9–6) Wolf (4–4) Valverde (9) 45,970 45–44
90 July 17 @ Dodgers 8–1 Oswalt (6–4) Chad Billingsley (9–5) 51,209 46–44
91 July 18 @ Dodgers 5–2 Kershaw (8–5) Hampton Broxton (21) 48,298 46–45
92 July 19 @ Dodgers 4–3 Troncoso (4–0) Hawkins (1–4) Broxton (22) 40,340 46–46
93 July 20 Cardinals 3–2 Moehler (7–5) Lohse (4–6) Valverde (10) 36,437 47–46
94 July 21 Cardinals 11–6 Rodríguez (10–6) Wellemeyer (7–8) 33,140 48–46
95 July 22 Cardinals 4–3 Valverde (1–2) Franklin (2–1) 37,619 49–46
96 July 24 Mets 5–4 Hampton (6–7) Santana (11–8) Valverde (11) 42,967 50–46
97 July 25 Mets 10–3 Niese (1–0) Ortiz (3–5) 43,302 50–47
98 July 26 Mets 8–3 Hernández (7–5) Moehler (7–6) Green (1) 34,642 50–48
99 July 27 @ Cubs 5–1 (13) Samardzija (1–1) Sampson (4–2) 40,794 50–49
100 July 28 @ Cubs 11–6 Fulchino Guzmán 40,814 51–49
101 July 29 @ Cubs 12–0 Wells (7–4) Hampton (6–8) 41,538 51–50
102 July 30 @ Cubs 12–3 Hart (3–1) Ortiz (3–6) 41,524 51–51
103 July 31 @ Cardinals 4–3 Miller (3–0) Arias (2–1) Franklin 43,760 51–52
August (13–18)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
104 August 1 @ Cardinals 3–1 Carpenter (10–3) Fulchino (4–4) 45,074 51–53
105 August 2 @ Cardinals 2–0 Norris (1–0) Wainwright Valverde (12) 45,227 52–53
106 August 3 Giants 4–3 Hampton (7–8) Cain (12–3) Valverde (13) 29,835 53–53
107 August 4 Giants 8–1 Sánchez (5–9) Paulino (2–6) 29,747 53–54
108 August 5 Giants 10–6 Martinez (2–0) Moehler (7–7) 31,710 53–55
109 August 7 Brewers 6–3 Norris (2–0) Carlos Villanueva (2–9) 34,691 54–55
110 August 8 Brewers 12–5 Manny Parra (7–8) Hampton (7–9) 35,216 54–56
111 August 9 Brewers 2–0 Rodríguez (11–6) Gallardo (10–9) Valverde (15) 32,262 55–56
112 August 10 @ Marlins 8–6 VandenHurk (2–1) Moehler (7–8) Núñez (12) 12,325 55–57
113 August 11 @ Marlins 9–8 (11) Sanchez (3–1) Wright (2–2) 13,312 55–58
114 August 12 @ Marlins 14–6 Norris (3–0) Nolasco (8–8) 21,122 56–58
115 August 13 @ Marlins 9–2 West (4–4) Hampton (7–10) 14,047 56–59
116 August 14 @ Brewers 11–2 Gallardo (11–9) Rodríguez (11–7) 37,715 56–60
117 August 15 @ Brewers 6–2 Burns (3–4) Moehler (7–9) 42,952 56–61
118 August 16 @ Brewers 8–5 Fulchino (5–4) Weathers (3–4) Valverde (16) 41,863 57–61
119 August 18 Marlins 6–2 Nolasco (9–8) Norris (3–1) 30,189 57–62
120 August 19 Marlins 6–3 Gervacio (1–0) West (4–5) Valverde (17) 30,101 58–62
121 August 20 Marlins 4–1 Rodríguez (12–7) Johnson (12–3) Valverde (18) 30,039 59–62
122 August 21 Diamondbacks 1–0 Oswalt (7–4) Petit (2–8) Valverde (19) 30,032 60–62
123 August 22 Diamondbacks 4–2 Moehler (8–9) Scherzer (7–8) Hawkins 39,412 61–62
124 August 23 Diamondbacks 7–5 Jon Garland (7–11) Norris (3–2) Qualls (23) 30,612 61–63
125 August 25 @ Cardinals 1–0 Wainwright (15–7) Rodríguez (11–7) Franklin (33) 40,512 61–64
126 August 26 @ Cardinals 3–2 Piñeiro (13–9) Oswalt (7–4) Franklin (34) 40,311 61–65
127 August 27 @ Cardinals 4–3 Valverde (2–2) McClellan (4–3) 40,348 62–65
128 August 28 @ Diamondbacks 14–7 Scherzer ((8–8) Bazardo (0–1) 26,190 62–66
129 August 29 @ Diamondbacks 9–0 Garland (8–11) Norris (3–3) 37,190 62–67
130 August 30 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Haren (13–8) Rodríguez (12–9) Qualls (24) 29,062 62–68
131 August 31 @ Cubs 5–3 Oswalt (8–5) Harden (8–8) Valverde (20) 36,990 63–68
September (8–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
132 September 1 @ Cubs 4–1 Wells (10–7) Moehler (8–10) Mármol (7) 36,332 63–69
133 September 2 @ Cubs 2–0 Lilly (10–8) Paulino (2–0) Mármol (8) 39,192 63–70
134 September 4 Phillies 7–0 Rodríguez (13–9) Lee (12–11) 30,043 64–70
135 September 5 Phillies 5–4 Valverde (3–2) Lidge (0–7) 35,195 65–70
136 September 6 Phillies 4–3 Norris (3–3) Cole Hamels (8–9) Valverde (3–2) 34,754 66–70
137 September 7 Phillies 4–3 Wright (3–2) Park (3–3) Valverde (22) 29,040 67–70
138 September 8 Braves 2–1 Vázquez (12–9) Paulino (2–8) Soriano (22) 26,081 67–71
139 September 9 Braves 2–1 Valverde (4–2) (4–3) Soriano (1–5)) 22,392 68–71
140 September 10 Braves 9–7 Lowe (14–9) Oswalt (8–6) Gonzalez (10) 26,552 68–72
141 September 11 Pirates 9–1 Norris (5–3) Morton (3–8) 31,302 69–72
142 September 12 Pirates 4–2 Jeff Fulchino (6–4) Ross Ohlendorf (11–10) Valverde (22) 35,213 70–72
143 September 13 Pirates 2–1 Maholm (8–8) Paulino (2–9) Capps (25) 34,405 70–73
144 September 14 @ Reds 3–1 Arroyo (13–12) Rodríguez (13–9) Cordero (36) 9,852 70–74
145 September 15 @ Reds 5–4 Herrera (4–4) Gervacio (1–1) Cordero (36) 11,923 70–75
146 September 16 @ Reds 6–5 Burton (1–0) Wright (3–3) Cordero (37) 10,662 70–76
147 September 18 @ Brewers 3–2 Weathers (4–5)) Wright (3–4) Hoffman (34) 39,057 70–77
148 September 19 @ Brewers 7–2 Suppan (7–10) Gervacio (1–2) 36,399 70–78
149 September 20 @ Brewers 6–0 Gallardo (13–12) Paulino (2–10) Manager fired 30,024 70–79
150 September 21 Cardinals 7–3 Lohse (6–8) Rodríguez (13–11) 34,705 70–80
151 September 22 Cardinals 11–2 Piñeiro (15–11) Bazardo (0–2) 32,644 70–81
152 September 23 Cardinals 3–0 Norris (6–3) Smoltz (3–7) Valverde (24) 38,732 71–81
153 September 25 Reds 10–4 Maloney (2–4) Moehler (8–11) 37,710 71–82
154 September 26 Reds 10–4 Lehr (5–2) Paulino (2–11) 39,476 71–83
155 September 27 Reds 3–2 Rodríguez (14–11) Cuero (10–11) Valverde (25) 37,595 72–83
156 September 28 @ Phillies 8–2 Bazardo (1–2) Cole Hamels (10–10) 45,146 73–83
157 September 29 @ Phillies 7–4 Happ (12–4) López (0–1) 44,905 74–83
158 September 30 @ Phillies 10–3 Kendrick (3–1) Moehler (8–12) 45,207 74–84
October (0–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
159 October 1 @ Phillies 7–0 Paulino (2–11) Lee (14–13) 44,905 74–85
160 October 2 @ Mets 7–1 Maine (7–6) Rodríguez (14–12) 37,576 74–86
161 October 3 @ Mets 5–1 Misch (3–4) Bazardo (1–3) F Rodríguez (35) 37,578 74–87
162 October 4 @ Mets 4–0 Figueroa (3–8) López (0–2) 38,135 74–88

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Roster

2009 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Major League Baseball draft

See also: 2009 Major League Baseball draft
Houston Astros 2009 MLB draft selections[17]

Player stats

Note: Team batting and pitching leaders are in bold.

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; 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 Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Iván Rodríguez C 93 327 41 82 15 2 8 34 .251 0
Lance Berkman 1B 136 460 73 126 31 1 25 80 .274 7
Kazuo Matsui 2B 132 476 56 119 20 2 9 46 .250 19
Miguel Tejeda SS 158 635 83 199 46 1 14 86 .313 5
Geoff Blum 3B 120 381 34 94 14 1 10 49 .247 0
Carlos Lee LF 160 610 65 183 35 1 26 102 .300 5
Michael Bourn CF 157 606 97 173 27 12 3 35 .285 61
Hunter Pence RF 159 585 76 165 26 5 25 72 .282 14
Jeff Keppinger IF 107 305 35 78 13 3 7 29 .256 0
Humberto Quintero C 60 157 11 37 8 1 4 14 .236 0
Jason Michaels OF 102 135 17 32 12 1 4 16 .237 1
Darin Erstad UT 107 134 13 26 8 2 2 11 .194 0
Chris Coste UT 43 103 3 21 5 0 0 10 .204 0
Edwin Maysonet IF 39 69 9 20 2 0 1 7 .290 0
J.R. Towles C 16 48 7 9 2 0 2 3 .188 0
Matt Kata UT 40 50 2 10 1 0 0 5 .200 1
Jason Smith MI 21 25 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 0
Chris Johnson 3B 11 22 1 2 0 0 0 1 .091 0
Aaron Boone CI 10 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Tommy Manzella SS 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0
Pitcher Totals — 162 290 19 38 5 0 2 15 .131 0
Team Totals — 162 5436 643 1415 270 32 142 616 .260 113

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; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP = (Walks+hits) per innings pitched

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB SO WHIP
Wandy Rodríguez SP 14 12 3.02 33 33 0 205.2 77 69 63 193 1.240
Roy Oswalt SP 8 6 4.12 30 30 0 181.1 83 83 42 138 1.241
Brian Moehler SP 8 12 5.47 29 29 0 154.2 101 94 51 91 1.539
Mike Hampton SP 7 10 5.30 21 21 0 112.0 71 66 46 74 1.554
Felipe Paulino SP 3 11 6.27 23 17 0 97.2 73 68 37 93 1.669
Russ Ortiz SP 3 6 5.57 23 13 0 85.2 56 53 48 65 1.669
José Valverde CL 4 2 2.33 52 0 25 54.0 15 14 21 56 1.130
Jeff Fulchino RP 6 4 3.40 61 0 0 82.0 33 31 27 71 1.183
LaTroy Hawkins RP 1 4 2.13 65 0 11 63.1 16 15 16 45 1.200
Tim Byrdak 1 2 3.23 76 0 0 61.1 23 22 36 58 1.223
Chris Sampson 4 2 5.04 49 0 3 55.1 34 31 21 33 1.572
Bud Norris 6 3 4.53 11 10 0 55.2 29 28 25 54 1.509
Alberto Árias 2 1 3.35 42 0 0 45.2 21 17 19 39 1.489
Wesley Wright 3 4 5.44 49 0 0 44.2 27 27 25 47 1.746
Yorman Bazardo 1 3 7.88 10 6 0 32.0 31 28 22 17 1.844
Sammy Gervacio 1 1 2.14 29 0 0 21.0 5 5 8 25 1.143
Geoff Geary 1 3 8.10 16 0 0 20.0 19 18 10 12 2.000
Wilton López 0 2 8.38 8 2 0 19.1 21 18 8 9 2.069
Doug Brocail 1 0 4.58 20 0 0 17.2 9 9 13 9 1.925
Brandon Backe 0 0 10.38 5 1 0 13.0 15 15 6 10 2.077
Chad Paronto 0 0 12.15 6 0 0 6.2 9 9 1 3 2.400
Billy Sadler 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 1.1 2 2 1 2 13.50
Team Totals 74 88 4.54 162 162 39 1430.0 770 722 546 1144 1.445

Awards and achievements

Awards
Individual batting leaders

Minor league system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League Marc Bombard
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Texas League Luis Pujols
A Lancaster JetHawks California League Wes Clements
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Tom Lawless
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Jim Pankovits
Rookie Greeneville Astros Appalachian League Rodney Linares
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Omar López
Awards

See also

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