2009 Colorado Rockies season

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2009 Colorado Rockies
National League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Coors Field (since 1995)
  • Denver, Colorado (since 1993)
Results
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Charles & Dick Monfort
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Clint Hurdle, Jim Tracy
Local televisionFSN Rocky Mountain Drew Goodman
George Frazier
Jeff Huson
Local radioKOA (English)
Jeff Kingery
Jack Corrigan
KMXA (Spanish)
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The 2009 Colorado Rockies entered the season attempting to improve on their 74–88 record from 2008. They lost 28 of their first 46 games, but following the hiring of interim manager Jim Tracy, the Rockies came back to win their third Wild Card title, and second in three years. The team drew 2,665,080 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 32,902 fans. Their 92 regular season wins is currently the most in a single season in Rockies franchise history.

Offseason[]

  • November 10, 2008: Matt Holliday was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Oakland Athletics for Carlos González, Huston Street, and Greg Smith.[1]
  • January 6, 2009: Luis Vizcaíno was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Chicago Cubs for Jason Marquis.[2]
  • February 1, 2009: Matt Belisle was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • April 5, 2009: Jason Hammel was traded by the Tampa Bay Rays to the Colorado Rockies for Aneury Rodríguez.[4]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 0.586 — 50–31 45–36
Colorado Rockies 92 70 0.568 3 51–30 41–40
San Francisco Giants 88 74 0.543 7 52–29 36–45
San Diego Padres 75 87 0.463 20 42–39 33–48
Arizona Diamondbacks 70 92 0.432 25 36–45 34–47


Wild Card standings[]

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NL Wild Card 		W L Pct. GB
Colorado Rockies 92 70 .568 —
San Francisco Giants 88 74 .543 4
Florida Marlins 87 75 .537 5
Atlanta Braves 86 76 .531 6
Chicago Cubs 83 78 .516 8½
Milwaukee Brewers 80 82 .494 12
Cincinnati Reds 78 84 .481 14

Record vs. opponents[]

2009 National League Records
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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


Transactions[]

  • July 23, 2009: Rafael Betancourt was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Colorado Rockies for Connor Graham (minors).[5]
  • July 31, 2009: Joe Beimel was traded by the Washington Nationals to the Colorado Rockies for Ryan Mattheus and Robinson Fabian (minors).[6]
  • August 24, 2009: Jason Giambi was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[7]
  • August 31, 2009: José Contreras was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Brandon Hynick (minors).[8]

Major League debuts[]

  • Batters:
    • Eric Young, Jr. (Aug 25)
    • Mike McCoy (Sep 9)
  • Pitchers:
    • Matt Daley (Apr 25)
    • Jhoulys Chacín (Jul 25)
    • Esmil Rogers (Sep 12) [9]

Roster[]

2009 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log[]

2009 Game Log
April (8–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 6 @ Diamondbacks 9–8 Peña (1–0) Grilli (0–1) Qualls (1) 48,799 0–1
2 April 7 @ Diamondbacks 3–0 Jiménez (1–0) Haren (0–1) Street (1) 26,637 1–1
3 April 8 @ Diamondbacks 9–2 Morales (1–0) Davis (0–1) 18,227 2–1
4 April 10 Phillies 10–3 Marquis (1–0) Hamels (0–1) 49,427 3–1
5 April 11 Phillies 8–4 Myers (1–1) de la Rosa (0–1) 35,251 3–2
6 April 12 Phillies 7–5 Madson (1–0) Street (0–1) Lidge (2) 21,628 3–3
7 April 13 @ Cubs 4–0 Lilly (2–0) Jiménez (1–1) 40,077 3–4
8 April 15 @ Cubs 5–2 Marquis (2–0) Harden (0–1) Grilli (1) 39,361 4–4
9 April 17 @ Dodgers 4–3 Mota (1–0) Embree (0–1) Broxton (4) 45,145 4–5
10 April 18 @ Dodgers 9–5 Billingsley (3–0) Cook (0–1) 36,765 4–6
11 April 19 @ Dodgers 14–2 Elbert (1–0) Jiménez (1–2) 41,474 4–7
12 April 20 @ Diamondbacks 6–3 Garland (2–1) Marquis (2–1) Qualls (3) 25,788 4–8
13 April 21 @ Diamondbacks 9–6 Belisle (1–0) Gutiérrez (0–1) Corpas (1) 25,411 5–8
14 April 22 @ Diamondbacks 2–0 Haren (1–3) de la Rosa (0–2) Qualls (4) 19,147 5–9
15 April 24 Dodgers 6–5 Kuo (1–0) Corpas (0–1) Broxton (6) 36,151 5–10
16 April 25 Dodgers 6–5 McDonald (1–1) Jiménez (1–3) Troncoso (1) 31,476 5–11
17 April 26 Dodgers 10–4 Marquis (3–1) Kershaw (0–2) 35,505 6–11
18 April 27 Padres 12–7 Grilli (1–1) Young (2–1) 18,246 7–11
19 April 28 Padres 4–3 Sánchez (1–0) Corpas (0–2) Bell (8) 19,346 7–12
20 April 29 Padres 7–5 Cook (1–1) Correia (0–2) Street (2) 20,289 8–12
May (12–17)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
21 May 1 @ Giants 3–2 Johnson (2–2) Jiménez (1–4) Wilson (6) 30,791 8–13
22 May 2 @ Giants 5–1 Marquis (4–1) Cain (2–1) 30,166 9–13
23 May 3 @ Giants 1–0 (10) Medders (1–1) Corpas (0–3) 30,650 9–14
24 May 4 @ Padres 9–6 Rusch (1–0) Moreno (1–3) Street (3) 14,717 10–14
25 May 5 @ Padres 2–1 (10) Bell (1–0) Daley (0–1) 13,646 10–15
26 May 6 Giants 11–1 Jiménez (2–4) Johnson (2–3) 22,105 11–15
27 May 7 Giants 8–3 Cain (3–1) Marquis (4–2) 23,453 11–16
28 May 8 Marlins 8–3 Nolasco (2–3) Hammel (0–1) 27,398 11–17
29 May 9 Marlins 3–1 Johnson (3–0) de la Rosa (0–3) Lindstrom (6) 28,227 11–18
30 May 10 Marlins 3–2 Cook (2–1) Volstad (2–2) Street (4) 30,197 12–18
31 May 12 Astros 12–1 Jiménez (3–4) Paulino (0–3) 23,233 13–18
32 May 13 Astros 15–11 Hampton (2–3) Marquis (4–3) 19,226 13–19
33 May 14 Astros 5–3 Rodríguez (4–2) Hammel (0–2) Hawkins (5) 22,696 13–20
34 May 15 @ Pirates 3–1 Embree (1–1) Capps (0–3) Street (5) 17,179 14–20
35 May 16 @ Pirates 7–4 Burnett (1–1) Belisle (1–1) Capps (7) 24,496 14–21
36 May 17 @ Pirates 11–4 Duke (5–3) Embree (1–2) 14,545 14–22
37 May 18 @ Braves 5–1 Marquis (5–3) Lowe (5–2) 15,364 15–22
38 May 19 @ Braves 8–1 Jurrjens (4–2) Hammel (0–3) 16,749 15–23
39 May 20 @ Braves 12–4 Vázquez (4–3) de la Rosa (0–4) 19,259 15–24
40 May 21 @ Braves 9–0 Cook (3–1) Medlen (0–1) 25,481 16–24
41 May 22 @ Tigers 4–3 Porcello (5–3) Jiménez (3–5) Zumaya (1) 28,264 16–25
42 May 23 @ Tigers 4–3 Marquis (6–3) Galarraga (3–4) Street (6) 37,035 17–25
43 May 24 @ Tigers 3–1 Hammel (1–3) Willis (1–1) Street (7) 34,606 18–25
44 May 25 Dodgers 16–6 Ohman (1–0) de la Rosa (0–5) 37,024 18–26
45 May 26 Dodgers 7–1 Milton (1–0) Cook (3–2) 25,384 18–27
46 May 27 Dodgers 8–6 Kershaw (3–3) Jiménez (3–6) 22,271 18–28
47 May 29 Padres 3–0 Marquis (7–3) Young (4–3) Street (8) 23,239 19–28
48 May 30 Padres 8–7 Street (1–1) Bell (2–1) 32,064 20–28
49 May 31 Padres 5–2 Gaudin (2–3) de la Rosa (0–6) Bell (15) 30,223 20–29
June (21–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
50 June 1 @ Astros 4–1 Oswalt (2–2) Cook (3–3) Hawkins (7) 24,016 20–30
51 June 2 @ Astros 3–2 (11) Ortiz (3–2) Fogg (0–1) 24,041 20–31
52 June 3 @ Astros 6–4 Byrdak (2–1) Marquis (7–4) Sampson (3) 22,032 20–32
53 June 4 @ Astros 10–3 Hammel (2–3) Rodríguez (5–5) 26,671 21–32
54 June 5 @ Cardinals 11–4 de la Rosa (1–6) Wainwright (5–4) 41,115 22–32
55 June 6 @ Cardinals 10–1 Cook (4–3) Wellemeyer (5–6) 44,002 23–32
56 June 7 @ Cardinals 7–2 Jiménez (4–6) Piñeiro (5–6) 42,288 24–32
57 June 8 @ Cardinals 5–2 Marquis (8–4) Thompson (0–2) Street (9) 36,748 25–32
58 June 9 @ Brewers 3–2 Hammel (3–3) Coffey (1–1) Street (10) 32,464 26–32
59 June 10 @ Brewers 4–2 de la Rosa (2–6) Bush (3–3) Street (11) 34,823 27–32
60 June 11 @ Brewers 5–4 Cook (5–3) Gallardo (6–3) Street (12) 35,467 28–32
61 June 12 Mariners 6–4 Jiménez (5–6) Washburn (3–5) 30,365 29–32
62 June 13 Mariners 5–3 Corpas (1–3) Lowe (0–4) Street (13) 31,101 30–32
63 June 14 Mariners 7–1 Hammel (4–3) Vargas (2–2) 38,614 31–32
64 June 16 Rays 12–4 Niemann (6–4) de la Rosa (2–7) 28,582 31–33
65 June 17 Rays 5–3 Cook (6–3) Price (1–1) Street (14) 26,460 32–33
66 June 18 Rays 4–3 Jiménez (6–6) Garza (4–5) Street (15) 28,639 33–33
67 June 19 Pirates 7–3 Marquis (9–4) Ohlendorf (6–6) 31,248 34–33
68 June 20 Pirates 9–7 Street (2–1) Chavez (0–3) 32,137 35–33
69 June 21 Pirates 5–4 de la Rosa (3–7) Maholm (4–4) Street (16) 44,131 36–33
70 June 22 @ Angels 11–1 Cook (7–3) Palmer (6–1) 39,557 37–33
71 June 23 @ Angels 4–3 Jepsen (2–2) Jiménez (6–7) Fuentes (20) 42,233 37–34
72 June 24 @ Angels 11–3 Saunders (8–4) Marquis (9–5) 43,551 37–35
73 June 26 @ Athletics 4–2 Hammel (5–3) Braden (5–7) Street (17) 20,872 38–35
74 June 27 @ Athletics 11–9 de la Rosa (4–7) Cahill (5–6) Street (18) 18,624 39–35
75 June 28 @ Athletics 3–1 Cook (8–3) Mazzaro (2–3) Street (19) 15,701 40–35
76 June 29 @ Dodgers 4–2 (13) McDonald (2–1) Peralta (0–1) 41,288 40–36
77 June 30 @ Dodgers 3–0 Marquis (10–5) Billingsley (9–4) 43,437 41–36
July (15–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
78 July 1 @ Dodgers 1–0 Troncoso (2–0) Hammel (5–4) Broxton (19) 40,455 41–37
79 July 3 Diamondbacks 5–0 de la Rosa (5–7) Scherzer (5–6) 49,026 42–37
80 July 4 Diamondbacks 11–7 Schoeneweis (1–0) Peralta (0–2) Qualls (14) 49,096 42–38
81 July 5 Diamondbacks 4–3 Haren (8–5) Jiménez (6–8) Qualls (15) 27,547 42–39
82 July 6 Nationals 1–0 Marquis (11–5) Stammen (1–4) Street (20) 25,205 43–39
83 July 7 Nationals 5–4 Embree (2–2) Tavárez (3–7) Street (21) 25,314 44–39
84 July 8 Nationals 10–4 de la Rosa (6–7) Detwiler (0–5) 23,098 45–39
85 July 9 Braves 7–6 Rincón (2–0) González (3–2) Street (22) 30,392 46–39
86 July 10 Braves 4–1 Lowe (8–7) Jiménez (6–9) Soriano (11) 35,238 46–40
87 July 11 Braves 4–3 Jurrjens (7–7) Marquis (11–6) Soriano (12) 38,065 46–41
88 July 12 Braves 8–7 Street (3–1) Valdez (0–1) 33,825 47–41
89 July 16 @ Padres 10–1 Cook (9–3) Gaudin (4–8) 22,758 48–41
90 July 17 @ Padres 5–3 Jiménez (7–9) Geer (1–5) Street (23) 21,887 49–41
91 July 18 @ Padres 3–1 Burke (2–1) Peralta (0–3) Bell (24) 28,652 49–42
92 July 19 @ Padres 6–1 Marquis (12–6) Latos (0–1) 20,747 50–42
93 July 20 Diamondbacks 10–6 de la Rosa (7–7) Davis (4–10) 40,444 51–42
94 July 21 Diamondbacks 6–5 Gutiérrez (2–2) Rincón (2–1) Qualls (18) 30,248 51–43
95 July 22 Diamondbacks 4–3 Rincón (3–1) Schoeneweis (1–2) Street (24) 30,451 52–43
96 July 24 Giants 3–1 Cain (12–2) Hammel (5–5) Wilson (25) 40,524 52–44
97 July 25 Giants 8–2 de la Rosa (8–7) Sánchez (3–9) 42,201 53–44
98 July 26 Giants 4–2 Cook (10–3) Sadowski (2–3) Street (25) 40,723 54–44
99 July 27 @ Mets 7–3 Feliciano (3–3) Rincón (3–2) 38,936 54–45
100 July 28 @ Mets 4–0 Pelfrey (8–6) Marquis (12–7) 39,126 54–46
– July 29 @ Mets Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 30
101 July 30 @ Mets 7–0 Santana (12–8) Hammel (5–6) 40,024 54–47
102 July 30 @ Mets 4–2 de la Rosa (9–7) Niese (1–1) Street (26) 38,962 55–47
103 July 31 @ Reds 5–3 Morales (2–0) Weathers (2–3) Street (27) 22,130 56–47
August (16–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
104 August 1 @ Reds 6–2 Jiménez (8–9) Bailey (2–3) 23,452 57–47
105 August 2 @ Reds 6–4 (11) Morales (3–0) Masset (4–1) Street (28) 31,142 58–47
106 August 4 @ Phillies 8–3 Hammel (6–6) Moyer (10–8) 45,203 59–47
107 August 5 @ Phillies 7–0 Happ (8–2) de la Rosa (9–8) 45,129 59–48
108 August 6 @ Phillies 3–1 Lee (9–9) Cook (10–4) Lidge (21) 45,316 59–49
109 August 7 Cubs 6–2 Jiménez (9–9) Marshall (3–7) 46,118 60–49
110 August 8 Cubs 6–5 Dempster (6–5) Marquis (12–8) Gregg (22) 47,845 60–50
111 August 9 Cubs 11–5 Hammel (7–6) Wells (8–5) 40,217 61–50
112 August 10 Cubs 11–5 de la Rosa (10–8) Gorzelanny (4–2) 34,485 62–50
113 August 11 Pirates 7–3 Ohlendorf (10–8) Chacín (0–1) 35,212 62–51
114 August 12 Pirates 8–0 Jiménez (10–9) Hart (3–2) 29,430 63–51
115 August 13 Pirates 10–1 Marquis (13–8) Maholm (6–7) 27,619 64–51
116 August 14 @ Marlins 6–5 Johnson (12–2) Hammel (7–7) Núñez (13) 15,965 64–52
– August 15 @ Marlins Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 16
117 August 16 @ Marlins 10–3 Volstad (9–9) Cook (10–5) 18,471 64–53
118 August 16 @ Marlins 7–3 de la Rosa (11–8) VandenHurk (2–2) Street (29) 20,089 65–53
119 August 18 @ Nationals 4–3 Jiménez (11–9) Burnett (2–3) Street (30) 18,192 66–53
120 August 19 @ Nationals 5–4 Marquis (14–8) Balester (1–3) Street (31) 16,187 67–53
121 August 20 @ Nationals 4–1 Hammel (8–7) Mock (2–5) Street (32) 18,036 68–53
122 August 21 Giants 6–3 Sánchez (6–10) Cook (10–6) 43,666 68–54
123 August 22 Giants 14–11 de la Rosa (12–8) Miller (2–2) 47,178 69–54
124 August 23 Giants 4–2 Jiménez (12–9) Lincecum (12–4) Street (33) 48,704 70–54
125 August 24 Giants 6–4 (14) Eaton (3–5) Miller (2–3) 27,670 71–54
126 August 25 Dodgers 5–4 (10) Herges (3–1) McDonald (3–3) 31,472 72–54
127 August 26 Dodgers 6–1 Wolf (9–6) Fogg (0–2) 38,350 72–55
128 August 27 Dodgers 3–2 Padilla (9–6) de la Rosa (12–9) Broxton (28) 33,441 72–56
129 August 28 @ Giants 2–0 Lincecum (13–4) Jiménez (12–10) Wilson (31) 39,047 72–57
130 August 29 @ Giants 5–3 Zito (9–11) Marquis (14–9) Wilson (32) 41,200 72–58
131 August 30 @ Giants 9–5 Medders (3–1) Betancourt (1–3) 42,571 72–59
September (18–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
132 September 1 Mets 8–3 de la Rosa (13–9) Pelfrey (9–10) 26,190 73–59
133 September 2 Mets 5–2 Jiménez (13–10) Stokes (1–4) Morales (1) 26,276 74–59
134 September 3 Mets 8–3 Misch (1–1) Marquis (14–10) 22,566 74–60
135 September 4 Diamondbacks 5–4 Betancourt (2–3) Boyer (0–2) Morales (2) 31,401 75–60
136 September 5 Diamondbacks 4–1 Contreras (6–13) Davis (7–12) Morales (3) 39,297 76–60
137 September 6 Diamondbacks 13–5 de la Rosa (14–9) Petit (3–9) 35,192 77–60
138 September 7 Reds 4–3 Betancourt (3–3) Fisher (1–1) Morales (4) 40,357 78–60
139 September 8 Reds 3–1 Marquis (15–10) Maloney (0–4) Morales (5) 23,154 79–60
140 September 9 Reds 4–3 Daley (1–1) Cordero (2–5) 23,721 80–60
141 September 10 Reds 5–1 Rincón (4–2) Wells (1–4) 24,175 81–60
142 September 11 @ Padres 4–1 Betancourt (4–3) Bell (5–3) Morales (6) 18,022 82–60
143 September 12 @ Padres 3–2 (10) Gallagher (2–2) Morales (3–1) 19,897 82–61
144 September 13 @ Padres 7–3 Russell (2–0) Marquis (15–11) 19,739 82–62
145 September 14 @ Giants 9–1 Lincecum (14–5) Hammel (8–8) 31,307 82–63
146 September 15 @ Giants 10–2 Zito (10–12) Jiménez (13–11) 30,353 82–64
147 September 16 @ Giants 4–3 de la Rosa (15–9) Cain (13–6) Betancourt (2) 38,696 83–64
148 September 18 @ Diamondbacks 7–5 Rosales (2–1) Flores (0–1) Gutiérrez (6) 34,231 83–65
149 September 19 @ Diamondbacks 10–4 Hammel (9–8) Scherzer (9–10) 29,466 84–65
150 September 20 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Jiménez (14–11) Haren (14–9) 29,397 85–65
151 September 22 Padres 11–10 Belisle (2–1) Ramos (0–1) Morales (7) 30,695 86–65
152 September 23 Padres 6–3 Webb (1–0) Marquis (15–12) Bell (40) 29,597 86–66
153 September 24 Padres 5–4 Russell (3–1) Beimel (1–6) Gregerson (1) 37,049 86–67
154 September 25 Cardinals 2–1 Street (4–1) Miller (4–1) 48,847 87–67
155 September 26 Cardinals 6–3 Wainwright (19–8) Jiménez (14–12) Franklin (38) 47,741 87–68
156 September 27 Cardinals 4–3 de la Rosa (16–9) Lohse (6–9) Street (34) 42,032 88–68
157 September 29 Brewers 7–5 (11) Belisle (3–1) Weathers (4–6) 39,087 89–68
158 September 30 Brewers 10–6 Hammel (10–8) Suppan (7–12) 41,465 90–68
October (2–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
159 October 1 Brewers 9–2 Cook (11–6) Parra (11–11) 38,098 91–68
160 October 2 @ Dodgers 4–3 Jiménez (15–12) Wolf (11–7) Street (35) 54,131 92–68
161 October 3 @ Dodgers 5–0 Kuo (2–0) Morales (3–2) 54,531 92–69
162 October 4 @ Dodgers 5–3 Padilla (12–6) Marquis (15–13) Troncoso (6) 51,396 92–70

Postseason[]

2009 Post-Season
National League Division Series
Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 October 7 @ Phillies 5–1 Lee (1–0) Jiménez (0–1) 46,452 0–1
2 October 8 @ Phillies 5–4 Cook (1–0) Hamels (0–1) Street (1) 46,528 1–1
– October 10 Phillies Postponed (snow/cold) Rescheduled for October 11
3 October 11 Phillies 6–5 Durbin (1–0) Street (0–1) Lidge (1) 50,109 1–2
4 October 12 Phillies 5–4 Madson (1–0) Street (0–2) Lidge (2) 49,940 1–3

Player stats[]

= Indicates team leader

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Chris Iannetta 93 289 66 .228 16 52
1B Todd Helton 151 544 177 .325 15 86
2B Clint Barmes 154 550 135 .245 23 76
SS Troy Tulowitzki 151 543 161 .297 32 92
3B Ian Stewart 147 425 97 .228 25 70
LF Seth Smith 133 335 98 .293 15 55
CF Dexter Fowler 135 433 115 .266 4 34
RF Brad Hawpe 145 501 143 .285 23 86

Other batters[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Garrett Atkins 126 354 80 .226 9 48
Ryan Spilborghs 133 352 85 .241 8 48
Carlos González 89 278 79 .284 13 29
Yorvit Torrealba 64 213 62 .291 2 31
Omar Quintanilla 58 58 10 .172 0 2
Eric Young Jr. 30 57 14 .246 1 1
Matt Murton 29 52 13 .250 1 6
Paul Phillips 17 45 14 .311 1 9
Jason Giambi 19 24 7 .292 2 11
Jeff Baker 12 23 3 .130 0 3
Edwin Bellorin 2 8 2 .250 0 0
Mike McCoy 12 5 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ubaldo Jiménez 33 218.0 15 12 3.47 198
Jason Marquis 33 216.0 15 13 4.04 115
Jorge De La Rosa 33 185.0 16 9 4.38 193
Jason Hammel 34 176.2 10 8 4.33 133
Aaron Cook 27 158.0 11 6 4.16 78
Esmil Rogers 1 4 0 0 4.50 3

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
José Contreras 7 17 1 0 1.59 17
Jhoulys Chacín 9 11 0 1 4.91 13

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Huston Street 64 4 1 35 3.06 70
Matt Daley 57 1 1 0 4.24 55
Franklin Morales 40 3 2 7 4.50 41
Alan Embree 36 2 2 0 5.84 12
Manuel Corpas 35 1 3 1 5.88 24
Rafael Betancourt 32 3 1 1 1.78 29
Joel Peralta 27 0 3 0 6.20 22
Randy Flores 27 0 1 0 5.25 14
Juan Rincón 26 3 2 0 7.52 25
Joe Beimel 26 0 1 0 4.02 11
Josh Fogg 24 0 2 0 3.74 27
Matt Belisle 24 3 1 0 5.52 22
Glendon Rusch 11 2 0 0 6.75 13
Matt Herges 9 1 0 0 2.89 8
Ryan Speier 5 0 0 0 4.76 2
Adam Eaton 4 1 0 0 5.63 7

Notes[]

  • Manager Clint Hurdle was fired and replaced by bench coach Jim Tracy taking the team from the NL West cellar to Wild Card contention winning 20 of the next 25 games [10][11][12]
  • In June tied the team record 11-game winning streak set in 2007[13]
  • First ever team walk-off grand slam by Ryan Spilborghs to beat the Giants 6–4 in the 14th inning.[14]
  • Only team in the 2009 season to have 5 starting pitchers with 10 or more wins (Jason Marquis, Aaron Cook, Ubaldo Jiménez, Jorge de la Rosa, Jason Hammel).[15]

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Tom Runnells and Stu Cole
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Stu Cole and Ron Gideon
A Modesto Nuts California League Jerry Weinstein
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League
Rookie Casper Ghosts Pioneer League Tony Diaz

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References[]

  1. ^ "Carlos Gonzalez Stats".
  2. ^ "Jason Marquis Stats".
  3. ^ "Matt Belisle Stats".
  4. ^ "Jason Hammel Stats".
  5. ^ "Rafael Betancourt Stats".
  6. ^ "Joe Beimel Stats".
  7. ^ "Jason Giambi Stats".
  8. ^ "José Contreras Stats".
  9. ^ "2009 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
  10. ^ Renck, Troy E. (June 24, 2009). "Rockies' record road streak falls in shaky eighth". Denver Post.
  11. ^ Renck, Troy E. (June 23, 2009). "Hurdle knows the spark behind red-hot stretch". Denver Post.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 20, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Dodgers vs. Rockies - Box Score - August 25, 2009 - ESPN".
  15. ^ http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291001127&teams=milwaukee-brewers-vs-colorado-rockies
  16. ^ "Colorado Rockies Minor League Affiliates".

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