2009 Houston Astros season
2009 Houston Astros | |
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Record | 74–88 (.457) |
Divisional place | 5th |
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Owner(s) | Drayton McLane, Jr. |
General manager(s) | Ed Wade |
Manager(s) | Cecil Cooper, Dave Clark (interim) |
Local television | FSN Houston (Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies) |
Local radio | KTRH (Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond) KLAT (Spanish) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The Houston Astros' 2009 season is the 48th season for the franchise in the National League in Houston, Texas and their 10th season at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros attempted to win the NL Central for the fifth time (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001), but failed.
Regular season[]
April[]
The Astros lost their season opening series against the Cubs, their one win coming off of former Cincinnati Red Jeff Keppinger's tenth inning RBI single in his first at bat with the club.[1] 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 0–7.[2] 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.[3] 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,[4] Rodriguez's got the win with a strong offensive outing by the Astros led by Geoff Blum with 3 RBIs on April 18,[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] The Houston Astros are an even 451 wins and 451 losses to the Chicago Cubs
Season standings[]
NL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | — | 46–35 | 45–36 |
Chicago Cubs | 83 | 78 | 0.516 | 7½ | 46–34 | 37–44 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 11 | 40–41 | 40–41 |
Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 13 | 40–41 | 38–43 |
Houston Astros | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 17 | 44–37 | 30–51 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 99 | 0.385 | 28½ | 40–41 | 22–58 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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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 |
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October (0–4)
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Roster[]
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Player stats[]
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 |
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Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ "Keppinger brings winning presence | astros.com: News". Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos".
- ^ "Houston 4 - 1 Pittsburgh: Final | 2009-04-15 | Major League Baseball | Yahoo! Sports".
- ^ "Reds vs. Astros - Box Score - April 17, 2009 - ESPN".
- ^ "MLB – Cincinnati Reds/Houston Astros Box Score Saturday April 18, 2009 – Yahoo! Sports". Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ "MLB – Cincinnati Reds/Houston Astros Box Score Sunday April 19, 2009 – Yahoo! Sports". Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ "Boxscore: Cincinnati vs. Houston – April 20, 2009 | MLB.com: News". Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
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