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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.

LeagueNational League
BallparkMinute Maid Park
Record74–88 (.457)
OwnersDrayton McLane, Jr.
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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
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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. On August 15, Kazuo Matsui recorded his 2,000th hit in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and MLB combined.

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 to 1968.

Center fielder Michael Bourne was awarded with his second career Gold Glove following the season. Former Astros Carlos Beltrán and Jeff Kent were selected to All-Decade Teams by Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News, respectively.

Regular season

Summary

April

Michael Bourn, Gold Glove-winning center fielder for the Astros.
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Opening Day starting lineup
Uniform Player Position
3Kazuo MatsuiSecond baseman
12Iván RodríguezCatcher
17Lance BerkmanFirst baseman
45Carlos LeeLeft fielder
10Miguel TejadaShortstop
27Geoff BlumThird baseman
9Hunter PenceRight fielder
21Michael BournCenter fielder
44Roy OswaltPitcher
Venue: Minute Maid Park • Chidago 4, Houston 2

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The Astros hosted the Chicago Cubs for Opening Day on April 6, which ended in defeat, 4–2. Aramis Ramírez and Alfonso Soriano both homered off Astros starter Roy Oswalt, which conveyed the right-hander the defeat. Meanwhile, Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano scattered five hits and three walks over six innings to obtain the victory. Shortstop Miguel Tejada led Astros hitters with three hits and scored both runs.[3] Oswalt extended his club-record for pitchers with his seventh Opening Day start, all fulfilled in succession.[4]

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.[5]

Catcher Iván Rodríguez on defense for the Astros.

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.[6] 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.[7] 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,[8] Rodriguez's got the win with a strong offensive outing by the Astros led by Geoff Blum with 3 RBIs on April 18,[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]

Shortstop Miguel Tejada at bat for the Astros.

From May 16 to June 3, Miguel Tejada manufactured a 17-game hitting streak, which tied for fourth-longest in the National League on the season. Tejada batted .444, .736 slugging percentage (SLG), nine doubles, four home runs, and 12 RBI. Later in the season, starting September 11, Tejada produced a longer hitting streak that reached 21 games.[a][13]

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.[14]

For the week ended May 24, Miguel Tejada batted .522 / .542 on-base percentage (OBP) / 1.043 SLG, 13 hits in 23 at bats, three home runs and three doubles.[15] Tejada was selected as the NL Player of the Week.[16]

As of May 30, Houston had a record of 19–29 (.396) for last place in the NL Central division.[14]

June

Wandy Rodríguez on the mound during the 2007 season.

On June 5, Carlos Lee slugged his 13th career grand slam [17] Lee's 10th home run of the season, this capped a seven-run sixth inning that led to a 9–1 Astros win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mike Hampton (4–4) scattered five hits and one run over seven innings to obtain the victory.[18]

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.[19] Berkman joined Jeff Bagwell as the second Astro to have hit as many home runs with the team. Meanwhile, Tejada joined José Cruz (September 15, 1985), Craig Biggio (May 4, 2001) and Bagwell (April 26, 2003, as players to have actualized their 2,000th hit in an Astros uniform.[20][21]

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.[22]

July

On July 8, southpaw Wandy Rodríguez tossed his second career shutout, while tying his then-career high 11 strikeouts.[b][23]

Following a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals on July 22, Houston had been on a 30–27 (.526) run since the start of June which pulled the club to within a game of first place.[14]

Over five contests during the month of July, Wandy Rodríguez posted a 4–0 win–loss record (w–l), 0.75 earned run average (ERA), 34 strikeouts, and 0.944 walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP). Rodríguez surrendered three earned runs, two home runs, and produced a 4.86 strikeout-to-walk ratio (K/BB).[24] Following this effort, Rodríguez was named National League (NL) Pitcher of the Month. Rodríguez succeeded Roy Oswalt as the most recent Astros moundsman to win the award, having been recognized in September 2006.[25]

August

Following suit of Iván Rodríguez and Lance Berkman earlier in the year, on August 8, 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.[14]

Kazuo Matsui returning from the field.

On August 15, Kazuo Matsui sprinted to record an infield single in Milwaukee for his 2,000th top-level professional hit, combined from his career in both the Pacific League in Japan along with six seasons in the National League. The event received live television coverage back home and play was halted as Japanese officials commemorated Matsui's automatic induction into the Meikyukai (Golden Players Club, an equivalent to the Baseball Hall of Fame). However, the Astros were defeated, 6-2.[20]

September—October

Carlos Lee hit in 12 straight games commencing September 8 for third-longest on the Astros in 2009.[a][13]

Starting September 11 through October 4, Miguel Tejada authored a 21-game hitting streak, tied with Derrek Lee for second-longest in the National League in 2009, trailing Ryan Zimmerman, who netted 30 consecutive. Tejada batted .407, cranked four home runs, and drove in 14 baserunners.[a][13] This was the second-longest hitting streak of Tejada's career to 24 consecutive from July 11 to August 4, 2002.[26]

Performance overview

The Astros concluded the 2009 campaign with a 74–88 (.457) 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.[27] 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.[14]

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.[14]

The 2009 stage was the final as coach for longtime former Astros outfielder José Cruz, who had served as first base coach for Houston since the 1997 season.[28]

Miguel Tejada totaled 199 hits, which at the time, ranked as the second-highest total in club history to Craig Biggio's 210 hits in 1998. Tejada connected for a National League-leading 46 doubles, succeeding Lance Berkman as the league leader, who also hit 46 the year prior.[29] Tejada also led the National League in double plays grounded into for the second successive campaign. Having previously led the American League (AL) thrice, the five total campaigns leading the league in this category established a Major League record.[30]

Outfielder Michael Bourn received the Gold Glove Award, the first Astros player at the position since César Cedeño in 1976.[31] Bourn also topped the National League with 61 stolen bases, the second Astro to do so, succeeding Biggio in 1994.[32] With runners in scoring position, Bourn hit a robust .353.[14]

Season standings

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9171 .562 — 46‍–‍35 45‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs 8378 .516 7½ 46‍–‍34 37‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 8082 .494 11 40‍–‍41 40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 7884 .481 13 40‍–‍41 38‍–‍43
Houston Astros 7488 .457 17 44‍–‍37 30‍–‍51
Pittsburgh Pirates 6299 .385 28½ 40‍–‍41 22‍–‍58
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Record vs. opponents

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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–3–44–21–57–115–35–47–112–55–21–56–111–75–132–41–55–10
Atlanta4–3–4–23–64–48–103–34–33–313–510–83–43–33–44–210–87–8
Chicago2–42–4–10–52–44–311–63–510–73–31–510–44–54–26–105–26–9
Cincinnati5–16–35–10–0–73–312–41–58–72–42–513–51–63–38–83–46–9
Colorado11–74–44–27–0–2–42–54–146–03–42–46–310–88–106–16–011–4
Florida3–510–83–43–34–2–4–33–33–411–79–92–44–23–43–312–610–8
Houston4–53–36–114–125–23–4–4–35–101–56–210–56–12–46–93–36–9
Los Angeles11–73–45–35–114–43–33–4–3–35–14–34–310–811–72–53–29–9
Milwaukee5–23–37–107–80–64–310–53–3–3–34–39–52–44–59–95–35–10
New York2–55–133–34–24–37–115–11–53–3–6–124–32–55–34–510–85–10
Philadelphia5–18–105–15–24–29–92–63–43–412–6–4–25–23–44–115–36–12
Pittsburgh1–64–34–105–133–64–25–103–45–93–42–4–3–42–45–105–38–7
San Diego7–113–35–46–18–102–41–68–104–25–22–54–3–10–81–64–25–10
San Francisco13–54–32–43–310–84–34–27–115–43–54–34–28–10–4–34–29–6
St. Louis4–22–410–68–81–63–39–65–29–95–41–410–56–13–4–6–19–6
Washington5–18–102–54–30–66–123–32–33–58–103–153–52–42–41–6–7–11
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Game log

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2009 Game Log
April (9–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6Cubs4–2Zambrano (1–0)Oswalt (0–1)Gregg (1)43,8270–1
2April 7Cubs3–2 (10)Brocail (1–0)Cotts (0–1)31,1211–1
3April 8Cubs11–6Lilly (1–0)Moehler (0–1)30,0471–2
4April 10@ Cardinals5–3Piñeiro (1–0)Hampton (0–1)McClellan (1)37,2241–3
5April 11@ Cardinals11–2Wainwright (1–0)Oswalt (0–2)43,4541–4
6April 12@ Cardinals3–0Lohse (2–0)Rodríguez (0–1)36,3101–5
7April 13@ Pirates7–0Duke (2–0)Moehler (0–2)38,4111–6
8April 15@ Pirates4–1Hampton (1–1)Ohlendorf (0–2)20,6902–6
9April 16@ Pirates6–3Wright (1–0)Burnett (0–1)Hawkins (1)13,8773–6
10April 17Reds2–1Masset (1–0)Valverde (0–1)Cordero (3)32,2683–7
11April 18Reds7–0Rodríguez (1–1)Harang (1–2)30,1414–7
12April 19Reds4–2Vólquez (2–1)Geary (0–1)Cordero (4)29,3724–8
13April 20Reds4–3Arroyo (3–0)Geary (0–2)Cordero (5)23,3084–9
14April 21Dodgers8–5Ortiz (1–0)Kershaw (0–1)Valverde (1)26,3605–9
15April 22Dodgers6–5Sampson (1–0)Belisario (0–1)Hawkins (2)26,7256–9
16April 23Dodgers2–0Billingsley (4–0)Rodríguez (1–2)Broxton (5)26,0816–10
17April 24Brewers5–2Gallardo (2–1)Paulino (0–1)25,3166–11
18April 25Brewers9–8 (11)DiFelice (1–0)Geary (0–3)31,3556–12
19April 26Brewers3–2Ortiz (2–0)Parra (0–4)Valverde (2)27,6907–12
20April 27@ Reds4–1Sampson (2–0)Cordero (0–1)12,3658–12
21April 28@ Reds8–3Rodríguez (2–2)Harang (2–3)9,8789–12
22April 29@ Reds3–0Vólquez (3–2)Paulino (0–2)Cordero (7)12,6819–13
May (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1@ Braves7–2Lowe (3–1)Hampton (1–2)29,3099–14
24May 2@ Braves5–1Byrdak (1–0)Carlyle (0–1)28,20310–14
25May 3@ Braves7–5Geary (1–3)Moylan (1–2)Hawkins (3)27,92111–14
26May 4@ Nationals9–4Lannan (1–3)Wright (1–1)14,11511–15
27May 5*@ Nationals11–10Hanrahan (1–1)Hawkins (0–1) (1–1)19,32811–16
28May 6Cubs6–3Harden (3–1)Hampton (1–3)Gregg (5)29,41511–17
29May 7Cubs8–5Lilly (4–2)Ortiz (2–1)28,62511–18
30May 8Padres2–0Rodríguez (3–2)Gaudin (0–2)Hawkins (4)28,13912–18
31May 9Padres5–4Hawkins (1–0)Gregerson (0–3)29,14113–18
32May 10Padres12–5Oswalt (1–2)Geer (0–1)30,02314–18
33May 12@ Rockies12–1Jiménez (3–4)Paulino (0–3)23,23314–19
34May 13@ Rockies15–11Hampton (2–3)Marquis (4–3)19,22615–19
35May 14@ Rockies5–3Rodríguez (4–2)Hammel (0–2)Hawkins (5)22,69616–19
May 15@ CubsPostponed
36May 16@ Cubs5–4Marshall (2–2)Hawkins (1–1)40,54916–20
37May 17@ Cubs6–5Moehler (1–2)Harden (4–2)Sampson (1)40,47817–20
38May 19Brewers4–2Bush (3–0)Ortiz (2–2)Hoffman (10)29,34317–21
39May 20Brewers6–4Rodríguez (5–2)Gallardo (4–2)Sampson (2)27,16018–21
40May 21Brewers4–3McClung (1–1)Fulchino (0–1)Hoffman (11)25,03718–22
41May 22Rangers6–5 (10)O'Day (2–0)Hawkins (1–2)Francisco (10)36,01718–23
42May 23Rangers6–3Feldman (3–0)Moehler (1–3)Wilson (3)36,01918–24
43May 24Rangers5–0McCarthy (4–2)Hampton (2–4)36,74918–25
44May 25@ Reds8–5Harang (5–4)Rodríguez (5–3)Cordero (12)17,81818–26
45May 26@ Reds6–4Masset (2–0)Byrdak (1–1)Cordero (13)15,61918–27
46May 27@ Reds6–1Arroyo (7–3)Paulino (0–4)17,60218–28
47May 29@ Pirates6–1Moehler (2–3)Ohlendorf (5–5)18,23619–28
48May 30@ Pirates7–4Karstens (2–2)Rodríguez (5–4)Capps (10)37,16719–29
49May 31@ Pirates2–1Hampton (3–4)Maholm (3–2)Hawkins (6)19,56620–29
*Game suspended, completed on July 9 at Minute Maid Park.
June (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 1Rockies4–1Oswalt (2–2)Cook (3–3)Hawkins (7)24,01621–29
51June 2Rockies3–2 (11)Ortiz (3–2)Fogg (0–1)24,04122–29
52June 3Rockies6–4Byrdak (2–1)Marquis (7–4)Sampson (3)22,03223–29
53June 4Rockies10–3Hammel (2–3)Rodríguez (5–5)26,67123–30
54June 5Pirates9–1Hampton (4–4)Karstens (2–3)26,22224–30
55June 6Pirates6–4Maholm (4–2)Oswalt (2–3)Capps (13)26,09924–31
56June 7Pirates6–4Fulchino (1–1)Jackson (1–1)Hawkins (8)25,72925–31
57June 9Cubs7–1Lilly (7–4)Moehler (2–4)29,66925–32
58June 10Cubs2–1Sampson (3–0)Guzmán (2–1)29,84026–32
59June 11Cubs2–1 (13)Fulchino (2–1)Ascanio (0–1)34,25027–32
60June 12@ Diamondbacks8–1Haren (5–4)Hampton (4–5)22,22527–33
61June 13@ Diamondbacks6–4Oswalt (3–3)Garland (4–7)Hawkins (9)29,20628–33
62June 14@ Diamondbacks8–3Moehler (3–4)Buckner (2–3)26,93729–33
63June 16@ Rangers6–1Millwood (7–4)Rodríguez (5–6)21,67629–34
64June 17@ Rangers5–4 (10)Wilson (4–3)Fulchino (2–2)32,42529–35
65June 18@ Rangers5–3Arias (1–0)Jennings (2–2)Valverde (3)25,44530–35
66June 19@ Twins5–2Slowey (10–2)Oswalt (3–4)Nathan (16)32,21830–36
67June 20@ Twins6–5Moehler (4–3)Henn (0–3)Valverde (4)34,71031–36
68June 21@ Twins4–1Rodríguez (6–6)Perkins (2–4)Valverde (5)39,65932–36
69June 23Royals2–1Greinke (9–3)Ortiz (3–3)Soria (8)30,04932–37
70June 24Royals4–3Soria (2–0)Fulchino (2–3)Bale (1)28,60232–38
71June 25Royals5–4Wright (2–1)Bannister (5–5)Valverde (6)32,04833–38
72June 26Tigers5–4Sampson (4–0)Zumaya (3–2)Hawkins (10)33,05234–38
73June 27Tigers8–1Paulino (2–4)Figaro (1–1)37,12335–38
74June 28Tigers4–3Seay (1–1)Valverde (0–2)Rodney (17)34,04135–39
75June 29@ Padres3–1Oswalt (4–4)Geer (1–3)15,67136–39
76June 30@ Padres4–3Banks (1–0)Sampson (4–1)Bell (22)15,27636–40
July (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Padres7–1Moehler (5–4)Silva ((0–2)16,67037–40
78July 2@ Padres7–2Rodríguez (7–6)Correia (5–6)23,28438–40
79July 3@ Giants13–0Sadowski (2–0)Paulino (2–5)42,19938–41
80July 4@ Giants9–0Lincecum (9–2)Ortiz (3–4)34,58238–42
81July 5@ Giants7–1Oswalt (5–4)Johnson (8–6)30,15739–42
82July 6Pirates4–1Hampton (5–5)Vasquez (1–2)Valverde (7)26,83440–42
83July 7Pirates6–3Maholm (6–4)Moehler (5–5)Capps (13)27,14240–43
84July 8Pirates5–0Rodríguez (8–6)Morton (1–2)29,24341–43
85July 9Nationals9–4Arias (2–0)Lannan (6–6)25,49042–43
86July 10Nationals6–5Fulchino (3–3)Beimel (0–5)33,08543–43
87July 11Nationals13–2Stammen (2–4)Hampton (5–6)30,05243–44
88July 12Nationals5–0Moehler (6–5)Zimmermann (3–4)Valverde (8)28,68044–44
89July 16@ Dodgers3–0Rodríguez (9–6)Wolf (4–4)Valverde (9)45,97045–44
90July 17@ Dodgers8–1Oswalt (6–4)Chad Billingsley (9–5)51,20946–44
91July 18@ Dodgers5–2Kershaw (8–5)HamptonBroxton (21)48,29846–45
92July 19@ Dodgers4–3Troncoso (4–0)Hawkins (1–4)Broxton (22)40,34046–46
93July 20Cardinals3–2Moehler (7–5)Lohse (4–6)Valverde (10)36,43747–46
94July 21Cardinals11–6Rodríguez (10–6)Wellemeyer (7–8)33,14048–46
95July 22Cardinals4–3Valverde (1–2)Franklin (2–1)37,61949–46
96July 24Mets5–4Hampton (6–7)Santana (11–8)Valverde (11)42,96750–46
97July 25Mets10–3Niese (1–0)Ortiz (3–5)43,30250–47
98July 26Mets8–3Hernández (7–5)Moehler (7–6)Green (1)34,64250–48
99July 27@ Cubs5–1 (13)Samardzija (1–1)Sampson (4–2)40,79450–49
100July 28@ Cubs11–6FulchinoGuzmán40,81451–49
101July 29@ Cubs12–0Wells (7–4)Hampton (6–8)41,53851–50
102July 30@ Cubs12–3Hart (3–1)Ortiz (3–6)41,52451–51
103July 31@ Cardinals4–3Miller (3–0)Arias (2–1)Franklin43,76051–52
August (13–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Cardinals3–1Carpenter (10–3)Fulchino (4–4)45,07451–53
105August 2@ Cardinals2–0Norris (1–0)WainwrightValverde (12)45,22752–53
106August 3Giants4–3Hampton (7–8)Cain (12–3)Valverde (13)29,83553–53
107August 4Giants8–1Sánchez (5–9)Paulino (2–6)29,74753–54
108August 5Giants10–6Martinez (2–0)Moehler (7–7)31,71053–55
109August 7Brewers6–3Norris (2–0)Carlos Villanueva (2–9)34,69154–55
110August 8Brewers12–5Manny Parra (7–8)Hampton (7–9)35,21654–56
111August 9Brewers2–0Rodríguez (11–6)Gallardo (10–9)Valverde (15)32,26255–56
112August 10@ Marlins8–6VandenHurk (2–1)Moehler (7–8)Núñez (12)12,32555–57
113August 11@ Marlins9–8 (11)Sanchez (3–1)Wright (2–2)13,31255–58
114August 12@ Marlins14–6Norris (3–0)Nolasco (8–8)21,12256–58
115August 13@ Marlins9–2West (4–4)Hampton (7–10)14,04756–59
116August 14@ Brewers11–2Gallardo (11–9)Rodríguez (11–7)37,71556–60
117August 15@ Brewers6–2Burns (3–4)Moehler (7–9)42,95256–61
118August 16@ Brewers8–5Fulchino (5–4)Weathers (3–4)Valverde (16)41,86357–61
119August 18Marlins6–2Nolasco (9–8)Norris (3–1)30,18957–62
120August 19Marlins6–3Gervacio (1–0)West (4–5)Valverde (17)30,10158–62
121August 20Marlins4–1Rodríguez (12–7)Johnson (12–3)Valverde (18)30,03959–62
122August 21Diamondbacks1–0Oswalt (7–4)Petit (2–8)Valverde (19)30,03260–62
123August 22Diamondbacks4–2Moehler (8–9)Scherzer (7–8)Hawkins39,41261–62
124August 23Diamondbacks7–5Jon Garland (7–11)Norris (3–2)Qualls (23)30,61261–63
125August 25@ Cardinals1–0Wainwright (15–7)Rodríguez (11–7)Franklin (33)40,51261–64
126August 26@ Cardinals3–2Piñeiro (13–9)Oswalt (7–4)Franklin (34)40,31161–65
127August 27@ Cardinals4–3Valverde (2–2)McClellan (4–3)40,34862–65
128August 28@ Diamondbacks14–7Scherzer ((8–8)Bazardo (0–1)26,19062–66
129August 29@ Diamondbacks9–0Garland (8–11)Norris (3–3)37,19062–67
130August 30@ Diamondbacks4–3Haren (13–8)Rodríguez (12–9)Qualls (24)29,06262–68
131August 31@ Cubs5–3Oswalt (8–5)Harden (8–8)Valverde (20)36,99063–68
September (8–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Cubs4–1Wells (10–7)Moehler (8–10)Mármol (7)36,33263–69
133September 2@ Cubs2–0Lilly (10–8)Paulino (2–0)Mármol (8)39,19263–70
134September 4Phillies7–0Rodríguez (13–9)Lee (12–11)30,04364–70
135September 5Phillies5–4Valverde (3–2)Lidge (0–7)35,19565–70
136September 6Phillies4–3Norris (3–3)Cole Hamels (8–9)Valverde (3–2)34,75466–70
137September 7Phillies4–3Wright (3–2)Park (3–3)Valverde (22)29,04067–70
138September 8Braves2–1Vázquez (12–9)Paulino (2–8)Soriano (22)26,08167–71
139September 9Braves2–1Valverde (4–2) (4–3)Soriano (1–5))22,39268–71
140September 10Braves9–7Lowe (14–9)Oswalt (8–6)Gonzalez (10)26,55268–72
141September 11Pirates9–1Norris (5–3)Morton (3–8)31,30269–72
142September 12Pirates4–2Jeff Fulchino (6–4)Ross Ohlendorf (11–10)Valverde (22)35,21370–72
143September 13Pirates2–1Maholm (8–8)Paulino (2–9)Capps (25)34,40570–73
144September 14@ Reds3–1Arroyo (13–12)Rodríguez (13–9)Cordero (36)9,85270–74
145September 15@ Reds5–4Herrera (4–4)Gervacio (1–1)Cordero (36)11,92370–75
146September 16@ Reds6–5Burton (1–0)Wright (3–3)Cordero (37)10,66270–76
147September 18@ Brewers3–2Weathers (4–5))Wright (3–4)Hoffman (34)39,05770–77
148September 19@ Brewers7–2Suppan (7–10)Gervacio (1–2)36,39970–78
149September 20@ Brewers6–0Gallardo (13–12)Paulino (2–10)Manager fired30,02470–79
150September 21Cardinals7–3Lohse (6–8)Rodríguez (13–11)34,70570–80
151September 22Cardinals11–2Piñeiro (15–11)Bazardo (0–2)32,64470–81
152September 23Cardinals3–0Norris (6–3)Smoltz (3–7)Valverde (24)38,73271–81
153September 25Reds10–4Maloney (2–4)Moehler (8–11)37,71071–82
154September 26Reds10–4Lehr (5–2)Paulino (2–11)39,47671–83
155September 27Reds3–2Rodríguez (14–11)Cuero (10–11)Valverde (25)37,59572–83
156September 28@ Phillies8–2Bazardo (1–2)Cole Hamels (10–10)45,14673–83
157September 29@ Phillies7–4Happ (12–4)López (0–1)44,90574–83
158September 30@ Phillies10–3Kendrick (3–1)Moehler (8–12)45,20774–84
October (0–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Phillies7–0Paulino (2–11)Lee (14–13)44,90574–85
160October 2@ Mets7–1Maine (7–6)Rodríguez (14–12)37,57674–86
161October 3@ Mets5–1Misch (3–4)Bazardo (1–3)F Rodríguez (35)37,57874–87
162October 4@ Mets4–0Figueroa (3–8)López (0–2)38,13574–88
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Roster

Mike Hampton delivers a pitch at Minute Maid Park in 2009.
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[33]

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

More information Player, Pos ...
Player Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Iván RodríguezC933274182152834.2510
Lance Berkman1B136460731263112580.2747
Kazuo Matsui2B13247656119202946.25019
Miguel TejedaSS158635831994611486.3135
Geoff Blum3B12038134941411049.2470
Carlos LeeLF1606106518335126102.3005
Michael BournCF157606971732712335.28561
Hunter PenceRF159585761652652572.28214
Jeff KeppingerIF1073053578133729.2560
Humberto QuinteroC60157113781414.2360
Jason MichaelsOF1021351732121416.2371
Darin ErstadUT107134132682211.1940
Chris CosteUT4310332150010.2040
Edwin MaysonetIF39699202017.2900
J.R. TowlesC1648792023.1880
Matt KataUT40502101005.2001
Jason SmithMI2125100001.0910
Chris Johnson3B1122120001.0910
Aaron BooneCI1013000000.0000
Tommy ManzellaSS75010000.2000
Pitcher totals—162290193850215.1310
Team totals—1625436643141527032142616.260113
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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

More information Player, W ...
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB SO WHIP
Wandy Rodríguez SP14123.0233330205.27769631931.240
Roy Oswalt SP864.1230300181.18383421381.241
Brian Moehler SP8125.4729290154.21019451911.539
Mike Hampton SP7105.3021210112.0716646741.554
Felipe Paulino SP3116.272317097.2736837931.669
Russ Ortiz SP365.572313085.2565348651.669
José Valverde CL422.335202554.0151421561.130
Jeff Fulchino RP643.40610082.0333127711.183
LaTroy Hawkins RP142.136501163.1161516451.200
Tim Byrdak123.23760061.1232236581.223
Chris Sampson425.04490355.1343121331.572
Bud Norris634.531110055.2292825541.509
Alberto Árias213.35420045.2211719391.489
Wesley Wright345.44490044.2272725471.746
Yorman Bazardo137.88106032.0312822171.844
Sammy Gervacio112.14290021.0558251.143
Geoff Geary138.10160020.0191810122.000
Wilton López028.3882019.12118892.069
Doug Brocail104.58200017.2991391.925
Brandon Backe0010.3851013.015156102.077
Chad Paronto0012.156006.299132.400
Billy Sadler0013.501001.1221213.50
Team totals74884.54162162391430.077072254611441.445
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Awards and achievements

Grand slams

More information No., Date ...
No.DateAstros batterVenueInningPitcherOpposing teamBox
1 June 5 Carlos Lee Minute Maid Park 5 Evan Meek Pittsburgh Pirates [18]
2 July 21 5 P. J. Walters St. Louis Cardinals
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Career honors

More information Honor / mention received, Individual ...
Career honors received in 2009
Honor / mention received Individual Role Uni. Start Finish All-Star Bio. / Games Summ.
The Sporting News MLB All-Decade Team Jeff Kent Second baseman 12 2003 2004 1 275 games [34]
Sports Illustrated MLB All-Decade Team Carlos Beltrán Center fielder 15 2004 1 90 games [35][36]
Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductee Lance Berkman Outfielder/First baseman 17 1999 2010 5 1,592 games [37][38]
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Annual awards

More information Name of award, Recipient ...
2009 Houston Astros award winners
Name of award Recipient Ref.
Darryl Kile Good Guy Award Brian Moehler [39]
Fred Hartman Award for Long and Meritorious Service to Baseball Ivy McLemore [40]
Gold Glove Award Outfielder Michael Bourn [41]
Houston-Area Major League Player of the Year WAS Adam Dunn [40]
Houston Astros Most Valuable Player (MVP) Michael Bourn
Pitcher of the Year Wandy Rodríguez
Rookie of the Year Jeff Fulchino
MLB All-Star Game Reserve outfielder Hunter Pence
Reserve infielder Miguel Tejada
National League (NL) Pitcher of the Month July Wandy Rodríguez [25]
National League (NL) Player of the Week May 24 Miguel Tejada [16]
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League leaders

NL batting leaders
NL fielding leaders

Minor league system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
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
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Awards

See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Longest streak of consecutive games, in 2009, playing in the NL, in the regular season, requiring hits ≥ 1, sorted by most games matching criteria.
  2. [b]
    Rodríguez would later strike out 13 batters on August 29, 2011, for his final career best.

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