2009 Houston Astros season

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.

2009 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston, Texas
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers	Ed Wade
Managers	Cecil Cooper, Dave Clark (interim)
Television	FSN Houston (Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)
Radio	KTRH (Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond) KLAT (Spanish)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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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 ten years in existence, from 1962—1971.

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

Regular season

Summary

April

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.^[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 7-0.^[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 against the Chicago Cubs.

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.^[8] 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.^[9]

Season standings

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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 v t e 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 50 Alberto Árias 41 Brandon Backe 58 Yorman Bazardo 26 Doug Brocail 48 Tim Byrdak 39 Jeff Fulchino 29 Geoff Geary 63 Samuel Gervacio 11 Mike Hampton 22 LaTroy Hawkins 59 Wilton López 38 Brian Moehler 20 Bud Norris 23 Russ Ortiz 44 Roy Oswalt 54 Chad Paronto 52 Felipe Paulino 51 Wandy Rodríguez 31 Billy Sadler 43 Chris Sampson 47 José Valverde 53 Wesley Wright		Catchers 41 Chris Coste 55 Humberto Quintero 12,77 Iván Rodríguez 46 J. R. Towles Infielders 17 Lance Berkman 27 Geoff Blum  8 Aaron Boone 23 Chris Johnson 36 Matt Kata 28 Jeff Keppinger 12 Tommy Manzella  3 Kazuo Matsui 18 Edwin Maysonet 31 Jason Smith 10 Miguel Tejada Outfielders 21 Michael Bourn  2 Darin Erstad 45 Carlos Lee  4 Jason Michaels  9 Hunter Pence		Manager 35 Dave Clark 15 Cecil Cooper Coaches  6 Mark Bailey (bullpen) 14 Sean Berry (hitting) 35 Dave Clark (third base) 25 José Cruz (first base) 76 Al Pedrique (third base) 75 Dewey Robinson (pitching) 16 Ed Romero (bench)

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

• Darryl Kile Good Guy Award:^[10] Brian Moehler
• Gold Glove Award—Of: Michael Bourn
• MLB All-Star Game:
  • Reserve outfielder—Hunter Pence
  • Reserve infielder—Miguel Tejada

Individual batting leaders

• Doubles: Miguel Tejada (46)
• Stolen bases: Michael Bourn (61)

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

See also

• Texas portal
• Baseball portal

• List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders
• List of Major League Baseball annual stolen base leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders