# 2009 Atlanta Braves season

The 2009 Atlanta Braves season was the 44th season in Atlanta and the 139th overall. The Braves were once again skippered by Bobby Cox, then in his 24th season managing the team. It was the Braves' 44th season in Atlanta, and the 138th season overall for the franchise.

## Preseason transactions
### Notable free agent acquisitions

| Player | Former Team | Contract Terms |
| Derek Lowe (RHP) | L.A. Dodgers | 4 years/$60M |
| Kenshin Kawakami (RHP) | Chunichi Dragons (NPB) | 3 years/$23M |
| Garret Anderson (OF) | L.A. Angeles of Anaheim | 1 year/$2.5M |
| David Ross (C) | Boston Red Sox | 2 years/$3M |

### Notable players lost to free agency

| Player | New Team |
| John Smoltz (RHP) | Boston Red Sox |
| Mike Hampton (LHP) | Houston Astros |
| Corky Miller (C) | Chicago White Sox |
| Julián Tavárez (RHP) | Washington Nationals |
| Chuck James (LHP) | FREE AGENT |
* Source: Baseball-Reference.com 2009 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions

### Pre-season trades

| December 4, 2008 | to Chicago White Sox (IF) Brent Lillibridge & Minor League prospects Tyler Flowers, Jon Gilmore & Santos Rodriguez | to Atlanta Braves (P) Javier Vázquez & (P) Boone Logan |

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 45‍–‍36 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Florida Marlins | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 43‍–‍38 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Atlanta Braves | 86 | 76 | .531 | 7 | 40‍–‍41 | 46‍–‍35 |
| New York Mets | 70 | 92 | .432 | 23 | 41‍–‍40 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Washington Nationals | 59 | 103 | .364 | 34 | 33‍–‍48 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

2009 National League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009 :
| Team | AZ | 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 |

### Game log

2009 Regular Season Game Log :
April (10–11)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Phillies4–1Lowe (1–0)Myers (0–1)2:2244,5321–0
2April 7@ Phillies4–0Jurrjens (1–0)Moyer (0–1)2:3644,1782–0
3April 8@ Phillies11–12Condrey (1–0)Boyer (0–1)Lidge (1)3:1344,9392–1
4April 10Nationals6–5 (10)Campillo (1–0)Beimel (0–1)3:5848,3273–1
5April 11Nationals5–3Kawakami (1–0)Lannan (0–2)González (1)2:3334,3254–1
6April 12Nationals8–5Jurrjens (2–0)Olsen (0–2)Soriano (1)2:4719,8735–1
7April 14Marlins1–5Volstad (2–0)Vázquez (0–1)2:3116,2935–2
8April 15Marlins4–10Penn (1–0)Moylan (0–1)3:0719,2045–3
9April 16Marlins2–6Sánchez (1–0)Kawakami (1–1)2:4921,0725–4
10April 17@ Pirates0–3Maholm (2–0)Jurrjens (2–1)Capps (3)2:3615,6595–5
11April 18@ Pirates0–10Snell (1–2)Reyes (0–1)2:2220,7555–6
12April 19@ Pirates11–1Vázquez (1–1)Duke (2–1)2:4814,7766–6
13April 20@ Nationals2–3Zimmermann (1–0)Lowe (1–1)Hanrahan (1)2:2412,4736–7
14April 21@ Nationals3–4Martis (2–0)Kawakami (1–2)Hanrahan (2)2:4715,4396–8
15April 22@ Nationals1–0González (1–0)Mock (0–1)Soriano (2)2:3015,5677–8
16April 24@ Reds4–3Vázquez (2–1)Vólquez (2–2)González (2)3:3030,0608–8
17April 25@ Reds10–2Lowe (2–1)Arroyo (3–1)2:3833,0159–8
18April 26@ Reds2–8Owings (1–2)Kawakami (1–3)2:3629,3279–9
19April 27Cardinals2–3Piñeiro (4–0)Jurrjens (2–2)Franklin (6)2:4616,7399–10
20April 28Cardinals2–1Moylan (1–1)McClellan (1–1)González (3)2:2318,12110–10
21April 29Cardinals3–5Wainwright (3–0)Vázquez (2–2)Franklin (7)2:4919,12710–11 :
May (15–14)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1Astros7–2Lowe (3–1)Hampton (1–2)2:4729,30911–11
23May 2Astros1–5Byrdak (1–0)Carlyle (0–1)2:4828,20311–12
24May 3Astros5–7Geary (1–3)Moylan (1–2)Hawkins (3)3:1827,92111–13
25May 4Mets4–6Maine (2–2)Vázquez (2–3)Rodríguez (6)2:4219,13211–14
26May 5Mets3–4Hernández (2–1)Kawakami (1–4)Rodríguez (7)3:1321,04911–15
27May 6@ Marlins8–6Lowe (4–1)Taylor (0–2)González (4)3:0912,72512–15
28May 7@ Marlins4–2Jurrjens (3–2)Sánchez (1–4)González (5)2:4617,75913–15
29May 8@ Phillies6–10Hamels (1–2)Reyes (0–2)2:2945,31213–16
30May 9@ Phillies6–2Vázquez (3–3)Blanton (1–3)2:2945,33914–16
31May 10@ Phillies4–2Kawakami (2–4)Taschner (1–1)Soriano (3)2:5045,34315–16
32May 11@ Mets8–3Lowe (5–1)Santana (4–2)3:0440,49716–16
33May 12@ Mets3–4 (10)Rodríguez (1–0)Bennett (0–1)3:0239,40816–17
34May 13@ Mets8–7 (12)Bennett (1–1)Takahashi (0–1)González (6)3:4640,55517–17
35May 15Diamondbacks4–3González (2–0)Peña (3–1)2:5032,59318–17
36May 16Diamondbacks0–12Scherzer (1–3)Kawakami (2–5)3:1030,16218–18
–May 17DiamondbacksRescheduled for August 1718–18
38May 18Rockies1–5Marquis (5–3)Lowe (5–2)2:3015,36418–19
39May 19Rockies8–1Jurrjens (4–2)Hammel (0–3)2:4616,74919–19
40May 20Rockies12–4Vázquez (4–3)de la Rosa (0–4)3:1719,25920–19
41May 21Rockies0–9Cook (3–1)Medlen (0–1)2:3525,48120–20
42May 22Blue Jays1–0Kawakami (3–5)Carlson (1–3)González (7)2:1921,53321–20
43May 23Blue Jays4–3Lowe (6–2)Janssen (0–1)Soriano (4)2:3127,37722–20
44May 24Blue Jays10–2Bennett (2–1)Camp (0–2)2:5923,97123–20
45May 25@ Giants2–8Sánchez (2–4)Vázquez (4–4)3:0440,03423–21
46May 26@ Giants0–4Lincecum (4–1)Medlen (0–2)2:0829,48523–22
47May 27@ Giants3–6Johnson (4–4)Kawakami (3–6)Wilson (10)2:5927,74423–23
48May 28@ Diamondbacks2–5Haren (4–4)Lowe (6–3)Qualls (12)2:2019,45223–24
49May 29@ Diamondbacks10–6Jurrjens (5–2)Garland (4–4)3:1026,14624–24
50May 30@ Diamondbacks2–3 (11)Peña (5–2)Bennett (2–2)3:0635,03924–25
51May 31@ Diamondbacks9–3Medlen (1–2)Scherzer (2–4)2:5630,02025–25 :
June (11–15)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 2Cubs6–5(12)Soriano (1–0)Heilman (2–3)3:3930,26226–25
53June 3Cubs2–3 (11)Guzmán (2–0)Bennett (2–3)Gregg (9)3:1930,64626–26
–June 4CubsRescheduled for June 2226–26
55June 5Brewers0–4Gallardo (6–2)Jurrjens (5–3)2:2323,32726–27
56June 6Brewers0–3Suppan (4–4)Vázquez (4–5)Hoffman (15)2:5732,72126–28
57June 7Brewers8–7O'Flaherty (1–0)Villanueva (2–4)González (8)2:4933,42827–28
58June 8Pirates7–6 (15)Medlen (2–2)Karstens (2–4)4:4621,85628–28
59June 9Pirates4–3Lowe (7–3)Burnett (1–2)Soriano (5)2:3520,12429–28
60June 10Pirates2–3Karstens (3–4)Jurrjens (5–4)Capps (14)2:4221,61029–29
61June 11Pirates1–3Jackson (2–1)Soriano (1–1)Capps (15)2:3729,33129–30
62June 12@ Orioles7–2Hanson (1–0)Berken (1–3)3:1528,46930–30
63June 13@ Orioles4–8Bass (4–1)O'Flaherty (1–1)3:0729,64530–31
64June 14@ Orioles2–11Bergesen (4–2)Lowe (7–4)2:4226,77030–32
65June 16@ Reds2–7Herrera (1–2)Jurrjens (5–5)2:5319,12730–33
66June 17@ Reds3–4Owings (4–7)Vázquez (4–6)Cordero (16)2:4427,45530–34
67June 18@ Reds7–0Hanson (2–0)Maloney (0–2)3:1524,65731–34
68June 19@ Red Sox8–2Kawakami (4–6)Matsuzaka (1–5)2:4937,70332–34
69June 20@ Red Sox0–3Beckett (8–3)Lowe (7–5)2:1138,02932–35
70June 21@ Red Sox5–6Papelbon (1–1)Bennett (2–4)2:4737,24332–36
54June 22Cubs2–0Vázquez (5–6)Dempster (4–5)Soriano (6)2:5831,70133–36
71June 23Yankees4–0Hanson (3–0)Wang (0–6)2:4740,82834–36
72June 24Yankees4–8Chamberlain (4–2)Medlen (2–3)Rivera (16)3:1642,31534–37
73June 25Yankees7–11Aceves (5–1)Lowe (7–6)Rivera (17)3:4947,50834–38
74June 26Red Sox1–4Beckett (9–3)Jurrjens (5–6)2:4648,41834–39
75June 27Red Sox0–1Wakefield (10–3)Vázquez (5–7)Papelbon (18)2:4648,15134–40
76June 28Red Sox2–1Hanson (4–0)Penny (6–3)Gonzalez (9)3:0141,46335–40
77June 30Phillies5–4 (10)Moylan (2–2)Park (3–2)3:1431,81836–40 :
July (16–11)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1Phillies11–1Jurrjens (6–6)Hamels (4–5)2:3225,21237–40
79July 2Phillies5–2Gonzalez (3–0)Madson (2–4)Soriano (7)3:0838,25438–40
80July 3@ Nationals9–8Logan (1–0)Colomé (1–1)Soriano (8)3:2833,98239–40
81July 4@ Nationals3–5Lannan (6–5)Gonzalez (3–1)MacDougal (4)2:3423,70839–41
82July 5@ Nationals3–5Olsen (2–4)Lowe (7–7)MacDougal (5)2:3922,67739–42
83July 6@ Cubs2–4Wells (4–3)Jurrjens (6–7)Gregg (15)2:3040,04239–43
84July 7@ Cubs2–1Vázquez (6–7)Zambrano (4–4)Soriano (9)2:4440,35940–43
85July 8@ Cubs4–1Kawakami (5–6)Hart (0–1)Soriano (10)2:5040,53141–43
86July 9@ Rockies6–7Rincón (2–0)Gonzalez (3–2)Street (22)3:1130,39241–44
87July 10@ Rockies4–1Lowe (8–7)Jiménez (6–9)Soriano (11)2:4035,23842–44
88July 11@ Rockies4–3Jurrjens (7–7)Marquis (11–6)Soriano (12)2:5138,06543–44
89July 12@ Rockies7–8Street (3–1)Valdez (0–1)3:1533,82543–45
–July 142009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in St. Louis, Missouri
90July 16Mets5–3Acosta (1–0)Feliciano (2–3)Soriano (13)2:5732,73644–45
91July 17Mets11–0Jurrjens (8–7)Pelfrey (7–5)2:3850,70445–45
92July 18Mets1–5Santana (11–7)Kawakami (5–7)3:2251,17545–46
93July 19Mets7–1Vázquez (7–7)Redding (1–4)2:4734,29346–46
94July 20Giants11–3Hanson (5–0)Romo (2–1)2:5021,98847–46
95July 21Giants8–1Lowe (9–7)Sadowski (2–2)2:4125,13548–46
96July 22Giants4–2Jurrjens (9–7)Lincecum (10–3)Soriano (14)2:2834,67249–46
97July 23Giants1–5Zito (6–10)Gonzalez (3–3)2:5831,72749–47
98July 24@ Brewers9–4Vázquez (8–7)Villanueva (2–7)3:2541,94150–47
99July 25@ Brewers0–4Gollardo (9–7)Hanson (5–1)2:5643,56550–48
100July 26@ Brewers10–2Lowe (10–7)Looper (9–5)2:4743,47151–48
101July 28@ Marlins3–4Núñez (3–3)Soriano (1–2)2:4813,12851–49
102July 29@ Marlins3–6Johnson (10–2)Kawakami (5–8)Núñez (8)2:4813,51851–50
103July 30@ Marlins6–3 (10)Moylan (3–2)Ayala (1–3)Soriano (15)3:1614,22652–50
104July 31Dodgers0–5Schmidt (2–1)Hanson (5–2)2:5345,22552–51 :
August (17–11)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1Dodgers4–3Lowe (11–7)Wolf (5–6)Soriano (16)2:4149,84353–51
106August 2Dodgers1–9Billingsley (11–6)Jurrjens (9–8)3:2237,65453–52
107August 3@ Padres2–4Latos (3–1)Kawakami (5–9)Bell (27)2:3320,42353–53
108August 4@ Padres9–2Vázquez (9–7)Stauffer (1–3)2:5217,91654–53
109August 5@ Padres6–2Hanson (6–2)Gaudin (4–10)2:5221,81655–53
110August 6@ Dodgers4–5Elbert (2–0)Soriano (1–3)3:1346,39955–54
111August 7@ Dodgers9–5 (12)Moylan (4–2)Troncoso (4–1)4:2053,18456–54
112August 8@ Dodgers2–1 (10)Medlen (3–3)Mota (3–3)Soriano (17)3:3153,33857–54
113August 9@ Dodgers8–2Vázquez (10–7)Stults (4–3)2:5345,43858–54
114August 11Nationals8–1Hanson (7–2)Lannan (8–9)3:0119,27359–54
115August 12Nationals6–2Lowe (12–7)Sosa (1–1)2:3417,88660–54
116August 14Phillies2–3Madson (4–4)Soriano (1–4)Lidge (22)2:2137,63960–55
117August 15Phillies4–3Moylan (5–2)Lidge (0–5)2:5444,04361–55
118August 16Phillies1–4Happ (9–2)Vázquez (10–8)Lidge (23)2:4525,21561–56
37August 17Diamondbacks9–4Hanson (8–2)Scherzer (7–7)2:4523,66862–56
119August 18@ Mets4–9Pérez (3–3)Lowe (12–8)2:5238,61362–57
120August 19@ Mets14–2Jurrjens (10–8)Parnell (3–5)2:5438,60263–57
121August 20@ Mets3–2Kawakami (6–9)Santana (13–9)Soriano (18)2:4139,10564–57
122August 21Marlins3–5Sánchez (2–4)Vázquez (10–9)Núñez (14)2:4822,60864–58
123August 22Marlins4–3Hanson (9–2)Volstad (9–10)Soriano (19)2:4735,20065–58
124August 23Marlins7–5Moylan (6–2)Calero (2–2)Soriano (20)3:0430,47866–58
125August 25Padres1–2 (12)Thatcher (1–0)Medlen (3–4)Mujica (2)3:4315,38966–59
126August 26Padres5–12Stauffer (2–6)Kawakami (6–10)3:2315,61966–60
127August 27Padres9–1Vázquez (11–9)Richard (7–4)2:5018,65167–60
128August 28@ Phillies2–4Moyer (12–9)Hanson (9–3)Lidge (26)2:2444,74767–61
129August 29@ Phillies9–1 (8)Lowe (13–8)Lee (12–10)2:4645,13468–61
130August 30@ Phillies2–3Blanton (9–6)Jurrjens (10–9)Lidge (27)2:2744,82868–62
131August 31@ Marlins5–2Kawakami (7–10)Johnson (13–4)2:3812,24469–62 :
September (17–10)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Marlins4–3Hudson (1–0)Sánchez (2–6)Soriano (21)3:0214,02470–62
133September 2@ Marlins7–8Núñez (4–4)Gonzalez (3–4)3:4014,72370–63
134September 3@ Marlins3–8Nolasco (10–8)Medlen (3–5)3:1313,71170–64
135September 4Reds1–3Arroyo (12–12)Lowe (13–9)2:2524,21970–65
136September 5Reds1–3Wells (1–3)Jurrjens (10–10)2:4029,07870–66
137September 6Reds2–4Owings (7–12)Kawakami (7–11)3:3932,39770–67
138September 8@ Astros2–1Vázquez (12–9)Paulino (2–8)Soriano (22)2:3326,08171–67
139September 9@ Astros1–2Valverde (4–2)Soriano (1–5)2:1322,39271–68
140September 10@ Astros9–7Lowe (14–9)Oswalt (8–6)Gonzalez (10)3:1126,55272–68
141September 11@ Cardinals1–0Jurrjens (11–10)Piñeiro (14–10)Soriano (23)2:3443,98473–68
142September 12@ Cardinals7–6Gonzalez (4–4)Franklin (2–3)Soriano (24)3:1343,86974–68
143September 13@ Cardinals9–2Vázquez (13–9)Carpenter (16–4)2:0841,17975–68
144September 15Mets6–0Hanson (10–3)Misch (1–3)2:2725,09476–68
145September 16Mets6–5O'Flaherty (2–1)Rodríguez (3–5)3:3217,98877–68
146September 17Mets7–3Jurrjens (12–10)Figueroa (2–6)2:2220,19278–68
147September 18Phillies4–9Kendrick (2–1)Hudson (1–1)2:5727,24178–69
148September 19Phillies6–4Vázquez (14–9)Martínez (5–1)2:4335,81879–69
149September 20Phillies2–4Walker (2–0)Hanson (10–4)Lidge (31)2:4629,45279–70
150September 21@ Mets11–3Lowe (15–9)Misch (1–4)Kawakami (1)2:3237,70680–70
151September 22@ Mets3–1Jurrjens (13–10)Figueroa (2–7)Soriano (25)2:4637,82381–70
152September 23@ Mets5–2Hudson (2–1)Pelfrey (10–12)Soriano (26)3:1838,26682–70
153September 25@ Nationals4–1Vázquez (15–9)Lannan (9–13)2:2728,27683–70
154September 26@ Nationals11–5Hanson (11–4)Mock (3–10)2:4829,05884–70
155September 27@ Nationals6–3 (10)Gonzalez (5–4)MacDougal (1–1)Soriano (27)2:5527,84085–70
156September 28Marlins4–0Jurrjens (14–10)Sánchez (3–8)2:3725,04686–70
157September 29Marlins4–5Pinto (4–1)Kawakami (7–12)Núñez (25)3:2028,66986–71
158September 30Marlins4–5Nolasco (13–9)Vázquez (15–10)Donnelly (2)3:0031,51386–72 :
October (0–4)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1Nationals1–2Clippard (4–2)Soriano (1–6)MacDougal (19)2:4738,23786–73
160October 2Nationals0–6Hernández (9–12)Lowe (15–10)MacDougal (20)2:5633,12486–74
161October 3Nationals4–6 (11)Segovia (1–0)Acosta (1–1)Kensing (1)3:1628,27886–75
162October 4Nationals1–2 (15)Kensing (1–2)Logan (1–1)4:1836,30786–76 :
Braves Win  Braves Loss  Game Postponed :

### Roster
#### Mid-season trades

| June 3, 2009 | to Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League prospects (OF) Gorkys Hernández, (P) Charlie Morton & (P) Jeff Locke | to Atlanta Braves (OF) Nate McLouth |
| July 10, 2009 | to New York Mets (OF) Jeff Francoeur & Cash | to Atlanta Braves (OF) Ryan Church |
| July 31, 2009 | to Boston Red Sox (1B) Casey Kotchman | to Atlanta Braves (1B) Adam LaRoche & Cash |

## Player stats
### Most games at position

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played
| Pos | Player | GP |
| C | Brian McCann | 127 |
| 1B | Casey Kotchman × | 85 |
| 2B | Kelly Johnson | 84 |
| SS | Yunel Escobar × | 139 |
| 3B | Chipper Jones | 133 |
| LF | Garret Anderson × | 124 |
| CF | Nate McLouth † | 84 |
| RF | Jeff Francoeur × | 80 |
As of October 4, 2009
* Source: ESPN.com-Atlanta Braves Lineup-Games By Position
* × = No longer with team
* † = On DL

### 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 |
| 18 Garret Anderson | 135 | 496 | 52 | 133 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 61 | .268 | 1 |
| 26 Brian Barton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .--- | 0 |
| 1 Gregor Blanco # | 24 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .186 | 2 |
| 25 Barbaro Canizares # | 5 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | 0 |
| 25 Ryan Church * | 44 | 127 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .260 | 0 |
| 26 Brooks Conrad | 30 | 54 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .204 | 0 |
| 23 Matt Diaz | 125 | 371 | 56 | 116 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 58 | .313 | 12 |
| 19 Yunel Escobar | 141 | 528 | 89 | 158 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 76 | .299 | 5 |
| 7 Jeff Francoeur | 82 | 304 | 32 | 76 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 35 | .250 | 5 |
| 30 Reid Gorecki | 31 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | 1 |
| 27 Diory Hernández # | 33 | 85 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .141 | 0 |
| 4 Omar Infante | 70 | 203 | 24 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | .305 | 2 |
| 2 Kelly Johnson | 106 | 303 | 47 | 68 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 29 | .224 | 7 |
| 28 Brandon Jones | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 | 0 |
| 10 Chipper Jones | 143 | 488 | 80 | 129 | 23 | 2 | 18 | 71 | .264 | 4 |
| 22 Casey Kotchman | 87 | 298 | 28 | 84 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 41 | .282 | 0 |
| 22 Adam LaRoche * | 57 | 212 | 30 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 40 | .325 | 0 |
| 16 Brian McCann | 138 | 488 | 63 | 137 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 94 | .281 | 4 |
| 13 Nate McLouth * | 84 | 339 | 59 | 87 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 36 | .257 | 12 |
| 20 Greg Norton | 95 | 76 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .145 | 0 |
| 14 Martín Prado | 128 | 450 | 64 | 138 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 49 | .307 | 1 |
| 8 David Ross | 54 | 128 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .273 | 0 |
| 5 Clint Sammons | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | 0 |
| 24 Jordan Schafer # | 50 | 167 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .204 | 2 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 309 | 24 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .139 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5539 | 735 | 1459 | 300 | 20 | 149 | 700 | .263 | 58 |
As of October 4, 2009
* * = Acquired Mid-Season
* # = Not on Active roster
* "" = Stats with Braves

### 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; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
| 46 Manny Acosta # | 1 | 1 | 4.34 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 32 |
| Jeff Bennett † | 2 | 4 | 3.18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 23 |
| Blaine Boyer † | 0 | 1 | 40.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 57 Jorge Campillo # | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 38 Buddy Carlyle | 0 | 1 | 8.86 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 12 |
| 51 Mike González | 5 | 4 | 2.42 | 80 | 0 | 10 | 74.1 | 28 | 20 | 33 | 90 |
| 48 Tommy Hanson | 11 | 4 | 2.89 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 127.2 | 42 | 41 | 46 | 116 |
| 15 Tim Hudson | 2 | 1 | 3.61 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 42.1 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| 49 Jair Jurrjens | 14 | 10 | 2.60 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 215.0 | 71 | 62 | 75 | 152 |
| 11 Kenshin Kawakami | 7 | 12 | 3.86 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 156.1 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 105 |
| 36 Boone Logan | 1 | 1 | 5.19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| 32 Derek Lowe | 15 | 10 | 4.67 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 194.2 | 109 | 101 | 63 | 111 |
| 54 Kris Medlen | 3 | 5 | 4.26 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 67.2 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 72 |
| 58 Peter Moylan | 6 | 2 | 2.84 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 29 | 23 | 35 | 61 |
| 56 Vladimir Núñez | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 Eric O'Flaherty | 2 | 1 | 3.04 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 56.1 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 39 |
| 40 James Parr # | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
| 37 Jo-Jo Reyes # | 0 | 2 | 7.00 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27.0 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 21 |
| 39 Rafael Soriano | 1 | 6 | 2.97 | 77 | 0 | 27 | 75.2 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 102 |
| 50 Luis Valdez | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 Javier Vázquez | 15 | 10 | 2.87 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 219.1 | 75 | 70 | 44 | 238 |
| Team Totals | 86 | 76 | 3.57 | 162 | 162 | 38 | 1462.2 | 641 | 581 | 530 | 1232 |
As of October 4, 2009
* † = No longer with team
* # = Not on Active roster

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Gwinnett Braves | International League | Dave Brundage |
| AA | Mississippi Braves | Southern League | Phillip Wellman |
| A | Myrtle Beach Pelicans | Carolina League | Rocket Wheeler |
| A | Rome Braves | South Atlantic League | Randy Ingle |
| Rookie | Danville Braves | Appalachian League | Paul Runge |
| Rookie | GCL Braves | Gulf Coast League | Luis Ortiz |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville