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2009 Colorado Rockies season

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Owner(s)
  
Charles & Dick Monfort

General manager(s)
  
Dan O'Dowd

Manager(s)
  
Clint Hurdle, Jim Tracy

Local television
  
FSN Rocky Mountain Drew Goodman George Frazier Jeff Huson

Local radio
  
KOA (English) Jeff Kingery Jack Corrigan KMXA (Spanish)

The Colorado Rockies' 2009 season is a season in American baseball, in which the Rockies won their third Wild Card title, and second in three years. The Rockies drew 2,665,080 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 32,902 fans.

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Offseason

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

    • Transactions

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

    • 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)

    • Game log

    Playoffs

    Player stats

    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

    Other batters

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

    Pitching

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    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
  • In June tied the team record 11-game winning streak set in 2007
  • First ever team walk-off grand slam by Ryan Spilborghs to beat the Giants 6-4 in the 14th inning.
  • 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).

    • Farm system

    References

    External links

  • 2009 Colorado Rockies season at Baseball Reference
  • 2009 Colorado Rockies season Official Site

    • Starters by position

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

    Other batters

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

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    References

    2009 Colorado Rockies season Wikipedia
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