2009 Colorado Rockies
National League Wild Card Winners
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Coors Field
City	Denver, Colorado
Record	92–70 (.568)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Charles & Dick Monfort
General managers	Dan O'Dowd
Managers	Clint Hurdle, Jim Tracy
Television	FSN Rocky Mountain Drew Goodman George Frazier Jeff Huson
Radio	KOA (English) Jeff Kingery Jack Corrigan KMXA (Spanish)
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The 2009 Colorado Rockies entered the season attempting to improve on their 74–88 record from 2008. They lost 28 of their first 46 games, but following the hiring of interim manager Jim Tracy, the Rockies came back to win their third Wild Card title, and second in three years. The team drew 2,665,080 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 32,902 fans. Their 92 regular season wins is currently the most in a single season in Rockies franchise history.

Offseason

• November 10, 2008: Matt Holliday was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Oakland Athletics for Carlos González, Huston Street, and Greg Smith. ^[1]
• January 6, 2009: Luis Vizcaíno was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Chicago Cubs for Jason Marquis. ^[2]
• February 1, 2009: Matt Belisle was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies. ^[3]
• April 5, 2009: Jason Hammel was traded by the Tampa Bay Rays to the Colorado Rockies for Aneury Rodríguez. ^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	0.586	—	50–31	45–36
Colorado Rockies	92	70	0.568	3	51–30	41–40
San Francisco Giants	88	74	0.543	7	52–29	36–45
San Diego Padres	75	87	0.463	20	42–39	33–48
Arizona Diamondbacks	70	92	0.432	25	36–45	34–47

Wild Card standings

v t e NL Wild Card	W	L	Pct.	GB
Colorado Rockies	92	70	.568	—
San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	4
Florida Marlins	87	75	.537	5
Atlanta Braves	86	76	.531	6
Chicago Cubs	83	78	.516	8½
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	12
Cincinnati Reds	78	84	.481	14

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	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

Transactions

• July 23, 2009: Rafael Betancourt was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Colorado Rockies for Connor Graham (minors). ^[5]
• July 31, 2009: Joe Beimel was traded by the Washington Nationals to the Colorado Rockies for Ryan Mattheus and Robinson Fabian (minors). ^[6]
• August 24, 2009: Jason Giambi was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies. ^[7]
• August 31, 2009: José Contreras was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Brandon Hynick (minors). ^[8]

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) ^[9]

Roster

2009 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers 97 Joe Beimel 34 Matt Belisle 63 Rafael Betancourt 45 Jhoulys Chacín 54 José Contreras 28 Aaron Cook 60 Manuel Corpas 31 Matt Daley 29 Jorge de la Rosa 49 Adam Eaton 41 Alan Embree 53 Randy Flores 51 Josh Fogg 49 Jason Grilli 46 Jason Hammel 77 Matt Herges 38 Ubaldo Jiménez 21 Jason Marquis 56 Franklin Morales 52 Joel Peralta 58 Juan Rincón 48 Esmil Rogers 32 Glendon Rusch 37 Ryan Speier 16 Huston Street		Catchers 15 Edwin Bellorín 20 Chris Iannetta 39 Paul Phillips  8 Yorvit Torrealba Infielders 27 Garrett Atkins 10 Jeff Baker 12 Clint Barmes 23 Jason Giambi 17 Todd Helton 18 Mike McCoy  6 Omar Quintanilla  9 Ian Stewart  2 Troy Tulowitzki  3 Eric Young, Jr. Outfielders 24 Dexter Fowler  5 Carlos González 11 Brad Hawpe 14 Matt Murton  7 Seth Smith 19 Ryan Spilborghs		Manager 13 Clint Hurdle  4 Jim Tracy Coaches 36 Bob Apodaca (pitching) 25 Don Baylor (hitting) 43 Rich Dauer (third base) 30 Glenallen Hill (first base) 22 Tom Runnells (bench) 59 Mark Strittmatter (bullpen catcher)  4 Jim Tracy (bench) 55 Jim Wright (bullpen)

Game log

2009 Game Log
April (8–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Diamondbacks 9–8 Peña (1–0) Grilli (0–1) Qualls (1) 48,799 0–1 2 April 7 @ Diamondbacks 3–0 Jiménez (1–0) Haren (0–1) Street (1) 26,637 1–1 3 April 8 @ Diamondbacks 9–2 Morales (1–0) Davis (0–1) 18,227 2–1 4 April 10 Phillies 10–3 Marquis (1–0) Hamels (0–1) 49,427 3–1 5 April 11 Phillies 8–4 Myers (1–1) de la Rosa (0–1) 35,251 3–2 6 April 12 Phillies 7–5 Madson (1–0) Street (0–1) Lidge (2) 21,628 3–3 7 April 13 @ Cubs 4–0 Lilly (2–0) Jiménez (1–1) 40,077 3–4 8 April 15 @ Cubs 5–2 Marquis (2–0) Harden (0–1) Grilli (1) 39,361 4–4 9 April 17 @ Dodgers 4–3 Mota (1–0) Embree (0–1) Broxton (4) 45,145 4–5 10 April 18 @ Dodgers 9–5 Billingsley (3–0) Cook (0–1) 36,765 4–6 11 April 19 @ Dodgers 14–2 Elbert (1–0) Jiménez (1–2) 41,474 4–7 12 April 20 @ Diamondbacks 6–3 Garland (2–1) Marquis (2–1) Qualls (3) 25,788 4–8 13 April 21 @ Diamondbacks 9–6 Belisle (1–0) Gutiérrez (0–1) Corpas (1) 25,411 5–8 14 April 22 @ Diamondbacks 2–0 Haren (1–3) de la Rosa (0–2) Qualls (4) 19,147 5–9 15 April 24 Dodgers 6–5 Kuo (1–0) Corpas (0–1) Broxton (6) 36,151 5–10 16 April 25 Dodgers 6–5 McDonald (1–1) Jiménez (1–3) Troncoso (1) 31,476 5–11 17 April 26 Dodgers 10–4 Marquis (3–1) Kershaw (0–2) 35,505 6–11 18 April 27 Padres 12–7 Grilli (1–1) Young (2–1) 18,246 7–11 19 April 28 Padres 4–3 Sánchez (1–0) Corpas (0–2) Bell (8) 19,346 7–12 20 April 29 Padres 7–5 Cook (1–1) Correia (0–2) Street (2) 20,289 8–12
May (12–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 21 May 1 @ Giants 3–2 Johnson (2–2) Jiménez (1–4) Wilson (6) 30,791 8–13 22 May 2 @ Giants 5–1 Marquis (4–1) Cain (2–1) 30,166 9–13 23 May 3 @ Giants 1–0 (10) Medders (1–1) Corpas (0–3) 30,650 9–14 24 May 4 @ Padres 9–6 Rusch (1–0) Moreno (1–3) Street (3) 14,717 10–14 25 May 5 @ Padres 2–1 (10) Bell (1–0) Daley (0–1) 13,646 10–15 26 May 6 Giants 11–1 Jiménez (2–4) Johnson (2–3) 22,105 11–15 27 May 7 Giants 8–3 Cain (3–1) Marquis (4–2) 23,453 11–16 28 May 8 Marlins 8–3 Nolasco (2–3) Hammel (0–1) 27,398 11–17 29 May 9 Marlins 3–1 Johnson (3–0) de la Rosa (0–3) Lindstrom (6) 28,227 11–18 30 May 10 Marlins 3–2 Cook (2–1) Volstad (2–2) Street (4) 30,197 12–18 31 May 12 Astros 12–1 Jiménez (3–4) Paulino (0–3) 23,233 13–18 32 May 13 Astros 15–11 Hampton (2–3) Marquis (4–3) 19,226 13–19 33 May 14 Astros 5–3 Rodríguez (4–2) Hammel (0–2) Hawkins (5) 22,696 13–20 34 May 15 @ Pirates 3–1 Embree (1–1) Capps (0–3) Street (5) 17,179 14–20 35 May 16 @ Pirates 7–4 Burnett (1–1) Belisle (1–1) Capps (7) 24,496 14–21 36 May 17 @ Pirates 11–4 Duke (5–3) Embree (1–2) 14,545 14–22 37 May 18 @ Braves 5–1 Marquis (5–3) Lowe (5–2) 15,364 15–22 38 May 19 @ Braves 8–1 Jurrjens (4–2) Hammel (0–3) 16,749 15–23 39 May 20 @ Braves 12–4 Vázquez (4–3) de la Rosa (0–4) 19,259 15–24 40 May 21 @ Braves 9–0 Cook (3–1) Medlen (0–1) 25,481 16–24 41 May 22 @ Tigers 4–3 Porcello (5–3) Jiménez (3–5) Zumaya (1) 28,264 16–25 42 May 23 @ Tigers 4–3 Marquis (6–3) Galarraga (3–4) Street (6) 37,035 17–25 43 May 24 @ Tigers 3–1 Hammel (1–3) Willis (1–1) Street (7) 34,606 18–25 44 May 25 Dodgers 16–6 Ohman (1–0) de la Rosa (0–5) 37,024 18–26 45 May 26 Dodgers 7–1 Milton (1–0) Cook (3–2) 25,384 18–27 46 May 27 Dodgers 8–6 Kershaw (3–3) Jiménez (3–6) 22,271 18–28 47 May 29 Padres 3–0 Marquis (7–3) Young (4–3) Street (8) 23,239 19–28 48 May 30 Padres 8–7 Street (1–1) Bell (2–1) 32,064 20–28 49 May 31 Padres 5–2 Gaudin (2–3) de la Rosa (0–6) Bell (15) 30,223 20–29
June (21–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 1 @ Astros 4–1 Oswalt (2–2) Cook (3–3) Hawkins (7) 24,016 20–30 51 June 2 @ Astros 3–2 (11) Ortiz (3–2) Fogg (0–1) 24,041 20–31 52 June 3 @ Astros 6–4 Byrdak (2–1) Marquis (7–4) Sampson (3) 22,032 20–32 53 June 4 @ Astros 10–3 Hammel (2–3) Rodríguez (5–5) 26,671 21–32 54 June 5 @ Cardinals 11–4 de la Rosa (1–6) Wainwright (5–4) 41,115 22–32 55 June 6 @ Cardinals 10–1 Cook (4–3) Wellemeyer (5–6) 44,002 23–32 56 June 7 @ Cardinals 7–2 Jiménez (4–6) Piñeiro (5–6) 42,288 24–32 57 June 8 @ Cardinals 5–2 Marquis (8–4) Thompson (0–2) Street (9) 36,748 25–32 58 June 9 @ Brewers 3–2 Hammel (3–3) Coffey (1–1) Street (10) 32,464 26–32 59 June 10 @ Brewers 4–2 de la Rosa (2–6) Bush (3–3) Street (11) 34,823 27–32 60 June 11 @ Brewers 5–4 Cook (5–3) Gallardo (6–3) Street (12) 35,467 28–32 61 June 12 Mariners 6–4 Jiménez (5–6) Washburn (3–5) 30,365 29–32 62 June 13 Mariners 5–3 Corpas (1–3) Lowe (0–4) Street (13) 31,101 30–32 63 June 14 Mariners 7–1 Hammel (4–3) Vargas (2–2) 38,614 31–32 64 June 16 Rays 12–4 Niemann (6–4) de la Rosa (2–7) 28,582 31–33 65 June 17 Rays 5–3 Cook (6–3) Price (1–1) Street (14) 26,460 32–33 66 June 18 Rays 4–3 Jiménez (6–6) Garza (4–5) Street (15) 28,639 33–33 67 June 19 Pirates 7–3 Marquis (9–4) Ohlendorf (6–6) 31,248 34–33 68 June 20 Pirates 9–7 Street (2–1) Chavez (0–3) 32,137 35–33 69 June 21 Pirates 5–4 de la Rosa (3–7) Maholm (4–4) Street (16) 44,131 36–33 70 June 22 @ Angels 11–1 Cook (7–3) Palmer (6–1) 39,557 37–33 71 June 23 @ Angels 4–3 Jepsen (2–2) Jiménez (6–7) Fuentes (20) 42,233 37–34 72 June 24 @ Angels 11–3 Saunders (8–4) Marquis (9–5) 43,551 37–35 73 June 26 @ Athletics 4–2 Hammel (5–3) Braden (5–7) Street (17) 20,872 38–35 74 June 27 @ Athletics 11–9 de la Rosa (4–7) Cahill (5–6) Street (18) 18,624 39–35 75 June 28 @ Athletics 3–1 Cook (8–3) Mazzaro (2–3) Street (19) 15,701 40–35 76 June 29 @ Dodgers 4–2 (13) McDonald (2–1) Peralta (0–1) 41,288 40–36 77 June 30 @ Dodgers 3–0 Marquis (10–5) Billingsley (9–4) 43,437 41–36
July (15–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Dodgers 1–0 Troncoso (2–0) Hammel (5–4) Broxton (19) 40,455 41–37 79 July 3 Diamondbacks 5–0 de la Rosa (5–7) Scherzer (5–6) 49,026 42–37 80 July 4 Diamondbacks 11–7 Schoeneweis (1–0) Peralta (0–2) Qualls (14) 49,096 42–38 81 July 5 Diamondbacks 4–3 Haren (8–5) Jiménez (6–8) Qualls (15) 27,547 42–39 82 July 6 Nationals 1–0 Marquis (11–5) Stammen (1–4) Street (20) 25,205 43–39 83 July 7 Nationals 5–4 Embree (2–2) Tavárez (3–7) Street (21) 25,314 44–39 84 July 8 Nationals 10–4 de la Rosa (6–7) Detwiler (0–5) 23,098 45–39 85 July 9 Braves 7–6 Rincón (2–0) González (3–2) Street (22) 30,392 46–39 86 July 10 Braves 4–1 Lowe (8–7) Jiménez (6–9) Soriano (11) 35,238 46–40 87 July 11 Braves 4–3 Jurrjens (7–7) Marquis (11–6) Soriano (12) 38,065 46–41 88 July 12 Braves 8–7 Street (3–1) Valdez (0–1) 33,825 47–41 89 July 16 @ Padres 10–1 Cook (9–3) Gaudin (4–8) 22,758 48–41 90 July 17 @ Padres 5–3 Jiménez (7–9) Geer (1–5) Street (23) 21,887 49–41 91 July 18 @ Padres 3–1 Burke (2–1) Peralta (0–3) Bell (24) 28,652 49–42 92 July 19 @ Padres 6–1 Marquis (12–6) Latos (0–1) 20,747 50–42 93 July 20 Diamondbacks 10–6 de la Rosa (7–7) Davis (4–10) 40,444 51–42 94 July 21 Diamondbacks 6–5 Gutiérrez (2–2) Rincón (2–1) Qualls (18) 30,248 51–43 95 July 22 Diamondbacks 4–3 Rincón (3–1) Schoeneweis (1–2) Street (24) 30,451 52–43 96 July 24 Giants 3–1 Cain (12–2) Hammel (5–5) Wilson (25) 40,524 52–44 97 July 25 Giants 8–2 de la Rosa (8–7) Sánchez (3–9) 42,201 53–44 98 July 26 Giants 4–2 Cook (10–3) Sadowski (2–3) Street (25) 40,723 54–44 99 July 27 @ Mets 7–3 Feliciano (3–3) Rincón (3–2) 38,936 54–45 100 July 28 @ Mets 4–0 Pelfrey (8–6) Marquis (12–7) 39,126 54–46 – July 29 @ Mets Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 30 101 July 30 @ Mets 7–0 Santana (12–8) Hammel (5–6) 40,024 54–47 102 July 30 @ Mets 4–2 de la Rosa (9–7) Niese (1–1) Street (26) 38,962 55–47 103 July 31 @ Reds 5–3 Morales (2–0) Weathers (2–3) Street (27) 22,130 56–47
August (16–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Reds 6–2 Jiménez (8–9) Bailey (2–3) 23,452 57–47 105 August 2 @ Reds 6–4 (11) Morales (3–0) Masset (4–1) Street (28) 31,142 58–47 106 August 4 @ Phillies 8–3 Hammel (6–6) Moyer (10–8) 45,203 59–47 107 August 5 @ Phillies 7–0 Happ (8–2) de la Rosa (9–8) 45,129 59–48 108 August 6 @ Phillies 3–1 Lee (9–9) Cook (10–4) Lidge (21) 45,316 59–49 109 August 7 Cubs 6–2 Jiménez (9–9) Marshall (3–7) 46,118 60–49 110 August 8 Cubs 6–5 Dempster (6–5) Marquis (12–8) Gregg (22) 47,845 60–50 111 August 9 Cubs 11–5 Hammel (7–6) Wells (8–5) 40,217 61–50 112 August 10 Cubs 11–5 de la Rosa (10–8) Gorzelanny (4–2) 34,485 62–50 113 August 11 Pirates 7–3 Ohlendorf (10–8) Chacín (0–1) 35,212 62–51 114 August 12 Pirates 8–0 Jiménez (10–9) Hart (3–2) 29,430 63–51 115 August 13 Pirates 10–1 Marquis (13–8) Maholm (6–7) 27,619 64–51 116 August 14 @ Marlins 6–5 Johnson (12–2) Hammel (7–7) Núñez (13) 15,965 64–52 – August 15 @ Marlins Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 16 117 August 16 @ Marlins 10–3 Volstad (9–9) Cook (10–5) 18,471 64–53 118 August 16 @ Marlins 7–3 de la Rosa (11–8) VandenHurk (2–2) Street (29) 20,089 65–53 119 August 18 @ Nationals 4–3 Jiménez (11–9) Burnett (2–3) Street (30) 18,192 66–53 120 August 19 @ Nationals 5–4 Marquis (14–8) Balester (1–3) Street (31) 16,187 67–53 121 August 20 @ Nationals 4–1 Hammel (8–7) Mock (2–5) Street (32) 18,036 68–53 122 August 21 Giants 6–3 Sánchez (6–10) Cook (10–6) 43,666 68–54 123 August 22 Giants 14–11 de la Rosa (12–8) Miller (2–2) 47,178 69–54 124 August 23 Giants 4–2 Jiménez (12–9) Lincecum (12–4) Street (33) 48,704 70–54 125 August 24 Giants 6–4 (14) Eaton (3–5) Miller (2–3) 27,670 71–54 126 August 25 Dodgers 5–4 (10) Herges (3–1) McDonald (3–3) 31,472 72–54 127 August 26 Dodgers 6–1 Wolf (9–6) Fogg (0–2) 38,350 72–55 128 August 27 Dodgers 3–2 Padilla (9–6) de la Rosa (12–9) Broxton (28) 33,441 72–56 129 August 28 @ Giants 2–0 Lincecum (13–4) Jiménez (12–10) Wilson (31) 39,047 72–57 130 August 29 @ Giants 5–3 Zito (9–11) Marquis (14–9) Wilson (32) 41,200 72–58 131 August 30 @ Giants 9–5 Medders (3–1) Betancourt (1–3) 42,571 72–59
September (18–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 Mets 8–3 de la Rosa (13–9) Pelfrey (9–10) 26,190 73–59 133 September 2 Mets 5–2 Jiménez (13–10) Stokes (1–4) Morales (1) 26,276 74–59 134 September 3 Mets 8–3 Misch (1–1) Marquis (14–10) 22,566 74–60 135 September 4 Diamondbacks 5–4 Betancourt (2–3) Boyer (0–2) Morales (2) 31,401 75–60 136 September 5 Diamondbacks 4–1 Contreras (6–13) Davis (7–12) Morales (3) 39,297 76–60 137 September 6 Diamondbacks 13–5 de la Rosa (14–9) Petit (3–9) 35,192 77–60 138 September 7 Reds 4–3 Betancourt (3–3) Fisher (1–1) Morales (4) 40,357 78–60 139 September 8 Reds 3–1 Marquis (15–10) Maloney (0–4) Morales (5) 23,154 79–60 140 September 9 Reds 4–3 Daley (1–1) Cordero (2–5) 23,721 80–60 141 September 10 Reds 5–1 Rincón (4–2) Wells (1–4) 24,175 81–60 142 September 11 @ Padres 4–1 Betancourt (4–3) Bell (5–3) Morales (6) 18,022 82–60 143 September 12 @ Padres 3–2 (10) Gallagher (2–2) Morales (3–1) 19,897 82–61 144 September 13 @ Padres 7–3 Russell (2–0) Marquis (15–11) 19,739 82–62 145 September 14 @ Giants 9–1 Lincecum (14–5) Hammel (8–8) 31,307 82–63 146 September 15 @ Giants 10–2 Zito (10–12) Jiménez (13–11) 30,353 82–64 147 September 16 @ Giants 4–3 de la Rosa (15–9) Cain (13–6) Betancourt (2) 38,696 83–64 148 September 18 @ Diamondbacks 7–5 Rosales (2–1) Flores (0–1) Gutiérrez (6) 34,231 83–65 149 September 19 @ Diamondbacks 10–4 Hammel (9–8) Scherzer (9–10) 29,466 84–65 150 September 20 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Jiménez (14–11) Haren (14–9) 29,397 85–65 151 September 22 Padres 11–10 Belisle (2–1) Ramos (0–1) Morales (7) 30,695 86–65 152 September 23 Padres 6–3 Webb (1–0) Marquis (15–12) Bell (40) 29,597 86–66 153 September 24 Padres 5–4 Russell (3–1) Beimel (1–6) Gregerson (1) 37,049 86–67 154 September 25 Cardinals 2–1 Street (4–1) Miller (4–1) 48,847 87–67 155 September 26 Cardinals 6–3 Wainwright (19–8) Jiménez (14–12) Franklin (38) 47,741 87–68 156 September 27 Cardinals 4–3 de la Rosa (16–9) Lohse (6–9) Street (34) 42,032 88–68 157 September 29 Brewers 7–5 (11) Belisle (3–1) Weathers (4–6) 39,087 89–68 158 September 30 Brewers 10–6 Hammel (10–8) Suppan (7–12) 41,465 90–68
October (2–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 159 October 1 Brewers 9–2 Cook (11–6) Parra (11–11) 38,098 91–68 160 October 2 @ Dodgers 4–3 Jiménez (15–12) Wolf (11–7) Street (35) 54,131 92–68 161 October 3 @ Dodgers 5–0 Kuo (2–0) Morales (3–2) 54,531 92–69 162 October 4 @ Dodgers 5–3 Padilla (12–6) Marquis (15–13) Troncoso (6) 51,396 92–70

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Postseason

2009 Post-Season

National League Division Series Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 7 @ Phillies 5–1 Lee (1–0) Jiménez (0–1) 46,452 0–1 2 October 8 @ Phillies 5–4 Cook (1–0) Hamels (0–1) Street (1) 46,528 1–1 – October 10 Phillies Postponed (snow/cold) Rescheduled for October 11 3 October 11 Phillies 6–5 Durbin (1–0) Street (0–1) Lidge (1) 50,109 1–2 4 October 12 Phillies 5–4 Madson (1–0) Street (0–2) Lidge (2) 49,940 1–3

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Chris Iannetta	93	289	66	.228	16	52
1B	Todd Helton	151	544	177	.325	15	86
2B	Clint Barmes	154	550	135	.245	23	76
SS	Troy Tulowitzki	151	543	161	.297	32	92
3B	Ian Stewart	147	425	97	.228	25	70
LF	Seth Smith	133	335	98	.293	15	55
CF	Dexter Fowler	135	433	115	.266	4	34
RF	Brad Hawpe	145	501	143	.285	23	86

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Garrett Atkins	126	354	80	.226	9	48
Ryan Spilborghs	133	352	85	.241	8	48
Carlos González	89	278	79	.284	13	29
Yorvit Torrealba	64	213	62	.291	2	31
Omar Quintanilla	58	58	10	.172	0	2
Eric Young Jr.	30	57	14	.246	1	1
Matt Murton	29	52	13	.250	1	6
Paul Phillips	17	45	14	.311	1	9
Jason Giambi	19	24	7	.292	2	11
Jeff Baker	12	23	3	.130	0	3
Edwin Bellorin	2	8	2	.250	0	0
Mike McCoy	12	5	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ubaldo Jiménez	33	218.0	15	12	3.47	198
Jason Marquis	33	216.0	15	13	4.04	115
Jorge De La Rosa	33	185.0	16	9	4.38	193
Jason Hammel	34	176.2	10	8	4.33	133
Aaron Cook	27	158.0	11	6	4.16	78
Esmil Rogers	1	4.0	0	0	4.50	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
José Contreras	7	17.0	1	0	1.59	17
Jhoulys Chacín	9	11.0	0	1	4.91	13

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Huston Street	64	4	1	35	3.06	70
Matt Daley	57	1	1	0	4.24	55
Franklin Morales	40	3	2	7	4.50	41
Alan Embree	36	2	2	0	5.84	12
Manuel Corpas	35	1	3	1	5.88	24
Rafael Betancourt	32	3	1	1	1.78	29
Joel Peralta	27	0	3	0	6.20	22
Randy Flores	27	0	1	0	5.25	14
Juan Rincón	26	3	2	0	7.52	25
Joe Beimel	26	0	1	0	4.02	11
Josh Fogg	24	0	2	0	3.74	27
Matt Belisle	24	3	1	0	5.52	22
Jason Grilli	22	0	1	1	6.05	22
Glendon Rusch	11	2	0	0	6.75	13
Matt Herges	9	1	0	0	2.89	8
Ryan Speier	5	0	0	0	4.76	2
Adam Eaton	4	1	0	0	5.63	7

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 ^{[10] [11] [12]}
• In June tied the team record 11-game winning streak set in 2007 ^[13]
• First ever team walk-off grand slam by Ryan Spilborghs to beat the Giants 6–4 in the 14th inning. ^[14]
• Only team in the 2009 season to have five starting pitchers with 10 or more wins (Jason Marquis, Aaron Cook, Ubaldo Jiménez, Jorge de la Rosa, Jason Hammel). ^[15]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	Tom Runnells and Stu Cole
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Stu Cole and Ron Gideon
A	Modesto Nuts	California League	Jerry Weinstein
A	Asheville Tourists	South Atlantic League	Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season	Tri-City Dust Devils	Northwest League	Fred Ocasio
Rookie	Casper Ghosts	Pioneer League	Tony Diaz

Source: ^[16]

References

External links

• 2009 Colorado Rockies season at Baseball-Reference.com
• 2009 Colorado Rockies Schedule and Statistics at MLB.com