Belt Holders
Get belt alerts
Belt game 19,942 · June 10, 2009

Houston Astros take the belt

Houston Astros beat Chicago Cubs 2–1 at home to start reign 9,430 of the MLB belt, the 158th for the franchise.

Chicago Cubs had held it since June 9, 2009, with 0 defenses over 1 day.

Houston Astros held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Arizona Diamondbacks on June 12, 2009.

9,430Reign number
158Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held

Box score

Houston Astros

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Carlos Lee4020000————
Miguel Tejada4110000————
Michael Bourn3010011————
Geoff Blum4010200————
Hunter Pence2100020————
Chris Sampson00000002202
Matt Kata3000001————
Humberto Quintero3000000————
Wandy Rodriguez20000017516
Jeff Keppinger1000000————
Lance Berkman3000010————

Chicago Cubs

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Ryan Theriot4020000————
Aaron Miles4010000————
Derrek Lee4010002————
Geovany Soto3111111————
Milton Bradley4010000————
Bobby Scales3010000————
Angel Guzman00000000.1210
Carlos Zambrano30000028313
Reed Johnson3000001————
Alfonso Soriano3000011————
Kosuke Fukudome1000001————
Mike Fontenot1000000————

Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.

Houston Astros belt history → · Astros vs. Cubs →

Know the second a belt changes hands

One email per title change, or one a week with every belt in it. Nothing else.

Or follow every belt at once: the belt network feed (RSS) · the weekly digest · every belt game on your calendar (one subscription, all leagues and the college belts).