2006 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMinute Maid Park
CityHouston, Texas
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersDrayton McLane, Jr.
General managersTim Purpura
ManagersPhil Garner
TelevisionKNWS-TV
FSN Southwest
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)
RadioKTRH
(Milo Hamilton, Dave Raymond, Brett Dolan)
KLAT
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 2006 Houston Astros season was the 45th season for the Houston Astros. The 2006 Astros finished in second place in the National League Central with a record of 82–80, 1½ games behind the eventual World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, after losing 3–1 to the Braves at Atlanta on the final day of the season. As a result, they missed the playoffs for the first time since 2003.

Regular season

Standings

National League Central

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 8378 0.516 — 49–31 34–47
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 1½ 44–37 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 8082 0.494 3½ 42–39 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 7587 0.463 8½ 48–33 27–54
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795 0.414 16½ 43–38 24–57
Chicago Cubs 6696 0.407 17½ 36–45 30–51

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—6–14–24–212–72–44–58–103–31–61–55–19–108–114–31–54–11
Atlanta1–6—6–14–33–311–83–43–32–47–117–113–37–23–44–210–85–10
Chicago2–41–6—10–92–42–47–84–28–83–32–56–90–72–411–82–44–11
Cincinnati2–43–49–10—5–14–210–50–69–103–42–49–72–42–59–65–16-9
Colorado 7–123–34–21–5—3–34–24–152–41–53–43–310–910–82–78–011–4
Florida4–28–114–22–43–3—3–41–57–08–116–135–23–33–31–511–79–9
Houston5–44–38–75–102–44-3—3–310–52–42–413–33–31–59–74–47–11
Los Angeles 10–83–32–46–015–45–13–3—4–23–44–36–45–1313–60–74–25–10
Milwaukee3–34–28–810–94–20–75–102–4—3–35–17–94–36–37–91–56–9
New York6–111–73–34–35–111–84–24–33–3—11–85–45–23–34–212–66–9
Philadelphia5-111–75–24–24–313–64–23–41–58–11—3–32–45–13–39–105–13
Pittsburgh1–53–39–67–93–32–53–134–69–74–53–3—1–56–16–93–33–12
San Diego10–92–77–04–29–103–33–313–53–42–54–25–1—7–124–25–17–8
San Francisco11–84–34–25–28–103–35–16–133–63–31–51–612–7—1–41–58–7
St. Louis3–42–48–116–97–25-17–97–09–72–43–39–62–44–1—4–35–10
Washington5–18–104–21–50–87-114–42–45–16–1210–93–31–55–13–4—7–11

Transactions

  • March 30, 2006: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Houston Astros from the Seattle Mariners.[1]
  • July 12, 2006: Aubrey Huff was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with cash to the Houston Astros for Ben Zobrist and Mitch Talbot (minors).[2]

Roster

2006 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging percentage

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Craig Biggio145548791353302162340.246.422
Lance Berkman1525369516929045136398.315.621
Willy Taveras149529831471951303334.278.338
Adam Everett15051452123286659934.239.352
Brad Ausmus13943937101161239345.230.285
Preston Wilson10239040105222955622.269.405
Morgan Ensberg127387679117123581101.235.463
Mike Lamb126381701172231245235.307.475
Chris Burke123366581012319401127.276.418
Jason Lane11228844581001545149.201.392
Aubrey Huff6822431561011338026.250.478
Luke Scott6521431721961037230.336.621
Eric Munson53141102860519011.199.348
Eric Bruntlett73119113380010313.277.345
Orlando Palmeiro10311912306101706.252.319
Humberto Quintero112127200201.333.429
J.R. House4900000000.000.000
Charlton Jimerson17622001120.333.833
Joe McEwing7600000000.000.000
Héctor Giménez2200000000.000.000
Pitcher Totals162282113250215013.113.152
Team Totals162552173514072752717470879585.255.409

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Roy Oswalt1582.9833320220.2220767338166
Andy Pettitte14134.2036350214.123811410070178
Wandy Rodríguez9105.6430240135.215496856398
Roger Clemens762.3019190113.189342929102
Taylor Buchholz6105.8922190113.010780743477
Fernando Nieve334.204011096.18746454170
Chad Qualls733.76810088.27638372856
Brad Lidge155.287803275.069474436104
Dan Wheeler352.52750971.15822202468
Dave Borkowski324.69400071.07038372352
Russ Springer113.47720059.24623231646
Trever Miller233.02700150.24217171356
Jason Hirsh346.0499044.24832302229
Brandon Backe323.7788043.04318181819
Chris Sampson212.12123034.025108515
Mike Gallo126.06230016.128111177
Matt Albers026.0042015.0171010711
Ezequiel Astacio2011.126005.277766
Philip Barzilla000.001000.110000
Team Totals82804.08162162421468.214257196664801160

Source:

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League Jackie Moore
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Texas League Dave Clark
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Jim Pankovits
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Jack Lind
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Gregg Langbehn
Rookie Greeneville Astros Appalachian League Iván DeJesús

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Corpus Christi

References

  1. ↑ "Cody Ransom Stats".
  2. ↑ "Aubrey Huff Stats".
1st Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com
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