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
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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 83 78 0.516 — 49–31 34–47
Houston Astros 82 80 0.506 1½ 44–37 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 80 82 0.494 3½ 42–39 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 75 87 0.463 8½ 48–33 27–54
Pittsburgh Pirates 67 95 0.414 16½ 43–38 24–57
Chicago Cubs 66 96 0.407 17½ 36–45 30–51


Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record

Source: [1]
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona — 6–1 4–2 4–2 12–7 2–4 4–5 8–10 3–3 1–6 1–5 5–1 9–10 8–11 4–3 1–5 4–11
Atlanta 1–6 — 6–1 4–3 3–3 11–8 3–4 3–3 2–4 7–11 7–11 3–3 7–2 3–4 4–2 10–8 5–10
Chicago 2–4 1–6 — 10–9 2–4 2–4 7–8 4–2 8–8 3–3 2–5 6–9 0–7 2–4 11–8 2–4 4–11
Cincinnati 2–4 3–4 9–10 — 5–1 4–2 10–5 0–6 9–10 3–4 2–4 9–7 2–4 2–5 9–6 5–1 6-9
Colorado 7–12 3–3 4–2 1–5 — 3–3 4–2 4–15 2–4 1–5 3–4 3–3 10–9 10–8 2–7 8–0 11–4
Florida 4–2 8–11 4–2 2–4 3–3 — 3–4 1–5 7–0 8–11 6–13 5–2 3–3 3–3 1–5 11–7 9–9
Houston 5–4 4–3 8–7 5–10 2–4 4-3 — 3–3 10–5 2–4 2–4 13–3 3–3 1–5 9–7 4–4 7–11
Los Angeles 10–8 3–3 2–4 6–0 15–4 5–1 3–3 — 4–2 3–4 4–3 6–4 5–13 13–6 0–7 4–2 5–10
Milwaukee 3–3 4–2 8–8 10–9 4–2 0–7 5–10 2–4 — 3–3 5–1 7–9 4–3 6–3 7–9 1–5 6–9
New York 6–1 11–7 3–3 4–3 5–1 11–8 4–2 4–3 3–3 — 11–8 5–4 5–2 3–3 4–2 12–6 6–9
Philadelphia 5-1 11–7 5–2 4–2 4–3 13–6 4–2 3–4 1–5 8–11 — 3–3 2–4 5–1 3–3 9–10 5–13
Pittsburgh 1–5 3–3 9–6 7–9 3–3 2–5 3–13 4–6 9–7 4–5 3–3 — 1–5 6–1 6–9 3–3 3–12
San Diego 10–9 2–7 7–0 4–2 9–10 3–3 3–3 13–5 3–4 2–5 4–2 5–1 — 7–12 4–2 5–1 7–8
San Francisco 11–8 4–3 4–2 5–2 8–10 3–3 5–1 6–13 3–6 3–3 1–5 1–6 12–7 — 1–4 1–5 8–7
St. Louis 3–4 2–4 8–11 6–9 7–2 5-1 7–9 7–0 9–7 2–4 3–3 9–6 2–4 4–1 — 4–3 5–10
Washington 5–1 8–10 4–2 1–5 0–8 7-11 4–4 2–4 5–1 6–12 10–9 3–3 1–5 5–1 3–4 — 7–11


Transactions

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 Biggio 145 548 79 135 33 0 21 62 3 40 .246 .422
Lance Berkman 152 536 95 169 29 0 45 136 3 98 .315 .621
Willy Taveras 149 529 83 147 19 5 1 30 33 34 .278 .338
Adam Everett 150 514 52 123 28 6 6 59 9 34 .239 .352
Brad Ausmus 139 439 37 101 16 1 2 39 3 45 .230 .285
Preston Wilson 102 390 40 105 22 2 9 55 6 22 .269 .405
Morgan Ensberg 127 387 67 91 17 1 23 58 1 101 .235 .463
Mike Lamb 126 381 70 117 22 3 12 45 2 35 .307 .475
Chris Burke 123 366 58 101 23 1 9 40 11 27 .276 .418
Jason Lane 112 288 44 58 10 0 15 45 1 49 .201 .392
Aubrey Huff 68 224 31 56 10 1 13 38 0 26 .250 .478
Luke Scott 65 214 31 72 19 6 10 37 2 30 .336 .621
Eric Munson 53 141 10 28 6 0 5 19 0 11 .199 .348
Eric Bruntlett 73 119 11 33 8 0 0 10 3 13 .277 .345
Orlando Palmeiro 103 119 12 30 6 1 0 17 0 6 .252 .319
Humberto Quintero 11 21 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 .333 .429
J.R. House 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Charlton Jimerson 17 6 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 .333 .833
Joe McEwing 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Héctor Giménez 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Pitcher Totals 162 282 11 32 5 0 2 15 0 13 .113 .152
Team Totals 162 5521 735 1407 275 27 174 708 79 585 .255 .409

Source:[2]

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 Oswalt 15 8 2.98 33 32 0 220.2 220 76 73 38 166
Andy Pettitte 14 13 4.20 36 35 0 214.1 238 114 100 70 178
Wandy Rodríguez 9 10 5.64 30 24 0 135.2 154 96 85 63 98
Roger Clemens 7 6 2.30 19 19 0 113.1 89 34 29 29 102
Taylor Buchholz 6 10 5.89 22 19 0 113.0 107 80 74 34 77
Fernando Nieve 3 3 4.20 40 11 0 96.1 87 46 45 41 70
Chad Qualls 7 3 3.76 81 0 0 88.2 76 38 37 28 56
Brad Lidge 1 5 5.28 78 0 32 75.0 69 47 44 36 104
Dan Wheeler 3 5 2.52 75 0 9 71.1 58 22 20 24 68
Dave Borkowski 3 2 4.69 40 0 0 71.0 70 38 37 23 52
Russ Springer 1 1 3.47 72 0 0 59.2 46 23 23 16 46
Trever Miller 2 3 3.02 70 0 1 50.2 42 17 17 13 56
Jason Hirsh 3 4 6.04 9 9 0 44.2 48 32 30 22 29
Brandon Backe 3 2 3.77 8 8 0 43.0 43 18 18 18 19
Chris Sampson 2 1 2.12 12 3 0 34.0 25 10 8 5 15
Mike Gallo 1 2 6.06 23 0 0 16.1 28 11 11 7 7
Matt Albers 0 2 6.00 4 2 0 15.0 17 10 10 7 11
Ezequiel Astacio 2 0 11.12 6 0 0 5.2 7 7 7 6 6
Philip Barzilla 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 82 80 4.08 162 162 42 1468.2 1425 719 666 480 1160

Source:[3]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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".

External links

1st Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com
2006 MLB season by team
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