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2006 Houston Astros season

Summary

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.

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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Regular season edit

Standings edit

National League Central edit

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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 edit

2006 National League record
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Source: [1]
Team AZ 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 edit

  • 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 edit

2006 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "Cody Ransom Stats".
  2. ^ "Aubrey Huff Stats".

External links edit

  • 2006 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference
  • Game logs:
1st Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com
  • Batting statistics: Houston Astros Batting Stats on ESPN.com
  • Pitching statistics: Houston Astros Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

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