2006 Houston Astros season
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = Houston Astros
| season = 2006
| misc =
| league = National League
| division = Central
| ballpark = Minute Maid Park
| city = Houston, Texas
| record = 82–80 (.506)
| divisional_place = 2nd
| owners = Drayton McLane, Jr.
| general_managers = Tim Purpura
| managers = Phil Garner
| television = KNWS-TV
FSN Southwest
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)
| radio = KTRH
(Milo Hamilton, Dave Raymond, Brett Dolan)
KLAT
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
| espntn = hou
| brtn = HOU
|}}
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==
{{2006 NL Central standings|highlight=Houston Astros}}
==Record vs. opponents==
{{2006 NL Record vs. opponents|team=HOU}}
=Transactions=
- March 30, 2006: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Houston Astros from the Seattle Mariners.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ransoco01.shtml|title = Cody Ransom Stats}}
- 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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huffau01.shtml|title=Aubrey Huff Stats}}
=Roster=
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| colspan="10" style="background:#983222; color:#d2c295; text-align:center;"|2006 Houston Astros |
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| colspan="10" style="background:#000; color:#d2c295; text-align:center;"|Roster |
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|37|Matt Albers}} {{MLBplayer|38|Ezequiel Astacio}} {{MLBplayer|41|Brandon Backe}} {{MLBplayer|56|Phil Barzilla}} {{MLBplayer|58|Dave Borkowski}} {{MLBplayer|39|Taylor Buchholz}} {{MLBplayer|22|Roger Clemens}} {{MLBplayer|45|Mike Gallo}} {{MLBplayer|53|Jason Hirsh}} {{MLBplayer|54|Brad Lidge}} {{MLBplayer|47|Trever Miller}} {{MLBplayer|64|Fernando Nieve}} {{MLBplayer|44|Roy Oswalt}} {{MLBplayer|21|Andy Pettitte}} {{MLBplayer|50|Chad Qualls}} {{MLBplayer|51|Wandy Rodríguez}} {{MLBplayer|43|Chris Sampson}} {{MLBplayer|36|Russ Springer}} {{MLBplayer|35|Dan Wheeler}} | width="50px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer|11|Brad Ausmus}} {{MLBplayer|59|J. R. House}} {{MLBplayer|13|Eric Munson}} {{MLBplayer|46|Humberto Quintero}} Infielders {{MLBplayer|17|Lance Berkman}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Craig Biggio}} {{MLBplayer|10|Eric Bruntlett}} {{MLBplayer| 2|Chris Burke}} {{MLBplayer|14|Morgan Ensberg}} {{MLBplayer|28|Adam Everett}} {{MLBplayer|26|Mike Lamb}} {{MLBplayer|23|Joe McEwing}} | width="50px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer| 9|Aubrey Huff}} {{MLBplayer|52|Charlton Jimerson}} {{MLBplayer|16|Jason Lane}} {{MLBplayer|19|Orlando Palmeiro}} {{MLBplayer|30|Luke Scott}} {{MLBplayer| 1|Willy Taveras}} {{MLBplayer| 4|Preston Wilson}} Other batters {{MLBplayer|56|Héctor Giménez}} | width="50px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer| 3|Phil Garner}} Coaches {{MLBplayer| 6|Mark Bailey}}(bullpen) {{MLBplayer|15|Cecil Cooper}} (bench) {{MLBplayer|25|José Cruz}} (first base) {{MLBplayer| 8|Gary Gaetti}} (hitting) {{MLBplayer|48|Jim Hickey}} (pitching) {{MLBplayer|29|Doug Mansolino}} (third base) |
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
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| bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%" | Player
! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | G ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | AB ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | R ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | H ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | 2B ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | 3B ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | HR ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | RBI ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | SB ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | BB ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | AVG ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | 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:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2006-batting.shtml]
=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
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| bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"| Player
! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | W ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | L ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | ERA ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | G ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | GS ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | SV ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | IP ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | H ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | R ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | ER ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | BB ! bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | 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:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2006-pitching.shtml]
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System
|level15=AAA|team15=Round Rock Express|league15=Pacific Coast League|manager15=Jackie Moore
|level16=AA |team16=Corpus Christi Hooks|league16=Texas League|manager16=Dave Clark
|level17=A |team17=Salem Avalanche|league17=Carolina League|manager17=Jim Pankovits
|level18=A |team18=Lexington Legends|league18=South Atlantic League|manager18=Jack Lind
|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Tri-City ValleyCats|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=langbe001gre Gregg Langbehn]
|level20=Rookie|team20=Greeneville Astros|league20=Appalachian League|manager20=Iván DeJesús
}}
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Corpus Christi
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2006.shtml 2006 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference]
- Game logs:
:1st Half: [https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/schedule/_/name/hou/houston-astros Houston Astros Game Log] on ESPN.com
:2nd Half: [https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/schedule/_/name/hou/houston-astros Houston Astros Game Log] on ESPN.com
- Batting statistics: [https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/_/name/hou Houston Astros Batting Stats] on ESPN.com
- Pitching statistics: [https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/_/name/hou Houston Astros Pitching Stats] on ESPN.com
{{2006 MLB season by team}}
{{Houston Astros}}