2007 Houston Astros season

The 2007 Houston Astros season was the 46th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 43rd as the Astros, 46th in the National League (NL), 15th in the NL Central division, and eighth at Minute Maid Park, The Astros entered the season as having finished in second place in the NL Central division with an 82–80 record and 1+1⁄2 games behind first place, a sixth consecutive winning season.

2007 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston, Texas
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers	Tim Purpura[a] Tal Smith[b] Ed Wade[c]
Managers	Phil Garner:[a] 58–73 (.443) Cecil Cooper:[b] 15–16 (.484)
Television	FSN Houston KNWS-TV (Ch. 51) Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies
Radio	KTRH Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond KLAT (Spanish)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Houston began their season on April 2 while pitcher Roy Oswalt made his fifth consecutive Opening Day start.^{[Note 1]} They hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates and were defeated, 4–2, in extra innings. The Astros' top selection in the June amateur draft was infielder Derek Dietrich, during the third round.

With a 5-for-5 performance on June 28, second baseman Craig Biggio achieved his 3,000th career hit. He became the 27th player in major league history to reach the milestone, the first to record all 3,000 with the Astros, and first to achieve the milestone in an Astros uniform.

Outfielder Carlos Lee (third career selection) and Oswalt (second) represented the Astros at the MLB All-Star Game. The club officially retired former first baseman Jeff Bagwell's jersey number 5 on August 26.

The Astros dismissed manager Phil Garner and general manager Tim Purpura on August 27, 2007. Cecil Cooper was chosen to replace Garner on an interim basis, while Ed Wade replaced Purpura on September 20.

On September 30, Biggio made his final major league appearance as a player, having announced his retirement on July 24.

The Astros concluded the season with a 73–89 record, in fourth place and 12 games behind first place. It was the first time since 2000 that Astros had not finished in first or second place in their division, and just the second time since moving to the NL Central. It was also just the second time since 1993 that they had not achieved a winning record.

Following the season, Biggio was chosen for the Roberto Clemente Award, Lee earned his second career Silver Slugger Award, and outfielder Hunter Pence was selected to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team.

Offseason

• January 3, 2007: Signed infielder Mark Loretta would sign a contract worth $2.5 million.
• January 12: Signed outfielder Richard Hidalgo to a Minor League Baseball contract.
• March 6: Signed second baseman Jose Altuve as an amateur free agent.^[1]
• March 24: Released Richard Hildago.
• Jeff Bagwell (who had shoulder problems that had him play his last game in 2005) retired after the Astros declined to pick up his $18 million club option for 2007, instead buying it out for $7 million. Pitchers Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens both filed for free agency on November 6 and re-joined the New York Yankees. To make up for losing those key players, they signed pitcher Woody Williams, and traded with the Colorado Rockies for Jason Jennings and Miguel Asencio. The largest offseason move the Astros made was signing outfielder Carlos Lee to a 6-year contract worth $100 million, the most in franchise history.^[2]

Regular season

Astros' outfielder Orlando Palmeiro, Opening Day, 2007

Summary

On April 28, the Astros purchased the contract of Hunter Pence, the organization's top prospect from Triple-A affiliate, and made his debut that night where he got his first career hit and run scored.

By May 2007, the Astros had suffered one of their worst losing streaks since the 1995 season with 10 losses in a row, losing 4–3 to the Cincinnati Reds on May 30. The Astros were just one loss shy of tying their worst skid in franchise history, before snapping that streak the next day, also against the Reds.

On June 12, the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics for the first time in team history.

Second baseman Craig Biggio hit an extra innings RBI double on June 24, as raising the Astros' lead to 12–9 after having surrendered two separate leads. This double was the 658th of his career, the most for right-handed batters in major league history.^[3]

Jeff Bagwell (left) and Craig Biggio (right)

During a 5-for-5 performance on June 28, Biggio recorded his 3,000th career hit in the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies, becoming the 27th player in MLB history to do so, first in Astros history, and the first Astro with all 3,000 with the club. Number 3,000 was a single in that drove in Brad Ausmus for one of eight runs in an 8–5 Astros win.^[4] Jeff Bagwell, who played first base for the Astros alongside Biggio for 15 seasons, was in the dugout and emerged to congratulate him. The Astros fans, who had momentarily quieted after cheering Biggio for his achievement, erupted into cheers again the moment Biggio dragged Bagwell onto the playing field and to the first base line. "The thing with Baggy is that he and I worked so hard here for this city and for this organization," Biggio remarked. "We made so many sacrifices as far as playing the game and giving your body to a city, a team." Together, they bowed to the crowd as Bagwell raised Biggio's arm and returned to the dugout.^[5] In the bottom of the 11th inning of the same game, Carlos Lee hit a towering walk-off grand slam to win the game for the Astros.

On July 24, Biggio announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2007 season, his 20th season with the club (and a franchise record). He hit a grand slam in that night's game which broke a 3–3 tie and led to an Astros win.

On July 28, the Astros traded RHP Dan Wheeler to Tampa Bay for right-handed slugger 3B Ty Wigginton and cash considerations. He is now signed through 2009. On July 29, long time and former All-Star third baseman Morgan Ensberg was designated for assignment to make room for newly acquired Wigginton.

On August 26, the club officially retired Bagwell's jersey number 5 prior to the start of the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the eighth player in Astros history to have his number retired.^[6] Three first bases were used in the game, each embossed with a commemorative insignia that said, "No. 5, Jeff Bagwell jersey retirement, Aug. 26, 2007." One was given to Bagwell and the other two were auctioned to raise funds on behalf of the Astros in Action Foundation.^[7]

On August 27, manager Phil Garner and General Manager Tim Purpura were relieved of their duties. Cecil Cooper and Tal Smith were named as temporary replacements, respectively.

On September 17, in a 6–0 loss to the Brewers the Astros were officially eliminated from the 2007 playoffs.

On September 20, Ed Wade was named as the new General Manager of the Astros. He made his first move as GM by trading Jason Lane to the Padres on September 24.

On September 30, Craig Biggio retired, ending a 20-year career with the Astros.

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	85	77	.525	—	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	2	51‍–‍30	32‍–‍49
St. Louis Cardinals	78	84	.481	7	43‍–‍38	35‍–‍46
Houston Astros	73	89	.451	12	42‍–‍39	31‍–‍50
Cincinnati Reds	72	90	.444	13	39‍–‍42	33‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	94	.420	17	37‍–‍44	31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2007
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	AL
Arizona	—	4–2	4–2	2–4	8–10	6–1	5–2	8–10	2–5	3–4	5–1	5–4	10–8	10–8	4–3	6–1	8–7
Atlanta	2–4	—	5–4	1–6	4–2	10–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	9–9	9–9	5–1	5–2	4–3	3–4	11–7	4–11
Chicago	2–4	4–5	—	9–9	5–2	0–6	8–7	2–5	9–6	2–5	3–4	8–7	3–5	5–2	11–5	6–1	8–4
Cincinnati	4–2	6–1	9–9	—	2–4	4–3	4–11	2–4	8–7	2–5	2–4	9–7	2–4	4–3	6–9	1–6	7-11
Colorado	10–8	2–4	2–5	4–2	—	3–3	3–4	12–6	4–2	4–2	4–3	4–3	11–8	10–8	3–4	4–3	10–8
Florida	1–6	8–10	6–0	3–4	3–3	—	2–3	4–3	2–5	7–11	9–9	3–4	3–4	1–6	2–4	8–10	9–9
Houston	2–5	3–3	7–8	11–4	4–3	3-2	—	4–3	5–13	2–5	3–3	5–10	4–3	2–4	7–9	2–5	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	3–4	5–2	4–2	6–12	3–4	3–4	—	3–3	5–5	4–2	5–2	8–10	10–8	3–3	5–1	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	2–5	6–9	7–8	2–4	5–2	13–5	3–3	—	2–4	3–4	10–6	2–5	4–5	7–8	4–2	8–7
New York	4–3	9–9	5–2	5–2	2–4	11–7	5–2	5–5	4–2	—	6–12	4–2	2–4	4–2	5–2	9–9	8–7
Philadelphia	1-5	9–9	4–3	4–2	3–4	9–9	3–3	2–4	4–3	12–6	—	4–2	4–3	4–4	6–3	12–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	4–5	1–5	7–8	7–9	3–4	4–3	10–5	2–5	6–10	2–4	2–4	—	1–6	4–2	6–12	4–2	5–10
San Diego	8–10	2–5	5–3	4–2	8–11	4–3	3–4	10–8	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	—	14–4	3–4	4–2	6–9
San Francisco	8–10	3–4	2–5	3–4	8–10	6–1	4–2	8–10	5–4	2–4	4–4	2–4	4–14	—	4–1	3–4	5–10
St. Louis	3–4	4–3	5–11	9–6	4–3	4-2	9–7	3–3	8–7	2–5	3–6	12–6	4–3	1–4	—	1–5	6–9
Washington	1–6	7–11	1–6	6–1	3–4	10-8	5–2	1–5	2–4	9–9	6–12	2–4	2–4	4–3	5–1	—	9–9

Roster

2007 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 37 Matt Albers 41 Brandon Backe 58 Dave Borkowski 38 Travis Driskill 71 Juan Gutiérrez 23 Jason Jennings 54 Brad Lidge 62 Mark McLemore 47 Trever Miller 36 Brian Moehler 44 Roy Oswalt 65 Troy Patton 52 Felipe Paulino 50 Chad Qualls 63 Stephen Randolph 51 Wandy Rodríguez 43 Chris Sampson 59 Dennis Sarfate 35 Dan Wheeler 21 Rick White 29 Woody Williams		Catchers 11 Brad Ausmus 13 Eric Munson 55 Humberto Quintero 46 J. R. Towles Infielders 17 Lance Berkman  7 Craig Biggio  4 Eric Bruntlett  2 Chris Burke 14 Morgan Ensberg 28 Adam Everett 26 Mike Lamb  8 Mark Loretta 10 Cody Ransom 21 Ty Wigginton		Outfielders 20 Josh Anderson 16 Jason Lane 45 Carlos Lee 19 Orlando Palmeiro  9 Hunter Pence 30 Luke Scott		Manager  3 Phil Garner Coaches  6 Mark Bailey (bullpen) 27 Sean Berry (hitting) 15 Cecil Cooper (bench) 25 José Cruz (first base) 29 Doug Mansolino (third base) 31 Dave Wallace (pitching)

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Astros win
	Astros loss
	Postponement
	Eliminated from playoff race
Bold	Astros team member

2000 regular season game log: 73–89 (Home: 42–39; Away: 31–50)[8]
April: 10–14 (Home: 4–7; Away: 6–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 2 Pirates 4 – 2 (10) Capps (1–0) Qualls (0–1) Torres (1) 43,803 0-1 2 April 3 Pirates 3 – 2 Bayliss (1–0) Wheeler (0–1) Torres (2) 31,238 0-2 3 April 4 Pirates 5 – 4 Gorzelanny (1–0) Williams (0–1) Torres (3) 25,961 0-3 4 April 6 Cardinals 4 – 2 Wainwright (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) Isringhausen (1) 43,430 0-4 5 April 7 Cardinals 5 – 1 Oswalt (1–0) Reyes (0–1) 41,885 1-4 6 April 8 Cardinals 10 – 1 Wells (1-1) Jennings (0–1) 36,273 1-5 7 April 9 @ Cubs 5 – 3 Qualls (1-1) Howry (0–2) Wheeler (1) 41,388 2-5 8 April 10 @ Cubs 4 – 2 Sampson (1–0) Marquis (0–1) 35,924 3-5 -- April 11 @ Cubs Postponed (snow) Rescheduled for June 11 9 April 13 @ Phillies 9 – 6 Oswalt (2–0) Myers (0–1) Wheeler (2) 44,336 4-5 10 April 14 @ Phillies 8 – 5 Hamels (1–0) Williams (0–2) Gordon (2) 35,387 4-6 -- April 15 @ Phillies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 23 11 April 16 Marlins 4 – 3 Qualls (2–1) Gregg (0–1) 30,665 5-6 12 April 17 Marlins 6 – 1 Oswalt (3–0) Julio (0–2) 38,106 6-6 13 April 18 @ Reds 7 – 2 Sampson (2–0) Coffey (1-1) 13,772 7-6 14 April 19 @ Reds 8 – 6 Lidge (1–0) Weathers (0–2) Wheeler (3) 14,222 8-6 15 April 20 @ Brewers 6 – 5 White (1–0) Wise (0–1) Qualls (1) 41,522 9-6 16 April 21 @ Brewers 6 – 4 Capuano (3–0) Rodríguez (0–2) Cordero (6) 41,209 9-7 17 April 22 @ Brewers 4 – 3 Bush (2–1) Oswalt (3–1) Cordero (7) 31,985 9-8 18 April 23 @ Phillies 11 – 4 Eaton (2–1) Sampson (2–1) 32,517 9-9 19 April 24 @ Pirates 3 – 0 Maholm (1–2) Williams (0–3) 13,062 9-10 20 April 25 @ Pirates 4 – 3 (16) Wasdin (1-1) Moehler (0–1) 8,201 9-11 21 April 26 @ Pirates 5 – 3 Bayliss (2–1) Rodríguez (0–3) Grabow (1) 12,056 9-12 22 April 27 Brewers 4 – 1 Capuano (4–0) Oswalt (3–2) Cordero (9) 40,530 9-13 23 April 28 Brewers 10 – 1 Sampson (3–1) Bush (2-2) 41,004 10-13 24 April 29 Brewers 3 – 1 Vargas (2–0) Williams (0–4) Cordero (10) 37,114 10-14
May 12–17 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–10) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 25 May 1 Reds 11 – 2 Arroyo (1–2) Albers (0–1) 30,361 10-15 26 May 2 Reds 3 – 1 Oswalt (4–2) Lohse (1–2) Wheeler (4) 29,468 11-15 27 May 3 Reds 7 – 5 Qualls (3–1) Stanton (1-1) Wheeler (5) 29,931 12-15 28 May 4 @ Cardinals 3 – 2 Wainwright (2-2) Williams (0–5) Isringhausen (7) 44,117 12-16 29 May 5 @ Cardinals 13 – 0 Albers (1-1) Wells (1–6) 44,881 13-16 30 May 6 @ Cardinals 3 – 1 Looper (4–2) Sampson (3–2) Isringhausen (8) 44,453 13-17 31 May 7 @ Reds 5 – 4 Oswalt (5–2) Lohse (1–3) Wheeler (6) 17,362 14-17 32 May 8 @ Reds 7 – 6 Lidge (2–0) Salmon (0–1) Wheeler (7) 16,264 15-17 33 May 9 @ Reds 3 – 2 Williams (1–5) Belisle (3–2) Wheeler (8) 16,278 16-17 34 May 10 @ Reds 9 – 5 Harang (5–1) Albers (1–2) Weathers (7) 25,796 16-18 35 May 11 D-backs 3 – 1 Webb (3–2) Sampson (3-3) 36,080 16-19 36 May 12 D-backs 10 – 4 Oswalt (6–2) Hernández (3–2) 36,142 17-19 37 May 13 D-backs 5 – 2 Rodríguez (1–3) Davis (2–4) 37,230 18-19 38 May 15 Giants 6 – 5 (10) Qualls (4–1) Sánchez (1-1) 33,490 19-19 39 May 16 Giants 2 – 1 Sampson (4–3) Lowry (4-4) 33,533 20-19 40 May 17 Giants 2 – 1 (12) Chulk (1–2) Lidge (1–2) Benítez (8) 36,815 20-20 41 May 18 Rangers 7 – 4 Tejeda (4–3) Albers (1–3) Gagné (2) 37,634 20-21 42 May 19 Rangers 6 – 1 Rodríguez (2–3) Koronka (0–1) 41,990 21-21 43 May 20 Rangers 14 – 1 McCarthy (4-4) Williams (1–6) 39,938 21-22 44 May 21 @ Giants 4 – 0 Lowry (5–4) Sampson (4-4) 35,768 21-23 45 May 22 @ Giants 4 – 2 Lincecum (2–0) Oswalt (6–3) Benítez (9) 35,134 21-24 46 May 23 @ Giants 9 – 1 Zito (4–5) Albers (1–4) 35,521 21-25 47 May 24 @ D-backs 9 – 1 Owings (3–1) Rodríguez (2–4) 18,130 21-26 48 May 25 @ D-backs 13 – 3 González (2-2) Williams (1–7) 23,298 21-27 49 May 26 @ D-backs 5 – 4 Webb (4–3) Sampson (4–5) Valverde (18) 27,836 21-28 50 May 27 @ D-backs 8 – 4 Hernández (5–2) Oswalt (6–4) 26,621 21-29 51 May 29 Reds 2 – 1 Belisle (5–4) Qualls (4–2) Weathers (10) 33,565 21-30 52 May 30 Reds 4 – 3 Harang (6–2) Rodríguez (2–5) 31,904 21-31 53 May 31 Reds 10 – 2 Williams (2–7) Arroyo (2–6) 30,336 22-31
June: 12–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 5–11) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 54 June 1 Cardinals 8 – 1 Franklin (2–0) Qualls (4–3) 36,784 22-32 55 June 2 Cardinals 8 – 3 Sampson (5-5) Wells (2–10) 39,234 23-32 56 June 3 Cardinals 8 – 6 (10) Isringhausen (2–0) Wheeler (0–2) 40,483 23-33 57 June 5 @ Rockies 4 – 1 Rodríguez (3–5) Hirsh (2–6) Wheeler (10) 27,101 24-33 58 June 6 @ Rockies 8 – 7 Buchholz (3-3) Williams (2–8) Fuentes (17) 22,471 24-34 59 June 7 @ Rockies 7 – 6 Affeldt (3–1) Wheeler (0–3) 22,103 24-35 60 June 8 @ White Sox 5 – 2 Sampson (6–5) Danks (3–6) Wheeler (11) 33,212 25-35 61 June 9 @ White Sox 3 – 2 Qualls (5–3) Jenks (2-2) 36,616 26-35 62 June 10 @ White Sox 6 – 3 Buehrle (3-3) Rodríguez (3–6) Jenks (17) 33,433 26-36 63 June 11 @ Cubs 2 – 1 Zambrano (7–5) Williams (2–9) Dempster (13) 37,947 26-37 64 June 12 Athletics 5 – 4 (11) Borkowski (1–0) Flores (0–1) 33,637 27-37 65 June 13 Athletics 7 – 3 Blanton (6–4) Wheeler (0–3) 34,611 27-38 66 June 14 Athletics 6 – 5 (11) Embree (1–0) Moehler (0–2) Casilla (2) 42,024 27-39 67 June 15 Mariners 5 – 1 Rodríguez (4–6) Hernández (3–4) 37,322 28-39 68 June 16 Mariners 9 – 4 Williams (3–9) Baek (3-3) 41,974 29-39 69 June 17 Mariners 10 – 3 Oswalt (7–4) Washburn (5–6) 42,019 30-39 70 June 18 @ Angels 10 – 9 Rodríguez (1–2) Borkowski (1-1) 42,232 30-40 71 June 19 @ Angels 9 – 5 Jennings (1-1) Colón (6–3) 42,156 31-40 72 June 20 @ Angels 8 – 4 Carrasco (2–1) Borkowski (1–2) 40,761 31-41 73 June 22 @ Rangers 11 – 3 Millwood (4–6) Williams (3–10) 37,847 31-42 74 June 23 @ Rangers 7 – 2 Wright (1-1) Oswalt (7–5) 42,315 31-43 75 June 24 @ Rangers 12 – 9 (10) Wheeler (1–4) Wilson (0–1) Qualls (2) 31,560 32-43 76 June 25 @ Brewers 5 – 1 Sheets (9–3) Jennings (1–2) 28,786 32-44 77 June 26 @ Brewers 11 – 5 Wise (2–1) Rodríguez (4–7) 30,713 32-45 78 June 27 @ Brewers 6 – 3 (11) Bush (6-6) Borkowski (1–3) 31,862 32-46 79 June 28 Rockies 8 – 5 (11) Moehler (1–2) Fuentes (0–3) 42,537 33-46 80 June 29 Rockies 9 – 8 Borkowski (2–3) Fuentes (0–4) 42,861 34-46 81 June 30 Rockies 5 – 0 Francis (8–5) Jennings (1–3) 43,071 34-47
July: 12–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 3–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 82 July 1 Rockies 12 – 0 Rodríguez (5–7) López (4–2) 35,260 35-47 83 July 2 Phillies 7 – 5 Williams (4–10) Moyer (7–6) Miller (1) 28,973 36-47 84 July 3 Phillies 5 – 4 (13) Albers (2–4) Mesa (0–1) 37,997 37-47 85 July 4 Phillies 8 – 3 Hamels (10–4) Sampson (6-6) 39,993 37-48 86 July 5 Mets 6 – 2 Maine (10–4) Jennings (1–4) 35,430 37-49 87 July 6 Mets 4 – 0 Rodríguez (6–7) Pelfrey (0–7) 38,812 38-49 88 July 7 Mets 5 – 3 (17) Sele (2–0) Moehler (1–3) Wagner (17) 41,596 38-50 89 July 8 Mets 8 – 3 Oswalt (8–5) Williams (0–1) 40,708 39-50 — July 10 7:00 p.m. CDT 78th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA 90 July 13 @ Cubs 6 – 0 Zambrano (11–7) Jennings (1–5) 41,593 39-51 91 July 14 @ Cubs 9 – 3 Lilly (9–4) Oswalt (8–6) 41,448 39-52 92 July 15 @ Cubs 7 – 6 Wuertz (2-2) Rodríguez (6–8) Howry (5) 41,757 39-53 93 July 16 @ Nationals 4 – 3 Rivera (4–2) Williams (4–11) Cordero (16) 22,392 39-54 94 July 17 @ Nationals 4 – 2 Sampson (7–6) Redding (1–2) Lidge (1) 22,362 40-54 95 July 18 @ Nationals 7 – 6 Bergmann (2–5) Jennings (1–6) Cordero (17) 27,119 40-55 96 July 20 @ Pirates 2 – 1 Oswalt (9–6) Gorzelanny (9–5) Lidge (2) 33,541 41-55 97 July 21 @ Pirates 7 – 3 Maholm (6–12) Rodríguez (6–9) 32,068 41-56 98 July 22 @ Pirates 1 – 0 Williams (5–11) Youman (2-2) Lidge (3) 22,404 42-56 99 July 23 Dodgers 10 – 2 Billingsley (7–0) Sampson (7-7) 38,245 42-57 100 July 24 Dodgers 7 – 4 Jennings (2–6) Seánez (6–2) Lidge (4) 38,247 43-57 101 July 25 Dodgers 2 – 1 Qualls (6–3) Houlton (0–2) Lidge (5) 31,498 44-57 102 July 26 Padres 7 – 1 Rodríguez (7–9) Wells (5–7) 33,718 45-57 103 July 27 Padres 9 – 4 Peavy (10–5) Williams (5–12) 39,996 45-58 104 July 28 Padres 3 – 1 Oswalt (10–6) Maddux (7–8) Lidge (6) 42.651 46-58 105 July 29 Padres 18 – 11 Brocail (3–1) Jennings (2–7) 39,350 46-59 106 July 31 @ Braves 12 – 4 James (9–8) Sampson (7–8) 32,315 46-60
August: 15–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 107 August 1 @ Braves 12 – 3 Carlyle (6–3) Rodríguez (7–10) 30,785 46-61 108 August 2 @ Braves 12 – 11 (14) McLemore (1–0) Villarreal (1-1) Moehler (1) 35,659 47-61 109 August 3 @ Marlins 8 – 2 Oswalt (11–6) Willis (7–11) 15,226 48-61 110 August 4 @ Marlins 6 – 5 (12) Gardner (3–2) Randolph (0–1) 22,112 48-62 111 August 5 @ Marlins 6 – 5 Olsen (9-9) Albers (2–5) Gregg (23) 14,622 48-63 112 August 6 Cubs 2 – 1 (10) Lidge (3–1) Wuertz (2–3) 36,459 49-63 113 August 7 Cubs 5 – 2 Williams (6–12) Marshall (5–6) Lidge (7) 37,561 50-63 114 August 8 Cubs 8 – 2 Oswalt (12–6) Zambrano (14–8) 41,655 51-63 115 August 10 Brewers 5 – 4 (11) Spurling (2–1) Moehler (1–4) Cordero (35) 40,211 51-64 116 August 11 Brewers 7 – 4 Linebrink (4–3) Lidge (3–2) Cordero (36) 41,461 51-65 117 August 12 Brewers 6 – 4 McLemore (2–0) Villanueva (6–3) Lidge (8) 43,578 52-65 118 August 13 @ Dodgers 4 – 1 Oswalt (13–6) Billingsley (7–4) Qualls (3) 49,511 53-65 119 August 14 @ Dodgers 7 – 4 Albers (3–5) Tomko (2–10) Lidge (9) 49,399 54-65 120 August 15 @ Dodgers 6 – 3 Penny (14–3) Jennings (2–8) Saito (30) 49,098 54-66 121 August 16 @ Dodgers 6 – 2 Lowe (9–11) Rodríguez (7–11) Saito (31) 48,128 54-67 122 August 17 @ Padres 3 – 1 Williams (7–12) Bell (5–4) Lidge (10) 32,063 55-67 123 August 18 @ Padres 3 – 2 Borkowski (3-3) Germano (6–7) Lidge (11) 44,272 56-67 124 August 19 @ Padres 5 – 3 Maddux (9-9) Albers (3–6) Hoffman (31) 37,628 56-68 125 August 20 Nationals 7 – 0 Redding (3-3) Jennings (2–9) 30,374 56-69 126 August 21 Nationals 11 – 6 Hanrahan (3–1) Rodríguez (7–12) 34,073 56-70 127 August 22 Nationals 3 – 2 Williams (8–12) Bacsik (5–7) Lidge (12) 32,023 57-70 128 August 23 Nationals 7 – 6 Lannan (2-2) Gutiérrez (0–1) Cordero (28) 36,407 57-71 129 August 24 Pirates 8 – 3 (15) Youman (3–4) Driskill (0–1) 41,403 57-72 130 August 25 Pirates 4 – 1 Morris (8-8) Patton (0–1) Capps (13) 41,109 57-73 131 August 26 Pirates 5 – 4 McLemore (3–0) Chacón (4-4) Lidge (13) 42,564 58-73 132 August 28 Cardinals 7 – 0 Looper (11–10) Williams (8–13) 37,915 58-74 133 August 29 Cardinals 7 – 0 Oswalt (14–6) Wells (6–15) 33,422 59-74 134 August 30 Cardinals 2 – 1 Albers (4–6) Piñeiro (4–3) Lidge (14) 37,520 60-74 135 August 31 @ Cubs 6 – 1 Rodríguez (8–12) Marshall (7-7) 41,297 61-74
September: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 136 September 1 @ Cubs 4 – 3 Marquis (11–8) Patton (0–2) Dempster (24) 40,606 61-75 137 September 2 @ Cubs 6 – 5 Mármol (5–1) Qualls (6–4) Dempster (25) 41,415 61-76 138 September 3 @ Brewers 9 – 7 Borkowski (4–3) Aquino (0–1) Qualls (4) 31,226 62-76 139 September 4 @ Brewers 5 – 3 Villanueva (7–3) Backe (0–1) Cordero (40) 25,854 62-77 140 September 5 @ Brewers 14 – 2 Gallardo (7–4) Albers (4–7) 28,988 62-78 141 September 7 @ Mets 11 – 3 Pelfrey (2–7) Rodríguez (8–13) 51,113 62-79 142 September 8 @ Mets 3 – 1 Glavine (13–6) Williams (8–14) Wagner (31) 53,061 62-80 143 September 9 @ Mets 4 – 1 Martínez (2–0) Oswalt (14–7) Wagner (32) 51,847 62-81 144 September 11 Cubs 5 – 4 (11) Lidge (4–2) Dempster (2–6) 33,493 63-81 145 September 12 Cubs 3 – 2 Hill (9–8) Albers (4–8) Dempster (26) 33,115 63-82 146 September 13 Cubs 6 – 2 Trachsel (7–10) Williams (8–15) 34,234 63-83 147 September 14 Pirates 4 – 3 Sánchez (1–0) Qualls (6–5) Capps (17) 35,352 63-84 148 September 15 Pirates 9 – 7 Gutiérrez (1-1) Morris (9–10) Lidge (15) 40,425 64-84 149 September 16 Pirates 15 – 3 Backe (1-1) Maholm (10–15) 35,715 65-84 150 September 17 Brewers 6 – 0 Gallardo (9–4) Albers (4–9) 32,578 65-85 151 September 18 Brewers 9 – 1 Vargas (11–4) Paulino (0–1) 32,866 65-86 152 September 19 Brewers 5 – 4 (10) Lidge (5–2) Wise (3–2) 36,981 66-86 153 September 20 @ Cardinals 18 – 1 Rodríguez (9–13) Looper (12–11) 42,171 67-86 154 September 21 @ Cardinals 6 – 3 Backe (2–1) Piñeiro (6–5) Lidge (16) 43,677 68-86 155 September 22 @ Cardinals 7 – 4 Thompson (7–6) Albers (4–10) Isringhausen (30) 46,237 68-87 156 September 23 @ Cardinals 4 – 3 Jiménez (3–0) Lidge (5–3) 46,169 68-88 157 September 25 @ Reds 8 – 5 Paulino (1-1) Coutlangus (4–2) Lidge (17) 13,261 69-88 158 September 26 @ Reds 7 – 6 Sarfate (1–0) Burton (4–2) Qualls (5) 13,138 70-88 159 September 27 @ Reds 4 – 3 Borkowski (5–3) Majewski (0–4) Lidge (18) 13,626 71-88 160 September 28 Braves 7 – 2 Reyes (2-2) Albers (4–11) 43,011 71-89 161 September 29 Braves 3 – 2 Backe (3–1) Bennett (2–1) Lidge (19) 43,624 72-89 162 September 30 Braves 3 – 0 Paulino (2–1) Carlyle (8–7) Borkowski (1) 43,823 73-89

Detailed records

National League Opponent W L WP RS RA NL East Div Total NL Central Houston Astros Div Total NL West Div Total League Total American League League Total Season Total

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April May June July August September Total Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home Away Total

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Brad Ausmus	117	349	82	.235	3	25
1B	Lance Berkman	153	561	156	.278	34	102
2B	Craig Biggio	141	517	130	.251	10	50
SS	Adam Everett	66	220	51	.232	2	15
3B	Morgan Ensberg	85	224	52	.232	8	31
LF	Carlos Lee	162	627	190	.303	32	119
CF	Hunter Pence	108	456	147	.322	17	69
RF	Luke Scott	132	369	94	.255	18	64

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mark Loretta	133	460	132	.287	4	41
Chris Burke	111	319	73	.229	6	28
Mike Lamb	124	311	90	.289	11	40
Jason Lane	68	169	30	.178	8	27
Ty Wigginton	50	169	48	.284	6	18
Eric Bruntlett	80	138	34	.246	0	14
Eric Munson	50	132	31	.235	4	15
Orlando Palmeiro	101	103	24	.233	0	6
Josh Anderson	21	67	24	.358	0	11
Humberto Quintero	29	53	12	.226	0	1
J.R. Towles	14	40	15	.375	1	12
Cody Ransom	19	35	8	.229	1	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roy Oswalt	33	212.0	14	7	3.18	154
Woody Williams	33	188.0	8	15	5.27	101
Wandy Rodríguez	31	182.2	9	13	4.58	158
Chris Sampson	24	121.2	7	8	4.59	51
Jason Jennings	19	99.0	2	9	6.45	71
Brandon Backe	5	28.2	3	1	3.77	11

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Matt Albers	31	110.2	4	11	5.86	71
Juan Gutiérrez	7	21.1	1	1	5.91	16
Felipe Paulino	5	19.0	2	1	7.11	11
Troy Patton	3	12.2	0	2	3.55	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Brad Lidge	66	5	3	19	3.36	88
Chad Qualls	79	6	5	5	3.05	78
Trever Miller	76	0	0	1	4.86	40
Dave Borkowski	64	5	3	1	5.15	63
Dan Wheeler	45	1	4	11	5.07	56
Brian Moehler	42	1	4	1	4.07	36
Mark McLemore	29	3	0	0	3.86	35
Rick White	23	1	0	0	7.67	15
Stephen Randolph	14	0	1	0	12.15	22
Dennis Sarfate	7	1	0	0	1.08	14
Travis Driskill	2	0	1	0	4.50	4

Awards and achievements

Career milestones

• Craig Biggio: 3,000 hit club (June 28)^[5]

Honors

• Houston Astros jersey number 5 retrired: Jeff Bagwell

Awards

• Darryl Kile Good Guy Award: Woody Williams^[9]
• MLB All-Stars:
  • Carlos Lee (outfielder)
  • Roy Oswalt (pitcher)
• Roberto Clemente Award: Craig Biggio
• NL Rookie of the Month—May: Hunter Pence
• Silver Slugger Award at outfield: Carlos Lee
• Topps All-Star Rookie Team at outfield: Hunter Pence

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	Gregg Langbehn
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Pete Rancont
Rookie	Greeneville Astros	Appalachian League	Rodney Linares