2012 Houston Astros season

The 2012 Houston Astros season was the 51st season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 48th as the Astros, 51st in the National League (NL), 19th in the NL Central division, and 13th at Minute Maid Park, The Astros entered the season as having finished in last place in the NL Central with 56–106 record and 37+1⁄2 games behind, the first time in franchise history they had lost at least 100 games.

2012 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston, Texas
Record	55–107 (.340)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	Jim Crane
General managers	Jeff Luhnow
Managers	Brad Mills Tony DeFrancesco (interim)
Television	Fox Sports Houston (Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)
Radio	KTRH (Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond) KLAT (Spanish) (Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
← 2011 Seasons 2013 →

The 2012 season was the Astros' final season as members of the National League. Per the approval of the sale of the team from Drayton McLane to Jim Crane by the league, the Astros agreed to move to the American League (AL), and to be situated in the American League West division, effective the following year.^[1] It was also the first season with Jeff Luhnow serving as general manager.

Second baseman Jose Altuve was selected to the MLB All-Star Game for the first time in his career, and played for the National League. In the first round of the June MLB draft, the Astros chose shortstop Carlos Correa as the first overall pick, and pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. at no. 41.

On August 18, manager Brad Mills was relieved of his duties and Tony DeFrancesco served in his place as interim manager. The Astros concluded the season in last place in the NL Central with a 55–107 record, 42 games out of first place. At the time, it established a new worst-record in franchise history, breaking the record set the season before, while being just the second year in which Houston had lost 100 or more games.

Regular season

Summary

The Astros' record on June 13 stood at 26–36 prior to play versus the San Francisco Giants. However, starter Matt Cain tossed his perfect game that day to defeat the Astros, 10–0. This was the first time in franchise history that no batters reached base safely for the Astros. Also, it was the first time the had been no-hit since Carlos Zambrano did so on September 14, 2008 for the Chicago Cubs, the fifth time overall the Astos had been no-hit and second by the Giants. The Astros' season spiraled afterward, going 29–81 the rest of the way.^[2]

NL Central standings

• v
• t
• e

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	.599	—	50‍–‍31	47‍–‍34
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	9	50‍–‍31	38‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	14	49‍–‍32	34‍–‍47
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	.488	18	45‍–‍36	34‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	61	101	.377	36	38‍–‍43	23‍–‍58
Houston Astros	55	107	.340	42	35‍–‍46	20‍–‍61

NL Wild Card

• v
• t
• e

Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	.580

• v
• t
• e

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	7
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	.340	33

Record vs. opponents

2012 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012 v t e
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–5	5–4	2–5	9–7	6–0	12–6	5–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	3–4	7–11	9–9	1–5	2–4	9–6
Atlanta	5–2	–	3–4	1–5	6–1	4–2	3–3	14–4	3–3	12–6	12–6	3–2	4–3	3–4	5–1	8–10	8–10
Chicago	4–5	4–3	–	4–12	2–4	8–5	2–4	2–4	4–13	4–2	2–4	8–8	3–3	1–6	7–10	1–6	5–10
Cincinnati	5–2	5–1	12–4	–	5–1	10–5	2–4	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	11–7	6–2	4–3	6–7	2–5	7–8
Colorado	7–9	1–6	4–2	1–5	–	5–2	8–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	2–7	2–4	8–10	4–14	2–5	4–3	2–13
Houston	0–6	2–4	5–8	5–10	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	8–9	4–2	3–3	5–12	3–5	1–8	4–11	1–7	6–9
Los Angeles	6–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–8	4–2	–	4–2	1–6	4–3	5–2	6–1	11–7	8-10	6–5	4–2	6–9
Miami	3–5	4–14	4–2	3–3	4–3	4–2	2–4	–	4–4	4–12	8–10	1–4	5–1	5–2	2–5	9–9	5–13
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	13–4	6–9	1–5	9–8	6–1	4–4	–	3–2	2–5	11–4	3–4	2–4	6–9	3–5	6–9
New York	4–3	6–12	2–4	2–6	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–4	2–3	–	10–8	5–2	4–3	4–4	4–3	4–14	8–7
Philadelphia	4–2	6–12	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–3	2–5	10–8	5–2	8–10	–	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–2	9-9	5–10
Pittsburgh	4–3	2–3	8–8	7–11	4–2	12–5	1–6	4–1	4–11	2–5	4–3	–	1–5	3–3	8–7	3–2	10–8
San Diego	11–7	3–4	3–3	2–6	10–8	5–3	7–11	1–5	4–3	3–4	3–4	5–1	–	6–12	3–3	2–3	8–7
San Francisco	9–9	4–3	6–1	3–4	14–4	8–1	10–8	2–5	4–2	4–4	4–2	3–3	12–6	–	3–3	1–5	7–8
St. Louis	5–1	1–5	10–7	7–6	5–2	11–4	5–6	5–2	9–6	3–4	3–4	7–8	3–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–7
Washington	4–2	10–8	6–1	5–2	3–4	7–1	2–4	9–9	5–3	14–4	9-9	2–3	3–2	5-1	4-3	–	10–8

Roster

2012 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 58 Fernando Abad 62 Héctor Ambriz 28 David Carpenter 63 Xavier Cedeño 37 Francisco Cordero 55 Rhiner Cruz 66 Enerio Del Rosario 28 Chuckie Fick 30 Armando Galarraga 31 Édgar González 30 J. A. Happ 64 Lucas Harrell 60 Dallas Keuchel 59 Wilton López 41 Jordan Lyles 37 Brandon Lyon 39 Brett Myers 20 Bud Norris 62 Aneury Rodríguez 43 Fernando Rodriguez 51 Wandy Rodríguez 65 Mickey Storey 67 José Valdez 56 Kyle Weiland 53 Wesley Wright		Catchers 15 Jason Castro 22 Carlos Corporán 18 Chris Snyder Infielders 27 Jose Altuve 30,11 Matt Dominguez 16 Matt Downs  9 Marwin González 23 Tyler Greene 23 Chris Johnson 13 Brandon Laird 45 Carlos Lee  4 Jed Lowrie 46 Scott Moore 38 Jimmy Paredes 29 Brett Wallace		Outfielders 39 Brandon Barnes 12 Brian Bixler 19 Brian Bogusevic  6 Travis Buck  3 Ben Francisco 21 Fernando Martínez 14 J. D. Martinez 22,44 Justin Maxwell 38 Jimmy Paredes 13 Steve Pearce  1 Jordan Schafer		Manager 11 Tony DeFrancesco  2 Brad Mills Coaches 50 Craig Bjornson (bullpen) 31 Mike Barnett (hitting) 85 Javier Bracamonte (bullpen catcher) 26 Doug Brocail (pitching) interim 35 Dave Clark (third base) 10 Bobby Meacham (first base) 48 Joe Pettini (bench)  8 Stretch Suba (bullpen assistant) 45 Ty Van Burkleo (hitting coach)

Game log

Legend
	Astros win
	Astros loss
	Postponement
Bold	Astros team member

2012 Game Log
April (9–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 1 April 6 Rockies 3–5 Guthrie (1–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Betancourt (1) 43,464 Minute Maid Park 0–1 L1 2 April 7 Rockies 7–3 Harrell (1–0) Moyer (0–1) 23,962 Minute Maid Park 1–1 W1 3 April 8 Rockies 3–2 López (1–0) Brothers (0–1) Myers (1) 14,195 Minute Maid Park 2–1 W2 4 April 9 Braves 8–3 Happ (1–0) Beachy (0–1) 17,095 Minute Maid Park 3–1 W3 5 April 10 Braves 4–6 Hanson (1–1) Weiland (0–1) Kimbrel (1) 22,036 Minute Maid Park 3–2 L1 6 April 11 Braves 3–6 Delgado (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) Kimbrel (2) 18,225 Minute Maid Park 3–3 L2 7 April 13 @ Marlins 4–5 (11) Webb (1–0) Lyon (0–1) 30,169 Marlins Park 3–4 L3 8 April 14 @ Marlins 5–4 Cruz (1–0) Bell (0–2) Myers (2) 31,659 Marlins Park 4–4 W1 9 April 15 @ Marlins 4–5 (11) Gaudin (1–0) Carpenter (0–1) 34,232 Marlins Park 4–5 L1 10 April 16 @ Nationals 3–6 Strasburg (2–0) Weiland (0–2) Rodríguez (2) 16,245 Nationals Park 4–6 L2 11 April 17 @ Nationals 0–1 Gonzalez (1–0) Rodríguez (0–2) Lidge (2) 17,886 Nationals Park 4–7 L3 12 April 18 @ Nationals 2–3 Mattheus (2–0) F. Rodriguez (0–2) Rodríguez (3) 14,520 Nationals Park 4–8 L4 13 April 19 @ Nationals 11–4 Norris (1–0) Jackson (1–1) 18,045 Nationals Park 5–8 W1 14 April 20 Dodgers 1–3 Lilly (2–0) Happ (1–1) Guerra (7) 30,270 Minute Maid Park 5–9 L1 15 April 21 Dodgers 1–5 Kershaw (1–0) Weiland (0–3) 25,562 Minute Maid Park 5–10 L2 16 April 22 Dodgers 12–0 Rodríguez (1–2) Billingsley (2–1) 23,948 Minute Maid Park 6–10 W1 17 April 23 @ Brewers 5–6 Greinke (2–1) Harrell (1–1) Axford (3) 36,291 Miller Park 6–11 L1 18 April 24 @ Brewers 6–9 Wolf (1–2) Norris (1–1) Axford (4) 38,686 Miller Park 6–12 L2 19 April 25 @ Brewers 7–5 López (2–0) Veras (2–1) Myers (3) 26,778 Miller Park 7–12 W1 20 April 27 @ Reds 6–4 Rodríguez (2–2) Leake (0–3) Myers (4) 29,486 Great American Ball Park 8–12 W2 21 April 28 @ Reds 0–6 Cueto (3–0) Harrell (1–2) 32,971 Great American Ball Park 8–13 L1 22 April 29 @ Reds 5–6 Ondrusek (1–0) F. Rodriguez (0–3) Marshall (5) 31,086 Great American Ball Park 8–14 L2 23 April 30 Mets 4–3 F. Rodriguez (1–3) Acosta (0–2) Myers (5) 17,536 Minute Maid Park 9–14 W1
May (13–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 24 May 1 Mets 6–3 Happ (2–1) Niese (2–1) Myers (6) 17,958 Minute Maid Park 10–14 W2 25 May 2 Mets 8–1 Rodríguez (3–2) Schwinden (0–1) 19,442 Minute Maid Park 11–14 W3 26 May 4 Cardinals 5–4 Harrell (2–2) Lohse (4–1) Myers (7) 27,201 Minute Maid Park 12–14 W4 27 May 5 Cardinals 8–2 Norris (2–1) García (2–2) 23,633 Minute Maid Park 13–14 W5 28 May 6 Cardinals 1–8 Wainwright (2–3) Happ (2–2) 22,288 Minute Maid Park 13–15 L1 29 May 7 Marlins 0–4 Zambrano (1–2) Rodríguez (3–3) 16,531 Minute Maid Park 13–16 L2 30 May 8 Marlins 3–2 López (3–0) Webb (1–1) Myers (8) 14,801 Minute Maid Park 14–16 W1 31 May 9 Marlins 3–5 (12) Webb (2–1) Carpenter (0–2) 16,072 Minute Maid Park 14–17 L1 32 May 11 @ Pirates 1–0 Norris (3–1) McDonald (2–2) Myers (9) 19,878 PNC Park 15–17 W1 33 May 12 @ Pirates 2–5 Morton (2–3) Happ (2–3) Cruz (3) 34,187 PNC Park 15–18 L1 34 May 13 @ Pirates 2–3 (12) Watson (3–0) F. Rodriguez (1–4) 27,517 PNC Park 15–19 L2 35 May 14 @ Phillies 1–5 Blanton (4–3) Harrell (2–3) 43,824 Citizens Bank Park 15–20 L3 36 May 15 @ Phillies 3–4 (10) Diekman (1–0) Myers (0–1) 43,781 Citizens Bank Park 15–21 L4 37 May 16 Brewers 8–3 Norris (4–1) Wolf (2–4) 15,453 Minute Maid Park 16–21 W1 38 May 17 Brewers 4–0 Happ (3–3) Marcum (2–2) 15,173 Minute Maid Park 17–21 W2 39 May 18 Rangers 1–4 Ross (5–0) Rodríguez (3–4) Nathan (9) 34,715 Minute Maid Park 17–22 L1 40 May 19 Rangers 6–5 Harrell (3–3) Holland (3–3) Myers (10) 42,673 Minute Maid Park 18–22 W1 41 May 20 Rangers 1–6 Lewis (4–3) Lyles (0–1) 35,873 Minute Maid Park 18–23 L1 42 May 21 Cubs 8–4 Norris (5–1) Garza (2–2) 16,895 Minute Maid Park 19–23 W1 43 May 22 Cubs 2–1 Happ (4–3) Wood (0–1) Myers (11) 20,091 Minute Maid Park 20–23 W2 44 May 23 Cubs 5–1 Rodríguez (4–4) Samardzija (4–3) 18,732 Minute Maid Park 21–23 W3 45 May 25 @ Dodgers 3–1 Harrell (4–3) Kershaw (4–2) Myers (12) 36,283 Dodger Stadium 22–23 W4 46 May 26 @ Dodgers 3–6 Jansen (4–0) Wright (0–1) 36,561 Dodger Stadium 22–24 L1 47 May 27 @ Dodgers 1–5 Capuano (7–1) Happ (4–4) 33,306 Dodger Stadium 22–25 L2 48 May 28 @ Rockies 7–9 Belisle (2–2) F. Rodriguez (1–5) Betancourt (9) 34,546 Coors Field 22–26 L3 49 May 28 @ Rockies 6–7 (10) Roenicke (1–0) Myers (0–2) 35,786 Coors Field 22–27 L4 50 May 30 @ Rockies 5–13 Friedrich (3–1) Harrell (4–4) 28,102 Coors Field 22–28 L5 51 May 31 @ Rockies 5–11 Guthrie (3–3) Norris (5–2) 31,799 Coors Field 22–29 L6
June (10–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 52 June 1 Reds 1–4 Leake (2–5) Happ (4–5) Chapman (4) 21,464 Minute Maid Park 22–30 L7 53 June 2 Reds 9–12 LeCure (1–1) F. Rodriguez (1–6) Chapman (5) 22,991 Minute Maid Park 22–31 L8 54 June 3 Reds 5–3 Lyles (1–1) Arroyo (2–4) Myers (13) 19,914 Minute Maid Park 23–31 W1 55 June 5 Cardinals 9–8 Harrell (5–4) García (3–4) Myers (14) 18,911 Minute Maid Park 24–31 W2 56 June 6 Cardinals 3–4 Wainwright (5–6) Norris (5–3) Motte (10) 18,517 Minute Maid Park 24–32 L1 57 June 7 Cardinals 2–14 Lynn (9–2) Happ (4–6) 22,265 Minute Maid Park 24–33 L2 58 June 8 @ White Sox 8–3 Rodríguez (5–4) Floyd (4–6) 22,452 U.S. Cellular Field 25–33 W1 59 June 9 @ White Sox 1–10 Sale (8–2) Lyles (1–2) 22,880 U.S. Cellular Field 25–34 L1 60 June 10 @ White Sox 11–9 Harrell (6–4) Humber (2–4) Myers (15) 20,398 U.S. Cellular Field 26–34 W1 61 June 12 @ Giants 3–6 Bumgarner (8–4) Norris (5–4) Casilla (17) 42,100 AT&T Park 26–35 L1 62 June 13 @ Giants 0–10 Cain (8–2) Happ (4–7) 42,298 AT&T Park 26–36 L2 63 June 14 @ Giants 6–3 Rodríguez (6–4) Zito (5–4) Myers (16) 41,662 AT&T Park 27–36 W1 64 June 15 @ Rangers 2–6 Darvish (8–4) Lyles (1–3) 47,430 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 27–37 L1 65 June 16 @ Rangers 3–8 Grimm (1–0) Harrell (6–5) 48,288 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 27–38 L2 66 June 17 @ Rangers 3–9 Lewis (6–5) F. Rodriguez (1–7) 46,320 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 27–39 L3 67 June 18 Royals 9–7 Happ (5–7) Sánchez (1–3) Cedeño (1) 15,436 Minute Maid Park 28–39 W1 68 June 19 Royals 0–2 Hochevar (4–7) Rodríguez (6–5) Broxton (17) 18,098 Minute Maid Park 28–40 L1 69 June 20 Royals 1–2 Chen (6–6) Lyles (1–4) Broxton (18) 30,687 Minute Maid Park 28–41 L2 70 June 22 Indians 0–2 Jiménez (7–5) Harrell (6–6) Perez (23) 26,932 Minute Maid Park 28–42 L3 71 June 23 Indians 8–1 Keuchel (1–0) Gómez (4–7) 34,241 Minute Maid Park 29–42 W1 72 June 24 Indians 7–1 Happ (6–7) Lowe (7–6) 21,191 Minute Maid Park 30–42 W2 73 June 25 Padres 7–8 (10) Thayer (1–2) Lyon (0–2) Street (11) 14,483 Minute Maid Park 30–43 L1 74 June 26 Padres 5–3 Lyles (2–4) Wells (0–1) Myers (17) 15,416 Minute Maid Park 31–43 W1 75 June 27 Padres 1–0 Harrell (7–6) Richard (5–8) 15,012 Minute Maid Park 32–43 W2 76 June 28 Padres 3–7 Vincent (1–0) Myers (0–3) 19,415 Minute Maid Park 32–44 L1 77 June 29 @ Cubs 0–4 Maholm (5–6) Norris (5–5) Mármol (6) 32,891 Wrigley Field 32–45 L2 78 June 30 @ Cubs 2–3 Garza (4–6) Happ (6–8) Mármol (7) 37,906 Wrigley Field 32–46 L3
July (3–24) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 79 July 1 @ Cubs 0–3 Wood (3–3) Rodríguez (6–6) Mármol (8) 37,389 Wrigley Field 32–47 L4 80 July 2 @ Pirates 2–11 McDonald (8–3) Lyles (2–5) 21,041 PNC Park 32–48 L5 81 July 3 @ Pirates 7–8 Hanrahan (4–0) Wright (0–2) 21,516 PNC Park 32–49 L6 82 July 4 @ Pirates 4–6 Correia (5–6) Keuchel (1–1) Hanrahan (21) 36,827 PNC Park 32–50 L7 83 July 5 @ Pirates 0–2 Karstens (2–2) Norris (5–6) Hanrahan (22) 21,386 PNC Park 32–51 L8 84 July 6 Brewers 1–7 Gallardo (7–6) Happ (6–9) 23,430 Minute Maid Park 32–52 L9 85 July 7 Brewers 6–3 Rodríguez (7–6) Greinke (9–3) Myers (18) 23,027 Minute Maid Park 33–52 W1 86 July 8 Brewers 3–5 (10) Parra (1–3) F. Rodriguez (1–8) Axford (15) 16,966 Minute Maid Park 33–53 L1 87 July 13 @ Giants 1–5 Bumgarner (11–5) Rodríguez (7–7) Casilla (22) 42,116 AT&T Park 33–54 L2 88 July 14 @ Giants 2–3 (12) Affeldt (1–1) Myers (0–4) 42,171 AT&T Park 33–55 L3 89 July 15 @ Giants 2–3 Cain (10–3) Norris (5–7) Casilla (23) 42,265 AT&T Park 33–56 L4 90 July 16 @ Padres 2–0 Happ (7–9) Wells (1–3) Myers (19) 26,098 Petco Park 34–56 W1 91 July 17 @ Padres 2–8 Ohlendorf (3–0) Lyles (2–6) 20,944 Petco Park 34–57 L1 92 July 18 @ Padres 4–8 Richard (7–10) Rodríguez (7–8) Street (15) 25,713 Petco Park 34–58 L2 93 July 19 @ Padres 0–1 Vólquez (6–7) Harrell (7–7) 26,735 Petco Park 34–59 L3 94 July 20 @ Diamondbacks 8–13 Cahill (8–8) Norris (5–8) 23,567 Chase Field 34–60 L4 95 July 21 @ Diamondbacks 3–12 Miley (11–5) Keuchel (1–2) 35,665 Chase Field 34–61 L5 96 July 22 @ Diamondbacks 2–8 Collmenter (2–2) Lyles (2–7) 20,951 Chase Field 34–62 L6 97 July 23 Reds 3–8 Latos (8–3) Rodríguez (7–9) 15,538 Minute Maid Park 34–63 L7 98 July 24 Reds 2–4 Leake (4–6) Cordero (3–6) Chapman (18) 15,908 Minute Maid Park 34–64 L8 99 July 25 Reds 3–5 Marshall (3–3) Cordero (3–7) Chapman (19) 16,077 Minute Maid Park 34–65 L9 100 July 26 Pirates 3–5 Burnett (12–3) Keuchel (1–3) Hanrahan (30) 19,926 Minute Maid Park 34–66 L10 101 July 27 Pirates 5–6 Watson (5–1) Cruz (1–1) Hanrahan (31) 24,685 Minute Maid Park 34–67 L11 102 July 28 Pirates 3–4 Resop (1–3) Fick (0–1) Grilli (2) 34,146 Minute Maid Park 34–68 L12 103 July 29 Pirates 9–5 Harrell (8–7) McDonald (10–5) 20,453 Minute Maid Park 35–68 W1 104 July 30 @ Brewers 7–8 Hernández (3–1) Cordero (3–8) Axford (17) 28,131 Miller Park 35–69 L1 105 July 31 @ Brewers 1–10 Gallardo (9–8) Keuchel (1–4) 30,011 Miller Park 35–70 L2
August (5–22) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 106 August 1 @ Brewers 4–13 Fiers (5–4) Lyles (2–8) 32,217 Miller Park 35–71 L3 107 August 3 @ Braves 1–4 Hudson (11–4) Galarraga (0–1) Kimbrel (31) 28,300 Turner Field 35–72 L4 108 August 4 @ Braves 3–2 Harrell (9–7) Maholm (9–7) López (1) 30,029 Turner Field 36–72 W1 109 August 5 @ Braves 1–6 Venters (4–3) Norris (5–9) 23,474 Turner Field 36–73 L1 110 August 6 Nationals 4–5 (11) Stammen (5–1) López (3–1) 13,843 Minute Maid Park 36–74 L2 111 August 7 Nationals 2–3 (12) Storen (1–0) Storey (0–1) Clippard (23) 14,273 Minute Maid Park 36–75 L3 112 August 8 Nationals 3–4 Gonzalez (14–6) Galarraga (0–2) 16,038 Minute Maid Park 36–76 L4 113 August 9 Nationals 0–5 Zimmermann (9–6) Harrell (9–8) 14,417 Minute Maid Park 36–77 L5 114 August 10 Brewers 4–3 López (4–1) Axford (4–7) 21,025 Minute Maid Park 37–77 W1 115 August 11 Brewers 6–5 (10) López (5–1) Henderson (0–1) 17,942 Minute Maid Park 38–77 W2 116 August 12 Brewers 3–5 Gallardo (11–8) Lyles (2–9) Loe (1) 19,235 Minute Maid Park 38–78 L1 117 August 13 @ Cubs 1–7 Samardzija (8–10) Galarraga (0–3) 31,452 Wrigley Field 38–79 L2 118 August 14 @ Cubs 10–1 Harrell (10–8) Volstad (0–9) 33,376 Wrigley Field 39–79 W1 119 August 15 @ Cubs 2–7 Germano (2–2) Norris (5–10) 33,714 Wrigley Field 39–80 L1 120 August 17 Diamondbacks 1–3 Miley (13–8) Keuchel (1–5) Putz (24) 19,223 Minute Maid Park 39–81 L2 121 August 18 Diamondbacks 4–12 Corbin (5–4) Lyles (2–10) 20,838 Minute Maid Park 39–82 L3 122 August 19 Diamondbacks 1–8 Kennedy (11–10) Galarraga (0–4) 14,923 Minute Maid Park 39–83 L4 123 August 21 @ Cardinals 0–7 Wainwright (12–10) Harrell (10–9) 35,370 Busch Stadium 39–84 L5 124 August 22 @ Cardinals 2–4 Lohse (13–2) Norris (5–11) Motte (29) 35,198 Busch Stadium 39–85 L6 125 August 23 @ Cardinals 5–13 Westbrook (13–9) Keuchel (1–6) 30,343 Busch Stadium 39–86 L7 126 August 24 @ Mets 3–1 Lyles (3–10) Niese (10–7) López (2) 25,513 Citi Field 40–86 W1 127 August 25 @ Mets 1–3 Dickey (16–4) Abad (0–1) Francisco (21) 29,906 Citi Field 40–87 L1 128 August 26 @ Mets 1–2 Parnell (3–3) López (5–2) 25,071 Citi Field 40–88 L2 129 August 28 Giants 2–3 Casilla (5–5) López (5–3) Romo (7) 13,516 Minute Maid Park 40–89 L3 130 August 29 Giants 4–6 Kontos (1–0) Keuchel (1–7) López (5) 13,207 Minute Maid Park 40–90 L4 131 August 30 Giants 4–8 Vogelsong (12–7) F. Rodriguez (1–9) Romo (8) 12,835 Minute Maid Park 40–91 L5 132 August 31 Reds 3–9 Leake (7–8) Abad (0–2) 15,287 Minute Maid Park 40–92 L6
September (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 133 September 1 Reds 2–1 López (6–3) Marshall (4–5) 18,316 Minute Maid Park 41–92 W1 134 September 2 Reds 3–5 Arredondo (6–2) Cedeño (0–1) Chapman (34) 17,291 Minute Maid Park 41–93 L1 135 September 3 @ Pirates 5–1 González (1–0) Locke (0–1) 20,055 PNC Park 42–93 W1 136 September 4 @ Pirates 2–6 Rodríguez (10–13) Lyles (3–11) 12,785 PNC Park 42–94 L1 137 September 5 @ Pirates 3–6 Correia (10–8) Abad (0–3) 14,159 PNC Park 42–95 L2 138 September 7 @ Reds 5–3 Ambriz (1–0) Chapman (5–5) López (3) 23,785 Great American Ball Park 43–95 W1 139 September 8 @ Reds 1–5 Arroyo (12–7) Norris (5–12) 35,018 Great American Ball Park 43–96 L1 140 September 9 @ Reds 5–1 González (2–0) Cueto (17–8) 33,438 Great American Ball Park 44–96 W1 141 September 10 Cubs 1–4 Volstad (3–10) F. Rodriguez (1–10) Mármol (19) 13,121 Minute Maid Park 44–97 L1 142 September 11 Cubs 1–0 Lyles (4–11) Germano (2–7) López (4) 14,205 Minute Maid Park 45–97 W1 143 September 12 Cubs 1–5 Wood (6–11) Abad (0–4) 13,101 Minute Maid Park 45–98 L1 144 September 13 Phillies 6–4 Wright (1–2) Aumont (0–1) López (5) 13,028 Minute Maid Park 46–98 W1 145 September 14 Phillies 6–12 Hamels (15–6) González (2–1) 17,535 Minute Maid Park 46–99 L1 146 September 15 Phillies 5–0 Keuchel (2–7) Kendrick (9–11) 20,419 Minute Maid Park 47–99 W1 147 September 16 Phillies 7–6 Wright (2–2) Bastardo (2–5) López (6) 17,438 Minute Maid Park 48–99 W2 148 September 18 @ Cardinals 1–4 Lohse (15–3) Abad (0–5) Motte (36) 35,422 Busch Stadium 48–100 L1 149 September 19 @ Cardinals 0–5 Lynn (16–7) Harrell (10–10) Motte (37) 39,062 Busch Stadium 48–101 L2 150 September 20 @ Cardinals 4–5 García (5–7) Norris (5–13) Motte (38) 34,788 Busch Stadium 48–102 L3 151 September 21 Pirates 7–1 F. Rodriguez (2–10) Locke (0–2) 17,093 Minute Maid Park 49–102 W1 152 September 22 Pirates 4–1 Keuchel (3–7) Correia (11–10) López (7) 17,185 Minute Maid Park 50–102 W2 153 September 23 Pirates 1–8 Burnett (16–8) Lyles (4–12) 15,207 Minute Maid Park 50–103 L1 154 September 24 Cardinals 1–6 Lynn (17–7) Abad (0–6) 12,584 Minute Maid Park 50–104 L2 155 September 25 Cardinals 0–4 García (6–7) Harrell (10–11) 16,943 Minute Maid Park 50–105 L3 156 September 26 Cardinals 2–0 Norris (6–13) Carpenter (0–1) López (8) 18,712 Minute Maid Park 51–105 W1 157 September 28 @ Brewers 7–6 González (3–1) Gallardo (16–9) López (9) 41,716 Miller Park 52–105 W2 158 September 29 @ Brewers 5–9 Estrada (5–7) Keuchel (3–8) 34,294 Miller Park 52–106 L1 159 September 30 @ Brewers 7–0 Lyles (5–12) Fiers (9–10) 38,443 Miller Park 53–106 W1
October (2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 160 October 1 @ Cubs 3-0 Harrell (11–11) Berken (0–3) Wright (1) 32,167 Wrigley Field 54-106 W2 161 October 2 @ Cubs 3-0 Norris (7–13) Volstad (3–12) López (10) 33,168 Wrigley Field 55-106 W3 162 October 3 @ Cubs 4–5 Mármol (3–3) Ambriz (1–1) 27,606 Wrigley Field 55–107 L1

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jose Altuve	147	576	80	167	34	4	7	37	40	74	.290	33
Carlos Lee	66	258	24	74	15	1	5	29	19	17	.287	0
Matt Dominguez	31	109	14	31	2	2	5	16	4	17	.284	0
Chris Johnson	92	341	36	95	21	3	8	41	23	92	.279	4
Carlos Corporan	27	78	5	21	2	0	4	13	4	19	.269	0
Scott Moore	72	201	23	52	11	0	9	26	16	56	.259	0
Brandon Laird	17	35	2	9	1	0	1	4	2	8	.257	0
Jason Castro	87	257	29	66	15	2	6	29	31	61	.257	0
Steve Pearce	21	63	2	16	4	1	0	8	7	16	.254	1
Brett Wallace	66	229	24	58	10	1	9	24	18	73	.253	0
Ben Francisco	31	85	5	21	4	0	2	5	5	23	.247	0
Tyler Greene	39	126	18	31	6	0	7	11	6	39	.246	3
Jed Lowrie	97	340	43	83	18	0	16	42	43	65	.244	2
J.D. Martinez	113	395	34	95	14	3	11	55	40	96	.241	0
Fernando Martínez	41	118	12	28	7	1	6	14	6	34	.237	0
Marwin González	80	205	21	48	13	0	2	12	13	29	.234	3
Justin Maxwell	124	315	46	72	13	3	18	53	32	114	.229	9
Travis Buck	33	74	7	16	5	1	0	6	6	18	.216	0
Jordan Schafer	106	313	40	66	10	2	4	23	36	106	.211	27
Brandon Barnes	43	98	8	20	3	0	1	7	5	29	.204	1
Brian Bogusevic	146	355	39	72	9	2	7	28	41	96	.203	15
Matt Downs	91	178	15	36	4	1	8	16	8	38	.202	2
Brian Bixler	36	88	11	17	6	0	2	7	7	36	.193	7
Jimmy Paredes	24	74	4	14	1	1	0	3	6	21	.189	2
Chris Snyder	76	221	23	39	8	0	7	24	33	70	.176	0
Pitcher Totals	162	275	15	29	2	0	1	12	12	118	.105	0
Team Totals	162	5407	583	1276	238	28	146	545	463	1365	.236	105

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO
Lucas Harrell	11	11	3.76	32	32	0	193.2	185	90	81	13	78	140
Bud Norris	7	13	4.65	29	29	0	168.1	165	90	87	23	66	165
Jordan Lyles	5	12	5.09	25	25	0	141.1	159	97	80	20	42	99
Wandy Rodríguez	7	9	3.79	21	21	0	130.2	134	66	55	13	32	89
J.A. Happ	7	9	4.83	18	18	0	104.1	112	58	56	17	39	98
Dallas Keuchel	3	8	5.27	16	16	0	85.1	93	56	50	14	39	38
Fernando Rodriguez	2	10	5.37	71	0	0	70.1	68	45	42	10	34	78
Wilton López	6	3	2.17	64	0	10	66.1	61	18	16	4	8	54
Rhiner Cruz	1	1	6.05	52	0	0	55.0	65	38	37	8	29	46
Wesley Wright	2	2	3.27	77	0	1	52.1	45	20	19	4	17	54
Fernando Abad	0	6	5.09	37	6	0	46.0	57	27	26	6	19	38
Brandon Lyon	0	2	3.25	37	0	0	36.0	37	13	13	3	11	35
Xavier Cedeño	0	1	3.77	44	0	1	31.0	30	15	13	3	14	36
Brett Myers	0	4	3.52	35	0	19	30.2	35	17	12	4	6	20
Mickey Storey	0	1	3.86	26	0	0	30.1	27	14	13	2	10	34
David Carpenter	0	2	6.07	30	0	0	29.2	43	21	20	4	14	27
Édgar González	3	1	5.04	6	6	0	25.0	23	14	14	3	8	18
Armando Galarraga	0	4	6.75	5	5	0	24.0	28	20	18	6	18	17
C.J. Fick	0	1	4.30	18	0	0	23.0	24	13	11	4	17	17
Héctor Ambriz	1	1	4.19	18	0	0	19.1	14	9	9	0	11	22
Enerio del Rosario	0	0	9.00	19	0	0	19.0	34	21	19	1	7	11
Kyle Weiland	0	3	6.62	3	3	0	17.2	24	13	13	5	7	13
José Valdez	0	0	2.25	12	0	0	12.0	12	4	3	1	8	10
Aneury Rodriguez	0	0	3.00	1	1	0	6.0	2	2	2	2	2	6
Francisco Cordero	0	3	19.80	6	0	0	5.0	13	11	11	2	4	5
Brian Bogusevic	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0
Team Totals	55	107	4.56	162	162	31	1423.1	1493	794	721	173	540	1170

Awards and achievements

• Darryl Kile Good Guy Award:^[3] Jason Castro

Minor league system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco and Tom Lawless
AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Texas League	Keith Bodie
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Rodney Linares
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League	Iván DeJesús
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Stubby Clapp
Rookie	Greeneville Astros	Appalachian League	Omar López
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Ed Romero

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lancaster

See also

• Texas portal
• Baseball portal

• List of Major League Baseball single-inning strikeout leaders