2007 Houston Astros season

2007 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMinute Maid Park
CityHouston, Texas
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place4th
OwnersDrayton McLane, Jr.
General managersTim Purpura[a]
Tal Smith[b]
Ed Wade[c]
ManagersPhil Garner:[a] 58–73 (.443)
Cecil Cooper:[b] 15–16 (.484)
TelevisionFSN Houston
KNWS-TV (Ch. 51)
Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies
RadioKTRH
Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond
KLAT (Spanish)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference

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.

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. On August 26, the club officially retired the jersey number 5 of the one Astros' core members of the Killer B's along with Biggio, former first baseman Jeff Bagwell.

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. This was also the Astros' first losing season since 2000.

Following the season, Biggio was recognized with the Roberto Clemente and Heart & Hustle Awards, Lee earned his second career Silver Slugger Award, and outfielder Hunter Pence was selected to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team.

Offseason

Jeff Bagwell (who had shoulder problems that had him play his last game in the 2005 World Series) 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 Rockise 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.[4]

Regular season

Summary

April—May

Opening Day starting lineup[5][6]
 7 Craig Biggio 2B
28 Adam Everett SS
17 Lance Berkman 1B
45 Carlos Lee LF
14 Morgan Ensberg 3B
30 Luke Scott RF
 2 Chris Burke CF
11 Brad Ausmus  C
44 Roy Oswalt  P
Venue: Minute Maid Park • PIT 4, HOU 2

Shortstop Adam Everett connected for a go-ahead home run on April 9 in the eighth inning off Bob Howry of the Chicago Cubs and set up an eventual 5–3 Astros' win. The drive was the 34th of Everett's career, which set a franchise record for the position, surpassing Dickie Thon, who was the club's shortstop from 1981–1987.[7]

The Astros realized a number of milestones April 13 versus the Philadelphia Phillies. New outfielder Carlos Lee made an early impact with Houston, connecting for the only three-home run game of his major league career. A prolific grand slam artist, he also hit his first in an Astros uniform, and 10th of his career. The drive came in the top of the third inning, putting Houston ahead, 5–3.[8] Lee collected six runs batted in (RBI), the fourth such output of his career, and was the most for Lee during his Astros tenure,[9] leading a 9–6 Astros victory. Morgan Ensberg added a three-run blast in the fourth inning for his first of year to combine with Lee to induce all of Houston's damage. Craig Biggio roped his 641st double to take over eighth place from Honus Wagner on baseball's all-time list.[10] The Astros collected eight hits and drew eight bases on balls. Though he surrendered six walks and all six runs, Roy Oswalt picked up his second win of the season,[11] and the 100th of his career.[10]

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.

May

Pence connected for a grand slam on May 5 for his first MLB home run, off a Dennis Dove offering, with the blast at Busch Stadium. Hit in the top of the eight inning, it scored Chris Burke, Orlando Palmeiro and Luke Scott. The Astros' lead swelled to 13–0 over the St. Louis Cardinals.[12]

On May 9, 40-year-old Houston native Woody Williams got his first win in his eighth appearance in an Astros uniform. He had carved out a 14-year career with three different clubs prior to signing with the Astros during the offseason. Williams assisted his own cause by blooping a single into right field for the game-winning run batted in (RBI) to decide a 3–2 score over the Cincinnati Reds.[13]

In backing up Roy Oswalt on May 12, Craig Biggio smashed his 647th double to pass Carl Yastrzemski into seventh place all-time in major league history. Meanwhile, Houston cruised to a 10–4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.[14]

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 Cincinnati 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.

June

On June 12, the Astros defeated 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.[15]

Craig Biggio's 3,000th hit

During a 5-for-5 performance on June 28 at Minute Maid Park, Biggio recorded his 3,000th career hit in the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies. He became the 27th player in MLB history to do so, first in Astros history, and the first Astro with all 3,000 with the club.[d][16][17] Number 3,000 was a single in that drove in Brad Ausmus for one of eight runs in an 8–5 Astros win.[17]

Fellow "Killer B" Jeff Bagwell, who played first base for Houson 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.[18]

In the bottom of the 11th inning, with Colorado having taken a 5–4 lead, Biggio mustered an infield single for his fifth safety of the day, which kicked off a two-out rally. Hunter Pence doubled, Lance Berkman reached on a hit by pitch, which pushed Biggio to third. Carlos Lee then struck a towering walk-off grand slam to win the game for the Astros, 8–5, bringing home Biggio as game-tying run on the play.[19]

The slam, Lee's second of the season, was the second of extra-innings walk-off grand slam of his career.[8] "El Caballo" would become the only major leaguer with as many as three extra-inning grand slams during his major league career.[20]

July—August

Pence slugged his first career walk-off home run on July 3, a fly ball to deep center field. The drive was off a José Mesa offering to seal a 5–4 triumph over Philadelphia in the bottom of the 13th inning.[12]

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.[21]

On July 28, the Astros traded RHP Dan Wheeler to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for right-handed slugger 3B Ty Wigginton and cash considerations. He was 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.

Biggio golfed the final home run of his career on August 21, a leadoff shot to left field at Minute Maid Park off Joe Hanrahan of the Washington Nationals.[22] This was the precursor to a big game for the future Hall of Famer, who went 3-for-6 with a double and 4 RBI. However, the Nationals were too powerful during this contest, scoring each frame between the fourth and seventh innings. Nook Logan countered with 5 hits and Ryan Zimmerman collected 4 RBI as the Nationals routed Houston, 11–6.[23]

Retirement of Jeff Bagwell's uniform number 5

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.[24] 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.[25]

Rest of August

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.

September

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.

In just his sixth major league game, on September 20, catcher J. R. Towles established a single-game club record with eight runs batted in (RBI). Towles doubled twice, homered, and drew a base on balls and hit by pitch on the way to leading an 18–1 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals [Note 2][26]

Towles also ended each of his first 41 plate appearance and 38 at bats in the major leagues without having been retired via strikeout, a streak that concluded on September 28 versus the Atlanta Braves. He had made his major league debut on on September 5 in a 14–2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.[27] These streaks were second to the franchise records of 43 plate appearances and 41 at bats established by infielder Alex Taveras on September 29, 1976.[28]

During the regular season finale on September 30 at Minute Maid Park, Craig Biggio retired, ending a 20-year playing career with the Astros, also his final game on the field.[29] He was 1-for-4. During the bottom of the first inning, Biggio doubled off Buddy Carlyle (8–7) as the each of Houston first five batters reached base. Carlos Lee hit a two-run single that scored Biggio, and Hunter Pence doubled to deep left center field, scoring Lance Berkman to give the Astros a 3–0 advantage. This remained as the margin in a 3–0 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Felipe Paulino (2–1) tossed six scoreless innings to pick up the win, while Dave Borkowski struck out the side in the top of the ninth to earn his only major league save.[30]

The Astros won five of their final six games of the season, and 10 of 15.[31]

Performance overview

The Houston Astros concluded the 2007 season with a record of 73–89, in fourth place in the NL Central division, and 12 games behind the division-champion Cubs,[31] for their first season with a losing record since 2000 (72–90). The prior six consecutive winning seasons at the time was the second-longest streak in club annals, with each resulting in either a first or second place standing.[Note 3] Moreover, beginning in 1992, the 2000 and 2007 campaigns represented the only occasions in which Houston had finished below .500 overall, part of one of the most successful periods in franchise history.[32]

Having produced a home record of 42–39, it was the seventh consecutive season the club concluded with a winning record at Minute Maid Park.[31]

Outfielder Carlos Lee won his second career Silver Slugger Award and first as a Houston Astro. Lee became the third outfielder to be recognized as a member of the Astros, joining José Cruz (1983 and 1984) and Moisés Alou (1998). The most recent winner at any position for the club was Morgan Ensberg in 2005.[33]

For the first time since 2002, the Astros had two sluggers reach the 30-home run mark (Berkman, Lee). During his first year as an Astro of six after having signed as a free agent over the offseason, Lee also drove in a career-best 119 runs. Rookie Hunter Pence added 17 home runs, at the time, the third-highest for a rookie in club history,[31] following Berkman (21 in 2000) and Glenn Davis (20 in 1985).

Season standings

National League Central

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

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


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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)[34]
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

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

Grand slams

No. Date Astros batter Venue Inning Pitcher Opposing team Box
1 April 13 Carlos Lee Citizens Bank Park 3[e] Brett Myers Philadelphia Phillies [11]
2 April 20 Craig Biggio Miller Park 9[e] Greg Aquino Milwaukee Brewers [35]
3 May 5 Hunter Pence Busch Stadium 8[f] Dennis Dove St. Louis Cardinals
4 June 17 Mike Lamb Minute Maid Park 1[e] Jarrod Washburn Seattle Mariners [36]
5 June 28 Carlos Lee 11[g] Brian Fuentes Colorado Rockies [19]
6 July 24 Craig Biggio 6[e] Rudy Seánez Los Angeles Dodgers [21]
7 August 2 Mike Lamb[h] Turner Field 8[e] Rafael Soriano Atlanta Braves [37]
  1. ^ a b Fired on August 27, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Interim
  3. ^ Hired September 20.
  4. ^ The second of two five-hit during his career, Biggio's first occurred on Opening Day, 2001.
  5. ^ a b c d e Tied score or took lead
  6. ^ 1st MLB home run
  7. ^ Walk-off
  8. ^ Pinch hitter

Career milestones

Career honors

Jeff
Bagwell
1B
Coach 
Retired August 26, 2007

Annual awards

Minor league 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

See also

References

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Footnotes
  1. ^ Oswalt joined J. R. Richard, Mike Scott, and Shane Reynolds with five Opening Day starts each for most in franchise history, which were all consecutively for each pitcher.
  2. ^ The previous franchise RBI record was seven, accomplished four times: Rafael Ramírez (April 29, 1989), Pete Incaviglia (June 14, 1992) and Bagwell twice (June 21, 2000 and July 8, 2001). Yuli Gurriel tied the record on August 7, 2019.
  3. ^ The longest streak of 7 winning campaigns in club history was also broken by the results of the 2000 season, having spanned from 1993 through 1999.
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