2006 Houston Astros season explained

Houston Astros
Season:	2006
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

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

• March 30, 2006: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Houston Astros from the Seattle Mariners.^[1]
• July 12, 2006: Aubrey Huff was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with cash to the Houston Astros for Ben Zobrist and Mitch Talbot (minors).^[2]

Roster

2006 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches(bullpen) (bench) (first base) (hitting) (pitching) (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

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

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.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Corpus Christi

External links

• 2006 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference
• Game logs:

1st Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting statistics: Houston Astros Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching statistics: Houston Astros Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cody Ransom Stats.
2. Web site: Aubrey Huff Stats.