2007 Houston Astros
Record: 96-66
Finish: 2nd in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 939
Runs Allowed: 719
Exp W-L: 100-62
 
Ballpark: Minute Maid Park
Attendance: 3,236,770
Manager: Jimy Williams

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-64, 4th in the NL
AA: 65-73, 14th in the NL
A: 37-101, 16th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-3 to Philadelphia Phillies
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF #Lance Berkman 31 157 577 138 185 45 7 54 142 7 6 96 146 .321 .421 .704 1.124 148.2 29.9 3.3
3B *Hank Blalock 26 153 601 87 180 51 14 12 113 12 10 52 91 .300 .355 .491 .846 94.0 14.1 3.3
1B *Todd Helton 33 158 547 103 158 54 1 26 117 3 4 59 138 .289 .361 .534 .895 101.3 16.9 0.7
SS #Nick Punto 29 153 480 70 134 31 10 3 57 46 23 72 121 .279 .373 .404 .777 73.2 10.3 7.6
RF *Luke Allen 28 141 501 92 161 39 6 6 60 35 18 39 68 .321 .368 .459 .827 81.1 13.2 2.4
C  Josh Phelps 29 134 482 80 141 47 1 25 102 0 0 40 128 .293 .348 .550 .898 84.0 14.0 4.7
CF *Darin Erstad 33 114 322 41 98 14 1 5 38 25 4 15 44 .304 .336 .401 .737 44.9 6.0 3.0
2B *Dominic Rich 27 79 301 57 90 18 2 3 30 5 2 30 39 .299 .363 .402 .765 42.0 5.8 3.7
2B  Bobby Crosby 27 74 290 50 93 23 3 6 28 4 2 27 16 .321 .386 .483 .869 48.9 8.7 2.3
1B *Chris Richard 33 130 282 40 84 25 1 13 52 0 0 16 50 .298 .341 .532 .873 44.9 6.9 0.4
CF  Eric Owens 36 108 269 41 84 18 1 3 43 8 4 19 25 .312 .353 .420 .773 38.4 5.4 1.5
RF  Richard Hidalgo 31 117 232 39 60 21 0 10 36 1 0 21 60 .259 .326 .478 .804 35.2 4.8 1.3
C #Mitch Meluskey 33 76 202 29 60 16 0 8 41 0 0 25 45 .297 .371 .495 .866 35.3 5.8 1.7
3B  Damian Jackson 33 86 127 17 36 13 1 0 14 1 5 16 36 .283 .366 .402 .767 17.4 2.3 1.7
1B *Manuel Pardo 24 34 96 18 27 11 0 5 19 5 0 7 26 .281 .327 .552 .879 17.4 3.0 0.6
3B #Juan Camacho 26 46 68 13 18 0 2 3 13 2 1 8 16 .265 .338 .456 .794 10.7 1.3 0.6
P  Roy Oswalt 29 29 62 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 35 .097 .152 .113 .264 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Manny Santillan 27 29 55 4 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 9 26 .091 .219 .182 .401 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Rory Shortell 26 27 49 3 8 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 26 .163 .212 .245 .456 2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Aaron Heilman 28 20 40 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23 .050 .095 .050 .145 -2.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Jim Rushford 33 13 41 5 15 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 .366 .381 .463 .844 6.0 1.2 0.2
P *Charlie Manning 28 14 26 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .154 .185 .192 .377 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Odalis Perez 29 12 23 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 9 .174 .208 .174 .382 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Zimmerman 25 13 22 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .000 .042 .000 .042 -1.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Eric Bruntlett 29 18 21 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 .190 .261 .238 .499 1.3 0.0 0.1
P *Billy Wagner 35 63 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  J.P. Duran 27 60 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  D.J. Houlton 27 83 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ruddy Lugo 27 48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Octavio Dotel 33 67 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Olsen 30 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Brandon Puffer 31 76 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2352 5746 939 1659 435 52 183 924 158 82 566 1208 .289 .353 .478 .832 924.1 149.7 39.1
  Rank among 16 NL teams 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 14 1 13 1 1 1 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Roy Oswalt 29 13 11 .542 32 32 0 210.0 230 103 16 62 206 4.41 8.9
 Manny Santillan 27 15 12 .556 32 32 0 209.3 194 100 20 76 149 4.30 11.0
 Rory Shortell 26 11 5 .688 29 29 0 161.3 182 84 25 36 92 4.69 6.7
 Aaron Heilman 28 10 6 .625 24 24 0 144.0 131 52 6 45 128 3.25 9.5
 D.J. Houlton 27 5 3 .625 89 0 1 107.0 86 28 12 31 108 2.36 11.3
*Charlie Manning 28 6 6 .500 15 15 0 90.0 95 50 10 37 70 5.00 3.0
*Odalis Perez 29 6 2 .750 13 13 0 89.7 85 41 9 18 54 4.12 4.5
 Bob Zimmerman 25 8 5 .615 14 14 0 81.7 93 48 6 26 84 5.29 2.5
*Billy Wagner 35 2 4 .333 66 0 27 80.0 44 13 2 24 102 1.46 17.9
 Brandon Puffer 31 7 3 .700 80 0 8 73.7 77 27 5 20 46 3.30 8.3
 J.P. Duran 27 5 3 .625 65 3 0 73.7 87 36 0 41 54 4.40 3.8
 Octavio Dotel 33 3 3 .500 73 0 5 68.0 56 24 6 20 74 3.18 7.1
 Ruddy Lugo 27 3 3 .500 51 0 1 55.7 61 30 10 26 48 4.85 2.4
 Kevin Olsen 30 2 0 1.000 23 0 1 24.0 24 8 2 1 9 3.00 2.2
Team Totals 28.7 96 66 .593 606 162 43 1468.0 1445 644 129 463 1224 3.95 99.2
Rank among 16 NL teams 2 2 10 3 3 8 1 7 7 1 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 30.5
J.Phelps 1028.0 115 115 887 65 9 3 .991 29.0
M.Meluskey 413.3 45 48 343 15 0 0 1.000 17.5
L.Berkman 23.7 2 3 17 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
D.Erstad 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
E.Owens 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1468.0 162 168 1249 82 9 3 .993 26.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.24
T.Helton 1234.0 131 157 1080 91 12 99 .990 8.54
C.Richard 227.0 30 31 227 14 0 19 1.000 9.56
D.Erstad 6.0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50
M.Pardo 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1468.0 162 191 1312 106 12 118 .992 8.69
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.10
B.Crosby 632.9 70 71 130 209 7 44 .980 4.82
D.Rich 452.2 49 50 96 156 4 33 .984 5.02
E.Owens 133.0 15 20 30 40 1 14 .986 4.74
D.Jackson 48.0 4 9 8 20 0 5 1.000 5.25
N.Punto 10.0 0 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 5.40
H.Blalock 3.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00
Team Total 1279.1 138 154 264 432 13 96 .982 4.90
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.63
H.Blalock 1325.0 146 150 93 237 27 18 .924 2.24
J.Camacho 142.1 27 31 10 32 2 2 .955 2.66
E.Bruntlett 35.0 4 4 4 5 1 2 .900 2.31
D.Jackson 34.0 4 5 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.18
N.Punto 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1537.1 181 191 109 285 30 22 .929 2.31
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.44
N.Punto 1225.7 146 148 187 369 16 72 .972 4.08
D.Rich 241.1 27 28 36 87 4 17 .969 4.59
D.Jackson 224.3 16 58 27 66 7 11 .930 3.73
E.Bruntlett 5.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Crosby 4.9 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.84
R.Hidalgo 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
J.Camacho 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1704.1 189 241 250 524 28 100 .965 4.09
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.94
L.Berkman 987.7 107 113 227 4 13 1 .947 2.10
M.Pardo 220.0 25 28 52 2 0 0 1.000 2.21
E.Owens 147.0 17 20 26 0 2 0 .929 1.59
C.Richard 105.3 12 14 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
D.Jackson 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Rushford 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.3 162 177 323 6 15 1 .956 2.01
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.58
D.Erstad 723.3 89 96 247 11 1 5 .996 3.21
L.Berkman 324.0 36 37 102 3 3 2 .972 2.92
E.Owens 242.0 25 41 80 1 4 0 .953 3.01
R.Hidalgo 145.0 9 44 46 1 1 1 .979 2.92
D.Jackson 31.0 3 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
E.Bruntlett 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1468.0 162 225 486 16 9 8 .982 3.08
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.03
L.Allen 1011.0 110 127 238 7 7 1 .972 2.18
R.Hidalgo 301.7 36 42 74 2 0 1 1.000 2.27
J.Rushford 73.5 6 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Richard 60.0 6 10 7 2 1 0 .900 1.35
E.Owens 16.0 1 5 2 0 1 0 .667 1.13
L.Berkman 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.5 159 194 338 11 9 2 .975 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.91
R.Oswalt 210.0 32 32 17 30 0 2 1.000 2.01
M.Santillan 209.3 32 32 12 33 2 2 .957 1.93
R.Shortell 161.3 29 29 5 20 0 0 1.000 1.39
A.Heilman 144.0 24 24 6 17 5 1 .821 1.44
D.Houlton 107.0 0 89 3 12 0 0 1.000 1.26
C.Manning 90.0 15 15 4 10 0 3 1.000 1.40
O.Perez 89.7 13 13 4 13 0 2 1.000 1.71
B.Zimmerman 81.7 14 14 4 8 1 0 .923 1.32
B.Wagner 80.0 0 66 3 11 1 0 .933 1.58
B.Puffer 73.7 0 80 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.47
J.Duran 73.7 3 65 6 9 1 0 .938 1.83
O.Dotel 68.0 0 73 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.19
R.Lugo 55.7 0 51 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.62
K.Olsen 24.0 0 23 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1468.0 162 606 77 189 10 12 .964 1.63
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Allen .321
On-Base Pct Berkman .421
Slugging Pct Berkman .704
OPS Berkman 1.124
XR Berkman 148.2
Games Helton 158
At-Bats Blalock 601
Runs Berkman 138
Hits Berkman 185
Total Bases Berkman 406
Singles Allen 110
Doubles Helton 54
Triples Blalock 14
Homeruns Berkman 54
RBIs Berkman 142
Stolen Bases Punto 46
Caught Stealing Punto 23
Walks Berkman 96
Strikeouts Berkman 146
ERA Santillan 4.30
Wins Santillan 15
Losses Santillan 12
Winning Pct Shortell .688
Saves Wagner 27
Games Pitched Houlton 89
Games Started Oswalt, Santillan 32
Complete Games Oswalt 3
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Oswalt 210.0
Hits Allowed Oswalt 230
Homeruns Allowed Shortell 25
Strikeouts Oswalt 206
Walks Allowed Santillan 76
Walks per 9IP Oswalt 2.7
Hits per 9IP Santillan 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Oswalt 8.8
WHiP Santillan 1.29
OAVG Santillan .245
OOBP Santillan .312
OSLG Oswalt .400
OOPS Santillan .714
Team All-Stars
Lance Berkman
Hank Blalock
Aaron Heilman
Josh Phelps
Player Salaries
Todd Helton $ 10,255,000
Lance Berkman $ 10,000,000
Roy Oswalt $ 6,000,000
Billy Wagner $ 5,940,000
Josh Phelps $ 5,500,000
Aaron Heilman $ 3,650,000
Hank Blalock $ 2,928,571
Bobby Crosby $ 2,857,143
Darin Erstad $ 2,660,000
Manny Santillan $ 1,971,429
Octavio Dotel $ 1,970,000
Luke Allen $ 1,879,643
Eric Owens $ 1,650,000
Brandon Puffer $ 1,601,429
Nick Punto $ 1,500,000
Chris Richard $ 1,100,000
Richard Hidalgo $ 1,000,000
Geoff Blum $ 1,000,000
Mitch Meluskey $ 800,000
Jeff Davanon $ 550,000
Julio Lugo $ 500,000
Damian Jackson $ 400,000
Charlie Manning $ 371,429
Kevin Cash $ 350,000
D.J. Houlton $ 300,000
J.P. Duran $ 300,000
Bob Zimmerman $ 300,000
Kevin Olsen $ 300,000
Eric Bruntlett $ 300,000
Manuel Pardo $ 300,000
Jim Rushford $ 300,000
Rory Shortell $ 300,000
Ruddy Lugo $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/28 Traded Andruw Jones
Mike Mccoy
Anaheim Darin Erstad
Manuel Pardo
Shane Costa
1/28 Released Chad Qualls    
1/28 Released Greg Miller    
1/28 Released Brooks Conrad    
1/28 Released Rajai Davis    
2/1 Signed     Nick Punto
2/26 Signed     Kevin Olsen
6/11 Traded Dusty Wathan Texas Ronald Belizario
Darrin Scala
6/11 Traded Odalis Perez
Brian Wilson
New York (N) Bob Zimmerman
Charlie Manning
6/11 Traded Juan Camacho
Antonio Cano
Pittsburgh Sean Burnett
Ethan Hockenberry
7/2 Traded Shane Costa
Dominic Rich
Nate Mclouth
Seattle Bobby Crosby
Thomas Pauly
Jim Rushford
7/2 Released Mose Harrod    
7/2 Released Jon Helquist