2012 Houston Astros
Record: 91-71
Finish: 2nd in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 821
Runs Allowed: 708
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Minute Maid Park
Attendance: 3,038,352
Manager: Jimy Williams

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 7th in the NL
AA: 43-94, 16th in the NL
A: 77-60, 4th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to Cincinnati Reds
Won Divisional Series 3-2 over Colorado Rockies
 
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
SS  Josh Wilson 31 153 585 87 173 18 4 22 78 8 9 31 65 .296 .348 .453 .801 89.3 13.4 5.5
LF #Johnnie Harley 27 155 564 93 167 25 2 33 89 0 0 52 102 .296 .359 .523 .882 95.1 16.1 4.3
2B *Nathan Haynes 32 151 524 89 167 32 7 8 43 26 16 34 65 .319 .363 .452 .815 78.7 12.9 5.6
C  Josh Phelps 34 141 510 70 126 20 1 30 72 0 1 35 139 .247 .298 .467 .765 72.0 9.1 8.0
CF #Lance Berkman 36 150 481 69 144 27 3 26 93 11 7 66 132 .299 .382 .530 .912 93.5 16.7 4.6
3B  Lee Mitchell 30 155 499 63 139 28 6 13 67 8 6 36 75 .279 .336 .437 .773 69.5 9.6 4.8
LF  Michael Restovich 33 151 514 64 138 23 2 20 71 1 0 25 140 .268 .301 .438 .739 65.5 8.4 4.8
1B  Jon Nelson 32 137 353 55 96 21 5 18 65 4 2 41 35 .272 .348 .513 .861 62.2 9.8 1.4
SS #Felipe Lopez 32 124 337 59 93 30 8 11 51 7 10 27 43 .276 .331 .510 .841 49.1 6.8 3.2
1B *Todd Helton 38 123 316 57 87 21 5 22 63 8 2 34 86 .275 .349 .582 .932 60.6 11.0 1.2
2B  Junior Spivey 37 101 227 44 67 17 3 4 24 20 7 23 35 .295 .363 .449 .812 35.7 5.8 2.5
C *Brian Schneider 35 78 177 22 57 7 0 3 31 0 0 11 32 .322 .360 .412 .772 25.2 4.0 2.3
RF *Alex Fernandez 31 82 135 15 43 11 0 1 21 0 0 6 22 .319 .338 .422 .760 19.2 2.7 0.8
3B  Mike Cuddyer 33 61 78 12 17 4 0 6 12 0 1 6 26 .218 .271 .500 .771 10.3 1.1 0.5
P  Rory Shortell 31 32 71 4 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 28 .113 .147 .155 .302 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Zimmerman 30 31 64 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 23 .031 .075 .047 .122 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P *Brandon Claussen 33 32 59 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 .034 .081 .034 .115 -3.5 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Wright 30 29 48 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .083 .102 .083 .185 -1.9 0.0 0.0
RF  Joseph Shine 25 11 19 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 7 .053 .217 .053 .270 0.0 0.0 0.2
RF *Henri Stanley 34 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .429 .200 .629 0.8 0.2 0.0
P  Jake Peavy 31 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  J.P. Duran 32 79 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Kurt Ainsworth 33 35 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 1.9 0.5 0.0
P  Kazue Michinori 24 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Perez 31 68 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Elder 36 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #J.C. Romero 36 89 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
CF *Peter Bergeron 34 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jeff Austin 35 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Nick Masset 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Clint Nageotte 31 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 32.2 2300 5590 817 1536 289 46 218 791 94 63 444 1107 .275 .331 .460 .791 818.6 128.0 49.9
  Rank among 16 NL teams 8 5 4 1 2 3 4 12 6 10 14 4 5 2 2 3  
* - 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
 Rory Shortell 31 13 6 .684 33 33 0 216.0 191 73 15 54 130 3.04 17.6
 Bob Zimmerman 30 18 8 .692 32 32 0 204.0 177 81 15 80 137 3.57 14.1
*Brandon Claussen 33 9 8 .529 33 33 0 202.3 183 85 17 95 155 3.78 11.1
 Matt Wright 30 10 8 .556 31 31 0 177.3 153 83 23 68 113 4.21 9.4
 J.P. Duran 32 7 10 .412 80 0 46 94.3 81 38 8 52 70 3.63 14.5
*Juan Perez 31 6 5 .545 71 5 1 92.0 81 36 17 28 72 3.52 8.0
*J.C. Romero 36 2 6 .250 90 0 3 78.0 65 44 8 36 54 5.08 4.7
 Nick Masset 30 5 7 .417 50 8 22 57.7 73 40 8 37 39 6.24 0.0
 Clint Nageotte 31 5 1 .833 55 7 1 57.0 45 22 6 25 42 3.47 5.8
 Kurt Ainsworth 33 5 2 .714 36 0 0 55.7 57 21 9 19 37 3.40 5.1
 Dave Elder 36 3 1 .750 35 0 3 40.7 48 27 4 23 16 5.98 0.7
 Luis Garcia 25 3 1 .750 6 6 0 34.7 30 14 4 16 17 3.64 2.1
 Kazue Michinori 24 0 1 .000 18 0 0 23.0 35 21 8 6 16 8.22 0.0
 Jake Peavy 31 1 2 .333 4 4 0 19.7 12 5 2 4 17 2.29 1.8
 Jeff Austin 35 0 1 .000 14 0 1 11.7 24 19 8 13 11 14.67 0.0
*Guy Marx 30 0 0 .000 3 0 0 4.7 6 3 2 1 4 5.79 0.0
Team Totals 31.1 87 67 .565 591 159 77 1368.6 1261 612 154 557 930 4.02 95.1
Rank among 16 NL teams 5 2 1 3 16 1 1 2 16 11 4  
* - 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 .989 34.6
J.Phelps 1180.7 132 135 831 71 7 0 .992 31.7
B.Schneider 271.0 30 33 171 25 1 0 .995 51.4
J.Spivey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
J.Shine 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1453.6 162 169 1002 96 8 0 .993 35.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.31
J.Nelson 711.3 77 93 753 51 5 64 .994 10.17
T.Helton 676.0 81 86 670 44 3 63 .996 9.51
M.Cuddyer 56.0 4 14 63 2 0 4 1.000 10.45
J.Harley 7.3 0 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.82
J.Spivey 2.0 0 1 4 1 0 2 1.000 22.50
Team Total 1452.7 162 198 1498 98 8 133 .995 9.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.14
N.Haynes 974.0 107 118 205 351 8 73 .986 5.14
J.Spivey 476.7 55 60 102 163 3 41 .989 5.00
M.Cuddyer 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1452.7 162 179 309 515 11 114 .987 5.11
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.66
L.Mitchell 889.3 99 109 72 195 10 12 .964 2.70
F.Lopez 495.3 58 63 35 113 2 7 .987 2.69
M.Cuddyer 68.0 5 18 6 15 1 1 .955 2.78
Team Total 1452.7 162 190 113 323 13 20 .971 2.70
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.46
J.Wilson 1235.7 137 147 172 406 23 78 .962 4.21
F.Lopez 210.0 25 25 32 63 6 20 .941 4.07
N.Haynes 4.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75
L.Mitchell 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 174 207 471 29 99 .959 4.20
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
M.Restovich 870.0 104 107 211 6 4 0 .982 2.24
L.Mitchell 301.3 35 36 69 1 0 0 1.000 2.09
A.Fernandez 106.7 9 26 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.62
B.Schneider 60.0 5 13 17 0 2 0 .895 2.55
J.Harley 59.0 6 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.68
L.Berkman 24.0 1 9 8 0 1 0 .889 3.00
N.Haynes 15.7 1 5 6 1 1 1 .875 4.02
J.Spivey 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Shine 2.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
Team Total 1443.3 161 210 356 8 8 1 .978 2.27
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.66
L.Berkman 1000.3 110 117 294 9 5 1 .984 2.73
M.Restovich 340.3 41 44 121 1 0 0 1.000 3.23
N.Haynes 54.0 5 11 20 0 2 0 .909 3.33
H.Stanley 9.0 0 2 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00
J.Shine 3.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
L.Mitchell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Fernandez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1409.8 157 177 439 10 8 1 .982 2.87
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.13
J.Harley 1181.7 135 138 290 10 4 2 .987 2.28
A.Fernandez 119.3 13 19 29 1 1 0 .968 2.26
B.Schneider 58.0 5 14 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
L.Berkman 45.0 5 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
M.Cuddyer 44.7 4 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
J.Shine 43.7 9 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.27
P.Bergeron 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
H.Stanley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Restovich 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1496.4 171 200 360 11 5 2 .987 2.23
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 1.95
R.Shortell 216.0 33 33 15 31 2 0 .958 1.92
B.Zimmerman 204.0 32 32 8 26 3 3 .919 1.50
B.Claussen 202.3 33 33 6 35 1 0 .976 1.82
M.Wright 177.3 31 31 15 38 1 2 .981 2.69
J.Duran 94.3 0 80 1 13 1 1 .933 1.34
J.Perez 92.0 5 71 3 18 2 1 .913 2.05
J.Romero 78.0 0 90 3 11 0 2 1.000 1.62
N.Masset 57.7 8 50 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.87
C.Nageotte 57.0 7 55 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.74
K.Ainsworth 55.7 0 36 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.59
D.Elder 40.7 0 35 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.77
L.Garcia 34.7 6 6 1 6 3 0 .700 1.82
K.Michinori 23.0 0 18 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.39
J.Peavy 19.7 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.83
J.Austin 11.7 0 14 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77
G.Marx 4.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1368.6 159 591 66 218 13 10 .956 1.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Haynes .319
On-Base Pct Berkman .382
Slugging Pct Berkman .530
OPS Berkman .912
XR Harley 95.1
Games Harley, Mitchell 155
At-Bats Wilson 585
Runs Harley 93
Hits Wilson 173
Total Bases Harley 295
Singles Wilson 129
Doubles Haynes 32
Triples Lopez 8
Homeruns Harley 33
RBIs Berkman 93
Stolen Bases Haynes 26
Caught Stealing Haynes 16
Walks Berkman 66
Strikeouts Restovich 140
ERA Shortell 3.04
Wins Zimmerman 18
Losses Duran 10
Winning Pct Zimmerman .692
Saves Duran 46
Games Pitched Romero 90
Games Started Claussen, Shortell 33
Complete Games Zimmerman 2
Shutouts Zimmerman 1
Innings Pitched Shortell 216.0
Hits Allowed Shortell 191
Homeruns Allowed Wright 23
Strikeouts Claussen 155
Walks Allowed Claussen 95
Walks per 9IP Shortell 2.3
Hits per 9IP Wright 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Claussen 6.9
WHiP Shortell 1.13
OAVG Zimmerman .231
OOBP Shortell .291
OSLG Shortell .354
OOPS Shortell .644
Team All-Stars
Lance Berkman
J.P. Duran
Player Salaries
Lance Berkman $ 12,500,000
Rory Shortell $ 7,000,000
Josh Wilson $ 6,500,000
Josh Phelps $ 5,750,000
Juan Perez $ 5,090,000
Bob Zimmerman $ 4,914,286
Nathan Haynes $ 4,450,000
Brandon Claussen $ 4,000,000
Michael Restovich $ 3,285,714
Todd Helton $ 3,250,000
Jon Nelson $ 3,207,143
Manny Santillan $ 3,000,000
Matt Wright $ 2,750,000
Nick Masset $ 2,492,857
J.P. Duran $ 2,285,714
Junior Spivey $ 1,750,000
J.C. Romero $ 1,500,000
Mike Cuddyer $ 1,350,000
Alex Fernandez $ 1,300,000
Brian Schneider $ 1,084,000
Felipe Lopez $ 750,000
Kurt Ainsworth $ 500,000
Henri Stanley $ 500,000
Dave Elder $ 500,000
Carlos Hernandez $ 350,000
Erick Almonte $ 350,000
Johnnie Harley $ 300,000
Clifton Lawhorn $ 300,000
Kazue Michinori $ 300,000
Lee Mitchell $ 300,000
Guy Marx $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/15 Signed     Brian Schneider
5/9 Traded Joseph Shine Philadelphia Kendry Delgado
Eric Needham
5/9 Traded Joe Borchard Toronto Juan Perez
6/2 Released Claude Kaminsky    
6/2 Released Lee Desjardins    
6/2 Released Patrick Leclaire    
6/2 Released Isidro Filkins    
6/2 Released Jeff Austin    
7/31 Traded Clint Nageotte Philadelphia Eric Hedin
Clifton Lawhorn
8/15 Traded Nick Masset Toronto Luis Garcia
David Wareham
8/15 Traded James Newlon
Aidan Macwilliam
Florida Jake Peavy
Cash
8/15 Traded Samuel Marra Florida Danny Carls
Cash
8/15 Released Mike Hessman