2008 Houston Astros season

2008 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMinute Maid Park
CityHouston, Texas
Record86–75 (.534)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersDrayton McLane Jr.
General managersEd Wade
ManagersCecil Cooper
TelevisionFSN Houston
KTXH (My 20)
Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies
RadioKTRH
Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond
KLAT (Spanish)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference

The 2008 Houston Astros season was the 47th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 44th as the Astros, 47th in the National League (NL), 15th in the NL Central division, and ninth at Minute Maid Park. The Astros entered the season with a 73–89 record, in fourth place in the NL Central division and 12 games behind the division-champion Chicago Cubs.

On March 31, pitcher Roy Oswalt made his sixth consecutive Opening Day start for the Astros, hosted by the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, but were defeated, 4–0. In the amateur draft, the Astros' first round selections included catcher Jason Castro (10th overall) and pitcher Jordan Lyles (38th).

First baseman Lance Berkman and shortstop Miguel Tejada were selected to the MLB All-Star Game, representing the Astros and playing for the National League, It was the fourth career selection for Berkman, and fifth for Tejada. Closer José Valverde led the NL in saves with 44, the third pitcher to do so for Houston. On August 17, the jersey number of former second baseman Craig Biggio (7) was retired during a pre-game ceremony. On September 23, former Astros outfielder Jesús Alou was honored with the Hispanic Heritage Hall of Fame's Pioneer Award.

Houston finished the 2008 season with a 86–75 record for third place in the NL West, and 11 games behind Chicago for first place. In the NL Wild Card race, Houston ranked second, trailing the Milwaukee Brewers by 3+1⁄2 games, thus missing the playoffs. This was the 15th season in a span of 17 that Houston had finished with a record . of .500 or better, since 1992, and their final while still competing in the National League.

Off season

Summary

The Houston Astros concluded the 2007 epoch with a record of 73–89 (.451), ranking in fourth place in the NL Central division, and 12 games behind the division-champion Chicago Cubs.[1] During an era of unprecedented consistency for Houston, since 1992, the 2007 season was just their second losing campaign, with the other being 2000.[2] On June 28, Craig Biggio attained the 3,000th hit of his career, becoming the 27th player in Major League history.[3] Biggio played his final Major League game on September 30, 2007, retiring after 20 seasons, all as a member of the Astros.[4] Moreover, Biggio became the first Astro to be recognized with the Roberto Clemente Award,[5] and was bestowed a second consecutive Heart & Hustle Award.[6] Former Colt .45s/Astros second baseman Joe Morgan was included on the 50th anniversary All-time Gold Glove Team.[7] Carlos Lee won the Silver Slugger, joining José Cruz (1983 and 1984) and Moisés Alou (1998) as the third Astros outfielder to win the award.[8]

On October 29, all six eligible Astros players filed for free agency. The list included catcher Brad Ausmus, infielder Mike Lamb, infielder Mark Loretta, outfielder Orlando Palmeiro, left-handed reliever Trever Miller and right-handed reliever Brian Moehler.

On October 30, the Astros signed catcher Brad Ausmus to a 1-year, $2 million contract.

On November 8, The Astros acquired outfielder Michael Bourn, third baseman Michael Costanzo, and right-handed reliever Geoff Geary from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for right-handed pitcher Brad Lidge and infielder Eric Bruntlett. The announcement was made by Astros General Manager Ed Wade.[9]

On November 16, the Astros acquired right-handed reliever Óscar Villarreal from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for center fielder Josh Anderson. On the same day, the Astros also signed outfielder Yordany Ramirez as a free agent.

On November 20, the Astros signed free agent utilityman Geoff Blum to a one-year deal including a club option for a second year.

On November 26, the Astros signed free agent relief pitcher Doug Brocail to a one-year deal.

On November 30, the Astros and free agent Kazuo Matsui agreed to a 3-year, $16.5 million deal. Matsui played second base for the NL Champion Colorado Rockies in the 2007 season.[10]

On December 12, the Astros acquired shortstop Miguel Tejada from the Orioles for five players. The Astros traded outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate and third baseman Mike Costanzo to Baltimore for Tejada. Adam Everett, the Astros shortstop at the time, had to deal with a double-whammy: not only did the Astros trade for Tejada, they also non-tendered Everett, leaving him without a team as of 11 p.m. CT.

On December 14, The Houston Astros' offseason of dealing continued on Friday when the club traded Chris Burke, Chad Qualls and Juan Gutiérrez to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for closer José Valverde.

In January, Brandon Backe, Ty Wigginton, and Dave Borkowski were signed to a one-year contract.

On February 20, Shawn Chacón signed a one-year deal.

On March 29, the Astros released Woody Williams.

On March 30, the contracts of OF José Cruz Jr. and RHP Brian Moehler were purchased from Triple-A Round Rock.

Spring training

In spring training the Astros posted a 13–18 record culminating with a 9–4 win in the final spring training game at Minute Maid Park.

Regular season

Summary

March–April

Carlos Lee collected both his 100th RBI of the season and 1000th of his career on the same on August 8.
Opening Day starting lineup
Uniform Player Position
14Michael BournCenter fielder
9Hunter PenceRight fielder
17Lance BerkmanFirst baseman
45Carlos LeeLeft fielder
10Miguel TejadaShortstop
21Ty WiggintonThird baseman
8Mark LorettaSecond baseman
11Brad AusmusCatcher
44Roy OswaltPitcher
Venue: Petco Park • Final: San Diego 4, Houston 0

Sources:[11][12]

The Astros commenced their 2008 season on March 31 at Petco Park for Opening Day. Right-hander Roy Oswalt, making his sixth Opening Day start for the Astros, took over the club record for pitchers, surpassing five each by J. R. Richard (1980), Mike Scott (1991), and Shane Reynolds (2000).[13] Oswalt started opposite the reigning Cy Young Award winner, Jake Peavy.[14] Behind Peavy's dominant, scoreless seven innings, the Padres defeated the Astros, 4 to 0. At the plate, Peavy delivered San Diego's first two tallies of the season with a sacrifice fly and a run batted in (RBI) single. Oswalt, meanwhile, was charged with three runs over 5+1⁄3 innings to take the defeat.[15]

After having lost the first two games of the 2008 campaign to the San Diego Padres, the Astros trailed 6–5 on April 2 in the top of the ninth with two outs. With Padres closer Trevor Hoffman on the mound, the Astros put two runners on base. Hunter Pence then scalded a line drive that deflected off Adrián González' glove, which skipped into right field, allowing Houston to tie the score. Next, Lance Berkman smashed a three-run home run to deep center field, positioning the Astros in front for a 9–6 score. Astros reliever José Valverde then closed out the Astros' first 2008 win. Geoff Blum, Ty Wigginton, and Carlos Lee all went deep for their first home runs of the year. Berkman also purloined a base.[16]

During consecutive games on April 21 and 22, Miguel Tejada became the sixth hitter in team history to record four hits each over consecutive games, succeeding Jeff Bagwell on July 14 and 15, 1995. Tejada doubled twice, homered, and drove in five runners.[a][17]

Lance Berkman won the NL Player of the Week Award for April 21 to 27:[18] The Astros went 5–2, while Berkman batted .455 / .517 on-base percentage (OBP) / 1.136 slugging percentage, four home runs, 12 runs batted in (RBI), and 25 total bases.[19] This was the first of five Player of the Week Awards for the Astros on the season, two of which were claimed by Berkman.[18]

May

Hunter Pence at-bat in 2008.

On May 4 and 6, Lance Berkman became the seventh hitter to attain consecutive four-hit games for Houston. Berkman had three doubles and a home run. Miguel Tejada attained consecutive four-hit games just weeks earlier on April 22, and April 23.[17]

After being shut down for six innings via a no-hit bid from Hiroki Kuroda on May 11, Pence rifled a two-out single in the seventh. Houston later responded with six runs in the eighth inning. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, two Dodgers runs already in and baserunner on first, Valverde relieved Doug Brocail. He retired Andre Ethier on a popup to preserve Houston's 8–5 comeback win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.[20][21]

Berkman belted a two-run home on May 14 at AT&T Park to lead an Astros 6–3 win over the San Francisco Giants. Already on an offensive tear to start the season off, the home run put Berkman at the top of the NL leaderboard (14) and also for each of runs scored (43), runs batted in (40 RBI), on-base plus slugging percentage (1.264 OPS), to go along with a robust .388 batting average.[22]

Though Pence had homered twice on May 23 to put the Astros ahead, 4–3, all eyes were on Valverde, who took a line drive off his face. However, he stayed in retire the Philadelphia Phillies and close out his 15th save.[23]

On May 27, Pence hit 5-for-5 against the St. Louis Cardinals, leading an 8–2 Astros win. This win moved the Astros into second-place tie with St. Louis to trail only the Chicago Cubs.[24]

Carlos Lee became the sixth player in club history to register 30 or more RBI over a calendar month, with the most recent having been Jeff Bagwell in July 2001.[b][25]

Over 28 contests during the month of May, Lance Berkman batted .387 / .521 on-base percentage (OBP) / .785 slugging percentage (SLG) / 1.306 on-base plus slugging (OPS), 10 doubles, nine home runs, and 24 RBI in 93 at bats. He also aggregated 73 total bases, scored 20 runs, drew 24 bases on balls, and struck out 11 times.[26] Hence, Berkman was recognized as NL Player of the Month, his second instance winning the award, while also having been the most recent Astro so named, in May 2004.[27]

June

The Astros announced on June 25 an indefinite suspension of starting pitcher Shawn Chacón and eventually, voiding of his contract. Chacón had initiated an altercation with general manager Ed Wade in which he grabbed Wade's neck and threw him to the ground.[28]

July

On July 27, Geoff Blum homered twice for his fifth career multi-home run game and ninth with four or more RBI.[29] Meanwhile, Brad Ausmus produced his 10th career four-hit game, scored twice and drove in two runs.[30] Blum connected both times off Jeff Suppan, while the efforts led an 11–6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Miguel Tejeda collected two hits and three RBI, Lance Berkman, Hunter Pence, and Darin Erstad all added two-hit games.[31]

On July 29, Carlos Lee connected for his third grand slam as a Houston Astro.[32] The blast occurred during the bottom of the fifth inning to deep left field, capping a 6–2 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds. Brian Moehler (6–4) cruised for the victory, pitching into the ninth and until the penultimate out. With two baserunners on, Wesley Wright entered in relief and whiffed Joey Votto for the final out and save,[33] the first of his major league career.[34]

August

On August 6, Brandon Backe surrendered a career-worst 11 runs over 3+2⁄3 innings.[35] Most of the damaged was done in the third inning, when Mark DeRosa connected for a grand slam, highlighting an 11–4 defeat to the Cubs.[36]

With a victory on August 7, Houston launched a season-high eight-game winning streak.[37] Led by seven innings with one run allowed from Roy Oswalt (9–8), the Astros took a 7–4 decision from the Cincinnati Reds. Tejada, Berkman, and Lee collected three hits each, while Pence slugged his 15th longball.[38]

Carlos Lee, in peak form, on August 8 delivered a two-run double in the tenth inning to defeat the Reds, 9–5. The play brought an NL-leading 100th run batted in (RBI) of the season, as well the 1000th of his career. Lee added a home run among four hits, and Kaz Matsui, Humberto Quintero and Pence also went deep. However, the following day, Lee sustained a fractured pinkie when hit by pitch on a Bronson Arroyo offering, halting his season after 115 games.[39]

For the week of August 4–10, Lee was recognized with the NL Player of the Week Award:[18] At that point, Lee had been on course for the best offensive statistical season of his major league career, with injuries never being an issue. In each of ten different seasons, "El Caballo" appeared in 150 or more contests.[40]

On August 16, Brandon Backe tied a major league record by relinquishing two grand slams in the same game,[41] during the first inning, to Miguel Montero, and then in the sixth, to Chris Young. This led an 11–5 Arizona Diamondbacks' victory over the Astros. Montero also cranked a solo home run in the fourth inning.[42] The three home runs and 11 earned runs charged to Backe both tied a career-high.[35]

Retirement of Craig Biggio's uniform number 7

Craig Biggio signs autographs at a Houston sports collectors show in 2014.

Longtime second baseman Craig Biggio's jersey number 7 was officially retired by the club during a pre-game ceremony at Minute Maid Park on August 17, 2008. A seven-time All-Star, Biggio played all 20 seasons with the Astros and retired as the franchise leader in games played (2,850), at bats (10,876), runs scored (1,844), and hits (3,060), and the all-time leader in doubles by right-handed hitters in major league history (668).[43]

Rest of August

The Astros commenced an eight-game winning streak on August 27, matching their season-high started less than three weeks earlier, on August 7.[37]

Lance Berkman connected for his first career walk-off home run on August 29, the 285th home run, to set a major league record. Previously, Alex Rodriguez (275) held the record for number of times homering prior to his first Major League walk-off blast.[44] It was a solo home run off Russ Springer during the bottom of the ninth to win it, 3–2, over the St. Louis Cardinals. This was also the first walk-off hit of Berkman's career.[45]

Over 14 appearances during the month of August, José Valverde recorded a 0.64 earned run average (ERA), 1–0 W–L record, and 10 saves. Valverde struck out 17, and surrendered five hits and three walks for a 0.571 walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP).[46] Valverde successfully converted a save in each of his final 10 outings of the month.[47] Following this production, Valverde was named Delivery Man of the Month. He was the first Astros reliever to be recognized since Brad Lidge in 2005.[48]

September

Closer José Valverde converted his 40th save on September 7, also recording his 15th successive conversion. Valverde worked the 11th inning and whiffed two to finalize a 9-to-7 triumph over the Chicago Cubs.[47] Valverde became the third Astros moundsman to attain 40 or more saves in a season, joining Billy Wagner (44 in 2003) and Brad Lidge (42 in 2005).[c][49]

On September 8, in his first major league plate appearance, Mark Saccomanno connected for a home run on the first pitch thrown to him at the level. He became the 12th player in National League history to achieve the latter distinction,[50] and the 25th major leaguer overall.[51] Saccomanno appeared as a pinch hitter in the fifth inning.[Note 1]

Miguel Tejada playing for the Astros in 2008.

Roy Oswalt established the Astros' franchise record with a 32+1⁄3 scoreless innings streak through September 11, surpassing 31 innings set by J. R. Richard in 1980, while having polished off a 6–0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on 90 pitches. It extended Houston's winning streak to six games to pull within 3 games of the NL Wild Card-leading Milwaukee Brewers. Having won 14 of 15 games, Houston jetted to a major league-leading 36–16 record since the All-Star break.[52]

Due to damage in Houston inflicted by Hurricane Ike, the September 14 home contest against the Cubs was relocated to Miller Park in Milwaukee. There, Carlos Zambrano no-hit the Astros, 5–0, making it the first-ever neutral site no-hitter in Major League Baseball. Zambrano allowed just two base-runners, issuing a walk to Michael Bourn in the fourth inning and hit by pitch of Hunter Pence in the fifth inning.[53]

During a pre-game ceremony at Minute Maid Park on September 23, 2008, former Houston Astros outfielder Jesús Alou was recognized with the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame's Pioneer Award.[54]

On September 26, José Valverde was charged with his first blown save since July 21, 2008, ending a streak of 18 straight save conversions. However, Valverde (6–3) overcame a shaky outing to earn the victory.[47] With one out during the bottom of the ninth inning, Darin Erstad took Braves reliever Julián Tavárez deep for a walk-off home run.[55] At the time, eighteen consecutive saves represented the fourth-longest stretch in club history, following Lidge (24 consecutive from June 21 to September 28, 2005, and Wagner (twice: 22 from July 8 to September 24, 2003; and 19 from April 16 to July 9, 1998).[d][56]

Performance overview

The Astros concluded the 2008 season with a 86–75 record for third place in the NL Central, and 11 games behind Chicago for first place, an improvement from 73 wins in 2007.[57] In the NL Wild Card race, Houston ranked second, trailing the Milwaukee Brewers by 3+1⁄2 games, thus missing the playoffs.[58] The 2008 season resulted as Houston's final winning campaign as members of the National League,[e] and final until their next Wild Card title in 2015, closing out an era of unprecedented consistency for the club. Over a span of 30 seasons since 1979, twenty-two redounded with a winning record, including fourteen of the final 16 (since 1993).[2]

The Astros as a team committed 67 errors, the fewest by any team in National League history, excluding seasons that were shortened.[59]

José Valverde led the National League in saves with 44, tying Billy Wagner for the club record (2003).[59] Valverde became the first Colt .45s/Astros reliever since Fred Gladding in 1969 to lead the National League in saves, and third overall, also joining Hal Woodeshick in 1964.[60] Valverde also became the third Astros reliever to record 40 or more saves, also joining Brad Lidge (2005).[c][49]

Lance Berkman, leader of the National League in doubles (46) for the second time, first did so in the 2001 season. Berkman joined César Cedeño (twice, 1971 and 1972) and former teammate and fellow "Killer B" Craig Biggio (thrice, 1994, 1998 and 1999) as Astros to have led the league in multiple campaigns.[61] Berkman was also recognized as team Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the fifth time, which broke a tie with José Cruz and was one behind another fellow Killer B Jeff Bagwell for must in club history.[62]

Miguel Tejada established a National League single-season record by grounding into 32 double plays.[f][63]

Season standings

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9764 .602 — 55‍–‍26 42‍–‍38
Milwaukee Brewers 9072 .556 7½ 49‍–‍32 41‍–‍40
Houston Astros 8675 .534 11 47‍–‍33 39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 8676 .531 11½ 46‍–‍35 40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 7488 .457 23½ 43‍–‍38 31‍–‍50
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795 .414 30½ 39‍–‍42 28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2008

Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WAS AL
Arizona–3–52–42–415–32–74–28–102–53–33–44–310–811–73–44–26–9
Atlanta5–3–0–63–34–310–83–34–23–611–74–142–55–12–52–56–128–7
Chicago4–26–0–8–75–14–38–95–29–74–23–414–45–24–39–63–36–9
Cincinnati4–23–37–8–1–56–23–121–710–83–43–56–94–35–15–104–39–6
Colorado3–153–41–55–1–5–33–38–104–33–60–55–29–911–73–44–37–8
Florida7–28–103–42–63–5–4–23–45–18–1010–83–24–23–32–514–35–10
Houston2–43–39–812–33–32–4–4–37–85–23–48–83–37–17–84–27–11
Los Angeles10–82–42–57–110–84–33–4–4–23–44–45–211–79–92–43–35–10
Milwaukee5–26–37–98–103–41–58–72–4–2–41–514–14–36–010–56–27–8
New York3–37–112–44–36–310–82–54–34–2–11–74–32–55–14–312–69–6
Philadelphia4–314–44–35–35–08–104–34–45–17–11–4–24–23–35–412–64–11
Pittsburgh3–45–24–149–62–52–38–82–51–143–42–4–3–44–210–73–46–9
San Diego8–101–52–53–49–92–43–37–113–45–22–44–3–5–131–65–13–15
San Francisco7–115–23–41–57–113–31–79–90–61–53–32–413–5–4–37–06–12
St. Louis4–35–26–910–54–35–28–74–25–103–44–57–106–13–4–5–17–8
Washington2–412–63–33–43–43–142–43–32–66–126–124–31–50–71–5–8–10

Roster

2008 Houston Astros
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Game log

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  • † = Interleague Game
  • All games, dates and times are subject to change
2008 Game Log
March
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
1March 31@ Padres0–4Peavy (1–0)Oswalt (0–1)44,9650–1
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
2April 1@ Padres1–2Young (1–0)Backe (0–1)Hoffman (1)20,8250–2
3April 2@ Padres9–6Valverde (1–0)Hoffman (0–1)18,7141–2
4April 3@ Padres2–3E. González (1–0)Villareal (0–1)Hoffman (2)24,4321–3
5April 4@ Cubs4–3Wright (1–0)Lieber (0–1)Valverde (1)37,8122–3
6April 5@ Cubs7–9Hart (1–0)Oswalt (0–2)Wood (2)40,7072–4
7April 6@ Cubs2–3Zambrano (1–0)Villarreal (0–2)Wood (3)40,9292–5
8April 7Cardinals5–3Valverde (2–0)McClellan (0–1)43,4833–5
9April 8Cardinals3–5Reyes (1–0)Geary (0–1)Isringhausen (4)30,1843–6
10April 9Cardinals4–6Looper (2–0)Sampson (0–1)Isringhausen (5)29,1873–7
11April 11Marlins6–10Nolasco (1–0)Oswalt (0–3)34,1913–8
12April 12Marlins5–0Backe (1–1)Miller (0–2)34,3364–8
13April 13Marlins5–1Rodríguez (1–0)Badenhop (0–1)29,7665–8
14April 15@ Phillies3–4Seánez (1–1)Valverde (2–1)34,6095–9
15April 16@ Phillies2–1Oswalt (1–3)Kendrick (1–2)Brocail (1)31,6446–9
16April 17@ Phillies2–10Myers (2–1)Backe (1–2)33,5266–10
17April 18Rockies11–5Morales (1–1)Sampson (0–2)34,2726–11
18April 19Rockies2–3Cook (2–1)Villarreal (0–3)Corpas (4)34,5406–12
19April 20Rockies6–4Wright (2–0)Fuentes (0–1)Valverde (2)35,2867–12
20April 21Padres10–3Oswalt (2–3)Germano (0–2)28,6008–12
21April 22Padres11–7Valverde (3–1)Bell (0–2)33,4349–12
22April 23@ Reds9–3Sampson (1–2)Arroyo (0–3)16,01710–12
23April 24@ Reds5–3Cassel (1–0)Cueto (3)Valverde (3)17,40311–12
24April 25@ Cardinals3–2Wright (2–0)Isringhausen (1–2)Valverde (4)41,19312–12
25April 26@ Cardinals3–4Wainwright (3–1)Borkowski (0–1)43,04012–13
26April 27@ Cardinals1–5Lohse (3–0)Backe (1–3)McClellan (1)44,22212–14
27April 28@ D-backs3–5Haren (4–1)Sampson (1–3)Lyon (8)19,86812–15
28April 29@ D-backs6–4Brocail (1–0)González (1–2)Valverde (5)20,24113–15
29April 30@ D-backs7–8Medders (1–0)Borkowski (0–2)Lyon (9)21,51913–16
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
30May 2Brewers7–4Oswalt (3–3)Villanueva (1–3)Valverde (6)39,71514–16
31May 3Brewers6–2Backe (2–3)Parra (1–2)35,00215–16
32May 4Brewers8 – 6 (12)Byrdak (1–0)Stetter (1–1)38,30116–16
33May 6Nationals6–5Brocail (2–0)Ayala (1–2)Valverde (7)30,33517–16
34May 7Nationals4–3Valverde (4–1)Hanrahan (0–2)30,43218–16
35May 8Nationals8–3Lannan (3–3)Backe (2–4)33,43318–17
36May 9@ Dodgers7–1Moehler (1–0)Lowe (2–3)52,65819–17
37May 10@ Dodgers5–0Sampson (2–3)Billingsley (2–5)45,21220–17
38May 11@ Dodgers8–5Geary (1–1)Broxton (1–1)Valverde (8)40,21721–17
39May 12@ Giants7–3Oswalt (4–3)Chulk (0–1)Valderde (9)30,16522–17
40May 13@ Giants4–2Cain (2–3)Backe (2–5)Wilson (12)30,85822–18
41May 14@ Giants6–3Villarreal (1–3)Taschner (2–1)Valverde (10)33,07023–18
42May 15@ Giants8–7Byrdak (2–0)Chulk (0–2)Valverde (11)33,77124–18
43May 16@ Rangers †16–8Wright (2–1)Wright (3–1)32,11724–19
44May 17@ Rangers†6–2Padilla (6–2)Oswalt (4–4)38,53424–20
45May 18@ Rangers†5–4Backe (2–5)Gabbard (1–1)Valverde (11)33,56125–20
46May 19Cubs7–2Lilly (5–4)Moehler (1–1)32,45825–21
47May 20Cubs4–2Sampson (3–3)Dempster (5–2)Valverde (13)33,33926–21
48May 21Cubs5–3Chacón (1–0)Gallagher (1–1)33,25127–21
49May 22Phillies7–5Durbin (1–1)Wright (3–2)Lidge (12)29,26327–22
50May 23Phillies4–3Backe (3–5)Eaton (0–3)Valverde (12)41,15228–22
51May 24Phillies4–3Moehler (2–1)Myers (2–6)Brocail (2)42,66029–22
52May 25Phillies6–15Seánez (3–3)Nieve (0–1)43,07929–23
53May 27@ Cardinals8–2Chacón (1–0)Looper (6–4)41,10430–23
54May 28@ Cardinals1–6Wainwright (5–2)Rodríguez (1–1)41,11430–24
55May 29@ Cardinals2–3Lohse (5–2)Oswalt (4–5)Franklin (4)41,78630–25
56May 30@ Brewers5–1Parra (3–2)Backe (4–6)32,03930–26
57May 31@ Brewers4–1Sheets (6–1)Moehler (2–2)Torres (5)42,91330–27
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
58June 1@ Brewers10–1Bush (2–5)Chacón (2–1)44,61330–28
59June 3@ Pirates2–0Rodríguez (2–1)Dumatrait (2–3)Valverde (16)13,18331–28
60June 4@ Pirates5–2Duke (3–4)Oswalt (4–6)Capps (12)9,39231–29
61June 5@ Pirates4–3Maholm (4–5)Backe (4–7)Capps (13)10,72831–30
62June 6Cardinals6–1Moehler (3–2)Looper (7–5)38,59632–30
63June 7Cardinals8–4Wainwright (6–3)Chacón (2–2)39,81132–31
64June 8Cardinals5–4Lohse (7–2)Rodríguez (2–2)Franklin (8)39,92332–32
65June 10Brewers6–1Oswalt (5–6)McClung (3–3)35,05833–32
66June 11Brewers10–6Parra (5–2)Backe (4–8)33,80633–33
67June 12Brewers9–6Sheets (7–1)Moehler (3–3)35,70933–34
68June 13Yankees†2–1Veras (1–0)Brocail (2–1)Farnsworth (1)43,09533–35
69June 14Yankees†8–4Mussina (10–4)Rodríguez (2–3)43,40933–36
70June 15Yankees†13–0Wang (8–2)Oswalt (5–7)43,16533–37
71June 17@ Orioles†6–5Johnson (2–2)Brocail (2–2)Sherrill (23)21,53533–38
72June 18@ Orioles†2 – 1 (10)Bradford (3–2)Valverde (4–2)21,11233–39
73June 19@ Orioles†7–5Burres (6–5)Chacón (2–3)Sherrill (24)31,48033–40
74June 20@ Rays†4–3Oswalt (6–7)Garza (5–4)Valverde (17)14,74134–40
75June 21@ Rays†4–3Wheeler (2–3)Brocail (2–3)29,95334–41
76June 22@ Rays†3–2Backe (5–8)Kazmir (6–3)Valverde (18)19,77835–41
77June 24Rangers†4–3Moehler (4–3)Hurley (0–1)Valverde (19)40,05236–41
78June 25Rangers†3–2Mendoza (1–2)Oswalt (6–8)Wilson (16)32,56736–42
79June 26Rangers†7–2Rodríguez (3–3)Millwood (5–4)36,50637–42
80June 27Red Sox†6–1Matsuzaka (9–1)Hernández (0–1)Papelbon (24)42,32737–43
81June 28Red Sox†11–10Brocail (3–3)Delcarmen (0–2)Valverde (20)43,07338–43
82June 29Red Sox†3–2Brocail (4–3)Aardsma (2–2)Valverde (21)42,06639–43
83June 30Dodgers4–1Oswalt (7–8)Stults (2–1)Valverde (22)28,82740–44
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
84July 1Dodgers7 – 6 (11)Park (4–2)Wright (3–3)Saito (13)31,91440–44
85July 2Dodgers4–1Kuroda (4–6)Hernández (0–2)34,05840–45
86July 3Dodgers5–2Billingsley (8–7)Backe (5–9)Saito (14)35,69640–46
87July 4@ Braves6–2Hudson (9–6)Moehler (4–4)48,04540–47
88July 5@ Braves6–1Sampson (4–3)Reyes (3–7)37,04941–47
89July 6@ Braves7 – 6 (17)Ring (2–1)Byrdak (2–1)24,16941–48
90July 7@ Pirates10–7Bautista (2–2)Hernández (0–3)Marte (2)13,32341–49
91July 8@ Pirates4–3Grabow (5–2)Brocail (4–4)Marte (3)17,86741–50
92July 9@ Pirates6–4Moehler (5–4)Burnett (0–1)Valverde (23)13,88442–50
93July 11@ Nationals10–0Redding (7–3)Paronto (0–1)Shell (1)33,65342–51
94July 12@ Nationals6–4Rodríguez (4–3)Balester (1–2)Valverde (24)30,68243–51
95July 13@ Nationals5–0Backe (6–9)Pérez (2–7)31,46344–51
96July 18Cubs2–1Geary (2–1)Howry (3–3)42,36845–51
97July 19Cubs4–1Rodríguez (5–3)Zambrano (10–4)Valverde (25)43,12946–51
98July 20Cubs9–0Dempster (11–4)Backe (6–10)41,16146–52
99July 21Pirates9–2Valverde (4–3)Yates (4–2)34,62446–53
100July 22Pirates8–2Maholm (7–6)Cassel (1–1)33,99646–54
101July 23Pirates8–7Osoria (4–3)Geary (2–2)Marte (5)36,09146–55
102July 25@ Brewers3–1Rodríguez (6–3)Parra (9–3)Valverde (26)41,35747–55
103July 26@ Brewers6–4Gagné (4–2)Brocail (4–5)Torres (20)43,48947–56
104July 27@ Brewers11–6Sampson (5–3)Suppan (5–7)31,56548–56
105July 28Reds5–4Oswalt (8–8)Cueto (7–10)Valverde (27)31,78349–56
106July 29Reds6–2Moehler (6–4)Arroyo (9–8)Wright (1)34,01550–56
107July 30Reds9–5Vólquez (13–4)Rodríguez (6–4)30,27250–57
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
108August 1Mets7–3Brocail (5–5)Heilman (1–5)41,08351–57
109August 2Mets5–4Valverde (5–3)Heilman (1–6)39,15252–57
110August 3Mets4–0Wolf (7–10)Pérez (7–7)38,60253–57
111August 4@ Cubs2 – 0 (8)Moehler (7–4)Dempster (12–5)Hawkins (1)40,86754–57
112August 5@ Cubs11–7Howry (4–4)Sampson (5–4)40,41654–58
113August 6@ Cubs11–4Marquis (7–7)Backe (6–11)41,10754–59
114August 7@ Reds7–4Oswalt (9–8)Fogg (2–4)27,37855–59
115August 8@ Reds9 – 5 (10)Sampson (6–4)Cordero (4–4)25,65256–59
116August 9@ Reds3–1Moehler (8–4)Arroyo (10–9)Valverde (28)26,04457–59
117August 10@ Reds13–4Rodríguez (7–4)Harang (3–12)30,78958–59
118August 11Giants3–1Backe (7–11)Sánchez (8–9)Valverde (29)28,22059–59
118August 12Giants12–4Oswalt (10–8)Walker (4–7)29,45160–59
120August 13Giants6–2Wolf (8–10)Zito (6–15)30,33061–59
121August 14Giants7–4Hawkins (2–1)Yabu (3–5)Valverde (30)33,61262–59
122August 15Diamondbacks12–2Webb (18–4)Rodríguez (7–5)36,03562–60
123August 16Diamondbacks11–5Petit (2–3)Backe (7–12)33,61262–61
124August 17Diamondbacks3–0Oswalt (11–8)Johnson (10–9)Valverde (31)42,61963–61
125August 18@ Brewers9–3Sabathia (14–8)Wolf (8–11)41,99163–62
126August 19@ Brewers5–2Moehler (9–4)Sheets (11–7)Valverde (32)41,66264–62
127August 20@ Brewers5–2Parra (10–6)Rodríguez (7–6)Torres (24)41,41964–63
128August 22@ Mets5–2Santana (12–7)Oswalt (11–9)Ayala (1)52,00864–64
129August 23@ Mets8–3Backe (8–12)Maine (10–8)51,76665–64
130August 24@ Mets6–4Hawkins (3–1)Feliciano (2–4)Valverde (33)49,75866–64
131August 25@ Mets9–1Pelfrey (13–8)Moehler (9–5)41,41966–65
132August 26Reds2–1Arroyo (12–10)Geary (2–3)30,39566–66
133August 27Reds4–1Oswalt (12–9)Fogg (2–7)Valverde (34)30,74167–66
134August 28Reds3–2Backe (9–12)Harang (4–14)Valverde (35)30,02868–66
135August 29Cardinals3–2Brocail (6–5)Springer (2–1)33,34769–66
136August 30Cardinals8–5Moehler (10–5)Looper (12–11)Valverde (36)37,56970–66
137August 31Cardinals3–0Rodríguez (8–6)Wellemeyer (11–6)Valverde (37)35,63871–66
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
138September 1@ Cubs3–0Oswalt (13–9)Marquis (9–8)Valverde (38)40,67072–66
139September 2@ Cubs9–7Wright (8–6)Wood (4–3)Valverde (39)39,84673–66
140September 3@ Cubs4–0Wolf (9–11)Dempster (15–6)40,16374–66
141September 5@ Rockies5–3Jiménez (10–12)Moehler (10–6)Fuentes (27)26,16374–67
142September 6@ Rockies2–0Oswalt (14–9)Francis (4–9)32,35275–67
143September 7@ Rockies7–5Brocail (7–5)Buchholz (6–5)Valverde (40)30,50976–67
144September 8Pirates3–2Arias (1–0)Snell (6–11)Valverde (41)26,52677–67
145September 9Pirates9–3Wolf (10–11)Ohlendorf (1–2)30,03478–67
146September 10Pirates7–4Moehler (11–6)Bautista (4–4)Valverde (42)26,85979–67
147September 11Pirates6–0Oswalt (15–9)Duke (5–14)31,10180–67
–September 12CubsPostponed (Hurricane Ike) Rescheduled for September 14 @ Miller Park.
–September 13CubsPostponed (Hurricane Ike) Rescheduled for September 15 @ Miller Park.
–September 14CubsPostponed (Hurricane Ike) Cancelled due to the Astros being eliminated from playoff contention and the Cubs winning the NL Central on September 20.
148September 14Cubs*5–0Zambrano (14–5)Wolf (10–12)23,44180–68
149September 15Cubs*6–1Lilly (15–9)Moehler (11–7)15,15880–69
150September 16@ Marlins5–1Volstad (5–3)Oswalt (15–10)12,23280–70
151September 17@ Marlins2–14Nolasco (15–7)Backe (9–13)14,12480–71
152September 18@ Marlins1-8Olsen (8-10)Arias (1-1)14,21980-72
153September 19@ Pirates5-1Wolf (11-12)Snell (6-12)26,30181-72
154September 20@ Pirates4-6Davis (2-4)Brian Moehler (11-8)Capps (20)36,62181-73
155September 21@ Pirates6-2Oswalt (16-10)Ohlendorf (1-4)20,31182-73
156September 23Reds2-1Volquez (17-6)Rodríguez (8–7)Cordero (34)27,56182-74
157September 24Reds5-0Wolf (12-12)Ramírez (1–1)26,10383-74
158September 25Reds8-7Oswalt (17-10)Cueto (9-14)José Valverde (43)31,20484-74
159September 26Braves5-4José Valverde (6-3)Tavárez (1-5)33,47785-74
160September 27Braves5-11Vladimir Núñez (1-2)Backe (9-14)37,49185-75
161September 28Braves3-1Rodríguez (9-7)Hampton (3-4)José Valverde (44)37,11386-75
*At Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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
CBrad Ausmus8121647.218324
1BLance Berkman159554173.31229106
2BKazuo Matsui96375110.293633
SSMiguel Tejada158632179.2831366
3BTy Wigginton111386110.2852358
LFCarlos Lee115436137.31428100
CFMichael Bourn138467107.229529
RFHunter Pence157595160.2692583

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
Geoff Blum11432578.2401453
Darin Erstad14032289.276431
Mark Loretta10126173.280438
Humberto Quintero5916838.226212
J. R. Towles5414620.137416
David Newhan6410427.260212
Reggie Abercrombie345517.30925
José Cruz Jr.38496.12201
José Castillo15329.28102
Mark Saccomanno10102.20012
Tomás Pérez8102.20000
Edwin Maysonet771.14300
J.R. House330.00001

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 Oswalt32208.217103.54165
Brandon Backe31166.29146.05127
Brian Moehler31150.01184.5682
Wandy Rodríguez25137.1973.54131
Shawn Chacón1585.2235.0453
Randy Wolf1270.2623.5757
Runelvys Hernández419.1038.3815

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
Chris Sampson54117.1644.2261
Jack Cassel930.1115.6414
Alberto Árias38.0116.758

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
José Valverde7463443.3883
Doug Brocail727523.9364
Wesley Wright714315.0157
Tim Byrdak592103.9047
Geoff Geary552302.5345
Óscar Villarreal351305.0221
Dave Borkowski260207.5024
LaTroy Hawkins242010.4325
Fernando Nieve110108.4412
Chad Paronto60104.354

Awards and achievements

Grand slams

Craig Biggio's number 7 was retired by the Houston Astros in August 17, 2008.
No.DateAstros batterVenueInningPitcherOpposing teamBox
1 May 20 Hunter Pence Minute Maid Park 4[i] Dennis Dove St. Louis Cardinals
2 July 6 Ty Wigginton[ii] Turner Field 8[i] Charlie Morton Atlanta Braves
3 July 29 Carlos Lee Minute Maid Park 5 Bronson Arroyo Cincinnati Reds [33]
4 August 1 Mark Loretta 8[i] Aaron Heilman New York Mets
5 August 12 Lance Berkman 7 Jack Taschner San Francisco Giants
6 September 10 Miguel Tejada 6 Denny Bautista Pittsburgh Pirates
  1. 1 2 3 Tied score or took lead
  2. ↑ 1st MLB grand slam

Career honors

Annual awards

League leaders

NL fielding leaders[71]

Minor league system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League Dave Clark
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Texas League Luis Pujols
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

Notes

  1. ↑ Next accomplished for Houston by Lance Berkman just weeks later on May 4 to May 6, 2008. Criteria: Longest streak of consecutive games, playing for HOU, in the regular season, requiring Hits ≥ 4, sorted by most games matching criteria.
  2. ↑ In June 2018, Alex Bregman and Evan Gattis each became the next Astros to match Lee's achievement. Criteria: In the regular season, from 1898 to 2026, playing for HOU, for any choice in months, requiring runs batted in ≥ 28, sorted by greatest runs batted in.
  3. 1 2 For single seasons, playing for HOU, in the regular season, requiring saves ≥ 40, sorted by ascending season.
  4. ↑ Longest streak of consecutive games, playing for HOU, in the regular season, up to 2008, requiring saves ≥ 1, sorted by most games matching criteria.
  5. ↑ Houston would be realigned as members of the American League (AL) in 2013.
  6. ↑ By contrast, in 1997, Biggio played the first 162-game season (no games missed) in the Major Leagues without having grounded into any double plays.
  7. ↑ Co-winner with Johan Santana of the New York Mets.
  8. ↑ Co-winner with Andre Ethier of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  1. ↑ Saccomano became the fourth Houston Astro to hit a home in his first major league plate appearance. He was preceded by Charlton Jimerson on September 4, 2006, and succeeded by Zach Cole on September 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ Played for the Houston Astros from 1969–1973, 1978, and 1979.

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