2006 Houston Astros season

2006 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 82–80 (.506)
Divisional place 2nd
Other information
Owner(s) Drayton McLane, Jr.
General manager(s) Tim Purpura
Manager(s) Phil Garner
Local television KNWS-TV
FSN Southwest
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)
Local radio KTRH
(Milo Hamilton, Dave Raymond, Brett Dolan)
KLAT
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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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

National League Central

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 8378 0.516 — 49–31 34–47
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 1½ 44–37 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 8082 0.494 3½ 42–39 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 7587 0.463 8½ 48–33 27–54
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795 0.414 16½ 43–38 24–57
Chicago Cubs 6696 0.407 17½ 36–45 30–51

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—6–14–24–212–72–44–58–103–31–61–55–19–108–114–31–54–11
Atlanta1–6—6–14–33–311–83–43–32–47–117–113–37–23–44–210–85–10
Chicago2–41–6—10–92–42–47–84–28–83–32–56–90–72–411–82–44–11
Cincinnati2–43–49–10—5–14–210–50–69–103–42–49–72–42–59–65–16-9
Colorado 7–123–34–21–5—3–34–24–152–41–53–43–310–910–82–78–011–4
Florida4–28–114–22–43–3—3–41–57–08–116–135–23–33–31–511–79–9
Houston5–44–38–75–102–44-3—3–310–52–42–413–33–31–59–74–47–11
Los Angeles 10–83–32–46–015–45–13–3—4–23–44–36–45–1313–60–74–25–10
Milwaukee3–34–28–810–94–20–75–102–4—3–35–17–94–36–37–91–56–9
New York6–111–73–34–35–111–84–24–33–3—11–85–45–23–34–212–66–9
Philadelphia5-111–75–24–24–313–64–23–41–58–11—3–32–45–13–39–105–13
Pittsburgh1–53–39–67–93–32–53–134–69–74–53–3—1–56–16–93–33–12
San Diego10–92–77–04–29–103–33–313–53–42–54–25–1—7–124–25–17–8
San Francisco11–84–34–25–28–103–35–16–133–63–31–51–612–7—1–41–58–7
St. Louis3–42–48–116–97–25-17–97–09–72–43–39–62–44–1—4–35–10
Washington5–18–104–21–50–87-114–42–45–16–1210–93–31–55–13–4—7–11

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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Farm system

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 Jack Lind
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Gregg Langbehn
Rookie Greeneville Astros Appalachian League Iván DeJesús

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Corpus Christi

References

  1. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ransoco01.shtml
  2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huffau01.shtml
1st Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com
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