2016 Houston Astros season

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2016 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
  • American League (since 2013)
    • AL West Division (since 2013)
Location
  • Minute Maid Park (since 2000)
  • Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record84–78 (.519)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Jim Crane
General manager(s)Jeff Luhnow
Manager(s)A. J. Hinch
Local televisionRoot Sports Southwest
(Bill Brown, Alan Ashby, Geoff Blum)
Local radioSportstalk 790
(Robert Ford, Steve Sparks)
KLAT (Spanish)
(Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2016 Houston Astros season was the 55th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, their 52nd as the Astros, fourth in both the American League (AL) and AL West division, and 17th at Minute Maid Park. After a 7–17 start in the month of April, the Astros produced a winning record over their next four months, highlighted by an 18–8 record in June. After going 12–15 in September, the Astros were eliminated from playoff contention. They finished in third place in the AL West with a final record of 84–78, eleven games back of the division champion Texas Rangers.

Offseason[]

  • 11/13/15 – Astros re-signed OF Colby Rasmus to the team's qualifying offer of one year, $15.8 million.[1]
  • 11/19/15 – Astros traded IF Jonathan Villar to the Milwaukee Brewers for RHP Cy Sneed.[2]
  • 11/25/15 – Astros traded IF Jed Lowrie to the Oakland Athletics for RHP Brendan McCurry.[3]
  • 12/2/15 – Astros traded C Hank Conger to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations.[4]
  • 12/2/15 – Astros non-tendered 1B Chris Carter, making him a free agent.[5]
  • 12/11/15 – Astros re-signed LHP Tony Sipp to three year, $18 million deal.[6]
  • 12/12/15 – Astros traded RHP Vincent Velasquez, RHP Mark Appel, LHP Brett Oberholtzer, RHP Harold Arauz, and RHP Thomas Eshelman to the Philadelphia Phillies for RHP Ken Giles and IF Jonathan Arauz.[7]
  • 1/28/16 – Astros signed free agent RHP Doug Fister to one year, $7 million deal.[8]

Spring training[]

2016 marked the final year the Astros will play their spring training ball at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Florida, where Houston has played since 1985. In 2017, the Astros will move to The Ballpark of The Palm Beaches, a brand new stadium located in West Palm Beach, Florida that Houston will share with the Washington Nationals.[9][10]

Houston finished fifth in the Grapefruit League with an 18–11 record, four games back of the champion Nationals.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

American League West[]

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AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 95 67 0.586 — 53–28 42–39
Seattle Mariners 86 76 0.531 9 44–37 42–39
Houston Astros 84 78 0.519 11 43–38 41–40
Los Angeles Angels 74 88 0.457 21 40–41 34–47
Oakland Athletics 69 93 0.426 26 34–47 35–46


American League Wild Card[]

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Division Leaders 		W L Pct.
Texas Rangers 95 67 0.586
Cleveland Indians 94 67 0.584
Boston Red Sox 93 69 0.574


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Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 0.549 —
Baltimore Orioles 89 73 0.549 —
Detroit Tigers 86 75 0.534 2½
Seattle Mariners 86 76 0.531 3
New York Yankees 84 78 0.519 5
Houston Astros 84 78 0.519 5
Kansas City Royals 81 81 0.500 8
Chicago White Sox 78 84 0.481 11
Los Angeles Angels 74 88 0.457 15
Oakland Athletics 69 93 0.426 20
Tampa Bay Rays 68 94 0.420 21
Minnesota Twins 59 103 0.364 30


Record against opponents[]

2016 American League Records
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Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 8–11 4–3 5–1 5–2 1–6 4–2 4–2 5–1 10–9 3–4 1–6 13–6 3–4 9–10 14–6
Boston 11–8 — 3–4 4–2 2–5 5–2 2–4 4–3 4–3 11–8 5–1 4–3 12–7 3–3 9–10 14–6
Chicago 3–4 4–3 — 8–11 7–12 3–3 5–14 2–5 12–7 3–3 5–2 4–3 4–3 4–2 5–1 9–11
Cleveland 1–5 2–4 11–8 — 14–4 3–4 14–5 6–1 10–9 2–5 4–2 3–4 5–1 2–5 4–3 13–7
Detroit 2–5 5–2 12–7 4–14 — 4–2 7–12 2–4 15–4 3–3 4–3 4–3 6–1 2–4 3–4 13–7
Houston 6–1 2–5 3–3 4–3 2–4 — 3–4 13–6 5–2 2–4 13–6 11–8 3–3 4–15 2–5 11–9
Kansas City 2–4 4–2 14–5 5–14 12–7 4–3 — 1–5 15–4 2–5 1–6 3–4 5–2 1–6 2–4 10–10
Los Angeles 2–4 3–4 5–2 1–6 4–2 6–13 5–1 — 2–4 1–6 12–7 8–11 3–4 9–10 4–3 9–11
Minnesota 1–5 3–4 7–12 9–10 4–15 2–5 4–15 4–2 — 2–5 2–4 4–2 3–4 5–2 1–6 8–12
New York 9–10 8–11 3–3 5–2 3–3 4–2 5–2 6–1 5–2 — 4–3 3–3 11–8 3–4 7–12 8–12
Oakland 4–3 1–5 2–5 2–4 3–4 6–13 6–1 7–12 4–2 3–4 — 7–12 5–2 9–10 3–3 7–13
Seattle 6–1 3–4 3–4 4–3 3–4 8–11 4–3 11–8 2–4 3–3 12–7 — 4–2 7–12 3–3 13–7
Tampa Bay 6–13 7–12 3–4 1–5 1–6 3–3 2–5 4–3 4–3 8–11 2–5 2–4 — 4–2 11–8 10–10
Texas 4–3 3–3 2–4 5–2 4–2 15–4 6–1 10–9 2–5 4–3 10–9 12–7 2–4 — 3–4 13–7
Toronto 10–9 10–9 1–5 3–4 4–3 5–2 4–2 3–4 6–1 12–7 3–3 3–3 8–11 4–3 — 13–7


Game log[]

2016 Game Log: 84–78 (Home: 43–38; Away: 41–40)
April: 7–17 (Home: 4–6; Away: 3–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
— April 4 @ Yankees Postponed (snow). Makeup date: April 5.
1 April 5 @ Yankees 5–3 Keuchel (1–0) Betances (0–1) Gregerson (1) 47,820 1–0 W1
2 April 6 @ Yankees 6–16 Pineda (1–0) McHugh (0–1) Nova (1) 37,493 1–1 L1
3 April 7 @ Yankees 5–8 Shreve (1–0) Harris (0–1) Miller (1) 30,003 1–2 L2
4 April 8 @ Brewers 4–6 Anderson (1–0) Feldman (0–1) Jeffress (2) 30,100 1–3 L3
5 April 9 @ Brewers 6–4 Fister (1–0) Peralta (0–2) Gregerson (2) 28,127 2–3 W1
6 April 10 @ Brewers 2–3 Nelson (1–1) Keuchel (1–1) Jeffress (3) 28,441 2–4 L1
7 April 11 Royals 8–2 McHugh (1–1) Young (0–2) — 43,332 3–4 W1
8 April 12 Royals 2–3 Medlen (1–0) Fiers (0–1) Davis (3) 21,027 3–5 L1
9 April 13 Royals 2–4 Hochevar (1–0) Giles (0–1) Soria (1) 24,109 3–6 L2
10 April 14 Royals 2–6 Kennedy (2–0) Fister (1–1) Davis (4) 21,203 3–7 L3
11 April 15 Tigers 1–0 Keuchel (2–1) Pelfrey (0–2) Gregerson (3) 30,092 4–7 W1
12 April 16 Tigers 3–5 Verlander (1–1) McHugh (1–2) Rodríguez (3) 30,013 4–8 L1
13 April 17 Tigers 5–4 Fiers (1–1) Sánchez (2–1) Gregerson (4) 30,657 5–8 W1
14 April 19 @ Rangers 5–7 Holland (2–0) Feldman (0–2) Tolleson (4) 24,181 5–9 L1
15 April 20 @ Rangers 1–2 Hamels (3–0) Fister (1–2) Tolleson (5) 25,821 5–10 L2
16 April 21 @ Rangers 4–7 Griffin (2–0) Keuchel (2–2) Tolleson (6) 25,886 5–11 L3
17 April 22 Red Sox 2–6 Wright (1–2) McHugh (1–3) Kimbrel (5) 26,672 5–12 L4
18 April 23 Red Sox 8–3 Fiers (2–1) Buchholz (0–2) — 40,232 6–12 W1
19 April 24 Red Sox 5–7 (12) Hembree (1–0) Giles (0–2) — 32,416 6–13 L1
20 April 25 @ Mariners 2–3 Walker (2–0) Fister (1–3) Cishek (5) 14,832 6–14 L2
21 April 26 @ Mariners 1–11 Karns (2–1) Keuchel (2–3) — 13,821 6–15 L3
22 April 27 @ Mariners 7–4 McHugh (2–3) Iwakuma (0–3) — 14,173 7–15 W1
23 April 29 @ Athletics 4–7 Madson (1–0) Sipp (0–1) — 20,159 7–16 L1
24 April 30 @ Athletics 0–2 Hahn (1–0) Devenski (0–1) Madson (8) 23,084 7–17 L2
May: 17–12 (Home: 9–7; Away: 8–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
25 May 1 @ Athletics 2–1 Fister (2–3) Hill (3–3) Gregerson (5) 24,135 8–17 W1
26 May 2 Twins 2–6 Berríos (1–1) Keuchel (2–4) — 18,243 8–18 L1
27 May 3 Twins 6–4 McHugh (3–3) Meyer (0–1) Gregerson (6) 21,153 9–18 W1
28 May 4 Twins 16–4 Feldman (1–2) Hughes (1–5) — 20,847 10–18 W2
29 May 5 Mariners 3–6 Vincent (2–1) Gregerson (0–1) Cishek (9) 20,151 10–19 L1
30 May 6 Mariners 6–3 Fister (3–3) Walker (2–2) Gregerson (7) 25,413 11–19 W1
31 May 7 Mariners 2–3 (10) Cishek (2–1) Sipp (0–2) — 31,559 11–20 L1
32 May 8 Mariners 5–1 McHugh (4–3) Iwakuma (1–4) — 28,148 12–20 W1
33 May 9 Indians 7–1 Fiers (3–1) Kluber (2–4) — 20,222 13–20 W2
34 May 10 Indians 0–4 Bauer (3–0) Devenski (0–2) — 23,976 13–21 L1
35 May 11 Indians 5–3 (16) Feliz (1–0) Anderson (0–3) — 24,453 14–21 W1
36 May 12 @ Red Sox 1–11 Price (5-1) Keuchel (2-5) — 34,982 14–22 L1
37 May 13 @ Red Sox 7–6 Feldman (2–2) Barnes (2–2) Gregerson (8) 33,148 15–22 W1
38 May 14 @ Red Sox 5–6 (11) Uehara (2–1) Feliz (1–1) — 37,430 15–23 L1
39 May 15 @ Red Sox 9–10 Hembree (2–0) Feldman (2–3) Kimbrel (10) 35,736 15–24 L2
40 May 17 @ White Sox 6–5 (11) Neshek (1–0) Albers (1–3) Sipp (1) 13,481 16–24 W1
41 May 18 @ White Sox 5–3 Fister (4–3) Latos (5–1) Gregerson (9) 14,936 17–24 W2
42 May 19 @ White Sox 1–2 Sale (9–0) McHugh (4–4) — 20,096 17–25 L1
43 May 20 Rangers 1–2 Lewis (3–0) McCullers (0–1) Dyson (3) 28,724 17–26 L2
44 May 21 Rangers 1–2 Ramos (1–2) Fiers (3–2) Dyson (4) 35,040 17–27 L3
45 May 22 Rangers 2–9 Hamels (5–0) Keuchel (2–6) — 35,035 17–28 L4
46 May 24 Orioles 3–2 (13) Feliz (2–1) Bundy (0–1) — 24,783 18–28 W1
47 May 25 Orioles 4–3 Neshek (2–0) Wilson (2–3) Gregerson (10) 25,618 19–28 W2
48 May 26 Orioles 4–2 McCullers (1–1) Gausman (0–2) Giles (1) 23,826 20–28 W3
49 May 27 @ Angels 2–7 Shoemaker (3–5) Fiers (3–3) — 39,047 20–29 L1
50 May 28 @ Angels 4–2 Keuchel (3–6) Weaver (4–4) Gregerson (11) 38,176 21–29 W1
51 May 29 @ Angels 8–6 (13) Feliz (3–1) Morin (1–1) Gregerson (12) 36,538 22–29 W2
52 May 30 @ D-backs 8–3 McHugh (5–4) Escobar (0–1) — 24,798 23–29 W3
53 May 31 @ D-backs 8–5 McCullers (2–1) Corbin (2–5) Gregerson (13) 15,556 24–29 W4
June: 18–8 (Home: 9–2; Away: 9–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
54 June 1 D-backs 5–4 (11) Feliz (4–1) Clippard (2–2) — 22,642 25–29 W5
55 June 2 D-backs 0–3 Greinke (7–3) Keuchel (3–7) Ziegler (10) 21,764 25–30 L1
56 June 3 Athletics 12–2 Fister (5–3) Hahn (2–3) — 26,458 26–30 W1
57 June 4 Athletics 6–5 (12) Feldman (3–3) Madson (2–2) — 37,223 27–30 W2
58 June 5 Athletics 5–2 McCullers (3–1) Dull (1–1) Harris (1) 30,817 28–30 W3
59 June 6 @ Rangers 5–6 Dyson (1–1) Giles (0–3) — 30,021 28–31 L1
60 June 7 @ Rangers 3–4 Diekman (1–1) Keuchel (3–8) Dyson (8) 32,189 28–32 L2
61 June 8 @ Rangers 3–1 Fister (6–3) Wilhelmsen (2–3) Harris (2) 37,696 29–32 W1
62 June 9 @ Rangers 3–5 Pérez (5–4) McHugh (5–5) Diekman (1) 30,145 29–33 L1
63 June 10 @ Rays 3–4 Andriese (5–0) McCullers (3–2) Colomé (18) 13,075 29–34 L2
64 June 11 @ Rays 4–3 Fiers (4–3) Archer (4–8) Harris (3) 19,658 30–34 W1
65 June 12 @ Rays 0–5 Moore (3–4) Keuchel (3–9) — 11,168 30–35 L1
66 June 14 @ Cardinals 5–2 Fister (7–3) García (4–6) Harris (4) 42,525 31–35 W1
67 June 15 @ Cardinals 4–1 Sipp (1–2) Siegrist (4–2) Harris (5) 42,008 32–35 W2
68 June 17 Reds 2–4 (11) Hoover (1–1) Neshek (2–1) Cingrani (8) 37,560 32–36 L1
69 June 18 Reds 5–4 (11) Feldman (4–3) Smith (0–1) — 39,111 33–36 W1
70 June 19 Reds 6–0 Fiers (5–3) Finnegan (3–5) Devenski (1) 36,369 34–36 W2
71 June 20 Angels 10–7 Fister (8–3) Chacín (2–3) Neshek (1) 22,553 35–36 W3
72 June 21 Angels 3–2 Gregerson (1–1) Street (2–1) — 25,004 36–36 W4
73 June 22 Angels 3–2 Gregerson (2–1) Shoemaker (3–8) Harris (6) 29,649 37–36 W5
74 June 24 @ Royals 13–4 Keuchel (4–9) Vólquez (7–7) — 36,195 38–36 W6
75 June 25 @ Royals 13–5 Feliz (5–1) Young (2–7) — 38,880 39–36 W7
76 June 26 @ Royals 1–6 Kennedy (6–6) Fister (8–4) — 36,450 39–37 L1
77 June 27 @ Angels 4–2 Gregerson (3–1) Salas (3–5) Harris (7) 36,839 40–37 W1
78 June 28 @ Angels 7–1 Feldman (5–3) Lincecum (1–2) — 38,781 41–37 W2
79 June 29 @ Angels 10–4 Keuchel (5–9) Weaver (6–7) — 36,683 42–37 W3
July: 13–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 3–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
80 July 1 White Sox 5–0 Fiers (6–3) González (1–4) — 31,965 43–37 W4
81 July 2 White Sox 6–7 Sale (14–2) Fister (8–5) Robertson (22) 35,116 43–38 L1
82 July 3 White Sox 1–4 Quintana (6–8) McHugh (5–6) Robertson (23) 30,379 43–39 L2
83 July 4 Mariners 2–1 McCullers (4–2) Miley (6–5) Harris (8) 29.844 44–39 W1
84 July 5 Mariners 5–2 Keuchel (6–9) Walker (4–7) Harris (9) 21,553 45–39 W2
85 July 6 Mariners 9–8 Giles (1–3) Díaz (0–2) Gregerson (14) 25,709 46–39 W3
86 July 7 Athletics 1–3 Hill (9–3) Fister (8–6) Madson (17) 20,933 46–40 L1
87 July 8 Athletics 10–9 Feliz (6–1) Madson (3–3) — 31,438 47–40 W1
88 July 9 Athletics 2–3 Graveman (5–6) McCullers (4–3) Dull (1) 35,312 47–41 L1
89 July 10 Athletics 2–1 (10) Harris (1–1) Hendriks (0–2) — 28,119 48–41 W1
87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California
90 July 15 @ Mariners 7–3 Fister (9–6) Paxton (2–4) — 29,217 49–41 W2
91 July 16 @ Mariners 0–1 Iwakuma (10–6) McCullers (4–4) Cishek (22) 41,386 49–42 L1
92 July 17 @ Mariners 8–1 McHugh (6–6) Montgomery (3–4) — 27,322 50–42 W1
93 July 18 @ Athletics 4–7 Graveman (6–6) Fiers (6–4) Madson (20) 10,651 50–43 L1
94 July 19 @ Athletics 3–4 (10) Rzepczynski (1–0) Neshek (2–2) — 15,143 50–44 L2
95 July 20 @ Athletics 7–0 Fister (10–6) Mengden (1–5) — 20,231 51–44 W1
96 July 22 Angels 2–1 McCullers (5–4) Shoemaker (5–10) Harris (10) 36,453 52–44 W2
97 July 23 Angels 7–2 McHugh (7–6) Weaver (8–8) — 35,119 53–44 W3
98 July 24 Angels 13–3 Fiers (7–4) Lincecum (2–4) — 32,721 54–44 W4
99 July 25 Yankees 1–2 Pineda (5–9) Keuchel (6–10) Miller (8) 30,628 54–45 L1
100 July 26 Yankees 3–6 Sabathia (6–8) Fister (10–7) Miller (9) 28,134 54–46 L2
101 July 27 Yankees 4–1 McCullers (6–4) Tanaka (7–3) Harris (11) 35,186 55–46 W1
102 July 29 @ Tigers 6–14 Boyd (2–2) McHugh (7–7) — 31,771 55–47 L1
103 July 30 @ Tigers 2–3 Verlander (11–6) Harris (1–2) — 34,673 55–48 L2
104 July 31 @ Tigers 0–11 Pelfrey (4–9) Keuchel (6–11) — 31,045 55–49 L3
August: 16–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 9–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
105 August 1 Blue Jays 2–1 (14) Feliz (7–1) Feldman (5–4) — 20,623 56–49 W1
106 August 2 Blue Jays 1–2 Dickey (8–12) McCullers (6–5) Grilli (2) 24,399 56–50 L1
107 August 3 Blue Jays 1–3 Estrada (7–4) McHugh (7–8) Osuna (23) 29,399 56–51 L2
108 August 4 Blue Jays 1–4 Happ (15–3) Fiers (7–5) Osuna (24) 23,190 56–52 L3
109 August 5 Rangers 5–0 Keuchel (7–11) Pérez (7–8) — 32,820 57–52 W1
110 August 6 Rangers 2–3 Kela (2–1) Devenski (0–3) Dyson (24) 42,272 57–53 L1
111 August 7 Rangers 3–5 (11) Bush (5–2) Devenski (0–4) — 33,909 57–54 L2
112 August 8 @ Twins 1–3 Duffey (7–8) McHugh (7–9) Kintzler (10) 20,978 57–55 L3
113 August 9 @ Twins 7–5 Fiers (8–5) Santiago (10–6) Giles (2) 22,261 58–55 W1
— August 10 @ Twins Postponed (rain). Makeup date: August 11.
114 August 11 (1) @ Twins 15–7 Fister (11–7) Berríos (2–3) — 25,960 59–55 W2
115 August 11 (2) @ Twins 10–2 Devenski (1–4) Milone (3–4) — 24,935 60–55 W3
116 August 12 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Musgrove (1–0) Liriano (0–1) Harris (12) 46,330 61–55 W4
117 August 13 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Sanchez (12–2) McHugh (7–10) Osuna (26) 47,505 61–56 L1
118 August 14 @ Blue Jays 2–9 Stroman (9–5) Fiers (8–6) — 47,261 61–57 L2
119 August 16 Cardinals 5–8 García (10–8) Keuchel (7–12) Oh (12) 30,438 61–58 L3
120 August 17 Cardinals 2–8 Martínez (11–7) Fister (11–8) — 27,508 61–59 L4
121 August 18 @ Orioles 5–13 Gausman (4–10) Musgrove (1–1) — 20,288 61–60 L5
122 August 19 @ Orioles 15–8 Devenski (2–4) Jiménez (5–10) — 34,422 62–60 W1
123 August 20 @ Orioles 12–2 Fiers (9–6) Tillman (15–5) — 39,373 63–60 W2
124 August 21 @ Orioles 5–3 Keuchel (8–12) Gallardo (4–5) Giles (3) 29,734 64–60 W3
125 August 22 @ Pirates 3–1 Fister (12–8) Taillon (3–3) Giles (4) 24,017 65–60 W4
126 August 23 @ Pirates 1–7 Nova (3–0) Musgrove (1–2) — 28,760 65–61 L1
127 August 24 @ Pirates 5–4 McHugh (8–10) Cole (7–9) Giles (5) 23,717 66–61 W1
128 August 26 Rays 5–4 Giles (2–3) Colomé (1–4) — 25,852 67–61 W2
129 August 27 Rays 6–2 Keuchel (9–12) Snell (4–7) — 36,544 68–61 W3
130 August 28 Rays 4–10 Archer (8–17) Fister (12–9) — 37,484 68–62 L1
131 August 29 Athletics 6–0 Musgrove (2–2) Manaea (5–9) — 18,613 69–62 W1
132 August 30 Athletics 3–1 McHugh (9–10) Graveman (10–9) Giles (6) 23,114 70–62 W2
133 August 31 Athletics 4–3 Feliz (8–1) Hendriks (0–3) Giles (7) 20,033 71–62 W3
September: 12–15 (Home: 4–9; Away: 8–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
134 September 2 @ Rangers 8–10 Griffin (7–3) Fister (12–10) Dyson (31) 35,102 71–63 L1
135 September 3 @ Rangers 4–12 Holland (7–6) Musgrove (2–3) — 35,538 71–64 L2
136 September 4 @ Rangers 7–6 Devenski (3–4) Darvish (5–4) Giles (8) 46,025 72–64 W1
137 September 5 @ Indians 6–2 Fiers (10–6) Clevinger (2–2) — 13,062 73–64 W2
138 September 6 @ Indians 4–3 Hoyt (1–0) Kluber (15–9) Giles (9) 11,023 74–64 W3
139 September 7 @ Indians 5–6 Carrasco (11–7) Fister (12–11) Allen (25) 12,063 74–65 L1
140 September 8 @ Indians 7–10 Bauer (11–6) Paulino (0–1) Allen (26) 15,275 74–66 L2
141 September 9 Cubs 0–2 Lester (16–4) Musgrove (2–4) Chapman (33) 33,841 74–67 L3
142 September 10 Cubs 2–1 McHugh (10–10) Lackey (9–8) Giles (10) 41,854 75–67 W1
143 September 11 Cubs 5–9 Arrieta (17–6) Fiers (10–7) — 31,939 75–68 L1
144 September 12 Rangers 3–4 (12) Kela (5–1) Hoyt (1–1) Diekman (4) 22,147 75–69 L2
145 September 13 Rangers 2–3 Claudio (4–1) Giles (2–4) Scheppers (1) 22,133 75–70 L3
146 September 14 Rangers 8–4 Musgrove (3–4) Holland (7–8) — 25,041 76–70 W1
147 September 16 @ Mariners 6–0 McHugh (11–10) Hernández (11–6) — 30,178 77–70 W2
148 September 17 @ Mariners 2–1 Fiers (11–7) Paxton (4–7) Giles (11) 32,304 78–70 W3
149 September 18 @ Mariners 3–7 Miranda (5–1) Fister (12–12) — 25,383 78–71 L1
150 September 19 @ Athletics 4–2 Gregerson (4–1) Madson (5–7) Giles (12) 10,072 79–71 W1
151 September 20 @ Athletics 2–1 (10) Devenski (4–4) Doolittle (2–3) Giles (13) 12,139 80–71 W2
152 September 21 @ Athletics 6–5 McHugh (12–10) Mengden (2–8) Gregerson (15) 11,197 81–71 W3
153 September 22 Angels 0–2 Nolasco (7–14) Fiers (11–8) Bailey (5) 20,022 81–72 L1
154 September 23 Angels 6–10 Ege (1–0) Giles (2–5) — 29,429 81–73 L2
155 September 24 Angels 4–10 Valdez (2–3) Gregerson (4–2) — 27,565 81–74 L3
156 September 25 Angels 4–1 Musgrove (4–4) Wright (0–5) Giles (14) 32,958 82–74 W1
157 September 26 Mariners 3–4 (11) Storen (4–3) Gregerson (4–3) Vincent (3) 24,107 82–75 L1
158 September 27 Mariners 8–4 Gustave (1–0) Hernández (11–7) — 23,499 83–75 W1
159 September 28 Mariners 4–12 Paxton (6–7) Fister (12–13) — 21,187 83–76 L1
160 September 30 @ Angels 1–7 Wright (1–3) Peacock (0–1) — 30,112 83–77 L2
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
161 October 1 @ Angels 3–0 McHugh (13–10) Skaggs (3–4) Giles (15) 32,487 84–77 W1
162 October 2 @ Angels 1–8 Chacín (5–6) Rodgers (0–1) — 28,083 84–78 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

Roster[]

2016 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • 15 Jason Castro
  • 11 Evan Gattis
  • 23 Erik Kratz
  • 12 Max Stassi

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

  • 52 Craig Bjornson (bullpen)
  • 85 Javier Bracamonte (bullpen catcher)
  • 48 Rich Dauer (first base)
  • 22 Trey Hillman (bench)
  • 39 Dave Hudgens (hitting)
  • 96 Carlos Muñoz bullpen catcher)
  • 10,8 Gary Pettis (third base)
  • 56 Brent Strom (pitching)
  • 55 Alonzo Powell (assistant hitting)

Statistics[]

Through 2016 season

Batting[]

Legend
  GP  Games played  AB  At Bats  R  Runs
 H  Hits  HR  Home runs  RBI  Runs batted in
 BB  Base on balls (walks)  SB  Stolen bases  AVG.  Batting average
 OBP.  On-base %  SLG.  Slugging %  OPS  On-base plus slugging
 Bold  Career high
Player GP AB R H HR RBI BB SB AVG. OBP. SLG. OPS
José Altuve 161 640 108 216 24 96 60 30 .338 .396 .531 .928
Alex Bregman 49 201 31 53 8 34 15 2 .264 .313 .478 .791
Jason Castro 113 329 41 69 11 32 45 2 .210 .307 .377 .684
Carlos Correa 153 577 76 158 20 96 75 13 .274 .361 .451 .811
Matt Duffy 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Scott Feldman 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Doug Fister 32 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Evan Gattis 128 447 58 112 32 72 43 2 .251 .319 .508 .826
Carlos Gómez 85 295 27 62 5 29 21 13 .210 .272 .322 .594
Marwin González 141 484 55 123 13 51 22 12 .254 .293 .401 .694
Yulieski Gourriel 36 130 13 34 3 15 5 1 .262 .292 .385 .677
Teoscar Hernández 41 100 15 23 4 11 11 0 .230 .304 .420 .724
Tony Kemp 59 120 15 26 1 7 14 2 .217 .296 .325 .621
Dallas Keuchel 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Erik Kratz 15 29 0 2 0 0 1 0 .069 .100 .103 .203
Jake Marisnick 118 287 40 62 5 21 16 10 .209 .257 .331 .588
Lance McCullers 14 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Collin McHugh 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Colin Moran 6 19 0 2 0 2 1 0 .105 .150 .105 .255
Colby Rasmus 107 369 38 76 15 54 43 4 .206 .286 .355 .641
A. J. Reed 45 122 11 20 3 8 18 0 .164 .270 .262 .532
George Springer 162 644 116 168 29 82 88 9 .261 .359 .457 .815
Max Stassi 9 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154
Preston Tucker 48 134 11 22 4 8 8 0 .164 .222 .328 .551
Luis Valbuena 90 292 38 76 13 40 44 1 .260 .357 .459 .816
Tyler White 86 149 24 54 8 28 23 1 .217 .286 .378 .664
Danny Worth 16 39 4 7 0 1 1 0 .179 .200 .231 .431

Pitching[]

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Kevin Chapman 0 0 9.00 9 0 0 8.0 15 8 8 4 6
Chris Devenski 4 4 2.16 48 5 1 108.1 79 26 26 20 104
Scott Feldman 5 3 2.90 26 5 0 62.0 64 27 20 13 42
Michael Feliz 8 1 4.43 47 0 0 65.0 55 33 32 22 95
Josh Fields 0 0 6.89 15 0 0 15.2 23 14 12 3 20
Mike Fiers 11 8 4.48 31 30 0 168.2 187 89 84 42 134
Doug Fister 12 13 4.64 32 32 0 180.1 195 98 93 62 115
Ken Giles 2 5 4.11 69 0 15 65.2 60 32 30 25 102
Luke Gregerson 4 3 3.28 59 0 15 57.2 38 23 21 18 67
Jandel Gustave 1 0 3.52 14 0 0 15.1 13 6 6 4 16
Will Harris 1 2 2.25 66 0 12 64.0 52 17 16 15 69
James Hoyt 1 1 4.50 22 0 0 22.0 16 12 11 9 28
Dallas Keuchel 9 12 4.55 26 26 0 168.0 168 88 85 48 144
Erik Kratz 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 0
Lance McCullers 6 5 3.22 14 14 0 81.0 80 29 29 45 106
Collin McHugh 13 10 4.34 33 33 0 184.2 206 92 89 54 177
Joe Musgrove 4 4 4.06 11 10 0 62.0 59 28 28 16 55
Pat Neshek 2 2 3.06 60 0 0 47.0 33 17 16 11 43
David Paulino 0 1 5.14 3 1 0 7.0 6 4 4 3 2
Brad Peacock 0 1 3.69 10 5 0 31.2 21 15 13 14 28
Brady Rodgers 0 1 15.12 5 1 0 8.1 15 14 14 7 3
Tony Sipp 1 2 4.95 60 0 1 43.2 52 26 24 18 40
Tyler White 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Texas League Rodney Linares
A-Advanced Lancaster JetHawks California League Ramón Vázquez
A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Omar López
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Lamarr Rogers
Rookie Greeneville Astros Appalachian League Josh Bonifay
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Marty Malloy
Rookie DSL Astros Blue Dominican Summer League
Rookie DSL Astros Orange Dominican Summer League

References[]

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  10. ^ "Nationals' and Astros' joint spring training site takes shape in West Palm Beach". The Washington Post. May 26, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

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