2007 Houston Astros season

2007 Houston Astros
2007 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston, Texas
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers	Tim Purpura, Tal Smith, Ed Wade
Managers	Phil Garner; Cecil Cooper
Television	FSN Houston; KNWS-TV (Ch. 51); Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies
Radio	KTRH; Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond; KLAT (Spanish)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

The 2007 Houston Astros season was the 46th season in team history. After finishing 1½ games behind for the National League Central to the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, the Astros elected to a select amount of subtractions and additions to compete. Jeff Bagwell (who had shoulder problems that had him play his last game in 2005) retired after the Astros declined to pick up his $18 million club option for 2007, instead buying it out for $7 million. Pitchers Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens both filed for free agency on November 6 and re-joined the New York Yankees. To make up for losing those key players, they signed pitcher Woody Williams, and traded with the Colorado Rockies for Jason Jennings and Miguel Asencio. The largest offseason move the Astros made was signing outfielder Carlos Lee to a 6-year contract worth $100 million, the most in franchise history.^[1] On June 28, second baseman Craig Biggio achieved his 3,000th career hit. The club officially retired Bagwell's jersey number 5 on August 26. On September 30, Biggio played his last game as a major league player, having announced his retirement on July 24.

Offseason

January 3, 2007: Signed infielder Mark Loretta would sign a contract worth $2.5 million.
January 12: Signed outfielder Richard Hidalgo to a Minor League Baseball contract.
March 6: Signed second baseman José Altuve as an amateur free agent.^[2]
March 24: Released Richard Hildago.

Regular season

Season summary

On April 28, the Astros purchased the contract of Hunter Pence, the organization's top prospect from Triple-A affiliate, and made his debut that night where he got his first career hit and run scored.

By May 2007, the Astros had suffered one of their worst losing streaks since the 1995 season with 10 losses in a row, losing 4–3 to the Cincinnati Reds on May 30. The Astros were just one loss shy of tying their worst skid in franchise history, before snapping that streak the next day, also against the Reds.

On June 12, the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics for the first time in team history.

Longtime Astros second baseman Craig Biggio recorded his 3,000th career hit in the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies on June 28, becoming the 27th player in MLB history to do so. Jeff Bagwell, who played first base for the Astros alongside Biggio for 15 seasons, was in the dugout and emerged to congratulate him. The Astros fans, who had momentarily quieted after cheering Biggio for his achievement, erupted into cheers again the moment Biggio dragged Bagwell onto the playing field and to the first base line. "The thing with Baggy is that he and I worked so hard here for this city and for this organization," Biggio remarked. "We made so many sacrifices as far as playing the game and giving your body to a city, a team." Together, they bowed to the crowd as Bagwell raised Biggio's arm and returned to the dugout.^[3] In the bottom of the 11th inning of the same game, Carlos Lee hit a towering walk-off grand slam to win the game for the Astros.

On July 24, Biggio announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2007 season, his 20th season with the club (and a franchise record). He hit a grand slam in that night's game which broke a 3–3 tie and led to an Astros win.

On July 28, the Astros traded RHP Dan Wheeler to Tampa Bay for right-handed slugger 3B Ty Wigginton and cash considerations. He is now signed through 2009. On July 29, long time and former All-Star third baseman Morgan Ensberg was designated for assignment to make room for newly acquired Wigginton.

On August 26, the club officially retired Bagwell's jersey number 5 prior to the start of the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the eighth player in Astros history to have his number retired.^[4] Three first bases were used in the game, each embossed with a commemorative insignia that said, "No. 5, Jeff Bagwell jersey retirement, Aug. 26, 2007." One was given to Bagwell and the other two were auctioned to raise funds on behalf of the Astros in Action Foundation.^[5]

On August 27, manager Phil Garner and General Manager Tim Purpura were relieved of their duties. Cecil Cooper and Tal Smith were named as temporary replacements, respectively.

On September 17, in a 6–0 loss to the Brewers the Astros were officially eliminated from the 2007 playoffs.

On September 20, Ed Wade was named as the new General Manager of the Astros. He made his first move as GM by trading Jason Lane to the Padres on September 24.

On September 30, Craig Biggio retired, ending a 20-year career with the Astros.

Season standings

National League Central

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	85	77	0.525	—	44–37	41–40
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	2	51–30	32–49
St. Louis Cardinals	78	84	0.481	7	43–38	35–46
Houston Astros	73	89	0.451	12	42–39	31–50
Cincinnati Reds	72	90	0.444	13	39–42	33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	94	0.420	17	37–44	31–50

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	4–2	4–2	2–4	8–10	6–1	5–2	8–10	2–5	3–4	5–1	5–4	10–8	10–8	4–3	6–1	8–7
Atlanta	2–4	—	5–4	1–6	4–2	10–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	9–9	9–9	5–1	5–2	4–3	3–4	11–7	4–11
Chicago	2–4	4–5	—	9–9	5–2	0–6	8–7	2–5	9–6	2–5	3–4	8–7	3–5	5–2	11–5	6–1	8–4
Cincinnati	4–2	6–1	9–9	—	2–4	4–3	4–11	2–4	8–7	2–5	2–4	9–7	2–4	4–3	6–9	1–6	7-11
Colorado	10–8	2–4	2–5	4–2	—	3–3	3–4	12–6	4–2	4–2	4–3	4–3	11–8	10–8	3–4	4–3	10–8
Florida	1–6	8–10	6–0	3–4	3–3	—	2–3	4–3	2–5	7–11	9–9	3–4	3–4	1–6	2–4	8–10	9–9
Houston	2–5	3–3	7–8	11–4	4–3	3-2	—	4–3	5–13	2–5	3–3	5–10	4–3	2–4	7–9	2–5	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	3–4	5–2	4–2	6–12	3–4	3–4	—	3–3	5–5	4–2	5–2	8–10	10–8	3–3	5–1	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	2–5	6–9	7–8	2–4	5–2	13–5	3–3	—	2–4	3–4	10–6	2–5	4–5	7–8	4–2	8–7
New York	4–3	9–9	5–2	5–2	2–4	11–7	5–2	5–5	4–2	—	6–12	4–2	2–4	4–2	5–2	9–9	8–7
Philadelphia	1-5	9–9	4–3	4–2	3–4	9–9	3–3	2–4	4–3	12–6	—	4–2	4–3	4–4	6–3	12–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	4–5	1–5	7–8	7–9	3–4	4–3	10–5	2–5	6–10	2–4	2–4	—	1–6	4–2	6–12	4–2	5–10
San Diego	8–10	2–5	5–3	4–2	8–11	4–3	3–4	10–8	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	—	14–4	3–4	4–2	6–9
San Francisco	8–10	3–4	2–5	3–4	8–10	6–1	4–2	8–10	5–4	2–4	4–4	2–4	4–14	—	4–1	3–4	5–10
St. Louis	3–4	4–3	5–11	9–6	4–3	4-2	9–7	3–3	8–7	2–5	3–6	12–6	4–3	1–4	—	1–5	6–9
Washington	1–6	7–11	1–6	6–1	3–4	10-8	5–2	1–5	2–4	9–9	6–12	2–4	2–4	4–3	5–1	—	9–9

Roster

2007 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Phil Garner

Coaches

6 Mark Bailey (bullpen)
27 Sean Berry (hitting)
15 Cecil Cooper (bench)
25 José Cruz (first base)
29 Doug Mansolino (third base)
31 Dave Wallace (pitching)

Game log

Legend
Astros Win	Astros Loss	Game Postponed

2007 Regular Season Game Log: 73–89 (Home: 42–39; Away: 31–50)

April: 10–14 (Home: 4–7; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 2	Pirates	4 – 2 (10)	Capps (1-0)	Qualls (0-1)	Torres (1)	43,803	0-1
2	April 3	Pirates	3 – 2	Bayliss (1-0)	Wheeler (0-1)	Torres (2)	31,238	0-2
3	April 4	Pirates	5 – 4	Gorzelanny (1-0)	Williams (0-1)	Torres (3)	25,961	0-3
4	April 6	Cardinals	4 – 2	Wainwright (1-0)	Rodríguez (0-1)	Isringhausen (1)	43,430	0-4
5	April 7	Cardinals	5 – 1	Oswalt (1-0)	Reyes (0-1)		41,885	1-4
6	April 8	Cardinals	10 – 1	Wells (1-1)	Jennings (0-1)		36,273	1-5
7	April 9	@ Cubs	5 – 3	Qualls (1-1)	Howry (0-2)	Wheeler (1)	41,388	2-5
8	April 10	@ Cubs	4 – 2	Sampson (1-0)	Marquis (0-1)		35,924	3-5
--	April 11	@ Cubs	Postponed (snow) Rescheduled for June 11					3-5
9	April 13	@ Phillies	9 – 6	Oswalt (2-0)	Myers (0-1)	Wheeler (2)	44,336	4-5
10	April 14	@ Phillies	8 – 5	Hamels (1-0)	Williams (0-2)	Gordon (2)	35,387	4-6
--	April 15	@ Phillies	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 23					4-6
11	April 16	Marlins	4 – 3	Qualls (2-1)	Gregg (0-1)		30,665	5-6
12	April 17	Marlins	6 – 1	Oswalt (3-0)	Julio (0-2)		38,106	6-6
13	April 18	@ Reds	7 – 2	Sampson (2-0)	Coffey (1-1)		13,772	7-6
14	April 19	@ Reds	8 – 6	Lidge (1-0)	Weathers (0-2)	Wheeler (3)	14,222	8-6
15	April 20	@ Brewers	6 – 5	White (1-0)	Wise (0-1)	Qualls (1)	41,522	9-6
16	April 21	@ Brewers	6 – 4	Capuano (3-0)	Rodríguez (0-2)	Cordero (6)	41,209	9-7
17	April 22	@ Brewers	4 – 3	Bush (2-1)	Oswalt (3-1)	Cordero (7)	31,985	9-8
18	April 23	@ Phillies	11 – 4	Eaton (2-1)	Sampson (2-1)		32,517	9-9
19	April 24	@ Pirates	3 – 0	Maholm (1-2)	Williams (0-3)		13,062	9-10
20	April 25	@ Pirates	4 – 3 (16)	Wasdin (1-1)	Moehler (0-1)		8,201	9-11
21	April 26	@ Pirates	5 – 3	Bayliss (2-1)	Rodríguez (0-3)	Grabow (1)	12,056	9-12
22	April 27	Brewers	4 – 1	Capuano (4-0)	Oswalt (3-2)	Cordero (9)	40,530	9-13
23	April 28	Brewers	10 – 1	Sampson (3-1)	Bush (2-2)		41,004	10-13
24	April 29	Brewers	3 – 1	Vargas (2-0)	Williams (0-4)	Cordero (10)	37,114	10-14

May 12–17 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
25	May 1	Reds	11 – 2	Arroyo (1-2)	Albers (0-1)		30,361	10-15
26	May 2	Reds	3 – 1	Oswalt (4-2)	Lohse (1-2)	Wheeler (4)	29,468	11-15
27	May 3	Reds	7 – 5	Qualls (3-1)	Stanton (1-1)	Wheeler (5)	29,931	12-15
28	May 4	@ Cardinals	3 – 2	Wainwright (2-2)	Williams (0-5)	Isringhausen (7)	44,117	12-16
29	May 5	@ Cardinals	13 – 0	Albers (1-1)	Wells (1-6)		44,881	13-16
30	May 6	@ Cardinals	3 – 1	Looper (4-2)	Sampson (3-2)	Isringhausen (8)	44,453	13-17
31	May 7	@ Reds	5 – 4	Oswalt (5-2)	Lohse (1-3)	Wheeler (6)	17,362	14-17
32	May 8	@ Reds	7 – 6	Lidge (2-0)	Salmon (0-1)	Wheeler (7)	16,264	15-17
33	May 9	@ Reds	3 – 2	Williams (1-5)	Belisle (3-2)	Wheeler (8)	16,278	16-17
34	May 10	@ Reds	9 – 5	Harang (5-1)	Albers (1-2)	Weathers (7)	25,796	16-18
35	May 11	D-backs	3 – 1	Webb (3-2)	Sampson (3-3)		36,080	16-19
36	May 12	D-backs	10 – 4	Oswalt (6-2)	Hernández (3-2)		36,142	17-19
37	May 13	D-backs	5 – 2	Rodríguez (1-3)	Davis (2-4)		37,230	18-19
38	May 15	Giants	6 – 5 (10)	Qualls (4-1)	Sánchez (1-1)		33,490	19-19
39	May 16	Giants	2 – 1	Sampson (4-3)	Lowry (4-4)		33,533	20-19
40	May 17	Giants	2 – 1 (12)	Chulk (1-2)	Lidge (1-2)	Benítez (8)	36,815	20-20
41	May 18	Rangers	7 – 4	Tejeda (4-3)	Albers (1-3)	Gagné (2)	37,634	20-21
42	May 19	Rangers	6 – 1	Rodríguez (2-3)	Koronka (0-1)		41,990	21-21
43	May 20	Rangers	14 – 1	McCarthy (4-4)	Williams (1-6)		39,938	21-22
44	May 21	@ Giants	4 – 0	Lowry (5-4)	Sampson (4-4)		35,768	21-23
45	May 22	@ Giants	4 – 2	Lincecum (2-0)	Oswalt (6-3)	Benítez (9)	35,134	21-24
46	May 23	@ Giants	9 – 1	Zito (4-5)	Albers (1-4)		35,521	21-25
47	May 24	@ D-backs	9 – 1	Owings (3-1)	Rodríguez (2-4)		18,130	21-26
48	May 25	@ D-backs	13 – 3	González (2-2)	Williams (1-7)		23,298	21-27
49	May 26	@ D-backs	5 – 4	Webb (4-3)	Sampson (4-5)	Valverde (18)	27,836	21-28
50	May 27	@ D-backs	8 – 4	Hernández (5-2)	Oswalt (6-4)		26,621	21-29
51	May 29	Reds	2 – 1	Belisle (5-4)	Qualls (4-2)	Weathers (10)	33,565	21-30
52	May 30	Reds	4 – 3	Harang (6-2)	Rodríguez (2-5)		31,904	21-31
53	May 31	Reds	10 – 2	Williams (2-7)	Arroyo (2-6)		30,336	22-31

June: 12–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 5–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
54	June 1	Cardinals	8 – 1	Franklin (2-0)	Qualls (4-3)		36,784	22-32
55	June 2	Cardinals	8 – 3	Sampson (5-5)	Wells (2-10)		39,234	23-32
56	June 3	Cardinals	8 – 6 (10)	Isringhausen (2-0)	Wheeler (0-2)		40,483	23-33
57	June 5	@ Rockies	4 – 1	Rodríguez (3-5)	Hirsh (2-6)	Wheeler (10)	27,101	24-33
58	June 6	@ Rockies	8 – 7	Buchholz (3-3)	Williams (2-8)	Fuentes (17)	22,471	24-34
59	June 7	@ Rockies	7 – 6	Affeldt (3-1)	Wheeler (0-3)		22,103	24-35
60	June 8	@ White Sox	5 – 2	Sampson (6-5)	Danks (3-6)	Wheeler (11)	33,212	25-35
61	June 9	@ White Sox	3 – 2	Qualls (5-3)	Jenks (2-2)		36,616	26-35
62	June 10	@ White Sox	6 – 3	Buehrle (3-3)	Rodríguez (3-6)	Jenks (17)	33,433	26-36
63	June 11	@ Cubs	2 – 1	Zambrano (7-5)	Williams (2-9)	Dempster (13)	37,947	26-37
64	June 12	Athletics	5 – 4 (11)	Borkowski (1-0)	Flores (0-1)		33,637	27-37
65	June 13	Athletics	7 – 3	Blanton (6-4)	Wheeler (0-3)		34,611	27-38
66	June 14	Athletics	6 – 5 (11)	Embree (1-0)	Moehler (0-2)	Casilla (2)	42,024	27-39
67	June 15	Mariners	5 – 1	Rodríguez (4-6)	Hernández (3-4)		37,322	28-39
68	June 16	Mariners	9 – 4	Williams (3-9)	Baek (3-3)		41,974	29-39
69	June 17	Mariners	10 – 3	Oswalt (7-4)	Washburn (5-6)		42,019	30-39
70	June 18	@ Angels	10 – 9	Rodríguez (1-2)	Borkowski (1-1)		42,232	30-40
71	June 19	@ Angels	9 – 5	Jennings (1-1)	Colón (6-3)		42,156	31-40
72	June 20	@ Angels	8 – 4	Carrasco (2-1)	Borkowski (1-2)		40,761	31-41
73	June 22	@ Rangers	11 – 3	Millwood (4-6)	Williams (3-10)		37,847	31-42
74	June 23	@ Rangers	7 – 2	Wright (1-1)	Oswalt (7-5)		42,315	31-43
75	June 24	@ Rangers	12 – 9 (10)	Wheeler (1-4)	Wilson (0-1)	Qualls (2)	31,560	32-43
76	June 25	@ Brewers	5 – 1	Sheets (9-3)	Jennings (1-2)		28,786	32-44
77	June 26	@ Brewers	11 – 5	Wise (2-1)	Rodríguez (4-7)		30,713	32-45
78	June 27	@ Brewers	6 – 3 (11)	Bush (6-6)	Borkowski (1-3)		31,862	32-46
79	June 28	Rockies	8 – 5 (11)	Moehler (1-2)	Fuentes (0-3)		42,537	33-46
80	June 29	Rockies	9 – 8	Borkowski (2-3)	Fuentes (0-4)		42,861	34-46
81	June 30	Rockies	5 – 0	Francis (8-5)	Jennings (1-3)		43,071	34-47

July: 12–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 3–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
82	July 1	Rockies	12 – 0	Rodríguez (5-7)	López (4-2)		35,260	35-47
83	July 2	Phillies	7 – 5	Williams (4-10)	Moyer (7-6)	Miller (1)	28,973	36-47
84	July 3	Phillies	5 – 4 (13)	Albers (2-4)	Mesa (0-1)		37,997	37-47
85	July 4	Phillies	8 – 3	Hamels (10-4)	Sampson (6-6)		39,993	37-48
86	July 5	Mets	6 – 2	Maine (10-4)	Jennings (1-4)		35,430	37-49
87	July 6	Mets	4 – 0	Rodríguez (6-7)	Pelfrey (0-7)		38,812	38-49
88	July 7	Mets	5 – 3 (17)	Sele (2-0)	Moehler (1-3)	Wagner (17)	41,596	38-50
89	July 8	Mets	8 – 3	Oswalt (8-5)	Williams (0-1)		40,708	39-50
90	July 13	@ Cubs	6 – 0	Zambrano (11-7)	Jennings (1-5)		41,593	39-51
91	July 14	@ Cubs	9 – 3	Lilly (9-4)	Oswalt (8-6)		41,448	39-52
92	July 15	@ Cubs	7 – 6	Wuertz (2-2)	Rodríguez (6-8)	Howry (5)	41,757	39-53
93	July 16	@ Nationals	4 – 3	Rivera (4-2)	Williams (4-11)	Cordero (16)	22,392	39-54
94	July 17	@ Nationals	4 – 2	Sampson (7-6)	Redding (1-2)	Lidge (1)	22,362	40-54
95	July 18	@ Nationals	7 – 6	Bergmann (2-5)	Jennings (1-6)	Cordero (17)	27,119	40-55
96	July 20	@ Pirates	2 – 1	Oswalt (9-6)	Gorzelanny (9-5)	Lidge (2)	33,541	41-55
97	July 21	@ Pirates	7 – 3	Maholm (6-12)	Rodríguez (6-9)		32,068	41-56
98	July 22	@ Pirates	1 – 0	Williams (5-11)	Youman (2-2)	Lidge (3)	22,404	42-56
99	July 23	Dodgers	10 – 2	Billingsley (7-0)	Sampson (7-7)		38,245	42-57
100	July 24	Dodgers	7 – 4	Jennings (2-6)	Seánez (6-2)	Lidge (4)	38,247	43-57
101	July 25	Dodgers	2 – 1	Qualls (6-3)	Houlton (0-2)	Lidge (5)	31,498	44-57
102	July 26	Padres	7 – 1	Rodríguez (7-9)	Wells (5-7)		33,718	45-57
103	July 27	Padres	9 – 4	Peavy (10-5)	Williams (5-12)		39,996	45-58
104	July 28	Padres	3 – 1	Oswalt (10-6)	Maddux (7-8)	Lidge (6)	42.651	46-58
105	July 29	Padres	18 – 11	Brocail (3-1)	Jennings (2-7)		39,350	46-59
106	July 31	@ Braves	12 – 4	James (9-8)	Sampson (7-8)		32,315	46-60

August: 15–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	@ Braves	12 – 3	Carlyle (6-3)	Rodríguez (7-10)		30,785	46-61
108	August 2	@ Braves	12 – 11 (14)	McLemore (1-0)	Villarreal (1-1)	Moehler (1)	35,659	47-61
109	August 3	@ Marlins	8 – 2	Oswalt (11-6)	Willis (7-11)		15,226	48-61
110	August 4	@ Marlins	6 – 5 (12)	Gardner (3-2)	Randolph (0-1)		22,112	48-62
111	August 5	@ Marlins	6 – 5	Olsen (9-9)	Albers (2-5)	Gregg (23)	14,622	48-63
112	August 6	Cubs	2 – 1 (10)	Lidge (3-1)	Wuertz (2-3)		36,459	49-63
113	August 7	Cubs	5 – 2	Williams (6-12)	Marshall (5-6)	Lidge (7)	37,561	50-63
114	August 8	Cubs	8 – 2	Oswalt (12-6)	Zambrano (14-8)		41,655	51-63
115	August 10	Brewers	5 – 4 (11)	Spurling (2-1)	Moehler (1-4)	Cordero (35)	40,211	51-64
116	August 11	Brewers	7 – 4	Linebrink (4-3)	Lidge (3-2)	Cordero (36)	41,461	51-65
117	August 12	Brewers	6 – 4	McLemore (2-0)	Villanueva (6-3)	Lidge (8)	43,578	52-65
118	August 13	@ Dodgers	4 – 1	Oswalt (13-6)	Billingsley (7-4)	Qualls (3)	49,511	53-65
119	August 14	@ Dodgers	7 – 4	Albers (3-5)	Tomko (2-10)	Lidge (9)	49,399	54-65
120	August 15	@ Dodgers	6 – 3	Penny (14-3)	Jennings (2-8)	Saito (30)	49,098	54-66
121	August 16	@ Dodgers	6 – 2	Lowe (9-11)	Rodríguez (7-11)	Saito (31)	48,128	54-67
122	August 17	@ Padres	3 – 1	Williams (7-12)	Bell (5-4)	Lidge (10)	32,063	55-67
123	August 18	@ Padres	3 – 2	Borkowski (3-3)	Germano (6-7)	Lidge (11)	44,272	56-67
124	August 19	@ Padres	5 – 3	Maddux (9-9)	Albers (3-6)	Hoffman (31)	37,628	56-68
125	August 20	Nationals	7 – 0	Redding (3-3)	Jennings (2-9)		30,374	56-69
126	August 21	Nationals	11 – 6	Hanrahan (3-1)	Rodríguez (7-12)		34,073	56-70
127	August 22	Nationals	3 – 2	Williams (8-12)	Bacsik (5-7)	Lidge (12)	32,023	57-70
128	August 23	Nationals	7 – 6	Lannan (2-2)	Gutiérrez (0-1)	Cordero (28)	36,407	57-71
129	August 24	Pirates	8 – 3 (15)	Youman (3-4)	Driskill (0-1)		41,403	57-72
130	August 25	Pirates	4 – 1	Morris (8-8)	Patton (0-1)	Capps (13)	41,109	57-73
131	August 26	Pirates	5 – 4	McLemore (3-0)	Chacón (4-4)	Lidge (13)	42,564	58-73
132	August 28	Cardinals	7 – 0	Looper (11-10)	Williams (8-13)		37,915	58-74
133	August 29	Cardinals	7 – 0	Oswalt (14-6)	Wells (6-15)		33,422	59-74
134	August 30	Cardinals	2 – 1	Albers (4-6)	Piñeiro (4-3)	Lidge (14)	37,520	60-74
135	August 31	@ Cubs	6 – 1	Rodríguez (8-12)	Marshall (7-7)		41,297	61-74

September: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
136	September 1	@ Cubs	4 – 3	Marquis (11-8)	Patton (0-2)	Dempster (24)	40,606	61-75
137	September 2	@ Cubs	6 – 5	Mármol (5-1)	Qualls (6-4)	Dempster (25)	41,415	61-76
138	September 3	@ Brewers	9 – 7	Borkowski (4-3)	Aquino (0-1)	Qualls (4)	31,226	62-76
139	September 4	@ Brewers	5 – 3	Villanueva (7-3)	Backe (0-1)	Cordero (40)	25,854	62-77
140	September 5	@ Brewers	14 – 2	Gallardo (7-4)	Albers (4-7)		28,988	62-78
141	September 7	@ Mets	11 – 3	Pelfrey (2-7)	Rodríguez (8-13)		51,113	62-79
142	September 8	@ Mets	3 – 1	Glavine (13-6)	Williams (8-14)	Wagner (31)	53,061	62-80
143	September 9	@ Mets	4 – 1	Martínez (2-0)	Oswalt (14-7)	Wagner (32)	51,847	62-81
144	September 11	Cubs	5 – 4 (11)	Lidge (4-2)	Dempster (2-6)		33,493	63-81
145	September 12	Cubs	3 – 2	Hill (9-8)	Albers (4-8)	Dempster (26)	33,115	63-82
146	September 13	Cubs	6 – 2	Trachsel (7-10)	Williams (8-15)		34,234	63-83
147	September 14	Pirates	4 – 3	Sánchez (1-0)	Qualls (6-5)	Capps (17)	35,352	63-84
148	September 15	Pirates	9 – 7	Gutiérrez (1-1)	Morris (9-10)	Lidge (15)	40,425	64-84
149	September 16	Pirates	15 – 3	Backe (1-1)	Maholm (10-15)		35,715	65-84
150	September 17	Brewers	6 – 0	Gallardo (9-4)	Albers (4-9)		32,578	65-85
151	September 18	Brewers	9 – 1	Vargas (11-4)	Paulino (0-1)		32,866	65-86
152	September 19	Brewers	5 – 4 (10)	Lidge (5-2)	Wise (3-2)		36,981	66-86
153	September 20	@ Cardinals	18 – 1	Rodríguez (9-13)	Looper (12-11)		42,171	67-86
154	September 21	@ Cardinals	6 – 3	Backe (2-1)	Piñeiro (6-5)	Lidge (16)	43,677	68-86
155	September 22	@ Cardinals	7 – 4	Thompson (7-6)	Albers (4-10)	Isringhausen (30)	46,237	68-87
156	September 23	@ Cardinals	4 – 3	Jiménez (3-0)	Lidge (5-3)		46,169	68-88
157	September 25	@ Reds	8 – 5	Paulino (1-1)	Coutlangus (4-2)	Lidge (17)	13,261	69-88
158	September 26	@ Reds	7 – 6	Sarfate (1-0)	Burton (4-2)	Qualls (5)	13,138	70-88
159	September 27	@ Reds	4 – 3	Borkowski (5-3)	Majewski (0-4)	Lidge (18)	13,626	71-88
160	September 28	Braves	7 – 2	Reyes (2-2)	Albers (4-11)		43,011	71-89
161	September 29	Braves	3 – 2	Backe (3-1)	Bennett (2-1)	Lidge (19)	43,624	72-89
162	September 30	Braves	3 – 0	Paulino (2-1)	Carlyle (8-7)	Borkowski (1)	43,823	73-89

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
C	Brad Ausmus	117	349	82	.235	3	25
1B	Lance Berkman	153	561	156	.278	34	102
2B	Craig Biggio	141	517	130	.251	10	50
SS	Adam Everett	66	220	51	.232	2	15
3B	Morgan Ensberg	85	224	52	.232	8	31
LF	Carlos Lee	162	627	190	.303	32	119
CF	Hunter Pence	108	456	147	.322	17	69
RF	Luke Scott	132	369	94	.255	18	64

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
Mark Loretta	133	460	132	.287	4	41
Chris Burke	111	319	73	.229	6	28
Mike Lamb	124	311	90	.289	11	40
Jason Lane	68	169	30	.178	8	27
Ty Wigginton	50	169	48	.284	6	18
Eric Bruntlett	80	138	34	.246	0	14
Eric Munson	50	132	31	.235	4	15
Orlando Palmeiro	101	103	24	.233	0	6
Josh Anderson	21	67	24	.358	0	11
Humberto Quintero	29	53	12	.226	0	1
J.R. Towles	14	40	15	.375	1	12
Cody Ransom	19	35	8	.229	1	3

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 Oswalt	33	212.0	14	7	3.18	154
Woody Williams	33	188.0	8	15	5.27	101
Wandy Rodríguez	31	182.2	9	13	4.58	158
Chris Sampson	24	121.2	7	8	4.59	51
Jason Jennings	19	99.0	2	9	6.45	71
Brandon Backe	5	28.2	3	1	3.77	11

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
Matt Albers	31	110.2	4	11	5.86	71
Juan Gutiérrez	7	21.1	1	1	5.91	16
Felipe Paulino	5	19.0	2	1	7.11	11
Troy Patton	3	12.2	0	2	3.55	8

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
Brad Lidge	66	5	3	19	3.36	88
Chad Qualls	79	6	5	5	3.05	78
Trever Miller	76	0	0	1	4.86	40
Dave Borkowski	64	5	3	1	5.15	63
Dan Wheeler	45	1	4	11	5.07	56
Brian Moehler	42	1	4	1	4.07	36
Mark McLemore	29	3	0	0	3.86	35
Rick White	23	1	0	0	7.67	15
Stephen Randolph	14	0	1	0	12.15	22
Dennis Sarfate	7	1	0	0	1.08	14
Travis Driskill	2	0	1	0	4.50	4

Milestones

Craig Biggio: 3,000 hit club (June 28)^[3]

Awards

Roberto Clemente Award: Craig Biggio
Silver Slugger Award at outfield: Carlos Lee

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	Gregg Langbehn
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Pete Rancont
Rookie	Greeneville Astros	Appalachian League	Rodney Linares

References

^ "Astros sign Lee to six-year, $100 million deal". ESPN.com. November 24, 2006. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
^ "José Altuve stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
^ ^a ^b de Jesús Ortíz, José (June 29, 2007). "3000! Biggio reaches career hit milestone". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
^ Footer, Alyson (April 7, 2007). "Astros to retire Bagwell's No. 5". MLB.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
^ Footer, Alyson (August 26, 2007). "Bagwell's No. 5 lifted to the rafters". MLB.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2016.

External links

Game Logs:

1st Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Houston Astros Game Log on ESPN.com

Batting Statistics: Los Houston Astros Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Houston Astros Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
2007 Houston Astros at Baseball Reference

[1] "Astros sign Lee to six-year, $100 million deal". ESPN.com. November 24, 2006. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

[altuvebbrefmain-2] "José Altuve stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.

[ortiz062807-3] Jesús Ortíz, José (June 29, 2007). "3000! Biggio reaches career hit milestone". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

[footer040707-4] Footer, Alyson (April 7, 2007). "Astros to retire Bagwell's No. 5". MLB.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2008.

[footer082607-5] Footer, Alyson (August 26, 2007). "Bagwell's No. 5 lifted to the rafters". MLB.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2016.

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