2012 Houston Astros season

2012 Houston Astros
2012 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston, Texas
Record	55–107 (.340)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	Jim Crane
General managers	Jeff Luhnow
Managers	Brad Mills ; Tony DeFrancesco (interim)
Television	Fox Sports Houston ; (Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)
Radio	KTRH ; (Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond); KLAT (Spanish); (Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
Stats	ESPN.com ; BB-reference

Last updated May 17, 2024

The Houston Astros 2012 season was the 51st and final season for the franchise in the National League in Houston, their 48th as the Astros and their 13th season at Minute Maid Park.

Regular season

NL Central standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	9	50–31	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	14	49–32	34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	18	45–36	34–47
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	36	38–43	23–58
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	42	35–46	20–61

NL Wild Card

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	0.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	0.580

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	0.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	7
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	0.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	0.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	0.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	0.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	33

Record vs. opponents

2012 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	HOU	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–5	5–4	2–5	9–7	6–0	12–6	5–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	3–4	7–11	9–9	1–5	2–4	9–6
Atlanta	5–2	–	3–4	1–5	6–1	4–2	3–3	14–4	3–3	12–6	12–6	3–2	4–3	3–4	5–1	8–10	8–10
Chicago	4–5	4–3	–	4–12	2–4	8–5	2–4	2–4	4–13	4–2	2–4	8–8	3–3	1–6	7–10	1–6	5–10
Cincinnati	5–2	5–1	12–4	–	5–1	10–5	2–4	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	11–7	6–2	4–3	6–7	2–5	7–8
Colorado	7–9	1–6	4–2	1–5	–	5–2	8–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	2–7	2–4	8–10	4–14	2–5	4–3	2–13
Houston	0–6	2–4	5–8	5–10	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	8–9	4–2	3–3	5–12	3–5	1–8	4–11	1–7	6–9
Los Angeles	6–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–8	4–2	–	4–2	1–6	4–3	5–2	6–1	11–7	8-10	6–5	4–2	6–9
Miami	3–5	4–14	4–2	3–3	4–3	4–2	2–4	–	4–4	4–12	8–10	1–4	5–1	5–2	2–5	9–9	5–13
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	13–4	6–9	1–5	9–8	6–1	4–4	–	3–2	2–5	11–4	3–4	2–4	6–9	3–5	6–9
New York	4–3	6–12	2–4	2–6	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–4	2–3	–	10–8	5–2	4–3	4–4	4–3	4–14	8–7
Philadelphia	4–2	6–12	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–3	2–5	10–8	5–2	8–10	–	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–2	9-9	5–10
Pittsburgh	4–3	2–3	8–8	7–11	4–2	12–5	1–6	4–1	4–11	2–5	4–3	–	1–5	3–3	8–7	3–2	10–8
San Diego	11–7	3–4	3–3	2–6	10–8	5–3	7–11	1–5	4–3	3–4	3–4	5–1	–	6–12	3–3	2–3	8–7
San Francisco	9–9	4–3	6–1	3–4	14–4	8–1	10–8	2–5	4–2	4–4	4–2	3–3	12–6	–	3–3	1–5	7–8
St. Louis	5–1	1–5	10–7	7–6	5–2	11–4	5–6	5–2	9–6	3–4	3–4	7–8	3–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–7
Washington	4–2	10–8	6–1	5–2	3–4	7–1	2–4	9–9	5–3	14–4	9-9	2–3	3–2	5-1	4-3	–	10–8

Roster

2012 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

11 Tony DeFrancesco
2 Brad Mills

Coaches

50 Craig Bjornson (bullpen)
31 Mike Barnett (hitting)
85 Javier Bracamonte (bullpen catcher)
26 Doug Brocail (pitching) interim
35 Dave Clark (third base)
10 Bobby Meacham (first base)
48 Joe Pettini (bench)
8 Stretch Suba (bullpen assistant)
45 Ty Van Burkleo (hitting coach)

Game log

Legend
	Astros win
	Astros loss
	Postponement
Bold	Astros team member

2012 Game Log

April (9–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Stadium	Record	Boxscore / Streak
1	April 6	Rockies	3–5	Guthrie (1–0)	Rodriguez (0–1)	Betancourt (1)	43,464	Minute Maid Park	0–1	L1
2	April 7	Rockies	7–3	Harrell (1–0)	Moyer (0–1)		23,962	Minute Maid Park	1–1	W1
3	April 8	Rockies	3–2	López (1–0)	Brothers (0–1)	Myers (1)	14,195	Minute Maid Park	2–1	W2
4	April 9	Braves	8–3	Happ (1–0)	Beachy (0–1)		17,095	Minute Maid Park	3–1	W3
5	April 10	Braves	4–6	Hanson (1–1)	Weiland (0–1)	Kimbrel (1)	22,036	Minute Maid Park	3–2	L1
6	April 11	Braves	3–6	Delgado (1–0)	Rodríguez (0–1)	Kimbrel (2)	18,225	Minute Maid Park	3–3	L2
7	April 13	@ Marlins	4–5 (11)	Webb (1–0)	Lyon (0–1)		30,169	Marlins Park	3–4	L3
8	April 14	@ Marlins	5–4	Cruz (1–0)	Bell (0–2)	Myers (2)	31,659	Marlins Park	4–4	W1
9	April 15	@ Marlins	4–5 (11)	Gaudin (1–0)	Carpenter (0–1)		34,232	Marlins Park	4–5	L1
10	April 16	@ Nationals	3–6	Strasburg (2–0)	Weiland (0–2)	Rodríguez (2)	16,245	Nationals Park	4–6	L2
11	April 17	@ Nationals	0–1	Gonzalez (1–0)	Rodríguez (0–2)	Lidge (2)	17,886	Nationals Park	4–7	L3
12	April 18	@ Nationals	2–3	Mattheus (2–0)	F. Rodriguez (0–2)	Rodríguez (3)	14,520	Nationals Park	4–8	L4
13	April 19	@ Nationals	11–4	Norris (1–0)	Jackson (1–1)		18,045	Nationals Park	5–8	W1
14	April 20	Dodgers	1–3	Lilly (2–0)	Happ (1–1)	Guerra (7)	30,270	Minute Maid Park	5–9	L1
15	April 21	Dodgers	1–5	Kershaw (1–0)	Weiland (0–3)		25,562	Minute Maid Park	5–10	L2
16	April 22	Dodgers	12–0	Rodríguez (1–2)	Billingsley (2–1)		23,948	Minute Maid Park	6–10	W1
17	April 23	@ Brewers	5–6	Greinke (2–1)	Harrell (1–1)	Axford (3)	36,291	Miller Park	6–11	L1
18	April 24	@ Brewers	6–9	Wolf (1–2)	Norris (1–1)	Axford (4)	38,686	Miller Park	6–12	L2
19	April 25	@ Brewers	7–5	López (2–0)	Veras (2–1)	Myers (3)	26,778	Miller Park	7–12	W1
20	April 27	@ Reds	6–4	Rodríguez (2–2)	Leake (0–3)	Myers (4)	29,486	Great American Ball Park	8–12	W2
21	April 28	@ Reds	0–6	Cueto (3–0)	Harrell (1–2)		32,971	Great American Ball Park	8–13	L1
22	April 29	@ Reds	5–6	Ondrusek (1–0)	F. Rodriguez (0–3)	Marshall (5)	31,086	Great American Ball Park	8–14	L2
23	April 30	Mets	4–3	F. Rodriguez (1–3)	Acosta (0–2)	Myers (5)	17,536	Minute Maid Park	9–14	W1

May (13–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Stadium	Record	Boxscore / Streak
24	May 1	Mets	6–3	Happ (2–1)	Niese (2–1)	Myers (6)	17,958	Minute Maid Park	10–14	W2
25	May 2	Mets	8–1	Rodríguez (3–2)	Schwinden (0–1)		19,442	Minute Maid Park	11–14	W3
26	May 4	Cardinals	5–4	Harrell (2–2)	Lohse (4–1)	Myers (7)	27,201	Minute Maid Park	12–14	W4
27	May 5	Cardinals	8–2	Norris (2–1)	García (2–2)		23,633	Minute Maid Park	13–14	W5
28	May 6	Cardinals	1–8	Wainwright (2–3)	Happ (2–2)		22,288	Minute Maid Park	13–15	L1
29	May 7	Marlins	0–4	Zambrano (1–2)	Rodríguez (3–3)		16,531	Minute Maid Park	13–16	L2
30	May 8	Marlins	3–2	López (3–0)	Webb (1–1)	Myers (8)	14,801	Minute Maid Park	14–16	W1
31	May 9	Marlins	3–5 (12)	Webb (2–1)	Carpenter (0–2)		16,072	Minute Maid Park	14–17	L1
32	May 11	@ Pirates	1–0	Norris (3–1)	McDonald (2–2)	Myers (9)	19,878	PNC Park	15–17	W1
33	May 12	@ Pirates	2–5	Morton (2–3)	Happ (2–3)	Cruz (3)	34,187	PNC Park	15–18	L1
34	May 13	@ Pirates	2–3 (12)	Watson (3–0)	F. Rodriguez (1–4)		27,517	PNC Park	15–19	L2
35	May 14	@ Phillies	1–5	Blanton (4–3)	Harrell (2–3)		43,824	Citizens Bank Park	15–20	L3
36	May 15	@ Phillies	3–4 (10)	Diekman (1–0)	Myers (0–1)		43,781	Citizens Bank Park	15–21	L4
37	May 16	Brewers	8–3	Norris (4–1)	Wolf (2–4)		15,453	Minute Maid Park	16–21	W1
38	May 17	Brewers	4–0	Happ (3–3)	Marcum (2–2)		15,173	Minute Maid Park	17–21	W2
39	May 18	Rangers	1–4	Ross (5–0)	Rodríguez (3–4)	Nathan (9)	34,715	Minute Maid Park	17–22	L1
40	May 19	Rangers	6–5	Harrell (3–3)	Holland (3–3)	Myers (10)	42,673	Minute Maid Park	18–22	W1
41	May 20	Rangers	1–6	Lewis (4–3)	Lyles (0–1)		35,873	Minute Maid Park	18–23	L1
42	May 21	Cubs	8–4	Norris (5–1)	Garza (2–2)		16,895	Minute Maid Park	19–23	W1
43	May 22	Cubs	2–1	Happ (4–3)	Wood (0–1)	Myers (11)	20,091	Minute Maid Park	20–23	W2
44	May 23	Cubs	5–1	Rodríguez (4–4)	Samardzija (4–3)		18,732	Minute Maid Park	21–23	W3
45	May 25	@ Dodgers	3–1	Harrell (4–3)	Kershaw (4–2)	Myers (12)	36,283	Dodger Stadium	22–23	W4
46	May 26	@ Dodgers	3–6	Jansen (4–0)	Wright (0–1)		36,561	Dodger Stadium	22–24	L1
47	May 27	@ Dodgers	1–5	Capuano (7–1)	Happ (4–4)		33,306	Dodger Stadium	22–25	L2
48	May 28	@ Rockies	7–9	Belisle (2–2)	F. Rodriguez (1–5)	Betancourt (9)	34,546	Coors Field	22–26	L3
49	May 28	@ Rockies	6–7 (10)	Roenicke (1–0)	Myers (0–2)		35,786	Coors Field	22–27	L4
50	May 30	@ Rockies	5–13	Friedrich (3–1)	Harrell (4–4)		28,102	Coors Field	22–28	L5
51	May 31	@ Rockies	5–11	Guthrie (3–3)	Norris (5–2)		31,799	Coors Field	22–29	L6

June (10–17)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Stadium	Record	Boxscore / Streak
52	June 1	Reds	1–4	Leake (2–5)	Happ (4–5)	Chapman (4)	21,464	Minute Maid Park	22–30	L7
53	June 2	Reds	9–12	LeCure (1–1)	F. Rodriguez (1–6)	Chapman (5)	22,991	Minute Maid Park	22–31	L8
54	June 3	Reds	5–3	Lyles (1–1)	Arroyo (2–4)	Myers (13)	19,914	Minute Maid Park	23–31	W1
55	June 5	Cardinals	9–8	Harrell (5–4)	García (3–4)	Myers (14)	18,911	Minute Maid Park	24–31	W2
56	June 6	Cardinals	3–4	Wainwright (5–6)	Norris (5–3)	Motte (10)	18,517	Minute Maid Park	24–32	L1
57	June 7	Cardinals	2–14	Lynn (9–2)	Happ (4–6)		22,265	Minute Maid Park	24–33	L2
58	June 8	@ White Sox	8–3	Rodríguez (5–4)	Floyd (4–6)		22,452	U.S. Cellular Field	25–33	W1
59	June 9	@ White Sox	1–10	Sale (8–2)	Lyles (1–2)		22,880	U.S. Cellular Field	25–34	L1
60	June 10	@ White Sox	11–9	Harrell (6–4)	Humber (2–4)	Myers (15)	20,398	U.S. Cellular Field	26–34	W1
61	June 12	@ Giants	3–6	Bumgarner (8–4)	Norris (5–4)	Casilla (17)	42,100	AT&T Park	26–35	L1
62	June 13	@ Giants	0–10	Cain (8–2)	Happ (4–7)		42,298	AT&T Park	26–36	L2
63	June 14	@ Giants	6–3	Rodríguez (6–4)	Zito (5–4)	Myers (16)	41,662	AT&T Park	27–36	W1
64	June 15	@ Rangers	2–6	Darvish (8–4)	Lyles (1–3)		47,430	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	27–37	L1
65	June 16	@ Rangers	3–8	Grimm (1–0)	Harrell (6–5)		48,288	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	27–38	L2
66	June 17	@ Rangers	3–9	Lewis (6–5)	F. Rodriguez (1–7)		46,320	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	27–39	L3
67	June 18	Royals	9–7	Happ (5–7)	Sánchez (1–3)	Cedeño (1)	15,436	Minute Maid Park	28–39	W1
68	June 19	Royals	0–2	Hochevar (4–7)	Rodríguez (6–5)	Broxton (17)	18,098	Minute Maid Park	28–40	L1
69	June 20	Royals	1–2	Chen (6–6)	Lyles (1–4)	Broxton (18)	30,687	Minute Maid Park	28–41	L2
70	June 22	Indians	0–2	Jiménez (7–5)	Harrell (6–6)	Perez (23)	26,932	Minute Maid Park	28–42	L3
71	June 23	Indians	8–1	Keuchel (1–0)	Gómez (4–7)		34,241	Minute Maid Park	29–42	W1
72	June 24	Indians	7–1	Happ (6–7)	Lowe (7–6)		21,191	Minute Maid Park	30–42	W2
73	June 25	Padres	7–8 (10)	Thayer (1–2)	Lyon (0–2)	Street (11)	14,483	Minute Maid Park	30–43	L1
74	June 26	Padres	5–3	Lyles (2–4)	Wells (0–1)	Myers (17)	15,416	Minute Maid Park	31–43	W1
75	June 27	Padres	1–0	Harrell (7–6)	Richard (5–8)		15,012	Minute Maid Park	32–43	W2
76	June 28	Padres	3–7	Vincent (1–0)	Myers (0–3)		19,415	Minute Maid Park	32–44	L1
77	June 29	@ Cubs	0–4	Maholm (5–6)	Norris (5–5)	Mármol (6)	32,891	Wrigley Field	32–45	L2
78	June 30	@ Cubs	2–3	Garza (4–6)	Happ (6–8)	Mármol (7)	37,906	Wrigley Field	32–46	L3

July (3–24)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Stadium	Record	Boxscore / Streak
79	July 1	@ Cubs	0–3	Wood (3–3)	Rodríguez (6–6)	Mármol (8)	37,389	Wrigley Field	32–47	L4
80	July 2	@ Pirates	2–11	McDonald (8–3)	Lyles (2–5)		21,041	PNC Park	32–48	L5
81	July 3	@ Pirates	7–8	Hanrahan (4–0)	Wright (0–2)		21,516	PNC Park	32–49	L6
82	July 4	@ Pirates	4–6	Correia (5–6)	Keuchel (1–1)	Hanrahan (21)	36,827	PNC Park	32–50	L7
83	July 5	@ Pirates	0–2	Karstens (2–2)	Norris (5–6)	Hanrahan (22)	21,386	PNC Park	32–51	L8
84	July 6	Brewers	1–7	Gallardo (7–6)	Happ (6–9)		23,430	Minute Maid Park	32–52	L9
85	July 7	Brewers	6–3	Rodríguez (7–6)	Greinke (9–3)	Myers (18)	23,027	Minute Maid Park	33–52	W1
86	July 8	Brewers	3–5 (10)	Parra (1–3)	F. Rodriguez (1–8)	Axford (15)	16,966	Minute Maid Park	33–53	L1
87	July 13	@ Giants	1–5	Bumgarner (11–5)	Rodríguez (7–7)	Casilla (22)	42,116	AT&T Park	33–54	L2
88	July 14	@ Giants	2–3 (12)	Affeldt (1–1)	Myers (0–4)		42,171	AT&T Park	33–55	L3
89	July 15	@ Giants	2–3	Cain (10–3)	Norris (5–7)	Casilla (23)	42,265	AT&T Park	33–56	L4
90	July 16	@ Padres	2–0	Happ (7–9)	Wells (1–3)	Myers (19)	26,098	Petco Park	34–56	W1
91	July 17	@ Padres	2–8	Ohlendorf (3–0)	Lyles (2–6)		20,944	Petco Park	34–57	L1
92	July 18	@ Padres	4–8	Richard (7–10)	Rodríguez (7–8)	Street (15)	25,713	Petco Park	34–58	L2
93	July 19	@ Padres	0–1	Vólquez (6–7)	Harrell (7–7)		26,735	Petco Park	34–59	L3
94	July 20	@ Diamondbacks	8–13	Cahill (8–8)	Norris (5–8)		23,567	Chase Field	34–60	L4
95	July 21	@ Diamondbacks	3–12	Miley (11–5)	Keuchel (1–2)		35,665	Chase Field	34–61	L5
96	July 22	@ Diamondbacks	2–8	Collmenter (2–2)	Lyles (2–7)		20,951	Chase Field	34–62	L6
97	July 23	Reds	3–8	Latos (8–3)	Rodríguez (7–9)		15,538	Minute Maid Park	34–63	L7
98	July 24	Reds	2–4	Leake (4–6)	Cordero (3–6)	Chapman (18)	15,908	Minute Maid Park	34–64	L8
99	July 25	Reds	3–5	Marshall (3–3)	Cordero (3–7)	Chapman (19)	16,077	Minute Maid Park	34–65	L9
100	July 26	Pirates	3–5	Burnett (12–3)	Keuchel (1–3)	Hanrahan (30)	19,926	Minute Maid Park	34–66	L10
101	July 27	Pirates	5–6	Watson (5–1)	Cruz (1–1)	Hanrahan (31)	24,685	Minute Maid Park	34–67	L11
102	July 28	Pirates	3–4	Resop (1–3)	Fick (0–1)	Grilli (2)	34,146	Minute Maid Park	34–68	L12
103	July 29	Pirates	9–5	Harrell (8–7)	McDonald (10–5)		20,453	Minute Maid Park	35–68	W1
104	July 30	@ Brewers	7–8	Hernández (3–1)	Cordero (3–8)	Axford (17)	28,131	Miller Park	35–69	L1
105	July 31	@ Brewers	1–10	Gallardo (9–8)	Keuchel (1–4)		30,011	Miller Park	35–70	L2

August (5–22)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Stadium	Record	Boxscore / Streak
106	August 1	@ Brewers	4–13	Fiers (5–4)	Lyles (2–8)		32,217	Miller Park	35–71	L3
107	August 3	@ Braves	1–4	Hudson (11–4)	Galarraga (0–1)	Kimbrel (31)	28,300	Turner Field	35–72	L4
108	August 4	@ Braves	3–2	Harrell (9–7)	Maholm (9–7)	López (1)	30,029	Turner Field	36–72	W1
109	August 5	@ Braves	1–6	Venters (4–3)	Norris (5–9)		23,474	Turner Field	36–73	L1
110	August 6	Nationals	4–5 (11)	Stammen (5–1)	López (3–1)		13,843	Minute Maid Park	36–74	L2
111	August 7	Nationals	2–3 (12)	Storen (1–0)	Storey (0–1)	Clippard (23)	14,273	Minute Maid Park	36–75	L3
112	August 8	Nationals	3–4	Gonzalez (14–6)	Galarraga (0–2)		16,038	Minute Maid Park	36–76	L4
113	August 9	Nationals	0–5	Zimmermann (9–6)	Harrell (9–8)		14,417	Minute Maid Park	36–77	L5
114	August 10	Brewers	4–3	López (4–1)	Axford (4–7)		21,025	Minute Maid Park	37–77	W1
115	August 11	Brewers	6–5 (10)	López (5–1)	Henderson (0–1)		17,942	Minute Maid Park	38–77	W2
116	August 12	Brewers	3–5	Gallardo (11–8)	Lyles (2–9)	Loe (1)	19,235	Minute Maid Park	38–78	L1
117	August 13	@ Cubs	1–7	Samardzija (8–10)	Galarraga (0–3)		31,452	Wrigley Field	38–79	L2
118	August 14	@ Cubs	10–1	Harrell (10–8)	Volstad (0–9)		33,376	Wrigley Field	39–79	W1
119	August 15	@ Cubs	2–7	Germano (2–2)	Norris (5–10)		33,714	Wrigley Field	39–80	L1
120	August 17	Diamondbacks	1–3	Miley (13–8)	Keuchel (1–5)	Putz (24)	19,223	Minute Maid Park	39–81	L2
121	August 18	Diamondbacks	4–12	Corbin (5–4)	Lyles (2–10)		20,838	Minute Maid Park	39–82	L3
122	August 19	Diamondbacks	1–8	Kennedy (11–10)	Galarraga (0–4)		14,923	Minute Maid Park	39–83	L4
123	August 21	@ Cardinals	0–7	Wainwright (12–10)	Harrell (10–9)		35,370	Busch Stadium	39–84	L5
124	August 22	@ Cardinals	2–4	Lohse (13–2)	Norris (5–11)	Motte (29)	35,198	Busch Stadium	39–85	L6
125	August 23	@ Cardinals	5–13	Westbrook (13–9)	Keuchel (1–6)		30,343	Busch Stadium	39–86	L7
126	August 24	@ Mets	3–1	Lyles (3–10)	Niese (10–7)	López (2)	25,513	Citi Field	40–86	W1
127	August 25	@ Mets	1–3	Dickey (16–4)	Abad (0–1)	Francisco (21)	29,906	Citi Field	40–87	L1
128	August 26	@ Mets	1–2	Parnell (3–3)	López (5–2)		25,071	Citi Field	40–88	L2
129	August 28	Giants	2–3	Casilla (5–5)	López (5–3)	Romo (7)	13,516	Minute Maid Park	40–89	L3
130	August 29	Giants	4–6	Kontos (1–0)	Keuchel (1–7)	López (5)	13,207	Minute Maid Park	40–90	L4
131	August 30	Giants	4–8	Vogelsong (12–7)	F. Rodriguez (1–9)	Romo (8)	12,835	Minute Maid Park	40–91	L5
132	August 31	Reds	3–9	Leake (7–8)	Abad (0–2)		15,287	Minute Maid Park	40–92	L6

September (13–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Stadium	Record	Boxscore / Streak
133	September 1	Reds	2–1	López (6–3)	Marshall (4–5)		18,316	Minute Maid Park	41–92	W1
134	September 2	Reds	3–5	Arredondo (6–2)	Cedeño (0–1)	Chapman (34)	17,291	Minute Maid Park	41–93	L1
135	September 3	@ Pirates	5–1	González (1–0)	Locke (0–1)		20,055	PNC Park	42–93	W1
136	September 4	@ Pirates	2–6	Rodríguez (10–13)	Lyles (3–11)		12,785	PNC Park	42–94	L1
137	September 5	@ Pirates	3–6	Correia (10–8)	Abad (0–3)		14,159	PNC Park	42–95	L2
138	September 7	@ Reds	5–3	Ambriz (1–0)	Chapman (5–5)	López (3)	23,785	Great American Ball Park	43–95	W1
139	September 8	@ Reds	1–5	Arroyo (12–7)	Norris (5–12)		35,018	Great American Ball Park	43–96	L1
140	September 9	@ Reds	5–1	González (2–0)	Cueto (17–8)		33,438	Great American Ball Park	44–96	W1
141	September 10	Cubs	1–4	Volstad (3–10)	F. Rodriguez (1–10)	Mármol (19)	13,121	Minute Maid Park	44–97	L1
142	September 11	Cubs	1–0	Lyles (4–11)	Germano (2–7)	López (4)	14,205	Minute Maid Park	45–97	W1
143	September 12	Cubs	1–5	Wood (6–11)	Abad (0–4)		13,101	Minute Maid Park	45–98	L1
144	September 13	Phillies	6–4	Wright (1–2)	Aumont (0–1)	López (5)	13,028	Minute Maid Park	46–98	W1
145	September 14	Phillies	6–12	Hamels (15–6)	González (2–1)		17,535	Minute Maid Park	46–99	L1
146	September 15	Phillies	5–0	Keuchel (2–7)	Kendrick (9–11)		20,419	Minute Maid Park	47–99	W1
147	September 16	Phillies	7–6	Wright (2–2)	Bastardo (2–5)	López (6)	17,438	Minute Maid Park	48–99	W2
148	September 18	@ Cardinals	1–4	Lohse (15–3)	Abad (0–5)	Motte (36)	35,422	Busch Stadium	48–100	L1
149	September 19	@ Cardinals	0–5	Lynn (16–7)	Harrell (10–10)	Motte (37)	39,062	Busch Stadium	48–101	L2
150	September 20	@ Cardinals	4–5	García (5–7)	Norris (5–13)	Motte (38)	34,788	Busch Stadium	48–102	L3
151	September 21	Pirates	7–1	F. Rodriguez (2–10)	Locke (0–2)		17,093	Minute Maid Park	49–102	W1
152	September 22	Pirates	4–1	Keuchel (3–7)	Correia (11–10)	López (7)	17,185	Minute Maid Park	50–102	W2
153	September 23	Pirates	1–8	Burnett (16–8)	Lyles (4–12)		15,207	Minute Maid Park	50–103	L1
154	September 24	Cardinals	1–6	Lynn (17–7)	Abad (0–6)		12,584	Minute Maid Park	50–104	L2
155	September 25	Cardinals	0–4	García (6–7)	Harrell (10–11)		16,943	Minute Maid Park	50–105	L3
156	September 26	Cardinals	2–0	Norris (6–13)	Carpenter (0–1)	López (8)	18,712	Minute Maid Park	51–105	W1
157	September 28	@ Brewers	7–6	González (3–1)	Gallardo (16–9)	López (9)	41,716	Miller Park	52–105	W2
158	September 29	@ Brewers	5–9	Estrada (5–7)	Keuchel (3–8)		34,294	Miller Park	52–106	L1
159	September 30	@ Brewers	7–0	Lyles (5–12)	Fiers (9–10)		38,443	Miller Park	53–106	W1

October (2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Stadium	Record	Boxscore / Streak
160	October 1	@ Cubs	3-0	Harrell (11–11)	Berken (0–3)	Wright (1)	32,167	Wrigley Field	54-106	W2
161	October 2	@ Cubs	3-0	Norris (7–13)	Volstad (3–12)	López (10)	33,168	Wrigley Field	55-106	W3
162	October 3	@ Cubs	4–5	Mármol (3–3)	Ambriz (1–1)		27,606	Wrigley Field	55–107	L1

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
José Altuve	147	576	80	167	34	4	7	37	40	74	.290	33
Carlos Lee	66	258	24	74	15	1	5	29	19	17	.287	0
Matt Dominguez	31	109	14	31	2	2	5	16	4	17	.284	0
Chris Johnson	92	341	36	95	21	3	8	41	23	92	.279	4
Carlos Corporan	27	78	5	21	2	0	4	13	4	19	.269	0
Scott Moore	72	201	23	52	11	0	9	26	16	56	.259	0
Brandon Laird	17	35	2	9	1	0	1	4	2	8	.257	0
Jason Castro	87	257	29	66	15	2	6	29	31	61	.257	0
Steve Pearce	21	63	2	16	4	1	0	8	7	16	.254	1
Brett Wallace	66	229	24	58	10	1	9	24	18	73	.253	0
Ben Francisco	31	85	5	21	4	0	2	5	5	23	.247	0
Tyler Greene	39	126	18	31	6	0	7	11	6	39	.246	3
Jed Lowrie	97	340	43	83	18	0	16	42	43	65	.244	2
J.D. Martinez	113	395	34	95	14	3	11	55	40	96	.241	0
Fernando Martínez	41	118	12	28	7	1	6	14	6	34	.237	0
Marwin González	80	205	21	48	13	0	2	12	13	29	.234	3
Justin Maxwell	124	315	46	72	13	3	18	53	32	114	.229	9
Travis Buck	33	74	7	16	5	1	0	6	6	18	.216	0
Jordan Schafer	106	313	40	66	10	2	4	23	36	106	.211	27
Brandon Barnes	43	98	8	20	3	0	1	7	5	29	.204	1
Brian Bogusevic	146	355	39	72	9	2	7	28	41	96	.203	15
Matt Downs	91	178	15	36	4	1	8	16	8	38	.202	2
Brian Bixler	36	88	11	17	6	0	2	7	7	36	.193	7
Jimmy Paredes	24	74	4	14	1	1	0	3	6	21	.189	2
Chris Snyder	76	221	23	39	8	0	7	24	33	70	.176	0
Pitcher Totals	162	275	15	29	2	0	1	12	12	118	.105	0
Team Totals	162	5407	583	1276	238	28	146	545	463	1365	.236	105

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO
Lucas Harrell	11	11	3.76	32	32	0	193.2	185	90	81	13	78	140
Bud Norris	7	13	4.65	29	29	0	168.1	165	90	87	23	66	165
Jordan Lyles	5	12	5.09	25	25	0	141.1	159	97	80	20	42	99
Wandy Rodríguez	7	9	3.79	21	21	0	130.2	134	66	55	13	32	89
J.A. Happ	7	9	4.83	18	18	0	104.1	112	58	56	17	39	98
Dallas Keuchel	3	8	5.27	16	16	0	85.1	93	56	50	14	39	38
Fernando Rodriguez	2	10	5.37	71	0	0	70.1	68	45	42	10	34	78
Wilton López	6	3	2.17	64	0	10	66.1	61	18	16	4	8	54
Rhiner Cruz	1	1	6.05	52	0	0	55.0	65	38	37	8	29	46
Wesley Wright	2	2	3.27	77	0	1	52.1	45	20	19	4	17	54
Fernando Abad	0	6	5.09	37	6	0	46.0	57	27	26	6	19	38
Brandon Lyon	0	2	3.25	37	0	0	36.0	37	13	13	3	11	35
Xavier Cedeño	0	1	3.77	44	0	1	31.0	30	15	13	3	14	36
Brett Myers	0	4	3.52	35	0	19	30.2	35	17	12	4	6	20
Mickey Storey	0	1	3.86	26	0	0	30.1	27	14	13	2	10	34
David Carpenter	0	2	6.07	30	0	0	29.2	43	21	20	4	14	27
Édgar González	3	1	5.04	6	6	0	25.0	23	14	14	3	8	18
Armando Galarraga	0	4	6.75	5	5	0	24.0	28	20	18	6	18	17
C.J. Fick	0	1	4.30	18	0	0	23.0	24	13	11	4	17	17
Héctor Ambriz	1	1	4.19	18	0	0	19.1	14	9	9	0	11	22
Enerio del Rosario	0	0	9.00	19	0	0	19.0	34	21	19	1	7	11
Kyle Weiland	0	3	6.62	3	3	0	17.2	24	13	13	5	7	13
José Valdez	0	0	2.25	12	0	0	12.0	12	4	3	1	8	10
Aneury Rodriguez	0	0	3.00	1	1	0	6.0	2	2	2	2	2	6
Francisco Cordero	0	3	19.80	6	0	0	5.0	13	11	11	2	4	5
Brian Bogusevic	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0
Team Totals	55	107	4.56	162	162	31	1423.1	1493	794	721	173	540	1170

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco and Tom Lawless
AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Texas League	Keith Bodie
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Rodney Linares
A	Lexington Legends	South Atlantic League	Iván DeJesús
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Stubby Clapp
Rookie	Greeneville Astros	Appalachian League	Omar López
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Ed Romero

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References

↑ "Astros' sale finalized; 2 more for playoffs". ESPN.com . Associated Press. November 17, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.

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[1] "Astros' sale finalized; 2 more for playoffs". ESPN.com . Associated Press. November 17, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.

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