2013 Houston Astros | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Minute Maid Park | |
City | Houston, Texas | |
Record | 51–111 (.315) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | Jim Crane | |
General managers | Jeff Luhnow | |
Managers | Bo Porter | |
Television | CSN Houston (Bill Brown, Alan Ashby, Geoff Blum) | |
Radio | Sportstalk 790 (Robert Ford, Steve Sparks, Milo Hamilton) KLAT (Spanish) (Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 2013 Houston Astros season was the 52nd season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 49th as the Astros, and 14th at Minute Maid Park. Further, it was the Astros' inaugural season as members of both the American League (AL) and AL West division, after having spent their first 51 seasons in the National League (NL). The Astros entered the season with a 55–107 record and last-place finish in the NL Central division, 42 games behind the division-champion Cincinnati Reds, Houston's worst-ever record to date, as well the second consecutive of the first two 100-loss seasons in franchise history.
The 2013 season was the first for Bo Porter as manager, the 21st in Astros' franchise history, succeeding Tony DeFrancesco. On March 31, the Astros won their first Opening Day as an American League team, 8–2, while hosting their in-state rivals, the Texas Rangers. Bud Norris was the Astros' Opening Day starting pitcher. It was also the 4,000th win in franchise history.
In the first round of the June MLB draft, the Astros selected pitcher Mark Appel as the first overall pick.
Catcher Jason Castro represented the Astros at the MLB All-Star Game and played for the American League, his lone career selection. On July 19, outfielder Brandon Barnes hit for the cycle while going 5-for-5 for the eighth cycle in franchise history.
The Astros concluded their regular season with a 51–111 record, in last place the AL West, 45 games behind the Oakland Athletics, and worst record in the major leagues. This continued Houston's downward trend starting in 2010 into an unprecedented third 100-loss season, having won 4 fewer than year prior to establish another new club record for losses. This was fewest wins by any MLB club since the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks, who had an identical 51–111 record. The Astros set another club record by finishing 45 games out of first place to surpass the 1975 team, who placed 43+1⁄2 games behind the NL West division-champion Reds.
27 | Jose Altuve | 2B |
29 | Brett Wallace | 1B |
23 | Chris Carter | LF |
12 | Carlos Peña | DH |
44 | Justin Maxwell | CF |
15 | Jason Castro | C |
30 | Matt Dominguez | 3B |
2 | Brandon Barnes | RF |
13 | Ronny Cedeño | SS |
Starting pitcher | ||
20 | Bud Norris | P |
Venue: | Minute Maid Park • HOU 8, | TEX 2 |
Houston's first-ever Opening Day as an American League club took place on March 31, where they hosted in-state rivals, the Texas Rangers, at Minute Maid Park, and claimed victory, 8–2. Former Astro Lance Berkman, starting as the Rangers' designated hitter (DH), was recognized during the pre-game ceremony. Texans defensive end J. J. Watt threw the ceremonial first pitch to catcher J. D. Martinez, who promptly obliged Watt by autographing a baseball. Bud Norris was the Astros' first Opening Day starting pitcher as AL club, thus delivering the first pitch. The Astros' first hit as AL team came via Altuve's groundball single in the first inning. Tne first pinch-hitting decision arrived in the sixth innning for manager Bo Porter, with runners on first and second and two outs. The actor in Porter's move became Rick Ankiel, substituted for Brandon Barnes, and Ankiel launched Houston's first home run as an AL team, a three-run blast to right field, to give the Astros a lead of 7–2. The Astros' first win at an AL club was also the 4,000th in franchise history. [3]
On July 19, outfielder Brandon Barnes hit for the cycle, the eighth in franchise history, including a 5-for-5 performance and an inside-the-park home run in the second inning during a 10–7 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Barnes followed up the home run with a triple in the fourth, single in the sixth, and double in the eighth. In the ninth, he singled for the fifth hit of the day. The seventh Astro to hit for the cycle, the only player to do so twice was César Cedeño. Barnes' feat was preceded by Luke Scott on July 28, 2006, and Barnes' then-teammate Jose Altuve succeeded him on August 28, 2023. [4]
During an up-and-down first season as members of the American League, the Astros concluded on a 15-game losing streak, plunging them to a club-record 111 losses, [5] On the season, Houston won just 12 series, 2 of which were sweeps, and none outside of the AL West. They were swept 18 times, finishing 45 games out of first place, winning just 2 games against the rival Texas Rangers and 4 games against the Oakland Athletics, getting shut out 14 times (twice in a row against the Rangers and the Rays). They surrendered 10 runs or more in 17 games. [6]
For the third consecutive year, the Astros set the club record for losses, surpassing the 56–106 record the year prior. They finished 45 games behind the AL West-champion A's. The 45 games behind surpassed another club record set in 1975, when they trailed by 43+1⁄2 games to that year's National League West division-champion Cincinnati Reds, [7] who claimed an incredible 108–54 (.667) record along with that year's World Series. [8]
However, a movement of talented youth provided exciting glimpses of future possibilities. Catcher Jason Castro, the Astros' biggest breakout star, hit .276 with 18 home runs and 56 RBI in just 120 games. Second baseman Jose Altuve hit .284, 52 RBI, and 35 stolen bases. Third baseman Matt Dominguez delivered on one the best all-round performances, ranking second on the club to Chris Carter in home runs (21) and RBI (77), while being recognized for superlative defense at third base with the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award for the Astros. [5]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 52–29 | 44–37 |
Texas Rangers | 91 | 72 | .558 | 5½ | 46–36 | 45–36 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18 | 39–42 | 39–42 |
Seattle Mariners | 71 | 91 | .438 | 25 | 36–45 | 35–46 |
Houston Astros | 51 | 111 | .315 | 45 | 24–57 | 27–54 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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Boston Red Sox | 97 | 65 | .599 |
Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | .593 |
Detroit Tigers | 93 | 69 | .574 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Cleveland Indians | 92 | 70 | .568 | +½ |
Tampa Bay Rays | 92 | 71 | .564 | — |
Texas Rangers | 91 | 72 | .558 | 1 |
Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5½ |
New York Yankees | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6½ |
Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6½ |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 78 | 84 | .481 | 13½ |
Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17½ |
Seattle Mariners | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20½ |
Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | .407 | 25½ |
Chicago White Sox | 63 | 99 | .389 | 28½ |
Houston Astros | 51 | 111 | .315 | 40½ |
Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 11–9 |
Boston | 8–11 | — | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 14–6 |
Chicago | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 2–17 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 8–12 |
Cleveland | 4–3 | 1–6 | 17–2 | — | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 11–9 |
Detroit | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 9–10 | 0–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–8 |
Houston | 2–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–15 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 2–17 | 3–4 | 8–12 |
Kansas City | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 9–10 | 10–9 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–11 |
Los Angeles | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 9–10 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–10 |
Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 6–13 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 4–15 | 5–1 | — | 2–5 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–12 |
New York | 10–9 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 9–11 |
Oakland | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 5–1 | — | 8–11 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
Seattle | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | — | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 8–12 |
Tampa Bay | 13–6 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–4 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
Texas | 2–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 17–2 | 3–3 | 15–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 4–4 | — | 1–6 | 10–10 |
Toronto | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 5–14 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 6–1 | — | 11–9 |
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March: 1-0 (Home: 1-0; Away: 0-0)
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April: 7-19 (Home: 3-8; Away: 4-11)
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May: 10-18 (Home: 5-13; Away: 5-5)
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June: 12-15 (Home: 7-7; Away: 5-8)
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July: 6-18 (Home: 2-8; 4-10)
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August: 8-21 (Home: 3-10; Away: 5-11)
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September: 7-20 (Home: 3-10: Away: 4-10)
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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 |
Player | GP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SB | AVG. | OBP. | SLG. | OPS |
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Jose Altuve | 152 | 626 | 64 | 177 | 5 | 52 | 32 | 35 | .283 | .316 | .363 | .678 |
Jonathan Villar | 58 | 210 | 26 | 51 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 18 | .243 | .321 | .319 | .640 |
Brandon Barnes | 136 | 408 | 46 | 98 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 11 | .240 | .289 | .346 | .635 |
Chris Carter | 148 | 506 | 64 | 113 | 29 | 82 | 70 | 2 | .223 | .320 | .451 | .770 |
Jason Castro | 120 | 435 | 63 | 120 | 18 | 56 | 50 | 2 | .276 | .350 | .485 | .835 |
JD Martinez | 86 | 296 | 24 | 74 | 7 | 36 | 10 | 2 | .250 | .272 | .378 | .650 |
Matt Dominguez | 152 | 543 | 56 | 131 | 21 | 77 | 30 | 0 | .241 | .286 | .403 | .690 |
Trevor Crowe | 60 | 165 | 18 | 36 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 6 | .218 | .287 | .291 | .578 |
LJ Hoes | 46 | 167 | 24 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7 | .287 | .337 | .371 | .708 |
Brett Wallace | 79 | 262 | 35 | 58 | 13 | 36 | 18 | 1 | .221 | .284 | .431 | .716 |
Robbie Grossman | 63 | 257 | 29 | 69 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 6 | .268 | .332 | .370 | .702 |
Marwin González | 72 | 204 | 22 | 45 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 6 | .221 | .252 | .319 | .571 |
Carlos Corporan | 64 | 191 | 16 | 43 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 0 | .225 | .287 | .361 | .648 |
Jake Elmore | 52 | 120 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .242 | .313 | .325 | .638 |
Ronny Cedeño | 51 | 141 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .220 | .260 | .298 | .558 |
Justin Maxwell | 40 | 137 | 21 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | .241 | .311 | .387 | .698 |
Marc Krauss | 52 | 134 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 2 | .209 | .267 | .366 | .633 |
Jimmy Paredes | 48 | 125 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .192 | .231 | .248 | .479 |
Brandon Laird | 25 | 71 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .169 | .224 | .423 | .646 |
Rick Ankiel | 25 | 62 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .194 | .231 | .484 | .715 |
Cody Clark | 16 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .105 | .128 | .132 | .260 |
Fernando Martínez | 11 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .229 | .273 | .501 |
Matt Pagnozzi | 9 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .182 | .143 | .325 |
Max Stassi | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5457 | 610 | 1307 | 148 | 566 | 426 | 110 | .240 | .299 | .375 | .674 |
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 |
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Dallas Keuchel | 6 | 10 | 5.15 | 31 | 22 | 0 | 153.2 | 184 | 96 | 88 | 20 | 52 | 123 |
Lucas Harrell | 6 | 17 | 5.86 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 153.2 | 174 | 111 | 100 | 20 | 88 | 89 |
Érik Bédard | 4 | 12 | 4.59 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 151.0 | 149 | 83 | 77 | 18 | 75 | 138 |
Jordan Lyles | 7 | 9 | 5.59 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 141.2 | 165 | 98 | 88 | 17 | 49 | 93 |
Bud Norris | 6 | 9 | 3.93 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 126.0 | 135 | 62 | 55 | 11 | 43 | 90 |
Brad Peacock | 5 | 6 | 5.18 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 83.1 | 78 | 51 | 48 | 15 | 37 | 77 |
José Veras | 0 | 4 | 2.93 | 42 | 0 | 19 | 43.0 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 44 |
Wesley Wright | 0 | 4 | 3.92 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 41.1 | 45 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 40 |
Josh Fields | 1 | 3 | 4.97 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 38.0 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 40 |
Héctor Ambriz | 2 | 4 | 5.70 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 36.1 | 50 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 27 |
Travis Blackley | 1 | 1 | 4.89 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 29 |
Paul Clemens | 4 | 7 | 5.40 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 73.1 | 82 | 48 | 44 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
Brett Oberholtzer | 4 | 5 | 2.76 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 71.2 | 66 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 45 |
Jarred Cosart | 1 | 1 | 1.95 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 60.0 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 35 | 33 |
Philip Humber | 0 | 8 | 7.90 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 54.2 | 75 | 48 | 48 | 9 | 20 | 36 |
José Cisnero | 2 | 2 | 4.12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | 49 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 41 |
Josh Zeid | 0 | 1 | 3.90 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 27.2 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 24 |
Rhiner Cruz | 0 | 2 | 3.38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 10 |
Kevin Chapman | 1 | 1 | 1.77 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 20.1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
Chia-Jen Lo | 0 | 3 | 4.19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 19.1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 16 |
David Martínez | 1 | 0 | 7.15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Jorge de León | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Édgar González | 0 | 1 | 7.20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Wade LeBlanc | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Xavier Cedeño | 0 | 0 | 11.37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
Jake Elmore | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 51 | 111 | 4.79 | 162 | 162 | 32 | 1440.0 | 1530 | 848 | 766 | 191 | 616 | 1084 |
Astros games were televised on the Comcast SportsNet Houston network in 2013. The network broadcasts to about 40% of the households in the Houston area. Writer J. J. Cooper said that a game in September received a 0.0 rating, as "the Nielsen company could not statistically prove that anyone in the Houston market actually watched the game." [9]
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