2013 Houston Astros
Record: 73-89
Finish: 4th in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 700
Runs Allowed: 733
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: Minute Maid Park
Attendance: 1,543,507
Manager: Robert Velovic

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-63, 5th in the National
AA: 81-57, 1st in the National
A: 61-77, 11th in the National
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Ramon Nivar 33 157 632 89 179 33 3 5 58 53 18 56 119 .283 .341 .369 .709 82.0 11.2 4.6
3B  Toshiichirou Toshitsugu 25 153 570 89 142 31 2 33 94 0 0 56 91 .249 .316 .484 .800 85.4 12.1 4.0
RF  Alexi Ogando 29 156 573 62 161 37 3 11 70 1 0 42 107 .281 .329 .414 .743 73.5 10.0 3.5
1B *Russell Christensen 21 155 495 77 129 35 0 18 82 0 0 68 92 .261 .350 .440 .791 76.0 11.5 2.1
2B  Ferdin Tejeda 30 123 453 52 123 29 0 5 40 5 2 49 90 .272 .347 .369 .716 58.3 7.4 3.9
LF *Joshua Lundy 26 124 423 75 115 35 1 25 82 7 2 63 63 .272 .368 .537 .904 81.2 14.3 2.6
3B *Travis Hanson 32 139 393 45 97 36 1 13 47 0 0 32 132 .247 .305 .443 .747 53.2 7.2 4.0
LF *Anthony Mondella 28 127 382 48 72 19 3 14 41 4 2 43 101 .188 .273 .364 .637 39.5 2.3 2.4
C  Humberto Cota 34 127 399 46 137 25 0 5 66 0 1 23 76 .343 .376 .444 .820 60.2 10.8 5.3
C *Wa-Na Sotan 29 124 222 27 55 18 1 5 21 5 2 15 49 .248 .301 .405 .707 25.7 2.8 1.1
LF *Denard Span 29 69 174 19 51 13 2 4 26 2 5 16 36 .293 .356 .460 .816 26.5 4.3 1.0
LF #Lizahio Baez 29 41 144 18 28 5 1 3 10 0 0 26 29 .194 .329 .306 .635 16.7 1.5 0.9
LF *Scott Podsednik 37 33 104 9 26 7 1 0 14 1 1 15 26 .250 .345 .337 .681 12.8 1.7 0.5
SS *Mike Conroy 30 26 103 9 25 8 1 0 10 3 0 5 23 .243 .275 .340 .615 8.7 0.5 1.2
LF  Romeo Mendez 24 53 96 12 20 7 1 1 9 0 0 4 21 .208 .240 .333 .573 5.6 0.0 0.6
P  Jake Dittler 30 34 63 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 .048 .077 .048 .125 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Nick Younker 24 31 68 7 7 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 37 .103 .160 .132 .292 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Carlos Hernandez 33 33 65 4 11 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 14 .169 .194 .185 .379 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Freddy Garcia 37 32 61 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .197 .206 .230 .436 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Blanton 32 25 47 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .149 .167 .149 .316 -0.1 0.0 0.0
LF *Stephen Lao 27 25 23 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .174 .296 .174 .470 1.8 0.1 0.1
P  Alva Bustamante 26 23 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Danny Borrell 34 63 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Jason Bergmann 31 51 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jason Hirsh 31 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bud Smith 32 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Marcos Carvajal 28 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Victor Rivero 26 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Rodney Hughes 27 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joselo Diaz 33 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 2167 5522 700 1406 343 20 142 683 82 34 528 1194 .255 .321 .401 .722 707.4 97.7 37.7
  Rank among 16 NL teams 13 13 12 3 6 11 12 14 4 6 3 11 11 10 11 11  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Jake Dittler 30 16 11 .593 34 34 0 234.3 211 75 11 63 177 2.88 20.8
 Nick Younker 24 12 10 .545 31 31 0 202.0 186 114 23 54 147 5.08 6.4
*Carlos Hernandez 33 10 13 .435 33 33 0 196.0 176 74 22 98 164 3.40 12.5
 Freddy Garcia 37 6 17 .261 32 32 0 190.3 206 89 22 53 162 4.21 8.5
 Joe Blanton 32 5 10 .333 25 25 0 156.3 147 69 13 51 159 3.97 8.1
 Joselo Diaz 33 3 5 .375 79 0 3 88.7 67 46 7 43 99 4.67 5.6
*Danny Borrell 34 6 8 .429 63 3 2 87.3 106 52 8 47 67 5.36 1.6
 Rodney Hughes 27 2 3 .400 58 0 10 59.3 66 25 2 15 39 3.79 6.4
 Jason Bergmann 31 6 3 .667 51 0 2 56.0 52 22 7 19 58 3.54 5.3
 Jason Hirsh 31 3 3 .500 43 0 16 52.0 59 24 8 8 55 4.15 6.6
 Alva Bustamante 26 0 2 .000 23 4 0 48.0 54 30 6 22 30 5.63 0.1
 Marcos Carvajal 28 3 3 .500 49 0 4 43.7 50 26 11 25 38 5.36 0.8
*Bud Smith 32 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 10.7 9 5 1 1 8 4.21 1.0
 Victor Rivero 26 0 1 .000 8 0 0 8.3 13 6 1 3 4 6.48 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 73 89 .451 535 162 37 1433.0 1402 657 142 502 1207 4.13 83.6
Rank among 16 NL teams 12 12 13 12 16 6 5 5 7 10 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 25.9
H.Cota 879.3 103 108 747 48 7 0 .991 33.3
T.Hanson 433.3 45 59 393 15 2 1 .995 25.6
W.Sotan 120.0 14 19 92 2 1 0 .989 7.7
Team Total 1432.7 162 186 1232 65 10 1 .992 28.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.45
R.Christensen 1137.7 126 145 1104 96 7 94 .994 9.49
W.Sotan 295.0 36 44 278 22 4 19 .987 9.15
Team Total 1432.7 162 189 1382 118 11 113 .993 9.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 4.75
F.Tejeda 1012.0 117 121 193 321 12 67 .977 4.57
R.Nivar 284.0 32 33 55 106 3 19 .982 5.10
T.Hanson 137.3 14 21 21 47 2 12 .971 4.46
Team Total 1433.3 163 175 269 474 17 98 .978 4.67
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 2.45
T.Toshitsugu 1325.7 150 153 93 266 23 16 .940 2.44
T.Hanson 98.0 11 13 4 17 1 1 .955 1.93
H.Cota 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1432.7 162 167 97 284 24 17 .941 2.39
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.19
R.Nivar 1015.7 113 119 119 318 23 56 .950 3.87
M.Conroy 224.0 26 26 37 83 0 18 1.000 4.82
T.Hanson 182.0 22 24 22 49 5 8 .934 3.51
H.Cota 11.0 1 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.09
Team Total 1432.7 162 170 179 454 28 82 .958 3.98
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.83
J.Lundy 662.5 73 78 139 5 7 1 .954 1.96
A.Mondella 510.3 62 62 107 1 2 0 .982 1.90
S.Podsednik 144.5 10 12 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
D.Span 75.3 7 15 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
R.Mendez 52.0 6 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
S.Lao 16.4 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
A.Ogando 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Sotan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Baez 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.4 161 185 296 6 9 1 .971 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.46
A.Mondella 342.3 38 43 99 1 2 0 .980 2.63
J.Lundy 325.6 36 41 92 0 1 0 .989 2.54
D.Span 236.7 26 29 67 1 1 1 .986 2.59
L.Baez 109.7 11 12 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.46
R.Mendez 92.0 12 13 27 2 0 2 1.000 2.84
S.Podsednik 15.1 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.58
S.Lao 13.7 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
A.Ogando 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1136.1 126 146 324 5 4 4 .988 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.93
A.Ogando 1246.7 144 146 298 7 2 1 .993 2.20
L.Baez 241.5 25 26 52 0 1 0 .981 1.94
D.Span 61.0 7 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
A.Mondella 56.3 5 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.28
R.Mendez 29.7 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
S.Podsednik 29.6 2 4 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.82
S.Lao 13.1 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
W.Sotan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1679.9 188 203 384 8 3 2 .992 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.70
J.Dittler 234.3 34 34 11 30 0 2 1.000 1.57
N.Younker 202.0 31 31 11 21 0 3 1.000 1.43
C.Hernandez 196.0 33 33 10 26 3 1 .923 1.65
F.Garcia 190.3 32 32 15 31 0 4 1.000 2.18
J.Blanton 156.3 25 25 10 18 0 1 1.000 1.61
J.Diaz 88.7 0 79 8 11 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Borrell 87.3 3 63 3 11 2 1 .875 1.44
R.Hughes 59.3 0 58 5 8 1 0 .929 1.97
J.Bergmann 56.0 0 51 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Hirsh 52.0 0 43 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.38
A.Bustamante 48.0 4 23 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.50
M.Carvajal 43.7 0 49 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.27
B.Smith 10.7 0 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
V.Rivero 8.3 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.16
Team Total 1433.0 162 535 89 187 6 16 .979 1.73
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cota .289
On-Base Pct Lundy .363
Slugging Pct Lundy .528
OPS Lundy .890
XR Toshitsugu 85.4
Games Nivar 157
At-Bats Nivar 632
Runs Toshitsugu, Nivar 89
Hits Nivar 179
Total Bases Toshitsugu 276
Singles Nivar 138
Doubles Ogando 37
Triples Mondella, Nivar, Ogando 3
Homeruns Toshitsugu 33
RBIs Toshitsugu 94
Stolen Bases Nivar 53
Caught Stealing Nivar 18
Walks Christensen 68
Strikeouts Hanson 132
ERA Dittler 2.88
Wins Dittler 16
Losses Garcia 17
Winning Pct Dittler .593
Saves Hirsh 16
Games Pitched Diaz 79
Games Started Dittler 34
Complete Games Younker 3
Shutouts Younker 2
Innings Pitched Dittler 234.3
Hits Allowed Dittler 211
Homeruns Allowed Younker 23
Strikeouts Dittler 177
Walks Allowed Hernandez 98
Walks per 9IP Younker 2.4
Hits per 9IP Hernandez 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Garcia 7.7
WHiP Dittler 1.17
OAVG Hernandez .238
OOBP Younker .291
OSLG Dittler .331
OOPS Dittler .625
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Joe Blanton $ 5,700,000
Joshua Lundy $ 3,785,714
Ramon Nivar $ 3,660,000
Humberto Cota $ 3,570,000
Jake Dittler $ 3,307,143
Alexi Ogando $ 3,078,571
Mike Conroy $ 2,257,143
Freddy Garcia $ 2,000,000
Joselo Diaz $ 1,131,429
Toshiichirou Toshitsugu $ 1,028,571
Rodney Hughes $ 980,000
Carlos Hernandez $ 850,000
Motogorou Hachemon $ 665,000
Anthony Mondella $ 500,000
Domingo Lopez $ 500,000
Travis Hanson $ 350,000
Pat Strange $ 350,000
Victor Rivero $ 300,000
Ferdin Tejeda $ 300,000
Danny Borrell $ 300,000
Alva Bustamante $ 300,000
Marcos Carvajal $ 300,000
Russell Christensen $ 300,000
Jason Hirsh $ 300,000
Wa-Na Sotan $ 300,000
Jason Bergmann $ 300,000
Romeo Mendez $ 300,000
Nick Younker $ 300,000
Denard Span $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Signed     Freddy Garcia
2/1 Signed     Humberto Cota
2/1 Signed     Robert Cortina
2/5 Signed     Domingo Lopez
2/12 Signed     David Hawkins
2/13 Signed     Laynce Nix
3/30 Released Zachary Barrett    
3/30 Released Laynce Nix    
5/14 Traded Freddie Pagano
Gil Pedroza
Richard Molina
New York (A) Joshua Lundy
Ferdin Tejeda
5/22 Traded Lizahio Baez Washington Joe Blanton
5/30 Released Scott Podsednik    
5/30 Released Robert Cortina    
5/30 Released Sean Luellwitz    
5/30 Released Brock Koman    
5/30 Released James Blocker    
5/30 Released Claudio Solis    
6/14 Waived Stephen Lao New York (A)  
6/14 Waived Bud Smith San Francisco