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) KLAT (Spanish) (Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2013Houston Astros season was the team's first year as a member of the American League, with them switching from the National League Central to the American League West. This was also their 52nd season as an MLB franchise, their 49th as the Astros, and their 14th at Minute Maid Park.
The Astros continued their exceptionally poor records from 2011 and 2012, winning only 51 games, the fewest by any Major League Baseball team since the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks who finished with an identical record. Perhaps the lowest point of the season came when the Astros finished with a 15-game losing streak. Other lowlights included winning only 12 series (2 of which were sweeps, none outside of the AL West), getting 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), and yielding 10 runs or more in 17 games.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | — | 52–29 | 44–37 |
Texas Rangers | 91 | 72 | 0.558 | 5½ | 46–36 | 45–36 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 18 | 39–42 | 39–42 |
Seattle Mariners | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 25 | 36–45 | 35–46 |
Houston Astros | 51 | 111 | 0.315 | 45 | 24–57 | 27–54 |
Division Winners | W | L | Pct. |
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Boston Red Sox | 97 | 65 | 0.599 |
Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | 0.593 |
Detroit Tigers | 93 | 69 | 0.574 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) | Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Cleveland Indians | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | +½ |
Tampa Bay Rays | 92 | 71 | 0.564 | — |
Texas Rangers | 91 | 72 | 0.558 | 1 |
Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 5½ |
New York Yankees | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 6½ |
Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 6½ |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 13½ |
Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 17½ |
Seattle Mariners | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 20½ |
Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 25½ |
Chicago White Sox | 63 | 99 | 0.389 | 28½ |
Houston Astros | 51 | 111 | 0.315 | 40½ |
Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | 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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José 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." [1]
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