# 2007 Houston Astros season

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. 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 Jose Altuve as an amateur free agent.
* 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. 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. 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.
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

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 85 | 77 | .525 | — | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 2 | 51‍–‍30 | 32‍–‍49 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 84 | .481 | 7 | 43‍–‍38 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Houston Astros | 73 | 89 | .451 | 12 | 42‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 72 | 90 | .444 | 13 | 39‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 68 | 94 | .420 | 17 | 37‍–‍44 | 31‍–‍50 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2007 National League recordvte Source: :
| 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 |

### 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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2Pirates4 – 2 (10)Capps (1-0)Qualls (0-1)Torres (1)43,8030-1
2April 3Pirates3 – 2Bayliss (1-0)Wheeler (0-1)Torres (2)31,2380-2
3April 4Pirates5 – 4Gorzelanny (1-0)Williams (0-1)Torres (3)25,9610-3
4April 6Cardinals4 – 2Wainwright (1-0)Rodríguez (0-1)Isringhausen (1)43,4300-4
5April 7Cardinals5 – 1Oswalt (1-0)Reyes (0-1)41,8851-4
6April 8Cardinals10 – 1Wells (1-1)Jennings (0-1)36,2731-5
7April 9@ Cubs5 – 3Qualls (1-1)Howry (0-2)Wheeler (1)41,3882-5
8April 10@ Cubs4 – 2Sampson (1-0)Marquis (0-1)35,9243-5
--April 11@ CubsPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for June 113-5
9April 13@ Phillies9 – 6Oswalt (2-0)Myers (0-1)Wheeler (2)44,3364-5
10April 14@ Phillies8 – 5Hamels (1-0)Williams (0-2)Gordon (2)35,3874-6
--April 15@ PhilliesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 234-6
11April 16Marlins4 – 3Qualls (2-1)Gregg (0-1)30,6655-6
12April 17Marlins6 – 1Oswalt (3-0)Julio (0-2)38,1066-6
13April 18@ Reds7 – 2Sampson (2-0)Coffey (1-1)13,7727-6
14April 19@ Reds8 – 6Lidge (1-0)Weathers (0-2)Wheeler (3)14,2228-6
15April 20@ Brewers6 – 5White (1-0)Wise (0-1)Qualls (1)41,5229-6
16April 21@ Brewers6 – 4Capuano (3-0)Rodríguez (0-2)Cordero (6)41,2099-7
17April 22@ Brewers4 – 3Bush (2-1)Oswalt (3-1)Cordero (7)31,9859-8
18April 23@ Phillies11 – 4Eaton (2-1)Sampson (2-1)32,5179-9
19April 24@ Pirates3 – 0Maholm (1-2)Williams (0-3)13,0629-10
20April 25@ Pirates4 – 3 (16)Wasdin (1-1)Moehler (0-1)8,2019-11
21April 26@ Pirates5 – 3Bayliss (2-1)Rodríguez (0-3)Grabow (1)12,0569-12
22April 27Brewers4 – 1Capuano (4-0)Oswalt (3-2)Cordero (9)40,5309-13
23April 28Brewers10 – 1Sampson (3-1)Bush (2-2)41,00410-13
24April 29Brewers3 – 1Vargas (2-0)Williams (0-4)Cordero (10)37,11410-14 :
May 12–17 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Reds11 – 2Arroyo (1-2)Albers (0-1)30,36110-15
26May 2Reds3 – 1Oswalt (4-2)Lohse (1-2)Wheeler (4)29,46811-15
27May 3Reds7 – 5Qualls (3-1)Stanton (1-1)Wheeler (5)29,93112-15
28May 4@ Cardinals3 – 2Wainwright (2-2)Williams (0-5)Isringhausen (7)44,11712-16
29May 5@ Cardinals13 – 0Albers (1-1)Wells (1-6)44,88113-16
30May 6@ Cardinals3 – 1Looper (4-2)Sampson (3-2)Isringhausen (8)44,45313-17
31May 7@ Reds5 – 4Oswalt (5-2)Lohse (1-3)Wheeler (6)17,36214-17
32May 8@ Reds7 – 6Lidge (2-0)Salmon (0-1)Wheeler (7)16,26415-17
33May 9@ Reds3 – 2Williams (1-5)Belisle (3-2)Wheeler (8)16,27816-17
34May 10@ Reds9 – 5Harang (5-1)Albers (1-2)Weathers (7)25,79616-18
35May 11D-backs3 – 1Webb (3-2)Sampson (3-3)36,08016-19
36May 12D-backs10 – 4Oswalt (6-2)Hernández (3-2)36,14217-19
37May 13D-backs5 – 2Rodríguez (1-3)Davis (2-4)37,23018-19
38May 15Giants6 – 5 (10)Qualls (4-1)Sánchez (1-1)33,49019-19
39May 16Giants2 – 1Sampson (4-3)Lowry (4-4)33,53320-19
40May 17Giants2 – 1 (12)Chulk (1-2)Lidge (1-2)Benítez (8)36,81520-20
41May 18Rangers7 – 4Tejeda (4-3)Albers (1-3)Gagné (2)37,63420-21
42May 19Rangers6 – 1Rodríguez (2-3)Koronka (0-1)41,99021-21
43May 20Rangers14 – 1McCarthy (4-4)Williams (1-6)39,93821-22
44May 21@ Giants4 – 0Lowry (5-4)Sampson (4-4)35,76821-23
45May 22@ Giants4 – 2Lincecum (2-0)Oswalt (6-3)Benítez (9)35,13421-24
46May 23@ Giants9 – 1Zito (4-5)Albers (1-4)35,52121-25
47May 24@ D-backs9 – 1Owings (3-1)Rodríguez (2-4)18,13021-26
48May 25@ D-backs13 – 3González (2-2)Williams (1-7)23,29821-27
49May 26@ D-backs5 – 4Webb (4-3)Sampson (4-5)Valverde (18)27,83621-28
50May 27@ D-backs8 – 4Hernández (5-2)Oswalt (6-4)26,62121-29
51May 29Reds2 – 1Belisle (5-4)Qualls (4-2)Weathers (10)33,56521-30
52May 30Reds4 – 3Harang (6-2)Rodríguez (2-5)31,90421-31
53May 31Reds10 – 2Williams (2-7)Arroyo (2-6)30,33622-31 :
June: 12–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Cardinals8 – 1Franklin (2-0)Qualls (4-3)36,78422-32
55June 2Cardinals8 – 3Sampson (5-5)Wells (2-10)39,23423-32
56June 3Cardinals8 – 6 (10)Isringhausen (2-0)Wheeler (0-2)40,48323-33
57June 5@ Rockies4 – 1Rodríguez (3-5)Hirsh (2-6)Wheeler (10)27,10124-33
58June 6@ Rockies8 – 7Buchholz (3-3)Williams (2-8)Fuentes (17)22,47124-34
59June 7@ Rockies7 – 6Affeldt (3-1)Wheeler (0-3)22,10324-35
60June 8@ White Sox5 – 2Sampson (6-5)Danks (3-6)Wheeler (11)33,21225-35
61June 9@ White Sox3 – 2Qualls (5-3)Jenks (2-2)36,61626-35
62June 10@ White Sox6 – 3Buehrle (3-3)Rodríguez (3-6)Jenks (17)33,43326-36
63June 11@ Cubs2 – 1Zambrano (7-5)Williams (2-9)Dempster (13)37,94726-37
64June 12Athletics5 – 4 (11)Borkowski (1-0)Flores (0-1)33,63727-37
65June 13Athletics7 – 3Blanton (6-4)Wheeler (0-3)34,61127-38
66June 14Athletics6 – 5 (11)Embree (1-0)Moehler (0-2)Casilla (2)42,02427-39
67June 15Mariners5 – 1Rodríguez (4-6)Hernández (3-4)37,32228-39
68June 16Mariners9 – 4Williams (3-9)Baek (3-3)41,97429-39
69June 17Mariners10 – 3Oswalt (7-4)Washburn (5-6)42,01930-39
70June 18@ Angels10 – 9Rodríguez (1-2)Borkowski (1-1)42,23230-40
71June 19@ Angels9 – 5Jennings (1-1)Colón (6-3)42,15631-40
72June 20@ Angels8 – 4Carrasco (2-1)Borkowski (1-2)40,76131-41
73June 22@ Rangers11 – 3Millwood (4-6)Williams (3-10)37,84731-42
74June 23@ Rangers7 – 2Wright (1-1)Oswalt (7-5)42,31531-43
75June 24@ Rangers12 – 9 (10)Wheeler (1-4)Wilson (0-1)Qualls (2)31,56032-43
76June 25@ Brewers5 – 1Sheets (9-3)Jennings (1-2)28,78632-44
77June 26@ Brewers11 – 5Wise (2-1)Rodríguez (4-7)30,71332-45
78June 27@ Brewers6 – 3 (11)Bush (6-6)Borkowski (1-3)31,86232-46
79June 28Rockies8 – 5 (11)Moehler (1-2)Fuentes (0-3)42,53733-46
80June 29Rockies9 – 8Borkowski (2-3)Fuentes (0-4)42,86134-46
81June 30Rockies5 – 0Francis (8-5)Jennings (1-3)43,07134-47 :
July: 12–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 3–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Rockies12 – 0Rodríguez (5-7)López (4-2)35,26035-47
83July 2Phillies7 – 5Williams (4-10)Moyer (7-6)Miller (1)28,97336-47
84July 3Phillies5 – 4 (13)Albers (2-4)Mesa (0-1)37,99737-47
85July 4Phillies8 – 3Hamels (10-4)Sampson (6-6)39,99337-48
86July 5Mets6 – 2Maine (10-4)Jennings (1-4)35,43037-49
87July 6Mets4 – 0Rodríguez (6-7)Pelfrey (0-7)38,81238-49
88July 7Mets5 – 3 (17)Sele (2-0)Moehler (1-3)Wagner (17)41,59638-50
89July 8Mets8 – 3Oswalt (8-5)Williams (0-1)40,70839-50
90July 13@ Cubs6 – 0Zambrano (11-7)Jennings (1-5)41,59339-51
91July 14@ Cubs9 – 3Lilly (9-4)Oswalt (8-6)41,44839-52
92July 15@ Cubs7 – 6Wuertz (2-2)Rodríguez (6-8)Howry (5)41,75739-53
93July 16@ Nationals4 – 3Rivera (4-2)Williams (4-11)Cordero (16)22,39239-54
94July 17@ Nationals4 – 2Sampson (7-6)Redding (1-2)Lidge (1)22,36240-54
95July 18@ Nationals7 – 6Bergmann (2-5)Jennings (1-6)Cordero (17)27,11940-55
96July 20@ Pirates2 – 1Oswalt (9-6)Gorzelanny (9-5)Lidge (2)33,54141-55
97July 21@ Pirates7 – 3Maholm (6-12)Rodríguez (6-9)32,06841-56
98July 22@ Pirates1 – 0Williams (5-11)Youman (2-2)Lidge (3)22,40442-56
99July 23Dodgers10 – 2Billingsley (7-0)Sampson (7-7)38,24542-57
100July 24Dodgers7 – 4Jennings (2-6)Seánez (6-2)Lidge (4)38,24743-57
101July 25Dodgers2 – 1Qualls (6-3)Houlton (0-2)Lidge (5)31,49844-57
102July 26Padres7 – 1Rodríguez (7-9)Wells (5-7)33,71845-57
103July 27Padres9 – 4Peavy (10-5)Williams (5-12)39,99645-58
104July 28Padres3 – 1Oswalt (10-6)Maddux (7-8)Lidge (6)42.65146-58
105July 29Padres18 – 11Brocail (3-1)Jennings (2-7)39,35046-59
106July 31@ Braves12 – 4James (9-8)Sampson (7-8)32,31546-60 :
August: 15–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Braves12 – 3Carlyle (6-3)Rodríguez (7-10)30,78546-61
108August 2@ Braves12 – 11 (14)McLemore (1-0)Villarreal (1-1)Moehler (1)35,65947-61
109August 3@ Marlins8 – 2Oswalt (11-6)Willis (7-11)15,22648-61
110August 4@ Marlins6 – 5 (12)Gardner (3-2)Randolph (0-1)22,11248-62
111August 5@ Marlins6 – 5Olsen (9-9)Albers (2-5)Gregg (23)14,62248-63
112August 6Cubs2 – 1 (10)Lidge (3-1)Wuertz (2-3)36,45949-63
113August 7Cubs5 – 2Williams (6-12)Marshall (5-6)Lidge (7)37,56150-63
114August 8Cubs8 – 2Oswalt (12-6)Zambrano (14-8)41,65551-63
115August 10Brewers5 – 4 (11)Spurling (2-1)Moehler (1-4)Cordero (35)40,21151-64
116August 11Brewers7 – 4Linebrink (4-3)Lidge (3-2)Cordero (36)41,46151-65
117August 12Brewers6 – 4McLemore (2-0)Villanueva (6-3)Lidge (8)43,57852-65
118August 13@ Dodgers4 – 1Oswalt (13-6)Billingsley (7-4)Qualls (3)49,51153-65
119August 14@ Dodgers7 – 4Albers (3-5)Tomko (2-10)Lidge (9)49,39954-65
120August 15@ Dodgers6 – 3Penny (14-3)Jennings (2-8)Saito (30)49,09854-66
121August 16@ Dodgers6 – 2Lowe (9-11)Rodríguez (7-11)Saito (31)48,12854-67
122August 17@ Padres3 – 1Williams (7-12)Bell (5-4)Lidge (10)32,06355-67
123August 18@ Padres3 – 2Borkowski (3-3)Germano (6-7)Lidge (11)44,27256-67
124August 19@ Padres5 – 3Maddux (9-9)Albers (3-6)Hoffman (31)37,62856-68
125August 20Nationals7 – 0Redding (3-3)Jennings (2-9)30,37456-69
126August 21Nationals11 – 6Hanrahan (3-1)Rodríguez (7-12)34,07356-70
127August 22Nationals3 – 2Williams (8-12)Bacsik (5-7)Lidge (12)32,02357-70
128August 23Nationals7 – 6Lannan (2-2)Gutiérrez (0-1)Cordero (28)36,40757-71
129August 24Pirates8 – 3 (15)Youman (3-4)Driskill (0-1)41,40357-72
130August 25Pirates4 – 1Morris (8-8)Patton (0-1)Capps (13)41,10957-73
131August 26Pirates5 – 4McLemore (3-0)Chacón (4-4)Lidge (13)42,56458-73
132August 28Cardinals7 – 0Looper (11-10)Williams (8-13)37,91558-74
133August 29Cardinals7 – 0Oswalt (14-6)Wells (6-15)33,42259-74
134August 30Cardinals2 – 1Albers (4-6)Piñeiro (4-3)Lidge (14)37,52060-74
135August 31@ Cubs6 – 1Rodríguez (8-12)Marshall (7-7)41,29761-74 :
September: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Cubs4 – 3Marquis (11-8)Patton (0-2)Dempster (24)40,60661-75
137September 2@ Cubs6 – 5Mármol (5-1)Qualls (6-4)Dempster (25)41,41561-76
138September 3@ Brewers9 – 7Borkowski (4-3)Aquino (0-1)Qualls (4)31,22662-76
139September 4@ Brewers5 – 3Villanueva (7-3)Backe (0-1)Cordero (40)25,85462-77
140September 5@ Brewers14 – 2Gallardo (7-4)Albers (4-7)28,98862-78
141September 7@ Mets11 – 3Pelfrey (2-7)Rodríguez (8-13)51,11362-79
142September 8@ Mets3 – 1Glavine (13-6)Williams (8-14)Wagner (31)53,06162-80
143September 9@ Mets4 – 1Martínez (2-0)Oswalt (14-7)Wagner (32)51,84762-81
144September 11Cubs5 – 4 (11)Lidge (4-2)Dempster (2-6)33,49363-81
145September 12Cubs3 – 2Hill (9-8)Albers (4-8)Dempster (26)33,11563-82
146September 13Cubs6 – 2Trachsel (7-10)Williams (8-15)34,23463-83
147September 14Pirates4 – 3Sánchez (1-0)Qualls (6-5)Capps (17)35,35263-84
148September 15Pirates9 – 7Gutiérrez (1-1)Morris (9-10)Lidge (15)40,42564-84
149September 16Pirates15 – 3Backe (1-1)Maholm (10-15)35,71565-84
150September 17Brewers6 – 0Gallardo (9-4)Albers (4-9)32,57865-85
151September 18Brewers9 – 1Vargas (11-4)Paulino (0-1)32,86665-86
152September 19Brewers5 – 4 (10)Lidge (5-2)Wise (3-2)36,98166-86
153September 20@ Cardinals18 – 1Rodríguez (9-13)Looper (12-11)42,17167-86
154September 21@ Cardinals6 – 3Backe (2-1)Piñeiro (6-5)Lidge (16)43,67768-86
155September 22@ Cardinals7 – 4Thompson (7-6)Albers (4-10)Isringhausen (30)46,23768-87
156September 23@ Cardinals4 – 3Jiménez (3-0)Lidge (5-3)46,16968-88
157September 25@ Reds8 – 5Paulino (1-1)Coutlangus (4-2)Lidge (17)13,26169-88
158September 26@ Reds7 – 6Sarfate (1-0)Burton (4-2)Qualls (5)13,13870-88
159September 27@ Reds4 – 3Borkowski (5-3)Majewski (0-4)Lidge (18)13,62671-88
160September 28Braves7 – 2Reyes (2-2)Albers (4-11)43,01171-89
161September 29Braves3 – 2Backe (3-1)Bennett (2-1)Lidge (19)43,62472-89
162September 30Braves3 – 0Paulino (2-1)Carlyle (8-7)Borkowski (1)43,82373-89 :

## 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)

## 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 |