# 2016 Houston Astros season

The 2016 Houston Astros season was the 55th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 52nd as the Astros, fourth in both the American League (AL) and AL West division, and 17th at Minute Maid Park. They entered the season as a wild card qualifier with a second place finish in the AL West, losing to the eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals in the American League Division Series (ALDS).
After a 7–17 start in the month of April, the Astros produced a winning record over their next four months, highlighted by an 18–8 record in June. After going 12–15 in September, the Astros were eliminated from playoff contention. They finished in third place in the AL West with a final record of 84–78, eleven games back of the division champion Texas Rangers. As of 2024, this was the last time the Astros had missed the playoffs. This was also the last time they did not reach at least the American League Championship Series (ALCS) until 2024.

## Offseason

* 11/13/15 – Astros re-signed OF Colby Rasmus to the team's qualifying offer of one year, $15.8 million.
* 11/19/15 – Astros traded IF Jonathan Villar to the Milwaukee Brewers for RHP Cy Sneed.
* 11/25/15 – Astros traded IF Jed Lowrie to the Oakland Athletics for RHP Brendan McCurry.
* 12/2/15 – Astros traded C Hank Conger to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations.
* 12/2/15 – Astros non-tendered 1B Chris Carter, making him a free agent.
* 12/11/15 – Astros re-signed LHP Tony Sipp to three year, $18 million deal.
* 12/12/15 – Astros traded RHP Vince Velasquez, RHP Mark Appel, LHP Brett Oberholtzer, RHP Harold Arauz, and RHP Thomas Eshelman to the Philadelphia Phillies for RHP Ken Giles and IF Jonathan Araúz.
* 1/28/16 – Astros signed free agent RHP Doug Fister to one year, $7 million deal.

## Transactions
### Free agents

Major League free agents :
| International free agents |
| Yuli Gurriel (IF) | Departed Industriales Cuban National Series (CNS) | Signed with Houston Astros July 15, 2016 5 years, $47.5 million |
Amateur free agents :
| April 27 | RHP | Ronel Blanco |

### Trades

| August 1, 2016 | To Houston AstrosYordan Alvarez (OF) | To Los Angeles Dodgers Josh Fields (RHP) |

## Spring training

2016 marked the final year the Astros played their spring training ball at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Florida, where Houston had played since 1985. In 2017, the Astros moved to The Ballpark of The Palm Beaches, a brand new stadium located in West Palm Beach, Florida that Houston shares with the Washington Nationals.
Houston finished fifth in the Grapefruit League with an 18–11 record, four games back of the champion Nationals.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### American League West

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Seattle Mariners | 86 | 76 | .531 | 9 | 44‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Houston Astros | 84 | 78 | .519 | 11 | 43‍–‍38 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 74 | 88 | .457 | 21 | 40‍–‍41 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 34‍–‍47 | 35‍–‍46 |

#### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67 | .584 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | 75 | .534 | 2½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 86 | 76 | .531 | 3 |
| New York Yankees | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 |
| Houston Astros | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 |
| Kansas City Royals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 8 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 11 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 74 | 88 | .457 | 15 |
| Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93 | .426 | 20 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 68 | 94 | .420 | 21 |
| Minnesota Twins | 59 | 103 | .364 | 30 |

#### Record against opponents

2016 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 8–11 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 14–6 |
| Boston | 11–8 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 14–6 |
| Chicago | 3–4 | 4–3 | — | 8–11 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–11 |
| Cleveland | 1–5 | 2–4 | 11–8 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| Detroit | 2–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 4–14 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 15–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 13–7 |
| Houston | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 13–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
| Kansas City | 2–4 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 12–7 | 4–3 | — | 1–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 10–10 |
| Los Angeles | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–13 | 5–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–6 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
| Minnesota | 1–5 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 4–15 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 8–12 |
| New York | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 5–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 8–12 |
| Oakland | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 6–1 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–4 | — | 7–12 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 7–13 |
| Seattle | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–7 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 13–7 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 11–8 | 10–10 |
| Texas | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 15–4 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–7 |
| Toronto | 10–9 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–3 | — | 13–7 |

## Game log

2016 Game Log: 84–78 (Home: 43–38; Away: 41–40) :
April: 7–17 (Home: 4–6; Away: 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
—April 4@ YankeesPostponed (snow). Makeup date: April 5.
1April 5@ Yankees5–3Keuchel (1–0)Betances (0–1)Gregerson (1)47,8201–0W1
2April 6@ Yankees6–16Pineda (1–0)McHugh (0–1)Nova (1)37,4931–1L1
3April 7@ Yankees5–8Shreve (1–0)Harris (0–1)Miller (1)30,0031–2L2
4April 8@ Brewers4–6Anderson (1–0)Feldman (0–1)Jeffress (2)30,1001–3L3
5April 9@ Brewers6–4Fister (1–0)Peralta (0–2)Gregerson (2)28,1272–3W1
6April 10@ Brewers2–3Nelson (1–1)Keuchel (1–1)Jeffress (3)28,4412–4L1
7April 11Royals8–2McHugh (1–1)Young (0–2)—43,3323–4W1
8April 12Royals2–3Medlen (1–0)Fiers (0–1)Davis (3)21,0273–5L1
9April 13Royals2–4Hochevar (1–0)Giles (0–1)Soria (1)24,1093–6L2
10April 14Royals2–6Kennedy (2–0)Fister (1–1)Davis (4)21,2033–7L3
11April 15Tigers1–0Keuchel (2–1)Pelfrey (0–2)Gregerson (3)30,0924–7W1
12April 16Tigers3–5Verlander (1–1)McHugh (1–2)Rodríguez (3)30,0134–8L1
13April 17Tigers5–4Fiers (1–1)Sánchez (2–1)Gregerson (4)30,6575–8W1
14April 19@ Rangers5–7Holland (2–0)Feldman (0–2)Tolleson (4)24,1815–9L1
15April 20@ Rangers1–2Hamels (3–0)Fister (1–2)Tolleson (5)25,8215–10L2
16April 21@ Rangers4–7Griffin (2–0)Keuchel (2–2)Tolleson (6)25,8865–11L3
17April 22Red Sox2–6Wright (1–2)McHugh (1–3)Kimbrel (5)26,6725–12L4
18April 23Red Sox8–3Fiers (2–1)Buchholz (0–2)—40,2326–12W1
19April 24Red Sox5–7 (12)Hembree (1–0)Giles (0–2)—32,4166–13L1
20April 25@ Mariners2–3Walker (2–0)Fister (1–3)Cishek (5)14,8326–14L2
21April 26@ Mariners1–11Karns (2–1)Keuchel (2–3)—13,8216–15L3
22April 27@ Mariners7–4McHugh (2–3)Iwakuma (0–3)—14,1737–15W1
23April 29@ Athletics4–7Madson (1–0)Sipp (0–1)—20,1597–16L1
24April 30@ Athletics0–2Hahn (1–0)Devenski (0–1)Madson (8)23,0847–17L2 :
May: 17–12 (Home: 9–7; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
25May 1@ Athletics2–1Fister (2–3)Hill (3–3)Gregerson (5)24,1358–17W1
26May 2Twins2–6Berríos (1–1)Keuchel (2–4)—18,2438–18L1
27May 3Twins6–4McHugh (3–3)Meyer (0–1)Gregerson (6)21,1539–18W1
28May 4Twins16–4Feldman (1–2)Hughes (1–5)—20,84710–18W2
29May 5Mariners3–6Vincent (2–1)Gregerson (0–1)Cishek (9)20,15110–19L1
30May 6Mariners6–3Fister (3–3)Walker (2–2)Gregerson (7)25,41311–19W1
31May 7Mariners2–3 (10)Cishek (2–1)Sipp (0–2)—31,55911–20L1
32May 8Mariners5–1McHugh (4–3)Iwakuma (1–4)—28,14812–20W1
33May 9Indians7–1Fiers (3–1)Kluber (2–4)—20,22213–20W2
34May 10Indians0–4Bauer (3–0)Devenski (0–2)—23,97613–21L1
35May 11Indians5–3 (16)Feliz (1–0)Anderson (0–3)—24,45314–21W1
36May 12@ Red Sox1–11Price (5-1)Keuchel (2-5)—34,98214–22L1
37May 13@ Red Sox7–6Feldman (2–2)Barnes (2–2)Gregerson (8)33,14815–22W1
38May 14@ Red Sox5–6 (11)Uehara (2–1)Feliz (1–1)—37,43015–23L1
39May 15@ Red Sox9–10Hembree (2–0)Feldman (2–3)Kimbrel (10)35,73615–24L2
40May 17@ White Sox6–5 (11)Neshek (1–0)Albers (1–3)Sipp (1)13,48116–24W1
41May 18@ White Sox5–3Fister (4–3)Latos (5–1)Gregerson (9)14,93617–24W2
42May 19@ White Sox1–2Sale (9–0)McHugh (4–4)—20,09617–25L1
43May 20Rangers1–2Lewis (3–0)McCullers (0–1)Dyson (3)28,72417–26L2
44May 21Rangers1–2Ramos (1–2)Fiers (3–2)Dyson (4)35,04017–27L3
45May 22Rangers2–9Hamels (5–0)Keuchel (2–6)—35,03517–28L4
46May 24Orioles3–2 (13)Feliz (2–1)Bundy (0–1)—24,78318–28W1
47May 25Orioles4–3Neshek (2–0)Wilson (2–3)Gregerson (10)25,61819–28W2
48May 26Orioles4–2McCullers (1–1)Gausman (0–2)Giles (1)23,82620–28W3
49May 27@ Angels2–7Shoemaker (3–5)Fiers (3–3)—39,04720–29L1
50May 28@ Angels4–2Keuchel (3–6)Weaver (4–4)Gregerson (11)38,17621–29W1
51May 29@ Angels8–6 (13)Feliz (3–1)Morin (1–1)Gregerson (12)36,53822–29W2
52May 30@ D-backs8–3McHugh (5–4)Escobar (0–1)—24,79823–29W3
53May 31@ D-backs8–5McCullers (2–1)Corbin (2–5)Gregerson (13)15,55624–29W4 :
June: 18–8 (Home: 9–2; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
54June 1D-backs5–4 (11)Feliz (4–1)Clippard (2–2)—22,64225–29W5
55June 2D-backs0–3Greinke (7–3)Keuchel (3–7)Ziegler (10)21,76425–30L1
56June 3Athletics12–2Fister (5–3)Hahn (2–3)—26,45826–30W1
57June 4Athletics6–5 (12)Feldman (3–3)Madson (2–2)—37,22327–30W2
58June 5Athletics5–2McCullers (3–1)Dull (1–1)Harris (1)30,81728–30W3
59June 6@ Rangers5–6Dyson (1–1)Giles (0–3)—30,02128–31L1
60June 7@ Rangers3–4Diekman (1–1)Keuchel (3–8)Dyson (8)32,18928–32L2
61June 8@ Rangers3–1Fister (6–3)Wilhelmsen (2–3)Harris (2)37,69629–32W1
62June 9@ Rangers3–5Pérez (5–4)McHugh (5–5)Diekman (1)30,14529–33L1
63June 10@ Rays3–4Andriese (5–0)McCullers (3–2)Colomé (18)13,07529–34L2
64June 11@ Rays4–3Fiers (4–3)Archer (4–8)Harris (3)19,65830–34W1
65June 12@ Rays0–5Moore (3–4)Keuchel (3–9)—11,16830–35L1
66June 14@ Cardinals5–2Fister (7–3)García (4–6)Harris (4)42,52531–35W1
67June 15@ Cardinals4–1Sipp (1–2)Siegrist (4–2)Harris (5)42,00832–35W2
68June 17Reds2–4 (11)Hoover (1–1)Neshek (2–1)Cingrani (8)37,56032–36L1
69June 18Reds5–4 (11)Feldman (4–3)Smith (0–1)—39,11133–36W1
70June 19Reds6–0Fiers (5–3)Finnegan (3–5)Devenski (1)36,36934–36W2
71June 20Angels10–7Fister (8–3)Chacín (2–3)Neshek (1)22,55335–36W3
72June 21Angels3–2Gregerson (1–1)Street (2–1)—25,00436–36W4
73June 22Angels3–2Gregerson (2–1)Shoemaker (3–8)Harris (6)29,64937–36W5
74June 24@ Royals13–4Keuchel (4–9)Vólquez (7–7)—36,19538–36W6
75June 25@ Royals13–5Feliz (5–1)Young (2–7)—38,88039–36W7
76June 26@ Royals1–6Kennedy (6–6)Fister (8–4)—36,45039–37L1
77June 27@ Angels4–2Gregerson (3–1)Salas (3–5)Harris (7)36,83940–37W1
78June 28@ Angels7–1Feldman (5–3)Lincecum (1–2)—38,78141–37W2
79June 29@ Angels10–4Keuchel (5–9)Weaver (6–7)—36,68342–37W3 :
July: 13–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 3–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1White Sox5–0Fiers (6–3)González (1–4)—31,96543–37W4
81July 2White Sox6–7Sale (14–2)Fister (8–5)Robertson (22)35,11643–38L1
82July 3White Sox1–4Quintana (6–8)McHugh (5–6)Robertson (23)30,37943–39L2
83July 4Mariners2–1McCullers (4–2)Miley (6–5)Harris (8)29.84444–39W1
84July 5Mariners5–2Keuchel (6–9)Walker (4–7)Harris (9)21,55345–39W2
85July 6Mariners9–8Giles (1–3)Díaz (0–2)Gregerson (14)25,70946–39W3
86July 7Athletics1–3Hill (9–3)Fister (8–6)Madson (17)20,93346–40L1
87July 8Athletics10–9Feliz (6–1)Madson (3–3)—31,43847–40W1
88July 9Athletics2–3Graveman (5–6)McCullers (4–3)Dull (1)35,31247–41L1
89July 10Athletics2–1 (10)Harris (1–1)Hendriks (0–2)—28,11948–41W1
87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California
90July 15@ Mariners7–3Fister (9–6)Paxton (2–4)—29,21749–41W2
91July 16@ Mariners0–1Iwakuma (10–6)McCullers (4–4)Cishek (22)41,38649–42L1
92July 17@ Mariners8–1McHugh (6–6)Montgomery (3–4)—27,32250–42W1
93July 18@ Athletics4–7Graveman (6–6)Fiers (6–4)Madson (20)10,65150–43L1
94July 19@ Athletics3–4 (10)Rzepczynski (1–0)Neshek (2–2)—15,14350–44L2
95July 20@ Athletics7–0Fister (10–6)Mengden (1–5)—20,23151–44W1
96July 22Angels2–1McCullers (5–4)Shoemaker (5–10)Harris (10)36,45352–44W2
97July 23Angels7–2McHugh (7–6)Weaver (8–8)—35,11953–44W3
98July 24Angels13–3Fiers (7–4)Lincecum (2–4)—32,72154–44W4
99July 25Yankees1–2Pineda (5–9)Keuchel (6–10)Miller (8)30,62854–45L1
100July 26Yankees3–6Sabathia (6–8)Fister (10–7)Miller (9)28,13454–46L2
101July 27Yankees4–1McCullers (6–4)Tanaka (7–3)Harris (11)35,18655–46W1
102July 29@ Tigers6–14Boyd (2–2)McHugh (7–7)—31,77155–47L1
103July 30@ Tigers2–3Verlander (11–6)Harris (1–2)—34,67355–48L2
104July 31@ Tigers0–11Pelfrey (4–9)Keuchel (6–11)—31,04555–49L3 :
August: 16–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
105August 1Blue Jays2–1 (14)Feliz (7–1)Feldman (5–4)—20,62356–49W1
106August 2Blue Jays1–2Dickey (8–12)McCullers (6–5)Grilli (2)24,39956–50L1
107August 3Blue Jays1–3Estrada (7–4)McHugh (7–8)Osuna (23)29,39956–51L2
108August 4Blue Jays1–4Happ (15–3)Fiers (7–5)Osuna (24)23,19056–52L3
109August 5Rangers5–0Keuchel (7–11)Pérez (7–8)—32,82057–52W1
110August 6Rangers2–3Kela (2–1)Devenski (0–3)Dyson (24)42,27257–53L1
111August 7Rangers3–5 (11)Bush (5–2)Devenski (0–4)—33,90957–54L2
112August 8@ Twins1–3Duffey (7–8)McHugh (7–9)Kintzler (10)20,97857–55L3
113August 9@ Twins7–5Fiers (8–5)Santiago (10–6)Giles (2)22,26158–55W1
—August 10@ TwinsPostponed (rain). Makeup date: August 11.
114August 11 (1)@ Twins15–7Fister (11–7)Berríos (2–3)—25,96059–55W2
115August 11 (2)@ Twins10–2Devenski (1–4)Milone (3–4)—24,93560–55W3
116August 12@ Blue Jays5–3Musgrove (1–0)Liriano (0–1)Harris (12)46,33061–55W4
117August 13@ Blue Jays2–4Sanchez (12–2)McHugh (7–10)Osuna (26)47,50561–56L1
118August 14@ Blue Jays2–9Stroman (9–5)Fiers (8–6)—47,26161–57L2
119August 16Cardinals5–8García (10–8)Keuchel (7–12)Oh (12)30,43861–58L3
120August 17Cardinals2–8Martínez (11–7)Fister (11–8)—27,50861–59L4
121August 18@ Orioles5–13Gausman (4–10)Musgrove (1–1)—20,28861–60L5
122August 19@ Orioles15–8Devenski (2–4)Jiménez (5–10)—34,42262–60W1
123August 20@ Orioles12–2Fiers (9–6)Tillman (15–5)—39,37363–60W2
124August 21@ Orioles5–3Keuchel (8–12)Gallardo (4–5)Giles (3)29,73464–60W3
125August 22@ Pirates3–1Fister (12–8)Taillon (3–3)Giles (4)24,01765–60W4
126August 23@ Pirates1–7Nova (3–0)Musgrove (1–2)—28,76065–61L1
127August 24@ Pirates5–4McHugh (8–10)Cole (7–9)Giles (5)23,71766–61W1
128August 26Rays5–4Giles (2–3)Colomé (1–4)—25,85267–61W2
129August 27Rays6–2Keuchel (9–12)Snell (4–7)—36,54468–61W3
130August 28Rays4–10Archer (8–17)Fister (12–9)—37,48468–62L1
131August 29Athletics6–0Musgrove (2–2)Manaea (5–9)—18,61369–62W1
132August 30Athletics3–1McHugh (9–10)Graveman (10–9)Giles (6)23,11470–62W2
133August 31Athletics4–3Feliz (8–1)Hendriks (0–3)Giles (7)20,03371–62W3 :
September: 12–15 (Home: 4–9; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 2@ Rangers8–10Griffin (7–3)Fister (12–10)Dyson (31)35,10271–63L1
135September 3@ Rangers4–12Holland (7–6)Musgrove (2–3)—35,53871–64L2
136September 4@ Rangers7–6Devenski (3–4)Darvish (5–4)Giles (8)46,02572–64W1
137September 5@ Indians6–2Fiers (10–6)Clevinger (2–2)—13,06273–64W2
138September 6@ Indians4–3Hoyt (1–0)Kluber (15–9)Giles (9)11,02374–64W3
139September 7@ Indians5–6Carrasco (11–7)Fister (12–11)Allen (25)12,06374–65L1
140September 8@ Indians7–10Bauer (11–6)Paulino (0–1)Allen (26)15,27574–66L2
141September 9Cubs0–2Lester (16–4)Musgrove (2–4)Chapman (33)33,84174–67L3
142September 10Cubs2–1McHugh (10–10)Lackey (9–8)Giles (10)41,85475–67W1
143September 11Cubs5–9Arrieta (17–6)Fiers (10–7)—31,93975–68L1
144September 12Rangers3–4 (12)Kela (5–1)Hoyt (1–1)Diekman (4)22,14775–69L2
145September 13Rangers2–3Claudio (4–1)Giles (2–4)Scheppers (1)22,13375–70L3
146September 14Rangers8–4Musgrove (3–4)Holland (7–8)—25,04176–70W1
147September 16@ Mariners6–0McHugh (11–10)Hernández (11–6)—30,17877–70W2
148September 17@ Mariners2–1Fiers (11–7)Paxton (4–7)Giles (11)32,30478–70W3
149September 18@ Mariners3–7Miranda (5–1)Fister (12–12)—25,38378–71L1
150September 19@ Athletics4–2Gregerson (4–1)Madson (5–7)Giles (12)10,07279–71W1
151September 20@ Athletics2–1 (10)Devenski (4–4)Doolittle (2–3)Giles (13)12,13980–71W2
152September 21@ Athletics6–5McHugh (12–10)Mengden (2–8)Gregerson (15)11,19781–71W3
153September 22Angels0–2Nolasco (7–14)Fiers (11–8)Bailey (5)20,02281–72L1
154September 23Angels6–10Ege (1–0)Giles (2–5)—29,42981–73L2
155September 24Angels4–10Valdez (2–3)Gregerson (4–2)—27,56581–74L3
156September 25Angels4–1Musgrove (4–4)Wright (0–5)Giles (14)32,95882–74W1
157September 26Mariners3–4 (11)Storen (4–3)Gregerson (4–3)Vincent (3)24,10782–75L1
158September 27Mariners8–4Gustave (1–0)Hernández (11–7)—23,49983–75W1
159September 28Mariners4–12Paxton (6–7)Fister (12–13)—21,18783–76L1
160September 30@ Angels1–7Wright (1–3)Peacock (0–1)—30,11283–77L2 :
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
161October 1@ Angels3–0McHugh (13–10)Skaggs (3–4)Giles (15)32,48784–77W1
162October 2@ Angels1–8Chacín (5–6)Rodgers (0–1)—28,08384–78L1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Astros team member :

## Statistics

Through 2016 season

### Batting

| Player | GP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SB | AVG. | OBP. | SLG. | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 161 | 640 | 108 | 216 | 24 | 96 | 60 | 30 | .338 | .396 | .531 | .928 |
| Alex Bregman | 49 | 201 | 31 | 53 | 8 | 34 | 15 | 2 | .264 | .313 | .478 | .791 |
| Jason Castro | 113 | 329 | 41 | 69 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 2 | .210 | .307 | .377 | .684 |
| Carlos Correa | 153 | 577 | 76 | 158 | 20 | 96 | 75 | 13 | .274 | .361 | .451 | .811 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Scott Feldman | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Doug Fister | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| Evan Gattis | 128 | 447 | 58 | 112 | 32 | 72 | 43 | 2 | .251 | .319 | .508 | .826 |
| Carlos Gómez | 85 | 295 | 27 | 62 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 13 | .210 | .272 | .322 | .594 |
| Marwin González | 141 | 484 | 55 | 123 | 13 | 51 | 22 | 12 | .254 | .293 | .401 | .694 |
| Yulieski Gourriel | 36 | 130 | 13 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .262 | .292 | .385 | .677 |
| Teoscar Hernández | 41 | 100 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .230 | .304 | .420 | .724 |
| Tony Kemp | 59 | 120 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2 | .217 | .296 | .325 | .621 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Erik Kratz | 15 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .069 | .100 | .103 | .203 |
| Jake Marisnick | 118 | 287 | 40 | 62 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 10 | .209 | .257 | .331 | .588 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| Collin McHugh | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Colin Moran | 6 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 |
| Colby Rasmus | 107 | 369 | 38 | 76 | 15 | 54 | 43 | 4 | .206 | .286 | .355 | .641 |
| A. J. Reed | 45 | 122 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 0 | .164 | .270 | .262 | .532 |
| George Springer | 162 | 644 | 116 | 168 | 29 | 82 | 88 | 9 | .261 | .359 | .457 | .815 |
| Max Stassi | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 |
| Preston Tucker | 48 | 134 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .164 | .222 | .328 | .551 |
| Luis Valbuena | 90 | 292 | 38 | 76 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 1 | .260 | .357 | .459 | .816 |
| Tyler White | 86 | 149 | 24 | 54 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 1 | .217 | .286 | .378 | .664 |
| Danny Worth | 16 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .200 | .231 | .431 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5545 | 724 | 1367 | 198 | 689 | 554 | 102 | .247 | .319 | .417 | .735 |

### 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 = Total runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Kevin Chapman | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Chris Devenski | 4 | 4 | 2.16 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 108.1 | 79 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 104 |
| Scott Feldman | 5 | 3 | 2.90 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 62.0 | 64 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 42 |
| Michael Feliz | 8 | 1 | 4.43 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 55 | 33 | 32 | 22 | 95 |
| Josh Fields | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| Mike Fiers | 11 | 8 | 4.48 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 168.2 | 187 | 89 | 84 | 42 | 134 |
| Doug Fister | 12 | 13 | 4.64 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 180.1 | 195 | 98 | 93 | 62 | 115 |
| Ken Giles | 2 | 5 | 4.11 | 69 | 0 | 15 | 65.2 | 60 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 102 |
| Luke Gregerson | 4 | 3 | 3.28 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 57.2 | 38 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 67 |
| Jandel Gustave | 1 | 0 | 3.52 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| Will Harris | 1 | 2 | 2.25 | 66 | 0 | 12 | 64.0 | 52 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 69 |
| James Hoyt | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 9 | 12 | 4.55 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 168.0 | 168 | 88 | 85 | 48 | 144 |
| Erik Kratz | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance McCullers | 6 | 5 | 3.22 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 81.0 | 80 | 29 | 29 | 45 | 106 |
| Collin McHugh | 13 | 10 | 4.34 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 184.2 | 206 | 92 | 89 | 54 | 177 |
| Joe Musgrove | 4 | 4 | 4.06 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 62.0 | 59 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 55 |
| Pat Neshek | 2 | 2 | 3.06 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 43 |
| David Paulino | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Brad Peacock | 0 | 1 | 3.69 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 31.2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 28 |
| Brady Rodgers | 0 | 1 | 15.12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8.1 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| Tony Sipp | 1 | 2 | 4.95 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 43.2 | 52 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 40 |
| Tyler White | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 84 | 78 | 4.06 | 162 | 162 | 44 | 1468.0 | 1441 | 701 | 663 | 453 | 1396 |

### Milestones
#### Major League debuts

Houston Astros 2016 MLB debuts :
| Player—Appeared at position Yuli Gurriel, designated hitter | Date and opponent August 21 at BAL | Ref. |
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## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Fresno Grizzlies | Pacific Coast League | Tony DeFrancesco |
| AA | Corpus Christi Hooks | Texas League | Rodney Linares |
| A-Advanced | Lancaster JetHawks | California League | Ramón Vázquez |
| A | Quad Cities River Bandits | Midwest League | Omar López |
| A-Short Season | Tri-City ValleyCats | New York–Penn League | Lamarr Rogers |
| Rookie | Greeneville Astros | Appalachian League | Josh Bonifay |
| Rookie | GCL Astros | Gulf Coast League | Marty Malloy |
| Rookie | DSL Astros Blue | Dominican Summer League | |
| Rookie | DSL Astros Orange | Dominican Summer League | |