2013 Houston Astros season

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2013 Houston Astros
DivisionWest Division
BallparkMinute Maid Park
CityHouston, Texas
Record51–111 (.315)
OwnersJim Crane
ManagersBo Porter
TelevisionCSN Houston
(Bill Brown, Alan Ashby, Geoff Blum)
RadioSportstalk 790
(Robert Ford, Steve Sparks)
KLAT (Spanish)
(Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2013 Houston Astros season was the 52nd season for the franchise in Houston, their 49th as the Astros and their 14th season at Minute Maid Park. This season was the first for the Astros as a member of the American League, as they switched from the National League Central division to the American League West division.

They started the season against their in-state rival, the Texas Rangers. They beat them 8–2, their first win on Opening Day since 2006. This was to be the only time all season that they were above .500. The Astros continued their exceptionally poor records of 2011 and 2012, winning only 51 games, the fewest by any Major League Baseball team since the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks finished with an identical record; the last worse record was by the 2003 Detroit Tigers. 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 (only 2 of which were sweeps, none outside of the AL West), getting swept 18 times, winning just 2 games against Texas, getting shut out 18 times (twice in a row against the Rangers and the Rays), and yielding 10 runs or more in 17 games. Astro batters also set a major league record for strikeouts in one season. They struck out a league record 1,535 times. To further add to the embarrassment of the season, Astros shortstop Jonathan Villar slid into then Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips butt attempting to stretch a single into a double in a 10-0 loss; this occurred during the 15-game losing streak finish, and immediate comparisons to Mark Sanchez's infamous Buttfumble and the 2012 New York Jets followed.

Regular season

Season standings

American League West

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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


American League Wild Card

Division Winners 		W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 97 65 0.599
Oakland Athletics 96 66 0.593
Detroit Tigers 93 69 0.574
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
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


Record vs. opponents

2013 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
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


Game log

Legend
  Astros win
  Astros loss
  Postponement
Bold Astros team member
2013 Game Log

Roster

2013 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Legend
  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
José Altuve 152 626 64 177 5 52 5 52 32 85 .283 35
Jonathan Villar 58 210 26 51 1 8 1 8 24 71 .243 18
Brandon Barnes 136 408 46 98 8 41 8 41 21 127 .240 11
Chris Carter 148 506 64 113 29 82 29 82 70 212 .223 2
Jason Castro 120 435 63 120 18 56 18 56 50 130 .276 2
JD Martinez 86 296 24 74 17 0 7 36 10 82 .250 2
Matt Dominguez 152 543 56 131 25 0 21 77 30 96 .241 0
Trevor Crowe 60 165 18 36 7 1 1 13 16 39 .218 6
LJ Hoes 47 170 24 48 7 2 1 10 12 35 .282 7
Brett Wallace 79 262 35 58 14 1 13 36 18 104 .221 1
Robbie Grossman 63 257 29 69 14 0 4 21 23 70 .268 6
Marwin González 72 204 22 45 8 0 4 14 9 37 .221 6
Carlos Corporan 64 191 16 43 5 0 7 20 10 60 .225 0
Jake Elmore 52 120 16 29 4 0 2 6 13 20 .242 1
Totals 162 4393 503 1092 217 12 121 472 338 1168 .281 97

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV=Saves; SVO = Saves Opportunity; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; R= Runs; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR= Home Run allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Erik Bedard 4 12 4.59 32 26 1 151.0 149 83 77 18 75 138
Bud Norris 6 9 3.93 21 21 0 126.0 135 62 55 11 43 90
Totals 51 111 4.79 162 162 32 1440.0 1530 848 766 191 616 1084

Television coverage

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]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City RedHawks Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Texas League Keith Bodie
A Lancaster JetHawks California League Rodney Linares
A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Omar Lopéz
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Ed Romero
Rookie Greeneville Astros Appalachian League Josh Bonifay
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Edgar Alfonzo

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quad Cities, Tri-City[2]

References

  1. ^ Eddy, Matt, Lingo, Will, Manuel, John (eds.) (2014). Baseball America Prospect Handbook 2014. Baseball America. p. 174. ISBN 9781932391503. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2013). Baseball America 2014 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-48-0.

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