2015 Houston Astros season

2015 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
American League (since 2013)
West Division (since 2013)
Location
Minute Maid Park (since 2000)
Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Crane
General manager(s)	Jeff Luhnow
Manager(s)	A.J. Hinch
Local television	Root Sports Southwest (Bill Brown, Alan Ashby, Geoff Blum)
Local radio	Sportstalk 790 (Robert Ford, Steve Sparks) KLAT (Spanish) (Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2015 Houston Astros season is the 54th season for the franchise in Houston, their 51st as the Astros, their third in the American League and their 16th season at Minute Maid Park.

Offseason

11/5/14 - Astros trade C Carlos Perez and RHP Nick Tropeano to the L.A. Angels for C Hank Conger.^[1] 12/12/14 - Astros sign free-agent RHPs Luke Gregerson and Pat Neshek.^[2] 12/15/14 - Astros sign free-agent SS Jed Lowrie.^[3] 1/14/15 - Astros trade RHP Mike Foltynewicz, 3B Rio Ruiz and RHP Andrew Thurman to the Atlanta Braves for C/OF Evan Gattis and RHP James Hoyt.^[4] 1/19/15 - Astros trade CF Dexter Fowler to the Chicago Cubs for 3B Luis Valbuena and RHP Dan Straily.^[5] 1/20/15 - Astros sign free-agent OF Colby Rasmus.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

American League West

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	15	7	0.682	—	5–5	10–2
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	11	11	0.500	4	4–6	7–5
Seattle Mariners	10	12	0.455	5	5–7	5–5
Oakland Athletics	9	14	0.391	6½	4–9	5–5
Texas Rangers	7	14	0.333	7½	2–7	5–7

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Kansas City Royals	15	7	0.682
Houston Astros	15	7	0.682
New York Yankees	13	9	0.591

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	15	8	0.652	+2½
Tampa Bay Rays	12	10	0.545	—
Boston Red Sox	12	10	0.545	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	11	11	0.500	1
Baltimore Orioles	10	10	0.500	1
Toronto Blue Jays	11	12	0.478	1½
Minnesota Twins	10	12	0.455	2
Seattle Mariners	10	12	0.455	2
Chicago White Sox	8	11	0.421	2½
Oakland Athletics	9	14	0.391	3½
Cleveland Indians	7	14	0.333	4½
Texas Rangers	7	14	0.333	4½

Record against opponents

2015 AL Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	4–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–5	0–0
Boston	3–4	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	4–2
Chicago	0–1	0–0	—	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	0–0	2–3	—	1–4	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Detroit	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	—	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Kansas City	0–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	3–0	3–3	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	—	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Minnesota	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
New York	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	5–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	5–1	0–0	0–3
Tampa Bay	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	6–1	2–1
Texas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–4	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–5	0–0	—	0–0	1–1
Toronto	5–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	—	1–2

Gamelog

2015 Game Log^[7]

April: 15–7 (Home: 5–5 ; Away: 10–2 )

May: – (Home: – ; Away: – )

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
23	May 1	Mariners	–	—	–
24	May 2	Mariners	–	—	–
25	May 3	Mariners	–	—	–
26	May 4	Rangers	–	—	–
27	May 5	Rangers	–	—	–
28	May 6	Rangers	–	—	–
29	May 7	@ Angels	–	—	–
30	May 8	@ Angels	–	—	–
31	May 9	@ Angels	–	—	–
32	May 10	@ Angels	–	—	–
33	May 12	Giants	–	—	–
34	May 13	Giants	–	—	–
35	May 14	Blue Jays	–	—	–
36	May 15	Blue Jays	–	—	–
37	May 16	Blue Jays	–	—	–
38	May 17	Blue Jays	–	—	–
39	May 18	Athletics	–	—	–
40	May 19	Athletics	–	—	–
41	May 20	Athletics	–	—	–
42	May 21	@ Tigers	–	—	–
43	May 22	@ Tigers	–	—	–
44	May 23	@ Tigers	–	—	–
45	May 24	@ Tigers	–	—	–
46	May 25	@ Orioles	–	—	–
47	May 26	@ Orioles	–	—	–
48	May 27	@ Orioles	–	—	–
49	May 29	White Sox	–	—	–
50	May 30	White Sox	–	—	–
51	May 31	White Sox	–	—	–

June: – (Home: – ; Away: – )

July: – (Home: – ; Away: – )

August: – (Home: – ; Away: – )

September: – (Home: – ; Away: – )

October: – (Home: – ; Away: – )

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

Current roster

Houston Astros roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

44 Luke Gregerson

Catchers

15 Jason Castro
16 Hank Conger

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

12 Max Stassi

Infielders

30 Matt Dominguez
8 Jed Lowrie
21 Jon Singleton
74 Ronald Torreyes

Outfielders

13 Domingo Santana

Manager

14 A. J. Hinch

Coaches

-- Mark Bailey (catching)
52 Craig Bjornson (bullpen)
85 Javier Bracamonte (bullpen catcher)
48 Rich Dauer (first base)
-- Morgan Ensberg (special assignment)
-- Adam Everett (infield)
22 Trey Hillman (bench)
51 Dave Hudgens (hitting)
10 Gary Pettis (third base)
53 Brent Strom (pitching)
55 Alan Zinter (assistant hitting)

25 active, 15 inactive

7- or 15-day disabled list
^† Suspended list
^# Personal leave
Roster and coaches updated April 28, 2015
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Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on Balls; SO = Strikeout; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League
AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League
AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Texas League
A-Advanced	Lancaster JetHawks	California League
A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League
Short-Season A	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Greeneville Astros	Appalachian League
Rookie	GCL Astros	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Astros	Dominican Summer League

References

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External links

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2015 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Houston Astros

Formerly the Houston Colt .45s
Based in Houston, Texas

The Franchise

Ballparks

Colt Stadium Houston Astrodome Minute Maid Park

Spring Training:	Cocoa Expo Stadium Osceola County Stadium

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Jim Crane
General Manager: Jeff Luhnow
Manager: A. J. Hinch

League
pennants (1)

National League:
- 2005
American League:
- none

Division titles

NL West:
- 1980
- 1981
- 1986
NL Central:
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2001
AL West:
- none
NL Wild Card:
- 2004
- 2005
AL Wild Card:
- none

Minors

AAA:
- Fresno Grizzlies
AA:
- Corpus Christi Hooks
A:
Rookie:
- Greeneville Astros
- Gulf Coast League Astros

Rivalries

Lone Star Series (Texas Rangers)

Seasons (54)

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