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Houston Astros 2013 Season in Review Team Notes ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record: .................... 51-111 Home Record: ........................ 24-57 --with Roof Open: .....................3-11 --with Roof Closed:................. 21-46 Road Record:.......................... 27-54 Current Streak:.................... Lost 15 Last Homestand:........................ 0-3 Last Road Trip: .......................... 0-7 Last 5 Games: ............................ 0-5 Last 10 Games: .........................0-10 Series Record:..................... 12-38-2 Sweeps:....................................3-17 Scoring 4 or More Runs: ......... 38-35 Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs: ........ 13-76 Shutouts: ...................................5-14 In One-Run Games: ................ 18-36 In Two-Run Games: ................ 13-17 vs. Left-Handed Starters: ........ 13-33 vs. Right-Handed Starters:...... 38-78 During the Day: ...................... 11-34 At Night:................................. 40-77 When Scoring First:................ 32-42 Opponent Scores First: ..........19-69 Outhit Opponent: ................... 30-24 Outhit by Opponent: .............. 16-79 Equal Hits:................................. 5-8 When Hitting Home Run: ........ 38-54 No Home Runs:....................... 13-57 Walkoff Home Runs: .................. 1-1 Come-from-Behind Wins: ............22 Largest Comeback: ............... 3 runs Losses After Leading: .................. 55 Last At-Bat Wins/Losses:......... 10-15 Largest Blown Lead: .............. 5 runs Extra-Inning Games: ................. 4-8 Different Batting Orders: ........... 138 After Six Innings: Lead: 36-21..Tied: 12-12 ..Trail: 3-78 After Seven Innings: Lead: 39-17...Tied: 9-10 ...Trail: 3-83 After Eight Innings: Lead: 41-5 .... Tied: 7-12 ...Trail: 3-93 THAT’S A FIRST: 2013 was the Astros inaugural season as an American League club after spending the first 51 seasons in franchise history (1962-2012) in the National League...the Astros became the first team in Major League history to move from the NL to the AL. AL DEBUT: In their debut as an AL club, the Astros defeated the visiting Texas Rangers, 8-2, on March 31 at Minute Maid Park, in a nationally-televised game that kicked off the 2013 season for all of MLB...Astros Opening Night starting pitcher Bud Norris’ jersey is on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown commemorating the club’s first AL game. 4,000TH WIN: The Astros Opening Night, 8-2 win over the Rangers on March 31 was also the 4,000th win in franchise history. THE 2013 SEASON: The Astros finished in 5th place in the AL West- ern Division with a 51-111 record (franchise record for losses)... they were 24-57 at home and 27-54 on the road. RYAN NAMED PRESIDENT: On May 17, the Astros named Reid Ryan as President of Business Operations… Ryan was previously the President and CEO of Ryan-Sanders Baseball, which owned and operated the Astros’ Double A affiliate Corpus Christi Hooks and currently owns and operates the Rangers’ Triple A affiliate Round Rock Express… Ryan is the son of former Astro and Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. YOUNGBLOODS: For the majority of the 2013 season, the Astros had the youngest ML roster in the Majors...at season’s end, their roster had an average age of 26.0 with 17 rookies...Houston had 14 players make their Major League debuts in 2013. Youngest ML Rosters at Season’s End 1. Houston - 26.0 2. Chicago (AL) - 26.9 3. Miami - 27.0 CLOSE CALLS: 83 games, or more than half of the Astros games, were decided by two runs or less...HOU was 18-35 in one-run games and 13-17 in two-run games. YOUNG SKIPPER: The 2013 season was the first as a ML manager for Bo Porter...Por- ter, who turned 41 on July 5, was the youngest manager in the Majors. CYCLING: On 7/19 vs. SEA, OF Brandon Barnes became the 7th different Astros player to hit for the cycle and the 1st since Luke Scott on 7/28/06 vs. ARI...prior to Barnes, Craig Biggio had been the last RHH to hit for the cycle (4/8/02 at COL)...Barnes, who ended up 5x5 on the night, was one of three ML players to hit for the cycle in 2013, joining LAA’s Mike Trout (5/21 vs. SEA) and TEX’s Alex Rios (9/23 vs. HOU). ROAD WARRIOR: OF Chris Carter was one of the most productive hitters on the road in the AL in 2013, ranking among the league leaders in several categories: 19 HR (5th); 57 RBI (4th); .565 SLG (7th); .925 OPS (6th). HISTORIC START: During his 10 starts while in the Astros starting rotation (7/12-9/9), rookie RHP Jarred Cosart’s 1.95 ERA (13ER/60IP) was the lowest in the AL in that span... additionally, his 1.95 ERA is the lowest in franchise history for any pitcher in his first 10 ML starts...earned the victory in what was his ML debut, hurling 8.0 shutout innings in a 2-1 win on 7/12 at TB...became first pitcher in franchise history to throw 8.0 scoreless innings in his ML debut. CATCHING ON: Jason Castro had the finest offensive season by a catcher in franchise history in 2013..below are some highlights: *became the 1st Astros catcher named to the All-Star team since Craig Biggio in 1991. *became the 1st Astros player to win two Player of the Week awards in one season since Lance Berkman in 2008...first won the award for 5/20-26 (.579, 3 HR, 5 RBI) and then again for 8/19-25 (.529, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 1.913 OPS). *set club records for a catcher in several categories, including for HR (18), doubles (35), SLG (.485) and OPS (.835). *his. 1.067 OPS for August ranked 3rd in the AL behind Miguel Cabrera (1.162) and Mike Trout (1.090). *selected as the club’s MVP by the Houston chapter of the BBWAA. *career-high 12-game hit streak (7/31-8/14) was the longest by an Astros catcher since 2000 when Tony Eusebio hit in 24 straight. *finished 2nd among AL catchers in WAR (4.5) behind Joe Mauer (5.4). *in his final 29 games (7/31-9/7), hit .333 with eight doubles, six HR and 21 RBI with an ML-best 1.053 OPS in that span. OBIE-WON: After joining the Astros rotation on July 31, Astros rookie LHP Brett Oberholtzer posted a 2.24 ERA (16ER/64.1IP) in 10 starts, which was tops among AL southpaws and second in the AL overall in that span. Lowest AL ERA - Since 7/31 1. Ubaldo Jimenez - 1.98 (14ER/63.2IP) 2. Brett Oberholtzer - 2.24 (16ER/64.1IP) 3. Hisashi Iwakuma - 2.27 (19ER/75.1IP) FOR STARTERS: In the 2nd half of the season, the Astros received solid production from four of their rookie starting pitchers...after July 12, RHP Paul Clemens, RHP Jarred Cosart, LHP Brett Oberholtzer and RHP Brad Peacock combined to post a 2.73 ERA (62ER/204.1IP) in their 34 starts in that span. STANDING TALL: 2B Jose Altuve finished the season strong, leading the AL in batting avg. (.357) and the Majors in hits (41) in the month of September...his 41 hits in September were the 3rd- highest total for the month in franchise history, trailing Richard Hidalgo (49 in 2000) and Cesar Cedeno (47 in 1977)...Altuve had four, three-hit games and one, four-hit game in Sept. FOR SEPTEMBER Most Hits - MLB Highest AVG - AL 1. J. Altuve - 41 1. J. Altuve - .357 2. M. Carpenter - 38 2. C. Gentry .354 3. C.Blackmon - 37 3. S. Perez - .352 SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY: From May 29-June 3, the Astros were 6-0 on a six-game road trip, going 2-0 at COL and 4-0 at LAA, respec- tively...this trip marked the first time an Astros club had gone 6-0 or better on a road trip since going 7-0, Sept. 3-9, 1999 (3-0 at MTL, 4-0 at PHI)...additionally, the Astros 6-game road win streak was their longest since winning six straight, July 18-22, 2005. SLUGFEST: The Astros had their most productive offensive night of the season in a 16-9 win on April 9 at SEA, tallying 22 hits with five HR...their 16 runs and 22 hits were the most by an Astros team since an 18-4 win on 8/3/10 at STL (22 H)...additionally, their 40 total bases in the win at SEA were their most since tallying 44 on in a 14-4 win vs. the Cubs on 9/9/00 at Wrigley Field. MATTY ICE: In what was his first full season in the Majors, 3B Matt Dominguez was solid both offensively and defensively... he ranked 2nd on the club in HR (21) and RBI (77)...in his age 23 season, he became the youngest Astro to reach 21 HR in a season since Cesar Cedeno hit 26 HR in 1974 at age 23...his 46 RBI from the 8th spot in the batting order set a franchise record and was tops in the Majors...defensively, he finished 2nd among AL 3rd basemen in assists (323) and total chances (431) and 4th in fielding pct. (.963). CHAPPY: Rookie LHP Kevin Chapman set a franchise record by not allowing an earned run in his first 13 career ML appearances in 2013, breaking the old mark of 12 set by LHP Tom Martin in 1997...for the season, Chapman posted a 1.77 ERA in 25 relief ap- pearances with a .183 opp. avg. “EXKLUSIVE” COMPANY: The 18 K’s registered by Astros pitch- ers in a 14-inn., 7-3 loss vs. DET on May 2 were the most by an Astros staff since 7/6/08 at ATL, when they also K’d 18 in a 17-inn., 7-6 loss...the 18 K’s are tied for the 3rd-highest total in franchise history. Most K’s In A Game - Astros Pitchers 1. 23 - 5/23/01 vs. CHC (16 inn., 1-0 Astros loss) 2. 20 - 4/15/68 vs. NYM (24 inn., 1-0 Astros win) 3. 18 - Several times, last, 5/2/13 vs. DET.

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Page 1: Houston Astros 2013 Season in Reviewmlb.mlb.com/documents/1/8/2/...in_Review_b1l4i2gv.pdf · Houston Astros 2013 Season in Review Team Notes ABOUT THE RECORD Overall Record: manager

Houston Astros 2013 Season in Review Team Notes

ABOUT THE RECORDOverall Record: ....................51-111Home Record: ........................24-57--with Roof Open: .....................3-11--with Roof Closed: .................21-46Road Record: ..........................27-54Current Streak: .................... Lost 15Last Homestand: ........................ 0-3Last Road Trip: .......................... 0-7Last 5 Games: ............................ 0-5Last 10 Games: .........................0-10Series Record: .....................12-38-2Sweeps: ....................................3-17Scoring 4 or More Runs: .........38-35Scoring 3 or Fewer Runs: ........13-76Shutouts: ...................................5-14In One-Run Games: ................18-36In Two-Run Games: ................13-17vs. Left-Handed Starters: ........13-33vs. Right-Handed Starters: ......38-78During the Day: ......................11-34At Night: .................................40-77When Scoring First: ................32-42Opponent Scores First: ..........19-69Outhit Opponent: ...................30-24Outhit by Opponent: ..............16-79Equal Hits: ................................. 5-8When Hitting Home Run: ........38-54No Home Runs: .......................13-57Walkoff Home Runs: .................. 1-1Come-from-Behind Wins: ............22Largest Comeback: ...............3 runsLosses After Leading: ..................55Last At-Bat Wins/Losses: .........10-15Largest Blown Lead: ..............5 runsExtra-Inning Games: ................. 4-8Different Batting Orders: ...........138After Six Innings:Lead: 36-21 .. Tied: 12-12 ..Trail: 3-78After Seven Innings:Lead: 39-17 ...Tied: 9-10 ...Trail: 3-83After Eight Innings:Lead: 41-5 ....Tied: 7-12 ...Trail: 3-93

THAT’S A fiRST: 2013 was the Astros inaugural season as an American League club after spending the first 51 seasons in franchise history (1962-2012) in the National League...the Astros became the first team in Major League history to move from the NL to the AL.

AL DEBUT: In their debut as an AL club, the Astros defeated the visiting Texas Rangers, 8-2, on March 31 at Minute Maid Park, in a nationally-televised game that kicked off the 2013 season for all of MLB...Astros Opening Night starting pitcher Bud Norris’ jersey is on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown commemorating the club’s first AL game. 4,000TH WiN: The Astros Opening Night, 8-2 win over the Rangers on March 31 was also the 4,000th win in franchise history.

THE 2013 SEASON: The Astros finished in 5th place in the AL West-ern Division with a 51-111 record (franchise record for losses)...they were 24-57 at home and 27-54 on the road.

RYAN NAMED PRESiDENT: On May 17, the Astros named Reid Ryan as President of Business Operations… Ryan was previously the President and CEO of Ryan-Sanders Baseball, which owned and operated the Astros’ Double A affiliate Corpus Christi Hooks and currently owns and operates the Rangers’ Triple A affiliate Round Rock Express… Ryan is the son of former Astro and Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan.

YOUNGBLOODS: For the majority of the 2013 season, the Astros had the youngest ML roster in the Majors...at season’s end, their roster had an average age of 26.0 with 17 rookies...Houston had 14 players make their Major League debuts in 2013. Youngest ML Rosters at Season’s End1. Houston - 26.0 2. Chicago (AL) - 26.9 3. Miami - 27.0

CLOSE CALLS: 83 games, or more than half of the Astros games, were decided by two runs or less...HOU was 18-35 in one-run games and 13-17 in two-run games.

YOUNG SKiPPER: The 2013 season was the first as a ML manager for Bo Porter...Por-ter, who turned 41 on July 5, was the youngest manager in the Majors.

CYCLiNG: On 7/19 vs. SEA, Of Brandon Barnes became the 7th different Astros player to hit for the cycle and the 1st since Luke Scott on 7/28/06 vs. ARI...prior to Barnes, Craig Biggio had been the last RHH to hit for the cycle (4/8/02 at COL)...Barnes, who ended up 5x5 on the night, was one of three ML players to hit for the cycle in 2013, joining LAA’s Mike Trout (5/21 vs. SEA) and TEX’s Alex Rios (9/23 vs. HOU).

ROAD WARRiOR: Of Chris Carter was one of the most productive hitters on the road in the AL in 2013, ranking among the league leaders in several categories: 19 HR (5th); 57 RBI (4th); .565 SLG (7th); .925 OPS (6th).

HiSTORiC START: During his 10 starts while in the Astros starting rotation (7/12-9/9), rookie RHP Jarred Cosart’s 1.95 ERA (13ER/60IP) was the lowest in the AL in that span...additionally, his 1.95 ERA is the lowest in franchise history for any pitcher in his first 10 ML starts...earned the victory in what was his ML debut, hurling 8.0 shutout innings in a 2-1 win on 7/12 at TB...became first pitcher in franchise history to throw 8.0 scoreless innings in his ML debut.

CATCHiNG ON: Jason Castro had the finest offensive season by a catcher in franchise history in 2013..below are some highlights:*became the 1st Astros catcher named to the All-Star team since Craig Biggio in 1991.*became the 1st Astros player to win two Player of the Week awards in one season since Lance Berkman in 2008...first won the award for 5/20-26 (.579, 3 HR, 5 RBI) and then again for 8/19-25 (.529, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 1.913 OPS). *set club records for a catcher in several categories, including for HR (18), doubles (35), SLG (.485) and OPS (.835).*his. 1.067 OPS for August ranked 3rd in the AL behind Miguel Cabrera (1.162) and Mike Trout (1.090).*selected as the club’s MVP by the Houston chapter of the BBWAA. *career-high 12-game hit streak (7/31-8/14) was the longest by an Astros catcher since 2000 when Tony Eusebio hit in 24 straight. *finished 2nd among AL catchers in WAR (4.5) behind Joe Mauer (5.4).*in his final 29 games (7/31-9/7), hit .333 with eight doubles, six HR and 21 RBI with an ML-best 1.053 OPS in that span.

OBiE-WON: After joining the Astros rotation on July 31, Astros rookie LHP Brett Oberholtzer posted a 2.24 ERA (16ER/64.1IP) in 10 starts, which was tops among AL southpaws and second in the AL overall in that span.Lowest AL ERA - Since 7/31 1. Ubaldo Jimenez - 1.98 (14ER/63.2IP)2. Brett Oberholtzer - 2.24 (16ER/64.1iP)3. Hisashi Iwakuma - 2.27 (19ER/75.1IP)

fOR STARTERS: In the 2nd half of the season, the Astros received solid production from four of their rookie starting pitchers...after July 12, RHP Paul Clemens, RHP Jarred Cosart, LHP Brett Oberholtzer and RHP Brad Peacock combined to post a 2.73 ERA (62ER/204.1IP) in their 34 starts in that span.

STANDiNG TALL: 2B Jose Altuve finished the season strong, leading the AL in batting avg. (.357) and the Majors in hits (41) in the month of September...his 41 hits in September were the 3rd-highest total for the month in franchise history, trailing Richard Hidalgo (49 in 2000) and Cesar Cedeno (47 in 1977)...Altuve had four, three-hit games and one, four-hit game in Sept. FOR SEPTEMBERMost Hits - MLB Highest AVG - AL1. J. Altuve - 41 1. J. Altuve - .3572. M. Carpenter - 38 2. C. Gentry .3543. C.Blackmon - 37 3. S. Perez - .352

SUCCESSfUL JOURNEY: From May 29-June 3, the Astros were 6-0 on a six-game road trip, going 2-0 at COL and 4-0 at LAA, respec-tively...this trip marked the first time an Astros club had gone 6-0 or better on a road trip since going 7-0, Sept. 3-9, 1999 (3-0 at MTL, 4-0 at PHI)...additionally, the Astros 6-game road winstreak was their longest since winning six straight, July 18-22, 2005.

SLUGfEST: The Astros had their most productive offensive night of the season in a 16-9 win on April 9 at SEA, tallying 22 hits with five HR...their 16 runs and 22 hits were the most by an Astros team since an 18-4 win on 8/3/10 at STL (22 H)...additionally, their 40 total bases in the win at SEA were their most since tallying 44 on in a 14-4 win vs. the Cubs on 9/9/00 at Wrigley Field.

MATTY iCE: In what was his first full season in the Majors, 3B Matt Dominguez was solid both offensively and defensively...he ranked 2nd on the club in HR (21) and RBI (77)...in his age 23 season, he became the youngest Astro to reach 21 HR in a season since Cesar Cedeno hit 26 HR in 1974 at age 23...his 46 RBI from the 8th spot in the batting order set a franchise record and was tops in the Majors...defensively, he finished 2nd among AL 3rd basemen in assists (323) and total chances (431) and 4th in fielding pct. (.963).

CHAPPY: Rookie LHP Kevin Chapman set a franchise record by not allowing an earned run in his first 13 career ML appearances in 2013, breaking the old mark of 12 set by LHP Tom Martin in 1997...for the season, Chapman posted a 1.77 ERA in 25 relief ap-pearances with a .183 opp. avg.

“EXKLUSiVE” COMPANY: The 18 K’s registered by Astros pitch-ers in a 14-inn., 7-3 loss vs. DET on May 2 were the most by an Astros staff since 7/6/08 at ATL, when they also K’d 18 in a 17-inn., 7-6 loss...the 18 K’s are tied for the 3rd-highest total in franchise history.Most K’s in A Game - Astros Pitchers1. 23 - 5/23/01 vs. CHC (16 inn., 1-0 Astros loss)2. 20 - 4/15/68 vs. NYM (24 inn., 1-0 Astros win)3. 18 - Several times, last, 5/2/13 vs. DET.

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THAT’S A RECORD: The 23 combined HR by Astros catchers were the most in franchise history and were T-1st in the AL with TEX and BAL ...the previous club record of 22 HR was set in 2000.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: The 168 double plays turned by the Astros were T-2nd in club history, trailing the club record of 175 set in 1999.

HEAD COUNT: The Astros used 50 different players in 2013, match-ing the club record set in 2012...in both seasons, 25 pitchers and 25 position players were used.

JAKE Of ALL TRADES: On August 19 at TEX, if Jake Elmore became the 1st player in franchise history to appear at pitcher and catcher in the same game...Elmore entered the game at catcher, catching 4.0 innings before pitching a scoreless 8th inning...these marked the first Major League appearances for Elmore at these two positions...he became the 14th player in Major League his-tory to catch and pitch in the same game and is the first to do so since Jeff Mathis (TOR) on 7/25/12 vs. OAK...additionally, with his appearance in CF on 9/10 at SEA, Elmore became the 1st player in franchise history to play all nine positions in one season...the last time any ML player did this was in 2000: Scott Sheldon (TEX) and Shane Halter (DET).

LONG BALL TALLY: The Astros 148 HR in 2013 are the 12th-highest total in franchise history and their most since hitting 167 HR in 2008...Chris Carter led the club with 29 HR, which were the most by an Astros player since Lance Berkman hit 29 in 2008, and the most by a RHH since Carlos Lee hit 32 in 2007.

MO’S fAREWELL: On the last day of the season (9/29), the Astros recognized Yankees closer Mariano Rivera’s standout career with a pregame ceremony prior to what was the final ML game of his storied career...Rivera’s former manager Joe Torre and his former Yankees teammate Roger Clemens took part in the ceremony along with Astros President Reid Ryan and General Manager Jeff Luhnow...the Astros presented Rivera with a specially-commis-sioned painting done by renowned baseball artist Opie Otterstad.

ANDY’S fiNALE: LHP Andy Pettitte, a Deer Park, TX, native and member of the NL-Champion 2005 Astros club, pitched his final ML game on 9/28 at Minute Maid Park, leading his Yankees club to a 2-1 win over the Astros...the CG win was career victory #256 for Pettitte.

ASTROS-VERACRUZ SERiES: At a 9/28 press conference, the As-tros announced that they will host two exhibition games at Minute Maid Park on March 29-30 in 2014 vs. the Veracruz Red Eagles of the Mexican League...this will mark the first time that Veracruz has faced a ML club in a ML ballpark.

NEW COACHES: In October, the Astros made the following changes to the Major League coaching staff: Brent Strom (pitching coach), Pat Listach (first base coach), Craig Bjornson (bullpen coach) and Ralph Dickenson (assistant hitting coach)...Dave Trembley will return as the club’s new bench coach, Eduardo Perez will return as the new third base coach and Dan Radison has been named a special assignment coach.

ANNUAL HOUSTON BBWAA AWARDS: The winners of the 2013 Astros team awards as voted by the Houston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America were as follows: MVP: C Jason CastroPitcher of the Year: LHP Brett OberholtzerRookie of the Year: RHP Jarred CosartDarryl Kile “Good Guy” Award: C Carlos CorporanMLB Houston Area Player of Year: 1B Paul Goldschmidt (ARI)fred Hartman Long & Meritorious Service Award: Steve Perry

LUHNOW TOPS BA DRAfT LiST: According to Baseball America, of the 750 players on 2013 Opening Day rosters, 572 of them (76 percent) came through the draft...those 572 players were selected by 93 different scouting directors...of those 93, the scouting director to produce the most Major Leaguers is Astros GM Jeff Luhnow, who drafted 21 players on this season’s Opening Day rosters.

PLAYiNG CARDS: 17 of the 25 players on the St. Louis Cardinals 2013 postseason roster were drafted or signed as an amateur under Jeff Luhnow’s watch...prior to being named Astros GM in Dec. of 2011, Luhnow oversaw the Cardinals amateur scouting and player development from 2003-11.

HOUSTON BASEBALL MEDiA WALL Of HONOR: Pioneering MLB Spanish broadcaster Rene Cardenas was officially inducted into the Houston Baseball Media Wall of Honor on Sept. 14 during a pregame ceremony at Minute Maid Park...Cardenas was elected by his peers in recognition of his 67 years of service to the Astros and Major League Baseball...in addition to being a part of the Colt .45s first Spanish broadcast team (1962-75), Cardenas was also a part of the Dodgers Spanish broadcast team, beginning in 1958.

DOWN ON THE fARMTHAT’S A RECORD!: The Astros had a franchise-record six minor league affiliates qualify for the postseason in 2013...additionally, the Astros were the first organization with six domestic affiliates in the postseason since the Pirates in 2003.

CHAMPS!: The Quad Cities River Bandits and Tri-City Valley-Cats both won their league championship titles...marked the sixth title in River Bandits history and their second in the last three sea-sons (were affiliated with STL from 2005-12)...for Tri-City, it marked their second title in the last four seasons...the Astros were one of three orgs. to have multiple championship teams (also SEA, KC).

fARMiNG SUCCESS: In 2013, the Astros combined minor league record of 476-360 (.569) was 2nd among all organizations..in 2012, the Astros had the top combined winning pct. among domestic farm clubs (were last overall in both 2010 and 2011).1. San francisco Giants: 436-324 (.574)2. Houston Astros: 476-360 (.569) 3. Washington Nationals: 420-344 (.550)

DEADLiNE DEALS: The Astros made four trades to acquire young talent during July of 2013:July 29 - Acquired Of Danry Vasquez and a PTBNL (RHP David Paulino) from DET in exchange for RHP Jose Veras.July 31 - Acquired RHP Kyle Smith from KC in exchange for OF Justin Maxwell....Acquired LHP Josh Hader, Of L.J. Hoes and a 2014 competitive balance pick (A) from BAL in exchange for RHP Bud Norris and international pool space.July 2 - Acquired Double A if Ronald Torreyes from CHC in exchange for international pool space.

TRADE REViEW: Here is how MLB.com slotted the newly acquired prospects among the Astros top 20 prospects: Hader (#12), Smith (#15), Hoes (#18), Vasquez (#19)...prior to the trades, Hader and Hoes were rated by MLB.com as the Orioles #5 and #7 prospects respectively...Smith came in as the Royals #11 prospect while Vasquez was listed as the Tigers #6 prospect.

THE fUTURE: Along with the Mets, the Astros had more prospects participate in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game this year than any other MLB organization...Cf George Springer, 2B Delino DeShields and SS Carlos Correa each played in the game, while Corpus Christi Hooks manager Keith Bodie served on the coach-ing staff for the U.S. Team.

PLAYER Of THE YEAR: Of George Springer had one of the finest seasons in Minor League history en route to earning Astros Minor League Player of the Year honors...in 2013, he became the first minor leaguer in franchise history and the first since Grant Desme in 2009 to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in the same season...for his efforts, Springer was named Minor League Baseball’s Of-fensive Player of the Year...Springer was one of just nine position players named to Baseball America’s minor league All-Star Team, and was also named to MLB.com’s All-Prospect Team...he finished the regular season with a combined 37 homers and 45 stolen bases between Triple A OKC and Double A Corpus Christi...Springer also finished among the top five players in all of the minors in runs (106), total bases (295), HR, RBI (108), SLG (.600), and OPS (1.010).

PiTCHER Of THE YEAR: RHP David Martinez had the finest season of his career to earn Astros Minor League Pitcher of the Year honors...Martinez spent the majority of the season with Double A Corpus Christi, where he was 14-2 with a 2.02 ERA, earning Texas League Pitcher of the Year honors...he led the league in wins, ERA and WHIP (1.00) before being promoted to Triple A Oklahoma City on August 11...Martinez, who was a Postseason Texas League All-Star, eventually was called up to the big club, making four ap-pearances for the Astros, all in relief.

BEST iN THE MiDWEST: Even though SS Carlos Correa spent the 2013 season as the 2nd-youngest player in the Midwest League at 18-years-old, he still led the league in OPS (.872) while finish-ing 2nd in on-base percentage (.405) and 3rd in batting average (.320)...he also led all MWL shortstops in fielding percentage (.973)...in what was his first full minor league season, he was the youngest player in the MWL to receive Postseason All-Star honors.

WiTH THE fiRST OVERALL PiCK: The Astros selected Stan-ford University RHP Mark Appel with the first overall pick in the MLB First Year Player Draft on June 6... Appel went 10-4 with four complete games and a 2.12 ERA (25ER/106.1IP) as a senior this season at Stanford, recording 130 strikeouts in his 106.1 innings pitched while posting a .203 opponent’s batting average...while in the Astros system, Appel went 3-1 with a 3.79 ERA in a combined 10 starts at Class A Quad Cities (8g) and Class A Short Season Tri-City (2g)...Appel pitched Quad Cities to a 5-1 victory on 8/25 at Burlington to clinch a playoff berth (5 IP, 1 R)

ASTROS PURCHASE HOOKS: The Astros purchased the Corpus Christi Hooks baseball club from Ryan-Sanders Baseball LLC… the Hooks are now one of four minor league affiliates owned and operated by the Houston Astros, joining the Greeneville Astros, the Gulf Coast League Astros and the Dominican Summer League Astros.

BEST PARKS: Modern Woodmen Park, the home of the Quad Cit-ies River Bandits, was voted as the Best Minor League Ballpark after four weeks of nationwide voting by fans and readers of 10Best.com and USA TODAY...two other Astros affiliates home stadiums also made the top 10: Corpus Christi’s Whataburger Field (#6) and OKC’s Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (#9).

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COMMUNiTY LEADERS PROGRAM: The Astros Community Leaders program opened the gates of 14 fields at five different parks in 2013...those parks were sponsored by Halliburton (Diez Park), Schlumberger (Sunnyside Park), Calpine (Moody Park), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (Ingrando Park) and Occidental Petroleum (Melrose Park)…the parks are used by local youth baseball and softball leagues and The Astros Foundation’s Urban Youth Academy…the program, jumpstarted by Owner and Chair-man Jim Crane, will invest $18 million in city-owned public youth baseball and softball fields in disadvantaged areas of Houston over the course of five years.

DANCiNG WiTH THE ‘STROS: The Astros Foundation and Minute Maid presented the first-ever Dancing with the ‘Stros charitable event, which raised close to $200,000 for The Astros Foundation’s Urban Youth Academy…2B Jose Altuve, RHP Jarred Cosart, Of Trevor Crowe, if Jake Elmore and LHP Dallas Keuchel com-peted with professional ballroom dance partners in front of a panel of judges, consisting of their Astros teammates…the winner of the dance-off competition was Keuchel.

PiCNiC iN THE PARK: The Astros Foundation hosted hundreds of Astros fans to a sold-out Picnic in the Park in the outfield of Minute Maid Park on Father’s Day, June 16…the entire 2013 Astros roster of players, Owner and Chairman Jim Crane, President Reid Ryan, GM Jeff Luhnow and skipper Bo Porter all participated in the charitable fundraiser which raised thousands of dollars for The Astros Foundation’s Urban Youth Academy

ASTROS fOUNDATiON ASSiSTS OK RELiEf: The Astros Foun-dation raised funds during the final homestand in May to assist the Red Cross relief efforts for the victims of the severe tornado that struck Oklahoma...”Jerseys Off Their Backs”: a silent auction was held at the Astros Foundation Community Clubhouse on the main concourse for several of the Astros players’ game-worn jer-seys...additionally, Astros players wives sold Mystery Grab Bags containing autographed balls...fans cash donations were also col-lected...100% of the proceeds went to the Red Cross...the Astros Triple A affiliate is in Oklahoma City.

MLB DiVERSiTY BUSiNESS SUMMiT: The Astros hosted the 2013 MLB Diversity Business Summit, which was held at the George R. Brown Convention Center on June 19...MLB Commissioner Bud Selig spoke at the event, which included representatives from all 30 clubs as well as several club owners, including Astros Owner and Chairman Jim Crane...the annual summit offers networking access to individuals interested in baseball careers and business opportunities in Major League and Minor League Baseball.

ASTROS SALUTE TO VETERANS: On Monday, November 11 the Astros and the Daughters of the American Revolution Texas Society will host a Salute to Veterans, presented by Occidental Petroleum… the highlight of the event is the screening of Honor flight: One Last Mission, a documentary chronicling the trips of WWII veterans to Washington D.C to visit the memorial built in their honor, on the video board at Minute Maid Park… the free event will host thousands to honor our military, and especially those who served in WWII.

AT BAT iN THE COMMUNiTY

27 if Jose Altuve .283 (177x626), 5 HR, 52 RBivs. LHP: .287 (52x181) vs. RHP: .281 (125x445) Career: .285-14-101 (405x1423) Home: .292 (92x315) Road: .273 (85x311) Long Streak: 11, .277, 13x47, 5/29-6/10 • 23-year-oldsetcareerhighsinhits,RBIandsteals(35)inwhatwashis

2nd full season (3rd overall) in the Majors...led the Astros in hits and steals, and ranked T-1st in runs (64) and games played (152)...made his 2nd consecutive Opening Day start.

• ranked6thintheAmericanLeaguewith35stolenbasesand4thinmulti-steal games (5)...was one of 3 Major Leaguers (also Leonys Martin and Rajai Davis) to have 2 games with 3-or-more stolen bases.

• hadthemoststealsbyanAstros2ndbasemansinceCraigBiggioswiped50 in 1998...Altuve led Major League 2nd basemen in steals and double plays turned (114)...among AL 2nd basemen, finished 3rd in hits and 5th in both batting average and fielding percentage (.987).

• became the5thplayer inAstroshistory to record30+doublesand30+stolenbasesinback-to-backyears,joiningCraigBiggio(1997-98,1994-95), Enos Cabell (1977-79), Cesar Cedeno (1972-73) and Jose Cruz (1977-79).

• ledtheALwitha.376OBPwhenbattingleadoff(min.125plateapps.)...reached base safely in 126 of his 152 total games (83%).

• his35hitsinAprilsetafranchiserecordfora2ndbasemanandranked5th all-time for any player in Astros history.

• eclipsed400hitsforhiscareeron9/24atTEXinwhatwashis352ndcareer game...was the 3rd fastest Astro to reach the 400-hit mark behind Cesar Cedeno (342g) and Hunter Pence (348g).

• neededthe2ndfewestgamesinAstroshistorytoreach75doublesand75 steals to start his career...did so on 9/25 at TEX in what was his 353rd career game...the record is held by Cesar Cedeno (344 games).

• recordedanRBIin4straightgamesfrom8/6-10andbecamethe1stAstros 2nd baseman to do so since Craig Biggio in July of 2005 (7/4-7).

• his41hitsinSeptemberrankedasthethirdhighesttotalinfranchisehistory, trailing only Richard Hidalgo’s 49 hits in Sept. of 2000 and Cesar Cedeno’s 47 hits in 1977...Altuve led the Majors in hits and led the AL in batting average (.357) during the month.

• sincehisMLBdebuton7/20/11,his405hitsaremorethananyMLB2ndbaseman except Robinson Cano (467) and Dustin Pedroia (443)...ranks 2nd among MLB 2nd basemen in steals during that span (75) behind Emilio Bonifacio (80).

• missed3gameswhileontheBereavementList(5/14-17).• namedtheAstrosnomineeforthe2013RobertoClementeAward.• on7/13/13,signeda4-yearcontractextensionthatrunsfrom2014-17...

the deal also includes club option years for the 2018-19 seasons...origi-nally a product of the Astros Venezuelan Academy, signed with the club as an undrafted free agent on 9/27/06.

2 Of Brandon Barnes .240 (98x408), 8 HR, 41 RBivs. LHP: .296 (40x135) vs. RHP: .212 (58x273) Career: .233-9-48 (118x506) Home: .298 (59x198) Road: .186 (39x210) Long Streak: 6 (2x), last .474, 9x19, 8/31-9/5 • 27-year-oldrookiemadehisdebutonanOpeningDayroster...ranked

2nd among AL rookies in stolen bases (11) behind Jonathan Villar...led AL rookies in games played (136) and ranked T-3rd in runs (46), 4th in RBI, T-4th in hits and doubles (17), and T-5th in homers.

• made thecluboutofSpringTrainingandspent theentireyearwithHouston...finished T-3rd on the club in multi-hit games (22) and multi-RBI games (9)...appeared in 134 games (115 starts)...saw time at all 3 outfield spots: 116g in CF, 13g in RF, 8g in LF.

• was4thamongAmericanLeaguecenterfielderswith8outfieldassists...had 9 total OF assists, which ranked T-3rd in Astros history for a rookie in a single season...led AL center fielders in double plays turned (4).

• ranked2ndamongMajorLeagueoutfieldersinputoutsper9.0innings(2.85) behind Coco Crisp (3.01)...led MLB center fielders with 3.05 total chances per 9.0 innings...according to Baseball Reference, ranked 9th among AL outfielders with 1.1 defensive wins above replacement.

• faredwell against lefties (.296AVG),athome (.298AVG),andwithrunners in scoring position (.329 AVG)...among Astros rookies all-time, posted the 3rd highest OPS (.791) and batting average against lefties for a single season.

• successfullyexecutedthesafetysqueezeon2-of-3attempts.• setanAstrosfranchiserecordforbattingaveragebyarookieinthe

month of April (min. 15g)...his .385 average in April topped Greg Gross’ .373 mark set in April of 1974.

• went3x5with3RBIon4/29atNYY,becomingthefirstrookiesinceBoJackson on 4/10/87 with at least 3 hits and 3 RBI against the Yankees in an April game (Elias)...singled off Mariano Rivera on 5/1 at NYY...is the only Astro to ever record a hit off the future Hall of Famer (Houston is 1x16 all-time against Rivera).

• recorded the8thcycle inAstroshistoryon7/19vs. SEAwitha5x5performance...his plate appearances went: HR, 3B, 1B, 2B, 1B...was the 1st Astro to hit for the cycle since Luke Scott on 7/28/06...was the 1st right-handed hitting Astro to complete the cycle since Craig Biggio on 4/8/02 at COL...was the 2nd cycle of the season (Mike Trout hit the 1st)...Barnes, Trout and Alex Rios were the only Major Leaguers to hit for the cycle in 2013.

• his5hitson7/19setacareerhigh...becamethe1stAstrotorecord5hits in a game since Hunter Pence on 5/27/08 at STL...also became the 1st Astro to have a 5-hit game while hitting for the cycle...the last Major Leaguer to have 5 hits while hitting for the cycle was B.J. Upton on 10/2/09 vs. NYY.

• originallya6throundpickbyHoustoninthe2005draft...hasbeenwiththe organization for 9 full seasons.

ASTROS: 2013 SEASON: .240 (1307x5457) HOME AVG: .232 (627x2699) ROAD AVG: .247 (680x2758)OPPONENTS: 2013 SEASON: .272 (1530x5620) HOME AVG: .273 (801x2938) ROAD AVG: .272 (729x2682)

2013 ASTROS HiTTiNG CAPSULES

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23 if/Of Chris Carter .223 (113x506), 29 HR, 82 RBivs. LHP: .232 (35x151) vs. RHP: .220 (78x355) Career: .220-48-128 (184x838) Home: .164 (40x244) Road: .279 (73x262) Long Streak: 6 (2x), last .333, 6x18, 5/29-6/3 • inhis1st fullMLseason, the26-year-oldsluggersetcareerhighs in

nearly every offensive category and led the Astros in HR, RBI and walks (70)... hit more HRs than any Astros player since Lance Berkman hit 29 in 2008...finished T-11th in the AL in HRs and 8th in at-bats per HR (17.45).

• ledtheclubandrankedT-4thinMLBwith3multi-HRgames...recordedthe 1st multi-HR game of his career on 4/9 at SEA...the last Astro to record 3 multi-HR games in one season was Hunter Pence in 2008.

• is1ofonly4Astrosall-timewith29+HRintheir1stseasonwiththeclub:also L. May (29 HR, 1972), M. Alou (38 HR, 1998) and C. Lee (32 HR, 2007).

• wasoneofthetoproadhittersintheAmericanLeague...ranked4thinroad RBI (57), 5th in road HR (19), 6th in road OPS (.925) and 7th in road SLG (.565)...had 24 RBI over his last 25 games away from Houston.

• hismarkof4.20pitchesperplateappearancesetanAstrosfranchiserecord and ranked 9th in the AL.

• 20ofhis29homerscameagainstright-handedpitchers...hit.328andranked 6th in the AL with a .623 SLG in Interleague games this year...feasted on NL Central pitching to the tune of a .353 average...ranked 5th in the Majors with a 1.086 OPS against the division (min. 60 PAs).

• finished3rdontheclubwith148gamesplayed...started54gat1B,46atDH, 41 in LF and 2 in RF...per Elias, marks the 1st time in Astros history aplayerhasstarted40+gamesat3differentpositions...thelastMLBplayer to do so was B. Zobrist for TB in 2012 (59 in RF, 47 at SS, 46 at 2B).

• since2012(theyearhe1streceivedextendedplayingtime),ranks9thin the Majors with a mark of 16.09 at-bats per home run (724 AB/45 HR)...was called up to the Majors by Oakland on 6/29 in 2012 and since that date ranks T-9th in the AL with 45 homers.

• accordingtoPITCHf/x,sawahigherrateofsliders(23.3%)thananybatter in the Major Leagues this season.

• on6/23atCHC,becamethe1stAstrotohit3doublesinonegamesinceMark Loretta on 7/5/08 at ATL.

• accordingtoElias,on7/3vs.TBbecamethe6thAstroevertohit2HRsthat either tied the game or put the team ahead while accounting for all of the team’s runs in a victory...hit a game-tying solo HR in the 2nd and a go-ahead, 3-run HR in the 7th in Houston’s 4-1 win over the Rays...the others: Bagwell (5/16/94), Biggio (4/20/97), Berkman (8/17/07), Pence (8/17/10), Maxwell (8/4/12).

• hit.256with10HR,30RBIanda.526SLGoverhislast44goftheseason.• wasacquired ina tradewithOaklandprior toSpringTraining...the

Astros also received RHP Brad Peacock and C Max Stassi in exchange for IF Jed Lowrie and RHP Fernando Rodriguez on 2/4/13.

15 C Jason Castro .276 (120x435), 18 HR, 56 RBivs. LHP: .242 (24x99) vs. RHP: .286 (96x336) Career: .255-26-93 (226x887) Home: .284 (61x215) Road: .268 (59x220) Long Streak: 12, .370, 17x46, 7/31-8/14• 26-year-oldwasanAmericanLeagueAll-Staranda2-timeALPlayer

of the Week in what was his 3rd Major League season...had one of the greatest offensive seasons by a catcher in Astros history, setting single-season club records by a catcher in doubles (35), homers (18), runs scored (63), extra-base hits (54), SLG (.485), multi-hit games (33) and OPS (.835)...the previous doubles record was held by Brad Ausmus (25 in 1997) and the HR record was held by John Bateman (18 in 1966).

• receivedhis1stAll-Starnod this season,becoming the2ndcatcherin club history to be named an All-Star (also Biggio in 1990)...became the 1st Astro since Lance Berkman in 2008 to win 2 Player of the Week awards in the same season...Bagwell is the only other Astros player to do so (3 POW awards in 1994).

• ranked T-7th in the AL in doubles thru 9/7 before missing the rest of the season with a right knee injury...hit the most doubles by an Astro since C. Lee in 2011 (28)...finished T-1st in the AL with 7 multi-double games...prior to 2013, the last AL player with 7 multi-double games was R. Cano in 2011.

• ledALcatchersinslugging(min.450PAs)andfinished2ndinOPS,3rdin runs and OBP, T-3rd in doubles, 4th in homers and T-6th in hits...ac-cording to Baseball Reference, finished 2nd among AL catchers in WAR (4.5) behind Joe Mauer (5.4).

• set careerhighs inalmosteveryoffensivecategoryafterplaying ina career-high 120 games...was placed on the 15-day DL on 9/17 due to right knee discomfort...had a cyst on his right knee drained on 9/3 and had a minor arthroscopic procedure done on 9/19...played his last game of the year on 9/7 and missed the final 20 games of the season...is expected to be 100% ready for 2014 Spring Training.

• becamethe1stAstrotoreceiveALPlayeroftheWeekhonorswhenhehit .579 with 3 HR, 5 RBI and a .636 OBP for the week of 5/20-26...the last Astros player to receive a weekly award was Hunter Pence, who won the NL Player of the Week award in 2010...the last Astros catcher to win a weekly award was Biggio in 1990.

• hadacareer-long,12-gamehittingstreakfrom7/31-8/14...markedthelongest hitting streak by an Astros catcher since Tony Eusebio hit in 24 straight games from 7/9-8/28/2000.

• his445-ft.HRon8/9vs.TEXwasthelongestHRhitatMMPin2013.• receivedhis2ndALPlayeroftheWeekawardon8/26afterhitting.529

(9x17) with 6 extra-base hits (2 doubles, 1 triple, 3 homers), 5 RBI and a 1.913 OPS (.619 OBP/1.294 SLG) for the week of 8/19-25.

• ranked3rdamongALplayerswitha1.067OPSinAugust,trailingMiguelCabrera (1.162) and Mike Trout (1.090).

• from7/31throughtheendoftheseason,hit.333with82Bs,6HR,21RBIin 29g...led the Majors with a 1.053 OPS over that span (min. 100 PA).

• wasselectedbyHoustoninthe1stroundofthe2008draft(10thoverall)...is eligible for arbitration with 3 years and 104 days of service time.

39 C Cody Clark .105 (4x38), 0 HR, 0 RBivs. LHP: .100 (2x20) vs. RHP: .111 (2x18) Career: .105-0-0 (4x38) Home: .050 (1x20) Road: .167 (3x18) Long Streak: 1 (3x), last, .333, 1x3, 9/25 • careerminorleaguermadehisMajorLeaguedebutwithHoustoninhis

11th professional season...played in 16 games with the Astros after get-ting selected from Double A on 8/23 to replace the injured Max Stassi.

• threwout7-of-13runnersattemptingtosteal,goodfora53.8caughtstealing % that led the American League...started 10 games at catcher.

• recordedhis1stMajorLeaguehiton9/13vs.LAA(offLHPJ.Vargas).• spentthemajorityoftheseasonatTripleAOklahomaCity(44g)butalso

played in 2 games with Double A Corpus Christi after getting moved to the club on 8/20...combined to hit .212 (32x151) with 1 HR and 13 RBI.

• wassignedbytheAstrostoaminorleaguecontracton3/7/13duringSpring Training...was outrighted off the Astros 40-man roster on 10/2/13 and will be eligible for free agency following the World Series.

22 C Carlos Corporan .225 (43x191), 7 HR, 20 RBivs. LHP: .265 (22x83) vs. RHP: .194 (21x108) Career: .222-11-44 (94x424) Home: .231 (24x104) Road: .218 (19x87) Long Streak: 7, .435, 10x23, 5-15-6/5 • servedasHouston’sprimarybackupcatcherandplayedinacareer-

high 64 games...started 51 games at catcher (1 start at DH) and threw out 10-of-41 runners attempting to steal (24.4%).

• 4ofhislast5homerseithergavetheAstrostheleadortiedthegame(3 go-ahead homers, 1 game-tying homer)...of his 7 homers, 6 were hit against righties...10 of his 11 career homers have come against RHP’s.

• madehis1stcareerOpeningDayroster...asidefromastintontheDLfrom 8/20-9/9, spent the entire year with Houston in the Majors...missed 19 games while on the DL...suffered from concussion-related symptoms after taking a foul ball to the head during the 3rd inning on 8/19 at TEX...placed on the 7-day Concussion DL on 8/20 before getting transferred to the 15-day DL on 9/3.

• hadacareergameagainsttheYankeesinNewYorkon4/29...went4x5,falling a triple shy of the cycle with a 2-run double, 2 singles and a 2-run HR...established single-game career highs in hits (4) and RBI (4)...prior to that game, the last Astros catcher with 4 hits in a game was Pudge Rodriguezon7/17/09atLAD(4x5)andthelastAstroscatcherwith4+RBI in a game was J.R. Towles on 9/20/07 at STL (8 RBI).

• madehis1stcareerappearanceatfirstbaseon7/1vs.TB.• on 8/12 vs. TEX broke up a no-hit bid by Darvish in the 8th with a solo HR.• hada3-gamerehabassignmentwiththeDoubleACorpusChristiHooks

from 9/5-7...went 1x7 during those 3 playoff games for the Hooks.• signedwithHoustonasaminorleaguefreeagenton11/24/10.

8 Of Trevor Crowe .218 (36x165), 1 HR, 13 RBivs. LHP: .314 (11x35) vs. RHP: .192 (25x130) Career: .240-4-68 (196x818) Home: .227 (22x97) Road: .206 (14x68) Long Streak: 8, .419, 13x31, 6/18-9/6 • playedin60gamesacross2stintswithHouston...made40startsinthe

outfield with the Astros, including 16 in RF, 14 in LF and 10 in CF.• begantheseasonatTripleAOklahomaCitybeforegettingselected

to the Major League roster on 5/6...played in 31 games with the Astros before suffering a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder that put him on the 15-day Disabled List from 6/21-8/11...was activated from the DL on 8/11 and optioned to Triple A...on 9/1, was recalled back to Houston.

• hit.304(72x237)with3homers,23RBI,16stolenbasesanda.364OBPin 60 games at Triple A OKC in 2013...13 of those 60 games came in a rehab stint from 7/27-8/10 while on the 15-day DL... started that rehab assignment with the GCL Astros from 7/24-26 (1x4, 2g).

• outrightedoff the40-manrosteron10/17andelectedfreeagency...originally signed by the Astros to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training on 11/20/12.

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30 if Matt Dominguez .241 (131x543), 21 HR, 77 RBivs. LHP: .235 (36x153) vs. RHP: .244 (95x390) Career: .248-26-95 (173x697) Home: .229 (59x258) Road: .253 (72x285) Long Streak: 5 (2x), last, .471, 8x17, 9/10-15 • inhis1stfullMajorLeagueseason,ranked2ndontheclubwith21hom-

ers and 3rd with 25 doubles...in his age 23 season, became the youngest Astrosplayertohit21+homersinaseasonsinceCesarCedenohit26in1974...theonlyotherAstrotohit21+homersbeforeturning24wasJimmy Wynn (22 HR in 1965)...Cedeno did it 3 times before turning 24.

• amongAstrosthirdbasemenall-time,his21homersrankedT-7thforasingleseason...thelastHoustonthird-basemantohit21+homerswascurrent Astros minor league instructor Morgan Ensberg in 2006 (23 HR).

• finished8thinHRamongMajorLeague3rdbasemenin2013...amongAL3rd basemen, was 5th in RBI, 7th in slugging (.403), and 8th in doubles.

• finished3rdamongMLBthirdbasemeninassists(323)andtotalchances(431)...ranked 4th among AL third basemen in fielding percentage (.963).

• accordingtoBaseballReference,finished5thamongMLB3rdbasemenwith 1.4 defensive wins above replacement...in Astros history, his 1.4 defensive WAR ranks 5th all-time among third basemen for a single season.

• recorded46RBIfromthe8thspotinthebattingorder,whichsetafran-chise record (previously A. Everett - 43 RBI in 2003) and led the Majors.

• 17ofhis21homerscameoffright-handers...went6x11(.545)withthebases loaded, including the 1st two grand slams of his career...the last Astro to hit 2 grand slams in a season was Carlos Lee in 2009.

• spenttheentireseasonwiththeAstrosandsharedtheclubleadwithAltuve in games played (152)...made his 1st Opening Day roster and started at third base on Opening Night...was the club’s primary 3rd baseman, making 149 starts at the position...made 1 start at DH.

• did not hit a HR until his 34th game of the season on 5/11 vs. TEX, when he hit 2 HRs off Yu Darvish for his 1st career multi-HR game...from that game thru the end of the season, hit more HRs (21) than any AL 3rd baseman aside from M. Cabrera (37HR), A. Beltre (24HR) and E. Longoria (24HR).

• thelastplayertogohomerlessoverhis1st33gamesoftheseasonwhilefinishing the year with over 20 homers was Jimmy Rollins in 2012 (went 33 homerless games before hitting 23 HR)...the last AL player to do this was David Ortiz in 2009, who went 35 games without a homer before hitting 28.

• rankedT-4thintheMajorswith8homerunsduringthemonthofMay.• added2moredramatic,9th-inninghomerunstohisresumethisseason...

snapped an 8-8 tie with a 2-out, solo HR in the 9th inning on 8/26 at CWS off Addison Reed (10-8 win)...his first of the season was a game-tying, 9th-inning 2-run HR off Grant Balfour in a 5-4 win on 7/23 vs. OAK...snapped Balfour’s streak of 44-consecutive successful save chances.

• overhislast41gamesoftheseason,hit.277with7homers,21RBI,a.353 on-base percentage and a .465 slugging percentage.

• wasacquiredfromtheMarlinsalongwithminorleagueLHPRobRas-mussen in exchange for IF Carlos Lee on 7/4/12.

10 if Jake Elmore .242 (29x120), 2 HR, 6 RBivs. LHP: .286 (14x49) vs. RHP: .211 (15x71) Career: .223-2-13 (42x188) Home: .227 (15x66) Road: .259 (14x54) Long Streak: 4, .429, 6x14, 7/19-22• playedalloverthediamondin52gameswithHoustonover2stintswith

the club...was his 2nd year of MLB action after having played 30 games in the Majors with Arizona in 2012...became the 1st player in franchise history to play all 9 positions in 1 season...the last time a Major League player for any club did this was in 2000: Scott Sheldon (TEX) and Shane Halter (DET)...Elmore appeared in 20g at SS, 12g at 2B, 9g in LF, 2 in CF, and 1g in RF, 1B, 3B, P, C.

• begantheseasonwithTripleAOKC...wasrecalledfromTripleAon5/14and filled in at second base for the Astros for 3 games while Jose Altuve was on the Bereavement List...optioned back to OKC on 5/17 where he stayed until receiving another recall on 6/25...was with the Astros thru the remainder of the season after his June recall.

• hithisfirstcareerhomerunon7/6atTEXoffTannerScheppers.• becamethe14thMajorLeaguerinhistorytobothcatchandpitchinthe

same game on 8/19 at TEX...threw 1.0 hitless inning of relief in a 16-5 loss to the Rangers...the last MLB player to pitch and catch in the same game was Toronto’s Jeff Mathis on 7/25/12 vs. OAK...Elmore also became the 8th Astros position player to pitch in a game (10 total Astros apps.) and the 1st since OF Brian Bogusevic on 6/7/12 vs. STL (2ER/1IP).

• in70gamesatTripleA,hit.299(80x268)with13doubles,4triples,5HR, 30 RBI and a .382 OBP...drew 31 walks as opposed to 37 strikeouts.

• wasclaimedoffwaiversfromArizonaon11/1/12.

9 if Marwin Gonzalez .221 (45x204), 4 HR, 14 RBivs. LHP: .229 (8x35) vs. RHP: .219 (37x169) Career: .227-6-26 (93x409) Home: .218 (22x101) Road: .223 (23x103) Long Streak: 4 (2x), last, .462, 6x13, 5/8-13• the24-year-old,2012Rule5Draftselectionplayedin72gameswith

Houston...primarily played shortstop (53g) but also saw time at second base (10g) and third base (4g).

• all4ofhishomerscameoffrighties.• madehis2ndstraightOpeningDayrosterandsplittimeatshortstopwith

Ronny Cedeno until he was optioned to Triple A on 6/24...played in 44 games with Triple A Oklahoma City and was recalled back to Houston on 8/14...remained in Houston through the end of the season where he served as the backup shortstop to Jonathan Villar.

• on4/2vs.TEX,brokeupYuDarvish’sperfect-gamebidwith2outsinthe 9th inning by hitting a single up the middle.

• hit .262 (45x172) with 10 doubles and 15 RBI in 44 games with Triple A OKC.• wasacquiredfromBostoninexchangeforRHPMarcoDuarteandcash

on 12/8/11...was selected by Boston in the Rule 5 Draft that year, so his Rule 5 status still applied even though he was acquired in a trade.

19 Of Robbie Grossman .268 (69x257), 4 HR, 21 RBivs. LHP: .329 (24x73) vs. RHP: .245 (45x184) Career: .268-4-21 (69x257) Home: .244 (32x131) Road: .294 (37x126) Long Streak: 14, .365, 23x63, 8/13-27• 24-year-old,Cypress,TXnativemadehisMajorLeaguedebutwiththe

Astros this season, hitting .268 with a .332 OBP in 63 games...heading into the season was ranked by ESPN.com as the Astros No. 7 prospect...saw time at all 3 outfield spots (45g in LF, 29g in CF, 2g in RF)...struggled in his first stint with the club (.198 AVG) but hit .322 with an .816 OPS over his final 35 games after getting recalled back to Houston in July.

• ownedtheclub’slongesthittingstreakoftheseasonafterhittingin14straight games from 8/13-27...marked the 2nd longest hitting streak by an AL rookie this season, behind Jose Iglesias’ 18-gamer...was the longest hitting streak by an Astros rookie since Chris Johnson hit in 14 straight in 2010...only 3 other rookies in Astros history have had 14-game hitting streaks or longer: Terry Puhl (17 games in 1977), Sonny Jackson (15 games in 1966) and Cesar Cedeno (14 games in 1970).

• had3hittingstreaksof8+gamesthisseason...reachedbasesafelyin52 of his 63 games (83%).

• hit.329vs.lefties,whichranked6thall-timeinAstroshistoryforasingleseason by a rookie (min. 50 at-bats).

• whenputtingthefirstpitchofanat-batintoplay,hit.472(17x36)...whenswinging at the first pitch of an at-bat, the ultimate outcome of his at-bats resulted in a .370 average (27x73) with an .880 OPS.

• didnotmake thecluboutofSpringTrainingandstarted theyearatTriple A Oklahoma City...was recalled to Houston on 4/24 after Justin Maxwell was placed on the DL...optioned to Triple A on 5/27...spent 2 months at OKC before getting recalled to the Majors on 7/26...suffered a strained right oblique on 9/3 vs. MIN and missed the final 24 games of the season but was not placed on the DL.

• madehisMajorLeaguedebuton4/24vs.SEAandwent2x5...recordedhis 1st ML hit in his 2nd plate appearance...became just the 2nd player in franchise history to hit 2 doubles in their ML debut (also James Mouton on 4/4/94 vs. MON)...the last Major Leaguer to collect 2 doubles in their MLB debut was OAK’s Carlos Gonzalez on 5/30/08 at TEX.

• from7/28thrutheendoftheseason,ranked2ndamongMLBrookieswith a .322 batting average (min. 130 at-bats).

• hithisfirstMajorLeaguehomeron7/31atBAL...wasthe71stHRtolandon Eutaw St. in Oriole Park history and the 43rd by an opposing player...Lance Berkman was the last Astro to hit Eutaw with a HR (6/18/08).

• on8/14atOAK,madealeapingcatchattheLFwalltorobChrisYoungof what would have been a walk-off homer in the 10th inning.

• in70gamesatTripleA,hit.281(71x253)with42runs,11doubles,2homers, 20 RBI and a .396 on-base percentage...hit .390 (32x82) in July.

• acquiredfromthePiratesalongwithLHPColtonCainandLHPRudyOwens in exchange for LHP Wandy Rodriguez on 7/24/12.

10 Of L.J. Hoes .282 (48x170), 1 HR, 10 RBivs. LHP: .259 (15x58) vs. RHP: .295 (33x112) Career: .282-1-10 (48x170) Home: .266 (21x79) Road: .297 (27x91) Long Streak: 9, .429, 12x29, 9/8-22• 23-year-oldprospectplayedin47gameswiththeAstrosaftercoming

to the organization from the Orioles as part of the Bud Norris trade...the outfielder was regarded as one of Baltimore’s top prospects prior to the trade as he was ranked by MLB.com as BAL’s #7 prospect...Baseball America had him as the O’s #6 prospect prior to the season.

• playedin1gamewithBaltimorebeforegettingtradedtoHouston...hit.287 (48x167) with 7 doubles, 2 triples and a HR in his 46 games as an Astro...had 14 multi-hit games.

• made41startsforHOU:40inRF,1inCF,1atDH...made2apps.inLF.• startedtheseasonwithTripleANorfolkintheOriolesorganization...was

recalled from Triple A on 7/28 and was traded to the Astros on 7/31.• theOrioles2012MinorLeaguePlayeroftheYearhit.304(111x365)with

25 doubles, 40 RBI and a .406 on-base percentage in 99 games at Triple A Norfolk this season...drew 58 walks as opposed to 56 strikeouts...at the time of his recall, ranked 3rd in the International League in OBP and 6th in walks.

• recordedhisfirstMajorLeaguehiton8/1atBALagainsttheplayerhewas traded for, Bud Norris...hit his first big league homer on 8/18 at LAA.

• acquiredfromBALalongwithLHPJoshHaderanda2014competitivebalance pick (A) in exchange for RHP Bud Norris and international pool space on 7/31/13.

59 Of Marc Krauss .209 (28x134), 4 HR, 13 RBivs. LHP: .133 (2x15) vs. RHP: .218 (26x119) Career: .209-4-13 (28x134) Home: .111 (6x54) Road: .275 (22x80) Long Streak: 5, .500, 6x12, 9/7-13• playedin52gamesinwhatwasthefirstMajorLeagueactionofhisca-

reer...had 2 stints with the Astros...led the club in pinch hits (4x14) and pitches per plate appearance (4.55)...played 18 games in LF, 15 at DH, 9 in RF, and 2 at 1B.

• startedtheyearatTripleAOklahomaCitybeforegettingselectedtotheMajor League roster on 6/20...played in 32 games with the Astros and was optioned back to Triple A on 8/18...was recalled back to Houston on 9/4.

• overhislast17gamesoftheseason,hit.286(14x49)with6doubles,1homer, a .364 OBP and a .469 SLG.

• hit.281(71x253)with16doubles,10homers,39RBIandan.880OPS(.401 OBP/.478 SLG) in 78 games with Triple A Oklahoma City...was named the Pacific Coast League Player of the Week on 4/22/13.

• wasacquiredfromArizonaalongwithOFBobbyBorcheringinexchangefor IF Chris Johnson on 7/29/12.

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4 if Brandon Laird .169 (12x71), 5 HR, 11 RBivs. LHP: .184 (7x38) vs. RHP: .152 (5x33) Career: .197-6-16 (25x127) Home: .139 (5x36) Road: .200 (7x35) Long Streak: 2, .333, 2x6, 9/24-25• sawtimein25games(16starts)over2stintswiththeAstrosthissea-

son...of his 12 hits, 8 went for extra bases (3 doubles, 5 homers)...had a .423 slugging percentage...played 13 games at 1B, 7 games at DH and 4 games at 3B.

• begantheseasonatTripleAOklahomaCitybeforegettingselectedtothe Major League roster on 4/18...optioned back to OKC on 5/5 and was brought back to Houston as a September call-up on 9/8.

• hadacareergameon4/24vs.SEA,amassingcareerhighsinhits(3)and RBI after going 3x4 with 2 doubles and a 3-run HR.

• atOKC,hit.277(130x470)with33doubles,16homers,79RBIand75runs scored in 119 games...led the RedHawks in RBI and played 85 games at 3rd base...was named the club’s August Player of the month after hitting .306 with 4 homers and 24 RBI...ranked T-4th in the Pacific Coast League in doubles.

• wasoutrightedoffthe40-manrosteron10/2/13...originallyclaimedoffwaivers from New York (AL) on 9/1/12.

14 Of J.D. Martinez .250 (74x296), 7 HR, 36 RBivs. LHP: .229 (22x96) vs. RHP: .260 (52x200) Career: .251-24-126 (226x899) Home: .200 (29x145) Road: .298 (45x151) Long Streak: 6, .423, 11x26, 5/28-6/2• 26-year-oldoutfielderplayedin86gamesinwhatwashis3rdMajor

League season...missed over a month of the season due to a left wrist injury...hit well in 42 road games (.298 AVG).

• didnotmakethecluboutofSpringTrainingandwasoptionedtominorleague camp...was recalled to Houston prior to Opening Day on 3/30 to replace the injured Fernando Martinez...was placed on the 15-day DL on 4/20 with a right knee sprain...missed 16 games and was activated from the DL on 5/6...placed on the 15-day DL on 7/27 with a left wrist sprain and was not activated until 9/13 (missed 44 games)...sustained the injury while sliding into 2nd base.

• hadacareer-high4hitson5/30atCOL• was1of4AstrostorecordanRBIin4straightgames...didsofrom7/5-

10.• playedin5gameswithDoubleACorpusChristifrom4/30-5/5aspart

of a rehab stint...hit .300 (6x20) with 2 doubles, 1 HR and 5 RBI.• originallyselectedbyHoustoninthe20throundofthe2009draft.

44 C Matt Pagnozzi .143 (3x21), 0 HR, 0 RBivs. LHP: .400 (2x5) vs. RHP: .063 (1x16) Career: .272-1-13 (25x92) Home: .083 (1x12) Road: .222 (2x9) Long Streak: 1 (3x), last, .500, 1x2, 9/28• 30-year-oldbackstopwasacquiredfromtheBravesforcashconsider-

ations on 9/3 and played in 9 games with Houston...was acquired after three of the Astros catchers went down with injuries (Castro - knee; Stassi - concussion; Corporan - concussion).

• spentthemajorityoftheseasonwiththeTripleAGwinnettBravesintheAtlanta organization before getting traded to the Astros...played in 90 games with Gwinnett, hitting .210 (61x290) with 6 homers and 31 RBI...had a .993 fielding percentage (5E/668TC) in 87 games at catcher and led International League catchers in games played, total chances and putouts (611)...was 2nd in the league in caught stealing % (33%) after throwing out 32-of-97 runners attempting to steal.

• wasoutrightedofftheAstros40-manrosteron10/2.

38 Of Jimmy Paredes .192 (24x125), 1 HR, 10 RBivs. LHP: .105 (4x38) vs. RHP: .230 (20x87) Career: .234-3-31 (86x367) Home: .197 (15x76) Road: .184 (9x49) Long Streak: 5, .333, 6x18, 8/1-9/17• 24-year-oldplayedinacareerhigh48gamesinwhatwashis3rdyear

seeing time in the Majors...started 34 games for the Astros across 4 stints with the club...played RF (39g), 2B (3g) and 3B (1g).

• begantheseasonwithTripleAOklahomaCitybeforegettingrecalledon5/6...optioned back to OKC on 6/18...received his 2nd recall on 6/30...optioned to Triple A on 7/10...recalled on 8/1 and optioned again on 8/4...got his final recall of the season on 9/8.

• matchedacareerhighwith3hitsanddroveinacareerhigh3runson5/21 vs. KC.

• hit.287(94x327)with21doubles,6triples,8homers,37RBI,16homersand a .462 slugging percentage in 86 games at Triple A...drew a career high 28 walks and posted a .345 on-base percentage...was a versatile performer, appearing at SS (20g), 3B (20g), 2B (3g) and in the OF (35g).

• acquiredfromtheNewYorkYankeesalongwithRHPMarkMelanconin exchange for IF Lance Berkman and cash on 7/31/10.

41 C Max Stassi .286 (2x7), 0 HR, 1 RBivs. LHP: .200 (1x5) vs. RHP: .500 (1x2) Career: .286-0-1 (2x7) Home: --- Road: .286 (2x7) Long Streak: 1, .667, 2x3, 8/20• theAstrostopcatchingprospectplayedthemajorityoftheseasonat

Double A Corpus Christi but made his Major League debut in August...played in 2 games with the Astros before sustaining a mild concussion on 8/23.

• madehisMLBdebuton8/20atTEXandwent2x3...becamethe12thplayer in Astros history to record multiple hits in their MLB debut and the 2nd this season, joining OF Robbie Grossman (2x5 on 4/24 vs. SEA)...prior to Grossman and Stassi, the last Astro to have a multi-hit game in his MLB debut was Orlando Miller (2x4) on 7/8/94 at CHC.

• startedhis1sttwogamesatDHbeforemakinghisfirstMajorLeagueappearance at catcher on 9/23 (caught 3.0 innings).

• missedtimeduringSpringTrainingwithasportsherniaandwassentto Double A for the start of the 2013 season...suffered an oblique strain that pushed back his 2013 debut with Double A Corpus Christi to 5/2...played in 79 games with the Double A Hooks before getting selected to the Major League roster on 8/20...suffered a mild concussion after getting hit in the face by a Tanner Scheppers fastball on 8/21 at TEX...was placed on the 7-day concussion DL from 8/22-9/23.

• hit.277(80x289)with20doubles,17homers,60RBIanda.529SLGin76 games at Double A...had a monstrous July, hitting .333 (29x87) with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 11 homers, 24 RBI and a 1.185 OPS in 24 games...was named the TOPPS Texas League Player of the Month for July and the Hooks Player of the Month.

• homeredin5consecutivegamesfrom7/15-21andhit10in15gamesfrom 7/15-31...led the Texas League in batting average (.318), homers (16), slugging (.659) and OPS (1.026) in the 2nd half of play.

• 22-year-olddidmostofhisdamageagainstpitchersthatwereolderthanhim in 2013, clubbing 16 of his 17 homers against older hurlers (.524 SLG)...hit .286 with 15 HR against righties and .246 with 2 HR against lefties.

• acquiredfromOAKalongwithIF/OFChrisCarterandRHPBradPeacockin exchange for IF Jed Lowrie and RHP Fernando Rodriguez on 2/4/13.

6 if Jonathan Villar .243 (51x210), 1 HR, 8 RBivs. LHP: .250 (14x56) vs. RHP: .240 (37x154) Career: .243-1-8 (51x210) Home: .317 (26x82) Road: .195 (25x128) Long Streak: 9, .366, 15x41, 9/6-15• 22-year-oldprospect servedas theclub’severyday shortstopafter

making his Major League debut on 7/22 vs. OAK...led all Major League rookies with 18 stolen bases despite playing in just 57 games...marked the most steals by an Astros rookie since Willy Taveras stole 34 in 2005...the last Astros shortstop with 18 steals in a season was Adam Everett in 2005 (21 SB)...became the youngest Astros shortstop with 18 stolen bases in a season since Sonny Jackson stole 49 bases in 1966.

• started the season at Triple A Oklahoma City before getting recalled on 7/21...made his Major League debut on 7/22 vs. OAK and became the 1st shortstop in Astros history to record a hit, a run and a stolen base in his MLB debut...was just the 5th Astros shortstop to record a hit in his MLB debut, joining Jimmy Wynn (1963), Leon McFadden (1968), Orlando Miller (1994) and Jason Alfaro (2004).

• his 4 hits over his first 2 Major League games tied him for the most ever by an Astros player with Ken Caminiti (1987), Keith Drumright (1978) and Kenny Lofton (1991)...became just the 2nd Astros shortstop ever to record a hit in each of his 1st two MLB games, joining Jimmy Wynn (1963).

• from his debut on 7/22 thru the end of the season, ranked 4th among AL shortstops in total chances (252) and T-5th in double plays (38).

• recorded 10 stolen bases over his first 15 career games, which ranks 4th all-time in Major League history behing Vince Coleman (17 in 1985), Alex Cole (13 in 1990) and Billy Hamilton (13 steals in 13 career games in 2013)...credit the Elias Sports Bureau.

• on 7/30 at BAL, became the 1st Astros rookie to steal home since Craig Biggio on 7/13/89 at PHI...the last Astro to steal home was Jose Altuve on 6/10/12 at CWS.

• stole 3 bases on 8/5 vs. BOS, becoming the 1st Astros rookie to steal 3 bases in the same game since Chris Burke on 6/29/05 at COL.

• recorded 2 triples on 8/23 vs. TOR...marked the 22nd time in club history a player has recorded 2 triples in the same game (last, Justin Maxwell on 3/31/13 vs. TEX.).

• hit .277 (94x339) with 16 doubles, 8 triples, 8 homers, 41 RBI and a .341 on-base percentage in 91 games at Triple A OKC...at the time of his recall to Houston, was 2nd in the Pacific Coast League with 31 stolen bases.

• acquiredfromPhiladelphiaalongwithOFAnthonyGoseandLHPJ.A.Happ in exchange for RHP Roy Oswalt and cash on 7/29/10.

29 if Brett Wallace .221 (58x262), 13 HR, 36 RBivs. LHP: .143 (8x56) vs. RHP: .243 (50x206) Career: .242-29-102 (235x971) Home: .208 (27x130) Road: .235 (31x132) Long Streak: 8, .300, 9x30, 7/31-8/7• postedacareer-high.431sluggingpercentageandacareer-high13

home runs after playing in 79 games with Houston...has played in parts of the last 4 seasons with the Astros...started 58 games at 1B, 8 games at 3B and 5 at DH.

• madethecluboutofSpringTrainingbutwasoptionedtoTripleAOkla-homa City on 4/18 after going 1x24 in his first 7 games...was recalled on 6/25 and stayed in Houston through the remainder of the season.

• collected14doubles,13homers,34RBIanda.471SLGin72gamesafter his final recall to Houston...28 of his 57 hits (49%) after his recall went for extra bases.

• on7/4atTB,tiedacareerhighwith3hits,setacareerhighwith4RBIand recorded his 2nd career multi-homer game.

• hit.326(76x233)with16doubles,11homers,37RBIanda.952OPS(.398OBP/.554 SLG) in 60 games with Triple A Oklahoma City.

• acquiredfromTorontoinexchangeforOFAnthonyGoseon7/29/10.

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Multi-RBi Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-HighAltuve 6 2 1 - 9 4 - 4/9/13 at SEABarnes 7 1 - 1 9 5 - 9/3/13 vs. MINCarter 9 5 2 1 17 5 - 8/16/13 at LAACastro 8 4 1 - 13 4 - 7/31/13 at BALClark - - - - - -Corporan 4 - 1 - 5 4 - 4/29/13 at NYYCrowe 2 - - - 2 2 (13x) - 9/13/13 vs. LAADominguez 11 6 1 1 19 5 - 6/19/13 vs. MILElmore 1 - - - 1 2 (3x) - 7/6/13 at TEXGonzalez 1 - - - 1 3 - 7/29/12 vs. PITGrossman 3 1 1 - 5 4 - 8/23/13 vs. TORHoes - 1 - - 1 3 - 9/10/13 at SEAKrauss 2 - 1 - 3 4 - 7/26/13 at TORLaird 1 1 1 - 3 4 - 4/24/13 vs. SEAMartinez 4 4 - - 8 4 (3x) - 6/14/12 at SFPagnozzi - - - - - 3 - 9/26/10 at CHCParedes 1 1 - - 2 3 - 5/21/13 vs. KCStassi - - - - - -Villar 2 - - - 2 2 (2x) - 9/09/13 at SEAWallace 6 2 1 - 9 4 - 7/4/13 vs. TB

Multi-Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Career-HighAltuve 33 12 2 - 47 4 (4x) - 9/2/13 vs. MINBarnes 17 4 - 1 22 5 - 7/19/13 vs. SEACarter 16 4 2 - 22 4 (2x) - 6/23/13 at CHCCastro 26 6 1 - 33 4 - 5/26/13 vs. OAKClark 1 - - - 1 2 - 9/19/13 at CLECorporan 4 1 1 - 6 4 - 4/29/13 at NYYCrowe 7 1 - - 8 4 - 7/19/10 at MINDominguez 27 5 2 - 34 4 (2x) - 8/18/13 at LAAElmore 8 - - - 8 2 (12x) - 8/18/13 at LAAGonzalez 10 1 - - 11 3 (5x) - 4/9/13 at SEAGrossman 15 3 - - 18 3 (3x) - 8/27/13 at CWSHoes 12 2 - - 14 3 (2x) - 8/18/13 at LAAKrauss 3 2 - - 5 3 (2x) - 9/19/13 at CLE Laird 3 1 - - 4 3 - 4/24/13 vs. SEAMartinez 13 2 1 - 16 4 - 5/30/13 at COLPagnozzi - - - - - 3 - 9/27/10 vs. PITParedes 3 1 - - 4 3 (5x) - 5/21/13 vs. KCStassi 1 - - - 1 2 - 8/20/13 at TEXVillar 6 5 - - 11 3 (5x) - 9/13/13 vs. LAAWallace 6 2 1 - 9 4 - 7/10/13 at STL

Player injury Date On Date Off GamesMartinez, F strained left oblique 3/27 4/20 16 (5-11)White right elbow strain 3/30 162 (51-111)Fields right forearm strain 4/4 5/31 51 (16-35)Blackley left shoulder strain 4/5 4/20 14 (4-9)Martinez, J right knee sprain 4/20 5/6 16 (3-13)Maxwell fractured left hand 4/24 6/18 51 (20-31)Gonzalez, E right shoulder sprain 5/26 9/7 92 (33-59)Crowe spr. AC joint (rt shoulder) 6/21 8/11 42 (9-33)Maxwell concussion-related symptoms 6/30 7/12 11 (3-8)Martinez, J left wrist sprain 7/27 9/13 44 (15-29)Corporan concussion-related symptoms 8/20 9/9 19 (6-13)Stassi mild concussion 8/22 9/23 30 (10-20)Castro right knee discomfort 9/17 10/1 12 (0-12)

2013 Starting LineupsBy Batting Order:1: Grossman (17-38), Villar (9-27), Altuve (10-23), Barnes (12-11), Elmore (2-6), Crowe (1-2), Pena (0-3), Maxwell (0-1)2: Altuve (28-57), Wallace (6-13), Hoes (5-12), Maxwell (4-8), Paredes (2-5), Barnes (2-3), Elmore (1-3), F. Martinez (1-3), Castro (1-2), Crowe (1-1), Cedeno (0-1), Gross-man (0-1), Krauss (0-1), Pena (0-1)3: Castro (24-52), Altuve (12-22), Crowe (6-9), Carter (3-5), J.D. Martinez (2-4), Corporan (1-4), Dominguez (0-6), Laird (2-2), Krauss (0-4), Pena (1-2), Wallace (0-1)4: Carter (12-44), J.D. Martinez (15-18), Castro (10-17), Pena (3-13), Wallace (4-6), Corporan (4-3), Dominguez (1-5), Laird (2-2), Krauss (0-3)5: Carter (17-28), Pena (15-21), Dominguez (6-15), Corporan (5-10), Wallace (3-11), J.D. Martinez (3-11), Maxwell (1-4), Krauss (1-3), Castro (0-2), Cedeno (0-2), Laird (0-2), Ankiel (0-1), Crowe (0-1)6: Carter (13-19), Pena (10-11), J.D. Martinez (7-13), Dominguez (5-9), Wallace (4-8), Maxwell (2-8), Krauss (3-10), Corporan (2-8), Crowe (1-4), Barnes (0-5), Laird (0-6), F. Martinez (0-4), Cedeno (2-0), Ankiel (0-2), Castro (1-1), Paredes (1-1), Hoes (0-2)7: Barnes (10-18), Dominguez (8-18), Paredes (9-9), Cedeno (3-13), Wallace (4-9), Maxwell (4-6), Crowe (3-7), Ankiel (4-4), Hoes (2-5), Krauss (2-4), Corporan (1-4), Castro (0-3), J.D. Martinez (0-3), Carter (1-1), Elmore (0-2), Stassi (0-2), F. Martinez (0-1), Grossman (0-1), Villar (0-1)

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Record By MonthsMar./April May June July August Sept.8-19 10-18 12-15 6-18 8-21 7-20

Record by DaysMon. Tues. Wed. Thur. fri. Sat. Sun.7-13 7-18 14-11 3-10 8-18 7-19 5-22

8: Dominguez (28-48), Barnes (5-19), Hoes (7-7), Corporan (2-8), Gonzalez (2-7), Cedeno (3-3), Ankiel (0-5), Pagnozzi (0-4), Clark (2-1) Elmore (1-2), Paredes (0-3), Crowe (1-0), Krauss (0-1), Wallace (0-1), Villar (0-2)9: Gonzalez (17-31), Barnes (7-23), Cedeno (5-11), Villar (8-10), Elmore (1-12), Clark (0-7), Grossman (2-4), Paredes (2-2), Crowe (2-1), Lyles (0-3), Bedard (2-0), Harrell (1-1), Norris (1-1), Krauss (1-1), Hoes (0-2), Dominguez (0-1), Keuchel (0-1), Pagnozzi (2-0)

By Defensive Position: C: Castro (32-63), Corporan (15-36), Clark (2-8); Pagnozzi (2-4)1B: Wallace (19-38), Carter (14-40), Pena (15-27), Laird (3-5)2B: Altuve (48-97), Elmore (2-8), Gonzalez (1-5), Paredes (0-1)SS: Villar (17-40), Gonzalez (18-32), Cedeno (13-24), Elmore (3-15)3B: Dominguez (48-101), Wallace (2-6), Laird (0-3), Gonzalez (0-1), Paredes (1-0)Lf: J.D. Martinez (16-30), Carter (15-26), Grossman (12-25), Krauss (2-12), Crowe (6-8), F. Martinez (0-6), Barnes (0-2), Elmore (0-2)Cf: Barnes (33-69), Grossman (7-18), Maxwell (7-16), Crowe (4-6), Hoes (0-1)Rf: Hoes (14-26), Paredes (13-19), J.D. Martinez (7-14), Crowe (5-11),Ankiel (4-12), Maxwell (4-9), Barnes (3-8), Krauss (0-8), Carter (1-1), F. Martinez (0-2)DH: Carter (16-30), Pena (14-23), Castro (4-14), Krauss (5-7), J.D. Martinez (4-5), Cedeno (0-6), Altuve (2-5), Wallace (0-5), Laird (1-4), Stassi (0-2), Corporan (0-1), Dominguez (0-1), F. Martinez (1-0), Grossman (0-1), Hoes (0-1)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X TotalAstros 61 75 67 98 63 61 72 41 64 8 610Opp. 103 73 93 127 85 95 87 108 59 18 848

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2013 HOUSTON ASTROS PITCHING2013 Houston Astros Starting Pitchers Run Supp Team GS Tm. W-L Tm. W-LPitcher Last Start Result Streak GS Avg. P/GS SB/CS Record after L after L QS during QSBedard 9/29 vs. NYY (7,3,0,0,0,9) L 1-5 (14) L 2 26 3.87 92 5/1 6-20 20 4-16 10 5-5 Lyles 9/23 at TEX (3,7,7,7,3,2) L 0-12 L 2 25 5.70 96 5/3 9-16 18 7-11 10 6-4Harrell 9/8 at OAK (3,7,7,7,2,2) L 2-7 L 3 22 3.77 98 14/4 6-16 13 3-10 8 3-5Keuchel 9/25 at TEX (5.2,6,7,6,3,5) L 3-7 L 1 22 5.10 97 6/4 8-14 14 5-9 10 3-7 Norris 7/24 vs. OAK (6.1,4,3,3,3,7) L 3-4 L 2 21 3.50 98 10/5 8-13 12 4-8 13 6-7Peacock 9/24 at TEX (6,6,3,3,1,7) L 2-3 L 1 14 4.52 98 12/1 5-9 10 1-9 6 3-3Cosart 9/9 at SEA (5,2,1,0,6,3) W 6-4 L 1 10 2.40 102 5/3 4-6 8 3-5 7 3-4Oberholtzer 9/27 vs. NYY (5.1,5,3,2,1,4) L 2-3 L 4 10 4.34 98 1/4 5-5 9 5-4 7 4-3Humber 5/5 vs. DET (4,8,8,8,3,1) L 0-9 L 7 7 0.80 81 4/0 0-7 4 0-4 2 0-2Clemens 9/28 vs. NYY (5.1,5,2,1,1,4) L 1-2 L 5 5 3.38 81 4/2 0-5 3 0-3 2 0-2

Starters RelieversW-L-S 37-71-0 14-40-32

ERA 4.72 906.0

iP 906.0 534.0

H 969 561

R 523 325

ER 475 291

BB-i 364-6 252-26

SO 666 418

56 RHP Paul Clemens 4-7-0, 5.40 ERA, 35G/5GSvs. LH: .275 (39x142), 8HR, 24K, 14BB vs. RH: .291 (43x148), 8HR, 25K, 12BB1st Half: 4-3-0, 5.24 ERA (27ER/46.1IP) 2nd Half: 0-4-0, 5.67 ERA (17ER/27IP) • finishedtheseasonwithaclub-leading4reliefwinsin30appearances...

also made 5 starts, in which he posted a 3.71 ERA (11ER/25.2IP)...went 2-0 and did not allow a run in 6.1 innings across 6 Interleague games.

• was1of3Astrospitcherstomaketheir1stMLBstartthisseason(also,Cosart, Oberholtzer)...the Astros finished their season with four rookie starters pitching well since July 12...over that time frame, Clemens, Co-sart, Oberholtzer and Peacock combined for a 2.70 ERA (63ER/209.2IP) in their 35 starts.

• despitepitchingwellinSpringTraining(1.69ERA,1ER/5.1IP),beganthe year with Triple A OKC and made 1 start before his 1st MLB recall on 4/8...was the 2nd player recalled by the club this season...spent the next 4 months in the Astros bullpen before being optioned to OKC on 7/26...worked as a starter for the RedHawks, making 5 starts before his final recall on 8/27...made 5 starts to finish his season with the Astros.

• afterbeginningtheyearinalong-reliefrolefortheAstros,workedhisway up to a set-up role and earned 7 holds...posted a 3-2 record with a 4.13 ERA (15ER/32.2IP) over his 1st 17 appearances (thru 5/29)...had a 11.57 ERA (18ER/14IP) over his next 13 before his option on 7/26.

• madehisMLBdebuton4/9atSEAandtossed4.0inningsinrelief,earningthewin...theonlyotherAstrospitchertotoss4+inningsandearnawinin relief on their MLB debut was RHP Don Wilson (6IP) on 9/29/66 at CIN.

• inhis2ndMLBgame,worked5.1scorelessinningsofreliefon4/15atOAK, allowing just 1 hit...marked the longest scoreless relief app. by an Astro since RHP Shane Reynolds went 7.0 scoreless frames on 7/17/94 at PIT...was also the longest relief appearance by an Astro since RHP Dave Borkowski went 6.0 innings (2ER) on 8/15/06 vs. CHC.

• hadasolidrunoveramonthandahalfspanfrom4/15-5/29,duringwhich he went 2-2 with 5 holds and a 3.14 ERA (10ER/28.2IP) in 16 apps...allowed a .216 (22x108) opponent’s batting average during that stretch.

• inhis6startswithTripleAOKC,went3-2witha4.50ERA(15ER/30IP)...allowed just a .235 (27x115) opponent’s batting average in his 30.0 in-nings of Triple A work.

• originallyacquiredbyHoustononJuly31,2011,fromATLalongwithLHPBrett Oberholtzer, OF Jordan Schafer and RHP Juan Abreu in exchange for OF Michael Bourn...was a 7th-round pick by the Braves in the June 2008 draft.

• was taken in thesamedraftbyATL just1roundbeforeOberholtzer(8th)...since then, the two have played together in 5 of their 6 profes-sional seasons (excluding 2009)...at the time of their trade to Houston, both players were rooming together while with Double A Mississippi when informed of the trade.

48 RHP Jarred Cosart 1-1-0, 1.95 ERA, 10G/GSvs. LH: .173 (22x127), 0HR, 29K, 20BB vs. RH: .293 (24x82), 3HR, 4K, 15BB1st Half: 1-0-0, 0.00 ERA (0ER/8IP) 2nd Half: 0-1-0, 2.25 ERA (13ER/52IP) • named theAstrosRookieof theYearby theHoustonChapterof the

BBWAA...made 10 starts for the Astros, posting a 1.95 ERA (13ER/60IP)...his ERA thru his 1st 10 career starts is the lowest by an Astros pitcher in their 1st 10 MLB starts in franchise history...LHP Carlos Hernandez held the previous mark with a 2.05 ERA (14ER/61.1IP) thru his 1st 10 starts (8/18/01-5/15/02)...the last MLB pitcher to post a lower ERA thru their 1st 10 career starts was Shelby Miller (1.57, 11ER/63IP), who did so from 10/3/12-5/20/13.

• sincethedateofhisdebut(7/12),ledtheAmericanLeagueandranked5th in the Majors in ERA (min. 60IP)...ranked immediately ahead of Ubaldo Jimenez (2.15) and Anibal Sanchez (2.20).

• was1of3Astrospitcherstomaketheir1stMLBstartthisseason(also,Clemens, Oberholtzer)...the Astros finished their season with four rookie starters pitching well since July 12...over that time frame, Clemens, Co-sart, Oberholtzer and Peacock combined for a 2.70 ERA (63ER/209.2IP) in their 35 starts.

• allowedjusta .220(46x209)opponent’sbattingaverage, includinga.173 (22x127) mark against lefties...recorded most of his outs on ground balls (2.33 GB/FB ratio), which ranked 2nd on the club...fanned just 33 hitters in 60.0 MLB innings compared to his 93 strikeouts in 93.0 innings at Triple A this season.

• posteda1.23ERA(6ER/44IP)andalloweda.184(27x147)opponent’sbatting average in 7 road starts this season...since his debut (7/12), ranked 2nd in the Majors in road ERA (A. Sanchez-1.17) and 2nd in road OBA (Scherzer-.177).

• begantheyearwithTripleAOKCandmade18appearances(17starts)before his 1st MLB recall on 7/12...made a start that night (7/12 at TB) and was immediately optioned back to OKC following the game...recalled on 7/23 and made 10 starts before being shutdown for the season after his start on 9/9...pitched a combined 153.0 innings between the 2 levels.

• set a franchise recordbypitchingat least 5.0 inningsandallowingno more than 3 runs in his first 8 Major League starts...the record was previously held by LHP Mike Maddon, who’s streak ended at 7 for the 1983Astros...theonlyotherpitchertotoss5.0+innings,whileallow-ing 3 runs of less in their 1st 7 starts in an Astros uniform is LHP Randy Johnson (11g) in 1998.

45 LHP Erik Bedard 4-12-1, 4.59 ERA, 32G/26GSvs. LH: .309 (42x136), 2HR, 27K, 17BB vs. RH: .244 (107x438), 16HR, 111K, 58BB1st Half: 3-6-1, 4.61 ERA (47ER/91.2IP) 2nd Half: 1-6-0, 4.55 ERA (30ER/59.1IP) • spentmostoftheseasonintheAstrosrotationandledtheclubwith26

starts and 138 strikeouts...finished 2nd in quality starts (10) and 3rd in innings pitched (151).

• went3-11witha4.77ERA(71ER/134IP)asastarterand1-1with1saveand a 3.18 ERA (6ER/17IP) in 6 relief appearances...held his opponents to 2 earned runs or less in 14 of his 26 starts this year, and in 11 of his last 20 starts (since May 11).

• posteda3-3recordwith1saveanda3.04ERA(25ER/74IP)whileal-lowing just a .212 opponent’s batting average in 15 games (11 starts) at Minute Maid Park this season...fanned 78 hitters in 74.0 innings at home and ranked 8th in the AL in strikeouts per 9IP (9.46) in home games...ranked 3rd among AL lefties (S. Kazmir, M. Moore).

• ranks3rdamongCanadian-bornpitchersinstrikeoutsinMLBhistory(1182)...is1of6Canadian-bornpitcherstomake200+MajorLeaguestarts...among active Canada-born players, he ranks 3rd behind Ryan Dempster (351gs) and Jeff Francis (216gs) with 213 career starts.

• enteredSpringTrainingasanon-rosterinviteeandmadetheclubasthe5th starter...made 3 apps. (1 start) in the spring and tossed 6.0 innings, while allowing just 1 unearned run to make the club...was 1 of 2 Astros pitchers to stay on the active roster the entire season (Harrell).

• had3stints in theAstrosrotationandonly1stint in thebullpenthatlasted longer than 1 outing (8/27-9/8, 4 apps.).

• madehis1stappearanceoftheseasoninreliefandrecordedasaveonOpening Night 3/31 vs. TEX (0ER/3.1IP)...marked his 1st relief appear-ance since 2004 and his 1st career Major League save in the Astros 8-2 win over the Rangers...went 3.1 innings, allowing no runs on 1 hit with 2 strikeouts...retired the first 8 batters he faced and 10 out of 11 total batters...wasthefirst3.0+inningsaverecordedbyanAstrosinceRickyStone on 7/10/03 vs. CIN...the last Astro with a save after pitching 3.1 innings was Kent Bottenfield on 4/24/01.

• inhisnextappearancefollowingOpeningDayon4/9atSEA,went4.0scoreless frames...including his Spring Training numbers, did not allow an earned run in his 1st 13.1 innings in an Astros uniform.

• didnotallowahitin6.1inningson7/20vs.SEA(3R/1ER)beforeexitingthe game...the only other Astros pitcher to ever be pulled from a game without allowing a hit while pitching into at least the 7th was RHP Don Wilson (8IP) on 9/4/74 vs. CIN...became the 1st MLB pitcher to finish hisnightwith6.1+hitlessinningsandreceivealosssinceBoston’sMattYoung (8IP) received the loss in a 2-1 Cleveland win on 4/12/92.

• earnedhis1stcareerwininreliefon9/4vs.MIN(2ER/2.2IP).• on9/16facedtheReds,whichmarkedthe29thMLBteamBedardhad

matched up against...following the season, Houston remained the only team he had never faced in his career.

• signedtoaminorleaguecontractwithaninvitetoAstrosSpringTrainingon Jan. 21, 2013...officially selected to the 40-man roster on March 30...filed for free agency following the World Series.

66 LHP Kevin Chapman 1-1-1, 1.77 ERA, 25Gvs. LH: .167 (6x36), 0HR, 10K, 5BB vs. RH: .200 (7x35), 1HR, 5K, 8BB1st Half: --- 2nd Half: 1-1-1, 1.77 ERA (4ER/20.1IP) • rookierelieverimpressedafterbeingselectedfromTripleAOKCon

Aug. 9...set a franchise record by not allowing an earned run in his 1st 13 Major League appearances to begin his career (9.2IP) from Aug. 9-Sept. 2...LHP Tom Martin, who used to own the record, made 12 straight score-less appearances to start his career from 4/2-5/5/97...was 1 of 2 MLB pitchersthisseasontobegintheircareerwith13+appearanceswithoutallowing an earned run (also, RHP Caleb Thielbar with MIN, 17g).

• didnotallowaruninhisfinal7outings(6IP)oftheseason...didnotallowa run in 12 road apps. (9.1 IP).

• allowedjust6hitstoLHH’sinhisbriefMLBcareer(6x36,.167)...againstall opponents, ranked 9th in the AL with a .183 (13x71) opponent’s bat-ting average (min. 70 ABs) after his recall.

• stranded16of19inheritedrunnersthisseason...afterAug.9,ranked6th among AL lefties with 19 total inherited runners.

• began theyearasaNRIatAstrosSpringTrainingandmade6apps.(8ER/7IP) before being assigned to Triple A OKC...officially selected from OKC on Aug. 9...spent the remainder of the season in the Astros bullpen.

• afterhisselection,wasaworkhorseintheAstrosbullpen...on4occa-sions he pitched on back to back days...additionally, he pitched on 3 consecutive days on 3 seperate occasions.

• madehisMLBdebuton8/9vs.TEX,strikingouttheonlyhitterhefaced(Pierzynski) with 2 runners on base...earned his 1st MLB win on 9/9 at SEA (0ER/1IP) and recorded his 1st MLB save on 8/18 at LAA by inducing a double play grounder to end the Astros 7-5 win.

• went1-2with2saves,61strikeoutsanda3.20ERA(18ER/50.2IP)andled the RedHawks with 45 appearances...held Triple A left-handed hit-ters to a .193 (16x83) average with just 1 extra-base hit (HR) and held all hitters to a .223 (42x188) mark.

• originallyacquiredbyHoustononMar.20,2012,fromKCalongwithaPTBNL(OF D’Andre Toney) in exchange for OF Jason Bourgeois and C Humberto Quintero...was a 4th-round pick by the Royals in the June 2010 draft.

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50 RHP Josh fields 1-3-5, 4.97 ERA, 41Gvs. LH: .246 (15x61), 4HR, 10K, 9BB vs. RH: .200 (16x80), 4HR, 30K, 9BB1st Half: 0-1-0, 5.65 ERA (9ER/14.1IP) 2nd Half: 1-2-5, 4.56 ERA (12ER/23.2IP) • rookierelieverappearedin41gamesandconverted5-of-6saveop-

portunities...allowed just a .220 (31x141) opponent’s batting average and fanned 40 in his 38.0 innings pitched...led the club by averaging 9.5 K/9IP...stranded 15 of his 17 inherited runners on the season.

• recordedall5ofhiscareersavesandstruckout30hittersinhis23.2innings pitched across 25 games in the second half of play.

• inhis final16outings(after8/12),recorded4saveswitha1.62ERA(3ER/16.2IP) while striking out 17...opponents hit .172 (10x58) off him in that span.

• madetheOpeningDayrosterafterpostinga2.31ERA(3ER/11.2IP)in12 Spring Training appearances...was on the DL, missing 51 games, from 4/4-5/30 with a right forearm strain...made 2 MLB appearances before landing on the DL...both were 1-out apps. in the club’s opening series vs. TEX.

• madehisMLBdebuton4/2vs.TEX,fanningtheonlyhitterhefaced(C.Gentry).

• pinchraninthebottomofthe10thon6/20vs.MILandendedupscoringthe winning run on a 3-run homer by Carlos Pena.

• earnedhis1stMajorLeaguewinon7/23vs.OAKafterpitchingascore-less 9th inning in an Astros comeback victory...earned his 1st MLB save on 8/5 vs. BOS (0ER/1.1IP) by recording 4 strikeouts and stranding 2 inherited runners.

• made7totalappearancesonhisinjuryrehabassignmentwithClassAQuad Cities (2g) and Double A Corpus Christi (5g)...combined to post a 1.80 ERA (2ER/10IP) in the minors.

• takenbyHoustonwiththe1stoverallselectioninthe2012Rule5Draftout of Boston’s system..was originally a 1st-round pick in 2008 (20th overall) by Seattle.

64 RHP Lucas Harrell 6-17-0, 5.86 ERA, 36G/22GSvs. LH: .255 (82x322), 10HR, 47K, 51BB vs. RH: .329 (92x280), 10HR, 42K, 37BB1st Half: 5-10-0, 5.07 ERA (61ER/108.1IP) 2nd Half: 1-7-0, 7.74 ERA (39ER/45.1IP) • made14reliefappearancesand22startsforHouston...in11ofhis22

starts, allowed 2-or-fewer runs and posted a 5.98 ERA (76ER/114.1IP)as a starter...posted a 5.49 ERA (24ER/39.1IP) as a reliever.

• despitespendinghalfoftheseasonasareliever,tossed153.2innings,which tied for the club lead (also, Keuchel)...was 1 of 8 players, and 1 of 4 pitchers (also, Cruz, Norris, Wright) to appear on both the Astros 2012 and 2013 Opening Day rosters.

• finished7thintheALwitha1.93groundballtoflyballratio(min.150IP)...allowed 11 unearned runs, which ranked T-2nd in the AL and T-4th in the Majors...induced 23 double play balls, which ranked 5th in the AL and T-8th in the Majors.

• was1of2Astrospitcherstostayontheactiverosterfortheentireseason(also, Bedard).

• had2sub-4.00ERAmonths,inApril(3-2,3.60)andJunewhilemaking6 starts in each month... posted a career-high, 3-game winning streak in 3 straight starts from 4/19-29...had his best month of the season in June, going 1-2 with a 3.22 ERA (13ER/36.1IP) and 29 strikeouts (4 quality starts).

• begantheyearastheAstrosNo.2starterandstartedhis1st19games...allowed 9 runs (7 earned) on 7/5 at TEX before being moved to the bullpen...14 of his last 17 games all came in relief, and those 3 starts in that span were all spot starts.

• pitched5.0inningsofreliefon9/16vs.CIN...markedthe2nd-longestrelief appearance by an Astro this season (Clemens, 5.1IP) and the longest of his career.

• wasacquiredoffwaiversfromChicago(AL)on7/8/11andhasspentthe entire last 2 seasons with the Major League club...was originally a 4th-round pick of the White Sox in the June 2004 draft.

21 RHP Philip Humber 0-8-0, 7.90 ERA, 17G/7GSvs. LH: .433 (55x127), 5HR, 12K, 13BB vs. RH: .189 (20x106), 4HR, 24K, 7BB1st Half: 0-8-0, 9.59 ERA (38ER/350.2IP) 2nd Half: 0-0-0, 4.74 ERA (10ER/19IP) • appearedin17gamesfortheAstros,including7starts,across2stints

with the Major League club...allowed just a .189 (20x106) average against right-handed hitters.

• madetheclubastheAstrosNo.3starterandmade7starts(0-7,8.82)before being moved to the bullpen...made 2 relief appearances and was designated for assignment on 5/12 and outrighted to Triple A OKC on 5/14...pitched 3 months with OKC before being selected to the MLB roster on 8/13...made 8 relief apps. to finish his season with the Astros...posted a 4.74 ERA (10ER/19IP) in those final 8 outings...outrighted off the 40-man roster on 10/2 and elected free agency...signed with the Oakland A’s as a minor league free agent on Nov. 2.

• hadastrongSpringTrainingenroutetomakingtherotation...made6appearances in Florida, including 4 starts, and posted a 2-2 record with 1 save and a 1.73 ERA (5ER/26IP)...led the club in innings pitched...carried that success into the regular season and posted a 2.89 ERA (6ER/18.2IP) despite his 0-3 record thru his 1st 3 starts...allowed 27 earned runs over his next 4 starts (15IP) before being moved to the bullpen.

• posteda4.68ERA(26ER/50IP)in20games(7starts)forOKContheseason...posted a 2-0 record and a 2.38 ERA (3ER/11.1IP) over his last 7 appearances (all in relief) for Triple A OKC before his final call up.

• originally claimedoffwaivers fromChicago (AL)on11/30/12andsigned a 1-year contract that night to avoid the arbitration process with the Astros.

• thruhis1st6starts,didnotallowahomerunbeforeanAdrianBeltre2-run shot on 8/20 at TEX...Cosart’s streak of 44 innings without surren-dering a long ball was the longest by a Houston pitcher to start his MLB career since RHP Brad Lidge went 54.1 innings from 2002-03 (Elias)... it was also the 2nd-longest start-of-career streak in team history by a pitcher who was used exclusively as a starter...RHP Dan Larson began his career with 53.1 homerless innings in 1976.

• priortoCosart,thelastMajorLeaguertoallowoneERorlesswhilego-ing 6.0 or more innings in his first 4 Major League starts was RHP Wayne Simpson in 1970 (4 starts, 4/9-24)...only 5 starters in MLB history have had a streak like this: Dana Fillingim (7 starts, 1918), Ernie Wingard (5 starts, 1924), Cosart, Simpson and George Mogridge (4 starts, 1916).

• wasthe1stpitchertohaveanERAunder1.00(0.96)afterhis1st4MLstarts since RHP Jorge Campillo, who had an 0.56 ERA for the Mariners & Braves from 2005-08...the only Astro ever to accomplish this was RHP Chris Sampson with an 0.46 ERA from 6/7/06 to 4/10/07 (Elias).

• madehisMLBdebuton7/12atTBanddefeatedreigningCyYoungAward winner David Price and the Rays, holding the club to 2 hits over 8.0 shutout innings (2-1 win)...had a no-hit bid thru 6.0 innings and be-camethe1stpitcherinAstroshistorytotoss8+scorelessinningsinhisMLB debut... became just the 3rd pitcher since 2000 to make his debut against a reigning Cy Young Award winner and earn the victory.

• becamethe4thTexas-bornpitchertomakehisMLBdebutasastartingpitcher for the Astros (Elias)...also, Troy Patton (8/25/07 vs. PIT), Butch Henry (4/9/92 vs. CIN) and Bill Greif (7/19/71 vs. PHI).

• went7-4witha3.29ERA(34ER/93IP)in18games(17starts)forTripleA OKC this season and was the Pacific Coast League’s starting pitcher in the Triple A All-Star Game on 7/18...allowed just 74 hits in his 93.0 innings of work while tallying a strikeout per IP with 93 K’s...at the time of his callup, led the club in starts (17), wins (7), IP (93.0) and strikeouts (93).

• inApril,wasnamedtheRedHawksPitcheroftheMonthbytheAstros...went 3-0 with a 2.63 ERA and struck out 29 batters over 27.1 innings.

• tiedacareerhighwith10strikeoutson5/7vs.Tacoma...became1stRedHawks pitcher with a double-digit strikeout game since RHP Rich Harden on 8/18/10 vs. Reno.

• hadbeenoneof thehighest-rankedAstrosminor leaguers the last2 seasons...among Astros prospect rankings, he was tabbed at No. 4 (MLB.com), No. 5 (ESPN.com, Baseball Prospectus) and No. 7 (Baseball America) entering the 2013 season...MLB.com ranked him as MLB’s No. 74 overall prospect, while ESPN.com tabbed him at No. 86.

• originallyacquiredbyHoustononJuly29,2011, fromPHIalongwithIF Jon Singleton, RHP Josh Zeid and a PTBNL (OF Domingo Santana) in exchange for OF Hunter Pence...was a 38th-round pick by the Phillies in the June 2008 draft.

55 RHP Rhiner Cruz 0-2-0, 3.38 ERA, 20Gvs. LH: .225 (9x40), 1HR, 6K, 7BB vs. RH: .381 (16x42), 1HR, 4K, 4BB1st Half: 0-1-0, 4.40 ERA (7ER/14.1IP) 2nd Half: 0-1-0, 1.29 ERA (1ER/7IP) • second-yearpitcherposteda3.38ERA(8ER/21.1IP)across20Major

League appearances...posted a 2.00 ERA (2ER/9IP) in 8 home games and held lefties to a .225 (9x40) opponent’s batting average...allowed only 1 run over his last 8 MLB games (9IP) lowering his ERA from 5.11 to 3.38.

• had2MLBstintsthisseasonaftermakingthecluboutofSpringTraining...was with the Astros from Opening Day thru 5/1 and from 9/8 thru the end of the season...was 1 of 8 players, and 1 of 4 pitchers (also, Harrell, Norris, Wright) to appear on both the Astros 2012 and 2013 Opening Day rosters.

• inhis1ststint,went0-1witha4.40ERA(7ER/14.1IP)in14games(allcoming in April)...led the club and was T-1st in the American League in appearances at the time of his option...posted a 1.29 ERA (1ER/7IP) in his 6 September outings.

• pitchedforTeamSpainintheWorldBaseballClassic(3ER/1.1IP)...afterthe WBC, made 9 relief appearances for the Astros in Spring Training, giving up just 1 run in 8.2 innings (1.04 ERA) en route to making the Opening Day roster...struck out 6 and gave up just 5 hits.

• spent4monthsatTripleAOKCandwent1-2with2savesanda4.75ERA(22ER/41.2IP) in 37 games...allowed a .227 opponent’s batting average and fanned 38 in 41.2 innings pitched.

• originallyacquiredasthefirstoverallselectioninthe2011Rule5Draft...selected by Houston out of the New York Mets system.

67 RHP Jorge De Leon 0-1-0, 5.40 ERA, 11Gvs. LH: .318 (7x22), 1HR, 4K, 6BB vs. RH: .263 (5x19), 0HR, 2K, 1BB1st Half: --- 2nd Half: 0-1-0, 5.40 ERA (6ER/10IP) • rookierelieverappearedin11gamesfortheAstrosacross2stints.• wasselectedfromTripleAOKCon8/7andmade2appearancesbefore

being optioned on 8/13...recalled on 9/1 and made 9 appearances in September...posted a 4.32 ERA (4ER/8.1IP) in his Sept. outings.

• madehisMajorLeaguedebuton8/9vs.TEX(2ER/1.1IP).• went0-3with12savesanda3.46ERA(25ER/67.2IP) in41games(3

starts) combined between OKC (12g) and Double A Corpus Christi (29g)...began the year with Corpus Christi and collected 6 saves, while posting a 4.27 ERA (25ER/52.2IP) before being promoted to OKC on 7/25...made 5 scoreless appearances at OKC (7.1IP) before his selection to the Astros...including his 2 stints at Triple A OKC, was 6-for-6 in save opportunities and owned a 0.60 ERA (1ER/15IP).

• originallysignedasaninfielderoutoftheDominicanRepublicin2006...played a total of 8 seasons in the Astros system before being designated for assignment on 10/17...is currently a free agent.

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18 RHP Jordan Lyles 7-9-1, 5.59 ERA, 27G/25GSvs. LH: .269 (83x308), 7HR, 40K, 38BB vs. RH: .303 (82x271), 10HR, 53K, 11BB1st Half: 4-3-0, 4.02 ERA (36ER/80.2IP) 2nd Half: 3-6-1, 7.67 ERA (52ER/61IP) • setortiedMajorLeaguecareerhighsinwins,appearances,starts,in-

nings pitched and quality starts in what was his 3rd year in the Majors...tied for the club lead with 7 wins...went 7-9 with a 5.57 ERA (86ER/139IP) in his 25 starts and picked up his 1st MLB save in 1 of his 2 relief appear-ances...went 3-3 with a save and a 4.41 ERA (32ER/65.1IP) in his road appearances.

• playedtheentireseasonattheageof22,whichmadehimtheyoungestAmerican League pitcher this season to reach the 125 innings pitched plateau...among all MLB pitchers who were 22 or younger on June 30 of this season, Lyles ranked 1st in the AL and 4th in the Majors with 141.1 innings pitched...was the youngest member of the starting rotation this season, even though the club finished with 4 rookie starters in the rota-tion.

• begantheseasonwithTripleAOKCbeforebeingrecalledon5/2...spent the remainder of the season with the Astros.

• posteda1.74groundball to flyball ratio,which ranked12th in theAmerican League...did not allow a home run in 40.0 straight innings spanning parts of 8 starts (6/7-7/21).

• overa7-gamerun, from5/17-6/18,posteda1.61ERA (8ER/44.2IP),which ranked 2nd in the AL in that time frame...posted a career-long, 3-game winning streak from 5/22-6/18, during which he posted a 1.59 ERA (7ER/39.2IP) in his 6 starts...in that stretch, allowed just 2 runs in 2 starts, 1 run in 3 starts and 0 runs in 1 start...marked the 1st time in his career to win consecutive decisions.

• recordedacareer-high10strikeoutsin7.0shutoutinningson6/12atSEA...at 22 years and 236 days old, Lyles became the youngest Astro to record 10-or-more strikeouts in a game since Larry Dierker fanned 14 on 5/7/69 at PHI when he was 22 years and 227 days old.

• overan11-gamerunfrom5/17-7/10,posteda3.11ERA(23ER/66.2IP)and allowed 2 runs or less in 7 straight starts from 5/17-6/18, which tied for the longest such streak in the AL this season.

• pickeduphis1stMajorLeaguesaveon8/26atCWS...enteredthegamein the 9th inning with 2 outs and the bases loaded in a 10-8 contest...got behind in the count 3-0 on Avisail Garcia before striking him out on the final 3 pitches of the at-bat to earn the save.

• made6appearances(5starts)atOKC,postinga2-2recordanda5.32ERA (14ER/23.2IP)...excluding 1 rough outing (5ER/1IP), posted a 2-1 record and a 3.57 ERA (9ER/22.2IP) in his other 5 appearances.

• wasoriginallyselectedbytheAstrosinthesupplemental1stroundofthe June 2008 draft (38th overall selection).

54 RHP David Martinez 1-0-0, 7.15 ERA, 4Gvs. LH: .417 (5x12), 0HR, 3K, 2BB vs. RH: .367 (11x30), 1HR, 3K, 1BB1st Half: --- 2nd Half: 1-0-0, 7.15 ERA (9ER/11.1IP) • rookie relievermade4appearances for theAstrosacross2 stints...

worked in long relief, making two 2.2-inning apps. and two 3.0-inning apps.

• beganhisseasoninminorleagueSpringTraining,butmade3officialappearances for the Astros this spring (4ER/6.2IP)...assigned to Double A Corpus Christi at the beginning of the season before being promoted to Triple A OKC on 8/8...selected to the Major League roster on 8/20 and optioned back to OKC on 8/26...recalled on 9/8 and finished the season as an Astro.

• madehisMajorLeaguedebuton8/21atTEXandtossed2.2scorelessinnings, while allowing just 1 hit and 1 unearned run...in his 2nd MLB appearance, earned his 1st MLB win on 8/26 at CWS (3ER/2.2IP) in the Astros 10-8 win...optioned back to Triple A following that game...pitched twice as a September call up after his recall (6ER/6IP).

• followingtheseason,wasnamedtheDoubleATexasLeaguePitcherofthe Year...set a Corpus club record for wins (14) and at the time of his callup led the Texas League in wins, ERA, WHIP (1.00) and tied for 1st with 2 complete games...finished the year at Corpus 14-2 with 1 save and a 2.02 ERA (29ER/129.1IP)...allowed a .233 opponent’s batting average and walked only 20 hitters...was a Texas League Midseason and Postseason All-Star...named Corpus Christi’s Pitcher of the Month in June and July... over his final 5 starts with the Hooks, went at least 7.0 innings while allowing no more than 2 earned runs...at his two minor league levels combined, went 14-4 with a 2.57 ERA (40ER/140.1IP) in 29 appearances (21 starts) with two complete games.

• isaproductoftheAstrosVenezuelanAcademyaftersigningasanon-drafted free agent on March 3, 2005...pitched 4 seasons in Venezuela before coming stateside.

60 LHP Dallas Keuchel 6-10-0, 5.15 ERA, 31G/22GSvs. LH: .275 (41x149), 5HR, 45K, 10BB vs. RH: .304 (143x471), 15HR, 78K, 42BB1st Half: 4-5-0, 4.62 ERA (46ER/89.2IP) 2nd Half: 2-5-0, 5.91 ERA (42ER/64IP) • pitchedin31gamesforHouston,making22starts...faredmuchbetter

as a starter, posting a 6-8 record and a 4.90 ERA (72ER/132.1IP) as op-posed to his 9 relief appearances (0-2, 6.75)...owned a tie for the club lead with 153.2 innings pitched (also, Harrell)...had 10 quality starts in 22 total starts this year.

• ledtheAmericanLeagueandranked2ndintheMajorsingroundballto fly ball ratio with a 2.57 mark (min. 150IP)...that stat was first tracked in 1987, and since that season, Keuchel’s 2.57 GB/FB ratio ranks 3rd in franchise history trailing Mike Hampton in 1998 (2.70) and Shane Reynolds in 1995 (2.67).

• improvedinnearlyeverystatisticfrom2012to2013,includingground-ball percentage (72.0%/61.1%), K’s per 9.0 innings (7.20/4.01) and BB per 9.0 innings (3.05/4.11).

• begantheyearwithTripleAOKCbutwasrecalledbyHoustonon4/6prior to making an appearance for the RedHawks...was the 1st pitcher recalled by Houston in 2013...worked in long relief for 4 appearances before being optioned back to OKC on 4/20...started 1 game for OKC and recalled on 5/2...spent the remainder of the season with the Astros...earned 1.000 full year of service time despite being optioned twice.

• pickeduphis1stcareerroadvictoryon5/31atLAA(2ER/7IP)inwhatwas his 10th game (8th start) on the road.

• twicereachedacareer-high9strikeoutsthisseason,on6/21atCHCandon 9/13 vs. LAA...in a relief appearance on 6/25 vs. STL, fanned 6 hitters in 2.2 innings pitched, which marked the most strikeouts by an Astros reliever in a single game since Jeff Fulchino also fanned 6 on 9/16/09 at CIN.

• wascrownedthewinneroftheAstros“DancingWithThe‘Stros”charityevent on 9/15...competed against four teammates, each paired with a professional dancer...close to $200,000 was raised for the Astros Foun-dation at the event.

• pitchedonly1gameforOKCthisseason,a6.0-inningshutoutperfor-mance on 4/26 vs. New Orleans...allowed just 3 hits, did not issue a walk and fanned 5.

• wasoriginallyselectedbytheAstrosinthe7throundoftheJune2009draft out of the University of Arkansas.

63 RHP Chia-Jen Lo 0-3-2, 4.19 ERA, 19Gvs. LH: .128 (5x39), 1HR, 7K, 8BB vs. RH: .300 (9x30), 1HR, 9K, 5BB1st Half: --- 2nd Half: 0-3-2, 4.19 ERA (9ER/19.1IP) • rookierelievermade19appearancesfortheAstrosafterhisrecallon

7/30...split the save opportunities with Josh Fields and picked up 3 saves in 5 chances...held lefties to a .128 (5x39) average and all opponents to a .203 (14x69) mark...posted a 2.79 ERA (3ER/9.2IP) in 9 road games.

• hadanimpressiveSpringTraining,postinga2.08ERA(2ER/8.2IP)in9 relief appearances but was optioned to Double A Corpus Christi on 3/25...recalled for the first time in his MLB career on 7/30 and pitched the remainder of the season out of the Astros bullpen.

• madehisMLBdebuton7/31atBALandtossedascorelessinningintheAstros 11-0 win...began his career by making 7 scoreless appearances (7.1IP) from 7/31-8/16...within that streak, picked up his 1st MLB save on 8/13 at OAK, tossing 1.1 scoreless innings in a 5-4 win.

• prior toLo, the lastAstrospitcher tobeginhiscareerbymaking7+scoreless apps. was LHP Mike Gallo, who was unscored upon in his 1st 11 games (July 2-27, 2003)...LHP Kevin Chapman would surpass Lo’s mark later in the season.

• posteda3.24ERA(6ER/16.2IP)with6savesin17appearancescom-bined between Corpus Christi (8g), Class A Quad Cities (3g) and Class A Tri-City (6g) this season...tallied 20 strikeouts in 16.2 IP...made his 1st appearance of the season on 6/18 with Tri-City on an injury rehab assignment...reinstated to Corpus Christi’s roster and transferred to Quad Cities...made 3 appearances with the River Bandits before being promoted back to Corpus Christi...in his final 7 games with the Hooks before his recall, tossed 7.2 scoreless innings.

• isthe1stTaiwaneseplayerevertoplayfortheAstros...wasoriginallysigned by the Astros as a non-drafted free agent on 10/31/08.

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43 RHP Brad Peacock 5-6-0, 5.18 ERA, 18G/14GSvs. LH: .286 (52x182), 9HR, 36K, 27BB vs. RH: .184 (26x141), 6HR, 41K, 10BB1st Half: 1-3-0, 8.07 ERA (26ER/29IP) 2nd Half: 4-3-0, 3.64 ERA (22ER/57.1IP) • rookiestartermade18appearances(14starts)across3stintswiththe

Astros this season...came on strong at the end of the year, posting a 4-3 record and a 3.67 ERA (25ER/61.1IP) in his final 12 MLB games (9 starts).

• heldright-handedhitterstoa.184(26x141)average,whichranked9thin the AL this season (min. 125 AB).

• pickedup4ofhis5winsthisseasoninroadgamesandall5innightgames...in his MLB career, 6 of his 7 wins have come in road games and all 7 have come in night games.

• theAstrosfinishedtheirseasonwithfourrookiestarterspitchingwellsince July 12...over that time frame, Clemens, Cosart, Oberholtzer and Peacock combined for a 2.70 ERA (63ER/209.2IP) in their 35 starts in that span.

• begantheyearastheAstrosNo.4starterandmade5turnsintherotation(1-3, 8.44) before being moved to the bullpen for 1 outing (3ER/0.2IP)...optioned to Triple A OKC on 5/1 and made 4 starts for the RedHawks (1-2, 4.98)...recalled on 5/28, made 3 relief appearances, and was optioned again on 6/8...posted a 5-0 record and a 1.88 ERA (12ER/57.1IP) over 10 apps. (9 starts) for OKC before his final recall on 8/4.

• wasreinsertedintotheAstrosrotationon8/4andsincethatdatehewent4-3 with a 3.64 ERA (22ER/54.1IP) with 6 quality starts in his 9 appear-ances...allowed just a .216 (44x204) opponent’s batting average within that time frame, including a .157 (13x83) mark against right-handed hitters...fanned 54 hitters over those last 54.1 innings pitched.

• inhis1ststartbackwiththeAstroson8/4atMIN,tossedacareer-high7.0 innings while recording a career-high 10 strikeouts...tied as the most strikeouts by an Astros pitcher in 2013 in a single game...marked the most strikeouts by an Astros rookie since RHP Roy Oswalt fanned 12 on 9/9/01 vs. MIL.

• went6-2witha2.73ERA(24ER/79IP)in14games(13starts)forOKCthis season...allowed just a .226 (65x288) opponent’s batting average, including a .183 (26x142) mark against left-handed hitters.

• inhisfinalstintwiththeRedHawksbeforegettingrecalledtoHouston,was one of the top pitchers in the entire PCL...over 10 outings from June 13-July 29, Peacock ranked T-1st in the league in wins (5), 2nd in innings pitched (57.1), T-3rd in strikeouts (49), 4th in ERA (1.88) and 5th in WHIP (1.05)... had 49 strikeouts and 12 walks over that span.

• pitchedhiswayintothestartingrotationinSpringTrainingafterpost-ing a 2.78 ERA (7ER/22.2IP) in 8 appearances, including 4 starts...over his final 5 appearances, posted a 0.94 ERA (2ER/19IP)... did not allow a homer in his 22.2 inning pitched this spring...was 1 of 5 players to throw at least 20 innings during Spring Training without allowing a homer.

• enteredtheseasonrankedbyMLB.comastheAstrosNo.10prospect.• originallyacquiredbyHoustononFeb.4,2013,fromOAKalongwith

IF/OF Chris Carter and C Max Stassi in exchange for IF Jed Lowrie and RHP Fernando Rodriguez...was a 41st-round pick by the Nationals in the June 2006 draft.

61 RHP Josh Zeid 0-1-1, 3.90 ERA, 25Gvs. LH: .178 (8x45), 1HR, 11K, 6BB vs. RH: .305 (18x59), 2HR, 13K, 6BB1st Half: --- 2nd Half: 0-1-1, 3.90 ERA (12ER/27.2IP) • rookiehurlermade25reliefappearancesfortheAstrosoverthefinal2

months of the season...stranded 15 of 17 inherited runners...allowed just a .178 (8x45) average against left-handed hitters...led the club with 13 apps. in August...had a 1.23 ERA (2ER/14.2IP) in 11 September apps...posted a 0.84 ERA (1ER/10.2IP) in his final 9 games.

• wasanon-rosterinviteetoMajorLeagueSpringTrainingandimpressedin 6 appearances (1ER/6IP)...assigned to minor league camp on 3/17 and began the regular season with Triple A OKC...pitched out of the RedHawks bullpen the entire season before being selected to Houston’s roster on 7/30.

• madehisMLBdebuton7/30atBALandtossed0.2ofascorelessinning,retiring Adam Jones and Matt Wieters on fly outs (walked Chris Davis).

• tossedaseason-high3.0scorelessinningsand41pitcheson9/3vs.MIN.

• earnedhis1stMLBsaveon9/11atSEA...enteredthegamewiththebases loaded in the bottom of the 8th in a 5-1 ballgame...induced a pop out from Raul Ibanez and tossed a scoreless 9th for the save.

• went8straightappearances(from9/9-28)withoutallowingarun(10IP)...allowed just 4 singles and 4 walks over that time frame.

• atOKC,was4-1witha3.50ERA(17ER/43.2IP)in43reliefappearances...owned a tie for the club lead with 13 saves...served as the RedHawks closer from 6/15 until his selection and was 13-for-15 in save opportuni-ties with 53 strikeouts in 43.2 innings pitched.

• originallyacquiredbyHoustononJuly29,2011,fromPHIalongwithRHPJarred Cosart, IF Jon Singleton and a PTBNL (OF Domingo Santana) in exchange for OF Hunter Pence...was a 10th-round pick by the Phillies in the June 2009 draft.

65 LHP Brett Oberholtzer 4-5-0, 2.76 ERA, 13G/10GSvs. LH: .286 (24x84), 2HR, 11K, 2BB vs. RH: .216 (42x194), 5HR, 34K, 11BB1st Half: 0-0-0, 7.36 ERA (6ER/7.1IP) 2nd Half: 4-5-0, 2.24 ERA (16ER/64.1IP) • made13appearancesforHouston,including10starts,inwhatwashis

rookie season...named the Astros Pitcher of the Year by the Houston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America...was dominant as a starter, posting a 4-5 record and a 2.24 ERA (16ER/64.1IP) in 10 starts...allowed a .237 opponent’s batting average, including a reverse split against righties (.216).

• had2completegamesthisseason,becomingthe1stAstrosrookiewith2 complete games in a season since Roy Oswalt in 2001 (3 CG)...the last Astro to throw 2 complete games in a season was Brett Myers in 2011.

• posteda1.82walksper9.0inningsratio(13BB/64.1IP)asastarter,whichranked 5th in the AL after his move to the rotation on 7/31.

• amongAstrosrookies,his3.46strikeouttowalkratioranked4thall-timein franchise history for a single season (min. 50 IP)...ranked 1st by a left-handed rookie.

• was1of3Astrospitcherstomaketheir1stMLBstartthisseason(also,Clemens, Cosart)...the Astros finished their season with four rookie start-ers pitching well since July 12...over that time frame, Clemens, Cosart, Oberholtzer and Peacock combined for a 2.70 ERA (63ER/209.2IP) in their 35 starts in that span.

• spenthis1stSpringTraininginMajorLeaguecampandmade4ap-pearances (3ER/7IP) before being optioned to minor league camp on 3/12...had three stints with Houston this season, including a 1-day recall on 4/21...was also with the Astros from 7/2-14 and from 7/27 thru the end of the season.

• joinedtheAstrosrotationon7/31andsincethatdateranked2ndintheAmerican League in ERA, trailing only Ubaldo Jimenez (1.92)...lead all AL lefties in ERA since that date and ranked 2nd in the Majors behind only Clayton Kershaw (1.51).

• madehisMLBdebutinreliefon4/21vs.CLE(2ER/2IP)...didnotissueawalk thru his 1st 4 appearances (16IP), which ranks as the 2nd-longest streak in Astros history...Dave Veres began his career with 16.2 consecu-tive innings without a walk in 1994.

• on7/31atBAL,madehis1stMLBstartearningthewinaftergoing7.0shutout innings in the Astros 11-0 victory...gave up 3 hits while striking out 6 with no walks...became the 1st pitcher in Astros history to go 7.0 or more shutout innings without allowing a walk in their 1st MLB start (Elias).

• inhis2ndcareerstarton8/5vs.BOS,heldtheRedSoxscorelessover7.0 frames, allowing just 4 hits...by doing so, became the 1st pitcher in franchisehistorytotoss7+scorelessinningsineachofhisfirst2MLBstarts...alsobecamethe1stAstro toever throw7+scoreless inningsagainst the Red Sox franchise.

• allowed just 2 total runs inhis1st3careerMLBstarts (7/31-8/12)...became the first Astros pitcher since Randy Niemann in 1979 to go at least 6.2 innings while allowing 2 or fewer runs in each of his 1st 3 career starts...the last MLB pitcher to do this was Jose Contreras, who went 3 straight while with the Yankees from 5/30-8/24/03.

• becamethe3rdplayerinfranchisehistorytorecordaqualitystartinhis 1st 4 MLB starts (7/31-8/18)...the only other 2 are RHP Jarred Cosart this season, and RHP Taylor Buchholz in 2006.

• on9/1vs.SEA, tossed theAstros1st shutoutof the season...allowedjust 4 hits (all singles) across his 9.0 shutout innings...struck out 5 and walked 1 on a career-high 113 pitches...at 24 years, 62 days, became the youngest Astros lefty to hurl a shutout since Mike Hampton on 5/1/96 vs. ATL (23.235 years old)... threw 83 of his 113 pitches for strikes (73.5%)...marks the highest strike % in a complete game shutout by an Astro since Roy Oswalt posted a 76.9% mark on 9/11/08 vs PIT in a 3-hit shutout.

• allowed2-or-fewerwalksinhis1st8careerMLBstarts(7/31-9/14),whichtied a franchise record...the other pitchers to do so were Chris Sampson (2006-07), Tom Dixon (1977-78), Ken Forsch (1970-71) and Don Wilson (1967).

• wascreditedwithhis2ndcompletegameoftheseasonintheAstros2-1loss on 9/20 at CLE, which was shortened due to rain in the 7th inning...went 6.0 innings, allowing 2 unearned runs on 4 hits.

• went6-6witha4.37ERA(39ER/80.1IP)in16startsatTripleAOKC...inhis last 11 starts with the RedHawks (since 5/10), went 5-3 with a 3.19 ERA (21ER/59.1IP) and 58 strikeouts...gave up just 19 walks over that span and a .220 (47x214) opponent’s batting average.

• namedtheRedHawksPitcheroftheMonthinMaybytheAstros...went2-2 with a 2.42 ERA (7ER/26IP) in 5 starts in the month while holding opponents to a .198 average...was named the Pacific Coast League’s Pitcher of the Week for the week of 5/6-13 after earning a win on 5/10 vs. Tacoma...allowed just 1 hit in 5.2 innings and struck out 9 in the outing.

• originallyacquiredbyHoustononJuly31,2011,fromATLalongwithRHP Paul Clemens, OF Jordan Schafer and RHP Juan Abreu in exchange for OF Michael Bourn...was an 8th-round pick by the Braves in the June 2008 draft.

• wastakeninthesamedraftbyATLjust1roundafterClemens(7th)...since then, the two have now played together in all but 1 of their 6 professional seasons (2009)...at the time of their trade to Houston, both players were rooming together while with Double A Mississippi when informed of the trade.

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GENERALLongest Winning Streak ............................................. 6, 5/29-6/3Longest Winning Streak, Home .....................................3, 6/14-16Longest Winning Streak, Road .................................... 6, 5/29-6/3Most Consecutive Losses .................................. 15, 9/14-CurrentMost Consecutive Losses, Home ......................... 8, 9/14-CurrentMost Consecutive Losses, Road ....................................9, 4/13-28Longest Game, Time ..................... 5:18, 9/18 vs. CIN (13 innings)Shortest Game, Time ..................... 2:08, 9/20 at CLE (1:09 delay)Longest Game, Innings ............ 14 innings (2x), last, 9/29 vs. NYYBest Homestand, Percentage ............................714 (5-2), 6/14-20Worst Homestand, Percentage .........................000 (0-3), 9/27-29Best Road Trip, Percentage ......................... 1.000, (6-0), 5/29-6/3Worst Road Trip, Percentage ............................000 (0-7), 9/19-25Most Runners Left on Base ...................................16, 9/18 vs. CINDouble Plays Turned ............................. 4 (4x), last, 7/23 vs. OAKOpponent Double Plays Turned ..............................4, 5/18 at PITMost Errors ...........................................................4, 5/30 at COLLargest Margin of Victory ............. 11 runs, 7/31 at BAL, 11-0 finalLargest Margin of Defeat ...................... 15, 5/4 vs. DET, 17-2 finalBiggest Comeback to Win ...3 (3x), last, 6/26 vs. STL, trailed 3-0, won 4-3Most Games Over .500 ...............................1, after game on 3/31Biggest Lead Lost to Lose .......................................5, 8/6 vs. BOSHighest Attendance, Home ........................... 41,307, 3/31 vs. TEXHighest Attendance, Road ..............................44,313, 7/10 at STL

TEAM BATTiNGMost Runs, Game................................................... 16, 4/9 at SEAFewest Runs, Game ............................... 0 (14x), last, 9/23 at TEXMost Runs, Inning ...............6 (2x), last, (5th inning), 9/13 vs. LAAMost Hits, Game .................................................... 22, 4/9 at SEAMost Hits, Inning .................................. 7 (1st inning), 4/9 at SEAFewest Hits, Game ................................................ 1, 8/12 vs. TEXMost Doubles, Game ............................................. 8, 9/10 at SEAMost Triples, Game ..............................................3, 8/23 vs. TORMost Homers, Game ............................................... 6, 6/5 vs. BALMost Consecutive Games, Homer ................8 (2x), last, 5/29-6/5Most Consecutive Games, No Homer .............................. 6, 9/4-9Most Extra-Base Hits, Game ................................ 10, 9/10 at SEAFewest Extra-Base Hits, Game ............... 0 (14x), last, 9/23 at TEXMost Total Bases, Game ......................................... 40, 4/9 at SEAMost Walks, Game ................................................ 9, 9/18 vs. CINFewest Walks, Game .............................. 0 (12x), last, 8/17 at LAAMost Strikeouts, Game .......................................19, 9/29 vs. NYYFewest Strikeouts, Game ............................3 (3x), last, 7/12 at TBMost Stolen Bases, Game........................................6, 8/5 vs. BOSMost Opponent Stolen Bases, Game ......................5, 5/30 at COLLongest Scoreless Inning Streak ..........23 inn., 4/2 (1st)-4/5 (5th)

iNDiViDUAL BATTiNGMost At-Bats, Game ............... 6 (12x), last, Villar/Dominguez, 9/29 vs. NYYMost Runs, Game........................3 (9x), last, Castro, 8/24 vs. TORMost Hits, Game .......................................5, Barnes, 7/19 vs. SEAMost Consecutive Hits (in ABs) ....... 6, Barnes, (2nd-3rd), 7/19-20Most Doubles, Game ................................ 3, Carter, 6/23 at CHCMost Triples, Game ......................2 (2x), last, Villar, 8/23 vs. TORMost Home Runs, Game .............2 (7x), last, Castro, 8/24 vs. TORMost RBI, Game ........................... 5 (3x), last, Barnes, 9/3 vs. MINMost Walks, Game ........................3 (3x), last, Crowe, 9/24 at TEXMost Strikeouts, Game ...................... 5, J. Martinez, 5/27 vs. COLMost Stolen Bases, Game..............3 (3x), last, Altuve, 9/10 at SEALongest Hitting Streak ..............................14, Grossman, 8/13-27

TEAM PiTCHiNGFewest Runs, Game ..................................0 (5x), last, 9/1 vs. SEAMost Runs, Game................................................ 19, 4/20 vs. CLEFewest Hits, Game ................................................ 1, 7/20 vs. SEAMost Hits, Game .................................................22, 4/20 vs. CLEFewest Walks, Game .............................. 0 (5x), last, 9/29 vs. NYYMost Walks, Game ................................................11, 5/9 vs. LAAMost Strikeouts, Game .........................................18, 5/2 vs. DETLongest Scoreless Inning Streak ........17.2 inn., (7th-6th), 4/10-13

iNDiViDUAL PiTCHiNGLongest Winning Streak ................... 3 (2x), last, Lyles, 5/22-6/18Longest Losing Streak ............................. 8, Humber, 4/3-currentMost Innings Pitched, Starter .......... 9.0, Oberholtzer, 9/1 vs. SEAMost Innings Pitched, Relief ............... 5.1, Clemens, 4/15 at OAKFewest Hits, Complete Game ...4 (2x), last, Oberholtzer, 9/20 at CLE Fewest Walks, Complete Game ......... 1, Oberholtzer, 9/1 vs. SEAMost Walks, Game .........................6 (3x), last, Harrell, 7/5 at TEX Most Strikeouts, Game ............. 10 (3x), last, Peacock, 8/4 at MINMost Strikeouts, Inning ......3 (21x), last, Bedard, 9/29 vs. NYY (1st)Most Hit By Pitch, Game ........... 2 (4x), last, Bedard, 9/29 vs. NYYLongest Scoreless Inning Streak ...16.0, Oberholtzer, 7/5-8/5 (3g)

ATTENDANCEHome: ..........................................................................1,656,443Home Average:.................................................20,450/81 gamesRoad: ............................................................................2,236,523Road Average: ..................................................27,611/81 games

Astros Last Home Runs (*-team record when homering)Player Date Opponent/Pitcher AB Since Last Team Rec.* Altuve 9/13/13 LAA/Vargas 59 4-1Barnes 9/18/13 CIN/Reynolds 23 1-7Carter 9/22/13 @CLE/Kluber 22 14-11Castro 8/26/13 @CWS/Rienzo 27 9-7Clark - - 38 -Corporan 8/12/13 TEX/Darvish 49 4-3Crowe 5/10/13 TEX/Ogando 158 0-1Dominguez 9/24/13 @TEX/Darvish 21 12-7Elmore 8/6/13 BOS/Britton 39 1-1Gonzalez 6/5/13 BAL/Garcia 67 4-0Grossman 8/23/13 TOR/Oliver 48 2-2Hoes 8/18/13 @LAA/Vargas 110 1-0Krauss 9/15/13 LAA/Williams 32 0-4Laird 9/25/13 @TEX/Perez 9 2-3Martinez 6/22/13 @CHC/Wood 106 6-1Pagnozzi 9/28/10 PIT/Burres 61 -Paredes 5/21/13 KC/Davis 85 0-1Stassi - - 7 -Villar 9/9/13 @SEA/Saunders 70 1-0Wallace 9/14/13 LAA/Weaver 19 1-10

Multi-HR Games Season CareerAltuve 0 0Barnes 0 0Carter 3 3Castro 2 3Clark 0 0Corporan 0 0Crowe 0 0Dominguez 2 2Elmore 0 0Gonzalez 0 0Grossman 0 0Hoes 0 0Krauss 0 0Laird 0 0Martinez 0 0Pagnozzi 0 0Paredes 0 0Stassi 0 0Villar 0 0Wallace 1 2

2013 Grand Slams (3) 2013 Opponent Grand Slams (5)Player Date Opp./Pitcher Player Date Opp./PitcherDominguez 6/18 MIL/Gorzelanny Dirks 5/13 @ DET/NorrisCastro 7/31 @ BAL/Gonzalez Cruz 7/5 @ TEX/HarrellDominguez 9/13 LAA/Rasmus Encarnacion 7/26 @ TOR/Ambriz Colabello 9/2 MIN/Lo Bruce 9/17 CIN/Lyles

2013 inside-the-Park Home Runs (0) 2013 Opponent inside-the-Park Home Runs (0)Player Date Opp./Pitcher Player Date Opp./Pitcher 2013 Leadoff Home Runs (1)Player Date Opp./PitcherVillar 9/10 @SEA/Saunders

2013 Back-to-Back Home Run Combos (5)Players Date Opp./Pitcher(s)J. Martinez/Ankiel 4/19 CLE/MyersCarter/Dominguez 5/30 @COL/LopezMaxwell/Dominguez 7/27 @TOR/JohnsonCarter/Dominguez 8/16 @LAA/BlantonDominguez/Carter 8/26 @CWS/Reed

2013 Pinch-Hit Home Runs (2)Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s)Ankiel 3/31 TEX/LoweAnkiel 4/17 @ OAK/Balfour

2013 Walk-Off Home Runs (1)Player Date Opp./Pitcher(s)Pena 6/20 MIL/Gonzalez

2013 Last At-Bat Wins (10)No.-Date-Opp. Score Game-Winning Play1-5/15-@DET 7-5 Corporan RBI double in top 92-5/18-@PIT 4-2 (11) Dominguez RBI FC in top 113-5/27-COL 3-2 (12) Barnes GR RBI double in bot. 12 (walkoff win #1)4-6/12-@SEA 6-1 Carter 2-run double in top 95-6/20-MIL 7-4 (10) Pena 3-run home run in bot. 10 (walkoff win #2)6-6/22-@CHC 4-3 Cedeno RBI squeeze bunt in top 97-7/23-OAK 5-4 Villar scores from 2nd base on E-2 (walkoff win #3)8-8/14-@OAK 2-1 (11) Corporan RBI double in top 119-9/1-SEA 2-0 Castro RBI double in bottom 8th10-9/4-MIN 6-5 Crowe RBI single in bottom 9th (walkoff win #4)

ASTROS EJECTiONS (4)Date Personnel Umpire Situation8/7-BOS Porter Carlson Arguing foul tip on strikeout (Castro)9/5-@OAK Porter Ripperger Disputing safe call at homeplate9/6-@OAK Barnes Porter Shouting from dugout (non-HBP call)9/8-@OAK Porter Wendelstedt Questioning the strike zone

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Date Game Opponent W-L /Score Record Pos. GB Astros Opp. Save Attendance Home Attendance POR POR (*-denotes sellout)3/31 1 TEX W 8-2 1-0 1st - Norris (1-0) Harrison (0-1) Bedard (1) 41,307* 41,3074/2 2 TEX L 0-7 1-1 T-3rd .5 Harrell (0-1) Darvish (1-0) - 22,673 63,9804/3 3 TEX L 0-4 1-2 T-4th 1.0 Humber (0-1) Ogando (1-0) - 15,831 79,8114/5 4 OAK L 3-8 1-3 T-4th 2.0 Peacock (0-1) Straily (1-0) - 18,197 98,0084/6 5 OAK L 3-6 1-4 5th 2.5 Norris (1-1) Colon (1-0) Balfour (1) 18,685 116,6934/7 6 OAK L 3-9 1-5 5th 3.5 Harrell (0-2) Anderson (1-1) - 16,914 133,6074/8 7 @ SEA L 0-3 1-6 5th 4.0 Humber (0-2) Saunders (1-1) Wilhelmson (1) 42,589 -4/9 8 @ SEA W 16-9 2-6 5th 4.0 Clemens (1-0) Maurer (0-2) - 10,745 -4/10 9 @ SEA W 8-3 3-6 T-3rd 4.5 Peacock (1-1) Beavan (0-1) - 10,493 -4/12 10 @ LAA W 5-0 4-6 T-3rd 4.5 Norris (2-1) Hanson (1-1) - 37,674 -4/13 11 @ LAA L 4-5 4-7 T-3rd 4.5 Veras (0-1) Roth (1-0) - 43,520* -4/14 12 @ LAA L 1-4 4-8 T-4th 4.5 Humber (0-3) Wilson (1-0) Frieri (2) 36,126 -4/15 13 @ OAK L 2-11 4-9 T-4th 5.5 Bedard (0-1) Milone (3-0) - 10,689 -4/16 14 @ OAK L 3-4 4-10 T-4th 6.5 Cruz (0-1) Doolittle (1-0) Balfour (2) 11,038 -4/17 15 @ OAK L 5-7 4-11 5th 7.5 Norris (2-2) Colon (2-0) Balfour (3) 15,488 -4/19 16 CLE W 3-2 5-11 5th 6.5 Harrell (1-2) Myers (0-3) Veras (1) 17,241 150,8484/20 17 CLE L 6-19 5-12 5th 6.5 Humber (0-4) Kluber (1-0) - 19,904 170,7524/21 18 CLE L 4-5 5-13 5th 7.0 Ambriz (0-1) Allen (1-0) Perez (2) 22,005 192,7574/22 19 SEA L 1-7 5-14 5th 8.0 Peacock (1-2) Hernandez (2-2) - 23,201 215,9584/23 20 SEA W 3-2 6-14 5th 7.0 Norris (3-2) Iwakuma (2-1) Veras (2) 13,929 229,8874/24 21 SEA W 10-3 7-14 5th 7.0 Harrell (2-2) Saunders (1-3 - 11,686 241,5734/25 22 @ BOS L 2-7 7-15 5th 8.0 Humber (0-5) Bucholz (5-0) - 30,093 -4/26 23 @ BOS L 3-7 7-16 5th 9.0 Bedard (0-2) Dempster (1-2) - 29,312 -4/27 24 @ BOS L 4-8 7-17 5th 9.0 Peacock (1-3) Doubront (3-0) - 34,726 -4/28 25 @ BOS L 1-6 7-18 5th 9.0 Norris (3-3) Lackey (1-1) - 36,527 -4/29 26 @ NYY W 9-1 8-18 5th 8.5 Harrell (3-2) Pettitte (3-2) - 34,262 -4/30 27 @ NYY L 4-7 8-19 5th 9.5 Humber (0-6) Kuroda (4-1) Rivera (10) 34,301 -5/1 28 @ NYY L 4-5 8-20 5th 9.5 Clemens (1-1) Logan (2-1) Rivera (11) 34,117 -5/2 29 DET L 3-7 (14) 8-21 5th 9.5 Keuchel (0-1) Putkonen (1-0) - 16,624 258,1975/3 30 DET L 3-4 8-22 5th 10.5 Veras (0-2) Smyly (2-0) Valverde (3) 16,719 274,9165/4 31 DET L 2-17 8-23 5th 11.5 Harrell (3-3) Scherzer (4-0) - 21,266 296,1825/5 32 DET L 0-9 8-24 5th 12.0 Humber (0-7) Verlander (4-2) - 23,228 319,4705/7 33 LAA W 7-6 9-24 5th 11.0 Lyles (1-0) Wilson (3-1) Veras (3) 15,266 334,7365/8 34 LAA W 3-1 10-24 5th 11.0 Norris (4-3) Blanton (0-6) Veras (4) 12,906 347,6425/9 35 LAA L 5-6 10-25 5th 11.5 Ambriz (0-2) Richards (2-3) Frieri (5) 13,003 360,6455/10 36 TEX L 2-4 10-26 5th 12.5 Wright (0-1) Ross (1-0) Nathan (10) 20,293 380,9385/11 37 TEX L 7-8 10-27 5th 13.5 Humber (0-8) Darvish (6-1) Nathan (11) 27,188 408,1265/12 38 TEX L 7-12 10-28 5th 14.5 Lyles (1-1) Tepesch (3-3) - 19,730 427,8565/13 39 @ DET L 2-7 10-29 5th 14.5 Norris (4-4) Sanchez (4-3) - 31,161 -5/14 40 @ DET L 2-6 10-30 5th 15.5 Harrell (3-4) Fister (5-1) - 34,542 -5/15 41 @ DET W 7-5 11-30 5th 15.5 Ambriz (1-2) Alburquerque (0-1) Veras (5) 40,315 -5/17 42 @ PIT L 4-5 11-31 5th 16.0 Gonzalez (0-1) Wilson (4-0) - 29,743 -5/18 43 @ PIT W 4-2 (11) 12-31 5th 16.0 Cisnero (1-0) Morris (1-2) Veras (6) 32,925 -5/19 44 @ PIT L 0-1 12-32 5th 17.0 Harrell (3-5) Locke (4-1) Grilli (17) 28,471 -5/20 45 KC W 6-5 13-32 5th 16.0 Keuchel (1-1) Guthrie (5-2) Veras (7) 12,989 440,8455/21 46 KC L 3-7 13-33 5th 16.0 Clemens (1-2) Chen (3-0) - 12,302 453,1475/22 47 KC W 3-1 14-33 5th 16.0 Lyles (2-1) Shields (2-5) Veras (8) 12,324 465,4715/24 48 OAK L 5-6 14-34 5th 17.0 Veras (0-3) Neshek (1-0) Balfour (10) 15,907 481,3785/25 49 OAK L 5-11 14-35 5th 18.0 Harrell (3-6) Griffin (5-3) - 18,591 499,9695/26 50 OAK L 2-6 14-36 5th 18.0 Keuchel (1-2) Colon (5-2) - 19,366 519,3355/27 51 COL W 3-2 (12) 15-36 5th 16.5 Clemens (2-2) Lopez (1-2) - 16,044 535,3795/28 52 COL L 1-2 15-37 5th 17.0 Veras (0-4) Belisle (2-2) Betancourt (11) 11,974 547,3535/29 53 @ COL W 6-3 16-37 5th 16.5 Clemens (3-2) Escalona (1-2) - 26,881 -5/30 54 @ COL W 7-5 17-37 5th 16.5 Harrell (4-6) Nicasio (4-2) Ambriz (1) 26,239 -5/31 55 @ LAA W 6-3 18-37 5th 16.5 Keuchel (2-2) Hanson (2-2) Veras (9) 34,401 -6/1 56 @ LAA W 2-0 19-37 5th 15.5 Norris (5-4) Williams (4-2) Veras (10) 40,087 -6/2 57 @ LAA W 5-4 20-37 5th 15.5 Lyles (3-1) Wilson (4-4) Ambriz (2) 35,515 -6/3 58 @ LAA W 2-1 21-37 5th 15.0 Bedard (1-2) Blanton (1-9) Veras (11) 30,010 -6/4 59 BAL L 1-4 21-38 5th 15.0 Harrell (4-7) Tillman (5-2) Johnson (19) 15,920 563,2736/5 60 BAL W 11-7 22-38 5th 15.0 Keuchel (3-2) Garcia (2-3) - 15,526 578,7996/6 61 BAL L 1-3 22-39 5th 15.0 Norris (5-5) Gonzalez (3-2) Johnson (20) 14,664 593,463 6/7 62 @ KC L 2-4 22-40 5th 15.5 Wright (0-2) Herrera (3-4) Holland (11) 24,808 -6/8 63 @ KC L 2-7 22-41 5th 15.5 Bedard (1-3) Santana (4-5) - 28,055 -6/9 64 @ KC L 0-2 22-42 5th 16.0 Ambriz (1-3) Crow (2-1) Holland (12) 20,723 -6/10 65 @ SEA L 2-3 22-43 5th 17.0 Keuchel (3-3) Iwakuma (7-1) Wilhelmsen (16) 12,811 -6/11 66 @ SEA L 0-4 22-44 5th 17.0 Norris (5-6) Harang (3-6) - 10,266 -6/12 67 @ SEA W 6-1 23-44 5th 17.5 Clemens (4-2) Wilhelmsen (0-2) - 13,823 -6/14 68 CWS W 2-1 24-44 5th 16.5 Bedard (2-3) Sale (5-5) Veras (12) 20,496 613,9596/15 69 CWS W 4-3 25-44 5th 15.5 Harrell (5-7) Danks (1-3) Veras (13) 21,549 635,5086/16 70 CWS W 5-4 26-44 5th 15.5 Keuchel (4-3) Santiago (2-5) Veras (14) 25,829 661,3376/17 71 CWS L 2-4 26-45 5th 15.5 Norris (5-7) Jones (3-4) Reed (20) 13,870 679,7076/18 72 MIL W 10-1 27-45 5th 15.5 Lyles (4-1) Figaro (1-1) - 13,330 693,0376/19 73 MIL L 1-3 27-46 5th 15.5 Ambriz (1-4) Axford (3-3) Rodriguez (5) 15,866 708,9036/20 74 MIL W 7-4 (10) 28-46 5th 14.5 Ambriz (2-4) Gonzalez (0-3) - 17,803 726, 7066/21 75 @ CHC L 1-3 28-47 5th 15.5 Keuchel (4-4) Garza (2-1) Gregg (11) 33,119 -6/22 76 @ CHC W 4-3 29-47 5th 14.5 Cisnero (2-0) Gregg (2-1) Veras (15) 38,870 - 6/23 77 @ CHC L 6-14 29-48 5th 15.5 Lyles (4-2) Samardzija (5-7) - 35,121 -6/25 78 STL L 5-13 29-49 5th 15.5 Harrell (5-8) Westbrook (4-2) - 19,271 745,9776/26 79 STL W 4-3 30-49 5th 15.5 Bedard (3-3) Lynn (10-2) Veras (16) 17,428 763,4056/28 80 LAA L 2-4 30-50 5th 17.0 Clemens (4-3) De La Rosa (3-1) Frieri (20) 20,498 783,9036/29 81 LAA L 2-7 30-51 5th 17.0 Lyles (4-3) Blanton (2-10) - 26,650 810,5536/30 82 LAA L 1-3 30-52 5th 18.0 Cisnero (2-1) Wilson (8-5) Frieri (21) 22,361 832,9147/1 83 TB L 0-12 30-53 5th 18.5 Keuchel (4-5) Moore (11-3) - 12,722 845,6367/2 84 TB L 0-8 30-54 5th 19.0 Bedard (3-4) Price (2-4) - 19,631 865,2677/3 85 TB W 4-1 31-54 5th 18.0 Norris (6-7) Hernandez (4-10) Veras (17) 14,143 879,4107/4 86 TB L 5-7 (11) 31-55 5th 19.0 Fields (0-1) Wright (2-1) Rodney (18) 20,470 899,8807/5 87 @ TEX L 5-10 31-56 5th 20.0 Harrell (5-9) Tepesch (4-6) - 44,232 -7/6 88 @ TEX W 9-5 32-56 5th 19.0 Blackley (1-0) Darvish (8-4) - 44,272 -7/7 89 @ TEX L 4-5 32-57 5th 20.5 Bedard (3-5) Burns (1-0) Nathan (29) 36,746 -7/9 90 @ STL L 5-9 32-58 5th 21.5 Norris (6-8) Wainwright (12-5) Mujica (24) 43,836 -7/10 91 @ STL L 4-5 32-59 5th 21.5 Wright (0-3) Maness (5-1) Mujica (25) 44,313 -7/12 92 @ TB W 2-1 33-59 5th 20.5 Cosart (1-0) Price (3-5) Veras (18) 13,347 - 7/13 93 @ TB L 3-4 33-60 5th 21.5 Harrell (5-10) Hernandez (5-10) Rodney (22) 20,409 -7/14 94 @ TB L 0-5 33-61 5th 22.5 Bedard (3-6) Archer (4-3) - 21,180 -7/16 2013 All-Star Game (New York - NL)7/19 95 SEA L 7-10 33-62 5th 22.5 Norris (6-9) Saunders (9-8) Wilhelmsen (20) 24,635 924,515 7/20 96 SEA L 2-4 33-63 5th 22.5 Bedard (3-7) Iwakuma (9-4) Wilhelmsen (21) 25,733 950,2487/21 97 SEA L 5-12 33-64 5th 23.5 Lyles (4-4) Hernandez (11-4) - 38,838 989,086

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Date Game Opponent W-L /Score Record Pos. GB Astros Opp. Save Attendance Home Attendance POR POR (*-denotes sellout)7/22 98 OAK L 3-4 33-65 5th 24.5 Wright (0-4) Cook (3-2) Balfour (26) 16,381 1,005,4677/23 99 OAK W 5-4 34-65 5th 23.5 Fields (1-1) Balfour (0-2) - 32,249 1,037,7167/24 100 OAK L 3-4 34-66 5th 24.5 Blackley (1-1) Griffin (9-7) Cook (2) 24,831 1,062,547 7/25 101 @ TOR L 0-4 34-67 5th 24.5 Bedard (3-8) Buerhle (6-7) - 24,188 -7/26 102 @ TOR L 6-12 34-68 5th 25.5 Clemens (4-4) Cecil (4-1) - 24,088 -7/27 103 @ TOR W 8-6 35-68 5th 25.5 Keuchel (5-5) Johnson (1-6) Veras (19) 34,317 -7/28 104 @ TOR L 1-2 35-69 5th 26.5 Cisnero (2-2) Janssen (3-0) 31,634 -7/30 105 @ BAL L 3-4 35-70 5th 27.0 Harrell (5-11) Chen (6-3) Johnson (36) 24,904 -7/31 106 @ BAL W 11-0 36-70 5th 26.0 Oberholtzer (1-0) Gonzalez (8-5) - 25,265 -8/1 107 @ BAL L 3-6 36-71 5th 26.5 Lyles (4-5) Norris (7-9) Johnson (37) 17,909 -8/2 108 @ MIN L 3-4 (13) 36-72 5th 26.5 Pressly (3-2) Keuchel (5-6) - 30,633 -8/3 109 @ MIN L 4-6 36-73 5th 27.5 Harrell (5-12) Duensing (4-1) Perkins (26) 38,078 -8/4 110 @ MIN L 2-3 36-74 5th 27.5 Peacock (1-4) Thielbar (2-1) Perkins (27) 34,780 -8/5 111 BOS W 2-0 37-74 5th 27.0 Oberholtzer (2-0) Lackey (7-9) Fields (1) 24,543 1,087,0908/6 112 BOS L 10-15 37-75 5th 27.0 Lyles (4-6) Workman (2-1) - 21,620 1,108,7108/7 113 BOS L 5-7 37-76 5th 27.0 Fields (1-2) Tazawa (5-3) Uehara (11) 22,205 1,130,9158/9 114 TEX L 5-9 37-77 5th 28.0 Zeid (0-1) Garza (8-2) Cotts (1) 23,673 1,154,5888/10 115 TEX L 4-5 37-78 5th 29.0 Harrell (5-13) Frasor (3-2) Nathan (34) 33,322 1,187,9108/11 116 TEX L 1-6 37-79 5th 30.0 Keuchel (5-7) Perez (5-3) - 22,922 1,210,8328/12 117 TEX L 1-2 37-80 5th 31.0 Oberholtzer (2-1) Darvish (12-5) Nathan (35) 18,712 1,229,5448/13 118 @ OAK W 5-4 38-80 5th 30.0 Lyles (5-6) Colon (14-5) Lo (1) 14,261 -8/14 119 @ OAK W 2-1 (11) 39-80 5th 30.0 Harrell (6-13) Doolittle (3-4) Fields (2) 18,278 -8/15 120 @ OAK L 0-5 39-81 5th 30.5 Bedard (3-9) Gray (1-1) - 16,487 -8/16 121 @ LAA W 8-2 40-81 5th 29.5 Peacock (2-4) Williams (5-9) - 39,074 -8/17 122 @ LAA L 5-6 (10) 40-82 5th 30.5 Fields (1-3) Frieri (1-4) - 40,246 -8/18 123 @ LAA W 7-5 41-82 5th 29.5 Oberholtzer (3-1) Gutierrez (0-4) Chapman (1) 36,896 -8/19 124 @ TEX L 5-16 41-83 5th 30.5 Harrell (6-14) Garza (3-1) - 32,113 -8/20 125 @ TEX L 2-4 41-84 5th 31.5 Cosart (1-1) Cotts (5-2) Nathan (37) 39,009 -8/21 126 @ TEX L 4-5 41-85 5th 32.5 Lo (0-1) Nathan (4-2) - 38,699 -8/23 127 TOR W 12-4 42-85 5th 32.5 Lyles (6-6) Redmond (1-2) - 21,186 1,250,7308/24 128 TOR W 8-5 43-85 5th 31.5 Peacock (3-4) Wang (1-2) Lo (2) 26,312 1,277,0428/25 129 TOR L 1-2 43-86 5th 31.5 Lo (0-2) Buerhle (10-7) Janssen (23) 21,407 1,298,4498/26 130 @ CWS W 10-8 44-86 5th 31.5 Martinez (1-0) Reed (5-2) Lyles (1) 13,404 -8/27 131 @ CWS L 3-4 44-87 5th 32.5 Bedard (3-10) Veal (2-3) Reed (36) 15,491 -8/28 132 @ CWS L 1-6 44-88 5th 33.5 Harrell (6-15) Sale (10-12) - 15,961 -8/29 133 SEA L 2-3 44-89 5th 34.0 Lyles (6-7) Ramirez (5-1) Farquhar (10) 22.203 1,320,6528/30 134 SEA L 1-7 44-90 5th 34.0 Peacock (3-5) Walker (1-0) - 13,869 1,334,5218/31 135 SEA L 1-3 44-91 5th 35.0 Keuchel (5-8) Saunders (11-13) Farquhar (11) 21,085 1,355,6069/1 136 SEA W 2-0 45-91 5th 34.0 Oberholtzer (4-1) Furbush (2-5) - 17,203 1,372,8099/2 137 MIN L 6-10 45-92 5th 34.0 Lo (0-3) Roenicke (3-1) - 14,287 1,387,0969/3 138 MIN L 6-9 (12) 45-93 5th 35.0 Chapman (0-1) Thielbar (3-2) Roenicke (1) 13,500 1,400,5969/4 139 MIN W 6-5 46-93 5th 34.0 Bedard (4-10) Duensing (6-2) - 14, 869 1,415,4659/5 140 @ OAK W 3-2 47-93 5th 33.5 Peacock (4-5) Gray (2-3) Fields (3) 11,569 -9/6 141 @ OAK L 5-7 47-94 5th 34.0 Keuchel (5-9) Griffin (13-9) Balfour (37) 15,502 -9/7 142 @ OAK L 1-2 47-95 5th 35.0 Oberholtzer (4-2) Straily (9-7) Doolittle (1) 20,340 -9/8 143 @ OAK L 2-7 47-96 5th 36.0 Harrell (6-16) Colon (15-6) Anderson (3) 18,824 -9/9 144 @ SEA W 6-4 48-96 5th 35.5 Chapman (1-0) Farquhar (0-3) Fields (4) 9,808 -9/10 145 @ SEA W 13-2 49-96 5th 34.5 Lyles (7-7) Saunders (5.18) - 10,245 -9/11 146 @ SEA W 6-1 50-96 5th 34.5 Peacock (5-5) Maurer (4-8) Zeid (1) 11,656 -9/13 147 LAA W 9-7 51-96 5th 35.0 Keuchel (6-9) Vargas (8-7) Fields (5) 19,742 1,435,2079/14 148 LAA L 2-6 51-97 5th 36.0 Oberholtzer (4-3)Weaver (10-8) - 21,903 1,457,1109/15 149 LAA L 1-2 51-98 5th 37.0 Clemens (4-5) Williams (8-10) Frieri (34) 21,374 1,478,4849/16 150 CIN L 1-6 51-99 5th 37.0 Bedard (4-11) Cueto (5-2) - 15,449 1,493,9339/17 151 CIN L 0-10 51-100 5th 38.0 Lyles (7-8) Leake (14-6) - 25,582 1,519,5159/18 152 CIN L 5-6 (13) 51-101 5th 38.0 De Leon (0-1) Simon (6-4) Chapman (37) 29,701 1,549,2169/19 153 @ CLE L 1-2 (11) 51-102 5th 39.0 Cruz (0-2) Shaw (5-3) - 12,607 -9/20 154 @ CLE L 1-2 (7) 51-103 5th 40.0 Oberholtzer (4-4) McAllister (9-9) Shaw (1) 17,310 -9/21 155 @ CLE L 1-4 51-104 5th 41.0 Clemens (4-6) Kazmir (9-9) - 26,611 -9/22 156 @ CLE L 2-9 51-105 5th 42.0 Bedard (4-12) Kluber (10-5) - 26,168 -9/23 157 @ TEX L 0-12 51-106 5th 43.0 Lyles (7-9) Holland (10-9) - 33,743 -9/24 158 @ TEX L 2-3 51-107 5th 43.0 Peacock (5-6) Cotts (6-3) Nathan (41) 42,267 -9/25 159 @ TEX L 3-7 51-108 5th 43.0 Keuchel (6-10) Perez (10-5) - 43,207 -9/27 160 NYY L 2-3 51-109 5th 44.0 Oberholtzer (4-5) Warren (3-2) Robertson (3) 29,486 1,578,7029/28 161 NYY L 1-2 51-110 5th 44.0 Clemens (4-7) Pettitte (11-11) - 37,199 1,615,9019/29 162 NYY L 1-5 (14) 51-111 5th 45.0 Harrell (6-17) Daley (1-0) - 40,542 1,656,443

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TRANSACTiONS: 11/4: Of Jimmy Paredes was claimed off waivers by MIA...11/1: Claimed LHP Darin Downs off waivers from DET...10/17: Outrighted Of Trevor Crowe and RHP Jorge De Leon off the 40-man roster...10/2: Selected if Jon Singleton from Triple A; claimed LHP Raul Valdes off waivers from PHI; outrighted C Cody Clark, RHP Philip Humber, if Brandon Laird, C Matt Pagnozzi off the 40-man roster...10/1: Activated C Jason Castro from the 15-day DL ...9/23: Activated C Max Stassi from the 7-day DL...9/17: Placed C Jason Castro on the 15-day DL...9/13: Reinstated Of J.D. Martinez from the DL...9/9: Reinstated C Carlos Corporan from the DL...9/8: Recalled RHP Rhiner Cruz, if Brandon Laird, RHP David Martinez, if/Of Jimmy Paredes from Triple A...9/7: Reinstated RHP Edgar Martinez from the DL and outrighted him to Double A; outrighted RHP Hector Ambriz off the 40-man roster...9/4: Recalled if/Of Marc Krauss from Triple A...9/3: Acquired C Matt Pagnozzi from Atlanta in exchange for cash considerations; transferred RHP Edgar Gonzalez to the 60-day DL...9/1: Recalled Of Trevor Crowe and RHP Jorge De Leon from Triple A...8/27: Recalled RHP Paul Clemens from Triple A...8/26: Optioned RHP David Martinez to Triple A...8/23: Selected C Cody Clark from Double A; placed C Max Stassi on the 7-day DL (retroactive to 8/22)...8/20: Selected RHP David Martinez and C Max Stassi to the Major League roster; placed C Carlos Corporan on the 7-day DL; designated LHP Wade LeBlanc for assignment...8/19: Selected LHP Wade LeBlanc to the Major League roster from Triple A...8/18: Optioned if/Of Marc Krauss to Triple A...8/14: Recalled if Marwin Gonzalez from Triple A...8/13: Selected RHP Philip Humber from Triple A; optioned RHP Jorge De Leon to Triple A...8/12: Assigned LHP Wesley Wright to Tampa Bay in exchange for cash considerations...8/11: Activated Of Trevor Crowe from rehab assignment and optioned him to Triple A...8/9: Selected LHP Kevin Chapman from Triple A; designated LHP Travis Blackley for assignment...8/7: Selected RHP Jorge De Leon from Triple A...8/6: optioned RHP Jose Cisnero to Triple A...8/4: Recalled RHP Brad Peacock from Triple A; optioned if/Of Jimmy Paredes to Triple A...8/1: Recalled if/Of Jimmy Paredes from Triple A...7/31: Acquired Of L.J. Hoes, LHP Josh Hader, and a 2014 competitive balance pick (A) from BAL in exchange for RHP Bud Norris and international pool space; acquired RHP Kyle Smith from KC in exchange for Of Justin Maxwell...7/30: Recalled RHP Chia-Jen Lo from Double A; selected RHP Josh Zeid from Triple A; optioned RHP Hector Ambriz to Triple A...7/29: Acquired Of Danry Vasquez and a player to be named later from DET in exchange for RHP Jose Veras...7/27: Recalled LHP Brett Oberholtzer from Triple A; optioned RHP Paul Clemens to Triple A...7/26: Placed Of J.D. Martinez on 15-day DL; recalled Of Robbie Grossman from Triple A...7/23: Recalled RHP Jarred Cosart from Triple A; designated if Carlos Pena for assignment...7/21: Recalled if Jonathan Villar from Triple A; designated if Ronny Cedeno for assignment...7/19: Recalled RHP Hector Ambriz from Triple A...7/14: Optioned LHP Brett Oberholtzer to Triple A...7/13: Activated Of Justin Maxwell from the 7-day DL...7/12: Recalled RHP Jarred Cosart from Triple A; optioned RHP Jarred Cosart to Triple A following the game...7/10: Optioned if/Of Jimmy Paredes to Triple A...7/2: Optioned RHP Hector Ambriz to Triple A; recalled LHP Brett Oberholtzer from Triple A...6/30: Recalled if/Of Jimmy Paredes from Triple A; placed Of Justin Maxwell on the 7-day DL...6/25: Recalled if Jake Elmore and if Brett Wallace from Triple A...6/24: Optioned if Marwin Gonzalez to Triple A; designated LHP Wade LeBlanc for assignment...6/20: Placed Of Trevor Crowe on the 15-day DL; selected if/Of Marc Krauss from Triple A...6/18: Activated Of Justin Maxwell from the 15-day DL; optioned if/Of Jimmy Paredes to Triple A...6/8: LHP Wade LeBlanc claimed off waivers from MIA; optioned RHP Brad Peacock to Triple A...5/31: Activated RHP Josh fields from the 15-day DL; placed RHP Edgar Gonzalez on the 15-day DL (backdated to 5/26)...5/28: Recalled RHP Brad Peacock from Triple A...5/27: Optioned Of Robbie Grossman to Triple A...5/18: Activated 2B Jose Altuve from the Bereavement List...5/17: Optioned if Jake Elmore to Triple A...5/14: Recalled if Jake Elmore from Triple A; placed 2B Jose Altuve on the Bereavement List...5/12: Signed RHP Edgar Gonzalez as a free agent; designated RHP Philip Humber for assignment...5/6: Selected Of Trevor Crowe from Triple A ; recalled if/Of Jimmy Paredes from Triple A; activated Of J.D. Martinez from the disabled list; designated Of Rick Ankiel and Of fernando Martinez for assignment...5/5: Optioned if Brandon Laird to Triple A...5/2: Recalled LHP Dallas Keuchel and RHP Jordan Lyles from Triple A; optioned RHP Rhiner Cruz and RHP Brad Peacock to Triple A...4/24: Placed Of Justin Maxwell on the 15-day DL; recalled Of Robbie Grossman from Triple A...4/22: Recalled RHP Jose Cisnero from Triple A ; optioned LHP Brett Oberholtzer to Triple A...4/21: Recalled LHP Brett Oberholtzer from Triple A ; optioned LHP Dallas Keuchel to Triple A...4/20: Activated LHP Travis Blackley and Of fernando Martinez from the 15-day DL; placed Of J.D. Martinez on the 15-day DL...4/18: Selected if Brandon Laird from Triple A; optioned if Brett Wallace to Triple A; designated LHP Xavier Cedeno for assignment...4/8: Recalled RHP Paul Clemens from Triple A; placed RHP Josh fields on the 15-day DL (retroactive to 4/4)...4/6: Placed LHP Travis Blackley on the 15-day DL (retroactive to 4/5); recalled LHP Dallas Keuchel...4/5: Designated RHP Edgar Gonzalez for assignment...4/4: Acquired LHP Travis Blackley from Oakland in exchange for Triple A Of Jake Goebbert...3/31: Selected Of Rick Ankiel, LHP Erik Bedard and RHP Edgar Gonzalez to the Major League roster...3/30: Placed Of fernando Martinez on the 15-day DL (backdated to 3/27); recalled Of J.D. Martinez; placed RHP Alex White on the 60-day DL.

2013 ASTROS TRANSACTiONS

Rnd (#) Player Pos. B-T Ht./Wt. DOB Age* School/Hometown 1 (1) Mark Appel RHP R-R 6-5/215 7/15/91 21 Stanford University/Stanford, CA2(40) Andrew Thurman RHP R-R 6-3/205 12/10/91 21 University of California, irvine/irvine, CA3 (74) Kent Emanuel LHP L-L 6-4/215 6/4/92 21 University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, NC4 (107) Conrad Gregor 1B L-R 6-3/220 2/27/92 21 Vanderbilt University/Nashville, TN5 (137) Tony Kemp 2B L-R 5-7/165 10/31/91 21 Vanderbilt University/Nashville, TN6 (167) Jacob Nottingham C R-R 6-3/200 4/3/95 18 Redlands HS/Redlands, CA7 (197) James Ramsay Cf L-L 5-11/180 3/2/92 21 University of South florida/Tampa, fL8 (227) Jason Martin Cf L-R 5-10/175 9/5/95 17 Orange Lutheran HS/Orange, CA9 (257) Brian Holberton C L-R 5-10/190 6/10/92 20 University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, NC10 (287) Austin Nicely LHP S-L 6-1/170 12/13/94 18 Spotswood HS/Penn Laird, VA11 (317) Devonte German RHP R-R 6-5/240 10/14/94 18 Bishop Manogue HS/Reno, NV12 (347) Chase McDonald 1B R-R 6-4/260 6/2/92 21 East Carolina University/Greenville, NC13 (377) Kyle Westwood RHP R-R 6-3/190 4/13/91 22 University of North florida/Jacksonville, fL14 (407) Chris Cotton LHP R-L 5-10/170 11/21/90 22 Louisiana State University/Baton Rouge, LA15 (437) James Farris RHP R-R 6-2/220 4/4/92 21 University of Arizona/Tucson, AZ16 (467) Dillon Newman RHP R-R 6-2/185 7/5/91 21 Baylor University/Waco, TX17 (497) Alex Schick RHP R-R 6-6/180 12/1/94 18 Cathedral Catholic HS/San Diego, CA18 (527) Adam Nelubowich 3B L-R 6-2/195 4/28/91 22 Washington State University/Pullman, WA19 (557) Jake Rodriguez C R-R 5-9/195 1/24/92 21 Oregon State University/Corvallis, OR20 (587) Daniel Pinero SS R-R 6-6/200 5/2/94 19 Western Technical-Commercial HS/Toronto, ON21 (617) Jon Kemmer Lf L-L 6-2/215 11/17/90 22 Brewton-Parker College/Mt. Vernon, GA22 (647) Sebastian Kessay LHP L-L 6-2/200 6/19/93 19 Scottsdale CC/Scottsdale, AZ23 (677) Thomas Lindauer SS R-R 6-2/175 12/2/91 21 University of illinois, Champaign/Urbana, iL24 (707) Nathan Thornhill RHP R-R 6-1/180 9/26/91 21 University of Texas/Austin, TX25 (737) Albert Minnis LHP R-L 6-0/190 11/5/91 21 Wichita State University/Wichita, KS26 (767) William Chrismon RHP R-R 6-2/227 9/16/92 20 Christopher Newport University/Newport News, VA27 (797) Patrick Christensen RHP R-R 6-3/200 12/27/90 22 La Salle University/Philadelphia, PA28 (827) Jordan Mills LHP L-L 6-5/208 5/11/92 21 St Mary’s College/Moraga, CA29 (857) Randall fant LHP L-L 6-4/190 1/28/91 22 University of Arkansas/fayetteville, AR30 (887) Jorge Perez RHP R-R 5-11/170 7/30/93 19 Seminole State College/Seminole, OK31 (917) Scott Burke RHP R-R 6-3/175 6/2/94 19 Glendora HS/Glendora, CA32 (947) Zach Morton RHP R-R 6-2/180 7/12/90 22 Northwestern University/Evanston, iL33 (977) Brian White 3B R-R 5-11/225 10/29/90 22 Western Carolina University/Cullowhee, NC34 (1007) Brett Booth C R-R 5-10/205 10/12/90 22 University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa, AL35 (1037) Kacy Clemens RHP L-R 6-2/200 7/27/94 18 Memorial HS/Houston, TX36 (1067) J.D. Osborne LHP R-L 6-5/225 11/13/90 22 Wofford College/Spartanburg, SC37 (1097) Josh Melendez CF R-R 5-11/190 5/25/91 22 University of New Mexico/Albuquerque, NM38 (1127) Ronnie Mitchell Cf L-L 5-11/200 6/21/91 21 Dallas Baptist University/Dallas, TX39 (1157) Juan Santos RHP R-R 6-4/240 8/30/95 17 Arlington Country Day School/Jacksonville, fL40 (1187) Tyler Brunnemann RHP R-R 6-2/225 8/9/91 22 Hardin Simmons University/Abilene, TX

bold text denotes signed player (32 of 40)* - Age listed at time of draft

2013 DRAfT RECAP

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Houston Astros 2013 Minor League Season RecapOverall Minor League Record: (476-360, .569) - 2nd out of 30 MLB organizations

Six Domestic Playoff Teams - Most in Major League Baseball since 2003Level Team Record (Place)AAA Oklahoma City RedHawks 82-62 (1st)AA Corpus Christi Hooks 83-57 (1st)A+ Lancaster JetHawks 82-58 (1st)A Quad Cities River Bandits 81-57 (2nd)

Level Team Record (Place)SSA Tri-City ValleyCats 44-31 (1st)R Greeneville Astros 38-30 (2nd)R GCL Astros 27-33 (3rd)R DSL Astros 39-31 (3rd)

PLAYOFFS!: Six of the Astros eight minor league clubs qualified for the playoffs this year, which set a franchise record...Oklahoma City, Corpus Christi, Lancaster, Quad Cities, Tri-City and Greeneville all participated in the postseason, making the Astros the first organization since the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2003 to have 6 domestic minor league clubs qualify for the playoffs.

CHAMPS!: The Quad Cities River Bandits and Tri-City ValleyCats both won their league championship titles...marked the 6th title in River Bandits history and their 2nd in the last 3 seasons (were affiliated with STL from 2005-12)...for Tri-City, it marked their 2nd title in the last 4 seasons...the Astros were 1 of 3 orgs to have multiple championship teams (also SEA, KC).

30/30 CLUB: OF George Springer became the first minor leaguer since Grant Desme in 2009 to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in the same season...Springer was 1 of just 9 position players named to Baseball America’s minor league All-Star Team, and was also named to MLB.com’s All-Prospect Team...he finished the regular season with a combined 37 homers and 45 stolen bases between Triple A OKC and Double A Corpus Christi...he finished among the top 5 players in all of the minors in runs (106), total bases (295), HR, RBI (108), SLG (.600), and OPS (1.010).

BEST IN THE MIDWEST: Even though SS Carlos Correa spent the 2013 season as the 2nd-youngest player in the Midwest League at 18-years-old, he still led the league in OPS (.872) while finishing 2nd in on-base percentage (.405) and 3rd in batting average (.320)...he also led all MWL shortstops in fielding percentage (.973)...in what was his first full minor league season, he was the youngest player in the MWL to receive Postseason All-Star honors.

PRO DEBUT: After being taken by the Astros with the #1 overall selection in the 2013 draft, RHP Mark Appel had a strong pro debut...went 3-1 with a 3.79 ERA, 33 K’s and 9 walks across 38.0 combined innings with Class A Quad Cities (8g) and Class A Short Season Tri-City (2g)...Appel gave up 1 earned run or less in 6 of his 8 outings with QC, and pitched the team to a 5-1 victory on Aug. 25 at Burlington that clinched a playoff berth for the Bandits (5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 SO).

YOUNG GUNS: The Astros system saw unprec-edented success this year despite fielding some of the youngest rosters in the minors...the Triple A RedHawks and Double A Hooks each won the most games in their respective leagues while fielding the youngest rosters in their leagues...the Lancaster JetHawks were one of the three youngest teams in their league, while the Mid-west League Champion Quad Cities River Bandits trotted out the 4th-youngest group of position players in their league.

VIVA MEXICO: On August 18, the Astros made a splash by announcing the signings of 2 of the top hitters in the Mexican League: 23-year-old Leo Heras and 26-year old Japhet Amador...Heras went 8x39 with a homer and 5 RBI in 10 games for the Double A Hooks... Amador went to Triple A OKC and posted a .302 average (13x43) in 10g.

FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR: A number of the Astros top prospects arrived in Houston this year and found success in the Majors...RHP Jarred Cosart’s 1.95 ERA was the lowest in the AL from his ML debut on 7/12 until his final start on 9/9...over his first 7 career starts, LHP Brett Oberholtzer led the American League with a 1.91 ERA...after getting recalled to Houston on August 4, RHP Brad Peacock posted a 3.38 ERA in 7 starts...OF Robbie Grossman has hit in 29 of his 35 games at a .322 clip since his most recent recall from Triple A...SS Jonathan Villar has hit .272 with a .354 OBP in his 49 games with the As-tros, while leading all MLB rookies with 17 steals.

DEADLINE DEALS: The Astros made 4 trades to acquire young talent during July of 2013:July 29*Acquired OF Danry Vasquez and a PTBNL (RHP David Paulino) from DET in exchange for RHP Jose Veras.July 31*Acquired RHP Kyle Smith from KC in exchange for OF Justin Maxwell.*Acquired LHP Josh Hader, OF L.J. Hoes and a 2014 competitive balance pick (A) from BAL in exchange for RHP Bud Norris and international pool space.July 2*Acquired Double A IF Ronald Torreyes from CHC in exchange for international pool space.

TRADE REVIEW: Here is how MLB.com slotted the newly acquired prospects among the Astros top 20 prospects: Hader (#12), Smith (#15), Hoes (#18), Vasquez (#19)...prior to the trades, Hader and Hoes were rated by MLB.com as the Orioles #5 and #7 prospects respectively...Smith came in as the Royals #11 prospect while Vasquez was listed as the Tigers #6 prospect.

THE FUTURE: Along with the Mets, the Astros had more prospects participate in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game this year than any other MLB organization...CF George Springer, 2B Delino DeShields and SS Carlos Correa each played in the game, while Corpus Christi Hooks manager Keith Bodie served on the coaching staff for the U.S. Team.

BEST PARKS: Modern Woodmen Park, the home of the Quad Cities River Bandits, was voted as the Best Minor League Ballpark after 4 weeks of nationwide voting by fans and readers of 10Best.com and USA TODAY...2 other Astros affiliates home stadiums also made the top 10: Corpus Christi’s Whataburger Field (#6) and OKC’s Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (#9).

SUPERB STAFFS: A number of the Astros man-agers, coaches and trainers were recognized by their respective leagues for their excellence during the 2013 season: California League Man-ager of the Year Rodney Linares (Lancaster)...Appalachian League Manager of the Year Josh Bonifay (Greeneville)...Texas League Coach of the Year Gary Ruby (Corpus Christi pitching coach)...California League Coach of the Year Darryl Robinson (Lancaster hitting coach)...California League Trainer of the Year Grant Hufford (Lancaster).

TOP 50 PROSPECT RANKINGS

ESPN.COM (Keith Law)7. Carlos Correa SS9. Mark Appel RHP29. George Springer CF33. Jon Singleton 1B46. Mike Foltynewicz RHP

BASEBALL AMERICA9. Carlos Correa SS20. George Springer CF22. Jon Singleton 1B31. Mike Foltynewicz RHP46. Lance McCullers RHP

BASEBALL PROSPECTUS16. Carlos Correa SS18. Mark Appel RHP30. George Springer CF36. Jon Singleton 1B49. Mike Foltynewicz RHP

MLB.COM (TOP 100 PROSPECTS)8. Carlos Correa SS21. Jon Singleton 1B26. George Springer CF28. Mark Appel RHP63. Lance McCullers RHP65. Mike Foltynewicz RHP72. Jarred Cosart RHP78. Delino DeShields 2B

2013 TOP 10 DRAFT PICKS1. RHP Mark Appel (Stanford)2. RHP Andrew Thurman (UCI)3. LHP Kent Emanuel (UNC)4. IF Conrad Gregor (Vanderbilt)5. IF Tony Kemp (Vanderbilt)6. C Jacob Nottingham (HS)7. OF James Ramsay (USF)8. OF Jason Martin (HS)9. C Brian Holberton (UNC)10. LHP Austin Nicely (HS)

SYSTEM RANKINGSHere is how the Astros minor league system stacked up against every other MLB organization:

HittingOPS............................1st (.731)On-base Pct. .............1st (.342)Intentional Walks ........1st (79)Walks ..................... 2nd (3208)Homers .................... 2nd (611)Runs ....................... 2nd (4101)HBP ...........................3rd (476)Slugging ................... 4th (.389)

PitchingBB/9 .......................... 2nd (3.1)SO/BB ..................... 2nd (2.53)Saves .........................3rd (248)Innings ..................5th (7375.1)Fewest Walks .......... 5th (2539)

*bold indicates league champion

ASTROS IN THE AFLThe following players are set to participate in the Arizona Fall League this year: IF Japhet Amador, OF Delino DeShields, RHP Jonas Dufek, IF Nolan Fon-tana, RHP Matt Heidenreich, IF Jonathan Meyer, RHP Andrew Robinson, LHP Alex Sogard

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BACK IN THE SADDLE: The RedHawks led the Pacific Coast League with 82 wins during the regular season, which also ranked 2nd in club history for a single season (they won 83 games in 1999)...the last time OKC led the PCL in wins was in 2005 when they went 80-63...the RedHawks also won their 7th division title, and their 1st since 2010.

HOME SWEET HOME: The RedHawks won a club-record, 15 consecutive games at home from July 26-August 20...the previous record of 14 straight home victories was set in 2012...their 47-26 home record was the best in the PCL this season and ranked 2nd all-time in club history (went 52-19 in 1999).

SWIPING: The RedHawks led the PCL and set a club record with 172 stolen bases this year...paving the way for OKC were Jonathan Villar (31 SB), George Springer (22 SB) and Che-Hsuan Lin (19 SB)...the previous club record of 143 was set in 2011.

GLOVEWORK: Although they had the league’s youngest roster, the RedHawks shared the PCL-lead in fielding percentage (.981).

COSART’S YEAR: After spending Spring Train-ing in big league camp, RHP Jarred Cosart went to Triple A to start the 2013 season and had an All-Star 1st-half with the RedHawks...during his time with OKC, he led the PCL in groundballs/fly-ball ratio (2.48) while ranking 3rd in opponent’s batting average (.213) and 5th in strikeouts (93) and ERA (3.29)...he made his MLB debut on 7/12 at Tampa Bay where he outdueled reigning Cy Young Award winner David Price and carried a no-hitter thru 7.0 innings (8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R)...Cosart then went to the Triple A All-Star Game where he was the starting pitcher for the PCL squad...he was shut down by the Astros after making a total of 10 Major League starts...his 1.95 ERA marks the lowest for an Astro all-time in their first 10 career starts.

ROTATION ROCK: RHP Asher Wojciechowski continued his ascent thru the Astros minor league ranks this year...he started the season at Double A Corpus Christi where he set a club record by going 33.0 consecutive scoreless innings dating back to August of 2012...Wojo was moved up to OKC on May 2 before going 9-7 with a 3.56 ERA in 22 outings with the ‘Hawks...13 of his 21 starts with OKC were quality starts.

PEACOCKIN’: In RHP Brad Peacock’s final stint with the RedHawks before getting recalled to Houston, he was one of the top pitchers in the entire PCL...over 10 outings from June 13-July 29, Peacock ranked T-1st in the league in wins (5), 2nd in innings pitched (57.1), T-3rd in strikeouts (49), 4th in ERA (1.88) and 5th in WHIP (1.05)...Peacock carried his success to Houston, where he went 4-2 with a 3.38 ERA in his first 7 starts after rejoining the club.

THE SPRINGER SHOW: OF George Springer became the 1st Astros minor leaguer to reach the 30-homer, 30-stolen base plateau this season while with the RedHawks...he was promoted to OKC from Double A Corpus Christi on June 27 and hit .311 with 18 homers, 53 RBI, 22 stolen bases and a 1.050 OPS (.425 OBP/.626 SLG) in 62 games with the club...after arriving in OKC, Springer led the PCL in runs (49), extra-base hits (29), total bases (136), homers, RBI, slugging and OPS.

WELCOME TO TRIPLE A: Ranked by MLB.com as the top first base prospect in all of baseball, 1B Jon Singleton advanced all the way up to Triple A this season after making stops at Class A Quad Cities (6g) and Double A Corpus Christi (11g)...Singleton hit 13 doubles and 6 homers with 31 RBI in 73 games in what was his first stint at the Triple A level...he had a .402 on-base percent-age over his last 32 games of the regular season, drawing 25 walks as opposed to 28 strikeouts...he hit a walk-off double in the final game of the regular season...he homered in his first at-bat of the season with Quad Cities (in total, homered in each of his first 3 games of the 2013 season)...in 3 playoff games, Singleton hit .400 (4x10) with a homer and 3 RBI.

INSTANT IMPACT: After getting signed by the Astros out of the Mexican League on August 18, IF Japhet Amador had an instant impact for the RedHawks...Amador hit .302 in 10 regular season games before hitting his first stateside homer in the ‘Hawks 3rd playoff game (went 2x5 in the game).

B-MONEY: IF Brandon Laird quietly put up 33 doubles and 16 homers with a .277 batting aver-age this season at OKC...Laird finished T-4th in the circuit in doubles.

V6: At the time of his call-up to the Majors, SS Jonathan Villar was 2nd in the PCL with 31 sto-len bases (he finished 4th in the league despite playing his last PCL-game on July 20)...Villar hit .277 with a .442 SLG (16 doubles, 8 triples, 8 homers) during his time at OKC...midway thru September, Villar was leading all Major League rookies with 17 stolen bases.

BUCKSHOT: RHP Jake Buchanan struggled in 2012 after winning the Astros 2011 Minor League Player of the Year Award...but this season, the former 8th round draft pick bounced back with a 12-7 record and a 2.96 ERA between OKC (12g) and Double A Corpus Christi (18g)...Buchanan was a Texas League All-Star with the Hooks after putting up a 2.09 ERA with 9 walks in 82.0 innings...at OKC, he went 5-5 with a 3.89 ERA to go along with 55 strikeouts and 13 walks...among pitchers who threw 100+ innings at the Double A or Triple A levels this season, he posted the 3rd-lowest walks per 9.0 innings ratio (1.25, 22BB, 158.1IP).

COACHING STAFFTony DeFrancesco ManagerSteve Webber PitchingLeon Roberts HittingTom Lawless InfieldMike Freer TrainerAlex Pounds Strength

TRIPLE A ALL-STARSRHP Jarred Cosart (Starter)

RHP Jason Stoffel

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

RHP Asher Wojciechowski 7/8-15OF George Springer 7/8-15LHP Brett Oberholtzer 5/6-13OF Marc Krauss 4/15-22

OKLAHOMA CITYPLAYERS OF THE MONTH

OF Marc Krauss AprilIF Brett Wallace MayIF Jonathan Villar JuneOF George Springer JulyIF Brandon Laird August

LEAGUE LEADERSBrandon Laird 33 Doubles (T-4th)Jonathan Villar 31 SB (4th)Asher Woj. 2 CG (T-1st)Asher Woj. 1 SHO (T-1st)Asher Woj. .229 AVG (2nd)Asher Woj. 1.19 WHIP (3rd)

Playoffs Date Opponent Series ResultAmerican Conference Championship Sept. 4-6 Omaha Storm Chasers L 0-3

OKLAHOMA CITY REDHAWKSTRIPLE A PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

82-62 (.569), 1ST PLACE - AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION

OKLAHOMA CITY PITCHERS OF THE MONTHRHP Jarred Cosart AprilLHP Brett Oberholtzer MayRHP Jason Stoffel JuneRHP Asher Wojciechowski JulyLHP Eric Berger August

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Playoffs Date Opponent Series ResultTexas League South Division Series Sept. 4-8 San Antonio Missions L 2-3

CORPUS CHRISTI HOOKSDOUBLE A TEXAS LEAGUE

83-57 (.593), 1ST PLACE - SOUTH DIVISION

TEXAS TOUGH: The Corpus Christi Hooks won a franchise-record 83 games (most wins in the Texas League) in addition to winning both the 1st and 2nd half titles in the Texas League this season...the club won the 2nd half title in 2012, giving them 3 consecutive half titles in the Texas League...the last club to do this was Northwest Arkansas during the 2009 and 2010 seasons...San Antonio was the last team to win both the 1st and 2nd half of the Texas League in the same season (2011).

TOP DOG: Despite playing just half a season in the Texas League, OF George Springer was named the TL Player of the Year after hitting .297 with 20 doubles, 19 homers, 55 RBI and 23 sto-len bases in 73 1st half games with the Hooks...Springer was named the MVP of the TL All-Star Game after going 2x3 with 2 homers and 3 RBI in the contest...at the time of his promotion to Triple A, he led the circuit in runs (56), extra-base hits (39), and slugging (.579) while ranking T-1st in homers (19).

CAPTAIN KEITH: Hooks skipper Keith Bodie, the 2012 Texas League Manager of the Year, has won the 2nd half Texas League title in each of his 6 seasons as a manager in the circuit...he owns a 470-363 record (.564) as a manager in the Texas League, which ranks as the 4th highest career winning percentage all-time in the league (min. 500 games).

EL PODEROSO: At 21-years-old, OF Domingo Santana spent the 2013 season as the 2nd-young-est player in the Texas League but still finished 3rd in the league in home runs (25) and slugging (.498) while finishing 4th in OPS (.842)...also finished T-3rd with 50 extra-base hits and 3rd in home run to at-bat ratio (1 homer per 16.64 at-bats)...the Dominican native was acquired from the Phillies as the PTBNL in the Hunter Pence trade in 2012 and has hit 48 homers across 2 seasons in the Astros system.

STASSI’S SUMMER: Before getting called up to the Majors, C Max Stassi had one of the most im-pressive stretches in all of minor league baseball during the 2nd half of play...in July, he won the TOPPS Texas League Player of the Month after batting .333 with 11 homers, 24 RBI and a 1.185 OPS...he homered in 5 consecutive games from July 15-21, and hit 10 homers in 15 games from July 15-31...during the 2nd half of play, Stassi led the Texas League in batting average (.318), homers (16), slugging (.659) and OPS (1.026).

POWERPLAY: The Hooks led the Texas League and finished 3rd in the minors with 158 homers.

COOL CASTRO: IF Erik Castro quietly posted the 3rd highest OPS in the Texas League at .848 this season...the former 2009 10th-round pick hit .280 with 28 doubles, 18 homers, 65 RBI, a .368 on-base percentage and a .480 slugging percentage in 117 games with the Hooks this year.

ARMED AND READY: RHP David Martinez had a breakout year with Corpus Christi and was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Year after leading the league in wins (14), ERA (2.02) and WHIP (1.00)...Martinez was eventually promoted to Triple A on August 11 before making his MLB debut with the Astros on August 21...over his final 5 starts with the Hooks, the Venezuelan native went at least 7.0 innings while allowing no more than 2 earned runs.

STOP, TROP AND ROLL: Third-year RHP Nick Tropeano led the Texas League with 130 strikeouts this season...in what was his 1st taste of the Double A Level, the 5th round selection in the 2011 Draft posted a 3.67 ERA with 63 pun-chouts over his final 10 outings of the season (61.1 innings)...Tropeano has 359 strikeouts in 345.0 innings in his career in the Astros minor league system.

FEARSOME FOLTY: RHP Mike Foltynewicz burst onto the prospect radar this year with a standout season between Corpus Christi and Class A Advanced Lancaster...the 6-foot-4 hurler went 6-3 with a 3.06 ERA and 124 strikeouts in 129.1 combined innings between the two levels...posted a 2.87 ERA with the Hooks and earned Midseason and Postseason All-Star honors in the Texas League...Folty was also picked by the Texas League managers and coaches as the ‘Best Pitching Prospect’ with the ‘Best Fastball’ and ‘Best Breaking Pitch’ in Baseball America’s Best Tools Survey.

P-TUCKER: In his 1st full professional season af-ter getting drafted by the Astros in the 7th round of the 2012 draft, OF Preston Tucker combined to hit .297 with 32 doubles, 25 homers, 97 runs scored, 103 RBI and an .872 OPS in 135 combined games between Corpus Christi (60g) and Class A Advanced Lancaster (75g)...Tucker ranked T-7th in all of the minor leagues in RBI while ranking T-14th in hits (159)...he hit .183 with 3 HR in his first 15 games with the Hooks before posting a .288/.370/.475 slash line with 7 HR over his final 45 games of the season.

CRUZIN’: Although he made just 2 starts with the Hooks after a late-season promotion, LHP Luis Cruz had an emphatic Double A debut by allowing just 1 run in 17.0 innings (0.53 ERA) while striking out 21...the 5-foot-9 southpaw earned Texas League Player of the Week Honors for the week of 8/26-9/3 after tossing a 2-hit, 14 strikeout complete game shutout on August 26 at San Antonio...Cruz led the Astros minor league system with 150 strikeouts in his 130.1 combined innings between Corpus Christi (4g) and Class A Advanced Lancaster (31g) this year.

COACHING STAFFKeith Bodie ManagerGary Ruby PitchingTim Garland HittingMark Bailey CatchingBryan Baca TrainerTrey Wiedman Strength

TEXAS LEAGUE POSTSEASON ALL-STARS

RHP Mike FoltynewiczRHP David MartinezIF Jonathan Meyer

OF George SpringerC Max Stassi

TEXAS LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

RHP Asher Wojciechowski 4/15-22RHP Jake Buchanan 4/29-5/6OF George Springer 5/27-6/3C Max Stassi 7/15-22C Max Stassi 7/29-8/5LHP Luis Cruz 8/26-9/3

CORPUS CHRISTIPLAYERS OF THE MONTHOF George Springer AprilIF Erik Castro MayIF Jonathan Meyer JuneC Max Stassi JulyIF Erik Castro August

TEXAS LEAGUE MIDSEASON ALL-STARS

RHP Jake Buchanan RHP Mike Foltynewicz

C Rene GarciaRHP David Martinez

OF Domingo SantanaOF George Springer (MVP)

TEXAS LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

OF George Springer

TEXAS LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR

RHP David Martinez

TEXAS LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEARPitching Coach Gary Ruby

CORPUS CHRISTIPITCHERS OF THE MONTHRHP Asher Wojciechowski AprilRHP Jake Buchanan MayRHP David Martinez JuneRHP David Martinez JulyRHP Jonas Dufek August

LEAGUE LEADERSRuben Alaniz 9 Wins (T-5th)Erik Castro .848 OPS (3rd)Luis Cruz 1 CG (T-3rd)Luis Cruz 1 SHO (T-1st)David Martinez 2.02 ERA (1st)David Martinez 14 Wins (1st)David Martinez 1.00 WHIP (1st)David Martinez 2 CG (T-1st)Domingo Santana 25 HR (3rd) Domingo Santana .498 SLG (3rd) Domingo Santana .842 OPS (4th)George Springer 23 SB (5th)Nick Tropeano 130 K’s (1st)Nick Tropeano 1 CG (T-3rd)

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LANCASTER JETHAWKSCLASS A ADVANCED CALIFORNIA LEAGUE

82-58 (.586), 1st PLACE - SOUTH DIVISION

FLYING HIGH: The Lancaster JetHawks won both the 1st and 2nd half titles in the California League South Division this season...they received a 1st round bye in the CAL League Playoffs but ultimately fell to Inland Empire in the South Di-vision Finals, ending their bid for back-to-back championship titles.

RUN PRODUCTION: The JetHawks were the top offensive team in all of minor league baseball this season, leading the minors in runs (976), walks (669), on-base percentage (.384) and OPS (.853)...the next closest team in OBP was the Triple A Salt Lake Bees (.362)...the next closest team in OPS was the Triple A Las Vegas 51s (.822).

DYNAMO: IF Delino DeShields got off to a slow start to the 2013 season (hit .250 in April), but was one of the top hitters at the Class A Level from July thru the end of the season...over that span, he ranked 3rd among all Class A hitters with a .359 batting average while adding 55 runs, 16 doubles, 8 triples, 3 homers, 31 stolen bases and a .993 OPS (.438 OBP/.555 SLG) in 50 games...DeShields finished the season at the top of the CAL League leaderboards in multiple categories...in total, he hit .317 with 100 runs, 25 doubles, 14 triples, 5 homers, 51 stolen bases and a .405 on-base percentage.

DAILY DOSE: Houston-native C/1B M.P. Coki-nos had a breakout season with Lancaster this year...drafted by the Astros in the 31st round of last year’s draft out of St. Mary’s University (TX), Cokinos finished 4th in the CAL League in batting average (.317) and RBI (94)...the former Univer-sity of Houston Cougar hit .392 with a 1.133 OPS in the month of June, and hit .395 against lefties for the season.

REALLY GOOD PLAYER: OF Andrew Aplin filled up the box scores at Lancaster this year, contributing in every facet of the game...he was both a Midseason and Postseason All-Star after leading the league in RBI (107) and ranking 2nd in runs (102) and walks (83)...Aplin hit .278 while adding 32 doubles, 7 triples, 9 homers and 24 stolen bases...the former Arizona State Sun Devil was drafted by Houston in the 5th round in the 2012 Draft.

NO-NO: On May 12, LHP Kyle Hallock and LHP Luis Cruz combined to throw a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory over the Stockton Ports...it was the 1st no-hitter thrown in the California League since 5 Lancaster hurlers combined to throw a 10.0-inning no-hitter on August 25, 2010.

EAT ‘EM UP: The JetHawks closer this year, RHP Travis Ballew, tore through California League hitters this year, striking out 78 batters in 53.0 innings with 22 walks...the former Texas State Bobcat finished 2nd in the CAL League in saves (21) and strikeouts per 9.0 innings (13.25 K/9) (min. 50 IP).

WELCOME TO THE CLUB: One of the three trades the Astros made prior to this year’s trade deadline netted RHP Kyle Smith, the Royals #11 prospect according to MLB.com...the Astros gave up OF Justin Maxwell for the former 4th round pick in the 2011 Draft...in his 2nd start with Lan-caster, Smith spun a 2-hit complete game shutout at High Desert, striking out 9 with no walks...in 24 combined starts this year at the High-A level with Lancaster (5g) and Wilmington (19g), Smith went 6-5 with a 3.67 ERA and 117 punchouts in 127.2 innings.

K COLLECTORS: Two 2012 draftees, RHP Aaron West (17th round) and RHP Brady Rodg-ers (3rd round), did a great job of limiting walks and racking up strikeouts in the CAL League this year...West punched out 112 with just 17 walks in 108.2 innings, leading the league in strikeout to walk ratio (6.59)...he also finished 2nd in the league with a 1.41 walks per 9.0 innings ratio...Rodgers threw 112.0 innings with 104 strike-outs and 23 walks en route to finishing 5th in the league with a 4.52 strikeout to walk ratio...his best performance of the year came in the playoffs, when he struck out 11 over 7.1 innings of 1-run ball to lead the JetHawks to a 4-1 victory in their 1st game of the postseason.

KEEP ROLLIN’: LHP David Rollins was the JetHawks most consistent starting pitcher this season...he went 8-5 with a 3.98 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 97.1 innings with the ‘Hawks be-fore getting a promotion to Double A...Rollins closed out the year with a 3.59 ERA (23ER/57.2IP) over his final 10 starts between Lancaster (3g), Triple A Oklahoma City (1g) and Double A Corpus Christi (6g)...Rollins was included in the 10-player trade with Toronto last season that also landed RHP Asher Wojciechowski.

FIELD GENERAL: C Tyler Heineman led all California League catchers in fielding percent-age (.991), assists (90) and caught stealing percentage (41.7%)...in addition to being the league’s top defensive catcher, Heineman hit .286 with 23 doubles, 13 homers, 71 RBI and a .361 on-base percentage in 104 games.

DUFFMAN: IF Matt Duffy was one of the pre-mier power hitters in the CAL League this year, ranking 3rd in slugging (.553) and 2nd in both OPS (.950) and batting average (.323) while tal-lying 19 homers...Duffy was promoted to Double A Corpus Christi on August 6...in 124 combined games between the two clubs, Duffy hit .309 with 24 doubles, 24 homers, 94 RBI and a .913 OPS (.378 OBP/.535 SLG)...the CAL League Midsea-son and Postseason All-Star has hit 40 homers in his last 2 seasons in the Astros system.

WALK ON: IF Nolan Fontana finished T-2nd in the minors in walks (102) while leading the Class A Advanced level in OBP (.405)...Fontana was selected by the Astros in the 2nd round of the 2012 Draft out of the University of Florida.

COACHING STAFFRodney Linares ManagerDon Alexander PitchingDarryl Robinson HittingGrant Hufford TrainerMark Spadavecchia Strength

LANCASTERPLAYERS OF THE MONTHIF Nolan Fontana AprilOF Preston Tucker MayC M.P. Cokinos JuneIF Matt Duffy JulyIF Delino DeShields August

Playoffs Date Opponent Series ResultCalifornia League South Division Finals Sept. 7-11 Inland Empire 66ers L 2-3

LEAGUE LEADERSAndrew Aplin 107 RBI (1st)Andrew Aplin 83 Walks (2nd)Andrew Aplin 102 Runs (2nd)Travis Ballew 21 Saves (2nd)M.P. Cokinos .313 AVG (4th)M.P. Cokinos 94 RBI (4th)Matt Duffy .323 AVG (2nd)Matt Duffy .950 OPS (2nd)Matt Duffy .553 SLG (3rd)Delino DeShields .405 OBP (2nd)Delino DeShields 14 Triples (2nd) Delino DeShields 51 SB (2nd)Delino DeShields .317 AVG (3rd)Delino DeShields 100 Runs (3rd)Chris Epps 69 Walks (3rd)Nolan Fontana .415 OBP (1st)Nolan Fontana 102 Walks (1st)Brandon Meredith .399 OBP (5th)Brandon Meredith 64 Walks (5th)Kyle Smith 1 CG/SHO (T-1st)

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Rodney Linares

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEAR

Darryl Robinson

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE POSTSEASON ALL-STARS

OF Andrew AplinC/IF M.P. Cokinos

IF Matt Duffy

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE MIDSEASON ALL-STARS

OF Andrew AplinIF Matt Duffy

RHP Brady RodgersOF Preston Tucker

LANCASTERPITCHERS OF THE MONTHLHP Luis Cruz AprilLHP T.J. Geith MayLHP Luis Cruz JuneLHP Tommy Shirley JulyLHP Colton Cain August

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

IF Matt Duffy 4/4-15OF Andrew Aplin 5/20-27OF Preston Tucker 5/27-6/3RHP Brady Rodgers 5/27-6/3C/1B M.P. Cokinos 6/17-24

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QUAD CITIES RIVER BANDITSCLASS A MIDWEST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS81-57 (.587), 2nd PLACE - WESTERN DIVISION

THE PINNACLE: Although they finished 2nd in their division during the regular season, the Quad Cities River Bandits went 7-1 during the playoffs to take the Midwest League Champion-ship title...it marks the 6th title in River Bandits history and their 2nd in the last 3 seasons (the club was affiliated with St. Louis from 2005-12).

BEST IN THE MIDWEST: Even though SS Carlos Correa spent the 2013 season as the 2nd-youngest player in the Midwest League at 18-years-old, he still led the league in OPS (.872) while finishing 2nd in on-base percentage (.405) and 3rd in batting average (.320)...he also led all MWL shorstops in fielding percentage (.973)...in what was his first full minor league season, he was the youngest player in the league to receive Postseason All-Star honors...he also received Midseason All-Star honors.

BIG-GAME MARK: RHP Mark Appel was taken by the Astros with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 draft and played a big part in Quad Cities championship run...the 6-foot-5 right-hander went 3-1 with a 3.82 ERA, 27 strikeouts and 9 walks across 33.0 innings with the Bandits...the Stanford product gave up 1 earned run or less in 6 of his 8 outings with Quad Cities, and pitched the team to a 5-1 victory on August 25 at Burlington that clinched a playoff berth for the club (5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 SO).

#1’S SHARE THE FIELD: This season, the River Bandits became the first minor league club with two consecutive No. 1 overall picks on the same roster when RHP Mark Appel joined SS Carlos Correa in Quad Citites after a promotion on July 14...Appel was the 1st overall selection in the 2013 draft while Correa was taken No. 1 overall by Houston in the 2012 draft...just 4 minor league teams since 1965 have had two No. 1 overall picks on their roster..the last club to do it was the Double A Lynn Sailors in 1981, when they had OF Al Chambers (1st overall in 1979) and RHP Mike Moore (1st overall in 1981).

TEOSCAR: After spending most of 2012 in the GCL, OF Teoscar Hernandez went to Class A Quad Cities this year where he hit .271 with 25 doubles, 9 triples, 13 homers and 24 stolen bases...he led the Midwest League with 97 runs scored as the River Bandits primary lead-off man and center fielder...he ranked 2nd among all MWL outfielders with 14 outfield assists.

OH DANRY BOY: OF Danry Vasquez was one of the most promising prospects the Astros picked up at this year’s trade deadline...the 19-year-old Venezuelan native hit .288 in 32 games with Quad Cities...on the year, he hit .284 with 18 doubles, 6 triples, 9 homers and 60 RBI in 129 games between West Michigan (97g) and Quad Cities (32g).

SECOND HALF STUD: In his first full season of professional baseball, IF Rio Ruiz broke out with a huge second half for Quad Cities...from July 7 thru the end of the season, the left-handed hitting third baseman hit .298 with 19 doubles, 8 homers, 33 RBI and an .894 OPS (.347 OBP/.547 SLG) in 48 games...he led the Midwest League in doubles while ranking 2nd in extra-base hits (28) and 3rd in slugging over that span...in the playoffs, he hit .370 (10x27) with 3 homers and 7 RBI, including a homer in the championship-clinching game against South Bend...Ruiz was selected by Houston in the 4th round of the 2012 draft out of Bishop Amat HS in California.

V FOR VELASQUEZ: RHP Vincent Velasquez created a lot of buzz after his 2013 season...the former 2nd round pick in 2010 finished T-2nd in the Midwest League with 123 strikeouts while leading the league in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (10.06)...in total, he went 9-4 with a 3.19 ERA in 25 outings at Quad Cities...he received a promotion to Class A Advanced Lancaster on August 20, but in his final 12 games with the Bandits he went 5-2 with a 1.81 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 59.2 innings.

DARTH HADER: The Astros acquired LHP Josh Hader at the trade deadline this year from the Orioles as part of the return for RHP Bud Nor-ris...the lefty hurler had an immediate impact on the River Bandits...he tossed 7.0 shutout in-nings with 8 strikeouts that clinched the Midwest League Championship title for Quad Cities...he allowed just 1 run in 14.0 innings in the playoffs (0.64 ERA)...in 22 total regular season starts at the Class A level this year between Delmarva (22g) and Quad Cities (5g), Hader posted a 2.77 ERA with 95 punchouts in 107.1 innings...with the River Bandits, he was 2-0 with a 3.22 ERA.

SIR LANCE: RHP Lance McCullers performed at a very high level during his first full profes-sional season...he went 6-5 with a 3.18 ERA and ranked 3rd in the Midwest League in strikeouts (117) before getting shut down for the season after his start on August 15...McCullers did not give up a home run over his first 19 outings of the year (74.2 innings)...last year’s supplemen-tal 1st round pick (41st overall) gave up more than 2 earned runs just 4 times in his 25 total appearances.

NO RUNS ALLOWED: After a stint with Tri-City that saw him make the New York-Penn League All-Star Team (1-0, 2.49 ERA), RHP Andrew Walter received a promotion to Quad Cities and instantly became the team’s closer...he did not allow a run in 12.2 innings leading up to the playoffs, recording 3 saves in 6 outings...in the postseason, he made 4 straight scoreless appear-ances (1 win, 3 saves) before finally giving up 2 runs in his last outing of the postseason.

COACHING STAFFOmar Lopez ManagerDave Borkowski PitchingJoel Chimelis HittingSteve Miller TrainerJulio Diaz Berrios Strength

QUAD CITIESPLAYERS OF THE MONTHOF Teoscar Hernandez AprilIF Carlos Correa MayIF Carlos Correa JuneIF Rio Ruiz JulyIF Rio Ruiz August

Playoffs Date Opponent Series ResultMidwest League Quarterfinals Sept. 4-5 Cedar Rapids Kernels W 2-0Midwest League Division Championships Sept. 7-9 Beloit Snappers W 2-1Midwest League Championship Sept. 11-14 South Bend Silver Hawks W 3-0

MIDWEST LEAGUEMIDSEASON ALL-STARS

IF Carlos CorreaRHP Jordan JankowskiRHP Lance McCullers

LEAGUE LEADERSCarlos Correa .872 OPS (1st)Carlos Correa .405 OBP (2nd)Carlos Correa .320 AVG (3rd)Carlos Correa 86 RBI (4th)Carlos Correa 144 Hits (T-5th)Teoscar Hernandez 97 Runs (1st)Lance McCullers 117 K’s (T-4th)Vincent Velasquez 123 K’s (T-2nd)

QUAD CITIESPITCHERS OF THE MONTHRHP Vincent Velasquez AprilRHP Lance McCullers MayLHP Colton Cain JuneRHP Jordan Jankowski JulyLHP Brian Holmes August

MIDWEST LEAGUEPOSTSEASON ALL-STARS

IF Carlos Correa

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TRI-CITY VALLEYCATSCLASS A SHORT SEASON NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

44-32 (.579), 1ST PLACE - STEDLER DIVISION

TITLE TOWN: After closing out the regular sea-son with their 2nd consecutive division title, the Tri-City ValleyCats stormed through the playoffs and won the New York-Penn League Champion-ship by defeating State College, 2-1, in the best-of-3 game series...Tri-City has now won the NYPL title twice in the last 4 seasons, and has made the championship series in 3 of the last 4.

DEALIN’: The ValleyCats were one of the top pitching teams in the NYPL this season, leading the league in WHIP (1.14) while ranking 2nd in strikeouts (619)...the club posted a 2.98 ERA on the season.

THRU AND THRU: The Astros 2nd round pick in the 2013 draft, RHP Andrew Thurman, got off to a fast start to his pro career with Tri-City this summer...Thurman made 12 appearances with the ‘Cats, going 4-2 with a 3.86 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 39.2 innings...allowed 2 earned runs or less in 11 of his 12 appearances.

PLATE PRESENCE: After hitting .207 in his first 26 professional games, IF Conrad Gregor hit .331 (59x178) with 11 doubles, 3 homers, 27 RBI and an .860 OPS (.405 OBP/.455 SLG) over his final 48 games of the season with Tri-City...selected by the Astros with their 4th round pick in this year’s draft out of Vanderbilt, Gregor fin-ished 2nd in the NYPL in walks (37) and T-3rd in hits (78).

SAVING THE DAY: RHP Gonzalo Sanudo played at 3 levels in the Astros system this year (Corpus Christi, Tri-City, Greeneville), but helped the ValleyCats win the NYPL title by toss-ing 13.0 scoreless innings with 20 strikeouts and just 1 walk in 9 regular season outings (8 saves)...in the postseason, the Mexican native recorded a save in each of the club’s 4 wins and posted a 2.57 ERA...in 38.2 combined innings between the 3 levels this season, Sanudo walked just 4 batters while punching out 51 with a 1.16 ERA...he was acquired by the Astros from the Twins in exchange for OF Mike Kvasnicka on March 25.

BRUISER: RHP Tyler Brunnemann was the last player that the Astros selected in the 2013 draft, but he had a major impact on the ValleyCats championship run this year...the Garden Ridge, TX native made 14 appearances with Greeneville before allowing just 1 run in 10.0 innings (0.90 ERA) with Tri-City...on the year, Brunnemann struck out 39 and walked 6 in 29.1 combined in-nings between Tri-City and Greeneville.

BE LIKE MIKE: 19-year-old RHP Michael Feliz led the NYPL with a 1.96 ERA this season and ranked 3rd in strikeouts (78 SO)...the Domini-can native was signed by the Astros in 2010...in 2 playoff starts, Feliz went 1-0 with a 1.42 ERA (2ER/12.2IP) and 13 strikeouts. LIGHTS OUT FROM THE LEFT: LHP Evan Grills was one of Tri-City’s top starting pitchers this season...Grills went 7-1 with a 3.34 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 62.0 innings pitched...he allowed more than 3 runs in just 1 of his 16 outings this season...the 21-year-old was selected by the Astros in the 10th round of the 2010 draft out of Sinclair Secondary HS in Canada.

HOUSEHOLD NAME: RHP Adrian Houser had his best professional season this year since getting drafted by Houston in the 2nd round of the 2011 draft (Locust Grove High School)...the Oklahoma native posted a 3.42 ERA in his 14 games this year, striking out 39 and walking 10 in 50.0 innings pitched.

WESTWOOD WON: After getting drafted by Houston in the 13th round of the 2013 draft out of the University of North Florida, RHP Kyle Westwood solidified a rotation that propelled the ValleyCats to the championship title...Westwood allowed just 4 earned runs in 44.2 regular season innings for a 0.81 ERA in his 11 outings...he made 2 starts in the NYPL playoffs, going 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA (1ER/13IP)...he earned the win in the game that sent the ‘Cats to the NYPL Championship Series (0ER/7.0IP)...Westwood then threw 7.0 shutout innings in Game 3 of the finals, giving Tri-City the NYPL Championship title.

APPEL’S DEBUT: The first overall selection in the 2013 draft, RHP Mark Appel, made his pro-fessional debut with the ValleyCats in a start on July 5...Appel made 2 starts with the ‘Cats before advancing to Class A Quad Cities.

FROM TIGER TO VALLEYCAT: Although he made just 8 appearances, LHP Chris Cotton made an impression on the NYPL after going 3-3 with a 1.74 ERA (6ER/31IP)...drafted by the Astros in the 14th round of this year’s draft out of LSU, Cotton walked just 2 batters while striking out 21 in his 31.0 innings with Tri-City...Cotton was the Tigers closer at LSU, but made 6 starts with the ValleyCats this summer on his way to a NYPL All-Star nomination.

COACHING STAFFEd Romero ManagerDoug White PitchingRuss Steinhorn HittingMichael Rendon Trainer

TRI-CITYPLAYERS OF THE MONTHIF Tony Kemp JulyIF Conrad Gregor August

Playoffs Date Opponent Series ResultNew York-Penn League Semifinals Sept. 6-7 Aberdeen IronBirds W 2-0New York-Penn League Championship Series Sept. 4-5 State College Spikes W 2-1

LEAGUE LEADERSMichael Feliz 1.96 ERA (1st)Michael Feliz 0.96 WHIP (2nd) Michael Feliz 78 K’s (3rd)Conrad Gregor 78 Hits (T-3rd)Conrad Gregor 37 Walks (2nd)Evan Grills 7 Wins (T-1st)Michael Martinez 11 HR (3rd)Gonzalo Sanudo 8 Saves (4th)

TRI-CITYPITCHERS OF THE MONTHRHP Michael Feliz JulyRHP Gonzalo Sanudo August

NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE ALL-STARS

LHP Chris CottonRHP Michael Feliz

IF Chan MoonRHP Andrew Walter

NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

OF Dan Gulbransen 6/24-7/1RHP Tanner Bushue 7/8-15IF Conrad Gregor 8/5-12

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GREENEVILLE ASTROSROOKIE LEVEL APPALACHIAN LEAGUE

38-30 (.559), 2nd PLACE - WEST DIVISION

BANNER YEAR: The Greeneville Astros finished with the second-best record in club history at 38-30...the club made it all the way to the Ap-palachian League Championship Series before falling to Pulaski, 2-0 in the 3-game set.

BONIFAY’S BIG YEAR: In his first-ever season as a manager, Greeneville skipper Josh Bonifay earned Appalachian League Manager of the Year honors...became just the 2nd Greeneville manager all-time to receive the honor, as Tim Bogar won the award in Greeneville’s inaugural season (2004)...Bonifay has been with the Astros organization since 2011 where he served as a hitting coach with both Greeneville (2011) and Class A Lexington (2012).

PRACTICING PATIENCE: The Astros led the Appy League with 304 walks (had 74 more walks than the next highest squad)...ranked 2nd in the league with a combined .339 on-base percent-age.

MORE RANKS: The club’s pitching staff finished third in ERA (3.30) and allowed the second few-est walks in the league (201)...they also posted the lowest combined WHIP in the league at 1.23.

RECORD MONTH: The Astros set a club record by going 21-9 during the month of July.

SIGNIFICANT STREAKS: Greeneville put together the two longest winning streaks in franchise history this season...the club won a club-record 10 straight games from July 11-21...prior to that, they set a then club-record with a 7-game run from June 26-July 4.

RESILIENT ‘STROS: In the Appalachian League Semifinals, Greeneville lost the first game of the series to Kingsport before winning two consecutive elimination games...the club was down to their final strike with two outs in the 9th inning during Game 3 when OF Brett Phillips then sparked a five-run rally with a two-out, RBI-double that tied the game at 3-3.

MATHIS IS MVP: OF Tanner Mathis received the club’s MVP Award after setting a Greeneville Astros record by drawing 44 walks and leading the club in hits (52), runs (30) and stolen bases (7)...his 44 walks led the Appalachian League while his .415 OBP ranked 2nd...struck out just 14 times...Mathis was signed by the Astros as an undrafted free agent on June 17...he was previ-ously drafted by Houston in the 27th round of the 2012 draft out of the University of Mississippi but did not sign, opting to return to Ole Miss for his senior season.

OSCAR PADRON AWARD: The 2013 recipi-ent of the Oscar Padron Award was IF Angel Ibanez...the award is given out each season to a Greeneville player who exhibits character and leadership.

WIK WILL WALK: As a group, the Astros had the most patient hitters in the Appy League and OF Marc Wik was no exception...the 21st round pick in the 2012 draft drew 40 walks as opposed to 26 punchouts and posted a league-leading .433 on-base percentage.

FROM UNC TO TENNESSEE: The Astros 9th-round selection in the 2013 draft, C Brian Holberton, hit 6 doubles and 5 homers while posting a .380 on-base percentage in 37 games with Greeneville...the former UNC TarHeel drew 26 walks and struck out 21 times.

BACK ON THE MAP: LHP Chris Lee was taken by the Astros in the 4th round of the 2011 draft and was one of Greeneville’s most reliable start-ers this year...the 6-foot-3 southpaw struck out 54 and walked 17 over 49.1 innings while posting a 3.10 ERA...gave up just 37 hits for a .207 op-ponent’s average (.171 vs. lefties) and recorded a 3.05 groundballs/flyball ratio.

BEST OF THE REST: RHP Frederick Tiburcio (3-2, 2.43 ERA) led the club in innings (55.2) and ranked 5th in the Appalachian League in ERA...RHP Raul Rivera (4-3, 2.14 ERA) walked just 1 batter in 21.0 innings with 21 strikeouts...RHP Jandel Gustave (2-3, 2.68 ERA) struck out 49 in 43.2 innings...LHP Jordan Mills (28th round; 2013 draft) went 5-1 with a 2.08 ERA, walking 13 in 47.2 innings.

COACHING STAFFJosh Bonifay ManagerJosh Miller PitchingCesar Cedeno HittingCorey O’Brien TrainerGene Albertson Strength

ASTROS MVPOF Tanner Mathis

GREENEVILLEPLAYERS OF THE MONTHIF Juan Santana JulyIF Chase McDonald August

Playoffs Date Opponent Series ResultAppalachian League Semifinals Sept. 1-3 Kingsport Mets W 2-1Appalachian League Championship Series Sept. 4-5 Pulaski Mariners L 0-2

OSCAR PADRON AWARDIF Angel Ibanez

LEAGUE LEADERSTanner Mathis 44 BB (1st)Tanner Mathis .415 OBP (2nd)Jordan Mills 5 wins (T-5th)J.D. Osborne 6 saves (T-5th)Gonzalo Sanudo 11 saves (2nd)Frederick Tiburcio 2.43 ERA (5th)Frederick Tiburcio .213 AVG (5th)Frederick Tiburcio 1.10 WHIP (T-6th)Marc Wik .433 OBP (1st)Marc Wik 40 BB (2nd)

APPALACHIAN LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Josh Bonifay

GREENEVILLEPITCHERS OF THE MONTHRHP Frederick Tiburcio JulyRHP Raul Rivera August

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GULF COAST LEAGUE ASTROSROOKIE LEVEL

27-33 (.450), 3rd PLACE - NORTHEAST DIVISION

SLUGFEST: IF Jose Solano slugged .507 in 41 games with the GCL Astros, which ranked 5th in the league (min. 150 PA’s)...also shared a tie for the league lead in homers (6)...tallied nine doubles and one triple while also hitting .300 with a .349 on-base percentage...was moved to Rookie Level Greeneville in mid-August to help the club with its playoff push.

PRO TRANSITION: Astros 2013 3rd round draft pick, LHP Kent Emanuel, began his professional career in the GCL this summer...Emanuel made 4 appearances, tossing 9.0 scoreless innings with 6 hits, 2 walks and 8 strikeouts...the lefty was taken by the ‘Stros out of the University of North Carolina, where he was the ACC Pitcher of the Year and the Friday night starter for the top ranked team in the nation this spring.

THE DOTTED LINE: The Astros 10th (LHP Aus-tin Nicely) and 11th (RHP Devonte German) round selections in the 2013 draft both began their pro careers in the GCL...both were deemed ‘tough signs’ heading into the draft but the Astros were able to sign them away from college com-mitments...Nicely made 6 appearances while German made 7 in the GCL this year.

THE BIG Y: Switch-hitting IF Yonathan Mejia led the Astros and ranked 5th in the GCL with a .324 batting average...his 19 doubles, 17 hits and 97 total bases led the circuit while his 32 RBI ranked T-5th...he was named to the GCL All-Star Team as a DH.

THE GROVE: While his ERA didn’t show it (4.41), towering right-hander Joe Musgrove got back on track this summer in the GCL, striking out 30 batters and walking 4 in 32.2 innings...he then moved up to Greeneville, where he tossed 4.0 scoreless innings in the club’s 1st playoff game against the Kingsport Mets...the former 1st round pick (41st overall, 2011) was acquired by Houston in the 10-player trade with Toronto in 2012.

NICE FIND: After RHP Troy Scribner was not selected in the 2013 draft, the Astros scooped him up and sent him to the GCL after signing him to a contract on June 13...Scribner went 3-2 with a 1.26 ERA and a team-leading 42 strikeouts (just 3 walks) in 28.2 innings before getting sent to Greeneville and ultimately Tri-City...the righty from Sacred Heart University was named the GCL Astros July Pitcher of the Month.

COACHING STAFFEdgar Alfonzo ManagerHector Mercado PitchingMarty Malloy HittingGordy Mackenzie CoachChristian Bermudez Trainer

GCL ALL-STARSDH Yonathan Mejia

GCL Players of the MonthRHP Troy Scribner JulyIF Yonathan Mejia JulyRHP Joe Musgrove AugustIF Yonathan Mejia August

DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE ASTROSROOKIE LEVEL

39-31 (.557), 3rd PLACE - DSL SD NORTH DIVISION

BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN: By finishing 39-31, the Astros produced their first season with a record above .500 since 2006, when the club went 36-30...marked a 14-win improvement from 2012, as the club went 22-47 last season.

POWER PLAY: OF Hector Roa finished T-6th in the DSL with 7 homers and led the Astros with a .423 slugging percentage.

HEAVY HANDED: In just his 2nd professional season, RHP Harold Arauz was one of the pre-mier hurlers in the DSL this season after going 5-0 with a 1.91 ERA...the native of Panama led the Astros in innings pitched (66.0) and led the league in fewest baserunners allowed per 9.0 innings (7.27)...he finished 2nd in the DSL in WHIP (0.89) and 4th in opponent’s batting aver-age (.181)...he did not allow more than 3 runs in any of his 16 outings.

TOP BAT: Leading the Astros offense this season was IF Jean Estrella, who led the club in batting average (.306), OBP (.380) and OPS (.721) in what was his 1st professional season.

PITCHING PROWESS: The Astros were one of the top pitching clubs in the DSL this season...the Astros staff led the DSL in innings pitched (642.2) and ranked 2nd in ERA (2.35) and WHIP (1.13), 6th in strikeouts (558), and T-6th in saves (24).

LATE-GAME LINCHPINS: RHP Angel Heredia (3-3, 1.18) and RHP Yonquelys Martinez (1-3, 1.74 ERA) were the Astros top bullpen pieces this season...Heredia finished T-3rd in the league with 13 saves, striking out 46 batters and walking 13 in 38.0 innings of work on his way to a DSL All-Star nomination...Martinez finished T-2nd in the DSL with 6 holds and gave up just 6 runs on 18 hits in his 31.0 innings of work (0.84 WHIP).

THE WIZ: One of Oz Ocampo’s initial signings after being named to his post as Director of Inter-national was RHP Joselo Pinales, and the hurler got off to a nice start to his professional career this season...Pinales made 11 appearances, strik-ing out 34 batters in 33.2 innings while posting a 2.14 ERA...the Dominican native was signed by Ocampo, Rafael Belen and Jose Otiz in Dec. 2012.

COACHING STAFFJohan Maya ManagerRick Aponte PitchingLuis Mateo HittingJuan Zapata OutfieldSixto Ortega CatchingAmbiorix Reyes TrainerGeremias Guzman Strength

DSL ALL-STARSRHP Angel Heredia

IF Hector Roa

DSL Players of the MonthRHP Angel Heredia JuneOF Hector Roa JuneRHP Harold Arauz JulyOF Luis Payano JulyRHP Angel Heredia AugustOF Brauly Mejia August

LEAGUE LEADERSIF Jean Batista 6 Triples (T-2nd)OF Jason Martin 35 Runs (T-4th)IF Yonathan Mejia 72 Hits (1st)IF Yonathan Mejia 97 TB (1st)IF Yonathan Mejia 19 Doubles (1st)IF Yonathan Mejia .324 AVG (5th)IF Yonathan Mejia 32 RBI (T-5th)IF Jose Solano 6 HR (T-1st)

LEAGUE LEADERSRHP Harold Arauz 0.89 WHIP (2nd)RHP Angel Heredia 13 SV (T-3rd)

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DATE: 10/21/13 HOUSTON ASTROS TEAM BATTING / PITCHING ID: EOSTMBRTIME: 16:40:56 Compiled by the MLB Baseball Information System PAGE: 1 + = ROOKIE, # = MULT. TEAMS

GI PINCH HIT PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP AB H HR RBI

Altuve,J .283 152 626 64 177 227 31 2 5 52 4 8 2 32 5 85 35 13 24 9 .363 .316 0 0 0 0 Ankiel,R .194 25 62 6 12 30 3 0 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 35 0 0 0 2 .484 .231 5 2 2 4 +Barnes,B .240 136 408 46 98 141 17 1 8 41 6 2 8 21 0 127 11 11 5 3 .346 .289 4 2 0 1 Bedard,E .000 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Carter,C .223 148 506 64 113 228 24 2 29 82 0 5 4 70 1 212 2 0 8 5 .451 .320 3 0 0 1 Castro,J .276 120 435 63 120 211 35 1 18 56 0 4 2 50 3 130 2 1 4 5 .485 .350 4 0 0 0 Cedeno,R .220 51 141 12 31 42 6 1 1 12 5 1 2 6 0 42 2 1 4 11 .298 .260 4 1 0 0 +Cisnero,J .000 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 +Clark,C .105 16 38 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 1 .132 .128 1 0 0 0 Corporan,C .225 64 191 16 43 69 5 0 7 20 1 1 7 10 1 60 0 0 3 6 .361 .287 7 1 0 1 RIGHT .265 83 22 30 5 0 1 9 0 0 3 1 0 34 1 .361 .299 3 0 0 0 LEFT .194 108 21 39 0 0 6 11 1 1 4 9 1 26 2 .361 .279 4 1 0 1 Crowe,T .218 60 165 18 36 48 7 1 1 13 0 0 0 16 0 39 6 1 3 3 .291 .287 5 0 0 0 RIGHT .314 35 11 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 0 6 0 .314 .429 0 0 0 0 LEFT .192 130 25 37 7 1 1 7 0 0 0 9 0 33 3 .285 .245 5 0 0 0 Dominguez,M .241 152 543 56 131 219 25 0 21 77 2 7 7 30 1 96 0 1 17 16 .403 .286 1 1 0 1 +Elmore,J .242 52 120 16 29 39 4 0 2 6 2 1 0 13 0 20 1 6 1 8 .325 .313 8 1 0 0 +Fields,J .000 42 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez,M .221 72 204 22 45 65 8 0 4 14 8 1 0 9 0 37 6 2 5 10 .319 .252 0 0 0 0 RIGHT .229 35 8 10 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 7 1 .286 .289 0 0 0 0 LEFT .219 169 37 55 6 0 4 12 7 1 0 6 0 30 4 .325 .244 0 0 0 0 +Grossman,R .268 63 257 29 69 95 14 0 4 21 5 1 2 23 0 70 6 7 2 3 .370 .332 0 0 0 0 RIGHT .329 73 24 32 5 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 9 1 .438 .347 0 0 0 0 LEFT .245 184 45 63 9 0 3 18 4 1 1 22 0 61 1 .342 .327 0 0 0 0 Harrell,L .250 37 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 RIGHT .500 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 0 0 0 0 LEFT .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .000 .500 1 0 0 0#+Hoes,J .282 47 170 24 48 62 7 2 1 10 0 1 1 12 0 35 7 1 4 4 .365 .332 3 2 0 1 HOU .287 46 167 24 48 62 7 2 1 10 0 1 1 12 0 34 7 1 4 4 .371 .337 3 2 0 1 Keuchel,D .000 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 +Krauss,M .209 52 134 11 28 49 9 0 4 13 0 1 1 10 0 45 2 0 2 2 .366 .267 15 4 0 0 +Laird,B .169 25 71 7 12 30 3 0 5 11 0 0 2 3 0 26 0 0 2 1 .423 .224 7 0 0 0 Lyles,J .000 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Martinez,F .182 11 33 1 6 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 .273 .229 1 0 0 0 Martinez,J .250 86 296 24 74 112 17 0 7 36 0 3 0 10 0 82 2 0 8 2 .378 .272 8 2 0 1# Maxwell,J .252 75 234 35 59 102 16 3 7 25 0 1 4 23 0 78 6 2 4 5 .436 .328 6 3 1 1 HOU .241 40 137 21 33 53 10 2 2 8 0 0 2 12 0 43 4 1 1 3 .387 .311 1 0 0 0# Norris,B .429 32 7 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 0 0 0 0 HOU .250 21 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 0 0 0 0 +Pagnozzi,M .143 9 21 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .143 .182 2 0 0 0 Paredes,J .192 48 125 8 24 31 4 0 1 10 1 2 1 6 0 44 4 4 1 1 .248 .231 3 1 0 0 RIGHT .105 38 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 12 1 .132 .150 0 0 0 0 LEFT .230 87 20 26 3 0 1 9 0 2 0 5 0 32 0 .299 .266 3 1 0 0 +Peacock,B .000 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0 0 0# Pena,C .207 89 280 38 58 97 13 1 8 25 1 0 4 43 5 92 1 3 5 0 .346 .321 6 0 0 0 HOU .209 85 277 38 58 97 13 1 8 25 1 0 4 43 5 89 1 3 5 0 .350 .324 4 0 0 0 +Stassi,M .286 3 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 0 0 0 0 +Villar,J .243 58 210 26 51 67 9 2 1 8 7 0 0 24 1 71 18 8 5 16 .319 .321 0 0 0 0 RIGHT .250 56 14 19 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 0 16 1 .339 .333 0 0 0 0 LEFT .240 154 37 48 7 2 0 7 5 0 0 17 1 55 4 .312 .316 0 0 0 0 Wallace,B .221 79 262 35 58 113 14 1 13 36 0 0 5 18 0 104 1 1 5 4 .431 .284 6 1 0 3# Wright,W .000 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 HOU .000 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 PITCHERS .095 162 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 9 .095 .174 1 0 0 0

HOUSTON .240 162 5457 610 1307 2049 266 16 148 566 46 38 52 426 17 1535 110 61 110 125 .375 .299 93 18 2 13 OPPONENTS .272 162 5620 848 1530 2499 314 41 191 797 31 46 56 616 32 1084 98 37 145 92 .445 .347 83 15 2 11

DH .198 162 566 56 112 191 22 3 17 62 0 5 7 56 2 213 2 3 9 0 .337 .276 18 2 0 1

OPP PITCHER R/L W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG

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OPP PITCHER R/L W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG

Ambriz,H R 2 4 5.70 43 0 0 10 0 2 36.1 50 28 23 8 1 14 1 27 4 0 .325 Bedard,E L 4 12 4.59 32 26 0 3 0 1 151.0 149 83 77 18 6 75 0 138 1 0 .260# Blackley,T L 2 2 4.83 46 3 0 5 0 0 50.1 46 27 27 12 1 22 4 40 7 0 .249 HOU L 1 1 4.89 42 0 0 5 0 0 35.0 30 19 19 10 1 20 4 29 4 0 .234 Cedeno,X L 0 0 11.37 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 10 11 8 0 2 7 0 3 0 0 .370 +Chapman,K L 1 1 1.77 25 0 0 2 0 1 20.1 13 6 4 1 1 13 2 15 3 0 .183 +Cisnero,J R 2 2 4.12 28 0 0 11 0 0 43.2 49 23 20 5 1 22 5 41 1 2 .283 +Clemens,P R 4 7 5.40 35 5 0 8 0 0 73.1 82 48 44 16 2 26 1 49 2 0 .283 +Cosart,J R 1 1 1.95 10 10 0 0 0 0 60.0 46 15 13 3 0 35 0 33 3 0 .220 Cruz,R R 0 2 3.38 20 0 0 11 0 0 21.1 25 9 8 2 2 11 0 10 1 0 .305 +De Leon,J R 0 1 5.40 11 0 0 7 0 0 10.0 12 7 6 1 1 7 1 6 2 0 .293 +Elmore,J R 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 +Fields,J R 1 3 4.97 41 0 0 16 0 5 38.0 31 21 21 8 0 18 4 40 0 0 .220# Gonzalez,E R 0 1 7.50 8 0 0 2 0 0 18.0 26 16 15 6 1 8 0 11 0 0 .333 HOU R 0 1 7.20 5 0 0 1 0 0 10.0 17 9 8 4 0 3 0 8 0 0 .370 Harrell,L R 6 17 5.86 36 22 0 8 0 0 153.2 174 111 100 20 6 88 5 89 8 0 .289 Humber,P R 0 8 7.90 17 7 0 2 0 0 54.2 75 48 48 9 1 20 1 36 5 1 .322 Keuchel,D L 6 10 5.15 31 22 0 2 0 0 153.2 184 96 88 20 5 52 3 123 7 0 .297 LeBlanc,W L 0 0 7.11 4 0 0 1 0 0 6.1 9 10 5 1 1 5 1 2 0 0 .290 +Lo,C R 0 3 4.19 19 0 0 11 0 2 19.1 14 9 9 2 0 13 0 16 1 0 .203 Lyles,J R 7 9 5.59 27 25 0 1 0 1 141.2 165 98 88 17 11 49 1 93 5 2 .285 +Martinez,D R 1 0 7.15 4 0 0 1 0 0 11.1 16 11 9 1 0 3 0 6 1 1 .381# Norris,B R 10 12 4.18 32 30 0 2 0 0 176.2 196 89 82 17 5 67 0 147 4 0 .283 HOU R 6 9 3.93 21 21 0 0 0 0 126.0 135 62 55 11 4 43 0 90 3 0 .277 +Oberholtze,B L 4 5 2.76 13 10 2 1 1 0 71.2 66 26 22 7 1 13 0 45 0 0 .237 +Peacock,B R 5 6 5.18 18 14 0 1 0 0 83.1 78 51 48 15 3 37 0 77 4 0 .241# Veras,J R 0 5 3.02 67 0 0 45 0 21 62.2 45 23 21 6 4 22 1 60 2 0 .199 HOU R 0 4 2.93 42 0 0 38 0 19 43.0 29 15 14 4 3 14 0 44 2 0 .192# Wright,W L 0 4 3.69 70 0 0 17 0 0 53.2 54 24 22 7 3 19 2 55 2 0 .261 HOU L 0 4 3.92 54 0 0 13 0 0 41.1 45 20 18 5 3 16 2 40 2 0 .278 +Zeid,J R 0 1 3.90 25 0 0 6 0 1 27.2 26 12 12 3 1 12 1 24 2 0 .250

HOUSTON 51 111 4.79 162 162 2 160 5 32 1440.0 1530 848 766 191 56 616 32 1084 61 6 .272 OPPONENTS 111 51 3.45 162 162 8 154 14 56 1467.2 1307 610 563 148 52 426 17 1535 72 3 .240

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DATE: 10/21/13 A.L. INTELLIGENCE REPORTS HOUSTON vs. ALL TEAMS vs. LEFT ID: CLVSALRTIME: 16:20:01 Compiled by the MLB Baseball Information System PAGE: 1THRU GAMES OF 9/30/13 GI BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP

Altuve,J .287 84 181 23 52 11 1 3 19 1 0 1 9 26 9 6 7 .409 .325Ankiel,R .000 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 SEAS TOTAL .100 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 .200 .182Barnes,B .296 72 135 18 40 5 1 4 16 1 0 3 9 41 6 6 4 .437 .354Carter,C .232 73 151 25 35 6 0 9 24 0 1 0 23 65 1 0 3 .450 .331Castro,J .242 62 99 10 24 5 0 4 12 0 0 0 12 33 1 0 3 .414 .324Cedeno,R .298 27 57 9 17 5 0 1 8 1 1 0 4 15 1 0 0 .439 .339 SEAS TOTAL .308 44 91 14 28 5 0 2 10 2 1 0 6 23 1 3 2 .429 .347Clark,C .100 8 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .100 .143Corporan,C .265 41 83 6 22 5 0 1 9 0 0 3 1 34 0 0 1 .361 .299Crowe,T .314 23 35 5 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 6 2 1 0 .314 .429Dominguez,M .235 74 153 11 36 6 0 4 28 1 2 1 8 28 0 1 7 .353 .274Elmore,J .286 29 49 4 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 1 2 1 .347 .352Gonzalez,M .229 27 35 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 7 1 0 1 .286 .289Grossman,R .329 34 73 9 24 5 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 9 1 3 1 .438 .347Hoes,J .273 26 55 8 15 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 17 2 0 2 .382 .322 SEAS TOTAL .259 27 58 8 15 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 18 2 0 2 .362 .306Krauss,M .133 12 15 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 .200 .133Laird,B .184 19 38 3 7 3 0 2 5 0 0 1 3 13 0 0 1 .421 .262Martinez,F .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000Martinez,J .229 45 96 7 22 6 0 2 9 0 0 0 5 31 1 0 1 .354 .267Maxwell,J .302 19 43 5 13 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 9 3 0 1 .488 .348 SEAS TOTAL .236 44 89 10 21 7 2 1 7 0 1 0 11 27 4 1 3 .393 .317Pagnozzi,M .400 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .400 .500Paredes,J .105 20 38 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 12 0 2 1 .132 .150Pena,C .231 35 52 10 12 2 1 3 7 0 0 2 8 19 0 2 1 .481 .355Stassi,M .200 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200Villar,J .250 32 56 10 14 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 16 6 2 1 .339 .333Wallace,B .143 36 56 5 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 1 29 0 1 2 .250 .200PITCHERS .200 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200

TOTALS .250 1544 175 386 75 5 38 164 9 4 16 116 437 35 26 38 .379 .308

PITCHER AVG AB H HR HB BB SO

Ambriz,H .373 59 22 2 0 5 10Bedard,E .309 136 42 2 2 17 27Blackley,T .200 60 12 3 1 4 14Cedeno,X .364 11 4 0 2 2 3Chapman,K .167 36 6 0 0 5 10Cisnero,J .293 82 24 3 0 14 20Clemens,P .275 142 39 8 1 14 24Cosart,J .173 127 22 0 0 20 29Cruz,R .225 40 9 1 1 7 6De Leon,J .318 22 7 1 0 6 4Elmore,J .000 3 0 0 0 0 0Fields,J .246 61 15 4 0 9 10Gonzalez,E .261 23 6 2 0 1 6Harrell,L .255 322 82 10 2 51 47Humber,P .433 127 55 5 1 13 12Keuchel,D .275 149 41 5 2 10 45LeBlanc,W .429 14 6 1 1 1 1Lo,C .128 39 5 1 0 8 7Lyles,J .269 308 83 7 2 38 40Martinez,D .417 12 5 0 0 2 3Norris,B .306 271 83 10 1 26 38Oberholtze,B .280 82 23 2 1 2 11Peacock,B .286 182 52 9 1 27 36Veras,J .224 76 17 2 2 6 14Wright,W .305 82 25 3 3 7 19Zeid,J .178 45 8 1 0 6 11

TOTALS .276 2511 693 82 23 301 447

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DATE: 10/21/13 A.L. INTELLIGENCE REPORTS HOUSTON vs. ALL TEAMS vs. RIGHT ID: CLVSALRTIME: 16:20:04 Compiled by the MLB Baseball Information System PAGE: 1THRU GAMES OF 9/30/13 GI BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP

Altuve,J .281 140 445 41 125 20 1 2 33 3 8 1 23 59 26 7 17 .344 .312Ankiel,R .214 24 56 6 12 3 0 5 11 0 0 0 3 30 0 0 0 .536 .254 SEAS TOTAL .195 43 118 13 23 6 1 7 18 0 0 0 7 54 0 1 1 .441 .240Barnes,B .212 110 273 28 58 12 0 4 25 5 2 5 12 86 5 5 1 .300 .257Carter,C .220 132 355 39 78 18 2 20 58 0 4 4 47 147 1 0 5 .451 .315Castro,J .286 110 336 53 96 30 1 14 44 0 4 2 38 97 1 1 1 .506 .358Cedeno,R .167 39 84 3 14 1 1 0 4 4 0 2 2 27 1 1 4 .202 .205 SEAS TOTAL .208 71 173 10 36 3 3 1 11 4 0 3 8 50 4 1 4 .277 .255Clark,C .111 13 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 .167 .111Corporan,C .194 51 108 10 21 0 0 6 11 1 1 4 9 26 0 0 2 .361 .279Crowe,T .192 56 130 13 25 7 1 1 7 0 0 0 9 33 4 0 3 .285 .245Dominguez,M .244 141 390 45 95 19 0 17 49 1 5 6 22 68 0 0 10 .423 .291Elmore,J .211 39 71 12 15 4 0 1 5 2 1 0 8 17 0 4 0 .310 .288Gonzalez,M .219 70 169 18 37 6 0 4 12 7 1 0 6 30 5 2 4 .325 .244Grossman,R .245 59 184 20 45 9 0 3 18 4 1 1 22 61 5 4 1 .342 .327Hoes,J .295 40 112 16 33 4 2 0 5 0 1 1 8 17 5 1 2 .366 .344Krauss,M .218 50 119 11 26 8 0 4 13 0 1 1 10 38 2 0 2 .387 .282Laird,B .152 17 33 4 5 0 0 3 6 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 1 .424 .176Martinez,F .200 11 30 1 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 .300 .250Martinez,J .260 69 200 17 52 11 0 5 27 0 3 0 5 51 1 0 7 .390 .274Maxwell,J .213 36 94 16 20 6 0 2 5 0 0 2 9 34 1 1 0 .340 .295 SEAS TOTAL .262 64 145 25 38 9 1 6 18 0 0 4 12 51 2 1 1 .462 .335Pagnozzi,M .063 7 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .063 .063Paredes,J .230 39 87 7 20 3 0 1 9 0 2 0 5 32 4 2 0 .299 .266Pena,C .204 81 225 28 46 11 0 5 18 1 0 2 35 70 1 1 4 .320 .317 SEAS TOTAL .202 85 228 28 46 11 0 5 18 1 0 2 35 73 1 1 4 .316 .313Stassi,M .500 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .667Villar,J .240 52 154 16 37 7 2 0 7 5 0 0 17 55 12 6 4 .312 .316Wallace,B .243 74 206 30 50 11 1 12 31 0 0 2 17 75 1 0 3 .481 .307PITCHERS .063 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 .063 .167

TOTALS .235 3913 435 921 191 11 110 402 37 34 36 310 1098 75 35 72 .374 .295

PITCHER AVG AB H HR HB BB SO

Ambriz,H .295 95 28 6 1 9 17Bedard,E .244 438 107 16 4 58 111Blackley,T .265 68 18 7 0 16 15Cedeno,X .375 16 6 0 0 5 0Chapman,K .200 35 7 1 1 8 5Cisnero,J .275 91 25 2 1 8 21Clemens,P .291 148 43 8 1 12 25Cosart,J .293 82 24 3 0 15 4Cruz,R .381 42 16 1 1 4 4De Leon,J .263 19 5 0 1 1 2Elmore,J .000 0 0 0 0 0 0Fields,J .200 80 16 4 0 9 30Gonzalez,E .478 23 11 2 0 2 2Harrell,L .329 280 92 10 4 37 42Humber,P .189 106 20 4 0 7 24Keuchel,D .304 471 143 15 3 42 78LeBlanc,W .176 17 3 0 0 4 1Lo,C .300 30 9 1 0 5 9Lyles,J .303 271 82 10 9 11 53Martinez,D .367 30 11 1 0 1 3Norris,B .241 216 52 1 3 17 52Oberholtze,B .219 196 43 5 0 11 34Peacock,B .184 141 26 6 2 10 41Veras,J .160 75 12 2 1 8 30Wright,W .250 80 20 2 0 9 21Zeid,J .305 59 18 2 1 6 13

TOTALS .269 3109 837 109 33 315 637

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TOT SP PLAYER OUTS AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI RBI MISP MOB BB IBB SO SH SF GIDP

Altuve,J <2 .266 64 17 4 0 0 24 23 92 119 8 4 7 2 8 5 Altuve,J =2 .259 58 15 2 0 1 19 17 74 110 3 1 8 0 0 0 Altuve,J .262 122 32 6 0 1 43 40 166 229 11 5 15 2 8 5

Ankiel,R <2 .375 8 3 1 0 1 3 2 8 11 0 0 3 0 0 0 Ankiel,R =2 .286 7 2 0 0 1 5 3 12 19 1 0 3 0 0 0 Ankiel,R .333 15 5 1 0 2 8 5 20 30 1 0 6 0 0 0

Barnes,B <2 .333 45 15 2 0 0 17 16 63 84 4 0 12 2 2 1 Barnes,B =2 .323 31 10 3 1 1 13 11 37 52 1 0 7 0 0 0 Barnes,B .329 76 25 5 1 1 30 27 100 136 5 0 19 2 2 1

Carter,C <2 .274 62 17 5 0 6 38 26 97 135 12 0 26 0 5 0 Carter,C =2 .213 61 13 2 0 2 18 15 84 115 14 1 31 0 0 0 Carter,C .244 123 30 7 0 8 56 41 181 250 26 1 57 0 5 0

Castro,J <2 .350 60 21 3 0 4 26 21 76 104 9 1 18 0 4 1 Castro,J =2 .243 37 9 2 1 2 14 10 58 71 12 2 12 0 0 0 Castro,J .309 97 30 5 1 6 40 31 134 175 21 3 30 0 4 1

Cedeno,R <2 .182 11 2 0 0 1 7 5 18 27 0 0 1 3 1 2 Cedeno,R =2 .250 12 3 0 0 0 4 4 15 23 2 0 5 0 0 0 Cedeno,R .217 23 5 0 0 1 11 9 33 50 2 0 6 3 1 2

Clark,C <2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 Clark,C =2 .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 16 0 0 2 0 0 0 Clark,C .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 19 0 0 3 1 0 0

Corporan,C <2 .130 23 3 1 0 1 7 6 33 46 2 0 13 1 1 1 Corporan,C =2 .154 26 4 1 0 1 6 5 32 43 1 1 11 0 0 0 Corporan,C .143 49 7 2 0 2 13 11 65 89 3 1 24 1 1 1

Crowe,T <2 .240 25 6 1 0 0 9 9 32 44 1 0 4 0 0 2 Crowe,T =2 .118 17 2 0 0 0 2 2 27 34 5 0 5 0 0 0 Crowe,T .190 42 8 1 0 0 11 11 59 78 6 0 9 0 0 2

Dominguez,M <2 .328 58 19 4 0 5 40 30 94 125 5 1 10 2 7 5 Dominguez,M =2 .197 71 14 0 0 1 18 16 91 118 5 0 17 0 0 0 Dominguez,M .256 129 33 4 0 6 58 46 185 243 10 1 27 2 7 5

Elmore,J <2 .417 12 5 0 0 0 2 2 22 29 3 0 3 1 1 1 Elmore,J =2 .125 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 Elmore,J .300 20 6 0 0 0 3 3 37 49 7 0 3 1 1 1

Gonzalez,M <2 .080 25 2 1 0 0 9 9 37 52 0 0 7 6 1 3 Gonzalez,M =2 .174 23 4 0 0 0 1 1 30 42 2 0 5 0 0 0 Gonzalez,M .125 48 6 1 0 0 10 10 67 94 2 0 12 6 1 3

Grossman,R <2 .303 33 10 0 0 2 11 9 41 55 2 0 11 2 1 1 Grossman,R =2 .353 17 6 3 0 1 8 7 22 24 3 0 3 0 0 0 Grossman,R .320 50 16 3 0 3 19 16 63 79 5 0 14 2 1 1

Hoes,J <2 .455 11 5 1 0 0 5 5 16 23 0 0 1 0 1 1 Hoes,J =2 .182 22 4 2 0 0 4 4 33 43 4 0 6 0 0 0 Hoes,J .273 33 9 3 0 0 9 9 49 66 4 0 7 0 1 1

Krauss,M <2 .214 14 3 1 0 0 4 4 17 20 0 0 4 0 1 1 Krauss,M =2 .125 16 2 1 0 0 3 3 21 29 0 0 10 0 0 0 Krauss,M .167 30 5 2 0 0 7 7 38 49 0 0 14 0 1 1

Laird,B <2 .154 13 2 1 0 0 1 1 18 22 1 0 7 0 0 2 Laird,B =2 .300 10 3 1 0 2 6 4 13 17 0 0 3 0 0 0 Laird,B .217 23 5 2 0 2 7 5 31 39 1 0 10 0 0 2

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Lyles,J <2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lyles,J =2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lyles,J .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0

Martinez,F <2 .333 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 Martinez,F =2 .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 1 0 4 0 0 0 Martinez,F .111 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 18 1 0 5 0 0 0

Martinez,J <2 .220 41 9 1 0 1 15 13 57 81 1 0 14 0 3 4 Martinez,J =2 .206 34 7 0 0 2 11 7 40 56 2 0 12 0 0 0 Martinez,J .213 75 16 1 0 3 26 20 97 137 3 0 26 0 3 4

Maxwell,J <2 .125 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 15 2 0 0 0 0 1 Maxwell,J =2 .067 15 1 0 1 0 3 2 22 29 2 0 4 0 0 0 Maxwell,J .087 23 2 0 1 0 4 3 33 44 4 0 4 0 0 1

Pagnozzi,M <2 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pagnozzi,M =2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pagnozzi,M .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 0 1 0 0 0

Paredes,J <2 .235 17 4 1 0 0 6 6 23 29 0 0 7 1 2 0 Paredes,J =2 .300 10 3 1 0 1 4 2 13 18 0 0 3 0 0 0 Paredes,J .259 27 7 2 0 1 10 8 36 47 0 0 10 1 2 0

Peacock,B <2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Peacock,B =2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peacock,B .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Pena,C <2 .290 31 9 1 0 2 13 10 48 67 7 2 10 0 0 4 Pena,C =2 .143 28 4 1 0 0 5 5 40 57 7 3 12 0 0 0 Pena,C .220 59 13 2 0 2 18 15 88 124 14 5 22 0 0 4

Stassi,M <2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Stassi,M =2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stassi,M .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1

Villar,J <2 .320 25 8 0 1 0 6 5 37 49 3 1 8 2 0 4 Villar,J =2 .111 18 2 0 0 0 1 1 25 30 3 0 10 0 0 0 Villar,J .233 43 10 0 1 0 7 6 62 79 6 1 18 2 0 4

Wallace,B <2 .234 47 11 1 1 4 18 12 57 84 1 0 14 0 0 2 Wallace,B =2 .348 23 8 2 0 1 9 7 32 42 4 0 8 0 0 0 Wallace,B .271 70 19 3 1 5 27 19 89 126 5 0 22 0 0 2

ASTROS <2 .270 641 173 29 2 27 263 216 911 1243 61 9 183 24 38 42 ASTROS =2 .208 562 117 21 3 16 156 128 761 1028 76 8 182 0 0 0 ASTROS .241 1203 290 50 5 43 419 344 1672 2271 137 17 365 24 38 42