Houston Astros - The Bush Years (2000-2009)
 
   
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  Titles: Top Astros Players of the Oughts  
  2001 - Lost LDS (Braves)  
   2004 - Lost LCS (Cards) Pitchers:  
  2005 - Lost World Series (Chicago) Roy Oswalt (43.16) -   97  
    Billy Wagner (8.38) -   37  
  Ballpark: Brad Lidge (6.83) -   34  
   Minute Maid Park (also The Ballpark at Union Station, Enron Field,  Wade Miller (14.68) -   33  
   and Astros Field) Wandy Rodriguez (6.71) -   29  
    Andy Pettitte (9.34) -   25  
  Team Name: Roger Clemens (16.69) -   24  
  Astros   Jose Valverde (2.93) -   19  
    Octavio Dotel (11.03) -   13  
  Owner:  Scott Elarton (1.43) -   12  
  Drayton McLane  Brian Moehler (0.53) -   11  
    Shane Reynolds (4.4) -   10  
  General Managers: Dan Wheeler (4.66) -   6  
  Gerry Hunsicker (2000 - 2004) Chad Qualls (4.7) -   4  
  Tim Purpura (2004 - 2007)    
  Tal Smith (2007) Catchers:  
  Ed Wade (2007- 2009) Brad Ausmus (1) -   37  
       
  Managers: First Basemen:  
  Larry Dierker (2000 - 2001) Jeff Bagwell (23.04) -   45  
  Jimmy Williams (2002 - 2004)    
  Phil Garner ( 2005 - 2007) Second Basemen:  
  Cecil Cooper (2008 - 2009) Craig Biggio (9.3) -   32  
    Jeff Kent (6.74) -   16  
  Hall of Famers:    
  Jeff Bagwell ShortStop:  
  Craig Biggio  Adam Everett (12.38) -   30  
  Roger Clemens (Pending) Julio Lugo (1.58) -   13  
    Miguel Tejada (3.81) -   12  
  Rookie of the Year:     
  None Third Base:  
    Morgan Ensberg (14.11) -   28  
  MVP Mike Lamb (4.32) -   17  
  None Geoff Blum (2.35) -   14  
       
  No Hitters: Outfield:  
  Six pitchers one game 2003 (Oswalt, Munro, Saarloos, Lidge, Dotel, Wagner) Lance Berkman (46.31) -   104  
    Richard Hidalgo (14.09) -   47  
  Cy Young: Hunter Pence (9.69) -   27  
  Roger Clemens (2004) Michael Bourn (4.4) -   19  
    Willy Taveras (4.38) -   18  
  Notable Events: Carlos Lee (6.98) -   18  
  Moises Alou (5.59) -   15  
  Carlos Beltran (4.49) -   14  
  2000 - The Astros are in the midst of a nine season run where they are Luke Scott (3.53) -   11  
   one of the top franchises in baseball.     
  They won Division titles in 1997 thru 1999 and will make three more post Notable Events:  
   season appearances over the first six seasons of the new century.  
  At the heart of the club are the two future Hall of Famers: 2004 - Two mainstays of the great New York Yankee teams of the start  
  □   first baseman Jeff Bagwell  of the century, Roger Clemens, 41, and Andy Pettitte, 33, return to their   
  □   and second baseman Craig Biggio. home state, Texas, in a big way. Clemens leads the Astros with an 18-4   
   Other important players on the 2000 roster: mark in 2004 and follows that up with a 13-8 1.87 2005. Pettitte battles  
  □   OF - Richard Hidalgo, 25 arm problems in 2004 and only goes 6-4, but follows that up with a brilliant   
  □  OF - Moises Alou, 33 17-9 2.39 season in 2005. The Astros make the post season both years.  
  □  OF - Lance Berkman, 24, 16th overall pick of '97 draft And they finally win a post season series in 2004.   
  □  IF - Julio Lugo, 24, 43rd round pick of '94 draft Their post season record:  
  □  3B - Morgan Ensberg, 24, 9th round pick in '98 draft □  1980 NLCS Lost Philadelphia 3-2  
  □  Righty - Wade Miller, 23, 20th round pick of '96 draft □  1981 NLDS Lost LA 3-2  
  □  1986 NLCS Lost Mets 4-2  
  2001 - After a down year in 2000, the 'stros pick up twenty one games □  1997 NLDS Lost Braves 3-0  
   in the standings to win the Division. □  1998 NLDS Lost SD 3-1  
  The big difference was in the pitching: □  1999 NLDS Lost Braves 3-1  
   □  Relief ace Billy Wagner was hurt in 2000, but came back big time in 2001. □  2001 - NLDS Lost Braves 3-0  
  □   Wade Miller blossomed into a top of the rotation starter. □  2004 - NLDS Won Braves 3-1  
   □   Shane Reynolds had a bounceback year. □  2004 - NLCS Lost Cards 4-3  
  □    And there was a twenty three year old rookie righthander, Roy Oswalt,  □  2005 - NLDS Won Braves 3-1  
  who went 14-3. □  2005 - NLCS Won Cards 4-2  
   Oswalt had been a twenty third round pick in the 1996 draft. □  2005 - WS Lost White Sox 4-0  
  Meanwhile, the hitters continued to bludgeon the opposition:  Lifetime 3-9 in post season series including losing the first seven,   
  □  1B Jeff Bagwell 39 130 .288 During this stretch, they were 19-31 in fifty games, no bueno  
  □  2B Craig Biggio 20 70 .292  
  □  3B Vinnie Castilla 23. 82 .270 - FA pickup from Tampa,  2006 - The 'Stros begin their decline.  
  leaves as a FA to Braves at seasons end □  1B Jeff Bagwell retires at the end of the 2005 season, he was 37  
  □  OF Richard Hidalgo 19 80 .295 □  C - Brad Ausmus is 37, way too old for a catcher (unless your name is Fisk)  
  □  OF Moises Alou 27 108 .331 □  2B - Craig Biggio is 40  
  □  OF Lance Berkman 34 126 .331  ==> breakout year □  RHP - Roger Clemens is 43 and retires, comes back and retires again  
  □  Also, not to be overlooked, was the reacquisition of catcher Brad Ausmus  only to un-retire again with the Yankees in '07  
  from theTigers to handle the pitching staff □  LHP - Andy Pettitte is 33 and heads back to the Yankees as  
   a free agent after the season  
  □  Closer Brad Lidge, 30, starts bringing kerosene to the mound with him