The Baseball Scholar

Houston Astros Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the Houston Astros best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Joe Ferguson, 1977

    • Joe Ferguson
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    128 .362 4.7 132 511 59 108 21 3 16 61 6 85 79 .257 .379 .435 .14

  • First Base – Jeff Bagwell, 1994

    • Jeff Bagwell
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    205 .488 8.2 110 479 104 147 32 2 39 116 15 65 65 .368 .451 .750 1.201

  • Second Base – Craig Biggio, 1997

    • Craig Biggio
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    148 .401 9.4 162 744 146 191 37 8 22 81 47 84 107 .309 .415 .501 .916

  • Third Base – Morgan Ensberg, 2005

    • Morgan Ensberg
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    144 .399 6.3 150 624 86 149 30 3 36 101 6 85 119 .283 .388 .557 .945

  • Shortstop – Carlos Correa, 2017

    • Carlos Correa
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    152 .394 6.3 109 481 82 133 25 1 24 84 2 53 92 .315 .391 .550 .941

  • Outfield – Cesar Cedeno, 1972

    • Cesar Cedeno
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    163 .413 8.0 139 625 103 179 39 8 22 82 55 56 62 .320 .385 .537 .921

  • Outfield – Jim Wynn, 1969

    • Jim Wynn
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    167 .421 7.1 149 653 113 133 17 1 33 87 23 148 142 .269 .436 .507 .943

  • Outfield – Lance Berkman, 2001

    • Lance Berkman
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    164 .440 6.5 156 688 110 191 55 5 34 126 7 92 121 .331 .430 .620 1.051

  • Starting Pitcher – Roger Clemens, 2005

    • Roger Clemens
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    44 7.8 32 32 13 8 1.87 211.1 1 0 0 51 44 62 185 7.9 1.008

  • Starting Pitcher – Mike Scott, 1986

    • Mike Scott
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    63 8.4 37 37 18 10 2.22 275.1 7 5 0 73 68 72 306 10.0 0.923

  • Starting Pitcher – Larry Dierker, 1969

    • Larry Dierker
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    67 8.6 39 37 20 13 2.33 305.1 20 4 0 97 79 72 232 6.8 1.022

  • Starting Pitcher – Andy Pettitte, 2005

    • Andy Pettitte
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    57 6.8 33 33 17 9 2.39 222.1 0 0 0 66 59 41 171 6.9 1.030

  • Starting Pitcher – Dallas Keuchel, 2015

    • Dallas Keuchel
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    64 7.2 33 33 20 8 2.48 232 3 2 0 68 64 51 216 8.4 1.017

  • Relief Pitcher – Chris Devenski, 2016

    • Chris Devenski
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    40 2.8 48 5 4 4 2.16 108.1 0 0 1 26 26 20 104 8.6 0.914

  • Relief Pitcher – Octavio Dotel, 2002

    • Octavio Dotel
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    43 4.2 83 0 6 4 1.85 97.1 0 0 6 21 20 27 118 10.9 0.873

  • Closer – Billy Wagner, 1999

    • Billy Wagner
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    36 3.8 66 0 4 1 1.57 74.2 0 0 39 14 13 23 124 14.9 0.777

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