2007 Houston Astros season
| 2007 Houston Astros | |
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| Record | 73–89 (.451) |
| Divisional place | 4th |
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| Owner(s) | Drayton McLane, Jr. |
| General manager(s) | Tim Purpura, Tal Smith, Ed Wade |
| Manager(s) |
Phil Garner Cecil Cooper |
| Local television |
FSN Houston KNWS-TV (Ch. 51) Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies |
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KTRH Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond KLAT (Spanish) |
| Stats |
ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The Houston Astros' 2007 season began with the team trying to take the NL Central title back from the World Series winners, the St. Louis Cardinals, after the Cardinals won it in 2006. They will have to do so without Jeff Bagwell, who retired after the Astros declined option on his contract for 2007, as well as pitchers Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens, who both filed for free agency on November 6. To make up for losing those key players, they signed pitcher Woody Williams, and traded with the Colorado Rockies for Jason Jennings, and Miguel Asencio. The largest offseason move the Astros made was signing outfielder Carlos Lee to a 6-year contract worth $100 million, the most in franchise history. On June 28, second baseman Craig Biggio achieved his 3,000th career hit. The club officially retired Bagwell's jersey number 5 on August 26.
On January 3, the Astros reported that infielder Mark Loretta would sign a contract worth $2.5 million.
On January 12, the Astros signed veteran outfielder Richard Hidalgo to a Minor League Contract. Hidalgo spent his first 8 seasons with the Astros before working with the Mets then the Rangers. He was released on March 24 after a subpar Spring training.
On April 28, the Astros purchased the contract of Hunter Pence, the organization's top prospect from Triple-A affiliate, and made his debut that night where he got his first career hit and run scored.
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