2015 Houston Astros season

The 2015 Houston Astros season was the 54th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas, their 51st as the Astros, third in both the American League and American League West, and 16th season at Minute Maid Park.

2015 Houston Astros
American League Wild Card Winners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Minute Maid Park
City	Houston, Texas
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Jim Crane
General managers	Jeff Luhnow
Managers	A. J. Hinch
Television	Root Sports Southwest KUBE-TV (Bill Brown, Alan Ashby, Geoff Blum)
Radio	Sportstalk 790 (Robert Ford, Steve Sparks) KLAT (Spanish) (Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The Astros made the playoffs for the first time since 2005, and the first since moving to the American League. They defeated the New York Yankees in the ALWC Game before taking the eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals to five games in the ALDS, nearly pulling off a major upset.

Offseason

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

Spring training

After a five-year gap in contact with the Astros organization,^[7] former first baseman Jeff Bagwell accepted a formal invitation from manager A. J. Hinch to be a guest instructor in spring training.^[8]

Regular season

Season standings

American League West

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	88	74	.543	—	43‍–‍38	45‍–‍36
Houston Astros	86	76	.531	2	53‍–‍28	33‍–‍48
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	.525	3	49‍–‍32	36‍–‍45
Seattle Mariners	76	86	.469	12	36‍–‍45	40‍–‍41
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	20	34‍–‍47	34‍–‍47

American League Wild Card

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Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Kansas City Royals	95	67	.586
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	.574
Texas Rangers	88	74	.543

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	87	75	.537	+1
Houston Astros	86	76	.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Game log

Regular season

2015 Game Log[9]
April: 15–7 (Home: 5–5 ; Away: 10–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 Indians 2–0 Keuchel (1–0) Kluber (0–1) Gregerson (1) 43,753 1–0 2 April 8 Indians 0–2 Carrasco (1–0) Feldman (0–1) Allen (1) 23,078 1–1 3 April 9 Indians 1–5 Bauer (1–0) Wojciechowski (0–1) — 22,593 1–2 4 April 10 @ Rangers 5–1 McHugh (1–0) Holland (0–1) — 48,885 2–2 5 April 11 @ Rangers 2–6 Gallardo (1–1) Hernández (0–1) — 36,833 2–3 6 April 12 @ Rangers 6–4 (14) Harris (1–0) Verrett (0–1) Deduno (1) 35,276 3–3 7 April 13 Athletics 1–8 Kazmir (2–0) Feldman (0–2) — 19,279 3–4 8 April 14 Athletics 0–4 Graveman (1–1) Peacock (0–1) — 18,935 3–5 9 April 15 Athletics 6–1 McHugh (2–0) Pomeranz (1–1) — 19,777 4–5 10 April 17 Angels 3–6 Ramos (1–0) Qualls (0–1) Street (4) 22,660 4–6 11 April 18 Angels 4–0 Keuchel (2–0) Wilson (1–2) — 28,209 5–6 12 April 19 Angels 4–3 Feldman (1–2) Richards (0–1) Gregerson (2) 24,254 6–6 13 April 20 @ Mariners 7–5 Sipp (1–0) Farquhar (0–1) Gregerson (3) 15,129 7–6 14 April 21 @ Mariners 6–3 McHugh (3–0) Furbush (0–1) Qualls (1) 13,949 8–6 15 April 22 @ Mariners 2–3 Happ (1–1) Hernández (0–2) Rodney (4) 14,756 8–7 16 April 24 @ Athletics 5–4 (11) Gregerson (1–0) O'Flaherty (0–2) Qualls (2) 18,205 9–7 17 April 25 @ Athletics 9–3 Feldman (2–2) Graveman (1–2) — 24,342 10–7 18 April 26 @ Athletics 7–6 Sipp (2–0) Clippard (0–2) Gregerson (4) 22,080 11–7 19 April 27 @ Padres 9–4 Neshek (1–0) Benoit (3–1) — 19,532 12–7 20 April 28 @ Padres 14–3 Hernández (1–2) Ross (1–2) — 22,796 13–7 21 April 29 @ Padres 7–2 Keuchel (3–0) Cashner (1–4) — 21,824 14–7 22 April 30 Mariners 3–2 (10) Gregerson (2–0) Leone (0–2) — 19,108 15–7
May: 16–13 (Home: 11–7 ; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 Mariners 4–3 Fields (1–0) Elias (0–1) Gregerson (5) 21,834 16–7 24 May 2 Mariners 11–4 McHugh (4–0) Walker (1–3) — 24,435 17–7 25 May 3 Mariners 7–6 Neshek (2–0) Smith (0–1) Gregerson (6) 25,283 18–7 26 May 4 Rangers 1–2 Kela (2–1) Qualls (0–2) Feliz (3) 17,597 18–8 27 May 5 Rangers 1–7 Rodríguez (1–1) Feldman (2–3) — 20,951 18–9 28 May 6 Rangers 3–11 Lewis (2–2) Deduno (0–1) — 22,230 18–10 29 May 7 @ Angels 3–2 Neshek (3–0) Street (2–1) Gregerson (7) 25,097 19–10 30 May 8 @ Angels 0–2 Weaver (1–4) Hernández (1–3) — 40,006 19–11 31 May 9 @ Angels 6–5 Keuchel (4–0) Shoemaker (2–3) Qualls (3) 40,210 20–11 32 May 10 @ Angels 1–3 Richards (3–1) Feldman (2–4) Street (10) 30,929 20–12 33 May 12 Giants 1–8 Heston (3–3) McHugh (4–1) — 20,468 20–13 34 May 13 Giants 4–3 Qualls (1–2) Affeldt (0–2) Gregerson (8) 20,725 21–13 35 May 14 Blue Jays 6–4 Fields (2–0) Loup (1–2) Qualls (4) 15,777 22–13 36 May 15 Blue Jays 8–4 Keuchel (5–0) Dickey (1–5) — 21,653 23–13 37 May 16 Blue Jays 6–5 Feldman (3–4) Francis (1–2) Gregerson (9) 27,102 24–13 38 May 17 Blue Jays 4–2 McHugh (5–1) Buehrle (5–3) Gregerson (10) 25,307 25–13 39 May 18 Athletics 1–2 Mujica (2–1) Thatcher (0–1) Clippard (4) 21,724 25–14 40 May 19 Athletics 6–4 Hernández (2–3) Gray (4–2) Neshek (1) 17,575 26–14 41 May 20 Athletics 6–1 Keuchel (6–0) Hahn (1–4) — 21,066 27–14 42 May 21 @ Tigers 5–6 (11) Wilson (1–0) Sipp (2–1) — 33,193 27–15 43 May 22 @ Tigers 2–6 Simón (5–2) McHugh (5–2) — 37,276 27–16 44 May 23 @ Tigers 3–2 McCullers (1–0) Lobstein (3–5) Gregerson (11) 40,153 28–16 45 May 24 @ Tigers 10–8 Thatcher (1–1) Wilson (1–1) Gregerson (12) 36,449 29–16 46 May 25 @ Orioles 3–4 Brach (2–0) Keuchel (6–1) Britton (11) 28,909 29–17 47 May 26 @ Orioles 4–1 Feldman (4–4) Tillman (2–6) Gregerson (13) 21,541 30–17 48 May 27 @ Orioles 4–5 Brach (3–0) Sipp (2–2) Britton (12) 16,401 30–18 49 May 29 White Sox 3–6 (11) Jennings (1–1) Fields (2–1) Robertson (10) 25,957 30–19 50 May 30 White Sox 3–0 Keuchel (7–1) Quintana (2–6) — 29,720 31–19 51 May 31 White Sox 0–6 Danks (3–4) Hernández (2–4) — 27,423 31–20
June: 15–14 (Home: 11–4 ; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 Orioles 5–2 Harris (2–0) Brach (3–1) Gregerson (14) 17,259 32–20 53 June 2 Orioles 6–4 McHugh (6–2) Wright (2–1) Gregerson (15) 18,730 33–20 54 June 3 Orioles 3–1 McCullers (2–0) González (5–4) — 20,305 34–20 55 June 4 Orioles 2–3 O'Day (2–0) Qualls (1–3) Britton (14) 20,219 34–21 56 June 5 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Sanchez (5–4) Hernández (2–5) — 22,971 34–22 57 June 6 @ Blue Jays 2–7 Hutchison (5–1) Oberholtzer (0–1) — 31,809 34–23 58 June 7 @ Blue Jays 6–7 Hendriks (1–0) Gregerson (2–1) — 35,571 34–24 59 June 8 @ White Sox 1–3 Sale (6–2) McCullers (2–1) Robertson (11) 17,352 34–25 60 June 9 @ White Sox 2–4 Rodon (2–0) Keuchel (7–2) Robertson (12) 18,439 34–26 61 June 10 @ White Sox 1–4 Quintana (3–6) Sipp (2–3) Robertson (13) 17,455 34–27 62 June 12 Mariners 10–0 Oberholtzer (1–1) Hernández (9-3) — 32,173 35–27 63 June 13 Mariners 1–8 Montgomery (1–1) McHugh (6–3) — 36,762 35–28 64 June 14 Mariners 13–0 McCullers (3–1) Elias (3–4) — 29,153 36–28 65 June 15 Rockies 6–3 Keuchel (8–2) Bettis (2–2) Gregerson (16) 21,820 37–28 66 June 16 Rockies 8–5 Harris (3–0) Rusin (2–2) Gregerson (17) 22,245 38–28 67 June 17 @ Rockies 8–4 Oberholtzer (2–1) Kendrick (2–9) — 33,041 39–28 68 June 18 @ Rockies 8–4 McHugh (7–3) Hale (2–2) — 30,770 40–28 69 June 19 @ Mariners 2–5 Elias (4–4) McCullers (3–2) Smith (4) 40,914 40–29 70 June 20 @ Mariners 3–6 Walker (5–6) Keuchel (8–3) Smith (5) 26,770 40–30 71 June 21 @ Mariners 6–2 Harris (4–0) Happ (3–4) — 40,905 41–30 72 June 22 @ Angels 3–4 Street (3–2) Qualls (1–4) — 34,153 41–31 73 June 23 @ Angels 13–3 McHugh (8–3) Wilson (5–6) — 41,208 42–31 74 June 24 @ Angels 1–2 (13) Alvarez (2–1) Thatcher (1–2) — 33,543 42–32 75 June 25 Yankees 4–0 Keuchel (9–3) Warren (5–5) — 28,643 43–32 76 June 26 Yankees 2–3 Eovaldi (7–2) Harris (4–1) Betances (5) 37,748 43–33 77 June 27 Yankees 6–9 Shreve (5–1) Neshek (3–1) Betances (6) 41,133 43–34 78 June 28 Yankees 3–1 McHugh (9–3) Pineda (8–5) Gregerson (18) 31,961 44–34 79 June 29 Royals 6–1 McCullers (4–2) Blanton (2–1) — 20,419 45–34 80 June 30 Royals 4–0 Keuchel (10–3) Duffy (2–4) — 24,642 46–34
July: 12–12 (Home: 9–2 ; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Royals 6–5 Gregerson (3–1) Herrera (1–2) — 25,848 47–34 82 July 3 @ Red Sox 12–8 (10) Hernández (3–5) Ramirez (0–1) — 37,837 48–34 83 July 4 @ Red Sox 1–6 Buchholz (7–6) McHugh (9–4) — 36,703 48–35 84 July 5 @ Red Sox 4–5 Barnes (3–2) Sipp (2–4) Uehara (19) 36,481 48–36 85 July 6 @ Indians 9–4 Keuchel (11–3) Carrasco (10–7) — 49-36 86 July 7 @ Indians 0–2 Kluber (4–9) Velasquez (0–1) Shaw (2) 10,821 49-37 87 July 8 @ Indians 2–4 Bauer (8–5) Thatcher (1–3) Allen (17) 15,255 49–38 88 July 9 @ Indians 1–3 Anderson (2–1) Oberholtzer (2–2) Allen (18) 11,496 49–39 89 July 10 @ Rays 1–3 Ramírez (8–3) McHugh (9–5) Boxberger (21) 17,129 49–40 90 July 11 @ Rays 0–3 Odorizzi (5–5) Keuchel (11–4) Boxberger (22) 18,429 49–41 91 July 12 @ Rays 3–4 Moore (1–0) McCullers (4–3) Boxberger (23) 16,458 49–42 – July 14 86th All-Star Game AL 6–3 NL Price (1–0) Kershaw (0–1) — 43,656 49–42 92 July 17 Rangers 3–2 McHugh (10–5) Pérez (0–1) Gregerson (19) 36,904 50–42 93 July 18 Rangers 6–7 Lewis (9–4) Feldman (4–5) Tolleson (14) 41,941 50–43 94 July 19 Rangers 10–0 Keuchel (12–4) Gallardo (7–9) — 36,532 51–43 95 July 21 Red Sox 8–3 Velasquez (1–1) Johnson (0–1) — 26,913 52–43 96 July 22 Red Sox 4 –2 McHugh (11–5) Kelly (2–6) Gregerson (20) 31,104 53–43 97 July 23 Red Sox 5–4 Fields (3–1) Breslow (0–1) — 30,748 54–43 98 July 24 @ Royals 4–0 Kazmir (6–5) Guthrie (7–6) Gregerson (21) 36,965 55–43 99 July 25 @ Royals 1–2 (10) Herrera (2–2) Harris (4–2) — 38,393 55–44 100 July 26 @ Royals 1–5 Ventura (5–7) Keuchel (12–5) — 33,638 55–45 101 July 28 Angels 10–5 McHugh (12–5) Wilson (8–8) — 24,031 56–45 102 July 29 Angels 6–3 McCullers (5–3) Richards (10–8) — 31,272 57–45 103 July 30 Angels 3–0 Gregerson (4–1) Álvarez (2–2) — 27,598 58–45 104 July 31 Diamondbacks 4–6 Hudson (3–3) Neshek (3–2) Ziegler (18) 34,720 58–46
August: 15–13 (Home: 10–3 ; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 Diamondbacks 9–2 Keuchel (13–5) Hellickson (7–7) — 36,602 59–46 106 August 2 Diamondbacks 4–1 McHugh (13–5) Ray (3–6) Gregerson (22) 33,871 60–46 107 August 3 @ Rangers 9–12 Lewis (12–4) McCullers (5–4) Tolleson (19) 21,671 60–47 108 August 4 @ Rangers 3–4 Gallardo (8–9) Straily (0–1) Tolleson (20) 29,953 60–48 109 August 5 @ Rangers 3–4 Martinez (7–6) Kazmir (6–6) Dyson (2) 31,782 60–49 110 August 6 @ Athletics 5–4 (10) Gregerson (5–1) Mujica (2–4) Harris (1) 16,172 61–49 111 August 7 @ Athletics 1–3 Gray (12–4) Keuchel (13–6) — 18,908 61–50 112 August 8 @ Athletics 1–2 Chavez (6–11) McHugh (13–6) Mujica (1) 25,091 61–51 113 August 9 @ Athletics 4–5 Abad (1–2) Gregerson (5–2) — 20,278 61–52 114 August 11 @ Giants 1–3 Bumgarner (13–6) Kazmir (6–7) — 42,569 61–53 115 August 12 @ Giants 2–0 Feldman (5–5) Heston (11–7) Gregerson (23) 41,967 62–53 116 August 14 Tigers 5–1 Keuchel (14–6) Simón (10–7) — 33,212 63–53 117 August 15 Tigers 2–4 (11) Alburquerque (2–0) Neshek (3–3) Feliz (7) 29,482 63–54 118 August 16 Tigers 6–5 Harris (5–2) Gorzelanny (1–2) — 29,969 64–54 119 August 17 Rays 2–9 Ramírez (10–4) Kazmir (6–8) — 16,256 64–55 120 August 18 Rays 3–2 (10) Gregerson (6–2) Boxberger (4–9) — 17,749 65–55 121 August 19 Rays 3–2 (13) Fields (4–1) Andriese (3–3) — 26,001 66–55 122 August 20 Rays 0–1 Archer (11–9) McHugh (13–7) — 18,177 66–56 123 August 21 Dodgers 3–0 Fiers (6–9) Anderson (7–9) — 33,833 67–56 124 August 22 Dodgers 3–1 Kazmir (7–8) Greinke (13–3) Gregerson (24) 39,999 68–56 125 August 23 Dodgers 3–2 (10) Gregerson (7–2) Hatcher (1–5) — 28,665 69–56 126 August 24 @ Yankees 0–1 Miller (2–2) Pérez (2–2) — 37,125 69–57 127 August 25 @ Yankees 15–1 Keuchel (15–6) Nova (5–6) — 38,015 70–57 128 August 26 @ Yankees 6–2 McHugh (14–7) Pineda (9–8) — 37,259 71–57 129 August 28 @ Twins 0–3 Gibson (9–9) Kazmir (7–9) Jepsen (9) 28,636 71–58 130 August 29 @ Twins 4–1 Fiers (7–9) Pelfrey (6–8) Gregerson (25) 38,876 72–58 131 August 30 @ Twins 5–7 Santana (3-4) McCullers (5–5) — 28,877 72–59 132 August 31 Mariners 8–3 Keuchel (16–6) Nuño (0–3) — 19,923 73–59
September: 11–16 (Home: 7–7 ; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Mariners 5–7 Kensing (1–0) Neshek (3–4) Wilhelmsen (7) 18,157 73–60 134 September 2 Mariners 3–8 Smith (2–5) Neshek (3–5) Wilhelmsen (8) 18,669 73–61 135 September 4 Twins 8–0 McHugh (15–7) Pelfrey (6–9) — 27,807 74–61 136 September 5 Twins 2–3 Santana (4–4) Gregerson (7–3) Jepsen (11) 27,643 74–62 137 September 6 Twins 8–5 Keuchel (17–6) May (8–9) Gregerson (26) 37,648 75–62 138 September 7 @ Athletics 9–10 Doubront (3–1) Fiers (7–10) Doolittle (1) 22,214 75–63 139 September 8 @ Athletics 0–4 Gray (13–7) Kazmir (7–10) — 11,364 75–64 140 September 9 @ Athletics 11–5 McHugh (16–7) Brooks (1–3) — 13,387 76–64 141 September 11 @ Angels 2–3 Weaver (7–10) Keuchel (17–7) Street (34) 39,636 76–65 142 September 12 @ Angels 2–3 Smith (5–5) Harris (5–3) Street (35) 41,130 76–66 143 September 13 @ Angels 5–3 Qualls (2–4) Street (3–3) Gregerson (27) 41,550 77–66 144 September 14 @ Rangers 3–5 Kela (7–5) Harris (5–4) Tolleson (32) 27,772 77–67 145 September 15 @ Rangers 5–6 Tolleson (6–3) Pérez (2–3) — 26,942 77–68 146 September 16 @ Rangers 3–14 Pérez (3–4) Keuchel (17–8) — 34,483 77–69 147 September 17 @ Rangers 2–8 Lewis (16–8) McCullers (5–6) — 31,122 77–70 148 September 18 Athletics 3–4 Pomeranz (5–5) Neshek (3–6) Dull (1) 27,567 77–71 149 September 19 Athletics 10–6 Qualls (3–4) Rodriguez (4–2) — 27,044 78–71 150 September 20 Athletics 5–1 McHugh (17–7) Brooks (2–4) — 22,453 79–71 151 September 21 Angels 6–3 Keuchel (18–8) Weaver (7–12) Gregerson (28) 25,318 80–71 152 September 22 Angels 3–4 Santiago (9–9) McCullers (5–7) Street (39) 25,671 80–72 153 September 23 Angels 5–6 Gott (3–2) Harris (5–5) Street (40) 25,573 80–73 154 September 25 Rangers 2–6 Ohlendorf (3–0) Kazmir (7–11) — 35,180 80–74 155 September 26 Rangers 9–7 McHugh (18–7) Gonzalez (4–6) Harris (2) 35,736 81–74 156 September 27 Rangers 4–2 Keuchel (19–8) Pérez (3–6) Gregerson (29) 36,084 82–74 157 September 28 @ Mariners 3–2 McCullers (6–7) Farquhar (1–6) Gregerson (30) 13,935 83–74 158 September 29 @ Mariners 4–6 Wilhelmsen (2–2) Pérez (2–4) — 15,331 83–75 159 September 30 @ Mariners 7–6 Sipp (3–4) Farquhar (1–7) Gregerson (31) 14,257 84–75
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 2–1 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 2 @ Diamondbacks 21–5 Keuchel (20–8) De La Rosa (14–9) — 33,218 85–75 161 October 3 @ Diamondbacks 6–2 McHugh (19–7) Hellickson (9–12) — 37,687 86–75 162 October 4 @ Diamondbacks 3–5 Hudson (4–3) Qualls (3–5) Ziegler (30) 24,788 86–76
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Astros team member

Postseason

2015 Postseason Game Log (3–3)[10]
AL Wild Card Game (1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 6 @ Yankees 3–0 Keuchel (1–0) Tanaka (0–1) Gregerson (1) 50,113 1–0
AL Division Series (2–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 8 @ Royals 5–2 McHugh (1–0) Ventura (0–1) Gregerson (1) 40,146 1–0 2 October 9 @ Royals 4–5 Herrera (1–0) Harris (0–1) Davis (1) 40,008 1–1 3 October 11 Royals 4–2 Keuchel (1–0) Vólquez (0–1) Gregerson (2) 42,674 2–1 4 October 12 Royals 6–9 Madson (1–0) Sipp (0–1) Davis (2) 42,387 2–2 5 October 14 @ Royals 2–7 Cueto (1–0) McHugh (1–1) – 40,566 2–3

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Game Pitchers: 29 Tony Sipp 35 Josh Fields 36 Will Harris 37 Pat Neshek 38 Óliver Pérez 44 Luke Gregerson 50 Chad Qualls 54 Mike Fiers 60 Dallas Keuchel Catchers: 15 Jason Castro 16 Hank Conger Infielders: 1 Carlos Correa 2 Jonathan Villar 8 Jed Lowrie 9 Marwin González 18 Luis Valbuena 23 Chris Carter 27 Jose Altuve 63 Matt Duffy Outfielders: 4 George Springer 6 Jake Marisnick 20 Preston Tucker 28 Colby Rasmus 30 Carlos Gómez Designated hitters: 11 Evan Gattis
American League Division Series Pitchers: 26 Scott Kazmir 29 Tony Sipp 31 Collin McHugh 35 Josh Fields 36 Will Harris 37 Pat Neshek 38 Óliver Pérez 43 Lance McCullers Jr. 44 Luke Gregerson 54 Mike Fiers 60 Dallas Keuchel Catchers: 15 Jason Castro 16 Hank Conger Infielders: 1 Carlos Correa 8 Jed Lowrie 9 Marwin González 18 Luis Valbuena 23 Chris Carter 27 Jose Altuve Outfielders: 4 George Springer 6 Jake Marisnick 20 Preston Tucker 28 Colby Rasmus 30 Carlos Gómez Designated hitters: 11 Evan Gattis

Roster

2015 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 58 Jake Buchanan 66 Kevin Chapman 45 Samuel Deduno 46 Scott Feldman 68 Michael Feliz 35 Josh Fields 54 Mike Fiers 44 Luke Gregerson 36 Will Harris 56 Roberto Hernández 26 Scott Kazmir 60 Dallas Keuchel 43 Lance McCullers Jr. 31 Collin McHugh 37 Pat Neshek 39 Brett Oberholtzer 41 Brad Peacock 38 Óliver Pérez 50 Chad Qualls 29 Tony Sipp 47 Dan Straily 54,56 Joe Thatcher 67 Vincent Velasquez 59 Asher Wojciechowski		Catchers 15 Jason Castro 16 Hank Conger 12 Max Stassi Infielders 27 Jose Altuve 23 Chris Carter  1 Carlos Correa 63 Matt Duffy  9 Marwin González  8 Jed Lowrie 21 Jon Singleton 18 Luis Valbuena  2 Jonathan Villar		Outfielders 11 Evan Gattis 30 Carlos Gómez 19 Robbie Grossman  0 L. J. Hoes  6 Jake Marisnick  3 Alex Presley 28 Colby Rasmus 13 Domingo Santana  4 George Springer 20 Preston Tucker		Manager 14 A. J. Hinch Coaches 52 Craig Bjornson (bullpen) 85 Javier Bracamonte (bullpen catcher) 48 Rich Dauer (first base) 22 Trey Hillman (bench) 51 Dave Hudgens (hitting) 96 Carlos Muñoz bullpen catcher 10 Gary Pettis (third base) 53 Brent Strom (pitching) 55 Alan Zinter (assistant hitting)

Statistics

Through 2015 season

Batting

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

Player	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jose Altuve, 2B	154	638	86	200	40	4	15	66	33	67	.313	38
Chris Carter, 1B	129	391	50	78	17	0	24	64	57	151	.199	1
Jason Castro, C	104	337	38	71	19	0	11	31	33	115	.211	0
Hank Conger, C	73	201	25	46	11	0	11	33	23	63	.229	0
Carlos Correa, SS	99	387	52	108	22	1	22	68	40	78	.279	14
Matt Duffy, CI	8	8	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	2	.375	0
Scott Feldman, P	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Evan Gattis, DH	153	566	66	139	20	11	27	88	30	119	.246	0
Carlos Gómez, CF	41	149	19	36	9	0	4	13	8	31	.242	10
Marwin González, IF	120	344	44	96	18	1	12	34	16	74	.279	4
Robbie Grossman, LF	24	49	7	7	2	0	1	5	5	17	.143	0
Will Harris, P	44	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Roberto Hernández, P	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
L. J. Hoes, OF	8	15	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	.267	0
Scott Kazmir, P	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Dallas Keuchel, P	33	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	0
Jed Lowrie, SS,3B	69	230	35	51	14	0	9	30	28	43	.222	1
Jake Marisnick, CF	133	339	46	80	15	4	9	36	18	105	.236	24
Lance McCullers Jr., P	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Collin McHugh, P	32	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	0
Brett Oberholtzer, P	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Alex Presley, OF	8	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	5	.250	0
Colby Rasmus, OF	137	432	67	103	23	2	25	61	47	154	.238	2
Domingo Santana, OF	14	39	6	10	2	0	2	8	2	17	.256	2
Jon Singleton, 1B,DH	19	47	6	9	2	0	1	6	10	17	.191	1
George Springer, RF	102	388	59	107	19	2	16	41	50	109	.276	16
Max Stassi, C	11	15	4	6	0	0	1	2	1	5	.400	0
Preston Tucker, LF	98	300	35	73	19	0	13	33	20	68	.243	0
Luis Valbuena, 3B,1B	132	434	62	97	18	0	25	56	50	106	.224	1
Jonathan Villar, SS	53	116	18	33	7	1	2	11	10	29	.284	7
Team Totals	162	5459	729	1363	278	26	230	691	486	1392	.250	121

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Jake Buchanan	0	0	2.00	5	0	0	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	5
Kevin Chapman	0	0	3.38	3	0	0	5.1	4	2	2	1	3	8
Sam Deduno	0	1	6.86	9	2	1	21.0	24	16	16	3	9	17
Scott Feldman	5	5	3.90	18	18	0	108.1	115	49	47	13	27	61
Michael Feliz	0	0	7.88	5	0	0	8.0	9	7	7	2	4	7
Josh Fields	4	1	3.55	54	0	0	50.2	39	20	20	2	19	67
Mike Fiers	2	1	3.32	10	9	0	62.1	45	26	23	10	21	59
Luke Gregerson	7	3	3.10	64	0	31	61.0	48	24	21	5	10	59
Will Harris	5	5	1.90	68	0	2	71.0	42	18	15	8	22	68
Roberto Hernández	3	5	4.36	20	11	0	84.2	90	48	41	9	26	42
Scott Kazmir	2	6	4.17	13	13	0	73.1	78	42	34	13	24	54
Dallas Keuchel	20	8	2.48	33	33	0	232.0	185	68	64	17	51	216
Lance McCullers Jr.	6	7	3.22	22	22	0	125.2	106	49	45	10	43	129
Collin McHugh	19	7	3.89	32	32	0	203.2	207	89	88	19	53	171
Pat Neshek	3	6	3.62	66	0	1	54.2	49	25	22	8	12	51
Brett Oberholtzer	2	2	4.46	8	8	0	38.1	44	21	19	4	17	27
Brad Peacock	0	1	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	5	3	3	0	2	3
Óliver Pérez	0	3	6.75	22	0	0	12.0	14	12	9	2	4	14
Chad Qualls	3	5	4.38	60	0	4	49.1	46	24	24	6	9	46
Tony Sipp	3	4	1.99	60	0	0	54.1	41	13	12	5	15	62
Dan Straily	0	1	5.40	4	3	0	16.2	16	11	10	2	8	14
Joe Thatcher	1	3	3.18	43	0	0	22.2	23	8	8	1	12	26
Vincent Velasquez	1	1	4.37	19	7	0	55.2	50	28	27	5	21	58
Asher Wojciechowski	0	1	7.16	5	3	0	16.1	23	13	13	2	7	16
Team Totals	86	76	3.57	162	162	39	1441.0	1308	618	572	148	423	1280

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco
AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Texas League	Rodney Linares
A-Advanced	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Omar López
A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	Josh Bonifay
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Ed Romero
Rookie	Greeneville Astros	Appalachian League	Lamarr Rogers
Rookie	GCL Astros	Arizona League	Marty Malloy
Rookie	DSL Astros	Dominican Summer League	Neder Horta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fresno, Greeneville^[11]

References

1. MLB.com
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7. de Jesús Ortíz, José (December 30, 2014). "Jeff Bagwell open to return to Astros organization". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
8. de Jesús Ortíz, José (January 27, 2015). "Jeff Bagwell to serve as guest instructor this spring". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
9. "2015 Houston Astros Sortable Schedule". Houston Astros. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014.
10. "2015 Houston Astros Sortable Schedule". Houston Astros. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014.
11. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

External links

• 2015 Houston Astros season official site Archived October 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
• 2015 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference