2001 Houston Astros season

40th season in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros March 2026 November 2013 Houston Astros 2001 National League Central champions Houston astros logo cap primary 2000 2012.png National League Central Enron Field Houston, Texas 93–69 (.574) 1st Drayton McLane, Jr. Gerry Hunsicker Larry Dierker KNWS-TVFSN Southwest(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell) KTRH(Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby)KXYZ(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño) The 2001 Houston Astros season was the 40th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 37th as the Astros, 40th in the National League (NL), eighth in the NL Central division, and second at Enron Field, later christened as Minute Maid Park. The Astros entered the season with a 72–90 record, in fourth place and 23 games behind the division-champion St. Louis Cardinals. On April 3, pitcher Scott Elarton made his only Opening Day start for the Astros, who hosted the Milwaukee Brewers and prevailed, 11–3. On May 4, Craig Biggio became the first player in franchise history to attain 2,000 career hits. In the amateur draft, the Astros' first round selection was second baseman Chris Burke, at 10th overall. On June 8, Houston played their first interleague game against their in-state rivals, the Texas Rangers, initiating the annual competition to win the Silver Boot trophy. Outfielders Moisés Alou (fourth selection) and Lance Berkman (first), and pitcher Billy Wagner (second) each represented the Astros and played for the National League at the MLB All-Star Game. On July 18 versus St. Louis, Jeff Bagwell became the fourth player in Astros history to hit for the cycle, and fifth time overall. During the season, Bagwell also became first player in major league history to produce six consecutive seasons each with 30 home runs, 100 runs batted in (RBI), 100 runs scored, and 100 bases on balls (BB). Berkman set the major league record for extra-base hits by a switch hitter (94) while becoming the 16th major leaguer to log at least 55 doubles in one season. Three Astros produced hitting streaks of 18 games or more, including Alou (23), Berkman (21), and Biggio (18), while a fourth, Richard Hidalgo hit in 17 consecutive dating to the prior season. In the regular season finale on October 7, Houston defeated St. Louis, with the two teams sporting identical 93–69 win–loss records for best in the National League. However, the Astros retained the tiebreaker by virtue of claiming the season series, 9–7. Hence, the Cardinals were situated as the NL Wild Card winners. For the fourth time in five seasons, the Astros claimed the NL Central title, their seventh division title and seventh playoff appearance in franchise history. For the third time in five seasons, the Astros faced the Atlanta Braves in a National League Division Series (NLDS). The Braves defeated them for the third time in a three-game sweep. Days later, manager Larry Dierker resigned. The Astros, forestalled in all their attempts to win a playoff series, would not do so until 2004. This was also Houston's final division title in the National League until 2017. Following the season, catcher Brad Ausmus won his first career Gold Glove Award. Starter Roy Oswalt was chosen as The Sporting News NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year,From 1961–2003, The Sporting News declared one rookie pitcher and position player from each league, the NL and the American League (AL), for this award. Starting in 2004, this system was modified to selecting one rookie from each league for the award, regardless of position. lower-alpha "Sporting News Rookies" and to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team. Also, the Houston Astros were also recognized as Organization of the Year by the Baseball America and other outlets. Offseason Summary The Astros concluded the 2000 campaign at 72 90 y, ranking fourth of six clubs in the NL Central division and 23 games behind (GB) the division-champion St. Louis Cardinals,https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2000.shtml 2000 National League team statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 1, 2026 also Houston's first season at Enron Field.https://www.retrosheet.org/ballparks/enron_field.htm Enron Field firsts Retrosheet July 11, 2026 For the first time in team history, the Astros drew more than 3 million fans. This was Houston's first losing season since 1991, establishing a then-club record eight consecutive seasons with a winning percentage of .500 or higher.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/ Houston Astros team history & encyclopedia Baaseball-Reference.com October 13, 2025 During a Houston Baseball Dinner on February 8, Craig F. Cullinan Jr., one of the key organizers along with R. E. "Bob" Smith, Judge Roy Hofheinz and George Kirksey to expand Major League Baseball into Houston, was honored at a Houston Baseball Writers dinner with a lifetime achievement award. Cullinan later served as the Colt .45s first team president in 1962.Herskowtiz Mickey https://www.chron.com/sports/article/herskowitz-cullinan-s-place-in-city-s-sports-1993504.php Cullinan's place in city's sports history secure Houston Chronicle February 15, 2001 November 22, 2025 Transactions January 2, 2001: Charlie Hayes signed as a free agent with the Houston Astros.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hayesch01.shtml Charlie Hayes stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more Baseball-Reference.com September 27, 2025 January 3, 2001: Kent Bottenfield signed as a free agent with the Houston Astros.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml Kent Bottenfield stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more Baseball-Reference.com September 27, 2025 Regular season Summary Opening Day + Opening Day starting lineup Uniform Uniform number Player Position 4 Julio Lugo Shortstop 7 Craig Biggio Second baseman 5 Jeff Bagwell First baseman 17 Lance Berkman Left fielder 15 Richard Hidalgo Center fielder 31 Daryle Ward Right fielder 11 Brad Ausmus Catcher 6 Chris Truby Third baseman 50 Scott Elarton Pitcher Venue: Enron Field • Final: Houston 11, Milwaukee 3 Sources:https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200104030HOU Milwaukee Brewers (3) vs Houston Astros (11) box score Baseball Almanac April 3, 2001 September 27, 2025https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2001-uniform-numbers.shtml 2001 Houston Astros uniform numbers Baseball-Reference.com September 27, 2025 The Astros hosted their first Opening Day at Enron Field on April 3, which featured Daryle Ward—substituting for an injured Moisés Alou—belting the first grand slam during an Opening Day at home in franchise annals.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2001/04/04/venturas-2-homers-lead-mets/ee689607-8472-4fe7-a4fc-afa056ea017d/ Ventura's two homers lead Mets The Washington Post Associated Press April 3, 2001 December 7, 2025 Meanwhile, Craig Biggio, returning from knee surgery, achieved his first career five-hit game.The first of two for Biggio, his second was on June 28, 2007, the day in which he collected his 3,000th hit. lower-alpha "5-hit game"https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/PX_biggc001.htm Top performances for Craig Biggio Retrosheet November 16, 2025de Jesús Ortíz José http://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/3000-Biggio-reaches-career-hit-milestone-1844542.php 3000! Biggio reaches career hit milestone Houston Chronicle June 29, 2007 February 17, 2016 Ward's blast reprised that of teammate Richard Hidalgo's just one year earlier, who hit the first grand slam on any Opening Day for Houston on the road at Three Rivers Stadium. Biggio singled in the bottom of the first off Milwuakee Brewers Opening Day starter, Jimmy Haynes for the first hit of the season for the club, and Jeff Bagwell drew a base on balls. Hidalgo, meanwhile, again started the season off strong, slashing a two-run triple during the bottom of the first to score Biggio and Bagwell for Houston's first two tallies of the brand-new season. In the bottom of the third frame, Lance Berkman received a hit by pitch from Haynes with the bases loaded for his first run batted in (RBI) of the year. One out later, Ward cleared the bases with his big fly. Another out later, Chris Truby joined the fireworks with his first blast of the season, staking Houston to a 8–1 lead.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU200104030.shtml Milwaukee Brewers (3) vs Houston Astros (11) box score Baseball-Reference.com April 3, 2001 December 7, 2025 The Astros' Opening Day starter, Scott Elarton, tossed six solid innings with two runs allowed to pick up the victory. Hidalgo also doubled in Biggio during the bottom of the seventh and Ward continued his big with day with a single that scored Berkman and Hidalgo. Biggio scored thrice. Ward's 6 RBI set a career high,https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/PX_wardd002.htm Top performances for Daryle Ward Retrosheet December 7, 2025 while also tying the Opening Day club record, set during the inaugural game in franchise history by Román Mejías in 1962.Houston Colt .45s 11, Chicago Cubs 2 box score http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B04100HOU1962.htm Retrosheet April 10, 1962 December 7, 2025 mdy It was also Ward's first career grand slam.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=berkmla01&t=b Daryle Ward career home runs Baseball-Reference.com December 7, 2025 Rest of April On April 4, Richard Hidalgo swatted his first career walk-off home run,https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=hidalri01&t=b Richard Hidalgo career home runs Baseball-Reference.com April 25, 2026 while Daryle Ward produced his first career four-hit game in the major leagues, and sliced his first two doubles of the season. The game-ender was Hidalgo's second blast of the game and season, among five RBI, while Truby added another longball. Biggio, Bagwell, Hidalgo, Berkman and Truby each collected two hits to lead an 8–6 win over Milwaukee.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU200104040.shtml Milwaukee Brewers (6) vs Houston Astros (8) box score Baseball-Reference.com April 4, 2001 December 7, 2025 It was the seventh multi-homer game for Hidalgo, whose 5 RBI matched his career high set exactly one year earlier on Opening Day 2000.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/PX_hidar001.htm Top performances for Richard Hidalgo Retrosheet December 7, 2025 By slugging a home run in each of the first three games of the season, Truby established a franchise record.Equaled the following year by Berkman. At the time, the major league record for home runs in consecutive games to start a season was four, shared by Willie Mays (1971) and Mark McGwire (1998). lower-alpha "3 home runs"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-apr-05-sp-nlsep05-story.html Berkman hits third home run for Astros Los Angeles Times Associated Press April 5, 2002 November 16, 2025 Meanwhile, Hidalgo who had concluded the previous season with an active hitting streak which commenced on September 15, collected hits in the first three games of the season to extend to 17 up to April 5.Smith David https://www.astrosdaily.com/history/hitstreak.html Houston Astros hitting streaks Astros Daily Retrosheet October 3, 2025 Right-hander Wade Miller earned NL Pitcher of the Month honors for April.https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mlb-pitchers-of-the-month.shtml Major League Baseball Pitchers of the Month Baseball-Reference.com July 8, 2025 Miller went 4–1 over 5 games, all starts, with one complete game, a 2.15 earned run average (ERA), and 0.929 walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP). Over 37 2 3 innings pitched, he surrendered 22 hits, 13 walks, and whiffed 44 batters.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=millewa04&year=2001&t=p Wade Miller 2001 pitching splits Baseball-Reference.com February 22, 2026 Miller became the first Astros hurler to garner the accolade since Randy Johnson in August and September, 1998. May After a back-and-forth skirmish on May 2 with the New York Mets, the Astros finally came back to finish off the contest in 11 innings. Successive home runs from Lance Berkman and Moisés Alou got the Astros to a 6–5 win. Craig Biggio and Daryle Ward also homered for the Astros.Schwartzberg Seth https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2025/5/2/24422291/today-in-astros-history Today in Astros history - May 2 The Crawfish Boxes SB Nation May 2, 2025 October 24, 2025 With an infield single on May 4, Biggio realized his 2,000th career hit, doing so at Olympic Stadium.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY9kBtdKvQQ Craig Biggio reaches on an infield single for his 2,000th career base hit May 4, 2001 Milestone Highlights August 29, 2025 The milestone knock came off Javier Vázquez. Biggio became the first Astro to attain the entirety of his 2,000 hits with the franchise, and the second to attain this career milestone with the club, following José Cruz on September 15, 1985. Biggio later singled aagain and scored ahead of a three-run home by Jeff Bagwell, which capped a four-run fifth frame.Hulsey Bob https://www.astrosdaily.com/history/thisdate/index.html This date in Astros history Astros Daily January 24, 2026 Wade Miller (5–1) also collected his first double of the season, while allowing three runs over eight frames to pick the victory. Lance Berkman and Brad Ausmus also doubled, while Daryle Ward and Julio Lugo also homered.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MON/MON200105040.shtml Houston Astros (8) vs Montreal Expos (4) box score Baseball-Reference.com May 4, 2001 January 24, 2026 On May 6, right-hander Roy Oswalt made his major league debut at Olympic Stadium, as a relief appearance to close out a 13–7 Astons win over the Montreal Expos. Jeff Bagwell was 4-for-5 with a grand slam and 5 runs batted in (RBI).Coleman David https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2011/5/6/2156811/this-day-in-astros-history-may-6-2001 This Day in Astros History: May 6, 2001 The Crawfish Boxes SB Nation May 6, 2012 August 29, 2025 Bagwell's slam was the fourth of his career, which he hit off Anthony Telford,https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=bagweje01&t=b Jeff Bagwell career home runs Baseball-Reference.com December 7, 2025 while the four-ht game was the 23rd of Bagwell's career.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/PX_bagwj001.htm Top performances for Jeff Bagwell Retrosheet December 7, 2025 Julio Lugo produced his second career five-hit game and scored three runs.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/PX_lugoj001.htm Top performances for Julio Lugo Retrosheet December 7, 2025 Additionally, Hidalgo and Alou homered, and Berkman went 3-for-4 with a triple and a stolen base. Scott Elarton earned the win for Houston in spite of allowing nine hits and six runs over five innings. Mike Jackson and Octavio Dotel followed Elarton with three scoreless innings. Oswalt pitched the ninth and got Vladimir Guerrero for the first strikeout of his career. Next, José Vidro hit a line drive for a single, and former Astro Geoff Blum, who was 4-for-5, doubled to deep left center to score Vidrio. Finally, Oswalt retired Milton Bradley on a ground ball to Bagwell to limit the damage to one run surrendered that day and close out the game.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MON/MON200105060.shtml Houston Astros (13) vs Montreal Expos (7) box score Baseball-Reference.com May 6, 2001 December 7, 2025 Additionally, Lugo became the seventh Astro to log multiple five-hit bouts.Number of games in a career player meets criteria, playing for HOU, in the regular season, requiring hits ≥ 5, sorted by descending instances.https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/baseball/player-batting-game-finder.cgi?request=1&match=player_game_count_career&timeframe=seasons&ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&cval%5B1%5D=5&cstat%5B1%5D=b_h&team_id=HOU Player batting game stats finder–baseball Stathead Sports Reference January 1, 2026 By connecting for a triple on May 7 against the Chicago Cubs, Bagwell achieved the 700th extra base hit of his career.https://www.mlb.com/player/jeff-bagwell-110432 Jeff Bagwell player page bio MLB.com February 28, 2016 New acquisition Vinny Castilla slugged his first home run in an Astros uniform on May 15, off Manny Aybar of the Chicago Cubs.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=castivi02&t=b Vinny Castilla career home runs Baseball-Reference.com December 7, 2025 Moreover, Castilla and Richard Hidalgo both doubled twice among 10 total extra-base hits for the Astros. In the top of the twelfth inning, pinch hitter Tony Eusebio golfed a two-run home run off Todd Van Poppel deep to center field that scored Castilla for the game-winning runs, 9–7.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200105150.shtml Houston Astros (9) vs Chicago Cubs (7) box score Baseball-Reference.com May 15, 2001 December 8, 2025 Bagwell cranked his fifth career grand slam on May 21, but Ryan Klesko and the San Diego Padres proved too much, winning a 7–6 decision over Houston. Kesko tripled and homered twice, getting 11 total bases. Meanwhile, Berkman was 3-for-6 and a home run shy of hitting for the cycle.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MON/MON200105060.shtml San Diego Padres (7) vs Houston Astros (6) box score Baseball-Reference.com May 21, 2001 December 7, 2025 Biggio initiated a hitting streak on May 29 that lasted until June 18, during which he hit .338, and spanned a career-best 18 games. Due to the timing and those later produced by teammates Berkman and Moisés Alou, at least one of the three remained within a current streak until July 18, a span of 45 games.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2001-schedule-scores.shtml 2001 Houston Astros schedule Baseball-Reference.com November 16, 2025 This trio of overlapping hitting streaks mirrored a similar fulfillment that transpired April 17–May 11, 1979. Between those dates, one or more of each of Craig Reynolds, José Cruz, and Enos Cabell piloted their own hitting streak—each had a duration of exactly 15 games. While tossing six innings with three runs surrendered on May 30, Wade Miller also helped himself at the plate with a 3-for-3 performance to earn his seventh win and lead Houston to a 7–4 win over the Padres. The win also ended an eight-game losing streak that had plunged the Astros below .500.Schwartzberg Seth https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2025/5/30/24439952/today-in-astros-history Today in Astros history - May 30 The Crawfish Boxes SB Nation May 30, 2025 July 24, 2025 June Richard Hidalgo slugged the walk-off home run and his fourth hit of the night on June 1, in the bottom of the ninth against the Los Angeles Dodgers for Houston's 10–9 win. Hidalgo’s effort was augmented by Vinny Castilla, who collected three hits and a home run.Schwartzberg Seth https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2025/6/1/24440976/today-in-astros-history Today in Astros history - June 1 The Crawfish Boxes SB Nation June 1, 2025 July 18, 2025 On June 2, Oswalt logged his first major league hit while batting, a doublehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=oswalro01&t=b&year=2001 Roy Oswalt 2001 batting game logs Baseball-Reference.com February 16, 2026 off Darren Dreifort. This was also Oswalt's first Major League start on the mound, in which he led a 2–1 triumph over Los Angeles at Enron Field. His sacrifice hit during the bottom of the third set up Craig Biggio's single to right field to plate Brad Ausmus for the insurance tally. Oswalt (3–1) surrendered just two hits over six frames, with Adrián Beltré's home run in the fifth as the Dodgers' only score. Billy Wagner whiffed Mark Grudzielanek swinging to decide the contest and register the save (13).https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU200106020.shtml Los Angeles Dodgers (1) vs Houston Astros (2) box score Baseball-Reference.com June 2, 2001 February 16, 2026 Inaugural Lone Star Series thumb|The Silver Boot trophy: The Astros played against the Texas Rangers for the first time during the regular season on June 8, 2001, and won, 5–4, beginning the Lone Star Series rivalry. On June 8, the first-ever interleague game between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers took place at The Ballpark at Arlington, initiating the rivalry known as the Lone Star Series. The Astros won the first game by a score of 5–4,http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200106080TEX Box score for Houston Astros (5) vs Texas Rangers (4) Baseball Almanac June 8, 2001 December 24, 2025 on a solo home run in the top of the 11th inning from Alou, installed as the designated hitter.Schwartzberg Seth https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2025/6/8/24445361/today-in-astros-history Today in Astros history - June 8 The Crawfish Boxes SB Nation June 8, 2025 July 4, 2025 The team that would win the most games between the two in a season would be awarded the Silver Boot.Schwartzberg Seth https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2025/6/10/24446609/today-in-astros-history Today in Astros history - June 10 The Crawfish Boxes SB Nation June 10, 2025 July 2, 2025 On June 9, Rangers catcher Iván Rodríguez hit the first grand slam of the Lone Star Series. He connected off right-hander José Lima during the bottom of the third inning,https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/baseball/event_finder.cgi?request=1&year_min=2001&team_id=TEX&event=23&type=b&criteria24=opp---HOU&criteria109=rob---111 Batting event finder: TEX: 7 Home Runs in 2001-2026 – 123, vs. HOU Stathead Sports Reference August 31, 2026 after homering off Kent Bottenfield (2–5) during the first inning. Frank Catalanotto collected four hits while Rubén Sierra homered and tripled as Texas claimed the second contest, 16–4.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX200106090.shtml Houston Astros (4) vs Texas Rangers (16) box score Baseball Almanac June 9, 2001 August 31, 2026 On June 10, Orlando Merced stroked a pinch-hit, two-out, three-run home run in the top of the ninth to give the Astros the lead and eventual 6–5 win, which also decided into the Astros winning their first series against the Rangers. Rest of June Berkman crushed his first career grand slam on June 14, from a Héctor Carrasco offering. The blast occurred with two outs in the top of the seventh against the Minnesota Twins.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=berkmla01&t=b Lance Berkman career home runs Baseball-Reference.com November 28, 2025 Berkman had four hits and drove in six to key an 8–3 Astros triumph.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN200106140.shtml Houston Astros (8) vs Minnesota Twins (3) box score Baseball-Reference.com June 14, 2001 November 28, 2025 It was Berkman's third four-hit game of the season, and established a career high in RBI.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/PX_berkl001.htm Top performances for Lance Berkman Retrosheet November 28, 2025 Starting June 17, Berkman put together a 21-game hitting streak that would end just after the All-Star break on July 12. He collected 41 hits for a rate of nearly two per game for a dividend batting average of .482. Combined with his uncanny patience and prodigious strength, Berkman's on-base percentage swelled to .541 while his slugging percentage jumped to .941, slamming nine home runs, 10 doubles, and a triple. Moreover, four home runs landed in each of four consecutive contests from June 25–29, just one short of the then-club record amassed by Cliff Johnson from August 19–24, 1975.Thornley Stew https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-25-1975-the-missing-11th-inning-as-cardinals-astros-ends-in-a-tie/ The missing 11th inning, as Cardinals–Astros ends in a tie Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) August 25, 1975 November 16, 2025 As of June 17, the Astros toiled around the .500 mark with a 33–33 record; however, they went on to finish off the season at a 59-36 (.621) pace. The league later announced that Houston would be awarded the site of the 2004 All-Star Game.https://www.mlb.com/astros/history/timeline Astros history – Timeline MLB.com August 30, 2025 Bagwell and Lance Berkman had 4 RBI apiece on June 18 to lead a 13–5 win over the Colorado Rockies, although the Rockies outhit the Astros, 14–12.Schwartzberg Seth https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2025/6/18/24451419/today-in-astros-history Today in Astros history - June 18 The Crawfish Boxes SB Nation June 18, 2025 June 26, 2025 The Astros launched five home runs on June 21 against the Cincinnati Reds, but still lost in 11 innings, 8–7. Craig Biggio, Bagwell, Hidalgo and Berkman (twice) all connected for Houston. The Reds hit four home runs.Schwartzberg Seth https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2025/6/21/24453186/today-in-astros-history Today in Astros history - June 21 The Crawfish Boxes SB Nation June 21, 2025 June 24, 2025 The following game, Alou commenced a 23-game hitting streak and had 2 RBI, though Houston dropped a second-consecutive extra innings contest to Cincinnati, 7–5.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=aloumo01&t=b&year=2001 Moisés Alou 2001 batting game logs Baseball-Reference.com August 29, 2025 For the week ended June 24, Lance Berkman batted .519 (14-for-27) / .563 on-base percentage (OBP) / .963 slugging percentage (SLG) / 1.525 on-base plus slugging (OPS), six doubles, two home runs, 13 RBI, and 26 total bases. Houston won five of seven games.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=berkmla01&t=b&year=2001 Lance Berkman 2001 batting game logs Baseball-Reference.com May 30, 2026 Berkman was recognized as National League (NL) Player of the Week.https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mlb-players-of-the-week.shtml MLB Players of the Week Awards Baseball-Reference.com August 29, 2025 July For the second time in his career, Bagwell amassed seven runs batted in (RBI) in a game – the second time he tied the club record – against the Kansas City Royals on July 7. Over four successive games from July 8–13, Bagwell homered and totaled five home runs in that span.Associated Press https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-14-sp-22233-story.html Homers power Astro victory Los Angeles Times July 14, 2001 February 17, 2016 Jeff Bagwell's cycle While hosting the St. Louis Cardinals at Enron Field on July 18, Bagwell hit for the cycle. He went 4-for-5 with a BB and five RBI as the Astros won, 17–11.Duarte Joseph https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Astros-outslug-Cards-Bagwell-hits-for-cycle-2018649.php Astros outslug Cards: Bagwell hits for cycle Houston Chronicle July 18, 2001 February 17, 2016http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2001/B07180HOU2001.htm Houston Astros 17, St. Louis Cardinals 11: Game played on Wednesday, July 18, 2001 (N) at Enron Field Retrosheet (retrosheet.org) February 17, 2016 In the second-highest scoring game in the stadium's history, he collected each of the four hits off a different pitcher, including two in the same inning: a single in the first off Mike Matthews, double in the fifth off Luther Hackman, homer in the fifth off Gene Stechschulte and a triple in the seventh off Andy Benes.Rajan Greg https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/Minute-Maid-Park-s-most-memorable-Jeff-Bagwell-s-14108735.php Minute Maid Park's most memorable: Jeff Bagwell's cycle Houston Chronicle July 22, 2019 July 13, 2025 It was the Astros' first cycle since former teammate Andújar Cedeño at The Astrodome on August 25, 1992, and Biggio hit the next on April 8, 2002.Young Matt https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/houston-astros-history-players-hit-for-the-cycle-18335801.php Details behind each player who has hit for the cycle in Astros franchise history Houston Chronicle July 22, 2024 July 12, 2025 With 11 extra-base hits, the Astros tied the franchise record set the year prior in a game against the Cubs.https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/07/18/Houston-17-St-Louis-11/3914995428800/ Houston 17, St. Louis 11 United Press International July 18, 2001 August 29, 2025 The two clubs combined for 14 runs in the fifth inning: St. Louis scored six to erase a 6–2 deficit, and in the bottom of the inning, Houston tallied eight to take the lead for good. Meanwhile, Alou also homered among three hits to extend the 23rd consecutive and final game of his hitting streak, tying Ichiro Suzuki for longest in the majors that year, and tying Art Howe (1981) and Luis Gonzalez (1997) for the-second longest in club history. Teammate Tony Eusebio had hit in 24 consecutive the year prior to establish the club record at the time.Clack https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2012/5/8/3002499/astros-history-a-30-game-hitting-streak-in-2006 Astros History: A 30-game hitting streak in 2006 The Crawfish Boxes SB Nation May 8, 2012 August 29, 2025 Rest of July With an opportunity to extend his hitting streak on the line on July 19, Alou fouled off three pitches during his final at bat in the ninth inning before drawing a walk to close out an 0-for-3 performance, falling one short of the club record. During the streak, Alou stroked 34 hits over 82 at-bats (.415 average). Also, he cranked six homers, six doubles, piling on a staggering 22 RBI, with a stout .707 slugging percentage, and .489 on-base percentage (OBP)l. On July 20, Orlando Merced, pinch hitting for starter Tim Redding trailing 2–0 during the bottom of the fifth inning, belted a grand slam off Jon Lieber. Three batters later, Craig Biggio sprinted home on a wild pitch. Ron Villone (fifth hold), Octavio Dotel (fourth hold), and Billy Wagner (21st save) each hurled a scoreless outing in relief, preserving the 5–2 lead over the Cubs. Redding (3–0) earned the victory. Dotel whiffed four hitters over two frames. Biggio (23) and Berkman (31) both doubled.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU200107200.shtml Chicago Cubs (2) vs Houston Astros (5) box score Baseball-Reference.com July 24, 2001 December 7, 2025 On July 28, Vinny Castilla blasted the eighth three-home run game in club history, while becoming the fifth Houston Astro to do so.Bagwell had realized the preceding three such outings for Houston, with the latter two arriving in 1999 (April 21 and June 9). Meanwhile, Berkman became the next Astro to connect for three home runs in one contest, on April 16, 2002. lower-alpha "Astros 3-home run games"https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/3-Home-Runs-In-A-Game.shtml 3 home runs in a game Baseball Almanac February 4, 2026 Castilla totaled five RBI on the day, during what was the first bout of the first-ever home day-night doubleheader in Pittsburgh Pirates' club history, the premier campaign at PNC Park, which drew 32,977 patrons. Castilla's massive bout would be upstaged by one Brian Giles, including a fourth inning catch over the left field wall that denied Castilla another home run. Castilla's third home run during the eighth inning led to the Astros scoring twice, and twice more in the ninth, mounting an 8–2 lead. However, the Pirates scored seven times in the bottom of the ninth, capped by Giles' walk-off grand slam off All-Star closer Billy Wagner that assured an 9–8 triumph for the Pirates.Doutrich Paul E. https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-28-2001-brian-giless-grand-slam-caps-off-pirates-unforgettable-comeback/ Brian Giles’s grand slam caps off Pirates’ unforgettable comeback Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) July 28, 2001 February 4, 2026 Bagwell was named NL Player of the Month for July after batting .333 with nine HR, breaking his own club record with 36 RBI in a month, exceeding 34 RBI in August 2000. The most recent Astro to receive the monthly accolade was Richard Hidalgo in the previous September, while Bagwell had last won for May 1996.This was Bagwell's club-record fifth Player of the Month Award.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/player_of_the_month_award.shtml MLB Player of the Month Award Baseball Almanac September 27, 2025 August While hitting his 32nd HR on August 19, 2001, against Pittsburgh, Bagwell collected his 100th RBI. It was the sixth consecutive season he reached at least 30 HR and 100 RBI, making him the eighth player in MLB history to achieve such a streak, and the only Houston player to do so. Five days later, also against Pittsburgh, he scored his 100th run, joining Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth as the only players in MLB history with six consecutive seasons of 30 homers, 100 RBI and 100 runs scored. On September 30 at Chicago, Bagwell walked for his 100th of the season, thus making him the only player in MLB history register six consecutive seasons of at least 30 HR, 100 RBI, 100 runs scored, and 100 walks. Starting August 30 to September 18, Oswalt tossed 24 consecutive scoreless innings before yielding a home run at Pacific Bell Park to Andrés Galarraga of the San Francisco Giants.https://www.mlb.com/player/roy-oswalt-400061 Roy Oswalt stats, age, position, height, weight, fantasy & news MLB.com September 10, 2025 Oswalt was recognized as the NL Rookie of the Month for August,First bestowed in 2001. lower-alpha "Rookie of the Month" the first Astro to win this award.https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mlb-rookies-of-the-month.shtml MLB Rookies of the Month Baseball-Reference.com September 21, 2025 Over six outings, all starts, Oswalt was 4–0 with a 1.99 earned run average and two complete games. He worked 45 1 3 innings, surrendered 31 hits, four home runs and five bases on balls, while whiffing 46. He also carried ratios of 0.794 walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) and 9.20 strikeouts to walks (K/BB)https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=oswalro01&year=2001&t=p Roy Oswalt 2001 pitching splits Baseball-Reference.com February 16, 2026 September—October Oswalt earned his first major league shutout on September 9, tossing it at home against the Milwuakee Brewers and striking out a career-high 12. On October 4, Barry Bonds hit his 70th home run of the season off Houston pitcher Wilfredo Rodríguez to tie Mark McGwire's single season home run record.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.10, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Having lost seven of their previous eight, on October 7, the Astros commenced the final day of the regular season just one win away from clinching their fourth NL Central division title in five years. Jeff Bagwell and Richard Hidalgo homered as Houston battered former teammate for Darryl Kile for 10 hits and 7 runs over 6 2 3 innings. Meanwhile, Houston starter Shane Reynolds stymied the Cardinals for just one run over 7 1 3 innings as the Astros triumphed, 9–2. The win evened Houston and St. Louis with identical 93–69 records for best in the National League; however, the Astros became the division champions by winning the season series, 9–7, from St. Louis.McTaggart Brian https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-final-day-playoff-clincher-games 5 times the Astros clinched a spot MLB.com September 27, 2023 August 29, 2025 Reynolds, who picked up his 14th victory of the season, also won the 100th of his career to lead Houston's clinching of the title, and became the first Astro to achieve this milestone since Mike Scott in 1989.Duarte Joseph Pittman Darrell Kerby Ray https://www.astrosdaily.com/history/20011007/index.html Astros capture division with win over Cards Astros regain championship Houston Chronicle; Astros Daily October 7, 2001 November 16, 2025 https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/08/17/who-won-the-nl-central-in-2001/amp/ Who won the NL Central in 2001? August 17, 2016 Performance overview The Astros received recognition as Organization of the Year by each of SportsTicker, Topps, Baseball America, and Baseball Weekly. With a 21-game improvement from the year prior, this Astros team set the franchise record for largest year-to-year margin, surpassing the 1997 to 1998 clubs, at 18 games. Having concluded the 2001 season with a 93–69 record, the Astros clinched the best record in the National League,https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2001.shtml 2001 National League team statistics Baseball-Reference.com April 20, 2026 for the second time in club history, and first time since 1980, also with 93 wins.https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1980.shtml 1980 National League team statistics Baseball-Reference.com April 20, 2026 This was the first of five consecutive seasons that the Astros won 84 or more games, establishing a then club-record. The Astros drew 2,904,277 fans, just short of repeating the three-million mark for a second consecutive season. At the time, their 2001 total still qualified as second-highest in club history. The Astros would next draw at least three million in 2004. Houston claimed their fourth NL Central division title, of a possible seven since the inception of the division in 1994.No division titles were awarded in 1994 due to the cancellation of that year's playoffs as a response to the players' strike. lower-alpha "1994 season" This remained the most division titles won by any team in the NL Central until 2005, when St. Louis claimed their fifth. The 2001 NL Central title was also the final division title that the Astros won while still in the National League, until 2017, as members of the American League West. In 2013, the club moved to the American League. Likewise, with manager Larry Dierker at the helm for each NL Central division title, he extended his club record. Later, A. J. Hinch matched Dierker for most playoff appearances as manager for the Astros, consisting of one American League (AL) Wild Card title (2015) and three AL West division titles (2017, 2018, and 2019). Lance Berkman established major league records for switch hitters with 94 extra-base hitshttps://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/extra_base_hits_records.shtml Extra base hits records Baseball Almanac December 24, 2025 and doubles (55),Remained the major league record until Brian Roberts collected 56 in 2009 (American League (AL)), situating Berkman as the NL single-season record-holder. For single seasons, switch-hitter, in the regular season, sorted by descending doubles.https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/baseball/player-batting-season-finder.cgi?request=1&order_by=b_doubles&bats=B Player batting season & career stats finder–baseball Stathead Sports Reference January 25, 2026 while becoming the 16th major leaguer to swat 55 doubles in one season.Only Joe Medwick authored more than one such season (1936, 1937). Number of seasons player meets criteria, in the regular season, requiring doubles ≥ 55, sorted by descending instances.https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/baseball/player-batting-season-finder.cgi?request=1&match=player_season_count&ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&cval%5B1%5D=55&cstat%5B1%5D=b_doubles Player batting season & career stats finder–baseball Stathead Sports Reference December 24, 2025 He led the major leagues in doubles, becoming the fifth Astro to headline the National League, and eighth instance overall. Astros antedating Berkman included Rusty Staub (1967), César Cedeño (twice, 1971 and 1972), fellow "Killer B's" Craig Biggio (thrice, 1994, 1998, and 1999) and Jeff Bagwell (1996).https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/2B_leagues.shtml Yearly league leaders & records for doubles Baseball-Reference.com October 19, 2025 Berkman's effort was second in club history to Biggio's 56 in 1999,https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/X1L_HOU.htm Houston Astros single-season leaders Retrosheet November 17, 2025 who preceded Berkman as the 13th player to pound at least 55 doubles. Having won the Gold Glove Award, Brad Ausmus was named for the first time in his career, as well as becoming Houston's first catcher to receive the award.https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/gold_glove_nl.shtml MLB Gold Glove Award winners—National League Baseball-Reference.com November 6, 2025 Roy Oswalt, who pitched 28 games including 20 starts in total as a first-year major leaguer, turned in a 2.73 earned run average (ERA). With a stellar 14–3 win–loss record, this set the franchise record for wins by a rookie pitcher.https://www.chron.com/sports/slideshow/roy-oswalt-timeline-17982.php Roy Oswalt timeline Houston Chronicle July 29, 2010 August 29, 2025 Hence, Oswalt was recognized with The Sporting News NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award, the third Astros rookie pitcher named accordingly,lower-alpha "Sporting News Rookies" succeeding Tom Griffin in 1969 and Al Osuna in 1991,https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_snrp.shtml Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award Baseball Almanac September 28, 2025 and was the seventh Astros rookie overall.Astros positions players included Joe Morgan (1965), Greg Gross (1974), Jeffrey Leonard (1979), and Bagwell (1991). lower-alpha "Astros TSN Rookie Award winners"https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_snrp2.shtml Rookie Player of the Year Award Baseball Almanac September 24, 2025 Octavio Dotel established a then-club record for strikeouts by a relief pitcher, whiffing 145 over 105 innings pitched (IP), along with a 2.66 ERA, 7–5 record, and two saves. Billy Wagner, the previous held the team record-holder, did so by fanning 124 in 1999. Dotel became the third reliever in team history to obtain 100 strikeouts, joining Danny Darwin (1989), Xavier Hernandez (1993), and Wagner (1997 and 1999).For single seasons up to 2001, at least 80% games in relief, playing for HOU, in the regular season, requiring strikeouts ≥ 100, sorted by descending player name.https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/baseball/player-pitching-season-finder.cgi?request=1&order_by=name_display_csk&year_max=2001&games_started=60&role=reliever&games_relieved=80&ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&cval%5B1%5D=100&cstat%5B1%5D=p_so&team_id=HOU Player pitching & career stats finder—baseball Stathead Sports Reference August 8, 2026 Dotel's stood as the team record until 2004, when Brad Lidge set a new National League record with 157 strikeouts. League standings Houston Astros Record versus opponents National League border:1px solid #aaa HOU Transactions July 9, 2001: Charlie Hayes was released by the Houston Astros. Roster 2001 Houston Astros Roster Pitchers 27 Pedro Astacio 47 Kent Bottenfield 41 Nelson Cruz 29 Octavio Dotel 50 Scott Elarton 53 Wayne Franklin 55 Carlos Hernández 38 Mike Jackson 42 José Lima 36 Scott Linebrink 58 Jim Mann 59 Tony McKnight 52 Wade Miller 23 Dave Mlicki 44 Roy Oswalt 45 Brian Powell 39 Jay Powell 51 Tim Redding 37 Shane Reynolds 45,66 Wilfredo Rodríguez 58 Joe Slusarski 35 Ricky Stone 39 Ron Villone 13 Billy Wagner 43 Mike Williams Catchers 11 Brad Ausmus 20 Tony Eusebio 21 Scott Servais Infielders  5 Jeff Bagwell  7 Craig Biggio 19 Vinny Castilla  3 Adam Everett 14 Charlie Hayes 22 Mendy López  4 Julio Lugo  6 Chris Truby 10 José Vizcaíno Outfielders 18 Moisés Alou 24 Glen Barker 17 Lance Berkman 15 Richard Hidalgo 16 Orlando Merced 31 Daryle Ward Other batters  1 Keith Ginter 28 Bill Spiers Manager 49 Larry Dierker Coaches 25 José Cruz (first base)  9 Mike Cubbage (third base)  8 Matt Galante (bench) 48 Burt Hooton (pitching) 12 Harry Spilman (hitting) 30 John Tamargo (bullpen) Major League Baseball draft 2001 Major League Baseball draft Houston Astros 2001 MLB draft selections Rd. Round Slot Draftee Position Position drafted as School Origin Birthplace by U.S. state, Canadian province, or nationality Signed Signing status Notes Bio Biography & career statistics 1 10 Chris Burke baseball 4 Second baseman Tennessee Kentucky Y MLB debut on July 4, 2004 for Houston "MLB" https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burkech01.shtml Chris Burke stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more Baseball Reference September 12, 2026 2 54 Mike Rodríguez 1 O Outfielder Miami • 2001 Florida Y https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rodrig005mic Mike Rodríguez minor, fall & independent leagues statistics Baseball Reference October 5, 2026 3 86 Kirk Saarloos 1 Right-handed pitcher Cal State Fullerton • 2001 California Y MLB debut on June 18, 2002 for Houston "MLB" https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saarlki01.shtml Kirk Saarloos stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more Baseball-Reference.com August 29, 2025 4 116 Philip Barzilla 1.1 Left-handed pitcher Rice Texas Y MLB debut on June 11, 2006 for Houston "MLB" https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barziph01.shtml Philip Barzilla stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more Baseball Reference October 6, 2026 Sources:https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?team_ID=HOU&year_ID=2001&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year&from_type_4y=0&from_type_jc=0&from_type_unk=0&from_type_hs=0 2001 Houston Astros picks in the MLB June amateur draft Baseball Reference September 12, 2026 Player statistics Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Brad Ausmus 128 422 98 .232 5 34 1B Jeff Bagwell 161 600 173 .288 39 130 2B Craig Biggio 155 617 180 .292 20 70 SS Julio Lugo 140 513 135 .263 10 37 3B Vinny Castilla 122 445 120 .270 23 82 LF Lance Berkman 156 577 191 .331 34 126 CF Richard Hidalgo 146 512 141 .275 19 80 RF Moisés Alou 136 513 170 .331 27 108 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI José Vizcaíno 107 256 71 .277 1 14 Daryle Ward 95 213 56 .263 9 39 Tony Eusebio 59 154 39 .253 5 14 Orlando Merced 94 137 36 .263 6 29 Chris Truby 48 136 28 .206 8 23 Charlie Hayes 31 50 10 .200 0 4 Glen Barker 70 24 2 .083 0 1 Scott Servais 11 16 6 .375 0 0 Mendy López 10 15 4 .267 1 3 Bill Spiers 4 3 1 .333 0 0 Adam Everett 9 3 0 .000 0 0 Keith Ginter 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Wade Miller 32 212.0 16 8 3.40 183 Shane Reynolds 28 182.2 14 11 4.34 102 Roy Oswalt 28 141.2 14 3 2.73 144 Scott Elarton 20 109.2 4 8 7.14 76 Pedro Astacio 4 28.2 2 1 3.14 19 Tony McKnight 3 18.0 1 0 4.00 10 Carlos Hernández 3 17.2 1 0 1.02 17 Brian Powell 1 3.0 0 1 18.00 3 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Dave Mlicki 19 86.2 7 3 5.09 49 Ron Villone 31 68.0 5 7 5.56 65 Tim Redding 13 55.2 3 1 5.50 55 José Lima 14 53.0 1 2 7.30 41 Kent Bottenfield 13 52.0 2 5 6.40 39 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Billy Wagner 64 2 5 39 2.73 79 Mike Jackson 67 5 3 4 4.70 46 Nelson Cruz 66 3 3 2 4.15 75 Octavio Dotel 61 7 5 2 2.66 145 Jay Powell 35 2 2 0 3.72 28 Mike Williams 25 4 0 0 4.03 16 Wayne Franklin 11 0 0 0 6.75 9 Scott Linebrink 9 0 0 0 2.61 9 Joe Slusarski 8 0 1 0 9.00 6 Ricky Stone 6 0 0 0 2.35 4 Jim Mann 4 0 0 0 3.38 5 Wilfredo Rodríguez 2 0 0 0 15.00 3 National League Divisional Playoffs 2001 National League Division Series Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves Atlanta wins the series, 3-0 GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries1Houston4Atlanta7October 91-0 (ATL)2Houston0Atlanta1October 102-0 (ATL)3Atlanta6Houston2October 123-0 (ATL) Awards and achievements Grand slams No. Number Date Astros batter Venue Inning Pitcher Opposing team Box Box score 1 April 3OD Opening Day Daryle Ward1stGS 1st MLB grand slam Enron Field 3 Jimmy Haynes Milwaukee Brewers 2 April 27 Julio Lugo1stGS 4tiedlead Tied score or took lead Brad Penny Florida Marlins 3 May 6 Jeff Bagwell Olympic Stadium 6 Anthony Telford Montreal Expos 4 May 21 Enron Field 3tiedlead Adam Eaton pitcher San Diego Padres 5 June 3 Vinny Castilla 3 Éric Gagné Los Angeles Dodgers 6 June 14 Lance Berkman1stGS Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 7 Héctor Carrasco Minnesota Twins 7 July 20 Orlando MercedPinch hitter Enron Field 5tiedlead Jon Lieber Chicago Cubs Career honors Houston Baseball Writers Lifetime Achievement Award: Craig F. Cullinan Jr. Annual awards 2001 Houston Astros award winners Name of award Recipient Ref. References Baseball America Organization of the Year Houston Astros https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_org.shtml MLB Organization of the Year Award by Baseball America Baseball Almanac October 24, 2025 Baseball Digest Rookie All-Star Starting pitcher Roy Oswalt Fred Hartman Award for Long and Meritorious Service to Baseball Wayne Graham McTaggart Brian http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091116&content_id=7674760&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou Bourn highlights Astros' awards season December 21, 2009 MLB.com November 5, 2025 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101208131739/http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091116&content_id=7674760&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou December 8, 2010 Gold Glove Award Catcher Brad Ausmus https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_ggca.shtml Gold Glove catchers Baseball Almanac October 24, 2025 Houston-Area Major League Player of the Year NYY Roger Clemens Houston Astros Most Valuable Player (MVP) Lance Berkman https://thebaseballcube.com/content/awards/HOU-POY/ Houston Astros Player of the Year The Baseball Cube August 24, 2025 Pitcher of the Year Wade Miller Rookie of the Year Roy Oswalt MLB All-Star Game Reserve outfielder Moisés Alou Lance Berkman Reserve pitcher Billy Wagner National League (NL) Pitcher of the Month April Wade Miller National League (NL) Player of the Month July Jeff Bagwell National League (NL) Player of the Week June 24 Lance Berkmanlower-alpha Co-winner with Luis Gonzalez of the Arizona Diamondbacks. "Player of the Week" National League (NL) Rookie of the Monthlower-alpha "Rookie of the Month" August Roy Oswalt The Sporting News NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year:lower-alpha "Sporting News Rookies" Roy Oswalt Topps All-Star Rookie Team Right-handed pitcher Roy Oswalt Gonos David https://davidgonos.com/every-topps-all-star-rookie-cup-winner-in-baseball-card-history/ All Topps All-Star Rookie Cup winners in baseball card history DavidGonos.com January 30, 2025 September 19, 2026 Other awards results Name of award Voting recipient(s) (Team) Ref. References NL Cy Young 1st—R. Johnson (ARI) • 5th—Oswalt (HOU) https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2001.shtml 2001 awards voting Baseball-Reference.com May 1, 2026 NL Most Valuable Player 1st—Bonds (SFG) • 5th—Berkman (HOU) • 7th—Bagwell (HOU) Other Astros: 14th—Alou • 22nd—Oswalt NL Manager of the Year 1st—Bowa (PHI) • 5th—Dierker (HOU) NL Rookie of the Year 1st—Pujols (STL) • 2nd—Oswalt (HOU) League leaders NL batting leaders Doubles: Lance Berkman (55—led MLB) Hit by pitch: Craig Biggio (28—led MLB) NL pitching leaders Winning percentage: Roy Oswalt (.824) Milestones Major League debuts Player—Appeared at position Roy Oswalt, relief pitcher Date and opponent May 6 at Montreal Box Box score Also: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2001-debuts.shtml 2001 Major League Baseball new debuts Baseball-Reference.com October 16, 2026 Minor league system Minor League Baseball AAA New Orleans Zephyrs Pacific Coast League Tony Peña AA Round Rock Express Texas League Jackie Moore A Michigan Battle Cats Midwest League John Massarelli A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Joe Cannon A-Short Season Pittsfield Astros New York–Penn League Iván DeJesús Rookie Martinsville Astros Appalachian League Jorge Orta Championships Pacific Coast League champions:https://www.mlb.com/milb/history/champions-by-league Champions by league Minnor League Baseball November 1, 2025 New OrleansCo-champions with the Tacoma Rainiers. South Atlantic League champions: LexingtonCo-champions with the Asheville Tourists. Awards All-Star Futures Gamehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/laneja01.shtml Jason Lane stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more Baseball-Reference.com July 5, 2026—Outfielder: Jason Lane Double-A All-Star Team:https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/awards/AA-AS/ Double-A All-Stars The Baseball Cube September 10, 2025 Outfielder: Jason Lane Pitcher: Tim Redding Houston Astros Minor League Player of the Year:https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/awards/HOU-Minor/ Houston Astros Minor League Player of the Year The Baseball Cube August 21, 2025 Jason Lane Pacific Coast League All-Star: Jim Mann, RHPhttps://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/awards/PCL-AS/ Pacific Coast League All-Stars The Baseball Cube August 29, 2025 Texas League All-Star:https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/awards/Tex-AS/ Texas League All-Stars The Baseball Cube August 29, 2025 Second baseman: Dave Matranga Outfielder: Jason Lane Pitcher: Carlos Hernández Pitcher: Tim Redding Texas League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP): Jason Lane, OFhttps://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/awards/Tex-POY/ Texas League Player of the Year The Baseball Cube August 29, 2025 Texas League Pitcher of the Year: Tim Redding, RHPhttps://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/awards/Tex-Pitcher/ Texas League Pitcher of the Year The Baseball Cube August 29, 2025 Triple-A All-Star Team—Pitcher:https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/awards/AAA-As/ Triple-A All-Stars The Baseball Cube August 29, 2025 Jim Mann Summary Lexington Legends' combined no-hitter On July 30, 2001, Derek Stanford, Chris George and Kirk Saarloos pitched a combined no-hitter for the Lexington Legends, an expansion team in their inaugural season.Cox Zack https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-37751804 Legends' Devenski fans 16 in no-hitter: Astros prospect allows one baserunner in 13th career start MiLB.com September 1, 2012 April 4, 2026 Saarloos was Houston's third-round amateur draftee during the preceding month. See also Texas Baseball List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders List of Major League Baseball doubles records List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason streaks List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle List of Major League Baseball postseason sweeps List of Major League Baseball tie-breakers Notes MLB References External links 2001 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference Category:Houston Astros seasons Houston Astros Season, 2001 Category:National League Central champion seasons Category:2001 in sports in Texas Category:2001 in Houston