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2006 Houston Astros season

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Record
  
82–80 (.506)

Owner(s)
  
Drayton McLane, Jr.

Manager(s)
  
Phil Garner

Divisional place
  
2nd

General manager(s)
  
Tim Purpura

Local television
  
KNWS-TV FSN Southwest (Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)

The 2006 season was the 45th season for the Houston Astros. The 2006 Astros finished in second place in the National League Central with a record of 82–80, 1½ games behind the eventual World Champion St. Louis Cardinals, after losing 3–1 to the Braves at Atlanta on the final day of the season. As a result, they missed the playoffs for the first time since 2003.

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Transactions

  • March 30, 2006: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Houston Astros from the Seattle Mariners.
  • July 12, 2006: Aubrey Huff was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with cash to the Houston Astros for Ben Zobrist and Mitch Talbot (minors).

    • Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Corpus Christi

    References

    2006 Houston Astros season Wikipedia
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