2001 Season Review -- 2001 Houston Astros
February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Houston Astros performed relative
to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams,
more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the
stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 844 847
Runs allowed 800 769
Run Margin 44 78
Wins 88 93
Pythagorean wins 85 89
Placement 2nd 1st (tie)
Position Players
Brad Ausmus, c , bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 453 124 25 6 10 68 51 9 58 2 76 10 5 .274 .366 .422 .788 70
Prorated Hou 398 109 22 5 9 60 45 8 51 2 67 9 4 62
Actual Hou 422 98 23 4 5 45 34 1 30 6 64 4 1 .232 .284 .341 .625 39
Tony Eusebio, c , bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 86 23 5 0 2 9 12 1 10 1 17 0 0 .267 .351 .395 .746 12
Prorated Hou 154 41 9 0 4 16 22 2 18 2 30 0 0 21
Actual Hou 154 39 8 0 5 16 14 3 17 3 34 0 0 .253 .339 .403 .742 22
Scott Servais, c , bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 68 16 3 0 1 6 7 1 5 1 9 0 0 .235 .297 .324 .621 6
Prorated Hou 16 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
Actual Hou 16 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 .375 .444 .375 .819 3
Jeff Bagwell, 1b, bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 536 163 35 1 42 138 119 12 111 11 105 14 8 .304 .430 .608 1.038 144
Prorated Hou 578 176 38 1 45 149 128 13 120 12 113 15 9 155
Actual Hou 600 173 43 4 39 126 130 6 106 5 135 11 3 .288 .397 .568 .966 138
Craig Biggio, 2b, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 564 163 39 3 16 109 65 17 78 7 98 25 8 .289 .389 .454 .842 107
Prorated Hou 604 175 42 3 17 117 70 18 84 8 105 27 9 114
Actual Hou 617 180 35 3 20 118 70 28 66 4 100 7 4 .292 .382 .455 .838 112
Mendy Lopez, 2b, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 70 19 4 1 2 9 8 0 4 0 13 0 0 .271 .311 .443 .754 10
Prorated Hou 17 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2
Actual Hou 15 4 0 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 .267 .389 .467 .856 3
Prorated Pit 45 12 3 1 1 6 5 0 3 0 8 0 0 6
Actual Pit 43 10 3 1 0 5 4 0 4 1 16 0 0 .233 .292 .349 .641 5
Prorated Tot 62 17 4 1 2 8 7 0 4 0 11 0 0 9
Actual Tot 58 14 3 1 1 8 7 1 6 1 20 0 0 .241 .318 .379 .697 8
Keith Ginter, 2b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 64 18 4 0 3 12 11 3 8 0 17 2 1 .281 .387 .484 .871 13
Prorated Hou 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual Hou 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Vinny Castilla, 3b, bats right, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tam 555 131 19 0 22 56 82 3 35 6 73 2 3 .236 .282 .389 .671 57
Prorated Tam 90 21 3 0 4 9 13 0 6 1 12 0 0 9
Actual Tam 93 20 6 0 2 7 9 1 3 0 22 0 0 .215 .247 .344 .592 7
Prorated Hou 448 106 15 0 18 45 66 2 28 5 59 2 2 46
Actual Hou 445 120 28 1 23 62 82 3 32 3 86 1 4 .270 .320 .492 .812 63
Prorated Tot 537 127 18 0 21 54 79 3 34 6 71 2 3 55
Actual Tot 538 140 34 1 25 69 91 4 35 3 108 1 4 .260 .308 .467 .775 69
Chris Truby, 3b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 500 124 26 5 17 60 77 4 23 2 85 9 3 .248 .281 .422 .703 58
Prorated Hou 141 35 7 1 5 17 22 1 6 1 24 3 1 16
Actual Hou 136 28 6 1 8 11 23 1 13 2 38 1 2 .206 .276 .441 .717 17
Charlie Hayes, 3b, bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 65 16 3 0 2 9 11 0 9 0 13 0 0 .246 .333 .385 .718 9
Prorated Hou 50 12 2 0 2 7 9 0 7 0 10 0 0 7
Actual Hou 50 10 2 0 0 4 4 0 7 1 16 0 0 .200 .293 .240 .533 4
Bill Spiers, 3b, bats left, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 122 35 6 1 2 17 14 0 16 1 13 3 1 .287 .370 .402 .771 19
Prorated Hou 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual Hou 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1
Julio Lugo, ss/lf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 593 168 31 6 13 108 56 4 52 0 115 35 15 .283 .344 .422 .766 86
Prorated Hou 531 150 28 5 12 97 50 4 47 0 103 31 13 77
Actual Hou 513 135 20 3 10 93 37 5 46 0 116 12 11 .263 .326 .372 .698 64
Jose Vizcaino, ss/2b/3b, bats switch, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 74 19 3 1 0 9 6 0 6 0 10 1 1 .257 .309 .324 .633 7
Prorated Hou 251 65 10 3 0 31 20 0 20 0 34 3 3 25
Actual Hou 256 71 8 3 1 38 14 2 15 0 33 3 2 .277 .322 .344 .666 28
Adam Everett, ss, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 64 13 3 0 1 11 6 1 8 0 13 2 1 .203 .297 .297 .594 6
Prorated Hou 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Hou 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Lance Berkman, lf/cf/rf, bats switch, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 504 143 33 2 27 96 99 2 87 4 98 12 5 .284 .387 .518 .905 104
Prorated Hou 578 164 38 2 31 110 114 2 100 5 112 14 6 119
Actual Hou 577 191 55 5 34 110 126 13 92 5 121 7 9 .331 .430 .620 1.051 158
Daryle Ward, lf/rf/1b, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 98 28 4 1 8 15 20 0 7 1 19 0 0 .286 .330 .592 .922 19
Prorated Hou 217 62 9 2 18 33 44 0 16 2 42 0 0 42
Actual Hou 213 56 15 0 9 21 39 1 19 4 48 0 0 .263 .323 .460 .783 32
Richard Hidalgo, cf/rf/lf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 573 165 42 3 38 108 114 15 65 3 107 12 7 .288 .370 .571 .941 122
Prorated Hou 513 148 38 3 34 97 102 13 58 3 96 11 6 110
Actual Hou 512 141 29 3 19 70 80 16 54 3 107 3 5 .275 .356 .455 .811 83
Glen Barker, cf, bats switch, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 80 19 3 0 2 14 8 1 8 0 18 9 3 .237 .315 .350 .665 10
Prorated Hou 26 6 1 0 1 5 3 0 3 0 6 3 1 3
Actual Hou 24 2 0 0 0 12 1 2 3 0 6 4 6 .083 .233 .083 .317 0
Moises Alou, rf, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 567 189 34 4 37 102 134 3 69 6 64 4 3 .333 .403 .603 1.006 133
Prorated Hou 508 169 30 4 33 91 120 3 62 5 57 4 3 119
Actual Hou 513 170 31 1 27 79 108 3 57 14 57 5 1 .331 .396 .554 .949 110
Orlando Merced, rf/lf, bats left, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Hou 68 18 4 0 3 8 11 0 7 0 9 0 0 .265 .333 .456 .789 10
Prorated Hou 139 37 8 0 6 16 22 0 14 0 18 0 0 20
Actual Hou 137 36 6 1 6 19 29 1 14 1 32 5 1 .263 .333 .453 .786 21
Pitchers
Wade Miller, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 5.21 3 3 1 1 0 19 20 3 8 15 .274 .829
Prorated Hou 31 31 10 10 0 197 208 31 83 156
Actual Hou 3.40 32 32 16 8 0 212 183 31 76 183 .234 .703
Shane Reynolds, starter, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 4.99 29 29 10 10 0 175 201 26 44 135 .290 .811
Prorated Hou 30 30 10 10 0 179 206 27 45 138
Actual Hou 4.34 28 28 14 11 0 183 208 24 36 102 .290 .787
Roy Oswalt, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 4.91 13 0 1 1 0 18 20 3 4 19 .278 .798
Prorated Hou 96 0 7 7 0 135 147 22 29 140
Actual Hou 2.73 28 20 14 3 0 142 126 13 24 144 .235 .634
Scott Elarton, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 4.44 32 32 13 10 0 207 197 28 85 163 .251 .753
Prorated Col 3 3 1 1 0 22 21 3 9 17
Actual Col 6.65 4 4 0 2 0 23 20 8 10 11 .233 .882
Prorated Hou 18 18 7 6 0 115 110 16 47 91
Actual Hou 7.14 20 20 4 8 0 110 126 26 49 76 .290 .864
Prorated Tot 21 21 9 7 0 137 131 19 56 108
Actual Tot 7.06 24 24 4 10 0 133 146 34 59 87 .280 .867
Dave Mlicki, starter/reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Det 5.30 32 32 10 12 0 187 221 22 69 95 .297 .821
Prorated Det 15 15 5 6 0 88 104 10 32 45
Actual Det 7.33 15 15 4 8 0 81 118 19 41 48 .348 1.026
Prorated Hou 15 15 5 5 0 85 101 10 32 44
Actual Hou 5.09 19 14 7 3 0 87 85 18 33 49 .260 .825
Prorated Tot 30 30 9 11 0 173 205 20 64 88
Actual Tot 6.17 34 29 11 11 0 168 203 37 74 97 .305 .927
Tim Redding, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Hou 5.50 13 9 3 1 0 56 62 11 24 55 .286 .867
Jose Lima, starter/reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 5.45 32 32 12 12 0 206 240 41 52 138 .291 .852
Prorated Hou 9 9 3 3 0 57 67 11 14 38
Actual Hou 7.30 14 9 1 2 0 53 77 12 16 41 .350 .982
Prorated Det 17 17 6 6 0 108 126 22 27 72
Actual Det 4.71 18 18 5 10 0 113 120 23 22 43 .274 .802
Prorated Tot 26 26 10 10 0 166 193 33 42 111
Actual Tot 5.54 32 27 6 12 0 166 197 35 38 84 .299 .863
Kent Bottenfield, starter/reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 5.25 27 27 9 9 0 158 167 25 69 110 .272 .820
Prorated Hou 9 9 3 3 0 53 56 8 23 37
Actual Hou 6.40 13 9 2 5 1 52 61 16 16 39 .288 .932
Pedro Astacio, starter, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 5.24 32 32 12 12 0 203 226 34 71 187 .284 .831
Prorated Col 22 22 8 8 0 140 156 23 49 129
Actual Col 5.49 22 22 6 13 0 141 151 21 50 125 .276 .819
Prorated Hou 4 4 2 2 0 26 29 4 9 24
Actual Hou 3.14 4 4 2 1 0 29 30 1 4 19 .280 .714
Prorated Tot 26 26 10 10 0 166 185 28 58 153
Actual Tot 5.09 26 26 8 14 0 170 181 22 54 144 .276 .802
Tony McKnight, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 6.11 3 3 1 1 0 18 20 3 6 10 .290 .858
Prorated Hou 3 3 1 1 0 18 21 3 6 10
Actual Hou 4.00 3 3 1 0 0 18 21 4 3 10 .288 .822
Prorated Pit 12 12 4 4 0 72 81 12 24 41
Actual Pit 5.19 12 12 2 6 0 69 88 15 21 36 .307 .880
Prorated Tot 15 15 5 5 0 90 102 15 30 51
Actual Tot 4.95 15 15 3 6 0 87 109 19 24 46 .303 .869
Carlos Hernandez, starter, throws left, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Hou 1.02 3 3 1 0 0 18 11 1 7 17 .177 .519
Brian Powell, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 6.75 4 4 1 2 0 21 24 4 9 11 .286 .870
Prorated Hou 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 2
Actual Hou 18.00 1 1 0 1 0 3 5 1 3 3 .357 1.256
Octavio Dotel, reliever/starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 5.31 32 32 7 18 0 185 178 37 96 213 .252 .826
Prorated Hou 17 17 4 9 0 97 94 19 51 112
Actual Hou 2.66 61 4 7 5 2 105 79 5 47 145 .205 .587
Nelson Cruz, reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 5.24 40 0 3 3 0 67 75 13 27 53 .284 .857
Prorated Hou 46 0 3 3 0 76 85 15 31 60
Actual Hou 4.15 66 0 3 3 2 82 72 11 24 75 .237 .718
Ron Villone, reliever/starter, throws left, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 6.43 5 5 2 2 0 28 32 4 16 18 .291 .869
Prorated Col 9 9 3 3 0 48 55 7 27 31
Actual Col 6.36 22 6 1 3 0 47 56 6 29 48 .295 .868
Prorated Hou 12 12 5 5 0 65 74 9 37 42
Actual Hou 5.56 31 6 5 7 0 68 77 12 24 65 .282 .821
Prorated Tot 20 20 8 8 0 113 129 16 64 72
Actual Tot 5.89 53 12 6 10 0 115 133 18 53 113 .287 .841
Mike Jackson, reliever, throws right, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 2.90 53 0 4 1 0 59 44 8 21 51 .209 .644
Prorated Hou 65 0 5 1 0 72 54 10 26 62
Actual Hou 4.70 67 0 5 3 4 69 68 14 22 46 .260 .774
Jay Powell, reliever, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 4.47 40 0 3 2 0 52 56 4 30 45 .276 .770
Prorated Hou 28 0 2 1 0 37 40 3 21 32
Actual Hou 3.72 35 0 2 2 0 36 41 4 19 28 .275 .764
Prorated Col 26 0 2 1 0 34 37 3 20 29
Actual Col 2.79 39 0 3 1 7 39 34 5 12 26 .245 .731
Prorated Tot 55 0 4 3 0 71 76 5 41 61
Actual Tot 3.24 74 0 5 3 7 75 75 9 31 54 .260 .749
Mike Williams, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Pit 4.08 70 0 3 6 26 71 66 10 41 74 .249 .765
Prorated Pit 41 0 2 3 15 41 38 6 24 43
Actual Pit 3.67 40 0 2 4 22 42 39 6 21 43 .244 .763
Prorated Hou 23 0 1 2 8 23 21 3 13 24
Actual Hou 4.03 25 0 4 0 0 22 21 3 14 16 .244 .812
Prorated Tot 63 0 3 5 24 64 60 9 37 67
Actual Tot 3.80 65 0 6 4 22 64 60 9 35 59 .244 .780
Wayne Franklin, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 5.61 34 4 2 3 0 51 60 8 24 43 .293 .870
Prorated Hou 9 1 1 1 0 13 15 2 6 11
Actual Hou 6.75 11 0 0 0 0 12 17 4 9 9 .333 1.022
Joe Slusarski, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Atl 4.48 44 4 5 5 0 92 104 13 28 63 .287 .814
Prorated Atl 3 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 2 4
Actual Atl 9.00 4 0 0 0 0 6 9 2 1 5 .346 .986
Prorated Hou 5 0 1 1 0 11 12 2 3 7
Actual Hou 9.00 8 0 0 1 0 10 16 2 3 6 .364 .964
Prorated Tot 8 1 1 1 0 17 20 2 5 12
Actual Tot 9.00 12 0 0 1 0 16 25 4 4 11 .357 .972
Scott Linebrink, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 5.92 23 0 2 2 0 38 44 9 17 31 .291 .905
Prorated Hou 6 0 1 1 0 10 11 2 4 8
Actual Hou 2.61 9 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 6 9 .176 .590
Ricky Stone, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Hou 2.35 6 0 0 0 0 8 8 1 2 4 .258 .722
Jim Mann, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 5.60 9 0 1 1 0 18 18 4 10 18 .265 .877
Prorated Hou 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 3 5
Actual Hou 3.38 4 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 4 5 .176 .568
Wilfredo Rodriguez, reliever, throws left, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Hou 15.00 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 1 3 .429 1.580
Billy Wagner, closer, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Hou 2.84 70 0 6 2 36 76 54 11 34 109 .199 .653
Prorated Hou 56 0 5 2 29 61 43 9 27 87
Actual Hou 2.73 64 0 2 5 39 63 44 5 20 79 .198 .603
Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond
Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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