| 2007 Houston Astros | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | National League | |
| Division | Central | |
| Ballpark | Minute Maid Park | |
| City | Houston, Texas | |
| Record | 73–89 (.451) | |
| Divisional place | 4th | |
| Owners | Drayton McLane, Jr. | |
| General managers | Tim Purpura, Tal Smith, Ed Wade | |
| Managers | Phil Garner Cecil Cooper | |
| Television | FSN Houston KNWS-TV (Ch. 51) Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies | |
| Radio | KTRH Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond KLAT (Spanish) | |
| Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 2007 Houston Astros season was the 46th season in team history. After finishing 1½ games behind for the National League Central to the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, the Astros elected to a select amount of subtractions and additions to compete. Jeff Bagwell (who had shoulder problems that had him play his last game in 2005) retired after the Astros declined to pick up his $18 million club option for 2007, instead buying it out for $7 million. Pitchers Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens both filed for free agency on November 6 and re-joined the New York Yankees. To make up for losing those key players, they signed pitcher Woody Williams, and traded with the Colorado Rockies for Jason Jennings and Miguel Asencio. The largest offseason move the Astros made was signing outfielder Carlos Lee to a 6-year contract worth $100 million, the most in franchise history.[1] On June 28, second baseman Craig Biggio achieved his 3,000th career hit. The club officially retired Bagwell's jersey number 5 on August 26. On September 30, Biggio played his last game as a major league player, having announced his retirement on July 24.