Another Minor League season is in the books... this was how the Houston Astros organization fared. The Astros' nine minor league affiliates combined to go 462-429, giving the system a .519 winning percentage. Corpus Christi and Lancaster made the playoffs in their respective leagues. Fresno The Grizzlies finished 73-70, which put them in third place in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Northern Division. Corpus Christi Corpus finished with a record of 85-55, giving them the best record in the Texas League. However, they lost in the first round of the playoffs to Midland. Lancaster The JetHawks finished 35-35 in the first half in the California League South, but they topped the division with a 42-28 mark to clinch a wild-card spot for the playoffs. Lancaster defeated Rancho Cucamonga in the mini-series before bowing out to High Desert in 4 games. Quad Cities At 61-78, the River Bandits had the worst record among the full-season affiliates. They finished 7th in an eight-team division. In the first half, they went 31-38, putting them in last place in the Midwest League's West division. The Banditos went 30-40 in the second half. Tri-City The ValleyCats went 38-38, which put them in third place in the New York Penn League's Stedler Division, nine games out of first. Greeneville The Appy Astros finished 33-34, putting them in third place in the Appalachian League West division, 5.5 games out. GCL The Kissimmee Stros brought up the rear in the GCL East division with a 22-31 record. DSL The Blue team finished in third place in the DSL Northwest with a 42-23 record, while the Orange team finished with a 31-37 record, good for fourth in the DSL Northeast. And now, here are the system's statistical leaders in 2016.... Stats are from Baseball Reference. Position Players Games played: Nick Tanielu, 130 Plate appearances: D.J. Fisher, 566 At-bats: Tanielu, 508 Hits: Tanielu, 145 Doubles: J.D. Davis, 34 Triples: Bobby Boyd, 10 Home runs: J.D. Davis and Jason Martin, 23 apiece RBI: Davis, 81 Runs scored: Ramon Laureano, 89 Stolen bases: Laureano, 43 Caught stealing: Teoscar Hernandez, 15 (34 SB) Walks: D.J. Fisher and Jon Singleton, 83 Strikeouts: Fisher, 154 Average (among full-season players with 100+ games played): Laureano, .316 On-base percentage (among full-season players with 100+ games played): Laureano, .428 Slugging percentage (among full-season players with 100+ games played): Drew Ferguson, .542 OPS (among full-season players with 100+ games played): Laureano, .955 Most times hit by pitch: Laureano and Ferguson were both hit by pitches 13 times. Pitchers Appearances: Brendan McCurry, 56 Games started: Mike Hauschild, 24 Innings pitched: Hauschild, 139.2 Wins: César Valdez and Brady Rodgers, 12 Losses: Yoanys Quiala, 12 ERA among relievers: James Hoyt, 1.64 in 49 appearances ERA among starters: David Paulino, 2.00 in 15 starts Complete games: Brady Rodgers and Jose Luis Hernandez, 2 Complete-game shutouts: 7 pitchers each had one. Saves: Hoyt, 29 Hits allowed: César Valdez, 143 Runs allowed: Brock Dykxhoorn, 81 Earned runs allowed: Dykxhoorn, 69 Walks: Albert Abreu, 58; he was the only pitcher in the entire system to issue more than 50 walks this season. Strikeouts: Rogelio Armenteros, 140 WHIP among relievers: Hoyt, 0.87 WHIP among starters: David Paulino, 1.01 in 15 starts Walks per 9 innings: César Valdez, 0.8 Strikeouts per 9 innings: Hoyt, 15.2 Strikeout-to-walk ratio: César Valdez, 8.77 (Joe Musgrove was 2nd at 8.7) In my next post I'll take a look at the 2016 draft class.
Are those stats you listed available for free for the unwashed masses? I'm most interested in the top ten in OPS.
