Astros 2012 Minor League Season By The Numbers

Just a few numbers of note from the Astros 2012 minor league season.

.536 – Slugging percentage for RF Domingo Santana (Hi-A Lancaster)

.464 – On-base percentage for SS Nolan Fontana (Lo-A Lexington)

65 – Number of walks drawn by SS Nolan Fontana in 49 games

.358 – Batting average for New York-Penn League batting champ C Tyler Heineman (SSA Tri-City)

161 – Number of hits by IF/OF Jimmy Paredes (AAA Oklahoma City)

39 – Number of doubles hit by OF Brandon Barnes before his major league call-up (AA-Corpus Christi & AAA-Oklahoma City)

10 – Number of triples hit by OF George Springer (Lancaster/Corpus Christi)

108 – RBI by 1B Erik Castro (Lancaster) and by 1B Zach Johnson (Lexington)

113 – Runs scored by 2B Delino DeShields (Lexington/Lancaster)

101 – Bases stolen by 2B Delino DeShields (Lexington/Lancaster)

88 – Walks taken by 1B Jon Singleton (Corpus Christi)

35 – Home runs hit by 1B Mike Hessman (Oklahoma City)

29 – Home runs hit by OF/DH Telvin Nash (Lancaster)

198 – Strikeouts by OF/DH Telvin Nash (Lancaster)

41 – Number of times 3B Matt Duffy (Lexington) was hit by pitches

2.75 – Team ERA from the Tri-City Short Season A staff

1.170 – Team WHIP from the Tri-City staff

14 – Wins by RHP Mike Foltynewicz (Lexington)

5 – Wins in 2011 by RHP Mike Foltynewicz

14 – Wins by RHP Bobby Doran (Lancaster/Corpus Christi)

1 – Wins in 2011 by RHP Bobby Doran

166 – Number of batters struck out by RHP Nick Tropeano (Lexington/Lancaster)

719 – Number of batters faced by RHP Ross Seaton (Corpus Christi/Oklahoma City) and by LHP Brett Oberholtzer (Corpus Christi/Oklahoma City)

0.627 – WHIP by LHP Kenny Long (Tri-City/Lancaster) in 29 relief appearances

15.3 – Strikeouts per nine innings by LHP Kenny Long (Tri-City/Lancaster)

6.56 – Strikeout-to-walk rate by RHP Aaron West (Tri-City)

0.957 – WHIP by RHP Aaron West (Tri-City) in 12 starts

0.960 – WHIP by West’s teammate LHP Brian Holmes (Tri-City) in 13 appearances/12 starts

0.2 – Home runs allowed per nine innings by RHP Jarred Cosart (Corpus Christi/Oklahoma City)

27 – Saves by RHP Jason Stoffel (Corpus Christi)

0.983 – WHIP by RHP Jason Stoffel (Corpus Christi) in 56 appearances

1 – Complete game no-hitter by RHP Chris Devenski (Lexington)

41 – Number of Houston draft picks

31 – Number of draft picks signed

19 – Number out of the top 20 of draft picks signed

6 – Number of prior year first round draft picks obtained by Houston in trades

+1022 – The swing in cumulative run differential for all teams from 2011 (-761) to 2012 (+261)

102 – The increase in cumulative wins from 2011 to 2012 (from .408 to .527 win percentage)

+264 – The swing in run differential for the Corpus Christi AA team from 2011 (-156) to 2012 (+108)

31 – The increase in wins for the Corpus Christi team from 2011 to 2012 (from .357 to .579 win percentage)

.671 – Win percentage for the Tri-City team

4 – Houston’s rank in cumulative win percentage among 30 minor league systems in 2012

30 – Houston’s rank in cumulative win percentage among 30 minor league systems in 2011

8 – Number of Astros minor league affiliates

0 – Number of Astros minor league affiliates with .500 or better records in 2011

6 – Number of Astros minor league affiliates with .500 or better records in 2012

3 – Number of Astros minor league affiliates advancing to the playoffs (Corpus Christi, Lancaster, Tri-City)

2 – Number of Astros minor league affiliates advancing to the finals (Lancaster, Tri-City)

1 – Number of Astros minor league affiliates winning a League Championship Series (Lancaster)

1 – Number of very, very happy Astros minor league bloggers

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