Given the chance to play regularly, the Florida product exceeded expectations in 2010 with a .308 average and 11 homers but he fell back the next season and found himself behind Jimmy Paredes at third base by the end of the year.

Stats

Batting          G     AB    R   H   2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO   SB  CS   AVG   SLG   OBA   OPS
2009             11    22    1    2   0   0   0    1    1    6    0   0  .091  .091  .130  .221
2010             94   341   40  105  22   2  11   52   15   91    3   0  .308  .481  .337  .818
2011            107   378   32   95  21   3   7   42   16   97    2   2  .251  .378  .291  .670
Totals          212   741   73  202  43   5  18   95   32  194    5   2  .273  .417  .308  .725

Astros Trades & Transactions

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This Date in Astros History

Feb 25, 2009 - Third base prospect Chris Johnson mashes a home run estimated at up to 600 feet in the 6-3 victory over the Washington Nationals that opens the spring schedule. Reclamation projects Mike Hampton and Russ Ortiz get off to good starts, each tossing a pair of shutout innings. It will be three weeks before they win another Grapefruit League game.
Aug 24, 2010 - Chris Johnson gets his fourth single of the night to drive in Hunter Pence with the winning run in a 4-2, 16-inning marathon at Philadelphia. Carlos Lee's two-run blast gives Houston the lead until Jimmy Rollins homers with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The Phillies insert former Astro Roy Oswalt in left field after Ryan Howard is ejected in the 14th. Oswalt comes to bat as the last hope in the 16th before tapping out to third. The surprising Astros sweep the Phils and push all the way to third in the division before a late swoon leaves them with a 76-86 record and a fourth place finish.