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1986 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987)
96-66, Finished 1st in NL West
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Scored 654 runs, Allowed 569 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71
Manager: Hal Lanier (96-66)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,734,276 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
Postseason:  Lost NL Championship Series (4-2) to New York Mets
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1985 / 1987 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR Salary
Larry Andersen 33 R R 6' 3" 205 May 6, 1953 9 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $60,000.00
Alan Ashby 34 B R 6' 2" 190 Jul 8, 1951 14 120 86 120 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 $525,000.00
Mark Bailey 24 B R 6' 5" 195 Nov 4, 1961 3 57 45 57 53 0 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Kevin Bass 27 B R 6' 0" 183 May 12, 1959 5 157 154 157 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 41 133 155 3 0 $310,000.00 All-Star
Eric Bullock 26 L L 5' 11" 185 Feb 16, 1960 2 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0
Jeff Calhoun 28 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 11, 1958 3 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $95,000.00
Jose Cruz 38 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 8, 1947 17 141 131 141 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 134 10 0 $755,000.00
Danny Darwin 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 25, 1955 9 12 8 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Davis 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 28, 1961 3 158 156 158 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $120,000.00 All-Star
Jim Deshaies 26 L L 6' 4" 220 Jun 23, 1960 3 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $65,000.00
Frank DiPino 29 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 22, 1956 6 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $280,000.00
Bill Doran 28 B R 5' 11" 175 May 28, 1958 5 145 143 145 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $550,000.00
Dan Driessen 34 L R 5' 11" 190 Jul 29, 1951 14 17 4 17 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Tom Funk 24 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 13, 1962 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ty Gainey 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Dec 25, 1960 2 26 12 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 3 19 8 0
Phil Garner 37 R R 5' 10" 177 Apr 30, 1949 14 107 80 107 90 0 0 0 7 84 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 $600,000.00
Billy Hatcher 25 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 4, 1960 3 127 101 127 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 95 9 121 5 9 $80,000.00
Manny Hernandez 25 R R 6' 0" 150 May 7, 1961 1st 9 4 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Keough 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1955 9 10 5 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Kerfeld 22 R R 6' 6" 225 Sep 28, 1963 2 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $65,000.00
Bob Knepper 32 L L 6' 2" 200 May 25, 1954 11 42 38 42 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $1,000,000.00
Mark Knudson 25 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 28, 1960 2 9 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davey Lopes 41 R R 5' 9" 170 May 3, 1945 15 37 22 37 24 0 0 0 0 5 0 9 10 1 19 12 2
Aurelio Lopez 37 R R 6' 0" 220 Sep 21, 1948 10 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $223,275.00
Mike Madden 28 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 13, 1958 4 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louie Meadows 25 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 29, 1961 1st 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
John Mizerock 25 L R 5' 11" 190 Dec 8, 1960 3 44 30 44 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $60,000.00
Rafael Montalvo 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 31, 1964 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Pankovits 30 R R 5' 10" 195 Aug 6, 1955 3 70 17 70 32 0 1 0 26 0 0 5 0 0 5 44 1 $85,000.00
Bert Pena 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 11, 1959 5 15 9 15 13 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 2 1
Terry Puhl 29 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1956 10 81 39 81 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 42 47 35 1 $850,000.00
Craig Reynolds 33 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 12 114 78 114 107 1 0 5 0 4 98 1 0 1 2 25 0 $416,667.00
Nolan Ryan HOF 39 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 31, 1947 20 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,125,000.00
Mike Scott 31 R R 6' 3" 215 Apr 26, 1955 8 38 37 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $666,667.00 All-Star
Dave Smith 31 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1955 7 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $650,000.00 All-Star
Julio Solano 26 R R 6' 1" 160 Jan 8, 1960 4 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dickie Thon 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 20, 1958 8 106 76 106 104 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 24 1 $600,000.00
Tony Walker 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 1, 1959 1st 84 18 84 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 69 8 26
Denny Walling 32 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 17, 1954 12 130 88 130 111 0 0 4 0 102 0 6 0 5 11 37 0 $366,667.00
Robbie Wine 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 13, 1962 1st 9 1 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1985 / 1987 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played