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1987 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988

76-86, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hal Lanier (76-86)
Scored 648 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,909,902 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92

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1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Troy Afenir 23 R R 6' 4" 185 Sep 21, 1963 1st 10 5 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Juan Agosto 29 L L 6' 2" 190 Feb 23, 1958 7 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $100,000
Larry Andersen 34 R R 6' 3" 200 May 6, 1953 10 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $300,000
Alan Ashby 35 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 15 125 105 125 110 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 2.2 $575,000
Mark Bailey 25 B R 6' 5" 195 Nov 4, 1961 4 35 14 35 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.3 $
Kevin Bass 28 B R 6' 0" 183 May 12, 1959 6 157 154 157 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 155 2 0 2.7 $630,000
Dale Berra 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 13, 1956 11 19 16 19 19 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $62,500
Buddy Biancalana 27 B R 5' 11" 160 Feb 2, 1960 6 18 6 18 18 0 0 0 3 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.7 $
Ken Caminiti 24 B R 6' 0" 200 Apr 21, 1963 1st 63 51 63 61 0 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.7 $62,500
Rocky Childress 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 18, 1962 3 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jose Cruz 39 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 18 126 89 126 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 97 33 0 0.9 $755,000
Danny Darwin 31 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 25, 1955 10 35 30 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.3 $740,000
Glenn Davis 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 28, 1961 4 151 150 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4 $215,000
Jim Deshaies 27 L L 6' 4" 222 Jun 23, 1960 4 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $110,000
Bill Doran 29 B R 5' 11" 175 May 28, 1958 6 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 162 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $625,000
Ty Gainey 26 L R 6' 1" 190 Dec 25, 1960 3 18 3 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 13 1 -0.1 $
Phil Garner 38 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 30, 1949 15 43 29 43 37 0 0 0 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0.0 $450,000
Billy Hatcher 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 4, 1960 4 141 139 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 94 6 151 2 0 1.8 $110,000
Jeff Heathcock 27 R R 6' 4" 205 Nov 18, 1959 3 19 2 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $67,500
Manny Hernandez 26 R R 6' 0" 150 May 7, 1961 2 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Paul Householder 28 B R 6' 0" 180 Sep 4, 1958 8 14 1 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7 9 1 -0.1 $
Chuck Jackson 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 19, 1963 1st 35 17 35 29 0 0 0 0 16 1 1 12 0 13 9 2 -0.1 $
Charlie Kerfeld 23 R R 6' 6" 225 Sep 28, 1963 3 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $110,037
Bob Knepper 33 L L 6' 3" 195 May 25, 1954 12 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $1,000,000
Davey Lopes 42 R R 5' 9" 170 May 3, 1945 16 47 5 47 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 39 3 0.1 $550,000
Aurelio Lopez 38 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 21, 1948 11 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $150,000
Rob Mallicoat 22 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 16, 1964 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ron Mathis 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 25, 1958 2 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Dave Meads 23 L L 6' 0" 175 Jan 7, 1964 1st 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jim Pankovits 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 6, 1955 4 50 6 50 18 0 0 0 9 4 0 6 0 0 6 35 2 0.1 $100,000
Bert Pena 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 11, 1959 6 21 14 21 20 0 0 0 0 1 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7 $
Terry Puhl 30 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 11 90 16 90 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 9 42 60 2 -0.4 $900,000
Craig Reynolds 34 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 13 135 108 135 130 0 0 0 0 2 129 0 0 0 0 14 2 0.3 $416,667
Ronn Reynolds 28 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 28, 1958 5 38 30 38 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.1 $80,000
Nolan Ryan HOF 40 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 21 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 $1,225,000
Mike Scott 32 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 26, 1955 9 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $691,667 All-Star
Dave Smith 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1955 8 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $700,000
Julio Solano 27 R R 6' 1" 160 Jan 8, 1960 5 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dickie Thon 29 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 20, 1958 9 32 18 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.2 $675,000
Ty Waller 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 14, 1957 4 11 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 4 4 -0.1 $
Denny Walling 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 13 110 86 110 99 0 0 16 0 79 0 6 0 2 8 17 0 1.0 $595,000
Robbie Wine 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 13, 1962 2 14 8 14 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.4 $
Gerald Young 22 B R 6' 2" 185 Oct 22, 1964 1st 71 64 71 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 67 3 1 0.9 $62,500
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Bert Pena

Gerald Young

Buddy Biancalana
Phil Garner

Dale Berra

Mark Bailey

Robbie Wine

Troy Afenir

Dickie Thon

Ken Caminiti
Davey Lopes

Craig Reynolds

Ron Mathis

Alan Ashby

Davey Lopes

Kevin Bass

Bill Doran

Jim Pankovits

Terry Puhl

Chuck Jackson

Ty Gainey

Jose Cruz

Paul Householder

Glenn Davis

Billy Hatcher

Denny Walling

Ronn Reynolds
Ty Waller

Jeff Heathcock

Mike Scott

Nolan Ryan

Aurelio Lopez

Charlie Kerfeld

Manny Hernandez

Bob Knepper

Jim Deshaies

Danny Darwin

Dave Smith

Larry Andersen

Juan Agosto

Rocky Childress

Julio Solano

Dave Meads

Rob Mallicoat

1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers