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1987 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
76-86, Finished 3rd in NL West
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Scored 648 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Manager: Hal Lanier (76-86)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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 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
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
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 $100,000.00
Larry Andersen 34 R R 6' 3" 205 May 6, 1953 10 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
Alan Ashby 35 B R 6' 2" 190 Jul 8, 1951 15 125 105 125 110 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 $575,000.00
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
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 $630,000.00
Dale Berra 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 13, 1956 11 19 16 19 19 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 $62,500.00
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
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 $62,500.00
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
Jose Cruz 39 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 8, 1947 18 126 89 126 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 97 33 0 $755,000.00
Danny Darwin 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 25, 1955 10 35 30 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $740,000.00
Glenn Davis 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 28, 1961 4 151 150 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $215,000.00
Jim Deshaies 27 L L 6' 4" 220 Jun 23, 1960 4 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $110,000.00
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 $625,000.00
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
Phil Garner 38 R R 5' 10" 177 Apr 30, 1949 15 43 29 43 37 0 0 0 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 $450,000.00
Billy Hatcher 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 4, 1960 4 141 139 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 94 6 140 2 0 $110,000.00
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 $67,500.00
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
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
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
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 $110,037.00
Bob Knepper 33 L L 6' 2" 200 May 25, 1954 12 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
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 $550,000.00
Aurelio Lopez 38 R R 6' 0" 220 Sep 21, 1948 11 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
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
Jim Pankovits 31 R R 5' 10" 195 Aug 6, 1955 4 50 6 50 18 0 0 0 9 4 0 6 0 0 6 35 2 $100,000.00
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
Terry Puhl 30 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1956 11 90 16 90 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 9 40 60 2 $900,000.00
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 $416,667.00
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 $80,000.00
Nolan Ryan HOF 40 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 31, 1947 21 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,225,000.00
Mike Scott 32 R R 6' 3" 215 Apr 26, 1955 9 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $691,667.00 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 $700,000.00
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
Dickie Thon 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 20, 1958 9 32 18 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 11 0 $675,000.00
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
Denny Walling 33 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 17, 1954 13 110 86 110 99 0 0 16 0 79 0 6 0 2 7 17 0 $595,000.00
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
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 $62,500.00
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.

1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played