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1988 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989)
82-80, Finished 5th in NL West
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Scored 617 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Manager: Hal Lanier (82-80)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,933,505 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
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1987 / 1989 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
Juan Agosto 30 L L 6' 2" 190 Feb 23, 1958 8 75 0 75 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $157,500.00
Larry Andersen 35 R R 6' 3" 205 May 6, 1953 11 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $450,000.00
Joaquin Andujar 35 B R 6' 0" 180 Dec 21, 1952 13 23 10 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $450,000.00
Alan Ashby 36 B R 6' 2" 190 Jul 8, 1951 16 73 60 73 66 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 $450,000.00
Mark Bailey 26 B R 6' 5" 195 Nov 4, 1961 5 8 7 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $100,000.00
Kevin Bass 29 B R 6' 0" 183 May 12, 1959 7 157 137 157 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 147 18 0 $880,000.00
Buddy Bell 36 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 27, 1951 17 74 71 74 71 0 0 7 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Craig Biggio 22 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 14, 1965 1st 50 40 50 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ernie Camacho 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 1, 1955 8 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Caminiti 25 B R 6' 0" 200 Apr 21, 1963 2 30 20 30 28 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Casey Candaele 27 B R 5' 9" 165 Jan 12, 1961 3 21 3 21 16 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 3 2 5 6 1
Rocky Childress 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 18, 1962 4 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Darwin 32 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 25, 1955 11 44 20 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $760,000.00
Glenn Davis 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 28, 1961 5 152 150 152 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $340,000.00
Jim Deshaies 28 L L 6' 4" 220 Jun 23, 1960 5 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $205,000.00
Bill Doran 30 B R 5' 11" 175 May 28, 1958 7 132 128 132 130 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $933,000.00
Cameron Drew 24 L R 6' 5" 230 Feb 12, 1964 1st 7 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 2 0
John Fishel 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 8, 1962 1st 19 2 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 6 16 0
Bob Forsch 38 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 15 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Hatcher 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 4, 1960 5 145 133 145 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 25 0 142 8 1 $240,000.00
Jeff Heathcock 28 R R 6' 4" 205 Nov 18, 1959 4 17 1 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $72,000.00
Steve Henderson 35 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 18, 1952 12 42 4 42 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 8 35 0
Chuck Jackson 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 19, 1963 2 46 20 46 38 0 0 0 0 32 3 0 1 2 3 10 2 $66,500.00
Bob Knepper 34 L L 6' 2" 200 May 25, 1954 13 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00 All-Star
Louie Meadows 27 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 29, 1961 2 35 7 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 10 21 5
Dave Meads 24 L L 6' 0" 175 Jan 7, 1964 2 22 2 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Meyer 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Jan 29, 1963 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Pankovits 32 R R 5' 10" 195 Aug 6, 1955 5 68 31 68 43 0 0 2 31 11 0 0 0 0 0 28 2 $150,000.00
Terry Puhl 31 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1956 12 113 54 113 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 1 33 78 48 0 $950,000.00
Rafael Ramirez 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 18, 1958 9 155 149 155 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 4 2 $925,000.00
Craig Reynolds 35 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 14 78 33 78 58 0 0 10 11 19 22 0 0 0 0 26 4 $500,000.00
Nolan Ryan HOF 41 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 31, 1947 22 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Mike Scott 33 R R 6' 3" 215 Apr 26, 1955 10 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $666,667.00
Craig Smajstrla 26 B R 5' 9" 165 Jun 19, 1962 1st 8 0 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Dave Smith 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1955 9 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,100,000.00
Harry Spilman 33 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 18, 1954 11 7 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Alex Trevino 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 26, 1957 11 78 55 78 75 0 74 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 7
Denny Walling 34 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 17, 1954 14 65 44 65 55 0 0 3 0 51 0 1 0 0 1 18 0 $575,000.00
Gerald Young 23 B R 6' 2" 185 Oct 22, 1964 2 149 144 149 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 5 0 $85,000.00
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.

1987 / 1989 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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