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1989 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990

86-76, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Art Howe (86-76)
Scored 647 runs, Allowed 669 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,834,908 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

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1988 / 1990 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
Juan Agosto 31 L L 6' 2" 190 Feb 23, 1958 9 71 0 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $610,000
Larry Andersen 36 R R 6' 3" 200 May 6, 1953 12 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $475,000
Eric Anthony 21 L L 6' 2" 195 Nov 8, 1967 1st 25 16 25 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18 21 7 0 -0.1 $68,000
Alan Ashby 37 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 17 22 17 22 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.5 $550,000
Kevin Bass 30 B R 6' 0" 183 May 12, 1959 8 87 81 87 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 53 84 3 2 3.6 $940,000
Craig Biggio 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 14, 1965 2 134 124 134 130 0 125 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 5 1 3.4 $78,000
Ken Caminiti 26 B R 6' 0" 200 Apr 21, 1963 3 161 159 161 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.1 $129,000
Jose Cano 27 R R 6' 3" 175 Mar 7, 1962 1st 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jim Clancy 33 R R 6' 4" 220 Dec 18, 1955 13 33 26 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.6 $1,225,000
Danny Darwin 33 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 25, 1955 12 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $855,000
Mark Davidson 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 15, 1961 4 33 15 33 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 15 25 14 1 0.0 $
Glenn Davis 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 28, 1961 6 158 153 158 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.1 $1,085,000 All-Star
Jim Deshaies 29 L L 6' 4" 222 Jun 23, 1960 6 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.1 $470,000
Bill Doran 31 B R 5' 11" 175 May 28, 1958 8 142 131 142 138 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1.9 $933,000
Bob Forsch 39 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 16 37 15 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2.0 $975,000
Greg Gross 36 L L 5' 10" 160 Aug 1, 1952 17 60 10 60 18 1 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 7 12 46 0 -0.7 $
Billy Hatcher 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 4, 1960 6 108 93 108 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 11 0 107 8 0 0.7 $
Bob Knepper 35 L L 6' 3" 195 May 25, 1954 14 22 20 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $68,000
Steve Lombardozzi 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 26, 1960 5 21 10 21 19 0 0 0 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.2 $
Roger Mason 31 R R 6' 6" 215 Sep 18, 1957 5 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Louie Meadows 28 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 29, 1961 3 31 6 31 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 4 16 21 0 -0.5 $
Brian Meyer 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 29, 1963 2 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $68,000
Carl Nichols 26 R R 6' 0" 184 Oct 14, 1962 4 8 2 8 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
Mark Portugal 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 30, 1962 5 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $95,000
Terry Puhl 32 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 13 121 99 121 106 0 0 3 0 0 0 37 11 64 112 17 0 2.4 $950,000
Rafael Ramirez 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 18, 1958 10 151 137 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.5 $1,050,000
Craig Reynolds 36 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 15 101 38 101 67 1 0 5 29 10 26 1 0 0 1 42 1 -0.9 $600,000
Rick Rhoden 36 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1953 16 20 17 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $900,000
Dan Schatzeder 34 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 1, 1954 13 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $245,000
Mike Scott 34 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 26, 1955 11 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $1,300,000 All-Star
Dave Smith 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1955 10 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $1,100,000
Harry Spilman 34 L R 6' 1" 180 Jul 18, 1954 12 32 4 32 9 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0.4 $150,000
Alex Trevino 31 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 26, 1957 12 59 25 59 35 0 32 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 1.4 $350,000
Ron Washington 37 R R 5' 11" 155 Apr 29, 1952 10 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.2 $
Glenn Wilson 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 22, 1958 8 28 25 28 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 25 3 0 0.2 $
Eric Yelding 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 22, 1965 1st 70 15 70 35 0 0 0 13 0 15 1 4 3 8 20 24 -0.6 $68,000
Gerald Young 24 B R 6' 2" 185 Oct 22, 1964 3 146 136 146 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 3 2 2.8 $150,000
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.

Gerald Young

Craig Biggio
Steve Lombardozzi

Greg Gross

Craig Biggio

Alex Trevino

Harry Spilman

Ken Caminiti

Craig Reynolds

Glenn Wilson

Alan Ashby

Ron Washington
Eric Yelding

Rafael Ramirez

Kevin Bass

Bill Doran

Dan Schatzeder

Terry Puhl

Roger Mason

Eric Anthony

Louie Meadows

Glenn Davis

Billy Hatcher
Carl Nichols

Bob Forsch

Mike Scott

Brian Meyer

Rick Rhoden

Jim Clancy

Bob Knepper

Mark Davidson

Jim Deshaies

Danny Darwin

Dave Smith

Larry Andersen

Juan Agosto

Mark Portugal

Jose Cano

1988 / 1990 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers