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1997 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

84-78, Finished 1st in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Larry Dierker (84-78)
Scored 777 runs, Allowed 660 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 2,046,781 (8th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94

Postseason:  Lost NL Division Series (3-0) to Atlanta Braves

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1996 / 1998 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Bobby Abreu 23 L R 6' 0" 220 Mar 11, 1974 2 59 46 59 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 43 54 0 11 0 0.3 $150,000
Brad Ausmus 28 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 14, 1969 5 130 113 130 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 2.2 $1,075,000
Jeff Bagwell 29 R R 6' 0" 195 May 27, 1968 7 162 157 162 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 8.1 $8,040,000 All-Star
Manuel Barrios 22 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 21, 1974 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Derek Bell 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 11, 1968 7 129 122 129 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 89 125 1 5 1 2.5 $3,250,000
Sean Berry 31 R R 5' 11" 200 Mar 22, 1966 8 96 82 96 85 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 -0.1 $2,250,000
Craig Biggio 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 14, 1965 10 162 156 162 160 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 9.6 $6,280,000 All-Star
Tim Bogar 30 R R 6' 2" 198 Oct 28, 1966 5 97 74 97 93 0 0 1 0 14 80 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2.2 $275,000
Jose Cabrera 25 R R 6' 0" 205 Mar 24, 1972 1st 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Chuck Carr 29 B R 5' 10" 155 Aug 10, 1967 8 63 49 63 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 59 0 60 0 8 0 0.9 $250,000
Tony Eusebio 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 27, 1967 5 60 42 60 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0.0 $650,000
Sid Fernandez 34 L L 6' 1" 220 Oct 12, 1962 15 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $375,000
Ramon Garcia 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 9, 1969 3 42 20 40 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $160,000
Luis Gonzalez 29 L R 6' 2" 180 Sep 3, 1967 8 152 143 152 147 0 0 1 0 0 0 146 0 0 146 0 7 0 1.7 $1,400,000
Tommy Greene 30 R R 6' 5" 225 Apr 6, 1967 8 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ricky Gutierrez 27 R R 6' 1" 175 May 23, 1970 5 102 72 102 90 0 0 0 9 22 64 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 -1.2 $420,000
Mike Hampton 24 R L 5' 10" 195 Sep 9, 1972 5 34 34 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $1,420,000
Oscar Henriquez 23 R R 6' 6" 220 Jan 28, 1974 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Richard Hidalgo 22 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 28, 1975 1st 19 14 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 19 0 2 1 0.2 $150,000
Chris Holt 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Sep 18, 1971 2 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $150,000
Thomas Howard 32 B R 6' 2" 200 Dec 11, 1964 8 107 54 107 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 41 18 69 0 52 0 0.3 $750,000
John Hudek 30 B R 6' 1" 200 Aug 8, 1966 4 40 0 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $412,500
Russ Johnson 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 22, 1973 1st 21 13 21 15 0 0 0 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $
Darryl Kile 28 R R 6' 5" 185 Dec 2, 1968 7 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 $1,700,000 All-Star
Randy Knorr 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 12, 1968 7 4 1 4 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $300,000
Jose Lima 24 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 30, 1972 4 52 1 50 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $170,000
Pat Listach 29 B R 5' 9" 170 Sep 12, 1967 6 52 33 52 37 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 4 1 6 0 17 1 -1.3 $750,000
Mike Magnante 32 L L 6' 1" 180 Jun 17, 1965 7 40 0 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $290,000
Tom Martin 27 L L 6' 1" 200 May 21, 1970 1st 55 0 52 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $150,000
Blas Minor 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 20, 1966 6 11 0 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ray Montgomery 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 8, 1969 2 29 14 29 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 19 0 13 0 -0.1 $155,000
James Mouton 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Dec 29, 1968 4 86 40 86 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 39 14 62 0 19 16 -0.4 $415,000
Tony Pena 40 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 4, 1957 18 9 6 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
J.R. Phillips 27 L L 6' 2" 205 Apr 29, 1970 5 13 2 13 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 8 1 -0.3 $
Ken Ramos 30 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1967 1st 14 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 14 0 -0.2 $
Shane Reynolds 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 26, 1968 6 30 30 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $2,050,000
Luis Rivera 33 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 3, 1964 10 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Bill Spiers 31 L R 6' 2" 190 Jun 5, 1966 9 132 67 132 113 0 0 8 4 84 28 0 0 0 0 0 40 3 4.6 $600,000
Russ Springer 28 R R 6' 4" 195 Nov 7, 1968 6 54 0 53 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $400,000
Billy Wagner 25 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 25, 1971 3 62 0 61 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $185,000
Donne Wall 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 11, 1967 3 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Luis Rivera
Pat Listach
Tony Pena
Jeff Bagwell
James Mouton
Craig Biggio
Randy Knorr
Mike Hampton
Brad Ausmus

Ricky Gutierrez
Billy Wagner
Derek Bell
Richard Hidalgo
Sean Berry
Russ Johnson
Tony Eusebio
Chuck Carr

Thomas Howard
Luis Gonzalez
Tim Bogar
Bill Spiers
J.R. Phillips
Ken Ramos
Russ Springer
John Hudek
Shane Reynolds

Ray Montgomery
Tom Martin
Jose Lima
Blas Minor
Chris Holt
Sid Fernandez
Jose Cabrera
Mike Magnante

Bobby Abreu
Tommy Greene
Oscar Henriquez
Manuel Barrios
Donne Wall
Darryl Kile
Ramon Garcia

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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