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1997 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
84-78, Finished 1st in NL Central
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Scored 777 runs, Allowed 660 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69
Manager: Larry Dierker (84-78)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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 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 DH PH PR Salary
Bobby Abreu 23 L R 6' 0" 200 Mar 11, 1974 2 59 46 59 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 43 53 0 11 0 $150,000.00
Brad Ausmus 28 R R 5' 11" 195 Apr 14, 1969 5 130 113 130 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 $1,075,000.00
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 $8,040,000.00 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
Derek Bell 28 R R 6' 2" 215 Dec 11, 1968 7 129 122 129 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 89 125 1 5 1 $3,250,000.00
Sean Berry 31 R R 5' 11" 210 Mar 22, 1966 8 96 82 96 85 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 $2,250,000.00
Craig Biggio 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 14, 1965 10 162 156 162 160 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 $6,280,000.00 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 $275,000.00
Jose Cabrera 28 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 24, 1969 1st 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Carr 29 B R 5' 10" 165 Aug 10, 1967 8 63 49 63 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 59 0 60 0 8 0 $250,000.00
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 $650,000.00
Sid Fernandez 34 L L 6' 1" 230 Oct 12, 1962 15 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $375,000.00
Ramon Garcia 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 9, 1969 3 42 18 40 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $160,000.00
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 $1,400,000.00
Tommy Greene 30 R R 6' 5" 227 Apr 6, 1967 8 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $420,000.00
Mike Hampton 24 R L 5' 10" 180 Sep 9, 1972 5 34 32 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,420,000.00
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
Richard Hidalgo 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 28, 1975 1st 19 14 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 19 0 2 1 $150,000.00
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 $150,000.00
Thomas Howard 32 B R 6' 2" 205 Dec 11, 1964 8 107 54 107 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 41 18 62 0 52 0 $750,000.00
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 $412,500.00
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
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 $1,700,000.00 All-Star
Randy Knorr 28 R R 6' 2" 215 Nov 12, 1968 7 4 1 4 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
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 $170,000.00
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 $750,000.00
Mike Magnante 32 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 17, 1965 7 40 0 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $290,000.00
Tom Martin 27 L L 6' 1" 185 May 21, 1970 1st 55 0 52 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Blas Minor 31 R R 6' 3" 203 Mar 20, 1966 6 11 0 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 18 0 13 0 $155,000.00
James Mouton 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Dec 19, 1968 4 86 40 86 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 39 14 61 0 19 16 $415,000.00
Tony Pena 40 R R 6' 0" 181 Jun 4, 1957 18 9 6 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
J.R. Phillips 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 29, 1970 5 13 2 13 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 8 1
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
Shane Reynolds 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 26, 1968 6 30 29 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,050,000.00
Luis Rivera 33 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 3, 1964 10 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 $600,000.00
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 $400,000.00
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 $185,000.00
Donne Wall 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 11, 1967 3 8 7 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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