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1998 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
102-60, Finished 1st in NL Central
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Scored 874 runs, Allowed 620 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 106-56
Manager: Larry Dierker (102-60)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,458,451 (8th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99
Postseason:  Lost NL Division Series (3-1) to San Diego Padres
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1997 / 1999 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
Moises Alou 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1966 8 159 153 159 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 6 0 154 1 6 0 $5,020,000.00 All-Star
Brad Ausmus 29 R R 5' 11" 195 Apr 14, 1969 6 128 117 128 124 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 $1,600,000.00
Jeff Bagwell 30 R R 6' 0" 195 May 27, 1968 8 147 146 147 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $7,945,000.00
Derek Bell 29 R R 6' 2" 215 Dec 11, 1968 8 156 149 156 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 3 0 $4,250,000.00
Sean Bergman 28 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 11, 1970 6 31 26 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $465,000.00
Sean Berry 32 R R 5' 11" 210 Mar 22, 1966 9 102 76 102 87 0 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 1 $1,000,000.00
Craig Biggio 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 14, 1965 11 160 155 160 159 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 $6,145,000.00 All-Star
Tim Bogar 31 R R 6' 2" 198 Oct 28, 1966 6 79 38 79 74 0 0 0 11 11 55 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 $725,000.00
Jose Cabrera 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 24, 1969 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $180,000.00
Dave Clark 35 L R 6' 2" 210 Sep 3, 1962 13 93 19 93 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 13 22 3 72 0 $700,000.00
Scott Elarton 22 R R 6' 7" 240 Feb 23, 1976 1st 28 2 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Tony Eusebio 31 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 27, 1967 6 66 45 66 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 $725,000.00
Carl Everett 27 B R 6' 0" 190 Jun 3, 1971 6 133 113 133 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 5 123 0 11 2 $1,075,000.00
Mike Grzanich 25 R R Aug 24, 1972 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ricky Gutierrez 28 R R 6' 1" 175 May 23, 1970 6 141 129 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 $850,000.00
John Halama 26 L L 6' 5" 210 Feb 22, 1972 1st 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Mike Hampton 25 R L 5' 10" 180 Sep 9, 1972 6 32 31 31 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,250,000.00
Reggie Harris 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 12, 1968 5 6 0 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Henry 34 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 10, 1963 8 59 0 57 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $725,000.00
Richard Hidalgo 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 28, 1975 2 74 52 74 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 57 14 72 0 5 1 $170,000.00
Jack Howell 36 L R 6' 0" 201 Aug 18, 1961 10 24 7 24 12 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 $500,000.00
Pete Incaviglia 34 R R 6' 1" 230 Apr 2, 1964 12 13 2 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 10 0 $170,000.00
Randy Johnson 34 R L 6' 10" 225 Sep 10, 1963 11 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russ Johnson 25 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 22, 1973 2 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jose Lima 25 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 30, 1972 5 33 32 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $240,000.00
Mike Magnante 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 17, 1965 8 48 0 46 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Mitch Meluskey 24 B R 6' 0" 185 Sep 18, 1973 1st 8 0 8 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $170,000.00
Trever Miller 25 R L 6' 3" 175 May 29, 1973 2 37 1 35 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Ray Montgomery 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 8, 1969 3 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 $185,000.00
C.J. Nitkowski 25 L L 6' 2" 185 Mar 9, 1973 3 43 0 41 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
J.R. Phillips 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 29, 1970 6 36 10 36 18 0 0 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 21 0 $250,000.00
Jay Powell 26 R R 6' 4" 220 Jan 9, 1972 4 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shane Reynolds 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 26, 1968 7 35 34 34 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,325,000.00
Bob Scanlan 31 R R 6' 8" 210 Aug 9, 1966 7 27 0 26 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Schourek 29 L L 6' 5" 205 May 10, 1969 8 15 13 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Spiers 32 L R 6' 2" 190 Jun 5, 1966 10 123 89 123 107 0 0 7 9 99 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 $1,600,000.00
Billy Wagner 26 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 25, 1971 4 58 0 55 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $280,000.00
Daryle Ward 23 L L 6' 2" 230 Jun 27, 1975 1st 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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