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1999 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1998 / 2000)
97-65, Finished 1st in NL Central
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Scored 823 runs, Allowed 675 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66
Manager: Larry Dierker (84-51) and Matt Galante (13-14)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,706,017 (8th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97
Postseason:  Lost NL Division Series (3-1) to Atlanta Braves
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1998 / 2000 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
Jeff Bagwell 31 R R 6' 0" 195 May 27, 1968 9 162 160 162 161 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 $6,500,000.00 All-Star
Paul Bako 27 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 20, 1972 2 73 63 73 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $230,000.00
Glen Barker 28 B R 5' 10" 180 May 10, 1971 1st 81 10 81 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 47 8 57 0 14 29 $200,000.00
Derek Bell 30 R R 6' 2" 215 Dec 11, 1968 9 128 123 128 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 126 0 4 0 $4,500,000.00
Sean Bergman 29 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 11, 1970 7 19 15 18 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,875,000.00
Lance Berkman 23 B L 6' 1" 205 Feb 10, 1976 1st 34 21 34 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 7 27 0 10 1 $200,000.00
Craig Biggio 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 14, 1965 12 160 158 160 157 0 0 0 155 0 0 6 0 0 6 2 2 0 $6,060,000.00
Tim Bogar 32 R R 6' 2" 198 Oct 28, 1966 7 106 83 106 100 0 0 0 1 12 90 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 $700,000.00
Jose Cabrera 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 24, 1969 3 26 0 24 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $215,000.00
Ken Caminiti 36 B R 6' 0" 200 Apr 21, 1963 13 78 73 78 75 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $4,500,000.00
Alex Diaz 30 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 5, 1968 8 30 7 30 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 8 0 22 0 $275,000.00
Scott Elarton 23 R R 6' 7" 240 Feb 23, 1976 2 43 15 41 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 $230,000.00
Tony Eusebio 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 27, 1967 7 103 83 103 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 $900,000.00
Carl Everett 28 B R 6' 0" 190 Jun 3, 1971 7 123 121 123 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 118 16 121 0 2 0 $2,500,000.00
Ricky Gutierrez 29 R R 6' 1" 175 May 23, 1970 7 85 79 85 81 0 0 0 0 1 80 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $2,212,500.00
Mike Hampton 26 R L 5' 10" 180 Sep 9, 1972 7 34 31 31 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,125,000.00 All-Star
Doug Henry 35 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 10, 1963 9 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $725,000.00
Carlos Hernandez 23 R R 5' 9" 175 Dec 12, 1975 1st 16 0 16 9 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
Richard Hidalgo 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 28, 1975 3 108 103 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 29 3 108 0 2 0 $260,000.00
Chris Holt 27 R R 6' 4" 205 Sep 18, 1971 3 32 25 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $279,000.00
Jack Howell 37 L R 6' 0" 201 Aug 18, 1961 11 37 4 37 8 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 1 $550,000.00
Stan Javier 35 B R 6' 0" 185 Jan 9, 1964 15 20 16 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 10 18 0 2 0
Russ Johnson 26 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 22, 1973 3 83 31 83 51 0 0 0 15 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 $205,000.00
Randy Knorr 30 R R 6' 2" 215 Nov 12, 1968 9 13 7 13 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jose Lima 26 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 30, 1972 6 36 33 34 36 35 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,250,000.00 All-Star
Jeff McCurry 29 R R 6' 7" 210 Jan 21, 1970 5 5 0 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitch Meluskey 25 B R 6' 0" 185 Sep 18, 1973 2 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Matt Mieske 31 R R 6' 0" 192 Feb 13, 1968 7 54 24 54 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 7 36 0 20 0
Trever Miller 26 R L 6' 3" 175 May 29, 1973 3 47 0 46 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $247,500.00
Wade Miller 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 13, 1976 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Powell 27 R R 6' 4" 220 Jan 9, 1972 5 67 0 63 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
Shane Reynolds 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 26, 1968 8 35 33 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,475,000.00
Joe Slusarski 32 R R 6' 4" 195 Dec 19, 1966 5 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Spiers 33 L R 6' 2" 190 Jun 5, 1966 11 127 91 127 111 0 0 1 4 71 13 25 7 9 31 0 24 0 $1,600,000.00
Ryan Thompson 31 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 4, 1967 6 12 3 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 10 0 6 0 $275,000.00
Billy Wagner 27 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 25, 1971 5 66 0 63 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,250,000.00 All-Star
Daryle Ward 24 L L 6' 2" 230 Jun 27, 1975 2 64 36 64 38 0 0 10 0 0 0 31 0 0 31 3 26 0 $200,000.00
Brian Williams 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 15, 1969 8 50 0 49 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $375,000.00
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.

1998 / 2000 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played