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2000 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1999 / 2001)
72-90, Finished 4th in NL Central
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Scored 938 runs, Allowed 944 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Manager: Larry Dierker (72-90)
Ballpark: Enron Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,056,139 (5th of 16)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107; one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 108
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1999 / 2001 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Mitch Meluskey#	26	117	400	337	47	101	21	0	14	69	1	0	55	74	.300	.401	.487	.888	117	164	7	4	1	3	10
2	1B	Jeff Bagwell	32	159	719	590	152	183	37	1	47	132	9	6	107	116	.310	.424	.615	1.039	152	363	19	15	0	7	11
3	2B	Craig Biggio	34	101	466	377	67	101	13	5	8	35	12	2	61	73	.268	.388	.393	.780	93	148	10	16	7	5	3
4	SS	Tim Bogar	33	110	351	304	32	63	9	2	7	33	1	1	35	56	.207	.292	.319	.611	50	97	15	3	5	4	7
5	3B	Chris Truby	26	78	279	258	28	67	15	4	11	59	2	1	10	56	.260	.295	.477	.772	86	123	4	5	1	5	1
6	LF	Daryle Ward*	25	119	281	264	36	68	10	2	20	47	0	0	15	61	.258	.295	.538	.833	99	142	6	0	0	2	2
7	CF	Richard Hidalgo	25	153	644	558	118	175	42	3	44	122	13	6	56	110	.314	.391	.636	1.028	147	355	13	21	0	9	3
8	RF	Moises Alou	33	126	517	454	82	161	28	2	30	114	3	3	52	45	.355	.416	.623	1.039	151	283	21	2	0	9	4
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	MI	Julio Lugo	24	116	465	420	78	119	22	5	10	40	22	9	37	93	.283	.346	.431	.777	90	181	9	4	3	1	0
10	OF	Lance Berkman#	24	114	417	353	76	105	28	1	21	67	6	2	56	73	.297	.388	.561	.949	130	198	6	1	0	7	1
11	IF	Bill Spiers*	34	124	409	355	41	107	17	3	3	43	7	4	49	38	.301	.386	.392	.777	92	139	8	1	2	2	3
12	OF	Roger Cedeno#	25	74	305	259	54	73	2	5	6	26	25	11	43	47	.282	.383	.398	.781	93	103	6	0	2	1	0
13	3B	Ken Caminiti#	37	59	253	208	42	63	13	0	15	45	3	0	42	37	.303	.419	.582	1.001	143	121	7	1	0	2	8
14	C	Tony Eusebio	33	74	249	218	24	61	18	0	7	33	0	0	25	45	.280	.361	.459	.820	100	100	8	4	0	2	2
15	OF	Matt Mieske	32	62	89	81	7	14	1	2	1	5	0	0	7	17	.173	.247	.272	.519	28	22	2	1	0	0	0
16	CF	Glen Barker#	29	84	77	67	18	15	2	1	2	6	9	6	7	23	.224	.307	.373	.680	66	25	0	1	2	0	0
17	IF	Russ Johnson	27	26	48	45	4	8	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	10	.178	.213	.178	.391	-2	8	3	0	1	0	0
18	C	Raul Chavez	27	14	47	43	3	11	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	6	.256	.298	.372	.670	64	16	5	0	0	1	2
19	2B	Keith Ginter	24	5	10	8	3	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.250	.300	.625	.925	119	5	0	0	0	1	0
20	IF	Tripp Cromer	32	9	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	-11	1	0	0	1	0	0
21	3B	Morgan Ensberg	24	4	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	41	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	C	Frank Charles	31	4	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.571	1.000	143	4	0	0	0	0	0
23		Eddie Zosky	32	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	C	Paul Bako*	28	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
25	P	Scott Elarton	24	29	72	63	6	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	.159	.197	.190	.387	-4	12	2	2	6	0	0
26	P	Chris Holt	28	33	70	60	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	33	.100	.169	.117	.286	-28	7	0	1	5	0	0
27	P	Jose Lima	27	32	69	60	6	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	17	.167	.180	.200	.380	-6	12	1	0	8	0	0
28	P	Shane Reynolds	32	20	46	40	2	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	13	.225	.262	.325	.587	43	13	1	1	4	0	0
29	P	Wade Miller	23	15	41	40	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	.100	.100	.125	.225	-45	5	1	0	1	0	0
30	P	Octavio Dotel	26	49	40	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.031	.061	.031	.092	-76	1	0	0	7	0	0
31	P	Tony McKnight*	23	6	14	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Brian Powell	26	9	10	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.333	.633	56	3	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Joe Slusarski	33	52	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-45	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Marc Valdes	28	50	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Mike Maddux*	38	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Billy Wagner*	28	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Wayne Franklin*	26	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Jay Powell	28	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Jose Cabrera	31	49	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Doug Henry	36	43	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Yorkis Perez*	32	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Jason Green	25	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Kip Gross	35	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Scott Linebrink	23	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	395	1	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Dwight Gooden	35	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	P	Rusty Meacham	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.1	162	6444	5570	938	1547	289	36	249	900	114	52	673	1129	.278	.361	.477	.837	104	2655	154	83	57	61	57
		Rank in 16 NL teams				5	2	2	8	6	1		5	5	4	5	2	3	1	1		1		2		3
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Chris Holt	28	8	16	.333	5.35	34	32	1	3	1	0	207.0	247	131	123	22	75	2	136	8	1	10	916	93	1.556	10.7	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.81
2	SP	Jose Lima	27	7	16	.304	6.65	33	33	0	0	0	0	196.1	251	152	145	48	68	3	124	2	0	3	895	75	1.625	11.5	2.2	3.1	5.7	1.82
3	SP	Scott Elarton	24	17	7	.708	4.81	30	30	0	2	0	0	192.2	198	117	103	29	84	1	131	6	0	8	855	103	1.464	9.2	1.4	3.9	6.1	1.56
4	SP	Shane Reynolds	32	7	8	.467	5.22	22	22	0	0	0	0	131.0	150	86	76	20	45	2	93	6	0	5	588	95	1.489	10.3	1.4	3.1	6.4	2.07
5	SP	Wade Miller	23	6	6	.500	5.14	16	16	0	2	0	0	105.0	104	66	60	14	42	1	89	3	0	1	453	96	1.390	8.9	1.2	3.6	7.6	2.12
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Octavio Dotel	26	3	7	.300	5.40	50	16	25	0	0	16	125.0	127	80	75	26	61	3	142	7	0	6	563	92	1.504	9.1	1.9	4.4	10.2	2.33
7	RP	Joe Slusarski	33	2	7	.222	4.21	54	0	16	0	0	3	77.0	80	36	36	8	22	3	54	3	0	6	327	118	1.325	9.4	0.9	2.6	6.3	2.45
8	RP	Jose Cabrera	31	2	3	.400	5.92	52	0	22	0	0	2	59.1	74	40	39	10	17	2	41	3	1	1	266	84	1.534	11.2	1.5	2.6	6.2	2.41
9	RP	Marc Valdes	28	5	5	.500	5.08	53	0	20	0	0	2	56.2	69	41	32	3	25	1	35	5	0	1	264	98	1.659	11.0	0.5	4.0	5.6	1.40
10	RP	Doug Henry	36	1	3	.250	4.42	45	0	13	0	0	1	53.0	39	26	26	10	28	2	46	3	0	2	225	112	1.264	6.6	1.7	4.8	7.8	1.64
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Tony McKnight	23	4	1	.800	3.86	6	6	0	1	0	0	35.0	35	19	15	4	9	0	23	2	0	2	156	129	1.257	9.0	1.0	2.3	5.9	2.56
12		Brian Powell	26	2	1	.667	5.74	9	5	1	0	0	0	31.1	34	21	20	8	13	0	14	1	0	0	140	86	1.500	9.8	2.3	3.7	4.0	1.08
13		Billy Wagner*	28	2	4	.333	6.18	28	0	19	0	0	6	27.2	28	19	19	6	18	0	28	1	0	7	129	80	1.663	9.1	2.0	5.9	9.1	1.56
14		Mike Maddux	38	2	2	.500	6.26	21	0	6	0	0	0	27.1	31	20	19	6	12	0	17	2	0	0	128	79	1.573	10.2	2.0	4.0	5.6	1.42
15		Jay Powell	28	1	1	.500	5.67	29	0	10	0	0	0	27.0	29	18	17	1	19	1	16	0	0	0	127	88	1.778	9.7	0.3	6.3	5.3	0.84
16		Yorkis Perez*	32	2	1	.667	5.16	33	0	9	0	0	0	22.2	25	18	13	4	14	2	21	0	0	1	111	96	1.721	9.9	1.6	5.6	8.3	1.50
17		Wayne Franklin*	26	0	0		5.48	25	0	4	0	0	0	21.1	24	14	13	2	12	1	21	4	1	0	103	90	1.688	10.1	0.8	5.1	8.9	1.75
18		Jason Green	25	1	1	.500	6.62	14	0	1	0	0	0	17.2	15	16	13	3	20	1	19	1	0	0	87	75	1.981	7.6	1.5	10.2	9.7	0.95
19		Scott Linebrink	23	0	0		4.66	8	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	11	5	5	3	6	0	6	3	0	0	47	107	1.759	10.2	2.8	5.6	5.6	1.00
20		Rusty Meacham	32	0	0		11.57	5	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	8	6	6	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	43	2.143	15.4	5.8	3.9	5.8	1.50
21		Kip Gross	35	0	1	.000	10.38	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	9	8	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	48	2.538	18.7	4.2	4.2	6.2	1.50
22		Dwight Gooden	35	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	20	55	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
23		Tim Bogar	33	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	110	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
		Team Totals	27.9	72	90	.444	5.42	162	162	154	8	1	30	1437.2	1596	944	865	234	598	25	1064	60	3	55	6455	92	1.526	10.0	1.5	3.7	6.7	1.78
		Rank in 16 NL teams		12	5		16				7	15	14	12	16	16	16	16	6		17324
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Moises Alou	33	124	120	1012.2	204	193	5	6	0	.971	-13.3	-15.8	-11.3	-5.6	-5.8	-2			1.76	1.60						RF-LF-DH
Jeff Bagwell	32	159	157	1362.0	1386	1261	116	9	129	.994	-0.2	-0.2	-1.2	0.8	-2.0		1		9.10	8.66						1B-DH
Paul Bako	28	1	0	4.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	6.75	3.00	0	0	0	0		C
Glen Barker	29	69	10	198.0	66	64	1	1	0	.985	0.6	3.6	-1.4	2.6	-4.0	2			2.95	0.94						CF-RF-LF
Lance Berkman	24	105	90	779.2	188	175	7	6	0	.968	-3.2	-4.9	-5.2	-4.6	-0.7	2	0		2.10	1.73						RF-LF-1B
Craig Biggio	34	100	100	852.2	471	183	282	6	57	.987	-3.0	-4.2	-2.0	-2.4	0.4		-1		4.91	4.65						2B
Tim Bogar	33	100	82	738.1	377	120	245	12	56	.968	-0.3	-0.5	-1.3	1.6	-2.9		1		4.45	3.65						SS-2B-P-3B
Jose Cabrera	31	52	0	59.1	9	4	5	0	0	1.000									1.37	0.17						P
Ken Caminiti	37	58	56	475.2	129	37	81	11	8	.915	-5.3	-13.4	-4.3	-2.7	-1.6		-1		2.23	2.03						3B
Roger Cedeno	25	69	60	545.0	139	135	1	3	0	.978	-3.0	-6.6	-1.0	-1.9	1.0	-2			2.25	1.97						CF-LF-RF
Frank Charles	31	1	1	9.0	9	7	2	0	1	1.000	-1.0	-133.3						-1	9.00	9.00	0	2	1	0	0%	C
Raul Chavez	27	14	12	110.0	74	67	6	1	1	.986	0.0	0.0						0	5.97	5.21	0	4	9	2	18%	C
Tripp Cromer	32	4	0	8.1	3	0	2	1	0	.667	-0.8	-115.2	-0.8	0.0	-0.8		0		2.16	0.50						SS-3B-2B
Octavio Dotel	26	50	16	125.0	19	4	14	1	1	.947									1.30	0.36						P
Scott Elarton	24	30	30	192.2	35	14	21	0	4	1.000									1.63	1.17						P
Morgan Ensberg	24	1	1	9.0	3	1	1	1	0	.667	-0.6	-80.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.6		0		2.00	2.00						3B
Tony Eusebio	33	68	61	536.2	433	411	17	5	3	.988	-4.0	-8.9						-4	7.18	6.29	3	22	37	10	21%	C
Wayne Franklin	26	25	0	21.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									0.84	0.08						P
Keith Ginter	24	2	2	18.0	9	4	5	0	2	1.000	-0.5	-33.3	-0.5	0.0	-0.5		0		4.50	4.50						2B
Dwight Gooden	35	1	1	4.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									2.25	1.00						P
Jason Green	25	14	0	17.2	4	0	2	2	0	.500									1.02	0.14						P
Kip Gross	35	2	1	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	.000									0.00	0.00						P
Doug Henry	36	45	0	53.0	10	4	6	0	1	1.000									1.70	0.22						P
Richard Hidalgo	25	198	149	1299.0	439	425	7	7	2	.984	13.1	12.1	15.1	14.0	1.1	-2			2.99	2.18						CF-RF-LF
Chris Holt	28	34	32	207.0	43	13	27	3	4	.930									1.74	1.18						P
Russ Johnson	27	12	7	72.0	26	11	14	1	2	.962	-1.7	-28.3	-1.7	-2.1	0.4		0		3.12	2.08						SS-2B-3B
Jose Lima	27	33	33	196.1	39	16	22	1	3	.974									1.74	1.15						P
Scott Linebrink	23	8	0	9.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Julio Lugo	24	111	95	867.0	455	190	248	17	57	.963	-13.5	-18.7	-11.5	2.6	-14.2	0	-2		4.55	3.95						SS-2B-RF-LF-CF
Mike Maddux	38	21	0	27.1	7	1	6	0	0	1.000									2.30	0.33						P
Tony McKnight	23	6	6	35.0	7	1	6	0	1	1.000									1.80	1.17						P
Rusty Meacham	32	5	0	4.2	1	1	0	0	1	1.000									1.93	0.20						P
Mitch Meluskey	26	104	88	780.0	667	623	31	13	6	.981	-5.5	-8.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0		0	-5	7.55	6.29	3	27	64	20	24%	C-3B
Matt Mieske	32	18	9	84.1	15	14	0	1	0	.933	-3.3	-47.0	-1.3	-1.5	0.2	-2			1.49	0.78						LF-RF
Wade Miller	23	16	16	105.0	20	9	11	0	4	1.000									1.71	1.25						P
Yorkis Perez	32	33	0	22.2	3	0	2	1	0	.667									0.79	0.06						P
Brian Powell	26	9	5	31.1	5	3	2	0	0	1.000									1.44	0.56						P
Jay Powell	28	29	0	27.0	6	4	2	0	0	1.000									2.00	0.21						P
Shane Reynolds	32	22	22	131.0	29	9	20	0	0	1.000									1.99	1.32						P
Joe Slusarski	33	54	0	77.0	11	5	6	0	0	1.000									1.29	0.20						P
Bill Spiers	34	114	79	723.2	322	118	196	8	40	.975	1.1	1.8	1.1	0.3	0.8	0	0		3.91	2.75						3B-SS-2B-LF-RF
Chris Truby	26	74	67	591.2	189	51	124	14	15	.926	-1.2	-2.4	-1.2	-3.3	2.0		0		2.66	2.36						3B
Marc Valdes	28	53	0	56.2	15	6	9	0	2	1.000									2.38	0.28						P
Billy Wagner	28	28	0	27.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000									0.98	0.11						P
Daryle Ward	25	70	50	426.2	130	125	4	1	6	.992	-7.2	-20.2	-6.2	-1.6	-4.7	-1	0		2.72	1.84						LF-1B-RF-DH
Team Totals	29.2	162	1458	12939.0	6007	4313	1561	133	406	.978	-52.8	-4.9	-35.8	-4.3	-31.9	-5	-2	-10	4.09	2.74	6	55	111	32	22%
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