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2003 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2002 / 2004

87-75, Finished 2nd in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimy Williams (87-75)
Scored 805 runs, Allowed 677 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68

Ballparks: Minute Maid Park · Attendance: 2,454,241 (6th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

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2002 / 2004 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
Brad Ausmus 34 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 14, 1969 11 143 129 143 143 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.7 $5,500,000
Jeff Bagwell 35 R R 6' 0" 195 May 27, 1968 13 160 158 160 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.7 $13,000,000
Lance Berkman 27 B L 6' 1" 220 Feb 10, 1976 5 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 1 0 154 0 0 0 6.4 $3,500,000
Craig Biggio 37 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 14, 1965 16 153 150 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 0 3 0 2.6 $9,750,000
Nate Bland 28 L L 6' 5" 190 Dec 27, 1974 1st 22 0 19 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Geoff Blum 30 B R 6' 3" 220 Apr 26, 1973 5 123 93 123 112 0 0 6 25 83 11 1 0 1 2 0 19 0 -1.1 $1,500,000
Eric Bruntlett 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 29, 1978 1st 31 8 31 22 0 0 0 9 1 10 1 1 0 2 0 12 2 -0.2 $
Kirk Bullinger 33 R R 6' 2" 170 Oct 28, 1969 4 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Raul Chavez 30 R R 5' 11" 245 Mar 17, 1973 6 19 7 19 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3 $300,000
Bruce Chen 26 L L 6' 2" 215 Jun 19, 1977 6 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $550,000
Tripp Cromer 35 R R 6' 2" 165 Nov 21, 1967 8 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Octavio Dotel 29 R R 6' 0" 220 Nov 25, 1973 5 76 0 71 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $1,600,000
Morgan Ensberg 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 26, 1975 3 127 90 127 111 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 3.4 $300,000
Adam Everett 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1977 3 128 116 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1.3 $
Jared Fernandez 31 R R 6' 2" 223 Feb 2, 1972 3 12 6 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Mike Gallo 26 L L 6' 0" 170 Apr 2, 1977 1st 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Richard Hidalgo 28 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 28, 1975 7 141 137 141 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 137 1 4 0 5.8 $8,500,000
Brian Hunter 32 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1971 10 56 16 56 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 15 34 0 27 2 0.4 $1,200,000
Jonathan Johnson 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 16, 1974 6 4 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jeff Kent 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 7, 1968 12 130 127 130 128 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.1 $7,500,000
Jason Lane 26 R L 6' 2" 225 Dec 22, 1976 2 18 3 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 11 0 9 1 -0.1 $
Brad Lidge 26 R R 6' 5" 215 Dec 23, 1976 2 78 0 73 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $300,000
Scott Linebrink 26 R R 6' 3" 220 Aug 4, 1976 4 9 6 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Julio Lugo 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1975 4 22 21 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $1,575,000
Dave Matranga 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Jan 8, 1977 1st 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 $
Mitch Meluskey 29 B R 6' 0" 185 Sep 18, 1973 5 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.1 $
Orlando Merced 36 B R 6' 0" 180 Nov 2, 1966 13 123 33 123 42 0 0 12 0 2 0 10 0 21 31 7 78 0 -1.1 $1,700,000
Dan Miceli 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 9, 1970 11 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Wade Miller 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 13, 1976 5 36 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.7 $525,000
Brian Moehler 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 8 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $500,000
Peter Munro 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 14, 1975 4 40 2 37 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $305,000
Roy Oswalt 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 29, 1977 3 21 21 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $500,000
Colin Porter 27 L L 6' 2" 200 Nov 23, 1975 1st 24 6 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 14 0 5 8 -0.3 $
Brandon Puffer 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 5, 1975 2 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tim Redding 25 R R 5' 11" 230 Feb 12, 1978 3 33 32 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $300,000
Jeriome Robertson 26 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 30, 1977 2 33 31 31 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $300,000
Rodrigo Rosario 25 R R 6' 2" 160 Dec 14, 1977 1st 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Kirk Saarloos 24 R R 6' 0" 185 May 23, 1979 2 36 4 31 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ricky Stone 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Feb 28, 1975 3 65 0 62 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $325,000
Ron Villone 33 L L 6' 3" 245 Jan 16, 1970 9 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Jose Vizcaino 35 B R 6' 1" 150 Mar 26, 1968 15 91 32 91 54 0 0 1 20 2 32 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 -1.1 $2,000,000
Billy Wagner 31 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 25, 1971 9 78 0 73 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $8,000,000 All-Star
Rick White 34 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 23, 1968 8 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Gregg Zaun 32 B R 5' 10" 170 Apr 14, 1971 9 59 26 59 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 -0.1 $1,200,000
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.

Dave Matranga
Colin Porter

Mitch Meluskey
Gregg Zaun

Tripp Cromer

Eric Bruntlett
Julio Lugo

Jeff Bagwell

Craig Biggio

Colin Porter

Jose Vizcaino

Brad Ausmus

Jeff Kent

Billy Wagner

Morgan Ensberg

Richard Hidalgo

Orlando Merced

Lance Berkman

Ricky Stone

Brian Hunter

Kirk Saarloos

Jason Lane

Geoff Blum

Adam Everett

Octavio Dotel

Bruce Chen
Ron Villone

Nate Bland

Scott Linebrink

Brian Moehler

Dan Miceli

Jared Fernandez
Jonathan Johnson

Roy Oswalt

Mike Gallo

Raul Chavez

Rick White

Tim Redding

Wade Miller

Peter Munro

Brad Lidge

Kirk Bullinger
Jared Fernandez

Dan Miceli

Brandon Puffer

Jeriome Robertson
Rodrigo Rosario

Jeriome Robertson

2002 / 2004 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers