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2003 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2002 / 2004)
87-75, Finished 2nd in NL Central
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Scored 805 runs, Allowed 677 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68
Manager: Jimy Williams (87-75)
Ballpark: Minute Maid Park (ballparks.com)
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 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
Brad Ausmus 34 R R 5' 11" 195 Apr 14, 1969 11 143 129 143 143 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $5,500,000.00
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 $13,000,000.00
Lance Berkman 27 B L 6' 1" 205 Feb 10, 1976 5 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 1 0 153 0 0 0 $3,500,000.00
Craig Biggio 37 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 14, 1965 16 153 150 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 0 3 0 $9,750,000.00
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
Geoff Blum 30 B R 6' 3" 195 Apr 26, 1973 5 123 93 123 112 0 0 6 25 83 11 1 0 1 2 0 19 0 $1,500,000.00
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
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
Raul Chavez 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 18, 1973 6 19 7 19 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $300,000.00
Bruce Chen 26 B L 6' 2" 210 Jun 19, 1977 6 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
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
Octavio Dotel 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 25, 1973 5 76 0 71 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,600,000.00
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 $300,000.00
Adam Everett 26 R R 6' 0" 156 Feb 2, 1977 3 128 116 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
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
Mike Gallo 26 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 2, 1977 1st 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Hidalgo 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 28, 1975 7 141 137 141 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 137 1 4 0 $8,500,000.00
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 32 0 27 2 $1,200,000.00
Jonathan Johnson 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 16, 1974 6 4 2 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $7,500,000.00
Jason Lane 26 R L 6' 2" 215 Dec 22, 1976 2 18 3 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 10 0 9 1
Brad Lidge 26 R R 6' 5" 200 Dec 23, 1976 2 78 0 73 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
Scott Linebrink 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 4, 1976 4 9 6 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julio Lugo 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 16, 1975 4 22 21 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,575,000.00
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
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
Orlando Merced 36 B R 5' 11" 170 Nov 2, 1966 13 123 33 123 42 0 0 12 0 2 0 10 0 21 31 7 78 0 $1,700,000.00
Dan Miceli 32 R R 6' 0" 207 Sep 9, 1970 11 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wade Miller 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 13, 1976 5 36 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $525,000.00
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 $500,000.00
Peter Munro 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 14, 1975 4 40 2 37 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $305,000.00
Roy Oswalt 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 29, 1977 3 21 20 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Colin Porter 27 L L 6' 2" 210 Nov 23, 1975 1st 24 6 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 14 0 5 8
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
Tim Redding 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 12, 1978 3 33 31 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
Jeriome Robertson 26 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 30, 1977 2 33 29 31 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $300,000.00
Rodrigo Rosario 25 R R 6' 2" 165 Dec 14, 1977 1st 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Ricky Stone 28 R R 6' 1" 168 Feb 28, 1975 3 65 0 62 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $325,000.00
Ron Villone 33 L L 6' 3" 230 Jan 16, 1970 9 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Vizcaino 35 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 26, 1968 15 91 32 91 54 0 0 1 20 2 32 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 $2,000,000.00
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 $8,000,000.00 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
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 $1,200,000.00
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.

2002 / 2004 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played