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2006 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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82-80, Finished 2nd in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Phil Garner (82-80)
Scored 735 runs, Allowed 719 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79

Ballparks: Minute Maid Park · Attendance: 3,022,763 (6th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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2005 / 2007 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
Matt Albers 23 L R 6' 0" 225 Jan 20, 1983 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ezequiel Astacio 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 4, 1979 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Brad Ausmus 37 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 14, 1969 14 139 124 139 138 0 138 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6 $
Brandon Backe 28 R R 6' 0" 182 Apr 5, 1978 5 9 8 9 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 $442,500
Philip Barzilla 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Jan 25, 1979 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Lance Berkman 30 B L 6' 1" 220 Feb 10, 1976 8 152 147 152 144 0 0 112 0 0 0 5 0 42 47 3 5 0 5.3 $14,500,000 All-Star
Craig Biggio 40 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 14, 1965 19 145 132 145 129 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 0 1.4 $4,000,000
Dave Borkowski 29 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 7, 1977 5 40 0 37 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Eric Bruntlett 28 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 29, 1978 4 73 22 73 60 0 0 0 23 2 21 6 8 5 19 0 21 4 0.2 $365,000
Taylor Buchholz 24 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 13, 1981 1st 23 19 21 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.8 $327,000
Chris Burke 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 11, 1980 3 123 87 123 114 0 0 0 69 0 8 19 38 7 64 0 17 0 0.8 $362,500
Roger Clemens 43 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 4, 1962 23 19 19 18 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $12,200,000
Morgan Ensberg 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 26, 1975 6 127 106 127 117 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 3.7 $3,800,000
Adam Everett 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1977 6 150 146 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.8 $1,900,000
Mike Gallo 29 L L 6' 0" 170 Apr 2, 1977 4 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $365,000
Hector Gimenez 23 B R 5' 10" 225 Sep 28, 1982 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Jason Hirsh 24 R R 6' 8" 250 Feb 20, 1982 1st 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
J.R. House 26 R R 6' 0" 215 Nov 11, 1979 3 4 2 4 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Aubrey Huff 29 L R 6' 4" 225 Dec 20, 1976 7 68 59 68 61 0 0 3 0 30 0 0 0 37 37 0 9 0 -0.2 $
Charlton Jimerson 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 22, 1979 2 17 0 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 10 0 6 6 0.1 $
Mike Lamb 30 L R 6' 1" 205 Aug 9, 1975 7 126 84 126 96 0 0 68 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 1.2 $1,700,000
Jason Lane 29 R L 6' 2" 225 Dec 22, 1976 5 112 75 112 99 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 89 100 0 21 0 0.5 $450,000
Brad Lidge 29 R R 6' 5" 215 Dec 23, 1976 5 78 0 75 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $3,975,000
Joe McEwing 33 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 19, 1972 9 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2 $
Trever Miller 33 R L 6' 3" 200 May 29, 1973 8 70 0 65 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $1,300,000
Eric Munson 28 L R 6' 3" 220 Oct 3, 1977 7 53 33 53 41 0 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 -0.8 $350,000
Fernando Nieve 23 R R 6' 0" 220 Jul 15, 1982 1st 40 11 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $327,000
Roy Oswalt 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 29, 1977 6 35 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.8 $11,000,000 All-Star
Orlando Palmeiro 37 L L 5' 11" 155 Jan 19, 1969 12 103 6 103 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 11 23 0 88 0 -0.6 $950,000
Andy Pettitte 34 L L 6' 5" 235 Jun 15, 1972 12 38 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.8 $16,428,416
Chad Qualls 27 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 17, 1978 3 81 0 77 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $376,000
Humberto Quintero 26 R R 5' 9" 215 Aug 2, 1979 4 11 7 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Wandy Rodriguez 27 R L 5' 11" 195 Jan 18, 1979 2 30 24 28 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.1 $327,000
Chris Sampson 28 R R 6' 1" 195 May 23, 1978 1st 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Luke Scott 28 L R 6' 0" 205 Jun 25, 1978 2 65 56 65 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 1 13 64 0 7 1 1.7 $
Russ Springer 37 R R 6' 4" 195 Nov 7, 1968 14 72 0 69 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $750,000
Willy Taveras 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 25, 1981 3 149 120 149 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 0 13 5 2.2 $400,000
Dan Wheeler 28 R R 6' 3" 220 Dec 10, 1977 7 75 0 71 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $930,000
Preston Wilson 31 R R 6' 2" 193 Jul 19, 1974 9 102 99 102 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 2 5 101 0 2 0 -1.7 $4,000,000
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.

Willy Taveras

Chris Burke

Preston Wilson

Craig Biggio

Aubrey Huff

Eric Bruntlett

Brad Ausmus

Eric Munson

Morgan Ensberg

Jason Lane

Lance Berkman

Orlando Palmeiro

Andy Pettitte

Roger Clemens

Joe McEwing

Mike Lamb

Adam Everett

Luke Scott

Dan Wheeler

Russ Springer

Matt Albers

Ezequiel Astacio

Taylor Buchholz

Brandon Backe

Chris Sampson

Roy Oswalt

Mike Gallo

Humberto Quintero

Trever Miller

Chad Qualls

Wandy Rodriguez

Charlton Jimerson

Jason Hirsh

Brad Lidge

Philip Barzilla
Hector Gimenez

Dave Borkowski
Eric Munson

J.R. House

Fernando Nieve

2005 / 2007 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers