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2006 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2005 / 2007)
82-80, Finished 2nd in NL Central
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Scored 735 runs, Allowed 719 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: Phil Garner (82-80)
Ballpark: Minute Maid Park (ballparks.com)
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 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
Matt Albers 23 L R 6' 0" 205 Jan 20, 1983 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ezequiel Astacio 26 R R 6' 3" 150 Nov 4, 1979 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Ausmus 37 R R 5' 11" 195 Apr 14, 1969 14 139 124 139 138 0 138 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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 $442,500.00
Phil 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
Lance Berkman 30 B L 6' 1" 205 Feb 10, 1976 8 152 147 152 144 0 0 112 0 0 0 5 0 42 44 3 5 0 $14,500,000.00 All-Star
Craig Biggio 40 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 14, 1965 19 145 132 145 129 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 0 $4,000,000.00
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
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 18 0 21 4 $365,000.00
Taylor Buchholz 24 R R 6' 4" 220 Oct 13, 1981 1st 23 17 21 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $327,000.00
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 61 0 17 0 $362,500.00
Roger Clemens 43 R R 6' 4" 220 Aug 4, 1962 23 19 18 18 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $3,800,000.00
Adam Everett 29 R R 6' 0" 156 Feb 2, 1977 6 150 146 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $1,900,000.00
Mike Gallo 29 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 2, 1977 4 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $365,000.00
Hector Gimenez 23 B R 5' 10" 180 Sep 28, 1982 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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
J.R. House 26 R R 5' 10" 202 Nov 11, 1979 3 4 2 4 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aubrey Huff 29 L R 6' 4" 221 Dec 20, 1976 7 68 59 68 61 0 0 3 0 30 0 0 0 37 37 0 9 0
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 9 0 6 6
Mike Lamb 30 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 9, 1975 7 126 84 126 96 0 0 68 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 $1,700,000.00
Jason Lane 29 R L 6' 2" 215 Dec 22, 1976 5 112 75 112 99 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 89 98 0 21 0 $450,000.00
Brad Lidge 29 R R 6' 5" 200 Dec 23, 1976 5 78 0 75 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,975,000.00
Joe McEwing 33 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 19, 1972 9 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Trever Miller 33 R L 6' 3" 175 May 29, 1973 8 70 0 65 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,300,000.00
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 $350,000.00
Fernando Nieve 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 15, 1982 1st 40 11 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $327,000.00
Roy Oswalt 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 29, 1977 6 35 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $11,000,000.00 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 $950,000.00
Andy Pettitte 34 L L 6' 5" 235 Jun 15, 1972 12 38 33 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $16,428,416.00
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 $376,000.00
Humberto Quintero 26 R R 5' 9" 215 Aug 8, 1979 4 11 7 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Wandy Rodriguez 27 B L 5' 11" 160 Jan 18, 1979 2 30 22 28 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $327,000.00
Chris Sampson 28 R R 6' 0" 170 May 23, 1978 1st 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Scott 28 L R 6' 0" 210 Jun 25, 1978 2 65 56 65 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 1 13 60 0 7 1
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 $750,000.00
Willy Taveras 24 R R 6' 0" 160 Dec 25, 1981 3 149 120 149 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 0 13 5 $400,000.00
Dan Wheeler 28 R R 6' 3" 222 Dec 10, 1977 7 75 0 71 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $930,000.00
Preston Wilson 31 R R 6' 2" 193 Jul 19, 1974 9 102 99 102 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 2 5 100 0 2 0 $4,000,000.00
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.

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