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73-89, Finished 4th in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Phil Garner (58-73) and Cecil Cooper (15-16)
Scored 723 runs, Allowed 813 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Ballparks: Minute Maid Park · Attendance: 3,020,405 (7th of 16)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
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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 | WAR | |||
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| Matt Albers | 24 | L | R | 6' 0" | 225 | Jan 20, 1983 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Josh Anderson | 24 | L | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Aug 10, 1982 | 1st | 21 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Brad Ausmus | 38 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | Apr 14, 1969 | 15 | 117 | 102 | 117 | 116 | 0 | 114 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.4 | $4,000,000 | |
| Brandon Backe | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 182 | Apr 5, 1978 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.9 | $545,000 | |
| Lance Berkman | 31 | B | L | 6' 1" | 220 | Feb 10, 1976 | 9 | 153 | 150 | 153 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.9 | $14,500,000 | |
| Craig Biggio | 41 | R | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Dec 14, 1965 | 20 | 141 | 116 | 141 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | -2.3 | $5,150,000 | |
| Dave Borkowski | 30 | R | R | 6' 1" | 200 | Feb 7, 1977 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $575,000 | |
| Eric Bruntlett | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 200 | Mar 29, 1978 | 5 | 80 | 35 | 80 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Chris Burke | 27 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Mar 11, 1980 | 4 | 111 | 71 | 111 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 49 | 0 | 19 | 4 | -1.0 | $415,000 | |
| Travis Driskill | 35 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Aug 1, 1971 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Morgan Ensberg | 31 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Aug 26, 1975 | 7 | 85 | 52 | 85 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | -0.8 | $4,350,000 | |
| Adam Everett | 30 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Feb 2, 1977 | 7 | 66 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | $2,800,000 | |
| Juan Gutierrez | 23 | R | R | 6' 3" | 255 | Jul 14, 1983 | 1st | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Jason Jennings | 28 | L | R | 6' 2" | 235 | Jul 17, 1978 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.8 | $5,500,000 | |
| Mike Lamb | 31 | L | R | 6' 1" | 205 | Aug 9, 1975 | 8 | 124 | 68 | 124 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1.8 | $2,700,000 | |
| Jason Lane | 30 | R | L | 6' 2" | 225 | Dec 22, 1976 | 6 | 68 | 42 | 68 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 58 | 0 | 15 | 1 | -0.8 | $1,050,000 | |
| Carlos Lee | 31 | R | R | 6' 2" | 270 | Jun 20, 1976 | 9 | 162 | 160 | 162 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | $11,500,000 | All-Star |
| Brad Lidge | 30 | R | R | 6' 5" | 210 | Dec 23, 1976 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | $5,350,000 | |
| Mark Loretta | 35 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Aug 14, 1971 | 13 | 133 | 112 | 133 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 49 | 23 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0.5 | $2,500,000 | |
| Mark McLemore | 26 | L | L | 6' 2" | 220 | Oct 9, 1980 | 1st | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Trever Miller | 34 | R | L | 6' 3" | 200 | May 29, 1973 | 9 | 76 | 0 | 71 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $1,300,000 | |
| Brian Moehler | 35 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Dec 31, 1971 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $500,000 | |
| Eric Munson | 29 | L | R | 6' 3" | 220 | Oct 3, 1977 | 8 | 50 | 36 | 50 | 47 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Roy Oswalt | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Aug 29, 1977 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | $13,000,000 | All-Star |
| Orlando Palmeiro | 38 | L | L | 5' 11" | 155 | Jan 19, 1969 | 13 | 101 | 5 | 101 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 87 | 0 | -0.4 | $950,000 | |
| Troy Patton | 21 | B | L | 6' 1" | 180 | Sep 3, 1985 | 1st | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Felipe Paulino | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 270 | Oct 5, 1983 | 1st | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Hunter Pence | 24 | R | R | 6' 4" | 220 | Apr 13, 1983 | 1st | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 14 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | $ | |
| Chad Qualls | 28 | R | R | 6' 5" | 220 | Aug 17, 1978 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 75 | 79 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | $441,000 | |
| Humberto Quintero | 27 | R | R | 5' 9" | 215 | Aug 2, 1979 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | $385,000 | |
| Steve Randolph | 33 | L | L | 6' 3" | 180 | May 1, 1974 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Cody Ransom | 31 | R | R | 6' 3" | 205 | Feb 17, 1976 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 28 | R | L | 5' 11" | 195 | Jan 18, 1979 | 3 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | $406,000 | |
| Chris Sampson | 29 | R | R | 6' 1" | 195 | May 23, 1978 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | $380,000 | |
| Dennis Sarfate | 26 | R | R | 6' 4" | 225 | Apr 9, 1981 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Luke Scott | 29 | L | R | 6' 0" | 205 | Jun 25, 1978 | 3 | 132 | 92 | 132 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 101 | 109 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1.3 | $382,000 | |
| J.R. Towles | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Feb 11, 1984 | 1st | 14 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Dan Wheeler | 29 | R | R | 6' 3" | 220 | Dec 10, 1977 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $2,100,000 | |
| Rick White | 38 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Dec 23, 1968 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $600,000 | |
| Ty Wigginton | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 230 | Oct 11, 1977 | 6 | 50 | 46 | 50 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Woody Williams | 40 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Aug 19, 1966 | 15 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | $6,000,000 | |
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