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2008 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

86-75, Finished 3rd in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cecil Cooper (86-75)
Scored 712 runs, Allowed 743 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-84

Ballparks: Minute Maid Park & Miller Park · Attendance: 2,779,487 (8th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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2007 / 2009 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
Reggie Abercrombie 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 15, 1980 3 34 12 34 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 0 23 0 13 6 0.4 $
Alberto Arias 24 R R 5' 11" 155 Oct 14, 1983 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Brad Ausmus 39 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 14, 1969 16 81 62 81 80 0 77 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 $2,000,000
Brandon Backe 30 R R 6' 0" 182 Apr 5, 1978 7 32 31 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.5 $800,000
Lance Berkman 32 B L 6' 1" 220 Feb 10, 1976 10 159 156 159 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 6.7 $14,500,000 All-Star
Geoff Blum 35 B R 6' 3" 220 Apr 26, 1973 10 114 78 114 85 0 0 5 8 75 4 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0.4 $1,100,000
Dave Borkowski 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 7, 1977 7 26 0 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $800,000
Michael Bourn 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Dec 27, 1982 3 138 111 138 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 0 11 3 -2.1 $396,000
Doug Brocail 41 L R 6' 5" 220 May 16, 1967 14 72 0 65 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $2,500,000
Tim Byrdak 34 L L 5' 11" 190 Oct 31, 1973 7 59 0 56 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jack Cassel 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 8, 1980 2 9 3 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jose Castillo 27 R R 6' 1" 210 Mar 19, 1981 5 15 8 15 10 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.3 $
Shawn Chacon 30 R R 6' 3" 212 Dec 23, 1977 8 15 15 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $1,016,393
Jose Cruz 34 B R 6' 0" 190 Apr 19, 1974 12 38 7 38 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 3 18 0 28 1 -0.4 $650,000
Darin Erstad 34 L L 6' 2" 195 Jun 4, 1974 13 140 64 140 98 0 0 12 0 0 0 56 40 6 102 0 51 2 0.2 $1,000,000
Geoff Geary 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 26, 1976 6 55 0 53 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $1,125,000
LaTroy Hawkins 35 R R 6' 5" 220 Dec 21, 1972 14 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Runelvys Hernandez 30 R R 6' 3" 185 Apr 27, 1978 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
J.R. House 28 R R 6' 0" 215 Nov 11, 1979 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Carlos Lee 32 R R 6' 2" 265 Jun 20, 1976 10 115 114 115 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 110 4 1 0 2.6 $12,500,000
Mark Loretta 36 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 14, 1971 14 101 59 101 67 0 0 2 46 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0.8 $2,750,000
Kazuo Matsui 32 B R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1975 5 96 94 96 94 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.4 $5,500,000
Edwin Maysonet 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 17, 1981 1st 7 0 7 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.3 $
Brian Moehler 36 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 12 31 26 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $500,000
David Newhan 34 L R 5' 10" 185 Sep 7, 1973 8 64 19 64 30 0 0 0 28 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 38 1 -0.4 $
Fernando Nieve 25 R R 6' 0" 220 Jul 15, 1982 2 11 0 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Roy Oswalt 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 29, 1977 8 32 32 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $13,000,000
Chad Paronto 32 R R 6' 5" 255 Jul 28, 1975 6 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Hunter Pence 25 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 13, 1983 2 157 154 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 0 2 0 0.7 $396,000
Tomas Perez 34 B R 5' 11" 185 Dec 29, 1973 12 8 1 8 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Humberto Quintero 28 R R 5' 9" 215 Aug 2, 1979 6 59 52 59 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $405,000
Wandy Rodriguez 29 R L 5' 11" 195 Jan 18, 1979 4 25 25 24 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $451,000
Mark Saccomanno 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Apr 30, 1980 1st 10 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.1 $
Chris Sampson 30 R R 6' 1" 195 May 23, 1978 3 54 11 52 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $401,000
Miguel Tejada 34 R R 5' 9" 220 May 25, 1974 12 158 154 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.7 $14,811,414 All-Star
J.R. Towles 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 11, 1984 2 54 47 54 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3 $390,000
Jose Valverde 30 R R 6' 4" 255 Mar 24, 1978 6 74 0 69 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $4,700,000
Oscar Villarreal 26 L R 6' 0" 215 Nov 22, 1981 6 35 0 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $1,125,000
Ty Wigginton 30 R R 6' 0" 230 Oct 11, 1977 7 111 105 111 109 0 0 0 0 82 0 31 0 0 31 0 3 0 2.4 $4,350,000
Randy Wolf 31 L L 6' 0" 205 Aug 22, 1976 10 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Wesley Wright 23 R L 5' 11" 180 Jan 28, 1985 1st 71 0 68 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $390,000
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Reggie Abercrombie
Darin Erstad
Kazuo Matsui
Mark Loretta
Hunter Pence
Miguel Tejada
Brad Ausmus
Jose Castillo
Tomas Perez

Michael Bourn
Lance Berkman
Mark Saccomanno
Jack Cassel
Ty Wigginton
Jose Cruz
LaTroy Hawkins
Edwin Maysonet
Doug Brocail

Geoff Blum
Geoff Geary
Shawn Chacon
David Newhan
Shawn Chacon
Brian Moehler
Randy Wolf
Brandon Backe

Chris Sampson
Roy Oswalt
Carlos Lee
J.R. Towles
Jose Valverde
Tim Byrdak
Alberto Arias
Runelvys Hernandez
Wandy Rodriguez

Wesley Wright
Chad Paronto
Humberto Quintero
Oscar Villarreal
Dave Borkowski
J.R. House
Reggie Abercrombie
Fernando Nieve

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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