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2008 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
86-75, Finished 3rd in NL Central
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Scored 712 runs, Allowed 743 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-84
Manager: Cecil Cooper (86-75)
Ballpark: Minute Maid Park (ballparks.com)
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 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
Reggie Abercrombie 27 R R 6' 3" 218 Jul 15, 1980 3 34 12 34 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 0 22 0 13 6
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
Brad Ausmus 39 R R 5' 11" 195 Apr 14, 1969 16 81 62 81 80 0 77 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 $2,000,000.00
Brandon Backe 30 R R 6' 0" 182 Apr 5, 1978 7 32 28 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $800,000.00
Lance Berkman 32 B L 6' 1" 205 Feb 10, 1976 10 159 156 159 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 $14,500,000.00 All-Star
Geoff Blum 35 B R 6' 3" 195 Apr 26, 1973 10 114 78 114 85 0 0 5 8 75 4 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 $1,100,000.00
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 $800,000.00
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 $396,000.00
Doug Brocail 41 L R 6' 5" 235 May 16, 1967 14 72 0 65 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,500,000.00
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
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
Jose Castillo 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 19, 1981 5 15 8 15 10 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Shawn Chacon 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 23, 1977 8 15 13 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000,000.00
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 15 0 28 1 $650,000.00
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 88 0 51 2 $1,000,000.00
Geoff Geary 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 26, 1976 6 55 0 53 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,125,000.00
LaTroy Hawkins 35 R R 6' 5" 195 Dec 21, 1972 14 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Runelvys Hernandez 30 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 27, 1978 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.R. House 28 R R 5' 10" 202 Nov 11, 1979 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Carlos Lee 32 R R 6' 2" 235 Jun 20, 1976 10 115 114 115 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 110 4 1 0 $12,500,000.00
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 $2,750,000.00
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 $5,500,000.00
Edwin Maysonet 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 17, 1981 1st 7 0 7 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Brian Moehler 36 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 12 31 25 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
David Newhan 34 L R 5' 10" 180 Sep 7, 1973 8 64 19 64 30 0 0 0 28 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 38 1
Fernando Nieve 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 15, 1982 2 11 0 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Oswalt 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 29, 1977 8 32 30 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $13,000,000.00
Chad Paronto 32 R R 6' 5" 250 Jul 28, 1975 6 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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 $396,000.00
Tomas Perez 34 B R 5' 11" 165 Dec 29, 1973 12 8 1 8 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Humberto Quintero 28 R R 5' 9" 215 Aug 8, 1979 6 59 52 59 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $405,000.00
Wandy Rodriguez 29 B L 5' 11" 160 Jan 18, 1979 4 25 24 24 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $451,000.00
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
Chris Sampson 30 R R 6' 0" 170 May 23, 1978 3 54 11 52 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $401,000.00
Miguel Tejada 34 R R 5' 10" 170 May 25, 1974 12 158 154 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $14,811,414.00 All-Star
J.R. Towles 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 11, 1984 2 54 47 54 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $390,000.00
Jose Valverde 28 R R 6' 4" 254 Jul 24, 1979 6 74 0 69 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,700,000.00
Oscar Villarreal 26 L R 6' 0" 177 Nov 22, 1981 6 35 0 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,125,000.00
Ty Wigginton 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Oct 11, 1977 7 111 105 111 109 0 0 0 0 82 0 31 0 0 31 0 3 0 $4,350,000.00
Randy Wolf 31 L L 6' 0" 194 Aug 22, 1976 10 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wesley Wright 23 R L 5' 11" 160 Jan 28, 1985 1st 71 0 68 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,000.00
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.

2007 / 2009 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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