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2008 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 - 99;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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2007 / 2009 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Brad Ausmus 39 81 250 216 15 47 8 0 3 24 0 2 25 41 .218 .303 .296 .600 60 64 4 2 6 1 3
2 1B Lance Berkman# 32 159 665 554 114 173 46 4 29 106 18 4 99 108 .312 .420 .567 .986 159 314 13 7 0 5 18
3 2B Kazuo Matsui# 32 96 422 375 58 110 26 3 6 33 20 5 37 53 .293 .354 .427 .781 106 160 3 0 7 3 0
4 SS Miguel Tejada 34 158 666 632 92 179 38 3 13 66 7 7 24 72 .283 .314 .415 .729 92 262 32 6 1 3 4
5 3B Ty Wigginton 30 111 429 386 50 110 22 1 23 58 4 6 32 69 .285 .350 .526 .876 128 203 9 8 0 3 1
6 LF Carlos Lee 32 115 481 436 61 137 27 0 28 100 4 1 37 49 .314 .368 .569 .937 144 248 8 3 0 5 7
7 CF Michael Bourn* 25 138 514 467 57 107 10 4 5 29 41 10 37 111 .229 .288 .300 .588 57 140 3 2 7 1 0
8 RF Hunter Pence 25 157 642 595 78 160 34 4 25 83 11 10 40 124 .269 .318 .466 .783 105 277 14 4 0 3 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 3B Geoff Blum# 35 114 356 325 36 78 14 1 14 53 1 2 21 54 .240 .287 .418 .705 84 136 5 3 0 7 2
10 OF Darin Erstad* 34 140 342 322 49 89 16 0 4 31 2 3 14 68 .276 .309 .363 .672 78 117 3 2 2 2 3
11 2B Mark Loretta 36 101 297 261 27 73 15 0 4 38 0 0 29 30 .280 .350 .383 .733 95 100 9 2 0 5 1
12 C Humberto Quintero 28 59 183 168 16 38 6 0 2 12 0 0 6 34 .226 .270 .298 .567 51 50 5 4 5 0 0
13 C J.R. Towles 24 54 171 146 10 20 5 0 4 16 0 0 16 40 .137 .250 .253 .503 34 37 3 6 3 0 1
14 2B David Newhan* 34 64 111 104 11 27 5 2 2 12 1 0 6 28 .260 .297 .404 .701 84 42 3 0 0 1 0
15 OF Reggie Abercrombie 27 34 60 55 10 17 5 0 2 5 5 2 1 23 .309 .339 .509 .848 121 28 0 2 1 1 0
16 OF Jose Cruz# 34 38 60 49 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 9 .122 .283 .143 .426 18 7 0 0 0 0 0
17 IF Jose Castillo 27 15 35 32 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .281 .314 .313 .627 67 10 0 0 0 1 0
18 1B Mark Saccomanno 28 10 10 10 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .600 .800 101 6 0 0 0 0 0
19 IF Tomas Perez# 34 8 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 MI Edwin Maysonet 26 7 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 J.R. House 28 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Roy Oswalt 30 30 75 70 3 15 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 .214 .214 .214 .429 14 15 0 0 5 0 0
23 P Brandon Backe 30 29 56 47 8 13 2 0 2 3 0 0 3 18 .277 .333 .447 .780 105 21 0 1 5 0 0
24 P Brian Moehler 36 30 50 44 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 27 .023 .104 .045 .150 -58 2 0 0 2 0 0
25 P Wandy Rodriguez# 29 24 45 41 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .122 .122 .146 .268 -29 6 1 0 4 0 0
26 P Shawn Chacon 30 13 28 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .125 .192 .125 .317 -13 3 0 0 2 0 0
27 P Chris Sampson 30 52 26 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .136 .174 .136 .310 -16 3 0 0 3 0 0
28 P Randy Wolf* 31 12 26 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .130 .167 .130 .297 -20 3 0 0 2 0 0
29 P Jack Cassel 27 9 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 19 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Runelvys Hernandez 30 4 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 78 1 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Tim Byrdak* 34 56 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Chad Paronto 32 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Alberto Arias 24 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Fernando Nieve 25 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Geoff Geary 31 53 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
36 P Jose Valverde 28 69 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Doug Brocail* 41 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
38 P Oscar Villarreal* 26 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 31.1 161 6050 5451 712 1432 284 22 167 684 114 52 449 1051 .263 .323 .415 .737 94 2261 116 52 57 41 42
Rank in 16 NL teams 15 11 9 10 14 8 5 1 16 10 6 11 7 10 10 8 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Roy Oswalt 30 17 10 .630 3.54 32 32 0 3 2 0 208.2 199 89 82 23 47 2 165 10 0 1 862 120 1.179 8.6 1.0 2.0 7.1 3.51
2 SP Brandon Backe 30 9 14 .391 6.05 31 31 0 0 0 0 166.2 202 114 112 36 77 2 127 4 0 2 756 70 1.674 10.9 1.9 4.2 6.9 1.65
3 SP Brian Moehler 36 11 8 .579 4.56 31 26 0 0 0 0 150.0 166 79 76 20 36 1 82 4 0 3 650 93 1.347 10.0 1.2 2.2 4.9 2.28
4 SP Wandy Rodriguez* 29 9 7 .563 3.54 25 25 0 0 0 0 137.1 136 65 54 14 44 3 131 5 3 2 587 120 1.311 8.9 0.9 2.9 8.6 2.98
5 SP Shawn Chacon 30 2 3 .400 5.04 15 15 0 0 0 0 85.2 88 52 48 16 41 5 53 2 0 2 374 84 1.506 9.2 1.7 4.3 5.6 1.29
6 SP Randy Wolf* 31 6 2 .750 3.57 12 12 0 1 1 0 70.2 68 31 28 7 24 4 57 4 0 1 301 119 1.302 8.7 0.9 3.1 7.3 2.38
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Jose Valverde 28 6 3 .667 3.38 74 0 71 0 0 44 72.0 62 28 27 10 23 6 83 2 2 3 303 126 1.181 7.8 1.3 2.9 10.4 3.61
8 RP Doug Brocail 41 7 5 .583 3.93 72 0 21 0 0 2 68.2 63 30 30 8 21 5 64 3 1 1 286 108 1.223 8.3 1.0 2.8 8.4 3.05
9 RP Geoff Geary 31 2 3 .400 2.53 55 0 8 0 0 0 64.0 45 18 18 3 28 5 45 2 1 0 262 168 1.141 6.3 0.4 3.9 6.3 1.61
10 RP Wesley Wright* 23 4 3 .571 5.01 71 0 15 0 0 1 55.2 45 34 31 8 34 4 57 4 1 2 250 85 1.419 7.3 1.3 5.5 9.2 1.68
11 RP Tim Byrdak* 34 2 1 .667 3.90 59 0 9 0 0 0 55.1 45 24 24 10 29 2 47 2 0 0 237 109 1.337 7.3 1.6 4.7 7.6 1.62
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Chris Sampson 30 6 4 .600 4.22 54 11 6 0 0 0 117.1 118 60 55 8 23 5 61 3 0 0 478 101 1.202 9.1 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.65
13 Oscar Villarreal 26 1 3 .250 5.02 35 0 13 0 0 0 37.2 42 25 21 12 17 0 21 2 0 2 168 85 1.566 10.0 2.9 4.1 5.0 1.24
14 Dave Borkowski 31 0 2 .000 7.50 26 0 5 0 0 0 36.0 54 30 30 9 14 5 24 1 0 0 173 57 1.889 13.5 2.3 3.5 6.0 1.71
15 Jack Cassel 27 1 1 .500 5.64 9 3 1 0 0 0 30.1 38 21 19 5 8 2 14 1 1 2 132 75 1.516 11.3 1.5 2.4 4.2 1.75
16 LaTroy Hawkins 35 2 0 1.000 0.43 24 0 4 0 0 1 21.0 11 3 1 0 5 1 25 0 0 1 79 992 0.762 4.7 0.0 2.1 10.7 5.00
17 Runelvys Hernandez 30 0 3 .000 8.38 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.1 32 19 18 4 11 1 15 0 0 0 98 51 2.224 14.9 1.9 5.1 7.0 1.36
18 Fernando Nieve 25 0 1 .000 8.44 11 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 17 10 10 2 2 0 12 0 0 0 49 50 1.781 14.3 1.7 1.7 10.1 6.00
19 Chad Paronto 32 0 1 .000 4.35 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 11 5 5 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 41 98 1.258 9.6 1.7 1.7 3.5 2.00
20 Alberto Arias 24 1 1 .500 6.75 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 6 6 0 6 0 8 1 0 0 39 63 2.125 12.4 0.0 6.8 9.0 1.33
Team Totals 30.8 86 75 .534 4.39 161 161 157 4 3 48 1425.1 1453 743 695 197 492 53 1095 50 9 22 6125 97 1.365 9.2 1.2 3.1 6.9 2.23
Rank in 16 NL teams 5 12 5 3 1 16 10 8 8 15 3 10
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Reggie Abercrombie 27 23 38 36 2 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -1 1.65 LF-CF
Alberto Arias 24 3 2 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.12 0.33 P
Brad Ausmus 39 81 62 575.2 469 433 33 3 4 .994 2.4 5.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 3 7.29 5.75 4 9 19 5 21% C-1B-2B-3B
Brandon Backe 30 31 31 166.2 33 15 17 1 2 .970 0.0 0.0 1.73 1.03 P
Lance Berkman 32 157 151 1307.1 1377 1240 132 5 122 .996 9.6 8.8 9.6 7.6 2.0 0 9.45 8.74 1B-DH
Geoff Blum 35 92 78 691.0 244 71 169 4 11 .984 3.4 5.9 4.4 1.3 3.1 -1 3.13 2.61 3B-2B-SS-1B
Dave Borkowski 31 26 0 36.0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 0.35 P
Michael Bourn 25 130 111 1009.0 305 291 9 5 2 .984 -11.5 -13.7 -11.5 3.5 -15.0 0 2.68 2.31 CF
Doug Brocail 41 72 0 68.2 18 9 8 1 1 .944 0.0 0.0 2.23 0.24 P
Tim Byrdak 34 59 0 55.1 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.28 0.24 P
Jack Cassel 27 9 3 30.1 8 2 5 1 0 .875 0.0 0.0 2.08 0.78 P
Jose Castillo 27 10 8 73.0 26 11 15 0 1 1.000 2.2 36.2 2.2 0.9 1.3 0 3.21 2.60 3B-2B
Shawn Chacon 30 15 15 85.2 13 3 9 1 0 .923 0.0 0.0 1.26 0.80 P
Jose Cruz 34 18 7 70.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 3.4 0.2 -0.7 0.9 0 2.31 1.00 CF-LF-RF
Darin Erstad 34 114 64 623.1 221 217 4 0 5 1.000 2.7 5.2 2.7 1.9 0.8 0 0 3.19 1.94 CF-LF-1B-RF
Geoff Geary 31 55 0 64.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.55 0.20 P
LaTroy Hawkins 35 24 0 21.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.86 0.08 P
Runelvys Hernandez 30 4 4 19.1 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.33 1.25 P
Carlos Lee 32 114 110 915.1 192 187 4 1 0 .995 -9.3 -12.2 -7.3 -2.6 -4.7 -2 1.88 1.68 LF-DH
Mark Loretta 36 70 59 531.2 281 109 168 4 32 .986 2.1 4.7 2.1 3.2 -1.1 0 4.69 3.96 2B-3B-SS-1B
Kazuo Matsui 32 94 94 806.0 421 190 219 12 56 .971 -7.0 -10.4 -6.0 -3.4 -2.6 -1 4.57 4.35 2B
Edwin Maysonet 26 7 0 13.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 -1.5 -138.5 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 0 5.54 1.14 SS-2B
Brian Moehler 36 31 26 150.0 25 14 10 1 0 .960 0.0 0.0 1.44 0.77 P
David Newhan 34 30 19 179.2 73 33 39 1 11 .986 -3.0 -20.0 -3.0 -0.5 -2.5 0 3.61 2.40 2B-LF
Fernando Nieve 25 11 0 10.2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.18 P
Roy Oswalt 30 32 32 208.2 54 24 30 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.33 1.69 P
Chad Paronto 32 6 0 10.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.87 0.17 P
Hunter Pence 25 156 154 1366.1 357 340 16 1 4 .997 -4.1 -3.6 -9.1 -2.9 -6.2 5 2.34 2.28 RF
Tomas Perez 34 6 1 17.0 4 2 2 0 2 1.000 -1.1 -77.6 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 0 2.12 0.67 2B-3B
Humberto Quintero 28 59 52 447.0 400 373 26 1 3 .998 6.0 16.1 6 8.03 6.76 1 5 15 9 38% C
Wandy Rodriguez 29 25 25 137.1 23 9 14 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.51 0.92 P
Mark Saccomanno 28 2 0 6.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 1B
Chris Sampson 30 54 11 117.1 23 15 7 1 2 .957 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.41 P
Miguel Tejada 34 157 154 1354.1 640 187 442 11 97 .983 5.0 4.4 4.0 0.9 3.1 1 4.18 4.01 SS
J.R. Towles 24 53 47 408.2 327 312 13 2 1 .994 3.0 8.8 3 7.16 6.13 3 8 13 7 35% C
Jose Valverde 28 74 0 72.0 10 6 3 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 1.12 0.12 P
Oscar Villarreal 26 35 0 37.2 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.91 0.23 P
Ty Wigginton 30 112 105 899.0 244 92 146 6 11 .975 -3.4 -4.5 -4.4 1.6 -6.0 2 -1 2.38 2.13 3B-LF
Randy Wolf 31 12 12 70.2 17 5 10 2 0 .882 0.0 0.0 1.91 1.25 P
Wesley Wright 23 71 0 55.2 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.13 P
Team Totals 31.0 161 1437 12718.2 5939 4276 1596 67 379 .989 -5.3 -0.5 -19.3 9.2 -28.5 4 -2 12 4.16 2.75 8 22 47 21 31%
Rank in 16 NL teams 16 9 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

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