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2008 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
47-55, 6th place in NL Central Division
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Scored 435 runs, Allowed 495 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-57
Managed by Cecil Cooper

Ballpark: Minute Maid Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,781,026 (6th of 16)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Brad Ausmus         39   57  153    7   35   8  0   1   16  15   31  .229  .296  .301   0   1   4   0   5   1   2   59
1B #Lance Berkman       32  100  358   82  122  30  3  22   75  62   65  .341  .440  .626  15   2   9   4   0   3  13  179
2B #Kazuo Matsui        32   68  268   37   75  18  1   2   21  30   44  .280  .349  .377  17   4   1   0   4   3   0   93
3B  Ty Wigginton        30   64  221   26   59  15  0   8   23  27   37  .267  .358  .443   4   4   3   5   0   1   1  112
SS  Miguel Tejada       34  101  397   61  108  22  2  10   45  19   49  .272  .310  .413   7   4  12   4   0   2   4   90
LF  Carlos Lee          32  101  385   49  118  25  0  22   80  30   40  .306  .355  .543   4   1   7   2   0   5   5  134
CF *Michael Bourn       25   94  339   41   77   7  3   4   15  28   79  .227  .285  .301  33   7   2   0   6   1   0   56
RF  Hunter Pence        25   99  386   43  102  20  2  12   50  21   78  .264  .302  .420   7   8   7   1   0   3   0   89
    Mark Loretta        36   67  182   17   48  11  0   3   28  17   22  .264  .327  .374   0   0   6   1   0   2   0   86
   #Geoff Blum          35   65  166   12   36   4  0   6   21  10   24  .217  .260  .349   1   0   1   0   0   1   2   60
   *Darin Erstad        34   88  156   25   43  12  0   2   16  10   28  .276  .319  .391   1   2   2   0   1   0   3   88
    J.R. Towles         24   50  140   10   20   5  0   4   16  15   36  .143  .255  .264   0   0   3   6   3   0   1   38
   #Jose Cruz           34   38   49    6    6   1  0   0    1  11    9  .122  .283  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   18
    Humberto Quintero   28   18   48    4   11   2  0   0    1   0    8  .229  .229  .271   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   32
   *David Newhan        34   19   28    4    7   2  1   0    2   1    7  .250  .276  .393   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   75
    Reggie Abercrombie  27   14   16    2    3   1  0   1    1   0    8  .188  .235  .438   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   74
   #Tomas Perez         34    8   10    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7

    Roy Oswalt          30   17   36    1    8   0  0   0    2   0    5  .222  .222  .222   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   19
    Brandon Backe       30   18   31    5   10   2  0   1    2   2   10  .323  .382  .484   0   0   0   1   3   0   0  128
   #Wandy Rodriguez     29   14   28    2    3   0  0   0    0   0    8  .107  .107  .107   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -43
    Shawn Chacon        30   13   24    1    3   0  0   0    0   2   10  .125  .192  .125   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -13
    Brian Moehler       36   18   22    0    0   0  0   0    0   4   15  .000  .154  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -54
    Chris Sampson       30   29   21    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    8  .143  .182  .143   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -12
    Jack Cassel         27    5    6    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    3  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   78
   *Tim Byrdak          34   33    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7
    Runelvys Hernandez  30    4    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    2  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   78
    Chad Paronto        32    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Geoff Geary         31   34    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jose Valverde       28   43    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Oscar Villarreal    26   33    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Doug Brocail        41   43    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0  102 3484  435  903 185 12  98  417 306  633  .259  .322  .404  89  34  62  25  34  22  31   96
    Rank among 16 NL teams        12   12    8   9 14  10       15   14     7    11    12   2   1      13            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Brandon Backe       30  21   4.79   6  10  0  21   0   0   0  118.3  132   65   63  23   50   91  527   1   3  0   1  89
SP  Roy Oswalt          30  19   4.56   7   8  0  19   0   0   0  116.3  133   66   59  18   28   94  510   0   6  0   1  93
SP  Shawn Chacon        30  15   5.04   2   3  0  15   0   0   0   85.7   88   52   48  16   41   53  374   2   2  0   5  84
SP *Wandy Rodriguez     29  15   3.18   6   3  0  15   0   0   0   87.7   85   40   31   9   26   79  374   2   4  2   3 133
SP  Brian Moehler       36  19   4.45   5   4  0  14   0   0   0   85.0   94   44   42  13   25   47  374   3   2  0   1  95

CL  Jose Valverde       28  48   4.75   4   3 26   0  45   0   0   47.3   49   26   25  10   17   55  211   2   2  2   6  89
RP  Doug Brocail        41  50   3.61   4   4  2   0  12   0   0   47.3   42   19   19   4   13   41  195   1   2  0   4 117
RP *Wesley Wright       23  48   4.66   3   3  0   0  10   0   0   36.7   29   20   19   5   24   32  163   1   2  0   3  91
RP *Tim Byrdak          34  36   2.88   2   1  0   0   5   0   0   34.3   28   11   11   5   25   23  152   0   1  0   2 147
RP  Geoff Geary         31  36   2.45   2   2  0   0   5   0   0   44.0   32   12   12   1   20   37  182   0   2  1   3 173

    Chris Sampson       30  31   4.50   4   3  0  11   5   0   0   84.0   86   46   42   6   15   41  343   0   2  0   1  94
    Oscar Villarreal    26  35   5.02   1   3  0   0  13   0   0   37.7   42   25   21  12   17   21  168   2   2  0   0  85
    Dave Borkowski      31  22   7.45   0   2  0   0   4   0   0   29.0   45   24   24   8   10   20  138   0   0  0   3  57
    Runelvys Hernandez  30   4   8.38   0   3  0   4   0   0   0   19.3   32   19   18   4   11   15   98   0   0  0   1  51
    Jack Cassel         27   5   7.11   1   1  0   3   0   0   0   19.0   27   17   15   5    4    8   85   1   1  0   2  60
    Chad Paronto        32   4   3.24   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    8.3    8    3    3   1    2    2   32   0   0  0   0 131
    Fernando Nieve      25   4  18.00   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    3.0   10    6    6   1    1    2   19   0   0  0   0  24
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.5 102   4.56  47  55 28 102 102   0   4  903.0  962  495  458 141  329  661 3945  15  31  5  36  93
    Rank among 16 NL teams         13  12   5  3          13  12     16   11   10       16    4   12

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
BAusmus      391  42  54  280   19   1   4  .997   3   5  14   4
JTowles      389  45  49  290   12   2   1  .993   2   8  13   7
HQuintero    121  15  18  103    5   0   1 1.000   0   2   8   2
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total   903 102 102  673   36   3   6  .996   5  15  35  13
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .993 *9.40
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LBerkman     813  94  94  776   94   3  77  .997  9.62
DErstad       52   5   9   58    2   0   4 1.000 10.33
MLoretta      17   2   2   14    0   0   0 1.000  7.41
GBlum         16   1   3   11    1   0   0 1.000  6.75
BAusmus        4   0   2    5    0   0   0 1.000 11.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total   903 102 102  864   97   3  81  .997  9.58
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .982 *4.81
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
KMatsui      585  67  67  137  157  10  42  .967  4.52
MLoretta     249  28  31   53   79   1  21  .992  4.77
DNewhan       37   4   7    7    3   0   2 1.000  2.41
TPerez        15   1   5    2    2   0   2 1.000  2.40
GBlum         14   2   3    4    5   0   0 1.000  5.51
BAusmus        1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total   903 102 102  203  246  11  67  .976  4.48
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .954 *2.58
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
TWigginton   550  63  64   37  121   6   7  .963  2.58
GBlum        282  32  36   17   70   4   5  .956  2.78
MLoretta      67   7  12    4   21   0   1 1.000  3.32
TPerez         2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
BAusmus        1   0   1    0    0   1   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total   903 102 102   58  212  11  13  .961  2.69
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976 *4.45
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
MTejada      858  97 100  130  287   7  61  .983  4.37
MLoretta      36   4   5    3   18   2   3  .913  5.25
GBlum          9   1   2    1    4   0   0 1.000  5.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total   903 102 102  134  309   9  64  .980  4.42
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .981 *1.90
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CLee         800  96  96  158    4   1   0  .994  1.82
DErstad       64   4  30   14    1   0   1 1.000  2.11
JCruz         24   1  10    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.88
RAbercrombi   15   1   6    4    0   0   0 1.000  2.40
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total   903 102 102  181    5   1   1  .995  1.85
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .989 *2.64
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
MBourn       730  81  90  217    7   5   2  .978  2.76
DErstad      123  14  16   51    1   0   0 1.000  3.80
JCruz         35   5   5    9    0   0   0 1.000  2.31
RAbercrombi   15   2   3   10    1   0   0 1.000  6.60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total   903 102 102  287    9   5   2  .983  2.95
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .983 *2.17
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
HPence       860  97  98  209    8   0   2 1.000  2.27
DErstad       32   4   4    7    0   0   0 1.000  1.97
JCruz         11   1   3    4    0   0   0 1.000  3.27
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total   903 102 102  220    8   0   2 1.000  2.27
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .960 *1.77
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BBacke       118  21  21   10    7   1   0  .944  1.29
ROswalt      116  19  19   17   16   0   2 1.000  2.55
WRodriguez    87  15  15    6    9   0   2 1.000  1.54
SChacon       85  15  15    3    9   1   0  .923  1.26
BMoehler      85  14  19    9    6   1   0  .937  1.59
CSampson      84  11  31   12    6   1   2  .947  1.93
DBrocail      47   0  50    7    6   1   0  .929  2.47
JValverde     47   0  48    5    3   0   0 1.000  1.52
GGeary        44   0  36    2    5   0   0 1.000  1.43
OVillarreal   37   0  35    3    5   0   1 1.000  1.91
WWright       36   0  48    2    6   0   1 1.000  1.96
TByrdak       34   0  36    5    4   0   1 1.000  2.36
DBorkowski    29   0  22    4    5   0   0 1.000  2.79
RHernandez    19   4   4    1    4   0   1 1.000  2.33
JCassel       19   3   5    2    3   1   0  .833  2.37
CParonto       8   0   4    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.08
FNieve         3   0   4    1    1   0   1 1.000  6.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total   903 102 102   89   96   6  11  .969  1.84
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
LBerkman       5
CLee           4
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
 Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageBerkman.341
On-base %Berkman.440
Slugging %Berkman.626
OPSBerkman1.066
GamesLee and Tejada101
At BatsTejada397
Plate Appearances (approx.)Berkman427
RunsBerkman82
HitsBerkman122
Total BasesBerkman224
DoublesBerkman30
TriplesBerkman and Bourn3
Home RunsBerkman and Lee22
RBILee80
Bases on BallsBerkman62
StrikeoutsBourn79
Stolen BasesBourn33
SinglesTejada74
Adjusted OPS+Berkman179
Runs CreatedBerkman102
Adjusted Batting RunsBerkman44
Batting WinsBerkman4.1
Extra-Base HitsBerkman55
Times on BaseBerkman188
Offensive Win%Berkman.814
Hit By PitchTowles6
Sac. HitsBourn6
Sac. FliesLee5
Intentional WalksBerkman13
Grounded into Double PlaysTejada12
Caught StealingPence8
Power/Speed NumberBerkman17.8
At Bats per StrikeoutLee9.6
At Bats per Home RunBerkman16.3
OutsTejada307

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAOswalt4.56
WinsOswalt7
Won-Loss %Rodriguez.667
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Oswalt1.384
Hits Allowed/9IPBacke10.04
Bases on Balls/9IPOswalt2.17
Strikeouts/9IPOswalt7.27
GamesBrocail50
SavesValverde26
InningsBacke118.3
StrikeoutsOswalt94
Games StartedBacke21
Home Runs Allow.Backe23
Bases On Balls Allow.Backe50
Hits AllowedOswalt133
SO to WalkOswalt3.36
LossesBacke10
Earned Runs Allow.Backe63
Wild PitchesMoehler3
Hit BatsmenOswalt6
Batters FacedBacke527
Games FinishedValverde45
Adjusted ERA+Oswalt93

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