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2009 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008)
74-88, 5th place in NL Central
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Scored 643 runs, Allowed 770 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94
Manager: Cecil Cooper (70-79) and Dave Clark (4-9)
Ballpark: Minute Maid Park (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
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2008 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
Alberto Arias 25 R R 5' 11" 155 Oct 14, 1983 4 42 0 40 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Backe 31 R R 6' 0" 182 Apr 5, 1978 8 5 1 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $1,550,000.00
Yorman Bazardo 24 R R 6' 2" 202 Jul 11, 1984 4 10 6 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Berkman 33 B L 6' 1" 205 Feb 10, 1976 11 136 131 136 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $14,500,000.00
Geoff Blum 36 B R 6' 3" 195 Apr 26, 1973 12 120 101 120 111 0 0 10 0 102 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 $1,250,000.00
Aaron Boone 36 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 9, 1973 13 10 2 10 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $750,000.00
Michael Bourn 26 L R 5' 11" 180 Dec 27, 1982 4 157 150 157 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 2 2 $434,500.00
Doug Brocail 42 L R 6' 5" 235 May 16, 1967 15 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,500,000.00
Tim Byrdak 35 L L 5' 11" 190 Oct 31, 1973 8 76 0 75 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Chris Coste 36 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 4, 1973 4 43 27 43 39 0 26 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Darin Erstad 35 L L 6' 2" 195 Jun 4, 1974 14 107 18 107 41 0 0 15 0 0 0 24 1 4 28 0 73 1 $1,750,000.00
Jeff Fulchino 29 R R 6' 5" 252 Nov 26, 1979 3 61 0 60 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Geoff Geary 32 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 26, 1976 7 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,700,000.00
Samuel Gervacio 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 10, 1985 1st 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hampton 36 R L 5' 10" 180 Sep 9, 1972 15 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000,000.00
LaTroy Hawkins 36 R R 6' 5" 195 Dec 21, 1972 17 65 0 62 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,500,000.00
Chris Johnson 24 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 1, 1984 1st 11 5 11 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Matt Kata 31 B R 6' 1" 185 Mar 14, 1978 7 40 5 40 11 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 29 3
Jeff Keppinger 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 21, 1980 5 107 76 107 96 0 0 0 22 67 11 2 0 0 2 0 17 2 $427,500.00
Carlos Lee 33 R R 6' 2" 235 Jun 20, 1976 12 160 160 160 154 0 0 1 0 0 0 154 0 0 154 6 0 0 $19,000,000.00
Wilton Lopez 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 19, 1983 1st 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Manzella 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 16, 1983 1st 7 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Kazuo Matsui 33 B R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1975 7 132 127 132 130 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 $5,500,000.00
Edwin Maysonet 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 17, 1981 2 39 17 39 24 0 0 0 15 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 4
Jason Michaels 33 R R 6' 0" 204 May 4, 1976 10 102 18 102 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 14 3 45 0 65 3 $750,000.00
Brian Moehler 37 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 14 29 29 28 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,300,000.00
Bud Norris 24 R R 6' 0" 225 Mar 2, 1985 1st 11 10 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russ Ortiz 35 R R 6' 1" 210 Jun 5, 1974 12 25 13 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $750,000.00
Roy Oswalt 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 29, 1977 9 30 30 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $14,000,000.00
Chad Paronto 33 R R 6' 5" 250 Jul 28, 1975 7 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Felipe Paulino 25 R R 6' 3" 245 Oct 5, 1983 2 23 17 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hunter Pence 26 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 13, 1983 3 159 156 159 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 157 0 2 0 $439,000.00 All-Star
Humberto Quintero 29 R R 5' 9" 215 Aug 8, 1979 7 60 51 60 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $610,000.00
Ivan Rodriguez 37 R R 5' 9" 205 Nov 27, 1971 20 93 83 93 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $1,500,000.00
Wandy Rodriguez 30 B L 5' 11" 160 Jan 18, 1979 5 34 33 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $2,600,000.00
Billy Sadler 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 21, 1981 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Sampson 31 R R 6' 0" 170 May 23, 1978 4 49 0 46 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $449,000.00
Jason Smith 31 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 24, 1977 11 21 3 21 6 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 $500,000.00
Miguel Tejada 35 R R 5' 10" 170 May 25, 1974 13 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $14,811,414.00 All-Star
J.R. Towles 25 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 11, 1984 3 16 14 16 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jose Valverde 29 R R 6' 4" 254 Jul 24, 1979 7 52 0 48 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $8,000,000.00
Wesley Wright 24 R L 5' 11" 160 Jan 28, 1985 2 49 0 48 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $425,000.00
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.

2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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