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2009 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008 / 2010

74-88, Finished 5th in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cecil Cooper (70-79) and Dave Clark (4-9)
Scored 643 runs, Allowed 770 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94

Ballparks: Minute Maid Park · Attendance: 2,521,076 (9th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

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2008 / 2010 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
Alberto Arias 25 R R 5' 11" 155 Oct 14, 1983 3 42 0 40 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
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 -0.5 $1,550,000
Yorman Bazardo 24 R R 6' 2" 230 Jul 11, 1984 4 10 6 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Lance Berkman 33 B L 6' 1" 220 Feb 10, 1976 11 136 131 136 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3.2 $14,500,000
Geoff Blum 36 B R 6' 3" 220 Apr 26, 1973 11 120 101 120 111 0 0 10 0 102 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.9 $1,250,000
Aaron Boone 36 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 9, 1973 12 10 2 10 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.3 $750,000
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 2.4 $434,500
Doug Brocail 42 L R 6' 5" 220 May 16, 1967 15 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $2,500,000
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 0.8 $1,000,000
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 -0.8 $
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 29 0 73 1 -1.1 $1,750,000
Jeff Fulchino 29 R R 6' 5" 285 Nov 26, 1979 3 61 0 60 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Geoff Geary 32 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 26, 1976 7 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $1,700,000
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 0.6 $
Mike Hampton 36 R L 5' 10" 195 Sep 9, 1972 15 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $2,000,000
LaTroy Hawkins 36 R R 6' 5" 220 Dec 21, 1972 15 65 0 62 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $3,500,000
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 -0.4 $
Matt Kata 31 B R 6' 1" 185 Mar 14, 1978 5 40 5 40 11 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 29 3 -0.4 $
Jeff Keppinger 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 21, 1980 5 107 76 107 96 0 0 0 22 67 11 2 0 0 2 0 17 2 -0.4 $427,500
Carlos Lee 33 R R 6' 2" 265 Jun 20, 1976 11 160 160 160 154 0 0 1 0 0 0 154 0 0 154 6 0 0 0.3 $19,000,000
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 -0.8 $
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 -0.1 $
Kazuo Matsui 33 B R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1975 6 132 127 132 130 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 $5,500,000
Edwin Maysonet 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 17, 1981 2 39 17 39 24 0 0 0 15 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 0.1 $
Jason Michaels 33 R R 6' 0" 210 May 4, 1976 9 102 18 102 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 14 3 48 0 65 3 -0.2 $750,000
Brian Moehler 37 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 13 29 29 28 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $2,300,000
Bud Norris 24 R R 6' 0" 220 Mar 2, 1985 1st 11 10 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Russ Ortiz 35 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 5, 1974 11 25 13 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $750,000
Roy Oswalt 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 29, 1977 9 30 30 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $14,000,000
Chad Paronto 33 R R 6' 5" 255 Jul 28, 1975 7 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Felipe Paulino 25 R R 6' 2" 270 Oct 5, 1983 2 23 17 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
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 1.5 $439,000 All-Star
Humberto Quintero 29 R R 5' 9" 215 Aug 2, 1979 7 60 51 60 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $610,000
Ivan Rodriguez 37 R R 5' 9" 205 Nov 27, 1971 19 93 83 93 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $1,500,000
Wandy Rodriguez 30 R L 5' 11" 195 Jan 18, 1979 5 34 33 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.9 $2,600,000
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 -0.1 $
Chris Sampson 31 R R 6' 1" 195 May 23, 1978 4 49 0 46 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $449,000
Jason Smith 31 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 24, 1977 9 21 3 21 6 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 -0.6 $500,000
Miguel Tejada 35 R R 5' 9" 220 May 25, 1974 13 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $14,811,414 All-Star
J.R. Towles 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 11, 1984 3 16 14 16 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Jose Valverde 31 R R 6' 4" 255 Mar 24, 1978 7 52 0 48 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $8,000,000
Wesley Wright 24 R L 5' 11" 180 Jan 28, 1985 2 49 0 48 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $425,000
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

Darin Erstad
Kazuo Matsui
Jason Michaels
Aaron Boone
Hunter Pence
Miguel Tejada
Mike Hampton
Ivan Rodriguez

Lance Berkman
Edwin Maysonet
Bud Norris
Michael Bourn
LaTroy Hawkins
Russ Ortiz
Doug Brocail
Geoff Blum

Matt Kata
Jeff Keppinger
Geoff Geary
Bud Norris
Billy Sadler
Jason Smith
Matt Kata
Brian Moehler
Jeff Fulchino
Russ Ortiz
Brandon Backe
Chris Coste
Chris Sampson

Roy Oswalt
Carlos Lee
J.R. Towles
Jose Valverde
Tim Byrdak
Alberto Arias
Wandy Rodriguez
Felipe Paulino

Jeff Fulchino
Wesley Wright
Chad Paronto
Humberto Quintero
Yorman Bazardo
Wilton Lopez
Samuel Gervacio
Ivan Rodriguez

2008 / 2010 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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