2008 HOUSTON ASTROS

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Location: Houston,TX
Team Record: 86-75 .534
Result: 3rd in National League - Central Division
Manager(s): Cecil Cooper
General Manager: Ed Wade
Stadium: Minute Maid Park
Attendance: 2,779,287
Payroll: $88,930,414
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Doug Brocail (41)
Youngest Player: Wesley Wright (23)
Longest Tenure: Lance Berkman (10)
Top Hitter: Lance Berkman (3)
Top Pitcher: Roy Oswalt (8)
Top Draft Pick: Jason Castro (#10)

Roster Continuity: 39.97%
Top Prospect: J.R. Towles

National League Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB
Chi Cubs	97	64	.602	--
Milwaukee	90	72	.556	7.5
Houston	86	75	.534	11.0
St. Louis	86	76	.531	11.5
Cincinnati	74	88	.457	23.5
Pittsburgh	67	95	.414	30.5

BATTING STATISTICS

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
10	Miguel Tejada	3b	36	34	UDFA: 1993	MLB	158	632	92	179	38	3	13	66	7	7	24	72	6	4	1	3	32	.283	.314	.415	729	262	666	496	81	4.4	.302
9	Hunter Pence	rf	87	25	2004-2-64	MLB	157	595	78	160	34	4	25	83	11	10	40	124	4	2	0	3	14	.269	.318	.466	783	277	642	462	89	5.2	.301
17	Lance Berkman	1b	3	32	1997-1-16	MLB	159	554	114	173	46	4	29	106	18	4	99	108	7	18	0	5	13	.312	.420	.567	986	314	665	403	141	9.4	.341
14	Michael Bourn	cf	44	25	2003-4-115	MLB	138	467	57	107	10	4	5	29	41	10	37	111	2	0	7	1	3	.229	.288	.300	588	140	514	381	40	2.8	.290
45	Carlos Lee	1b	81	32	UDFA: 1994	MLB	115	436	61	137	27	0	28	100	4	1	37	49	3	7	0	5	8	.314	.368	.569	937	248	481	313	99	8.5	.299
21	Ty Wigginton	1b	-	30	1998-17-514	MLB	111	386	50	110	22	1	23	58	4	6	32	69	8	1	0	3	9	.285	.350	.526	876	203	429	294	74	6.8	.293
3	Kazuo Matsui	ss	100	32	UDFA: 2003	MLB	96	375	58	110	26	3	6	33	20	5	37	53	0	0	7	3	3	.293	.354	.427	781	160	422	283	66	6.3	.326
27	Geoff Blum	3b	85	35	1994-7-196	MLB	114	325	36	78	14	1	14	53	1	2	21	54	3	2	0	7	5	.240	.287	.418	705	136	356	261	42	4.4	.242
2	Darin Erstad	cf-1b	-	34	1995-1-1	MLB	140	322	49	89	16	0	4	31	2	3	14	68	2	3	2	2	3	.276	.309	.363	672	117	342	243	35	3.9	.337
8	Mark Loretta	2b-ss	-	36	1993-7-207	MLB	101	261	27	73	15	0	4	38	0	0	29	30	2	1	0	5	9	.280	.350	.383	733	100	297	202	39	5.2	.297
11	Brad Ausmus	c	-	39	1987-48-1151	MLB	81	216	15	47	8	0	3	24	0	2	25	41	2	3	6	1	4	.218	.303	.296	600	64	250	182	19	2.8	.254
55	Humberto Quintero	c	-	28	UDFA: 1997	MLB	59	168	16	38	6	0	2	12	0	0	6	34	4	0	5	0	5	.226	.270	.298	567	50	183	140	11	2.2	.273
46	J.R. Towles	c	-	24	2004-20-604	MLB	54	146	10	20	5	0	4	16	0	0	16	40	6	1	3	0	3	.137	.250	.253	503	37	171	132	7	1.4	.157
31	David Newhan	rf-2b	-	34	1995-17-456	MLB	64	104	11	27	5	2	2	12	1	0	6	28	0	0	0	1	3	.260	.297	.404	701	42	111	81	12	4.0	.333
44	Roy Oswalt	p	-	30	1996-23-684	MLB	30	70	3	15	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	0	0	5	0	0	.214	.214	.214	429	15	75	60	1	0.5	.288
50	Reggie Abercrombie	of	-	26	1999-23-704	MLB	34	55	10	17	5	0	2	5	5	2	1	23	2	0	1	1	0	.309	.339	.509	848	28	60	42	9	5.8	.484
22	Jose Cruz	rf	-	34	1995-1-3	MLB	38	49	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.283	.143	426	7	60	43	2	1.3	.150
41	Brandon Backe	p	-	30	1998-18-552	MLB	29	47	8	13	2	0	2	3	0	0	3	18	1	0	5	0	0	.277	.333	.447	780	21	56	39	7	4.6	.407
38	Brian Moehler	p	-	36	1993-6-165	MLB	30	44	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	27	0	0	2	0	0	.023	.104	.045	150	2	50	45	-5	-3.0	.059
51	Wandy Rodriguez	p	-	29	UDFA: 1999	MLB	24	41	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	4	0	1	.122	.122	.146	268	6	45	41	-2	-1.2	.167
13	Jose Castillo	2b	-	27	UDFA: 1997	MLB	15	32	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	1	0	.281	.314	.312	627	10	35	24	3	3.2	.391
30	Shawn Chacon	p	-	30	1996-3-86	MLB	13	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.192	.125	317	3	28	23	-1	-1.0	.214
39	Randy Wolf	p	-	31	1997-2-54	MLB	12	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	0	0	.130	.167	.130	297	3	26	22	-1	-1.7	.300
43	Chris Sampson	p	-	30	1999-8-263	MLB	52	22	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	3	0	0	.136	.174	.136	310	3	26	22	-1	-1.0	.231
13	Tomas Perez	2b-ss	-	34	1998-45-1332	MLB	8	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	2	10	8	0	0.3	.250
19	Mark Saccomanno	3b	-	28	2003-23-689	MLB	10	10	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	800	6	10	8	2	5.2	.167
20	Jack Cassel	p	-	27	2000-25-739	MLB	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444	2	9	7	0	-0.2	.400
23	Edwin Maysonet	ss	-	26	2003-19-569	MLB	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	1	7	6	0	-1.2	.200
48	Tim Byrdak	p	-	34	1994-5-135	MLB	56	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	6	5	0	-0.9	.250
50	Runelvys Hernandez	p	-	27	UDFA: 1997	MLB	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	650	1	6	4	0	2.7	.500
59	J.R. House	c	-	28	1999-5-152	MLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
54	Chad Paronto	p	-	32	1996-8-231	MLB	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
1	Alberto Arias	p	-	24	UDFA: 2000	MLB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
64	Fernando Nieve	p	-	25	UDFA: 1999	MLB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
56	Oscar Villarreal	p	-	26	UDFA: 1998	MLB	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
47	Jose Valverde	p	-	28	UDFA: 1997	MLB	69	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
29	Geoff Geary	p	-	31	1998-15-434	MLB	53	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	2	-	-	.000
26	Doug Brocail	p	-	41	1986-1-12	MLB	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (38 players)							161	5451	712	1432	284	22	167	684	114	52	449	1051	52	42	57	41	116	.263	.323	.415	738	2261	6050	4285	760	4.8	.296

PITCHING STATISTICS

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Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
44	Roy Oswalt	8	30	1996-23-684	MLB	17	10	3.54	32	32	3	2	0	0	208.2	199	89	82	23	47	165	1	0	1.18	8.58	0.99	2.03	7.12	0.28	.293	1.06
41	Brandon Backe	37	30	1998-18-552	MLB	9	14	6.05	31	31	0	0	0	0	166.2	202	114	112	36	77	127	2	0	1.67	10.91	1.94	4.16	6.86	0.61	.328	0.64
38	Brian Moehler	-	36	1993-6-165	MLB	11	8	4.56	31	26	0	0	0	0	150.0	166	79	76	20	36	82	3	0	1.35	9.96	1.20	2.16	4.92	0.44	.296	0.82
51	Wandy Rodriguez	-	29	UDFA: 1999	MLB	9	7	3.54	25	25	0	0	0	0	137.1	136	65	54	14	44	131	2	3	1.31	8.91	0.92	2.88	8.58	0.34	.316	0.69
43	Chris Sampson	-	30	1999-8-263	MLB	6	4	4.22	54	11	0	0	6	0	117.1	118	60	55	8	23	61	0	0	1.20	9.05	0.61	1.76	4.68	0.38	.293	1.33
30	Shawn Chacon	-	30	1996-3-86	MLB	2	3	5.04	15	15	0	0	0	0	85.2	88	52	48	16	41	53	2	0	1.51	9.25	1.68	4.31	5.57	0.77	.280	0.63
47	Jose Valverde	29	28	UDFA: 1997	MLB	6	3	3.38	74	0	0	0	71	44	72.0	62	28	27	10	23	83	3	2	1.18	7.75	1.25	2.88	10.38	0.28	.284	0.65
39	Randy Wolf	43	31	1997-2-54	MLB	6	2	3.57	12	12	1	1	0	0	70.2	68	31	28	7	24	57	1	0	1.30	8.66	0.89	3.06	7.26	0.42	--	0.69
26	Doug Brocail	-	41	1986-1-12	MLB	7	5	3.93	72	0	0	0	21	2	68.2	63	30	30	8	21	64	1	1	1.22	8.26	1.05	2.75	8.39	0.33	.293	0.72
29	Geoff Geary	-	31	1998-15-434	MLB	2	3	2.53	55	0	0	0	8	0	64.0	45	18	18	3	28	45	0	1	1.14	6.33	0.42	3.94	6.33	0.62	.233	0.83
53	Wesley Wright	-	23	2003-7-211	MLB	4	3	5.01	71	0	0	0	15	1	55.2	45	34	31	8	34	57	2	1	1.42	7.28	1.29	5.50	9.22	0.60	.255	0.74
48	Tim Byrdak	-	34	1994-5-135	MLB	2	1	3.90	59	0	0	0	9	0	55.1	45	24	24	10	29	47	0	0	1.34	7.32	1.63	4.72	7.64	0.62	.240	0.78
56	Oscar Villarreal	-	26	UDFA: 1998	MLB	1	3	5.02	35	0	0	0	13	0	37.2	42	25	21	12	17	21	2	0	1.57	10.04	2.87	4.06	5.02	0.81	.263	0.73
58	Dave Borkowski	-	31	1995-11-294	MLB	0	2	7.50	26	0	0	0	5	0	36.0	54	30	30	9	14	24	0	0	1.89	13.50	2.25	3.50	6.00	0.58	.369	0.69
20	Jack Cassel	-	27	2000-25-739	MLB	1	1	5.64	9	3	0	0	1	0	30.1	38	21	19	5	8	14	2	1	1.52	11.27	1.48	2.37	4.15	0.57	.320	0.85
22	LaTroy Hawkins	-	35	1991-7-181	MLB	2	0	0.43	24	0	0	0	4	1	21.0	11	3	1	0	5	25	1	0	0.76	4.71	0.00	2.14	10.71	0.20	--	0.69
50	Runelvys Hernandez	-	27	UDFA: 1997	MLB	0	3	8.38	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.1	32	19	18	4	11	15	0	0	2.22	14.90	1.86	5.12	6.98	0.73	.418	0.71
64	Fernando Nieve	-	25	UDFA: 1999	MLB	0	1	8.44	11	0	0	0	1	0	10.2	17	10	10	2	2	12	0	0	1.78	14.34	1.69	1.69	10.12	0.17	.455	0.44
54	Chad Paronto	-	32	1996-8-231	MLB	0	1	4.35	6	0	0	0	3	0	10.1	11	5	5	2	2	4	0	0	1.26	9.58	1.74	1.74	3.48	0.50	.281	0.84
1	Alberto Arias	-	24	UDFA: 2000	MLB	1	1	6.75	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	11	6	6	0	6	8	0	0	2.13	12.38	0.00	6.75	9.00	0.75	--	2.43
Totals: (38 players)						86	75	4.39	161	161	4	3	157	48	1,425	1453	743	695	167	492	1095	22	9	1.32	9.17	1.24	3.11	6.91	0.45	.333

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Brad Ausmus	C	77	569	428	33	2	4	.996	7.29
Humberto Quintero	C	59	447	373	26	1	3	.997	8.03
J.R. Towles	C	53	408	312	13	2	1	.994	7.17
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lance Berkman	1B	152	1307	1240	132	5	122	.996	9.45
Darin Erstad	1B	12	66	71	2	0	4	1.000	9.95
Geoff Blum	1B	5	24	17	1	0	1	1.000	6.75
Brad Ausmus	1B	2	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	11.25
Mark Loretta	1B	2	17	14	0	0	0	1.000	7.41
Mark Saccomanno	1B	2	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kazuo Matsui	2B	94	806	190	219	12	56	.971	4.57
Mark Loretta	2B	46	368	85	119	1	28	.995	4.99
David Newhan	2B	28	177	33	39	1	11	.986	3.66
Geoff Blum	2B	8	40	9	17	0	2	1.000	5.85
Tomas Perez	2B	5	15	2	2	0	2	1.000	2.40
Jose Castillo	2B	3	13	5	4	0	1	1.000	6.23
Edwin Maysonet	2B	3	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Brad Ausmus	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ty Wigginton	3B	82	652	46	144	6	11	.969	2.62
Geoff Blum	3B	75	599	43	144	4	8	.979	2.81
Mark Loretta	3B	17	110	7	31	1	1	.974	3.11
Jose Castillo	3B	7	60	6	11	0	0	1.000	2.55
Brad Ausmus	3B	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Tomas Perez	3B	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Miguel Tejada	SS	157	1354	187	442	11	97	.983	4.18
Mark Loretta	SS	5	36	3	18	2	3	.913	5.25
Geoff Blum	SS	4	26	2	7	0	0	1.000	3.12
Edwin Maysonet	SS	4	9	0	6	1	0	.857	6.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Carlos Lee	LF	110	915	187	4	1	0	.995	1.88
Darin Erstad	LF	56	205	37	1	0	1	1.000	1.67
Ty Wigginton	LF	30	247	46	2	0	0	1.000	1.75
Reggie Abercrombie	LF	12	32	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.97
Jose Cruz	LF	10	24	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.88
David Newhan	LF	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Michael Bourn	CF	130	1009	291	9	5	2	.984	2.68
Darin Erstad	CF	40	304	97	1	0	0	1.000	2.90
Reggie Abercrombie	CF	11	77	29	2	0	1	1.000	3.62
Jose Cruz	CF	5	35	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.31
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hunter Pence	RF	156	1366	340	16	1	4	.997	2.35
Darin Erstad	RF	6	48	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
Jose Cruz	RF	3	11	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.27
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Valverde	P	74	72	6	3	1	0	.900	1.13
Doug Brocail	P	72	68	9	8	1	1	.944	2.25
Wesley Wright	P	71	55	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.47
Tim Byrdak	P	59	55	7	7	0	1	1.000	2.29
Geoff Geary	P	55	64	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.55
Chris Sampson	P	54	117	15	7	1	2	.957	1.69
Oscar Villarreal	P	35	37	3	5	0	1	1.000	1.95
Roy Oswalt	P	32	208	24	30	0	4	1.000	2.34
Brandon Backe	P	31	166	15	17	1	2	.970	1.73
Brian Moehler	P	31	150	14	10	1	0	.960	1.44
Dave Borkowski	P	26	36	4	5	0	0	1.000	2.25
Wandy Rodriguez	P	25	137	9	14	0	2	1.000	1.51
LaTroy Hawkins	P	24	21	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.86
Shawn Chacon	P	15	85	3	9	1	0	.923	1.27
Randy Wolf	P	12	70	5	10	2	0	.882	1.93
Fernando Nieve	P	11	10	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.80
Jack Cassel	P	9	30	2	5	1	0	.875	2.10
Chad Paronto	P	6	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.90
Runelvys Hernandez	P	4	19	1	4	0	1	1.000	2.37
Alberto Arias	P	3	8	1	0	1	0	.500	1.13
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lance Berkman	DH	5						.000	0.00
Carlos Lee	DH	4						.000	0.00

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