2008 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster

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2008 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
86-75, 3rd place in NL Central Division
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Scored 712 runs, Allowed 743 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-84
Managed by Cecil Cooper

Ballpark: Minute Maid Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,779,487 (8th of 16)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
  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   81  216   15   47   8  0   3   24  25   41  .218  .303  .296   0   2   4   2   6   1   3   60
1B #Lance Berkman       32  159  554  114  173  46  4  29  106  99  108  .312  .420  .567  18   4  13   7   0   5  18  159
2B #Kazuo Matsui        32   96  375   58  110  26  3   6   33  37   53  .293  .354  .427  20   5   3   0   7   3   0  106
3B  Ty Wigginton        30  111  386   50  110  22  1  23   58  32   69  .285  .350  .526   4   6   9   8   0   3   1  128
SS  Miguel Tejada       34  158  632   92  179  38  3  13   66  24   72  .283  .314  .415   7   7  32   6   1   3   4   92
LF  Carlos Lee          32  115  436   61  137  27  0  28  100  37   49  .314  .368  .569   4   1   8   3   0   5   7  144
CF *Michael Bourn       25  138  467   57  107  10  4   5   29  37  111  .229  .288  .300  41  10   3   2   7   1   0   57
RF  Hunter Pence        25  157  595   78  160  34  4  25   83  40  124  .269  .318  .466  11  10  14   4   0   3   2  105
   #Geoff Blum          35  114  325   36   78  14  1  14   53  21   54  .240  .287  .418   1   2   5   3   0   7   2   84
   *Darin Erstad        34  140  322   49   89  16  0   4   31  14   68  .276  .309  .363   2   3   3   2   2   2   3   78
    Mark Loretta        36  101  261   27   73  15  0   4   38  29   30  .280  .350  .383   0   0   9   2   0   5   1   95
    Humberto Quintero   28   59  168   16   38   6  0   2   12   6   34  .226  .270  .298   0   0   5   4   5   0   0   51
    J.R. Towles         24   54  146   10   20   5  0   4   16  16   40  .137  .250  .253   0   0   3   6   3   0   1   34
   *David Newhan        34   64  104   11   27   5  2   2   12   6   28  .260  .297  .404   1   0   3   0   0   1   0   84
    Reggie Abercrombie  27   34   55   10   17   5  0   2    5   1   23  .309  .339  .509   5   2   0   2   1   1   0  121
   #Jose Cruz           34   38   49    6    6   1  0   0    1  11    9  .122  .283  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   18
    Jose Castillo       27   15   32    4    9   1  0   0    2   2   10  .281  .314  .313   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   67
   #Tomas Perez         34    8   10    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7
    Mark Saccomanno     28   10   10    1    2   1  0   1    2   0    3  .200  .200  .600   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  101
    Edwin Maysonet      26    7    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -24
    J.R. House          28    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Roy Oswalt          30   30   70    3   15   0  0   0    5   0   18  .214  .214  .214   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   14
    Brandon Backe       30   29   47    8   13   2  0   2    3   3   18  .277  .333  .447   0   0   0   1   5   0   0  105
    Brian Moehler       36   30   44    1    1   1  0   0    0   4   27  .023  .104  .045   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -58
   #Wandy Rodriguez     29   24   41    3    5   1  0   0    1   0   11  .122  .122  .146   0   0   1   0   4   0   0  -29
    Shawn Chacon        30   13   24    1    3   0  0   0    0   2   10  .125  .192  .125   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -13
   *Randy Wolf          31   12   23    1    3   0  0   0    1   1   13  .130  .167  .130   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -20
    Chris Sampson       30   52   22    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    9  .136  .174  .136   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -16
    Jack Cassel         27    9    9    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    4  .222  .222  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   19
   *Tim Byrdak          34   56    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -11
    Runelvys Hernandez  30    4    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    2  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   78
    Alberto Arias       24    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Chad Paronto        32    6    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Geoff Geary         31   53    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Fernando Nieve      25   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jose Valverde       28   69    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   65    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.1  161 5451  712 1432 284 22 167  684 449 1051  .263  .323  .415 114  52 116  52  57  41  42   99
    Rank among 16 NL teams        15   11    9  10 14   8       16   10     6    11     7   5   1       8            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Roy Oswalt          30  32   3.54  17  10  0  32   0   3   2  208.7  199   89   82  23   47  165  862   1  10  0   2 120
SP  Brandon Backe       30  31   6.05   9  14  0  31   0   0   0  166.7  202  114  112  36   77  127  756   2   4  0   2  70
SP  Brian Moehler       36  31   4.56  11   8  0  26   0   0   0  150.0  166   79   76  20   36   82  650   3   4  0   1  93
SP *Wandy Rodriguez     29  25   3.54   9   7  0  25   0   0   0  137.3  136   65   54  14   44  131  587   2   5  3   3 120
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 *Randy Wolf          31  12   3.57   6   2  0  12   0   1   1   70.7   68   31   28   7   24   57  301   1   4  0   4 119

CL  Jose Valverde       28  74   3.38   6   3 44   0  71   0   0   72.0   62   28   27  10   23   83  303   3   2  2   6 126
RP  Doug Brocail        41  72   3.93   7   5  2   0  21   0   0   68.7   63   30   30   8   21   64  286   1   3  1   5 108
RP *Wesley Wright       23  71   5.01   4   3  1   0  15   0   0   55.7   45   34   31   8   34   57  250   2   4  1   4  85
RP *Tim Byrdak          34  59   3.90   2   1  0   0   9   0   0   55.3   45   24   24  10   29   47  237   0   2  0   2 109
RP  Geoff Geary         31  55   2.53   2   3  0   0   8   0   0   64.0   45   18   18   3   28   45  262   0   2  1   5 168

    Chris Sampson       30  54   4.22   6   4  0  11   6   0   0  117.3  118   60   55   8   23   61  478   0   3  0   5 101
    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  26   7.50   0   2  0   0   5   0   0   36.0   54   30   30   9   14   24  173   0   1  0   5  57
    Jack Cassel         27   9   5.64   1   1  0   3   1   0   0   30.3   38   21   19   5    8   14  132   2   1  1   2  75
    LaTroy Hawkins      35  24   0.43   2   0  1   0   4   0   0   21.0   11    3    1   0    5   25   79   1   0  0   1 992
    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
    Fernando Nieve      25  11   8.44   0   1  0   0   1   0   0   10.7   17   10   10   2    2   12   49   0   0  0   0  50
    Chad Paronto        32   6   4.35   0   1  0   0   3   0   0   10.3   11    5    5   2    2    4   41   0   0  0   0  98
    Alberto Arias       24   3   6.75   1   1  0   2   0   0   0    8.0   11    6    6   0    6    8   39   0   1  0   0  63
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.7 161   4.39  86  75 48 161 157   4   3 1425.3 1453  743  695 197  492 1095 6125  22  50  9  53  97
    Rank among 16 NL teams          9   5  12  1           5   3     16   10    8       15    3   10
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 569 62 77 428 33 2 4 .996 4 19 5 HQuintero 447 52 59 373 26 1 3 .997 1 15 9 JTowles 408 47 53 312 13 2 1 .994 3 13 7 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1425 161 161 1113 72 5 8 .996 8 0 47 21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBerkman 1307 151 152 1240 132 5 122 .996 9.45 DErstad 66 6 12 71 2 0 4 1.000 9.91 GBlum 24 2 5 17 1 0 1 1.000 6.56 MLoretta 17 2 2 14 0 0 0 1.000 7.41 MSaccomanno 6 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 BAusmus 4 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 1353 135 5 127 .997 9.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *4.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KMatsui 806 94 94 190 219 12 56 .971 4.57 MLoretta 368 41 46 85 119 1 28 .995 4.99 DNewhan 177 19 28 33 39 1 11 .986 3.65 GBlum 40 5 8 9 17 0 2 1.000 5.75 TPerez 15 1 5 2 2 0 2 1.000 2.40 JCastillo 13 1 3 5 4 0 1 1.000 6.23 EMaysonet 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 BAusmus 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 326 400 14 100 .981 4.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TWigginton 652 74 82 46 144 6 11 .969 2.62 GBlum 599 68 75 43 144 4 8 .979 2.81 MLoretta 110 12 17 7 31 1 1 .974 3.09 JCastillo 60 7 7 6 11 0 0 1.000 2.55 TPerez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BAusmus 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 102 330 12 20 .973 2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *4.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MTejada 1354 154 157 187 442 11 97 .983 4.18 MLoretta 36 4 5 3 18 2 3 .913 5.25 GBlum 26 3 4 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.12 EMaysonet 9 0 4 0 6 1 0 .857 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 192 473 14 100 .979 4.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CLee 915 110 110 187 4 1 0 .995 1.88 TWigginton 247 30 30 46 2 0 0 1.000 1.75 DErstad 205 18 56 37 1 0 1 1.000 1.67 RAbercrombi 32 2 12 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 JCruz 24 1 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 DNewhan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 282 7 1 1 .997 1.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *2.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBourn 1009 111 130 291 9 5 2 .984 2.68 DErstad 304 35 40 97 1 0 0 1.000 2.90 RAbercrombi 77 10 11 29 2 0 1 1.000 3.61 JCruz 35 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 426 12 5 3 .989 2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HPence 1366 154 156 340 16 1 4 .997 2.35 DErstad 48 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JCruz 11 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 356 16 1 4 .997 2.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *1.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ROswalt 208 32 32 24 30 0 4 1.000 2.33 BBacke 166 31 31 15 17 1 2 .970 1.73 BMoehler 150 26 31 14 10 1 0 .960 1.44 WRodriguez 137 25 25 9 14 0 2 1.000 1.51 CSampson 117 11 54 15 7 1 2 .957 1.69 SChacon 85 15 15 3 9 1 0 .923 1.26 JValverde 72 0 74 6 3 1 0 .900 1.12 RWolf 70 12 12 5 10 2 0 .882 1.91 DBrocail 68 0 72 9 8 1 1 .944 2.23 GGeary 64 0 55 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.55 WWright 55 0 71 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.45 TByrdak 55 0 59 7 7 0 1 1.000 2.28 OVillarreal 37 0 35 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.91 DBorkowski 36 0 26 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.25 JCassel 30 3 9 2 5 1 0 .875 2.08 LHawkins 21 0 24 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.86 RHernandez 19 4 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.33 FNieve 10 0 11 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.68 CParonto 10 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87 AArias 8 2 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 126 151 10 16 .965 1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- 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
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Batting Average Berkman .312

On-base % Berkman .420

Slugging % Berkman .567

OPS Berkman .987

Games Berkman 159

At Bats Tejada 632

Plate Appearances (approx.) Tejada 666

Runs Berkman 114

Hits Tejada 179

Total Bases Berkman 314

Doubles Berkman 46

Triples Berkman, Bourn, and Pence 4

Home Runs Berkman 29

RBI Berkman 106

Bases on Balls Berkman 99

Strikeouts Pence 124

Stolen Bases Bourn 41

Singles Tejada 125

Adjusted OPS+ Berkman 159

Runs Created Berkman 137

Adjusted Batting Runs Berkman 53

Batting Wins Berkman 4.9

Extra-Base Hits Berkman 79

Times on Base Berkman 279

Offensive Win% Berkman .757

Hit By Pitch Wigginton 8

Sac. Hits Bourn and Matsui 7

Sac. Flies Blum 7

Intentional Walks Berkman 18

Grounded into Double Plays Tejada 32

Caught Stealing Bourn and Pence 10

Power/Speed Number Berkman 22.2

At Bats per Strikeout Tejada 8.8

At Bats per Home Run Berkman 19.1

Outs Tejada 496

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Oswalt 3.54

Wins Oswalt 17

Won-Loss % Oswalt .630

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Oswalt 1.179

Hits Allowed/9IP Oswalt 8.58

Bases on Balls/9IP Oswalt 2.03

Strikeouts/9IP Oswalt 7.12

Games Valverde 74

Saves Valverde 44

Innings Oswalt 208.7

Strikeouts Oswalt 165

Games Started Oswalt 32

Comp. Games Oswalt 3

Shutouts Oswalt 2

Home Runs Allow. Backe 36

Bases On Balls Allow. Backe 77

Hits Allowed Backe 202

SO to Walk Oswalt 3.51

Losses Backe 14

Earned Runs Allow. Backe 112

Wild Pitches Moehler and Valverde 3

Hit Batsmen Oswalt 10

Batters Faced Oswalt 862

Games Finished Valverde 71

Adjusted ERA+ Oswalt 120

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Miguel Tejada $ 14,811,414

Lance Berkman $ 14,500,000

Roy Oswalt $ 13,000,000

Carlos Lee $ 12,500,000

Kazuo Matsui $ 5,500,000

Randy Wolf $ 4,750,000

Jose Valverde $ 4,700,000

Ty Wigginton $ 4,350,000

Mark Loretta $ 2,750,000

Doug Brocail $ 2,500,000

Brad Ausmus $ 2,000,000

Shawn Chacon $ 2,000,000

Geoff Geary $ 1,125,000

Oscar Villarreal $ 1,125,000

Geoff Blum $ 1,100,000

Darin Erstad $ 1,000,000

Brandon Backe $ 800,000

Dave Borkowski $ 800,000

Jose Castillo $ 650,000

Jose Cruz $ 650,000

Brian Moehler $ 500,000

Wandy Rodriguez $ 451,000

Humberto Quintero $ 405,000

Chris Sampson $ 401,000

Michael Bourn $ 396,000

Hunter Pence $ 396,000

J.R. Towles $ 390,000

Wesley Wright $ 390,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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