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2008 Houston Astros

Record: 101-60
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 986
Runs Allowed: 726
Exp W-L: 102-59

Ballpark: Minute Maid Park
Attendance: 2,955,727
Manager: Jimy Williams

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 82-57, 5th in the NL
AA: 62-77, 14th in the NL
A: 50-89, 16th in the NL

Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to San Francisco Giants
Won Divisional Series 3-2 over Montreal Expos

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
2B	Bobby Crosby	28	154	596	129	190	39	4	10	61	28	15	74	46	.319	.407	.448	.855	109.0	21.2	2.7
SS	Josh Wilson	27	152	595	106	199	33	3	12	85	13	12	61	54	.334	.398	.461	.859	101.2	18.8	8.0
3B	*Hank Blalock	27	151	573	106	192	45	9	21	113	24	19	34	47	.335	.376	.555	.931	105.3	20.3	2.7
CF	#Lance Berkman	32	151	493	133	166	34	5	42	132	8	10	104	100	.337	.454	.682	1.136	136.7	31.0	3.6
1B	*Todd Helton	34	155	518	103	151	39	5	33	125	5	3	66	128	.292	.378	.577	.955	104.9	20.7	0.7
C	Josh Phelps	30	148	520	97	149	27	5	45	140	2	0	48	136	.287	.351	.617	.968	106.2	20.8	6.7
RF	Jayson Werth	29	146	491	80	99	27	6	26	80	19	12	63	133	.202	.291	.440	.731	63.8	6.6	3.6
CF	Mike Cameron	35	123	354	47	79	17	1	6	40	19	9	52	104	.223	.332	.328	.659	40.8	3.8	3.1
CF	Eric Owens	37	109	304	41	94	7	4	4	33	17	5	9	44	.309	.328	.398	.726	37.9	5.5	1.4
SS	Chris Woodward	32	109	240	37	67	16	5	15	49	2	1	21	55	.279	.341	.575	.916	45.4	8.7	1.5
CF	*Darin Erstad	34	94	239	29	66	10	4	4	33	24	5	20	38	.276	.335	.402	.736	34.1	5.4	2.2
SS	#Nick Punto	30	68	168	24	30	2	2	1	9	17	11	30	46	.179	.302	.232	.534	14.0	0.0	2.3
C	*Daric Barton	23	41	121	13	12	3	0	1	14	0	1	5	26	.099	.167	.149	.315	-0.4	0.0	1.2
1B	Jon Nelson	28	74	115	17	28	6	0	3	15	3	0	14	13	.243	.323	.374	.697	15.1	2.0	0.1
LF	*Dewayne Wise	30	35	74	9	11	0	1	3	7	3	1	9	11	.149	.241	.297	.538	6.4	0.0	0.6
2B	Jason Alfaro	30	38	70	9	15	5	0	4	11	1	1	6	14	.214	.295	.457	.752	9.1	1.0	0.5
P	Rory Shortell	27	31	66	4	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	30	.091	.130	.091	.221	-2.1	0.0	0.0
P	Aaron Heilman	29	32	62	5	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	.129	.156	.129	.285	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Bob Zimmerman	26	31	54	4	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	18	.056	.133	.093	.226	-0.9	0.0	0.0
P	Roy Oswalt	30	26	50	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	27	.080	.179	.120	.299	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Jose Valverde	28	17	36	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	17	.056	.125	.056	.181	-0.6	0.0	0.0
1B	Royce Huffman	31	16	24	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	.333	.407	.417	.824	4.1	0.9	0.0
P	Manny Santillan	28	13	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.000	.095	.000	.095	-1.1	0.0	0.0
CF	Charlton Jimerson	28	4	13	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.308	.308	.538	.846	1.7	0.3	0.1
P	J.P. Duran	28	67	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.167	.167	.250	.417	0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Ruddy Lugo	28	87	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6	0.0	0.0
3B	Lee Mitchell	26	5	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.167	.143	.167	.310	0.0	0.0	0.1
P	Octavio Dotel	34	68	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	D.J. Houlton	28	73	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Brandon Puffer	32	71	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Billy Wagner	36	60	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	29.8	2349	5835	1002	1586	315	55	231	962	186	105	637	1144	.272	.348	.463	.812	929.2	166.9	41.3
	Rank among 16 NL teams			3	1	1	4	1	1	1	5	13	3	14	2	1	1	1	1
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
Aaron Heilman	29	16	10	.615	33	33	0	201.3	194	98	16	74	120	4.38	10.3
Rory Shortell	27	14	5	.737	32	32	0	199.0	202	87	20	70	125	3.93	11.3
Bob Zimmerman	26	13	6	.684	32	32	0	188.7	173	86	19	84	138	4.10	10.0
Roy Oswalt	30	16	4	.800	27	27	0	180.7	147	59	8	69	147	2.94	16.5
Jose Valverde	28	8	3	.727	17	17	0	114.7	93	49	14	49	97	3.85	7.4
Ruddy Lugo	28	10	3	.769	92	1	1	97.7	88	57	9	44	74	5.25	5.0
J.P. Duran	28	2	3	.400	69	4	0	92.7	90	46	10	48	49	4.47	4.6
Brandon Puffer	32	7	6	.538	74	0	2	83.0	78	38	9	38	46	4.12	6.1
Manny Santillan	28	3	5	.375	15	15	0	74.0	98	52	14	30	54	6.32	0.0
D.J. Houlton	28	5	5	.500	74	0	1	70.0	79	40	11	23	50	5.14	3.1
Octavio Dotel	34	3	4	.429	69	0	1	62.3	39	21	5	29	56	3.03	6.7
*Billy Wagner	36	4	5	.444	63	0	38	62.0	42	20	5	25	65	2.90	12.9
*Carlos Hernandez	28	0	0	.000	7	0	0	8.0	8	2	0	3	6	2.25	0.8
*Charlie Manning	29	0	0	.000	3	0	0	2.3	3	2	0	1	0	7.73	0.0
Derick Grigsby	26	0	0	.000	1	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0.00	0.3
Daric Barton	23	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0.3	1	1	0	2	0	27.27	0.0
Team Totals	28.8	101	60	.627	609	161	43	1438.6	1338	658	140	590	1028	4.12	94.8
Rank among 16 NL teams				1	1	8	1	9	2	2	7	14	12	4
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.988	31.8
J.Phelps	1165.3	128	138	873	93	11	3	.989	36.2
D.Barton	273.3	33	35	186	15	5	1	.976	26.1
Team Total	1438.7	161	173	1059	108	16	4	.986	34.2
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	10.22
T.Helton	1195.7	130	152	1124	93	9	98	.993	9.16
J.Nelson	180.0	24	26	158	19	0	13	1.000	8.85
R.Huffman	30.0	4	4	28	3	1	7	.969	9.30
C.Woodward	21.0	2	3	16	1	0	1	1.000	7.29
J.Phelps	6.0	0	4	3	1	0	2	1.000	6.00
D.Erstad	6.0	1	3	5	0	0	1	1.000	7.50
Team Total	1438.7	161	192	1334	117	10	122	.993	9.08
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.979	5.18
B.Crosby	1303.0	146	150	270	413	10	94	.986	4.72
C.Woodward	54.0	7	9	6	11	0	1	1.000	2.83
E.Owens	42.0	5	5	3	19	1	1	.957	4.71
J.Alfaro	23.0	2	4	7	8	1	3	.938	5.87
N.Punto	12.7	1	3	3	9	0	2	1.000	8.53
D.Erstad	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
H.Blalock	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1438.7	161	173	290	461	12	101	.984	4.70
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.950	2.60
H.Blalock	1225.7	135	146	79	222	18	25	.944	2.21
C.Woodward	107.0	13	14	8	15	1	0	.958	1.93
J.Alfaro	96.0	12	13	6	27	1	3	.971	3.09
L.Mitchell	7.0	1	1	2	4	0	2	1.000	7.71
B.Crosby	3.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1438.7	161	176	95	268	20	30	.948	2.27
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.967	4.52
J.Wilson	1297.0	145	148	197	436	18	82	.972	4.39
N.Punto	445.3	53	60	71	128	6	16	.971	4.02
C.Woodward	289.7	30	47	38	81	10	13	.922	3.70
J.Alfaro	7.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.29
B.Crosby	4.0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1.000	6.75
D.Erstad	3.0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	6.00
E.Owens	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	2048.0	229	260	310	648	34	113	.966	4.21
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.967	1.91
L.Berkman	558.7	63	65	129	0	6	0	.956	2.08
E.Owens	435.7	50	58	100	1	3	0	.971	2.09
D.Wise	22.3	1	7	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.81
D.Barton	14.0	0	8	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.29
L.Mitchell	3.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
Team Total	1033.7	114	139	234	1	9	0	.963	2.05

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.979	2.61
M.Cameron	868.0	94	113	255	8	6	1	.978	2.73
L.Berkman	589.3	66	66	192	1	6	0	.970	2.95
D.Erstad	533.7	64	64	174	5	3	2	.984	3.02
E.Owens	16.0	1	7	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.38
C.Jimerson	8.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.13
D.Wise	2.0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
J.Werth	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	2018.0	226	254	630	14	15	3	.977	2.87
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.972	2.04
J.Werth	1224.7	143	143	308	6	0	1	1.000	2.31
D.Wise	159.0	20	21	48	0	0	0	1.000	2.72
E.Owens	71.3	5	16	16	1	1	1	.944	2.14
L.Berkman	53.7	2	17	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.68
C.Jimerson	23.0	3	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.35
D.Erstad	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1533.7	173	201	395	7	1	2	.998	2.36
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.967	1.93
A.Heilman	201.3	33	33	11	25	0	1	1.000	1.61
R.Shortell	199.0	32	32	13	24	1	3	.974	1.67
B.Zimmerman	188.7	32	32	12	28	5	1	.889	1.91
R.Oswalt	180.7	27	27	14	20	0	2	1.000	1.69
J.Valverde	114.7	17	17	13	14	1	1	.964	2.12
R.Lugo	97.7	1	92	4	13	1	1	.944	1.57
J.Duran	92.7	4	69	5	15	2	4	.909	1.94
B.Puffer	83.0	0	74	5	10	0	1	1.000	1.63
M.Santillan	74.0	15	15	5	12	1	1	.944	2.07
D.Houlton	70.0	0	74	5	6	3	0	.786	1.41
O.Dotel	62.3	0	69	5	9	0	0	1.000	2.02
B.Wagner	62.0	0	63	3	12	0	1	1.000	2.18
C.Hernandez	8.0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.13
C.Manning	2.3	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
D.Grigsby	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1438.3	161	608	95	189	14	16	.953	1.78

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Berkman	.337
On-Base Pct	Berkman	.454
Slugging Pct	Berkman	.682
OPS	Berkman	1.136
XR	Berkman	136.7
Games	Helton	155
At-Bats	Crosby	596
Runs	Berkman	133
Hits	Wilson	199
Total Bases	Berkman	336
Singles	Wilson	151
Doubles	Blalock	45
Triples	Blalock	9
Homeruns	Phelps	45
RBIs	Phelps	140
Stolen Bases	Crosby	28
Caught Stealing	Blalock	19
Walks	Berkman	104
Strikeouts	Phelps	136

ERA	Oswalt	2.94
Wins	Heilman, Oswalt	16
Losses	Heilman	10
Winning Pct	Oswalt	.800
Saves	Wagner	38
Games Pitched	Lugo	92
Games Started	Heilman	33
Complete Games	Shortell, Valverde	2
Shutouts	Shortell, Zimmerman	1
Innings Pitched	Heilman	201.3
Hits Allowed	Shortell	202
Homeruns Allowed	Shortell	20
Strikeouts	Oswalt	147
Walks Allowed	Zimmerman	84
Walks per 9IP	Shortell	3.2
Hits per 9IP	Oswalt	7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP	Oswalt	7.3
WHiP	Oswalt	1.20
OAVG	Oswalt	.220
OOBP	Oswalt	.294
OSLG	Oswalt	.324
OOPS	Oswalt	.619

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Todd Helton	$ 10,255,000
Lance Berkman	$ 10,000,000
Aaron Heilman	$ 6,000,000
Roy Oswalt	$ 6,000,000
Billy Wagner	$ 5,750,000
Josh Phelps	$ 5,500,000
Jayson Werth	$ 4,250,000
Hank Blalock	$ 4,000,000
Mike Cameron	$ 4,000,000
Bobby Crosby	$ 3,250,000
Manny Santillan	$ 3,000,000
Darin Erstad	$ 2,660,000
Octavio Dotel	$ 2,500,000
D.J. Houlton	$ 1,685,714
Eric Owens	$ 1,650,000
Brandon Puffer	$ 1,500,000
Nick Punto	$ 1,500,000
Chris Woodward	$ 650,000
Julio Lugo	$ 500,000
Dewayne Wise	$ 500,000
David Wright	$ 485,714
Ruddy Lugo	$ 411,429
Charlie Manning	$ 371,429
Kevin Cash	$ 350,000
Kevin Frederick	$ 350,000
Jim Rushford	$ 350,000
Lee Mitchell	$ 300,000
Daric Barton	$ 300,000
Josh Wilson	$ 300,000
Jose Valverde	$ 300,000
Rory Shortell	$ 300,000
J.P. Duran	$ 300,000
Charlton Jimerson	$ 300,000
Derick Grigsby	$ 300,000
Bob Zimmerman	$ 300,000
Carlos Hernandez	$ 300,000
Jason Alfaro	$ 300,000
Royce Huffman	$ 300,000
Jon Nelson	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/3	Released	Daniel Bard
2/3	Released	Raymond Clinkscales
2/3	Released	Arthur Barcenas
2/4	Signed			Chris Woodward
2/8	Signed			Kevin Frederick
2/10	Signed			Dewayne Wise
2/25	Released	Allan Marte
4/27	Released	Mitch Meluskey
3/30	Traded	Chris Richard	Colorado	David Wright
4/29	Released	James Houser
6/28	Traded	Luke Allen Manuel Pardo	Boston	Josh Wilson Mike Cameron Olivio Astacio $1,000,000
7/15	Signed			Joel Guzman
7/15	Traded	Joel Guzman	Los Angeles	Hans Cargill
7/15	Released	Hans Cargill
8/14	Released	Thomas Pauly