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2008 Houston Astros
Record: 80-82
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 814
Runs Allowed: 801
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Minute Maid Park
Attendance: 2,631,206
Manager: Robert Velovic

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 82-56, 2nd in the National
AA: 94-44, 1st in the National
A: 84-54, 3rd in the National
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
SS  John McCurdy 27 152 625 82 188 32 5 1 52 47 17 20 127 .301 .332 .373 .705 76.8 10.4 5.1
3B  Morgan Ensberg 32 157 576 85 166 28 3 24 94 3 0 55 138 .288 .361 .472 .833 94.1 16.2 4.1
RF  Richard Hidalgo 32 156 533 74 114 19 4 27 100 7 14 65 162 .214 .307 .417 .724 69.2 6.8 2.6
DH #Lance Berkman 32 152 508 111 149 39 2 31 99 7 4 92 126 .293 .405 .561 .966 106.4 20.8 2.5
RF  Wily Mo Pena 26 140 435 68 115 25 4 14 60 14 5 47 132 .264 .345 .437 .782 68.8 10.8 4.1
1B *Sean Casey 33 99 380 71 133 31 1 12 54 1 0 39 52 .350 .413 .532 .945 73.6 15.0 1.6
LF *Todd Hollandsworth 35 145 340 60 98 28 6 13 59 0 0 50 87 .288 .378 .521 .898 63.5 11.9 1.5
RF *Timo Perez 33 120 357 43 90 19 2 3 47 0 2 31 57 .252 .315 .342 .656 37.2 3.6 2.1
C  Vance Wilson 35 119 345 38 91 14 1 11 47 0 0 16 79 .264 .316 .406 .721 42.0 4.9 3.8
CF *Tony Torcato 28 130 313 32 96 15 6 6 30 3 1 9 47 .307 .326 .450 .777 42.0 6.5 1.2
C  Josh Paul 33 99 308 34 82 22 3 6 45 0 0 17 47 .266 .303 .416 .718 36.4 4.5 4.0
3B  Willie Bloomquist 30 131 238 37 62 11 0 6 25 8 0 24 47 .261 .327 .382 .709 31.7 4.5 1.5
2B *Adam Kennedy 32 86 187 29 40 10 1 2 13 20 7 12 40 .214 .279 .310 .590 17.2 0.6 1.5
SS  Stephen Smitherman 29 40 144 21 38 9 1 9 28 5 0 6 27 .264 .293 .528 .821 22.1 3.5 2.2
P  Taylor Buchholz 26 34 55 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 25 .018 .085 .036 .121 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P #Carlos Hernandez 28 32 59 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .119 .148 .153 .300 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Jason Davis 28 28 55 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .073 .105 .109 .214 -1.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Sean Luellwitz 28 14 53 6 16 3 0 2 9 0 0 2 14 .302 .327 .472 .799 7.4 1.2 0.2
P  Roy Oswalt 30 23 49 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .122 .140 .163 .303 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Wade Miller 31 20 43 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 20 .163 .200 .186 .386 1.1 0.0 0.0
SS *Willie Harris 30 23 35 9 7 0 0 0 1 8 1 3 10 .200 .263 .200 .463 2.3 0.0 0.4
P  Bartolo Colon 35 13 29 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .069 .152 .069 .220 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Millwood 33 12 24 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .250 .280 .292 .572 1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Michael Tejera 31 51 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Joselo Diaz 28 60 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Santiago 33 72 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jesus Colome 30 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dan Wheeler 30 92 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Mike Gallo 30 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Scott Williamson 32 53 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Octavio Dotel 34 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 2387 5720 814 1519 314 39 167 777 124 51 504 1307 .266 .331 .422 .752 786.3 121.1 38.5
  Rank among 16 NL teams 2 7 6 6 2 7 7 13 2 6 14 7 7 5 7 7  
* - 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
*Carlos Hernandez 28 10 9 .526 32 32 0 200.0 193 94 22 87 173 4.23 10.3
 Taylor Buchholz 26 13 14 .481 34 34 0 191.3 186 115 15 69 172 5.41 4.8
 Jason Davis 28 9 12 .429 28 28 0 160.3 204 112 24 51 117 6.29 0.0
 Roy Oswalt 30 10 8 .556 23 23 0 150.3 141 59 22 27 117 3.53 11.2
 Wade Miller 31 2 10 .167 20 19 0 122.7 135 58 17 43 97 4.26 4.5
 Dan Wheeler 30 3 5 .375 92 0 1 99.3 102 46 8 39 64 4.17 6.4
 Octavio Dotel 34 7 3 .700 103 0 2 96.0 79 40 11 41 104 3.75 9.3
 Bartolo Colon 35 6 1 .857 13 13 0 90.3 75 34 12 27 69 3.39 6.8
 Jose Santiago 33 6 10 .375 72 0 30 80.3 87 32 7 26 49 3.59 10.5
 Kevin Millwood 33 6 4 .600 12 12 0 71.7 86 34 6 25 65 4.27 4.3
 Joselo Diaz 28 2 0 1.000 60 0 2 60.3 44 19 4 29 50 2.83 6.6
*Michael Tejera 31 1 2 .333 51 0 0 55.0 81 33 6 17 28 5.40 0.7
 Scott Williamson 32 4 1 .800 53 0 0 49.3 46 22 4 24 61 4.01 4.1
 Jesus Colome 30 1 2 .333 21 0 0 25.0 26 23 6 14 24 8.28 0.0
*Mike Gallo 30 0 1 .000 10 0 0 11.0 16 3 1 4 1 2.45 0.9
Team Totals 30.6 80 82 .494 624 161 35 1463.0 1501 724 165 523 1191 4.45 80.3
Rank among 16 NL teams 8 8 14 8 5 10 8 9 12 7 10  
* - 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 30.1
V.Wilson 773.0 84 96 637 49 6 1 .991 22.5
J.Paul 687.7 78 81 583 63 2 2 .997 32.4
J.McCurdy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
W.Bloomquist 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1462.7 162 179 1220 112 8 3 .994 27.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.02
S.Casey 856.2 94 98 928 70 6 66 .994 10.49
T.Torcato 362.3 38 49 398 26 1 35 .998 10.53
W.Bloomquist 130.0 16 19 137 7 1 21 .993 9.97
S.Luellwitz 122.0 14 14 120 5 2 14 .984 9.22
Team Total 1470.5 162 180 1583 108 10 136 .994 10.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.05
J.McCurdy 974.7 113 117 208 342 13 76 .977 5.08
A.Kennedy 376.0 38 58 84 140 4 24 .982 5.36
W.Bloomquist 79.0 7 19 19 24 0 6 1.000 4.90
W.Harris 32.9 3 6 7 14 1 3 .955 5.74
Team Total 1462.6 161 200 318 520 18 109 .979 5.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.59
M.Ensberg 1312.0 146 154 80 312 17 15 .958 2.69
W.Bloomquist 147.7 16 26 14 31 4 3 .918 2.74
A.Kennedy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Harris 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.3 162 181 94 343 21 18 .954 2.69
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.32
W.Pena 701.0 79 83 111 226 9 47 .974 4.33
S.Smitherman 354.3 40 40 59 134 3 30 .985 4.90
J.McCurdy 300.7 34 35 36 113 5 15 .968 4.46
W.Bloomquist 75.7 7 15 11 32 0 7 1.000 5.11
W.Harris 39.6 3 8 6 15 0 3 1.000 4.77
T.Hollandsworth 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Kennedy 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1477.3 163 185 224 522 17 102 .978 4.54
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.88
L.Berkman 893.0 99 103 170 5 1 0 .994 1.76
T.Hollandsworth 527.7 60 61 104 7 6 1 .949 1.89
T.Perez 30.0 3 6 9 2 0 0 1.000 3.30
T.Torcato 6.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
W.Pena 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Bloomquist 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 162 174 287 14 7 1 .977 1.85
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.36
T.Perez 667.7 76 87 160 5 0 3 1.000 2.22
W.Pena 275.7 32 37 64 2 1 1 .985 2.15
L.Berkman 271.3 27 41 54 2 0 0 1.000 1.86
T.Torcato 187.0 22 28 39 3 4 0 .913 2.02
T.Hollandsworth 29.0 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
W.Harris 13.1 1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.06
W.Bloomquist 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.8 161 201 330 13 5 5 .986 2.13
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.90
R.Hidalgo 1242.7 138 153 242 7 5 2 .980 1.80
T.Hollandsworth 157.0 20 25 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
T.Perez 38.0 3 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
W.Bloomquist 19.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
T.Torcato 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1462.7 162 192 280 7 5 2 .983 1.77
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.89
C.Hernandez 200.0 32 32 6 28 0 2 1.000 1.53
T.Buchholz 191.3 34 34 8 21 1 2 .967 1.36
J.Davis 160.3 28 28 6 26 4 2 .889 1.80
R.Oswalt 150.3 23 23 8 26 1 1 .971 2.04
W.Miller 122.7 19 20 6 24 1 2 .968 2.20
D.Wheeler 99.3 0 92 8 22 1 0 .968 2.72
O.Dotel 96.0 0 103 4 12 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Colon 90.3 13 13 6 16 2 1 .917 2.19
J.Santiago 80.3 0 72 9 16 4 2 .862 2.80
K.Millwood 71.7 12 12 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.01
J.Diaz 60.3 0 60 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.90
M.Tejera 55.0 0 51 2 18 3 1 .870 3.27
S.Williamson 49.3 0 53 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.46
J.Colome 25.0 0 21 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Gallo 11.0 0 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1463.0 161 624 71 239 17 15 .948 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McCurdy .301
On-Base Pct Berkman .405
Slugging Pct Berkman .561
OPS Berkman .966
XR Berkman 106.4
Games Ensberg 157
At-Bats McCurdy 625
Runs Berkman 111
Hits McCurdy 188
Total Bases Berkman 285
Singles McCurdy 150
Doubles Berkman 39
Triples Hollandsworth, Torcato 6
Homeruns Berkman 31
RBIs Hidalgo 100
Stolen Bases McCurdy 47
Caught Stealing McCurdy 17
Walks Berkman 92
Strikeouts Hidalgo 162
ERA Hernandez 4.23
Wins Buchholz 13
Losses Buchholz 14
Winning Pct Oswalt .556
Saves Santiago 30
Games Pitched Dotel 103
Games Started Buchholz 34
Complete Games Colon 3
Shutouts Colon 1
Innings Pitched Hernandez 200.0
Hits Allowed Davis 204
Homeruns Allowed Davis 24
Strikeouts Hernandez 173
Walks Allowed Hernandez 87
Walks per 9IP Buchholz 3.2
Hits per 9IP Hernandez 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Buchholz 8.1
WHiP Buchholz 1.33
OAVG Buchholz .255
OOBP Buchholz .326
OSLG Hernandez .380
OOPS Hernandez .711
Team All-Stars
Sean Casey
Morgan Ensberg
Player Salaries
Kevin Millwood $ 17,000,000
Lance Berkman $ 12,000,000
Octavio Dotel $ 8,500,000
Richard Hidalgo $ 8,400,400
Morgan Ensberg $ 6,090,000
Todd Hollandsworth $ 5,500,000
Adam Kennedy $ 4,520,000
Timo Perez $ 3,470,000
Scott Williamson $ 2,000,000
Dan Wheeler $ 2,000,000
Jason Davis $ 1,750,000
Bartolo Colon $ 1,170,000
Carlos Hernandez $ 1,100,000
Tony Torcato $ 1,022,857
Vance Wilson $ 900,000
Josh Paul $ 800,000
Wily Mo Pena $ 614,286
Michael Tejera $ 525,714
Willie Bloomquist $ 350,000
Willie Harris $ 350,000
Brandon Backe $ 350,000
Jose Santiago $ 300,000
Joselo Diaz $ 300,000
Sean Luellwitz $ 300,000
Jesus Colome $ 300,000
Taylor Buchholz $ 300,000
John McCurdy $ 300,000
Stephen Smitherman $ 300,000
Mike Gallo $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/27 Signed     Adam Peterson
2/27 Signed     Miguel Asencio
2/28 Released Matt Albers    
2/28 Traded Brad Lidge Cincinnati Jason Cooper
5/22 Signed     Jon Rauch
5/22 Signed     Pat Strange
5/22 Signed     Cory Vance
5/22 Signed     Jason Bergmann
5/22 Released Chad Qualls    
5/22 Released Jared Gothreaux    
5/22 Released Jamie Merchant    
5/22 Released Josue Matos    
5/22 Released Mitch Talbot    
5/22 Released Javier Marquez    
5/22 Released Louis Mansour    
5/22 Released Lewis Hatch    
5/22 Released Morton Costanzo    
5/22 Released Dennys Reyes    
5/22 Released Luis Huertas    
6/1 Signed     Pedro Liriano
7/17 Traded Wade Miller Texas Bartolo Colon
Lizahio Baez
Timothy Benson
7/25 Released Darryl Jones    
7/25 Released Michael Reyes    
7/25 Released Rob Henkel    
7/31 Traded Sean Casey Washington Max Izaguirre
7/31 Traded Roy Oswalt Cleveland Kevin Millwood
Jake Dittler
Mike Conroy
8/6 Claimed   Chicago (A) Willie Harris
 
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