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Houston Astros

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Record	4013 - 4167 (.491)
Home +/-	+46.8
Away +/-	-124.6

	#	Last	Since
World Series	0		51 yrs
League	1	2005	8 yrs
Division	7	2001	12 yrs
Wild Card	2	2005	8 yrs

Baseball-Reference Links		Links
Team Encyclopedia	Batting Stats	Retrosheet
Starters Positional	Pitching Stats	Baseball-Almanac
Starters Pitching	Batting Leaders	Baseball America Execs
Opening Day Starters	Pitching Leaders	Wikipedia / BR Bullpen
Managers	Team Batting	SportsLogos.net
Amateur Drafts	Team Pitching	Official Site

Houston Astros All-Home Grown Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Lance Berkman	12	1999	2010	48.1
Luis Gonzalez	6	1990	1995	13.1
James Mouton	4	1994	1997	0.6
Chris Burke	4	2004	2007	0.1

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Cesar Cedeno	12	1970	1981	49.4
Brian Hunter	3	1994	1996	3.5
Ron Davis	4	1962	1968	0.5

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Terry Puhl	14	1977	1990	28.5
Richard Hidalgo	8	1997	2004	17.5
Hunter Pence	5	2007	2011	16.1
Rusty Staub	6	1963	1968	13.6

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Eric Bruntlett	5	2003	2007	1.9
Julio Lugo	4	2000	2003	1.5
Andujar Cedeno	5	1990	1994	1.2
Sonny Jackson	5	1963	1967	0.9

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Craig Biggio	20	1988	2007	64.9
Bill Doran	9	1982	1990	30.3
Joe Morgan	9	1963	1971	27.0
Jose Altuve	3	2011	2013	3.5

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Doug Rader	9	1967	1975	18.2
Morgan Ensberg	7	2000	2007	14.1
Ken Caminiti	8	1987	1994	13.8
Russ Johnson	4	1997	2000	0.2

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bob Watson	14	1966	1979	20.5
Glenn Davis	7	1984	1990	18.9
Chuck Harrison	3	1965	1967	1.3
Danny Heep	4	1979	1982	0.5

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Cliff Johnson	6	1972	1977	5.8
Tony Eusebio	9	1991	2001	4.4
Mark Bailey	5	1984	1988	2.4
Jason Castro	3	2010	2013	2.2

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Roy Oswalt	10	2001	2010	46.0
Larry Dierker	13	1964	1976	32.0
Don Wilson	9	1966	1974	27.9
J.R. Richard	10	1971	1980	22.3
Shane Reynolds	11	1992	2002	19.5
Wade Miller	6	1999	2004	14.1
Wandy Rodriguez	8	2005	2012	12.2
Darryl Kile	7	1991	1997	6.3
Chris Holt	4	1996	2000	3.5
Bud Norris	5	2009	2013	2.6
Carlos Hernandez	3	2001	2004	2.3
Chris Sampson	5	2006	2010	2.2
Fernando Nieve	2	2006	2008	0.7
Jose Sosa	2	1975	1976	0.2
Tim Redding	4	2001	2004	0.1

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ken Forsch	11	1970	1980	18.3
Dave Smith	11	1980	1990	12.8
Joe Sambito	8	1976	1984	10.7
Dave Giusti	6	1962	1968	8.6

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Billy Wagner	9	1995	2003	16.2
Brad Lidge	6	2002	2007	7.1
Todd Jones	4	1993	1996	3.8
Mike Cosgrove	5	1972	1976	0.5
Alvin Morman	1	1996	1996	-0.2
Donne Wall	3	1995	1997	-0.3
Dallas Keuchel	2	2012	2013	-0.5
Fernando Abad	3	2010	2012	-0.6
Jeriome Robertson	2	2002	2003	-0.7
Matt Albers	2	2006	2007	-0.9
Kirk Saarloos	2	2002	2003	-1.2
Jordan Lyles	3	2011	2013	-1.5
Doug Konieczny	4	1973	1977	-1.6
Brian Williams	4	1991	1994	-1.9
Felipe Paulino	3	2007	2010	-2.6

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James