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Houston Astros

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Record	4025 - 4179 (.491)
Home +/-	+45.0
Away +/-	-122.8

	#	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-Time Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jose Cruz	13	1975	1987	51.3
Lance Berkman	12	1999	2010	48.1
Luis Gonzalez	7	1990	1997	15.0
Moises Alou	3	1998	2001	11.7

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Cesar Cedeno	12	1970	1981	49.4
Jimmy Wynn	11	1963	1973	41.5
Steve Finley	4	1991	1994	16.0
Michael Bourn	4	2008	2011	12.2

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Terry Puhl	14	1977	1990	28.5
Richard Hidalgo	8	1997	2004	17.5
Kevin Bass	10	1982	1994	16.6
Hunter Pence	5	2007	2011	16.1

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Dickie Thon	7	1981	1987	16.1
Adam Everett	7	2001	2007	12.4
Craig Reynolds	11	1979	1989	9.8
Denis Menke	5	1968	1974	9.0

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Craig Biggio	20	1988	2007	64.9
Joe Morgan	10	1963	1980	30.6
Bill Doran	9	1982	1990	30.3
Art Howe	7	1976	1982	13.8

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Doug Rader	9	1967	1975	18.2
Ken Caminiti	10	1987	2000	16.5
Morgan Ensberg	7	2000	2007	14.1
Denny Walling	13	1977	1992	13.9

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jeff Bagwell	15	1991	2005	79.5
Bob Watson	14	1966	1979	20.5
Glenn Davis	7	1984	1990	18.9
Lee May	3	1972	1974	6.1

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Larry Dierker	5	1997	2001	17.0
Bill Virdon	8	1975	1982	13.3
Phil Garner	4	2004	2007	12.5
Hal Lanier	3	1986	1988	6.8

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Alan Ashby	11	1979	1989	7.9
Joe Ferguson	2	1977	1978	6.2
Cliff Johnson	6	1972	1977	5.8
Johnny Edwards	6	1969	1974	5.0

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
Mike Scott	9	1983	1991	23.9
Nolan Ryan	9	1980	1988	23.5
Joe Niekro	11	1975	1985	23.2
J.R. Richard	10	1971	1980	22.3
Shane Reynolds	11	1992	2002	19.5
Ken Forsch	11	1970	1980	18.3
Mike Hampton	7	1994	2009	17.8
Roger Clemens	3	2004	2006	17.2
Turk Farrell	6	1962	1967	16.3
Wade Miller	6	1999	2004	14.1
Mike Cuellar	4	1965	1968	13.2
Danny Darwin	6	1986	1996	12.4

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ron Cook	2	1970	1971	1.4
Barry Latman	2	1966	1967	1.3
Paul Siebert	3	1974	1976	0.5
Scott Linebrink	4	2000	2003	0.2

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Billy Wagner	9	1995	2003	16.2
Dave Smith	11	1980	1990	12.8
Joe Sambito	8	1976	1984	10.7
Octavio Dotel	5	2000	2004	10.5
Larry Andersen	5	1986	1990	7.9
Brad Lidge	6	2002	2007	7.1
Hal Woodeshick	4	1962	1965	7.0
Jim Ray	8	1965	1973	6.1
Claude Raymond	4	1964	1967	5.3
Bill Dawley	3	1983	1985	5.0
Chad Qualls	4	2004	2007	4.8
Dan Wheeler	4	2004	2007	4.8
Jim Umbricht	2	1962	1963	4.3
Don McMahon	2	1962	1963	4.3
George Culver	3	1970	1972	4.0

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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