2008 Houston Astros season

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2008  Houston Astros
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Minute Maid Park
City Houston
Record86–75 (.534)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Drayton McLane Jr.
General managers Ed Wade
Managers Cecil Cooper
Television FSN Houston
KTXH (My 20)
Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies
Radio KTRH
Milo Hamilton, Brett Dolan, Dave Raymond
KLAT (Spanish)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The Houston Astros' 2008 season was the 47th season for the Houston Astros. The Astros attempted to return to the postseason, after missing the past two postseasons. This was the last season where the Astros finished the season above the .500 mark prior to the post season run in 2015. [1]

Contents

Off Season

On October 29, all six eligible Astros players filed for free agency. The list includes catcher Brad Ausmus, infielder Mike Lamb, infielder Mark Loretta, outfielder Orlando Palmeiro, left-handed reliever Trever Miller and right-handed reliever Brian Moehler.

On October 30, the Astros signed catcher Brad Ausmus to a 1-year, $2 million contract.

On November 8, The Astros acquired outfielder Michael Bourn, third baseman Michael Costanzo, and right-handed reliever Geoff Geary from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for right-handed pitcher Brad Lidge and infielder Eric Bruntlett. The announcement was made by Astros General Manager Ed Wade. [2]

On November 16, the Astros acquired right-handed reliever Óscar Villarreal from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for center fielder Josh Anderson. On the same day, the Astros also signed outfielder Yordany Ramirez as a free agent.

On November 20, the Astros signed free agent utilityman Geoff Blum to a one-year deal including a club option for a second year.

On November 26, the Astros signed free agent relief pitcher Doug Brocail to a one-year deal.

On November 30, the Astros and free agent Kazuo Matsui agreed to a 3-year, $16.5 million deal. Matsui played second base for the NL Champion Colorado Rockies in the 2007 season. [3]

On December 12, the Astros acquired shortstop Miguel Tejada from the Orioles for five players. The Astros traded outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate and third baseman Mike Costanzo to Baltimore for Tejada. Adam Everett, the Astros shortstop at the time, had to deal with a double-whammy: not only did the Astros trade for Tejada, they also non-tendered Everett, leaving him without a team as of 11 p.m. CT.

On December 14, The Houston Astros' offseason of dealing continued on Friday when the club traded Chris Burke, Chad Qualls and Juan Gutiérrez to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for closer José Valverde.

In January, Brandon Backe, Ty Wigginton, and Dave Borkowski were signed to a one-year contract.

On February 20, Shawn Chacón signed a one-year deal.

On March 29, the Astros released Woody Williams.

On March 30, the contracts of OF José Cruz Jr. and RHP Brian Moehler were purchased from Triple-A Round Rock.

Spring training

In spring training the Astros posted a 13–18 record culminating with a 9–4 win in the final spring training game at Minute Maid Park.

Regular season

March/April

After losing the first two games of the 2008 campaign, the Astros were trailing 6-5 in the top of the 9th with 2 outs of game 3 against Trevor Hoffman, on April 2. The Astros put two on base when Hunter Pence hit a line drive off of Adrián González's glove into right to tie it up. Lance Berkman came up next and smashed a 3-run home run to deep center making it a 9–6 game. Valverde then closed out the Astros first '08 win.

Season standings

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 97640.602—55–2642–38
Milwaukee Brewers 90720.5567½49–3241–40
Houston Astros 86750.5341147–3339–42
St. Louis Cardinals 86760.53111½46–3540–41
Cincinnati Reds 74880.45723½43–3831–50
Pittsburgh Pirates 67950.41430½39–4228–53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record

Source:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona –3–52–42–415–32–74–28–102–53–33–44–310–811–73–44–26–9
Atlanta 5–3–0–63–34–310–83–34–23–611–74–142–55–12–52–56–128–7
Chicago 4–26–0–8–75–14–38–95–29–74–23–414–45–24–39–63–36–9
Cincinnati 4–23–37–8–1–56–23–121–710–83–43–56–94–35–15–104–39–6
Colorado 3–153–41–55–1–5–33–38–104–33–60–55–29–911–73–44–37–8
Florida 7–28–103–42–63–5–4–23–45–18–1010–83–24–23–32–514–35–10
Houston 2–43–39–812–33–32–4–4–37–85–23–48–83–37–17–84–27–11
Los Angeles 10–82–42–57–110–84–33–4–4–23–44–45–211–79–92–43–35–10
Milwaukee 5–26–37–98–103–41–58–72–4–2–41–514–14–36–010–56–27–8
New York 3–37–112–44–36–310–82–54–34–2–11–74–32–55–14–312–69–6
Philadelphia 4–314–44–35–35–08–104–34–45–17–11–4–24–23–35–412–64–11
Pittsburgh 3–45–24–149–62–52–38–82–51–143–42–4–3–44–210–73–46–9
San Diego 8–101–52–53–49–92–43–37–113–45–22–44–3–5–131–65–13–15
San Francisco 7–115–23–41–57–113–31–79–90–61–53–32–413–5–4–37–06–12
St. Louis 4–35–26–910–54–35–28–74–25–103–44–57–106–13–4–5–17–8
Washington 2–412–63–33–43–43–142–43–32–66–126–124–31–50–71–5–8–10

Roster

2008 Houston Astros
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2008 Game Log
March
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
1March 31@ Padres 0–4 Peavy (1–0) Oswalt (0–1)44,9650–1
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
2April 1@ Padres 1–2 Young (1–0) Backe (0–1) Hoffman (1)20,8250–2
3April 2@ Padres 9–6 Valverde (1–0) Hoffman (0–1)18,7141–2
4April 3@ Padres 2–3 E. González (1–0) Villareal (0–1) Hoffman (2)24,4321–3
5April 4@ Cubs 4–3 Wright (1–0) Lieber (0–1) Valverde (1)37,8122–3
6April 5@ Cubs 7–9 Hart (1–0) Oswalt (0–2) Wood (2)40,7072–4
7April 6@ Cubs 2–3 Zambrano (1–0) Villarreal (0–2) Wood (3)40,9292–5
8April 7 Cardinals 5–3 Valverde (2–0) McClellan (0–1)43,4833–5
9April 8 Cardinals 3–5 Reyes (1–0) Geary (0–1) Isringhausen (4)30,1843–6
10April 9 Cardinals 4–6 Looper (2–0) Sampson (0–1) Isringhausen (5)29,1873–7
11April 11 Marlins 6–10 Nolasco (1–0) Oswalt (0–3)34,1913–8
12April 12 Marlins 5–0 Backe (1–1) Miller (0–2)34,3364–8
13April 13 Marlins 5–1 Rodríguez (1–0) Badenhop (0–1)29,7665–8
14April 15@ Phillies 3–4 Seánez (1–1) Valverde (2–1)34,6095–9
15April 16@ Phillies 2–1 Oswalt (1–3) Kendrick (1–2) Brocail (1)31,6446–9
16April 17@ Phillies 2–10 Myers (2–1) Backe (1–2)33,5266–10
17April 18 Rockies 11–5 Morales (1–1) Sampson (0–2)34,2726–11
18April 19 Rockies 2–3 Cook (2–1) Villarreal (0–3) Corpas (4)34,5406–12
19April 20 Rockies 6–4 Wright (2–0) Fuentes (0–1) Valverde (2)35,2867–12
20April 21 Padres 10–3 Oswalt (2–3) Germano (0–2)28,6008–12
21April 22 Padres 11–7 Valverde (3–1) Bell (0–2)33,4349–12
22April 23@ Reds 9–3 Sampson (1–2) Arroyo (0–3)16,01710–12
23April 24@ Reds 5–3 Cassel (1–0) Cueto (3) Valverde (3)17,40311–12
24April 25@ Cardinals 3–2 Wright (2–0) Isringhausen (1–2) Valverde (4)41,19312–12
25April 26@ Cardinals 3–4 Wainwright (3–1) Borkowski (0–1)43,04012–13
26April 27@ Cardinals 1–5 Lohse (3–0) Backe (1–3) McClellan (1)44,22212–14
27April 28@ D-backs 3–5 Haren (4–1) Sampson (1–3) Lyon (8)19,86812–15
28April 29@ D-backs 6–4 Brocail (1–0) González (1–2) Valverde (5)20,24113–15
29April 30@ D-backs 7–8 Medders (1–0) Borkowski (0–2) Lyon (9)21,51913–16
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
30May 2 Brewers 7–4 Oswalt (3–3) Villanueva (1–3) Valverde (6)39,71514–16
31May 3 Brewers 6–2 Backe (2–3) Parra (1–2)35,00215–16
32May 4 Brewers 8 – 6 (12) Byrdak (1–0) Stetter (1–1)38,30116–16
33May 6 Nationals 6–5 Brocail (2–0) Ayala (1–2) Valverde (7)30,33517–16
34May 7 Nationals 4–3 Valverde (4–1) Hanrahan (0–2)30,43218–16
35May 8 Nationals 8–3 Lannan (3–3) Backe (2–4)33,43318–17
36May 9@ Dodgers 7–1 Moehler (1–0) Lowe (2–3)52,65819–17
37May 10@ Dodgers 5–0 Sampson (2–3) Billingsley (2–5)45,21220–17
38May 11@ Dodgers 8–5 Geary (1–1) Broxton (1–1) Valverde (8)40,21721–17
39May 12@ Giants 7–3 Oswalt (4–3) Chulk (0–1) Valderde (9)30,16522–17
40May 13@ Giants 4–2 Cain (2–3) Backe (2–5) Wilson (12)30,85822–18
41May 14@ Giants 6–3 Villarreal (1–3) Taschner (2–1) Valverde (10)33,07023–18
42May 15@ Giants 8–7 Byrdak (2–0) Chulk (0–2) Valverde (11)33,77124–18
43May 16@ Rangers † 16–8 Wright (2–1) Wright (3–1)32,11724–19
44May 17@ Rangers†6–2 Padilla (6–2) Oswalt (4–4)38,53424–20
45May 18@ Rangers†5–4 Backe (2–5) Gabbard (1–1) Valverde (11)33,56125–20
46May 19 Cubs 7–2 Lilly (5–4) Moehler (1–1)32,45825–21
47May 20 Cubs 4–2 Sampson (3–3) Dempster (5–2) Valverde (13)33,33926–21
48May 21 Cubs 5–3 Chacón (1–0) Gallagher (1–1)33,25127–21
49May 22 Phillies 7–5 Durbin (1–1) Wright (3–2) Lidge (12)29,26327–22
50May 23 Phillies 4–3 Backe (3–5) Eaton (0–3) Valverde (12)41,15228–22
51May 24 Phillies 4–3 Moehler (2–1) Myers (2–6) Brocail (2)42,66029–22
52May 25 Phillies 6–15 Seánez (3–3) Nieve (0–1)43,07929–23
53May 27@ Cardinals 8–2 Chacón (1–0) Looper (6–4)41,10430–23
54May 28@ Cardinals 1–6 Wainwright (5–2) Rodríguez (1–1)41,11430–24
55May 29@ Cardinals 2–3 Lohse (5–2) Oswalt (4–5) Franklin (4)41,78630–25
56May 30@ Brewers 5–1 Parra (3–2) Backe (4–6)32,03930–26
57May 31@ Brewers 4–1 Sheets (6–1) Moehler (2–2) Torres (5)42,91330–27
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
58June 1@ Brewers 10–1 Bush (2–5) Chacón (2–1)44,61330–28
59June 3@ Pirates 2–0 Rodríguez (2–1) Dumatrait (2–3) Valverde (16)13,18331–28
60June 4@ Pirates 5–2 Duke (3–4) Oswalt (4–6) Capps (12)9,39231–29
61June 5@ Pirates 4–3 Maholm (4–5) Backe (4–7) Capps (13)10,72831–30
62June 6 Cardinals 6–1 Moehler (3–2) Looper (7–5)38,59632–30
63June 7 Cardinals 8–4 Wainwright (6–3) Chacón (2–2)39,81132–31
64June 8 Cardinals 5–4 Lohse (7–2) Rodríguez (2–2) Franklin (8)39,92332–32
65June 10 Brewers 6–1 Oswalt (5–6) McClung (3–3)35,05833–32
66June 11 Brewers 10–6 Parra (5–2) Backe (4–8)33,80633–33
67June 12 Brewers 9–6 Sheets (7–1) Moehler (3–3)35,70933–34
68June 13 Yankees†2–1 Veras (1–0) Brocail (2–1) Farnsworth (1)43,09533–35
69June 14 Yankees†8–4 Mussina (10–4) Rodríguez (2–3)43,40933–36
70June 15 Yankees†13–0 Wang (8–2) Oswalt (5–7)43,16533–37
71June 17@ Orioles†6–5 Johnson (2–2) Brocail (2–2) Sherrill (23)21,53533–38
72June 18@ Orioles†2 – 1 (10) Bradford (3–2) Valverde (4–2)21,11233–39
73June 19@ Orioles†7–5 Burres (6–5) Chacón (2–3) Sherrill (24)31,48033–40
74June 20@ Rays†4–3 Oswalt (6–7) Garza (5–4) Valverde (17)14,74134–40
75June 21@ Rays†4–3 Wheeler (2–3) Brocail (2–3)29,95334–41
76June 22@ Rays†3–2 Backe (5–8) Kazmir (6–3) Valverde (18)19,77835–41
77June 24 Rangers†4–3 Moehler (4–3) Hurley (0–1) Valverde (19)40,05236–41
78June 25 Rangers†3–2 Mendoza (1–2) Oswalt (6–8) Wilson (16)32,56736–42
79June 26 Rangers†7–2 Rodríguez (3–3) Millwood (5–4)36,50637–42
80June 27 Red Sox†6–1 Matsuzaka (9–1) Hernández (0–1) Papelbon (24)42,32737–43
81June 28 Red Sox†11–10 Brocail (3–3) Delcarmen (0–2) Valverde (20)43,07338–43
82June 29 Red Sox†3–2 Brocail (4–3) Aardsma (2–2) Valverde (21)42,06639–43
83June 30 Dodgers 4–1 Oswalt (7–8) Stults (2–1) Valverde (22)28,82740–44
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
84July 1 Dodgers 7 – 6 (11) Park (4–2) Wright (3–3) Saito (13)31,91440–44
85July 2 Dodgers 4–1 Kuroda (4–6) Hernández (0–2)34,05840–45
86July 3 Dodgers 5–2 Billingsley (8–7) Backe (5–9) Saito (14)35,69640–46
87July 4@ Braves 6–2 Hudson (9–6) Moehler (4–4)48,04540–47
88July 5@ Braves 6–1 Sampson (4–3) Reyes (3–7)37,04941–47
89July 6@ Braves 7 – 6 (17) Ring (2–1) Byrdak (2–1)24,16941–48
90July 7@ Pirates 10–7 Bautista (2–2) Hernández (0–3) Marte (2)13,32341–49
91July 8@ Pirates 4–3 Grabow (5–2) Brocail (4–4) Marte (3)17,86741–50
92July 9@ Pirates 6–4 Moehler (5–4) Burnett (0–1) Valverde (23)13,88442–50
93July 11@ Nationals 10–0 Redding (7–3) Paronto (0–1) Shell (1)33,65342–51
94July 12@ Nationals 6–4 Rodríguez (4–3) Balester (1–2) Valverde (24)30,68243–51
95July 13@ Nationals 5–0 Backe (6–9) Pérez (2–7)31,46344–51
96July 18 Cubs 2–1 Geary (2–1) Howry (3–3)42,36845–51
97July 19 Cubs 4–1 Rodríguez (5–3) Zambrano (10–4) Valverde (25)43,12946–51
98July 20 Cubs 9–0 Dempster (11–4) Backe (6–10)41,16146–52
99July 21 Pirates 9–2 Valverde (4–3) Yates (4–2)34,62446–53
100July 22 Pirates 8–2 Maholm (7–6) Cassel (1–1)33,99646–54
101July 23 Pirates 8–7 Osoria (4–3) Geary (2–2) Marte (5)36,09146–55
102July 25@ Brewers 3–1 Rodríguez (6–3) Parra (9–3) Valverde (26)41,35747–55
103July 26@ Brewers 6–4 Gagné (4–2) Brocail (4–5) Torres (20)43,48947–56
104July 27@ Brewers 11–6 Sampson (5–3) Suppan (5–7)31,56548–56
105July 28 Reds 5–4 Oswalt (8–8) Cueto (7–10) Valverde (27)31,78349–56
106July 29 Reds 6–2 Moehler (6–4) Arroyo (9–8) Wright (1)34,01550–56
107July 30 Reds 9–5 Vólquez (13–4) Rodríguez (6–4)30,27250–57
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
108August 1 Mets 7–3 Brocail (5–5) Heilman (1–5)41,08351–57
109August 2 Mets 5–4 Valverde (5–3) Heilman (1–6)39,15252–57
110August 3 Mets 4–0 Wolf (7–10) Pérez (7–7)38,60253–57
111August 4@ Cubs 2 – 0 (8) Moehler (7–4) Dempster (12–5) Hawkins (1)40,86754–57
112August 5@ Cubs 11–7 Howry (4–4) Sampson (5–4)40,41654–58
113August 6@ Cubs 11–4 Marquis (7–7) Backe (6–11)41,10754–59
114August 7@ Reds 7–4 Oswalt (9–8) Fogg (2–4)27,37855–59
115August 8@ Reds 9 – 5 (10) Sampson (6–4) Cordero (4–4)25,65256–59
116August 9@ Reds 3–1 Moehler (8–4) Arroyo (10–9) Valverde (28)26,04457–59
117August 10@ Reds 13–4 Rodríguez (7–4) Harang (3–12)30,78958–59
118August 11 Giants 3–1 Backe (7–11) Sánchez (8–9) Valverde (29)28,22059–59
118August 12 Giants 12–4 Oswalt (10–8) Walker (4–7)29,45160–59
120August 13 Giants 6–2 Wolf (8–10) Zito (6–15)30,33061–59
121August 14 Giants 7–4 Hawkins (2–1) Yabu (3–5) Valverde (30)33,61262–59
122August 15 Diamondbacks 12–2 Webb (18–4) Rodríguez (7–5)36,03562–60
123August 16 Diamondbacks 11–5 Petit (2–3) Backe (7–12)33,61262–61
124August 17 Diamondbacks 3–0 Oswalt (11–8) Johnson (10–9) Valverde (31)42,61963–61
125August 18@ Brewers 9–3 Sabathia (14–8) Wolf (8–11)41,99163–62
126August 19@ Brewers 5–2 Moehler (9–4) Sheets (11–7) Valverde (32)41,66264–62
127August 20@ Brewers 5–2 Parra (10–6) Rodríguez (7–6) Torres (24)41,41964–63
128August 22@ Mets 5–2 Santana (12–7) Oswalt (11–9) Ayala (1)52,00864–64
129August 23@ Mets 8–3 Backe (8–12) Maine (10–8)51,76665–64
130August 24@ Mets 6–4 Hawkins (3–1) Feliciano (2–4) Valverde (33)49,75866–64
131August 25@ Mets 9–1 Pelfrey (13–8) Moehler (9–5)41,41966–65
132August 26 Reds 2–1 Arroyo (12–10) Geary (2–3)30,39566–66
133August 27 Reds 4–1 Oswalt (12–9) Fogg (2–7) Valverde (34)30,74167–66
134August 28 Reds 3–2 Backe (9–12) Harang (4–14) Valverde (35)30,02868–66
135August 29 Cardinals 3–2 Brocail (6–5) Springer (2–1)33,34769–66
136August 30 Cardinals 8–5 Moehler (10–5) Looper (12–11) Valverde (36)37,56970–66
137August 31 Cardinals 3–0 Rodríguez (8–6) Wellemeyer (11–6) Valverde (37)35,63871–66
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
138September 1@ Cubs 3–0 Oswalt (13–9) Marquis (9–8) Valverde (38)40,67072–66
139September 2@ Cubs 9–7 Wright (8–6) Wood (4–3) Valverde (39)39,84673–66
140September 3@ Cubs 4–0 Wolf (9–11) Dempster (15–6)40,16374–66
141September 5@ Rockies 5–3 Jiménez (10–12) Moehler (10–6) Fuentes (27)26,16374–67
142September 6@ Rockies 2–0 Oswalt (14–9) Francis (4–9)32,35275–67
143September 7@ Rockies 7–5 Brocail (7–5) Buchholz (6–5) Valverde (40)30,50976–67
144September 8 Pirates 3–2 Arias (1–0) Snell (6–11) Valverde (41)26,52677–67
145September 9 Pirates 9–3 Wolf (10–11) Ohlendorf (1–2)30,03478–67
146September 10 Pirates 7–4 Moehler (11–6) Bautista (4–4) Valverde (42)26,85979–67
147September 11 Pirates 6–0 Oswalt (15–9) Duke (5–14)31,10180–67
–September 12 Cubs Postponed (Hurricane Ike)Rescheduled for September 14 @ Miller Park.
–September 13 Cubs Postponed (Hurricane Ike)Rescheduled for September 15 @ Miller Park.
–September 14 Cubs Postponed (Hurricane Ike)Cancelled due to the Astros being eliminated from the Playoff Contention.
148September 14 Cubs*5–0 Zambrano (14–5) Wolf (10–12)23,44180–68
149September 15 Cubs*6–1 Lilly (15–9) Moehler (11–7)15,15880–69
150September 16@ Marlins 5–1 Volstad (5–3) Oswalt (15–10)12,23280–70
151September 17@ Marlins 2–14 Nolasco (15–7) Backe (9–13)14,12480–71
152September 18@ Marlins 1-8 Olsen (8-10) Arias (1-1)14,21980-72
153September 19@ Pirates 5-1 Wolf (11-12) Snell (6-12)26,30181-72
154September 20@ Pirates 4-6 Davis (2-4) Brian Moehler (11-8) Capps (20)36,62181-73
155September 21@ Pirates 6-2 Oswalt (16-10) Ohlendorf (1-4)20,31182-73
156September 23 Reds 2-1 Volquez (17-6) Rodríguez (8–7) Cordero (34)27,56182-74
157September 24 Reds 5-0 Wolf (12-12) Ramírez (1–1)26,10383-74
158September 25 Reds 8-7 Oswalt (17-10) Cueto (9-14) José Valverde (43)31,20484-74
159September 26 Braves 5-4 José Valverde (6-3) Tavárez (1-5)33,47785-74
160September 27 Braves 5-11 Vladimir Núñez (1-2) Backe (9-14)37,49185-75
161September 28 Braves 3-1 Rodríguez (9-7) Hampton (3-4) José Valverde (44)37,11386-75
*At Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Brad Ausmus 8121647.218324
1B Lance Berkman 159554173.31229106
2B Kazuo Matsui 96375110.293633
SS Miguel Tejada 158632179.2831366
3B Ty Wigginton 111386110.2852358
LF Carlos Lee 115436137.31428100
CF Michael Bourn 138467107.229529
RF Hunter Pence 157595160.2692583

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Geoff Blum 11432578.2401453
Darin Erstad 14032289.276431
Mark Loretta 10126173.280438
Humberto Quintero 5916838.226212
J. R. Towles 5414620.137416
David Newhan 6410427.260212
Reggie Abercrombie 345517.30925
José Cruz Jr. 38496.12201
José Castillo 15329.28102
Mark Saccomanno 10102.20012
Tomás Pérez 8102.20000
Edwin Maysonet 771.14300
J.R. House 330.00001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roy Oswalt 32208.217103.54165
Brandon Backe 31166.29146.05127
Brian Moehler 31150.01184.5682
Wandy Rodríguez 25137.1973.54131
Shawn Chacón 1585.2235.0453
Randy Wolf 1270.2623.5757
Runelvys Hernández 419.1038.3815

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chris Sampson 54117.1644.2261
Jack Cassel 930.1115.6414
Alberto Árias 38.0116.758

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
José Valverde 7463443.3883
Doug Brocail 727523.9364
Wesley Wright 714315.0157
Tim Byrdak 592103.9047
Geoff Geary 552302.5345
Óscar Villarreal 351305.0221
Dave Borkowski 260207.5024
LaTroy Hawkins 242010.4325
Fernando Nieve 110108.4412
Chad Paronto 60104.354

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League Dave Clark
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Texas League Luis Pujols
A Salem Avalanche Carolina League Jim Pankovits
A Lexington Legends South Atlantic League Gregg Langbehn
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Pete Rancont
Rookie Greeneville Astros Appalachian League Rodney Linares

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  3. ↑ 9news.com Wolf, Jeffrey November 30, 2007
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