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Record: 85-77 .525.... 3rd in National League West
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,351,962

Top Draft Pick: Robbie Wine (#8) MLB
Manager - Bob Lillis

Affiliates - AAA Tucson Toros AA Columbus Astros A+ Daytona Astros A Asheville Tourists A- Auburn Astros Rk Gulf Coast Astros

Team Leaders

HR: Thon [20]
RBI: Cruz [92]
2B: Knight [36]
SB: Thon [34]
W: Niekro [15]
SV: DiPino [20]
SO: Ryan [183]

Oldest Player: Joe Niekro [38]
Youngest Player: John Mizerock [22]
Longest Tenure: Jose Cruz, Joe Niekro [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: George Bjorkman (Jul 10) John Mizerock (Apr 12)
Pitchers: Bill Dawley (Apr 15) Jeff Heathcock (Sep 3) Mike Madden (Apr 5) Julio Solano (Apr 5)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Troy Afenir	C	20	Auburn	A-
	C		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Daniel Aruca	OF		Asheville	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Alan Ashby	C	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Mark Bailey	C	21	Asheville	A
Johnny Barrios			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Kevin Bass	RF-OF	24	Houston Astros	MLB
Steve Benson	SS		Columbus	AA
Dwight Bernard	P	31	Tucson	AAA
Don Berti	OF		Daytona	A+
George Bjorkman	C	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	C		Tucson	AAA
	C		Columbus	AA
Eddie Bonine	P		Tucson	AAA
Danny Boone	P	29	Tucson	AAA
Mike Botkin	OF		Daytona	A+
Randy Braun	OF		Daytona	A+
Eric Bullock	OF-LF	23	Columbus	AA
Curtis Burke	OF		Daytona	A+
Glenn Carpenter			Daytona	A+
Jesus Carrion			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Steve Christmas	C	25	Tucson	AAA
Hank Clark	3B		Asheville	A
Wes Clements	OF-1B	25	Tucson	AAA
Richard Colbert	C		Tucson	AAA
	C		Columbus	AA
Jose Cruz	OF-CF	36	Houston Astros	MLB
John Csefalvay			Columbus	AA
Edward Cuervo	C-2B		Columbus	AA
Greg Cypret	SS		Tucson	AAA
Jeff Datz	C	23	Columbus	AA
	C		Daytona	A+
Glenn Davis	1B	22	Tucson	AAA
	1B		Columbus	AA
Bill Dawley	P	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Juan Delgado			Daytona	A+
Orlando Denis	IF		Asheville	A
	IF		Auburn	A-
Charles Devoy	SS		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Frank DiPino	P	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Gary D'Onofrio	SS		Columbus	AA
	SS		Daytona	A+
Tracy Dophied	OF		Asheville	A
Bill Doran	2B	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Mark Dye			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
David Dyrek			Auburn	A-
David Edwards			Auburn	A-
Nelson Espinal			Asheville	A
Shane Fairbanks	OF		Asheville	A
	OF		Auburn	A-
Bobby Falls	2B		Asheville	A
Vern Followell	SS		Columbus	AA
Ty Gainey	OF-LF	22	Columbus	AA
Ramon Garcia			Asheville	A
Phil Garner	2B-3B	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Mike Grace	3B	27	Columbus	AA
Jonas Guerrero			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jeff Heathcock	P	23	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
B.J. Hinson	2B		Asheville	A
Simon Hodge			Auburn	A-
			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Stan Hough	OF	29	Daytona	A+
Scott Houp	OF		Auburn	A-
Johnny Isaac			Asheville	A
Francisco Jabalera			Columbus	AA
			Daytona	A+
Guadalupe Jabalera			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jeff Jacobson			Asheville	A
Ryan Job			Asheville	A
Chris Jones	OF	26	Tucson	AAA
Rickey Keeton	P	26	Tucson	AAA
Larry Kiesling	SS		Daytona	A+
	SS		Asheville	A
Bob Knepper	P	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Ray Knight	3B-1B	30	Houston Astros	MLB
John Krol	3B		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Frank LaCorte	P	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Mike LaCoss	P	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Steve Lipinski	OF		Auburn	A-
Jesus Lora			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Scott Loucks	OF	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF		Tucson	AAA
James MacDonald	P		Tucson	AAA
Brian Mackin			Auburn	A-
Mike Madden	P	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
Rodney Martin	OF		Auburn	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jose Martinez			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Ron Mathis	P	25	Tucson	AAA
Steve McAllister	SS	23	Daytona	A+
James McGilvray			Daytona	A+
			Auburn	A-
Louie Meadows	LF-RF	22	Daytona	A+
Ron Meridith	P	26	Tucson	AAA
John Miller	3B		Asheville	A
	3B		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Thomas Mitchell			Auburn	A-
John Mizerock	C	22	Houston Astros	MLB
	C		Tucson	AAA
Omar Moreno	OF	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Peter Mueller	1B		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jerry Mumphrey	OF	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Joe Niekro	P	38	Houston Astros	MLB
Jim O'Dell	1B		Auburn	A-
Jim Pankovits	2B-OF	28	Tucson	AAA
Bob Pate	OF	29	Tucson	AAA
Bert Pena	SS	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	SS		Tucson	AAA
Terry Puhl	OF	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Luis Pujols	C	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	C		Tucson	AAA
Larry Ray	OF	25	Tucson	AAA
Craig Reynolds	SS	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Seth Richmond	OF		Auburn	A-
Ricardo Rivera			Daytona	A+
			Asheville	A
Tom Roarke	C		Asheville	A
Bert Roberge	P	28	Tucson	AAA
Ruben Robles			Tucson	AAA
Aristides Rodriguez			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Ramon Rodriguez			Auburn	A-
Nelson Rood	SS		Auburn	A-
Vern Ruhle	P	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Ronald Russell	SS		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Nolan Ryan	P	36	Houston Astros	MLB
Mike Scott	P	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Tony Scott	OF	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Daraka Shaheed	SS		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Glenn Sherlock	C	23	Auburn	A-
Jim Sherman	OF		Columbus	AA
	OF		Asheville	A
Larry Simcox	SS		Columbus	AA
Neil Simons	OF		Columbus	AA
	OF		Asheville	A
Dave Smith	P	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Doug Snyder	OF		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Julio Solano	P	23	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
Harry Spilman	1B	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Mike Stellern	OF		Columbus	AA
	OF		Asheville	A
Mark Strucher	1B-C		Columbus	AA
Frank Talotta	2B		Auburn	A-
Jimmy Thomas	2B		Daytona	A+
Rick Thompson	SS		Daytona	A+
	SS		Asheville	A
Dickie Thon	SS	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Jackson Todd	P	31	Tucson	AAA
Tim Tolman	OF-1B	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF-1B		Tucson	AAA
Bob Veselic	P	28	Tucson	AAA
Tony Walker	OF	24	Columbus	AA
	OF		Daytona	A+
Denny Walling	3B-OF	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Clifton Wherry	SS		Tucson	AAA
Jaime Williams			Daytona	A+
			Asheville	A
Jamie Williams			Tucson	AAA
Robbie Wine	C	21	Auburn	A-

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Larry Acker	22	Columbus	AA
	22	Asheville	A
Claudio Alburquerque		Asheville	A
		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Joaquin Baez		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Kirk Bailey		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Dwight Bernard	31	Tucson	AAA
Rick Bombard	23	Daytona	A+
Eddie Bonine		Tucson	AAA
Danny Boone	29	Tucson	AAA
Jeff Calhoun	25	Columbus	AA
Mike Callahan		Daytona	A+
Guillermo Castro		Daytona	A+
		Asheville	A
Michael Cerefin		Asheville	A
		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Richard Coughlin		Asheville	A
		Auburn	A-
Bill Dawley	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Frank DiPino	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Greg Dube		Auburn	A-
Conrad Everett		Columbus	AA
		Daytona	A+
Rick Foley		Columbus	AA
Mike Friedrich		Auburn	A-
		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Tom Funk	21	Auburn	A-
Michael Hale		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Randy Hammond		Auburn	A-
Jeff Heathcock	23	Houston Astros	MLB
	23	Tucson	AAA
	23	Columbus	AA
Geysi Heredia		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Manny Hernandez	22	Daytona	A+
B.J. Hinson		Asheville	A
Mike Hogan		Daytona	A+
Diogenes Jimenez		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Mike Kasprzak		Daytona	A+
		Asheville	A
Rickey Keeton	26	Tucson	AAA
Anthony Kelley		Auburn	A-
Charlie Kerfeld	20	Asheville	A
Bob Knepper	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Mark Knudson	22	Columbus	AA
	22	Daytona	A+
Kai Koenig		Asheville	A
Frank LaCorte	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Mike LaCoss	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Arbrey Lucas		Asheville	A
James MacDonald		Tucson	AAA
		Columbus	AA
Mike Madden	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	25	Tucson	AAA
Charles Mathews		Auburn	A-
Ron Mathis	25	Tucson	AAA
Tim Meckes		Columbus	AA
Ron Meridith	26	Tucson	AAA
Greg Mize		Asheville	A
Sam Moore		Daytona	A+
		Auburn	A-
Jeff Morris		Tucson	AAA
Joe Niekro	38	Houston Astros	MLB
Rayner Noble		Daytona	A+
Juan Paradez		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Zacarias Paris		Columbus	AA
		Daytona	A+
Ray Perkins	23	Asheville	A
Pat Perry	24	Columbus	AA
Gordie Pladson	27	Tucson	AAA
	27	Columbus	AA
Miguel Polemir		Asheville	A
		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Uvaldo Regalado		Columbus	AA
		Daytona	A+
Ed Reilly		Daytona	A+
Robert Retz		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
J.R. Richard	33	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Bert Roberge	28	Tucson	AAA
Charles Robertson		Asheville	A
Mark Ross	26	Tucson	AAA
	26	Columbus	AA
Vern Ruhle	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Nolan Ryan	36	Houston Astros	MLB
Roger Samuels	22	Asheville	A
	22	Auburn	A-
Rolando Santos		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Rex Schimpf		Daytona	A+
Mike Scott	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Leandro Severino		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Doug Shaab		Auburn	A-
James Shouppe		Daytona	A+
Barry Sloan		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Dave Smith	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Jack Smith		Columbus	AA
Scott Smith	25	Asheville	A
	25	Auburn	A-
Ben Snyder		Columbus	AA
Julio Solano	23	Houston Astros	MLB
	23	Tucson	AAA
Bobby Sprowl	27	Tucson	AAA
	27	Columbus	AA
Richard Strasser		Daytona	A+
		Asheville	A
Jackson Todd	31	Tucson	AAA
Martin Troncoso		Asheville	A
Jose Vargas	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Steve Verrone		Auburn	A-
		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Bob Veselic	28	Tucson	AAA
	28	Columbus	AA
Jorge Vizcaino		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Sam Welborn		Tucson	AAA
		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Tom Wiedenbauer	24	Daytona	A+
Orlando Wilmore		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk