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Record: 83-79 .512.... 4th in National League West
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,184,314

Top Draft Pick: Cameron Drew (#12) MLB
Manager - Bob Lillis

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

Team Leaders

HR: Davis [20]
RBI: Cruz [79]
2B: Cruz [34]
SB: Doran [23]
W: Scott [18]
SV: Smith [27]
SO: Ryan [209]

Oldest Player: Joe Niekro [40]
Youngest Player: Charlie Kerfeld [21]
Longest Tenure: Jose Cruz, Joe Niekro [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Eric Bullock (Aug 26) Ty Gainey (Apr 24) Chris Jones (Jun 8)
Pitchers: Charlie Kerfeld (Jul 27) Mark Knudson (Jul 8) Ron Mathis (Apr 13)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Larry Acker	P	24	Tucson	AAA
Kevin Adams			Auburn	A-
Troy Afenir	C	22	Osceola	A+
Troy Aleshire	C	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Karl Allaire	SS	22	Osceola	A+
Heriberto Almonte			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Diego Aquino			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Tim Arnsberg	P		Asheville	A
	P		Auburn	A-
Alan Ashby	C	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Don August	P	22	Columbus	AA
Mark Bailey	C	23	Houston Astros	MLB
Mark Baker	OF		Osceola	A+
Jeff Baldwin	LF-RF	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Rich Barnes	P	26	Tucson	AAA
Kevin Bass	RF-OF	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Keith Bodie	OF	29	Columbus	AA
Rick Bombard	P	25	Columbus	AA
Eddie Bonine	P		Tucson	AAA
Mike Botkin	OF		Columbus	AA
Norm Brock	OF	24	Asheville	A
Michael Brown			Auburn	A-
Eric Bullock	OF-LF	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF-LF		Tucson	AAA
Curtis Burke	OF		Columbus	AA
	OF		Osceola	A+
Enos Cabell	3B-1B	35	Houston Astros	MLB
Jeff Calhoun	P	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Mike Calise	3B		Tucson	AAA
Ken Caminiti	3B	22	Osceola	A+
Glenn Carpenter			Columbus	AA
Jesus Carrion			Asheville	A
Timothy Cash			Osceola	A+
Michael Cerefin	P		Osceola	A+
Richard Colbert	C		Tucson	AAA
Carlo Colombino	3B	21	Auburn	A-
Jose Cruz	OF-CF	38	Houston Astros	MLB
Jeff Datz	C	25	Columbus	AA
Glenn Davis	1B	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	1B		Tucson	AAA
Bill Dawley	P	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Laito De La Cruz			Auburn	A-
Pedro DeLeon	P	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Juan Delgado			Columbus	AA
			Osceola	A+
Jim Deshaies	P	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Tony Dineen	P		Auburn	A-
Frank DiPino	P	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Curtis Dishman	1B		Auburn	A-
Bill Doran	2B	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Cameron Drew	LF-RF	21	Auburn	A-
Greg Dube	P		Osceola	A+
Don Dunster	P	22	Auburn	A-
Francois Durocher			Asheville	A
David Dyrek			Osceola	A+
			Asheville	A
Jeff Edwards	C		Auburn	A-
John Elliott	2B-SS	21	Asheville	A
Tony Eusebio	C	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Bobby Falls	2B		Columbus	AA
Stan Fascher	P		Auburn	A-
Mark Fiala			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
John Fishel	LF-RF	22	Auburn	A-
Vern Followell	SS		Tucson	AAA
Mike Friedrich	P		Osceola	A+
Tom Funk	P	23	Asheville	A
Ty Gainey	OF-LF	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF-LF		Tucson	AAA
Phil Garner	2B-3B	36	Houston Astros	MLB
Steve Gelmine	P		Auburn	A-
Kevin Graves			Auburn	A-
Scott Gray	SS		Auburn	A-
Terry Green	OF-2B	19	Asheville	A
Jonas Guerrero			Auburn	A-
Sixto Guerrero			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Brad Gulden	C	29	Tucson	AAA
Anthony Hampton	OF		Osceola	A+
	OF		Asheville	A
Robert Hartman	P		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jeff Heathcock	P	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
Geysi Heredia			Asheville	A
Manny Hernandez	P	24	Tucson	AAA
Pedro Hernandez	3B-OF	26	Tucson	AAA
	3B-OF		Columbus	AA
Victor Hithe	OF	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Mike Hogan	P		Columbus	AA
Stan Hough	OF	31	Tucson	AAA
Scott Houp	OF		Osceola	A+
Chris Huchingson	P	22	Asheville	A
Bert Hunter	SS	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Blaise Ilsley	P	21	Auburn	A-
Chuck Jackson	3B-CF	22	Tucson	AAA
	3B-CF		Columbus	AA
Gayron Jackson	OF		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Calvin James	1B-OF	22	Asheville	A
	1B-OF		Auburn	A-
Tim Jester	OF		Auburn	A-
Ryan Job			Osceola	A+
Richard Johnson	1B	22	Auburn	A-
Chris Jones	OF	28	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF		Tucson	AAA
Mike Kasprzak	P		Columbus	AA
Anthony Kelley	P		Columbus	AA
	P		Osceola	A+
Charlie Kerfeld	P	22	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
William King	SS		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Bob Knepper	P	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Mark Knudson	P	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
Ron Koenigsfeld	SS		Tucson	AAA
	SS		Columbus	AA
Joe Kwolek	3B		Asheville	A
Rafael Landestoy	2B-SS	32	Tucson	AAA
Clarke Lange	3B		Osceola	A+
Jeff Livin	P		Asheville	A
Arbrey Lucas	P		Columbus	AA
	P		Osceola	A+
Mike Madden	P	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
Rob Mallicoat	P	20	Osceola	A+
Randy Martz	P	29	Tucson	AAA
Charles Mathews	P		Osceola	A+
Ron Mathis	P	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
Louie Meadows	LF-RF	24	Columbus	AA
Tony Metoyer	3B		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Joe Mikulik	OF	21	Asheville	A
Brad Mills	3B	28	Tucson	AAA
James Miner	P		Tucson	AAA
Thomas Mitchell			Osceola	A+
			Asheville	A
John Mizerock	C	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	C		Tucson	AAA
Sam Moore	P		Asheville	A
Peter Mueller	1B		Asheville	A
Jerry Mumphrey	OF	33	Houston Astros	MLB
Gary Murphy	P		Auburn	A-
Joe Niekro	P	40	Houston Astros	MLB
Rayner Noble	P		Columbus	AA
Venicio Nunez			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jim O'Dell	1B		Osceola	A+
David Palmer			Asheville	A
Jim Pankovits	2B-OF	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Bob Parker	SS		Osceola	A+
Chris Parker	P		Asheville	A
Bert Pena	SS	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	SS		Tucson	AAA
Alfredo Perez	OF		Auburn	A-
Terry Puhl	OF	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Randy Randle	SS	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Ed Reilly	P		Columbus	AA
Edinson Renteria	2B-3B	17	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Carlos Reyes			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Craig Reynolds	SS	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Mark Reynolds	OF		Osceola	A+
Mike Richardt	2B	27	Tucson	AAA
German Rivera	3B	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Aristides Rodriguez			Asheville	A
Ron Roebuck	P		Auburn	A-
Wayne Rogalski	IF		Auburn	A-
Robert Romo	P		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Nelson Rood	SS		Tucson	AAA
	SS		Columbus	AA
Omar Roque			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Mark Ross	P	28	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
Nolan Ryan	P	38	Houston Astros	MLB
Roger Samuels	P	24	Columbus	AA
Pedro Sanchez	SS	19	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Leonel Santana			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Michael Sassone			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Joseph Schulte			Auburn	A-
Mike Scott	P	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Doug Shaab	P		Osceola	A+
John Sheehan	P	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Robert Shepis	OF		Auburn	A-
Glenn Sherlock	C	25	Osceola	A+
	C		Asheville	A
Jim Sherman	OF		Columbus	AA
Mike Simms	RF-1B	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Dave Smith	P	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Henry Smith	3B		Asheville	A
	3B		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Kevin Smith	P		Auburn	A-
Doug Snyder	OF		Osceola	A+
	OF		Asheville	A
Julio Solano	P	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
Harry Spilman	1B	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Mike Stellern	OF		Osceola	A+
Craig Stevenson	SS		Asheville	A
Mel Stottlemyre	P	21	Asheville	A
Richard Strasser	P		Columbus	AA
Mark Strucher	1B-C		Tucson	AAA
	1B-C		Columbus	AA
Steve Swain	OF		Asheville	A
Paul Taylor			Asheville	A
Jimmy Thomas	2B		Columbus	AA
Dickie Thon	SS	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Tim Tolman	OF-1B	29	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF-1B		Tucson	AAA
Jose Vargas	P	20	Asheville	A
Steve Verrone	P		Asheville	A
Miguel Victor			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
James Vike	P		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Tony Walker	OF	26	Columbus	AA
Tye Waller	3B-OF	28	Tucson	AAA
Denny Walling	3B-OF	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Dan Walters	C	19	Asheville	A
	C		Auburn	A-
Terry Wells	P	22	Auburn	A-
Jaime Williams			Asheville	A
Orlando Wilmore			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Robbie Wine	C	23	Columbus	AA
Gerald Young	CF	20	Osceola	A+
Felipe Zayas			Gulf Coast Astros	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Tim Arnsberg		Auburn	A-
Jeff Calhoun	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Scott Camp		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Timothy Cash		Osceola	A+
Bill Dawley	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Pedro DeLeon	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jim Deshaies	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Tony Dineen		Auburn	A-
Frank DiPino	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Don Dunster	22	Auburn	A-
Stan Fascher		Auburn	A-
Mark Fiala		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Vern Followell		Tucson	AAA
Steve Gelmine		Auburn	A-
Robert Hartman		Osceola	A+
		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jeff Heathcock	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Manny Hernandez	24	Tucson	AAA
Blaise Ilsley	21	Auburn	A-
Charlie Kerfeld	22	Houston Astros	MLB
Bob Knepper	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Mark Knudson	24	Houston Astros	MLB
Arbrey Lucas		Columbus	AA
Mike Madden	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	27	Tucson	AAA
Ron Mathis	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	27	Tucson	AAA
Tony Metoyer		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Larry Montgomery		Tucson	AAA
		Columbus	AA
Gary Murphy		Auburn	A-
Joe Niekro	40	Houston Astros	MLB
Ron Roebuck		Auburn	A-
Robert Romo		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Mark Ross	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Nolan Ryan	38	Houston Astros	MLB
Michael Sassone		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Joseph Schulte		Auburn	A-
Mike Scott	30	Houston Astros	MLB
John Sheehan	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
James Shouppe		Columbus	AA
Dave Smith	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Henry Smith		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Kevin Smith		Auburn	A-
Julio Solano	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Mark Strucher		Columbus	AA
Shawn Talbott	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Miguel Victor		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
James Vike		Auburn	A-
		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Terry Wells	22	Auburn	A-
Orlando Wilmore		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk