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Record: 102-60   .630.... 1st in National League Central
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
Attendance: 2,458,451
Payroll: $40,629,000
Top Draft Pick: Brad Lidge (#17)   MLB
Manager - Larry Dierker

Affiliates - AAA New Orleans Zephyrs AA Jackson Generals A+ Kissimmee Cobras A Quad Cities River Bandits A- Auburn Doubledays Rk Gulf Coast Astros

Team Leaders

HR: Alou [38]
RBI: Alou [124]
2B: Biggio [51]
SB: Biggio [50]
W: Reynolds [19]
SV: Wagner [30]
SO: Reynolds [209]

Oldest Player: Jack Howell [36]
Youngest Player: Scott Elarton [22]
Longest Tenure: Craig Biggio [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mitch Meluskey (Aug 30) Daryle Ward (May 14)
Pitchers: Scott Elarton (Jun 20) Mike Grzanich (May 14) John Halama (Apr 2)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jason Adams	SS	24	Kissimmee	A+
Chad Alexander	OF	24	New Orleans	AAA
	OF		Jackson	AA
Jason Alfaro	SS	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Roberto Alleyne	OF	21	Kissimmee	A+
	OF		Quad Cities	A
Moises Alou	LF-RF	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Adan Amezcua	C	24	Jackson	AA
	C		Kissimmee	A+
Rene Arocha	P	32	New Orleans	AAA
Brad Ausmus	C	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Jeff Bagwell	1B	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Tucker Barr	C	23	Kissimmee	A+
Derek Bell	RF-CF	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Sean Bergman	P	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Lance Berkman	LF-RF	22	New Orleans	AAA
	LF-RF		Jackson	AA
Sean Berry	3B	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Craig Biggio	2B-C	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Mike Blais	P	26	New Orleans	AAA
	P		Jackson	AA
Alberto Blanco	P	22	Jackson	AA
Tim Bogar	SS-3B	31	Houston Astros	MLB
John Buck	C	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Brandon Buckley	C	21	Auburn	A-
Kevin Burns	1B	23	Kissimmee	A+
Rob Butler	LF-CF	28	New Orleans	AAA
Brandon Byrd	3B	20	Auburn	A-
Bobby Bystrowski	P	22	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jose Cabrera	P	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Casey Candaele	2B-SS	37	New Orleans	AAA
Robert Carrillo	1B	19	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Charley Carter	1B	22	Auburn	A-
Luis Casilla	C-1B	19	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Ramon Castro	C	22	Jackson	AA
Joe Cathey	SS	22	Quad Cities	A
Scott Chapman	OF	20	Quad Cities	A
Arnie Chavera	C	25	Kissimmee	A+
Dave Clark	RF-LF	36	Houston Astros	MLB
Eric Cole	OF	22	Quad Cities	A
Pat Cutshall	SS	23	Quad Cities	A
Brian Dallimore	2B-3B	24	Kissimmee	A+
Modesto De Aza	OF	19	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Eddy De Los Santos	SS	23	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jeremy DeShazer	OF	22	Auburn	A-
Joshua Dimmick	C	22	Auburn	A-
Mike Diorio	P	25	Jackson	AA
Luis Dominguez	3B	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jim Duffy	OF	24	Jackson	AA
	OF		Kissimmee	A+
	OF		Quad Cities	A
Sean Duncan	P	25	Jackson	AA
Ryan Dunn	OF	22	Auburn	A-
Scott Elarton	P	22	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		New Orleans	AAA
Morgan Ensberg	3B	23	Auburn	A-
Felix Escalona	SS-2B	19	Kissimmee	A+
	SS-2B		Auburn	A-
Tony Eusebio	C	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Carl Everett	CF-RF	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Jesus Farraez	OF	25	Kissimmee	A+
Danny Fatheree	C	20	Auburn	A-
Freddy Garcia	P	21	New Orleans	AAA
	P		Jackson	AA
Phil Geisler	OF	28	New Orleans	AAA
Keith Ginter	3B-2B	22	Auburn	A-
Mike Grzanich	P	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		New Orleans	AAA
Carlos Guillen	SS	23	New Orleans	AAA
Jim Gutierrez	P	27	New Orleans	AAA
	P		Jackson	AA
Ricky Gutierrez	SS	28	Houston Astros	MLB
John Halama	P	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		New Orleans	AAA
Mike Hampton	P	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Reggie Harris	P	30	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		New Orleans	AAA
Doug Henry	P	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Carlos Hernandez	2B-SS	22	New Orleans	AAA
Richard Hidalgo	RF-CF	23	Houston Astros	MLB
	RF-CF		New Orleans	AAA
Kevin Hodges	P	25	Jackson	AA
Chris Hook	P	30	Jackson	AA
Jack Howell	3B	37	Houston Astros	MLB
Matt Hyers	SS	23	Kissimmee	A+
	SS		Quad Cities	A
Pete Incaviglia	LF	34	Houston Astros	MLB
	LF		New Orleans	AAA
Randy Johnson	P	35	Houston Astros	MLB
Ric Johnson	OF	24	Jackson	AA
	OF		Kissimmee	A+
Russ Johnson	3B-2B	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	3B-2B		New Orleans	AAA
Dax Jones	CF	28	New Orleans	AAA
Kevin Jordan	SS	22	Auburn	A-
Jesse Joyce	3B	22	Auburn	A-
Tim Kester	P	26	Jackson	AA
Jose Lima	P	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Rodney Linares	IF	21	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Kyle Logan	OF	23	Quad Cities	A
Johan Lopez	P	23	New Orleans	AAA
Pedro Lopez	C	29	Jackson	AA
Julio Lugo	SS	22	Kissimmee	A+
Garry Maddox	OF	23	Jackson	AA
Mike Magnante	P	33	Houston Astros	MLB
Scott Makarewicz	C	31	New Orleans	AAA
	C		Jackson	AA
Jay Mansavage	2B	23	Quad Cities	A
Dave Matranga	2B	21	Auburn	A-
Aaron McNeal	1B	20	Quad Cities	A
Mitch Meluskey	C	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	C		New Orleans	AAA
Bob Milacki	P	34	New Orleans	AAA
Aaron Miles	2B	21	Quad Cities	A
Orlando Miller	SS	29	New Orleans	AAA
Ryan Miller	SS-2B	25	New Orleans	AAA
	SS-2B		Jackson	AA
Trever Miller	P	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Wade Miller	P	22	Jackson	AA
Donovan Mitchell	2B	28	New Orleans	AAA
	2B		Jackson	AA
Ray Montgomery	RF-LF	29	Houston Astros	MLB
	RF-LF		New Orleans	AAA
Tony Mounce	P	23	Jackson	AA
Doug Murray	C	23	Quad Cities	A
Mike Neal	3B-SS	26	New Orleans	AAA
	3B-SS		Jackson	AA
Derek Nicholson	OF	22	Auburn	A-
C.J. Nitkowski	P	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		New Orleans	AAA
Javier Ochoa	P	19	Quad Cities	A
	P		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Paul O'Malley	P	25	Jackson	AA
Billy Owens	1B	27	Jackson	AA
	1B		Kissimmee	A+
Jeff Parsons	SS	24	Kissimmee	A+
Marc Pellicciotta	2B	21	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jhonny Perez	2B	21	Jackson	AA
J.R. Phillips	1B	28	Houston Astros	MLB
	1B		New Orleans	AAA
Colin Porter	RF-CF	22	Auburn	A-
Jay Powell	P	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Wes Pratt	OF	24	Kissimmee	A+
Anthony Ramirez	3B	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Edgar Ramos	P	23	New Orleans	AAA
	P		Jackson	AA
Ken Ramos	RF-LF	31	New Orleans	AAA
Jim Reeder	OF	23	Kissimmee	A+
Shane Reynolds	P	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Luis Rivera	SS	34	New Orleans	AAA
Roberto Rivera	P	29	New Orleans	AAA
Oscar Robles	2B	22	Jackson	AA
	2B		Kissimmee	A+
Noel Rodriguez	OF	24	Kissimmee	A+
Wilfredo Rodriguez	P	19	Quad Cities	A
Marc Ronan	C	29	New Orleans	AAA
Derek Root	1B	23	New Orleans	AAA
	1B		Jackson	AA
Mike Rose	C	22	Kissimmee	A+
	C		Quad Cities	A
Paul Russo	C-1B	29	New Orleans	AAA
Roger Salkeld	P	27	New Orleans	AAA
Nelson Samboy	2B	22	Kissimmee	A+
Victor Sanchez	OF	27	Jackson	AA
Jamie Saylor	IF	24	New Orleans	AAA
	IF		Jackson	AA
Bob Scanlan	P	32	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		New Orleans	AAA
Pete Schourek	P	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Brian Sikorski	P	25	New Orleans	AAA
	P		Jackson	AA
Joe Slusarski	P	31	New Orleans	AAA
	P		Jackson	AA
Eric Smith	P	24	Jackson	AA
Bill Spiers	SS-3B	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Scott Taylor	P	31	New Orleans	AAA
J.J. Thomas	1B	23	Quad Cities	A
Gary Trammell	OF	25	Jackson	AA
Chris Truby	3B	24	New Orleans	AAA
	3B		Jackson	AA
	3B		Kissimmee	A+
Tyler Turnquist	IF-OF	22	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Alejandro Vasquez	OF	21	Kissimmee	A+
	OF		Quad Cities	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jonathan Vega	OF	19	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jose Velez	1B-OF	25	Kissimmee	A+
Billy Wagner	P	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Kent Wallace	P	28	New Orleans	AAA
	P		Jackson	AA
Michael Walter	P	23	Jackson	AA
Daryle Ward	LF-1B	23	Houston Astros	MLB
	LF-1B		New Orleans	AAA
Barry Wesson	CF-LF	21	Quad Cities	A
David West	P	34	New Orleans	AAA
Chris Yates	OF	23	Auburn	A-
Juan Zapata	OF	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
David Adam	29	Jackson	AA
Edwin Aguilar	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Rene Arocha	32	New Orleans	AAA
Dan Barrett		Auburn	A-
Sean Bergman	28	Houston Astros	MLB
John Blackmore	20	Auburn	A-
Mike Blais	26	New Orleans	AAA
	26	Jackson	AA
Alberto Blanco	22	Jackson	AA
	22	Kissimmee	A+
Bryan Braswell	23	Kissimmee	A+
Jose Cabrera	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	26	New Orleans	AAA
Jose Calvo	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Juan Centeno	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Mike Diorio	25	New Orleans	AAA
	25	Jackson	AA
Sean Duncan	25	Jackson	AA
	25	Kissimmee	A+
Scott Elarton	22	Houston Astros	MLB
	22	New Orleans	AAA
Ramon Fereira	19	Kissimmee	A+
	19	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Freddy Garcia	21	New Orleans	AAA
	21	Jackson	AA
Gabriel Garcia	21	Kissimmee	A+
Jason Green	23	Kissimmee	A+
Mike Grzanich	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	26	New Orleans	AAA
	26	Kissimmee	A+
Jim Gutierrez	27	New Orleans	AAA
	27	Jackson	AA
John Halama	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	26	New Orleans	AAA
Mike Hampton	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Tim Hamulack	21	Quad Cities	A
Reggie Harris	30	Houston Astros	MLB
	30	New Orleans	AAA
Brian Hecht	20	Quad Cities	A
Doug Henry	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Kevin Hodges	25	Jackson	AA
Chris Holt	27	Kissimmee	A+
Chris Hook	30	Jackson	AA
Eric Ireland	21	Quad Cities	A
Randy Johnson	35	Houston Astros	MLB
Tim Kester	26	Jackson	AA
Brad Lidge	21	Quad Cities	A
Jose Lima	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Dan Lock	25	Jackson	AA
Johan Lopez	23	New Orleans	AAA
Farley Love	25	Kissimmee	A+
	25	Quad Cities	A
	25	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jeff Love	24	Kissimmee	A+
James Lynch	22	Kissimmee	A+
	22	Quad Cities	A
Mike Magnante	33	Houston Astros	MLB
Esteban Maldonado	23	Kissimmee	A+
Jay Mansavage	23	Quad Cities	A
Jason McCarter	22	Quad Cities	A
Chris McFerrin	22	Quad Cities	A
Tony McKnight	21	Kissimmee	A+
Carlos Mercedes	22	Quad Cities	A
Joe Messman	23	Quad Cities	A
Bob Milacki	34	New Orleans	AAA
Trever Miller	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Wade Miller	22	Jackson	AA
Tony Mounce	23	Jackson	AA
	23	Kissimmee	A+
Mike Nannini	18	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
C.J. Nitkowski	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	25	New Orleans	AAA
Paul O'Malley	25	Jackson	AA
Roy Oswalt	21	Auburn	A-
	21	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Josh Pascarella	21	Kissimmee	A+
	21	Auburn	A-
Darwin Peguero	19	Auburn	A-
Jairo Pineda	22	Auburn	A-
	22	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Joey Pipes	24	Kissimmee	A+
	24	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jay Powell	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Edgar Ramos	23	New Orleans	AAA
	23	Jackson	AA
Tim Redding	20	Auburn	A-
Shane Reynolds	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Brian Ridley	23	Quad Cities	A
	23	Auburn	A-
Jose Rijo	22	Kissimmee	A+
Roberto Rivera	29	New Orleans	AAA
Jeriome Robertson	21	Kissimmee	A+
Wilfredo Rodriguez	19	Quad Cities	A
Derek Root	23	New Orleans	AAA
	23	Jackson	AA
	23	Kissimmee	A+
Rodrigo Rosario	20	Auburn	A-
	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jeremy Ryan	20	Quad Cities	A
	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Roger Salkeld	27	New Orleans	AAA
Johan Santana	19	Quad Cities	A
	19	Auburn	A-
Bob Scanlan	32	Houston Astros	MLB
	32	New Orleans	AAA
Pete Schourek	29	Houston Astros	MLB
	29	Kissimmee	A+
Doug Sessions	22	Auburn	A-
Tom Shearn	21	Quad Cities	A
Brian Sikorski	25	New Orleans	AAA
	25	Jackson	AA
Joe Slusarski	31	New Orleans	AAA
	31	Jackson	AA
Brandon Smith	22	Quad Cities	A
	22	Auburn	A-
Eric Smith	24	Jackson	AA
	24	Kissimmee	A+
Lee Smith	40	New Orleans	AAA
	40	Jackson	AA
Eric Stachler	25	Kissimmee	A+
Derek Stanford	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Peter Sullivan	24	Auburn	A-
Scott Taylor	31	New Orleans	AAA
Rich Terwilliger	20	Auburn	A-
	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Tyler Turnquist	22	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Billy Wagner	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	27	Jackson	AA
Jim Wallace	22	Kissimmee	A+
	22	Quad Cities	A
	22	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Kent Wallace	28	New Orleans	AAA
	28	Jackson	AA
Michael Walter	23	Jackson	AA
	23	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
David West	34	New Orleans	AAA
Michael Wheeler	20	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Jacob Whitney	22	Auburn	A-
Byron Wilkerson	22	Gulf Coast Astros	Rk
Garrett Zyskowski	23	Quad Cities	A
	23	Auburn	A-