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Record: 86-75   .534.... 3rd in National League Central
Stadium: Minute Maid Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,779,287
Payroll: $88,930,414
Top Draft Pick: Jason Castro (#10)   AA
Manager - Cecil Cooper

Houston Astros affiliate.

Affiliates - MLB Houston Astros AAA Round Rock Express AA Corpus Christi Hooks A+ Salem Avalanche A Lexington Legends A- Tri City ValleyCats Rk Greeneville Astros

Team Leaders

HR: Berkman [29]
RBI: Berkman [106]
2B: Berkman [46]
SB: Bourn [41]
W: Oswalt [17]
SV: Valverde [44]
SO: Oswalt [165]

Oldest Player: Doug Brocail [41]
Youngest Player: Wesley Wright [23]
Longest Tenure: Lance Berkman [10]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Edwin Maysonet (Sep 7) Mark Saccomanno (Sep 8)
Pitchers: Wesley Wright (Mar 31)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Reggie Abercrombie	OF	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF		Round Rock	AAA
Erick Abreu	P	25	Salem	A+
Frank Almonte	OF	19	Greeneville	Rk
Jose Altuve	IF	20	Greeneville	Rk
Alberto Arias	P	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Round Rock	AAA
Jonny Ash	3B	26	Round Rock	AAA
	3B		Corpus Christi	AA
Brad Ausmus	C	39	Houston Astros	MLB
Jay Austin	OF	18	Greeneville	Rk
Brandon Backe	P	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Jarred Ball	OF	25	Corpus Christi	AA
Brandon Barnes	OF	22	Lexington	A
Lance Berkman	LF-RF	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Chris Blazek	P	24	Corpus Christi	AA
Geoff Blum	3B-2B	35	Houston Astros	MLB
Brian Bogusevic	P	24	Corpus Christi	AA
	P		Salem	A+
Ricardo Bonfante	IF	19	Greeneville	Rk
Dave Borkowski	P	31	Round Rock	AAA
Michael Bourn	OF	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Micah Bowie	P	33	Round Rock	AAA
Doug Brocail	P	41	Houston Astros	MLB
Bryan Brown	SS	23	Lexington	A
Steve Brown	OF	22	Lexington	A
Greg Buchanan	2B	24	Salem	A+
Tim Byrdak	P	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Kevin Carkeek	C	23	Salem	A+
	C		Lexington	A
Albert Cartwright	2B	20	Greeneville	Rk
Jack Cassel	P	28	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Round Rock	AAA
Jose Castillo	2B	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Jason Castro	C	21	Tri City	A-
Shawn Chacon	P	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Ron Chiavacci	P	31	Round Rock	AAA
Koby Clemens	3B	21	Salem	A+
Craig Corrado	IF	24	Lexington	A
Rob Cosby	IF	27	Corpus Christi	AA
Jose Cruz	RF	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Matt Cusick	2B	22	Lexington	A
Jorge De Leon	IF	21	Greeneville	Rk
Collin Delome	H	22	Salem	A+
	H		Lexington	A
Michael Diaz	2B	21	Tri City	A-
Raymar Diaz	P	24	Salem	A+
Victor Diaz	RF	26	Round Rock	AAA
Phil Disher	C	23	Tri City	A-
Russell Dixon	IF	23	Lexington	A
Chance Douglass	P	24	Round Rock	AAA
	P		Corpus Christi	AA
Mitch Einertson	OF	22	Corpus Christi	AA
Evan Englebrook	P	26	Corpus Christi	AA
Darin Erstad	CF-1B	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Cat Everett	INF	22	Lexington	A
Tom Fairchild	P	24	Corpus Christi	AA
Jon Fixler	C	22	Corpus Christi	AA
	C		Lexington	A
Jhon Florentino	SS	25	Salem	A+
David Flores	3B	21	Tri City	A-
Rene Garcia	C	18	Greeneville	Rk
Jonathan Gaston	OF	21	Tri City	A-
Geoff Geary	P	32	Houston Astros	MLB
James Goethals	C	26	Corpus Christi	AA
	C		Salem	A+
Pedro Gonzalez	C	21	Tri City	A-
	C		Greeneville	Rk
Nick Gorneault	OF	29	Round Rock	AAA
Jared Gothreaux	P	28	Round Rock	AAA
Bo Hall	P	28	Corpus Christi	AA
Billy Hart	DH	25	Corpus Christi	AA
Julian Henson	C	21	Lexington	A
	C		Tri City	A-
Frederico Hernandez	C	20	Greeneville	Rk
Runelvys Hernandez	P	28	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Round Rock	AAA
Carlos Hines	P	28	Round Rock	AAA
Kody Hinze	1B	21	Greeneville	Rk
J.R. House	C	28	Houston Astros	MLB
	C		Round Rock	AAA
Ryan Houston	P	29	Round Rock	AAA
Casey Hudspeth	P	23	Corpus Christi	AA
Jeff Hulett	SS	20	Tri City	A-
Sal Iacono	IF-C	23	Salem	A+
Wilton Infante	OF	21	Greeneville	Rk
Eli Iorg	OF	25	Corpus Christi	AA
Chris Jackson	SS	21	Lexington	A
	SS		Tri City	A-
Brad James	P	24	Corpus Christi	AA
Chris Johnson	SS	23	Round Rock	AAA
	SS		Corpus Christi	AA
Josh Johnson	C	25	Round Rock	AAA
Ray King	P	34	Round Rock	AAA
Danny Klassen	3B-2B	33	Round Rock	AAA
Carlos Lee	LF	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Jose Lopez	C	23	Round Rock	AAA
	C		Corpus Christi	AA
Mark Loretta	2B-SS	37	Houston Astros	MLB
Val Majewski	CF-RF	27	Round Rock	AAA
	CF-RF		Corpus Christi	AA
Tommy Manzella	SS	25	Round Rock	AAA
	SS		Corpus Christi	AA
Kazuo Matsui	SS	32	Houston Astros	MLB
	SS		Round Rock	AAA
	SS		Corpus Christi	AA
Edwin Maysonet	2B	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	2B		Round Rock	AAA
Ryan McKeller	P	25	Corpus Christi	AA
Danny Meier	OF	22	Tri City	A-
German Melendez	C	27	Corpus Christi	AA
Jackson Melian	OF	28	Round Rock	AAA
Joe Melton	C	24	Lexington	A
Roberto Mena	2B		Salem	A+
	2B		Lexington	A
Nathan Metroka	RF	22	Greeneville	Rk
Kyle Middleton	P	28	Round Rock	AAA
Josh Miller	P	29	Round Rock	AAA
Kyle Miller	3B	22	Lexington	A
	3B		Greeneville	Rk
Brian Moehler	P	36	Houston Astros	MLB
Carlos Mojica	C	20	Greeneville	Rk
Dionel Montas	3B	21	Greeneville	Rk
Nick Moresi	OF	23	Salem	A+
	OF		Lexington	A
Josh Muecke	P	26	Round Rock	AAA
David Newhan	RF-2B	35	Houston Astros	MLB
	RF-2B		Round Rock	AAA
Lance Niekro	1B	29	Round Rock	AAA
Fernando Nieve	P	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Round Rock	AAA
Bud Norris	P	23	Corpus Christi	AA
Mark Ori	1B	24	Salem	A+
Roy Oswalt	P	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Jose Oyervidez	P	26	Round Rock	AAA
	P		Corpus Christi	AA
Chad Paronto	P	33	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Round Rock	AAA
Jordan Parraz	P	23	Salem	A+
Josh Paul	C	33	Round Rock	AAA
Rich Paz	SS	31	Round Rock	AAA
	SS		Corpus Christi	AA
Brian Pellegrini	OF	23	Lexington	A
Hunter Pence	OF	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Sergio Perez	P	23	Corpus Christi	AA
Tomas Perez	2B-SS	34	Houston Astros	MLB
	2B-SS		Round Rock	AAA
Reinaldo Pestana	C	21	Tri City	A-
Jacob Priday	OF	22	Lexington	A
	OF		Tri City	A-
Cesar Quintero	C	25	Salem	A+
Humberto Quintero	C	29	Houston Astros	MLB
	C		Round Rock	AAA
	C		Corpus Christi	AA
Ronald Ramirez	2B-SS	22	Lexington	A
	2B-SS		Tri City	A-
Yordany Ramirez	OF	24	Round Rock	AAA
Stephen Randolph	P	34	Round Rock	AAA
Ryan Reed	OF	24	Salem	A+
Chad Reineke	P	26	Round Rock	AAA
Wandy Rodriguez	P	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Orlando Rosales	CF	24	Corpus Christi	AA
	CF		Salem	A+
Ebert Rosario	3B	21	Tri City	A-
	3B		Greeneville	Rk
Mark Saccomanno	3B	28	Houston Astros	MLB
	3B		Round Rock	AAA
Ray Sadler	OF	28	Round Rock	AAA
	OF		Corpus Christi	AA
Chris Sampson	SS	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Lou Santangelo	C	25	Round Rock	AAA
	C		Corpus Christi	AA
Maxwell Sapp	C	20	Lexington	A
Ole Sheldon	1B	25	Corpus Christi	AA
J.B. Shuck	OF	21	Tri City	A-
Andy Simunic	2B	23	Tri City	A-
T.J. Steele	OF	22	Tri City	A-
Wladimir Sutil	SS	23	Corpus Christi	AA
	SS		Salem	A+
Drew Sutton	OF	25	Corpus Christi	AA
Travis Sweet	P	22	Salem	A+
Eric Taylor	3B	23	Lexington	A
Miguel Tejada	SS	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Justin Tellam	C	23	Salem	A+
Renzo Tello	OF	21	Greeneville	Rk
Ryan Thompson	P	26	Corpus Christi	AA
Devon Torrence	OF	19	Greeneville	Rk
Tim Torres	SS	24	Salem	A+
J.R. Towles	C	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	C		Round Rock	AAA
Polin Trinidad	P	23	Corpus Christi	AA
Chris Turner	OF	19	Greeneville	Rk
Jose Valverde	P	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Andy Van Hekken	P	29	Corpus Christi	AA
Jimmy Van Ostrand	OF	24	Corpus Christi	AA
	OF		Salem	A+
Oscar Villarreal	P	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Sean Walker	P	25	Corpus Christi	AA
Ty Wigginton	3B	30	Houston Astros	MLB
	3B		Round Rock	AAA
Marques Williams	OF	22	Tri City	A-
Randy Wolf	P	32	Houston Astros	MLB

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Fernando Abad	22	Lexington	A
Erick Abreu	25	Salem	A+
Colt Adams	23	Lexington	A
Wander Alvino	21	Greeneville	Rk
Josh Appell	25	Salem	A+
Douglas Arguello	23	Salem	A+
Alberto Arias	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	24	Round Rock	AAA
Brandon Backe	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Corey Bass	23	Salem	A+
Anthony Bello	22	Lexington	A
Chris Blazek	24	Corpus Christi	AA
Brian Bogusevic	24	Corpus Christi	AA
Robert Bono	19	Tri City	A-
Dave Borkowski	31	Houston Astros	MLB
	31	Round Rock	AAA
Micah Bowie	33	Round Rock	AAA
Doug Brocail	41	Houston Astros	MLB
Jim Brower	35	Round Rock	AAA
Tim Byrdak	34	Houston Astros	MLB
	34	Round Rock	AAA
Jack Cassel	28	Houston Astros	MLB
	28	Round Rock	AAA
Jeiler Castillo	20	Greeneville	Rk
Leandro Cespedes	21	Lexington	A
Shawn Chacon	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Ron Chiavacci	31	Round Rock	AAA
Eduin Ciriaco	22	Tri City	A-
Luis Cruz	18	Greeneville	Rk
Raymar Diaz	24	Salem	A+
David Dinelli	21	Greeneville	Rk
Jason Dominguez	22	Salem	A+
Chance Douglass	24	Round Rock	AAA
	24	Corpus Christi	AA
David Duncan	22	Tri City	A-
Jose Duran	23	Lexington	A
	23	Tri City	A-
Brad Dydalewicz	18	Greeneville	Rk
Evan Englebrook	26	Corpus Christi	AA
Paul Estrada	26	Corpus Christi	AA
Tom Fairchild	24	Corpus Christi	AA
Geoff Geary	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Sam Gervacio	23	Round Rock	AAA
	23	Corpus Christi	AA
Kyle Godfrey	22	Tri City	A-
Brian Gordon	29	Corpus Christi	AA
Jared Gothreaux	28	Round Rock	AAA
Kyle Greenwalt	20	Tri City	A-
	20	Greeneville	Rk
Zach Grimmett	18	Greeneville	Rk
Michael Hacker	22	Tri City	A-
Bo Hall	28	Corpus Christi	AA
Bryan Hallberg	23	Salem	A+
LaTroy Hawkins	35	Houston Astros	MLB
Runelvys Hernandez	28	Houston Astros	MLB
	28	Round Rock	AAA
Chris Hicks	21	Tri City	A-
Carlos Hines	28	Round Rock	AAA
Jarred Holloway	20	Tri City	A-
Ryan Houston	29	Round Rock	AAA
Casey Hudspeth	23	Corpus Christi	AA
	23	Salem	A+
Jeff Icenogle	24	Lexington	A
Brad James	24	Corpus Christi	AA
Reid Kelly	21	Lexington	A
Ray King	34	Round Rock	AAA
Mike Koons	23	Lexington	A
Carlos Ladeuth	24	Lexington	A
Carlos Lazu	22	Greeneville	Rk
Chase Lehr	20	Tri City	A-
Arcenio Leon	22	Greeneville	Rk
Robert Leonhardt	24	Lexington	A
Andrea Lucati	18	Greeneville	Rk
Jordan Lyles	17	Tri City	A-
	17	Greeneville	Rk
Ryan McKeller	25	Corpus Christi	AA
German Melendez	27	Corpus Christi	AA
Danny Meszaros	23	Tri City	A-
Kyle Middleton	28	Round Rock	AAA
	28	Corpus Christi	AA
David Miller	24	Tri City	A-
Josh Miller	29	Round Rock	AAA
Brian Moehler	36	Houston Astros	MLB
Ashton Mowdy	22	Tri City	A-
Josh Muecke	26	Round Rock	AAA
Fernando Nieve	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	26	Round Rock	AAA
Antonio Noguera	20	Tri City	A-
Bud Norris	23	Corpus Christi	AA
Roy Oswalt	31	Houston Astros	MLB
Jose Oyervidez	26	Round Rock	AAA
	26	Corpus Christi	AA
Jay Pacella	24	Salem	A+
	24	Lexington	A
Luis Pardo	23	Lexington	A
Chad Paronto	33	Houston Astros	MLB
	33	Round Rock	AAA
Felipe Paulino	24	Round Rock	AAA
Sergio Perez	23	Corpus Christi	AA
Nate Pettus	19	Greeneville	Rk
Colton Pitkin	19	Greeneville	Rk
Jordan Powell	23	Salem	A+
	23	Lexington	A
David Qualben	23	Salem	A+
	23	Lexington	A
Stephen Randolph	34	Round Rock	AAA
Nick Regilio	30	Round Rock	AAA
Chad Reineke	26	Round Rock	AAA
Kirkland Rivers	22	Tri City	A-
Brett Robinson	23	Lexington	A
Wandy Rodriguez	29	Houston Astros	MLB
	29	Corpus Christi	AA
Joel Romero	20	Greeneville	Rk
Philip Rummel	23	Tri City	A-
Christopher Salamida	24	Corpus Christi	AA
	24	Salem	A+
Chris Sampson	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Joel Santo	24	Salem	A+
Ross Seaton	19	Greeneville	Rk
Sergio Severino	24	Salem	A+
	24	Lexington	A
Jorge Sosa	30	Round Rock	AAA
Ryan Thompson	26	Corpus Christi	AA
Jack Tilghman	21	Lexington	A
Jose Trinidad	21	Greeneville	Rk
Polin Trinidad	23	Corpus Christi	AA
	23	Salem	A+
Patrick Urckfitz	20	Greeneville	Rk
Jose Valverde	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Andy Van Hekken	29	Corpus Christi	AA
Thomas Vessella	22	Lexington	A
Henry Villar	21	Greeneville	Rk
Oscar Villarreal	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Brian Wabick	21	Tri City	A-
	21	Greeneville	Rk
Chad Wagler	25	Salem	A+
Sean Walker	25	Corpus Christi	AA
	25	Salem	A+
Randy Wolf	32	Houston Astros	MLB
Shane Wolf	22	Tri City	A-
Wesley Wright	23	Houston Astros	MLB