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Major League Baseball

Record: 61-49   .555.... th in National League West
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
Attendance: 1,321,282

Top Draft Pick: Curtis Burke (#75)   AA

General Manager - Al Rosen
Manager - Bill Virdon

Hitting Coach - Deacon Jones  Pitching Coach - Mel Wright  Third Base Coach - Bob Lillis  Bullpen Coach - Don Leppert  Assistant Coach - Tony Pacheco

Affiliates - AAA Tucson Toros AA Columbus Astros A+ Daytona Astros Rk GCL Astros Blue Rk GCL Astros Orange

Team Leaders

HR: Cruz [13]
RBI: Cruz [55]
2B: Howe [22]
SB: Puhl [22]
W: Sutton, Ryan [11]
SV: Sambito [10]
SO: Ryan [140]

Oldest Player: Joe Niekro [36]
Youngest Player: Bert Pena [21]
Longest Tenure: Cesar Cedeno [12]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bert Pena (Sep 14) Joe Pittman (Apr 25) Tim Tolman (Sep 9)
Pitchers: Billy Smith (Jun 9)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Joaquin Andujar	P	28	B	R	6-0	180	12/21/1952	San Pedro de Macoris, DR	MLB	1976-1988
	Alan Ashby	C	29	B	R	6-2	190	7/8/1951	Long Beach, CA	MLB	1973-1989
	Dave Bergman	1B	28	L	L	6-2	190	6/6/1953	Evanston, IL	MLB	1975-1992
	Cesar Cedeno	OF	30	R	R	6-2	190	2/25/1951	Santo Domingo, DR	MLB	1970-1986
	Jose Cruz	OF-CF	33	L	L	6-0	175	8/8/1947	Arroyo, PR	MLB	1970-1988
	Kiko Garcia	SS-2B	27	R	R	5-11	180	10/14/1953	Martinez, CA	MLB	1976-1985
	Phil Garner	2B-3B	32	R	R	5-10	177	4/30/1949	Jefferson City, TN	MLB	1973-1988
	Danny Heep	OF-1B	23	L	L	5-11	177	7/3/1957	San Antonio, TX	MLB	1979-1991
	Art Howe	3B-2B	34	R	R	6-2	190	12/15/1946	Pittsburgh, PA	MLB	1974-1985
	Mike Ivie	1B	28	R	R	6-3	205	8/8/1952	Atlanta, GA	MLB	1971-1983
	Bob Knepper	P	27	L	L	6-2	210	5/25/1954	Akron, OH	MLB	1976-1990
	Alan Knicely	C-OF	26	R	R	6-0	194	5/19/1955	Harrisonburg, VA	MLB	1979-1986
	Frank LaCorte	P	29	R	R	6-1	180	10/13/1951	San Jose, CA	MLB	1975-1984
	Rafael Landestoy	2B-SS	28	B	R	5-10	165	5/28/1953	Bani, DR	MLB	1977-1984
	Jeff Leonard	OF-LF	25	R	R	6-2	200	9/22/1955	Philadelphia, PA	MLB	1977-1990
	Scott Loucks	OF	24	R	R	6-0	178	11/11/1956	Anchorage, AK	MLB	1980-1985
	Joe Niekro	P	36	R	R	6-1	190	11/7/1944	Martins Ferry, OH	MLB	1967-1988
	Bert Pena	SS	21	R	R	5-11	165	7/11/1959	Santurce, PR	MLB	1981-1987
	Joe Pittman	2B-SS	27	R	R	6-1	180	1/1/1954	Houston, TX	MLB	1981-1984
	Gordie Pladson	P	24	R	R	6-4	210	7/31/1956	New Westminster, BC	MLB	1979-1982
	Terry Puhl	OF	24	L	R	6-2	200	7/8/1956	Melville, SK	MLB	1977-1991
	Luis Pujols	C	25	R	R	6-1	195	11/18/1955	Santiago, DR	MLB	1977-1985
	Craig Reynolds	SS	28	L	R	6-1	175	12/27/1952	Houston, TX	MLB	1975-1989
	Dave Roberts	3B-C	30	R	R	6-3	215	2/17/1951	Lebanon, OR	MLB	1972-1982
	Vern Ruhle	P	30	R	R	6-1	187	1/25/1951	Coleman, MI	MLB	1974-1986
	Nolan Ryan	P	34	R	R	6-2	195	1/31/1947	Refugio, TX	MLB	1966-1993
	Joe Sambito	P	29	L	L	6-1	190	6/28/1952	Brooklyn, NY	MLB	1976-1987
	Tony Scott	OF	29	B	R	6-0	175	9/18/1951	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1973-1984
	Billy Smith	P	26	R	R	6-7	200	9/13/1954	La Marque, TX	MLB	1981-1981
	Dave Smith	P	26	R	R	6-1	195	1/21/1955	San Francisco, CA	MLB	1980-1992
	Harry Spilman	1B	26	L	R	6-1	190	7/18/1954	Albany, GA	MLB	1978-1989
	Bobby Sprowl	P	25	L	L	6-2	190	4/14/1956	Sandusky, OH	MLB	1978-1981
	Don Sutton	P	36	R	R	6-1	185	4/2/1945	Clio, AL	MLB	1966-1988
	Dickie Thon	SS	23	R	R	5-11	175	6/20/1958	South Bend, IN	MLB	1979-1993
	Tim Tolman	OF-1B	25	R	R	6-0	195	4/20/1956	Santa Monica, CA	MLB	1981-1987
	Denny Walling	3B-OF	27	L	R	6-1	185	4/17/1954	Neptune, NJ	MLB	1975-1992
	Gary Woods	OF	26	R	R	6-2	190	7/20/1954	Santa Barbara, CA	MLB	1976-1985