2008 Houston Astros

86-75 • .534 Win% • 3rd in NL C

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
75 Losses
.534 Win %
3rd Rank
712 R 743 RA
Diff -31

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712 Runs Scored
743 Runs Allowed
-31 Run Diff
2,779K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 NL Average

Batting Avg .262 1% above the 2008 league average (.260)
OBP .322 3% below the 2008 league average (.330)
SLG .414 equal to the 2008 league average (.412)
Team ERA 4.36 2% worse than the 2008 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 712 3% below the 2008 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMinute Maid Park
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Home Games (est.) 80 ≈
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Total Attendance 2,779,487
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Avg per Game 34,743

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Carlos Lee 0.314 2 Lance Berkman 0.312 3 Reggie Abercrombie 0.309 4 Kazuo Matsui 0.293 5 Ty Wigginton 0.285

Home Runs

1 Lance Berkman 29 2 Carlos Lee 28 3 Hunter Pence 25 4 Ty Wigginton 23 5 Geoff Blum 14

RBI

1 Lance Berkman 106 2 Carlos Lee 100 3 Hunter Pence 83 4 Miguel Tejada 66 5 Ty Wigginton 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Miguel Tejada 158 632 92 179 38 3 13 66 24 72 7 0.283
Hunter Pence 157 595 78 160 34 4 25 83 40 124 11 0.269
Lance Berkman 159 554 114 173 46 4 29 106 99 108 18 0.312
Michael Bourn 138 467 57 107 10 4 5 29 37 111 41 0.229
Carlos Lee 115 436 61 137 27 0 28 100 37 49 4 0.314
Ty Wigginton 111 386 50 110 22 1 23 58 32 69 4 0.285
Kazuo Matsui 96 375 58 110 26 3 6 33 37 53 20 0.293
Geoff Blum 114 325 36 78 14 1 14 53 21 54 1 0.240
Darin Erstad 140 322 49 89 16 0 4 31 14 68 2 0.276
Mark Loretta 101 261 27 73 15 0 4 38 29 30 0 0.280
Brad Ausmus 81 216 15 47 8 0 3 24 25 41 0 0.218
Humberto Quintero 59 168 16 38 6 0 2 12 6 34 0 0.226
J. R. Towles 54 146 10 20 5 0 4 16 16 40 0 0.137
David Newhan 64 104 11 27 5 2 2 12 6 28 1 0.260
Roy Oswalt 32 70 3 15 0 0 0 5 0 18 0 0.214
Reggie Abercrombie 34 55 10 17 5 0 2 5 1 23 5 0.309
Jose Cruz 38 49 6 6 1 0 0 1 11 9 0 0.122
Brandon Backe 32 47 8 13 2 0 2 3 3 18 0 0.277
Brian Moehler 31 44 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 27 0 0.023
Wandy Rodriguez 25 41 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 0.122
Jose Castillo 15 32 4 9 1 0 0 2 2 10 0 0.281
Shawn Chacon 15 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0.125
Randy Wolf 12 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0.130
Chris Sampson 54 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.136
Tomas Perez 8 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Mark Saccomanno 10 10 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0.200
Jack Cassel 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.222
Edwin Maysonet 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Tim Byrdak 59 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Runelvys Hernandez 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.250
J. R. House 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.000
Alberto Arias 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Chad Paronto 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Geoff Geary 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fernando Nieve 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Valverde 74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Oscar Villarreal 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Borkowski 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Brocail 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
LaTroy Hawkins 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wesley Wright 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Geoff Geary 2.53 2 Jose Valverde 3.38 3 Roy Oswalt 3.54 4 Wandy Rodriguez 3.54 5 Randy Wolf 3.57

Wins

1 Roy Oswalt 17 2 Brian Moehler 11 3 Brandon Backe 9 4 Wandy Rodriguez 9 5 Doug Brocail 7

Strikeouts

1 Roy Oswalt 165 2 Wandy Rodriguez 131 3 Brandon Backe 127 4 Jose Valverde 83 5 Brian Moehler 82
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Roy Oswalt 17 10 3.54 32 32 0 208.2 199 82 47 165
Brandon Backe 9 14 6.05 31 31 0 166.2 202 112 77 127
Brian Moehler 11 8 4.56 31 26 0 150.0 166 76 36 82
Wandy Rodriguez 9 7 3.54 25 25 0 137.1 136 54 44 131
Chris Sampson 6 4 4.22 54 11 0 117.1 118 55 23 61
Shawn Chacon 2 3 5.04 15 15 0 85.2 88 48 41 53
Jose Valverde 6 3 3.38 74 0 44 72.0 62 27 23 83
Randy Wolf 6 2 3.57 12 12 0 70.2 68 28 24 57
Doug Brocail 7 5 3.93 72 0 2 68.2 63 30 21 64
Geoff Geary 2 3 2.53 55 0 0 64.0 45 18 28 45
Wesley Wright 4 3 5.01 71 0 1 55.2 45 31 34 57
Tim Byrdak 2 1 3.90 59 0 0 55.1 45 24 29 47
Oscar Villarreal 1 3 5.02 35 0 0 37.2 42 21 17 21
Dave Borkowski 0 2 7.50 26 0 0 36.0 54 30 14 24
Jack Cassel 1 1 5.64 9 3 0 30.1 38 19 8 14
LaTroy Hawkins 2 0 0.43 24 0 1 21.0 11 1 5 25
Runelvys Hernandez 0 3 8.38 4 4 0 19.1 32 18 11 15
Fernando Nieve 0 1 8.44 11 0 0 10.2 17 10 2 12
Chad Paronto 0 1 4.35 6 0 0 10.1 11 5 2 4
Alberto Arias 1 1 6.75 3 2 0 8.0 11 6 6 8

👥 Roster (41)

Reggie Abercrombie Alberto Arias Brad Ausmus Brandon Backe Lance Berkman Geoff Blum Dave Borkowski Michael Bourn Doug Brocail Tim Byrdak Jack Cassel Jose Castillo +29 more

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Houston Astros

What was the 2008 Houston Astros record?
The 2008 Houston Astros finished 86-75 (.534 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Houston Astros in home runs?
Lance Berkman led the 2008 Houston Astros with 29 home runs.
What was the 2008 Houston Astros team ERA?
The 2008 Houston Astros posted a team ERA of 4.36.
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