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Houston Astros
The Houston Astros is a major league baseball team located in Houston, Texas. The Astros are a member of the Central Division. From 2000 to the present, the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park (originally named Enron Field). The Astros joined MLB under the name Colt .45s along...
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Aaron Boone
Aaron John Boone (born March 9, 1973, in La Mesa, California) is a Major League Baseball infielder who is currently a free agent. He previously played for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Washington...
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Mike Hampton
Michael William Hampton (born September 9, 1972 in Brooksville, Florida) is a free agent Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He bats right-handed and throws left-handed. Hampton is well-known for being one of the best active hitting pitchers, as...
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Tyler Lumsden
Tyler Ryan Lumsden (born May 9, 1983 in Roanoke, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros organization. He attended Cave Spring High School (Roanoke, Virginia).
Lumsden was originally drafted by the Florida Marlins in the...
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Jeff Fulchino
Jeffrey Paul Fulchino (born November 26, 1979 in Titusville, Florida) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros.
Fulchino played one Major League Baseball game with the Florida Marlins in 2006. His major league debut was on June 22,...
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Darin Erstad
Darin Charles Erstad (born June 4, 1974, in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a Major League Baseball free agent outfielder/first baseman. Prior to 2007, he had played with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (1996-2006) before signing with the...
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Kazuo Matsui
Kazuo "Kaz" Matsui (松井 稼頭央, Matsui Kazuo) (born October 23, 1975 in Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese Major League Baseball second baseman for the Houston Astros. Matsui is a switch-hitter. Matsui is not related to Hideki Matsui, the...
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Hunter Pence
Hunter Andrew Pence (born April 13, 1983, in Arlington, Texas) is a major league outfielder with the Houston Astros. Pence is 6' 4" tall, and weighs 210 pounds. He bats and throws right-handed.
Pence attended Arlington High School in Arlington,...
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Miguel Tejada
Miguel Odalis Tejada Martinez (born on May 25, 1974, in Baní, Dominican Republic) is a free agent Major League Baseball shortstop. He began his first six seasons of his career with the Oakland Athletics, where he began his streak of 1,152...
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Michael Bourn
Michael Ray Bourn (born December 27, 1982, in Houston, Texas), is a Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros. He has also been a participant of the United States national baseball team.
Bourn was raised in Houston, where he attended...
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Lance Berkman
William Lance "Elvis" Berkman (born February 10, 1976) is a Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros. Berkman is known as "The Big Puma," a nickname he coined in jest while on a sports talk radio show. His official listed height is six...
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LaTroy Hawkins
LaTroy Hawkins (born December 21, 1972 in Gary, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who recently signed with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Hawkins was drafted straight out of high school by the Minnesota Twins in the 1991 amateur draft, and...
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Edwin Maysonet
Edwin Maysonet (born October 17, 1981, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros. He is a middle infielder, and attended college at Delta State.
He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 19th round of the...
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Geoff Blum
Geoffrey Edward Blum (born April 26, 1973, in Redwood City, California) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Houston Astros. Before becoming a professional baseball player, he majored in sociology at the University of California at Berkeley....
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- 27
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Geoff Geary
Geoffrey Michael Geary (born August 26, 1976, in Buffalo, New York) is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently a Free Agent.
Geary graduated from Grossmont High School in 1994 in El Cajon, CA. He attended San Diego Mesa...
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- 29
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Brian Moehler
Brian Merritt Moehler (born December 31, 1971 in Rockingham, North Carolina) is a starting pitcher with the Houston Astros.
Moehler pitched for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the sixth round...
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- 38
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Brandon Backe
Brandon Allen Bache (born April 5, 1978, in Galveston, Texas) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently a free agent. He joined the Houston Astros in 2004, after two seasons with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
He was originally a...
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- 41
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Chris Sampson
Christopher Keith Sampson (born May 23, 1978 in Channelview, Texas, United States) is a right-handed, Major League pitcher for the Houston Astros. Sampson is 6'0". After attending Texas Tech University, where he played for the Red Raiders, he...
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Roy Oswalt
Roy Edward Oswalt (pronounced /ˈoʊzwɑːlt/) (born August 29, 1977 in Weir, Mississippi) is an American Major League Baseball player who debuted on May 6, 2001. Oswalt, a slender six-foot right-handed starting pitcher, is currently in his ninth major...
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Carlos Lee
Carlos Noriel Lee (born June 20, 1976, in Aguadulce, Panama) is a left fielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Houston Astros. He bats and throws right-handed.
He is married and has two daughters, Cassandra and Karla and a son, named...
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J. R. Towles
Justin Richard Towles (born February 11, 1984 in Crosby, Texas) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Houston Astros.
The Oakland Athletics originally drafted him in the 32nd round (968th overall) and in the 23rd round (692nd overall) in the...
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- 46
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José Valverde
José Rafael Valverde (born March 24, 1978 in San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a closer in Major League Baseball who is currently a free agent. His nickname is Papa Grande or Big Papa.
He throws both 2 and 4-seam fastballs, a splitter,...
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Tim Byrdak
Timothy Christopher Byrdak (born October 31, 1973 in Oak Lawn, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. His previous major league experience came from 1998 to 2000, when Byrdak played for the Kansas City Royals, an...
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Alberto Arias
Alberto A. Árias (born October 14, 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball.
In 2006, Árias played in Minor League Baseball with the Tulsa Drillers. Árias made his MLB debut with...
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Wandy Rodríguez
Wandy E. Rodríguez (born January 18, 1979), nicknamed The Magic Wandy, is a pitcher for the Houston Astros. He is a native of Santiago Rodriguez, located in the North Region (Cibao Region) of the Dominican Republic.
Rodríguez, who concluded with a...
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- 51
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Felipe Paulino
Felipe A. Paulino Del Guidice (born October 5, 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros.
Paulino was signed as an undrafted free agent on July 2, 2001. He was called up to the major leagues...
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- 52
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Wesley Wright
Dequam LaWesley Wright (born January 28, 1985 in Montgomery, Alabama) is a major league baseball relief pitcher for the Houston Astros.
Wright was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 7th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft and...
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- 53
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Humberto Quintero
Humberto Quintero [oom-BERR-to kin-TAY-ro] (born August 2, 1979 in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball catcher in the Houston Astros organization. Quintero was outrighted to the Round Rock Express in June 2007 after Eric...
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- 55
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Fernando Nieve
Fernando Alexis Nieve [ne-AY-vay] (born July 15, 1982 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela) is a professional baseball pitcher. A right-handed pitcher, he currently plays for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. His nickname is "The Snowman" due to...
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- 64
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Doug Brocail
Douglas Keith Brocail (born May 16, 1967 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania) is an American Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.
Brocail attended Lamar High School in Lamar, Colorado and was a good student and won All-State honors...
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- 26
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Samuel Gervacio
Samuel Gervacio (born January 10, 1985 in Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic) is a Minor League Baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros.
Gervacio was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Houston Astros on December 3, 2002.
Gervacio...
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Lou Palmisano
Louis Richard Palmisano (born September 16, 1982 in Utica, New York) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Houston Astros organization.
Palmisano graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in 2001, after winning a state championship in...
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Brian Bogusevic
Brian Bogusevic (born February 18, 1984 in Palos Heights, Illinois) is a minor league baseball player in the Houston Astros organization.
Bogusevic was a two-way star player for Tulane University, playing in the outfield and also used as a starting...
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- 20
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Jason Michaels
Jason Drew Michaels (born May 4, 1976 in Tampa, Florida), nicknamed "J-Mike", is a free agent Major League Baseball outfielder. He is a 1994 graduate of Jesuit High School of Tampa and received an Associate of Arts (AA) degree from Okaloosa-Walton...
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- 4
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Yordany Ramirez
Yordany Antonio Ramírez (born July 31, 1984 in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic) is an outfielder in the Houston Astros organization.
Ramírez was originally signed as undrafted free agent by the San Diego Padres on April 23, 2001.
From 2002 to 2003,...
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