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All-25-Year Houston Astros (ORANGE RAINBOW INSANITY)

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by user jatorres

I'm sure there's a better mix of these players, but I just whipped this together... Other than a couple obvious weaknesses on the bench, I like my selections. Your opinions are very much welcome.

  1. 2B- Craig Biggio (1995: OPS+ 141)
  2. 1B- Jeff Bagwell (1996: OPS+ 179)
  3. OF- Lance Berkman (2006: OPS+ 161)
  4. OF- Moises Alou (2000: OPS+ 151)
  5. OF- Jose "Cheo" Cruz (1984: OPS+ 144)
  6. SS- Dickie Thon (1983: OPS+ 126)
  7. 3B- Ken Caminiti (1992: OPS+ 127)
  8. C- Alan Ashby (1985: OPS+ 130) - Astros' best offensive catcher of the time.

http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/LineupAnalysis.py says this line-up will score about 6.5 runs per game (with Nolan Ryan at P)

Back-up Catcher- Mark Bailey (1988: OPS+ 29) - I wanted a real back-up, and Brad Ausmus was a starter his entire Astros career.

  • BN- Luis Gonzalez (1993: OPS+ 122)
  • BN- Phil Garner (1984: OPS+ 116)
  • BN- Bill Doran (1990: OPS+ 129) - Split this year with the Reds.
  • BN- Adam Everett (2001: OPS+ 39) - God-awful, but he was basically a bench player then, and only committed 5 errors.
  1. SP- Roger Clemens (2005: ERA+ 221)
  2. SP- Nolan Ryan (1981: ERA+ 194) - I was torn, really; he had 130 more Ks in '87 but an ERA+ of 142
  3. SP- Joe Niekro (1982: ERA+ 135) - I wanted to mix things around in the all-righty rotation, so I went with a knuckleballer.
  4. SP- Mike Scott (1986: ERA+ 160) - Cy Young year
  5. SP- Roy Oswalt (2002: ERA+ 142) - Not his best year, but I wanted to make other years available for other positions.

CL- Billy Wagner (1999: ERA+ 277)

  • RP- Octavio Dotel (2001: ERA+ 171)
  • RP- Larry Andersen (1989: ERA+ 221)
  • RP- Brad Lidge (2003: ERA+ 123)
  • RP- Trevor Miller (1998: ERA+ 134
  • RP- Chad Qualls (2004: ERA+ 122)

I might go back in and tweak things around when I have time...

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DNLLegend
975 days ago
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Good team. And Chad Qualls.
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
975 days ago
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Yeah, I could probably have found a better reliever (Dan Wheeler?)... Like I said, I didn't really have all the time in the world.
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