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        Third Base
           
See the Annual, Last 5 Year Trend & Cumulative Team Position Index graphs below
Houston Astros Third Base Starters
Annual Last 5 Yr Cumulative
Team Pos Trend Team Pos St All- Fielding Statistics as 3B St Batting Statistics as Third Baseman Win Shares St
Year Index Index Index Rank Name MVP Star Rookie GG SS Bats Age Games PO Assts Err DP F Pct. Year Rank Name At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G  Adj WSQ  Year Rank Name
1962 80.851 80.851 80.851    5 Bob Aspromonte R   R 24   142 150 233 13 21 .967   1962    5 Bob Aspromonte 499 133 18 4 11 55 55 43 4 51 8 4 3 3 5 11 .267 .333 .385 .718 63      9.6   3.7   13.3 .068 .026 .094    12.00 1962    5 Bob Aspromonte
1963 62.683 71.599 71.599    6 Bob Aspromonte   R 25   131 134 213 23 4 .938   1963    6 Bob Aspromonte 462 100 9 5 8 42 49 40 4 54 1 3 2 3 1 15 .216 .279 .310 .589 37      4.3   3.1    7.4 .033 .024 .056     5.14 1963    6 Bob Aspromonte
1964 82.044 75.661 75.661    6 Bob Aspromonte   R 26   155 133 261 11 10 .973   1964    6 Bob Aspromonte 551 155 20 3 12 52 69 34 7 54 8 6 6 6 7 15 .281 .329 .394 .723 68     13.3   4.2   17.5 .086 .027 .113    14.89 1964    6 Bob Aspromonte
1965 67.438 73.474 73.474    7 Bob Aspromonte   R 27   146 123 281 16 25 .962   1965    7 Bob Aspromonte 553 145 15 2 5 51 49 36 4 52 3 4 4 2 2 13 .262 .309 .324 .633 54      8.3   5.1   13.4 .057 .035 .092    10.83 1965    7 Bob Aspromonte
1966 42.941 67.381 67.381    9 Bob Aspromonte   R 28   149 149 261 16 18 .962   1966    9 Bob Aspromonte 551 140 16 3 8 55 52 35 7 61 2 3 3 0 3 22 .254 .299 .338 .637 45      4.2   3.8    8.0 .028 .026 .054     4.94 1966    9 Bob Aspromonte
1967 92.093 70.528 72.007    5 Bob Aspromonte   R 29   133 130 237 14 17 .963   1967    5 Bob Aspromonte 481 141 24 5 6 50 58 45 11 43 2 3 4 2 2 15 .293 .353 .401 .754 65     15.5   2.5   18.0 .117 .019 .135    17.04 1967    5 Bob Aspromonte
1968 83.476 74.175 73.523    7 Doug Rader   R 23   86 83 168 19 14 .930   1968    7 Doug Rader 307 79 14 3 5 34 39 30 3 47 1 2 4 2 2 8 .257 .322 .371 .693 36      8.8   2.2   11.0 .102 .026 .128    11.19 1968    7 Doug Rader
1969 92.085 75.649 75.653    4 Doug Rader   R 24   154 126 307 25 34 .945   1969    4 Doug Rader 564 138 23 3 11 61 81 61 7 100 6 1 3 1 5 17 .245 .323 .355 .678 63     10.1   5.7   15.8 .066 .037 .103    14.87 1969    4 Doug Rader
1970 95.575 81.542 77.981    5 Doug Rader G   R 25   154 147 357 18 39 .966   1970    5 Doug Rader 575 145 25 3 25 89 87 56 7 100 4 4 3 3 2 23 .252 .321 .437 .758 76     12.3   6.6   18.9 .080 .043 .123    17.67 1970    5 Doug Rader
1971 92.011 91.206 79.339    5 Doug Rader G   R 26   135 93 275 21 28 .946   1971    5 Doug Rader 484 118 21 4 12 51 56 40 2 112 3 2 5 5 1 10 .244 .303 .378 .681 56     10.0   4.5   14.5 .074 .033 .107    13.05 1971    5 Doug Rader
1972 109.903 94.497 81.846    4 Doug Rader G   R 27   152 119 340 20 31 .958   1972    4 Doug Rader 553 131 24 7 22 70 90 57 8 120 5 2 9 5 5 18 .237 .309 .425 .734 70     12.2   6.2   18.4 .080 .041 .121    18.36 1972    4 Doug Rader
1973 93.408 96.397 82.823    6 Doug Rader G   R 28   152 134 296 25 24 .945   1973    6 Doug Rader 574 146 26 0 21 79 89 46 6 97 3 3 6 4 3 10 .254 .310 .409 .719 73     13.2   4.4   17.6 .087 .029 .116    16.72 1973    6 Doug Rader
1974 94.999 96.906 83.786    5 Doug Rader G   R 29   152 128 347 17 28 .965   1974    5 Doug Rader 533 137 27 3 17 61 78 60 7 131 4 0 4 7 2 14 .257 .334 .415 .749 72     13.3   4.9   18.2 .088 .032 .120    16.94 1974    5 Doug Rader
1975 62.483 90.158 82.257   10 Doug Rader   R 30   124 111 257 11 24 .971   1975   10 Doug Rader 439 97 23 2 12 41 48 42 3 100 5 2 2 5 4 11 .221 .295 .364 .659 46      5.8   3.1    8.9 .047 .025 .072     6.43 1975   10 Doug Rader
1976 86.767 89.115 82.553    6 Enos Cabell   R 26   143 128 263 17 24 .958   1976    6 Enos Cabell 585 160 13 7 2 85 43 29 1 79 2 3 2 35 7 13 .274 .309 .330 .639 61     12.5   3.4   15.9 .087 .024 .111    14.13 1976    6 Enos Cabell
1977 96.225 86.715 83.366    5 Enos Cabell   R 27   144 140 280 23 17 .948   1977    5 Enos Cabell 608 170 34 7 16 99 63 27 2 55 3 2 2 42 20 8 .280 .313 .438 .751 80     13.6   3.4   17.0 .094 .024 .118    16.56 1977    5 Enos Cabell
1978 102.320 88.500 84.488    5 Enos Cabell 22   R 28   153 136 274 18 15 .958   1978    5 Enos Cabell 630 186 31 7 7 87 67 19 1 76 2 3 4 31 14 11 .295 .316 .400 .716 77     14.5   4.6   19.1 .095 .030 .125    19.12 1978    5 Enos Cabell
1979 76.457 84.575 84.006   10 Enos Cabell   R 29   132 109 178 13 11 .957   1979   10 Enos Cabell 495 131 25 3 6 46 57 17 3 51 2 2 0 30 12 15 .265 .292 .364 .656 48      7.6   2.5   10.1 .058 .019 .077     7.60 1979   10 Enos Cabell
1980 75.281 87.256 83.566    8 Enos Cabell R 30   150 118 250 29 15 .927   1980    8 Enos Cabell 597 163 22 8 2 67 55 26 6 83 1 1 5 21 13 13 .273 .302 .347 .649 56      8.4   2.9   11.3 .056 .019 .075     8.62 1980    8 Enos Cabell
1981 117.091 92.018 84.822    4 Art Howe 18 R 34   98 52 206 9 16 .966   1981    4 Art Howe 350 102 22 3 3 44 34 40 7 23 0 1 3 1 3 8 .291 .361 .397 .758 49     11.9   4.2   16.1 .121 .043 .164    16.47 1981    4 Art Howe
1982 86.509 90.021 84.904   10 Art Howe R 35   72 53 153 6 13 .972   1982   10 Art Howe 242 57 10 1 3 20 20 30 13 34 0 3 1 1 0 3 .236 .319 .322 .641 26      3.6   3.0    6.6 .050 .042 .092     5.54 1982   10 Art Howe
1983 80.067 85.266 84.662    6 Phil Garner R 34   154 100 311 24 22 .945   1983    6 Phil Garner 567 135 24 2 14 76 79 62 8 84 5 3 6 18 12 4 .238 .316 .362 .678 65     11.7   4.6   16.3 .076 .030 .106    14.25 1983    6 Phil Garner
1984 108.513 91.836 85.632    7 Phil Garner R 35   82 71 163 5 16 .979   1984    7 Phil Garner 261 73 12 6 3 42 35 27 2 49 2 3 4 1 1 4 .280 .347 .406 .753 38      7.5   2.6   10.1 .091 .032 .123    10.45 1984    7 Phil Garner
1985 108.088 98.305 86.463    4 Phil Garner R 36   123 75 197 20 14 .932   1985    4 Phil Garner 411 103 21 7 6 55 41 29 2 67 2 0 5 3 2 10 .251 .300 .380 .680 46      9.0   2.4   11.4 .073 .020 .093    10.71 1985    4 Phil Garner
1986 126.692 101.527 88.177    3 Denny Walling L 32   102 59 156 9 6 .960   1986    3 Denny Walling 312 94 21 1 11 46 50 27 2 23 0 0 4 1 0 7 .301 .353 .481 .834 53     12.0   3.8   15.8 .118 .037 .155    17.97 1986    3 Denny Walling
1987 67.171 97.606 87.353   10 Denny Walling L 33   79 72 109 10 13 .948   1987   10 Denny Walling 240 65 13 1 5 34 25 29 1 26 0 1 4 4 1 5 .271 .344 .396 .740 34      5.8   2.3    8.1 .073 .029 .103     7.37 1987   10 Denny Walling
1988 74.648 97.060 86.900   10 Buddy Bell R 36   66 31 114 12 8 .924   1988   10 Buddy Bell 240 59 9 1 6 21 31 18 1 27 0 0 1 1 1 6 .246 .297 .367 .664 25      4.9   1.5    6.4 .074 .023 .097     5.77 1988   10 Buddy Bell
1989 134.412 102.162 88.524    3 Ken Caminiti B 26   160 126 335 22 27 .954   1989    3 Ken Caminiti 583 149 31 3 10 71 72 51 9 92 3 3 4 3 1 8 .256 .317 .370 .687 70     15.5   8.1   23.6 .097 .051 .148    25.96 1989    3 Ken Caminiti
1990 71.680 95.741 88.027    6 Ken Caminiti B 27   149 118 243 21 22 .945   1990    6 Ken Caminiti 531 130 20 2 4 52 51 48 7 92 0 3 4 8 4 15 .245 .305 .313 .618 48      5.4   5.1   10.5 .036 .034 .070     8.48 1990    6 Ken Caminiti
1991 91.217 87.909 88.134    7 Ken Caminiti B 28   152 129 293 23 29 .948   1991    7 Ken Caminiti 572 145 30 3 13 66 80 46 7 84 5 3 4 4 5 18 .253 .313 .385 .698 65     10.8   5.9   16.7 .071 .039 .110    15.72 1991    7 Ken Caminiti
1992 115.707 98.330 89.063    4 Ken Caminiti B 29   129 102 210 11 19 .966   1992    4 Ken Caminiti 500 148 31 2 13 68 62 44 13 68 1 2 4 10 3 12 .296 .352 .444 .796 69     18.0   3.4   21.4 .140 .026 .166    23.42 1992    4 Ken Caminiti
1993 93.031 102.029 89.182    9 Ken Caminiti B 30   143 123 264 24 23 .942   1993    9 Ken Caminiti 542 142 31 0 13 75 75 49 10 88 0 1 3 7 4 15 .262 .322 .391 .713 64      8.8   5.1   13.9 .062 .036 .097    12.75 1993    9 Ken Caminiti
1994 131.723 99.397 90.028    4 Ken Caminiti a B 31   108 79 200 9 17 .969   1994    4 Ken Caminiti 400 115 28 2 18 63 75 43 13 68 2 0 3 4 3 8 .288 .357 .503 .860 66     12.6   3.0   15.6 .117 .028 .144    17.08 1994    4 Ken Caminiti
1995 96.305 104.101 90.184    5 Dave Magadan L 32   100 55 159 18 9 .922   1995    5 Dave Magadan 300 97 23 0 2 40 43 55 5 48 0 1 2 2 1 8 .323 .426 .420 .846 57     12.0   1.2   13.2 .120 .012 .132    13.85 1995    5 Dave Magadan
1996 125.070 111.564 91.169    5 Sean Berry R 30   110 67 194 22 13 .922   1996    5 Sean Berry 410 114 35 1 16 54 85 22 1 54 9 2 4 12 5 11 .278 .326 .485 .811 62     13.6   2.3   15.9 .124 .021 .145    17.04 1996    5 Sean Berry
1997 70.333 100.733 90.539   14 Sean Berry R 31   85 47 140 16 11 .921   1997   14 Sean Berry 280 71 23 1 8 40 41 23 1 50 5 1 5 1 5 7 .254 .316 .429 .745 32      3.3   1.3    4.6 .039 .015 .054     2.99 1997   14 Sean Berry
1998 123.349 107.599 91.498    8 Bill Spiers L 32   99 57 170 8 9 .966   1998    8 Bill Spiers 328 95 25 3 4 60 38 40 0 47 4 0 1 8 2 8 .290 .373 .421 .794 53     10.6   1.9   12.5 .107 .019 .126    12.29 1998    8 Bill Spiers
1999 114.563 105.835 92.108   12 Ken Caminiti B 36   75 52 139 14 17 .932   1999   12 Ken Caminiti 270 78 11 1 13 48 56 45 4 58 3 0 7 6 2 7 .289 .388 .481 .869 50      8.2   2.3   10.5 .109 .031 .140    10.95 1999   12 Ken Caminiti
2000 126.715 111.292 92.951   11 Chris Truby R R 26   74 51 124 14 15 .926   2000   11 Chris Truby 254 66 15 4 11 27 59 10 1 55 5 1 5 2 1 4 .260 .296 .480 .776 35      5.1   1.9    7.0 .069 .026 .095     6.37 2000   11 Chris Truby
2001 73.989 101.270 92.468   10 Vinny Castilla R 33   121 82 230 12 18 .963   2001   10 Vinny Castilla 437 117 27 1 22 60 81 32 3 86 3 0 4 1 4 19 .268 .319 .485 .804 60      7.3   3.9   11.2 .060 .032 .093     9.44 2001   10 Vinny Castilla
2002 131.587 113.567 93.330    6 Geoff Blum B 29   104 68 199 8 27 .971   2002    6 Geoff Blum 331 94 20 4 10 39 51 45 5 59 0 1 2 2 0 8 .284 .368 .459 .827 57     10.0   4.4   14.4 .096 .042 .138    15.83 2002    6 Geoff Blum
2003 109.173 110.525 93.665    5 Morgan Ensberg R 27   111 77 184 9 18 .967   2003    5 Morgan Ensberg 366 106 14 1 23 66 52 42 1 57 5 1 1 7 2 10 .290 .370 .522 .892 71     10.8   3.1   13.9 .097 .028 .125    14.87 2003    5 Morgan Ensberg
2004 103.616 108.211 93.899   12 Morgan Ensberg R 28   118 80 164 13 23 .949   2004   12 Morgan Ensberg 395 108 19 3 10 50 60 33 1 46 0 5 3 6 4 16 .273 .327 .413 .740 50      7.4   2.3    9.7 .063 .019 .082     7.61 2004   12 Morgan Ensberg
2005 155.470 114.001 95.243    1 Morgan Ensberg 4 a-rep S R 29   148 100 295 15 31 .963   2005    1 Morgan Ensberg 525 148 30 3 36 86 101 84 9 119 8 0 5 6 7 12 .282 .386 .556 .942 112     21.8   5.0   26.8 .147 .034 .181    33.32 2005    1 Morgan Ensberg
2006 98.385 118.803 95.322    9 Morgan Ensberg R 30   117 81 230 12 24 .963   2006    9 Morgan Ensberg 375 87 17 1 22 66 56 98 7 93 3 0 3 1 4 3 .232 .392 .459 .851 70     11.2   3.8   15.0 .096 .032 .128    14.59 2006    9 Morgan Ensberg
2007 89.828 110.435 95.196   15 Morgan Ensberg R 31   68 36 107 11 12 .929   2007   15 Morgan Ensberg 204 48 10 0 6 34 28 27 0 41 0 2 2 0 1 5 .235 .322 .373 .695 25      2.9   1.6    4.5 .043 .024 .066     3.18 2007   15 Morgan Ensberg
2008 95.643 107.913 95.205    9 Ty Wigginton R 30   82 46 144 6 11 .969   2008    9 Ty Wigginton 264 70 18 0 11 30 31 28 1 45 6 0 3 3 3 5 .265 .346 .458 .804 42      6.7   2.3    9.0 .082 .028 .110     8.78 2008    9 Ty Wigginton
2009 47.059 97.076 94.233   14 Geoff Blum B 36   102 45 164 3 15 .986   2009   14 Geoff Blum 345 87 14 1 8 31 45 28 3 52 7 0 6 0 1 7 .252 .316 .368 .684 41      4.0   1.6    5.6 .039 .016 .055     3.81 2009   14 Geoff Blum
2010 87.406 84.146 94.096    5 Chris Johnson R R 25   90 42 135 18 13 .908   2010    5 Chris Johnson 337 104 22 2 11 39 52 15 2 90 2 0 4 3 0 8 .309 .338 .484 .822 54     12.9   1.2   14.1 .143 .013 .157    16.16 2010    5 Chris Johnson
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia