Astroland C: The World's Most Complete Listing of Houston Astro Baseball Cards

OPENING DAY STARTERS FOR HOUSTON IN CAPS

NL All-Stars in Gold

Playing for Houston in an NL Game gets you an icon like this:

Minor League A/S Card Appearances in italics

Selected players have been marked with the special

WHIFF KING icon,
and you know what that means

Look out for those who've admitted using PED's

The One Hundred Club doesn't have to mean RBI's or Runs Scored:

CARDS I HAVE

PLAYER

POSITION

REMARKS

ENOS CABELL Cards

1st Base

Opening Day '75 - '80 and then again in '85; went 5 for 21 with a walk and a double in the 1980 NLCS vs. the Phillies

Marcos Cabral Card

Infield

Minor league free agent hit 33 doubles 6 triples and 11 homers at Lancaster in 2009 from the shortstop position

Eny Cabreja Cards

Pitcher

'Cause they're all filed under "Wandy Rodriguez"

Jose Cabrera Cards

Relief Pitcher

Got the last three outs in the game in which JR Phillips homered four times .
Perhaps more importantly, immortalized in the never-to-be-forgotten catchphrase, "Cabrera a Brave."

Miguel Cabrera Cards

Outfield

Not the slugging Tiger and former Marlin, but an Auburn Astro and an Asheville Tourist, right around the time the slugging Tiger and former Marlin was entering first grade

Frank Cacciatore Cards

Manager/Coach

Managed at three different levels '88-'92

Craig Cacek Card

Infield

Led the 1977 Charleston Charlies in hitting--and was called up before Terry Puhl because of it.

Ron Cacini Cards

Shortstop

or Calini?

Brandon Caipen Card

Third Base

Led the '06 Greeneville Astros with a .374 OBP, and most recently played with the 2007 Lexington Legends

Al Cajide Card

Pitcher

Went 4 - 10 with a 3.67 for the '78 Daytona Astros, then posted an 0 - 2 with a 6.95 for the '79 Columbus squad

Jeff Calhoun Cards

Relief Pitcher

Although he didn't take the loss, (that was Aurelio Lopez) , Calhoun gave up the final and ultimately fatal run in Game Six of the 1986 NLCS.

Mike Calise Card

Infield

'85 Cramer Tucson Toros # 63

Mike Callahan Card

Pitcher

'83 Daytona Astros

Brett Callan Cards

Catcher

Jose Calvo Card

Pitcher

Ernie Camacho Cards

Pitcher

Camacho's Moment In The Sun

KEN CAMINITI

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KEN CAMINITI Cards


Third Base

Four career inside the park home runs, but died a crackhead.

Tell me this card isn't cool==>

Scott Camp Card

Pitcher

Went 2 - 3 with a 3.97 for the '86 Asheville Tourists and 1 - 1 with a 4.39 for the same year's Osceola Astros

Dave Campbell Card

Infield/Outfield

We traded Tommie Agee for this guy?
74 Topps # 556--mega famous if overrated on ESPN

Best year was his last of four, when he hit .303 for the '82 Daytona Astros, and was thus one of four on that team to hit .300, with Glenn Davis, Eric Bullock, and Ty Gainey.

Chris Campos Card

Pitcher

NDFA threw 12-1/3 innings for the 2005 Greeneville Astros

Juan Campos Cards

Pitcher

NDFA began stateside at Auburn in 2000, and competed most recently at Salem in 2003

Rafael Campos Card

3rd Base

In his most extensive action, hit .169 with a homer for the '89 Asheville Tourists

Ted Campusano Card

Pitcher

AKA Teofilio. 2 - 3 with a 4.62 for the '89 Auburn Astros, with a spot appearance that year (and no decision) for Osceola

Josh Canales Card

Infield

Carson, CA native signed as a free agent after his release by the Dodgers organization in March of 2003, and debuted in the Astros organization for Salem that year

Cangelosi is the Astros' all-time leader (minmum 500 plate appearances) in a stat I made up called "special bases," which is:(Walks + Hit By Pitch + Stolen Bases)
minus
(2 x Caught Stealing)
all divided by
(Plate Appearances - Hits).
I was trying to come up with a stat that would quantify a player's ability to get a base for you, regardless of his ability to hit. Only 4 players (again 500 PA minimum) have had a career special bases score over .200 with the Astros: Cangelosi at .255, Jeff Bagwell, Joe Morgan, and career walk-rate leader Joe Ferguson.

JJ Cannon Cards

Outfield

'74 TCMA Dubuque Packers # 15 & '78 TCMA Charleston Charlies Unnumbered. Off the Astromap in the trade to the Blue Jays that got the Astros Alan Ashby, but back on it with a vengeance when he managed the 2001 Legends to the best record in minor league baseball

Jose Cano Cards

Pitcher

Three years in the minors, including league MVP of the Florida State League in '87,then went 1 - 1 in 6 games in '89 for Houston with a 5.09 ERA; I guess he was released or traded out of spring training in '90

Mike Capel Cards

Relief Pitcher

1991 Houston bullpen hand went 13 - 1 with a 2.98 ERA for the 1983 NCAA champion Texas Longhorns; teammate Roger Clemens went 13 - 5 with a 3.04

Jose Capellan Card

Infield

Jounreyman from Cotul, Dominican Republic was 2 - 10 with a 7.07 for the 2009 Round Rock Express

George Cappuzello Cards

Pitcher

Nice couple of cards here

Francisco Caraballo Cards

Outfield

Led the 2003 Martinsville Astros in triples--and in strikeouts. Second behind Pence in homers for the 2005 Lexington Legends, and was named a South Atlantic League All-Star as a result. May have hit a ceiling at Salem in 2006, as he led the Avs in strikeouts while his slugging dropped 75 points, and his average dropped 40. Played at AA Corpus Christi in 2007

Brandon Caraway Cards

Outfield

Led the 2002 Lexington Legends in hitting with a .304 average

Conrad "Randy" Cardinal Cards

Pitcher

Made six appearances with a loss for the '63 Colts, but a card appearance by his lonesome eluded him until 2003's Jewish Major Leaguers set

Kevin Carkeek Cards

Catcher

Split the catching duties at Tri-City in 2007 and at Salem in 2008 before his release in November of '08

Jesse Carlson Cards

Pitcher

3 - 0 with a 1.56 in 63 innings in his Astro organizational debut with the 2003 Lexington Legends, including a 36-inning scoreless streak. Didn't lose in 2004--despite a high ERA--meaning that the man has not lost in the Astros organization

Glenn Carpenter Cards

Up through the minors, by Glenn Carpenter

Chuck Carr Cards

Outfield

"Chuckie's hacking in that situation"

Hector Carrasco Card

Pitcher

Later with Marlins and Reds

Robert Carrillo Cards

You can call him 1998 New York-Penn League Slugging, Doubles, and Extra Base Hits Leader--Just don't call him Sergeant

Albert Cartwright Card

Second Base

Second baseman from Nassau, The Bahamas played at Greeneville in 2007, then posted a team-best .410 OBP upon repeating there for 2008. OPSed .698 at Lexington in 2009

Billy Paul Carver Cards

Catcher

Ever see a card from the '88 South Atlantic League All Star set?

Earl Cash Cards

Pitcher

Here's an article I found on Cash written during his tenure with the '85 Osceola Astros

Jack Cassel Card

Pitcher

Brother of Patriot stringer Matt pitched at Round Rock and with Houston in 2008, going 9 - 5 with a 3.69 for the team at Dell Diamond, and 1 - 1 with a 5.64 for the one at Minute Maid Park

Vinny Castilla Cards

Third Base

Free agent that the Hun stumbled across in midseason was a key to the 2001 Central crown, and became known among those in the know as "The Mexican Mullet." Hit three homers (and was robbed of a fourth) in the first game of the doubleheader vs. the Pirates July 28, 2001

Braulio Castillo Card

Outfield

Journeyman spent a year in Tucson

Jeiler Castillo Cards

Pitcher

Venezuelan righthanded reliever spent two years at Greeneville and had a 5.00+ ERA in both of them. However: in 2008, his K/BB was 18:21 and in 2009 it was 34:14

Erik Castro Cards

Infield

Tenth round pick in the June 2009 draft had played catcher at San Diego State University under Tony Gwynn, but played third base for the V-Cats during his debut season in the Astros chain

Guillermo Castro Cards

Pitcher

Summered in Daytona Beach '82 & '83; was 6 - 7 with a fine 2.49 in 1982.

Jason Castro Cards

Catcher

10th overall pick in the June 2008 draft hit .275 at Tri-City that summer, and was playing at AA Corpus Christi by June 2009.

Ramon Castro Cards

Catcher


First high schooler out of Puerto Rico to be a number one draft pick; Later dealt for Makarewicz and Jay Powell. Status as Marlins' catcher of the future up in the air with the August 2003 rape charges . . . .and settled after he bailed on them sometime during the 2004 season.

Righthander from Redlands, CA pitched two years for the independent Frontier League Chillicothe Paints before being signed by the Astros in August of 2006. Assigned to Lexington, he moved up to Salem in 2007.

Eric Cavers Cards

Pitcher

9 for 45 as the backup catcher for the 2004 Greeeville Astros--and much the same role for the 2005 Tri-City and 2006 Lexington squads

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ANDUJAR CEDEÑO Cards

Shortstop

	Hit for cycle 8/25/92 vs Cards RIP I never had a problem with
Cedeño--remember you don't get off the island if you don't swing-- but go here for a dissenting opinion

CESAR CEDEÑO Cards

Outfield

1st 20-50 Guy: 20 HR, 50 Stolen Bases-
Hit for the cycle twice

Made the Hampton trade all that more difficult to live with--Glad he's gone. And now the Mets fans aren't so happy with him, either

Henri Centeño Cards

2nd Base

Got as high as AA Jackson in '95

Both his card appearances were in rare, '80's, team-issue sets

Bob Cerv Card

Outfield

Purchased from the Yankees on June 26, 1962, Cerv--who had been an All-Star with the 1958 Kansas City A's and finished fourth in that year's AL MVP voting--played in 19 games for the Colts and hit .226 with a couple of homers before his release on July 30. He would not play professionally again

Leandro Cespedes Card

Pitcher

Led the 2007 Greeneville Astros in ERA and WHIP. Upon his promotion to Lexington in 2008, led the Legends in innings pitched, strikeouts--and home runs allowed

Robinson Cespedes Card

Outfield

The rhythmically-named Mr. Cespedes made his organizational debut with the 2002 Tri-City Valley Cats, for whom he was named team MVP. Closed out his career at Lexington the following year

Al Chambers Card

Played 57 games for the '82 - '84 Mariners; his '87 ProCards Columbus Astros # 841 mysteriously does not give a position for him. . . .

Scott Chapman Cards

Catcher

1997 Auburn Doubleday team MVP and NY-Penn League All-Star was also '99 Midwest League Top Prospect

Frank Charles Cards

Catcher

I watched on TV as he struck out in his first MLB at bat

Best year was for the 1998 Kissimmee Cobras, for whom he hit .301 in 84 games, with 50 RBI

Raul Chavez Cards

Catcher

First minor league card appearance was in 1991, with the Burlington Astros. Traded with Dave Veres to the Expos for Sean Berry on December 20, 1995, and played 18 major league games before returning to the organization as a free agent signee January 5, 2000. By 2005, it was generally reckoned that Chavez, as the backup to Ausmus, threw runners out better than Brad himself.

Steven Checksfield Cards

Outfield

Brad Chedister Card

Pitcher

37th Round Draft pick had a 10.20 ERA for the 2004 Greeneville Astros

Bruce Chen Card

Pitcher

Picked up by the major league club and released within a space of about one month in early 2003

Rocky Childress Cards

Pitcher

Was 1- 2 with a fine 2.98 ERA in 32 appearances for the '87 'Stros. In'88 he struck out 24 in 23 innings, but had a 6.17 ERA, and that was all for Rocky.

Rich Chiles Cards