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CARDS I HAVE	PLAYER	POSITION	REMARKS
3	Gary Gaetti Cards	Coach	Introduced as hitting coach of the Zephyrs in 2002; continued at New Orleans until July 14, 2004, when (along with Jimy Williams), Astros hitting coach Harry Spilman was fired, and Gaetti got the promotion. Relieved of his duties almost exactly 2 years later, on July 12, 2006, when Sean Berry was hired.
2	JOE GAINES Cards	Outfield	Acquired by the 'Stros in exchange with Baltimore for Johnny Weekly, he was given the Opening Day Nod in right field for 1965.
10	Ty Gainey Cards	Outfield	Number 2 Pick in the June '79 Free Agent Draft was a member of the '81 FSL Champion Daytona Beach squad, and won the 1986 Pacific Coast League batting title with a .351 average. For that, Donruss included him in their vaunted "Rated Rookies" subset in 1986. For a while, the last I'd heard was that about six years ago he was tearing up the Mexican League at age 35, looking for another major league tryout that never came. Now though, most recently comes the info that Gainey played in Mexico through the 2000 season and has been employed by the Royals for the last couple years as a coach in the lower part of their organization.
5	Matt Galante Cards	Coach/Manager	The "pinch manager:" When they made Jimmy Johnson roving instructor, Galante took the manager's job at Tucson. When Steve Swisher quit shortly into the Zephyr's inaugural year, they flew Galante in from Houston, where he'd been bench coach, and he managed there.
1	Bob Gallagher Card	1st Base/Outfield	Selected by the Astros in the 1972 Rule V draft from the Red Sox, Gallagher hit .230 for the Houston ballclub over 173 games in '73 and '74, and was portrayed as an Astro only on the 1974 Topps # 21
11	Kevin Gallaher Cards	Pitcher	Low '90's sinking fastball had him highly regarded by the 'Stros development people--until he had rotator cuff surgery, and they traded him to Detroit with Pedro Santana for faded Uncle Charlie artist Gregg Olson, who they tell me pitched a few games for us in '96. Anyway, Gallaher's ascent was chronicled on a few cool cards.
25	Mike Gallo Cards	Pitcher	Shows how much I know: I'd said this '99 fifth-round draft pick "probably has a low ceiling" for the first edition of this page; he ended up pitching 63 innings for the 2003 major league club, with a solid 3.00 ERA. Became the primary only lefthanded specialist for the '04 and '05 playoff-bound squads, despite the fact that he found it much easier to retire righthanders. Terrible in '06, no way around it, and exiled to AAA Round Rock, and thence to the Colorado organization.
1	Charlie Gamble Cards	3rd Base	23rd round pick in the June 2007 draft played collegiately at North Carolina A & T and played as a professional for 49 games at Tri-City
2	Dave Gandolph Cards	Pitcher	Lefty acquired from Texas for Chris James was never, as far as I can tell, nicknamed "The Wizard"
2	James Gant Cards	Pitcher	29th round pick in the June 2005 draft out of Mississippi State began that year at Tri-City and got a quick promotion to Lexington--but never did get a decision. HIs highlight the following season, despite the poor result, was I'm sure his relieving Roger Clemens during Clemens' 2006 minor league tuneups. Gant gave up three runs in two innings in relief of the Rocket, but Lexington still won, and how many times do you get to come in for a Hall of Famer?
3	Victor Garate Card	Pitcher	Lefthander out of Venezuela won four and lost one with a K/BB ratio of 2:1 for the 2005 Greeneville Astros, but had an ERA of 5.57. Led the '06 Tri-City ValleyCats in saves, and advanced to Lexington for the 2007 season
4	Antonio Garcia Cards	1st Base	2001 VSL Postseason All Star came stateside in 2003, and hit .295 in limited duty at Martinsville for the 2003 Appalachian League runners up. In 2004, though he was a little old for the Appalachian League, Garcia led the 2004 Greeneville Astros in hitting, and thus kept Mitch Einertson from winning the club triple crown.
3	Freddy Garcia Cards	Pitcher	Third in the 2001 AL Cy Young balloting for the Mariners; the guy's still good (and still young) long after Randy Johnson has jumped ship. Imagine that!
4	Gabe Garcia Cards	Pitcher	65th round draft pick got to High A Kissimmee before bowing out
1	Jesse Garcia Card	Shortstop	Former major leaguer with the Orioles Braves and Padres was a backup shortstop at Round Rock in 2006, and played better defense than the guy in front of him (Cody Ransom) or the kid brought up from AA to challenge (Wade Robinson). Unlike Robinson, at the least, returned to play another year for the Express in '07.
3	Kevys Garcia Cards	Infield
8	Kiko Garcia Cards	Shortstop	Backup infielder we got for the guy we got with Bob Knepper for Enos Cabell (the first time the Astros traded him away); got an at bat and didn't reach in game four of the 1981 Western Division Series vs. the Dodgers
5	Ramon Garcia Cards	Relief Pitcher	His 1997 Mother's Cookies # 27 eluded me for quite a while
1	Winfield Garcia Card	1st Base	Veteran of both the Venezuelan and Dominican Summer leagues played at Martinsville in 2003, hitting .271 and leading the club in stolen bases with 6.
2	Art Gardner Cards	Outfield	Appy League All-Star in '71 and IL All-Star for Memphis in '76 played in Eleno Cuen's no-hitter for Cocoa in 1972 and Robert Dean and Paulo DeLeon's combined no-hit effort in 1973.. An urnful of coffee in 1977, then sacrificed to San Francisco in order to get rid of Rob Andrews
15	Chris Gardner Cards	Pitcher	5 - 10 with a 2.62 ERA at Asheville in 1990 and 13 - 5 with a 3.15 at Jackson in '91 got him four starts with Houston as a call up in September of that year. (He went 1 - 2 with a 4.01, notching his win vs. the Giants). At Tucson in '92 his ERA ballooned to 5.69 and an injury in '93 put an effective end to his career.
1	Scott Gardner Card	Pitcher	Contributed to the '81 Daytona Beach FSL Champions with a 6- 10, 3.33 ERA year
54	PHIL GARNER Cards	3rd Base/2nd Base	Acquired for Johnny Ray, Kevin Houston, and Randy Niemann on August 31, 1981, Scrap Iron was a tough-as-nails SOB who would play into the '87 season. He never hit over .280, but he notched over 20 doubles three times. Mostly though, it is his competitive presence on the bench and in the lineup that gets remembered. Third base coach 1989 - 1991, and named the club's fourteenth manager on July 14, 2004. After only two seasons at the helm, Garner had won more playoff games than all other previous Astros managers combined, and, of course, had led the club to its first World Series berth. Fired unfairly in August of 2007, Garner left the club not only having won more playoff games than any other manager in Astros history, but also as the only Astro manager to have managed two League Championship Series.
6	Mario Garza Cards	Catcher	Native of Melbourne, Florida was 25th pick in the June 2003 draft, and led the '03 Martinsville team in homers. Then he was promoted to Tri-City in 2004, and he led them in homers, too. In 2005, he finished second on the Avalanche in homers to Mike Floyd, and second in OPS to Ben Zobrist. While playing for Salem in 2006 he finished second on the club in OBP at .370, while only hitting .222.
2	Rich Gedman Cards	Catcher	Long-time Red Sock was acquired straightup for Louie Meadows in June of '90, and while Gedman hit only .202 that year, that was still 16 points higher than Louie's lifetime average
1	Gary Geiger Card	Outfield	69 Topps # 278; 98 games between '69 and '70; his .225 career average as an Astro again better than Meadows
1	Jim Gentile Card	1st Base	Monster year for the Orioles in '61 when he was third in the MVP voting; soon thereafter began the slide that landed him in Houston, where 14 of his 90 hits were home runs--and 111 of his 281 outs were through the
6	Garett Gentry Cards	Catcher	2001 Midwest League All-Star was the player to be named in the Scott Elarton/Pedro Astacio deal
3	Chris George Cards	Pitcher	Set up for Auburn in '99, where he struck out 41 batters in 30-1/3 innings; In 2000 he closed for the Michigan Battlecats, and was fourth in the Midwest League with 24 saves. For 2001, he set up for the Lexington Legends, and was 5-1 with 65 strikeouts in 51 innings. But he was released by the Astros after that, and pitched in the Northern League in 2002.
6	Ramon German Cards	Third Base	2000 Appalachian League All-Star and Martinsville MVP, when he hit .320 with 24 doubles and 16 stolen bases. At Lexington in 2001, the average dropped to .265, but doubles increased to 37, and stolen bases to 21. In 2002, playing for Lexington again, German had a three-homer game, and was included in Multi-Ad's Top Prospect set
2	Dick Gernert Cards	First Base/Outfield	A card for every 12 Astro At-Bats
1	Cesar Geronimo Card	Outfield	His only Astro card was the 1971 Topps # 447, because, unfortunately, he went to the Reds in what has gotta be idon'tcarewhatanybodyelsesays the worst trade in Astros history.
4	Samuel Gervacio Cards	Pitcher	NDFA from the Dominican Republic had a truly remarkable year in 2005 when he made his debut stateside for Rookie Greeneville. In compiling his 2.67 ERA, the righthanded Gervacio struck out 53 while walking a mere six. The ratio at Lexington in 2006 was a little less otherworldly, but still excellent at 89:28. Struck out 80 while walking 15 at Salem in 2007.
1	Danny Gil Card	Pitcher	Righthander from the University of Miami was 2 - 2 with a 10.94 for the 2007 Tri-City ValleyCats
12	Tony Gilmore Cards	Catcher	1991 Midwest League All-Star topped out at Jackson in 1995, staying long enough to catch Gallaher and Daspit's split no-hitter in 1994, and nab two basestealers while doing it.
80	Hector Gimenez Cards	Catcher	Venezuelan Summer League Graduate jumped to Lexington for 2002 and hit one of the six team jacks in the same game Ramon German hit three. Got two at bats, going hitless, with Houston in September of 2006, then had a legitimate shot at the backup job with the major league club in Spring '07 before getting hurt and missing the entire year
35	Keith Ginter Cards	2nd Base	Traded to the Brewers at the end of 2002 with Wayne Franklin for Mark Loretta, Ginter has since made himself a pretty useful player for Milwaukee, appearing in 261 major league games for them, while hitting .257 and more than once or twice stinging his original team in clutch situations.
1	Charles Gipson Card	2nd Base	Spent most of 2005 at Round Rock, where he hit .303 with 24 doubles and 19 stolen bases. That got him a September callup for the evnetual NL champions, during wich he got into 19 games, playing errorless defense and hitting .185 with a double
2	Roberto Giron Cards	Pitcher	Minor League free agent went 2 - 3 with a 3.07 for the 2005 Corpus Christi Hooks. Began 2006 as the closer for AAA Round Rock but was supplanted by Travis Driskill sometime mid year.
13	Dave Giusti Cards	Pitcher	One-hitter 8/13/66 at the Giants
5	Doug Givler Cards	Pitcher	1.95 ERA at Salinas (Cal) in 1986
1	Barry Glabman Cards	Infield	Arizona State grad played at Dubuque in 1975
15	Fred Gladding Cards	Pitcher/Coach	Fourth on Astros' save list through 2007
2	David Glick Cards	Pitcher	Went 1 - 0 with a 0.55 for the 1999 Michigan Battlecats before two promotions that didn't go so well for the heavily tattooed lefty. Was 0 - 3 with a 4.70 to finish up '99 for Kissimmee, and was assigned to AA Round Rock for 2000. Michael Point, in his book on that 2000 Express team, A Season of Celebration, writes that The profusely illustrated David Glick indelibly etched his name into the Express record book as the most tattooed pitcher in franchise history. His attempts to add a little punkish color to the often dull and drab Express clubhouse were more successful than his onfield efforts as he struggled much of the year, especially with his control, finishing with more walks than strikeouts.

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CARDS I HAVE	PLAYER	POSITION	REMARKS
4	James Goethals Card	Catcher	2005 NDFA out of Menlo College advanced from Rookie to Short A to A to AA, despite never having hit higher than .200 at any stop.
1	Jack Goetz Card	Catcher	Caught for Dubuque in '75
2	Jerry Goff Cards	Catcher	Backup catcher the Stros kept at Tucson in '95 and '96. Jerry hit .154 in 12 NL games in 1995, while playing 68 games at Tucson. Then, in 1996, Goff made the only game he played with Houston that year, and his last game as a major leaguer, very very special. In his major league swan song on May 12, Goff went 2 for 4 with a homer and 2 RBI's--and also had six passed balls off starter (and loser) Mike Hampton to tie a 94-year old record. The Astros didn't send Goff down until May 17, but you can be sure he didn't get into another game before they did. Last I heard of Goff, he hit a tie-breaking double in the 9th inning of the 1997 Texas-Louisiana (Independent) League All-Star game.
3	Jim Golden Cards	Pitcher	7 - 12 in 40 games with a 4.13 ERA for the Colt .45's in 1962 and 1963
1	Doug Gonring Card	Catcher	Not sure why he didn't get an '86 ProCards Tourists Card, when he played 60 games and hit .287 for 'em that year, but at least we've got the 1987 card # 1825
8	Ben Gonzales Cards	Relief Pitcher	2.35 ERA in 53 games for the '90 Tourists, and 2.06 ERA in 60 games for the '92 Osceola Astros, but what's most remarkable is that on his rarest card, they misspelled his last name
1	Axel Gonzalez Card	Infield	Draftee from Toa Baja, PR played 39 games for the 2007 Greeneville Astros
1	Esteban Gonzalez Card	Infield	Slugged .215 (yikes!) for the 2005 Greeneville Astros
2	John Gonzales Cards	Outfield	Non-drafted free agent gave it a whirl at Asheville in 1991
2	Arturo Gonzalez Cards	Outfield	'73 and '74 at Cedar Rapids
20	Jimmy Gonzalez Cards	Catcher	Sandwich pick (40th overall) in the 1991 draft was extremely rude to me and my buddies when we asked him for an autograph during the 1993 exhibition opener vs. the Marlins at Viera, Florida--the game where Phil Nevin hit three triples. Jimmy never getting past single A made me SO happy.
1	Juan Gonzalez Card	Pitcher	Like Miguel Cabrera and Pedro Martinez, this Ain't That Guy. This Juan Gonzalez is a right handed pitcher from the Dominican Republic
5	JULIO GONZALEZ Cards	Shortstop	Led off Opening Day '77; the resemblance to Juan Epstein remarked upon by Kev and Scott was on the friggin' money
163	LUIS GONZALEZ Cards	Left Field	Former Astro Destroys Mariano Rivera's Cloak of Invincibility: Click to Read More
1	Axel Gonzalez Card	Catcher	NDFA from Puerto Cabella, VZ had some success in the Venezuelan Summer League but not much in the Appalachian, at least in 2007
2	Dwight Gooden Cards	Pitcher	Drug rehab case went 0 - 0 in 2000 with a 9.00 in one game before the 'Stros unloaded him to the Devil Rays; undeterred, Topps unleashed their 2000 Topps All Star Rookie Team # RT9
2	Brian Gordon Card	Outfield/Pitcher	Signed as a minor league free agent 12/21/05, and played 102 games for the Round Rock Express in 2006, slugging .488. Following in Chris Sampson's footsteps, perhaps, he converted to pitching prior to the 2007 season, and went 5 - 1 with a 2.88 for the Corpus Christi Hooks that year.
1	Oliver Gordon Card	Asst GM	Auburn. of course. All the well-dressed management works there
1	Tom Gordon Card	Pitcher	The girls only loved him in Boston
0	Howie Goss Cards	Outfield	Opening Day in 63, but no card! Actually, a Whiff King: 128 K's in 448 plate appearances:
4	Julio Gotay Cards	Infield	pronounced "Go-tie"--Eight consecutive hits 6/19-6/20/67; Rumors of voodoo MAY have been unfounded
38	Jared Gothreaux Cards	Pitcher	His 2003 Grandstand Salem Avalanche # 27 notes that "Jared pitched in more games (28) than any other Tri-City member, while finishing second on the team in saves (4) for the 2002 season." Named Salem MVP for 2003, when he was 13 - 4 with a 2.82. In 2004, he was 9 - 7 for AA Round Rock, but led the team in most hits allowed--and although still active through 2007, that was the last time he's posted a seasonal ERA under 4.00
1	Mike Grace Card	Infield	Spent 2 years in Columbus, GA early '80's
1	Cole Graham Card	1st Base	Played 42 games at first for the 2005 Greeneville Astros
4	John Graham Cards	GM	The famous tux card
2	Wayne Granger Cards	Pitcher	Losing pitcher for the Raleigh Cardinals in Juan Quintana's first no-hitter for the Durham Bulls on July 16, 1965. Upon his ascent to the majors, this dominant closer for the early '70's Reds teams was unable to reclaim his form after Captain Hook cut him loose. Made 55 appearances and saved five for the '75 Houston club.
1	Mark Grant Card	Pitcher	0.82 ERA in 11 innings for the '93 team: what's up with that?
3	Dan Grapenthien Cards	Infield	Played at Auburn and Asheville in 1993
1	Scott Gray Card	Infield	Played two years at Auburn: Made the 1985 New York-Penn All-Star team, then was released after the '86 season
7	Jason Green Cards	Pitcher	Canadian-born Green was 1 - 1 with a 6.61 in two spot starts for the millenial edition big club; had fifteen saves and 8 wins for Round Rock to earn the call ups; Released the following offseason, and his July 25, 1995 one-hitter for the Auburn Astros has now been nearly forgotten (except by me)
1	Larry Green Card	Pitcher	3 - 6 with a 4.91 ERA for the '75 Covington team; pitched for the '76 Dubuque club, as well. Closed out his career rather unexceptionally with Cocoa in '77
3	Terry Green Cards	Infield/Outfield	1984 number two draft pick led the '86 Osceola Astros with 37 steals and hit .288 for the '87 edition. Got as high as AA Columbus in '88
1	Kyle Greenwalt Card	Pitcher	Righthander was one of the reasons the 2007 Greeneville Astros were last in the Appalachian League in wins and in ERA
12	Tom Griffin Cards	Pitcher	Up and down with Tom Griffin
7	Brian Griffiths Cards	Pitcher	Tenth selection in June '88 draft had a very nice season in '91 for Osceola, 1.92 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 61 innings
1	Jeremy Griffiths Card	Pitcher	Righthander acquired from the Mets in the June '04 Richard Hidalgo deal spent most of the 2004 that remained to him at New Orleans, starting one game for Houston. In 2005, he began at Round Rock, but was released partway through the season after going 0 - 1 with an 11.79. Last seen pitching for Nashua of the independent Atlantic League
8	Derick Grigsby Cards	Pitcher	29th overall selection in the June '02 draft pitched two years at Tri-city and Lexington--leading the '04 Legends in K's along the way--before shutting it down due to debilitating depression prior to the 2005 season. Did not pitch at all in 2005, though he was listed in the Astros media guide. No mentions since, however.
2	Jason Grimsley Cards	Pitcher	Reliever later to become famous for retrieiving teampox Albert Belle's corked bat from an umpire's locker spent '92 at Tucson after we acquired him in the trade that sent away Curt Schilling
12	Mike Groppuso Cards	3rd Base	Seton Hall grad didn't have QUITE the same success the Astros' previous pick from the Hall did
11	GREG GROSS Cards	Outfield/PH	Pinch-hitter supreme and Sporting News Rookie of the Year actually led off Opening Day in '74. His 52-game consecutive on base streak between June 25 and August 18 of 1975 is the longest such streak in club history, matched only by Jimmy Wynn
1	Kip Gross Card	Pitcher	Couldn't make it with the Dodgers; couldn't make it with the Zephyrs, either
3	George Gross Cards	1st Base	Began at Sarasota in 1977, and finished at Tucson in 1981
1	Jerry Grote Card	Catcher	Caught Cliff Davis' Texas League no-hitter in '63 and Ken Johnson's losing no hitter for the big club the following year. Was also a member of Harry Craft's All-Rookie Lineup.
3	Carl Grovom Cards	Pitcher