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CARDS I HAVE	PLAYER	POSITION	REMARKS
1	Francisco Jabalera Card	Outfield	"Afro-Man" pictured only in the 1983 TCMA Columbus set actually played six years, exclusively in the Astros system, and amassed 127 career RBI
2	Chris Jackson Cards	Infield	29th round pick in June 2008 split his first professional season between Tri-city and Lexington, and his second one between Lexington and Lancaster.
18	Chuck Jackson Cards	Infield	University of Hawaii grad led the Southern League in onbase percentage his first year in pro ball and had hits in six of first eight major league games. Last seen not making the inaugural Marlins despite an awesome, fan-pleasing spring training of '93.
1	Doug Jackson Card	Pitcher	1978 - 1979 Daytona Astro
1	Gayron Jackson Card	Outfield	AKA "Gary": Late-round (I'm sure) pick in the June '86 draft spent a year at Auburn
10	Mike Jackson Cards	Relief Pitcher	Once one of the best set up men in baseball, the by-then-aged Jackson inspired zero confidence for fans of the 2001 edition
3	Ron Jackson Cards	Coach	Named hitting coach at Round Rock for the 2007 season, replacing Harry Spilman. In his first go-round, Jackson's hitters finished 14th in the 16-team PCL in average and OPS. In his second, they finished 15th and 16th, respectively. 2009 saw the same results.
6	SONNY JACKSON Cards	Shortstop	Early double play partner of Joe Morgan led the 1964 Texas League in singles, then hit three inside the park homers for the '66 Houston club. But Sonny's days in Houston were numbered. His trade to the Braves on 10/8/67 with Chuck Harrison for Denis Menke and Denny LeMaster was actually a pretty good one: Menke's OBP as an Astro was 50 points higher than what Jackson had managed. Menke would be elected an All-Star twice for Houston while Jackson toiled for Atlanta with no awards.
1	Billy Jacobson Card	Outfield/Pitcher	Stanford grad pitched for Martinsville in 2001, but was pitching in the Cape Cod League in 2002.
1	Jeff Jacobson Card	Catcher	Hit .205 with 4 homers and 17 RBI's for the '82 Auburn Astros. After a slow start at Asheville in '83, he was traded to the Orioles, who stationed him at Hagerstown in the Carolina league, and watched as he had a pretty good year at two High A stops in '84, and eventually reached the AA level with the 1985 Charlotte O's. Looks to have become fairly successful in the Chicago real estate market post-baseball.
20	Brad James Cards	Pitcher	Repeating in the Appy League for 2005, James led the G-vile Astros in innings pitched while striking out twice as many as he walked. 9 - 2 with a 1.98 and a Carolina League All-Star for the Avalanche in 2007, but struggled some with the competition level at AA Corpus in 2008; those struggles continued in '09.
3	Calvin James Cards	Outfield	Johnson & Wolff and the back of James' 1988 Best Columbus Astros # 26 disagree as to whether James was in fact an FSL all-star for his work at Osceola in 1987, J&W saying no, and Best saying yes. But what's not in dispute is that his .319 BA was second in the league that year and that his 72 runs scored for that team weren't bad, either.
3	Chris James Cards	Outfield	Journeyman who had actually once finished ninth in the AL in batting average spent '93 as a backup with the 'Stros, collecting 33 hits and 19 RBI.
28	Ryan Jamison Cards	Pitcher	2001 South Atlantic League Top Prospect lost to the Mets on waivers July of '02
2	Alfedo Javier Cards	Outfield	10/13/77 - Outfielder pictured in the '73 Cedar Rapids and '75 Iowa TCMA sets spent seven years in the Astro system before being traded to the Cubs for Keith Drumright. Javier, who had played briefly with Houston in 1976, never got back to the majors with the Cubs, and was left to finish his career with Tabasco of the Mexican League.
1	Stan Javier Card	Outfield	Acquired from San Francisco for then-Kissimmee Cobra Joe Messman on August 31, 1999. Got into 20 games and hit .328 in 64 at bats, then went 3 for 11 with a run scored in the NLDS vs. Atlanta
4	Domingo Jean Cards	Pitcher	Hotshit prospect gone bust: Once considered to have had the inside track to the mound at Yankee Stadium, Jean couldn't even cut the mustard at AAA Tucson in '94.
9	Bernie Jenkins Cards	Outfield	Seventh-round pick in the June '88 draft hit .292 in 63 games for the '89 Osceola squad, and played at AA in '90 with the Columbus Mudcats and '91 with the Jackson Generals
25	Jason Jennings Cards	Pitcher	Righthander and graduate of Baylor was acquired for Jason Hirsh, Taylor Buchholz and Willy Taveras in December of '06. What the Astros got was an injured soft-tosser who along the way managed to post a -11 Game Score, one of only nine starting performances that bad or worse in the previous 50 years. Signed with Texas for '08 and good riddance.
33	Charlton Jimerson Cards	Outfield	MVP of the 2001 College World Series for the University of Miami Hurricanes--and subsequent fifth-round pick of the 'Stros--had actually been drafted 24th by the 'Stros out of high school as well. Always at a very high level with the outfield defense, a similarly high strikeout rate throughout his minor league career prevented a more rapid rise. On September 4, 2006, became the third Astro in history after Jose Sosa and Dave Matranga to homer in his first major league at bat. Still, released during Spring 2007.

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CARDS I HAVE	PLAYER	POSITION	REMARKS
2	Bazooka Joe Cards	Icon	Topps included a card picturing the comic character wearing an Astros T-shirt in the 2003 version of the Bazooka set. You should click to see the whole thing--it's probably the coolest novelty subject card since Bill Clinton's.
2	Ryan Job Cards	Infield	After a year in the Pioneer League with the Butte City Copper Kings in 1981, Ryan took a year off, then was signed as a free agent by the Astros and placed at single A Asheville for 1983. By his final year in 1987, had gotten as high as AAA Tucson. Currently a member of the US Golf Association and competed in the State Team championships in 1999.
65	CHRIS JOHNSON Cards	Infield	After a shaky 2006 at Tri-City, fourth round pick out of Stetson showed in '07, splitting time between Lexington and High A Salem. Slugged .500 at AA Corpus in '08, and made his major league debut September of '09. Made the Houston squad out of Spring training in 2010 but was sent down after the games of April 17. Recalled in late June, Johnson was--if you are willing to consider players with 350 PA's or more--one of the five best rookies in all of major league baseball, leading them in batting average and finishing fourth in OPS. His 91 strikeouts, however, and his 15 walks may portend a sophomore slump
13	CLIFF JOHNSON Cards	Catcher/1st Base	Pinch Hit Grand Slam 6/15/75 St. Louis
2	Derrick Johnson Cards	Pitcher	20th Round pick in the June '99 Free Agent Draft went 2 - 2 with a 4.18 at Martinsville iun 1999 and earned a promotion to Auburn for 2000, but that was it.
3	Gregory Johnson Cards	Pitcher	Three-year single A guy was traded to Minnesota on May 16, 1989 for Mark Davidson
1	JJ Johnson Card	Outfield	Minor league free agent played with namesake AJ at Jackson in '99.
3	Jeremy Johnson Cards	Pitcher	Lanky righthander signed as a MLFA for 2009. 2- 0 with a 1.98 in April for the Round Rock Express and named their Pitcher of the Month, but still, released before the end of July. Re-signed for 2010 and assigned to Corpus, Johnson made 22 starts for the Hooks, winning 5 and losing 10 with a complete game
4	Jimmy Johnson Cards	Manager	2 - 1 with a 4.80 and 7 intentional walks in 32 innings for the 1974 Houston Astros
4	Jerry Johnson Cards	Pitcher	Not the old coach for the Dallas Cowboys; rather, a player in the Astros system for six years and a manager for eight more.
8	Ken Johnson Cards	Pitcher	Opening Day Starter in 64 --would go on to lose the no hitter that year
2	Lee Johnson Cards	Pitcher	Johnson, along with outfielder Kevin Dean, was acquired from the Braves in exchange for noted Jetsons fan Charlie Kerfeld on April 29, 1990.
4	Luther Johnson Cards	Outfield	After playing at Martinsville--then a Phillies affiliate--in 1988, Johnson was released and signed by the Astros as a minor league free agent in April '89. Then played a couple years at Asheville and another at Osceola
6	Mark Johnson Cards	Pitcher	Number one pick of the 'Stros (and number 19 overall) in the June '96 draft didn't pitch in '96 then was 8 - 9 with a 3.07 for the '97 Kissimmee Cobras. On December 16 of that year, became the player to be named later in the deal that nabbed Moises Alou for Houston. Florida placed him at AA Portland, where he was 5 - 14 with a 4.62, then shipped him off to the Yankees in the deal that netted the Marlins FIU graduate Mike Lowell. Lowell made the NL All Star team in 2002; Johnson still languishes in the high minors as of 2004.
3	Mitch Johnson Cards	Pitcher	Featured in the 1989 Jones Photo set
1	Neiko Johnson Card	2nd Baseman	NDFA led the 2011 Tri-city ValleyCats in walks and stolen bases, but only hit .236
42	Randy Johnson Cards	Pitcher	Hired Gun in '98 went 10 - 1 with a 1.28. But at what cost?
4	Ric Johnson Cards	Outfield	With AJ, JJ, and Ric here, the Jackson Generals had three Johnsons on their team for 1999. No other organization had more than two.
3	Rich Johnson Cards	Infield	Finished second in homers and sixth in RBI's in the SAL for 1986, despite getting called up to Osceola halfway through the season. Made the league all-star team and would have won the batting title, too, if he'd had enough AB's to qualify. Instead, Carlo Colombino won it at .339
2	Rojo Johnson Cards	Comedic Character	Mythological firebrand and reptile smuggler who supposedly touched 100 on the gun threw one questionable pitch and was ejected from an Express game at the Dell Diamond May 6, 2010. And oh yeah turned out to be comedian Will Ferrell in disguise
41	Russ Johnson Cards	Shortstop	From Russell with Glove
3	Timmy Johnson Cards	Shortstop	Hit .192 AND made 21 errors at Rookie Greeneville in 2005; but as a seventh-round pick got another chance in 2006, and did worse. In 2007, became the first Astro I'd ever noticed to play three years of Rookie ball.
1	Zach Johnson Card	1st Baseman	15th round pick in June 2011 led that year's Tri-City ValleyCats in Games, Total Bases, and RBI while not doing so well in the average stats
4	Chris Jones Cards	Outfield	Chris C Jones began playing minor league ball in 1984 and finally made the majors with the Reds in 1991. Signed as a free agent by the 'Stros for 1992, he got into 54 games as a pinch-hitter and hit .190. The Astros let him go, but he ended up playing 548 games in the majors, primarilly with the mid-nineties Mets.
6	Chris Jones Cards	Outfield/PH	Chris D. Jones spent eight years in the Astros system and was pictured in each of the Tucson Toros sets between '82 and '85. His best year was probably '81, when he hit .320 with 65 RBI for the Columbus AA squad, and he did see action for the big club in '85, when he appeared in 31 games, accumulating 5 hits in 25 at bats.
3	Deacon Jones Cards	Coach	Hitting Coach for the most part during the Virdon regime was hired in November of '75 and served through 1982.
52	Doug Jones Cards	Relief Pitcher	'92 All Star pitched by far more innings (111-2/3) that year than any other in his 16-year major league career, and had by a good margin his lowest seasonal ERA (1.85). The following year the innings dropped by 26, and the ERA rose by 2 and a half points. . .
25	Jimmy Jones Cards	Pitcher	Back when it looked like Dwight Gooden would be a Hall-of-Famer, it was often pointed out that Jones had been drafted (by the Padres) ahead of Gooden in the '82 amateur draft. After Gooden began to unravel, then flamed out on cocaine, you heard that stuff less. But Gooden did win 194 major league games to Jones' 43, and the statement is still true. Anyway, Jones pitched for the 'Stros in '91 and '92, and managed 10 wins vs. 6 losses in '92.
1	Kendall Jones Card	Catcher	13th Round Pick played in 36 games for the 2001 Pittsfield Astros, hitting .177 with 6 doubles and a triple
1	Kevin Jones Card	Batboy	Although generally opposed to batboy cards and inclined to destroy them on principle . . .
1	Kirk Jones Card	Batboy	.how can you destroy a card from the 85 Osceola set?
1	Mark Jones Card	Pitcher	22nd round pick in 2009 pitched two years at Gulf Coast and another at Greeneville, winning 3 and losing 4 all told, before being released in November of 2011
2	Marty Jones Cards	Outfield	Roamed the outfield for the 1990 Auburn Astros, hitting .200 in 30 games, then attempted to switch to pitching for the 1991 season. I guess that didn't go too well, as the Astros released Jones sometime during the 1991 campaign
1	Mike Jones Card	Outfield	Mike L. Jones hit .256 with 2 homers and 12 RBI for the 1973 Rookie League Covington Astros, then hit .190 with 3 homers and 20 RBI for the 1974 Cedar Rapids squad, for whom he made his only card appearance. Released by the Astros at the end of '74, he played one more year for the Northwest League Boise A's.
6	Rex Jones Cards	Trainer	Began his career at Sarasota in 1978, and worked his way up through the minors (making six card appearances at Columbus and Tucson), until finally being called by the big club to serve as assistant trainer in 1994. He has assisted Head Trainer Dave Labossiere ever since.
85	Todd Jones Cards	Relief Pitcher	Sandwich pick for Nolan Ryan eventually earned the closer's spot in Houston, racking up 39 saves between '93 and '96.
3	Kevin Jordan Cards	Infield	Light-hitting infielder got to High A for the 2000 Kissimmee Cobras, then made it pay off on August 9 of that year, when he had seven RBIs in a game at the Brevard County Manatees.
5	Jesse Joyce Cards	Outfield	Hit .306 in 41 games for the '98 Auburn Doubledays after being the Astros's eighth-round pick earlier that year. Played four games for High A Kissimmee in 2000 before finishing off his Astro career with the Lexington Legends in 2001.
50	Jeff Juden Cards	Pitcher	#1 Draft Pick in '89 was an FSL All-Star in 1990 after going 10 - 1 with a 2.27 for the Osceola Astros. Won 27 games in the majors -- including 11 in 1997 -- although none for the Astros.
7	Skip Jutze Cards	Catcher	After having participated in a mind-numbing nine double plays as a catcher in the 1969 Florida State League, and being named the Arkansas Travelers' "most popular player" in 1971, Jutze was acquired by the 'Stros on 11/28/72 with Milt Ramirez (?) from the Cards for ex-hot-prospects Ray Busse and Bobby Fenwick. After not exactly setting the world on fire backing up Johnny Edwards in '73, was an American Association All-Star in '74 for the Denver Bears when he hit .321. Dropped back in Houston in 1975, he backed up Milt May in 1975 and Ed Herrmann in 1976, hitting .226 and .152. Jutze was traded to the new Seattle Mariner club on January 12, 1977 for minor leaguer Alan Griffin.