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Brandon Macchi
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Outfielder
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| 34th Round Pick in the June 2001 draft
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Jim MacDonald Cards
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Pitcher
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| Led the 1978 Daytona Beach Astros, the 1980 Columbus Astros, and the 1981 Tucson Toros in Wins. And for 1980, anyway, leading the Columbus Astros was also good enough to lead the entire Southern League
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Jeff Mackor Cards
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Catcher
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 | | High A Salem's Defensive Player of the Month for August 2004 had his best offensive year in 2006, hitting .272 with a .711 OPS. Mackor also caught Roger Clemens on June 6, 2006, taking a special one-game demotion from Salem to Lexington so that he could play the part of the Rocket's backstop as he readied himself for his last season with the Astros. Mackor was then promoted to Corpus in 2007, but only played 26 games, and only hit .219.
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Scott MacRae Card
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Pitcher
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 | | Reached the Majors with Cincinnati in 2001, and went 3 - 3 with a save for the 2005 Corpus Christi Hooks
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Mike Madden Cards
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 | Had the second-lowest ERA among starters (after Ryan) for the '83 'Stros--and then had the highest ERA of all pitchers for the '84 squad |
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Garry Maddox Card
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Outfield
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| Hit .351 in only 25 games for the 1998 Jackson Generals
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Mike Maddux Cards
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| Hired by the 'Stros as a AA pitching coach the same year his brother Greg won his 257th game and had an ERA under 3.10 for the tenth straight year
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Victor Madrigal Cards |
Pitcher
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 | Struck out 85 in 87.1 innings for the 1993 Asheville Tourists |
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Lance Madsen Cards
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Infield
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| | Hit three home runs in a single game while playing for the Auburn Astros 8/28/1989, then the following year, led the Osceola Astros in triples with eleven. Oddest year, however, may have been 1993, when he paced the Jackson Generals in home runs with 23, and finished second in RBI, while hitting only .221 |
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DAVE MAGADAN Cards |
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| | Opening Day third baseman in '95 ended up in platoon situation, and hit .329 that year against righties
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Mike Magnante Cards
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| Became one of only 35 to strike out the side on nine pitches in a major league game (joining fellow Astros Pete Harnisch and Bob Bruce) on August 22, 1997. He did it in the ninth inning of a 9 - 1 win vs. the Colorado Rockies in relief of winner Darryl Kile
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Scott Makarewicz Cards
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Catcher/Coach
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| 1990 Florida State League All Star actually had a better year in '92 for Jackson, when he hit .287 with 15 doubles and 7 homers for the Generals--but instead the Texas League All Star nod went to teammate Tony Eusebio. Later traded by the Marlins with Jay Powell for Ramon Castro
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Carlos Maldonado Cards
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Catcher
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Esteban Maldonado Cards
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Pitcher
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 | | Led the 1997 Quad City River Bandits in saves with 9, and pitched three years for the Kissimmee Cobras.
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Rob Mallicoat Cards
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Chris Maloney Cards
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Manager
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Mark Mangham Card
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Pitcher
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| Righthander from Shreveport, LA went 3 - 1 with a 3.91 for the 1985 Florida State League Central Division champion Osceola Astros
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Jim Mann Cards
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| 0 - 3 with a 4.15 but 22 saves for the '02 Zephyrs got him a trip to Oklahoma City for the AAA All-Star game and a callup to Houston on July 28. Sent back down on August 18, he was placed on waivers and lost October 10.
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Jay Mansavage Cards
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2nd Base
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| 11th Round pick in June '96 did not play much after hitting .169 in his professional debut for that year's Auburn Doubledays
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Monte Mansfield Cards
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Pitcher
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| | Led the 2000 Martinsville Astros with a 2.22 ERA and 15 games finished; went 9 - 3 with a 3.20 ERA and 9 saves for what appears to have been the 2004 Salem Avalanche bullpen by committee, and has since been a solid middle reliever for the first two Corpus Christi Hook squads.
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Felix Mantilla Cards
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| | Infield/Outfield|
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| 1965 All Star for the Red Sox was second to Ashburn among regulars on the 1962 Mets in average. Hit .219 for the '66 Astros to cap his career
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Kirt Manwaring Cards
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| | | Catcher
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| Defensive specialist was picked up for the remainder of 1996 on July 27 for Rick Wilkins and cash and hit .220 in 37 games
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Marc Manwarren Card
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Outfield
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| | In his only year in the Astros organization, tied for the club lead in steals with the 1996 Kissimmee Cobras
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Tommy Manzella Cards
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Pitcher
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| | Third round pick in the June 2005 draft was named the system's best defensive infielder and best infield arm by Baseball America prior to the '06 season. After a disappointing offensive season at Tri-City in '05, Manzella posted average numbers at Lexington in '06. In 2007, he posted disappointing numbers at Salem, but got a promotion to AA Corpus anyway and did well there.
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Scott Markley Cards
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Outfield
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| Markley hit .315 while leading the club in runs with 113 and hits with 147 for the 1986 1st and 2nd Half SAL Northern Division champions Asheville Tourists
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Roger Marrero Card
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Pitcher
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| Went 1 -3 with a 6.35 for the 1989 Auburn Astros while also appearing in one game for Osceola that year
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Roy Marsh Cards
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Outfield
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| # 10 pick in the June 1994 draft hit .257 for Auburn that year while walking 49 times in 55 games--but only hit .216 the following year at Kissimmee, and thereupon went the independent league route
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Violenny Marte Card
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Pitcher
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| Dominican summer league veteran was 0 - 2 with a 5.06 for Martinsville in 2003
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Tom Martin Cards
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| | | Relief Pitcher
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| Provided excellent relief work in 55 games for the 1997 NL Central division champions, going 5 - 3 with a 2.09 and a couple saves. Threw in 20 games for the '05 Round Rock Express.
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Eduardo Martinez
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Pitcher
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| Venezuelan Summer League product went 1 - 1 with a 3.08 for the 2000 Martinsville Astros
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Eric Martinez
Cards
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Infield
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| | 1991 New York-Penn League postseason All Star at DH won his club's triple crown, pacing the Auburn Astros in average at .320, in RBI with 58, and in homers with 9. Mysteriously did not progress, however, and was out of the system after 1992
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Ernest Martinez
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Infield
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| University of Central Florida graduate signed as a free agent could not cut the mustard at Auburn in 1992, hitting .219
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Louie Martinez
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Infield
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| Juan Luis evidently preferred "Louie" and went 2 - 2 with a 6.75 for the '91 Auburn Astros
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Marty Martinez
Cards
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| | | Catcher/Infield
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| | Infielder acquired from the Braves in exchange for Bob Aspromonte hit .308 in 78 games for the 1969 team that fell just a little short of winning the first NL West division title. Tailed off from there, though, and was traded to the Cardinals in November of '71 for future Replacements guitarist Bob Stinson
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Pedro A Martinez Cards
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| | The slightly maladjusted, perennial Cy Young candidate would be Pedro J Martinez; this Pedro Martinez was acquired in the megadeal that sent Caminiti, Cedeño, Finley, Petagine, Brian Williams, and Sean Fesh to the Padres for Gutierrez, Bell, Brocail, Plantier, and Shipley. Hardly worth the trouble, really: had no record in 20-2/3 innings with a 7.40 ERA for the 1995 squad and moved on for 1996
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Ronnie Martinez Cards
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Pitcher
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| Led the DSL in ERA for 2002; 6 - 4 with a 2.39 for Martinsville in '03, and led the T-City Valley Cats in strikeouts for 2004. Went 11 - 2 with the '04 ValleyCats, and was named New York Penn League MVP. In '05, he co-led the SAL in wins while pitching for Lexington. Pitched at three levels in 2006, reaching AA Corpus Christi, but struggled once he got there. Pitched only at Corpus in '07, but the ERA was high
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Randy Martz
Card
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Pitcher
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| Righty was 17 - 19 in the majors and spent his last professional year with the '85 Tucson Toros
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Larry Mason
Card
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Pitcher
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| | 1963 signee spent five years in the Astros' chain, having his best year at Salisbury in 1965, when he was 6 - 2 with a 1.83. Played another three years in Mexico and was rediscovered by TCMA in 1981
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Roger Mason
Cards
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| Pitched 1-1/3 innings for the 1989 'Stros with a 20.25 ERA, but was 7 - 12 with a 3.54 for that year's Tucson Toros. Would end up throwing over 400 innings in the majors for seven different teams
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John Massarelli
Cards
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Catcher/Outfield/
Coach/Manager
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| 8th Round Pick in 1987 hit .276 in 1917 at bats in the Astros minor league system, was a 1988 postseason All-Star in the New York-Penn League, and played in the 1990 midseason Florida State League All Star game. Finished his playing career in Taiwan before returning to the Astros to coach, and ultimately manage, at Michigan, Auburn, and Salem
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Chuck Mathews Cards
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Pitcher
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| Went 32 - 16 in the first three years of his career (7 - 3 at Auburn in 1983, 13 - 7 at Daytona Beach in 1984 and 12 - 6 at Osceola in 1985), with good ERA's, then had a 5 - 6 record with a 6.01 at Columbus in '86, and was thereafter out of baseball.
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ED MATHEWS Cards
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| | | 3rd Base
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| Last hurrah for the 'Stros in 67, and hit .238 in 101 games before being moved on to his final resting place in Detroit in a deal that saw a return of Fred Gladding
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Terry Mathews Cards
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Pitcher
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| 6 - 5 with a 3.67 for the 1993 Jackson Generals, before moving on to the Marlins and their Edmonton affiliate
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TJ Mathews Cards
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| Oakland and St. Louis thought he might end up being their closer; Houston in 2002 would've been satisfied with anything more than the 18-2/3 innings he gave them before breaking down
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Ron Mathis Cards
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| Led the 1983 PCL in shutouts while pitching eight complete games over 182 innings. Named the fifth starter in Houston at the end of'85 spring training, he went 3 - 5 in 23 games before being sent back down to Tucson. Spent '86 entirely at AAA and most of '87, too, going 10 - 7 to earn a 12-inning, 0- 1 callup to the dome at the end of the year.
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David Matranga Cards
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| 2001 Texas League and AA All-Star got his first callup to Houston in 2003, and homered in his first major league at bat, on June 27 of that year.
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Kazuo Matsui Cards |
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 | | One of the first signings in the Ed Wade era began 2008 on the DL but made an impact once he got going, with a game that included patient approach, skillful bunting and defense that certainly looked better than his NL position-high error total might have suggested. Then came a second DL stint . . . . |
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Jason Maule Cards
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2nd Base
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| Average years in his debut at Auburn in 1999, and his followup at Michigan in 2000, but had a monster breakout in 2001 for the BattleCats, when he led the Midwest League in runs and OBP, and was second in average, while also stealing 56. After hitting .263 at Round Rock for 2002, was lost to the Yankees in the AAA phase of the 2002 Rule V draft
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DERRICK MAY Cards
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| 1996 Opening-Day rightfielder was author of fifth Pinch Hit Grand Slam in team history 9/5/95 vs. the Reds at the Dome
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LEE MAY Cards
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MILT MAY Cards
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| Acquired from the Pirates for Jerry Reuss after the 1973 season, May hung around long enough to drive Bob Watson in for baseball's reputed millionth run, then was dealt to the Tigers with Dave A Roberts and Jim Crawford for nobodies like Terry Humphrey, Mark Lemongello, Gene Pentz, and Leon Roberts. Milt May was also with the 'Stros long enough to be confused with Lee May on the 1975 Hostess issue
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Johan Maya Cards
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Infield
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| Hit .239 in his stateside debut at Martinsville in 1999, was brought back for 2000 at Michigan and hit .206
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John Mayberry Card
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| | | 1st Base
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| Another soon-to-be-great player traded away by the incredibly dense Spec Richardson: Mayberry hit .300 in minor league stops at Greensboro in 1968, at Cocoa the same year, at Oklahoma City in 1969, and at Oklahoma City again in 1971. He was all of 22 years old at that point, and had already totalled 75 professional home runs. Nevertheless, on December 2, 1971, Spec traded Mayberry and Dave Grangaard to Kansas City for Pitchers Lance Clemons and Jim York. Clemons never appeared in even a minor league game for Houston, getting shuttled to St. Louis with Scipio Spinks for Jerry Reuss in April of 1972, and York went 9 - 11 in middle relief through 1975, with a 4.15. Mayberry, on the other hand, immediately went nuts for the '72 Royals, hitting .298 with 25 homers and 100 RBI's. Mayberry, who could always take a walk, unlike the first baseman who ended up playing in Houston after Mayberry's departure, would go on to lead the AL in OBP for 1973, be a two-time AL All-Star and finish in the top 10 of AL MVP voting twice more. Richardson, in the wake of this and the-even-more -disastrous Morgan trade would of course be replaced by Tal Smith as GM after the 1975 season, the worst in team history.
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LEE MAYE Cards
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| Acquired early in '65 from the Milwaukee Braves in a deal that sent away Ken Johnson and Jim Beauchamp, Maye would lead off on Opening Day of 1966, and hit .288 that year in 115 games, the highest average among regulars. His career as an R & B singer is discussed here, at www.group-harmony.com, and you may view his 1966 Topps # 162 by clicking this
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Cesar Mayora Card
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Pitcher
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 | Righthander was 2 - 3 with a 4.54 for the '05 Greeneville Astros then pitched at Greeneville again and at Tri-City in 2006
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Edwin Maysonet Cards
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Infield
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 | 19th Round Pick hit .275 in his debut for the 2003 Tri-City Valleycats. The following year at Lexington, he led all Astros--minor or major league--in triples with 10. By 2007, he had reached AA Corpus, and had acquired a nice reputation as a plus fielder
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