All Time Astros Reserve Team (Offense), 1994-Present

by Evan Hochschild on Apr 28, 2009 3:00 AM CDT

Position	Player	Seasons Played in Houston	AB	BA	OPS
C	Tony Eusebio	1991, 1994-2001	1739	.275	.729
1B	Jose Vizcaino	2001-2005	1396	.276	.685
2B/MI	Julio Lugo	2000-2003	1320	.268	.723
3B	Bill Spiers	1996-2001	1644	.288	.782
SS/MI	Tim Bogar	1997-2000	1010	.219	.624
OF	Darin Erstad	2008-Present	340	.271	.657
OF	Daryle Ward	1998-2002	1083	.269	.781
OF	Brian L. Hunter	1994-1996, 2002-2003	1170	.278	.691
Hon. Men.	Mike Lamb	2004-2007	1292	.281	.806
Hon. Men.	Mark Loretta	2002, 2007-2008	787	.296	.755
Hon. Men.	Russ Johnson	1997-2000	274	.266	.702

Some interesting seasons from that crew, to be sure. I tried to get a mix of the 1990s reserves and guys from the Minute Maid Park/Enron Field era.

More than that, Gritty McTenacity (Darin Erstad) heart-ed his way into the mix as well.

Who'd I miss? Or who which of these guys are your favorites?

I can remember when I first really started following the Astros, I was 11. The year was 1997. Ricky Gutierrez and Tim Bogar shared time at shortstop. I knew enough about baseball to tell that Bogar couldn't hit a lick. Of course, to a sixth grader, if one guy (Bogar) was bad, the alternative had to be good (Gutierrez). Well, that wasn't the case as it turns out: .261 BA, and an OPS+ of 81. Hell- Bogar's OPS+ was a stout 89. His batting average was lower (.249), but Ricky wasn't the near All Star I had him pegged as. Also, I'm pretty sure I though Bogar and Adam Everett were in fact the same person for parts of the 2000 season.

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