2008 Houston Astros Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Roy Oswalt Mar 31 SDP 5.1 27 L 3 3 11 6 1 0 114 75 39 .66
Brandon Backe Apr 1 SDP 5.0 22 L 2 2 5 3 3 1 82 49 33 .60
Wandy Rodriguez Apr 2 SDP 5.0 24 4 4 8 6 1 2 95 61 34 .64
Shawn Chacon Apr 3 SDP 6.0 26 2 2 5 4 4 1 94 51 43 .54
Chris Sampson Apr 4 CHC 6.2 25 2 2 6 1 0 0 71 49 22 .69
Roy Oswalt Apr 5 CHC 6.2 30 L 5 6 10 0 1 1 92 59 33 .64
Brandon Backe Apr 6 CHC 6.0 28 2 2 6 7 3 1 100 67 33 .67
Wandy Rodriguez Apr 7 @STL 7.1 25 0 0 3 6 0 0 91 65 26 .71
Shawn Chacon Apr 8 @STL 6.0 24 3 3 4 2 4 0 87 52 35 .60
Chris Sampson Apr 9 @STL 4.0 18 L 3 3 6 1 1 0 67 40 27 .60
Roy Oswalt Apr 11 @FLA 4.0 21 L 8 8 9 6 0 4 85 59 26 .69
Brandon Backe Apr 12 @FLA 5.0 24 W 0 0 5 2 5 0 105 58 47 .55
Wandy Rodriguez Apr 13 @FLA 7.0 27 W 1 1 5 7 1 1 93 61 32 .66
Shawn Chacon Apr 15 PHI 8.0 28 0 0 4 5 2 0 109 68 41 .62
Roy Oswalt Apr 16 PHI 7.0 28 W 1 1 5 4 2 0 92 65 27 .71
Brandon Backe Apr 17 PHI 3.0 21 L 5 6 10 2 2 1 61 39 22 .64
Chris Sampson Apr 18 @COL 0.2 10 L 6 6 6 1 2 0 34 20 14 .59
Wandy Rodriguez Apr 19 @COL 4.0 21 1 2 5 5 3 0 79 41 38 .52
Shawn Chacon Apr 20 @COL 6.0 26 3 3 7 3 1 1 93 55 38 .59
Roy Oswalt Apr 21 @SDP 7.0 28 W 3 3 6 6 2 2 96 68 28 .71
Brandon Backe Apr 22 @SDP 7.0 26 3 3 4 4 2 1 93 64 29 .69
Chris Sampson Apr 23 CIN 7.0 28 W 2 2 8 6 1 1 86 57 29 .66
Jack Cassel Apr 24 CIN 5.0 20 W 3 3 7 1 0 0 68 43 25 .63
Shawn Chacon Apr 25 STL 7.0 31 1 2 5 3 6 0 111 60 51 .54
Roy Oswalt Apr 26 STL 6.0 27 3 3 5 5 3 0 117 75 42 .64
Brandon Backe Apr 27 STL 5.0 25 L 4 4 5 4 5 1 83 48 35 .58
Chris Sampson Apr 28 ARI 4.1 22 L 5 5 7 0 2 0 73 47 26 .64
Jack Cassel Apr 29 ARI 4.2 19 3 3 4 2 2 1 70 41 29 .59
Shawn Chacon Apr 30 ARI 5.0 23 5 5 7 7 1 1 96 61 35 .64
Roy Oswalt May 2 @MIL 6.0 30 W 3 4 6 6 4 2 112 71 41 .63
Brandon Backe May 3 @MIL 5.2 25 W 2 2 5 3 5 1 92 57 35 .62
Chris Sampson May 4 @MIL 3.1 19 5 5 9 3 2 1 88 51 37 .58
Shawn Chacon May 6 @WAS 7.0 32 4 4 8 8 4 2 115 67 48 .58
Roy Oswalt May 7 @WAS 7.0 28 3 3 6 9 2 2 97 67 30 .69
Brandon Backe May 8 @WAS 6.0 26 L 4 4 6 9 3 1 98 61 37 .62
Brian Moehler May 9 LAD 5.0 21 W 0 0 5 5 1 0 81 59 22 .73
Chris Sampson May 10 LAD 7.0 25 W 0 0 3 3 1 0 103 68 35 .66
Shawn Chacon May 11 LAD 6.0 23 2 2 7 3 1 1 95 58 37 .61
Roy Oswalt May 12 SFG 8.0 29 W 3 3 5 6 0 1 111 76 35 .68
Brandon Backe May 13 SFG 6.0 26 L 3 4 7 3 1 1 86 57 29 .66
Brian Moehler May 14 SFG 5.0 23 3 3 8 2 0 1 80 61 19 .76
Chris Sampson May 15 SFG 6.0 30 5 7 10 3 0 0 92 61 31 .66
Shawn Chacon May 16 TEX 3.1 21 5 8 6 0 4 3 75 37 38 .49
Roy Oswalt May 17 TEX 6.0 29 L 6 6 11 1 1 2 109 72 37 .66
Brandon Backe May 18 TEX 6.1 23 W 3 3 5 5 0 2 91 57 34 .63
Brian Moehler May 19 @CHC 5.0 24 L 3 3 7 1 2 1 95 60 35 .63
Chris Sampson May 20 @CHC 6.2 27 W 2 2 7 4 1 1 83 54 29 .65
Shawn Chacon May 21 @CHC 7.0 26 W 3 3 5 5 1 1 97 60 37 .62
Roy Oswalt May 22 @PHI 6.0 30 5 5 11 4 2 1 94 56 38 .60
Brandon Backe May 23 @PHI 7.1 28 W 1 1 6 6 1 1 105 72 33 .69
Brian Moehler May 24 @PHI 6.0 25 W 2 3 4 3 1 1 73 50 23 .68
Chris Sampson May 25 @PHI 5.0 22 4 4 5 3 2 1 90 57 33 .63
Shawn Chacon May 27 STL 7.0 27 W 2 2 7 7 0 2 102 61 41 .60
Wandy Rodriguez May 28 STL 4.2 24 L 3 6 6 1 4 0 92 53 39 .58
Roy Oswalt May 29 STL 7.0 28 L 3 3 5 2 2 1 91 58 33 .64
Brandon Backe May 30 MIL 5.0 23 L 5 5 6 4 1 3 96 65 31 .68
Brian Moehler May 31 MIL 5.0 23 L 3 3 6 6 1 1 79 49 30 .62
Shawn Chacon Jun 1 MIL 1.0 9 L 4 4 2 2 2 0 40 22 18 .55
Wandy Rodriguez Jun 3 PIT 6.0 24 W 0 0 5 3 1 0 91 57 34 .63
Roy Oswalt Jun 4 PIT 6.0 28 L 3 4 9 4 1 0 105 71 34 .68
Brandon Backe Jun 5 PIT 6.0 29 L 4 4 9 2 2 1 104 69 35 .66
Brian Moehler Jun 6 @STL 7.0 24 W 0 0 2 5 2 0 93 59 34 .63
Shawn Chacon Jun 7 @STL 5.0 26 L 7 7 10 2 3 2 88 47 41 .53
Wandy Rodriguez Jun 8 @STL 6.2 28 L 0 5 4 7 1 0 101 66 35 .65
Roy Oswalt Jun 10 @MIL 7.0 27 W 1 1 5 10 0 1 99 68 31 .69
Brandon Backe Jun 11 @MIL 4.0 21 L 5 5 7 2 2 3 76 47 29 .62
Brian Moehler Jun 12 @MIL 4.2 24 L 7 7 7 1 3 3 86 49 37 .57
Shawn Chacon Jun 13 @NYY 6.1 25 1 1 3 2 4 0 106 57 49 .54
Wandy Rodriguez Jun 14 @NYY 5.0 23 L 5 5 6 1 3 1 88 57 31 .65
Roy Oswalt Jun 15 @NYY 5.2 29 L 3 7 8 6 4 0 118 78 40 .66
Brandon Backe Jun 17 BAL 5.2 27 3 3 8 1 2 1 97 67 30 .69
Brian Moehler Jun 18 BAL 6.1 27 1 1 6 4 2 1 98 61 37 .62
Shawn Chacon Jun 19 BAL 5.0 27 L 6 6 8 0 4 2 96 50 46 .52
Roy Oswalt Jun 20 TAM 7.2 32 W 2 2 7 5 2 0 110 80 30 .73
Wandy Rodriguez Jun 21 TAM 5.2 23 2 2 5 6 2 1 100 60 40 .60
Brandon Backe Jun 22 TAM 6.2 28 W 2 2 6 5 4 1 85 48 37 .56
Brian Moehler Jun 24 @TEX 6.1 24 W 1 1 5 5 2 0 93 58 35 .62
Roy Oswalt Jun 25 @TEX 7.0 29 L 3 3 7 5 0 1 108 74 34 .69
Wandy Rodriguez Jun 26 @TEX 8.0 30 W 1 1 5 9 0 0 105 72 33 .69
Runelvys Hernandez Jun 27 @BOS 5.0 22 L 3 3 5 5 3 1 99 63 36 .64
Brandon Backe Jun 28 @BOS 5.1 28 6 6 9 5 3 0 108 67 41 .62
Brian Moehler Jun 29 @BOS 5.2 27 1 1 7 5 3 1 111 70 41 .63
Roy Oswalt Jun 30 @LAD 6.0 25 W 1 1 6 9 0 0 79 58 21 .73
Wandy Rodriguez Jul 1 @LAD 5.0 25 5 5 6 5 4 1 93 57 36 .61
Runelvys Hernandez Jul 2 @LAD 5.0 23 L 3 4 6 4 2 1 71 49 22 .69
Brandon Backe Jul 3 @LAD 6.2 29 L 5 5 7 8 2 2 100 62 38 .62
Brian Moehler Jul 4 ATL 6.0 26 L 5 5 6 1 3 1 84 56 28 .67
Chris Sampson Jul 5 ATL 5.0 17 W 1 1 2 2 0 1 56 36 20 .64
Wandy Rodriguez Jul 6 ATL 5.1 25 3 3 7 8 2 1 102 65 37 .64
Runelvys Hernandez Jul 7 PIT 4.0 28 L 10 10 13 3 4 2 99 62 37 .63
Brandon Backe Jul 8 PIT 3.0 12 0 0 3 3 0 0 48 31 17 .65
Brian Moehler Jul 9 PIT 6.0 25 W 4 4 7 3 1 0 91 62 29 .68
Roy Oswalt Jul 11 WAS 1.0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 9 8 .53
Wandy Rodriguez Jul 12 WAS 5.1 23 W 4 4 8 1 1 1 80 53 27 .66
Brandon Backe Jul 13 WAS 7.0 28 W 0 0 5 5 4 0 107 65 42 .61
Brian Moehler Jul 18 @CHC 7.0 26 1 1 4 3 1 1 87 59 28 .68
Wandy Rodriguez Jul 19 @CHC 6.2 28 W 1 1 9 7 0 1 103 71 32 .69
Brandon Backe Jul 20 @CHC 6.2 28 L 4 4 8 8 0 1 93 68 25 .73
Runelvys Hernandez Jul 21 @PIT 5.1 25 2 2 8 3 2 0 87 56 31 .64
Jack Cassel Jul 22 @PIT 4.2 22 L 5 5 9 2 1 2 79 46 33 .58
Brian Moehler Jul 23 @PIT 2.1 17 5 6 9 0 0 1 51 39 12 .76
Wandy Rodriguez Jul 25 MIL 6.0 24 W 1 1 3 7 3 0 100 62 38 .62
Brandon Backe Jul 26 MIL 5.1 23 2 2 4 5 4 0 91 53 38 .58
Randy Wolf Jul 27 MIL 4.1 23 3 4 7 3 3 1 105 63 42 .60
Roy Oswalt Jul 28 @CIN 5.0 22 W 4 4 7 5 1 1 74 54 20 .73
Brian Moehler Jul 29 @CIN 8.2 33 W 2 2 7 3 1 0 100 68 32 .68
Wandy Rodriguez Jul 30 @CIN 4.2 23 L 6 6 9 4 1 3 87 55 32 .63
Brandon Backe Aug 1 @NYM 6.0 28 3 3 10 4 2 0 96 64 32 .67
Roy Oswalt Aug 2 @NYM 6.0 27 4 4 6 7 3 1 100 70 30 .70
Randy Wolf Aug 3 @NYM 5.0 23 W 0 0 6 7 3 0 96 55 41 .57
Brian Moehler Aug 4 CHC 5.0 19 W 0 0 4 4 0 0 63 48 15 .76
Wandy Rodriguez Aug 5 CHC 5.0 27 6 6 9 1 2 0 81 50 31 .62
Brandon Backe Aug 6 CHC 3.1 25 L 11 11 9 0 6 2 99 56 43 .57
Roy Oswalt Aug 7 CIN 7.0 30 W 1 1 9 6 2 0 91 62 29 .68
Randy Wolf Aug 8 CIN 6.0 25 4 4 7 6 2 1 93 56 37 .60
Brian Moehler Aug 9 CIN 7.0 25 W 1 1 5 3 0 0 80 52 28 .65
Wandy Rodriguez Aug 10 CIN 6.2 26 W 2 2 5 7 1 2 107 70 37 .65
Brandon Backe Aug 11 @SFG 7.0 26 W 1 1 4 6 3 0 103 69 34 .67
Roy Oswalt Aug 12 @SFG 7.0 34 W 3 3 10 4 3 0 112 76 36 .68
Randy Wolf Aug 13 @SFG 7.0 30 W 2 2 6 3 2 0 110 65 45 .59
Brian Moehler Aug 14 @SFG 5.1 24 4 4 8 1 0 1 86 58 28 .67
Wandy Rodriguez Aug 15 @ARI 2.1 16 L 4 4 3 4 6 0 77 39 38 .51
Brandon Backe Aug 16 @ARI 5.2 29 L 11 11 9 6 5 3 119 69 50 .58
Roy Oswalt Aug 17 @ARI 8.0 25 W 0 0 1 10 2 0 105 73 32 .70
Randy Wolf Aug 18 MIL 4.0 21 L 6 6 5 5 3 0 86 54 32 .63
Brian Moehler Aug 19 MIL 5.1 26 W 1 2 9 4 1 0 92 56 36 .61
Wandy Rodriguez Aug 20 MIL 5.1 23 L 2 3 3 6 5 0 102 58 44 .57
Roy Oswalt Aug 22 NYM 8.0 28 L 3 3 4 6 0 1 102 75 27 .74
Brandon Backe Aug 23 NYM 7.0 26 W 3 3 5 4 1 1 102 65 37 .64
Randy Wolf Aug 24 NYM 6.0 27 4 4 7 4 3 2 101 61 40 .60
Brian Moehler Aug 25 NYM 5.1 24 L 4 4 6 4 2 1 91 60 31 .66
Wandy Rodriguez Aug 26 @CIN 7.0 24 1 1 3 10 1 0 108 75 33 .69
Roy Oswalt Aug 27 @CIN 7.0 26 W 1 1 5 3 2 0 90 65 25 .72
Brandon Backe Aug 28 @CIN 6.2 25 W 2 2 6 6 1 0 89 58 31 .65
Randy Wolf Aug 29 @STL 6.0 23 1 2 3 1 1 0 93 62 31 .67
Brian Moehler Aug 30 @STL 6.0 26 W 3 3 7 6 1 1 94 65 29 .69
Wandy Rodriguez Aug 31 @STL 5.2 22 W 0 0 7 4 0 0 93 63 30 .68
Roy Oswalt Sep 1 CHC 8.1 28 W 0 0 4 3 0 0 106 77 29 .73
Brandon Backe Sep 2 CHC 4.1 22 3 3 9 2 2 3 91 60 31 .66
Randy Wolf Sep 3 CHC 9.0 33 W 0 0 6 8 2 0 128 94 34 .73
Brian Moehler Sep 5 COL 4.2 24 L 5 5 6 4 3 1 87 54 33 .62
Roy Oswalt Sep 6 COL 9.0 32 W 0 0 1 6 2 0 102 70 32 .69
Wandy Rodriguez Sep 7 COL 1.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 18 13 5 .72
Alberto Arias Sep 8 @PIT 5.0 18 W 0 0 2 6 3 0 73 40 33 .55
Randy Wolf Sep 9 @PIT 7.0 26 W 3 3 4 4 1 1 106 73 33 .69
Brian Moehler Sep 10 @PIT 6.0 23 W 2 2 5 0 0 1 82 49 33 .60
Roy Oswalt Sep 11 @PIT 9.0 27 W 0 0 3 4 0 0 91 70 21 .77
Randy Wolf Sep 14 @CHC 2.2 15 L 4 5 6 2 1 1 60 39 21 .65
Brian Moehler Sep 15 @CHC 5.0 22 L 5 5 6 4 1 2 88 55 33 .63
Roy Oswalt Sep 16 FLA 6.0 27 L 5 5 7 10 1 1 101 65 36 .64
Brandon Backe Sep 17 FLA 1.2 12 L 5 5 6 2 2 2 45 26 19 .58
Alberto Arias Sep 18 FLA 2.2 16 L 2 2 5 2 3 0 69 37 32 .54
Randy Wolf Sep 19 PIT 7.0 25 W 1 1 3 7 1 1 111 72 39 .65
Brian Moehler Sep 20 PIT 1.0 8 L 5 5 5 0 0 0 32 20 12 .63
Roy Oswalt Sep 21 PIT 6.0 23 W 1 1 7 4 0 0 79 55 24 .70
Wandy Rodriguez Sep 23 @CIN 5.0 23 L 2 2 7 7 2 0 99 67 32 .68
Randy Wolf Sep 24 @CIN 6.2 30 W 0 0 8 7 2 0 111 72 39 .65
Roy Oswalt Sep 25 @CIN 6.0 23 W 1 1 2 3 3 1 91 54 37 .59
Brian Moehler Sep 26 @ATL 5.2 22 2 2 4 2 2 0 75 47 28 .63
Brandon Backe Sep 27 @ATL 1.1 13 L 8 8 8 1 1 2 42 27 15 .64
Wandy Rodriguez Sep 28 @ATL 7.0 25 W 0 1 4 6 0 0 85 64 21 .75