Here we get to look back at 2008.
Runs scored: 712 - 22nd in the Majors, 11th in the NL
Hits: 1432 - 22nd, 9th
Doubles: 284 - 21st, 10th
Triples: 22 - 25th, 14th
Home runs: 167 - 16th, 8th
AB/HR: 32.6 - 15th, 8th
RBIs: 684 - 20th, 10th
Avg: .263 - 17th, 7th
OBP: .323 - 23rd, 12th
SLG: .415 - 17th, 9th
OPS: .737 - 20th, 10th
Strikeouts: 1051 - 16th-most, 10th-most
Walks: 449 - 3rd-worst, last in the NL (only Seattle and Kansas City drew fewer walks than the Astros
Stolen Bases: 114 - 9th, 5th
SB%: 69% - 22nd, 12th
Groundball-to-Flyball Ratio: 1.24:1 - 14th, 7th
So the Astros need some help with the bat. Of course 20% of those home runs were taken off the field when Carlos Lee got his pinky finger in the way of a breaking ball and his bat. In the coming day we'll see if there are any financial and statistical fits with free agency.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
