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  OPENING DAY STARTERS FOR HOUSTON IN CAPS


NL All-Stars against Gold
Playing for Houston in an NL Game gets you an icon like this:  


Minor League A/S Card Appearances in italics


Selected players have been marked with the special
WHIFF KING icon,
and
you know what that means
Look out for those implicated in the use of PED's 

If they'd just let me in The One Hundred Club:  



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CARDS I HAVE PLAYER POSITION REMARKS
5 John Fagan Cards Infield
Debuted for the 2001 Martinsville Astros, and played there again in 2002. In 2003, playing for Lexington, he led the Astros farm system in homers with 18. 2004 saw a slight increase in average, a larger increase in doubles, and a sharp decrease in homers while playing for Salem. Got a promotion to Corpus Christi in 2005, and played there again in '06, but the power was largely absent. Salem Avalanche logo
1 Kerri Fair Card Outfield
Tri City ValleyCats logo
21st Round pick in the 2003 draft hit .185 at Tri-City that summer
15 Thomas Fairchild Cards Pitcher
Lexington Legends logo12th round pick out of Southern Maine in the June 2005 draft was third in strikeouts for the '05 ValleyCats. Really sparkled in 2006 for Lexington, going 10 - 3 with 1.66 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP, while being selected to start the Sally All-Star game. Made only two starts for Corpus in '07 before blowing out his elbow.
2 Bobby Falls Cards Infield
'85 and '86 at Columbus
Mid 70s Columbus Astros logo
1 Randall Fant Card Pitcher
Lefthander was the 29th pick of the Astros in June 2013 draft, and made six starts for Tri-City thereafter, and also notched a Save Tri City ValleyCats logo
4 Gordon Farmer Cards Pitcher
Osceola Astros 1985 - 1993 logo
Was actually 9 - 2 with a 2.95 ERA at Asheville in '89. Topped out, and crapped out, at Osceola two years later, though.
3 Jesus Farraez Cards Outfield
I don't understand: Guy hit .225 with Auburn in '96, then was PROMOTED to Quad City for '97, where he promptly hit .219. Given that, the Astros' brass then PROMOTED HIM AGAIN to Kissimmee for '98. Don't know what Farraez did there, but the development people must have woken up, cause he was never heard from again
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1 James Farrar Card Coach
Strength Coach for the Lexington Legends beginning in 2010
Lexington Legends logo
25 DICK FARRELL Cards
Pitcher
 
"Turk" was an All Star in '62, an Opening Day starter in 63, then an All-Star again in '64 and '65. Houston Colt .45's logo
2 Stan Fascher Cards Pitcher
Asheville Tourists logo
6 - 6 with a 2.82 at Asheville in '86
11 Danny Fatheree Cards Catcher
Backup catcher to John Buck on that awesome 2001 Lexington Legends team rose to New Orleans for 2003. "Tank" was then diagnosed with Factor II, an extremely rare blood-clotting disorder. He ended that season on the disabled list and the Zephyrs' Booster Club renamed their Most Inspirational Player award after him. It looks like he made a recovery: He was activated by the Zephyrs in June of 2004, and was re-signed the following offseason, spending 2005, 2006, and 2007 with AA Corpus Christi as a Player/Coach. His 2007 Grandstand card notes that he was the catcher during the Home Run Derby at the 2004 major league All-Star game in Houston
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2 ERNIE FAZIO Cards
2nd Base
 
Original Colt .45 Bonus Baby led off Opening Day in 63; The two cards I've got are the '63 Pepsi card, and the TCMA the 1960's issue. Played 1964 at AAA Oklahoma City
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10 Mike Felder Cards
Outfield
 
Journeyman spent '94 in Houston Houston Astros 1994 - 1999 logo
13 Scott Feldman Cards
Pitcher
 
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Biggest contract for the 2014 Houston Astros signed as an FA in December 2013, and had quite the nice April
12 Michael Feliz Cards Pitcher
Tri City ValleyCats logo6'4" righthander from Azua, DR led the 2012 Gulf Coast Astros in wins and tied for second in strikeouts. Led the 2013 Tri-City ValleyCats in Strikeouts, and had a 0.96 WHIP
1 Pedro Feliz Card Second Base
Left-handed batter from Santo Domingo played his first season stateside the same year the Astros picked up the right-handed-hitting major league third baseman as a free agent
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9 PEDRO FELIZ Cards
Third Base
 
Steady glove at the very least signed as a free agent prior to the 2010 season blocked Chris Johnson for awhile, but not for long. Traded to the Cardinals on August 19 for David Carpenter
Tri City ValleyCats logo
1 Bob Fenwick Card Infield
Tri City ValleyCats logo
Rule V acquisition from the Giants in November of 1971 did indeed stay on the major league roster for the duration of the '72 season, getting into 36 games as a pinch-hitter and defensive replacement. Traded to the Cardinals with Ray Busse for Skip Jutze and Milt Ramirez almost exactly a year afer the Rule V harvesting. Released by the Cardinals in June of 1973, the Astros picked him up on the same day and sent him to AAA Denver, where he was playing when we released him in July
2 Ramon Fereira Cards Pitcher
1995 - 2000 Auburn Doubledays logo'98 at Auburn and '99 at Martinsville, then back to Venezuela
7 JOE FERGUSON Cards
Catcher
 
Came to the 'Stros in the deal that sent a prematurely aged Dirk to St. Louis: Opening Day 78 - 79, and the Astros' all-time leader in walks per plate appearance (minimum 500 pa), with .174.
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1 Tony Ferguson Card Pitcher
First and only season was with Martinsville in 1999 Martinsville Astros 1999 logo
3 Jared Fernandez Cards
Pitcher
 
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Knuckleballer, while pitching for the Reds, baffled the 'Stros one afternoon at Minute Maid: Guess that's why they went out and signed him as a free agent. Assigned to New Orleans after an injury during 2003 spring training, Jared was in Houston by the end of the year. 2004 can be best expressed by the following number: 54.00, which was his major league ERA, and although he led the 2004 Zephyrsin complete games, he was back with the Reds for 2005.
1 Jay Fernandez Card Catcher
Corpus Christi Hooks logoEight-year minor league veteran backed up Chris Wallace at Corpus in 2012, and outslugged him, too
1 José Fernandez Card Shortstop
Dominican signed as an NDFA in 2009 split 2012 between Lexington and Greeneville and played as a 20-year old at Tri-City and GCL in 2013, though has yet to impress stateside
Tri City ValleyCats logo
6 Sid Fernandez Cards
Pitcher
 
Absolutely and COMPLETELY out of gas by the time the Astros got him; retired about halfway through the Astros' 97 campaign Houston Astros 1994 - 1999 logo
6 Osvaldo Fernando Cards Shortstop
Corpus Christi Hooks logo
You guessed it - San Pedro De Macoris . . . Debuted in the United States at Martinsville in 2002 and finished second on the Martinsville club in hits and runs. Named a South Atlantic League All Star in 2003 while playing for Lexington. Named Lexington's Defensive Player of the Month for June 2004. Took over at short for Corpus Christi in '06 when Ben Zobrist was traded to Tampa Bay for Aubrey Huff, and starred in the Hooks' Texas League championship run, slugging .647 and recording a hit in each of Corpus's six playoff games.
1 Joe Ferrante Card Pitcher
6'5" righthander was the 24th round pick in the June 1981 draft, and pitched for the Astros' Gulf Coast Blue team in 1981, and at Daytona in 1982, compiling 9 wins, 9 losses and three saves
Mid \'80s Daytona Beach Astros logo
0 Will Ferrell Card Actor
See Rojo Johnson
Mid \'80s Daytona Beach Astros logo
4 Sean Fesh Cards Pitcher
If it's still there, this page, http://fesh.theelsa.com says more than I ever could. And if it's not, just know that in 2001 Fesh made the Atlantic League All-Star team for the independent Bridgeport Bluefish on the strength of his new sidearm motion.
Houston Astros 1994 - 1999 logo
1 CJ Fick Card
Pitcher
 
Houston Astros 1994 - 1999 logo
Righthanded reliever picked up off waivers from the Cardinals on July 27, 2012 pitched in 18 Games for Houston through the end of the season, stirking out 17 in 24-2/3 IP, but walking 18. Pitched exclusively at Oklahoma City for the organization in 2013, compiling a 5.23 ERA in 16 Games before his release June 12
13 Josh Fields Cards
Pitcher
 
Rule V selection in the Major League phase from the Red Sox in December 2012 pitched two Games for Houston before being being placed on the DL with a right forearm strain. Pitched in rehab assignments at both Quad Cities and Corpus Christi before returning to Houston in June. With Jose Veras traded to the Tigers at the deadline, and Chia-Jen Lo out of favor with Bo Porter, Fields became the team's closer down the stretch, and who knows? may just be the favorite to keep that job n 2014
Houston Astros 1994 - 1999 logo
1 Tanner Fields Card Trainer
Began training at Greeneville in 2007, after an internship in the front office.
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1 Nelson Figueroa Card
Pitcher
 
36-year old waiver pickup from the Phillies in July 2010 pitched perhaps the best baseball of his life with Houston the rest of the way, winning 5 and losing 3 and posting a 3.22 ERA. Invited back for 2011, it didn't go as well, as he only got into 8 games with the major league club, posting an ERA over 8.00. Appeared in 16 Games for AAA Oklahoma City, as well, posting a 6.50. Released in August, and signed with the Red Sox, but the Astros were Figueroa's last major league team
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2 Oscar Figueroa Cards Shortstop
Houston Astros logo, 2000 - logo
Three-year veteran of the Venezuelan Summer League came to Greeneville in 2009, and played some short and played some first, and hit .190. Played each of the infield positions at Tri-City in 2010, but hit .200