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Houston Astros 1997 record: 84-78 (first in
NL Central)
By the Numbers
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1997 Team Statistics (NL Rank)
| Batting Average | .259
(8) | Opp. Batting Avg. | ..252 (5) |
| Runs Scored | 777
(5) | ERA | 3.66
(3) |
| Home Runs | 133
(11) | Fielding Pct. | ..979
(11) |
They Come to
Play
Last year Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell became the first
teammates to play in every one of their team's games in two
consecutive seasons since Nick Etten and Snuffy Stirnweiss
of the Yankees in 1944 and '45. (No NL pair had done it
since the Phillies'
Dick Bartell and Chuck Klein and the Pirates' Gus Suhr and
Paul Waner in 1932-33.) Since Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou
Gehrig's consecutive-games record in September 1995, Biggio
and Bagwell are the only two others to have played in all
of their team's games.
The two rank second and third among active players in
consecutive games, Biggio with 381 and Bagwell with
352.
Iron-Man Teammates in the Past 20
Years
| | Teammates | Games |
| 1979 Orioles | Eddie Murray, Ken Singleton | 159 |
| 1979 Mariners | Willie Horton, Ruppert Jones | 162 |
| 1980 Indians | Mike Hargrove, Toby Harrah | 160 |
| 1982 Phillies | Gary Matthews, Pete Rose | 162 |
| 1984 Orioles | Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken Jr. | 162 |
| 1988 Orioles | Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken Jr. | 161 |
| 1992 Astros | Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Steve Finley | 162 |
| 1996 Astros | Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio | 162 |
| 1997 Astros | Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio | 162 |
Note: Does not include strike-shortened seasons of 1981,
'94 and
'95.
Source: Elias Sports Bureau
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