Another Astros satisfied customer, LOL!

--- In Astros@yahoogroups.com, "Brier, Bennett" <bennett.brier@m...>
wrote:
> Whoop-de-doo!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: _- matrixenos -_ [mailto:matrixenos@h...]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:01 PM
> To: houstonsbrandofbaseball@yahoogroups.com; Astros@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Astros] Astros re-sign Ausmus
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> astros.com
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> Astros re-sign Ausmus
> Veteran catcher inks two-year deal
>
>
> HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros announced Wednesday that they have
agreed to
> terms on a two-year deal with free-agent catcher Brad Ausmus. The
> announcement was made by general manager Gerry Hunsicker.
>
> A two-time Gold Glove award winner, Ausmus has played five seasons
in
> Houston and is the only Gold Glove catcher in Astros franchise
history. He
> finished second among Major League catchers in 2003 with a .997
fielding
> percentage. He threw out 37 of 105 base stealers (.352), and was
charged
> with only three passed balls in 143 games, ranking first among big-
league
> catchers (min. 700 innings). Ausmus batted .229 (103-for-450) last
season
> with four home runs and 47 RBI. He has caught at least 100 games in
each of
> his 10 full seasons in the Majors.
>
> Ausmus has spent the past three years in Houston, and has posted a
career
> batting average of .256 (1107-for-4327) with 63 home runs and 430
RBI. He
> first joined the Astros for the 1997 season after being acquired
from
> Detroit in a trade on Dec. 10, 1996. Following two seasons in
Houston, he
> returned to the Tigers in another trade on Jan. 14, 1999. Ausmus
came back
> to the Astros on Dec. 11, 2000, in a trade with Detroit along with
Doug
> Brocail and Nelson Cruz in exchange for Roger Cedeno, Chris Holt
and Mitch
> Meluskey.
>
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