100 & 100

I try to keep my focus on the Astros minor league system, but with regular seasons over and fall leagues still a couple of weeks away, my mind has a tendency to wander.  I was looking into something totally different and got off on a major tangent only to find this.

Not only do the Astros have 100 losses on the season, but as of last night's game, Brad Mills has now used 100 different line-ups in the 1 to 7 positions*.  That's ONE ZERO ZERO.  Sure, there have been numerous changes in personnel, injuries, trades, promotions, etc. but let's break it down a little further.

The one line-up that has been used most was used a whopping 8 whole times:

Bourn
Barmes
Pence
Lee
Keppinger
Wallace
Johnson
Catcher
Pitcher

Two other line-ups were used 7 times each:

Bourn
Keppinger
Pence
Lee
Wallace
Johnson
Barmes
Catcher
Pitcher

Schafer
Altuve
Martinez
Lee
Bogusevic
Paredes
Barmes
Catcher
Pitcher

Then it drops off to one used 5 times, three used 4 times, six used 3 times and ten used 2 times.  And then, get this, there have been 76 line-ups that have been used one time only.

Mills has used the following number of players in each batting position:

1 - 6
2 - 10
3 - 8
4 - 6
5 - 10
6 - 12
7 - 12

I'm not going to editorialize.  I'll leave it to the reader to decide what they think of this.

*Please note that I double-checked my work, but if I am off at all, the error will be negligible.