A ninth round pick by the Astros in 2011 out of Creighton, Dufek is spending his third season as an Astro with the Lancaster club. After spending the last two seasons as a starter, Dufek is now being used out of the bullpen. In 28 appearances, he is 1-2 with a 4.25 ERA and a 1.389 WHIP.
Former Astros with birthdays today ~
OF/1B Dave Roberts (80)
Roberts came to the Colt .45's after having retired from baseball and played in 77 games for Houston in 1962 and 1964. This excellent article from Baseball-Reference outlines some of the problems that faced the Panamanian born Roberts during his 22 seasons of playing professional baseball in the minor leagues, major league and in Japan.
C Otis Thornton (68)
Thornton was drafted by Houston in the 68th round in 1965. In two major league games (three at-bats), he wasn't able to get that one major league hit but he did get an RBI. An interesting side note, the two games he played in were both ends of a double-header in Montreal. He was the first player in major league history to play his entire major league career outside of the United States.
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