Happy Birthday - 5/4

No future Astros with birthdays today, but three former Astros celebrate ~

3B/2B Ken Oberkfell (58)
Oberkfell played in 16 seasons in the majors for six different teams.  A career .278 hitter, he played for Houston in 1990 and 1991 toward the end of his career and only managed a .214 batting average over 130 games for the Astros. In two World Series (1982 for St. Louis and 1989 for San Francisco) he hit .300 in 11 games. He is currently managing the Independent Lincoln Salt Dogs of the American Association.

OF Jason Michaels (38)
Originally drafted by the Phillies in the fourth round in 1998, Michaels came to Houston as a free agent before the 2009 season. In three years with the Astros, Michaels hit .231/.296/.400 over 297 games. He finished his career with a .263/.335/.407 batting line.

C Robinson Cancel (38)
Cancel was drafted by Milwaukee in the 16th round in 1994 out of high school in Puerto Rico. He played 20 seasons of minor league, independent ball and Mexican League baseball, as well as 45 games at the major league level. Only two of those were for Houston. In 2011, Cancel made seven plate appearances for the Astros and drew one walk.