1971 Houston Astros Roster (40-man)

1970 Season 1972 Season

Record: 79-83-0, Finished 4th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Harry Walker (79-83)

General Manager: H.B. Richardson

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,261,589 (9th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93

Pythagorean W-L: 83-79, 585 Runs, 567 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Jesús Alou	29	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	190	Mar 24, 1942	9	122	103	122	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	0	63	109	18	0	1.6
Jack Billingham	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Feb 21, 1943	4	33	33	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Wade Blasingame	27	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Nov 22, 1943	9	30	28	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Ray Busse	22	us US	R	R	6' 4"	175	Sep 25, 1948	1st	10	8	10	8	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.1
César Cedeño	20	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	175	Feb 25, 1951	2	161	146	161	157	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	124	29	157	5	2	2.1
Rich Chiles	21	us US	L	L	5' 11"	170	Nov 22, 1949	1st	67	20	67	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	2	27	45	1	0.0
Ron Cook	23	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	Jul 11, 1947	2	6	4	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
George Culver	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Jul 8, 1943	6	59	0	59	59	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Larry Dierker	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	Sep 22, 1946	8	24	23	24	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1		All-Star
Johnny Edwards	33	us US	L	R	6' 4"	220	Jun 10, 1938	11	106	91	106	104	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.9
Ken Forsch	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Sep 8, 1946	2	33	23	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.4
César Gerónimo	23	do DO	L	L	6' 0"	165	Mar 11, 1948	3	94	13	94	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	3	16	64	11	33	-0.5
Fred Gladding	35	us US	L	R	6' 1"	220	Jun 28, 1936	11	48	0	48	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Bill Greif	21	us US	R	R	6' 4"	196	Apr 25, 1950	1st	7	3	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Tom Griffin	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Feb 22, 1948	3	10	6	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Skip Guinn	26	us US	R	L	5' 10"	180	Oct 25, 1944	3	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Buddy Harris	22	us US	R	R	6' 7"	245	Dec 5, 1948	2	20	0	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Jack Hiatt	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jul 27, 1942	8	69	57	69	66	0	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1.4
Larry Howard	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Jun 6, 1945	2	24	14	24	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.2
Denny Lemaster	32	us US	R	L	6' 1"	182	Feb 25, 1939	10	42	0	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Marty Martínez	29	cu CU	B	R	6' 0"	170	Aug 23, 1941	6	32	10	32	21	0	0	4	9	3	7	0	0	0	0	14	1	0.0
John Mayberry	22	us US	L	L	6' 3"	215	Feb 18, 1949	4	46	36	46	38	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0.1	$13,000
Denis Menke	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jul 21, 1940	10	146	128	146	137	0	0	101	5	32	17	0	0	0	0	11	0	0.2
Roger Metzger	23	us US	B	R	6' 0"	165	Oct 10, 1947	2	150	145	150	148	0	0	0	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	1	3	1.2
Norm Miller	25	us US	L	R	5' 10"	185	Feb 5, 1946	7	45	13	45	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	15	20	30	0	0.5
Joe Morgan HOF	27	us US	L	R	5' 7"	160	Sep 19, 1943	9	160	153	160	157	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	5.7
Doug Rader	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	208	Jul 30, 1944	5	135	130	135	135	0	0	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Jim Ray	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Dec 1, 1944	6	47	1	47	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.7
J.R. Richard	21	us US	R	R	6' 8"	222	Mar 7, 1950	1st	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Jay Schlueter	21	us US	R	R	6' 0"	182	Jul 31, 1949	1st	7	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	3	0.0
Scipio Spinks	23	us US	R	R	6' 1"	183	Jul 12, 1947	3	5	3	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Derrel Thomas	20	us US	B	R	6' 0"	160	Jan 14, 1951	1st	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	-0.2
Bob Watson	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	201	Apr 10, 1946	6	129	125	129	125	0	0	44	0	0	0	87	0	1	88	4	0	1.0
Don Wilson	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Feb 12, 1945	6	35	34	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.1		All-Star
Jim Wynn	29	us US	R	R	5' 10"	160	Mar 12, 1942	9	123	103	123	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	47	72	116	13	0	-0.6
Larry Yount	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Feb 15, 1950	1st	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Harry Walker	52	us US	Sep 22, 1918	Manager	Apr 5	Sep 30
Buddy Hancken	56	us US	Aug 30, 1914		Apr 5	Sep 30
Jim Owens	37	us US	Jan 16, 1934		Apr 5	Sep 30
Hub Kittle	54	us US	Feb 19, 1917	Coach	Apr 5	Sep 30
Salty Parker	58	us US	Jul 8, 1912	Coach	Apr 5	Sep 30
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date