1972 Houston Astros Statistics

1971 Season 1973 Season

Record: 84-69-0, Finished 3rd in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Harry Walker (67-54) , Salty Parker (1-0) and Leo Durocher (16-15)

General Manager: H.B. Richardson

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,469,247 (4th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 84-69, 708 Runs, 636 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Johnny Edwards*	34	108	392	332	33	89	16	2	5	40	2	4	50	39	.268	.358	.373	.732	111	124	5	1	1	8	12
2	1B	Lee May	29	148	647	592	87	168	31	2	29	98	3	1	52	145	.284	.343	.490	.833	137	290	13	2	0	1	12
3	2B	Tommy Helms	31	139	559	518	45	134	20	5	5	60	4	3	24	27	.259	.291	.346	.637	82	179	8	4	3	10	8
4	SS	Roger Metzger#	24	153	715	641	84	142	12	3	2	38	23	9	60	71	.222	.288	.259	.547	58	166	7	1	9	4	1
5	3B	Doug Rader	27	152	626	553	70	131	24	7	22	90	5	5	57	120	.237	.309	.425	.734	109	235	18	5	2	9	8
6	LF	Bob Watson	26	147	616	548	74	171	27	4	16	86	1	1	53	83	.312	.378	.464	.841	141	254	6	8	2	5	5
7	CF	César Cedeño	21	139	625	559	103	179	39	8	22	82	55	21	56	62	.320	.385	.537	.921	162	300	11	5	1	4	5
8	RF	Jim Wynn	30	145	652	542	117	148	29	3	24	90	17	7	103	99	.273	.389	.470	.860	146	255	8	2	2	3	6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Larry Howard	27	54	175	157	16	35	7	0	2	13	0	0	17	30	.223	.299	.306	.605	74	48	5	0	1	0	3
10	OF	Norm Miller*	26	67	125	107	18	26	4	0	4	13	1	0	13	23	.243	.331	.393	.723	107	42	4	1	4	0	0
11	UT	Jimmy Stewart#	33	68	105	96	14	21	5	2	0	9	0	1	6	9	.219	.257	.313	.570	63	30	0	0	0	3	2
12	OF	Jesús Alou	30	52	102	93	8	29	4	1	0	11	0	2	7	5	.312	.366	.376	.743	114	35	3	1	1	0	4
13	IF	Bobby Fenwick	25	36	53	50	7	9	3	0	0	4	0	1	3	13	.180	.226	.240	.466	34	12	1	0	0	0	1
14	UT	Bob Stinson#	26	27	38	35	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.171	.211	.200	.411	19	7	0	1	0	1	0
15	C	Jack Hiatt	29	10	30	25	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	.200	.333	.320	.653	89	8	1	0	0	0	2
16	OF	Rich Chiles*	22	9	12	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.364	.697	100	4	0	0	0	0	0
17	IF	Gary Sutherland	27	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-28	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	C	Cliff Johnson	24	5	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	122	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
19	P	Don Wilson	27	33	86	76	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	35	.105	.128	.132	.260	-25	10	2	0	8	0	0
20	P	Larry Dierker	25	31	86	78	2	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	24	.167	.188	.167	.354	3	13	0	1	6	0	0
21	P	Dave Roberts*	27	35	79	67	7	16	1	0	2	9	0	1	4	16	.239	.274	.343	.617	76	23	1	0	6	2	0
22	P	Jerry Reuss*	23	33	72	66	5	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	40	.106	.169	.136	.305	-11	9	3	0	1	0	0
23	P	Ken Forsch	25	30	49	41	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.146	.167	.146	.313	-9	6	1	0	7	0	0
24	P	Tom Griffin	24	39	28	25	3	7	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	9	.280	.280	.520	.800	125	13	1	0	3	0	0
25	P	George Culver	28	45	22	19	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.158	.200	.211	.411	18	4	0	0	2	0	0
26	P	Jim Ray	27	54	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.063	.063	.063	.125	-64	1	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Fred Gladding*	36	42	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	1	0
28	P	Mike Cosgrove*	21	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Jim York	24	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	J.R. Richard	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Wade Blasingame*	28	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Joe Gibbon	37	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.4	153	5936	5267	708	1359	233	38	134	660	111	56	524	907	.258	.326	.393	.719	106	2070	98	32	62	51	69
		Rank in 12 NL teams				5	1	4	2	6	3		3	10	5	7	3	4	2	2		2		5		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.5	153	5486	4871	681	1298	226	37	131	639	111	55	510	738	.266	.337	.409	.746	113	1991	90	31	26	48	69
		Pitcher Totals	25.7	153	450	396	27	61	7	1	3	21	0	1	14	169	.154	.184	.199	.383	10	79	8	1	36	3	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Don Wilson	27	15	10	.600	2.68	33	33	0	13	3	0	228.1	196	79	68	16	66	2	172	2	0	11	927	125	2.70	1.147	7.7	0.6	2.6	6.8	2.61
2	SP	Larry Dierker	25	15	8	.652	3.40	31	31	0	12	5	0	214.2	209	87	81	14	51	0	115	5	1	3	887	99	2.96	1.211	8.8	0.6	2.1	4.8	2.25
3	SP	Dave Roberts*	27	12	7	.632	4.50	35	28	4	7	3	2	192.0	227	100	96	18	57	3	111	2	0	7	839	75	3.38	1.479	10.6	0.8	2.7	5.2	1.95
4	SP	Jerry Reuss*	23	9	13	.409	4.17	33	30	1	4	1	1	192.0	177	101	89	14	83	3	174	10	2	7	832	81	2.99	1.354	8.3	0.7	3.9	8.2	2.10
5	SP	Ken Forsch	25	6	8	.429	3.91	30	24	3	1	0	0	156.1	163	75	68	19	62	1	113	0	0	9	671	86	3.72	1.439	9.4	1.1	3.6	6.5	1.82
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Fred Gladding	36	5	6	.455	2.77	42	0	32	0	0	14	48.2	38	16	15	1	12	5	18	2	0	3	190	122	2.79	1.027	7.0	0.2	2.2	3.3	1.50
7	RP	George Culver	28	6	2	.750	3.05	45	0	16	0	0	2	97.1	73	33	33	7	43	3	82	5	0	2	401	110	3.13	1.192	6.8	0.6	4.0	7.6	1.91
8	RP	Tom Griffin	24	5	4	.556	3.24	39	5	10	1	1	3	94.1	92	39	34	7	38	5	83	3	0	5	409	104	2.91	1.378	8.8	0.7	3.6	7.9	2.18
9	RP	Jim Ray	27	10	9	.526	4.28	54	0	25	0	0	8	90.1	77	50	43	10	44	6	50	3	0	4	393	79	4.29	1.339	7.7	1.0	4.4	5.0	1.14
10	RP	Jim York	24	0	1	.000	5.25	26	0	14	0	0	0	36.0	45	21	21	3	18	3	25	1	0	3	164	65	3.68	1.750	11.3	0.8	4.5	6.3	1.39
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Mike Cosgrove*	21	0	1	.000	4.61	7	1	3	0	0	1	13.2	16	8	7	2	3	0	7	0	0	1	60	75	3.94	1.390	10.5	1.3	2.0	4.6	2.33
12		Wade Blasingame*	28	0	0		8.64	10	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	4	9	8	1	8	0	9	2	0	1	40	41	5.40	1.440	4.3	1.1	8.6	9.7	1.13
13		Joe Gibbon*	37	0	0		9.82	9	0	4	0	0	0	7.1	13	9	8	2	5	2	4	1	1	0	41	36	7.31	2.455	16.0	2.5	6.1	4.9	0.80
14		J.R. Richard	22	1	0	1.000	13.50	4	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	10	9	9	0	8	0	8	2	0	2	36	27	4.73	3.000	15.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	1.00
		Team Totals	26.0	84	69	.549	3.77	153	153	115	38	13	31	1385.1	1340	636	580	114	498	33	971	38	4	58	5890	89	3.23	1.327	8.7	0.7	3.2	6.3	1.95
		Rank in 12 NL teams		5	10		10				10	6	5	11	10	9	10	6	6		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W