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1963 Houston Colt .45's

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1962 / 1964

66-96, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Craft (66-96)
Scored 464 runs, Allowed 640 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-104

Ballparks: Colt Stadium · Attendance: 719,502 (10th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 95

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1962 / 1964 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Dave Adlesh 19 R R 6' 0" 187 Jul 15, 1943 1st 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3
Bob Aspromonte 25 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 19, 1938 5 136 127 136 132 0 0 1 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 -1.5
John Bateman 22 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 21, 1940 1st 128 111 128 115 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.3
Hal Brown 38 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1924 13 26 20 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
Bob Bruce 30 R R 6' 3" 200 May 16, 1933 5 32 25 32 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.7
George Brunet 28 R L 6' 1" 195 Jun 8, 1935 7 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Jim Campbell 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 24, 1937 2 55 39 55 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 -0.3
Conrad Cardinal 21 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 30, 1942 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Danny Coombs 21 R L 6' 4" 200 Mar 23, 1942 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Jay Dahl 17 B L 5' 10" 183 Dec 6, 1945 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Brock Davis 19 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 19, 1943 1st 34 9 34 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 3 14 19 3 -0.5
Jim Dickson 25 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 20, 1938 1st 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Dick Drott 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 1, 1936 7 27 14 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Turk Farrell 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 8, 1934 8 34 26 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6
Ernie Fazio 21 R R 5' 7" 165 Jan 25, 1942 2 102 53 102 86 0 0 0 84 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 23 -0.3
Jim Golden 27 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 20, 1936 4 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Howie Goss 28 R R 6' 4" 204 Nov 1, 1934 2 133 106 133 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 123 15 2 0.1
Jerry Grote 20 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 1st 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Carroll Hardy 30 R R 6' 0" 185 May 18, 1933 6 15 10 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 5 0 -0.2
J.C. Hartman 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 15, 1934 2 39 21 39 32 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 7 2 -0.9
Joe Hoerner 26 R L 6' 1" 200 Nov 12, 1936 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Sonny Jackson 18 L R 5' 9" 150 Jul 9, 1944 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Ken Johnson 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Jun 16, 1933 6 38 32 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.4
Russ Kemmerer 31 R R 6' 2" 198 Nov 1, 1931 9 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Bob Lillis 33 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 2, 1930 6 147 133 147 142 0 0 0 19 6 125 0 0 0 0 4 4 -1.4
Don McMahon 33 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 4, 1930 7 49 2 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Joe Morgan HOF 19 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 1st 8 6 8 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
Ivan Murrell 20 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 24, 1943 1st 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -0.1
Don Nottebart 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 23, 1936 4 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9
John Paciorek 18 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 11, 1945 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.2
Aaron Pointer 21 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 19, 1942 1st 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 -0.1
Pete Runnels 35 L R 6' 0" 170 Jan 28, 1928 13 124 101 124 108 0 0 70 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0.4
Hal Smith 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 9 31 10 31 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 -0.1
Al Spangler 29 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 8, 1933 5 120 110 120 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 32 4 113 9 1 1.8
Rusty Staub 19 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 1st 150 140 150 144 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 49 49 7 1 0.2
Johnny Temple 35 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 12 100 84 100 89 0 0 0 61 29 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0.4
Jim Umbricht 32 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 17, 1930 5 35 3 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Glenn Vaughan 19 B R 5' 11" 170 Feb 16, 1944 1st 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Carl Warwick 26 R L 5' 10" 170 Feb 27, 1937 3 150 134 150 143 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 11 114 141 11 0 0.4
John Weekly 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 14, 1937 2 34 17 34 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 8 23 15 0 0.0
Mike White 24 R R 5' 8" 160 Dec 18, 1938 1st 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Hal Woodeshick 30 R L 6' 3" 200 Aug 24, 1932 7 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 All-Star
Jim Wynn 21 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 12, 1942 1st 70 68 70 68 0 0 0 0 2 21 43 10 0 53 2 0 0.1
Larry Yellen 20 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 4, 1943 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Chris Zachary 19 L R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1944 1st 22 7 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1962 / 1964 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers