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1966 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1965 / 1967

72-90, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Grady Hatton (72-90)
Scored 612 runs, Allowed 695 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,872,108 (3rd of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

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1965 / 1967 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 Salary
Dave Adlesh 22 R R 6' 0" 187 Jul 15, 1943 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2 $
Don Arlich 23 L L 6' 2" 185 Feb 15, 1943 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Bob Aspromonte 28 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 19, 1938 8 152 147 152 150 0 0 2 0 149 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.9 $
John Bateman 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 21, 1940 4 131 120 131 121 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2.2 $
Ron Brand 26 R R 5' 7" 167 Jan 13, 1940 3 56 24 56 36 0 25 0 9 1 0 3 0 0 3 26 2 -0.4 $
Bob Bruce 33 R R 6' 3" 200 May 16, 1933 8 25 23 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $
Frank Carpin 27 L L 5' 10" 172 Sep 14, 1938 2 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Nate Colbert 20 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 9, 1946 1st 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 -0.2 $
Danny Coombs 24 R L 6' 4" 200 Mar 23, 1942 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Cuellar 29 L L 6' 0" 165 May 8, 1937 4 38 28 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 $
Brock Davis 22 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 19, 1943 3 10 7 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 3 0 0.0 $
Ron Davis 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 21, 1941 2 48 47 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 48 1 0 -0.4 $
Larry Dierker 19 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 3 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Turk Farrell 32 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 8, 1934 11 32 21 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Gene Freese 32 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 8, 1934 12 21 5 21 8 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 15 0 -0.5 $
Joe Gaines 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 22, 1936 7 11 2 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 3 -0.2 $
Jim Gentile 32 L L 6' 3" 210 Jun 3, 1934 9 49 38 49 43 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.5 $
Dave Giusti 26 R R 5' 11" 190 Nov 27, 1939 4 41 33 41 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.5 $
Julio Gotay 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 9, 1939 7 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Chuck Harrison 25 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 25, 1941 2 119 113 119 114 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.9 $
Bill Heath 27 L R 5' 8" 175 Mar 10, 1939 2 55 28 55 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.9 $
Sonny Jackson 21 L R 5' 9" 150 Jul 9, 1944 4 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Gary Kroll 24 R R 6' 6" 220 Jul 8, 1941 3 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Barry Latman 30 R R 6' 3" 210 May 21, 1936 10 31 9 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Don Lee 32 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 26, 1934 9 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bob Lillis 36 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 2, 1930 9 68 41 68 60 0 0 0 34 6 20 0 0 0 0 10 3 -2.0 $
Felix Mantilla 31 R R 6' 0" 160 Jul 29, 1934 11 77 33 77 38 0 0 14 10 13 0 1 0 0 1 42 1 -0.1 $27,500
Lee Maye 31 L R 6' 2" 190 Dec 11, 1934 8 115 93 115 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 97 21 0 0.4 $
Norm Miller 20 L R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 2 11 9 11 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 3 8 2 0 -0.1 $
Aurelio Monteagudo 22 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 19, 1943 4 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $6,000
Joe Morgan HOF 22 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 4 122 117 122 117 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3.6 $ All-Star
Dave Nicholson 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 29, 1939 6 100 71 100 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 70 90 20 0 1.1 $
Jim Owens 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 16, 1934 11 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Aaron Pointer 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 19, 1942 2 11 7 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 3 0 0.5 $
Jim Ray 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1944 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Claude Raymond 29 R R 5' 10" 175 May 7, 1937 7 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $ All-Star
Robin Roberts HOF 39 B R 6' 0" 190 Sep 30, 1926 19 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $8,000
Carroll Sembera 24 R R 6' 0" 155 Jul 26, 1941 2 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Greg Sims 20 B R 6' 0" 190 Jun 28, 1946 1st 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 -0.1 $
Rusty Staub 22 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 4 153 147 153 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 1 105 149 6 0 3.1 $
Ron Taylor 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 13, 1937 5 36 1 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Bob Watson 20 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Don Wilson 21 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 12, 1945 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jim Wynn 24 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 12, 1942 4 105 104 105 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 104 1 0 3.2 $
Chris Zachary 22 L R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1944 4 10 8 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
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

Jim Gentile

John Bateman

Bill Heath

Ron Brand

Rusty Staub

Gene Freese
Julio Gotay

Nate Colbert

Turk Farrell

Bob Aspromonte

Bob Lillis

Sonny Jackson

Chuck Harrison

Joe Morgan

Lee Maye

Dave Nicholson

Ron Davis
Greg Sims

Don Wilson

Jim Wynn

Felix Mantilla

Dave Adlesh

Aaron Pointer

Brock Davis

Bob Bruce

Gary Kroll

Jim Owens

Norm Miller
Aurelio Monteagudo

Mike Cuellar

Claude Raymond

Aurelio Monteagudo
Chris Zachary

Jim Ray
Robin Roberts
Bob Watson

Dave Giusti

Ron Taylor

Carroll Sembera

Frank Carpin

Don Lee
Jim Ray

Danny Coombs

Barry Latman

Don Arlich
Joe Gaines

Barry Latman

Larry Dierker

1965 / 1967 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers