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1968 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969

72-90, Finished 10th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Grady Hatton (23-38) and Harry Walker (49-52)
Scored 510 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-91

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,312,887 (4th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99

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1967 / 1969 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 24 R R 6' 0" 187 Jul 15, 1943 6 40 29 40 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.6 $
Bob Aspromonte 30 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 19, 1938 10 124 110 124 112 0 0 1 0 75 1 35 0 2 36 13 0 -1.0 $35,000
John Bateman 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 21, 1940 6 111 105 111 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3 $
Wade Blasingame 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Nov 22, 1943 6 22 2 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ron Brand 28 R R 5' 7" 167 Jan 13, 1940 5 43 18 43 31 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 10 -0.3 $
Byron Browne 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 27, 1942 4 10 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 0.1 $
John Buzhardt 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 17, 1936 11 39 4 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Nate Colbert 22 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 9, 1946 2 20 14 20 16 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 5 3 11 2 4 -1.0 $
Danny Coombs 26 R L 6' 4" 200 Mar 23, 1942 6 40 2 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Mike Cuellar 31 L L 6' 0" 165 May 8, 1937 6 28 24 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Ron Davis 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 21, 1941 4 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 52 0 0 -0.5 $
Larry Dierker 21 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 5 33 32 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.4 $
Tom Dukes 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 31, 1942 2 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Hal Gilson 26 R L 6' 5" 195 Feb 9, 1942 1st 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Dave Giusti 28 R R 5' 11" 190 Nov 27, 1939 6 38 34 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.3 $
Fred Gladding 32 L R 6' 1" 220 Jun 28, 1936 8 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Julio Gotay 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 9, 1939 9 75 35 75 49 0 0 0 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 -1.3 $
Jose Herrera 26 R R 5' 8" 165 Apr 8, 1942 2 27 23 27 24 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 12 17 4 0 -0.2 $
Pat House 27 L L 6' 3" 185 Sep 1, 1940 2 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Hal King 24 L R 6' 1" 200 Feb 1, 1944 2 27 10 27 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.6 $
Denny Lemaster 29 R L 6' 1" 182 Feb 25, 1939 7 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $
John Mayberry 19 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 1st 4 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Leon McFadden 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 26, 1944 1st 16 14 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Denis Menke 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 21, 1940 7 150 149 150 149 0 0 5 120 4 35 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.9 $
Norm Miller 22 L R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 4 79 65 79 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 65 74 6 1 0.5 $
Joe Morgan HOF 24 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 6 10 6 10 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0.2 $
Ivan Murrell 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 24, 1943 4 32 13 32 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 9 15 13 5 -0.9 $
Doug Rader 23 R R 6' 2" 208 Jul 30, 1944 2 98 90 98 91 0 0 5 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2.4 $
Jim Ray 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1944 3 42 2 42 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4 $
Steve Shea 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 5, 1942 1st 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dick Simpson 24 R R 6' 4" 176 Jul 28, 1943 6 59 47 59 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 22 49 1 11 -0.8 $
Rusty Staub 24 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 6 161 160 161 161 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 0 0 3.8 $43,000 All-Star
Lee Thomas 32 L R 6' 2" 195 Feb 5, 1936 8 90 43 90 49 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 42 48 44 0 -1.8 $
Hector Torres 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 16, 1945 1st 128 119 128 127 0 0 0 1 0 127 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.9 $
Danny Walton 20 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 14, 1947 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Bob Watson 22 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 3 45 38 45 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 1 40 5 0 -0.2 $
Don Wilson 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 12, 1945 3 34 30 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.8 $
Jim Wynn 26 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 12, 1942 6 156 152 156 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 91 6 153 3 0 6.4 $41,000
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

John Mayberry
Dave Adlesh
John Bateman
Hal King
Ron Brand
Rusty Staub
Denis Menke
Doug Rader

Bob Aspromonte
Hector Torres
Julio Gotay
Joe Morgan
Leon McFadden
Ivan Murrell
Norm Miller
Nate Colbert
Ron Davis
Jose Herrera
Denny Lemaster

Jim Wynn
Nate Colbert
Bob Watson
Bob Watson
Lee Thomas
John Buzhardt
Danny Coombs
John Buzhardt
Hal Gilson
Mike Cuellar

Wade Blasingame
Byron Browne
Dick Simpson
Dave Giusti
Don Wilson
Steve Shea
Pat House
Danny Coombs
Tom Dukes
Jim Ray

Wade Blasingame
Fred Gladding
Larry Dierker
Pat House
Danny Walton
Steve Shea
Hal Gilson

1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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