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1968 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969)
72-90, Finished 10th in National League
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Scored 510 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-91
Manager: Grady Hatton (23-38) and Harry Walker (49-52)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Dave Adlesh 24 R R 6' 0" 187 Jul 15, 1943 6 40 29 40 40 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Bob Aspromonte 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 19, 1938 10 124 110 124 124 0 0 1 0 75 1 35 0 2 36 13 0
John Bateman 27 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 21, 1940 6 111 105 111 111 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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
Ron Brand 28 R R 5' 8" 170 Jan 13, 1940 5 43 18 43 43 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 9
Byron Browne 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 27, 1942 4 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
John Buzhardt 31 R R 6' 2" 198 Aug 17, 1936 11 39 4 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nate Colbert 22 R R 6' 2" 209 Apr 9, 1946 2 20 14 20 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 5 3 11 2 4
Danny Coombs 26 R L 6' 5" 210 Mar 23, 1942 6 40 2 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Cuellar 31 L L 5' 11" 175 May 8, 1937 6 28 24 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Davis 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 21, 1941 4 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 52 0 0
Larry Dierker 21 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 5 33 32 33 33 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Hal Gilson 26 R L 6' 5" 195 Feb 9, 1942 1st 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Giusti 28 R R 5' 11" 195 Nov 27, 1939 6 38 34 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fred Gladding 32 L R 6' 0" 225 Jun 28, 1936 8 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julio Gotay 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 9, 1939 9 75 35 75 75 0 0 0 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 3
Jose Herrera 26 R R 5' 8" 165 Apr 8, 1942 2 27 23 27 27 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 12 17 4 0
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
Hal King 24 L R 6' 1" 200 Feb 1, 1944 2 27 10 27 27 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Denny Lemaster 29 R L 6' 1" 185 Feb 25, 1939 7 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Mayberry 19 L L 6' 3" 220 Feb 18, 1949 1st 4 2 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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
Denis Menke 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 21, 1940 7 150 149 150 150 0 0 5 119 4 35 0 0 0 0 1 0
Norm Miller 22 L R 5' 11" 195 Feb 5, 1946 4 79 65 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 65 74 5 1
Joe Morgan HOF 24 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 6 10 6 10 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
Ivan Murrell 25 R R 6' 2" 196 Apr 24, 1943 4 32 13 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 9 15 12 4
Doug Rader 23 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 30, 1944 2 98 90 98 98 0 0 5 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Jim Ray 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 1, 1944 3 42 2 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
Dick Simpson 24 R R 6' 4" 176 Jul 28, 1943 6 59 47 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 22 49 1 8
Rusty Staub 24 L R 6' 2" 200 Apr 1, 1944 6 161 160 161 161 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 0 0 All-Star
Lee Thomas 32 L R 6' 2" 198 Feb 5, 1936 8 90 43 90 90 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 42 48 36 0
Hector Torres 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 16, 1945 1st 128 119 128 128 0 0 0 1 0 127 0 0 0 0 1 1
Danny Walton 20 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 14, 1947 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bob Watson 22 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 10, 1946 3 45 38 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 1 40 5 0
Don Wilson 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 12, 1945 3 34 30 34 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jimmy Wynn 26 R R 5' 9" 170 Mar 12, 1942 6 156 152 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 91 6 153 3 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1967 / 1969 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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