1968 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1968 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		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	John Bateman	27	111	383	350	28	87	19	0	4	33	1	1	23	46	.249	.297	.337	.635	93	118	16	3	3	4	16
2	1B	Rusty Staub*	24	161	682	591	54	172	37	1	6	72	2	0	73	57	.291	.373	.387	.761	132	229	11	7	7	4	24
3	2B	Denis Menke	27	150	621	542	56	135	23	6	6	56	5	8	64	81	.249	.334	.347	.681	108	188	6	6	7	2	6
4	SS	Hector Torres	22	128	496	466	44	104	11	1	1	24	2	3	18	64	.223	.252	.258	.510	56	120	10	0	12	0	2
5	3B	Doug Rader	23	98	371	333	42	89	16	4	6	43	2	2	31	51	.267	.328	.393	.721	119	131	8	1	2	4	3
6	LF	Bob Watson	22	45	155	140	13	32	7	0	2	8	1	0	13	32	.229	.297	.321	.618	89	45	6	1	0	1	1
7	CF	Jimmy Wynn	26	156	646	542	85	146	23	5	26	67	11	17	90	131	.269	.376	.474	.850	158	257	6	5	5	4	9
8	RF	Norm Miller*	22	79	294	257	35	61	18	2	6	28	6	5	22	48	.237	.304	.393	.697	112	101	4	5	5	5	1
Rk	Pos		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	UT	Bob Aspromonte	30	124	457	409	25	92	9	2	1	46	1	0	35	57	.225	.285	.264	.549	68	108	15	2	5	6	9
10	CF	Ron Davis	26	52	236	217	22	46	10	1	1	12	0	4	13	48	.212	.268	.281	.549	68	61	1	4	1	1	0
11	RF	Lee Thomas*	32	90	221	201	14	39	4	0	1	11	2	1	14	22	.194	.249	.229	.478	47	46	6	1	4	1	4
12	OF	Dick Simpson	24	59	202	177	25	33	7	2	3	11	4	4	20	61	.186	.282	.299	.582	78	53	2	4	0	1	2
13	2B	Julio Gotay	29	75	171	165	9	41	3	0	1	11	1	2	4	21	.248	.271	.285	.555	70	47	6	1	1	0	0
14	C	Dave Adlesh	24	40	112	104	3	19	1	1	0	4	0	0	5	27	.183	.227	.212	.439	35	22	1	1	2	0	2
15	UT	Jose Herrera	26	27	109	100	9	24	5	0	0	7	0	2	4	12	.240	.269	.290	.559	71	29	1	0	5	0	0
16	C	Ron Brand	28	43	94	81	7	13	2	0	0	4	1	1	9	11	.160	.261	.185	.446	38	15	1	2	2	0	0
17	C	Hal King*	24	27	62	55	4	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	7	16	.145	.242	.218	.460	41	12	1	0	0	0	0
18	OF	Ivan Murrell	25	32	60	59	3	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	17	.102	.117	.153	.269	-18	9	2	0	0	0	0
19	UT	Nate Colbert	22	20	56	53	5	8	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	23	.151	.164	.170	.333	2	9	2	0	1	1	0
20	SS	Leon McFadden	24	16	54	47	2	13	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	10	.277	.358	.298	.656	102	14	0	0	1	0	2
21	UT	Joe Morgan*	24	10	27	20	6	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	7	4	.250	.444	.350	.794	145	7	0	0	0	0	0
22	RF	Byron Browne	25	10	17	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.231	.412	.231	.643	100	3	1	0	0	0	0
23	1B	John Mayberry*	19	4	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	-67	0	0	1	0	0	0
24		Danny Walton	20	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		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
25	P	Dave Giusti	28	38	90	82	4	15	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	17	.183	.212	.195	.407	25	16	1	2	5	0	0
26	P	Larry Dierker	21	33	84	73	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	.068	.093	.082	.176	-46	6	2	0	9	0	0
27	P	Denny Lemaster	29	33	80	65	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	20	.031	.113	.031	.143	-54	2	1	0	9	0	0
28	P	Don Wilson	23	34	78	70	7	15	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	16	.214	.236	.286	.522	59	20	2	1	6	0	0
29	P	Mike Cuellar*	31	28	61	57	3	11	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	25	.193	.207	.263	.470	43	15	0	1	3	0	0
30	P	John Buzhardt	31	39	18	16	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.250	.294	.250	.544	67	4	1	0	1	0	0
31	P	Jim Ray	23	42	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.067	.133	-59	1	1	0	1	0	0
32	P	Danny Coombs	26	40	10	10	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.400	.400	.400	.800	145	4	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Wade Blasingame*	24	22	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.375	.000	.375	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Steve Shea	25	30	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Tom Dukes	25	43	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-35	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Fred Gladding*	32	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Pat House*	27	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Hal Gilson	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	25.6	162	5994	5336	510	1233	205	28	66	473	44	51	479	988	.231	.298	.317	.616	88	1692	115	48	97	34	81
		Rank in 10 NL teams				10	8	10	3	10	10		9	3	2	3	8	7	9	8		10
Rk	Pos		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Dave Giusti	28	11	14	.440	3.19	37	34	1	12	2	1	251.0	226	95	89	15	67	7	186	4	2	11	1031	93	1.167	8.1	0.5	2.4	6.7	2.78
2	SP	Larry Dierker	21	12	15	.444	3.31	32	32	0	10	1	0	233.2	206	95	86	14	89	12	161	8	0	20	981	89	1.262	7.9	0.5	3.4	6.2	1.81
3	SP	Denny Lemaster*	29	10	15	.400	2.81	33	32	0	7	2	0	224.0	231	79	70	11	72	11	146	4	2	7	965	105	1.353	9.3	0.4	2.9	5.9	2.03
4	SP	Don Wilson	23	13	16	.448	3.28	33	30	3	9	3	0	208.2	187	85	76	9	70	5	175	4	1	9	884	90	1.232	8.1	0.4	3.0	7.5	2.50
5	SP	Mike Cuellar*	31	8	11	.421	2.74	28	24	3	11	2	1	170.2	152	60	52	8	45	7	133	1	0	2	700	108	1.154	8.0	0.4	2.4	7.0	2.96
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Steve Shea	25	4	4	.500	3.38	30	0	21	0	0	6	34.2	27	14	13	0	11	0	15	3	0	2	139	88	1.096	7.0	0.0	2.9	3.9	1.36
7	RP	John Buzhardt	31	4	4	.500	3.12	39	4	15	0	0	5	83.2	73	35	29	0	35	13	37	4	0	7	356	95	1.291	7.9	0.0	3.8	4.0	1.06
8	RP	Jim Ray	23	2	3	.400	2.68	41	2	14	1	0	1	80.2	65	26	24	5	25	8	71	1	1	1	333	110	1.116	7.3	0.6	2.8	7.9	2.84
9	RP	Tom Dukes	25	2	2	.500	4.27	43	0	19	0	0	4	52.2	62	31	25	3	28	12	37	2	1	4	251	69	1.709	10.6	0.5	4.8	6.3	1.32
10	RP	Danny Coombs*	26	4	3	.571	3.28	40	2	16	0	0	2	46.2	52	21	17	0	17	4	29	1	0	5	207	90	1.479	10.0	0.0	3.3	5.6	1.71
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Wade Blasingame*	24	1	2	.333	4.75	22	2	7	0	0	1	36.0	45	21	19	3	10	1	22	0	0	3	160	62	1.528	11.3	0.8	2.5	5.5	2.20
12		Pat House*	27	1	1	.500	7.71	18	0	8	0	0	0	16.1	21	15	14	0	6	3	6	2	0	0	75	38	1.653	11.6	0.0	3.3	3.3	1.00
13		Fred Gladding	32	0	0		14.54	7	0	4	0	0	2	4.1	8	7	7	0	3	1	2	1	0	3	24	20	2.538	16.6	0.0	6.2	4.2	0.67
14		Hal Gilson*	26	0	0		7.36	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	7	4	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	19	40	2.182	17.2	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
		Team Totals	26.2	72	90	.444	3.26	162	162	112	50	10	23	1446.2	1362	588	524	68	479	85	1021	36	7	74	6125	91	1.273	8.5	0.4	3.0	6.4	2.13
		Rank in 10 NL teams		10	1		7				3	8	9	10	7	7	7	2	8		9503
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Dave Adlesh	24	36	29	263.1	206	193	11	2	0	.990	-2.0	-9.1						-2	6.97	5.67	3	10	19	6	24%	C
Bob Aspromonte	30	114	110	981.2	280	116	155	9	9	.968	-5.9	-7.2	-4.9	-1.6	-3.3	0	-1		2.48	2.38						3B-LF-RF-1B-SS
John Bateman	27	108	105	881.0	750	690	49	11	6	.985	-10.0	-13.6						-10	7.55	6.84	9	37	42	11	21%	C
Wade Blasingame	24	22	2	36.0	11	1	10	0	1	1.000									2.75	0.50						P
Ron Brand	28	31	18	192.1	168	154	14	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			0	7.86	5.42	0	5	10	3	23%	C-3B-RF
Byron Browne	25	2	2	18.0	8	7	1	0	1	1.000	0.4	26.7	0.4	0.3	0.1	0			4.00	4.00						RF
John Buzhardt	31	39	4	83.2	25	8	17	0	1	1.000									2.69	0.64						P
Nate Colbert	22	16	14	127.0	64	61	1	2	2	.969	-3.0	-28.3	-2.0	-0.7	-1.3	-1	0		4.39	3.88						1B-CF-RF-LF
Danny Coombs	26	40	2	46.2	14	2	11	1	1	.929									2.51	0.33						P
Mike Cuellar	31	28	24	170.2	41	13	24	4	1	.902									1.95	1.32						P
Ron Davis	26	52	52	477.1	139	131	4	4	0	.971	-2.9	-7.3	-2.9	-3.5	0.6	0			2.55	2.60						CF
Larry Dierker	21	32	32	233.2	42	13	28	1	2	.976									1.58	1.28						P
Tom Dukes	25	43	0	52.2	13	1	11	1	0	.923									2.05	0.28						P
Hal Gilson	26	2	0	3.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									4.91	1.00						P
Dave Giusti	28	37	34	251.0	73	20	51	2	3	.973									2.55	1.92						P
Fred Gladding	32	7	0	4.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									2.08	0.14						P
Julio Gotay	29	49	35	342.0	223	116	103	4	28	.982	-8.6	-30.2	-7.6	-4.2	-3.5		-1		5.76	4.47						2B-3B
Jose Herrera	26	24	23	196.0	62	39	20	3	4	.952	-0.6	-3.7	-0.6	-0.5	0.0	0	0		2.71	2.46						RF-2B-LF
Pat House	27	18	0	16.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000									1.65	0.17						P
Hal King	24	19	10	112.2	94	83	8	3	0	.968	-5.0	-53.3						-5	7.27	4.79	3	10	13	2	13%	C
Denny Lemaster	29	33	32	224.0	38	7	27	4	1	.895									1.37	1.03						P
John Mayberry	19	2	2	16.2	25	25	0	0	1	1.000	-0.3	-21.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0		0		13.50	12.50						1B
Leon McFadden	24	16	14	127.0	62	16	44	2	3	.968	-1.0	-9.4	0.0	0.7	-0.6		-1		4.25	3.75						SS
Denis Menke	27	163	149	1314.0	745	346	384	15	71	.980	-9.0	-8.2	-6.0	0.6	-6.7		-3		5.00	4.48						2B-SS-3B-1B
Norm Miller	22	74	65	595.2	135	130	1	4	1	.970	-5.8	-11.7	-3.8	-1.5	-2.5	-2			1.98	1.77						RF-LF-CF
Joe Morgan	24	6	6	48.0	18	10	6	2	2	.889	-2.3	-57.5	-2.3	0.0	-2.3	0	0		3.00	2.67						2B-LF
Ivan Murrell	25	15	13	101.0	29	24	3	2	2	.931	0.6	7.1	0.6	0.6	0.0	0			2.41	1.80						RF-LF-CF
Doug Rader	23	91	90	791.2	323	130	171	22	18	.932	-6.1	-9.2	-5.1	-2.9	-2.2		-1		3.42	3.31						3B-1B
Jim Ray	23	41	2	81.0	12	2	9	1	0	.917									1.22	0.27						P
Steve Shea	25	30	0	34.2	11	2	9	0	1	1.000									2.86	0.37						P
Dick Simpson	24	52	47	421.0	66	62	2	2	1	.970	-10.1	-28.8	-7.1	-4.6	-2.5	-3			1.37	1.23						RF-LF-CF
Rusty Staub	24	162	160	1429.0	1442	1335	94	13	100	.991	-3.8	-3.2	-3.8	-3.0	-0.8	0	0		9.00	8.82						1B-RF
Lee Thomas	32	51	43	397.1	90	80	8	2	3	.978	-5.1	-15.4	-5.1	-2.0	-3.2	0	0		1.99	1.73						RF-LF-1B
Hector Torres	22	128	119	1056.0	576	159	393	24	55	.958	-5.9	-6.7	-3.9	-7.0	3.1		-2		4.70	4.31						SS-2B
Bob Watson	22	41	38	337.1	52	46	0	6	0	.885	-6.7	-23.8	-4.7	-1.8	-2.9	-2			1.23	1.12						LF-RF
Don Wilson	23	33	30	208.2	42	16	22	4	0	.905									1.64	1.15						P
Jimmy Wynn	26	156	152	1350.0	324	300	20	4	8	.988	-9.2	-8.2	-13.2	-10.2	-3.1	4			2.13	2.05						CF-LF-RF
Team Totals	25.7	162	1458	13023.0	6211	4341	1714	156	329	.975	-102.3	-9.4	-72.3	-41.6	-31.1	-4	-9	-17	4.18	3.36	15	62	84	22	21%
Rank in 10 NL teams								2	9	9
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1967 / 1969 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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