1968 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster

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1968 Houston Astros (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
Managed by Grady Hatton and Harry Walker

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   John Bateman        27  111  350   28   87  19  0   4   33  23   46  .249  .297  .337   1   1  16   3   3   4  16   93
1B *Rusty Staub         24  161  591   54  172  37  1   6   72  73   57  .291  .373  .387   2   0  11   7   7   4  24  132
2B  Denis Menke         27  150  542   56  135  23  6   6   56  64   81  .249  .334  .347   5   8   6   6   7   2   6  108
3B  Doug Rader          23   98  333   42   89  16  4   6   43  31   51  .267  .328  .393   2   2   8   1   2   4   3  119
SS  Hector Torres       22  128  466   44  104  11  1   1   24  18   64  .223  .252  .258   2   3  10   0  12   0   2   56
LF  Jimmy Wynn          26  156  542   85  146  23  5  26   67  90  131  .269  .376  .474  11  17   6   5   5   4   9  158
CF  Ron Davis           26   52  217   22   46  10  1   1   12  13   48  .212  .268  .281   0   4   1   4   1   1   0   68
RF *Norm Miller         22   79  257   35   61  18  2   6   28  22   48  .237  .304  .393   6   5   4   5   5   5   1  112
    Bob Aspromonte      30  124  409   25   92   9  2   1   46  35   57  .225  .285  .264   1   0  15   2   5   6   9   68
   *Lee Thomas          32   90  201   14   39   4  0   1   11  14   22  .194  .249  .229   2   1   6   1   4   1   4   47
    Dick Simpson        24   59  177   25   33   7  2   3   11  20   61  .186  .282  .299   4   4   2   4   0   1   2   78
    Julio Gotay         29   75  165    9   41   3  0   1   11   4   21  .248  .271  .285   1   2   6   1   1   0   0   70
    Bob Watson          22   45  140   13   32   7  0   2    8  13   32  .229  .297  .321   1   0   6   1   0   1   1   89
    Dave Adlesh         24   40  104    3   19   1  1   0    4   5   27  .183  .227  .212   0   0   1   1   2   0   2   35
    Jose Herrera        26   27  100    9   24   5  0   0    7   4   12  .240  .269  .290   0   2   1   0   5   0   0   71
    Ron Brand           28   43   81    7   13   2  0   0    4   9   11  .160  .261  .185   1   1   1   2   2   0   0   38
    Ivan Murrell        25   32   59    3    6   1  1   0    3   1   17  .102  .117  .153   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -18
   *Hal King            24   27   55    4    8   2  1   0    2   7   16  .145  .242  .218   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   41
    Nate Colbert        22   20   53    5    8   1  0   0    4   1   23  .151  .164  .170   1   1   2   0   1   1   0    2
    Leon McFadden       24   16   47    2   13   1  0   0    1   6   10  .277  .358  .298   1   0   0   0   1   0   2  102
   *Joe Morgan          24   10   20    6    5   0  1   0    0   7    4  .250  .444  .350   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  145
    Byron Browne        25   10   13    0    3   0  0   0    1   4    6  .231  .412  .231   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  100
   *John Mayberry       19    4    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  -67
    Danny Walton        20    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100

    Dave Giusti         28   38   82    4   15   1  0   0    9   1   17  .183  .212  .195   0   0   1   2   5   0   0   25
    Larry Dierker       21   33   73    2    5   1  0   0    3   2   35  .068  .093  .082   0   0   2   0   9   0   0  -46
    Don Wilson          23   34   70    7   15   2  0   1    6   1   16  .214  .236  .286   0   0   2   1   6   0   0   59
    Denny Lemaster      29   33   65    2    2   0  0   0    1   6   20  .031  .113  .031   0   0   1   0   9   0   0  -54
   *Mike Cuellar        31   28   57    3   11   1  0   1    3   0   25  .193  .207  .263   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   43
    John Buzhardt       31   39   16    0    4   0  0   0    1   1    6  .250  .294  .250   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   67
    Jim Ray             23   42   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    7  .067  .067  .067   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -59
    Danny Coombs        26   40   10    1    4   0  0   0    2   0    5  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  145
    Steve Shea          25   30    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Wade Blasingame     24   22    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   3    2  .000  .375  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   22
    Tom Dukes           25   43    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -35
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.6  162 5336  510 1233 205 28  66  473 479  988  .231  .294  .317  44  51 115  48  97  34  81   94
    Rank among 10 NL teams        10    8   10   3 10  10        2    3     8     7     9   9   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dave Giusti         28  37   3.19  11  14  1  34   1  12   2  251.0  226   95   89  15   67  186 1031  11   4  2   7  93
SP  Larry Dierker       21  32   3.31  12  15  0  32   0  10   1  233.7  206   95   86  14   89  161  981  20   8  0  12  89
SP *Denny Lemaster      29  33   2.81  10  15  0  32   0   7   2  224.0  231   79   70  11   72  146  965   7   4  2  11 105
SP  Don Wilson          23  33   3.28  13  16  0  30   3   9   3  208.7  187   85   76   9   70  175  884   9   4  1   5  90
SP *Mike Cuellar        31  28   2.74   8  11  1  24   3  11   2  170.7  152   60   52   8   45  133  700   2   1  0   7 108

CL  Steve Shea          25  30   3.38   4   4  6   0  21   0   0   34.7   27   14   13   0   11   15  139   2   3  0   0  88
RP  Tom Dukes           25  43   4.27   2   2  4   0  19   0   0   52.7   62   31   25   3   28   37  251   4   2  1  12  69
RP  Jim Ray             23  41   2.68   2   3  1   2  14   1   0   80.7   65   26   24   5   25   71  333   1   1  1   8 110
RP *Danny Coombs        26  40   3.28   4   3  2   2  16   0   0   46.7   52   21   17   0   17   29  207   5   1  0   4  90
RP  John Buzhardt       31  39   3.12   4   4  5   4  15   0   0   83.7   73   35   29   0   35   37  356   7   4  0  13  95

   *Wade Blasingame     24  22   4.75   1   2  1   2   7   0   0   36.0   45   21   19   3   10   22  160   3   0  0   1  62
   *Pat House           27  18   7.71   1   1  0   0   8   0   0   16.3   21   15   14   0    6    6   75   0   2  0   3  38
    Fred Gladding       32   7  14.54   0   0  2   0   4   0   0    4.3    8    7    7   0    3    2   24   3   1  0   1  20
   *Hal Gilson          26   2   7.36   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    7    4    3   0    1    1   19   0   1  0   1  40
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 162   3.26  72  90 23 162 112  50  12 1446.0 1362  588  524  68  479 1021 6125  74  36  7  85  91
    Rank among 10 NL teams          7  10   1  9           3   8     10    7    7        2    8    1

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JBateman 881 105 108 690 49 11 6 .985 9 37 42 11 DAdlesh 263 29 36 193 11 2 0 .990 3 10 19 6 RBrand 190 18 29 153 14 0 3 1.000 0 5 10 3 HKing 112 10 19 83 8 3 0 .968 3 10 13 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 1119 82 16 9 .987 15 62 84 22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RStaub 1303 146 147 1313 93 11 100 .992 9.71 NColbert 45 5 5 43 0 1 2 .977 8.60 DRader 40 5 5 47 3 3 4 .943 11.25 DMenke 21 2 5 29 1 0 2 1.000 12.86 JMayberry 16 2 2 25 0 0 1 1.000 13.47 LThomas 14 2 2 13 3 0 3 1.000 10.29 BAspromonte 6 0 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 1476 101 15 112 .991 9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMenke 1001 115 119 269 285 10 47 .982 4.98 JGotay 341 35 48 116 103 4 28 .982 5.77 JHerrera 59 7 7 15 19 3 4 .919 5.16 JMorgan 43 5 5 9 6 2 2 .882 3.14 HTorres 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 409 415 19 81 .977 5.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DRader 751 85 86 83 168 19 14 .930 3.01 BAspromonte 665 74 75 67 148 6 8 .973 2.91 DMenke 28 3 4 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.89 RBrand 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JGotay 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 153 322 25 23 .950 2.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HTorres 1054 119 127 159 391 24 55 .958 4.70 DMenke 264 29 35 45 92 5 21 .965 4.67 LMcFadden 127 14 16 16 44 2 3 .968 4.25 BAspromonte 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 220 528 31 79 .960 4.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *1.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JWynn 516 57 59 90 9 2 3 .980 1.73 BWatson 329 37 40 45 0 6 0 .882 1.23 BAspromonte 297 34 35 42 5 2 1 .959 1.42 DSimpson 124 13 15 18 1 2 1 .905 1.38 NMiller 61 7 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.31 JHerrera 35 4 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.01 LThomas 35 4 7 3 1 1 0 .800 1.03 IMurrell 25 3 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 NColbert 18 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 JMorgan 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 218 17 13 5 .948 1.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JWynn 778 89 91 203 11 2 5 .991 2.47 RDavis 477 52 52 131 4 4 0 .971 2.55 DSimpson 120 13 15 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 NColbert 37 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.92 NMiller 18 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 IMurrell 16 2 2 5 0 1 0 .833 2.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 377 15 7 5 .982 2.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NMiller 516 56 65 116 1 4 1 .967 2.04 LThomas 348 37 42 64 4 1 0 .986 1.76 DSimpson 177 21 22 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.22 RStaub 125 14 15 22 1 2 0 .920 1.65 JHerrera 101 12 12 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.87 IMurrell 60 8 9 15 2 1 2 .944 2.55 JWynn 55 6 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.14 NColbert 27 3 3 4 1 1 0 .833 1.67 BBrowne 18 2 2 7 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 BAspromonte 10 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90 BWatson 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 RBrand 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 281 12 10 4 .967 1.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *2.02 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JWynn 1350 152 153 298 20 4 8 .988 2.12 NMiller 595 65 74 131 1 4 1 .971 1.99 RDavis 477 52 52 131 4 4 0 .971 2.55 DSimpson 421 47 49 63 2 2 1 .970 1.39 LThomas 383 41 48 67 5 2 0 .973 1.69 BWatson 337 38 40 46 0 6 0 .885 1.23 BAspromonte 307 36 36 43 5 4 1 .923 1.41 JHerrera 136 16 17 22 1 1 0 .958 1.51 RStaub 125 14 15 23 1 2 0 .923 1.72 IMurrell 101 13 15 24 3 2 2 .931 2.41 NColbert 82 9 11 19 1 1 0 .952 2.20 BBrowne 18 2 2 7 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 JMorgan 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 RBrand 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 876 44 32 14 .966 1.91 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGiusti 251 34 37 20 51 2 3 .973 2.55 LDierker 233 32 32 13 28 1 2 .976 1.58 DLemaster 224 32 33 7 27 4 1 .895 1.37 DWilson 208 30 33 16 22 4 0 .905 1.64 MCuellar 170 24 28 13 24 4 1 .902 1.95 JBuzhardt 83 4 39 8 17 0 1 1.000 2.69 JRay 81 2 41 2 9 1 0 .917 1.22 TDukes 52 0 43 1 11 1 0 .923 2.05 DCoombs 46 2 40 2 11 1 1 .929 2.51 WBlasingame 36 2 22 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.75 SShea 34 0 30 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.85 PHouse 16 0 18 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.66 FGladding 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 HGilson 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 88 222 18 11 .945 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Staub .291

On-base % Wynn .376

Slugging % Wynn .474

OPS Wynn .850

Games Staub 161

At Bats Staub 591

Plate Appearances (approx.) Staub 682

Runs Wynn 85

Hits Staub 172

Total Bases Wynn 257

Doubles Staub 37

Triples Menke 6

Home Runs Wynn 26

RBI Staub 72

Bases on Balls Wynn 90

Strikeouts Wynn 131

Stolen Bases Wynn 11

Singles Staub 128

Adjusted OPS+ Wynn 158

Runs Created Wynn 98

Adjusted Batting Runs Wynn 41

Batting Wins Wynn 4.6

Extra-Base Hits Wynn 54

Times on Base Staub 252

Offensive Win% Wynn .732

Hit By Pitch Staub 7

Sac. Hits Torres 12

Sac. Flies Aspromonte 6

Intentional Walks Staub 24

Grounded into Double Plays Bateman 16

Caught Stealing Wynn 17

Power/Speed Number Wynn 15.5

At Bats per Strikeout Staub 10.4

At Bats per Home Run Wynn 20.8

Outs Staub 441

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ERA Cuellar 2.74

Wins Wilson 13

Won-Loss % Wilson .448

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Cuellar 1.154

Hits Allowed/9IP Dierker 7.93

Bases on Balls/9IP Cuellar 2.37

Strikeouts/9IP Wilson 7.55

Games Dukes 43

Saves Shea 6

Innings Giusti 251.0

Strikeouts Giusti 186

Games Started Giusti 34

Comp. Games Giusti 12

Shutouts Wilson 3

Home Runs Allow. Giusti 15

Bases On Balls Allow. Dierker 89

Hits Allowed Lemaster 231

SO to Walk Cuellar 2.96

Losses Wilson 16

Earned Runs Allow. Giusti 89

Wild Pitches Dierker 20

Hit Batsmen Dierker 8

Batters Faced Giusti 1031

Games Finished Shea 21

Adjusted ERA+ Cuellar 108

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