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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
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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
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
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* - 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 3 8 9 10 7 7 7 2 8 1
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
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* - 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.51 0.33 P
Mike Cuellar 31 28 24 170.2 41 13 24 4 1 .902 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.58 1.28 P
Tom Dukes 25 43 0 52.2 13 1 11 1 0 .923 0.0 0.0 2.05 0.28 P
Hal Gilson 26 2 0 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.91 1.00 P
Dave Giusti 28 37 34 251.0 73 20 51 2 3 .973 0.0 0.0 2.55 1.92 P
Fred Gladding 32 7 0 4.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.22 0.27 P
Steve Shea 25 30 0 34.2 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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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