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1969 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968 / 1970

81-81, Finished 5th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Walker (81-81)
Scored 676 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,442,995 (6th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

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1968 / 1970 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
Jesus Alou 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 24, 1942 7 115 108 115 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 58 112 6 0 -1.7 $
Jack Billingham 26 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 21, 1943 2 52 4 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Wade Blasingame 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Nov 22, 1943 7 27 5 27 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.7 $
Curt Blefary 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 5, 1943 5 155 150 155 153 0 0 152 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 2.1 $
Jim Bouton 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 8, 1939 8 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Don Bryant 27 R R 6' 5" 200 Jul 13, 1941 2 31 18 31 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.7 $
Danny Coombs 27 R L 6' 4" 200 Mar 23, 1942 7 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tommy Davis 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 21, 1939 11 24 20 24 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 21 4 0 -0.2 $
Larry Dierker 22 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 6 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.4 $ All-Star
Johnny Edwards 31 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 9 151 140 151 151 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.6 $
Gary Geiger 32 L R 6' 0" 168 Apr 4, 1937 11 93 25 93 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 6 14 65 31 3 0.2 $
Cesar Geronimo 21 L L 6' 0" 165 Mar 11, 1948 1st 28 0 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 9 6 16 0.0 $
Fred Gladding 33 L R 6' 1" 220 Jun 28, 1936 9 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Julio Gotay 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 9, 1939 10 46 11 46 17 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 0.5 $
Tom Griffin 21 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1948 1st 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Skip Guinn 24 R L 5' 10" 180 Oct 25, 1944 2 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Bill Henry 41 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 15, 1927 16 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Keith Lampard 23 L R 6' 2" 197 Dec 20, 1945 1st 9 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 0.0 $
Denny Lemaster 30 R L 6' 1" 182 Feb 25, 1939 8 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 $
Marty Martinez 27 B R 6' 0" 170 Aug 23, 1941 4 78 49 78 59 1 7 0 1 15 17 21 0 0 21 21 2 0.0 $
John Mayberry 20 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1 $
Leon McFadden 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 26, 1944 2 44 17 44 24 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 13 17 11 12 -1.0 $
Denis Menke 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 21, 1940 8 154 154 154 154 0 0 9 23 1 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $ All-Star
Norm Miller 23 L R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 5 119 105 119 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 97 114 9 0 1.3 $
Joe Morgan HOF 25 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 7 147 144 147 144 0 0 0 132 0 0 12 2 0 14 3 0 4.2 $
Doug Rader 24 R R 6' 2" 208 Jul 30, 1944 3 155 154 155 155 0 0 4 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Jim Ray 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1944 4 40 13 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Dan Schneider 26 L L 6' 3" 170 Aug 29, 1942 5 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Scipio Spinks 21 R R 6' 1" 183 Jul 12, 1947 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Hector Torres 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 16, 1945 2 34 14 34 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 14 2 -1.3 $
Sandy Valdespino 30 L L 5' 8" 170 Jan 24, 1939 5 42 28 42 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 13 0 -0.2 $12,000
Bob Watkins 21 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 12, 1948 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bob Watson 23 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 4 20 10 20 12 0 1 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 9 0 0.3 $
Ron Willis 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 12, 1943 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Don Wilson 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 12, 1945 4 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Dooley Womack 29 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 25, 1939 4 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $23,500
Jim Wynn 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 12, 1942 7 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 0 0 8.1 $47,500
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

Don Bryant

Johnny Edwards

Tommy Davis

Denis Menke

Doug Rader

Curt Blefary

Marty Martinez

Hector Torres

Julio Gotay

Joe Morgan

Gary Geiger

Leon McFadden

Norm Miller

Jesus Alou

Denny Lemaster

Jim Wynn

Keith Lampard

Bob Watson

Sandy Valdespino

Danny Coombs

John Mayberry

Cesar Geronimo

Skip Guinn

Wade Blasingame

Scipio Spinks
Dooley Womack

Tom Griffin

Don Wilson

Bill Henry
Dan Schneider

Jack Billingham

Ron Willis

Jim Bouton

Jim Ray

Bob Watkins

Fred Gladding

Larry Dierker

Ron Willis

Jim Bouton

Dan Schneider

1968 / 1970 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers