1969 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster

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1969 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968/1970)
81-81, Finished 5th in NL Western Division
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Scored 676 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Managed by Harry Walker

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 Stats (1968/1970) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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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  *Johnny Edwards      31  151  496   52  115  20  6   6   50  53   69  .232  .306  .333   2   1  17   2   4   4  12   81
1B *Curt Blefary        25  155  542   66  137  26  7  12   67  77   79  .253  .347  .393   8   7   8   4   4   5  10  109
2B *Joe Morgan          25  147  535   94  126  18  5  15   43 110   74  .236  .365  .372  49  14   5   1   7   4   1  109
3B  Doug Rader          24  155  569   62  140  25  3  11   83  62  103  .246  .325  .359   1   5  17   6   1   3   7   94
SS  Denis Menke         28  154  553   72  149  25  5  10   90  87   87  .269  .369  .387   2   7  13   4   7   6  12  115
LF  Jesus Alou          27  115  452   49  112  19  4   5   34  15   30  .248  .276  .341   4   6  13   4   2   3   6   74
CF  Jimmy Wynn          27  149  495  113  133  17  1  33   87 148  142  .269  .436  .507  23   7   5   3   2   5  14  167
RF *Norm Miller         23  119  409   58  108  21  4   4   50  47   77  .264  .348  .364   4   4   6   7   1   3   3  102
   #Marty Martinez      27   78  198   14   61   5  4   0   15  10   21  .308  .340  .374   0   0   5   0   4   1   1  102
   *Gary Geiger         32   93  125   19   28   4  1   0   16  24   34  .224  .351  .272   2   1   1   1   5   1   2   79
   *Sandy Valdespino    30   41  119   17   29   4  0   0   12  15   19  .244  .326  .277   2   2   1   0   2   1   0   72
    Julio Gotay         30   46   81    7   21   5  0   0    9   7   13  .259  .318  .321   2   1   4   0   0   0   1   82
    Tommy Davis         30   24   79    2   19   3  0   1    9   8    9  .241  .318  .316   1   1   2   1   0   0   0   80
    Leon McFadden       25   44   74    3   13   2  0   0    3   4    9  .176  .218  .203   1   2   2   0   3   0   0   20
    Hector Torres       23   34   69    5   11   1  0   1    8   2   12  .159  .183  .217   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   13
    Don Bryant          27   31   59    2   11   1  0   1    6   4   13  .186  .250  .254   0   0   1   1   1   0   1   43
    Bob Watson          23   20   40    3   11   3  0   0    3   6    5  .275  .396  .350   0   0   0   2   0   0   0  113
   *Keith Lampard       23    9   12    2    3   0  0   1    2   0    3  .250  .250  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  108
   *Cesar Geronimo      21   28    8    8    2   1  0   0    0   0    3  .250  .250  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   75
   *John Mayberry       20    5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -39

    Larry Dierker       22   39  118    7   17   2  0   1    7   2   38  .144  .158  .186   0   0   3   0   7   0   0   -3
    Denny Lemaster      30   38   88    3   15   3  0   1    7   6   26  .170  .223  .239   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   31
    Don Wilson          24   34   81    7    8   2  0   0    5   3   36  .099  .167  .123   0   0   0   4   2   2   0  -17
    Tom Griffin         21   31   62    6    9   1  0   2    8   5   35  .145  .203  .258   0   0   1   0   4   2   0   30
    Jim Ray             24   40   26    1    3   0  0   0    2   0    9  .115  .148  .115   0   0   1   1   3   0   0  -24
    Jack Billingham     26   52   14    2    1   0  0   0    0   3    5  .071  .235  .071   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -9
   *Wade Blasingame     25   27   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Fred Gladding       33   57   10    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    8  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -43
   *Dooley Womack       29   30    6    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -5
    Jim Bouton          30   16    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Skip Guinn          24   28    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Danny Coombs        27    8    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bob Watkins         21    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Dan Schneider       26    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5  162 5348  676 1284 208 40 104  618 699  972  .240  .328  .352 101  58 109  41  68  40  70  101
    Rank among 12 NL teams        12    6   11   6  7   9        2    6    10     4    10   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Larry Dierker       22  39   2.33  20  13  0  37   0  20   4  305.3  240   97   79  18   72  232 1207   9   1  0   6 151
SP *Denny Lemaster      30  38   3.16  13  17  1  37   1  11   1  244.7  232   97   86  20   72  173 1029   8   1  1   8 111
SP  Don Wilson          24  34   4.00  16  12  0  34   0  13   1  225.0  210  119  100  16   97  235  979  16   9  3   8  88
SP  Tom Griffin         21  31   3.54  11  10  0  31   0   6   3  188.3  156   80   74  19   93  200  810   6   7  4   4 100

CL  Fred Gladding       33  57   4.21   4   8 29   0  43   0   0   72.7   83   39   34   2   27   40  319   1   1  1   6  84
RP  Jack Billingham     26  52   4.25   6   7  2   4  22   1   0   82.7   92   45   39  12   29   71  358   2   5  0  11  83
RP  Dooley Womack       29  30   3.51   2   1  0   0   6   0   0   51.3   49   21   20   1   20   32  217   7   3  0   5 101
RP *Skip Guinn          24  28   6.67   1   2  0   0  11   0   0   27.0   34   22   20   3   21   33  136   2   1  0   2  53
RP  Jim Ray             24  40   3.91   8   2  0  13   4   0   0  115.0  105   55   50  11   48  115  489   4   2  0   4  90

   *Wade Blasingame     25  26   5.37   0   5  1   5   4   0   0   52.0   66   47   31   4   33   33  258   9   2  0   7  66
    Jim Bouton          30  16   4.11   0   2  1   1   7   1   0   30.7   32   16   14   1   12   32  135   4   2  0   1  86
    Bob Watkins         21   5   5.17   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   15.7   13    9    9   1   13   11   68   3   0  0   0  68
   *Danny Coombs        27   8   6.75   0   1  0   0   4   0   0    8.0   12    6    6   0    2    3   36   0   1  0   1  52
   *Dan Schneider       26   6  13.50   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    7.3   16   12   11   2    5    3   43   0   0  0   2  26
   *Bill Henry          41   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.0    2    1    0   0    2    2   20   0   0  0   0    
    Ron Willis          25   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.3    3    0    0   0    0    2   11   2   0  0   0    
    Scipio Spinks       21   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    1    0   0    1    4    8   0   0  0   0    
    Marty Martinez      27   1  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    0.7    1    1    1   1    0    0    3   0   0  0   0  26
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.6 162   3.60  81  81 34 162 110  52  11 1435.0 1347  668  574 111  547 1221 6126  73  35  9  65  98
    Rank among 12 NL teams          7   9   4  4           4   7      9    5    8        3    7    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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JEdwards 1241 140 151 1135 79 7 9 .994 10 63 53 49 DBryant 157 18 28 141 7 1 2 .993 3 6 12 1 MMartinez 35 4 7 24 3 3 0 .900 1 4 1 3 BWatson 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1435 162 162 1305 89 11 11 .992 15 73 66 53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CBlefary 1322 149 152 1235 103 17 117 .987 9.10 DMenke 62 7 9 52 9 1 3 .984 8.85 BWatson 37 5 5 34 3 0 4 1.000 9.00 DRader 14 1 4 14 0 1 2 .933 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 1335 115 19 126 .987 9.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *5.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorgan 1138 131 132 303 328 18 79 .972 4.99 DMenke 172 20 23 42 47 2 9 .978 4.65 JGotay 119 11 16 34 41 1 12 .987 5.67 MMartinez 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 381 416 21 100 .974 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DRader 1341 153 154 126 307 25 34 .945 2.91 MMartinez 84 8 15 7 23 3 2 .909 3.20 DMenke 9 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 JGotay 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 135 332 28 36 .943 2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *4.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMenke 1115 126 131 161 356 24 63 .956 4.17 HTorres 144 14 22 30 38 4 7 .944 4.23 MMartinez 122 16 17 23 39 5 5 .925 4.57 LMcFadden 53 6 8 8 17 1 0 .962 4.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 222 450 34 75 .952 4.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *1.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JAlou 494 56 65 81 4 4 1 .955 1.55 SValdespino 227 28 29 27 2 1 0 .967 1.15 GGeiger 183 14 47 36 2 2 0 .950 1.87 TDavis 161 19 20 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.06 MMartinez 148 21 21 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.15 JMorgan 96 11 12 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 NMiller 53 6 7 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.51 BWatson 43 5 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.84 LMcFadden 12 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 CBlefary 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 CGeronimo 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 213 11 7 1 .970 1.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JWynn 1292 148 149 265 7 5 1 .982 1.89 NMiller 101 11 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 JMorgan 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.54 GGeiger 16 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TDavis 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 CGeronimo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 286 7 5 1 .983 1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NMiller 782 88 97 132 14 3 3 .980 1.68 JAlou 451 52 58 75 7 10 0 .891 1.64 GGeiger 102 11 14 12 2 0 0 1.000 1.24 LMcFadden 86 10 13 14 1 1 0 .937 1.56 KLampard 9 1 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 CGeronimo 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 238 25 14 3 .949 1.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *2.02 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JWynn 1292 148 149 318 9 5 3 .985 2.28 JAlou 946 108 112 173 8 14 1 .928 1.72 NMiller 937 105 114 172 7 3 3 .984 1.72 GGeiger 301 25 65 57 3 2 0 .968 1.79 SValdespino 227 28 29 37 3 1 0 .976 1.59 TDavis 169 20 21 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.49 MMartinez 148 21 21 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 JMorgan 113 13 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 LMcFadden 99 11 17 17 0 1 0 .944 1.54 BWatson 43 5 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.47 CGeronimo 12 0 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 KLampard 9 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 CBlefary 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1435 162 162 848 33 26 7 .971 1.84 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LDierker 305 37 39 14 42 3 5 .949 1.65 DLemaster 244 37 38 12 33 0 1 1.000 1.66 DWilson 225 34 34 19 25 3 0 .936 1.76 TGriffin 188 31 31 8 16 2 1 .923 1.15 JRay 115 13 40 5 11 0 0 1.000 1.25 JBillingham 82 4 52 3 12 1 1 .937 1.63 FGladding 72 0 57 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.10 WBlasingame 52 5 26 5 9 3 0 .824 2.42 DWomack 51 0 30 7 17 1 0 .960 4.21 JBouton 30 1 16 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.05 SGuinn 27 0 28 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 BWatkins 15 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.57 DCoombs 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DSchneider 7 0 6 0 3 1 0 .750 3.70 BHenry 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RWillis 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SSpinks 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MMartinez 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1435 162 162 81 189 14 8 .951 1.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Menke and Wynn .269

On-base % Wynn .436

Slugging % Wynn .507

OPS Wynn .943

Games Blefary and Rader 155

At Bats Rader 569

Plate Appearances (approx.) Menke and Morgan 657

Runs Wynn 113

Hits Menke 149

Total Bases Wynn 251

Doubles Blefary 26

Triples Blefary 7

Home Runs Wynn 33

RBI Menke 90

Bases on Balls Wynn 148

Strikeouts Wynn 142

Stolen Bases Morgan 49

Singles Menke 109

Adjusted OPS+ Wynn 167

Runs Created Wynn 126

Adjusted Batting Runs Wynn 54

Batting Wins Wynn 5.5

Extra-Base Hits Wynn 51

Times on Base Wynn 284

Offensive Win% Wynn .799

Hit By Pitch Miller 7

Sac. Hits Dierker, Menke, and Morgan 7

Sac. Flies Menke 6

Intentional Walks Wynn 14

Grounded into Double Plays Edwards and Rader 17

Caught Stealing Morgan 14

Power/Speed Number Wynn 27.1

At Bats per Strikeout Edwards and Morgan 7.2

At Bats per Home Run Wynn 15.0

Outs Rader 455

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ERA Dierker 2.33

Wins Dierker 20

Won-Loss % Dierker .606

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dierker 1.022

Hits Allowed/9IP Dierker 7.07

Bases on Balls/9IP Dierker 2.12

Strikeouts/9IP Griffin 9.56

Games Gladding 57

Saves Gladding 29

Innings Dierker 305.3

Strikeouts Wilson 235

Games Started Dierker and Lemaster 37

Comp. Games Dierker 20

Shutouts Dierker 4

Home Runs Allow. Lemaster 20

Bases On Balls Allow. Wilson 97

Hits Allowed Dierker 240

SO to Walk Dierker 3.22

Losses Lemaster 17

Earned Runs Allow. Wilson 100

Wild Pitches Wilson 16

Hit Batsmen Wilson 9

Batters Faced Dierker 1207

Games Finished Gladding 43

Adjusted ERA+ Dierker 151

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1968/1970

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