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1970 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971

79-83, Finished 4th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Walker (79-83)
Scored 744 runs, Allowed 763 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,253,444 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94

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1969 / 1971 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 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 24, 1942 8 117 104 117 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 89 108 11 0 0.4 $
Jim Beauchamp 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1939 7 31 1 31 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 0 17 15 1 -0.3 $
Jack Billingham 27 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 21, 1943 3 46 24 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Wade Blasingame 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Nov 22, 1943 8 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Jim Bouton 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 8, 1939 9 29 6 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Don Bryant 28 R R 6' 5" 200 Jul 13, 1941 3 15 4 15 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.5 $13,500
Cesar Cedeno 19 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 1st 90 89 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 17 90 1 0 1.5 $
Ron Cook 22 L L 6' 1" 175 Jul 11, 1947 1st 43 7 43 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.4 $
George Culver 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1943 5 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Tommy Davis 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 21, 1939 12 57 51 57 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 53 6 0 0.1 $72,000
Larry Dierker 23 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 7 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $
Jack DiLauro 27 B L 6' 2" 185 Mar 3, 1943 2 43 0 43 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.6 $
Johnny Edwards 32 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 10 140 134 140 139 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.8 $
Ken Forsch 23 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 8, 1946 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Gary Geiger 33 L R 6' 0" 168 Apr 4, 1937 12 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 0.0 $
Cesar Geronimo 22 L L 6' 0" 165 Mar 11, 1948 2 47 4 47 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 10 26 14 16 -0.3 $
Fred Gladding 34 L R 6' 1" 220 Jun 28, 1936 10 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tom Griffin 22 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1948 2 23 20 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Buddy Harris 21 R R 6' 7" 245 Dec 5, 1948 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Larry Howard 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 6, 1945 1st 31 22 31 28 0 26 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0.9 $
Keith Lampard 24 L R 6' 2" 197 Dec 20, 1945 2 53 6 53 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 4 16 43 0 0.1 $
Denny Lemaster 31 R L 6' 1" 182 Feb 25, 1939 9 39 21 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Mike Marshall 27 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 15, 1943 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Marty Martinez 28 B R 6' 0" 170 Aug 23, 1941 5 75 25 75 50 0 6 0 4 10 30 0 0 0 0 39 0 -1.2 $
John Mayberry 21 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 3 50 38 50 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.6 $
Leon McFadden 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 26, 1944 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $
Denis Menke 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 21, 1940 9 154 153 154 154 0 0 5 21 5 133 1 0 2 3 1 0 4.4 $ All-Star
Norm Miller 24 L R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 6 90 53 90 72 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 67 72 24 3 0.3 $
Joe Morgan HOF 26 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 8 144 141 144 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.4 $50,000 All-Star
Dan Osinski 36 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 17, 1933 8 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Joe Pepitone 29 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 9, 1940 9 75 69 75 72 0 0 50 0 0 0 15 3 13 28 3 1 0.1 $
Doug Rader 25 R R 6' 2" 208 Jul 30, 1944 4 156 154 156 154 0 0 1 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.4 $
Jim Ray 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1944 5 52 2 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Scipio Spinks 22 R R 6' 1" 183 Jul 12, 1947 2 6 2 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.8 $
Hector Torres 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 16, 1945 3 31 17 31 28 0 0 0 6 0 22 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.2 $
Bob Watson 24 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 5 97 82 97 84 0 6 83 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 0 -0.1 $
Don Wilson 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 12, 1945 5 30 27 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 $
Jim Wynn 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 12, 1942 8 157 149 157 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 87 0 151 7 0 5.1 $60,000
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Don Bryant
Johnny Edwards
Joe Pepitone
Tommy Davis
Larry Howard
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Marty Martinez
Hector Torres

Joe Morgan
Gary Geiger
Cesar Geronimo
Leon McFadden
Norm Miller
Jesus Alou
Denny Lemaster
Jim Wynn
Keith Lampard

Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Jack DiLauro
John Mayberry
Wade Blasingame
Scipio Spinks
Tom Griffin
George Culver
Dan Osinski

Don Wilson
Ron Cook
Jack Billingham
Ken Forsch
Dan Osinski
Jim Beauchamp
Jim Ray
Buddy Harris
Fred Gladding

Larry Dierker
Mike Marshall
Jim Bouton

1969 / 1971 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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