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1970 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969/1971)
79-83, Finished 4th in NL Western Division
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Scored 744 runs, Allowed 763 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Managed by Harry Walker

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 Stats (1969/1971) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / 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      32  140  458   46  101  16  4   7   49  51   63  .221  .299  .319   1   0   9   1   3   2  16   69
1B  Bob Watson          24   97  327   48   89  19  2  11   61  24   59  .272  .324  .443   1   1  10   4   1   6   1  108
2B *Joe Morgan          26  144  548  102  147  28  9   8   52 102   55  .268  .383  .396  42  13  11   1   5   2   3  113
3B  Doug Rader          25  156  576   90  145  25  3  25   87  57  102  .252  .322  .436   3   2  23   4   4   3   7  105
SS  Denis Menke         29  154  562   82  171  26  6  13   92  82   80  .304  .392  .441   6   5   8   5   7   9  10  127
LF  Jimmy Wynn          28  157  554   82  156  32  2  27   88 106   96  .282  .394  .493  24   5  16   1   0   7  12  141
CF  Cesar Cedeno        19   90  355   46  110  21  4   7   42  15   57  .310  .340  .451  17   4   8   2   3   2   2  114
RF  Jesus Alou          28  117  458   59  140  27  3   1   44  21   15  .306  .335  .384   3   2  15   1   3   4   4   96
   *Joe Pepitone        29   75  279   44   70   9  5  14   35  18   28  .251  .298  .470   5   2   7   1   0   1   9  106
   *Norm Miller         24   90  226   29   54   9  0   4   29  41   33  .239  .357  .332   3   1   5   1   0   1   7   90
    Tommy Davis         31   57  213   24   60  12  2   3   30   7   25  .282  .305  .399   8   3   3   0   0   0   1   91
   #Marty Martinez      28   75  150   12   33   3  0   0   12   9   22  .220  .264  .240   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   39
   *John Mayberry       21   50  148   23   32   3  2   5   14  21   33  .216  .318  .365   1   1   6   2   1   2   6   86
    Larry Howard        25   31   88   11   27   6  0   2   16  10   23  .307  .378  .443   0   0   2   0   0   0   3  124
   *Keith Lampard       24   53   72    8   17   8  1   0    5   5   24  .236  .295  .375   0   0   3   1   2   0   0   82
    Hector Torres       24   31   65    6   16   1  2   0    5   6    8  .246  .310  .323   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   73
   *Cesar Geronimo      22   47   37    5    9   0  0   0    2   2    5  .243  .293  .243   0   0   2   1   1   1   0   48
    Jim Beauchamp       30   31   26    3    5   0  0   1    4   3    7  .192  .276  .308   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   59
    Don Bryant          28   15   24    2    5   0  0   0    3   1    8  .208  .231  .208   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   21
   *Gary Geiger         33    5    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   37
    Leon McFadden       26    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

    Larry Dierker       23   37   92    7   16   2  0   0    4   1   37  .174  .181  .196   0   0   2   0   9   1   0    3
    Don Wilson          25   30   69    1    8   2  0   0    4   0   28  .116  .129  .145   0   0   3   1   3   0   0  -25
    Jack Billingham     27   46   58    2    6   0  0   0    1   4   27  .103  .161  .103   0   0   1   0   7   0   0  -26
    Denny Lemaster      31   39   45    3    8   0  0   1    7   5   13  .178  .255  .244   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   37
    Tom Griffin         22   23   33    1    2   1  0   0    1   1   13  .061  .088  .091   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -51
    Jim Ray             25   52   27    1    5   0  0   0    2   0    9  .185  .185  .185   0   1   2   0   0   0   0    2
   *Wade Blasingame     26   13   24    0    2   0  0   0    2   4   10  .083  .214  .083   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -15
    Jim Bouton          31   29   17    3    6   0  0   0    2   1    6  .353  .421  .353   0   0   1   1   1   0   0  114
   *Ron Cook            22   43   17    2    4   0  2   0    1   1   11  .235  .278  .471   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  101
    Ken Forsch          23    4    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   3   0   0 -100
   *Fred Gladding       34   63    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    6  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    George Culver       26   32    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   37
    Scipio Spinks       22    6    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Jack Dilauro        27   43    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Buddy Harris        21    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6  162 5574  744 1446 250 47 129  694 598  911  .259  .331  .391 114  41 144  27  63  43  81  104
    Rank among 12 NL teams         5    5    7   3  5   8        5    8     7     7     6   5   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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       23  37   3.87  16  12  1  36   1  17   2  269.7  263  124  116  31   82  191 1132   8   6  0   4 101
SP  Don Wilson          25  29   3.91  11   6  0  27   1   3   0  184.3  188   92   80  15   66   94  806  15   7  1   4 100
SP  Jack Billingham     27  46   3.98  13   9  0  24   7   8   2  187.7  190  102   83  10   63  134  818  11  10  0   2  98
SP *Denny Lemaster      31  39   4.56   7  12  3  21   8   3   0  162.0  169   88   82  22   65  103  709  12   2  0   9  85
SP  Tom Griffin         22  23   5.74   3  13  0  20   1   2   1  111.3  118   72   71   9   72   72  511  13   3  0   1  68
SP *Wade Blasingame     26  13   3.48   3   3  0  13   0   1   0   77.7   76   34   30   4   23   55  320   4   2  0   3 112

CL  Fred Gladding       34  63   4.06   7   4 18   0  44   0   0   71.0   84   39   32   4   24   46  324   7   3  0   8  96
RP  Jim Ray             25  52   3.26   6   3  5   2  16   0   0  105.0   97   39   38  13   49   67  443   3   0  1   2 119
RP *Jack Dilauro        27  42   4.28   1   3  3   0  16   0   0   33.7   34   23   16   4   17   23  152   1   0  1   2  91
RP *Ron Cook            22  41   3.72   4   4  2   7   8   0   0   82.3   80   37   34   4   42   50  350   2   3  1   4 105
RP  George Culver       26  32   3.20   3   3  3   0  15   0   0   45.0   44   17   16   1   21   31  200   8   3  0   2 122

    Jim Bouton          31  29   5.40   4   6  0   6   6   1   0   73.3   84   53   44   5   33   49  336   3   1  0   3  72
    Ken Forsch          23   4   5.63   1   2  0   4   0   1   0   24.0   28   15   15   1    5   13   99   1   0  0   0  69
    Scipio Spinks       22   5   9.88   0   1  0   2   1   0   0   13.7   17   15   15   5    9    6   67   1   0  1   0  39
    Buddy Harris        21   2   5.68   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    6.3    6    4    4   3    0    2   25   0   0  0   0  68
    Mike Marshall       27   4   8.44   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    5.3    8    5    5   0    4    5   27   2   1  0   0  46
    Dan Osinski         36   3   9.82   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    3.7    5    4    4   0    2    1   18   0   0  0   1  40
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 162   4.23  79  83 35 162 126  36   6 1456.0 1491  763  684 131  577  942 6337  91  41  5  45  92
    Rank among 12 NL teams          8   7   6  5           7  12      6   11    8        4    6    7

    * - 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    1177 134 139  854   74   5  11  .995   6  69  59  49
LHoward      196  22  26  125   11   1   0  .993   1  11   6   7
DBryant       54   4  13   42    2   2   0  .957   3   3  12   2
MMartinez     15   2   6   12    0   1   0  .923   1   3   2   0
BWatson       11   0   6   11    1   0   0 1.000   1   5   0   0
NMiller        2   0   1    2    0   0   0 1.000   0   0   0   0
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1456 162 162 1046   88   9  11  .992  12  91  79  58
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *9.68
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BWatson      686  82  83  695   39   6  54  .992  9.63
JPepitone    396  42  50  376   29   2  45  .995  9.19
JMayberry    347  38  45  371   35   2  29  .995 10.51
DMenke        13   0   5   14    0   0   0 1.000  9.69
KLampard       6   0   2    5    0   0   0 1.000  7.50
LHoward        5   0   2    5    1   0   0 1.000  9.47
DRader         1   0   1    2    0   0   0 1.000 18.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1456 162 162 1468  104  10 128  .994  9.72
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979 *5.32
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JMorgan     1254 141 142  349  430  17  98  .979  5.59
DMenke       162  18  21   51   62   1  14  .991  6.28
HTorres       27   2   6    8    6   0   2 1.000  4.67
MMartinez     13   1   4    5    3   0   1 1.000  5.54
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1456 162 162  413  501  18 115  .981  5.65
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .945 *2.91
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DRader      1371 154 154  147  357  18  39  .966  3.31
MMartinez     57   6  10    6   11   0   0 1.000  2.68
DMenke        28   2   5    1    4   1   1  .833  1.61
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1456 162 162  154  372  19  40  .965  3.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .965 *5.05
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DMenke      1139 131 133  192  394  28  66  .954  4.63
MMartinez    182  16  29   34   64   1   9  .990  4.85
HTorres      134  15  22   26   45   4   7  .947  4.74
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1456 162 162  252  503  33  82  .958  4.67
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .971 *1.75
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JWynn        554  66  66   82    5   2   1  .978  1.41
TDavis       419  51  53   68    4   4   1  .947  1.55
JAlou        204  20  29   39    3   1   1  .977  1.85
JPepitone    115  15  15   25    1   0   0 1.000  2.03
KLampard      65   5  13   17    2   0   0 1.000  2.60
JBeauchamp    32   1  14    2    0   0   0 1.000  0.56
CGeronimo     28   1  12    3    0   1   0  .750  0.96
NMiller       18   2   4    6    1   0   0 1.000  3.50
DMenke         9   1   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
GGeiger        5   0   2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
BWatson        3   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  2.43
LHoward        2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1456 162 162  245   16   8   3  .970  1.61
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.34
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JWynn        741  83  87  181    5   2   2  .989  2.26
CCedeno      656  75  75  158    2   6   0  .964  2.20
NMiller       20   2   4    9    1   1   0  .909  4.50
CGeronimo     17   1   5    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
JPepitone     13   1   3    4    0   0   0 1.000  2.77
JBeauchamp     8   0   3    4    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1456 162 162  356    8   9   2  .976  2.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976 *2.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JAlou        689  84  89  122    8   6   1  .956  1.70
NMiller      479  49  67   87    8   5   1  .950  1.78
CCedeno      130  14  17   29    1   1   0  .968  2.08
JPepitone     93  11  13   19    0   1   0  .950  1.84
CGeronimo     35   2  10    9    1   1   0  .909  2.55
KLampard      17   1   4    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.59
DMenke        12   1   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.42
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1456 162 162  271   18  14   2  .954  1.79
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976 *2.07  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
JWynn       1295 149 151  293   14   4   4  .987  2.13
JAlou        893 104 108  169    6   7   2  .962  1.76
CCedeno      786  89  90  211    1   7   0  .968  2.43
NMiller      517  53  72  101    6   6   1  .947  1.86
TDavis       419  51  53   71    4   4   1  .949  1.61
JPepitone    221  27  28   52    1   1   0  .981  2.16
KLampard      82   6  16   20    2   0   0 1.000  2.39
CGeronimo     81   4  26   23    0   2   0  .920  2.56
JBeauchamp    40   1  16    7    0   0   0 1.000  1.57
DMenke        21   2   3    4    0   0   0 1.000  1.66
GGeiger        5   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.80
BWatson        3   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  2.43
LHoward        2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1456 162 162  953   34  31   8  .970  2.03 162 162 162
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .951 *1.85
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LDierker     269  36  37   19   31   3   3  .943  1.67
JBillingham  187  24  46   13   30   2   1  .956  2.06
DWilson      184  27  29    6   17   2   2  .920  1.12
DLemaster    162  21  39    8   17   1   1  .962  1.39
TGriffin     111  20  23    8   10   1   0  .947  1.46
JRay         105   2  52    4   17   1   1  .955  1.80
RCook         82   7  41    3   13   2   1  .889  1.75
WBlasingame   77  13  13    2   15   1   0  .944  1.97
JBouton       73   6  29    4   11   3   0  .833  1.84
FGladding     71   0  63    7   15   1   1  .957  2.79
GCulver       45   0  32    3    3   1   0  .857  1.20
JDilauro      33   0  42    2    4   2   0  .750  1.60
KForsch       24   4   4    2    2   0   1 1.000  1.50
SSpinks       13   2   5    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
BHarris        6   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.43
MMarshall      5   0   4    0    4   0   0 1.000  6.79
DOsinski       3   0   3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1456 162 162   82  189  20  11  .931  1.68
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
 Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageMenke.304
On-base %Wynn.394
Slugging %Wynn.493
OPSWynn.887
GamesWynn157
At BatsRader576
Plate Appearances (approx.)Wynn668
RunsMorgan102
HitsMenke171
Total BasesWynn273
DoublesWynn32
TriplesMorgan9
Home RunsWynn27
RBIMenke92
Bases on BallsWynn106
StrikeoutsRader102
Stolen BasesMorgan42
SinglesMenke126
Adjusted OPS+Wynn141
Runs CreatedWynn114
Adjusted Batting RunsWynn37
Batting WinsWynn3.6
Extra-Base HitsWynn61
Times on BaseWynn263
Offensive Win%Wynn.690
Hit By PitchMenke5
Sac. HitsDierker9
Sac. FliesMenke9
Intentional WalksEdwards16
Grounded into Double PlaysRader23
Caught StealingMorgan13
Power/Speed NumberWynn25.4
At Bats per StrikeoutMorgan10.0
At Bats per Home RunWynn20.5
OutsRader463

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERADierker3.87
WinsDierker16
Won-Loss %Wilson.647
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Dierker1.279
Hits Allowed/9IPDierker8.78
Bases on Balls/9IPDierker2.74
Strikeouts/9IPBillingham6.43
GamesGladding63
SavesGladding18
InningsDierker269.7
StrikeoutsDierker191
Games StartedDierker36
Comp. GamesDierker17
ShutoutsBillingham and Dierker2
Home Runs Allow.Dierker31
Bases On Balls Allow.Dierker82
Hits AllowedDierker263
SO to WalkDierker2.33
LossesGriffin13
Earned Runs Allow.Dierker116
Wild PitchesWilson15
Hit BatsmenBillingham10
Batters FacedDierker1132
Games FinishedGladding44
Adjusted ERA+Dierker101

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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