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1971 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972

79-83, Finished 4th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Walker (79-83)
Scored 585 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,261,589 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93

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1970 / 1972 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 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 24, 1942 9 122 103 122 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 63 109 18 0 1.0 $
Jack Billingham 28 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 21, 1943 4 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Wade Blasingame 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Nov 22, 1943 9 30 28 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Ray Busse 22 R R 6' 4" 175 Sep 25, 1948 1st 10 8 10 8 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Cesar Cedeno 20 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 2 161 146 161 157 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 124 29 157 5 2 1.7 $
Rich Chiles 21 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 22, 1949 1st 67 20 67 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 2 27 45 1 0.0 $
Ron Cook 23 L L 6' 1" 175 Jul 11, 1947 2 6 4 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
George Culver 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1943 6 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Larry Dierker 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 8 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $ All-Star
Johnny Edwards 33 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 11 106 91 106 104 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.6 $
Ken Forsch 24 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 8, 1946 2 33 23 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Cesar Geronimo 23 L L 6' 0" 165 Mar 11, 1948 3 94 13 94 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 3 16 64 11 33 -0.5 $
Fred Gladding 35 L R 6' 1" 220 Jun 28, 1936 11 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Bill Greif 21 R R 6' 4" 196 Apr 25, 1950 1st 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tom Griffin 23 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1948 3 10 6 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Skip Guinn 26 R L 5' 10" 180 Oct 25, 1944 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Buddy Harris 22 R R 6' 7" 245 Dec 5, 1948 2 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Jack Hiatt 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 27, 1942 8 69 57 69 66 0 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1.4 $
Larry Howard 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 6, 1945 2 24 14 24 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 $
Denny Lemaster 32 R L 6' 1" 182 Feb 25, 1939 10 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Marty Martinez 29 B R 6' 0" 170 Aug 23, 1941 6 32 10 32 21 0 0 4 9 3 7 0 0 0 0 14 1 -0.3 $
John Mayberry 22 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 4 46 36 46 38 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.0 $13,000
Denis Menke 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 21, 1940 10 146 128 146 137 0 0 101 5 32 17 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.1 $
Roger Metzger 23 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 2 150 145 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.6 $
Norm Miller 25 L R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 7 45 13 45 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 20 30 0 0.3 $
Joe Morgan HOF 27 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 9 160 153 160 157 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5.2 $
Doug Rader 26 R R 6' 2" 208 Jul 30, 1944 5 135 130 135 135 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Jim Ray 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1944 6 47 1 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
J.R. Richard 21 R R 6' 8" 222 Mar 7, 1950 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jay Schlueter 21 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 31, 1949 1st 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 0.0 $
Scipio Spinks 23 R R 6' 1" 183 Jul 12, 1947 3 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Derrel Thomas 20 B R 6' 0" 160 Jan 14, 1951 1st 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.1 $
Bob Watson 25 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 6 129 125 129 125 0 0 44 0 0 0 87 0 1 88 4 0 0.9 $
Don Wilson 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 12, 1945 6 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 $ All-Star
Jim Wynn 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 12, 1942 9 123 103 123 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 47 72 116 14 0 -0.9 $
Larry Yount 21 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 15, 1950 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
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

Johnny Edwards
Jack Hiatt
Larry Howard
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Marty Martinez
Roger Metzger
Ray Busse

Jay Schlueter
Joe Morgan
Derrel Thomas
Cesar Geronimo
Norm Miller
Jesus Alou
Denny Lemaster
Jim Wynn

Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Rich Chiles
Wade Blasingame
Larry Yount
George Culver
John Mayberry
Skip Guinn
Wade Blasingame

Scipio Spinks
Tom Griffin
George Culver
Don Wilson
Ron Cook
Jack Billingham
Ken Forsch
Bill Greif

Jim Ray
Buddy Harris
Fred Gladding
Larry Dierker
J.R. Richard
Bill Greif

1970 / 1972 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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