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1971 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972)
79-83, Finished 4th in NL West
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Scored 585 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: Harry Walker (79-83)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Jesus Alou 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 24, 1942 9 122 103 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 63 109 17 0
Jack Billingham 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Feb 21, 1943 4 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Ray Busse 22 R R 6' 4" 175 Sep 25, 1948 1st 10 8 10 10 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cesar Cedeno 20 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 25, 1951 2 161 146 161 161 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 124 29 157 5 2
Rich Chiles 21 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 22, 1949 1st 67 20 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 2 27 43 1
Ron Cook 23 L L 6' 1" 175 Jul 11, 1947 2 6 4 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 All-Star
Johnny Edwards 33 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 11 106 91 106 106 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Ken Forsch 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 8, 1946 2 33 23 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Geronimo 23 L L 6' 2" 170 Mar 11, 1948 3 94 13 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 3 16 64 10 31
Fred Gladding 35 L R 6' 0" 225 Jun 28, 1936 11 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Greif 21 R R 6' 5" 205 Apr 25, 1950 1st 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
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
Jack Hiatt 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 27, 1942 8 69 57 69 69 0 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Larry Howard 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 6, 1945 2 24 14 24 24 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Denny Lemaster 32 R L 6' 1" 185 Feb 25, 1939 10 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marty Martinez 29 B R 6' 1" 175 Aug 23, 1941 6 32 10 32 32 0 0 4 9 3 7 0 0 0 0 13 1
John Mayberry 22 L L 6' 3" 220 Feb 18, 1949 4 46 36 46 46 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Denis Menke 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 21, 1940 10 146 128 146 146 0 0 101 5 32 17 0 0 0 0 11 0
Roger Metzger 23 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 2 150 145 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 3
Norm Miller 25 L R 5' 11" 195 Feb 5, 1946 7 45 13 45 45 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 20 28 0
Joe Morgan HOF 27 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 9 160 153 160 160 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Doug Rader 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 30, 1944 5 135 130 135 135 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Ray 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 1, 1944 6 47 1 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Jay Schlueter 21 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 31, 1949 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 3
Scipio Spinks 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 12, 1947 3 5 3 5 5 5 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 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Bob Watson 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 10, 1946 6 129 125 129 129 0 0 45 0 0 0 87 0 1 87 3 0
Don Wilson 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 12, 1945 6 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Jimmy Wynn 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Mar 12, 1942 9 123 103 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 47 72 116 13 0
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

1970 / 1972 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played