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1971 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Johnny Edwards* 33 106 345 317 18 74 13 4 1 23 1 1 26 38 .233 .291 .309 .600 72 98 0 0 1 1 9
2 1B Denis Menke 30 146 547 475 57 117 26 3 1 43 4 5 59 68 .246 .328 .320 .648 87 152 14 2 5 6 4
3 2B Joe Morgan* 27 160 689 583 87 149 27 11 13 56 40 8 88 52 .256 .351 .407 .757 116 237 4 1 10 7 2
4 SS Roger Metzger# 23 150 617 562 64 132 14 11 0 26 15 6 44 50 .235 .294 .299 .593 70 168 5 4 5 2 4
5 3B Doug Rader 26 135 534 484 51 118 21 4 12 56 5 1 40 112 .244 .303 .378 .681 94 183 10 3 2 5 2
6 LF Bob Watson 25 129 514 468 49 135 17 3 9 67 0 3 41 56 .288 .347 .395 .742 112 185 14 2 1 2 5
7 CF Cesar Cedeno 20 161 649 611 85 161 40 6 10 81 20 9 25 102 .264 .293 .398 .690 96 243 9 3 3 7 5
8 RF Jimmy Wynn 29 123 466 404 38 82 16 0 7 45 10 5 56 63 .203 .302 .295 .596 72 119 14 2 2 2 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Jesus Alou 29 122 455 433 41 121 21 4 2 40 3 7 13 17 .279 .305 .360 .666 90 156 11 4 3 2 3
10 C Jack Hiatt 28 69 214 174 16 48 8 1 1 16 0 1 35 39 .276 .401 .351 .752 117 61 1 2 2 1 2
11 1B John Mayberry* 22 46 154 137 16 25 0 1 7 14 0 0 13 32 .182 .260 .350 .610 73 48 2 2 0 2 2
12 LF Rich Chiles* 21 67 128 119 12 27 5 1 2 15 0 1 6 20 .227 .268 .336 .604 72 40 2 1 1 1 0
13 OF Cesar Geronimo* 23 94 88 82 13 18 2 2 1 6 2 2 5 31 .220 .264 .329 .594 69 27 0 0 1 0 0
14 UT Norm Miller* 25 45 81 74 5 19 5 0 2 10 0 0 5 13 .257 .313 .405 .718 104 30 3 1 1 0 0
15 C Larry Howard 26 24 68 64 6 15 3 0 2 14 0 1 3 17 .234 .265 .375 .640 81 24 2 0 0 1 0
16 IF Marty Martinez# 29 32 65 62 4 16 3 1 0 4 1 0 3 6 .258 .292 .339 .631 80 21 3 0 0 0 0
17 IF Ray Busse 22 10 37 34 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 9 .147 .194 .235 .430 23 8 0 0 1 0 0
18 2B Derrel Thomas# 20 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 LF Jay Schlueter 21 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 92 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Don Wilson 26 35 100 91 5 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 37 .154 .181 .165 .346 -0 15 2 2 6 0 0
21 P Jack Billingham 28 33 81 73 1 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 30 .123 .133 .123 .257 -26 9 2 0 6 1 0
22 P Ken Forsch 24 33 63 59 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 30 .136 .150 .153 .303 -13 9 0 0 3 0 0
23 P Wade Blasingame* 27 30 59 49 5 10 3 0 1 9 0 0 7 18 .204 .298 .327 .625 79 16 0 0 2 1 0
24 P Larry Dierker 24 24 58 54 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .074 .091 .093 .184 -47 5 3 0 3 0 0
25 P Jim Ray 26 47 20 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .167 .250 .167 .417 22 3 0 0 0 0 0
26 P George Culver 27 59 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -48 1 1 0 3 0 0
27 P Tom Griffin 23 10 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -9 1 2 0 0 0 0
28 P J.R. Richard 21 4 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
29 P Scipio Spinks 23 5 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 28 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Ron Cook* 23 6 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 44 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Denny Lemaster 32 42 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -4 1 0 0 1 0 0
32 P Bill Greif 21 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 92 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Buddy Harris 22 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Fred Gladding* 35 48 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
35 P Skip Guinn 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Larry Yount 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.1 162 6105 5492 585 1319 230 52 71 547 101 51 478 888 .240 .302 .340 .642 84 1866 105 29 65 41 44
Rank in 12 NL teams 6 10 8 1 3 12 2 2 8 7 10 9 11 11 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Don Wilson 26 16 10 .615 2.45 35 34 0 18 3 0 268.0 195 80 73 15 79 3 180 7 0 5 1067 137 1.022 6.5 0.5 2.7 6.0 2.28
2 SP Jack Billingham 28 10 16 .385 3.39 33 33 0 8 3 0 228.1 205 98 86 9 68 8 139 16 1 6 943 99 1.196 8.1 0.4 2.7 5.5 2.04
3 SP Ken Forsch 24 8 8 .500 2.53 33 23 4 7 2 0 188.1 162 60 53 8 53 5 131 4 0 8 771 133 1.142 7.7 0.4 2.5 6.3 2.47
4 SP Larry Dierker 24 12 6 .667 2.72 24 23 0 6 2 0 159.0 150 50 48 8 33 1 91 2 0 6 647 124 1.151 8.5 0.5 1.9 5.2 2.76
5 SP Wade Blasingame* 27 9 11 .450 4.60 30 28 0 2 0 0 158.1 177 90 81 11 45 3 93 13 0 10 696 73 1.402 10.1 0.6 2.6 5.3 2.07
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Fred Gladding 35 4 5 .444 2.10 48 0 32 0 0 12 51.1 51 17 12 0 22 7 17 7 0 2 228 160 1.422 8.9 0.0 3.9 3.0 0.77
7 RP Jim Ray 26 10 4 .714 2.12 47 1 21 0 0 3 97.2 72 27 23 3 31 5 46 2 1 5 382 159 1.055 6.6 0.3 2.9 4.2 1.48
8 RP George Culver 27 5 8 .385 2.64 59 0 34 0 0 7 95.1 89 33 28 4 38 10 57 2 0 4 398 127 1.332 8.4 0.4 3.6 5.4 1.50
9 RP Denny Lemaster* 32 0 2 .000 3.45 42 0 17 0 0 2 60.0 59 23 23 4 22 6 28 1 0 7 253 98 1.350 8.9 0.6 3.3 4.2 1.27
10 RP Buddy Harris 22 1 1 .500 6.46 20 0 7 0 0 0 30.2 33 22 22 3 16 1 21 0 1 2 138 52 1.598 9.7 0.9 4.7 6.2 1.31
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Tom Griffin 23 0 6 .000 4.78 10 6 0 0 0 0 37.2 44 22 20 4 20 1 29 2 0 4 177 70 1.699 10.5 1.0 4.8 6.9 1.45
12 Scipio Spinks 23 1 0 1.000 3.68 5 3 0 1 0 0 29.1 22 12 12 2 13 0 26 1 0 1 121 91 1.193 6.8 0.6 4.0 8.0 2.00
13 Ron Cook* 23 0 4 .000 4.91 5 4 1 0 0 0 25.2 23 14 14 2 8 1 10 1 0 1 110 69 1.208 8.1 0.7 2.8 3.5 1.25
14 J.R. Richard 21 2 1 .667 3.43 4 4 0 1 0 0 21.0 17 9 8 1 16 0 29 0 0 2 96 98 1.571 7.3 0.4 6.9 12.4 1.81
15 Bill Greif 21 1 1 .500 5.06 7 3 1 0 0 0 16.0 18 10 9 1 8 0 14 2 0 0 76 66 1.625 10.1 0.6 4.5 7.9 1.75
16 Skip Guinn* 26 0 0 0.00 4 0 2 0 0 1 4.2 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 18 0.857 1.9 0.0 5.8 5.8 1.00
17 Larry Yount 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.2 79 83 .488 3.13 162 162 119 43 10 25 1471.1 1318 567 512 75 475 52 914 60 3 64 6121 107 1.219 8.1 0.5 2.9 5.6 1.92
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 4 7 9 6 2 3 2 2 1 5 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Jesus Alou 29 114 103 897.1 242 231 7 4 3 .983 11.5 15.4 12.5 2.1 10.4 -1 2.39 2.09 RF-LF
Jack Billingham 28 33 33 228.1 56 20 32 4 3 .929 2.05 1.58 P
Wade Blasingame 27 30 28 158.1 38 8 29 1 1 .974 2.10 1.23 P
Ray Busse 22 8 8 82.1 24 7 15 2 0 .917 -0.2 -2.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.40 2.75 SS-3B
Cesar Cedeno 20 167 146 1352.0 356 346 6 4 0 .989 -3.5 -3.1 -3.5 -3.7 0.2 0 2.34 2.11 CF-RF-LF-1B
Rich Chiles 21 27 20 181.1 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.7 11.2 1.7 2.2 -0.5 0 1.74 1.30 LF-RF
Ron Cook 23 5 4 25.2 7 1 5 1 0 .857 2.10 1.20 P
George Culver 27 59 0 95.1 27 7 17 3 3 .889 2.27 0.41 P
Larry Dierker 24 24 23 159.0 40 16 23 1 0 .975 2.21 1.63 P
Johnny Edwards 33 104 91 816.1 606 555 48 3 7 .995 3.0 4.4 3 6.65 5.80 9 31 33 24 42% C
Ken Forsch 24 33 23 188.1 29 8 19 2 1 .931 1.29 0.82 P
Cesar Geronimo 23 66 13 217.1 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -3.8 -21.0 -2.8 -0.6 -2.2 -1 1.70 0.62 LF-RF-CF
Fred Gladding 35 48 0 51.1 8 3 3 2 0 .750 1.05 0.13 P
Bill Greif 21 7 3 16.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.43 P
Tom Griffin 23 10 6 37.2 10 0 10 0 0 1.000 2.39 1.00 P
Skip Guinn 26 4 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.25 P
Buddy Harris 22 20 0 30.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.59 0.10 P
Jack Hiatt 28 66 57 500.1 352 329 20 3 6 .991 -3.0 -7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 -3 6.28 5.29 4 25 28 12 30% C-1B
Larry Howard 26 22 14 153.1 119 106 12 1 2 .992 0.0 0.0 0 6.93 5.36 5 5 5 5 50% C
Denny Lemaster 32 42 0 60.0 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 1.65 0.26 P
Marty Martinez 29 23 10 116.2 79 41 37 1 7 .987 -1.1 -11.3 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 0 6.02 3.39 2B-SS-1B-3B
John Mayberry 22 37 36 318.2 333 317 15 1 20 .997 2.1 7.9 2.1 2.3 -0.2 0 9.38 8.97 1B
Denis Menke 30 155 128 1176.0 1053 892 151 10 88 .991 -6.0 -6.1 -5.0 -1.2 -3.7 -1 7.98 6.73 1B-3B-SS-2B
Roger Metzger 23 148 145 1302.1 751 275 459 17 91 .977 -5.2 -4.8 -5.2 -0.8 -4.4 0 5.07 4.96 SS
Norm Miller 25 22 13 109.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 17.6 0.6 0.7 -0.1 1 0 1.98 1.09 0 0 0 0 RF-CF-C
Joe Morgan 27 157 153 1381.1 830 336 482 12 93 .986 3.0 2.6 4.0 2.5 1.5 -1 5.33 5.21 2B
Doug Rader 26 135 130 1177.0 389 93 275 21 28 .946 -1.9 -1.9 -1.9 -0.5 -1.5 0 2.81 2.73 3B
Jim Ray 26 47 1 97.2 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.83 0.19 P
J.R. Richard 21 4 4 21.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.71 1.00 P
Jay Schlueter 21 2 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 192.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0 5.40 1.50 LF
Scipio Spinks 23 5 3 29.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.53 1.00 P
Derrel Thomas 20 1 1 8.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.62 5.00 2B
Bob Watson 25 133 125 1025.1 496 471 18 7 28 .986 -3.9 -4.6 -2.9 -1.6 -1.3 -1 0 4.29 3.68 LF-1B-RF
Don Wilson 26 35 34 268.0 37 9 26 2 4 .946 1.18 1.00 P
Jimmy Wynn 29 120 103 951.0 244 231 10 3 6 .988 2.3 2.9 2.3 0.8 1.6 0 2.28 2.01 RF-CF-LF
Larry Yount 21 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Team Totals 26.4 162 1458 13242.0 6270 4414 1750 106 392 .983 -2.6 -0.2 1.4 2.6 -1.2 -2 -2 0 4.19 3.26 18 61 66 41 38%
Rank in 12 NL teams 11 9 2
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1970 / 1972 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics