1971 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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

* - 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

* - 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

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