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1972 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

84-69, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Walker (67-54), Salty Parker (1-0) and Leo Durocher (16-15)
Scored 708 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,469,247 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

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1971 / 1973 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 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 24, 1942 10 52 14 52 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 14 23 35 0 0.2 $
Wade Blasingame 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Nov 22, 1943 10 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Cesar Cedeno 21 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 3 139 136 139 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 3 0 8.2 $ All-Star
Rich Chiles 22 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 22, 1949 2 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 0 0.4 $
Mike Cosgrove 21 L L 6' 1" 170 Feb 17, 1951 1st 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
George Culver 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1943 7 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Larry Dierker 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 9 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Johnny Edwards 34 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 12 108 96 108 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.9 $
Bobby Fenwick 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 10, 1946 1st 36 10 36 22 0 0 0 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 15 -0.5 $
Ken Forsch 25 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 8, 1946 3 30 24 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Joe Gibbon 37 R L 6' 4" 200 Apr 10, 1935 13 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Fred Gladding 36 L R 6' 1" 220 Jun 28, 1936 12 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Tom Griffin 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1948 4 39 5 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Tommy Helms 31 R R 5' 10" 165 May 5, 1941 9 139 139 139 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jack Hiatt 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 27, 1942 9 10 8 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $30,000
Larry Howard 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 6, 1945 3 54 48 54 54 0 53 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 -0.6 $
Cliff Johnson 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 22, 1947 1st 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.0 $
Lee May 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 23, 1943 8 148 146 148 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.0 $ All-Star
Roger Metzger 24 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 3 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Norm Miller 26 L R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 8 67 20 67 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 13 29 39 3 -0.1 $
Doug Rader 27 R R 6' 2" 208 Jul 30, 1944 6 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $
Jim Ray 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1944 7 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Jerry Reuss 23 L L 6' 5" 200 Jun 19, 1949 4 33 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
J.R. Richard 22 R R 6' 8" 222 Mar 7, 1950 2 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Dave Roberts 27 L L 6' 3" 195 Sep 11, 1944 4 35 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jimmy Stewart 33 B R 6' 0" 165 Jun 11, 1939 9 68 11 68 29 0 0 9 8 2 0 9 2 1 11 43 4 -0.2 $
Bob Stinson 26 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1945 4 27 1 27 15 0 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 16 2 -0.6 $
Gary Sutherland 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 27, 1944 7 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 $
Bob Watson 26 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 7 147 144 147 144 0 0 2 0 0 0 143 0 0 143 3 0 3.5 $
Don Wilson 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 12, 1945 7 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $
Jim Wynn 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 12, 1942 10 145 144 145 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 136 144 1 0 6.1 $
Jim York 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 27, 1947 3 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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

Cliff Johnson
Johnny Edwards
Jack Hiatt
Gary Sutherland
Bob Stinson
Larry Howard
Jimmy Stewart
Doug Rader
Roger Metzger

Dave Roberts
Bobby Fenwick
Tommy Helms
Norm Miller
Jesus Alou
Lee May
Jim Wynn
Bob Watson

Cesar Cedeno
Rich Chiles
Wade Blasingame
Mike Cosgrove
Joe Gibbon
Tom Griffin
George Culver
Don Wilson
Jim York

Ken Forsch
Jim Ray
Jerry Reuss
Fred Gladding
Larry Dierker
J.R. Richard

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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