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1972 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
84-69, Finished 3rd in NL West
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Scored 708 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69
Manager: Harry Walker (67-54), Salty Parker (1-0) and Leo Durocher (16-15)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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 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 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 24, 1942 10 52 14 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 14 23 35 0
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
Cesar Cedeno 21 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 25, 1951 3 139 136 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 3 0 All-Star
Rich Chiles 22 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 22, 1949 2 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 0
Mike Cosgrove 21 L L 6' 1" 180 Feb 17, 1951 1st 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Johnny Edwards 34 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 12 108 96 108 108 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Bobby Fenwick 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 10, 1946 1st 36 10 36 36 0 0 0 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 15
Ken Forsch 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 8, 1946 3 30 24 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Gibbon 37 R L 6' 4" 210 Apr 10, 1935 13 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Gladding 36 L R 6' 0" 225 Jun 28, 1936 12 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Tommy Helms 31 R R 5' 10" 175 May 5, 1941 9 139 139 139 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Larry Howard 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 6, 1945 3 54 47 54 54 0 53 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Cliff Johnson 24 R R 6' 4" 225 Jul 22, 1947 1st 5 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Lee May 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 23, 1943 8 148 146 148 148 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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
Norm Miller 26 L R 5' 11" 195 Feb 5, 1946 8 67 20 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 13 29 38 3
Doug Rader 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 30, 1944 6 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Ray 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 1, 1944 7 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Reuss 23 L L 6' 5" 217 Jun 19, 1949 4 33 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Dave Roberts 27 L L 6' 2" 197 Sep 11, 1944 4 35 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Stewart 33 B R 6' 0" 165 Jun 11, 1939 9 68 11 68 68 0 0 9 8 2 0 9 2 1 11 43 4
Bob Stinson 26 B R 185 Oct 11, 1945 4 27 2 27 27 0 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 16 2
Gary Sutherland 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 27, 1944 7 5 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Bob Watson 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 10, 1946 7 147 144 147 147 0 0 2 0 0 0 143 0 0 143 3 0
Don Wilson 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 12, 1945 7 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Wynn 30 R R 5' 9" 170 Mar 12, 1942 10 145 144 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 136 144 1 0
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1971 / 1973 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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