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1972 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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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* 34 108 392 332 33 89 16 2 5 40 2 4 50 39 .268 .358 .373 .732 111 124 5 1 1 8 12
2 1B Lee May 29 148 647 592 87 168 31 2 29 98 3 1 52 145 .284 .343 .490 .833 137 290 13 2 0 1 12
3 2B Tommy Helms 31 139 559 518 45 134 20 5 5 60 4 3 24 27 .259 .291 .346 .637 82 179 8 4 3 10 8
4 SS Roger Metzger# 24 153 715 641 84 142 12 3 2 38 23 9 60 71 .222 .288 .259 .547 58 166 7 1 9 4 1
5 3B Doug Rader 27 152 626 553 70 131 24 7 22 90 5 5 57 120 .237 .309 .425 .734 109 235 18 5 2 9 8
6 LF Bob Watson 26 147 616 548 74 171 27 4 16 86 1 1 53 83 .312 .378 .464 .841 141 254 6 8 2 5 5
7 CF Cesar Cedeno 21 139 625 559 103 179 39 8 22 82 55 21 56 62 .320 .385 .537 .921 162 300 11 5 1 4 5
8 RF Jimmy Wynn 30 145 652 542 117 148 29 3 24 90 17 7 103 99 .273 .389 .470 .860 146 255 8 2 2 3 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 C Larry Howard 27 54 175 157 16 35 7 0 2 13 0 0 17 30 .223 .299 .306 .605 74 48 5 0 1 0 3
10 OF Norm Miller* 26 67 125 107 18 26 4 0 4 13 1 0 13 23 .243 .331 .393 .723 107 42 4 1 4 0 0
11 UT Jimmy Stewart# 33 68 105 96 14 21 5 2 0 9 0 1 6 9 .219 .257 .313 .570 63 30 0 0 0 3 2
12 OF Jesus Alou 30 52 102 93 8 29 4 1 0 11 0 2 7 5 .312 .366 .376 .743 114 35 3 1 1 0 4
13 IF Bobby Fenwick 25 36 53 50 7 9 3 0 0 4 0 1 3 13 .180 .226 .240 .466 34 12 1 0 0 0 1
14 UT Bob Stinson# 26 27 38 35 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .171 .211 .200 .411 19 7 0 1 0 1 0
15 C Jack Hiatt 29 10 30 25 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 .200 .333 .320 .653 89 8 1 0 0 0 2
16 OF Rich Chiles* 22 9 12 11 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .364 .697 100 4 0 0 0 0 0
17 IF Gary Sutherland 27 5 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -28 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 C Cliff Johnson 24 5 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .500 .250 .750 122 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
19 P Don Wilson 27 33 86 76 5 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 35 .105 .128 .132 .260 -25 10 2 0 8 0 0
20 P Larry Dierker 25 31 86 78 2 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 .167 .188 .167 .354 3 13 0 1 6 0 0
21 P Dave Roberts* 27 35 79 67 7 16 1 0 2 9 0 1 4 16 .239 .274 .343 .617 76 23 1 0 6 2 0
22 P Jerry Reuss* 23 33 72 66 5 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 40 .106 .169 .136 .305 -11 9 3 0 1 0 0
23 P Ken Forsch 25 30 49 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 .146 .167 .146 .313 -9 6 1 0 7 0 0
24 P Tom Griffin 24 39 28 25 3 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 .280 .280 .520 .800 125 13 1 0 3 0 0
25 P George Culver 28 45 22 19 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .158 .200 .211 .411 18 4 0 0 2 0 0
26 P Jim Ray 27 54 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .063 .063 .063 .125 -64 1 0 0 1 0 0
27 P Fred Gladding* 36 42 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 1 0
28 P Mike Cosgrove* 21 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Jim York 24 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.3 153 5936 5267 708 1359 233 38 134 660 111 56 524 907 .258 .326 .393 .719 106 2070 98 32 62 51 69
Rank in 12 NL teams 5 1 4 2 6 3 3 3 5 6 3 4 2 2 2
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 27 15 10 .600 2.68 33 33 0 13 3 0 228.1 196 79 68 16 66 2 172 2 0 11 927 125 1.147 7.7 0.6 2.6 6.8 2.61
2 SP Larry Dierker 25 15 8 .652 3.40 31 31 0 12 5 0 214.2 209 87 81 14 51 0 115 5 1 3 887 99 1.211 8.8 0.6 2.1 4.8 2.25
3 SP Dave Roberts* 27 12 7 .632 4.50 35 28 4 7 3 2 192.0 227 100 96 18 57 3 111 2 0 7 839 75 1.479 10.6 0.8 2.7 5.2 1.95
4 SP Jerry Reuss* 23 9 13 .409 4.17 33 30 1 4 1 1 192.0 177 101 89 14 83 3 174 10 2 7 832 80 1.354 8.3 0.7 3.9 8.2 2.10
5 SP Ken Forsch 25 6 8 .429 3.91 30 24 3 1 0 0 156.1 163 75 68 19 62 1 113 0 0 9 671 86 1.439 9.4 1.1 3.6 6.5 1.82
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 36 5 6 .455 2.77 42 0 32 0 0 14 48.2 38 16 15 1 12 5 18 2 0 3 190 121 1.027 7.0 0.2 2.2 3.3 1.50
7 RP George Culver 28 6 2 .750 3.05 45 0 16 0 0 2 97.1 73 33 33 7 43 3 82 5 0 2 401 110 1.192 6.8 0.6 4.0 7.6 1.91
8 RP Tom Griffin 24 5 4 .556 3.24 39 5 10 1 1 3 94.1 92 39 34 7 38 5 83 3 0 5 409 103 1.378 8.8 0.7 3.6 7.9 2.18
9 RP Jim Ray 27 10 9 .526 4.28 54 0 25 0 0 8 90.1 77 50 43 10 44 6 50 3 0 4 393 78 1.339 7.7 1.0 4.4 5.0 1.14
10 RP Jim York 24 0 1 .000 5.25 26 0 14 0 0 0 36.0 45 21 21 3 18 3 25 1 0 3 164 64 1.750 11.3 0.8 4.5 6.3 1.39
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 Mike Cosgrove* 21 0 1 .000 4.61 7 1 3 0 0 1 13.2 16 8 7 2 3 0 7 0 0 1 60 73 1.390 10.5 1.3 2.0 4.6 2.33
12 Wade Blasingame* 28 0 0 8.64 10 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 4 9 8 1 8 0 9 2 0 1 40 39 1.440 4.3 1.1 8.6 9.7 1.13
13 Joe Gibbon* 37 0 0 9.82 9 0 4 0 0 0 7.1 13 9 8 2 5 2 4 1 1 0 41 34 2.455 16.0 2.5 6.1 4.9 0.80
14 J.R. Richard 22 1 0 1.000 13.50 4 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 9 9 0 8 0 8 2 0 2 36 25 3.000 15.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 1.00
Team Totals 26.0 84 69 .549 3.77 153 153 115 38 13 31 1385.1 1340 636 580 114 498 33 971 38 4 58 5890 89 1.327 8.7 0.7 3.2 6.3 1.95
Rank in 12 NL teams 5 10 10 6 5 11 10 9 10 6 6 2
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 30 24 14 144.2 32 31 0 1 0 .969 0.3 2.5 1.3 2.2 -0.9 -1 1.93 1.29 RF-LF
Wade Blasingame 28 10 0 8.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.08 0.10 P
Cesar Cedeno 21 137 136 1217.1 360 344 9 7 1 .981 2.3 2.3 -2.7 1.9 -4.5 5 2.61 2.58 CF
Rich Chiles 22 2 2 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 55.4 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 3.46 2.50 RF-LF
Mike Cosgrove 21 7 1 13.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
George Culver 28 45 0 97.1 20 6 12 2 1 .900 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.40 P
Larry Dierker 25 31 31 214.2 35 16 19 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.47 1.13 P
Johnny Edwards 34 105 96 859.2 694 645 41 8 8 .988 -6.0 -8.4 -6 7.18 6.53 9 33 60 24 29% C
Bobby Fenwick 25 23 10 120.0 62 22 37 3 12 .952 -2.0 -20.0 -3.0 -1.8 -1.2 1 4.42 2.57 2B-3B-SS
Ken Forsch 25 30 24 156.1 20 9 9 2 1 .900 0.0 0.0 1.04 0.60 P
Joe Gibbon 37 9 0 7.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 6.14 0.56 P
Fred Gladding 36 42 0 48.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 0.92 0.12 P
Tom Griffin 24 39 5 94.1 16 3 11 2 0 .875 0.0 0.0 1.34 0.36 P
Tommy Helms 31 139 139 1243.1 811 353 441 17 115 .979 -4.4 -4.2 -5.4 2.9 -8.2 1 5.75 5.71 2B
Jack Hiatt 29 10 8 69.2 40 36 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.17 4.00 1 1 5 2 29% C
Larry Howard 27 54 47 420.0 345 323 15 7 2 .980 -6.1 -17.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 -6 7.24 6.26 7 21 29 11 28% C-LF
Cliff Johnson 24 1 0 4.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 13.50 6.00 0 C
Lee May 29 146 146 1312.1 1400 1318 76 6 133 .996 -14.9 -13.6 -14.9 -5.4 -9.5 0 9.56 9.55 1B
Roger Metzger 24 153 153 1373.1 764 238 504 22 101 .971 -8.2 -7.2 -9.2 -0.2 -9.0 1 4.86 4.85 SS
Norm Miller 26 30 20 185.1 36 35 1 0 1 1.000 -6.4 -41.4 -5.4 -3.8 -1.7 -1 1.75 1.20 RF-CF-LF
Doug Rader 27 152 151 1357.1 479 119 340 20 31 .958 2.3 2.0 2.3 3.9 -1.6 0 3.04 3.02 3B
Jim Ray 27 54 0 90.1 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.20 0.22 P
Jerry Reuss 23 33 30 192.0 33 4 25 4 0 .879 0.0 0.0 1.36 0.88 P
J.R. Richard 22 4 1 6.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.00 0.50 P
Dave Roberts 27 35 28 192.0 32 0 31 1 0 .969 0.0 0.0 1.45 0.89 P
Jimmy Stewart 33 31 11 141.0 101 83 18 0 5 1.000 1.1 9.4 1.1 1.5 -0.5 0 0 6.45 3.26 1B-2B-LF-CF-3B-RF
Bob Stinson 26 15 2 45.0 30 27 2 1 0 .967 -2.0 -53.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 -2 5.80 1.93 0 3 5 0 0% C-LF
Gary Sutherland 27 2 1 8.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.38 1.50 3B-2B
Bob Watson 26 145 144 1271.2 241 228 8 5 3 .979 -15.7 -14.8 -14.7 -4.0 -10.7 -1 0 1.67 1.63 LF-1B
Don Wilson 27 33 33 228.1 47 8 37 2 1 .957 0.0 0.0 1.77 1.36 P
Jimmy Wynn 30 148 144 1297.0 305 289 11 5 2 .984 -6.6 -6.1 -4.6 0.0 -4.7 -2 2.08 2.03 RF-CF
Jim York 24 26 0 36.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.23 P
Team Totals 27.4 153 1377 12468.0 5943 4156 1671 116 420 .980 -65.5 -6.3 -54.5 -2.1 -52.5 0 3 -14 4.21 3.41 17 58 99 37 27%
Rank in 12 NL teams 11 2 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

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics