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1972 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
84-69, Finished 3rd in NL Western Division
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Scored 708 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69
Managed by Harry Walker, Salty Parker, and Leo Durocher

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 Stats (1971/1973) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Johnny Edwards      34  108  332   33   89  16  2   5   40  50   39  .268  .358  .373   2   4   5   1   1   8  12  111
1B  Lee May             29  148  592   87  168  31  2  29   98  52  145  .284  .343  .490   3   1  13   2   0   1  12  137
2B  Tommy Helms         31  139  518   45  134  20  5   5   60  24   27  .259  .291  .346   4   3   8   4   3  10   8   82
3B  Doug Rader          27  152  553   70  131  24  7  22   90  57  120  .237  .309  .425   5   5  18   5   2   9   8  109
SS #Roger Metzger       24  153  641   84  142  12  3   2   38  60   71  .222  .288  .259  23   9   7   1   9   4   1   58
LF  Bob Watson          26  147  548   74  171  27  4  16   86  53   83  .312  .378  .464   1   1   6   8   2   5   5  141
CF  Cesar Cedeno        21  139  559  103  179  39  8  22   82  56   62  .320  .385  .537  55  21  11   5   1   4   5  162
RF  Jimmy Wynn          30  145  542  117  148  29  3  24   90 103   99  .273  .389  .470  17   7   8   2   2   3   6  146
    Larry Howard        27   54  157   16   35   7  0   2   13  17   30  .223  .299  .306   0   0   5   0   1   0   3   74
   *Norm Miller         26   67  107   18   26   4  0   4   13  13   23  .243  .331  .393   1   0   4   1   4   0   0  107
   #Jimmy Stewart       33   68   96   14   21   5  2   0    9   6    9  .219  .257  .313   0   1   0   0   0   3   2   63
    Jesus Alou          30   52   93    8   29   4  1   0   11   7    5  .312  .366  .376   0   2   3   1   1   0   4  114
    Bobby Fenwick       25   36   50    7    9   3  0   0    4   3   13  .180  .226  .240   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   34
   #Bob Stinson         26   27   35    3    6   1  0   0    2   1    6  .171  .211  .200   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   19
    Jack Hiatt          29   10   25    2    5   3  0   0    0   5    5  .200  .333  .320   0   0   1   0   0   0   2   89
   *Rich Chiles         22    9   11    0    3   1  0   0    2   1    1  .273  .333  .364   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  100
    Gary Sutherland     27    5    8    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -28
    Cliff Johnson       24    5    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    0  .250  .500  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  122

    Larry Dierker       25   31   78    2   13   0  0   0    4   1   24  .167  .188  .167   0   0   0   1   6   0   0    3
    Don Wilson          27   33   76    5    8   0  1   0    2   2   35  .105  .128  .132   0   0   2   0   8   0   0  -25
   *Dave Roberts        27   35   67    7   16   1  0   2    9   4   16  .239  .274  .343   0   1   1   0   6   2   0   76
   *Jerry Reuss         23   33   66    5    7   2  0   0    1   5   40  .106  .169  .136   0   0   3   0   1   0   0  -11
    Ken Forsch          25   30   41    2    6   0  0   0    0   1   21  .146  .167  .146   0   0   1   0   7   0   0   -9
    Tom Griffin         24   39   25    3    7   3  0   1    2   0    9  .280  .280  .520   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  125
    George Culver       28   45   19    3    3   1  0   0    1   1   10  .158  .200  .211   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   18
    Jim Ray             27   54   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    9  .063  .063  .063   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -64
   *Fred Gladding       36   42    5    0    0   0  0   0    2   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   1   0 -100
   *Mike Cosgrove       21    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Jim York            24   26    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3  153 5267  708 1359 233 38 134  660 524  907  .258  .325  .393 111  56  98  32  62  51  69  113
    Rank among 12 NL teams         5    1    4   2  6   3        5    6     3     4     2   3   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Don Wilson          27  33   2.68  15  10  0  33   0  13   3  228.3  196   79   68  16   66  172  927  11   2  0   2 125
SP  Larry Dierker       25  31   3.40  15   8  0  31   0  12   5  214.7  209   87   81  14   51  115  887   3   5  1   0  99
SP *Jerry Reuss         23  33   4.17   9  13  1  30   1   4   1  192.0  177  101   89  14   83  174  832   7  10  2   3  80
SP *Dave Roberts        27  35   4.50  12   7  2  28   4   7   3  192.0  227  100   96  18   57  111  839   7   2  0   3  75
SP  Ken Forsch          25  30   3.91   6   8  0  24   3   1   0  156.3  163   75   68  19   62  113  671   9   0  0   1  86

CL  Fred Gladding       36  42   2.77   5   6 14   0  32   0   0   48.7   38   16   15   1   12   18  190   3   2  0   5 121
RP  Jim Ray             27  54   4.28  10   9  8   0  25   0   0   90.3   77   50   43  10   44   50  393   4   3  0   6  78
RP  George Culver       28  45   3.05   6   2  2   0  16   0   0   97.3   73   33   33   7   43   82  401   2   5  0   3 110
RP  Tom Griffin         24  39   3.24   5   4  3   5  10   1   1   94.3   92   39   34   7   38   83  409   5   3  0   5 103
RP  Jim York            24  26   5.25   0   1  0   0  14   0   0   36.0   45   21   21   3   18   25  164   3   1  0   3  64

   *Mike Cosgrove       21   7   4.61   0   1  1   1   3   0   0   13.7   16    8    7   2    3    7   60   1   0  0   0  73
   *Wade Blasingame     28  10   8.64   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    8.3    4    9    8   1    8    9   40   1   2  0   0  39
   *Joe Gibbon          37   9   9.82   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    7.3   13    9    8   2    5    4   41   0   1  1   2  34
    J.R. Richard        22   4  13.50   1   0  0   1   0   0   0    6.0   10    9    9   0    8    8   36   2   2  0   0  25
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 153   3.77  84  69 31 153 115  38  14 1385.0 1340  636  580 114  498  971 5890  58  38  4  33  89
    Rank among 12 NL teams         10   5  10  5          10   6     11   10    9        6    6    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
JEdwards     859  96 105  645   41   8   8  .988   9  33  60  24
LHoward      419  47  53  323   15   7   2  .980   7  21  29  11
JHiatt        69   8  10   36    4   0   1 1.000   1   1   5   2
BStinson      37   2  12   25    2   1   0  .964   0   3   5   0
CJohnson       4   0   1    6    0   0   0 1.000   0            
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1385 153 153 1035   62  16  11  .986  17  58  99  37
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *9.73
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LMay        1312 146 146 1318   76   6 133  .996  9.56
JStewart      63   6   9   71    5   0   5 1.000 10.86
BWatson       10   1   2   13    1   0   3 1.000 12.60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1385 153 153 1402   82   6 141  .996  9.64
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *5.36
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
THelms      1243 139 139  353  441  17 115  .979  5.75
BFenwick      93   9  17   21   31   3  12  .945  4.99
JStewart      43   4   8    6   13   0   0 1.000  3.95
GSutherland    1   1   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1385 153 153  380  485  20 127  .977  5.62
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .945 *2.87
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DRader      1357 151 152  119  340  20  31  .958  3.04
BFenwick      14   1   2    0    3   0   0 1.000  1.89
GSutherland    7   0   1    1    2   0   0 1.000  3.86
JStewart       6   1   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.34
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1385 153 153  121  345  20  31  .959  3.03
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .967 *5.04
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RMetzger    1373 153 153  238  504  22 101  .971  4.86
BFenwick      12   0   4    1    3   0   0 1.000  3.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1385 153 153  239  507  22 101  .971  4.85
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .974 *1.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BWatson     1261 143 143  215    7   5   0  .978  1.58
JAlou         58   6  10   14    0   0   0 1.000  2.16
NMiller       31   3   7    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.44
JStewart      19   0   9    2    0   0   0 1.000  0.95
BStinson       8   0   3    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
RChiles        6   1   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  3.00
LHoward        1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1385 153 153  240    7   5   0  .980  1.61
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *2.60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CCedeno     1217 136 137  344    9   7   1  .981  2.61
JWynn         90   9  12   23    0   1   0  .958  2.30
NMiller       71   8  10   17    1   0   1 1.000  2.28
JStewart       7   0   2    3    0   0   0 1.000  3.86
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1385 153 153  387   10   8   2  .980  2.58
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979 *2.03
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JWynn       1207 135 136  266   11   4   2  .986  2.07
JAlou         86   8  14   17    0   1   0  .944  1.77
NMiller       83   9  13   13    0   0   0 1.000  1.41
RChiles        7   1   1    3    0   0   0 1.000  3.86
JStewart       2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1385 153 153  299   11   5   2  .984  2.01
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.18  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
JWynn       1297 144 144  284    8   5   2  .983  2.03
BWatson     1261 143 143  218    6   5   0  .978  1.60
CCedeno     1217 136 137  345    9   7   1  .981  2.62
NMiller      185  20  29   35    1   0   1 1.000  1.75
JAlou        144  14  23   32    0   1   0  .970  1.99
JStewart      28   0  11    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.61
RChiles       13   2   2    4    0   0   0 1.000  2.77
BStinson       8   0   3    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.12
LHoward        1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1385 153 153  924   24  18   4  .981  2.05 153 153 153
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .950 *1.78
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DWilson      228  33  33    8   37   2   1  .957  1.77
LDierker     214  31  31   16   19   0   1 1.000  1.47
JReuss       192  30  33    4   25   4   0  .879  1.36
DRoberts     192  28  35    0   31   1   0  .969  1.45
KForsch      156  24  30    9    9   2   1  .900  1.04
GCulver       97   0  45    6   12   2   1  .900  1.66
TGriffin      94   5  39    3   11   2   0  .875  1.34
JRay          90   0  54    6    6   0   0 1.000  1.20
FGladding     48   0  42    1    4   1   0  .833  0.92
JYork         36   0  26    0    6   0   0 1.000  1.50
MCosgrove     13   1   7    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
WBlasingame    8   0  10    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.08
JGibbon        7   0   9    2    3   0   0 1.000  6.16
JRichard       6   1   4    0    2   0   1 1.000  3.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1385 153 153   55  166  14   5  .940  1.44
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageCedeno.320
On-base %Wynn.389
Slugging %Cedeno.537
OPSCedeno.922
GamesMetzger153
At BatsMetzger641
Plate Appearances (approx.)Metzger715
RunsWynn117
HitsCedeno179
Total BasesCedeno300
DoublesCedeno39
TriplesCedeno8
Home RunsMay29
RBIMay98
Bases on BallsWynn103
StrikeoutsMay145
Stolen BasesCedeno55
SinglesMetzger125
Adjusted OPS+Cedeno162
Runs CreatedCedeno115
Adjusted Batting RunsCedeno45
Batting WinsCedeno4.7
Extra-Base HitsCedeno69
Times on BaseWynn253
Offensive Win%Cedeno.752
Hit By PitchWatson8
Sac. HitsMetzger9
Sac. FliesHelms10
Intentional WalksEdwards and May12
Grounded into Double PlaysRader18
Caught StealingCedeno21
Power/Speed NumberCedeno31.4
At Bats per StrikeoutHelms19.2
At Bats per Home RunMay20.4
OutsMetzger528

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAWilson2.68
WinsDierker and Wilson15
Won-Loss %Dierker.652
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Wilson1.147
Hits Allowed/9IPWilson7.73
Bases on Balls/9IPDierker2.14
Strikeouts/9IPReuss8.16
GamesRay54
SavesGladding14
InningsWilson228.3
StrikeoutsReuss174
Games StartedWilson33
Comp. GamesWilson13
ShutoutsDierker5
Home Runs Allow.Forsch19
Bases On Balls Allow.Reuss83
Hits AllowedRoberts227
SO to WalkWilson2.61
LossesReuss13
Earned Runs Allow.Roberts96
Wild PitchesWilson11
Hit BatsmenReuss10
Batters FacedWilson927
Games FinishedGladding32
Adjusted ERA+Wilson125

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