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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

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
30	P	J.R. Richard	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Wade Blasingame*	28	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Joe Gibbon	37	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						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

* - 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				10	6	5	11	10	9	10	6	6		10545
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	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									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										0.00	0.00						P
George Culver	28	45	0	97.1	20	6	12	2	1	.900									1.66	0.40						P
Larry Dierker	25	31	31	214.2	35	16	19	0	1	1.000									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									1.04	0.60						P
Joe Gibbon	37	9	0	7.1	5	2	3	0	0	1.000									6.14	0.56						P
Fred Gladding	36	42	0	48.2	6	1	4	1	0	.833									0.92	0.12						P
Tom Griffin	24	39	5	94.1	16	3	11	2	0	.875									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									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									1.20	0.22						P
Jerry Reuss	23	33	30	192.0	33	4	25	4	0	.879									1.36	0.88						P
J.R. Richard	22	4	1	6.0	2	0	2	0	1	1.000									3.00	0.50						P
Dave Roberts	27	35	28	192.0	32	0	31	1	0	.969									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									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									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

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