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1973 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974)
82-80, Finished 4th in NL West
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Scored 681 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Manager: Leo Durocher (82-80)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,394,004 (6th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
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1972 / 1974 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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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
Tommie Agee 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 9, 1942 12 83 40 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 19 17 67 14 16
Jesus Alou 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 24, 1942 11 28 7 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 14 17 1
Rafael Batista 25 L L 6' 1" 195 Oct 20, 1947 1st 12 1 12 12 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Ray Busse 24 R R 6' 4" 175 Sep 25, 1948 2 15 2 15 15 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 7 1
Dave Campbell 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 14, 1942 7 9 3 9 9 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Cesar Cedeno 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 25, 1951 4 139 135 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 4 0 All-Star
Mike Cosgrove 22 L L 6' 1" 180 Feb 17, 1951 2 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Crawford 22 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 29, 1950 1st 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Dierker 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 10 14 3 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Easler 22 L R 6' 1" 196 Nov 29, 1950 1st 6 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2
Johnny Edwards 35 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 13 79 69 79 79 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Ken Forsch 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 8, 1946 4 46 26 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Gallagher 24 L L 6' 3" 185 Jul 7, 1948 2 71 24 71 71 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 12 16 42 30 2
Fred Gladding 37 L R 6' 0" 225 Jun 28, 1936 13 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Griffin 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1948 5 25 12 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Gross 20 L L 5' 11" 175 Aug 1, 1952 1st 14 9 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 9 5 0
Tommy Helms 32 R R 5' 10" 175 May 5, 1941 10 146 145 146 146 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Howard 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 6, 1945 4 20 13 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cliff Johnson 25 R R 6' 4" 225 Jul 22, 1947 2 7 5 7 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Skip Jutze 27 R R 5' 11" 195 May 28, 1946 2 90 78 90 90 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Doug Konieczny 21 R R 6' 4" 220 Sep 27, 1951 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee May 30 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 23, 1943 9 148 144 148 148 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Roger Metzger 25 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 4 154 146 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 6
Norm Miller 27 L R 5' 11" 195 Feb 5, 1946 9 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
Juan Pizarro 36 L L 5' 11" 190 Feb 7, 1937 17 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Rader 28 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 30, 1944 7 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jim Ray 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 1, 1944 8 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Reuss 24 L L 6' 5" 217 Jun 19, 1949 5 42 40 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
J.R. Richard 23 R R 6' 8" 222 Mar 7, 1950 3 16 10 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Roberts 28 L L 6' 2" 197 Sep 11, 1944 5 41 36 41 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jimmy Stewart 34 B R 6' 0" 165 Jun 11, 1939 10 61 6 61 61 0 0 0 1 8 0 3 0 0 3 53 1
Gary Sutherland 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 27, 1944 8 16 13 16 16 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Otis Thornton 28 R R 6' 1" 186 Jun 30, 1945 1st 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hector Torres 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 16, 1945 6 38 19 38 38 0 0 0 13 0 22 0 0 0 0 5 4
Cecil Upshaw 30 R R 6' 6" 205 Oct 22, 1942 7 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Watson 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 10, 1946 8 158 156 158 158 0 3 26 0 0 0 142 0 0 142 2 0 All-Star
Don Wilson 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 12, 1945 8 37 32 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Wynn 31 R R 5' 9" 170 Mar 12, 1942 11 139 127 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 127 133 9 1
Jim York 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 27, 1947 4 41 0 41 41 41 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

1972 / 1974 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played