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1973 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

82-80, Finished 4th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Leo Durocher (82-80)
Scored 681 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80

Ballparks: Astrodome · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Tommie Agee 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 9, 1942 12 84 40 84 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 19 17 68 14 16 0.4 $
Jesus Alou 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 24, 1942 11 28 7 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 14 17 1 -0.3 $
Rafael Batista 27 L L 6' 1" 195 Nov 25, 1945 1st 12 1 12 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 $
Ray Busse 24 R R 6' 4" 175 Sep 25, 1948 2 15 2 15 8 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.4 $
Dave Campbell 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 14, 1942 7 9 3 9 8 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.3 $
Cesar Cedeno 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 4 139 135 139 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 4 0 7.6 $ All-Star
Mike Cosgrove 22 L L 6' 1" 170 Feb 17, 1951 2 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
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 -0.8 $
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 -0.1 $
Mike Easler 22 L R 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1950 1st 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 -0.2 $
Johnny Edwards 35 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 13 79 69 79 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.5 $
Ken Forsch 26 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 8, 1946 4 46 26 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bob Gallagher 24 L L 6' 3" 185 Jul 7, 1948 2 71 24 71 43 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 12 16 42 30 2 -0.2 $
Fred Gladding 37 L R 6' 1" 220 Jun 28, 1936 13 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
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 0.3 $
Greg Gross 20 L L 5' 10" 160 Aug 1, 1952 1st 14 9 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 9 5 0 0.1 $
Tommy Helms 32 R R 5' 10" 165 May 5, 1941 10 146 145 146 145 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.5 $
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 -0.3 $
Cliff Johnson 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 22, 1947 2 7 5 7 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $
Skip Jutze 27 R R 5' 11" 190 May 28, 1946 2 90 78 90 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1.4 $
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 -0.4 $
Lee May 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 23, 1943 9 148 144 148 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.6 $
Roger Metzger 25 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 4 154 146 154 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.1 $
Norm Miller 27 L R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 9 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 -0.1 $
Juan Pizarro 36 L L 5' 11" 170 Feb 7, 1937 17 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Doug Rader 28 R R 6' 2" 208 Jul 30, 1944 7 154 152 154 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 $
Jim Ray 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1944 8 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $46,000
Jerry Reuss 24 L L 6' 5" 200 Jun 19, 1949 5 42 40 42 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.2 $
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 0.1 $
Dave Roberts 28 L L 6' 3" 195 Sep 11, 1944 5 41 36 41 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.3 $
Jimmy Stewart 34 B R 6' 0" 165 Jun 11, 1939 10 61 6 61 12 0 0 0 1 8 0 3 0 0 3 54 1 -0.4 $
Gary Sutherland 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 27, 1944 8 16 13 16 15 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $20,000
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 -0.2 $
Hector Torres 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 16, 1945 6 38 19 38 34 0 0 0 13 0 22 0 0 0 0 5 4 -0.9 $16,000
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 -0.3 $
Bob Watson 27 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 8 158 156 158 156 0 3 26 0 0 0 142 0 0 142 2 0 5.1 $ All-Star
Don Wilson 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 12, 1945 8 37 32 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Jim Wynn 31 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 12, 1942 11 139 127 139 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 127 133 9 1 2.9 $
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 -0.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Cliff Johnson
Johnny Edwards
Gary Sutherland
Otis Thornton
Rafael Batista
Larry Howard
Jimmy Stewart
Doug Rader
Roger Metzger

Dave Roberts
Ray Busse
Hector Torres
Tommy Helms
Tommie Agee
Dave Campbell
Greg Gross
Norm Miller
Jesus Alou
Mike Easler
Lee May

Jim Wynn
Bob Gallagher
Skip Jutze
Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Jim Crawford
Cecil Upshaw
Mike Cosgrove

Tom Griffin
Juan Pizarro
Don Wilson
Jim York
Ken Forsch
Jim Ray
Doug Konieczny
Jerry Reuss

Fred Gladding
Larry Dierker
J.R. Richard
Juan Pizarro

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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