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1973 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972/1974)
82-80, Finished 4th in NL Western Division
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Scored 681 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Managed by Leo Durocher

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,394,004 (6th of 12)
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Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1972/1974) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 27, 1972

Traded Rich Chiles and Buddy Harris to the New York Mets. Received Tommie Agee.

Drafted Bob Gallagher from the Boston Red Sox in the 1972 rule 5 draft.

November 28, 1972

Traded Ray Busse and Bobby Fenwick to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Skip Jutze and Milt Ramirez.

January 9, 1973

Signed Luis Pujols as an amateur free agent.

January 10, 1973

Drafted Mike Stanton in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

March 26, 1973

Sold George Culver to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

March 28, 1973

Sold Bob Stinson to the Montreal Expos.

April 4, 1973 (Standings)

Purchased Hector Torres from the Montreal Expos.

April 22, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Norm Miller to the Atlanta Braves. Received Cecil Upshaw.

May 22, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Larry Howard to the Atlanta Braves. Received Tom Heierle (minors).

June 5, 1973 (Standings)

Drafted Mike Mendoza in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

Drafted Ken Landreaux in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bobby Clark in the 14th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Joe Sambito in the 17th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

Drafted Mike Davey in the 18th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 8, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Stan Papi to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ray Busse.

June 12, 1973 (Standings)

Signed Bobby Fenwick as a free agent.

June 30, 1973 (Standings)

Signed Gordie Pladson as an amateur free agent.

July 8, 1973 (Standings)

Purchased Juan Pizarro from the Chicago Cubs.

Released Bobby Fenwick.

July 31, 1973 (Standings)

Sold Jesus Alou to the Oakland Athletics.

August 18, 1973 (Standings)

Traded Tommie Agee to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Dave Campbell and cash.

September 19, 1973 (Standings)

Signed Terry Puhl as an amateur free agent.

October 9, 1973 (Standings)

Released Fred Gladding.

October 23, 1973

Purchased Mick Kelleher from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Released Jimmy Stewart.

Traded Hector Torres to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Dan Neumeier (December 4, 1973) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

October 31, 1973

Traded Jerry Reuss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Milt May.

November 3, 1973

Traded Cecil Upshaw to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jerry Johnson.

December 3, 1973

Traded Jim Ray and Gary Sutherland to the Detroit Tigers. Received Fred Scherman and cash.

Drafted Larry Milbourne from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

December 6, 1973

Traded Jimmy Wynn to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Claude Osteen and Dave Culpepper (minors).

December 9, 1973

Traded Jay Schlueter to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Nagy.

1974

Milt Ramirez sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers in an unknown transaction.

January 7, 1974

Signed Chris Cannizzaro as a free agent.

January 9, 1974

Drafted Joe Cannon in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

February 18, 1974

Traded Pat Darcy and cash to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Denis Menke.

March 14, 1974

Signed Alex Taveras as an amateur free agent.

March 28, 1974

Purchased Ollie Brown from the California Angels.

March 30, 1974

Traded Larry Yount and Don Stratton (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Wilbur Howard.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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