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81-81, Finished 4th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Preston Gomez (81-81)
Scored 653 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,090,728 (7th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
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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 | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Brown | 30 | R | R | 6' 2" | 178 | Feb 11, 1944 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 0 | -0.5 | $40,000 | |
| Ray Busse | 25 | R | R | 6' 4" | 175 | Sep 25, 1948 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Dave Campbell | 32 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Jan 14, 1942 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Cesar Cedeno | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 175 | Feb 25, 1951 | 5 | 160 | 157 | 160 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 157 | 3 | 0 | 5.6 | $ | All-Star |
| Mike Cosgrove | 23 | L | L | 6' 1" | 170 | Feb 17, 1951 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Ramon de los Santos | 25 | L | L | 6' 0" | 175 | Jan 19, 1949 | 1st | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Larry Dierker | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Sep 22, 1946 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | $ | |
| Mike Easler | 23 | L | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Nov 29, 1950 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Johnny Edwards | 36 | L | R | 6' 4" | 220 | Jun 10, 1938 | 14 | 50 | 27 | 50 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Ken Forsch | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 195 | Sep 8, 1946 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Bob Gallagher | 25 | L | L | 6' 3" | 185 | Jul 7, 1948 | 3 | 102 | 5 | 102 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 62 | 43 | 21 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Tom Griffin | 26 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Feb 22, 1948 | 6 | 37 | 34 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.1 | $ | |
| Greg Gross | 21 | L | L | 5' 10" | 160 | Aug 1, 1952 | 2 | 156 | 145 | 156 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 143 | 199 | 7 | 1 | 4.3 | $ | |
| Tommy Helms | 33 | R | R | 5' 10" | 165 | May 5, 1941 | 11 | 137 | 130 | 137 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.3 | $ | |
| Wilbur Howard | 25 | B | R | 6' 2" | 170 | Jan 8, 1949 | 2 | 64 | 23 | 64 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 9 | 21 | -0.9 | $10,500 | |
| Cliff Johnson | 26 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Jul 22, 1947 | 3 | 83 | 38 | 83 | 47 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Jerry Johnson | 30 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Dec 3, 1943 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Skip Jutze | 28 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | May 28, 1946 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Mick Kelleher | 26 | R | R | 5' 9" | 176 | Jul 25, 1947 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Doug Konieczny | 22 | R | R | 6' 4" | 220 | Sep 27, 1951 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Lee May | 31 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Mar 23, 1943 | 10 | 152 | 143 | 152 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.6 | $ | |
| Milt May | 23 | L | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Aug 1, 1950 | 5 | 127 | 109 | 127 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2.9 | $ | |
| Denis Menke | 33 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Jul 21, 1940 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Roger Metzger | 26 | B | R | 6' 0" | 165 | Oct 10, 1947 | 5 | 143 | 143 | 143 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Larry Milbourne | 23 | B | R | 6' 0" | 161 | Feb 14, 1951 | 1st | 112 | 32 | 112 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 0.8 | $ | |
| Mike Nagy | 26 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Mar 25, 1948 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Claude Osteen | 34 | L | L | 5' 11" | 160 | Aug 9, 1939 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $100,000 | |
| Doug Rader | 29 | R | R | 6' 2" | 208 | Jul 30, 1944 | 8 | 152 | 152 | 152 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | $ | |
| J.R. Richard | 24 | R | R | 6' 8" | 222 | Mar 7, 1950 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Dave Roberts | 29 | L | L | 6' 3" | 195 | Sep 11, 1944 | 6 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | $ | |
| Fred Scherman | 29 | L | L | 6' 1" | 195 | Jul 25, 1944 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Paul Siebert | 21 | L | L | 6' 2" | 205 | Jun 5, 1953 | 1st | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Bob Watson | 28 | R | R | 6' 0" | 201 | Apr 10, 1946 | 9 | 150 | 141 | 150 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 9 | 0 | 0.9 | $ | |
| Don Wilson | 29 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Feb 12, 1945 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | $ | |
| Jim York | 26 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Aug 27, 1947 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |