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1974 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975

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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1973 / 1975 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
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 Salary

Cliff Johnson

Johnny Edwards

Milt May

Mick Kelleher

Larry Milbourne

Denis Menke

Doug Rader

Roger Metzger

Dave Roberts

Ray Busse

Tommy Helms

Dave Campbell

Greg Gross

Mike Easler

Lee May

Ramon de los Santos
Claude Osteen

Bob Gallagher

Wilbur Howard
Skip Jutze

Bob Watson

Cesar Cedeno

Ollie Brown
Mike Nagy
Paul Siebert

Mike Cosgrove

Tom Griffin

Don Wilson

Jim York

Ken Forsch

Fred Scherman

Mike Nagy

Doug Konieczny

Jerry Johnson

Larry Dierker

J.R. Richard

1973 / 1975 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers