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1974 Houston Astros

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Milt May* 23 127 453 405 47 117 17 4 7 54 0 1 39 33 .289 .349 .402 .751 114 163 9 1 3 5 8
2 1B Lee May 31 152 590 556 59 149 26 0 24 85 1 0 17 97 .268 .294 .444 .738 109 247 12 7 1 9 2
3 2B Tommy Helms 33 137 481 452 32 126 21 1 5 50 5 4 23 27 .279 .313 .363 .675 92 164 13 1 1 4 7
4 SS Roger Metzger# 26 143 633 572 66 145 18 10 0 30 9 7 37 73 .253 .297 .320 .617 76 183 13 0 21 3 1
5 3B Doug Rader 29 152 601 533 61 137 27 3 17 78 7 2 60 131 .257 .334 .415 .749 113 221 14 4 0 4 7
6 LF Bob Watson 28 150 593 524 69 156 19 4 11 67 3 4 60 61 .298 .370 .412 .782 123 216 14 3 1 5 9
7 CF Cesar Cedeno 23 160 688 610 95 164 29 5 26 102 57 17 64 103 .269 .338 .461 .799 126 281 9 4 2 8 6
8 RF Greg Gross* 21 156 676 589 78 185 21 8 0 36 12 20 76 39 .314 .393 .377 .770 121 222 13 1 9 1 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Cliff Johnson 26 83 210 171 26 39 4 1 10 29 0 1 33 45 .228 .357 .439 .796 126 75 5 3 0 3 1
10 2B Larry Milbourne# 23 112 148 136 31 38 2 1 0 9 6 2 10 14 .279 .329 .309 .638 83 42 1 0 2 0 0
11 C Johnny Edwards* 36 50 130 117 8 26 7 1 1 10 1 1 11 12 .222 .292 .325 .617 76 38 1 1 0 1 3
12 LF Wilbur Howard# 25 64 116 111 19 24 4 0 2 5 4 5 5 18 .216 .250 .306 .556 58 34 3 0 0 0 0
13 RF Bob Gallagher* 25 102 102 87 13 15 2 0 0 3 1 0 12 23 .172 .280 .195 .475 38 17 1 1 2 0 1
14 RF Ollie Brown 30 27 73 69 8 15 1 0 3 6 0 0 4 15 .217 .260 .362 .623 76 25 2 0 0 0 0
15 SS Mick Kelleher 26 19 62 57 4 9 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 10 .158 .226 .158 .384 11 9 1 0 0 0 0
16 3B Ray Busse 25 19 37 34 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .206 .270 .235 .506 45 8 2 0 0 0 0
17 IF Denis Menke 33 30 34 29 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 .103 .206 .138 .344 -0 4 1 0 0 1 0
18 UT Dave Campbell 32 35 25 23 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 8 .087 .125 .130 .255 -27 3 0 0 1 0 0
19 C Skip Jutze 28 8 16 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .231 .267 .231 .497 43 3 2 0 1 1 0
20 Mike Easler* 23 15 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .067 .067 .067 .133 -62 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Larry Dierker 27 33 83 71 2 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 27 .197 .208 .239 .448 28 17 0 0 11 0 0
22 P Tom Griffin 26 37 80 68 11 20 5 0 2 8 0 0 2 24 .294 .324 .456 .780 121 31 1 1 9 0 0
23 P Dave Roberts* 29 35 77 73 3 16 4 3 1 9 0 0 0 19 .219 .213 .397 .611 72 29 2 0 2 2 0
24 P Don Wilson 29 33 75 63 6 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 .206 .227 .286 .513 46 18 2 2 9 1 0
25 P Claude Osteen* 34 23 48 46 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .283 .283 .370 .652 85 17 0 0 2 0 0
26 P Mike Cosgrove* 23 45 22 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .056 .150 .056 .206 -39 1 0 0 2 0 0
27 P J.R. Richard 24 15 22 21 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .143 .143 .286 .429 20 6 2 0 1 0 0
28 P Ken Forsch 27 70 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Paul Siebert* 21 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
30 P Doug Konieczny 22 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Jim York 26 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Fred Scherman* 29 53 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Mike Nagy 26 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Jerry Johnson 30 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Ramon de los Santos* 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.7 162 6120 5489 653 1441 222 41 110 603 108 65 471 864 .263 .322 .378 .700 99 2075 124 29 83 48 49
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 9 4 6 5 5 6 3 11 4 4 7 4 4 4 6 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Larry Dierker 27 11 10 .524 2.90 33 33 0 7 3 0 223.2 189 76 72 18 82 4 150 6 3 8 913 121 1.212 7.6 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.83
2 SP Tom Griffin 26 14 10 .583 3.54 34 34 0 8 3 0 211.0 202 97 83 14 89 7 110 5 3 11 918 99 1.379 8.6 0.6 3.8 4.7 1.24
3 SP Don Wilson 29 11 13 .458 3.08 33 27 2 5 4 0 204.2 170 80 70 16 100 2 112 4 1 4 875 113 1.319 7.5 0.7 4.4 4.9 1.12
4 SP Dave Roberts* 29 10 12 .455 3.40 34 30 2 8 2 1 204.0 216 83 77 6 65 2 72 3 1 2 870 103 1.377 9.5 0.3 2.9 3.2 1.11
5 SP Claude Osteen* 34 9 9 .500 3.71 23 21 1 7 2 0 138.1 158 67 57 8 47 1 45 2 3 3 602 94 1.482 10.3 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.96
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Ken Forsch 27 8 7 .533 2.79 70 0 40 0 0 10 103.1 98 38 32 3 37 13 48 4 1 4 435 126 1.306 8.5 0.3 3.2 4.2 1.30
7 RP Mike Cosgrove* 23 7 3 .700 3.50 45 0 17 0 0 2 90.0 76 35 35 2 39 3 47 1 0 3 373 100 1.278 7.6 0.2 3.9 4.7 1.21
8 RP Fred Scherman* 29 2 5 .286 4.11 53 0 31 0 0 4 61.1 67 33 28 5 26 6 35 7 0 2 276 85 1.516 9.8 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.35
9 RP Jerry Johnson 30 2 1 .667 4.80 34 0 17 0 0 0 45.0 47 26 24 2 24 7 32 0 0 2 201 73 1.578 9.4 0.4 4.8 6.4 1.33
10 RP Jim York 26 2 2 .500 3.29 28 0 8 0 0 1 38.1 48 20 14 1 19 6 15 1 1 1 183 107 1.748 11.3 0.2 4.5 3.5 0.79
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 J.R. Richard 24 2 3 .400 4.18 15 9 0 0 0 0 64.2 58 31 30 3 36 0 42 1 1 9 278 84 1.454 8.1 0.4 5.0 5.8 1.17
12 Paul Siebert* 21 1 1 .500 3.55 5 5 0 1 1 0 25.1 21 12 10 3 11 0 10 0 0 0 105 100 1.263 7.5 1.1 3.9 3.6 0.91
13 Doug Konieczny 22 0 3 .000 7.88 6 3 1 0 0 0 16.0 18 15 14 0 12 1 8 2 1 2 77 45 1.875 10.1 0.0 6.8 4.5 0.67
14 Mike Nagy 26 1 1 .500 8.53 9 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 17 13 12 3 5 0 5 1 0 1 62 42 1.737 12.1 2.1 3.6 3.6 1.00
15 Ramon de los Santos* 25 1 1 .500 2.19 12 0 5 0 0 0 12.1 11 6 3 0 9 4 7 0 0 0 57 165 1.622 8.0 0.0 6.6 5.1 0.78
Team Totals 27.7 81 81 .500 3.46 162 162 126 36 15 18 1450.2 1396 632 558 84 601 56 738 37 15 52 6225 101 1.377 8.7 0.5 3.7 4.6 1.23
Rank in 12 NL teams 6 7 5 6 3 10 8 6 4 4 1 9 11
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Ollie Brown 30 20 17 10 132.1 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 2.52 1.85 RF
Ray Busse 25 8 6 6 57.0 22 2 17 3 1 .864 1 15 3.00 2.38 3B
Dave Campbell 32 18 3 2 47.0 39 20 17 2 5 .949 -0 -0 7.09 2.06 2B-3B-1B-LF
Cesar Cedeno 23 157 157 152 1385.2 450 436 11 3 4 .993 8 7 2.90 2.85 CF
Mike Cosgrove 23 45 0 0 90.0 15 1 13 1 2 .933 1.40 0.31 3 2 40% 2 P
Ramon de los Santos 25 12 0 0 12.1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.17 0 0 0 P
Larry Dierker 27 33 33 7 223.2 45 10 34 1 1 .978 1.77 1.33 21 12 36% 0 P
Johnny Edwards 36 33 27 21 240.2 175 157 16 2 3 .989 -4 -20 6.47 5.41 1 9 27 6 18% 0 C
Ken Forsch 27 70 0 0 103.1 25 9 14 2 1 .920 2.00 0.33 3 1 25% 0 P
Bob Gallagher 25 65 5 5 190.0 53 51 1 1 0 .981 0 1 2.46 0.79 RF-CF-LF-1B
Tom Griffin 26 34 34 8 211.0 62 19 35 8 2 .871 2.30 1.59 23 5 18% 1 P
Greg Gross 21 151 145 97 1310.2 312 295 15 2 4 .994 13 12 2.13 1.56 RF-LF
Tommy Helms 33 133 130 73 1050.2 678 308 360 10 99 .985 6 6 5.72 5.02 2B
Wilbur Howard 25 50 23 19 268.1 67 64 3 0 1 1.000 1 4 2.25 1.31 LF-CF-RF
Cliff Johnson 26 47 38 28 357.1 292 270 18 4 17 .986 -6 -19 7.25 5.88 3 8 23 6 21% 1 C-1B
Jerry Johnson 30 34 0 0 45.0 11 3 6 2 2 .818 1.80 0.26 3 1 25% 0 P
Skip Jutze 28 7 4 2 44.0 18 16 2 0 0 1.000 1 27 3.68 2.57 0 1 3 3 50% 0 C
Mick Kelleher 26 18 16 10 139.0 90 23 62 5 10 .944 1 8 5.50 4.72 SS
Doug Konieczny 22 6 3 0 16.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.50 1 2 67% 1 P
Lee May 31 145 143 100 1186.1 1349 1253 88 8 116 .994 -3 -3 10.17 9.25 1B
Milt May 23 116 109 97 955.1 592 525 63 4 10 .993 3 4 5.54 5.07 9 34 70 41 37% 1 C
Denis Menke 33 23 5 3 76.1 44 21 23 0 5 1.000 2 36 5.19 1.83 3B-1B-2B-SS
Roger Metzger 26 143 143 140 1261.2 706 238 451 17 85 .976 -5 -5 4.91 4.82 SS
Larry Milbourne 23 97 32 24 412.2 257 102 148 7 24 .973 3 8 5.45 2.53 2B-SS-LF
Mike Nagy 26 9 0 0 12.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.22 1 0 0% 0 P
Claude Osteen 34 23 21 7 138.1 32 8 23 1 1 .969 2.02 1.35 11 7 39% 0 P
Doug Rader 29 152 152 146 1343.2 492 128 347 17 28 .965 1 1 3.18 3.13 3B
J.R. Richard 24 15 9 0 64.2 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.67 9 4 31% 0 P
Dave Roberts 29 34 30 8 204.0 61 15 43 3 5 .951 2.56 1.71 21 6 22% 0 P
Fred Scherman 29 53 0 0 61.1 14 6 7 1 0 .929 1.91 0.25 4 3 43% 1 P
Paul Siebert 21 5 5 1 25.1 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.55 2.00 3 1 25% 1 P
Bob Watson 28 142 141 60 1146.2 312 298 10 4 9 .987 -15 -16 2.42 1.76 LF-1B
Don Wilson 29 33 27 5 204.2 37 11 21 5 1 .865 1.41 0.97 18 11 38% 0 P
Jim York 26 28 0 0 38.1 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.36 2 1 33% 0 P
Team Totals 26.9 162 1458 1031 13056.0 6340 4352 1875 113 437 .982 7 1 4.29 3.12 13 52 123 56 31% 8
Rank in 12 NL teams 12 3 1
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Ollie Brown 30 73 -3 -1 -1 -1 0 -1 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $40,000 Purchased 9
Ray Busse 25 37 -3 -1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded /5
Dave Campbell 32 25 -4 1 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded /4357
Cesar Cedeno 23 688 20 7 0 1 8 -2 19 53 5.6 45 4.8 0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent *8
Mike Cosgrove* 23 22 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 1
Larry Dierker 27 83 -7 0 -1 1 0 6 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mike Easler* 23 15 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Draft
Johnny Edwards* 36 130 -5 0 -1 1 -4 2 4 -3 -0.4 1 0.1 -0.5 $ Traded 2
Ken Forsch 27 9 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 1
Bob Gallagher* 25 102 -7 0 -1 1 0 -1 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 9/738
Tom Griffin 26 80 2 0 -1 0 0 5 2 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 1
Greg Gross* 21 676 20 -3 1 -1 13 -8 19 41 4.3 28 3.0 1.3 $ Amateur Draft *97
Tommy Helms 33 481 -7 -1 0 -2 6 3 14 13 1.3 7 0.7 0.6 $ Traded *4
Wilbur Howard# 25 116 -7 -2 -1 0 1 -1 4 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $10,500 Traded 7/89
Cliff Johnson 26 210 7 -1 0 -1 -6 0 6 5 0.6 11 1.2 -0.6 $ Amateur Draft 23
Jerry Johnson 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Skip Jutze 28 16 -1 -1 0 -1 1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded /2
Mick Kelleher 26 62 -7 0 -1 0 1 1 2 -4 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Purchased 6
Doug Konieczny 22 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /1
Lee May 31 590 3 2 5 -1 -3 -9 18 15 1.6 18 1.9 -0.3 $ Traded *3
Milt May* 23 453 7 -2 -1 1 3 7 14 29 2.9 26 2.8 0.1 $ Traded *2
Denis Menke 33 34 -4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ Traded 3/546
Roger Metzger# 26 633 -19 1 -2 1 -5 9 17 2 0.1 7 0.7 -0.6 $ Traded *6
Larry Milbourne# 23 148 -3 2 0 1 3 1 4 8 0.8 5 0.5 0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft 4/67
Mike Nagy 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /1
Claude Osteen* 34 48 -1 0 -1 0 0 4 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $100,000 Traded 1
Doug Rader 29 601 8 1 0 -2 1 4 18 30 3.1 29 3.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
J.R. Richard 24 22 -2 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 1
Dave Roberts* 29 77 -3 0 0 0 0 6 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded 1
Fred Scherman* 29 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Paul Siebert* 21 8 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /1
Bob Watson 28 593 17 -1 -2 -2 -15 -7 18 8 0.9 23 2.4 -1.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *73
Don Wilson 29 75 -5 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jim York 26 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 26.7 6120 -17 1 -6 -5 7 29 176 184 18.4 178 19.0 -0.6 $150,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Mike Cosgrove* 23 90.0 0 35 46 0 1.1 11 0.7 $ Amateur Draft
Ramon de los Santos* 25 12.1 0 6 6 0 .9 0 -0.1 $ Free Agency
Larry Dierker 27 223.2 33 76 118 1 1.0 42 4.8 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ken Forsch 27 103.1 0 38 55 0 1.8 17 1.6 $ Amateur Draft
Tom Griffin 26 211.0 34 97 109 1 1.0 12 1.3 $ Amateur Draft
Jerry Johnson 30 45.0 0 26 25 0 .8 -1 -0.5 $ Traded
Doug Konieczny 22 16.0 3 15 9 0 1.1 -6 -0.7 $ Amateur Draft
Mike Nagy 26 12.2 0 13 7 0 .5 -6 -0.5 $ Traded
Claude Osteen* 34 138.1 21 67 72 1 .9 5 0.5 $ Traded
J.R. Richard 24 64.2 9 31 34 0 .9 3 0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Dave Roberts* 29 204.0 30 83 106 1 1.0 23 2.7 $ Traded
Fred Scherman* 29 61.1 0 33 33 0 .9 0 -0.5 $ Traded
Paul Siebert* 21 25.1 5 12 13 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Don Wilson 29 204.2 27 80 109 1 1.1 29 3.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim York 26 38.1 0 20 20 0 1.0 0 -0.3 $ Traded
Team Total 27.7 1450.2 162 632 762 5 1.0 130 12.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1973 / 1975 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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