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1974 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975)
81-81, Finished 4th in NL West
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Scored 653 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: Preston Gomez (81-81)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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	127	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
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	120	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	98	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	125	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	106	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	83	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	98	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	44	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	41	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	159	1.622	8.0	0.0	6.6	5.1	0.78
		Team Totals	27.7	81	81	.500	3.48	162	162	126	36	15	18	1450.2	1396	632	561	84	601	56	738	37	15	52	6225	100	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		9972
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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Ollie Brown	30	20	17	132.1	37	37	0	0	0	1.000	0.4	3.6	0.4	0.7	-0.3	0			2.52	1.85						RF
Ray Busse	25	8	6	57.0	22	2	17	3	1	.864	0.7	14.7	0.7	0.8	-0.1		0		3.00	2.38						3B
Dave Campbell	32	18	3	47.0	39	20	17	2	5	.949	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	0.4		0		7.09	2.06						2B-3B-1B-LF
Cesar Cedeno	23	157	157	1385.2	450	436	11	3	4	.993	8.2	7.1	4.2	-2.2	6.3	4			2.90	2.85						CF
Mike Cosgrove	23	45	0	90.0	15	1	13	1	2	.933									1.40	0.31						P
Ramon de los Santos	25	12	0	12.1	2	1	1	0	1	1.000									1.46	0.17						P
Larry Dierker	27	33	33	223.2	45	10	34	1	1	.978									1.77	1.33						P
Johnny Edwards	36	32	27	240.2	175	157	16	2	3	.989	-4.0	-19.9						-4	6.47	5.41	1	9	27	6	18%	C
Ken Forsch	27	70	0	103.1	25	9	14	2	1	.920									2.00	0.33						P
Bob Gallagher	25	66	5	190.0	53	51	1	1	0	.981	0.1	0.6	1.1	0.9	0.2	-1	0		2.46	0.79						RF-CF-LF-1B
Tom Griffin	26	34	34	211.0	62	19	35	8	2	.871									2.30	1.59						P
Greg Gross	21	199	145	1310.2	314	296	16	2	4	.994	13.1	12.0	4.1	-1.9	6.0	9			2.14	1.57						RF-LF
Tommy Helms	33	133	130	1050.2	678	308	360	10	99	.985	5.5	6.3	4.5	-0.9	5.4		1		5.72	5.02						2B
Wilbur Howard	25	51	23	268.1	67	64	3	0	1	1.000	0.9	4.0	-0.1	-0.8	0.7	1			2.25	1.31						LF-CF-RF
Cliff Johnson	26	49	38	357.1	292	270	18	4	17	.986	-5.8	-19.5	-2.8	-2.4	-0.4		0	-3	7.25	5.88	3	8	23	6	21%	C-1B
Jerry Johnson	30	34	0	45.0	11	3	6	2	2	.818									1.80	0.26						P
Skip Jutze	28	7	4	44.0	18	16	2	0	0	1.000	1.0	27.3						1	3.68	2.57	0	1	3	3	50%	C
Mick Kelleher	26	18	16	139.0	90	23	62	5	10	.944	0.9	7.8	1.9	-0.8	2.7		-1		5.50	4.72						SS
Doug Konieczny	22	6	3	16.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000									1.69	0.50						P
Lee May	31	145	143	1186.1	1349	1253	88	8	116	.994	-2.6	-2.6	-2.6	0.3	-2.9		0		10.17	9.25						1B
Milt May	23	116	109	955.1	592	525	63	4	10	.993	3.0	3.8						3	5.54	5.07	9	34	70	41	37%	C
Denis Menke	33	24	5	76.1	44	21	23	0	5	1.000	2.3	36.2	2.3	0.7	1.6		0		5.19	1.83						3B-1B-2B-SS
Roger Metzger	26	143	143	1261.2	706	238	451	17	85	.976	-5.1	-4.9	-6.1	-10.4	4.3		1		4.91	4.82						SS
Larry Milbourne	23	99	32	412.2	257	102	148	7	24	.973	2.7	7.9	4.7	0.2	4.5	0	-2		5.45	2.53						2B-SS-LF
Mike Nagy	26	9	0	12.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.42	0.22						P
Claude Osteen	34	23	21	138.1	32	8	23	1	1	.969									2.02	1.35						P
Doug Rader	29	152	152	1343.2	492	128	347	17	28	.965	0.8	0.7	-0.2	-5.5	5.3		1		3.18	3.13						3B
J.R. Richard	24	15	9	64.2	10	5	5	0	0	1.000									1.39	0.67						P
Dave Roberts	29	34	30	204.0	61	15	43	3	5	.951									2.56	1.71						P
Fred Scherman	29	53	0	61.1	14	6	7	1	0	.929									1.91	0.25						P
Paul Siebert	21	5	5	25.1	10	1	9	0	0	1.000									3.55	2.00						P
Bob Watson	28	175	141	1146.2	312	298	10	4	9	.987	-15.4	-16.1	-10.4	-8.4	-2.0	-5	0		2.42	1.76						LF-1B
Don Wilson	29	33	27	204.2	37	11	21	5	1	.865									1.41	0.97						P
Jim York	26	28	0	38.1	10	4	6	0	0	1.000									2.35	0.36						P
Team Totals	26.9	162	1458	13056.0	6340	4352	1875	113	437	.982	6.7	0.6	1.7	-30.1	31.7	8	0	-3	4.29	3.12	13	52	123	56	31%
Rank in 12 NL teams								12	3	1
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1973 / 1975 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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