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1975 Houston Astros

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1974 / 1976

64-97, Finished 6th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Preston Gomez (47-80) and Bill Virdon (17-17)
Scored 664 runs, Allowed 711 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-86

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 858,002 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

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1974 / 1976 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* 24 111 419 386 29 93 15 1 4 52 1 2 26 41 .241 .287 .316 .603 73 122 7 0 4 3 3
2 1B Bob Watson 29 132 533 485 67 157 27 1 18 85 3 5 40 50 .324 .375 .495 .870 148 240 11 3 0 5 10
3 2B Rob Andrews 22 103 321 277 29 66 5 4 0 19 12 5 31 34 .238 .310 .285 .595 72 79 6 0 8 5 4
4 SS Roger Metzger# 27 127 510 450 54 102 7 9 2 26 4 5 41 39 .227 .289 .296 .584 68 133 6 0 15 4 10
5 3B Doug Rader 30 129 499 448 41 100 23 2 12 48 5 4 42 101 .223 .296 .364 .660 89 163 11 5 2 2 3
6 LF Greg Gross* 22 132 558 483 67 142 14 10 0 41 2 2 63 37 .294 .373 .364 .738 112 176 11 0 9 3 1
7 CF Cesar Cedeno 24 131 576 500 93 144 31 3 13 63 50 17 62 52 .288 .371 .440 .811 132 220 12 7 2 5 9
8 RF Jose Cruz* 27 120 377 315 44 81 15 2 9 49 6 3 52 44 .257 .358 .403 .761 118 127 6 1 3 6 6
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 OF Wilbur Howard# 26 121 419 392 62 111 16 8 0 21 32 11 21 67 .283 .324 .365 .689 97 143 2 3 2 1 3
10 UT Cliff Johnson 27 122 393 340 52 94 16 1 20 65 1 0 46 64 .276 .370 .506 .876 149 172 7 5 1 1 5
11 UT Enos Cabell 25 117 374 348 43 92 17 6 2 43 12 3 18 53 .264 .303 .365 .668 91 127 9 3 1 4 1
12 IF Ken Boswell* 29 86 212 178 16 43 8 2 0 21 0 3 30 12 .242 .349 .309 .658 90 55 7 1 0 3 7
13 MI Larry Milbourne# 24 73 163 151 17 32 1 2 1 9 1 2 6 14 .212 .245 .265 .510 46 40 4 1 4 1 1
14 2B Tommy Helms 34 64 147 135 7 28 2 0 0 14 0 0 10 8 .207 .265 .222 .488 41 30 3 1 0 1 1
15 SS Jerry DaVanon 29 32 114 97 15 27 4 2 1 10 2 0 16 7 .278 .386 .392 .778 124 38 3 1 0 0 1
16 C Skip Jutze 29 51 98 93 9 21 2 0 0 6 1 0 2 4 .226 .242 .247 .489 41 23 1 0 3 0 0
17 OF Art Gardner* 22 13 33 31 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 8 .194 .242 .194 .436 26 6 2 1 0 0 1
18 Rafael Batista* 29 10 10 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .300 .300 .400 .700 100 4 1 0 0 0 0
19 Mike Easler* 24 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Jesus de la Rosa 21 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 182 2 0 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 28 34 89 76 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 .092 .092 .092 .184 -47 7 1 0 13 0 0
22 P J.R. Richard 25 33 80 74 4 15 6 0 1 13 0 0 1 29 .203 .213 .324 .538 53 24 2 0 5 0 0
23 P Dave Roberts* 30 32 74 63 2 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 12 .143 .156 .206 .363 3 13 0 0 10 0 0
24 P Doug Konieczny 23 32 58 50 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 24 .160 .208 .200 .408 17 10 2 0 5 0 0
25 P Ken Forsch 28 34 29 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .045 .192 .045 .238 -29 1 0 0 3 0 0
26 P Tom Griffin 27 17 25 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .136 .174 .136 .310 -10 3 1 0 2 0 0
27 P Jim Crawford* 24 44 20 17 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .294 .368 .353 .721 108 6 1 0 1 0 0
28 P Joe Niekro 30 40 18 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .214 .313 .214 .527 53 3 0 0 2 0 0
29 P Mike Cosgrove* 24 32 15 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .231 .385 9 3 1 0 2 0 0
30 P Jim York 27 19 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Wayne Granger 31 55 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 1 0 0 0 0
32 P Jose Sosa 22 26 9 9 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .778 1.111 211 7 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Mike Stanton# 22 7 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 44 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Paul Siebert* 22 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Fred Scherman* 30 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.2 162 6211 5515 664 1401 218 54 84 606 133 62 523 762 .254 .320 .359 .679 95 1979 118 32 97 44 66
Rank in 12 NL teams 6 5 8 7 1 9 3 1 8 9 8 8 9 9 9 5 7
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 28 14 16 .467 4.00 34 34 0 14 2 0 232.0 225 109 103 24 91 6 127 7 1 13 982 85 1.362 8.7 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.40
2 SP J.R. Richard 25 12 10 .545 4.39 33 31 1 7 1 0 203.0 178 107 99 8 138 0 176 4 5 20 905 77 1.557 7.9 0.4 6.1 7.8 1.28
3 SP Dave Roberts* 30 8 14 .364 4.27 32 27 3 7 0 1 198.1 182 98 94 16 73 4 101 2 0 8 841 79 1.286 8.3 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.38
4 SP Doug Konieczny 23 6 13 .316 4.47 32 29 1 4 1 0 171.0 184 93 85 15 87 1 89 1 2 6 762 76 1.585 9.7 0.8 4.6 4.7 1.02
5 SP Tom Griffin 27 3 8 .273 5.33 17 13 1 3 1 0 79.1 89 52 47 11 46 5 56 2 2 8 363 64 1.702 10.1 1.2 5.2 6.4 1.22
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 RP Ken Forsch 28 4 8 .333 3.22 34 9 12 2 0 2 109.0 114 42 39 9 30 3 54 2 0 1 451 105 1.321 9.4 0.7 2.5 4.5 1.80
7 RP Joe Niekro 30 6 4 .600 3.07 40 4 21 1 1 4 88.0 79 32 30 3 39 4 54 2 0 2 378 111 1.341 8.1 0.3 4.0 5.5 1.38
8 RP Jim Crawford* 24 3 5 .375 3.63 44 2 19 0 0 4 86.2 92 40 35 0 37 4 37 2 1 5 377 93 1.488 9.6 0.0 3.8 3.8 1.00
9 RP Wayne Granger 31 2 5 .286 3.65 55 0 22 0 0 5 74.0 76 39 30 7 23 7 30 4 1 1 323 93 1.338 9.2 0.9 2.8 3.6 1.30
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
10 Mike Cosgrove* 24 1 2 .333 3.03 32 3 13 1 0 5 71.1 62 24 24 2 37 1 32 0 1 6 300 112 1.388 7.8 0.3 4.7 4.0 0.86
11 Jose Sosa 22 1 3 .250 4.02 25 2 9 0 0 1 47.0 51 21 21 5 23 4 31 1 0 5 206 85 1.574 9.8 1.0 4.4 5.9 1.35
12 Jim York 27 4 4 .500 3.86 19 4 6 0 0 0 46.2 43 22 20 1 25 3 17 5 1 1 209 88 1.457 8.3 0.2 4.8 3.3 0.68
13 Paul Siebert* 22 0 2 .000 2.95 7 2 5 0 0 2 18.1 20 7 6 0 6 1 6 1 0 2 77 118 1.418 9.8 0.0 2.9 2.9 1.00
14 Mike Stanton 22 0 2 .000 7.27 7 2 1 0 0 1 17.1 20 14 14 1 20 0 16 0 1 4 89 48 2.308 10.4 0.5 10.4 8.3 0.80
15 Fred Scherman* 30 0 1 .000 4.96 16 0 9 0 0 0 16.1 21 11 9 4 4 1 13 1 0 1 74 70 1.531 11.6 2.2 2.2 7.2 3.25
Team Totals 26.7 64 97 .398 4.04 162 162 123 39 6 25 1458.1 1436 711 654 106 679 44 839 34 15 83 6337 84 1.450 8.9 0.7 4.2 5.2 1.24
Rank in 12 NL teams 12 1 11 5 11 7 6 7 10 11 9 12 6
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
Rob Andrews 22 98 85 57 725.2 452 193 249 10 67 .978 -9 -14 5.48 4.42 2B-SS
Ken Boswell 29 54 38 27 372.1 163 54 103 6 13 .963 -4 -13 3.79 2.91 3B-2B
Enos Cabell 25 103 80 61 774.1 261 197 58 6 17 .977 -4 -6 2.96 2.18 RF-LF-3B-1B
Cesar Cedeno 24 131 131 124 1156.1 334 320 8 6 2 .982 -4 -4 2.55 2.50 CF
Mike Cosgrove 24 32 3 1 71.1 15 2 12 1 1 .933 1.77 0.44 1 5 83% 0 P
Jim Crawford 24 44 2 0 86.2 23 8 13 2 2 .913 2.18 0.48 7 2 22% 0 P
Jose Cruz 27 94 80 71 732.0 196 186 6 4 0 .980 10 16 2.36 2.00 RF-LF-CF
Jerry DaVanon 29 29 27 22 246.1 155 54 94 7 16 .955 2 11 5.41 4.48 SS-2B-3B
Larry Dierker 28 34 34 14 232.0 49 15 31 3 1 .939 1.78 1.35 25 8 24% 1 P
Ken Forsch 28 34 9 2 109.0 22 6 14 2 3 .909 1.65 0.59 9 5 36% 1 P
Art Gardner 22 8 7 3 61.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 2 31 2.51 2.13 RF-LF-CF
Wayne Granger 31 55 0 0 74.0 23 2 18 3 1 .870 2.43 0.36 5 3 38% 3 P
Tom Griffin 27 17 13 3 79.1 20 5 14 1 2 .950 2.16 1.12 14 2 13% 0 P
Greg Gross 22 121 120 112 1061.2 243 220 13 10 2 .959 -5 -6 1.98 1.93 RF-LF
Tommy Helms 34 46 28 22 271.1 169 58 109 2 19 .988 5 22 5.54 3.63 2B-3B-SS
Wilbur Howard 26 95 81 74 769.0 198 189 8 1 0 .995 1 2 2.31 1.95 LF-CF-RF
Cliff Johnson 27 85 81 69 737.0 654 604 38 12 37 .982 -7 -11 7.84 7.21 8 15 39 14 26% 1 1B-C-LF
Skip Jutze 29 47 26 21 261.2 164 147 15 2 3 .988 -7 -32 5.57 3.45 4 23 21 4 16% 0 C
Doug Konieczny 23 32 29 4 171.0 32 7 21 4 1 .875 1.47 0.88 10 13 57% 4 P
Milt May 24 103 99 83 863.0 647 568 70 9 8 .986 2 3 6.65 6.25 18 44 65 47 42% 3 C
Roger Metzger 27 126 123 114 1094.1 642 186 441 15 83 .977 10 11 5.16 4.98 SS
Larry Milbourne 24 62 44 29 399.2 241 95 136 10 35 .959 -2 -5 5.20 3.55 2B-SS
Joe Niekro 30 40 4 1 88.0 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.50 8 2 20% 2 P
Doug Rader 30 125 122 117 1084.2 384 114 259 11 25 .971 -4 -5 3.09 2.96 3B-SS
J.R. Richard 25 33 31 7 203.0 28 8 19 1 0 .964 1.20 0.82 25 12 32% 0 P
Dave Roberts 30 32 27 7 198.1 49 13 36 0 0 1.000 2.22 1.53 4 5 56% 0 P
Fred Scherman 30 16 0 0 16.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.19 1 1 50% 0 P
Paul Siebert 22 7 2 0 18.1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.44 1.00 2 1 33% 0 P
Jose Sosa 22 25 2 0 47.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.38 0.08 2 4 67% 0 P
Mike Stanton 22 7 2 0 17.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.60 0.71 6 0 0% 0 P
Bob Watson 29 126 124 99 1056.1 1167 1089 70 8 106 .993 -7 -8 9.87 9.13 1B-LF
Jim York 27 19 4 0 46.2 6 3 2 1 0 .833 0.96 0.26 6 2 25% 1 P
Team Totals 26.4 162 1458 1144 13125.0 6392 4375 1880 137 444 .979 -21 -2 4.29 3.28 30 82 125 65 34% 16
Rank in 12 NL teams 10 3 3
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
Rob Andrews 22 321 -8 1 0 0 -9 2 9 -5 -0.5 4 0.4 -0.9 $ Traded 4/6
Rafael Batista* 29 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft
Ken Boswell* 29 212 0 0 0 -1 -4 1 6 2 0.2 6 0.6 -0.4 $ Traded 45
Enos Cabell 25 374 -1 -1 1 1 -4 -3 11 4 0.4 8 0.9 -0.5 $ Traded 7935
Cesar Cedeno 24 576 29 7 1 0 -4 -2 16 47 5.1 51 5.4 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *8
Mike Cosgrove* 24 15 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 1
Jim Crawford* 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 1
Jose Cruz* 27 377 13 0 -2 1 10 -4 11 28 2.9 19 2.0 0.9 $ Purchased 97/8
Jerry DaVanon 29 114 5 0 1 -1 2 2 3 12 1.3 10 1.1 0.2 $ Purchased 6/45
Jesus de la Rosa 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Larry Dierker 28 89 -15 0 -1 0 0 7 2 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mike Easler* 24 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft
Ken Forsch 28 29 -4 -1 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 1
Art Gardner* 22 33 -3 0 0 0 2 0 1 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Amateur Draft /978
Wayne Granger 31 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Tom Griffin 27 25 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 1
Greg Gross* 22 558 17 0 1 -1 -5 -6 16 22 2.4 27 2.9 -0.5 $ Amateur Draft *79
Tommy Helms 34 147 -10 0 1 0 5 1 4 1 0.1 -4 -0.4 0.5 $ Traded 4/56
Wilbur Howard# 26 419 2 4 2 2 1 -3 13 21 2.2 20 2.1 0.1 $ Traded 789
Cliff Johnson 27 393 27 -1 2 -1 -7 -1 12 31 3.4 38 4.1 -0.7 $ Amateur Draft 32/7
Skip Jutze 29 98 -7 0 -1 0 -7 2 3 -10 -1.1 -3 -0.3 -0.8 $ Traded 2
Doug Konieczny 23 58 -5 0 -1 -1 0 5 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft 1
Milt May* 24 420 -12 -1 -1 0 2 6 13 7 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded 2
Roger Metzger# 27 510 -18 2 -3 2 10 8 15 16 1.4 6 0.6 0.8 $ Traded *6
Larry Milbourne# 24 163 -10 -1 0 0 -2 2 5 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft 46
Joe Niekro 30 18 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Doug Rader 30 499 -4 0 -1 0 -4 3 15 9 0.9 13 1.4 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *5/6
J.R. Richard 25 80 -5 0 1 0 0 7 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 1
Dave Roberts* 30 74 -8 -1 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Fred Scherman* 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Paul Siebert* 22 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /1
Jose Sosa 22 9 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mike Stanton# 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /1
Bob Watson 29 533 36 -2 2 0 -7 -8 16 36 4.0 44 4.7 -0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent *3/7
Jim York 27 12 -2 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 26.2 6212 8 4 2 1 -21 36 180 207 21.2 231 24.7 -3.5 $
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* 24 71.1 3 24 37 -1 1.1 13 1.3 $ Amateur Draft
Jim Crawford* 24 86.2 2 40 46 -1 1.0 6 0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Larry Dierker 28 232.0 34 109 124 -3 1.0 15 1.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ken Forsch 28 109.0 9 42 55 -2 1.2 13 1.4 $ Amateur Draft
Wayne Granger 31 74.0 0 39 39 -1 1.4 0 -0.7 $ Free Agency
Tom Griffin 27 79.1 13 52 42 -1 1.1 -10 -1.2 $ Amateur Draft
Doug Konieczny 23 171.0 29 93 90 -3 1.1 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft
Joe Niekro 30 88.0 4 32 47 -1 1.1 15 1.4 $ Purchased
J.R. Richard 25 203.0 31 107 105 -3 1.1 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Dave Roberts* 30 198.1 27 98 99 -3 1.0 1 0.1 $ Traded
Fred Scherman* 30 16.1 0 11 9 0 .5 -2 -0.3 $ Traded
Paul Siebert* 22 18.1 2 7 9 0 1.5 2 0.3 $ Amateur Draft
Jose Sosa 22 47.0 2 21 24 -1 1.1 3 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mike Stanton 22 17.1 2 14 10 0 .7 -4 -0.5 $ Amateur Draft
Jim York 27 46.2 4 22 24 -1 1.0 2 0.1 $ Traded
Team Total 26.7 1458.1 162 711 760 -21 1.1 49 3.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1974 / 1976 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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