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1975 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1974/1976)
64-97, Finished 6th in NL Western Division
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Scored 664 runs, Allowed 711 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-86
Managed by Preston Gomez and Bill Virdon

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 858,002 (10th of 12)
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Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1974/1976) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

December 3, 1974

Traded Lee May and Jay Schlueter to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Enos Cabell and Rob Andrews.

December 9, 1974

Traded Roe Skidmore to the Boston Red Sox. Received Bob Didier.

December 13, 1974

Sold Mick Kelleher to the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 9, 1975

Drafted Darrell Brown in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

February 10, 1975

Signed Wayne Granger as a free agent.

April 6, 1975 (Standings)

Purchased Joe Niekro from the Atlanta Braves for $35,000.

April 8, 1975 (Standings)

Purchased Tom Dixon from the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 9, 1975 (Standings)

Purchased Jerry Davanon from the Cleveland Indians.

May 26, 1975 (Standings)

Released Rafael Batista.

June 3, 1975 (Standings)

Drafted Bo McLaughlin in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

Drafted Bruce Bochy in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Joe Pittman in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

Drafted Kim Seaman in the 23rd round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 8, 1975 (Standings)

Sold Fred Scherman to the Montreal Expos.

June 25, 1975 (Standings)

Traded Mike Easler to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Barlow (September 30, 1975) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

October 24, 1975

Traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Joaquin Andujar. The Houston Astros sent Luis Sanchez (December 12, 1975) and Carlos Alfonso (minors) (December 12, 1975) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

December 6, 1975

Traded Milt May, Dave Roberts, and Jim Crawford to the Detroit Tigers. Received Leon Roberts, Terry Humphrey, Gene Pentz, and Mark Lemongello.

December 8, 1975

Drafted Gilberto Rondon from the California Angels in the 1975 rule 5 draft.

December 9, 1975

Released Wayne Granger.

December 11, 1975

Traded Doug Rader to the San Diego Padres. Received Joe McIntosh and Larry Hardy.

December 12, 1975

Traded Tommy Helms to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Art Howe (January 6, 1976) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

December 23, 1975

Traded Manual Lantiqua (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Craig Cacek.

1976

Signed Rich Chiles as a free agent.

January 7, 1976

Drafted Gary Wilson in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

January 8, 1976

Sold Jim York to the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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