1968 Houston Astros Statistics

1967 Season 1969 Season

Record: 72-90-0, Finished 10th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Grady Hatton (23-38) and Harry Walker (49-52)

General Manager: H.B. Richardson

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,312,887 (4th of 10)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 71-91, 510 Runs, 588 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	John Bateman	27	111	383	350	28	87	19	0	4	33	1	1	23	46	.249	.297	.337	.635	93	118	16	3	3	4	16
2	1B	Rusty Staub*	24	161	682	591	54	172	37	1	6	72	2	0	73	57	.291	.373	.387	.761	132	229	11	7	7	4	24
3	2B	Denis Menke	27	150	621	542	56	135	23	6	6	56	5	8	64	81	.249	.334	.347	.681	108	188	6	6	7	2	6
4	SS	Héctor Torres	22	128	496	466	44	104	11	1	1	24	2	3	18	64	.223	.252	.258	.510	56	120	10	0	12	0	2
5	3B	Doug Rader	23	98	371	333	42	89	16	4	6	43	2	2	31	51	.267	.328	.393	.721	119	131	8	1	2	4	3
6	LF	Bob Watson	22	45	155	140	13	32	7	0	2	8	1	0	13	32	.229	.297	.321	.618	89	45	6	1	0	1	1
7	CF	Jim Wynn	26	156	646	542	85	146	23	5	26	67	11	17	90	131	.269	.376	.474	.850	158	257	6	5	5	4	9
8	RF	Norm Miller*	22	79	294	257	35	61	18	2	6	28	6	5	22	48	.237	.304	.393	.697	112	101	4	5	5	5	1
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Bob Aspromonte	30	124	457	409	25	92	9	2	1	46	1	0	35	57	.225	.285	.264	.549	68	108	15	2	5	6	9
10	CF	Ron Davis	26	52	236	217	22	46	10	1	1	12	0	4	13	48	.212	.268	.281	.549	68	61	1	4	1	1	0
11	RF	Lee Thomas*	32	90	221	201	14	39	4	0	1	11	2	1	14	22	.194	.249	.229	.478	47	46	6	1	4	1	4
12	OF	Dick Simpson	24	59	202	177	25	33	7	2	3	11	4	4	20	61	.186	.282	.299	.582	78	53	2	4	0	1	2
13	2B	Julio Gotay	29	75	171	165	9	41	3	0	1	11	1	2	4	21	.248	.271	.285	.555	70	47	6	1	1	0	0
14	C	Dave Adlesh	24	40	112	104	3	19	1	1	0	4	0	0	5	27	.183	.227	.212	.439	35	22	1	1	2	0	2
15	UT	José Herrera	26	27	109	100	9	24	5	0	0	7	0	2	4	12	.240	.269	.290	.559	71	29	1	0	5	0	0
16	C	Ron Brand	28	43	94	81	7	13	2	0	0	4	1	1	9	11	.160	.261	.185	.446	38	15	1	2	2	0	0
17	C	Hal King*	24	27	62	55	4	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	7	16	.145	.242	.218	.460	41	12	1	0	0	0	0
18	OF	Ivan Murrell	25	32	60	59	3	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	17	.102	.117	.153	.269	-18	9	2	0	0	0	0
19	UT	Nate Colbert	22	20	56	53	5	8	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	23	.151	.164	.170	.333	2	9	2	0	1	1	0
20	SS	Leon McFadden	24	16	54	47	2	13	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	10	.277	.358	.298	.656	102	14	0	0	1	0	2
21	UT	Joe Morgan*	24	10	27	20	6	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	7	4	.250	.444	.350	.794	145	7	0	0	0	0	0
22	RF	Byron Browne	25	10	17	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.231	.412	.231	.643	100	3	1	0	0	0	0
23	1B	John Mayberry*	19	4	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	-67	0	0	1	0	0	0
24		Danny Walton	20	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
25	P	Dave Giusti	28	38	90	82	4	15	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	17	.183	.212	.195	.407	25	16	1	2	5	0	0
26	P	Larry Dierker	21	33	84	73	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	.068	.093	.082	.176	-46	6	2	0	9	0	0
27	P	Denny Lemaster	29	33	80	65	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	20	.031	.113	.031	.143	-54	2	1	0	9	0	0
28	P	Don Wilson	23	34	78	70	7	15	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	16	.214	.236	.286	.522	59	20	2	1	6	0	0
29	P	Mike Cuellar*	31	28	61	57	3	11	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	25	.193	.207	.263	.470	43	15	0	1	3	0	0
30	P	John Buzhardt	31	39	18	16	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.250	.294	.250	.544	67	4	1	0	1	0	0
31	P	Jim Ray	23	42	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.067	.133	-59	1	1	0	1	0	0
32	P	Danny Coombs	26	40	10	10	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.400	.400	.400	.800	145	4	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Wade Blasingame*	24	22	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.375	.000	.375	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Steve Shea	25	30	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Tom Dukes	25	43	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-35	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Fred Gladding*	32	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Pat House*	27	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Hal Gilson	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	25.6	162	5994	5336	510	1233	205	28	66	473	44	51	479	988	.231	.298	.317	.616	88	1692	115	48	97	34	81
		Rank in 10 NL teams				10	8	10	3	10	10		9	7	2	8	8	5	9	8		10		1		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.6	162	5538	4933	491	1176	200	28	64	448	44	51	464	848	.238	.308	.329	.637	94	1624	107	44	63	34	81
		Pitcher Totals	26.2	162	456	403	19	57	5	0	2	25	0	0	15	140	.141	.180	.169	.349	7	68	8	4	34	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Dave Giusti	28	11	14	.440	3.19	37	34	1	12	2	1	251.0	226	95	89	15	67	7	186	4	2	11	1031	93	2.53	1.167	8.1	0.5	2.4	6.7	2.78
2	SP	Larry Dierker	21	12	15	.444	3.31	32	32	0	10	1	0	233.2	206	95	86	14	89	12	161	8	0	20	981	89	3.03	1.262	7.9	0.5	3.4	6.2	1.81
3	SP	Denny Lemaster*	29	10	15	.400	2.81	33	32	0	7	2	0	224.0	231	79	70	11	72	11	146	4	2	7	965	105	2.74	1.353	9.3	0.4	2.9	5.9	2.03
4	SP	Don Wilson	23	13	16	.448	3.28	33	30	3	9	3	0	208.2	187	85	76	9	70	5	175	4	1	9	884	90	2.33	1.232	8.1	0.4	3.0	7.5	2.50
5	SP	Mike Cuellar*	31	8	11	.421	2.74	28	24	3	11	2	1	170.2	152	60	52	8	45	7	133	1	0	2	700	108	2.24	1.154	8.0	0.4	2.4	7.0	2.96
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Steve Shea	25	4	4	.500	3.38	30	0	21	0	0	6	34.2	27	14	13	0	11	0	15	3	0	2	139	89	2.73	1.096	7.0	0.0	2.9	3.9	1.36
7	RP	John Buzhardt	31	4	4	.500	3.12	39	4	15	0	0	5	83.2	73	35	29	0	35	13	37	4	0	7	356	95	2.90	1.291	7.9	0.0	3.8	4.0	1.06
8	RP	Jim Ray	23	2	3	.400	2.67	41	2	14	1	0	1	81.0	65	26	24	5	25	8	71	1	1	1	333	112	2.40	1.111	7.2	0.6	2.8	7.9	2.84
9	RP	Tom Dukes	25	2	2	.500	4.27	43	0	19	0	0	4	52.2	62	31	25	3	28	12	37	2	1	4	251	70	3.43	1.709	10.6	0.5	4.8	6.3	1.32
10	RP	Danny Coombs*	26	4	3	.571	3.28	40	2	16	0	0	2	46.2	52	21	17	0	17	4	29	1	0	5	207	91	2.30	1.479	10.0	0.0	3.3	5.6	1.71
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Wade Blasingame*	24	1	2	.333	4.75	22	2	7	0	0	1	36.0	45	21	19	3	10	1	22	0	0	3	160	63	3.08	1.528	11.3	0.8	2.5	5.5	2.20
12		Pat House*	27	1	1	.500	7.71	18	0	8	0	0	0	16.1	21	15	14	0	6	3	6	2	0	0	75	40	3.12	1.653	11.6	0.0	3.3	3.3	1.00
13		Fred Gladding	32	0	0		14.54	7	0	4	0	0	2	4.1	8	7	7	0	3	1	2	1	0	3	24	23	4.23	2.538	16.6	0.0	6.2	4.2	0.67
14		Hal Gilson*	26	0	0		7.36	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	7	4	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	19	46	3.48	2.182	17.2	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
		Team Totals	26.2	72	90	.444	3.26	162	162	112	50	10	23	1447.0	1362	588	524	68	479	85	1021	36	7	74	6125	91	2.65	1.272	8.5	0.4	3.0	6.4	2.13
		Rank in 10 NL teams		10	1		7				3	8	9	10	7	7	7	2	8		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W