1971 Houston Astros Statistics

1970 Season 1972 Season

Record: 79-83-0, Finished 4th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Harry Walker (79-83)

General Manager: H.B. Richardson

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,261,589 (9th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93

Pythagorean W-L: 83-79, 585 Runs, 567 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	Johnny Edwards*	33	106	345	317	18	74	13	4	1	23	1	1	26	38	.233	.291	.309	.600	73	98	0	0	1	1	9
2	1B	Denis Menke	30	146	547	475	57	117	26	3	1	43	4	5	59	68	.246	.328	.320	.648	87	152	14	2	5	6	4
3	2B	Joe Morgan*	27	160	689	583	87	149	27	11	13	56	40	8	88	52	.256	.351	.407	.757	117	237	4	1	10	7	2
4	SS	Roger Metzger#	23	150	617	562	64	132	14	11	0	26	15	6	44	50	.235	.294	.299	.593	71	168	5	4	5	2	4
5	3B	Doug Rader	26	135	534	484	51	118	21	4	12	56	5	1	40	112	.244	.303	.378	.681	95	183	10	3	2	5	2
6	LF	Bob Watson	25	129	514	468	49	135	17	3	9	67	0	3	41	56	.288	.347	.395	.742	113	185	14	2	1	2	5
7	CF	Cesar Cedeno	20	161	649	611	85	161	40	6	10	81	20	9	25	102	.264	.293	.398	.690	97	243	9	3	3	7	5
8	RF	Jim Wynn	29	123	466	404	38	82	16	0	7	45	10	5	56	63	.203	.302	.295	.596	72	119	14	2	2	2	6
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	OF	Jesus Alou	29	122	455	433	41	121	21	4	2	40	3	7	13	17	.279	.305	.360	.666	91	156	11	4	3	2	3
10	C	Jack Hiatt	28	69	214	174	16	48	8	1	1	16	0	1	35	39	.276	.401	.351	.752	118	61	1	2	2	1	2
11	1B	John Mayberry*	22	46	154	137	16	25	0	1	7	14	0	0	13	32	.182	.260	.350	.610	74	48	2	2	0	2	2
12	LF	Rich Chiles*	21	67	128	119	12	27	5	1	2	15	0	1	6	20	.227	.268	.336	.604	73	40	2	1	1	1	0
13	OF	Cesar Geronimo*	23	94	88	82	13	18	2	2	1	6	2	2	5	31	.220	.264	.329	.594	70	27	0	0	1	0	0
14	OF	Norm Miller*	25	45	81	74	5	19	5	0	2	10	0	0	5	13	.257	.313	.405	.718	105	30	3	1	1	0	0
15	C	Larry Howard	26	24	68	64	6	15	3	0	2	14	0	1	3	17	.234	.265	.375	.640	82	24	2	0	0	1	0
16	IF	Marty Martinez#	29	32	65	62	4	16	3	1	0	4	1	0	3	6	.258	.292	.339	.631	81	21	3	0	0	0	0
17	IF	Ray Busse	22	10	37	34	2	5	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.147	.194	.235	.430	23	8	0	0	1	0	0
18	2B	Derrel Thomas#	20	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	LF	Jay Schlueter	21	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	92	1	0	0	0	0	0
20		Larry Yount	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
21	P	Don Wilson	26	35	100	91	5	14	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	37	.154	.181	.165	.346	0	15	2	2	6	0	0
22	P	Jack Billingham	28	33	81	73	1	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	30	.123	.133	.123	.257	-26	9	2	0	6	1	0
23	P	Ken Forsch	24	33	63	59	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	30	.136	.150	.153	.303	-13	9	0	0	3	0	0
24	P	Wade Blasingame*	27	30	59	49	5	10	3	0	1	9	0	0	7	18	.204	.298	.327	.625	80	16	0	0	2	1	0
25	P	Larry Dierker	24	24	58	54	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	.074	.091	.093	.184	-47	5	3	0	3	0	0
26	P	Jim Ray	26	47	20	18	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.167	.250	.167	.417	22	3	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	George Culver	27	59	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-48	1	1	0	3	0	0
28	P	Tom Griffin	23	10	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-8	1	2	0	0	0	0
29	P	J.R. Richard	21	4	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
30	P	Scipio Spinks	23	5	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	28	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Ron Cook*	23	6	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	44	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Denny Lemaster	32	42	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-4	1	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Bill Greif	21	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	92	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Buddy Harris	22	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Fred Gladding*	35	48	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
36	P	Skip Guinn	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.2	162	6105	5492	585	1319	230	52	71	547	101	51	478	888	.240	.302	.340	.642	84	1866	105	29	65	41	44
		Rank in 12 NL teams				6	10	8	1	3	12		2	11	8	6	10	9	11	11		10		5		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.2	162	5660	5091	565	1263	224	52	70	520	101	51	464	728	.248	.312	.354	.666	91	1801	94	27	39	39	44
		Pitcher Totals	25.8	162	445	401	20	56	6	0	1	27	0	0	14	160	.140	.172	.162	.334	-3	65	11	2	26	2	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	Don Wilson	26	16	10	.615	2.45	35	34	0	18	3	0	268.0	195	80	73	15	79	3	180	7	0	5	1067	138	2.80	1.022	6.5	0.5	2.7	6.0	2.28
2	SP	Jack Billingham	28	10	16	.385	3.39	33	33	0	8	3	0	228.1	205	98	86	9	68	8	139	16	1	6	943	99	2.85	1.196	8.1	0.4	2.7	5.5	2.04
3	SP	Ken Forsch	24	8	8	.500	2.53	33	23	4	7	2	0	188.1	162	60	53	8	53	5	131	4	0	8	771	133	2.52	1.142	7.7	0.4	2.5	6.3	2.47
4	SP	Larry Dierker	24	12	6	.667	2.72	24	23	0	6	2	0	159.0	150	50	48	8	33	1	91	2	0	6	647	124	2.62	1.151	8.5	0.5	1.9	5.2	2.76
5	SP	Wade Blasingame*	27	9	11	.450	4.60	30	28	0	2	0	0	158.1	177	90	81	11	45	3	93	13	0	10	696	73	3.28	1.402	10.1	0.6	2.6	5.3	2.07
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	Fred Gladding	35	4	5	.444	2.10	48	0	32	0	0	12	51.1	51	17	12	0	22	7	17	7	0	2	228	161	3.48	1.422	8.9	0.0	3.9	3.0	0.77
7	RP	Jim Ray	26	10	4	.714	2.12	47	1	21	0	0	3	97.2	72	27	23	3	31	5	46	2	1	5	382	160	2.92	1.055	6.6	0.3	2.9	4.2	1.48
8	RP	George Culver	27	5	8	.385	2.64	59	0	34	0	0	7	95.1	89	33	28	4	38	10	57	2	0	4	398	128	3.06	1.332	8.4	0.4	3.6	5.4	1.50
9	RP	Denny Lemaster*	32	0	2	.000	3.45	42	0	17	0	0	2	60.0	59	23	23	4	22	6	28	1	0	7	253	98	3.53	1.350	8.9	0.6	3.3	4.2	1.27
10	RP	Buddy Harris	22	1	1	.500	6.46	20	0	7	0	0	0	30.2	33	22	22	3	16	1	21	0	1	2	138	53	3.92	1.598	9.7	0.9	4.7	6.2	1.31
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		Tom Griffin	23	0	6	.000	4.78	10	6	0	0	0	0	37.2	44	22	20	4	20	1	29	2	0	4	177	71	4.04	1.699	10.5	1.0	4.8	6.9	1.45
12		Scipio Spinks	23	1	0	1.000	3.68	5	3	0	1	0	0	29.1	22	12	12	2	13	0	26	1	0	1	121	93	3.00	1.193	6.8	0.6	4.0	8.0	2.00
13		Ron Cook*	23	0	4	.000	4.91	5	4	1	0	0	0	25.2	23	14	14	2	8	1	10	1	0	1	110	70	3.74	1.208	8.1	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.25
14		J.R. Richard	21	2	1	.667	3.43	4	4	0	1	0	0	21.0	17	9	8	1	16	0	29	0	0	2	96	100	2.59	1.571	7.3	0.4	6.9	12.4	1.81
15		Bill Greif	21	1	1	.500	5.06	7	3	1	0	0	0	16.0	18	10	9	1	8	0	14	2	0	0	76	68	3.39	1.625	10.1	0.6	4.5	7.9	1.75
16		Skip Guinn*	26	0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0	1	4.2	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	1	18		3.09	0.857	1.9	0.0	5.8	5.8	1.00
17		Larry Yount	21	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.2	79	83	.488	3.13	162	162	119	43	10	25	1471.1	1318	567	512	75	475	52	914	60	3	64	6121	108	2.96	1.219	8.1	0.5	2.9	5.6	1.92
		Rank in 12 NL teams		8	4		2				7	9	6	2	3	2	2	1	5		3
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