1973 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster

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1973 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972/1974)
82-80, Finished 4th in NL Western Division
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Scored 681 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Managed by Leo Durocher

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,394,004 (6th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Skip Jutze          27   90  278   18   62   6  0   0   18  19   37  .223  .273  .245   0   1  14   1   6   2   5   46
1B  Lee May             30  148  545   65  147  24  3  28  105  34  122  .270  .310  .479   1   1  13   2   0   9  10  117
2B  Tommy Helms         32  146  543   44  156  28  2   4   61  32   21  .287  .325  .368   1   1  11   0   6   3  12   93
3B  Doug Rader          28  154  574   79  146  26  0  21   89  46   97  .254  .310  .409   4   3  10   3   3   6   6   99
SS #Roger Metzger       25  154  580   67  145  11 14   1   35  39   70  .250  .299  .322  10   4  10   3  12   3   0   74
LF  Bob Watson          27  158  573   97  179  24  3  16   94  85   73  .312  .403  .449   1   4  18   4   1   3   8  137
CF  Cesar Cedeno        22  139  525   86  168  35  2  25   70  41   79  .320  .376  .537  56  15  19   7   1   2   7  152
RF  Jimmy Wynn          31  139  481   90  106  14  5  20   55  91  102  .220  .347  .395  14  11  11   4   1   4   9  107
   *Johnny Edwards      35   79  250   24   61  10  2   5   27  19   23  .244  .301  .360   1   0   4   2   4   1   7   84
    Tommie Agee         30   83  204   30   48   5  2   8   15  16   55  .235  .294  .397   2   5   4   1   0   0   1   91
   *Bob Gallagher       24   71  148   16   39   3  1   2   10   3   27  .264  .275  .338   0   1   1   0   0   2   1   70
   #Jimmy Stewart       34   61   68    6   13   0  0   0    3   9   12  .191  .295  .191   0   0   1   1   3   0   1   38
    Hector Torres       27   38   66    3    6   1  0   0    2   7   13  .091  .189  .106   0   1   4   1   3   0   0  -15
    Jesus Alou          31   28   55    7   13   2  0   1    8   1    6  .236  .276  .327   0   0   3   2   0   0   1   68
    Gary Sutherland     28   16   54    8   14   5  0   0    3   3    5  .259  .298  .352   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   81
    Larry Howard        28   20   48    3    8   3  0   0    4   5   12  .167  .245  .229   0   0   1   0   1   0   2   33
   *Greg Gross          20   14   39    5    9   2  1   0    1   4    4  .231  .302  .333   2   1   2   0   0   0   0   77
    Cliff Johnson       25    7   20    6    6   2  0   2    6   1    7  .300  .364  .700   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  190
    Ray Busse           24   15   17    1    1   0  0   0    0   1   12  .059  .111  .059   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -51
   *Rafael Batista      25   12   15    2    4   0  0   0    2   1    6  .267  .313  .267   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   63
    Dave Campbell       31    9   15    1    4   2  0   0    2   0    4  .267  .267  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   84
   *Mike Easler         22    6    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    4  .000  .222  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  -33
   *Norm Miller         27    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Otis Thornton       28    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Jerry Reuss         24   42   95    7   13   3  0   0    8   4   45  .137  .170  .168   0   0   1   0   9   1   0   -5
   *Dave Roberts        28   41   85    3   11   2  0   0    5   0   25  .129  .129  .153   0   0   3   0  12   0   0  -21
    Don Wilson          28   37   79    4   14   4  0   0    5   1   32  .177  .188  .228   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   15
    Ken Forsch          26   46   62    2    4   1  0   0    1   2   26  .065  .094  .081   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -51
    Tom Griffin         25   25   28    1    3   2  0   1    1   0    9  .107  .138  .286   0   0   1   1   4   0   0   15
    J.R. Richard        23   16   28    2    5   0  0   0    1   0   12  .179  .179  .179   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    0
   *Jim Crawford        22   48   13    1    3   1  0   0    1   1    7  .231  .286  .308   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   66
    Jim Ray             28   42   13    1    3   0  0   0    1   0    4  .231  .231  .231   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   29
    Jim York            25   41    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -50
    Larry Dierker       26   14    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Doug Konieczny      21    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Juan Pizarro        36   15    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -24
    Cecil Upshaw        30   35    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9  162 5532  681 1391 216 35 134  634 469  962  .251  .310  .376  92  48 135  33  83  36  72   99
    Rank among 12 NL teams         6    5    7   7  3   5       10    3     7    10     5   5   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Jerry Reuss         24  41   3.74  16  13  0  40   1  12   3  279.3  271  123  116  17  117  177 1198  10   3  1   6  97
SP *Dave Roberts        28  39   2.85  17  11  0  36   0  12   6  249.3  264   92   79  15   62  119 1054   3   2  0   8 127
SP  Don Wilson          28  37   3.20  11  16  2  32   4  10   3  239.3  187   94   85  21   92  149  988   7   7  1   6 114
SP  Ken Forsch          26  46   4.20   9  12  4  26   9   5   0  201.3  197  101   94  18   74  149  861   5   4  1   7  86
SP  J.R. Richard        23  16   4.00   6   2  0  10   2   2   1   72.0   54   37   32   2   38   75  297   3   1  1   0  91

CL *Jim Crawford        22  48   4.50   2   4  6   0  20   0   0   70.0   69   41   35   7   33   56  314   7   2  1   8  81
RP  Jim Ray             28  42   4.43   6   4  6   0  15   0   0   69.0   65   37   34   5   38   25  306   2   3  0   8  82
RP  Jim York            25  41   4.42   3   4  6   0  27   0   0   53.0   65   26   26   4   20   22  240   3   1  0   5  82
RP  Cecil Upshaw        30  35   4.46   2   3  1   0  17   0   0   38.3   38   21   19   3   15   21  166   3   1  0   4  81
RP  Fred Gladding       37  16   4.50   2   0  1   0   8   0   0   16.0   18    8    8   4    4    9   67   0   0  0   1  81

    Tom Griffin         25  25   4.15   4   6  0  12   5   4   0   99.7   83   51   46  10   46   69  418   5   2  0   6  87
    Larry Dierker       26  14   4.33   1   1  0   3   4   0   0   27.0   27   14   13   3   13   18  120   2   2  0   0  84
   *Juan Pizarro        36  15   6.56   2   2  0   1   3   0   0   23.3   28   17   17   1   11   10  109   1   1  0   3  55
    Doug Konieczny      21   2   5.54   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   13.0   12    8    8   0    4    6   49   0   0  0   0  66
   *Mike Cosgrove       22  13   1.80   1   1  0   0   2   0   0   10.0   11    2    2   1    8    2   49   1   0  0   2 202
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 162   3.75  82  80 26 162 117  45  14 1460.0 1389  672  608 111  575  907 6236  52  29  5  64  96
    Rank among 12 NL teams          8   4   8 10           3   4      5    5    6        3    9    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SJutze 697 78 86 450 31 8 4 .984 11 27 41 20 JEdwards 611 69 76 435 22 5 3 .989 2 19 48 16 LHoward 127 13 20 79 7 1 0 .989 0 5 7 6 BWatson 19 2 3 12 1 1 0 .929 2 1 5 1 OThornton 5 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 0 2 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1460 162 162 980 61 15 8 .986 15 54 102 43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LMay 1239 144 144 1220 78 9 112 .993 9.43 BWatson 150 12 26 150 2 2 7 .987 9.12 CJohnson 43 5 5 47 2 0 7 1.000 10.26 RBatista 25 1 8 26 1 0 1 1.000 9.46 DCampbell 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1.000 5.29 BGallagher 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 1445 83 11 128 .993 9.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- THelms 1293 145 145 325 438 9 104 .988 5.31 GSutherland 117 13 14 37 31 2 11 .971 5.23 HTorres 48 4 13 14 13 1 3 .964 4.99 JStewart 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 376 482 12 118 .986 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 *2.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DRader 1357 152 152 134 296 25 24 .945 2.85 JStewart 60 6 8 3 17 0 2 1.000 3.00 DCampbell 31 3 5 2 12 0 1 1.000 4.06 RBusse 12 1 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 140 328 25 28 .949 2.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 *4.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMetzger 1306 146 149 231 429 12 83 .982 4.55 HTorres 137 15 22 18 62 4 7 .952 5.26 RBusse 16 1 5 2 7 0 1 1.000 5.06 GSutherland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 251 498 16 91 .979 4.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWatson 1184 142 142 264 8 9 0 .968 2.07 TAgee 142 10 34 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.59 BGallagher 69 4 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 GGross 44 5 5 8 2 0 0 1.000 2.05 MEasler 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 JWynn 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 JStewart 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 JAlou 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 DCampbell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 332 11 10 0 .972 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCedeno 1175 135 136 351 10 7 2 .981 2.76 TAgee 145 14 19 44 1 1 1 .978 2.79 BGallagher 73 7 12 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 JWynn 58 5 10 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.85 GGross 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 424 12 8 3 .982 2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JWynn 1081 122 127 259 8 4 1 .985 2.22 TAgee 142 16 17 31 2 1 1 .971 2.09 BGallagher 119 13 16 46 0 0 0 1.000 3.46 JAlou 81 7 13 15 0 1 0 .937 1.67 GGross 26 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 MEasler 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 NMiller 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 356 10 6 2 .984 2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.23 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BWatson 1184 142 142 271 8 9 0 .969 2.12 CCedeno 1175 135 136 357 10 7 2 .981 2.81 JWynn 1147 127 133 270 9 4 1 .986 2.19 TAgee 430 40 67 114 2 2 2 .983 2.43 BGallagher 262 24 42 77 1 0 0 1.000 2.68 JAlou 82 7 14 16 0 1 0 .941 1.76 GGross 78 9 9 13 2 0 0 1.000 1.73 MEasler 17 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.53 JStewart 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 DCampbell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 NMiller 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1460 162 162 1121 32 24 5 .980 2.37 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JReuss 279 40 41 4 37 3 2 .932 1.32 DRoberts 249 36 39 9 39 1 1 .980 1.73 DWilson 239 32 37 15 25 4 3 .909 1.51 KForsch 201 26 46 15 16 0 1 1.000 1.39 TGriffin 100 12 25 7 14 0 0 1.000 1.89 JRichard 71 10 16 5 3 1 0 .889 1.00 JCrawford 70 0 48 3 14 1 0 .944 2.18 JRay 69 0 42 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.70 JYork 53 0 41 1 12 2 0 .867 2.20 CUpshaw 38 0 35 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.82 LDierker 27 3 14 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 JPizarro 23 1 15 1 7 1 0 .889 3.09 FGladding 15 0 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.29 DKonieczny 13 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.38 MCosgrove 10 0 13 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 162 162 69 192 13 7 .953 1.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Cedeno .320

On-base % Watson .403

Slugging % Cedeno .537

OPS Cedeno .913

Games Watson 158

At Bats Metzger 580

Plate Appearances (approx.) Watson 666

Runs Watson 97

Hits Watson 179

Total Bases Cedeno 282

Doubles Cedeno 35

Triples Metzger 14

Home Runs May 28

RBI May 105

Bases on Balls Wynn 91

Strikeouts May 122

Stolen Bases Cedeno 56

Singles Watson 136

Adjusted OPS+ Cedeno 152

Runs Created Watson 104

Adjusted Batting Runs Cedeno 36

Batting Wins Cedeno 3.6

Extra-Base Hits Cedeno 62

Times on Base Watson 268

Offensive Win% Cedeno .710

Hit By Pitch Cedeno 7

Sac. Hits Metzger and Roberts 12

Sac. Flies May 9

Intentional Walks Helms 12

Grounded into Double Plays Cedeno 19

Caught Stealing Cedeno 15

Power/Speed Number Cedeno 34.6

At Bats per Strikeout Helms 25.9

At Bats per Home Run May 19.5

Outs Metzger 464

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Roberts 2.85

Wins Roberts 17

Won-Loss % Roberts .607

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wilson 1.166

Hits Allowed/9IP Wilson 7.03

Bases on Balls/9IP Roberts 2.24

Strikeouts/9IP Forsch 6.66

Games Crawford 48

Saves Crawford, Ray, and York 6

Innings Reuss 279.3

Strikeouts Reuss 177

Games Started Reuss 40

Comp. Games Reuss and Roberts 12

Shutouts Roberts 6

Home Runs Allow. Wilson 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Reuss 117

Hits Allowed Reuss 271

SO to Walk Forsch 2.01

Losses Wilson 16

Earned Runs Allow. Reuss 116

Wild Pitches Reuss 10

Hit Batsmen Wilson 7

Batters Faced Reuss 1198

Games Finished York 27

Adjusted ERA+ Roberts 127

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Cesar Cedeno (Starting CF)
Bob Watson

1972/1974

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