1971 Houston Astros Statistics
Team Record: 79-83
Finished 4th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,261,589, Avg. 15,961
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Harry Walker (79-83)
Location: Houston, Texas
1971 Houston Astros Results
The Houston Astros of the National League ended the 1971 season with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, finishing fourth in the NL's West Division.
The Astros scored 585 runs and conceded 567 runs. Joe Morgan paced Houston with 13 home runs Cesar Cedeno drove in 81 runs. Bob Watson led batters with significant playing time by hitting .288. Don Wilson topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.45 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Harry Walker coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Wilson | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.45 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 268.0 | 195 | 80 | 73 | 15 | 79 | 3 | 180 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1067 |
Larry Dierker | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.72 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 159.0 | 150 | 50 | 48 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 647 |
Jim Ray | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.12 | 47 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97.7 | 72 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 382 |
Jack Billingham | 10 | 16 | .385 | 3.39 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 228.3 | 205 | 98 | 86 | 9 | 68 | 8 | 139 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 943 |
Wade Blasingame | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.60 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 | 177 | 90 | 81 | 11 | 45 | 3 | 93 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 696 |
Ken Forsch | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.53 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 188.3 | 162 | 60 | 53 | 8 | 53 | 5 | 131 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 771 |
George Culver | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.64 | 59 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 95.3 | 89 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 38 | 10 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 398 |
Fred Gladding | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.10 | 48 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 51.3 | 51 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 228 |
J. R. Richard | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.43 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 96 |
Scipio Spinks | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.68 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 121 |
Bill Greif | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.06 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
Buddy Harris | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.46 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 33 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 138 |
Larry Yount | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Skip Guinn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | |
Denny Lemaster | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.45 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60.0 | 59 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 253 |
Ron Cook | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.91 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 110 |
Tom Griffin | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4.78 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 44 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 177 |
Totals | 79 | 83 | .488 | 3.13 | 407 | 162 | 119 | 43 | 10 | 25 | 1471.3 | 1318 | 567 | 512 | 75 | 475 | 52 | 914 | 60 | 3 | 64 | 6121 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cesar Cedeno | 161 | 649 | 611 | 85 | 161 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 81 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 102 | .264 | .293 | .398 | .690 | 243 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
Joe Morgan | 160 | 689 | 583 | 87 | 149 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 40 | 8 | 88 | 52 | .256 | .351 | .407 | .757 | 237 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
Bob Watson | 129 | 514 | 468 | 49 | 135 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 56 | .288 | .347 | .395 | .742 | 185 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Roger Metzger | 150 | 617 | 562 | 64 | 132 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 44 | 50 | .235 | .294 | .299 | .593 | 168 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Jesus Alou | 122 | 455 | 433 | 41 | 121 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | .279 | .305 | .360 | .666 | 156 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Doug Rader | 135 | 534 | 484 | 51 | 118 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 112 | .244 | .303 | .378 | .681 | 183 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Denis Menke | 146 | 547 | 475 | 57 | 117 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 68 | .246 | .328 | .320 | .648 | 152 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Jim Wynn | 123 | 466 | 404 | 38 | 82 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 63 | .203 | .302 | .295 | .596 | 119 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Johnny Edwards | 106 | 345 | 317 | 18 | 74 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 38 | .233 | .291 | .309 | .600 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Jack Hiatt | 69 | 214 | 174 | 16 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 39 | .276 | .401 | .351 | .752 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Rich Chiles | 67 | 128 | 119 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .227 | .268 | .336 | .604 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
John Mayberry | 46 | 154 | 137 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 32 | .182 | .260 | .350 | .610 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Norm Miller | 45 | 81 | 74 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .257 | .313 | .405 | .718 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cesar Geronimo | 94 | 88 | 82 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 31 | .220 | .264 | .329 | .594 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Marty Martinez | 32 | 65 | 62 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .258 | .292 | .339 | .631 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Howard | 24 | 68 | 64 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .234 | .265 | .375 | .640 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Don Wilson | 35 | 100 | 91 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | .154 | .181 | .165 | .346 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Wade Blasingame | 30 | 59 | 49 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .204 | .298 | .327 | .625 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Billingham | 33 | 81 | 73 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | .123 | .133 | .123 | .257 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Ken Forsch | 33 | 63 | 59 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | .136 | .150 | .153 | .303 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Busse | 10 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .147 | .194 | .235 | .430 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Dierker | 24 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .074 | .091 | .093 | .184 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Ray | 47 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Cook | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scipio Spinks | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Greif | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jay Schlueter | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denny Lemaster | 42 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Griffin | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Culver | 59 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Derrel Thomas | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
J. R. Richard | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Harris | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Gladding | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Skip Guinn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Larry Yount | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2039 | 6105 | 5492 | 585 | 1319 | 230 | 52 | 71 | 547 | 101 | 51 | 478 | 888 | .240 | .302 | .340 | .642 | 1866 | 105 | 29 | 65 | 41 | 44 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Denis Menke | 1B | 101 | 87 | 810.0 | 845 | 59 | 3 | 77 | .997 | 1.044 | 8.950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Mayberry | 1B | 37 | 36 | 320.0 | 317 | 15 | 1 | 20 | .997 | 9.338 | 8.973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Watson | 1B | 45 | 37 | 319.0 | 339 | 16 | 5 | 28 | .986 | 1.016 | 7.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marty Martinez | 1B | 4 | 2 | 18.0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Cedeno | 1B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Hiatt | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Morgan | 2B | 157 | 153 | 1381.0 | 336 | 482 | 12 | 93 | .986 | 5.331 | 5.210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marty Martinez | 2B | 9 | 4 | 50.0 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 5.400 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denis Menke | 2B | 5 | 4 | 32.0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 5.063 | 3.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Derrel Thomas | 2B | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Rader | 3B | 135 | 130 | 1177.0 | 93 | 275 | 21 | 28 | .946 | 2.814 | 2.726 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denis Menke | 3B | 32 | 29 | 250.0 | 24 | 41 | 4 | 4 | .942 | 2.340 | 2.031 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Busse | 3B | 3 | 3 | 38.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.132 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marty Martinez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnny Edwards | C | 104 | 91 | 816.0 | 555 | 48 | 3 | 7 | .995 | 6.651 | 5.798 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 27 | 44.3 |
Jack Hiatt | C | 65 | 57 | 500.0 | 329 | 20 | 3 | 6 | .991 | 6.282 | 5.369 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 30.0 |
Larry Howard | C | 22 | 14 | 153.0 | 106 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 6.941 | 5.364 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 41.7 |
Norm Miller | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cesar Cedeno | OF | 157 | 146 | 1349.0 | 345 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .989 | 2.342 | 2.236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Wynn | OF | 116 | 103 | 951.0 | 232 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .988 | 2.281 | 2.078 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jesus Alou | OF | 109 | 103 | 897.0 | 229 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 2.368 | 2.165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Watson | OF | 87 | 88 | 705.0 | 131 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 1.698 | 1.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesar Geronimo | OF | 64 | 13 | 218.0 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.775 | .672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Chiles | OF | 27 | 20 | 181.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.740 | 1.296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Norm Miller | OF | 20 | 13 | 107.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.935 | 1.150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jay Schlueter | OF | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Wilson | P | 35 | 34 | 268.0 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 1.175 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Billingham | P | 33 | 33 | 228.0 | 20 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .929 | 2.053 | 1.576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Forsch | P | 33 | 23 | 188.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.293 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Dierker | P | 24 | 23 | 159.0 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 2.208 | 1.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wade Blasingame | P | 30 | 28 | 158.0 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 2.108 | 1.233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Ray | P | 47 | 1 | 98.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .827 | .191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Culver | P | 59 | 0 | 95.0 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .889 | 2.274 | .407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denny Lemaster | P | 42 | 0 | 60.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.650 | .262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Gladding | P | 48 | 0 | 51.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.059 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Griffin | P | 10 | 6 | 38.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.368 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buddy Harris | P | 20 | 0 | 31.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .581 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scipio Spinks | P | 5 | 3 | 29.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.552 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Cook | P | 5 | 4 | 26.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.077 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
J. R. Richard | P | 4 | 4 | 21.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Greif | P | 7 | 3 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Skip Guinn | P | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Yount | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roger Metzger | SS | 148 | 145 | 1302.0 | 275 | 459 | 17 | 91 | .977 | 5.074 | 4.959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denis Menke | SS | 17 | 8 | 83.0 | 16 | 40 | 2 | 5 | .966 | 6.072 | 3.294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Busse | SS | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.659 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marty Martinez | SS | 7 | 4 | 42.0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.714 | 3.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1893 | 1458 | 13239.0 | 4414 | 1750 | 106 | 392 | .983 | 4.190 | 3.256 | 18 | 0 | 69 | 44 | 38.9 |
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