1972 Houston Astros Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 84-69
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,469,247, Avg. 19,266
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Harry Walker (67-54)
Manager: Salty Parker (1-0)
Manager: Leo Durocher (16-15)
Location: Houston, Texas
1972 Houston Astros RosterTeam Record: 84-69
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,469,247, Avg. 19,266
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Harry Walker (67-54)
Manager: Salty Parker (1-0)
Manager: Leo Durocher (16-15)
Location: Houston, Texas
1972 Houston Astros Results
The Houston Astros of the National League ended the 1972 season with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the NL's West Division.
The Astros plated 708 runs, tops in the circuit. Houston yielded 636 runs. Lee May paced the team with 29 home runs, while Doug Rader, Bob Watson, Jim Wynn and Cesar Cedeno each walloped 20 or more as well. Lee May recorded 98 runs batted in. Cesar Cedeno led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .320. Larry Dierker and Don Wilson topped the squad with 15 wins each, and Don Wilson recorded a 2.68 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Harry Walker, Salty Parker and Leo Durocher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Dierker | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.40 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 214.7 | 209 | 87 | 81 | 14 | 51 | 0 | 115 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 887 |
| Don Wilson | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.68 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 228.3 | 196 | 79 | 68 | 16 | 66 | 2 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 927 |
| Dave Roberts | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.50 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 192.0 | 227 | 100 | 96 | 18 | 57 | 3 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 839 |
| Jim Ray | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.28 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 90.3 | 77 | 50 | 43 | 10 | 44 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 393 |
| Jerry Reuss | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.17 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 192.0 | 177 | 101 | 89 | 14 | 83 | 3 | 174 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 832 |
| George Culver | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.05 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 97.3 | 73 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 43 | 3 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 401 |
| Ken Forsch | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.91 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.3 | 163 | 75 | 68 | 19 | 62 | 1 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 671 |
| Tom Griffin | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.24 | 39 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 94.3 | 92 | 39 | 34 | 7 | 38 | 5 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 409 |
| Fred Gladding | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.77 | 42 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 48.7 | 38 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 190 |
| J. R. Richard | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| Wade Blasingame | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | |
| Joe Gibbon | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | |
| Mike Cosgrove | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.61 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.7 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| Jim York | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.25 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 45 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 164 |
| Totals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 3.77 | 398 | 153 | 115 | 38 | 13 | 31 | 1385.3 | 1340 | 636 | 580 | 114 | 498 | 33 | 971 | 38 | 4 | 58 | 5890 |
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 | 139 | 625 | 559 | 103 | 179 | 39 | 8 | 22 | 82 | 55 | 21 | 56 | 62 | .320 | .385 | .537 | .921 | 300 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Bob Watson | 147 | 616 | 548 | 74 | 171 | 27 | 4 | 16 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 83 | .312 | .378 | .464 | .841 | 254 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Lee May | 148 | 647 | 592 | 87 | 168 | 31 | 2 | 29 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 145 | .284 | .343 | .490 | .833 | 290 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Jim Wynn | 145 | 652 | 542 | 117 | 148 | 29 | 3 | 24 | 90 | 17 | 7 | 103 | 99 | .273 | .389 | .470 | .860 | 255 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Roger Metzger | 153 | 715 | 641 | 84 | 142 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 60 | 71 | .222 | .288 | .259 | .547 | 166 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Tommy Helms | 139 | 559 | 518 | 45 | 134 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 27 | .259 | .291 | .346 | .637 | 179 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
| Doug Rader | 152 | 626 | 553 | 70 | 131 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 90 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 120 | .237 | .309 | .425 | .734 | 235 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Johnny Edwards | 108 | 392 | 332 | 33 | 89 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 39 | .268 | .358 | .373 | .732 | 124 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| Larry Howard | 54 | 175 | 157 | 16 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 30 | .223 | .299 | .306 | .605 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jesus Alou | 52 | 102 | 93 | 8 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .312 | .366 | .376 | .743 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Norm Miller | 67 | 125 | 107 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .243 | .331 | .393 | .723 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Stewart | 68 | 105 | 96 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .219 | .257 | .313 | .570 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Dave Roberts | 35 | 79 | 67 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .239 | .274 | .343 | .617 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Dierker | 31 | 86 | 78 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .167 | .188 | .167 | .354 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Fenwick | 36 | 53 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .180 | .226 | .240 | .466 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Wilson | 33 | 86 | 76 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | .105 | .128 | .132 | .260 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Griffin | 39 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .280 | .280 | .520 | .800 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Reuss | 33 | 72 | 66 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40 | .106 | .169 | .136 | .305 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Stinson | 27 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .171 | .211 | .200 | .411 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Forsch | 30 | 49 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .146 | .167 | .146 | .313 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hiatt | 10 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .200 | .333 | .320 | .653 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rich Chiles | 9 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Culver | 45 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .158 | .200 | .211 | .411 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Johnson | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Sutherland | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Ray | 54 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Gladding | 42 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Cosgrove | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim York | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. R. Richard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Gibbon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wade Blasingame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1862 | 5936 | 5267 | 708 | 1359 | 233 | 38 | 134 | 660 | 111 | 56 | 524 | 907 | .258 | .326 | .393 | .719 | 2070 | 98 | 32 | 62 | 51 | 69 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee May | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1312.0 | 1318 | 76 | 6 | 133 | .996 | 9.563 | 9.548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Stewart | 1B | 9 | 6 | 63.0 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.857 | 8.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Watson | 1B | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 12.600 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Helms | 2B | 139 | 139 | 1247.0 | 353 | 441 | 17 | 115 | .979 | 5.731 | 5.712 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Fenwick | 2B | 17 | 9 | 94.0 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 12 | .945 | 4.979 | 3.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Stewart | 2B | 8 | 4 | 43.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.977 | 2.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Sutherland | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Rader | 3B | 152 | 151 | 1357.0 | 119 | 340 | 20 | 31 | .958 | 3.044 | 3.020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Fenwick | 3B | 2 | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Sutherland | 3B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Stewart | 3B | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Edwards | C | 105 | 96 | 860.0 | 645 | 41 | 8 | 8 | .988 | 7.179 | 6.533 | 9 | 0 | 60 | 24 | 28.6 |
| Larry Howard | C | 53 | 48 | 416.0 | 323 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .980 | 7.313 | 6.377 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 27.5 |
| Jack Hiatt | C | 10 | 8 | 70.0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 28.6 |
| Bob Stinson | C | 12 | 1 | 36.0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 6.750 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cliff Johnson | C | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jim Wynn | OF | 144 | 144 | 1297.0 | 284 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 2.026 | 2.028 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Watson | OF | 143 | 143 | 1262.0 | 218 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .978 | 1.597 | 1.566 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cesar Cedeno | OF | 137 | 136 | 1217.0 | 345 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .981 | 2.618 | 2.584 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Miller | OF | 29 | 20 | 185.0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.751 | 1.241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesus Alou | OF | 23 | 14 | 145.0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.986 | 1.391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Stewart | OF | 11 | 0 | 28.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.607 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Chiles | OF | 2 | 2 | 13.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.769 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Stinson | OF | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Howard | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Wilson | P | 33 | 33 | 228.0 | 8 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.776 | 1.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Dierker | P | 31 | 31 | 215.0 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.465 | 1.129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Roberts | P | 35 | 28 | 192.0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.453 | .886 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Reuss | P | 33 | 30 | 192.0 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .879 | 1.359 | .879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Forsch | P | 30 | 24 | 156.0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.038 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Culver | P | 45 | 0 | 97.0 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.670 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Griffin | P | 39 | 5 | 94.0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.340 | .359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ray | P | 54 | 0 | 90.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Gladding | P | 42 | 0 | 49.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .918 | .119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim York | P | 26 | 0 | 36.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Cosgrove | P | 7 | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wade Blasingame | P | 10 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Gibbon | P | 9 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.429 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. R. Richard | P | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Metzger | SS | 153 | 153 | 1373.0 | 238 | 504 | 22 | 101 | .971 | 4.864 | 4.850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Fenwick | SS | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1708 | 1377 | 12466.0 | 4156 | 1671 | 116 | 420 | .980 | 4.207 | 3.412 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 37 | 27.0 |
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