1969 HOUSTON ASTROS

| Level: MLB

Location: Houston,TX
Team Record: 81-81 .500
Result: 5th in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Harry Walker
General Manager: Spec Richardson
Stadium: Astrodome
Attendance: 1,442,995
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bill Henry (41)
Youngest Player: John Mayberry (20)
Longest Tenure: Joe Morgan, Larry Dierker, Danny Coombs, Jimmy Wynn, Norm Miller (5)
Top Hitter: Jimmy Wynn (5)
Top Pitcher: Larry Dierker (4)
Top Draft Pick: J.R. Richard (#2)

Roster Continuity: 51.49%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Atlanta	93	69	.574	--
SF Giants	90	72	.556	3.0
Cincinnati	89	73	.549	4.0
LA Dodgers	85	77	.525	8.0
Houston	81	81	.500	12.0
San Diego	52	110	.321	41.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
12	Doug Rader	3b	41	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	155	569	62	140	25	3	11	83	1	5	62	103	6	7	1	3	17	.246	.325	.359	684	204	641	455	66	3.9	.282
11	Denis Menke	ss-3b	29	28	UDFA: 1958	MLB	154	553	72	149	25	5	10	90	2	7	87	87	4	12	7	6	13	.269	.369	.387	756	214	657	437	86	5.3	.301
13	Curt Blefary	of-1b	37	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	155	542	66	137	26	7	12	67	8	7	77	79	4	10	4	5	8	.253	.347	.393	740	213	632	429	83	5.3	.274
18	Joe Morgan	2b	20	25	UDFA: 1963	MLB	147	535	94	126	18	5	15	43	49	14	110	74	1	1	7	4	5	.236	.365	.372	737	199	657	439	90	5.6	.247
7	Johnny Edwards	c	55	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	151	496	52	115	20	6	6	50	2	1	53	69	2	12	4	4	17	.232	.306	.333	639	165	559	407	52	3.5	.256
24	Jimmy Wynn	of	5	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	149	495	113	133	17	1	33	87	23	7	148	142	3	14	2	5	5	.269	.436	.507	943	251	653	381	120	8.5	.308
22	Jesus Alou	of	-	27	UDFA: 1959	MLB	115	452	49	112	19	4	5	34	4	6	15	30	4	6	2	3	13	.248	.276	.341	617	154	476	364	44	3.3	.255
21	Norm Miller	of	64	23	UDFA: 1964	MLB	119	409	58	108	21	4	4	50	4	4	47	77	7	3	1	3	6	.264	.348	.364	712	149	467	315	56	4.8	.314
14	Marty Martinez	ss-3b	-	27	UDFA: 1978	MLB	78	198	14	61	5	4	0	15	0	0	10	21	0	1	4	1	5	.308	.340	.374	713	74	213	147	27	4.9	.343
19	Gary Geiger	of	-	32	-	MLB	93	125	19	28	4	1	0	16	2	1	24	34	1	2	5	1	1	.224	.351	.272	623	34	156	105	13	3.3	.304
28	Sandy Valdespino	of	-	30	-	MLB	41	119	17	29	4	0	0	12	2	2	15	19	0	0	2	1	1	.244	.326	.277	603	33	137	96	12	3.2	.287
49	Larry Dierker	p	-	22	UDFA: 1964	MLB	39	118	7	17	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	38	0	0	7	0	3	.144	.158	.186	345	22	127	111	-3	-0.8	.203
23	Denny Lemaster	p	-	30	-	MLB	38	88	3	15	3	0	1	7	0	0	6	26	0	0	6	0	1	.170	.223	.239	462	21	100	80	2	0.8	.230
40	Don Wilson	p	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	34	81	7	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	36	4	0	2	2	0	.099	.167	.123	290	10	92	77	-4	-1.3	.170
17	Julio Gotay	2b	-	30	-	MLB	46	81	7	21	5	0	0	9	2	1	7	13	0	1	0	0	4	.259	.318	.321	639	26	88	65	8	3.2	.309
10	Tommy Davis	of	-	30	UDFA: 1957	MLB	24	79	2	19	3	0	1	9	1	1	8	9	1	0	0	0	2	.241	.318	.316	635	25	88	63	8	3.6	.261
20	Leon McFadden	ss-of	-	25	UDFA: 1963	MLB	44	74	3	13	2	0	0	3	1	2	4	9	0	0	3	0	2	.176	.218	.203	421	15	81	68	1	0.5	.200
15	Hector Torres	ss-2b	-	23	UDFA: 1962	MLB	34	69	5	11	1	0	1	8	0	0	2	12	0	0	1	0	3	.159	.183	.217	400	15	72	62	0	0.0	.179
38	Tom Griffin	p	-	21	1966-1-4	MLB	31	62	6	9	1	0	2	8	0	0	5	35	0	0	4	2	1	.145	.203	.258	461	16	73	60	0	-0.1	.259
6	Don Bryant	c	-	27	-	MLB	31	59	2	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	4	13	1	1	1	0	1	.186	.250	.254	504	15	65	50	3	1.4	.222
27	Bob Watson	1b-of	-	23	1970-15-355	MLB	20	40	3	11	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	.275	.396	.350	746	14	48	29	7	6.6	.314
45	Jim Ray	p	-	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	40	26	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	3	0	1	.115	.148	.115	264	3	30	27	-2	-1.6	.176
42	Jack Billingham	p	-	26	UDFA: 1961	MLB	52	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.235	.071	307	1	18	14	0	-0.6	.111
26	Keith Lampard	of	-	23	1965-2-24	MLB	9	12	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	750	6	12	9	2	4.6	.250
36	Wade Blasingame	p	-	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	27	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	12	12	-	-	.000
48	Fred Gladding	p	-	33	UDFA: 1956	MLB	57	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	200	1	10	9	-1	-3.7	.500
34	Cesar Geronimo	of	-	21	UDFA: 1967	MLB	28	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	625	3	8	6	1	3.0	.400
37	Dooley Womack	p	-	29	-	MLB	30	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	7	6	0	-0.1	.200
33	John Mayberry	1b	-	20	1967-1-6	MLB	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-1.3	.000
44	Jim Bouton	p	-	30	UDFA: 1978	MLB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
35	Skip Guinn	p	-	24	-	MLB	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
47	Bob Watkins	p	-	21	1966-22-423	MLB	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
31	Danny Coombs	p	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
41	Dan Schneider	p	-	26	-	MLB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (34 players)							162	5348	676	1284	208	40	104	618	101	58	699	972	41	70	68	40	109	.240	.330	.352	682	1884	6196	4339	663	4.1	.274

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
49	Larry Dierker	4	22	UDFA: 1964	MLB	20	13	2.33	39	37	20	4	0	0	305.1	240	97	79	18	72	232	9	0	1.02	7.07	0.53	2.12	6.84	0.31	.255	1.56
23	Denny Lemaster	22	30	-	MLB	13	17	3.16	38	37	11	1	1	1	244.2	232	97	86	20	72	173	8	1	1.24	8.53	0.74	2.65	6.36	0.42	.282	0.97
40	Don Wilson	24	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	16	12	4.00	34	34	13	1	0	0	225.0	210	119	100	16	97	235	16	3	1.36	8.40	0.64	3.88	9.40	0.41	.321	1.10
38	Tom Griffin	27	21	1966-1-4	MLB	11	10	3.54	31	31	6	3	0	0	188.1	156	80	74	19	93	200	6	4	1.32	7.45	0.91	4.44	9.56	0.47	.280	1.17
45	Jim Ray	-	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	8	2	3.91	40	13	0	0	4	0	115.0	105	55	50	11	48	115	4	0	1.33	8.22	0.86	3.76	9.00	0.42	.312	1.43
42	Jack Billingham	68	26	UDFA: 1961	MLB	6	7	4.25	52	4	1	0	22	2	82.2	92	45	39	12	29	71	2	0	1.46	10.02	1.31	3.16	7.73	0.41	.340	2.09
48	Fred Gladding	28	33	UDFA: 1956	MLB	4	8	4.21	57	0	0	0	43	29	72.2	83	39	34	2	27	40	1	1	1.51	10.28	0.25	3.34	4.95	0.68	.331	1.66
36	Wade Blasingame	-	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	0	5	5.37	26	5	0	0	4	1	52.0	66	47	31	4	33	33	9	0	1.90	11.42	0.69	5.71	5.71	1.00	.346	2.02
37	Dooley Womack	-	29	-	MLB	2	1	3.51	30	0	0	0	6	0	51.1	49	21	20	1	20	32	7	0	1.34	8.59	0.18	3.51	5.61	0.63	.308	4.23
44	Jim Bouton	-	30	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	2	4.11	16	1	1	0	7	1	30.2	32	16	14	1	12	32	4	0	1.43	9.39	0.29	3.52	9.39	0.38	.356	1.38
35	Skip Guinn	-	24	-	MLB	1	2	6.67	28	0	0	0	11	0	27.0	34	22	20	3	21	33	2	0	2.04	11.33	1.00	7.00	11.00	0.64	.408	1.24
47	Bob Watkins	-	21	1966-22-423	MLB	0	0	5.17	5	0	0	0	2	0	15.2	13	9	9	1	13	11	3	0	1.66	7.47	0.57	7.47	6.32	1.18	.286	0.82
31	Danny Coombs	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	0	1	6.75	8	0	0	0	4	0	8.0	12	6	6	0	2	3	0	0	1.75	13.50	0.00	2.25	3.38	0.67	.400	3.50
41	Dan Schneider	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	13.50	6	0	0	0	1	0	7.1	16	12	11	2	5	3	0	0	2.86	19.64	2.45	6.14	3.68	1.67	.500	4.00
41	Bill Henry	-	41	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	0	5.0	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.80	3.60	0.00	3.60	3.60	1.00	.125	1.33
43	Ron Willis	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	0	2.1	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.29	11.57	0.00	0.00	7.71	0.00	--	0.40
37	Scipio Spinks	-	21	UDFA: 1966	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.00	4.50	0.00	4.50	18.00	0.25	.333	1.00
14	Marty Martinez	-	27	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.50	13.50	13.50	0.00	0.00	--	.000	1.00
Totals: (34 players)						81	81	3.60	162	162	52	9	110	34	1,436	1347	668	574	104	547	1221	73	9	1.38	8.44	0.70	3.43	7.65	0.45	.302

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Edwards	C	151		1135	79	7	9	.994	0.00
Don Bryant	C	28		141	7	1	2	.993	0.00
Marty Martinez	C	7		24	3	3	0	.900	0.00
Bob Watson	C	1		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Curt Blefary	1B	152		1235	103	17	117	.987	0.00
Denis Menke	1B	9		52	9	1	3	.984	0.00
Bob Watson	1B	5		34	3	0	4	1.000	0.00
Doug Rader	1B	4		14	0	1	2	.933	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Morgan	2B	132		303	328	18	79	.972	0.00
Denis Menke	2B	23		42	47	2	9	.978	0.00
Julio Gotay	2B	16		34	41	1	12	.987	0.00
Marty Martinez	2B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Doug Rader	3B	154		126	307	25	34	.945	0.00
Marty Martinez	3B	15		7	23	3	2	.909	0.00
Julio Gotay	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Denis Menke	3B	1		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Denis Menke	SS	131		161	356	24	63	.956	0.00
Hector Torres	SS	22		30	38	4	7	.944	0.00
Marty Martinez	SS	17		23	39	5	5	.925	0.00
Leon McFadden	SS	8		8	17	1	0	.962	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jimmy Wynn	OF	149		318	9	5	3	.985	0.00
Norm Miller	OF	114		172	7	3	3	.984	0.00
Jesus Alou	OF	112		173	8	14	1	.928	0.00
Gary Geiger	OF	65		57	3	2	0	.968	0.00
Sandy Valdespino	OF	29		37	3	1	0	.976	0.00
Tommy Davis	OF	21		27	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Marty Martinez	OF	21		21	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Leon McFadden	OF	17		17	0	1	0	.944	0.00
Joe Morgan	OF	14		12	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Cesar Geronimo	OF	9		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Watson	OF	6		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Curt Blefary	OF	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Keith Lampard	OF	1		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Fred Gladding	P	57	72	5	12	0	0	1.000	2.12
Jack Billingham	P	52	82	3	12	1	1	.937	1.64
Jim Ray	P	40	115	5	11	0	0	1.000	1.25
Larry Dierker	P	39	305	14	42	3	5	.949	1.65
Denny Lemaster	P	38	244	12	33	0	1	1.000	1.66
Don Wilson	P	34	225	19	25	3	0	.936	1.76
Tom Griffin	P	31	188	8	16	2	1	.923	1.15
Dooley Womack	P	30	51	7	17	1	0	.960	4.23
Skip Guinn	P	28	27	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.33
Wade Blasingame	P	26	52	5	9	3	0	.824	2.42
Jim Bouton	P	16	30	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.09
Danny Coombs	P	8	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Dan Schneider	P	6	7	0	3	1	0	.750	3.80
Bob Watkins	P	5	15	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.59
Bill Henry	P	3	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ron Willis	P	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Marty Martinez	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Scipio Spinks	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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