1971 HOUSTON ASTROS

| Level: MLB

Location: Houston,TX
Team Record: 79-83 .488
Result: 4th in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Harry Walker
General Manager: Spec Richardson
Stadium: Astrodome
Attendance: 1,261,589
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Fred Gladding (35)
Youngest Player: Cesar Cedeno (20)
Longest Tenure: Norm Miller, Jimmy Wynn, Larry Dierker, Joe Morgan (7)
Top Hitter: Joe Morgan (9)
Top Pitcher: Don Wilson (6)
Top Draft Pick: Neil Rasmussen (#12)

Roster Continuity: 84.95%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
SF Giants	90	72	.556	--
LA Dodgers	89	73	.549	1.0
Atlanta	82	80	.506	8.0
Cincinnati	79	83	.488	11.0
Houston	79	83	.488	11.0
San Diego	61	100	.379	28.5

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
28	Cesar Cedeno	of	19	20	UDFA: 1967	MLB	161	611	85	161	40	6	10	81	20	9	25	102	3	5	3	7	9	.264	.293	.398	690	243	649	478	76	4.3	.298
18	Joe Morgan	2b	9	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	160	583	87	149	27	11	13	56	40	8	88	52	1	2	10	7	4	.256	.351	.407	757	237	689	463	106	6.2	.259
15	Roger Metzger	ss	37	23	1969-1-16	MLB	150	562	64	132	14	11	0	26	15	6	44	50	4	4	5	2	5	.235	.294	.299	593	168	617	448	57	3.4	.257
12	Doug Rader	3b	65	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	135	484	51	118	21	4	12	56	5	1	40	112	3	2	2	5	10	.244	.303	.378	681	183	534	384	56	3.9	.290
11	Denis Menke	ss-3b	67	30	UDFA: 1958	MLB	146	475	57	117	26	3	1	43	4	5	59	68	2	4	5	6	14	.246	.328	.320	648	152	547	388	54	3.7	.282
27	Bob Watson	1b-of	82	25	1970-15-355	MLB	129	468	49	135	17	3	9	67	0	3	41	56	2	5	1	2	14	.288	.347	.395	742	185	514	353	67	5.1	.311
22	Jesus Alou	of	75	29	UDFA: 1959	MLB	122	433	41	121	21	4	2	40	3	7	13	17	4	3	3	2	11	.279	.305	.360	666	156	455	335	51	4.1	.286
24	Jimmy Wynn	of	-	29	UDFA: 1962	MLB	123	404	38	82	16	0	7	45	10	5	56	63	2	6	2	2	14	.203	.302	.295	596	119	466	345	36	2.8	.223
7	Johnny Edwards	c	89	33	UDFA: 1959	MLB	106	317	18	74	13	4	1	23	1	1	26	38	0	9	1	1	0	.233	.291	.309	600	98	345	246	32	3.5	.262
8	Jack Hiatt	c-1b	-	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	69	174	16	48	8	1	1	16	0	1	35	39	2	2	2	1	1	.276	.401	.351	752	61	214	131	28	5.8	.348
33	John Mayberry	1b	-	22	1967-1-6	MLB	46	137	16	25	0	1	7	14	0	0	13	32	2	2	0	2	2	.182	.260	.350	610	48	154	116	12	2.7	.180
29	Rich Chiles	of	-	21	1968-2-23	MLB	67	119	12	27	5	1	2	15	0	1	6	20	1	0	1	1	2	.227	.268	.336	604	40	128	97	11	2.9	.255
40	Don Wilson	p	-	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	35	91	5	14	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	37	2	0	6	0	2	.154	.181	.165	346	15	100	85	-3	-1.0	.259
20	Cesar Geronimo	of	-	23	UDFA: 1967	MLB	94	82	13	18	2	2	1	6	2	2	5	31	0	0	1	0	0	.220	.264	.329	594	27	88	67	5	2.1	.340
21	Norm Miller	of	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	45	74	5	19	5	0	2	10	0	0	5	13	1	0	1	0	3	.257	.312	.405	718	30	81	59	9	4.3	.288
42	Jack Billingham	p	-	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	33	73	1	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	30	0	0	6	1	2	.123	.133	.123	257	9	81	73	-5	-1.8	.205
10	Larry Howard	c	-	26	UDFA: 1963	MLB	24	64	6	15	3	0	2	14	0	1	3	17	0	0	0	1	2	.234	.265	.375	640	24	68	53	5	2.6	.283
14	Marty Martinez	ss-3b	-	29	UDFA: 1978	MLB	32	62	4	16	3	1	0	4	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	3	.258	.292	.339	631	21	65	49	6	3.4	.286
43	Ken Forsch	p	-	24	1968-18-399	MLB	33	59	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	30	0	0	3	0	0	.136	.150	.153	303	9	63	54	-3	-1.6	.276
49	Larry Dierker	p	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	24	54	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	0	0	3	0	3	.074	.091	.093	184	5	58	56	-5	-2.3	.105
36	Wade Blasingame	p	-	27	UDFA: 1961	MLB	30	49	5	10	3	0	1	9	0	0	7	18	0	0	2	1	0	.204	.298	.327	625	16	59	42	5	3.0	.290
16	Ray Busse	3b-ss	-	22	UDFA: 1967	MLB	10	34	2	5	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	1	0	0	.147	.194	.235	430	8	37	30	1	0.9	.200
45	Jim Ray	p	-	26	UDFA: 1963	MLB	47	18	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.167	417	3	20	15	0	0.6	.214
39	George Culver	p	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	59	11	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	1	.091	.091	.091	182	1	14	14	-	-	.143
37	Scipio Spinks	p	-	23	UDFA: 1966	MLB	5	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444	2	9	7	0	-0.2	.400
38	Tom Griffin	p	-	23	1966-1-4	MLB	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.200	.111	311	1	10	10	-	-	.143
41	Ron Cook	p	-	23	1966-2-23	MLB	6	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	2	8	6	0	0.8	.400
50	J.R. Richard	p	-	21	1969-1-2	MLB	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	9	-	-	.000
23	Denny Lemaster	p	-	32	-	MLB	42	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	7	6	0	-1.1	.333
19	Derrel Thomas	2b-of	-	20	1969-1-1	MLB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	7	-1	-3.9	.000
17	Jay Schlueter	of	-	21	1967-2-26	MLB	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	3.4	.500
44	Bill Greif	p	-	21	1968-3-43	MLB	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	1.8	1.000
46	Buddy Harris	p	-	22	1968-1-15	MLB	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
48	Fred Gladding	p	-	35	UDFA: 1956	MLB	48	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	3	-1	-5.6	.000
Totals: (34 players)							162	5492	585	1319	230	52	71	547	101	51	478	888	29	44	65	41	105	.240	.302	.340	642	1866	6105	4435	592	3.6	.273

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
40	Don Wilson	6	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	16	10	2.45	35	34	18	3	0	0	268.0	195	80	73	15	79	180	5	0	1.02	6.55	0.50	2.65	6.04	0.44	.234	0.79
42	Jack Billingham	36	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	10	16	3.39	33	33	8	3	0	0	228.1	205	98	86	9	68	139	6	1	1.20	8.08	0.35	2.68	5.48	0.49	.304	1.65
43	Ken Forsch	18	24	1968-18-399	MLB	8	8	2.53	33	23	7	2	4	0	188.1	162	60	53	8	53	131	8	0	1.14	7.74	0.38	2.53	6.26	0.40	.309	1.00
49	Larry Dierker	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	12	6	2.72	24	23	6	2	0	0	159.0	150	50	48	8	33	91	6	0	1.15	8.49	0.45	1.87	5.15	0.36	.281	1.18
36	Wade Blasingame	-	27	UDFA: 1961	MLB	9	11	4.60	30	28	2	0	0	0	158.1	177	90	81	11	45	93	10	0	1.40	10.06	0.63	2.56	5.29	0.48	.321	1.34
45	Jim Ray	-	26	UDFA: 1963	MLB	10	4	2.12	47	1	0	0	21	3	97.2	72	27	23	3	31	46	5	1	1.05	6.63	0.28	2.86	4.24	0.67	.249	0.80
39	George Culver	45	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	5	8	2.64	59	0	0	0	34	7	95.1	89	33	28	4	38	57	4	0	1.33	8.40	0.38	3.59	5.38	0.67	.315	1.28
23	Denny Lemaster	-	32	-	MLB	0	2	3.45	42	0	0	0	17	2	60.0	59	23	23	4	22	28	7	0	1.35	8.85	0.60	3.30	4.20	0.79	.299	0.92
48	Fred Gladding	50	35	UDFA: 1956	MLB	4	5	2.10	48	0	0	0	32	12	51.1	51	17	12	0	22	17	2	0	1.42	8.94	0.00	3.86	2.98	1.29	.302	1.83
38	Tom Griffin	-	23	1966-1-4	MLB	0	6	4.78	10	6	0	0	0	0	37.2	44	22	20	4	20	29	4	0	1.70	10.51	0.96	4.78	6.93	0.69	.333	1.28
46	Buddy Harris	-	22	1968-1-15	MLB	1	1	6.46	20	0	0	0	7	0	30.2	33	22	22	3	16	21	2	1	1.60	9.68	0.88	4.70	6.16	0.76	.333	0.78
37	Scipio Spinks	-	23	UDFA: 1966	MLB	1	0	3.68	5	3	1	0	0	0	29.1	22	12	12	2	13	26	1	0	1.19	6.75	0.61	3.99	7.98	0.50	1.000	1.36
41	Ron Cook	-	23	1966-2-23	MLB	0	4	4.91	5	4	0	0	1	0	25.2	23	14	14	2	8	10	1	0	1.21	8.06	0.70	2.81	3.51	0.80	.247	0.73
50	J.R. Richard	-	21	1969-1-2	MLB	2	1	3.43	4	4	1	0	0	0	21.0	17	9	8	1	16	29	2	0	1.57	7.29	0.43	6.86	12.43	0.55	.327	1.50
44	Bill Greif	-	21	1968-3-43	MLB	1	1	5.06	7	3	0	0	1	0	16.0	18	10	9	1	8	14	0	0	1.63	10.13	0.56	4.50	7.88	0.57	.500	1.14
35	Skip Guinn	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	2	1	4.2	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0.86	1.93	0.00	5.79	5.79	1.00	.091	0.67
31	Larry Yount	-	21	1968-5-87	MLB	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Totals: (34 players)						79	83	3.13	162	162	43	10	119	25	1,471	1318	567	512	71	475	914	64	3	1.22	8.06	0.46	2.91	5.59	0.52	.294

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Edwards	C	104		555	48	3	7	.995	0.00
Jack Hiatt	C	65		329	20	3	6	.991	0.00
Larry Howard	C	22		106	12	1	2	.992	0.00
Norm Miller	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Denis Menke	1B	101		845	59	3	77	.997	0.00
Bob Watson	1B	45		339	16	5	28	.986	0.00
John Mayberry	1B	37		317	15	1	20	.997	0.00
Marty Martinez	1B	4		22	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Cesar Cedeno	1B	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jack Hiatt	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Morgan	2B	157		336	482	12	93	.986	0.00
Marty Martinez	2B	9		12	18	1	3	.968	0.00
Denis Menke	2B	5		7	11	1	2	.947	0.00
Derrel Thomas	2B	1		3	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Doug Rader	3B	135		93	275	21	28	.946	0.00
Denis Menke	3B	32		24	41	4	4	.942	0.00
Ray Busse	3B	3		3	6	1	0	.900	0.00
Marty Martinez	3B	3		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roger Metzger	SS	148		275	459	17	91	.977	0.00
Denis Menke	SS	17		16	40	2	5	.966	0.00
Marty Martinez	SS	7		7	15	0	2	1.000	0.00
Ray Busse	SS	5		4	9	1	0	.929	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cesar Cedeno	OF	157		345	6	4	0	.989	0.00
Jimmy Wynn	OF	116		232	9	3	5	.988	0.00
Jesus Alou	OF	109		229	7	4	3	.983	0.00
Bob Watson	OF	87		131	2	2	0	.985	0.00
Cesar Geronimo	OF	64		42	1	1	0	.977	0.00
Rich Chiles	OF	27		35	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Norm Miller	OF	20		23	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jay Schlueter	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Culver	P	59	95	7	17	3	3	.889	2.27
Fred Gladding	P	48	51	3	3	2	0	.750	1.06
Jim Ray	P	47	97	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.83
Denny Lemaster	P	42	60	1	10	0	1	1.000	1.65
Don Wilson	P	35	268	9	26	2	4	.946	1.18
Jack Billingham	P	33	228	20	32	4	3	.929	2.05
Ken Forsch	P	33	188	8	19	2	1	.931	1.29
Wade Blasingame	P	30	158	8	29	1	1	.974	2.11
Larry Dierker	P	24	159	16	23	1	0	.975	2.21
Buddy Harris	P	20	30	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.60
Tom Griffin	P	10	37	0	10	0	0	1.000	2.42
Bill Greif	P	7	16	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.69
Ron Cook	P	5	25	1	5	1	0	.857	2.14
Scipio Spinks	P	5	29	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.55
Skip Guinn	P	4	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.14
J.R. Richard	P	4	21	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.71
Larry Yount	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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