1974 Houston Astros | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 81β81 (.500) | |||
Divisional place | 4th | |||
Owners | Roy Hofheinz | |||
General managers | Spec Richardson | |||
Managers | Preston GΓ³mez | |||
Television | KPRC-TV | |||
Radio | KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe) | |||
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The 1974 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the: National League West with a record of 81β81, 21 games behind theββLos Angeles Dodgers.
Offseasonβ»
- March 30, 1974: Larry Yount and Don Stratton (minors) were traded by, the Astrosββto the Milwaukee Brewers for Wilbur Howard.
Regular seasonβ»
Standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 102 | 60 | .630 | β | 52β29 | 50β31 |
Cincinnati Reds | 98 | 64 | .605 | 4 | 50β31 | 48β33 |
Atlanta Braves | 88 | 74 | .543 | 14 | 46β35 | 42β39 |
Houston Astros | 81 | 81 | .500 | 21 | 46β35 | 35β46 |
San Francisco Giants | 72 | 90 | .444 | 30 | 37β44 | 35β46 |
San Diego Padres | 60 | 102 | .370 | 42 | 36β45 | 24β57 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 4β8 | 7β11β1 | 6β12 | 8β10 | 9β3 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 17β1 | 8β10 | 9β3 | |||||
Chicago | 8β4 | β | 5β7 | 4β8 | 2β10 | 5β13 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 9β9 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 5β13 | |||||
Cincinnati | 11β7β1 | 7β5 | β | 14β4 | 6β12 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 12β6 | 11β7 | 6β6 | |||||
Houston | 12β6 | 8β4 | 4β14 | β | 5β13 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 7β11 | 10β8 | 8β4 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10β8 | 10β2 | 12β6 | 13β5 | β | 8β4 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 16β2 | 12β6 | 6β6 | |||||
Montreal | 3β9 | 13β5 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 4β8 | β | 9β9 | 11β7 | 9β9 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 8β9 | |||||
New York | 4β8 | 10β8 | 3β9 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 9β9 | β | 7β11 | 7β11 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 6β12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4-8 | 10β8 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 7β11 | 11β7 | β | 10β8 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 9β9 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8β4 | 9β9 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 8β10 | β | 9β3 | 8β4 | 7β11 | |||||
San Diego | 1β17 | 6β6 | 6β12 | 7β11 | 2β16 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 3β9 | β | 11β7 | 5β7 | |||||
San Francisco | 10β8 | 6β6 | 7β11 | 8β10 | 6β12 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 7β11 | β | 6β6 | |||||
St. Louis | 3β9 | 13β5 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 9β8 | 12β6 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 7β5 | 6β6 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- June 5, 1974: Alan Knicely was drafted by the Astros in the 3rd round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.
- June 17, 1974: Oscar Zamora was purchased from the Astros by the Chicago Cubs.
- August 15, 1974: Claude Osteen was traded by the Astrosββto the St. Louis Cardinals for Ron Selak (minors) and a player to be, "named later." The Cardinals completed the trade by sending Dan Larson to the "Astros on October 14."
Rosterβ»
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Milt May | 127 | 405 | 117 | .289 | 7 | 54 |
1B | Lee May | 152 | 556 | 149 | .268 | 24 | 85 |
2B | Tommy Helms | 137 | 452 | 126 | .279 | 5 | 50 |
SS | Roger Metzger | 143 | 572 | 145 | .253 | 0 | 30 |
3B | Doug Rader | 152 | 533 | 137 | .257 | 17 | 78 |
LF | Bob Watson | 150 | 524 | 156 | .298 | 11 | 67 |
CF | CΓ©sar CedeΓ±o | 160 | 610 | 164 | .269 | 26 | 102 |
RF | Greg Gross | 156 | 589 | 185 | .314 | 0 | 36 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Cliff Johnson | 83 | 171 | 39 | .228 | 10 | 29 |
Larry Milbourne | 112 | 136 | 38 | .279 | 0 | 9 |
Johnny Edwards | 50 | 117 | 26 | .222 | 1 | 10 |
Wilbur Howard | 64 | 111 | 24 | .216 | 2 | 5 |
Bob Gallagher | 102 | 87 | 15 | .172 | 0 | 3 |
Ollie Brown | 27 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 3 | 6 |
Mick Kelleher | 19 | 57 | 9 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
Ray Busse | 19 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 0 |
Denis Menke | 30 | 29 | 3 | .103 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Campbell | 35 | 23 | 2 | .087 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Easler | 15 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
Skip Jutze | 8 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Larry Dierker | 33 | 223.2 | 11 | 10 | 2.90 | 150 |
Tom Griffin | 34 | 211.0 | 14 | 10 | 3.54 | 110 |
Don Wilson | 33 | 204.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.08 | 112 |
Dave Roberts | 34 | 204.0 | 10 | 12 | 3.40 | 72 |
Claude Osteen | 23 | 138.1 | 9 | 9 | 3.71 | 45 |
Paul Siebert | 5 | 25.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.55 | 10 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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J.R. Richard | 15 | 64.2 | 2 | 3 | 4.18 | 42 |
Doug Konieczny | 6 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 7.88 | 8 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ken Forsch | 70 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2.79 | 48 |
Fred Scherman | 53 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4.11 | 35 |
Mike Cosgrove | 45 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3.50 | 47 |
Jerry Johnson | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.80 | 32 |
Jim York | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.29 | 15 |
RamΓ³n de los Santos | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.19 | 7 |
Mike Nagy | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.53 | 5 |
Farm systemβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Wilbur Howard at Baseball Reference
- ^ Alan Knicely at Baseball Reference
- ^ Oscar Zamora at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dan Larson at Baseball Reference