1968 Houston Astros Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 72-90
Finished 10th in the NL
Attendance: 1,326,718, Avg. 16,379
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Grady Hatton (23-38)
Manager: Harry Walker (49-52)
Location: Houston, Texas
1968 Houston Astros Roster
1968 Houston Astros Results

The Houston Astros of the National League ended the 1968 season with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, finishing tenth in the NL.

The Astros scored 510 runs and conceded 588 runs. Jim Wynn led Houston with 26 home runs Rusty Staub drove in 72 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .291. Don Wilson paced the squad with 13 wins, while Mike Cuellar recorded a 2.74 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Grady Hatton and 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 Wilson1316.4483.2833303930208.718785769705175419884
Larry Dierker1215.4443.31323201010233.720695861489121618020981
Dave Giusti1114.4403.19373411221251.022695891567718642111031
Denny Lemaster1015.4002.8133320720224.02317970117211146427965
Mike Cuellar811.4212.74282431121170.715260528457133102700
Danny Coombs43.5713.284021600246.7522117017429105207
John Buzhardt44.5003.123941500583.77335290351337407356
Steve Shea44.5003.383002100634.7271413011015302139
Tom Dukes22.5004.274301900452.76231253281237214251
Jim Ray23.4002.684121410180.7652624525871111333
Pat House11.5007.71180800016.3211514063620075
Wade Blasingame12.3334.75222700136.0452119310122003160
Hal Gilson007.362010003.7743011110019
Fred Gladding0014.547040024.3877031210324
Totals7290.4443.264051621125010231446.7136258852468479851021367746125

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
Rusty Staub16168259154172371672207357.291.373.387.7612291177424
Jim Wynn156646542851462352667111790131.269.376.474.85025765549
Denis Menke15062154256135236656586481.249.334.347.68118866726
Hector Torres12849646644104111124231864.223.252.258.5101201001202
Bob Aspromonte124457409259292146103557.225.285.264.549108152569
Doug Rader983713334289164643223151.267.328.393.72113181243
John Bateman1113833502887190433112346.249.297.337.6351181633416
Norm Miller792942573561182628652248.237.304.393.69710145551
Ron Davis522362172246101112041348.212.268.281.5496114110
Julio Gotay751711659413011112421.248.271.285.5554761100
Lee Thomas90221201143940111211422.194.249.229.4784661414
Dick Simpson59202177253372311442061.186.282.299.5825324012
Bob Watson4515514013327028101332.229.297.321.6184561011
Jose Herrera27109100924500702412.240.269.290.5592910500
Dave Adlesh40112104319110400527.183.227.212.4392211202
Don Wilson347870715201600116.214.236.286.5222021600
Dave Giusti389082415100900117.183.212.195.4071612500
Leon McFadden165447213100110610.277.358.298.6561400102
Ron Brand439481713200411911.160.261.185.4461512200
Mike Cuellar286157311101300025.193.207.263.4701501300
Nate Colbert20565358100411123.151.164.170.333920110
Hal King27625548210200716.145.242.218.4601210000
Ivan Murrell32605936110300117.102.117.153.269920000
Joe Morgan1027206501003074.250.444.350.794700000
Larry Dierker33847325100300235.068.093.082.176620900
Danny Coombs4010101400020005.400.400.400.800400000
John Buzhardt3918160400010016.250.294.250.544410100
Byron Browne1017130300010046.231.412.231.643310000
Denny Lemaster33806522000100620.031.113.031.143210900
Jim Ray4216150100000007.067.067.067.133110100
Wade Blasingame22850000000032.000.375.000.375000000
Danny Walton2220000000001.000.000.000.000010000
Tom Dukes43540000000013.000.200.000.200000000
Steve Shea30660000000004.000.000.000.000000000
John Mayberry41090000000002.000.100.000.100001000
Pat House18000000000000000000
Hal Gilson3000000000000000000
Fred Gladding7000000000000000000
Totals196959945336510123320528664734451479988.231.298.317.616169211548973481


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Rusty Staub1B1471461303.713139311100.9929.7069.5650000
Nate Colbert1B5545.043012.9778.6008.6000000
Doug Rader1B5540.047334.94311.2501.0000000
Denis Menke1B5221.0291021.00012.8576.0000000
John Mayberry1B2216.7250011.00013.50012.5000000
Lee Thomas1B2214.0133031.0001.2868.0000000
Bob Aspromonte1B106.761001.0009.4507.0000000
Denis Menke2B1191151001.02692851047.9824.9814.6550000
Julio Gotay2B4835341.7116103428.9825.7694.5630000
Jose Herrera2B7759.3151934.9195.1574.8570000
Joe Morgan2B5543.09622.8823.1403.0000000
Hector Torres2B102.002001.0009.0002.0000000
Doug Rader3B8685751.7831681914.9303.0052.9190000
Bob Aspromonte3B7574665.76714868.9732.9072.8670000
Denis Menke3B4328.036011.0002.8932.2500000
Ron Brand3B101.30000.000.0000000
Julio Gotay3B100.30000.000.0000000
John BatemanC108105881.069049116.9857.5496.843937421120.8
Dave AdleshC3629263.31931120.9906.9725.66731019624.0
Ron BrandC2918190.015314031.0007.9115.7590510323.1
Hal KingC1910112.783830.9687.2694.78931013213.3
Jim WynnOF1531521350.02982048.9882.1202.0780000
Norm MillerOF7465595.7131141.9711.9941.7840000
Ron DavisOF5252477.3131440.9712.5452.5960000
Dick SimpsonOF4947421.063221.9701.3901.3270000
Lee ThomasOF4841383.367520.9731.6901.5000000
Bob WatsonOF4038337.346060.8851.2271.1500000
Bob AspromonteOF3636307.343541.9231.4061.3330000
Jose HerreraOF1716136.722110.9581.5151.3530000
Rusty StaubOF1514125.323120.9231.7231.6000000
Ivan MurrellOF1513101.024322.9312.4061.8000000
Nate ColbertOF11982.019110.9522.1951.8180000
Byron BrowneOF2218.071011.0004.0004.0000000
Joe MorganOF115.010001.0001.8001.0000000
Ron BrandOF101.010001.0009.0001.0000000
Dave GiustiP3734251.0205123.9732.5461.9190000
Larry DierkerP3232233.7132812.9761.5791.2810000
Denny LemasterP3332224.072741.8951.3661.0300000
Don WilsonP3330208.7162240.9051.6391.1520000
Mike CuellarP2824170.7132441.9021.9511.3210000
John BuzhardtP39483.7817011.0002.689.6410000
Jim RayP41281.02910.9171.222.2680000
Tom DukesP43052.711110.9232.051.2790000
Danny CoombsP40246.721111.9292.507.3250000
Wade BlasingameP22236.0110011.0002.750.5000000
Steve SheaP30034.729011.0002.856.3670000
Pat HouseP18016.312001.0001.653.1670000
Fred GladdingP704.310001.0002.077.1430000
Hal GilsonP203.711001.0004.9091.0000000
Hector TorresSS1271191054.01593912455.9584.6964.3310000
Denis MenkeSS3529264.04592521.9654.6703.9140000
Leon McFaddenSS1614127.0164423.9684.2523.7500000
Bob AspromonteSS102.001001.0004.5001.0000000
Totals1804145813023.043411714156329.9754.1853.3561562842220.8




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