1975 Houston Astros Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 64-97
Finished 6th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 857,444, Avg. 10,854
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Preston Gomez (47-80)
Manager: Bill Virdon (17-17)
Location: Houston, Texas
1975 Houston Astros RosterTeam Record: 64-97
Finished 6th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 857,444, Avg. 10,854
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Preston Gomez (47-80)
Manager: Bill Virdon (17-17)
Location: Houston, Texas
1975 Houston Astros Results
The Houston Astros of the National League ended the 1975 season with a record of 64 wins and 97 losses, finishing sixth in the NL's West Division.
The Astros scored 664 runs and allowed 711 runs. Cliff Johnson led Houston with 20 home runs, while Bob Watson walloped 20 or more, too. Bob Watson drove in 85 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .324. Larry Dierker paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 4.00 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Preston Gomez and Bill Virdon 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 | 14 | 16 | .467 | 4.00 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 232.0 | 225 | 109 | 103 | 24 | 91 | 6 | 127 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 982 |
| J. R. Richard | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.39 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 203.0 | 178 | 107 | 99 | 8 | 138 | 0 | 176 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 905 |
| Dave Roberts | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.27 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 198.3 | 182 | 98 | 94 | 16 | 73 | 4 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 841 |
| Joe Niekro | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.07 | 40 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 88.0 | 79 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 378 |
| Doug Konieczny | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.47 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 171.0 | 184 | 93 | 85 | 15 | 87 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 762 |
| Jim York | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.86 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 43 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 209 |
| Ken Forsch | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.22 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109.0 | 114 | 42 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 451 |
| Jim Crawford | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.63 | 44 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86.7 | 92 | 40 | 35 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 377 |
| Tom Griffin | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.33 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 79.3 | 89 | 52 | 47 | 11 | 46 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 363 |
| Wayne Granger | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.65 | 55 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 74.0 | 76 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 323 |
| Mike Cosgrove | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.03 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 71.3 | 62 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 300 |
| Jose Sosa | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.02 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 51 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 206 |
| Fred Scherman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.96 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
| Paul Siebert | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.95 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.3 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 |
| Mike Stanton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 89 |
| Totals | 64 | 97 | .398 | 4.05 | 427 | 162 | 123 | 39 | 6 | 25 | 1458.3 | 1436 | 711 | 656 | 106 | 679 | 44 | 839 | 34 | 15 | 83 | 6337 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Watson | 132 | 533 | 485 | 67 | 157 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 85 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 50 | .324 | .375 | .495 | .870 | 240 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Cesar Cedeno | 131 | 576 | 500 | 93 | 144 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 63 | 50 | 17 | 62 | 52 | .288 | .371 | .440 | .811 | 220 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Greg Gross | 132 | 558 | 483 | 67 | 142 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 37 | .294 | .373 | .364 | .738 | 176 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Wilbur Howard | 121 | 419 | 392 | 62 | 111 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 67 | .283 | .324 | .365 | .689 | 143 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Roger Metzger | 127 | 510 | 450 | 54 | 102 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 39 | .227 | .289 | .296 | .584 | 133 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 10 |
| Doug Rader | 129 | 499 | 448 | 41 | 100 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 101 | .223 | .296 | .364 | .660 | 163 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Cliff Johnson | 122 | 393 | 340 | 52 | 94 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 64 | .276 | .370 | .506 | .876 | 172 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Milt May | 111 | 419 | 386 | 29 | 93 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 41 | .241 | .287 | .316 | .603 | 122 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Enos Cabell | 117 | 374 | 348 | 43 | 92 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 53 | .264 | .303 | .365 | .668 | 127 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Jose Cruz | 120 | 377 | 315 | 44 | 81 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 44 | .257 | .358 | .403 | .761 | 127 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Rob Andrews | 103 | 321 | 277 | 29 | 66 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 34 | .238 | .310 | .285 | .595 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Ken Boswell | 86 | 212 | 178 | 16 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 12 | .242 | .349 | .309 | .658 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Larry Milbourne | 73 | 163 | 151 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | .212 | .245 | .265 | .510 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Tommy Helms | 64 | 147 | 135 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .207 | .265 | .222 | .488 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jerry DaVanon | 32 | 114 | 97 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | .278 | .386 | .392 | .778 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Skip Jutze | 51 | 98 | 93 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .226 | .242 | .247 | .489 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| J. R. Richard | 33 | 80 | 74 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .203 | .213 | .324 | .538 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Roberts | 32 | 74 | 63 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .143 | .156 | .206 | .363 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Konieczny | 32 | 58 | 50 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .160 | .208 | .200 | .408 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Dierker | 34 | 89 | 76 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .092 | .092 | .092 | .184 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Gardner | 13 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .194 | .242 | .194 | .436 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Crawford | 44 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .294 | .368 | .353 | .721 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Sosa | 26 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .778 | 1.111 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Batista | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Niekro | 40 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .214 | .313 | .214 | .527 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Griffin | 17 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .136 | .174 | .136 | .310 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Cosgrove | 32 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesus de la Rosa | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Stanton | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim York | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Forsch | 34 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .045 | .192 | .045 | .238 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Scherman | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Siebert | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Easler | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Granger | 55 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2110 | 6211 | 5515 | 664 | 1401 | 218 | 54 | 84 | 606 | 133 | 62 | 523 | 762 | .254 | .320 | .359 | .679 | 1979 | 118 | 32 | 97 | 44 | 66 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Watson | 1B | 118 | 116 | 990.3 | 1077 | 69 | 8 | 106 | .993 | 1.415 | 9.712 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Johnson | 1B | 47 | 43 | 395.3 | 407 | 21 | 4 | 33 | .991 | 9.744 | 9.106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enos Cabell | 1B | 25 | 3 | 72.7 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 12 | .976 | 9.908 | 3.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Andrews | 2B | 94 | 81 | 689.7 | 191 | 237 | 8 | 65 | .982 | 5.585 | 4.553 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Helms | 2B | 42 | 27 | 265.3 | 58 | 109 | 2 | 19 | .988 | 5.665 | 3.976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Milbourne | 2B | 43 | 28 | 258.0 | 67 | 85 | 5 | 27 | .968 | 5.302 | 3.535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Boswell | 2B | 31 | 18 | 184.3 | 40 | 65 | 1 | 11 | .991 | 5.127 | 3.387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry DaVanon | 2B | 9 | 8 | 61.0 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 5.902 | 4.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Rader | 3B | 124 | 121 | 1074.3 | 111 | 257 | 11 | 24 | .971 | 3.083 | 2.968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Boswell | 3B | 23 | 20 | 188.0 | 14 | 38 | 5 | 2 | .912 | 2.489 | 2.261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enos Cabell | 3B | 22 | 19 | 180.7 | 23 | 43 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 3.288 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry DaVanon | 3B | 3 | 1 | 11.3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.765 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Helms | 3B | 3 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt May | C | 102 | 99 | 863.0 | 568 | 70 | 9 | 8 | .986 | 6.654 | 6.255 | 18 | 0 | 65 | 47 | 42.0 |
| Cliff Johnson | C | 41 | 37 | 333.7 | 195 | 16 | 8 | 4 | .963 | 5.691 | 5.146 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 26.4 |
| Skip Jutze | C | 47 | 26 | 261.7 | 147 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .988 | 5.572 | 3.447 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 16.0 |
| Cesar Cedeno | OF | 131 | 131 | 1156.3 | 322 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .982 | 2.568 | 2.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Gross | OF | 121 | 120 | 1061.7 | 216 | 14 | 10 | 2 | .958 | 1.950 | 1.901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Howard | OF | 95 | 81 | 769.0 | 194 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 2.352 | 2.116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Cruz | OF | 94 | 80 | 732.0 | 187 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .980 | 2.373 | 2.053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enos Cabell | OF | 67 | 58 | 521.0 | 99 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 1.883 | 1.627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Watson | OF | 9 | 8 | 66.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.773 | 1.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Gardner | OF | 8 | 7 | 61.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.066 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Johnson | OF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Dierker | P | 34 | 34 | 232.0 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 1.784 | 1.353 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. R. Richard | P | 33 | 31 | 203.0 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.197 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Roberts | P | 32 | 27 | 198.3 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.224 | 1.531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Konieczny | P | 32 | 29 | 171.0 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.474 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Forsch | P | 34 | 9 | 109.0 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .909 | 1.651 | .588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Niekro | P | 40 | 4 | 88.0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.045 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Crawford | P | 44 | 2 | 86.7 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 2.181 | .477 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Griffin | P | 17 | 13 | 79.3 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 2.155 | 1.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Granger | P | 55 | 0 | 74.0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 2.432 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Cosgrove | P | 32 | 3 | 71.3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.766 | .438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Sosa | P | 25 | 2 | 47.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .383 | .080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim York | P | 19 | 4 | 46.7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .964 | .263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Siebert | P | 7 | 2 | 18.3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.436 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Stanton | P | 7 | 2 | 17.3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.596 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Scherman | P | 16 | 0 | 16.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.653 | .188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Metzger | SS | 126 | 123 | 1094.3 | 186 | 441 | 15 | 83 | .977 | 5.157 | 4.976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry DaVanon | SS | 21 | 18 | 174.0 | 37 | 65 | 6 | 13 | .944 | 5.276 | 4.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Milbourne | SS | 22 | 16 | 141.7 | 28 | 51 | 5 | 8 | .940 | 5.019 | 3.591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Andrews | SS | 6 | 4 | 36.0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 3.500 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Rader | SS | 2 | 1 | 10.3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.355 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Helms | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1905 | 1458 | 13125.0 | 4375 | 1880 | 137 | 444 | .979 | 4.289 | 3.283 | 30 | 0 | 125 | 65 | 34.2 |
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