1966 Houston Astros

72-90 • 0.444 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
90 Losses
0.444 Win %
8th Rank
612 R 695 RA
Diff -83

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⚡ Quick Stats

612 Runs Scored
695 Runs Allowed
-83 Run Diff
1,878K Attendance

📈 vs. 1966 NL Average

Batting Avg .254 1% below the 1966 league average (.256)
OBP .315 2% above the 1966 league average (.311)
SLG .315 5% below the 1966 league average (.331)
Team ERA 3.76 4% worse than the 1966 league average (3.61)
Runs Scored 612 8% below the 1966 league average (662 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAstrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,878,398
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Avg per Game 23,190

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bill Heath 0.301 2 Sonny Jackson 0.292 3 Lee Maye 0.288 4 Joe Morgan 0.285 5 Rusty Staub 0.280

Home Runs

1 Jim Wynn 18 2 John Bateman 17 3 Rusty Staub 13 4 Dave Nicholson 10 5 Chuck Harrison 9

RBI

1 Rusty Staub 81 2 John Bateman 70 3 Jim Wynn 62 4 Bob Aspromonte 52 5 Chuck Harrison 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sonny Jackson 150 596 80 174 0 0 3 25 42 53 49 0.292
Bob Aspromonte 152 560 55 141 0 0 8 52 35 63 0 0.252
Rusty Staub 153 554 60 155 0 0 13 81 58 61 2 0.280
Chuck Harrison 119 434 52 111 0 0 9 52 37 69 2 0.256
John Bateman 131 433 39 121 0 0 17 70 20 74 0 0.279
Joe Morgan 122 425 60 121 0 0 5 42 89 43 11 0.285
Jim Wynn 105 418 62 107 0 0 18 62 41 81 13 0.256
Lee Maye 115 358 38 103 0 0 9 36 20 26 4 0.288
Dave Nicholson 100 280 36 69 0 0 10 31 46 92 1 0.246
Ron Davis 48 194 21 48 0 0 2 19 13 26 2 0.247
Bob Lillis 68 164 14 38 0 0 0 11 7 4 1 0.232
Felix Mantilla 77 151 16 33 0 0 6 22 11 32 1 0.219
Jim Gentile 49 144 16 35 0 0 7 18 21 39 0 0.243
Ron Brand 56 123 12 30 0 0 0 10 9 13 0 0.244
Bill Heath 55 123 12 37 0 0 0 8 9 11 1 0.301
Dave Giusti 41 74 5 17 0 0 0 9 3 24 0 0.230
Mike Cuellar 38 71 4 8 0 0 1 1 2 37 0 0.113
Larry Dierker 29 67 6 10 0 0 1 4 2 21 0 0.149
Turk Farrell 32 48 2 7 0 0 1 3 0 16 0 0.146
Bob Bruce 25 39 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 0.077
Norm Miller 11 34 1 5 0 0 1 3 2 8 0 0.147
Gene Freese 21 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 11 1 0.091
Brock Davis 10 27 2 4 0 0 0 1 5 4 1 0.148
Barry Latman 31 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0.154
Aaron Pointer 11 26 5 9 0 0 1 5 5 6 1 0.346
Chris Zachary 10 18 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0.222
Robin Roberts 13 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.062
Joe Gaines 11 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0.077
Ron Taylor 36 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.167
Claude Raymond 62 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.111
Nate Colbert 19 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Dave Adlesh 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Greg Sims 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.167
Julio Gotay 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Owens 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Gary Kroll 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Carroll Sembera 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Don Wilson 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Don Arlich 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Danny Coombs 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Lee 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Aurelio Monteagudo 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Watson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Carpin 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Ray 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mike Cuellar 2.22 2 Barry Latman 2.71 3 Carroll Sembera 3.00 4 Claude Raymond 3.13 5 Larry Dierker 3.18

Wins

1 Dave Giusti 15 2 Mike Cuellar 12 3 Larry Dierker 10 4 Claude Raymond 7 5 Turk Farrell 6

Strikeouts

1 Mike Cuellar 175 2 Dave Giusti 131 3 Larry Dierker 108 4 Turk Farrell 101 5 Barry Latman 74
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mike Cuellar 12 10 2.22 38 28 2 227.1 52 175
Dave Giusti 15 14 4.20 34 33 0 210.0 54 131
Larry Dierker 10 8 3.18 29 28 0 187.0 45 108
Turk Farrell 6 10 4.60 32 21 2 152.2 28 101
Bob Bruce 3 13 5.34 25 23 0 129.2 29 71
Barry Latman 2 7 2.71 31 9 1 103.0 35 74
Claude Raymond 7 5 3.13 62 0 16 92.0 25 73
Ron Taylor 2 3 5.71 36 1 0 64.2 10 29
Robin Roberts 3 5 3.82 13 12 1 63.2 10 26
Chris Zachary 3 5 3.44 10 8 0 55.0 32 37
Jim Owens 4 7 4.68 40 0 2 50.0 17 32
Carroll Sembera 1 2 3.00 24 0 1 33.0 16 21
Gary Kroll 0 0 3.80 10 0 0 23.2 11 22
Don Lee 2 0 2.50 9 0 0 18.0 4 9
Aurelio Monteagudo 0 0 4.70 10 0 1 15.1 11 7
Frank Carpin 1 0 7.50 10 0 0 6.0 6 2
Don Wilson 1 0 3.00 1 0 0 6.0 1 7
Don Arlich 0 1 15.75 7 0 0 4.0 4 1
Danny Coombs 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 2.2 0 3
Jim Ray 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 0

👥 Roster (45)

Dave Adlesh Don Arlich Bob Aspromonte John Bateman Ron Brand Bob Bruce Frank Carpin Nate Colbert Danny Coombs Mike Cuellar Brock Davis Ron Davis +33 more

45 players

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