1968 Houston Astros

72-90 • 0.444 Win% • 10th in NL

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
90 Losses
0.444 Win %
10th Rank
510 R 588 RA
Diff -78

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⚡ Quick Stats

510 Runs Scored
588 Runs Allowed
-78 Run Diff
1,326K Attendance

📈 vs. 1968 NL Average

Batting Avg .231 5% below the 1968 league average (.243)
OBP .294 1% below the 1968 league average (.297)
SLG .268 8% below the 1968 league average (.291)
Team ERA 3.26 9% worse than the 1968 league average (2.99)
Runs Scored 510 9% below the 1968 league average (558 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAstrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,326,718
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Avg per Game 16,379

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rusty Staub 0.291 2 Jim Wynn 0.269 3 Doug Rader 0.267 4 Denis Menke 0.249 5 John Bateman 0.249

Home Runs

1 Jim Wynn 26 2 Denis Menke 6 3 Norm Miller 6 4 Doug Rader 6 5 Rusty Staub 6

RBI

1 Rusty Staub 72 2 Jim Wynn 67 3 Denis Menke 56 4 Bob Aspromonte 46 5 Doug Rader 43
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Rusty Staub 161 591 54 172 0 0 6 72 73 57 2 0.291
Denis Menke 150 542 56 135 0 0 6 56 64 81 5 0.249
Jim Wynn 156 542 85 146 0 0 26 67 90 131 11 0.269
Hector Torres 128 466 44 104 0 0 1 24 18 64 2 0.223
Bob Aspromonte 124 409 25 92 0 0 1 46 35 57 1 0.225
John Bateman 111 350 28 87 0 0 4 33 23 46 1 0.249
Doug Rader 98 333 42 89 0 0 6 43 31 51 2 0.267
Norm Miller 79 257 35 61 0 0 6 28 22 48 6 0.237
Ron Davis 52 217 22 46 0 0 1 12 13 48 0 0.212
Lee Thomas 90 201 14 39 0 0 1 11 14 22 2 0.194
Dick Simpson 59 177 25 33 0 0 3 11 20 61 4 0.186
Julio Gotay 75 165 9 41 0 0 1 11 4 21 1 0.248
Bob Watson 45 140 13 32 0 0 2 8 13 32 1 0.229
Dave Adlesh 40 104 3 19 0 0 0 4 5 27 0 0.183
Jose Herrera 27 100 9 24 0 0 0 7 4 12 0 0.240
Dave Giusti 38 82 4 15 0 0 0 9 1 17 0 0.183
Ron Brand 43 81 7 13 0 0 0 4 9 11 1 0.160
Larry Dierker 33 73 2 5 0 0 0 3 2 35 0 0.068
Don Wilson 34 70 7 15 0 0 1 6 1 16 0 0.214
Denny Lemaster 33 65 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 20 0 0.031
Ivan Murrell 32 59 3 6 0 0 0 3 1 17 0 0.102
Mike Cuellar 28 57 3 11 0 0 1 3 0 25 0 0.193
Hal King 27 55 4 8 0 0 0 2 7 16 0 0.145
Nate Colbert 20 53 5 8 0 0 0 4 1 23 1 0.151
Leon McFadden 16 47 2 13 0 0 0 1 6 10 1 0.277
Joe Morgan 10 20 6 5 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 0.250
John Buzhardt 39 16 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.250
Jim Ray 42 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.067
Byron Browne 10 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 0.231
Danny Coombs 40 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.400
John Mayberry 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Steve Shea 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Wade Blasingame 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.000
Tom Dukes 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Danny Walton 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hal Gilson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Gladding 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat House 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Ray 2.68 2 Mike Cuellar 2.74 3 Denny Lemaster 2.81 4 John Buzhardt 3.12 5 Dave Giusti 3.19

Wins

1 Don Wilson 13 2 Larry Dierker 12 3 Dave Giusti 11 4 Denny Lemaster 10 5 Mike Cuellar 8

Strikeouts

1 Dave Giusti 186 2 Don Wilson 175 3 Larry Dierker 161 4 Denny Lemaster 146 5 Mike Cuellar 133
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dave Giusti 11 14 3.19 37 34 1 251.0 67 186
Larry Dierker 12 15 3.31 32 32 0 233.2 89 161
Denny Lemaster 10 15 2.81 33 32 0 224.0 72 146
Don Wilson 13 16 3.28 33 30 0 208.2 70 175
Mike Cuellar 8 11 2.74 28 24 1 170.2 45 133
John Buzhardt 4 4 3.12 39 4 5 83.2 35 37
Jim Ray 2 3 2.68 41 2 1 80.2 25 71
Tom Dukes 2 2 4.27 43 0 4 52.2 28 37
Danny Coombs 4 3 3.28 40 2 2 46.2 17 29
Wade Blasingame 1 2 4.75 22 2 1 36.0 10 22
Steve Shea 4 4 3.38 30 0 6 34.2 11 15
Pat House 1 1 7.71 18 0 0 16.1 6 6
Fred Gladding 0 0 14.54 7 0 2 4.1 3 2
Hal Gilson 0 0 7.36 2 0 0 3.2 1 1

👥 Roster (38)

Dave Adlesh Bob Aspromonte John Bateman Wade Blasingame Ron Brand Byron Browne John Buzhardt Nate Colbert Danny Coombs Mike Cuellar Ron Davis Larry Dierker +26 more

38 players

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