1970 Houston Astros

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 4th in NL W

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
4th Rank
744 R 763 RA
Diff -19

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744 Runs Scored
763 Runs Allowed
-19 Run Diff
1,247K Attendance

📈 vs. 1970 NL Average

Batting Avg .259 1% above the 1970 league average (.258)
OBP .331 1% above the 1970 league average (.328)
SLG .328 2% below the 1970 league average (.334)
Team ERA 4.23 5% worse than the 1970 league average (4.05)
Runs Scored 744 2% above the 1970 league average (731 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAstrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,247,444
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Avg per Game 15,400

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Cesar Cedeno 0.310 2 Larry Howard 0.307 3 Jesus Alou 0.306 4 Denis Menke 0.304 5 Tommy Davis 0.282

Home Runs

1 Jim Wynn 27 2 Doug Rader 25 3 Joe Pepitone 14 4 Denis Menke 13 5 Bob Watson 11

RBI

1 Denis Menke 92 2 Jim Wynn 88 3 Doug Rader 87 4 Bob Watson 61 5 Joe Morgan 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Doug Rader 156 576 90 145 0 0 25 87 57 102 3 0.252
Denis Menke 154 562 82 171 0 0 13 92 82 80 6 0.304
Jim Wynn 157 554 82 156 0 0 27 88 106 96 24 0.282
Joe Morgan 144 548 102 147 0 0 8 52 102 55 42 0.268
Jesus Alou 117 458 59 140 0 0 1 44 21 15 3 0.306
Johnny Edwards 140 458 46 101 0 0 7 49 51 63 1 0.221
Cesar Cedeno 90 355 46 110 0 0 7 42 15 57 17 0.310
Bob Watson 97 327 48 89 0 0 11 61 24 59 1 0.272
Joe Pepitone 75 279 44 70 0 0 14 35 18 28 5 0.251
Norm Miller 90 226 29 54 0 0 4 29 41 33 3 0.239
Tommy Davis 57 213 24 60 0 0 3 30 7 25 8 0.282
Marty Martinez 75 150 12 33 0 0 0 12 9 22 0 0.220
John Mayberry 50 148 23 32 0 0 5 14 21 33 1 0.216
Larry Dierker 37 92 7 16 0 0 0 4 1 37 0 0.174
Larry Howard 31 88 11 27 0 0 2 16 10 23 0 0.307
Keith Lampard 53 72 8 17 0 0 0 5 5 24 0 0.236
Don Wilson 30 69 1 8 0 0 0 4 0 28 0 0.116
Hector Torres 31 65 6 16 0 0 0 5 6 8 0 0.246
Jack Billingham 46 58 2 6 0 0 0 1 4 27 0 0.103
Denny Lemaster 39 45 3 8 0 0 1 7 5 13 0 0.178
Cesar Geronimo 47 37 5 9 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0.243
Tom Griffin 23 33 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0.061
Jim Ray 52 27 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0.185
Jim Beauchamp 31 26 3 5 0 0 1 4 3 7 0 0.192
Wade Blasingame 13 24 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 10 0 0.083
Don Bryant 15 24 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 8 0 0.208
Jim Bouton 29 17 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.353
Ron Cook 43 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 11 0 0.235
Ken Forsch 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Fred Gladding 63 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
George Culver 32 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Gary Geiger 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Scipio Spinks 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack DiLauro 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Buddy Harris 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Marshall 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Leon McFadden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Osinski 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 George Culver 3.20 2 Jim Ray 3.26 3 Wade Blasingame 3.48 4 Ron Cook 3.72 5 Larry Dierker 3.87

Wins

1 Larry Dierker 16 2 Jack Billingham 13 3 Don Wilson 11 4 Fred Gladding 7 5 Denny Lemaster 7

Strikeouts

1 Larry Dierker 191 2 Jack Billingham 134 3 Denny Lemaster 103 4 Don Wilson 94 5 Tom Griffin 72
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Larry Dierker 16 12 3.87 37 36 1 269.2 82 191
Jack Billingham 13 9 3.98 46 24 0 187.2 63 134
Don Wilson 11 6 3.91 29 27 0 184.1 66 94
Denny Lemaster 7 12 4.56 39 21 3 162.0 65 103
Tom Griffin 3 13 5.74 23 20 0 111.1 72 72
Jim Ray 6 3 3.26 52 2 5 105.0 49 67
Ron Cook 4 4 3.72 41 7 2 82.1 42 50
Wade Blasingame 3 3 3.48 13 13 0 77.2 23 55
Jim Bouton 4 6 5.40 29 6 0 73.1 33 49
Fred Gladding 7 4 4.06 63 0 18 71.0 24 46
George Culver 3 3 3.20 32 0 3 45.0 21 31
Jack DiLauro 1 3 4.28 42 0 3 33.2 17 23
Ken Forsch 1 2 5.63 4 4 0 24.0 5 13
Scipio Spinks 0 1 9.88 5 2 0 13.2 9 6
Buddy Harris 0 0 5.68 2 0 0 6.1 0 2
Mike Marshall 0 1 8.44 4 0 0 5.1 4 5
Dan Osinski 0 1 9.82 3 0 0 3.2 2 1

👥 Roster (38)

Jesus Alou Jim Beauchamp Jack Billingham Wade Blasingame Jim Bouton Don Bryant Cesar Cedeno Ron Cook George Culver Tommy Davis Jack DiLauro Larry Dierker +26 more

38 players

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