1971 Houston Astros

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 4th in NL W

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
4th Rank
585 R 567 RA
Diff +18

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⚡ Quick Stats

585 Runs Scored
567 Runs Allowed
+18 Run Diff
1,260K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 NL Average

Batting Avg .240 5% below the 1971 league average (.251)
OBP .301 4% below the 1971 league average (.314)
SLG .278 11% below the 1971 league average (.314)
Team ERA 3.13 10% better than the 1971 league average (3.47)
Runs Scored 585 8% below the 1971 league average (633 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAstrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,260,897
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Avg per Game 15,566

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bob Watson 0.288 2 Jesus Alou 0.279 3 Jack Hiatt 0.276 4 Cesar Cedeno 0.264 5 Marty Martinez 0.258

Home Runs

1 Joe Morgan 13 2 Doug Rader 12 3 Cesar Cedeno 10 4 Bob Watson 9 5 John Mayberry 7

RBI

1 Cesar Cedeno 81 2 Bob Watson 67 3 Joe Morgan 56 4 Doug Rader 56 5 Jim Wynn 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Cesar Cedeno 161 611 85 161 0 0 10 81 25 102 20 0.264
Joe Morgan 160 583 87 149 0 0 13 56 88 52 40 0.256
Roger Metzger 150 562 64 132 0 0 0 26 44 50 15 0.235
Doug Rader 135 484 51 118 0 0 12 56 40 112 5 0.244
Denis Menke 146 475 57 117 0 0 1 43 59 68 4 0.246
Bob Watson 129 468 49 135 0 0 9 67 41 56 0 0.288
Jesus Alou 122 433 41 121 0 0 2 40 13 17 3 0.279
Jim Wynn 123 404 38 82 0 0 7 45 56 63 10 0.203
Johnny Edwards 106 317 18 74 0 0 1 23 26 38 1 0.233
Jack Hiatt 69 174 16 48 0 0 1 16 35 39 0 0.276
John Mayberry 46 137 16 25 0 0 7 14 13 32 0 0.182
Rich Chiles 67 119 12 27 0 0 2 15 6 20 0 0.227
Don Wilson 35 91 5 14 0 0 0 7 1 37 0 0.154
Cesar Geronimo 94 82 13 18 0 0 1 6 5 31 2 0.220
Norm Miller 45 74 5 19 0 0 2 10 5 13 0 0.257
Jack Billingham 33 73 1 9 0 0 0 4 1 30 0 0.123
Larry Howard 24 64 6 15 0 0 2 14 3 17 0 0.234
Marty Martinez 32 62 4 16 0 0 0 4 3 6 1 0.258
Ken Forsch 33 59 2 8 0 0 0 1 1 30 0 0.136
Larry Dierker 24 54 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 16 0 0.074
Wade Blasingame 30 49 5 10 0 0 1 9 7 18 0 0.204
Ray Busse 10 34 2 5 0 0 0 4 2 9 0 0.147
Jim Ray 47 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.167
George Culver 59 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.091
Tom Griffin 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.111
Scipio Spinks 5 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.222
Ron Cook 6 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.250
J. R. Richard 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Denny Lemaster 42 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Derrel Thomas 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bill Greif 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Jay Schlueter 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Fred Gladding 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Buddy Harris 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Skip Guinn 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Yount 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Fred Gladding 2.10 2 Jim Ray 2.12 3 Don Wilson 2.45 4 Ken Forsch 2.53 5 George Culver 2.64

Wins

1 Don Wilson 16 2 Larry Dierker 12 3 Jack Billingham 10 4 Jim Ray 10 5 Wade Blasingame 9

Strikeouts

1 Don Wilson 180 2 Jack Billingham 139 3 Ken Forsch 131 4 Wade Blasingame 93 5 Larry Dierker 91
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Don Wilson 16 10 2.45 35 34 0 268.0 79 180
Jack Billingham 10 16 3.39 33 33 0 228.1 68 139
Ken Forsch 8 8 2.53 33 23 0 188.1 53 131
Larry Dierker 12 6 2.72 24 23 0 159.0 33 91
Wade Blasingame 9 11 4.60 30 28 0 158.1 45 93
Jim Ray 10 4 2.12 47 1 3 97.2 31 46
George Culver 5 8 2.64 59 0 7 95.1 38 57
Denny Lemaster 0 2 3.45 42 0 2 60.0 22 28
Fred Gladding 4 5 2.10 48 0 12 51.1 22 17
Tom Griffin 0 6 4.78 10 6 0 37.2 20 29
Buddy Harris 1 1 6.46 20 0 0 30.2 16 21
Scipio Spinks 1 0 3.68 5 3 0 29.1 13 26
Ron Cook 0 4 4.91 5 4 0 25.2 8 10
J. R. Richard 2 1 3.43 4 4 0 21.0 16 29
Bill Greif 1 1 5.06 7 3 0 16.0 8 14
Skip Guinn 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 4.2 3 3
Larry Yount 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 0 0

👥 Roster (36)

Jesus Alou Jack Billingham Wade Blasingame Ray Busse Cesar Cedeno Rich Chiles Ron Cook George Culver Larry Dierker Johnny Edwards Ken Forsch Cesar Geronimo +24 more

36 players

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