1972 Houston Astros

84-69 • 0.549 Win% • 3rd in NL W

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
69 Losses
0.549 Win %
3rd Rank
708 R 636 RA
Diff +72

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708 Runs Scored
636 Runs Allowed
+72 Run Diff
1,464K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 NL Average

Batting Avg .258 4% above the 1972 league average (.248)
OBP .325 4% above the 1972 league average (.313)
SLG .334 7% above the 1972 league average (.313)
Team ERA 3.77 9% worse than the 1972 league average (3.45)
Runs Scored 708 17% above the 1972 league average (605 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAstrodome
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,464,244
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Avg per Game 19,016

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Cesar Cedeno 0.320 2 Bob Watson 0.312 3 Jesus Alou 0.312 4 Lee May 0.284 5 Jim Wynn 0.273

Home Runs

1 Lee May 29 2 Jim Wynn 24 3 Cesar Cedeno 22 4 Doug Rader 22 5 Bob Watson 16

RBI

1 Lee May 98 2 Doug Rader 90 3 Jim Wynn 90 4 Bob Watson 86 5 Cesar Cedeno 82
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Roger Metzger 153 641 84 142 0 0 2 38 60 71 23 0.222
Lee May 148 592 87 168 0 0 29 98 52 145 3 0.284
Cesar Cedeno 139 559 103 179 0 0 22 82 56 62 55 0.320
Doug Rader 152 553 70 131 0 0 22 90 57 120 5 0.237
Bob Watson 147 548 74 171 0 0 16 86 53 83 1 0.312
Jim Wynn 145 542 117 148 0 0 24 90 103 99 17 0.273
Tommy Helms 139 518 45 134 0 0 5 60 24 27 4 0.259
Johnny Edwards 108 332 33 89 0 0 5 40 50 39 2 0.268
Larry Howard 54 157 16 35 0 0 2 13 17 30 0 0.223
Norm Miller 67 107 18 26 0 0 4 13 13 23 1 0.243
Jimmy Stewart 68 96 14 21 0 0 0 9 6 9 0 0.219
Jesus Alou 52 93 8 29 0 0 0 11 7 5 0 0.312
Larry Dierker 31 78 2 13 0 0 0 4 1 24 0 0.167
Don Wilson 33 76 5 8 0 0 0 2 2 35 0 0.105
Dave Roberts 35 67 7 16 0 0 2 9 4 16 0 0.239
Jerry Reuss 33 66 5 7 0 0 0 1 5 40 0 0.106
Bobby Fenwick 36 50 7 9 0 0 0 4 3 13 0 0.180
Ken Forsch 30 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 0.146
Bob Stinson 27 35 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.171
Tom Griffin 39 25 3 7 0 0 1 2 0 9 0 0.280
Jack Hiatt 10 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0.200
George Culver 45 19 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.158
Jim Ray 54 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.062
Rich Chiles 9 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.273
Gary Sutherland 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.125
Fred Gladding 42 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.000
Cliff Johnson 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.250
Mike Cosgrove 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim York 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wade Blasingame 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Gibbon 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
J. R. Richard 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Don Wilson 2.68 2 Fred Gladding 2.77 3 George Culver 3.05 4 Tom Griffin 3.24 5 Larry Dierker 3.40

Wins

1 Larry Dierker 15 2 Don Wilson 15 3 Dave Roberts 12 4 Jim Ray 10 5 Jerry Reuss 9

Strikeouts

1 Jerry Reuss 174 2 Don Wilson 172 3 Larry Dierker 115 4 Ken Forsch 113 5 Dave Roberts 111
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Don Wilson 15 10 2.68 33 33 0 228.1 66 172
Larry Dierker 15 8 3.40 31 31 0 214.2 51 115
Jerry Reuss 9 13 4.17 33 30 1 192.0 83 174
Dave Roberts 12 7 4.50 35 28 2 192.0 57 111
Ken Forsch 6 8 3.91 30 24 0 156.1 62 113
George Culver 6 2 3.05 45 0 2 97.1 43 82
Tom Griffin 5 4 3.24 39 5 3 94.1 38 83
Jim Ray 10 9 4.28 54 0 8 90.1 44 50
Fred Gladding 5 6 2.77 42 0 14 48.2 12 18
Jim York 0 1 5.25 26 0 0 36.0 18 25
Mike Cosgrove 0 1 4.61 7 1 1 13.2 3 7
Wade Blasingame 0 0 8.64 10 0 0 8.1 8 9
Joe Gibbon 0 0 9.82 9 0 0 7.1 5 4
J. R. Richard 1 0 13.50 4 1 0 6.0 8 8

👥 Roster (32)

Jesus Alou Wade Blasingame Cesar Cedeno Rich Chiles Mike Cosgrove George Culver Larry Dierker Johnny Edwards Bobby Fenwick Ken Forsch Joe Gibbon Fred Gladding +20 more

32 players

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