1973 Houston Astros

82-80 • 0.506 Win% • 4th in NL W

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
80 Losses
0.506 Win %
4th Rank
681 R 672 RA
Diff +9

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⚡ Quick Stats

681 Runs Scored
672 Runs Allowed
+9 Run Diff
1,393K Attendance

📈 vs. 1973 NL Average

Batting Avg .251 1% below the 1973 league average (.254)
OBP .309 3% below the 1973 league average (.320)
SLG .324 equal to the 1973 league average (.324)
Team ERA 3.75 2% worse than the 1973 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 681 1% above the 1973 league average (672 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAstrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,393,998
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Avg per Game 17,209

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Cesar Cedeno 0.320 2 Bob Watson 0.312 3 Tommy Helms 0.287 4 Lee May 0.270 5 Bob Gallagher 0.264

Home Runs

1 Lee May 28 2 Cesar Cedeno 25 3 Doug Rader 21 4 Jim Wynn 20 5 Bob Watson 16

RBI

1 Lee May 105 2 Bob Watson 94 3 Doug Rader 89 4 Cesar Cedeno 70 5 Tommy Helms 61
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Roger Metzger 154 580 67 145 0 0 1 35 39 70 10 0.250
Doug Rader 154 574 79 146 0 0 21 89 46 97 4 0.254
Bob Watson 158 573 97 179 0 0 16 94 85 73 1 0.312
Lee May 148 545 65 147 0 0 28 105 34 122 1 0.270
Tommy Helms 146 543 44 156 0 0 4 61 32 21 1 0.287
Cesar Cedeno 139 525 86 168 0 0 25 70 41 79 56 0.320
Jim Wynn 139 481 90 106 0 0 20 55 91 102 14 0.220
Skip Jutze 90 278 18 62 0 0 0 18 19 37 0 0.223
Johnny Edwards 79 250 24 61 0 0 5 27 19 23 1 0.244
Tommie Agee 83 204 30 48 0 0 8 15 16 55 2 0.235
Bob Gallagher 71 148 16 39 0 0 2 10 3 27 0 0.264
Jerry Reuss 42 95 7 13 0 0 0 8 4 45 0 0.137
Dave Roberts 41 85 3 11 0 0 0 5 0 25 0 0.129
Don Wilson 37 79 4 14 0 0 0 5 1 32 0 0.177
Jimmy Stewart 61 68 6 13 0 0 0 3 9 12 0 0.191
Hector Torres 38 66 3 6 0 0 0 2 7 13 0 0.091
Ken Forsch 46 62 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 26 0 0.065
Jesus Alou 28 55 7 13 0 0 1 8 1 6 0 0.236
Gary Sutherland 16 54 8 14 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 0.259
Larry Howard 20 48 3 8 0 0 0 4 5 12 0 0.167
Greg Gross 14 39 5 9 0 0 0 1 4 4 2 0.231
Tom Griffin 25 28 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0.107
J. R. Richard 16 28 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.179
Cliff Johnson 7 20 6 6 0 0 2 6 1 7 0 0.300
Ray Busse 15 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0.059
Rafael Batista 12 15 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.267
Dave Campbell 9 15 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.267
Jim Crawford 48 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.231
Jim Ray 42 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.231
Mike Easler 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.000
Jim York 41 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Larry Dierker 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Doug Konieczny 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Norm Miller 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Juan Pizarro 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Otis Thornton 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Cecil Upshaw 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Cosgrove 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Gladding 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dave Roberts 2.85 2 Don Wilson 3.20 3 Jerry Reuss 3.74 4 J. R. Richard 4.00 5 Tom Griffin 4.15

Wins

1 Dave Roberts 17 2 Jerry Reuss 16 3 Don Wilson 11 4 Ken Forsch 9 5 Jim Ray 6

Strikeouts

1 Jerry Reuss 177 2 Ken Forsch 149 3 Don Wilson 149 4 Dave Roberts 119 5 J. R. Richard 75
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jerry Reuss 16 13 3.74 41 40 0 279.1 117 177
Dave Roberts 17 11 2.85 39 36 0 249.1 62 119
Don Wilson 11 16 3.20 37 32 2 239.1 92 149
Ken Forsch 9 12 4.20 46 26 4 201.1 74 149
Tom Griffin 4 6 4.15 25 12 0 99.2 46 69
J. R. Richard 6 2 4.00 16 10 0 72.0 38 75
Jim Crawford 2 4 4.50 48 0 6 70.0 33 56
Jim Ray 6 4 4.43 42 0 6 69.0 38 25
Jim York 3 4 4.42 41 0 6 53.0 20 22
Cecil Upshaw 2 3 4.46 35 0 1 38.1 15 21
Larry Dierker 1 1 4.33 14 3 0 27.0 13 18
Juan Pizarro 2 2 6.56 15 1 0 23.1 11 10
Fred Gladding 2 0 4.50 16 0 1 16.0 4 9
Doug Konieczny 0 1 5.54 2 2 0 13.0 4 6
Mike Cosgrove 1 1 1.80 13 0 0 10.0 8 2

👥 Roster (39)

Tommie Agee Jesus Alou Rafael Batista Ray Busse Dave Campbell Cesar Cedeno Mike Cosgrove Jim Crawford Larry Dierker Mike Easler Johnny Edwards Ken Forsch +27 more

39 players

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