1972 Houston Astros season

The 1972 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the National League West with a record of 84–69, 10½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds and just a percentage point ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 1972 season was the first winning season in Astros history.

1972 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record84–69 (.549)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersRoy Hofheinz
General managersSpec Richardson
ManagersHarry Walker, Salty Parker, Leo Durocher
Local televisionKTRK-TV
Local radioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9559 0.617 — 42–34 53–25
Houston Astros 8469 0.549 10½ 41–36 43–33
Los Angeles Dodgers 8570 0.548 10½ 41–34 44–36
Atlanta Braves 7084 0.455 25 36–41 34–43
San Francisco Giants 6986 0.445 26½ 34–43 35–43
San Diego Padres 5895 0.379 36½ 26–54 32–41

Record vs. opponents
1972 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–7–19–97–77–84–87–56–66–66–117–116–6
Chicago 7–5–1—8–43–98–410–510–810–73–129–37–510–8
Cincinnati 9–94–8—11–69–58–48–410–28–48–1010–510–2
Houston 7–79–36–11—7–118–46–69–33–912–213–54–8
Los Angeles 8–74–85–911–7—6–67–57–57–513–59–98–4
Montreal 8–45–104–84–86–6—6–1210–66–126–66–69–8
New York 5–78–104–86–65–712–6—13–58–67–58–47–9
Philadelphia 6-67–102–103–95–76–105–13—5–136–66–68–7
Pittsburgh 6–612–34–89–35–712–66–813–5—10–29–310–8
San Diego 11–63–910–82–125–136–65–76–62–10—4–104–8
San Francisco 11–75–75–105–139–96–64–86–63–910–4—5–7
St. Louis 6–68–102–108–44–88–99–77–88–108–47–5—

Notable transactions

Roster
1972 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJohnny Edwards10833289.268540
1BLee May148592168.2842998
2BTommy Helms139518134.259560
SSRoger Metzger153641142.222238
3BDoug Rader152553131.2372290
LFBob Watson147548171.3121686
CFCésar Cedeño139559179.3202282
RFJimmy Wynn145542148.2732490

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Larry Howard5415735.223213
Norm Miller6710726.243413
Jimmy Stewart689621.21909
Jesús Alou529329.312011
Bobby Fenwick36509.18004
Bob Stinson27356.17102
Jack Hiatt10255.20000
Rich Chiles9113.27302
Gary Sutherland581.12501
Cliff Johnson541.25000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Don Wilson33228.115102.68172
Larry Dierker31214.21583.40115
Dave Roberts35192.01274.50111
Jerry Reuss33192.09134.17174
Ken Forsch30156.1683.91113

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Griffin3994.1543.2183
Mike Cosgrove713.2014.617
J.R. Richard46.01013.508

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Fred Gladding4256142.7718
Jim Ray5410984.2850
George Culver456223.0582
Jim York260105.2525
Wade Blasingame100008.649
Joe Gibbon90009.824

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Tony Pacheco
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Jackie Brandt
A Cocoa Astros Florida State League Jimmy Williams
Rookie Covington Astros Appalachian League Billy Smith
Rookie Cocoa Astros Florida East Coast League Leo Posada

References
  1. Joe Morgan at Baseball Reference
  2. John Mayberry at Baseball Reference
  3. Jim Crawford at Baseball Reference
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