The 1967 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. It involved the 69–93 Astros ninth-place finish in the National League, 32+1⁄2 games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
1967 Houston Astros | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Astrodome | |
City | Houston, Texas | |
Record | 69–93 (.426) | |
League place | 9th | |
Owners | Roy Hofheinz | |
General managers | Tal Smith, Spec Richardson | |
Managers | Grady Hatton | |
Television | KTRK-TV | |
Radio | KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Harry Kalas) | |
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Offseason
edit- October 19, 1966: Bob Lillis was released by the Astros.[1]
- November 28, 1966: Bo Belinsky was drafted by the Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1966 rule 5 draft.[2]
- December 31, 1966: Dave Nicholson and Bob Bruce were traded by the Astros to the Atlanta Braves for Eddie Mathews, Arnold Umbach and a player to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Sandy Alomar Sr. to the Astros on February 25, 1967.[3]
- January 4, 1967: Lee Maye and Ken Retzer were traded by the Astros to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Landis, Jim Weaver, and Doc Edwards.[4]
- March 24, 1967: Sandy Alomar was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Derrell Griffith.[3]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 60 | .627 | — | 49–32 | 52–28 |
San Francisco Giants | 91 | 71 | .562 | 10½ | 51–31 | 40–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 87 | 74 | .540 | 14 | 49–34 | 38–40 |
Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 75 | .537 | 14½ | 49–32 | 38–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 82 | 80 | .506 | 19½ | 45–35 | 37–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 81 | .500 | 20½ | 49–32 | 32–49 |
Atlanta Braves | 77 | 85 | .475 | 24½ | 48–33 | 29–52 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 89 | .451 | 28½ | 42–39 | 31–50 |
Houston Astros | 69 | 93 | .426 | 32½ | 46–35 | 23–58 |
New York Mets | 61 | 101 | .377 | 40½ | 36–42 | 25–59 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 11–7 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 6–12 | |||||
Chicago | 7–11 | — | 12–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 11–7–1 | 10–8 | 6–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–5 | 6–12 | — | 15–3 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–13 | |||||
Houston | 7–11 | 10–8 | 3–15 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 6–12 | |||||
New York | 10–8 | 5–13 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 4–14 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8-10 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 14–4 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–8 | 7–11–1 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 | |||||
San Francisco | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | — | 7–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–6 | 11–6 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 11–7 | — |
Opening Day starters
edit- Bob Aspromonte
- John Bateman
- Mike Cuellar
- Sonny Jackson
- Eddie Mathews
- Joe Morgan
- Aaron Pointer
- Rusty Staub
- Jimmy Wynn[5]
Notable transactions
edit- April 28, 1967: Bob Lillis was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[1]
- June 6, 1967: John Mayberry was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft.[6]
- June 15, 1967: Claude Raymond was traded by the Astros to the Atlanta Braves for Wade Blasingame.[7]
- July 20, 1967: Gary Kroll was purchased from the Astros by the Cleveland Indians.[8]
- August 7, 1967: Jim Weaver was traded by the Astros to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending Héctor Torres to the Astros on November 21.[9]
Roster
edit1967 Houston Astros | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | John Bateman | 76 | 252 | 48 | .190 | 2 | 17 |
1B | Eddie Mathews | 101 | 328 | 78 | .238 | 10 | 38 |
2B | Joe Morgan | 133 | 494 | 136 | .275 | 6 | 42 |
SS | Sonny Jackson | 129 | 520 | 123 | .237 | 0 | 25 |
3B | Bob Aspromonte | 137 | 486 | 143 | .294 | 6 | 58 |
LF | Ron Davis | 94 | 285 | 73 | .256 | 7 | 38 |
CF | Jim Wynn | 158 | 594 | 148 | .249 | 37 | 107 |
RF | Rusty Staub | 149 | 546 | 182 | .333 | 10 | 74 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Julio Gotay | 77 | 234 | 66 | .282 | 2 | 15 |
Ron Brand | 84 | 215 | 52 | .242 | 0 | 18 |
Norm Miller | 64 | 190 | 39 | .205 | 1 | 14 |
Chuck Harrison | 70 | 177 | 43 | .243 | 2 | 26 |
Doug Rader | 47 | 162 | 54 | .333 | 2 | 26 |
Jim Landis | 50 | 143 | 36 | .252 | 1 | 14 |
Dave Adlesh | 39 | 94 | 17 | .181 | 1 | 4 |
Jackie Brandt | 41 | 89 | 21 | .236 | 1 | 15 |
Bob Lillis | 37 | 82 | 20 | .244 | 0 | 5 |
Aaron Pointer | 27 | 70 | 11 | .157 | 1 | 10 |
Hal King | 15 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
Ivan Murrell | 10 | 29 | 9 | .310 | 0 | 1 |
Lee Bales | 19 | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Watson | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 1 | 2 |
Bill Heath | 9 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
José Herrera | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Candy Harris | 6 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Cuellar | 36 | 246.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.03 | 203 |
Dave Giusti | 37 | 221.2 | 11 | 15 | 4.18 | 157 |
Don Wilson | 31 | 184.0 | 10 | 9 | 2.79 | 159 |
Bo Belinsky | 27 | 115.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.68 | 80 |
Larry Dierker | 15 | 99.0 | 6 | 5 | 3.36 | 68 |
Wade Blasingame | 15 | 77.0 | 4 | 7 | 5.96 | 46 |
Bruce Von Hoff | 10 | 50.1 | 0 | 3 | 4.83 | 22 |
Chris Zachary | 9 | 36.1 | 1 | 6 | 5.70 | 18 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Danny Coombs | 6 | 24.1 | 3 | 0 | 3.33 | 23 |
Howie Reed | 4 | 18.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.44 | 9 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Larry Sherry | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4.87 | 32 |
Dan Schneider | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.96 | 39 |
Carroll Sembera | 45 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4.83 | 48 |
Barry Latman | 39 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.52 | 70 |
Dave Eilers | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3.94 | 27 |
Claude Raymond | 21 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3.19 | 17 |
Tom Dukes | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.32 | 23 |
Jim Owens | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.22 | 6 |
Turk Farrell | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.63 | 10 |
Pat House | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 2 |
Arnold Earley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
John Buzhardt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Bob Lillis at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Sandy Alomar at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lee Maye at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1967 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac".
- ^ John Mayberry at Baseball Reference
- ^ Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades
- ^ Gary Kroll at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jim Weaver at Baseball Reference