1967 Houston Astros season

The 1967 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. It involved the 69–93 Astros ninth-place finish in the National League, 32½ games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

• 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 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

Season standings

Opening Day starters

• Bob Aspromonte
• John Bateman
• Mike Cuellar
• Sonny Jackson
• Eddie Mathews
• Joe Morgan
• Aaron Pointer
• Rusty Staub
• Jimmy Wynn^[5]

Notable transactions

• 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

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

References

External links

• 1967 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference