1974 Houston Astros season

1974 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
  • The Astrodome (since 1965)
  • Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record 81–81 (.500)
Divisional place 4th
Other information
Owner(s) Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s) Spec Richardson
Manager(s) Preston Gómez
Local television KPRC-TV
Local radio KPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe)
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The 1974 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League West with a record of 81-81, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 102 60 -- .630
Cincinnati Reds 98 64 4 .605
Atlanta Braves 88 74 14 .543
Houston Astros 81 81 21 .500
San Francisco Giants 72 90 30 .444
San Diego Padres 60 102 42 .370

Notable transactions

Roster

1974 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C May, MiltMilt May 127 405 117 .289 7 54
1B May, LeeLee May 152 556 149 .268 24 85
CF Cedeño, CésarCésar Cedeño 160 610 164 .269 26 102

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
Johnson, CliffCliff Johnson 83 171 39 .228 10 29
Edwards, JohnnyJohnny Edwards 50 117 26 .222 1 10
Howard, WilburWilbur Howard 64 111 24 .216 2 5
Brown, OllieOllie Brown 27 69 15 .217 3 6
Menke, DenisDenis Menke 30 29 3 .103 0 1
Campbell, DaveDave Campbell 35 23 2 .087 0 2

Pitching

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
Dierker, LarryLarry Dierker 33 223.2 11 10 2.90 150
Griffin, TomTom Griffin 34 211 14 10 3.54 110
Wilson, DonDon Wilson 33 204.2 11 13 3.08 112
Roberts, DaveDave Roberts 34 204 10 12 3.40 72
Osteen, ClaudeClaude Osteen 23 138.1 9 9 3.71 45
Siebert, PaulPaul Siebert 5 25.1 1 1 3.55 10

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
Konieczny, DougDoug Konieczny 6 16 0 3 7.88 8

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
Forsch, KenKen Forsch 70 8 7 10 2.79 48
Cosgrove, MikeMike Cosgrove 45 7 3 2 3.50 47
Johnson, JerryJerry Johnson 34 2 1 0 4.80 32
de los Santos, RamónRamón de los Santos 12 1 1 0 2.19 7

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Frank Verdi
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Jimmy Williams
A Cedar Rapids Astros Midwest League Leo Posada
Rookie Covington Astros Appalachian League Billy Smith

References

External links