1962 Houston Astros roster

32 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1962 MLB season.

1962 Astros roster: batting

1962 Houston Astros batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Roman Mejias14656682162247612.286.326.771
Bob Aspromonte1495345914211594.266.332.708
Norm Larker147506581339631.263.358.732
Bob Lillis129457381141307.249.292.591
Joey Amalfitano11738044901274.237.317.620
Hal Smith109345328112350.235.286.666
Jim Pendleton11732130798360.246.279.650
Merritt Ranew7121826514242.234.287.677
Billy Goodman8216112410100.255.306.598
J c Hartman511481133051.223.248.505
Pidge Browne651008211100.210.298.618
Jim Campbell2786619360.221.272.644
Al Heist2772416030.222.263.499
Dave Roberts16533131100.245.349.708
Johnny Weekly132635220.192.364.825
Don Taussig162515110.200.259.579
Dick Gernert102415010.208.345.553
Ron Davis61413011.214.267.481
Ernie Fazio121231010.083.214.298
Jim Busby151122010.182.308.490
George Williams5813020.375.375.875

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1962 Astros roster: pitching

1962 Houston Astros pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Turk FarrellP432910203.02241.22031.104
Ken JohnsonP33317163.84197.01781.220
Bob BruceP32271094.06175.01351.410
Jim GoldenP37187114.07152.2881.401
Hal WoodeshickP31265164.39139.1821.540
Bobby TiefenauerP430244.3485.0601.321
Dave GiustiP225235.6273.2431.520
Jim UmbrichtP340402.0167.0551.012
George BrunetP1711244.5054.0361.540
Dick DrottP61107.6213.0101.620
Al CicotteP50003.864.241.930

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.