1963 Houston Astros roster

43 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1963 MLB season.

1963 Astros roster: batting

1963 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.
Carl Warwick150528491347473.254.319.667
Rusty Staub150513431156450.224.309.617
Bob Lillis14746931931193.198.229.466
Bob Aspromonte136468421008493.214.276.581
Howie Goss13341137869444.209.264.592
John Bateman128404238510590.210.249.583
Pete Runnels12438835982232.253.332.628
Johnny Temple10032222851177.264.347.664
Jim Wynn7025031614274.244.319.691
Ernie Fazio1022283142254.184.273.554
Jim Campbell551589354190.222.268.584
J c Hartman3990211031.122.151.284
Johnny Weekly34804183140.225.292.667
Hal Smith3158114020.241.290.566
Brock Davis3455711120.200.254.545
Carroll Hardy1544510031.227.277.572
Glenn Vaughan93015001.167.219.385
Joe Morgan82556031.240.367.687
Dave Adlesh6800000.000.000.000
Mike White3702000.286.286.571
Jerry Grote3501010.200.286.486
Ivan Murrell2511000.200.200.400
Aaron Pointer2501000.200.200.400
Sonny Jackson1300000.000.000.000
John Paciorek13430301.0001.0002.000

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

1963 Astros roster: pitching

1963 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.
Ken JohnsonP373211172.65224.01481.131
Turk FarrellP342614133.02202.11410.971
Don NottebartP31271183.17193.01181.080
Bob BruceP3025593.59170.11231.300
Hal BrownP26205113.31141.1681.030
Hal WoodeshickP5501191.97114.0941.0310
Dick DrottP27142124.9897.2581.470
Don McMahonP492154.0580.0511.365
Jim UmbrichtP353432.6176.0480.960
Chris ZacharyP227224.8957.0421.470
Russ KemmererP170005.6536.2121.531
Jim DicksonP130016.1414.261.642
Conrad CardinalP61016.0813.171.650
Jim GoldenP31015.686.152.210
Larry YellenP11003.605.031.600
Joe HoernerP10000.003.020.670
Jay DahlP110116.882.202.630
Danny CoombsP100027.000.109.000

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.