1968 Houston Astros roster

35 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1968 MLB season.

1968 Astros roster: batting

1968 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.
Rusty Staub161591541726722.291.373.761
Denis Menke150542561356565.249.334.681
Jim Wynn15654285146266711.269.376.850
Hector Torres128466441041242.223.252.510
Bob Aspromonte12440925921461.225.285.549
John Bateman11135028874331.249.297.635
Doug Rader9833342896432.267.328.721
Norm Miller7925735616286.237.304.697
Lee Thomas9020114391112.194.249.478
Julio Gotay751659411111.248.271.555
Bob Watson451401332281.229.297.618
Dave Adlesh40104319040.183.227.439
Jose Herrera27100924070.240.269.559
Ron Brand4381713041.160.261.446
Ivan Murrell325936030.102.117.269
Hal King275548020.145.242.460
Nate Colbert205358041.151.164.333
Leon McFadden1647213011.277.358.656
Joe Morgan102065003.250.444.794
Byron Browne101303010.231.412.643
John Mayberry4900000.000.100.100
Danny Walton2200000.000.000.000

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

1968 Astros roster: pitching

1968 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.
Dave GiustiP373411143.19251.01861.171
Larry DierkerP323212153.31233.21611.260
Denny LemasterP333210152.81224.01461.350
Don WilsonP333013163.28208.21751.230
Mike CuellarP28248112.74170.21331.151
John BuzhardtP394443.1283.2371.295
Jim RayP412232.6880.2711.121
Tom DukesP430224.2752.2371.714
Danny CoombsP402433.2846.2291.482
Wade BlasingameP222124.7536.0221.531
Steve SheaP300443.3834.2151.106
Pat HouseP180117.7116.161.650
Fred GladdingP700014.544.122.542

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.