1969 Houston Astros roster

32 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1969 MLB season.

1969 Astros roster: batting

1969 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.
Doug Rader1555696214011831.246.325.684
Denis Menke1545537214910902.269.369.756
Curt Blefary1555426613712678.253.347.740
Joe Morgan14753594126154349.236.365.737
Johnny Edwards151496521156502.232.306.639
Jim Wynn149495113133338723.269.436.943
Jesus Alou115452491125344.248.276.617
Norm Miller119409581084504.264.348.712
Marty Martinez7819814610150.308.340.713
Gary Geiger9312519280162.224.351.623
Julio Gotay4681721092.259.318.639
Leon McFadden4474313031.176.218.421
Hector Torres3469511180.159.183.400
Don Bryant3159211160.186.250.504
Bob Watson2040311030.275.396.746
Keith Lampard91223120.250.250.750
Cesar Geronimo28882000.250.250.625
John Mayberry5400000.000.200.200

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

1969 Astros roster: pitching

1969 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.
Larry DierkerP393720132.33305.12321.020
Denny LemasterP383713173.16244.21731.241
Don WilsonP343416124.00225.02351.360
Tom GriffinSP313111103.54188.12001.320
Jim RayP4013823.91115.01151.330
Jack BillinghamRP524674.2582.2711.462
Fred GladdingP570484.2172.2401.5129
Wade BlasingameP265055.3752.0331.901
Skip GuinnP280126.6727.0332.040
Bob WatkinsP50005.1715.2111.660
Danny CoombsP80016.758.031.750
Dan SchneiderP600113.507.132.860
Bill HenryP30000.005.020.800
Scipio SpinksP10000.002.041.000

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.