1970 Houston Astros roster

32 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1970 MLB season.

1970 Astros roster: batting

1970 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 Rader1565769014525873.252.322.758
Denis Menke1545628217113926.304.392.833
Jim Wynn15755482156278824.282.394.886
Joe Morgan14454810214785242.268.383.779
Johnny Edwards140458461017491.221.299.618
Jesus Alou117458591401443.306.335.719
Cesar Cedeno903554611074217.310.340.790
Bob Watson97327488911611.272.324.768
Norm Miller9022629544293.239.357.689
Marty Martinez7515012330120.220.264.504
John Mayberry5014823325141.216.318.683
Larry Howard318811272160.307.378.821
Keith Lampard5372817050.236.295.670
Hector Torres3165616050.246.310.633
Cesar Geronimo473759020.243.293.536
Don Bryant152425030.208.231.439
Gary Geiger5401000.250.250.500

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

1970 Astros roster: pitching

1970 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 DierkerP373616123.87269.21911.281
Jack BillinghamRP46241393.98187.21341.350
Don WilsonP29271163.91184.1941.380
Denny LemasterP39217124.56162.01031.443
Tom GriffinSP23203135.74111.1721.710
Jim RayP522633.26105.0671.395
Ron CookP417443.7282.1501.482
Wade BlasingameP1313333.4877.2551.270
Jim BoutonP296465.4073.1491.600
Fred GladdingP630744.0671.0461.5218
Jack DilauroP420134.2833.2231.513
Ken ForschRP44125.6324.0131.380
Scipio SpinksP52019.8813.261.900
Buddy HarrisP20005.686.120.950
Dan OsinskiP30019.823.211.910

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.