1971 Houston Astros roster

36 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1971 MLB season.

1971 Astros roster: batting

1971 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.
Cesar Cedeno16161185161108120.264.293.690
Joe Morgan16058387149135640.256.351.757
Roger Metzger1505626413202615.235.294.593
Doug Rader1354845111812565.244.303.681
Denis Menke146475571171434.246.328.648
Bob Watson129468491359670.288.347.742
Jesus Alou122433411212403.279.305.666
Jim Wynn123404388274510.203.302.596
Johnny Edwards10631718741231.233.291.600
Jack Hiatt6917416481160.276.401.752
John Mayberry4613716257140.182.260.610
Rich Chiles6711912272150.227.268.604
Cesar Geronimo94821318162.220.264.594
Norm Miller45745192100.257.313.718
Larry Howard24646152140.234.265.640
Marty Martinez3262416041.258.292.631
Ray Busse103425040.147.194.430
Derrel Thomas5500000.000.000.000
Jay Schlueter7311000.333.333.667

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

1971 Astros roster: pitching

1971 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.
Don WilsonP353416102.45268.01801.020
Jack BillinghamRP333310163.39228.11391.200
Ken ForschRP3323882.53188.11311.140
Larry DierkerP24231262.72159.0911.150
Wade BlasingameP30289114.60158.1931.400
Jim RayP4711042.1297.2461.053
George CulverP590582.6495.1571.337
Denny LemasterP420023.4560.0281.352
Fred GladdingP480452.1051.1171.4212
Tom GriffinSP106064.7837.2291.700
Buddy HarrisP200116.4630.2211.600
Scipio SpinksP53103.6829.1261.190
Ron CookP54044.9125.2101.210
J.R. RichardSP44213.4321.0291.570
Bill GreifP73115.0616.0141.630
Skip GuinnP40000.004.230.861

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.