1972 Houston Astros roster

29 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1972 MLB season.

1972 Astros roster: batting

1972 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.
Roger Metzger1536418414223823.222.288.547
Lee May1485928716829983.284.343.833
Cesar Cedeno139559103179228255.320.385.921
Doug Rader1525537013122905.237.309.734
Bob Watson1475487417116861.312.378.841
Jim Wynn145542117148249017.273.389.860
Tommy Helms139518451345604.259.291.637
Johnny Edwards10833233895402.268.358.732
Larry Howard5415716352130.223.299.605
Norm Miller6710718264131.243.331.723
Jimmy Stewart68961421090.219.257.570
Jesus Alou52938290110.312.366.743
Bobby Fenwick365079040.180.226.466
Bob Stinson273536020.171.211.411
Rich Chiles91103020.273.333.697
Gary Sutherland5801010.125.125.250
Cliff Johnson5401000.250.500.750

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

1972 Astros roster: pitching

1972 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 WilsonP333315102.68228.11721.150
Larry DierkerP31311583.40214.21151.210
Jerry ReussRP33309134.17192.01741.351
Dave RobertsSP35281274.50192.01111.482
Ken ForschRP3024683.91156.11131.440
George CulverP450623.0597.1821.192
Tom GriffinSP395543.2494.1831.383
Jim RayP5401094.2890.1501.348
Fred GladdingP420562.7748.2181.0314
Jim YorkP260015.2536.0251.750
Mike CosgroveP71014.6113.271.391
J.R. RichardSP411013.506.083.000

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.