1973 Houston Astros roster

31 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1973 MLB season.

1973 Astros roster: batting

1973 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 Metzger1545806714513510.250.299.622
Doug Rader1545747914621894.254.310.719
Bob Watson1585739717916941.312.403.852
Lee May14854565147281051.270.310.789
Tommy Helms146543441564611.287.325.694
Cesar Cedeno13952586168257056.320.376.913
Jim Wynn13948190106205514.220.347.742
Skip Jutze9027818620180.223.273.518
Johnny Edwards7925024615271.244.301.661
Bob Gallagher7114816392100.264.275.612
Jimmy Stewart6168613030.191.295.486
Hector Torres386636020.091.189.295
Gary Sutherland1654814030.259.298.650
Greg Gross143959012.231.302.636
Cliff Johnson72066260.300.3641.064
Rafael Batista121524020.267.313.579
Mike Easler6710000.000.222.222
Otis Thornton2300010.000.000.000

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

1973 Astros roster: pitching

1973 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.
Jerry ReussRP414016133.74279.11771.390
Dave RobertsSP393617112.85249.11191.310
Don WilsonP373211163.20239.11491.172
Ken ForschRP46269124.20201.11491.354
Tom GriffinSP2512464.1599.2691.290
J.R. RichardSP1610624.0072.0751.280
Jim CrawfordP480244.5070.0561.466
Jim RayP420644.4369.0251.496
Jim YorkP410344.4253.0221.606
Larry DierkerP143114.3327.0181.480
Fred GladdingP160204.5016.091.381
Doug KoniecznyP22015.5413.061.230
Mike CosgroveP130111.8010.021.900

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.