1974 Houston Astros roster

33 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1974 MLB season.

1974 Astros roster: batting

1974 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 Cedeno160610951642610257.269.338.799
Greg Gross1565897818503612.314.393.770
Roger Metzger143572661450309.253.297.617
Lee May1525565914924851.268.294.738
Doug Rader1525336113717787.257.334.749
Bob Watson1505246915611673.298.370.782
Tommy Helms137452321265505.279.313.675
Milt May127405471177540.289.349.751
Cliff Johnson83171263910290.228.357.796
Larry Milbourne1121363138096.279.329.638
Johnny Edwards501178261101.222.292.617
Wilbur Howard641111924254.216.250.556
Bob Gallagher102871315031.172.280.475
Mick Kelleher195749021.158.226.384
Ray Busse193437000.206.270.506
Denis Menke302923010.103.206.344
Dave Campbell352342021.087.125.255
Mike Easler151501000.067.067.133
Skip Jutze81303010.231.267.497

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

1974 Astros roster: pitching

1974 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 DierkerP333311102.90223.21501.210
Tom GriffinSP343414103.54211.01101.380
Don WilsonP332711133.08204.21121.320
Dave RobertsSP343010123.40204.0721.381
Ken ForschRP700872.79103.1481.3110
Mike CosgroveP450733.5090.0471.282
J.R. RichardSP159234.1864.2421.450
Fred SchermanP530254.1161.1351.524
Jerry JohnsonRP340214.8045.0321.580
Jim YorkP280223.2938.1151.751
Paul SiebertP55113.5525.1101.260
Doug KoniecznyP63037.8816.081.880
Mike NagyP90118.5312.251.740
Ramon Delos santosP120112.1912.171.620

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.