1970 Houston Astros season

1970 Houston Astros
1970 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1962) Western Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Astrodome (since 1965); Houston, Texas (since 1962);
Results
Record	79–83 (.488)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owners	Roy Hofheinz
General managers	Spec Richardson
Managers	Harry Walker
Local television	KTRK-TV
Local radio	KPRC (AM); (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Harry Kalas)
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The 1970 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League West with a record of 79–83, 23 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

November 21, 1969: Mike Marshall was purchased by the Astros from the Milwaukee Brewers.[1]
December 4, 1969: Curt Blefary was traded by the Astros to the New York Yankees for Joe Pepitone.[2]

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	102	60	0.630	—	57–24	45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers	87	74	0.540	14½	39–42	48–32
San Francisco Giants	86	76	0.531	16	48–33	38–43
Houston Astros	79	83	0.488	23	44–37	35–46
Atlanta Braves	76	86	0.469	26	42–39	34–47
San Diego Padres	63	99	0.389	39	31–50	32–49

1970 National League record Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	5–13	9–9	6–12	6–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	9–9	7–11	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	7–5	7–5	6–6	13–5	7–11	9–9	8–10	9–3	7–5	7–11
Cincinnati	13–5	5–7	—	15–3	13–5	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–4	8–10	9–9	9–3
Houston	9–9	5–7	3–15	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	4–8	6–6	14–4	10–8	6–6
Los Angeles	12–6	6–6	5–13	10–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–5	6–6	11–7	9–9	7–5
Montreal	6–6	5–13	5–7	4–8	4–8	—	10–8	11–7	9–9	6–6	6–6	7–11
New York	6–6	11–7	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–10	—	13–5	6–12	6–6	6–6	12–6
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	5–7	8–4	5–6	7–11	5–13	—	4–14	9–3	8–4	8–10
Pittsburgh	6–6	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	9–9	12–6	14–4	—	6–6	4–8	12–6
San Diego	9–9	3–9	10–8	4–14	7–11	6–6	6–6	3–9	6–6	—	5–13	4–8
San Francisco	11–7	5–7	9–9	8–10	9–9	6–6	6–6	4–8	8–4	13–5	—	7–5
St. Louis	5–7	11–7	3–9	6–6	5–7	11–7	6–12	10–8	6–12	8–4	5–7	—

June 4, 1970: Greg Gross was drafted by the Astros in the 4th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 9, 1970.[3]
June 23, 1970: Mike Marshall was traded by the Astros to the Montreal Expos for Don Bosch.[1]
July 29, 1970: Joe Pepitone was purchased from the Astros by the Chicago Cubs.[2]
August 12, 1970: Jim Bouton was released by the Houston Astros.[4]

1970 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Johnny Edwards	140	458	101	.221	7	49
1B	Bob Watson	97	327	89	.272	11	61
2B	Joe Morgan	144	548	147	.268	8	52
SS	Denis Menke	154	562	171	.304	13	92
3B	Doug Rader	156	576	145	.252	25	87
LF	Tommy Davis	57	213	60	.282	3	30
CF	Jimmy Wynn	157	554	156	.282	27	88
RF	Jesús Alou	117	458	140	.306	1	44

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
César Cedeño	90	355	110	.310	7	42
Joe Pepitone	75	279	70	.251	14	35
Norm Miller	90	226	54	.239	4	29
Marty Martínez	75	150	33	.220	0	12
John Mayberry	50	148	32	.216	5	14
Larry Howard	31	88	27	.307	2	16
Keith Lampard	53	72	17	.236	0	5
Héctor Torres	31	65	16	.246	0	5
César Gerónimo	47	37	9	.243	0	2
Jim Beauchamp	31	26	5	.192	1	4
Don Bryant	15	24	5	.208	0	3
Gary Geiger	5	4	1	.250	0	0
Leon McFadden	2	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Larry Dierker	37	269.2	16	12	3.87	191
Don Wilson	29	184.1	11	6	3.91	94
Tom Griffin	23	111.1	3	13	5.74	72
Wade Blasingame	13	77.2	3	3	3.48	55
Ken Forsch	4	24.0	1	2	5.63	13

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jack Billingham	46	187.2	13	9	3.98	134
Denny Lemaster	39	162.0	7	12	4.56	103
Ron Cook	41	82.1	4	4	3.72	50
Jim Bouton	29	73.1	4	6	5.40	49
Scipio Spinks	5	13.2	0	1	9.88	6

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Fred Gladding	63	7	4	18	4.06	46
Jim Ray	52	6	3	5	3.26	67
Jack DiLauro	42	1	3	3	4.28	23
George Culver	32	3	3	3	3.20	31
Mike Marshall	4	0	1	0	8.44	5
Dan Osinski	3	0	1	0	9.82	1
Buddy Harris	2	0	0	0	5.68	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	American Association	Hub Kittle
AA	Columbus Astros	Southern League	Jimmy Williams
A	Cocoa Astros	Florida State League	Tony Pacheco
A-Short Season	Williamsport Astros	New York–Penn League	Dick Bogard
Rookie	Covington Astros	Appalachian League	Dick Smith

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus

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