1967 Houston Astros season

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1967 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
BallparkAstrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record69–93 (.426)
League place9th
OwnersRoy Hofheinz
General managersTal Smith, Spec Richardson
ManagersGrady Hatton
TelevisionKTRK-TV
RadioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Harry Kalas)
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The 1967 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. It involved the 69–93 Astros ninth-place finish in the National League, 32+1⁄2 games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 101 60 .627 — 49‍–‍32 52‍–‍28
San Francisco Giants 91 71 .562 10½ 51‍–‍31 40‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs 87 74 .540 14 49‍–‍34 38‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 87 75 .537 14½ 49‍–‍32 38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 82 80 .506 19½ 45‍–‍35 37‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 81 81 .500 20½ 49‍–‍32 32‍–‍49
Atlanta Braves 77 85 .475 24½ 48‍–‍33 29‍–‍52
Los Angeles Dodgers 73 89 .451 28½ 42‍–‍39 31‍–‍50
Houston Astros 69 93 .426 32½ 46‍–‍35 23‍–‍58
New York Mets 61 101 .377 40½ 36‍–‍42 25‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

1967 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Atlanta — 11–7 5–13 11–7 8–10 8–10 10–8 8–10 10–8 6–12
Chicago 7–11 — 12–6 8–10 9–9 13–5 11–7 11–7–1 10–8 6–11
Cincinnati 13–5 6–12 — 15–3 8–10 12–6 10–8 10–8 8–10 5–13
Houston 7–11 10–8 3–15 — 10–8 11–7 7–11 9–9 6–12 6–12
Los Angeles 10–8 9–9 10–8 8–10 — 12–6 6–12 7–11 5–13 6–12
New York 10–8 5–13 6–12 7–11 6–12 — 4–14 11–7 5–13 7–11
Philadelphia 8-10 7–11 8–10 11–7 12–6 14–4 — 8–10 8–10 6–12
Pittsburgh 10–8 7–11–1 8–10 9–9 11–7 7–11 10–8 — 8–10 11–7
San Francisco 8–10 8–10 10–8 12–6 13–5 13–5 10–8 10–8 — 7–11
St. Louis 12–6 11–6 13–5 12–6 12–6 11–7 12–6 7–11 11–7 —


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1967 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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 John Bateman 76 252 48 .190 2 17
1B Eddie Mathews 101 328 78 .238 10 38
2B Joe Morgan 133 494 136 .275 6 42
SS Sonny Jackson 129 520 123 .237 0 25
3B Bob Aspromonte 137 486 143 .294 6 58
LF Ron Davis 94 285 73 .256 7 38
CF Jim Wynn 158 594 148 .249 37 107
RF Rusty Staub 149 546 182 .333 10 74

Other batters

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
Julio Gotay 77 234 66 .282 2 15
Ron Brand 84 215 52 .242 0 18
Norm Miller 64 190 39 .205 1 14
Chuck Harrison 70 177 43 .243 2 26
Doug Rader 47 162 54 .333 2 26
Jim Landis 50 143 36 .252 1 14
Dave Adlesh 39 94 17 .181 1 4
Jackie Brandt 41 89 21 .236 1 15
Bob Lillis 37 82 20 .244 0 5
Aaron Pointer 27 70 11 .157 1 10
Hal King 15 44 11 .250 0 6
Ivan Murrell 10 29 9 .310 0 1
Lee Bales 19 27 3 .111 0 2
Bob Watson 6 14 3 .214 1 2
Bill Heath 9 11 1 .091 0 0
José Herrera 5 4 1 .250 0 1
Candy Harris 6 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Cuellar 36 246.1 16 11 3.03 203
Dave Giusti 37 221.2 11 15 4.18 157
Don Wilson 31 184.0 10 9 2.79 159
Bo Belinsky 27 115.1 3 9 4.68 80
Larry Dierker 15 99.0 6 5 3.36 68
Wade Blasingame 15 77.0 4 7 5.96 46
Bruce Von Hoff 10 50.1 0 3 4.83 22
Chris Zachary 9 36.1 1 6 5.70 18

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Danny Coombs 6 24.1 3 0 3.33 23
Howie Reed 4 18.1 1 1 3.44 9

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Larry Sherry 29 1 2 6 4.87 32
Dan Schneider 54 0 2 2 4.96 39
Carroll Sembera 45 2 6 3 4.83 48
Barry Latman 39 3 6 0 4.52 70
Dave Eilers 35 6 4 1 3.94 27
Claude Raymond 21 0 4 5 3.19 17
Tom Dukes 17 0 2 2 5.32 23
Jim Owens 10 0 1 0 4.22 6
Turk Farrell 7 1 0 0 4.63 10
Pat House 6 1 0 1 4.50 2
Arnold Earley 2 0 0 0 27.00 1
John Buzhardt 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers Pacific Coast League Mel McGaha
AA Amarillo Sonics Texas League Buddy Hancken
A Asheville Tourists Carolina League Chuck Churn
A Cocoa Astros Florida State League Walt Matthews
Rookie Covington Astros Appalachian League Tony Pacheco

References

  1. ^ a b Bob Lillis at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Sandy Alomar at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Lee Maye at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "1967 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  6. ^ John Mayberry at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades
  8. ^ Gary Kroll at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Jim Weaver at Baseball Reference