1967 Houston Astros season explained

Houston Astros
Season:	1967
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Astrodome
City:	Houston, Texas
Record:	69–93 (.426)
League Place:	9th
Owners:	Roy Hofheinz
General Managers:	Tal Smith, Spec Richardson
Managers:	Grady Hatton
Television:	KTRK-TV
Radio:	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Harry Kalas)

The 1967 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. It involved the 69–93 Astros ninth-place finish in the National League, games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

October 19, 1966: Bob Lillis was released by the Astros.^[1]
November 28, 1966: Bo Belinsky was drafted by the Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1966 rule 5 draft.^[2]
December 31, 1966: Dave Nicholson and Bob Bruce were traded by the Astros to the Atlanta Braves for Eddie Mathews, Arnold Umbach and a player to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Sandy Alomar Sr. to the Astros on February 25, 1967.^[3]
January 4, 1967: Lee Maye and Ken Retzer were traded by the Astros to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Landis, Jim Weaver, and Doc Edwards.^[4]
March 24, 1967: Sandy Alomar was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Derrell Griffith.^[3]

April 28, 1967: Bob Lillis was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[1]
June 6, 1967: John Mayberry was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
June 15, 1967: Claude Raymond was traded by the Astros to the Atlanta Braves for Wade Blasingame.^[7]
July 20, 1967: Gary Kroll was purchased from the Astros by the Cleveland Indians.^[8]
August 7, 1967: Jim Weaver was traded by the Astros to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending Héctor Torres to the Astros on November 21.^[9]

1967 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Third base) (First base) (Pitching, to July 8) (Pitching, after July 8)

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	76	252	48	.190	2	17
1B	101	328	78	.238	10	38
2B	133	494	136	.275	6	42
SS	129	520	123	.237	0	25
3B	137	486	143	.294	6	58
LF	94	285	73	.256	7	38
CF	158	594	148	.249	37	107
RF	149	546	182	.333	10	74

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
77	234	66	.282	2	15
84	215	52	.242	0	18
64	190	39	.205	1	14
70	177	43	.243	2	26
47	162	54	.333	2	26
50	143	36	.252	1	14
39	94	17	.181	1	4
41	89	21	.236	1	15
37	82	20	.244	0	5
27	70	11	.157	1	10
15	44	11	.250	0	6
10	29	9	.310	0	1
19	27	3	.111	0	2
6	14	3	.214	1	2
9	11	1	.091	0	0
5	4	1	.250	0	1
6	1	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	246.1	16	11	3.03	203
37	221.2	11	15	4.18	157
31	184.0	10	9	2.79	159
27	115.1	3	9	4.68	80
15	99.0	6	5	3.36	68
15	77.0	4	7	5.96	46
10	50.1	0	3	4.83	22
9	36.1	1	6	5.70	18

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

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

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
29	1	2	6	4.87	32
54	0	2	2	4.96	39
45	2	6	3	4.83	48
39	3	6	0	4.52	70
35	6	4	1	3.94	27
21	0	4	5	3.19	17
17	0	2	2	5.32	23
10	0	1	0	4.22	6
7	1	0	0	4.63	10
6	1	0	1	4.50	2
2	0	0	0	27.00	1
1	0	0	0	0.00	0