1971 Houston Astros season explained

Houston Astros
Season:	1971
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Astrodome
City:	Houston, Texas
Record:	79–83 (.488)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Roy Hofheinz
General Managers:	Spec Richardson
Managers:	Harry Walker
Television:	KTRK-TV
Radio:	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe)

The 1971 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for fourth in the National League West with a record of 79–83, 11 games behind the San Francisco Giants.

The Astros played 75 games that were decided by a one run margin, which is an all-time MLB record. In those games, the team had a record of 32–43.^[1]

Offseason

• January 13, 1971: Doug Konieczny was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1971 Major League Baseball draft Secondary Phase.^[2]

Regular season

• September 5, 1971: In a game against the Giants, J. R. Richard struck out 15 batters in his very first game, tying a Major League record first established by Karl Spooner.^[3]

Notable transactions

• June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
  • Paul Siebert was drafted by the Astros in the 3rd round.^[4]
  • Rich Troedson was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (8th pick) of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.^[5]

Roster

1971 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		106	317	74	.233	1	23
1B		146	475	117	.246	1	43
2B		160	583	149	.256	13	56
SS		150	562	132	.235	0	26
3B		135	484	118	.244	12	56
LF		129	468	135	.288	9	67
CF		161	611	161	.264	10	81
RF		123	404	82	.203	7	45

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
	122	433	121	.279	2	40
	69	174	48	.276	1	16
	46	137	25	.182	7	14
	67	119	27	.227	2	15
	94	82	18	.220	1	6
	45	74	19	.257	2	10
	24	64	15	.234	2	14
	32	62	16	.258	0	4
	10	34	5	.147	0	4
	5	5	0	.000	0	0
	7	3	1	.333	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
	35	268.0	16	10	2.45	180
	33	228.1	10	16	3.39	139
	33	188.1	8	8	2.53	131
	24	159.0	12	6	2.72	91
	30	158.1	9	11	4.60	93
	5	25.2	0	4	4.91	10
	4	21.0	2	1	3.43	29

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
	10	37.2	0	6	4.78	29
	5	29.1	1	0	3.68	26
	7	16.0	1	1	5.06	14

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
	48	4	5	12	2.10	17
	59	5	8	7	2.64	57
	47	10	4	3	2.12	46
	42	0	2	2	3.45	28
	20	1	1	0	6.46	21
	4	0	0	1	0.00	3
	1	0	0	0	----	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

External links

• 1971 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2017, (requiring run_diff<=1 and run_diff>=-1), sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria. Baseball Reference. July 7, 2018. Note that tie games are not explicitly shown in the table; the number of ties, if any, can be deduced from any discrepancy between #Matching and (Wins + Losses). The 1971 Astros did not have any tied games in any case.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koniedo01.shtml Doug Konieczny
3. Web site: K street: Strasburg racks up the strikeouts . Seidel. Jeff. June 9, 2010. . June 13, 2010.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/siebepa01.shtml Paul Siebert
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/troedri01.shtml Rich Troedson