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1968 National League
Team Record GB
St. Louis Cardinals 97 - 65 —
San Francisco Giants 88 - 74 9.0
Chicago Cubs 84 - 78 13.0
Cincinnati Reds 83 - 79 14.0
Atlanta Braves 81 - 81 16.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 - 82 17.0
Los Angeles Dodgers 76 - 86 21.0
Philadelphia Phillies 76 - 86 21.0
New York Mets 73 - 89 24.0
Houston Astros 72 - 90 25.0

10th (NL)
Runs Scored: 510
Runs Allowed: 588
Attendance: 1,312,887

1968 Houston Astros Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
John Bateman C 27 111 350 28 87 19 0 4 33 23 16 46 1 1 3 3 16 .249 .297 .337 .634
Rusty Staub 1B 24 161 591 54 172 37 1 6 72 73 24 57 2 0 7 7 11 .291 .373 .387 .760
Denis Menke 2B 27 150 542 56 135 23 6 6 56 64 6 81 5 8 7 6 6 .249 .334 .347 .681
Doug Rader 3B 23 98 333 42 89 16 4 6 43 31 3 51 2 2 2 1 8 .267 .328 .393 .721
Hector Torres SS 22 128 466 44 104 11 1 1 24 18 2 64 2 3 12 0 10 .223 .252 .258 .510
Jimmy Wynn LF 26 156 542 85 146 23 5 26 67 90 9 131 11 17 5 5 6 .269 .376 .474 .850
Ron Davis CF 26 52 217 22 46 10 1 1 12 13 0 48 0 4 1 4 1 .212 .268 .281 .549
Norm Miller RF 22 79 257 35 61 18 2 6 28 22 1 48 6 5 5 5 4 .237 .304 .393 .697

1968 Houston Astros Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bob Aspromonte 30 124 409 25 92 9 2 1 46 35 9 57 1 0 5 2 15 .225 .285 .264 .549
Lee Thomas 32 90 201 14 39 4 0 1 11 14 4 22 2 1 4 1 6 .194 .249 .229 .478
Julio Gotay 29 75 165 9 41 3 0 1 11 4 0 21 1 2 1 1 6 .248 .271 .285 .556
Dick Simpson 24 59 177 25 33 7 2 3 11 20 2 61 4 4 0 4 2 .186 .282 .299 .581
Bob Watson 22 45 140 13 32 7 0 2 8 13 1 32 1 0 0 1 6 .229 .297 .321 .618
Ron Brand 28 43 81 7 13 2 0 0 4 9 0 11 1 1 2 2 1 .160 .261 .185 .446
Dave Adlesh 24 40 104 3 19 1 1 0 4 5 2 27 0 0 2 1 1 .183 .227 .212 .439
Ivan Murrell 25 32 59 3 6 1 1 0 3 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 .102 .117 .153 .270
Jose Herrera 26 27 100 9 24 5 0 0 7 4 0 12 0 2 5 0 1 .240 .269 .290 .559
Hal King 24 27 55 4 8 2 1 0 2 7 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 .145 .242 .218 .460
Nate Colbert 22 20 53 5 8 1 0 0 4 1 0 23 1 1 1 0 2 .151 .164 .170 .334
Leon McFadden 24 16 47 2 13 1 0 0 1 6 2 10 1 0 1 0 0 .277 .358 .298 .656
Joe Morgan 24 10 20 6 5 0 1 0 0 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .444 .350 .794
Byron Browne 25 10 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .412 .231 .643
John Mayberry 19 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .100 .000 .100
Danny Walton 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000

1968 Houston Astros Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Dave Giusti P 28 38 82 4 15 1 0 0 9 1 0 17 0 0 5 2 1 .183 .212 .195 .407
Larry Dierker P 21 33 73 2 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 35 0 0 9 0 2 .068 .093 .082 .175
Don Wilson P 23 34 70 7 15 2 0 1 6 1 0 16 0 0 6 1 2 .214 .236 .286 .522
Denny Lemaster P 29 33 65 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 20 0 0 9 0 1 .031 .113 .031 .144
Mike Cuellar P 31 28 57 3 11 1 0 1 3 0 0 25 0 0 3 1 0 .193 .207 .263 .470
John Buzhardt P 31 39 16 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .294 .250 .544
Jim Ray P 23 42 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 1 .067 .067 .067 .134
Danny Coombs P 26 40 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Wade Blasingame P 24 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .375 .000 .375
Steve Shea P 25 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tom Dukes P 25 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200

1968 Houston Astros Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Dave Giusti 28 37 34 11 14 .440 3.19 251.0 95 89 226 15 67 186 .235 4 11 12 2 1 3.14
Larry Dierker 21 32 32 12 15 .444 3.31 233.2 95 86 206 14 89 161 .233 8 20 10 1 0 3.65
Denny Lemaster 29 33 32 10 15 .400 2.81 224.0 79 70 231 11 72 146 .260 4 7 7 2 0 3.35
Don Wilson 23 33 30 13 16 .448 3.28 208.2 85 76 187 9 70 175 .231 4 9 9 3 0 2.95
Mike Cuellar 31 28 24 8 11 .421 2.74 170.2 60 52 152 8 45 133 .232 1 2 11 2 1 2.86

1968 Houston Astros Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Tom Dukes 25 43 0 2 2 .500 4.27 52.2 31 25 62 3 28 37 .281 2 4 0 0 4 4.04
Jim Ray 23 41 2 2 3 .400 2.68 80.2 26 24 65 5 25 71 .212 1 1 1 0 1 3.01
Danny Coombs 26 40 2 4 3 .571 3.28 46.2 21 17 52 0 17 29 .275 1 5 0 0 2 2.91
John Buzhardt 31 39 4 4 4 .500 3.12 83.2 35 29 73 0 35 37 .230 4 7 0 0 5 3.51
Steve Shea 25 30 0 4 4 .500 3.38 34.2 14 13 27 0 11 15 .216 3 2 0 0 6 3.35
Wade Blasingame 24 22 2 1 2 .333 4.75 36.0 21 19 45 3 10 22 .300 0 3 0 0 1 3.69
Pat House 27 18 0 1 1 .500 7.71 16.1 15 14 21 0 6 6 .313 2 0 0 0 0 3.73
Fred Gladding 32 7 0 0 0 .000 14.54 4.1 7 7 8 0 3 2 .400 1 3 0 0 2 4.85
Hal Gilson 26 2 0 0 0 .000 7.36 3.2 4 3 7 0 1 1 .412 1 0 0 0 0 4.09