1967 Houston Astros season

1967  Houston Astros
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)
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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

• 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]

Regular season

Season standings

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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 v t e 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

• Bob Aspromonte
• John Bateman
• Mike Cuellar
• Sonny Jackson
• Eddie Mathews
• Joe Morgan
• Aaron Pointer
• Rusty Staub
• Jimmy Wynn ^[5]

Notable transactions

• 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]

Roster

1967 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 25,30 Bo Belinsky 47 Wade Blasingame 26 John Buzhardt 44 Danny Coombs 35 Mike Cuellar 49 Larry Dierker 44 Tom Dukes 44 Arnold Earley 36 Dave Eilers 13,31 Turk Farrell 39 Dave Giusti 43 Pat House 48 Barry Latman 33 Jim Owens 36 Claude Raymond 19 Howie Reed 46 Dan Schneider 41 Carroll Sembera 31 Larry Sherry 31 Bruce Von Hoff 23,40 Don Wilson 37 Chris Zachary		Catchers 4,27 Dave Adlesh  7 John Bateman  9 Ron Brand  8 Bill Heath 60 Hal King Infielders 14 Bob Aspromonte 42 Lee Bales  8 Jackie Brandt 28 Julio Gotay 17 Chuck Harrison 16 Sonny Jackson 15 Bob Lillis 11 Eddie Mathews 18 Joe Morgan 12,19 Doug Rader 11 Bob Watson		Outfielders 22 Ron Davis 20 Jim Landis 21 Norm Miller 20 Ivan Murrell 28 Aaron Pointer 10 Rusty Staub 24 Jimmy Wynn Other batters 29 Candy Harris 34 José Herrera		Manager  1 Grady Hatton Coaches  3 Jim Busby (Third base)  2 Nellie Fox (First base)  6 Al Heist  5 Gordon Jones (Pitching, to July 8) 33 Jim Owens (Pitching, after July 8)

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. Bob Lillis at Baseball-Reference
2. Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference
3. 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

External links

• 1967 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference