Houston Astros 1968
72–90record
.444win pct
510runs
588allowed
-78run diff
66home runs
38players
The three rarest things in 1968
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 18-Strikeout Game | 1968-07-14 | 1 in 6,627 games | box score ↗ | |
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | JRJim Ray | 1968-04-15 | 1 in 3,057 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1968-07-14 | 1 in 1,057 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (38)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 682 | 591 | 54 | 172 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 72 | 73 | 57 | 2 | 0 | .291 | .373 | .387 | .761 | |
| JWJim Wynn | 156 | 646 | 542 | 85 | 146 | 23 | 5 | 26 | 67 | 90 | 131 | 11 | 17 | .269 | .376 | .474 | .850 |
| DMDenis Menke | 150 | 621 | 542 | 56 | 135 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 64 | 81 | 5 | 7 | .249 | .334 | .347 | .681 |
| HTHector Torres | 128 | 496 | 466 | 44 | 104 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 64 | 2 | 3 | .223 | .252 | .258 | .510 |
| BABob Aspromonte | 124 | 457 | 409 | 25 | 92 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 35 | 57 | 1 | 0 | .225 | .285 | .264 | .549 |
| JBJohn Bateman | 111 | 383 | 350 | 28 | 87 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 46 | 1 | 1 | .249 | .297 | .337 | .635 |
| DRDoug Rader | 98 | 371 | 333 | 42 | 89 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 51 | 2 | 2 | .267 | .328 | .393 | .721 |
| NMNorm Miller | 79 | 294 | 257 | 35 | 61 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 48 | 6 | 5 | .237 | .304 | .393 | .697 |
| RDRon Davis | 52 | 236 | 217 | 22 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 0 | 3 | .212 | .268 | .281 | .549 |
| LTLee Thomas | 90 | 221 | 201 | 14 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .194 | .249 | .229 | .478 |
| DSDick Simpson | 59 | 202 | 177 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 61 | 4 | 4 | .186 | .282 | .299 | .582 |
| JGJulio Gotay | 75 | 171 | 165 | 9 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .248 | .271 | .285 | .555 |
| BWBob Watson | 45 | 155 | 140 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 0 | .229 | .297 | .321 | .618 |
| DADave Adlesh | 40 | 112 | 104 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .227 | .212 | .439 |
| JHJose Herrera | 27 | 109 | 100 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | .240 | .269 | .290 | .559 |
| RBRon Brand | 43 | 94 | 81 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .160 | .261 | .185 | .446 |
| DGDave Giusti | 38 | 90 | 82 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .212 | .195 | .407 |
| 33 | 84 | 73 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .068 | .093 | .082 | .176 | |
| DLDenny Lemaster | 33 | 80 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .031 | .113 | .031 | .143 |
| 34 | 78 | 70 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .236 | .286 | .522 | |
| HKHal King | 27 | 62 | 55 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .145 | .242 | .218 | .460 |
| 28 | 61 | 57 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .207 | .263 | .470 | |
| IMIvan Murrell | 32 | 60 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .117 | .153 | .269 |
| NCNate Colbert | 20 | 56 | 53 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .151 | .164 | .170 | .333 |
| LMLeon McFadden | 16 | 54 | 47 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .277 | .358 | .298 | .656 |
| 10 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .444 | .350 | .794 | |
| JBJohn Buzhardt | 39 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .544 |
| BBByron Browne | 10 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .412 | .231 | .643 |
| JRJim Ray | 42 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 |
| DCDanny Coombs | 40 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
| 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | |
| WBWade Blasingame | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 |
| SSSteve Shea | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| TDTom Dukes | 43 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 |
| DWDanny Walton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| HGHal Gilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| FGFred Gladding | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| PHPat House | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (14)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DGDave Giusti | 37 | 11–14 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 226 | 95 | 89 | 67 | 186 | 15 | 251.0 | 3.19 | 1.17 |
| 32 | 12–15 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 206 | 95 | 86 | 89 | 161 | 14 | 233.2 | 3.31 | 1.26 | |
| DLDenny Lemaster | 33 | 10–15 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 231 | 79 | 70 | 72 | 146 | 11 | 224.0 | 2.81 | 1.35 |
| 33 | 13–16 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 187 | 85 | 76 | 70 | 175 | 9 | 208.2 | 3.28 | 1.23 | |
| 28 | 8–11 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 152 | 60 | 52 | 45 | 133 | 8 | 170.2 | 2.74 | 1.15 | |
| JBJohn Buzhardt | 39 | 4–4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 37 | 0 | 83.2 | 3.12 | 1.29 |
| JRJim Ray | 41 | 2–3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 71 | 5 | 81.0 | 2.67 | 1.11 |
| TDTom Dukes | 43 | 2–2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 31 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 3 | 52.2 | 4.27 | 1.71 |
| DCDanny Coombs | 40 | 4–3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 46.2 | 3.28 | 1.48 |
| WBWade Blasingame | 22 | 1–2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 36.0 | 4.75 | 1.53 |
| SSSteve Shea | 30 | 4–4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 34.2 | 3.38 | 1.10 |
| PHPat House | 18 | 1–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16.1 | 7.71 | 1.65 |
| FGFred Gladding | 7 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.1 | 14.54 | 2.54 |
| HGHal Gilson | 2 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 7.36 | 2.18 |