1974 Houston Astros season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1974 Houston Astros season was the 13th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 10th as the Astros, 6th in the National League West, and 10th at The Astrodome. The team finished fourth in the National League West with a record of 81–81, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

• March 30, 1974: Larry Yount and Don Stratton (minors) were traded by the Astros to the Milwaukee Brewers for Wilbur Howard.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 5, 1974: Alan Knicely was drafted by the Astros in the 3rd round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft.
• June 17, 1974: Oscar Zamora was purchased from the Astros by the Chicago Cubs.
• August 15, 1974: Claude Osteen was traded by the Astros to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ron Selak (minors) and a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the trade by sending Dan Larson to the Astros on October 14.

Roster

1974 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 37 Mike Cosgrove 24 Ramón de los Santos 49 Larry Dierker 43 Ken Forsch 38 Tom Griffin 47 Jerry Johnson 46 Doug Konieczny 45 Mike Nagy 24 Claude Osteen 50 J. R. Richard 15 Dave Roberts 44 Fred Scherman 31 Paul Siebert 40 Don Wilson 42 Jim York		Catchers  7 Johnny Edwards  6 Cliff Johnson  9 Skip Jutze  8 Milt May Infielders 16 Ray Busse 20 Dave Campbell 19 Tommy Helms  9 Mick Kelleher 23 Lee May 11 Denis Menke 14 Roger Metzger 10 Larry Milbourne 12 Doug Rader		Outfielders 31 Ollie Brown 28 César Cedeño 25 Bob Gallagher 21 Greg Gross 26 Wilbur Howard 27 Bob Watson Other batters 22 Mike Easler		Manager 18 Preston Gómez Coaches  2 Roger Craig  1 Grady Hatton  3 Hub Kittle  5 Bob Lillis

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		127	405	117	.289	7	54
1B		152	556	149	.268	24	85
2B	Tommy Helms	137	452	126	.279	5	50
SS	Roger Metzger	143	572	145	.253	0	30
3B	Doug Rader	152	533	137	.257	17	78
LF	Bob Watson	150	524	156	.298	11	67
CF		160	610	164	.269	26	102
RF	Greg Gross	156	589	185	.314	0	36

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
	83	171	39	.228	10	29
Larry Milbourne	112	136	38	.279	0	9
	50	117	26	.222	1	10
	64	111	24	.216	2	5
Bob Gallagher	102	87	15	.172	0	3
	27	69	15	.217	3	6
Mick Kelleher	19	57	9	.158	0	2
Ray Busse	19	34	7	.206	0	0
	30	29	3	.103	0	1
	35	23	2	.087	0	2
Mike Easler	15	15	1	.067	0	0
Skip Jutze	8	13	3	.231	0	1

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
	33	223.2	11	10	2.90	150
	34	211.0	14	10	3.54	110
	33	204.2	11	13	3.08	112
	34	204.0	10	12	3.40	72
	23	138.1	9	9	3.71	45
	5	25.1	1	1	3.55	10

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
J.R. Richard	15	64.2	2	3	4.18	42
	6	16.0	0	3	7.88	8

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
	70	8	7	10	2.79	48
Fred Scherman	53	2	5	4	4.11	35
	45	7	3	2	3.50	47
	34	2	1	0	4.80	32
Jim York	28	2	2	1	3.29	15
	12	1	1	0	2.19	7
Mike Nagy	9	1	1	0	8.53	5

External links

• 1974 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference