1971 Houston Astros season: Wikis

Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles.

Categories: Houston Astros seasons > 1971 Major League Baseball season

Encyclopedia

Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: May 20, 2013 08:50 UTC (38 seconds ago)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1971 Houston Astros
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1962) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
The Astrodome (since 1965) Houston, Texas (since 1962)
1971 information
Owner(s)	Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)	Spec Richardson
Manager(s)	Harry Walker
Local television	KTRK-TV
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe)

The Houston Astros' 1971 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

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.^[1]

Regular season

Standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	90	72	--	.556
Los Angeles Dodgers	89	73	1	.549
Atlanta Braves	82	80	8	.506
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	11	.488
Houston Astros	79	83	11	.488
San Diego Padres	61	100	28.5	.379

Notable transactions

June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
- Paul Siebert was drafted by the Astros in the 3rd round.^[2]
- Rich Troedson was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (8th pick) of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.^[3]

Roster

1971 Houston Astros roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

7 Johnny Edwards
8 Jack Hiatt
10 Larry Howard

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

25 Harry Walker

Coaches

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
CF	Cedeño, CésarCésar Cedeño	161	611	161	.264	10	81

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Alou, JesúsJesús Alou	122	433	121	.279	2	40
Gerónimo, CésarCésar Gerónimo	94	82	18	.220	1	6

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Billingham, JackJack Billingham	33	228.1	10	16	3.39	139
Blasingame, WadeWade Blasingame	30	158.1	9	11	4.60	93

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Griffin, TomTom Griffin	10	37.2	0	6	4.78	29

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Guinn, SkipSkip Guinn	4	0	0	1	0.00	3
Yount, LarryLarry Yount	1	0	0	0	----	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	American Association	Jimmy Williams
AA	Columbus Astros	Southern League	Cliff Davis
A	Cocoa Astros	Florida State League	Tony Pacheco
A	Sumter Astros	Western Carolinas League	Jackie Brandt
Rookie	Covington Astros	Appalachian League	Billy Smith

Notes

References

1971 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

1971 MLB season by team



AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Washington

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Milwaukee • Oakland

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1971 All-Star Game • 1971 World Series

Houston Astros

Formerly the Houston Colt .45s • Based in Houston, Texas

The Franchise

Expansion Draft • History • Seasons • Records • Awards • Players • Managers • General managers and Owners • First-round draft picks • Broadcasters • Fox Sports Houston • Opening Day starting pitchers • All articles

Ballparks

Colt Stadium • Astrodome • Minute Maid Park
Spring Training: Cocoa Expo Stadium • Osceola County Stadium

Culture

AstroTurf • Junction Jack • Orbit • Lone Star Series • Crawford Boxes • Rainbow Guts • Continental League

Important Figures

Jeff Bagwell • Craig Biggio • Nolan Ryan • Jimmy Wynn • Brad Ausmus • Bob Watson • Larry Dierker • César Cedeño • José Cruz • Joe Niekro • Billy Wagner • Roy Oswalt • Lance Berkman • Roger Clemens • Mike Scott

Retired Numbers

5 • 7 • 24 • 25 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 40 • 42 • 49

Key Personnel

Owner: Drayton McLane, Jr. • General Manager: Ed Wade • Manager: Brad Mills

National League
Pennants (1)

2005

Division Titles

Western: 1980 • 1986 • Central: 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • Wild Card: 2004 • 2005

Minors

AAA: Round Rock Express • AA: Corpus Christi Hooks • A: Lancaster JetHawks • Lexington Legends • Tri-City Valley Cats • Rookie: Greeneville Astros • Gulf Coast League Astros

Seasons (49)

1960s	1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

1970s	1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

2010s	2010

Categories: Houston Astros seasons | 1971 Major League Baseball season

The Full Wiki

Search:

More info on 1971 Houston Astros season

Related topics