1973 Houston Astros season

The 1973 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League West with a record of 82–80, 17 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

1973 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)Spec Richardson
Manager(s)Leo Durocher
Local televisionKPRC-TV
Local radioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9963 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
Los Angeles Dodgers 9566 0.590 3½ 50–31 45–35
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 11 47–34 41–40
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 17 41–40 41–40
Atlanta Braves 7685 0.472 22½ 40–40 36–45
San Diego Padres 60102 0.370 39 31–50 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1973 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–55–1311–72–15–16–66–66–67–512–68–106–6
Chicago 5–7—8–46–65–79–910–710–86–127–52–109–9
Cincinnati 13–54–8—11–711–78–48–48–47–513–510–86–6
Houston 7–116–67–11—11–76–66–67–56–610–811–75–7
Los Angeles 15–2–17–57–117–11—7–57–59–310–29–99–98–4
Montreal 6–69–94–86–65–7—9–913–56–127–56–68–10
New York 6–67–104–86–65–79–9—9–913–58–45–710–8
Philadelphia 6-68–104–85–73–95–139–9—8–109–35–79–9
Pittsburgh 5–712–65–76–62–1012–65–1310–8—8–45–710–8
San Diego 6–125–75–138–109–95–74–83–94–8—7–114–8
San Francisco 10–810–28–107–119–96–67–57–57–511–7—6–6
St. Louis 6–69–96–67–54–810–88–109–98–108–46–6—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster
1973 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CFCésar Cedeño139525168.3202570

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
Tommie Agee8320448.235815
Héctor Torres38666.09102
Jesús Alou285513.23618
Cliff Johnson7206.30026
Dave Campbell9154.26702

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
Doug Konieczny213015.546

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
Ken Forsch46201.19124.20149
Larry Dierker1427114.3318

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
Jim Crawford482464.5056
Mike Cosgrove131101.802

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Jimmy Williams
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Wayne Terwilliger
A Cedar Rapids Astros Midwest League Leo Posada
Rookie Covington Astros Appalachian League Billy Smith

References
  1. Tommie Agee at Baseball Reference
  2. Mike Stanton at Baseball Reference
  3. Dave Winfield at Baseball Reference
  4. Jesús Alou at Baseball Reference
  5. Ken Landreaux at Baseball Reference
  6. Mike Davey at Baseball Reference
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