1967 Houston Astros season

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1967 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1962)
Location
Results
Record69–93 (.426)
League place9th
Other information
Owner(s)Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)Tal Smith, Spec Richardson
Manager(s)Grady Hatton
Local televisionKTRK-TV
Local radioKPRC (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, 32½ 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 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 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 101 60 0.627 — 49–32 52–28
San Francisco Giants 91 71 0.562 10½ 51–31 40–40
Chicago Cubs 87 74 0.540 14 49–34 38–40
Cincinnati Reds 87 75 0.537 14½ 49–32 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 82 80 0.506 19½ 45–35 37–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 81 81 0.500 20½ 49–32 32–49
Atlanta Braves 77 85 0.475 24½ 48–33 29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers 73 89 0.451 28½ 42–39 31–50
Houston Astros 69 93 0.426 32½ 46–35 23–58
New York Mets 61 101 0.377 40½ 36–42 25–59

Record vs. opponents[]

1967 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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[]

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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  •  1 Grady Hatton

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
3B Bob Aspromonte 137 486 143 .294 6 58

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
Bob Lillis 37 82 20 .244 0 5

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
Bo Belinsky 27 115.1 3 9 4.68 80

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

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

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. ^ a b Bob Lillis at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b 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[]

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