1967 Houston Astros season

The 1967 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. It involved the 69–93 Astros ninth-place finish in the National League, 32+1⁄2 games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

1967 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
BallparkAstrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record69–93 (.426)
League place9th
OwnersRoy Hofheinz
General managersTal Smith, Spec Richardson
ManagersGrady Hatton
TelevisionKTRK-TV
RadioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Harry Kalas)
Seasons

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10160 0.627 — 49–32 52–28
San Francisco Giants 9171 0.562 10½ 51–31 40–40
Chicago Cubs 8774 0.540 14 49–34 38–40
Cincinnati Reds 8775 0.537 14½ 49–32 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 8280 0.506 19½ 45–35 37–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 8181 0.500 20½ 49–32 32–49
Atlanta Braves 7785 0.475 24½ 48–33 29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers 7389 0.451 28½ 42–39 31–50
Houston Astros 6993 0.426 32½ 46–35 23–58
New York Mets 61101 0.377 40½ 36–42 25–59

Record vs. opponents
1967 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Atlanta —11–75–1311–78–108–1010–88–1010–86–12
Chicago 7–11—12–68–109–913–511–711–7–110–86–11
Cincinnati 13–56–12—15–38–1012–610–810–88–105–13
Houston 7–1110–83–15—10–811–77–119–96–126–12
Los Angeles 10–89–910–88–10—12–66–127–115–136–12
New York 10–85–136–127–116–12—4–1411–75–137–11
Philadelphia 8-107–118–1011–712–614–4—8–108–106–12
Pittsburgh 10–87–11–18–109–911–77–1110–8—8–1011–7
San Francisco 8–108–1010–812–613–513–510–810–8—7–11
St. Louis 12–611–613–512–612–611–712–67–1111–7—

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
  • 25,30 Bo Belinsky
  • 47 Wade Blasingame
  • 26 John Buzhardt
  • 44 Danny Coombs
  • 35 Mike Cuellar
  • 49 Larry Dierker
  • 44 Tom Dukes
  • 44 Arnold Earley
  • 36 Dave Eilers
  • 13,31 Turk Farrell
  • 39 Dave Giusti
  • 43 Pat House
  • 48 Barry Latman
  • 33 Jim Owens
  • 36 Claude Raymond
  • 19 Howie Reed
  • 46 Dan Schneider
  • 41 Carroll Sembera
  • 31 Larry Sherry
  • 31 Bruce Von Hoff
  • 23,40 Don Wilson
  • 37 Chris Zachary
 Catchers
  • 4,27 Dave Adlesh
  •  7 John Bateman
  •  9 Ron Brand
  •  8 Bill Heath
  • 60 Hal King

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

  • 29 Candy Harris
  • 34 José Herrera
 Manager

Coaches

  •  3 Jim Busby (Third base)
  •  2 Nellie Fox (First base)
  •  6 Al Heist
  •  5 Gordon Jones (Pitching, to July 8)
  • 33 Jim Owens (Pitching, after July 8)

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
CJohn Bateman7625248.190217
1BEddie Mathews10132878.2381038
2BJoe Morgan133494136.275642
SSSonny Jackson129520123.237025
3BBob Aspromonte137486143.294658
LFRon Davis9428573.256738
CFJim Wynn158594148.24937107
RFRusty Staub149546182.3331074

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
Julio Gotay7723466.282215
Ron Brand8421552.242018
Norm Miller6419039.205114
Chuck Harrison7017743.243226
Doug Rader4716254.333226
Jim Landis5014336.252114
Dave Adlesh399417.18114
Jackie Brandt418921.236115
Bob Lillis378220.24405
Aaron Pointer277011.157110
Hal King154411.25006
Ivan Murrell10299.31001
Lee Bales19273.11102
Bob Watson6143.21412
Bill Heath9111.09100
José Herrera541.25001
Candy Harris610.00000

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
Mike Cuellar36246.116113.03203
Dave Giusti37221.211154.18157
Don Wilson31184.01092.79159
Bo Belinsky27115.1394.6880
Larry Dierker1599.0653.3668
Wade Blasingame1577.0475.9646
Bruce Von Hoff1050.1034.8322
Chris Zachary936.1165.7018

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
Danny Coombs624.1303.3323
Howie Reed418.1113.449

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
Larry Sherry291264.8732
Dan Schneider540224.9639
Carroll Sembera452634.8348
Barry Latman393604.5270
Dave Eilers356413.9427
Claude Raymond210453.1917
Tom Dukes170225.3223
Jim Owens100104.226
Turk Farrell71004.6310
Pat House61014.502
Arnold Earley200027.001
John Buzhardt10000.000

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. Bob Lillis at Baseball-Reference
  2. Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference
  3. 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
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