1970 Houston Astros
79 - 83
1969 / 1971 (Organization)
4th place in the NL West (23 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		44 - 37 (.543)
35 - 46 (.432)		 +0.2 wins
-2.2 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 744 / 704 ( +40 )
Allowed/Expected: 763 / 703 ( -60 )
Pyth Record: 79 - 83 (-0)
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Astrodome
Attendance: 1,253,444 Avg Att: 15,475 (0.90)
Att Rank: 8 / 12 Lg Avg: 17,160
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.88 R/L HR: 0.86 / 0.92
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Doug Rader
3B
154
1,371.0
 
5.9
4.3
5.9
 
9.8
9.8
2 Joe Morgan
2B
142
1,254.0
 
-6.4
-5.1
-6.4
 
-3.7
-3.7
3 Johnny Edwards
C
139
1,177.0
 
11.0
9.4
6.4
4.7
 
14.0
-0.2
8.0
7.8
6.2
4 Denis Menke
SS
133
1,139.3
 
-19.7
-17.3
-19.7
 
-24.3
-24.3
5 Jimmy Wynn
CF
87
741.3
 
-0.8
-1.0
-2.5
1.8
 
0.8
0.5
0.3
6 Jesus Alou
RF
89
689.0
 
0.2
0.3
0.5
-0.3
 
-12.3
-11.5
-0.8
7 Bob Watson
1B
83
686.0
 
-9.4
-13.7
-9.4
 
-13.7
-13.7
8 Cesar Cedeno
CF
75
656.0
 
-3.5
-5.3
-2.7
-0.8
 
-1.7
-0.5
-1.2
9 Jimmy Wynn
LF
66
554.3
 
-3.0
-5.5
-4.8
1.7
 
-8.4
-8.6
0.2
10 Norm Miller
RF
67
479.0
 
-5.8
-12.1
-5.0
-0.7
 
-8.4
-8.0
-0.4
11 Tommy Davis
LF
53
419.0
 
-7.1
-17.0
-6.5
-0.6
 
-3.0
-3.3
0.3
12 Joe Pepitone
1B
50
396.7
 
-2.0
-5.0
-2.0
 
-8.9
-8.9
13 John Mayberry
1B
45
347.7
 
-1.7
-5.0
-1.7
 
4.3
4.3
14 Jesus Alou
LF
29
204.3
 
0.8
3.7
0.6
0.2
 
2.3
1.5
0.8
15 Larry Howard
C
26
196.7
 
-1.0
-5.2
-0.2
-0.8
 
2.8
-0.1
1.9
1.8
1.0
16 Marty Martinez
SS
29
182.0
 
-0.1
-0.6
-0.1
 
-3.4
-3.4
17 Denis Menke
2B
21
162.0
 
-2.2
-13.6
-2.2
 
2.9
2.9
18 Hector Torres
SS
22
134.7
 
-1.3
-9.6
-1.3
 
-3.6
-3.6
19 Cesar Cedeno
RF
17
130.0
 
-0.2
-1.6
-0.0
-0.2
 
0.1
0.7
-0.6
20 Joe Pepitone
LF
15
115.0
 
0.0
0.3
0.1
-0.0
 
2.5
2.5
0.0
21 Joe Pepitone
RF
13
93.0
 
-0.1
-1.1
-0.0
-0.1
 
-0.5
-0.0
-0.4
22 Keith Lampard
LF
13
65.7
 
0.7
10.4
0.5
0.2
 
3.8
2.9
0.9
23 Marty Martinez
3B
10
57.0
 
0.1
1.0
0.1
 
-1.3
-1.3
24 Don Bryant
C
13
54.0
 
-0.9
-17.4
-0.4
-0.6
 
-7.0
-0.7
-2.0
-2.7
-4.3
25 Cesar Geronimo
RF
10
35.3
 
0.1
1.5
-0.0
0.1
 
0.2
0.4
-0.2
26 Jim Beauchamp
LF
14
32.0
 
-0.2
-5.3
-0.1
-0.0
 
-2.1
-2.0
-0.2
27 Denis Menke
3B
5
28.0
 
-0.0
-1.5
-0.0
 
-1.3
-1.3
28 Cesar Geronimo
LF
12
28.0
 
-0.1
-5.0
-0.1
-0.0
 
-1.2
-1.0
-0.1
29 Hector Torres
2B
6
27.0
 
-0.3
-11.5
-0.3
 
-1.8
-1.8
30 Norm Miller
CF
4
20.0
 
-0.0
-1.8
-0.0
-0.0
 
2.4
1.9
0.5
31 Norm Miller
LF
4
18.0
 
0.1
3.4
0.1
0.0
 
2.0
1.5
0.5
32 Cesar Geronimo
CF
5
17.7
 
0.1
6.0
0.1
0.0
 
-2.0
-2.0
-0.1
33 Keith Lampard
RF
4
17.0
 
0.1
3.6
0.0
0.0
 
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
34 Marty Martinez
C
6
15.0
 
-0.1
-9.2
0.1
-0.2
 
-2.1
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-1.5
35 Joe Pepitone
CF
3
13.0
 
-0.0
-1.8
0.0
-0.0
 
0.3
0.4
-0.0
36 Marty Martinez
2B
4
13.0
 
-0.1
-6.7
-0.1
 
-0.8
-0.8
37 Denis Menke
1B
5
13.0
 
0.0
3.5
0.0
 
-0.5
-0.5
38 Denis Menke
RF
2
12.7
 
-0.0
-2.1
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.4
-0.3
-0.1
39 Bob Watson
C
6
11.3
 
-0.3
-24.8
-0.0
-0.3
 
-1.0
0.4
0.1
0.5
-1.5
40 Denis Menke
LF
1
9.0
 
0.0
1.2
0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.2
-0.0
41 Jim Beauchamp
CF
3
8.0
 
0.1
7.0
0.0
0.0
 
0.9
0.9
-0.0
42 Keith Lampard
1B
2
6.0
 
-0.0
-3.9
-0.0
 
-0.5
-0.5
43 Larry Howard
1B
2
5.7
 
0.0
1.8
0.0
 
0.2
0.2
44 Gary Geiger
LF
2
5.0
 
0.0
4.8
0.0
0.0
 
-0.5
-0.5
-0.0
45 Bob Watson
LF
1
3.7
 
-0.1
-14.1
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.2
-0.0
46 Larry Howard
LF
1
2.0
 
-0.0
-3.4
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
47 Norm Miller
C
1
2.0
 
0.0
0.3
-0.0
0.0
 
0.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
0.0
48 Doug Rader
1B
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-0.9
-0.0
 
0.1
0.1
  20        
-47.5
-4.1
-57.2
1.0
5.8
2.9
  
-64.9
-70.8
-0.8
-0.8
7.5
6.7
-0.0
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