1972 Houston Astros
84 - 69
1971 / 1973 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL West (10.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		41 - 36 (.532)
43 - 33 (.566)		 +0.3 wins
+7.2 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 708 / 602 ( +106 )
Allowed/Expected: 636 / 606 ( -30 )
Pyth Record: 84 - 69 (-0)
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Astrodome
Attendance: 1,469,247 Avg Att: 19,081 (1.14)
Att Rank: 4 / 12 Lg Avg: 16,699
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 0.94 R/L HR: 0.95 / 0.93
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Roger Metzger
SS
153
1,373.3
 
-5.8
-4.2
-5.8
 
0.6
0.6
2 Doug Rader
3B
152
1,357.3
 
4.1
3.1
4.1
 
7.3
7.3
3 Lee May
1B
146
1,312.3
 
-9.5
-7.2
-9.5
 
-18.3
-18.3
4 Bob Watson
LF
143
1,261.7
 
-11.7
-9.3
-9.9
-1.8
 
-20.3
-18.7
-1.6
5 Tommy Helms
2B
139
1,247.3
 
17.0
13.7
17.0
 
17.4
17.4
6 Cesar Cedeno
CF
137
1,217.3
 
-0.8
-0.6
-1.3
0.6
 
5.2
4.3
0.8
7 Jimmy Wynn
RF
136
1,207.0
 
3.0
2.5
4.8
-1.8
 
1.9
3.7
-1.7
8 Johnny Edwards
C
105
859.7
 
0.6
0.7
-3.7
4.3
 
-3.9
-2.1
-4.3
-6.4
2.5
9 Larry Howard
C
53
416.3
 
-1.2
-3.0
-0.5
-0.7
 
-9.1
-3.6
-2.4
-5.9
-3.1
10 Bobby Fenwick
2B
17
93.7
 
-0.3
-3.4
-0.3
 
0.1
0.1
11 Jimmy Wynn
CF
12
90.0
 
0.3
3.5
0.2
0.1
 
-1.1
-0.8
-0.3
12 Jesus Alou
RF
14
86.3
 
0.4
4.3
0.4
-0.0
 
-1.1
-0.6
-0.5
13 Norm Miller
RF
13
83.0
 
-1.2
-14.0
-1.1
-0.1
 
-2.7
-2.3
-0.5
14 Norm Miller
CF
10
71.0
 
-0.1
-1.9
-0.1
-0.0
 
-0.8
-1.2
0.3
15 Jack Hiatt
C
10
69.7
 
-0.5
-6.5
-0.5
0.1
 
-0.4
0.2
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
16 Jimmy Stewart
1B
9
63.0
 
0.2
2.6
0.2
 
1.1
1.1
17 Jesus Alou
LF
10
58.3
 
0.6
10.9
0.6
0.1
 
1.0
1.3
-0.3
18 Jimmy Stewart
2B
8
43.3
 
0.1
1.2
0.1
 
-0.6
-0.6
19 Bob Stinson
C
12
35.7
 
-0.1
-1.5
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.4
0.7
-1.0
-0.4
0.8
20 Norm Miller
LF
7
31.3
 
0.4
11.4
0.3
0.1
 
-0.8
-0.6
-0.1
21 Jimmy Stewart
LF
9
19.0
 
-0.1
-5.7
-0.1
0.0
 
-1.0
-0.9
-0.1
22 Bobby Fenwick
3B
2
14.3
 
-0.0
-1.0
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
23 Bobby Fenwick
SS
4
12.0
 
-0.0
-3.7
-0.0
 
-0.6
-0.6
24 Bob Watson
1B
2
10.0
 
-0.1
-12.8
-0.1
 
0.6
0.6
25 Bob Stinson
LF
3
8.0
 
-0.0
-0.3
0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.2
-0.0
26 Rich Chiles
RF
1
7.0
 
0.0
1.7
0.0
-0.0
 
0.7
0.8
-0.0
27 Jimmy Stewart
CF
2
7.0
 
-0.1
-8.8
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.5
0.5
-0.0
28 Gary Sutherland
3B
1
7.0
 
0.1
16.2
0.1
 
0.1
0.1
29 Jimmy Stewart
3B
2
6.7
 
0.1
10.9
0.1
 
-0.7
-0.7
30 Rich Chiles
LF
1
6.0
 
-0.0
-1.0
0.0
-0.0
 
0.4
0.4
-0.0
31 Cliff Johnson
C
1
4.0
 
-0.1
-14.1
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.0
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
0.1
32 Jimmy Stewart
RF
1
2.0
 
-0.0
-5.1
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
33 Gary Sutherland
2B
1
1.0
 
0.0
3.3
0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
34 Larry Howard
LF
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-3.4
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
  18        
-4.7
-0.4
-0.5
-3.0
-4.9
3.6
  
-24.6
-7.5
-4.1
-4.9
-8.1
-13.0
-0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James