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:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
SP
22.3
22.3
105.0
53.7
 
-0.4
0.3
0.2
0.6
3.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1969
2
DH
24.9
16.2
135.4
61.3
 
0.1
0.3
0.6
2.8
0.9
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1966
3
LF
21.6
12.9
110.0
43.2
 
-0.3
-0.3
-0.1
-0.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1969
4
RF
19.9
12.7
110.6
31.1
 
0.0
4.6
1.9
3.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1970
5
RP
18.9
4.0
28.9
8.2
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
9
1
1971
6
SP
25.0
1.9
11.4
4.4
 
2.5
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1966
7
RP
21.4
0.5
13.1
1.4
 
-0.1
0.4
0.8
1.3
-1.9
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
17
1970
8
RP
19.1
0.3
5.0
-0.9
 
0.0
0.2
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1971
9
LF
22.6
0.2
10.2
-1.2
 
0.2
-0.2
0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1968
10
SP
22.1
0.2
8.8
2.3
 
0.1
0.7
-0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1969
11
RP
19.5
0.2
2.1
-0.6
 
0.4
-0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1970
12
1B
24.7
0.1
0.3
-0.2
 
0.0
0.0
 
Draft (Minor League)
11
28
1967
13
DH
18.9
0.1
0.2
0.1
 
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1969
14
RF
18.4
-0.3
0.1
-0.4
 
-0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1971
15
2B
25.6
-0.6
0.5
-0.8
 
-0.5
-0.1
 
Draft (Rule 5)
11
29
1971
16
SP
25.0
-0.7
1.0
-0.5
 
-0.2
-0.4
 
Trade
12
2
1971
17
CF
19.8
-0.9
0.6
-1.4
 
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1971
18
SS
23.8
-0.9
1.2
-2.5
 
-0.8
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1967
19
2B
21.4
-1.1
7.5
-4.4
 
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1969
20
DH
24.7
-1.3
29.5
3.0
 
0.4
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
27
1968
21
SP
20.8
-1.6
3.2
-4.0
 
-0.2
-0.7
-0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
13
1971
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James