# 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.

## Offseason

* October 19, 1966: Bob Lillis was released by the Astros.
* November 28, 1966: Bo Belinsky was drafted by the Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1966 rule 5 draft.
* 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 Sr. to the Astros on February 25, 1967.
* 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.
* March 24, 1967: Sandy Alomar was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Derrell Griffith.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 60 | .627 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 52‍–‍28 |
| San Francisco Giants | 91 | 71 | .562 | 10½ | 51‍–‍31 | 40‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Cubs | 87 | 74 | .540 | 14 | 49‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 75 | .537 | 14½ | 49‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 82 | 80 | .506 | 19½ | 45‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍45 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 81 | .500 | 20½ | 49‍–‍32 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Atlanta Braves | 77 | 85 | .475 | 24½ | 48‍–‍33 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 89 | .451 | 28½ | 42‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Houston Astros | 69 | 93 | .426 | 32½ | 46‍–‍35 | 23‍–‍58 |
| New York Mets | 61 | 101 | .377 | 40½ | 36‍–‍42 | 25‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1967 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

* Bob Aspromonte
* John Bateman
* Mike Cuellar
* Sonny Jackson
* Eddie Mathews
* Joe Morgan
* Aaron Pointer
* Rusty Staub
* Jimmy Wynn

### Notable transactions

* April 28, 1967: Bob Lillis was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
* June 6, 1967: John Mayberry was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft.
* June 15, 1967: Claude Raymond was traded by the Astros to the Atlanta Braves for Wade Blasingame.
* July 20, 1967: Gary Kroll was purchased from the Astros by the Cleveland Indians.
* 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.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | John Bateman | 76 | 252 | 48 | .190 | 2 | 17 |
| 1B | Eddie Mathews | 101 | 328 | 78 | .238 | 10 | 38 |
| 2B | Joe Morgan | 133 | 494 | 136 | .275 | 6 | 42 |
| SS | Sonny Jackson | 129 | 520 | 123 | .237 | 0 | 25 |
| 3B | Bob Aspromonte | 137 | 486 | 143 | .294 | 6 | 58 |
| LF | Ron Davis | 94 | 285 | 73 | .256 | 7 | 38 |
| CF | Jim Wynn | 158 | 594 | 148 | .249 | 37 | 107 |
| RF | Rusty Staub | 149 | 546 | 182 | .333 | 10 | 74 |

#### 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 Gotay | 77 | 234 | 66 | .282 | 2 | 15 |
| Ron Brand | 84 | 215 | 52 | .242 | 0 | 18 |
| Norm Miller | 64 | 190 | 39 | .205 | 1 | 14 |
| Chuck Harrison | 70 | 177 | 43 | .243 | 2 | 26 |
| Doug Rader | 47 | 162 | 54 | .333 | 2 | 26 |
| Jim Landis | 50 | 143 | 36 | .252 | 1 | 14 |
| Dave Adlesh | 39 | 94 | 17 | .181 | 1 | 4 |
| Jackie Brandt | 41 | 89 | 21 | .236 | 1 | 15 |
| Bob Lillis | 37 | 82 | 20 | .244 | 0 | 5 |
| Aaron Pointer | 27 | 70 | 11 | .157 | 1 | 10 |
| Hal King | 15 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
| Ivan Murrell | 10 | 29 | 9 | .310 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Bales | 19 | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Watson | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Heath | 9 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| José Herrera | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Candy Harris | 6 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Mike Cuellar | 36 | 246.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.03 | 203 |
| Dave Giusti | 37 | 221.2 | 11 | 15 | 4.18 | 157 |
| Don Wilson | 31 | 184.0 | 10 | 9 | 2.79 | 159 |
| Bo Belinsky | 27 | 115.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.68 | 80 |
| Larry Dierker | 15 | 99.0 | 6 | 5 | 3.36 | 68 |
| Wade Blasingame | 15 | 77.0 | 4 | 7 | 5.96 | 46 |
| Bruce Von Hoff | 10 | 50.1 | 0 | 3 | 4.83 | 22 |
| Chris Zachary | 9 | 36.1 | 1 | 6 | 5.70 | 18 |

#### 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 Coombs | 6 | 24.1 | 3 | 0 | 3.33 | 23 |
| Howie Reed | 4 | 18.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.44 | 9 |

#### 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 Sherry | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4.87 | 32 |
| Dan Schneider | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.96 | 39 |
| Carroll Sembera | 45 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4.83 | 48 |
| Barry Latman | 39 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.52 | 70 |
| Dave Eilers | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3.94 | 27 |
| Claude Raymond | 21 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3.19 | 17 |
| Tom Dukes | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.32 | 23 |
| Jim Owens | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.22 | 6 |
| Turk Farrell | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.63 | 10 |
| Pat House | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Arnold Earley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
| John Buzhardt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| 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 |