1974 Houston Astros season
The 1974 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League West with a record of 81–81, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.Offseason
Standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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 | | 127 | 405 | 117 | .289 | 7 | 54 |
1B | | 152 | 556 | 149 | .268 | 24 | 85 |
CF | | 160 | 610 | 164 | .269 | 26 | 102 |
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 |
| 83 | 171 | 39 | .228 | 10 | 29 |
| 50 | 117 | 26 | .222 | 1 | 10 |
| 64 | 111 | 24 | .216 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | 29 | 3 | .103 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | 23 | 2 | .087 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
| 33 | 223.2 | 11 | 10 | 2.90 | 150 |
| 34 | 211 | 14 | 10 | 3.54 | 110 |
| 33 | 204.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.08 | 112 |
| 34 | 204 | 10 | 12 | 3.40 | 72 |
| 23 | 138.1 | 9 | 9 | 3.71 | 45 |
| 5 | 25.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.55 | 10 |
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 |
| 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 7.88 | 8 |
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 |
| 70 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2.79 | 48 |
| 45 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3.50 | 47 |
| 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.80 | 32 |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.19 | 7 |
Farm system