1968 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac

1968 Houston Astros Roster

The 1968 Houston Astros team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1968 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1968 Houston Astros Opening Day starters list, a 1968 Houston Astros salary list, a 1968 Houston Astros uniform number breakdown and a 1968 Houston Astros primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
36	Wade Blasingame	6-01	185	Left	Left	1943-11-22
30	John Buzhardt	6-02	198	Right	Right	1936-08-17
31	Danny Coombs	6-05	210	Left	Right	1942-03-23
35	Mike Cuellar	5-11	175	Left	Left	1937-05-08
49	Larry Dierker	6-04	215	Right	Right	1946-09-22
44	Tom Dukes	6-02	185	Right	Right	1942-08-31
33	Hal Gilson	6-05	195	Left	Right	1942-02-09
39	Dave Giusti	5-11	195	Right	Right	1939-11-27
48	Fred Gladding	6-00	225	Right	Left	1936-06-28
43	Pat House	6-03	185	Left	Left	1940-09-01
23	Denny Lemaster	6-01	185	Left	Right	1939-02-25
45	Jim Ray	6-01	195	Right	Right	1944-12-01
42	Steve Shea	6-03	215	Right	Right	1942-12-05
40	Don Wilson	6-03	205	Right	Right	1945-02-12
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
6	Dave Adlesh	6-00	187	Right	Right	1943-07-15
7	John Bateman	6-03	220	Right	Right	1940-07-21
9	Ron Brand	5-08	170	Right	Right	1940-01-13
8	Hal King	6-01	200	Right	Left	1944-02-01
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
14	Bob Aspromonte	6-02	185	Right	Right	1938-06-19
17	Julio Gotay	6-00	180	Right	Right	1939-06-09
33	John Mayberry	6-03	220	Left	Left	1949-02-18
20	Leon McFadden	6-02	195	Right	Right	1944-04-26
11	Denis Menke	6-00	190	Right	Right	1940-07-21
18	Joe Morgan	5-07	160	Right	Left	1943-09-19
12	Doug Rader	6-03	215	Right	Right	1944-07-30
10	Rusty Staub	6-02	200	Right	Left	1944-04-01
15	Hector Torres	6-00	175	Right	Right	1945-09-16
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
37	Byron Browne	6-02	200	Right	Right	1942-12-27
27	Nate Colbert	6-02	209	Right	Right	1946-04-09
22	Ron Davis	6-00	180	Right	Right	1941-10-21
22	Jose Herrera	5-08	165	Right	Right	1942-04-08
21	Norm Miller	5-11	195	Right	Left	1946-02-05
20	Ivan Murrell	6-02	196	Right	Right	1945-04-24
37	Dick Simpson	6-04	176	Right	Right	1943-07-28
28	Lee Thomas	6-02	198	Right	Left	1936-02-05
27	Bob Watson	6-02	205	Right	Right	1946-04-10
24	Jimmy Wynn	5-09	170	Right	Right	1942-03-12
#	Other Positions	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
50	Danny Walton	6-00	200	Right	Right	1947-07-14
1968 Houston Astros Roster

The 1968 Houston Astros played 162 games during the regular season, won 72 games, lost 90 games, and finished in tenth position. They played their home games at the Astrodome (Park Factors: 98/99) where 1,312,887 fans witnessed their 1968 Astros finish the season with a .444 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1968 Houston Astros Opening Day starters list, a 1968 Houston Astros salary list, a 1968 Houston Astros uniform number breakdown and a 1968 Houston Astros primary starters list:

1968 Houston Astros
Opening Day Starters

Bob Aspromonte
Ron Davis
Larry Dierker
Hal King
Norm Miller
Joe Morgan
Rusty Staub
Hector Torres
Jimmy Wynn
1968 Houston Astros
Most Games by Position
C John Bateman (108)
1B Rusty Staub (147)
2B Denis Menke (119)
3B Doug Rader (86)
SS Hector Torres (127)
LF Jimmy Wynn (59)
CF Jimmy Wynn (91)
RF Norm Miller (65)

SP Mike Cuellar
SP Larry Dierker
SP Dave Giusti
SP Denny Lemaster
SP Don Wilson

RP Wade Blasingame
RP John Buzhardt
RP Danny Coombs
RP Tom Dukes
RP Jim Ray
CL Steve Shea

1968 Houston Astros
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1968 Houston Astros
Uniform Numbers
#6 Dave Adlesh
#7 John Bateman
#8 Hal King
#9 Ron Brand
#10 Rusty Staub
#11 Denis Menke
#12 Doug Rader
#14 Bob Aspromonte
#15 Hector Torres
#17 Julio Gotay
#18 Joe Morgan
#20 Leon McFadden
#20 Ivan Murrell
#21 Norm Miller
#22 Ron Davis
#22 Jose Herrera
#23 Denny Lemaster
#24 Jimmy Wynn
#27 Nate Colbert
#27 Bob Watson
#28 Lee Thomas
#30 John Buzhardt
#31 Danny Coombs
#33 Hal Gilson
#33 John Mayberry
#35 Mike Cuellar
#36 Wade Blasingame
#37 Byron Browne
#37 Dick Simpson
#39 Dave Giusti
#40 Don Wilson
#42 Steve Shea
#43 Pat House
#44 Tom Dukes
#45 Jim Ray
#48 Fred Gladding
#49 Larry Dierker
#50 Danny Walton

Did you know that a 1968 Houston Astros Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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