1930 Houston Astros
Record: 94-66
Finish: 1st in NL NL West Division
Runs Scored: 795
Runs Allowed: 648
Exp W-L: 95-65
 
Ballpark: Colt Stadium
Attendance: 2,164,898
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 7th in the NL
AA: 73-64, 4th in the NL
A: 80-57, 2nd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Cleveland Indians
Won NL League Series 4-3 over New York (M) Mets
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Brooklyn Dodgers
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B  Tony Lazzeri 26 158 583 112 167 29 6 13 77 0 0 82 54 .286 .371 .424 .795 89.0 17.3 6.2
RF  Pepper Martin 26 157 594 84 184 36 8 9 89 0 0 50 42 .310 .360 .443 .803 88.2 17.2 5.4
LF  Wattie Holm 28 146 572 96 189 38 9 4 69 0 0 62 12 .330 .395 .449 .845 90.5 20.3 4.2
SS *Ray Morehart 30 155 484 66 140 19 7 6 66 0 1 50 48 .289 .355 .395 .750 63.9 11.4 8.0
1B  Al Van Camp 26 140 472 69 137 22 5 1 47 0 0 38 33 .290 .343 .364 .707 55.7 9.5 2.8
C *Smead Jolley 28 141 466 70 158 28 5 10 104 0 0 26 23 .339 .375 .485 .860 72.6 16.2 2.2
RF *Dick Porter 28 130 425 63 133 26 5 3 64 1 0 44 14 .313 .375 .419 .794 62.8 13.0 2.4
C  Bubber Jonnard 32 94 347 38 99 13 3 0 40 0 0 18 31 .285 .320 .340 .660 31.5 3.4 5.9
RF  Ralph Shinners 34 106 258 30 66 13 7 4 38 0 0 21 26 .256 .321 .407 .728 27.9 3.4 1.8
CF  Tom Oliver 27 81 221 29 73 14 0 2 39 0 1 12 7 .330 .364 .421 .785 31.5 6.5 1.6
C  Al Spohrer 27 49 169 20 42 9 2 2 18 0 0 6 10 .249 .274 .361 .635 15.4 1.7 2.7
C *Denny Williams 30 101 148 15 42 4 0 1 17 0 0 13 1 .284 .342 .331 .673 15.5 2.2 0.6
P  Ray Benge 28 45 120 10 20 2 1 1 13 0 0 3 13 .167 .184 .225 .409 4.8 0.0 0.0
P *Hank Thormahlen 33 42 121 6 22 1 1 0 6 0 0 3 33 .182 .202 .207 .408 4.6 0.0 0.0
1B *Curt Walker 33 29 96 11 31 3 0 4 14 0 0 4 11 .323 .350 .479 .829 14.6 3.1 0.5
C  Johnny Grabowski 30 34 89 8 28 2 1 2 11 1 0 7 5 .315 .365 .427 .792 13.9 2.9 1.4
P *Red Peery 23 36 53 8 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .208 .222 .208 .430 2.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Johnny Mostil 34 20 57 9 14 2 1 1 6 0 2 7 10 .246 .318 .368 .687 6.8 0.5 0.3
2B  Bucky Harris 33 37 58 7 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 5 .241 .343 .276 .619 5.8 0.6 0.5
SS  Hod Ford 32 50 61 9 21 5 1 0 12 0 0 3 5 .344 .375 .459 .834 8.8 1.9 1.3
P  George Pipgras 30 19 54 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 .148 .148 .148 .296 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Willis 24 34 47 4 13 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 9 .277 .294 .277 .571 5.2 0.3 0.0
3B *Spencer Adams 32 11 40 9 11 4 0 0 6 0 0 3 2 .275 .326 .375 .701 4.4 0.7 0.4
LF  Rube Bressler 35 20 33 9 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .242 .324 .242 .567 2.7 0.2 0.2
3B  Eddie Mulligan 35 11 28 6 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 3.6 0.7 0.3
P *Lefty Weinert 28 40 24 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Morris 30 56 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Bob Weiland 24 17 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .250 .333 .583 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Wells 30 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Charlie Wheatley 37 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1996 5631 795 1643 274 62 63 759 2 4 469 430 .292 .346 .396 .742 721.9 132.7 48.6
  Rank among 12 NL teams 9 4 4 5 1 9 5 10 1 6 8 4 3 4 3 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Ray Benge 28 26 13 .667 45 45 0 362.0 324 115 14 70 118 2.86 32.8
*Hank Thormahlen 33 26 15 .634 42 42 0 360.3 367 115 21 41 80 2.87 32.7
*Red Peery 23 13 6 .684 36 20 2 170.7 229 89 14 19 28 4.69 7.2
*Lefty Willis 24 8 9 .471 34 20 1 150.7 145 62 11 55 60 3.70 9.7
 George Pipgras 30 9 6 .600 19 19 0 147.7 165 62 8 37 40 3.78 8.6
*Lefty Weinert 28 6 8 .429 40 12 4 103.7 117 58 5 49 34 5.04 2.8
 Ed Morris 30 2 7 .222 56 1 4 73.0 94 31 4 25 26 3.82 4.6
*Bob Weiland 24 2 0 1.000 17 0 2 23.7 21 17 2 12 6 6.46 0.6
 Charlie Wheatley 37 2 2 .500 23 0 2 23.0 32 12 1 9 7 4.70 0.9
*Ed Wells 30 0 0 .000 14 0 0 17.3 17 8 1 7 2 4.15 0.8
Team Totals 28.7 94 66 .588 326 159 15 1432.0 1511 569 81 324 401 3.58 100.6
Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 11 2 8 2 6 1 1 9 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 39.5
B.Jonnard 808.0 90 91 232 42 1 0 .996 38.2
A.Spohrer 384.7 43 45 114 17 2 0 .985 53.8
J.Grabowski 239.3 27 32 74 3 2 1 .975 33.3
Team Total 1432.0 160 168 420 62 5 1 .990 41.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.90
S.Jolley 700.3 78 88 942 75 21 79 .980 13.07
A.Van Camp 324.3 36 44 434 28 6 36 .987 12.82
C.Walker 200.0 24 25 270 14 4 32 .986 12.78
J.Mostil 122.3 14 14 165 13 1 14 .994 13.10
R.Bressler 85.0 8 16 100 14 0 11 1.000 12.07
Team Total 1432.0 160 187 1911 144 32 172 .985 12.92
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.65
T.Lazzeri 1316.0 146 156 308 607 23 132 .975 6.26
B.Harris 116.0 14 18 31 50 5 9 .942 6.28
S.Adams 81.9 9 9 21 33 1 7 .982 5.93
Team Total 1513.9 169 183 360 690 29 148 .973 6.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.20
P.Martin 1277.7 144 146 104 385 21 26 .959 3.44
E.Mulligan 68.0 7 10 4 20 1 2 .960 3.18
S.Adams 16.4 2 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.74
W.Holm 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1365.1 153 160 109 409 22 28 .959 3.42
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 5.72
R.Morehart 1262.7 147 154 219 574 36 104 .957 5.65
H.Ford 168.3 13 47 35 81 6 20 .951 6.20
E.Mulligan 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.0 160 202 254 655 43 124 .955 5.71
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.08
A.Van Camp 741.3 91 91 164 8 0 1 1.000 2.09
W.Holm 328.3 37 40 86 1 2 1 .978 2.38
S.Jolley 232.0 24 30 47 1 3 0 .941 1.86
D.Williams 123.3 8 32 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
R.Bressler 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Porter 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.0 160 197 328 10 5 2 .985 2.12
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.74
W.Holm 876.7 97 100 274 8 13 0 .956 2.90
T.Oliver 457.3 55 55 126 7 4 0 .971 2.62
R.Shinners 49.0 6 7 24 0 0 0 1.000 4.41
D.Williams 46.0 2 17 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.52
P.Martin 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1432.0 160 181 444 15 17 0 .964 2.88
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.15
D.Porter 903.7 104 115 219 3 4 1 .982 2.21
R.Shinners 455.0 52 65 127 1 0 0 1.000 2.53
D.Williams 34.0 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
P.Martin 16.3 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
S.Jolley 15.0 0 8 8 0 1 0 .889 4.80
W.Holm 8.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1432.0 160 201 367 4 5 1 .987 2.33
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.55
R.Benge 362.0 45 45 20 50 5 3 .933 1.74
H.Thormahlen 360.3 42 42 31 87 8 10 .937 2.95
R.Peery 170.7 20 36 15 43 0 3 1.000 3.06
L.Willis 150.7 20 34 13 32 5 2 .900 2.69
G.Pipgras 147.7 19 19 9 29 2 1 .950 2.32
L.Weinert 103.7 12 40 15 23 0 2 1.000 3.30
E.Morris 73.0 1 56 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.36
B.Weiland 23.7 0 17 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.66
C.Wheatley 23.0 0 23 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.96
E.Wells 17.3 0 14 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.12
Team Total 1432.0 159 326 106 290 20 22 .952 2.49
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Jolley .335
On-Base Pct Holm .395
Slugging Pct Jolley .479
OPS Jolley .849
XR Holm 90.5
Games Lazzeri 158
At-Bats Martin 594
Runs Lazzeri 112
Hits Holm 189
Total Bases Martin 263
Singles Holm 138
Doubles Holm 38
Triples Holm 9
Homeruns Lazzeri 13
RBIs Jolley 104
Stolen Bases Grabowski, Porter 1
Caught Stealing Mostil 2
Walks Lazzeri 82
Strikeouts Lazzeri 54
ERA Benge 2.86
Wins Benge, Thormahlen 26
Losses Thormahlen 15
Winning Pct Peery .684
Saves Morris, Weinert 4
Games Pitched Morris 56
Games Started Benge 45
Complete Games Thormahlen 34
Shutouts Benge 3
Innings Pitched Benge 362.0
Hits Allowed Thormahlen 367
Homeruns Allowed Thormahlen 21
Strikeouts Benge 118
Walks Allowed Benge 70
Walks per 9IP Peery 1.0
Hits per 9IP Benge 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Benge 2.9
WHiP Benge 1.09
OAVG Benge .234
OOBP Benge .269
OSLG Benge .315
OOPS Benge .584
Team All-Stars
Ray Benge
Smead Jolley
Tony Lazzeri
Hank Thormahlen
Player Salaries
George Pipgras $ 6,190,000
Wattie Holm $ 5,342,857
Ray Benge $ 4,814,286
Tony Lazzeri $ 4,028,571
Ed Morris $ 3,553,000
Lefty Weinert $ 3,357,143
Hank Thormahlen $ 2,518,675
Ralph Shinners $ 2,029,873
Ray Morehart $ 1,900,000
Red Peery $ 1,878,571
Denny Williams $ 952,000
Johnny Mostil $ 612,613
Curt Walker $ 598,347
Bubber Jonnard $ 571,600
Bucky Harris $ 547,200
Ed Wells $ 350,000
Hod Ford $ 300,000
Rube Bressler $ 300,000
Smead Jolley $ 300,000
Johnny Grabowski $ 300,000
Pepper Martin $ 300,000
Tom Oliver $ 300,000
Lefty Willis $ 300,000
Dick Porter $ 300,000
Al Spohrer $ 300,000
Al Van Camp $ 300,000
Eddie Mulligan $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Curt Walker
2/2 Signed     Hank Thormahlen
2/6 Signed     Johnny Mostil
2/7 Signed     Ralph Shinners
2/17 Signed     Charlie Wheatley
3/2 Signed     Eddie Mulligan
3/2 Signed     Jesse Winters
3/2 Signed     Joe Giard
4/1 Signed     Rube Bressler
7/16 Traded Bob Weiland
Spencer Adams
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
California George Pipgras
7/16 Signed     Eddie Pick
10/30 Released Charlie Wheatley