1966 Houston Astros Roster

National League (NL)
Team Record: 72-90
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 1,878,398, Avg. 23,480
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Grady Hatton (72-90)
Location: Houston, Texas
1966 Houston Astros Statistics
1966 Houston Astros Results

The Houston Astros of the National League ended the 1966 season with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Astros scored 612 runs and yielded 695 runs. Jim Wynn led Houston with 18 home runs, and John Bateman walloped 20 or more, too. Rusty Staub drove in 81 runs. Sonny Jackson paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .292. Dave Giusti topped the team with 15 wins, while Mike Cuellar recorded a 2.22 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Grady Hatton coached the team.

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Player Pos. Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Dave AdleshCRRJuly 15, 19436'0"187Long Beach, CA USA
Don ArlichPLLFebruary 15, 19436'2"185Wayne, MI USA
Bob Aspromonte3BRRJune 19, 19386'2"170Brooklyn, NY USA
John BatemanCRRJuly 21, 19406'3"210Fort Sill, OK USA
Ron BrandCRRJanuary 13, 19405'7"167Los Angeles, CA USA
Bob BrucePRRMay 16, 19336'3"200New York, NY USA
Frank CarpinPLLSeptember 14, 19385'10"172Brooklyn, NY USA
Nate ColbertPRRApril 9, 19466'2"205St. Louis, MO USA
Danny CoombsPRLMarch 23, 19426'4"200Lincoln, ME USA
Mike CuellarPLLMay 8, 19376'0"165Las Villas, Cuba
Brock DavisCFLLOctober 19, 19435'10"165Oakland, CA USA
Ron DavisCFRROctober 21, 19416'0"175Roanoke Rapids, NC USA
Larry DierkerPRRSeptember 22, 19466'4"215Hollywood, CA USA
Turk FarrellPRRApril 8, 19346'4"215Boston, MA USA
Gene Freese3BRRJanuary 8, 19345'11"175Wheeling, WV USA
Joe GainesRFRRNovember 22, 19366'1"190Bryan, TX USA
Jim Gentile1BLLJune 3, 19346'3"210San Francisco, CA USA
Dave GiustiPRRNovember 27, 19395'11"190Seneca Falls, NY USA
Julio Gotay3BRRJune 9, 19396'0"180Fajardo, P.R.
Chuck Harrison1BRRApril 25, 19415'10"185Abilene, TX USA
Bill HeathCLRMarch 10, 19395'8"175Yuba City, CA USA
Sonny JacksonSSLRJuly 9, 19445'9"150Washington, DC USA
Gary KrollPRRJuly 8, 19416'6"220Culver City, CA USA
Barry LatmanPRRMay 21, 19366'3"210Los Angeles, CA USA
Don LeePRRFebruary 26, 19346'4"205Globe, AZ USA
Bob Lillis2BRRJune 2, 19305'11"160Altadena, CA USA
Felix MantillaIFRRJuly 29, 19346'0"160Isabella, P.R.
Lee MayeLFLRDecember 11, 19346'2"190Tuscaloosa, AL USA
Norm MillerLFLRFebruary 5, 19465'10"185Los Angeles, CA USA
Aurelio MonteagudoPRRNovember 19, 19435'11"180Caibarien, Cuba
Joe Morgan2BLRSeptember 19, 19435'7"160Bonham, TX USA
Dave NicholsonRFRRAugust 29, 19396'2"215St. Louis, MO USA
Jim OwensPRRJanuary 16, 19345'11"180Gifford, PA USA
Aaron PointerLFRRApril 19, 19426'2"185Little Rock, AR USA
Jim RayPRRDecember 1, 19446'1"185Rock Hill, SC USA
Claude RaymondPRRMay 7, 19375'10"175St. Jean, QC CAN
Robin RobertsPBRSeptember 30, 19266'0"190Springfield, IL USA
Carroll SemberaPRRJuly 26, 19416'0"155Shiner, TX USA
Greg SimsLFBRJune 28, 19466'0"190San Francisco, CA USA
Rusty StaubRFLRApril 1, 19446'2"190New Orleans, LA USA
Ron TaylorPRRDecember 13, 19376'1"195Toronto, ON CAN
Bob WatsonPRRApril 10, 19466'0"201Los Angeles, CA USA
Don WilsonPRRFebruary 12, 19456'2"195Monroe, LA USA
Jim WynnCFRRMarch 12, 19425'10"160Cincinnati, OH USA
Chris ZacharyPLRFebruary 19, 19446'2"200Knoxville, TN USA



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