1972 Houston Astros season

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1972 Houston Astros
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1962) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
The Astrodome (Since 1965) Houston, Texas (Since 1962)
1972 Information
Owner(s)	Roy Hofheinz
General Manager(s)	Spec Richardson
Manager(s)	Harry Walker, Salty Parker, Leo Durocher
Local television	KTRK-TV
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe)

The Houston Astros' 1972 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Standings 2.2 Game log 3 References

[edit] Offseason

• November 29, 1971: Joe Morgan was traded by the Houston Astros with Ed Armbrister, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo, and Denis Menke to the Cincinnati Reds for Lee May, Tommy Helms, and Jimmy Stewart.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Cincinnati Reds	95	59	--	.617
Los Angeles Dodgers	85	70	10.5	.548
Houston Astros	84	69	10.5	.549
Atlanta Braves	70	84	25	.455
San Francisco Giants	69	86	26.5	.445
San Diego Padres	58	95	36.5	.379

[edit] Game log

1972 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
May # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
June # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
July # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
August # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
September # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
October # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record

[edit] References

v • d • e 1972 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore · Boston · Cleveland · Detroit · Milwaukee · New York AL West California · Chicago · Kansas City · Minnesota · Oakland · Texas NL East Chicago · Montréal · New York · Philadelphia Pittsburgh · St. Louis NL West Atlanta · Cincinnati · Houston · Los Angeles · San Diego · San Francisco 1972 All-Star Game · 1972 World Series

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