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Major League Baseball

Record: 72-90 .444.... 10th in National League
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,312,887

Top Draft Pick: Martin Cott (#3) -
Manager - Grady Hatton, Harry Walker

Team Leaders

HR: Wynn [26]
RBI: Staub [72]
2B: Staub [37]
SB: Wynn [11]
W: Wilson [13]
SV: Shea [6]
SO: Giusti [186]

Oldest Player: []
Youngest Player: []

Major League Debuts

Batters: John Mayberry (Sep 10) Leon McFadden (Sep 6) Hector Torres (Apr 10) Danny Walton (Apr 20)
Pitchers: Hal Gilson (Apr 14) Steve Shea (Jul 14)

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Draft Picks Listing

Rnd	Ovl	Phase	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	B	T	HL	MLB	Drafted From	Bonus
1	3	June-Reg	Martin Cott	C						-		Hutchinson Technical (Buffalo,NY)
2	23	June-Reg	Rich Chiles	OF	18	5-11	170	L	L	MLB	1971-1978	Winters (Winters,CA)
3	43	June-Reg	Bill Greif	P	18	6-5	205	R	R	MLB	1971-1976	Ronald Reagan (Houston,TX)
4	63	June-Reg	Larry Mansfield	1B						-		University of Tennessee
5	87	June-Reg	Larry Yount	P	18	6-2	185	R	R	MLB	1971-1971	Taft (Woodland Hills,CA)
6	111	June-Reg	John Grant	P						-		Westchester (Los Angeles,CA)
7	135**	June-Reg	Greg Pavlick	P-3B	18	6-3	205	R	R	-		Thomas A. Edison (Alexandria,VA)
8	159	June-Reg	Raylan Hoellwarth	C						-		Lodi (Lodi,CA)
9	183	June-Reg	Andrew Williams	IF						-		Jesuit (New Orleans,LA)
10	207	June-Reg	Carlos Alfonso	IF	17	6-2	205	R	R	-		Naples (Naples,FL)
11	231	June-Reg	Kenneth Barnes	P						-		Skyline (Idaho Falls,ID)
12	255**	June-Reg	Henry Yeargan	SS						-		Wayne County (Jesup,GA)
13	279	June-Reg	Lester Roos	SS						-		Temple University
14	303	June-Reg	Wendall Clowers	p						-		City (Chattanooga,TN)
15	327	June-Reg	Clinton Burr	p						-		Cocoa (Cocoa,FL)
16	351	June-Reg	Curtis Boans	OF						-
17	375	June-Reg	David Snow	3B						-		Bellflower (Bellflower,CA)
18	399	June-Reg	Ken Forsch	p	21	6-4	210	R	R	MLB	1970-1986	Oregon State University
19	423	June-Reg	Rodney Clabo	OF						-		Temple University
20	446	June-Reg	James Baasse	SS						-		Morton (Hammond,IN)
21	468	June-Reg	Edward Ontiveros	p						-		Bakersfield (Bakersfield,CA)
22	490	June-Reg	Don Hager	C						-		Sherman (Seth,WV)
23	512	June-Reg	John Euller	p						-		Milford Mill (Baltimore,MD)
24	534	June-Reg	Darrell Jones	p						-		Comanche (Comanche,OK)
25	556	June-Reg	John Canty	p						-		University of Massachusetts
26	578	June-Reg	Steven Miller	p						-		Dowling (West Des Moines,IA)
27	600	June-Reg	Harmon Bove	C						-		Burlington (Burlington,VT)
28	622	June-Reg	John Fox	C-OF						-		Lansdowne (Baltimore,MD)
29	644	June-Reg	David Doyle	SS						-		Lynwood (Lynwood,CA)
30	666	June-Reg	Clifford Powers	IF						-		South Broward (Hollywood,FL)
31	688	June-Reg	Steven Griffith	p						-		Pacifica (Garden Grove,CA)
32	708**	June-Reg	Phillip Corddry	p						-		University of Maryland
33	726	June-Reg	Alan Peters	p						-		Verbum Dei (Los Angeles,CA)
34	742**	June-Reg	Ronald Garlin	Of						-		McArthur (Hollywood,FL)
35	758	June-Reg	Gary Klass	SS						-		Reitz (Evansville,IN)
36	773	June-Reg	James Fallers	p-Of						-		Mount Pleasant (Wilmington,DE)
1	15	June-Sec	Buddy Harris	P	19	6-7	245	R	R	MLB	1970-1971	University of Miami
2	35	June-Sec	David Grangaard	3B						-		Arizona State University
3	55	June-Sec	Joseph Arnold	P						-		Arizona State University
4	75	June-Sec	Richard Hicks	P						-		Louisiana State University
5	97	June-Sec	Lambert Ford	OF						-		Vineland (Vineland,NJ)
1	4	Jan-Reg	Glenn Adams	OF	20	6-0	185	L	R	MLB	1975-1982	Springfield College
2	24	Jan-Reg	Ken Stabler	P						-		University of Alabama
1	12	Jan-Sec	Michael McFarland	P						-		University of Missouri
2	32**	Jan-Sec	Sandy Vance	P	21	6-2	180	R	R	MLB	1970-1971	Stanford University
3	52	Jan-Sec	Robert Williams	OF						-		Yakima Valley Community College
4	72	Jan-Sec	Ronald Shepard	3B-OF						-