1979 Houston Astros Pitching Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 89-73-0, Finished 2nd in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bill Virdon (89-73)

General Manager: Tal Smith

Farm Director: Bill Wood

Scouting Director: Lynwood Stallings

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,900,312 (5th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
One-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 89

Pythagorean W-L: 81-81, 583 Runs, 582 Runs Allowed

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Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	J.R. Richard	29	18	13	.581	2.71	38	38	0	19	4	0	292.1	220	98	88	13	98	5	313	3	1	19	1175	130	2.21	1.088	6.8	0.4	3.0	9.6	3.19
2	SP	Joe Niekro	34	21	11	.656	3.00	38	38	0	11	5	0	263.2	221	102	88	17	107	1	119	7	0	19	1095	117	3.96	1.244	7.5	0.6	3.7	4.1	1.11
3	SP	Ken Forsch	32	11	6	.647	3.04	26	24	1	10	2	0	177.2	155	67	60	14	35	2	58	0	1	0	700	116	3.69	1.069	7.9	0.7	1.8	2.9	1.66
4	SP	Rick Williams	26	4	7	.364	3.26	31	16	3	2	2	0	121.1	122	45	44	6	30	1	37	2	1	0	508	108	3.56	1.253	9.0	0.4	2.2	2.7	1.23
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Joe Sambito*	27	8	7	.533	1.77	63	0	51	0	0	22	91.1	80	20	18	8	23	4	83	4	0	0	375	199	2.94	1.128	7.9	0.8	2.3	8.2	3.61
6	RP	Joaquín Andújar	26	12	12	.500	3.43	46	23	9	8	0	4	194.0	168	86	74	7	88	6	77	2	0	5	825	103	3.80	1.320	7.8	0.3	4.1	3.6	0.88
7	RP	Randy Niemann*	23	3	2	.600	3.76	26	7	4	3	2	1	67.0	68	32	28	1	22	3	24	1	2	0	287	94	3.24	1.343	9.1	0.1	3.0	3.2	1.09
8	RP	Bert Roberge	24	3	0	1.000	1.69	26	0	12	0	0	4	32.0	20	6	6	0	17	0	13	0	0	2	120	211	3.51	1.156	5.6	0.0	4.8	3.7	0.76
9	RP	Tom Dixon	24	1	2	.333	6.66	19	1	6	0	0	0	25.2	39	23	19	2	15	1	9	0	0	0	130	54	4.80	2.104	13.7	0.7	5.3	3.2	0.60
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Vern Ruhle	28	2	6	.250	4.07	13	10	0	2	2	0	66.1	64	33	30	9	8	0	33	2	0	2	269	87	3.95	1.085	8.7	1.2	1.1	4.5	4.13
11		Frank LaCorte	27	1	2	.333	5.00	12	3	3	0	0	0	27.0	21	16	15	3	10	1	24	0	0	1	114	71	3.51	1.148	7.0	1.0	3.3	8.0	2.40
12		George Throop	28	1	0	1.000	3.22	14	0	2	0	0	0	22.1	23	10	8	4	11	0	15	1	0	1	100	111	5.33	1.522	9.3	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.36
13		Frank Riccelli*	26	2	2	.500	4.09	11	2	3	0	0	0	22.0	22	11	10	0	18	0	20	0	0	2	103	88	3.37	1.818	9.0	0.0	7.4	8.2	1.11
14		Bo McLaughlin	25	1	2	.333	5.51	12	0	3	0	0	0	16.1	22	15	10	2	4	0	12	0	0	1	76	66	3.59	1.592	12.1	1.1	2.2	6.6	3.00
15		Pete Ladd	22	1	1	.500	2.92	10	0	4	0	0	0	12.1	8	5	4	1	8	0	6	2	0	2	56	125	5.25	1.297	5.8	0.7	5.8	4.4	0.75
16		Gary Wilson	24	0	0		12.27	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.1	15	11	10	2	6	0	6	0	0	1	42	30	7.10	2.864	18.4	2.5	7.4	7.4	1.00
17		Bobby Sprowl*	23	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	14		2.73	0.750	2.3	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
18		Gordie Pladson	22	0	0		4.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	87	6.48	2.750	20.3	2.3	4.5	4.5	1.00
19		Mike Mendoza	23	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2.73	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	28.7	89	73	.549	3.20	162	162	107	55	17	31	1447.2	1278	582	514	90	504	24	854	24	5	55	6014	111	3.45	1.231	7.9	0.6	3.1	5.3	1.69
		Rank in 12 NL teams		4	9		2				1	1	9	5	1	2	2	1	6		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W