1979 Houston Astros Roster (40-man)

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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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Jesús Alou	37	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	190	Mar 24, 1942	15	42	1	42	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	39	0	0.4
Joaquín Andújar	26	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	170	Dec 21, 1952	4	46	23	46	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	All-Star
Alan Ashby	27	us US	B	R	6' 2"	185	Jul 8, 1951	7	108	104	108	105	0	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1.0
Reggie Baldwin	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Aug 19, 1954	2	14	1	14	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	-0.2
Dave Bergman	26	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jun 6, 1953	4	13	1	13	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0.1
Bruce Bochy	24	fr FR	R	R	6' 3"	205	Apr 16, 1955	2	56	36	56	55	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.3
Enos Cabell	29	us US	R	R	6' 4"	170	Oct 8, 1949	8	155	154	155	155	0	0	51	0	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
César Cedeño	28	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	175	Feb 25, 1951	10	132	129	132	129	0	0	91	0	0	0	0	40	0	40	3	0	2.0
José Cruz	31	pr PR	L	L	6' 0"	170	Aug 8, 1947	10	157	156	157	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	156	0	0	156	1	0	4.6
Tom Dixon	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Apr 23, 1955	3	19	1	19	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Ken Forsch	32	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Sep 8, 1946	10	26	24	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.7
Julio González	26	pr PR	R	R	5' 11"	162	Dec 25, 1952	3	68	44	68	58	0	0	0	32	10	21	0	0	0	0	9	6	0.1
Danny Heep	21	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Jul 3, 1957	1st	14	1	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	0	0.0
Art Howe	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Dec 15, 1946	6	118	99	118	103	0	0	3	68	59	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1.7
Alan Knicely	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	May 19, 1955	1st	7	0	7	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-0.1
Frank LaCorte	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Oct 13, 1951	5	12	3	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Pete Ladd	22	us US	R	R	6' 3"	228	Jul 17, 1956	1st	10	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Rafael Landestoy	26	do DO	B	R	5' 10"	165	May 28, 1953	3	129	69	129	117	0	0	0	114	0	3	0	0	0	0	14	14	1.9
Jeffrey Leonard	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Sep 22, 1955	3	134	107	134	123	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	22	100	123	17	0	2.0
Bo McLaughlin	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	210	Oct 23, 1953	4	12	0	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Mike Mendoza	23	us US	R	R	6' 5"	215	Nov 26, 1955	1st	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Joe Niekro	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Nov 7, 1944	13	38	38	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	All-Star
Randy Niemann	23	us US	L	L	6' 4"	200	Nov 15, 1955	1st	26	7	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Gordie Pladson	22	ca CA	R	R	6' 4"	210	Jul 31, 1956	1st	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Terry Puhl	22	ca CA	L	R	6' 2"	195	Jul 8, 1956	3	157	149	157	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	110	40	152	5	0	3.5
Luis Pujols	23	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	175	Nov 18, 1955	3	26	22	26	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Craig Reynolds	26	us US	L	R	6' 1"	175	Dec 27, 1952	5	146	140	146	143	0	0	0	0	0	143	0	0	0	0	5	0	2.6	All-Star
Frank Riccelli	26	us US	L	L	6' 3"	205	Feb 24, 1953	3	11	2	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
J.R. Richard	29	us US	R	R	6' 8"	222	Mar 7, 1950	9	38	38	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.4
Bert Roberge	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Oct 3, 1954	1st	26	0	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Vern Ruhle	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jan 25, 1951	6	13	10	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Joe Sambito	27	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jun 28, 1952	4	63	0	63	63	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	All-Star
Jimmy Sexton	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Dec 15, 1951	3	52	6	52	18	0	0	0	2	4	12	0	0	0	0	20	20	-0.2
Bobby Sprowl	23	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Apr 14, 1956	2	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
George Throop	28	us US	R	R	6' 7"	205	Nov 24, 1950	4	14	0	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Denny Walling	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 17, 1954	5	82	32	82	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	35	42	42	1	1.4
Bob Watson	33	us US	R	R	6' 0"	201	Apr 10, 1946	14	49	44	49	44	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.3
Tom Wiedenbauer	20	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Nov 5, 1958	1st	4	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0.2
Rick Williams	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Nov 9, 1952	2	31	16	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1
Gary Wilson	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Nov 21, 1954	1st	6	0	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Bill Virdon	48	us US	Jun 9, 1931	Manager	Apr 6	Sep 30
Jesús Alou	37	do DO	Mar 24, 1942		Apr 6	Sep 30
Deacon Jones	45	us US	Apr 18, 1934		Apr 6	Sep 30
Tony Pacheco	51	cu CU	Jul 9, 1927		Apr 6	Sep 30
Bob Cluck	33	us US	Jan 10, 1946	Coach	Apr 6	Sep 30
Bob Lillis	49	us US	Jun 2, 1930	Coach	Apr 6	Sep 30
Mel Wright	51	us US	May 11, 1928	Coach	Apr 6	Sep 30
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date