1979 Houston Astros 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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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Alan Ashby#	27	108	370	336	25	68	15	2	2	35	0	0	26	70	.202	.262	.277	.538	51	93	8	2	3	3	10
2	1B	César Cedeño	28	132	549	470	57	123	27	4	6	54	30	13	64	52	.262	.348	.374	.722	103	176	15	3	3	9	8
3	2B	Rafael Landestoy#	26	129	319	282	33	76	9	6	0	30	13	4	29	24	.270	.338	.344	.682	92	97	1	1	5	2	5
4	SS	Craig Reynolds*	26	146	616	555	63	147	20	9	0	39	12	6	21	49	.265	.292	.333	.625	75	185	2	2	34	4	0
5	3B	Enos Cabell	29	155	630	603	60	164	30	5	6	67	37	18	21	68	.272	.299	.368	.668	87	222	18	3	2	1	7
6	LF	José Cruz*	31	157	636	558	73	161	33	7	9	72	36	14	72	66	.289	.367	.421	.788	121	235	5	0	1	5	16
7	CF	Terry Puhl*	22	157	672	600	87	172	22	4	8	49	30	22	58	46	.287	.352	.377	.729	105	226	7	4	8	2	8
8	RF	Jeffrey Leonard	23	134	467	411	47	119	15	5	0	47	23	10	46	68	.290	.360	.350	.710	101	144	11	2	3	5	7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	IF	Art Howe	32	118	398	355	32	88	15	2	6	33	3	1	36	37	.248	.316	.352	.668	87	125	7	1	2	4	5
10	MI	Julio González	26	68	195	181	16	45	5	2	0	10	2	1	5	14	.249	.280	.298	.579	63	54	4	3	6	0	0
11	1B	Bob Watson	33	49	182	163	15	39	4	0	3	18	0	0	16	23	.239	.304	.319	.623	75	52	3	0	1	2	1
12	RF	Denny Walling*	25	82	165	147	21	48	8	4	3	31	3	2	17	21	.327	.394	.497	.891	149	73	2	0	0	1	2
13	C	Bruce Bochy	24	56	143	129	11	28	4	0	1	6	0	0	13	25	.217	.294	.271	.565	60	35	5	1	0	0	4
14	C	Luis Pujols	23	26	78	75	7	17	2	1	0	8	0	0	2	14	.227	.247	.280	.527	48	21	3	0	1	0	0
15	IF	Jimmy Sexton	27	52	50	43	8	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	7	.209	.320	.209	.529	52	9	0	0	0	0	0
16	UT	Jesús Alou	37	42	49	43	3	11	4	0	0	10	0	0	6	7	.256	.347	.349	.696	96	15	4	0	0	0	1
17	UT	Reggie Baldwin	24	14	20	20	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.250	.450	26	5	2	0	0	0	0
18	LF	Danny Heep*	21	14	17	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.143	.176	.143	.319	-9	2	0	0	0	2	1
19	1B	Dave Bergman*	26	13	15	15	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.600	1.000	177	9	0	0	0	0	0
20	UT	Alan Knicely	24	7	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	-23	0	2	0	0	0	0
21	OF	Tom Wiedenbauer	20	4	6	6	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.667	.667	.833	1.500	319	5	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
22	P	J.R. Richard	29	38	108	95	6	12	1	1	2	6	0	1	1	24	.126	.134	.221	.355	-2	21	4	0	11	1	0
23	P	Joe Niekro	34	38	99	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	.120	.140	.145	.284	-20	12	0	0	13	1	0
24	P	Ken Forsch	32	26	68	58	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	22	.138	.194	.155	.349	-1	9	1	0	6	0	0
25	P	Joaquín Andújar#	26	46	65	57	3	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	2	32	.088	.117	.211	.327	-10	12	0	0	5	1	0
26	P	Rick Williams	26	31	36	31	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	.258	.324	.290	.614	74	9	0	0	2	0	0
27	P	Vern Ruhle	28	13	22	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.053	.100	.105	.205	-42	2	0	0	2	0	0
28	P	Randy Niemann*	23	26	17	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.133	.188	.133	.321	-8	2	1	0	1	0	0
29	P	Joe Sambito*	27	63	12	7	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	.286	.583	.429	1.012	189	3	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Frank Riccelli*	26	11	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	131	3	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	George Throop	28	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Frank LaCorte	27	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Bert Roberge	24	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Pete Ladd	22	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Tom Dixon	24	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	464	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bo McLaughlin	25	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Gordie Pladson	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Gary Wilson	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Mike Mendoza	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Bobby Sprowl*	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.3	162	6029	5394	583	1382	224	52	49	542	190	95	461	745	.256	.315	.344	.659	85	1857	105	22	109	43	75
		Rank in 12 NL teams				12	12	10	8	4	12		1	12	10	1	8	10	12	11		12		10		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.1	162	5585	5012	562	1331	215	51	45	517	190	94	442	604	.266	.325	.356	.681	91	1783	99	22	69	40	75
		Pitcher Totals	29.4	162	444	382	21	51	9	1	4	25	0	1	19	141	.134	.173	.194	.367	3	74	6	0	40	3	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
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