1980 Houston Astros Statistics

1979 Season 1981 Season

Record: 93-70-0, Finished 1st in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (3-2) to Philadelphia Phillies

Manager: Bill Virdon (93-70)

General Manager: Tal Smith (Fired 10/26/1980)

Farm Director: Bill Wood

Scouting Director: Lynwood Stallings

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 2,278,217 (3rd of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 91
One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 87-76, 637 Runs, 589 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

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#	28	116	394	352	30	90	19	2	3	48	0	0	35	40	.256	.319	.347	.665	93	122	11	0	2	5	12
2	1B	Art Howe	33	110	364	321	34	91	12	5	10	46	1	0	34	29	.283	.350	.445	.795	129	143	9	1	4	4	6
3	2B	Joe Morgan*	36	141	562	461	66	112	17	5	11	49	24	6	93	47	.243	.367	.373	.740	115	172	4	0	3	5	6
4	SS	Craig Reynolds*	27	137	418	381	34	86	9	6	3	28	2	1	20	39	.226	.262	.304	.566	64	116	4	0	13	4	1
5	3B	Enos Cabell	30	152	637	604	69	167	23	8	2	55	21	13	26	84	.276	.305	.351	.656	90	212	13	1	1	5	6
6	LF	José Cruz*	32	160	680	612	79	185	29	7	11	91	36	11	60	66	.302	.360	.426	.787	128	261	11	0	0	8	13
7	CF	César Cedeño	29	137	569	499	71	154	32	8	10	73	48	15	66	72	.309	.389	.465	.854	147	232	13	1	1	2	11
8	RF	Terry Puhl*	23	141	609	535	75	151	24	5	13	55	27	11	60	52	.282	.357	.419	.776	124	224	3	4	6	3	3
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	MI	Rafael Landestoy#	27	149	434	393	42	97	13	8	1	27	23	12	31	37	.247	.306	.328	.634	84	129	3	3	6	1	2
10	1B	Denny Walling*	26	100	321	284	30	85	6	5	3	29	4	3	35	26	.299	.374	.387	.761	121	110	2	0	0	2	4
11	RF	Jeffrey Leonard	24	88	238	216	29	46	7	5	3	20	4	1	19	46	.213	.274	.333	.608	76	72	8	0	1	2	2
12	C	Luis Pujols	24	78	238	221	15	44	6	1	0	20	0	0	13	29	.199	.245	.235	.480	40	52	5	1	1	2	3
13	1B	Danny Heep*	22	33	97	87	6	24	8	0	0	6	0	0	8	9	.276	.340	.368	.708	105	32	0	1	0	1	0
14	1B	Dave Bergman*	27	90	91	78	12	20	6	1	0	3	1	0	10	10	.256	.341	.359	.700	103	28	1	0	3	0	2
15	OF	Gary Woods	26	19	55	53	8	20	5	0	2	15	1	0	2	9	.377	.400	.585	.985	182	31	1	0	0	0	0
16	IF	Julio González	27	40	54	52	5	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	.115	.132	.135	.267	-22	7	1	0	1	0	1
17	UT	Bruce Bochy	25	22	28	22	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	.182	.357	.227	.584	73	5	0	1	0	0	1
18	OF	Scott Loucks	23	8	3	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	94	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	SS	Mike Fischlin	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Alan Knicely	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
21	P	Joe Niekro	35	37	102	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	0	0	4	15	.275	.310	.338	.647	88	27	2	0	18	0	0
22	P	Ken Forsch	33	32	84	77	3	18	3	0	0	8	1	0	1	33	.234	.244	.273	.516	50	21	0	0	6	0	0
23	P	Nolan Ryan	33	35	83	70	5	6	0	0	1	6	0	1	7	29	.086	.167	.129	.295	-13	9	0	0	5	1	0
24	P	Vern Ruhle	29	28	57	49	7	12	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	15	.245	.302	.306	.608	77	15	2	0	4	0	0
25	P	J.R. Richard	30	17	43	39	2	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	15	.154	.154	.282	.436	24	11	0	0	4	0	0
26	P	Joaquín Andújar#	27	35	37	29	3	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	16	.172	.250	.345	.595	71	10	1	0	5	0	0
27	P	Dave Smith	25	57	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
28	P	Gordie Pladson	23	12	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	-71	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Joe Sambito*	28	64	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Frank LaCorte	28	55	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	34	1	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Randy Niemann*	24	22	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	94	2	1	0	0	0	0
32	P	Bert Roberge	25	14	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0
33	P	Bobby Sprowl*	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.9	163	6254	5566	637	1455	231	67	75	599	194	74	540	755	.261	.326	.367	.693	101	2045	96	13	89	45	73
		Rank in 12 NL teams				5	7	5	7	1	10		4	9	3	2	6	4	8	7		9		12		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	163	5794	5176	609	1383	218	66	72	566	193	73	518	614	.267	.333	.377	.709	105	1949	89	13	42	44	73
		Pitcher Totals	31.3	163	460	390	28	72	13	1	3	33	1	1	22	141	.185	.228	.246	.474	37	96	7	0	47	1	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

League Register

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	Joe Niekro	35	20	12	.625	3.55	37	36	1	11	2	0	256.0	268	119	101	12	79	3	127	4	0	12	1096	93	3.34	1.355	9.4	0.4	2.8	4.5	1.61
2	SP	Nolan Ryan	33	11	10	.524	3.35	35	35	0	4	2	0	233.2	205	100	87	10	98	1	200	3	1	10	982	98	2.89	1.297	7.9	0.4	3.8	7.7	2.04
3	SP	Ken Forsch	33	12	13	.480	3.20	32	32	0	6	3	0	222.1	230	90	79	15	41	1	84	7	3	1	926	103	3.52	1.219	9.3	0.6	1.7	3.4	2.05
4	SP	Vern Ruhle	29	12	4	.750	2.37	28	22	1	6	2	0	159.1	148	51	42	7	29	1	55	3	2	0	638	139	3.24	1.111	8.4	0.4	1.6	3.1	1.90
5	SP	J.R. Richard	30	10	4	.714	1.90	17	17	0	4	4	0	113.2	65	31	24	2	40	1	119	0	0	2	438	174	1.94	0.924	5.1	0.2	3.2	9.4	2.98
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
6	CL	Joe Sambito*	28	8	4	.667	2.19	64	0	40	0	0	17	90.1	65	26	22	3	22	3	75	2	0	3	354	151	2.32	0.963	6.5	0.3	2.2	7.5	3.41
7	RP	Joaquín Andújar	27	3	8	.273	3.91	35	14	5	0	0	2	122.0	132	59	53	8	43	2	75	0	0	2	529	84	3.43	1.434	9.7	0.6	3.2	5.5	1.74
8	RP	Dave Smith	25	7	5	.583	1.93	57	0	35	0	0	10	102.2	90	24	22	1	32	7	85	4	1	3	422	171	2.27	1.188	7.9	0.1	2.8	7.5	2.66
9	RP	Frank LaCorte	28	8	5	.615	2.82	55	0	44	0	0	11	83.0	61	29	26	4	43	5	66	0	0	2	342	117	3.34	1.253	6.6	0.4	4.7	7.2	1.53
10	RP	Randy Niemann*	24	0	1	.000	5.45	22	1	3	0	0	1	33.0	40	21	20	2	12	1	18	0	1	0	147	61	3.54	1.576	10.9	0.5	3.3	4.9	1.50
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
11		Gordie Pladson	23	0	4	.000	4.35	12	6	1	0	0	0	41.1	38	23	20	3	16	0	13	0	0	0	175	76	4.23	1.306	8.3	0.7	3.5	2.8	0.81
12		Bert Roberge	25	2	0	1.000	5.92	14	0	2	0	0	0	24.1	24	16	16	2	10	1	9	2	0	3	106	57	4.56	1.397	8.9	0.7	3.7	3.3	0.90
13		Bobby Sprowl*	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5		-0.25	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	27.0	3.00
		Team Totals	30.4	93	70	.571	3.10	163	163	132	31	13	41	1482.2	1367	589	511	69	466	26	929	25	8	38	6160	106	3.10	1.236	8.3	0.4	2.8	5.6	1.99
		Rank in 12 NL teams		1	12		1				3	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	4		1
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