1981 Houston Astros Roster (40-man)

1980 Season 1982 Season

Record: 61-49-0, Finished 3rd in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

First Half: 28-29, Finished 3rd

Second Half: 33-20, Finished 1st

Postseason: Lost NL Division Series (3-2) to Los Angeles Dodgers

Manager: Bill Virdon (61-49)

General Manager: Al Rosen (Hired 10/26/1980)

Farm Director: Bill Wood

Scouting Director: Lynwood Stallings

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,321,282 (4th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94
One-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 87

Pythagorean W-L: 64-46, 394 Runs, 331 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	Salary
Joaquín Andújar	28	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	170	Dec 21, 1952	6	9	3	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Alan Ashby	29	us US	B	R	6' 2"	185	Jul 8, 1951	9	83	74	83	81	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2.2
Dave Bergman	28	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jun 6, 1953	6	6	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.1
César Cedeño	30	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	175	Feb 25, 1951	12	82	80	82	79	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	34	0	34	2	0	0.4
José Cruz	33	pr PR	L	L	6' 0"	170	Aug 8, 1947	12	107	105	107	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	104	0	0	104	2	0	3.2
Kiko Garcia	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 14, 1953	6	48	34	48	46	0	0	0	9	14	28	0	0	0	0	4	1	1.1
Phil Garner	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Apr 30, 1949	9	31	30	31	31	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.9
Danny Heep	23	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Jul 3, 1957	3	33	23	33	23	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0	-0.2
Art Howe	34	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Dec 15, 1946	8	103	100	103	100	0	0	2	0	98	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.5
Mike Ivie	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Aug 8, 1952	9	19	8	19	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	-0.1
Bob Knepper	27	us US	L	L	6' 3"	195	May 25, 1954	6	22	22	22	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.6		All-Star
Alan Knicely	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	May 19, 1955	3	3	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.3
Frank LaCorte	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Oct 13, 1951	7	37	0	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Rafael Landestoy	28	do DO	B	R	5' 10"	165	May 28, 1953	5	35	24	35	31	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	-1.1
Jeffrey Leonard	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Sep 22, 1955	5	7	4	7	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	-0.1
Scott Loucks	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	178	Nov 11, 1956	2	10	1	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	5	0.3
Joe Niekro	36	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Nov 7, 1944	15	24	24	24	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Bert Peña	21	pr PR	R	R	5' 11"	165	Jul 11, 1959	1st	4	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Joe Pittman	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Jan 1, 1953	1st	52	34	52	38	0	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	-0.2
Gordie Pladson	24	ca CA	R	R	6' 4"	210	Jul 31, 1956	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Terry Puhl	24	ca CA	L	R	6' 2"	195	Jul 8, 1956	5	96	86	96	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	71	88	10	0	1.9
Luis Pujols	25	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	175	Nov 18, 1955	5	40	35	40	39	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.2
Craig Reynolds	28	us US	L	R	6' 1"	175	Dec 27, 1952	7	87	83	87	85	0	0	0	0	0	85	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.5
Dave Roberts	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Feb 17, 1951	9	27	10	27	21	0	1	10	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0.0	$260,000
Vern Ruhle	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jan 25, 1951	8	20	15	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Nolan Ryan HOF	34	us US	R	R	6' 2"	170	Jan 31, 1947	15	21	21	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	$1,125,000	All-Star
Joe Sambito	29	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jun 28, 1952	6	49	0	49	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Tony Scott	29	us US	B	R	6' 0"	164	Sep 18, 1951	8	55	55	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	0	55	0	0	1.3
Billy Smith	26	us US	R	R	6' 7"	200	Sep 13, 1954	1st	10	1	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Dave Smith	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Jan 21, 1955	2	42	0	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Harry Spilman	26	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Jul 18, 1954	4	28	4	28	13	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0.0
Bobby Sprowl	25	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Apr 14, 1956	4	15	1	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Don Sutton HOF	36	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Apr 2, 1945	16	23	23	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	$875,000
Dickie Thon	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Jun 20, 1958	3	49	25	49	43	0	0	0	29	5	13	0	0	0	0	2	10	0.2
Tim Tolman	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Apr 20, 1956	1st	4	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	2	0	-0.1
Denny Walling	27	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 17, 1954	7	65	39	65	50	0	0	27	0	0	0	5	1	21	27	20	1	0.2
Gary Woods	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Jul 20, 1953	5	54	24	54	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	35	40	20	2	-0.1
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	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Bill Virdon	50	us US	Jun 9, 1931	Manager	Apr 9	Oct 4
Deacon Jones	47	us US	Apr 18, 1934		Apr 9	Jun 10
Tony Pacheco	53	cu CU	Jul 9, 1927		Apr 9	Jun 10
Don Leppert	49	us US	Oct 19, 1931	Coach	Apr 9	Jun 10
Bob Lillis	51	us US	Jun 2, 1930	Coach	Apr 9	Jun 10
Mel Wright	53	us US	May 11, 1928	Coach	Apr 9	Jun 10
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date