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1978 Houston Astros

1978 > Class Major League > 1978 National League (West)
Overall: 74-88
Scored 605 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Bill Virdon
Represented: Houston, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1977 / 1979

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Jesus Alou 36 77 152 139 7 45 5 1 2 19 0 0 6 5 .324 .345 .417 .762 58 4 0 4 3 1
2 Joaquin Andujar# 25 36 28 23 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .130 .167 .174 .341 4 0 0 4 0 0
3 Reggie Baldwin 23 38 70 67 5 17 5 0 1 11 0 0 3 3 .254 .286 .373 .659 25 3 0 0 0 0
4 Floyd Bannister* 23 28 37 31 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .161 .188 .194 .381 6 0 0 5 0 0
5 Dave Bergman* 25 104 228 186 15 43 5 1 0 12 2 0 39 32 .231 .361 .269 .630 50 5 0 1 2 9
6 Bruce Bochy 23 54 167 154 8 41 8 0 3 15 0 0 11 35 .266 .311 .377 .688 58 8 0 0 2 4
7 Enos Cabell 28 162 694 660 92 195 31 8 7 71 33 15 22 80 .295 .321 .398 .720 263 14 5 3 4 1
8 Joe Cannon* 24 8 18 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 4 0 0 0 0 0
9 Cesar Cedeno 27 50 209 192 31 54 8 2 7 23 23 2 15 24 .281 .333 .453 .786 87 4 0 2 0 1
10 Jose Cruz* 30 153 627 565 79 178 34 9 10 83 37 9 57 57 .315 .376 .460 .836 260 9 0 2 3 9
11 Tom Dixon 23 30 44 40 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .100 .122 .100 .222 4 1 0 3 0 0
12 Keith Drumright* 23 17 59 55 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 .164 .207 .164 .371 9 2 0 1 0 0
13 Mike Fischlin 22 44 95 86 3 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 .116 .165 .128 .293 11 1 1 4 0 1
14 Ken Forsch 31 52 29 27 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .185 .185 .185 .370 5 0 0 2 0 0
15 Julio Gonzalez 25 78 239 223 24 52 3 1 1 16 6 1 8 31 .233 .263 .269 .532 60 7 1 7 0 1
16 Wilbur Howard# 29 84 158 148 17 34 4 1 1 13 6 2 5 22 .230 .268 .291 .558 43 3 3 1 1 0
17 Art Howe 31 119 461 420 46 123 33 3 7 55 2 3 34 41 .293 .343 .436 .779 183 13 1 1 5 3
18 Rafael Landestoy# 25 59 230 218 18 58 5 1 0 9 7 4 8 23 .266 .292 .298 .590 65 2 0 4 0 0
19 Mark Lemongello 22 33 74 64 3 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 22 .172 .221 .188 .408 12 1 0 6 0 0
20 Jeffrey Leonard 22 8 27 26 2 10 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 .385 .407 .462 .869 12 0 0 0 0 0
21 Bo McLaughlin 24 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Joe Niekro 33 36 74 65 6 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 .138 .138 .169 .308 11 2 0 9 0 0
23 Jim Obradovich* 28 10 18 17 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 .176 .222 .294 .516 5 0 0 0 0 1
24 Gene Pentz 25 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Terry Puhl* 21 149 647 585 87 169 25 6 3 35 32 14 48 46 .289 .343 .368 .711 215 11 4 3 7 5
26 Luis Pujols 22 56 169 153 11 20 8 1 1 11 0 0 12 45 .131 .198 .216 .413 33 6 1 2 1 1
27 J.R. Richard 28 37 107 101 8 18 0 0 1 10 1 1 1 27 .178 .186 .208 .394 21 2 0 5 0 0
28 Vern Ruhle 27 13 21 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .056 .150 .056 .206 1 1 0 1 0 0
29 Joe Sambito* 26 62 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0 1 0 0
30 Jimmy Sexton 26 88 155 141 17 29 3 2 2 6 16 2 13 28 .206 .273 .298 .571 42 0 0 1 0 1
31 Denny Walling* 24 120 280 247 30 62 11 3 3 36 9 2 30 24 .251 .332 .356 .688 88 2 1 0 2 3
32 Dan Warthen# 25 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Bob Watson 32 139 527 461 51 133 25 4 14 79 3 1 51 57 .289 .357 .451 .808 208 18 4 0 11 16
34 Rick Williams 25 17 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Oscar Zamora 33 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Players 26.9 162 6034 5458 605 1408 231 45 70 557 178 59 434 743 .258 .313 .355 .668 1939 134 22 76 44 67
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Joaquin Andujar 25 5 7 .417 3.42 35 13 11 2 0 1 110.2 88 45 42 3 58 6 55 4 5 3 470 1.319 7.2 0.2 4.7 4.5 0.95
2 Floyd Bannister* 23 3 9 .250 4.81 28 16 3 2 2 0 110.1 120 59 59 13 63 4 94 1 2 7 502 1.659 9.8 1.1 5.1 7.7 1.49
3 Tom Dixon 23 7 11 .389 3.99 30 19 4 3 2 1 140.0 140 70 62 8 40 3 66 1 2 0 592 1.286 9.0 0.5 2.6 4.2 1.65
4 Ken Forsch 31 10 6 .625 2.70 52 6 28 4 2 7 133.1 136 44 40 2 37 13 71 1 0 2 563 1.298 9.2 0.1 2.5 4.8 1.92
5 Mark Lemongello 22 9 14 .391 3.94 33 30 2 9 1 1 210.1 204 100 92 20 66 5 77 9 3 4 893 1.284 8.7 0.9 2.8 3.3 1.17
6 Bo McLaughlin 24 0 1 .000 5.01 12 1 5 0 0 2 23.1 30 17 13 2 16 2 10 2 1 3 116 1.971 11.6 0.8 6.2 3.9 0.63
7 Joe Niekro 33 14 14 .500 3.86 35 29 2 10 1 0 202.2 190 97 87 13 73 1 97 9 0 9 861 1.298 8.4 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.33
8 Gene Pentz 25 0 0 6.00 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.0 12 13 10 1 13 3 8 1 0 1 73 1.667 7.2 0.6 7.8 4.8 0.62
9 Frank Riccelli* 25 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
10 J.R. Richard 28 18 11 .621 3.11 36 36 0 16 3 0 275.1 192 104 95 12 141 4 303 2 3 16 1139 1.209 6.3 0.4 4.6 9.9 2.15
11 Vern Ruhle 27 3 3 .500 2.12 13 10 1 2 2 0 68.0 57 17 16 0 20 1 27 1 1 1 279 1.132 7.5 0.0 2.6 3.6 1.35
12 Joe Sambito* 26 4 9 .308 3.07 62 0 45 0 0 11 88.0 85 32 30 5 32 7 96 0 0 1 371 1.330 8.7 0.5 3.3 9.8 3.00
13 Dan Warthen* 25 0 1 .000 4.22 5 1 3 0 0 0 10.2 10 5 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 43 1.125 8.4 2.5 1.7 1.7 1.00
14 Rick Williams 25 1 2 .333 4.67 17 1 5 0 0 0 34.2 43 19 18 2 10 2 17 0 1 0 159 1.529 11.2 0.5 2.6 4.4 1.70
15 Oscar Zamora 33 0 0 7.20 10 0 1 0 0 0 15.0 20 12 12 2 7 3 6 0 1 0 69 1.800 12.0 1.2 4.2 3.6 0.86
15 Players 26.6 74 88 .457 3.63 162 162 114 48 17 23 1440.1 1328 634 581 86 578 54 930 31 21 47 6140 1.323 8.3 0.5 3.6 5.8 1.61

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Luis Pujols 55 271 33 6 2 .981 5.53 12 52 13 20%
Bruce Bochy 53 268 35 8 5 .974 5.72 3 47 21 31%
Reggie Baldwin 17 76 8 4 1 .955 4.94 0 19 4 17%
Wilbur Howard 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 1 2 0 0%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bob Watson 128 974 95 9 63 .992 8.35
Dave Bergman 66 280 16 2 26 .993 4.48
Enos Cabell 14 75 3 0 4 1.000 5.57
Jim Obradovich 3 28 1 0 1 1.000 9.67
Jose Cruz 2 17 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Art Howe 1 6 0 1 0 .857 6.00
Luis Pujols 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Art Howe 107 224 289 12 51 .977 4.79
Julio Gonzalez 54 62 112 3 21 .983 3.22
Keith Drumright 17 27 41 4 9 .944 4.00
Jimmy Sexton 3 3 6 1 1 .900 3.00
Rafael Landestoy 2 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.50
Wilbur Howard 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Enos Cabell 153 136 274 18 15 .958 2.68
Art Howe 11 10 13 0 0 1.000 2.09
Jimmy Sexton 8 0 3 1 0 .750 0.38
Julio Gonzalez 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jimmy Sexton 58 59 95 3 18 .981 2.66
Rafael Landestoy 50 65 132 4 18 .980 3.94
Mike Fischlin 41 49 67 9 11 .928 2.83
Julio Gonzalez 17 19 25 4 7 .917 2.59
Enos Cabell 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Denny Walling 66 0.00
Terry Puhl 43 0.00
Wilbur Howard 30 0.00
Dave Bergman 29 0.00
Jesus Alou 27 0.00
Jeffrey Leonard 4 0.00
Joe Cannon 3 0.00
Rafael Landestoy 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Terry Puhl 109 0.00
Cesar Cedeno 50 0.00
Denny Walling 7 0.00
Wilbur Howard 5 0.00
Joe Cannon 2 0.00
Rafael Landestoy 2 0.00
Jeffrey Leonard 2 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jose Cruz 152 0.00
Wilbur Howard 4 0.00
Terry Puhl 4 0.00
Denny Walling 4 0.00
Jeffrey Leonard 2 0.00
Jesus Alou 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jose Cruz 152 311 4 8 0 .975 2.07
Terry Puhl 148 386 6 3 2 .992 2.65
Denny Walling 78 140 4 3 2 .980 1.85
Cesar Cedeno 50 149 2 2 1 .987 3.02
Wilbur Howard 38 39 2 0 0 1.000 1.08
Dave Bergman 29 48 0 2 0 .960 1.66
Jesus Alou 28 40 1 1 0 .976 1.46
Jeffrey Leonard 8 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.13
Joe Cannon 5 7 0 2 0 .778 1.40
Rafael Landestoy 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Sambito 62 6 16 2 3 .917 0.35
Ken Forsch 52 9 24 2 0 .943 0.63
J.R. Richard 36 29 38 3 0 .957 1.86
Joaquin Andujar 35 11 27 4 1 .905 1.09
Joe Niekro 35 18 21 0 3 1.000 1.11
Mark Lemongello 33 15 34 2 1 .961 1.48
Tom Dixon 30 12 16 1 1 .966 0.93
Floyd Bannister 28 1 6 0 2 1.000 0.25
Rick Williams 17 1 7 1 0 .889 0.47
Vern Ruhle 13 4 7 0 0 1.000 0.85
Bo McLaughlin 12 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.33
Gene Pentz 10 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.90
Oscar Zamora 10 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.30
Dan Warthen 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.40
Frank Riccelli 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jesus Alou 36 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Mar 24, 1942 Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, DO 1978-04-07 1978-10-01
Joaquin Andujar 25 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO 1978-04-08 1978-09-30
Reggie Baldwin 23 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Aug 19, 1954 River Rouge, MI, US 1978-05-25 1978-09-30
Floyd Bannister 23 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Jun 10, 1955 Pierre, SD, US 1978-04-10 1978-09-24
Dave Bergman 25 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Jun 6, 1953 Evanston, IL, US 1978-04-06 1978-09-30
Bruce Bochy 23 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Apr 16, 1955 Landes de Bussac, FR 1978-07-19 1978-10-01
Enos Cabell 28 R R 6' 4.0" 170 Oct 8, 1949 Fort Riley, KS, US 1978-04-06 1978-10-01
Joe Cannon 24 L R 6' 3.0" 193 Jul 13, 1953 Camp LeJeune, NC, US 1978-09-12 1978-10-01
Cesar Cedeno 27 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Feb 25, 1951 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO 1978-04-06 1978-10-01
Jose Cruz 30 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 Arroyo, PR 1978-04-06 1978-09-30
Tom Dixon 23 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Apr 23, 1955 Orlando, FL, US 1978-04-06 1978-09-30
Keith Drumright 23 L R 5' 10.0" 170 Oct 21, 1954 Springfield, MO, US 1978-09-01 1978-09-29
Joe Ferguson 31 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Sep 19, 1946 San Francisco, CA, US 1978-04-06 1978-06-28
Mike Fischlin 22 R R 6' 1.0" 165 Sep 13, 1955 Sacramento, CA, US 1978-06-16 1978-10-01
Ken Forsch 31 R R 6' 4.0" 195 Sep 8, 1946 Sacramento, CA, US 1978-04-09 1978-09-28
Julio Gonzalez 25 R R 5' 11.0" 162 Dec 25, 1952 Caguas, PR 1978-04-10 1978-10-01
Ed Herrmann 31 L R 6' 1.0" 195 Aug 27, 1946 San Diego, CA, US 1978-04-09 1978-06-03
Wilbur Howard 29 S R 6' 2.0" 170 Jan 8, 1949 Lowell, NC, US 1978-04-06 1978-09-30
Art Howe 31 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Dec 15, 1946 Pittsburgh, PA, US 1978-04-06 1978-10-01
Rafael Landestoy 25 S R 5' 10.0" 165 May 28, 1953 Bani, Peravia, DO 1978-07-08 1978-09-30
Mark Lemongello 22 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Jul 21, 1955 Jersey City, NJ, US 1978-04-09 1978-10-01
Jeffrey Leonard 22 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Sep 22, 1955 Philadelphia, PA, US 1978-09-14 1978-10-01
Bo McLaughlin 24 R R 6' 5.0" 210 Oct 23, 1953 Oakland, CA, US 1978-06-20 1978-07-23
Roger Metzger 30 S R 6' 0.0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 Fredericksburg, TX, US 1978-04-06 1978-06-12
Joe Niekro 33 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Nov 7, 1944 Martins Ferry, OH, US 1978-04-07 1978-10-01
Jim Obradovich 28 L L 6' 2.0" 200 Sep 13, 1949 Fort Campbell, KY, US 1978-09-12 1978-09-29
Gene Pentz 25 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Jun 21, 1953 Johnstown, PA, US 1978-04-06 1978-05-03
Terry Puhl 21 L R 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 8, 1956 Melville, SK, CA 1978-04-06 1978-09-30
Luis Pujols 22 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Nov 18, 1955 Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Rodriguez, DO 1978-06-29 1978-09-29
Frank Riccelli 25 L L 6' 3.0" 205 Feb 24, 1953 Syracuse, NY, US 1978-09-17 1978-09-22
J.R. Richard 28 R R 6' 8.0" 222 Mar 7, 1950 Vienna, LA, US 1978-04-06 1978-09-28
Vern Ruhle 27 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jan 25, 1951 Coleman, MI, US 1978-07-20 1978-10-01
Joe Sambito 26 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Jun 28, 1952 Brooklyn, NY, US 1978-04-06 1978-09-30
Jimmy Sexton 26 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 15, 1951 Mobile, AL, US 1978-04-07 1978-10-01
Denny Walling 24 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 Neptune, NJ, US 1978-04-06 1978-10-01
Dan Warthen 25 S L 6' 0.0" 200 Dec 1, 1952 Omaha, NE, US 1978-09-04 1978-09-29
Bob Watson 32 R R 6' 0.0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 Los Angeles, CA, US 1978-04-06 1978-10-01
Rick Williams 25 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Nov 9, 1952 Merced, CA, US 1978-06-12 1978-09-28
Oscar Zamora 33 R R 5' 10.0" 178 Sep 23, 1944 Camaguey, Camaguey, CU 1978-05-21 1978-07-21

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