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1976 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977

80-82, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Virdon (80-82)
Scored 625 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 886,146 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 91 · one-year: Batting - 86, Pitching - 86

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1975 / 1977 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Rob Andrews 23 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 11, 1952 2 109 101 109 108 0 0 0 108 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.3
Joaquin Andujar 23 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 1st 28 25 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Mike Barlow 28 L R 6' 6" 210 Apr 30, 1948 2 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Ken Boswell 30 L R 6' 0" 170 Feb 23, 1946 10 91 15 91 20 0 0 0 3 16 0 1 0 0 1 76 0 -0.1
Enos Cabell 26 R R 6' 4" 170 Oct 8, 1949 5 144 142 144 143 0 0 3 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2
Cesar Cedeno 25 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 7 150 145 150 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 146 5 0 6.0 All-Star
Rich Chiles 26 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 22, 1949 4 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0.1
Mike Cosgrove 25 L L 6' 1" 170 Feb 17, 1951 5 22 16 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.1
Jose Cruz 28 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 7 133 114 133 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 14 32 130 11 1 4.4
Jerry DaVanon 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 21, 1945 7 61 25 61 43 0 0 0 18 9 18 0 0 0 0 20 8 1.4
Larry Dierker 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 13 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Ken Forsch 29 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 8, 1946 7 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 All-Star
Tom Griffin 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1948 8 20 2 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Greg Gross 23 L L 5' 10" 160 Aug 1, 1952 4 128 110 128 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 115 15 1 2.7
Larry Hardy 28 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 10, 1948 3 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Ed Herrmann 29 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 27, 1946 9 79 75 79 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Wilbur Howard 27 B R 6' 2" 170 Jan 8, 1949 4 94 37 94 65 0 0 0 2 0 0 37 11 20 68 26 15 -0.6
Art Howe 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 15, 1946 3 21 6 21 10 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 -0.2
Al Javier 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 4, 1954 1st 8 7 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 8 1 0 -0.2
Cliff Johnson 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 22, 1947 5 108 92 108 98 0 66 16 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 11 0 1.1
Skip Jutze 30 R R 5' 11" 190 May 28, 1946 5 42 23 42 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 -1.1
Dan Larson 21 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 4, 1954 1st 14 13 14 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.9
Mark Lemongello 20 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 21, 1955 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bo McLaughlin 22 R R 6' 5" 210 Oct 23, 1953 1st 17 11 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Roger Metzger 28 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 7 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 2 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Larry Milbourne 25 B R 6' 0" 161 Feb 14, 1951 3 59 32 59 32 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 0.0
Joe Niekro 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 10 36 13 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Gene Pentz 23 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 21, 1953 2 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
J.R. Richard 26 R R 6' 8" 222 Mar 7, 1950 6 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9
Leon Roberts 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 22, 1951 3 87 55 87 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 12 62 30 0 1.3
Gil Rondon 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 18, 1953 1st 19 7 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Joe Sambito 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1952 1st 20 4 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Paul Siebert 23 L L 6' 2" 205 Jun 5, 1953 3 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jose Sosa 23 R R 5' 11" 158 Dec 28, 1952 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Alex Taveras 20 R R 5' 10" 155 Oct 9, 1955 1st 14 12 14 14 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2
Bob Watson 30 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 11 157 154 157 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.6
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Cliff Johnson
Ed Herrmann
Skip Jutze
Larry Milbourne
Rob Andrews
Roger Metzger
Alex Taveras
Jerry DaVanon

Ken Boswell
Art Howe
Rich Chiles
Greg Gross
Leon Roberts
Enos Cabell
Jose Cruz
Wilbur Howard

Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Al Javier
Gene Pentz
Paul Siebert
Dan Larson
Joe Sambito
Joe Niekro

Mike Cosgrove
Tom Griffin
Mike Barlow
Bo McLaughlin
Larry Hardy
Ken Forsch
Jose Sosa
Gil Rondon
Joaquin Andujar

Larry Dierker
J.R. Richard
Mark Lemongello
Joaquin Andujar
Larry Hardy

1975 / 1977 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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