1976 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1976 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977)
80-82, Finished 3rd in NL West
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Scored 625 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Manager: Bill Virdon (80-82)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		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	Ed Herrmann*	29	79	296	265	14	54	8	0	3	25	0	0	22	40	.204	.273	.268	.541	61	71	6	4	3	2	2
2	1B	Bob Watson	30	157	662	585	76	183	31	3	16	102	3	3	62	64	.313	.377	.458	.835	147	268	12	4	2	9	10
3	2B	Rob Andrews	23	109	448	410	42	105	8	5	0	23	7	3	33	27	.256	.312	.300	.612	82	123	16	0	5	0	1
4	SS	Roger Metzger#	28	152	543	481	37	101	13	8	0	29	1	1	52	63	.210	.286	.270	.556	66	130	11	0	8	2	10
5	3B	Enos Cabell	26	144	622	586	85	160	13	7	2	43	35	8	29	79	.273	.309	.329	.638	89	193	13	2	3	2	1
6	LF	Jose Cruz*	28	133	496	439	49	133	21	5	4	61	28	11	53	46	.303	.377	.401	.777	131	176	6	0	2	2	5
7	CF	Cesar Cedeno	25	150	635	575	89	171	26	5	18	83	58	15	55	51	.297	.357	.454	.811	139	261	16	1	0	4	9
8	RF	Greg Gross*	23	128	501	426	52	122	12	3	0	27	2	6	64	39	.286	.375	.329	.704	110	140	8	0	5	6	3
Rk	Pos		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	UT	Cliff Johnson	28	108	384	318	36	72	21	2	10	49	0	0	62	59	.226	.359	.399	.759	125	127	9	4	0	0	6
10	LF	Leon Roberts	25	87	260	235	31	68	11	2	7	33	1	0	19	43	.289	.347	.443	.790	133	104	2	3	1	2	1
11	OF	Wilbur Howard#	27	94	201	191	26	42	7	2	1	18	7	5	7	28	.220	.245	.293	.538	59	56	5	0	1	2	1
12	2B	Larry Milbourne#	25	59	161	145	22	36	4	0	0	7	6	1	14	10	.248	.319	.276	.595	77	40	3	1	1	0	0
13	3B	Ken Boswell*	30	91	137	126	12	33	8	1	0	18	1	0	8	8	.262	.301	.341	.643	90	43	8	0	1	2	2
14	MI	Jerry Davanon	30	61	130	107	19	31	3	3	1	20	0	2	21	12	.290	.408	.402	.810	141	43	2	1	0	1	1
15	C	Skip Jutze	30	42	97	92	7	14	2	3	0	6	0	0	4	16	.152	.186	.239	.425	25	22	2	0	0	1	0
16	MI	Alex Taveras	20	14	48	46	3	10	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	1	.217	.250	.217	.467	39	10	2	0	0	0	0
17	IF	Art Howe	29	21	35	29	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	.138	.286	.172	.458	38	5	1	0	0	0	1
18	OF	Al Javier	22	8	26	24	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.208	.269	.208	.478	43	5	1	0	0	0	1
19	LF	Rich Chiles*	26	5	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	267	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		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
20	P	J.R. Richard	26	39	104	100	6	14	1	0	2	9	0	0	0	33	.140	.146	.210	.356	4	21	0	1	1	2	0
21	P	Larry Dierker	29	28	69	64	3	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	20	.141	.136	.188	.324	-5	12	1	0	3	2	0
22	P	Joaquin Andujar#	23	28	61	57	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	29	.140	.169	.158	.327	-3	9	0	0	2	0	0
23	P	Dan Larson	21	14	34	31	5	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	3	.290	.313	.387	.700	106	12	0	0	2	0	0
24	P	Joe Niekro	31	36	32	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	.185	.214	.370	.585	71	10	0	0	4	0	0
25	P	Mike Cosgrove*	25	22	30	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.087	.160	.087	.247	-25	2	0	0	5	0	0
26	P	Bo McLaughlin	22	17	23	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.095	.000	.095	-70	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	P	Gilberto Rondon	22	19	16	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	70	4	1	0	2	0	0
28	P	Ken Forsch	29	52	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	-22	1	1	0	2	0	0
29	P	Joe Sambito*	24	20	12	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.222	.417	.222	.639	93	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Mark Lemongello	20	4	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	-65	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Tom Griffin	28	20	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	-47	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Gene Pentz	23	40	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	61	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Mike Barlow*	28	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
34	P	Paul Siebert*	23	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Larry Hardy	28	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Jose Sosa	23	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.6	162	6111	5464	625	1401	195	50	66	571	150	57	530	719	.256	.322	.347	.669	98	1894	127	21	57	39	54
		Rank in 12 NL teams				7	5	5	11	4	10		2	5	5	11	5	3	8	5		8
Rk	Pos		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	J.R. Richard	26	20	15	.571	2.75	39	39	0	14	3	0	291.0	221	105	89	14	151	4	214	4	2	13	1218	116	1.278	6.8	0.4	4.7	6.6	1.42
2	SP	Larry Dierker	29	13	14	.481	3.69	28	28	0	7	4	0	187.2	171	85	77	9	72	6	112	6	2	12	790	86	1.295	8.2	0.4	3.5	5.4	1.56
3	SP	Joaquin Andujar	23	9	10	.474	3.60	28	25	1	9	4	0	172.1	163	74	69	8	75	2	59	1	5	1	729	89	1.381	8.5	0.4	3.9	3.1	0.79
4	SP	Dan Larson	21	5	8	.385	3.02	13	13	0	5	0	0	92.1	81	40	31	3	28	1	42	1	2	1	379	106	1.181	7.9	0.3	2.7	4.1	1.50
5	SP	Mike Cosgrove*	25	3	4	.429	5.52	22	16	1	1	1	0	89.2	106	63	55	6	58	2	34	2	0	5	425	58	1.829	10.6	0.6	5.8	3.4	0.59
6	SP	Bo McLaughlin	22	4	5	.444	2.85	17	11	3	4	2	1	79.0	71	31	25	6	17	1	32	2	0	2	315	112	1.114	8.1	0.7	1.9	3.6	1.88
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Ken Forsch	29	4	3	.571	2.15	52	0	46	0	0	19	92.0	76	23	22	5	26	7	49	2	1	2	372	148	1.109	7.4	0.5	2.5	4.8	1.88
8	RP	Joe Niekro	31	4	8	.333	3.36	36	13	5	0	0	0	118.0	107	60	44	8	56	1	77	1	0	8	515	95	1.381	8.2	0.6	4.3	5.9	1.38
9	RP	Gene Pentz	23	3	3	.500	2.97	40	0	25	0	0	5	63.2	62	26	21	5	31	2	36	1	0	2	279	107	1.461	8.8	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.16
10	RP	Joe Sambito*	24	3	2	.600	3.54	20	4	8	1	1	1	53.1	45	21	21	4	14	1	26	0	0	2	207	90	1.106	7.6	0.7	2.4	4.4	1.86
11	RP	Tom Griffin	28	5	3	.625	6.05	20	2	2	0	0	0	41.2	44	29	28	4	37	2	33	1	0	3	201	53	1.944	9.5	0.9	8.0	7.1	0.89
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		Gilberto Rondon	22	2	2	.500	5.70	19	7	3	0	0	0	53.2	70	37	34	6	39	0	21	0	0	2	264	56	2.031	11.7	1.0	6.5	3.5	0.54
13		Mark Lemongello	20	3	1	.750	2.79	4	4	0	1	0	0	29.0	26	12	9	2	7	2	9	0	0	0	122	114	1.138	8.1	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.29
14		Paul Siebert*	23	0	2	.000	3.16	19	0	6	0	0	0	25.2	29	10	9	0	18	7	10	1	0	1	124	101	1.831	10.2	0.0	6.3	3.5	0.56
15		Mike Barlow	28	2	2	.500	4.50	16	0	7	0	0	0	22.0	27	13	11	0	17	1	11	0	0	1	107	71	2.000	11.0	0.0	7.0	4.5	0.65
16		Larry Hardy	28	0	0		7.06	15	0	11	0	0	3	21.2	34	19	17	2	10	2	10	0	0	1	106	45	2.031	14.1	0.8	4.2	4.2	1.00
17		Jose Sosa	23	0	0		6.94	9	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	16	9	9	0	6	2	5	3	0	1	60	46	1.886	12.3	0.0	4.6	3.9	0.83
		Team Totals	25.6	80	82	.494	3.56	162	162	120	42	15	29	1444.1	1349	657	571	82	662	43	780	25	12	57	6213	90	1.392	8.4	0.5	4.1	4.9	1.18
		Rank in 12 NL teams		6	7		7				5	3	6	9	3	6	5	2	12		9603
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Rob Andrews	23	110	101	917.2	598	228	356	14	66	.977	5.9	7.7	5.9	-3.0	8.9		0		5.73	5.31						2B-SS
Joaquin Andujar	23	28	25	172.1	39	12	24	3	1	.923									1.88	1.29						P
Mike Barlow	28	16	0	22.0	7	0	7	0	0	1.000									2.86	0.44						P
Ken Boswell	30	20	15	126.0	31	8	21	2	4	.935	-2.3	-21.9	-2.3	-1.2	-1.1		0		2.07	1.45						3B-2B-LF
Enos Cabell	26	146	142	1253.2	411	131	263	17	24	.959	6.0	5.7	5.0	-0.7	5.7		1		2.83	2.70						3B-1B
Cesar Cedeno	25	146	145	1276.1	396	379	9	8	5	.980	-0.8	-0.8	-4.8	-7.1	2.2	4			2.74	2.66						CF
Rich Chiles	26	1	0	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.3	540.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0			13.50	1.00						LF
Mike Cosgrove	25	22	16	89.2	16	2	14	0	2	1.000									1.61	0.73						P
Jose Cruz	28	130	114	1025.0	282	266	8	8	4	.972	11.6	13.6	9.6	5.2	4.5	2			2.41	2.11						LF-RF-CF
Jerry Davanon	30	43	25	254.0	154	53	94	7	16	.955	3.5	16.5	3.5	-2.4	5.9		0		5.21	3.42						2B-SS-3B
Larry Dierker	29	28	28	187.2	37	17	18	2	2	.946									1.68	1.25						P
Ken Forsch	29	52	0	92.0	21	4	17	0	0	1.000									2.05	0.40						P
Tom Griffin	28	20	2	41.2	9	2	6	1	1	.889									1.73	0.40						P
Greg Gross	23	115	110	981.1	229	211	13	5	4	.978	7.1	8.7	3.1	0.4	2.7	4			2.05	1.95						RF
Larry Hardy	28	15	0	21.2	4	0	4	0	1	1.000									1.66	0.27						P
Ed Herrmann	29	79	75	660.1	455	412	37	6	5	.987	-3.0	-5.5						-3	6.12	5.68	10	19	66	27	29%	C
Wilbur Howard	27	70	37	384.0	116	101	10	5	2	.957	2.3	7.2	1.3	-0.0	1.3	1	0		2.60	1.59						LF-RF-CF-2B
Art Howe	29	10	6	62.0	24	7	16	1	3	.958	0.5	9.7	0.5	0.7	-0.2		0		3.34	2.30						3B-2B
Al Javier	22	8	7	54.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0.4	-8.9	-0.4	-0.6	0.2	0			1.00	0.75						RF-LF
Cliff Johnson	28	102	92	779.2	512	468	35	9	10	.982	-13.9	-21.4	-3.9	-4.5	0.5	0	0	-10	5.81	4.93	12	21	76	22	22%	C-LF-1B
Skip Jutze	30	42	23	238.2	148	125	21	2	5	.986	-5.0	-25.1						-5	5.51	3.48	10	17	24	10	29%	C
Dan Larson	21	13	13	92.1	20	7	13	0	2	1.000									1.95	1.54						P
Mark Lemongello	20	4	4	29.0	10	1	9	0	0	1.000									3.10	2.50						P
Bo McLaughlin	22	17	11	79.0	20	10	10	0	2	1.000									2.28	1.18						P
Roger Metzger	28	152	151	1321.1	736	258	468	10	93	.986	3.6	3.3	6.6	-2.6	9.2		-3		4.95	4.78						SS-2B
Larry Milbourne	25	32	32	286.1	173	67	100	6	19	.965	-3.7	-15.5	-3.7	-4.3	0.6		0		5.25	5.22						2B
Joe Niekro	31	36	13	118.0	25	9	13	3	1	.880									1.68	0.61						P
Gene Pentz	23	40	0	63.2	15	3	12	0	2	1.000									2.12	0.38						P
J.R. Richard	26	39	39	291.0	68	19	39	10	2	.853									1.79	1.49						P
Leon Roberts	25	62	55	476.2	99	96	1	2	0	.980	-4.9	-12.3	-3.9	-2.6	-1.3	-1			1.83	1.56						LF-RF
Gilberto Rondon	22	19	7	53.2	9	5	4	0	0	1.000									1.51	0.47						P
Joe Sambito	24	20	4	53.1	14	4	10	0	1	1.000									2.36	0.70						P
Paul Siebert	23	19	0	25.2	5	3	1	1	0	.800									1.40	0.21						P
Jose Sosa	23	9	0	11.2	7	2	5	0	0	1.000									5.40	0.78						P
Alex Taveras	20	14	12	102.0	73	26	44	3	4	.959	2.1	24.7	3.1	2.1	1.0		-1		6.18	5.00						SS-2B
Bob Watson	30	155	154	1355.0	1506	1395	96	15	126	.990	-14.7	-13.0	-13.7	-8.1	-5.6		-1		9.90	9.62						1B
Team Totals	26.6	162	1458	12999.0	6273	4333	1800	140	407	.978	-5.8	-0.5	6.2	-28.4	34.5	10	-4	-18	4.25	3.37	32	57	166	59	26%
Rank in 12 NL teams								7	4	5
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1975 / 1977 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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