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1976 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975/1977)
80-82, Finished 3rd in NL Western Division
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Scored 625 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Managed by Bill Virdon

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1975/1977) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

December 6, 1975

Traded Milt May, Dave Roberts, and Jim Crawford to the Detroit Tigers. Received Leon Roberts, Terry Humphrey, Gene Pentz, and Mark Lemongello.

December 8, 1975

Drafted Gilberto Rondon from the California Angels in the 1975 rule 5 draft.

December 9, 1975

Released Wayne Granger.

December 11, 1975

Traded Doug Rader to the San Diego Padres. Received Joe McIntosh and Larry Hardy.

December 12, 1975

Traded Tommy Helms to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Art Howe (January 6, 1976) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

Traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Joaquin Andujar. The Houston Astros sent Luis Sanchez (December 12, 1975) and Carlos Alfonso (minors) (December 12, 1975) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

December 23, 1975

Traded Manual Lantiqua (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Craig Cacek.

1976

Signed Rich Chiles as a free agent.

January 7, 1976

Drafted Gary Wilson in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

January 8, 1976

Sold Jim York to the New York Yankees.

May 29, 1976 (Standings)

Signed Pedro Hernandez as an amateur free agent.

June 6, 1976 (Standings)

Traded Terry Humphrey and Mike Barlow to the California Angels. Received Ed Herrmann.

June 8, 1976 (Standings)

Drafted Floyd Bannister in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Ron Musselman in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Reggie Baldwin in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Jim Pankovits in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Tom Wiedenbauer in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Dave Smith in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Gary Rajsich in the 11th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Bert Roberge in the 17th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

August 3, 1976 (Standings)

Tom Griffin selected by the San Diego Padres off waivers.

November 23, 1976

Traded Larry Dierker and Jerry Davanon to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Joe Ferguson and Bob Detherage.

November 29, 1976

Signed Jim Fuller as a free agent.

December 6, 1976

Rich Chiles drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

December 8, 1976

Traded Greg Gross to the Chicago Cubs. Received Julio Gonzalez.

January 11, 1977

Drafted John Butcher in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

January 12, 1977

Traded Skip Jutze to the Seattle Mariners. Received Alan Griffin (minors) and cash.

January 25, 1977

Traded Paul Siebert to the San Diego Padres. Received Mike Allen (minors).

March 26, 1977

Traded Rob Andrews and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Willie Crawford and Rob Sperring.

March 30, 1977

Traded Larry Milbourne to the Seattle Mariners. Received Roy Thomas.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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