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1977 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978)
81-81, Finished 3rd in NL West
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Scored 680 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78
Manager: Bill Virdon (81-81)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,109,560 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 91, Pitching - 91;   one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
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1976 / 1978 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Joaquin Andujar 24 B R 6' 0" 180 Dec 21, 1952 2 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Floyd Bannister 22 L L 6' 1" 195 Jun 10, 1955 1st 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Boswell 31 L R 6' 0" 172 Feb 23, 1946 11 72 10 72 28 0 0 0 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 59 0
Enos Cabell 27 R R 6' 5" 185 Oct 8, 1949 6 150 147 150 147 0 0 8 0 144 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Craig Cacek 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Sep 10, 1954 1st 7 4 7 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Joe Cannon 23 L R 6' 3" 193 Jul 13, 1953 1st 9 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 2
Cesar Cedeno 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 25, 1951 8 141 136 141 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 3 2
Willie Crawford 30 L L 6' 1" 205 Sep 7, 1946 14 42 28 42 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 30 13 0
Jose Cruz 29 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 8, 1947 8 157 151 157 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 155 155 4 1
Tom Dixon 22 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 23, 1955 1st 9 4 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ferguson 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 19, 1946 8 132 117 132 123 0 122 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Mike Fischlin 21 R R 6' 1" 165 Sep 13, 1955 1st 13 3 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ken Forsch 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 8, 1946 8 42 5 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Fuller 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 28, 1950 3 34 27 34 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 1 27 6 0
Art Gardner 24 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 21, 1952 2 66 8 66 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 3 26 28 15
Julio Gonzalez 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 25, 1952 1st 110 96 110 105 0 0 0 45 0 65 0 0 0 0 7 5
Ed Herrmann 30 L R 6' 1" 210 Aug 27, 1946 10 56 42 56 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Wilbur Howard 28 B R 6' 2" 175 Jan 8, 1949 5 87 33 87 66 0 0 0 4 0 0 46 15 5 62 25 11
Art Howe 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 15, 1946 4 125 115 125 119 0 0 0 96 20 10 0 0 0 0 7 0
Cliff Johnson 29 R R 6' 4" 225 Jul 22, 1947 6 51 38 51 40 0 0 10 0 0 0 33 0 4 34 12 0
Doug Konieczny 25 R R 6' 4" 220 Sep 27, 1951 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Larson 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 4, 1954 2 33 10 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mark Lemongello 21 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 21, 1955 2 35 30 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bo McLaughlin 23 R R 6' 5" 210 Oct 23, 1953 2 46 6 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Metzger 29 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 8 97 86 97 97 0 0 0 1 0 96 0 0 0 0 1 3
Joe Niekro 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 7, 1944 11 44 14 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Pentz 24 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 21, 1953 3 41 4 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Puhl 20 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1956 1st 60 58 60 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 12 1 59 1 0
Luis Pujols 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1955 1st 6 4 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.R. Richard 27 R R 6' 8" 222 Mar 7, 1950 7 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leon Roberts 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 22, 1951 4 19 5 19 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 9 10 1
Joe Sambito 25 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1952 2 54 1 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Sperring 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 10, 1949 4 58 31 58 51 0 0 0 19 11 24 0 0 0 0 11 1
Roy Thomas 24 R R 6' 6" 200 Jun 22, 1953 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny Walling 23 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 17, 1954 3 6 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 1 0
Danny Walton 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 14, 1947 8 13 3 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Bob Watson 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 10, 1946 12 151 146 151 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1976 / 1978 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played