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1977 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

81-81, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Virdon (81-81)
Scored 680 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78

Ballparks: Astrodome · 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 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 Salary
Joaquin Andujar 24 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 2 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $ All-Star
Floyd Bannister 22 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 10, 1955 1st 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $23,000
Ken Boswell 31 L R 6' 0" 170 Feb 23, 1946 11 72 10 72 28 0 0 0 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 -0.3 $
Enos Cabell 27 R R 6' 4" 170 Oct 8, 1949 6 150 147 150 147 0 0 8 0 144 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.4 $40,000
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 -0.6 $
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 -0.2 $
Cesar Cedeno 26 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 8 141 136 141 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 3 2 4.6 $185,000
Willie Crawford 30 L L 6' 1" 197 Sep 7, 1946 14 42 28 42 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 30 13 0 0.0 $130,000
Jose Cruz 29 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 8 157 151 157 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 155 161 4 1 4.3 $
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 0.3 $
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 4.8 $120,000
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 -0.1 $
Ken Forsch 30 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 8, 1946 8 42 5 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
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 -0.2 $
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 27 28 15 -1.0 $
Julio Gonzalez 24 R R 5' 11" 162 Dec 25, 1952 1st 110 96 110 105 0 0 0 45 0 65 0 0 0 0 7 5 -0.9 $18,500
Ed Herrmann 30 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 27, 1946 10 56 42 56 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.3 $
Wilbur Howard 28 B R 6' 2" 170 Jan 8, 1949 5 87 33 87 66 0 0 0 4 0 0 46 15 5 66 25 11 -0.2 $35,000
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 2.4 $
Cliff Johnson 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 22, 1947 6 51 38 51 40 0 0 10 0 0 0 33 0 4 37 12 0 1.3 $
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 -0.4 $
Dan Larson 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 4, 1954 2 33 10 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2.3 $
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 1.9 $
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 -0.3 $
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 -0.7 $65,000
Joe Niekro 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 11 44 14 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
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 -0.1 $
Terry Puhl 20 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 1st 60 58 60 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 12 1 63 1 0 1.0 $
Luis Pujols 21 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 18, 1955 1st 6 4 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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 5.4 $75,000
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 10 10 1 -0.7 $
Joe Sambito 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1952 2 54 1 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
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 -0.9 $
Roy Thomas 24 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 22, 1953 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Denny Walling 23 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 3 6 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 1 0 0.2 $
Danny Walton 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 14, 1947 8 13 3 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.4 $
Bob Watson 31 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 12 151 146 151 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4.6 $150,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Craig Cacek
Cliff Johnson
Ed Herrmann
Julio Gonzalez
Cliff Johnson
Mike Fischlin
Rob Sperring
Joe Ferguson
Roger Metzger
Jim Fuller

Ken Boswell
Art Howe
Joe Cannon
Willie Crawford
Terry Puhl
Leon Roberts
Enos Cabell
Art Gardner
Jose Cruz

Wilbur Howard
Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Denny Walling
Gene Pentz
Danny Walton
Tom Dixon
Dan Larson

Joe Sambito
Joe Niekro
Tom Dixon
Floyd Bannister
Bo McLaughlin
Mark Lemongello
Ken Forsch
Roy Thomas

Doug Konieczny
Joaquin Andujar
J.R. Richard
Julio Gonzalez
Luis Pujols

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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