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1977 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 Joe Ferguson 30 132 511 421 59 108 21 3 16 61 6 2 85 79 .257 .379 .435 .814 127 183 11 0 2 3 7
2 1B Bob Watson 31 151 623 554 77 160 38 6 22 110 5 0 57 69 .289 .360 .498 .858 138 276 8 7 1 4 11
3 2B Art Howe 30 125 463 413 44 109 23 7 8 58 0 1 41 60 .264 .336 .412 .748 108 170 10 5 2 2 6
4 SS Roger Metzger# 29 97 307 269 24 50 9 6 0 16 2 0 32 24 .186 .272 .264 .535 51 71 7 0 5 1 3
5 3B Enos Cabell 27 150 660 625 101 176 36 7 16 68 42 22 27 55 .282 .313 .438 .751 108 274 8 3 2 3 2
6 LF Terry Puhl* 20 60 265 229 40 69 13 5 0 10 10 1 30 31 .301 .385 .402 .786 121 92 3 1 5 0 0
7 CF Cesar Cedeno 26 141 598 530 92 148 36 8 14 71 61 14 47 50 .279 .346 .457 .802 123 242 10 11 2 8 7
8 RF Jose Cruz* 29 157 661 579 87 173 31 10 17 87 44 23 69 67 .299 .368 .475 .843 134 275 4 0 3 10 13
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 MI Julio Gonzalez 24 110 413 383 34 94 18 3 1 27 3 3 19 45 .245 .287 .316 .603 69 121 7 4 5 2 1
10 LF Wilbur Howard# 28 87 199 187 22 48 6 0 2 13 11 1 5 30 .257 .276 .321 .597 67 60 4 0 7 0 1
11 C Ed Herrmann* 30 56 179 158 7 46 7 0 1 17 1 1 15 18 .291 .352 .354 .707 99 56 3 1 3 2 1
12 LF Cliff Johnson 29 51 171 144 22 43 8 0 10 23 0 1 23 30 .299 .409 .563 .972 169 81 1 4 0 0 2
13 MI Rob Sperring 27 58 143 129 6 24 3 0 1 9 0 0 12 23 .186 .254 .233 .486 37 30 4 0 1 1 2
14 LF Willie Crawford* 30 42 132 114 14 29 3 0 2 18 0 0 16 10 .254 .341 .333 .674 90 38 1 0 0 2 1
15 LF Jim Fuller 26 34 112 100 5 16 6 0 2 9 0 1 10 45 .160 .243 .280 .523 46 28 0 1 1 0 1
16 2B Ken Boswell* 31 72 108 97 7 21 1 1 0 12 0 0 10 12 .216 .287 .247 .534 51 24 5 0 0 1 1
17 OF Art Gardner* 24 66 70 65 7 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 15 .154 .203 .154 .357 2 10 3 1 1 0 1
18 OF Leon Roberts 26 19 28 27 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .074 .107 .074 .181 -48 2 1 0 0 0 0
19 OF Denny Walling* 23 6 23 21 1 6 0 1 0 6 0 1 2 4 .286 .348 .381 .729 104 8 0 0 0 0 0
20 1B Craig Cacek 22 7 21 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .050 .095 .050 .145 -58 1 2 0 0 0 0
21 1B Danny Walton 29 13 21 21 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .190 .190 .190 .381 7 4 0 0 0 0 0
22 LF Joe Cannon* 23 9 17 17 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 .118 .118 .235 .353 -4 4 0 0 0 0 0
23 SS Mike Fischlin 21 13 15 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 12 3 0 0 0 0 0
24 C Luis Pujols 21 6 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .067 .067 .067 .133 -63 1 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
25 P J.R. Richard 27 36 100 87 10 20 0 2 2 7 1 0 1 28 .230 .247 .345 .592 64 30 1 1 11 0 0
26 P Mark Lemongello 21 35 75 69 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 .087 .100 .116 .216 -40 8 1 1 5 0 0
27 P Joaquin Andujar# 24 26 60 53 6 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 27 .189 .232 .226 .459 29 12 0 0 4 0 0
28 P Joe Niekro 32 44 55 50 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .140 .173 .140 .313 -11 7 2 0 3 0 0
29 P Floyd Bannister* 22 24 55 48 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .188 .204 .188 .392 11 9 1 0 6 0 0
30 P Dan Larson 22 33 29 28 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .214 .241 .214 .456 29 6 1 0 0 0 0
31 P Ken Forsch 30 42 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -36 1 0 0 1 0 0
32 P Joe Sambito* 25 54 13 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .154 .308 -13 2 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Gene Pentz 24 41 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Bo McLaughlin 23 46 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0
35 P Tom Dixon 22 9 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0
36 P Doug Konieczny 25 4 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 1 0 0
37 P Roy Thomas 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 162 6200 5530 680 1405 263 60 114 638 187 72 515 839 .254 .320 .385 .705 97 2130 98 40 76 39 60
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 8 8 6 1 9 2 4 9 9 8 10 8 9 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
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* - 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 27 18 12 .600 2.97 36 36 0 13 3 0 267.0 212 94 88 18 104 1 214 0 1 6 1092 120 1.184 7.1 0.6 3.5 7.2 2.06
2 SP Mark Lemongello 21 9 14 .391 3.48 34 30 1 5 0 0 214.2 237 88 83 20 52 4 83 3 3 0 910 102 1.346 9.9 0.8 2.2 3.5 1.60
3 SP Joaquin Andujar 24 11 8 .579 3.69 26 25 1 4 1 0 158.2 149 80 65 11 64 3 69 4 2 2 678 97 1.342 8.5 0.6 3.6 3.9 1.08
4 SP Floyd Bannister* 22 8 9 .471 4.04 24 23 0 4 1 0 142.2 138 70 64 11 68 1 112 4 2 6 622 88 1.444 8.7 0.7 4.3 7.1 1.65
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
5 CL Ken Forsch 30 5 8 .385 2.72 42 5 28 0 0 8 86.0 80 32 26 2 28 6 45 2 0 3 364 131 1.256 8.4 0.2 2.9 4.7 1.61
6 RP Joe Niekro 32 13 8 .619 3.04 44 14 12 9 2 5 180.2 155 66 61 14 64 3 101 1 1 5 737 117 1.212 7.7 0.7 3.2 5.0 1.58
7 RP Joe Sambito* 25 5 5 .500 2.33 54 1 32 0 0 7 89.0 77 34 23 6 24 2 67 0 1 2 357 153 1.135 7.8 0.6 2.4 6.8 2.79
8 RP Gene Pentz 24 5 2 .714 3.83 41 4 16 0 0 2 87.0 76 41 37 8 44 5 51 1 2 9 375 93 1.379 7.9 0.8 4.6 5.3 1.16
9 RP Bo McLaughlin 23 4 7 .364 4.25 46 6 29 0 0 5 84.2 81 44 40 6 34 6 59 6 1 3 359 84 1.358 8.6 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.74
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
10 Dan Larson 22 1 7 .125 5.81 32 10 5 1 0 1 97.2 108 72 63 13 45 2 44 2 1 9 443 61 1.567 10.0 1.2 4.1 4.1 0.98
11 Tom Dixon 22 1 0 1.000 3.26 9 4 0 1 0 0 30.1 40 12 11 0 7 0 15 1 1 1 135 109 1.549 11.9 0.0 2.1 4.5 2.14
12 Doug Konieczny 25 1 1 .500 6.00 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.0 26 15 14 1 8 0 7 1 0 0 97 59 1.619 11.1 0.4 3.4 3.0 0.88
13 Roy Thomas 24 0 0 2.84 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 27 125 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 5.7 1.33
Team Totals 25.1 81 81 .500 3.54 162 162 125 37 7 28 1465.2 1384 650 577 110 545 33 871 25 17 46 6196 101 1.316 8.5 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.60
Rank in 12 NL teams 6 6 2 1 5 11 6 2 2 2 1 9 10489
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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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
Joaquin Andujar 24 26 25 158.2 60 14 38 8 1 .867 2.95 2.00 P
Floyd Bannister 22 24 23 142.2 20 6 14 0 1 1.000 1.26 0.83 P
Ken Boswell 31 28 10 125.0 68 33 35 0 9 1.000 1.8 17.3 1.8 2.2 -0.4 0 4.90 2.43 2B-3B
Enos Cabell 27 153 147 1300.2 488 176 288 24 19 .951 -5.9 -5.4 -4.9 -2.1 -2.8 -1 3.21 3.03 3B-1B-SS
Craig Cacek 22 6 4 44.1 54 52 1 1 6 .981 -0.2 -5.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 10.76 8.83 1B
Joe Cannon 23 3 3 25.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 19.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.16 2.00 LF
Cesar Cedeno 26 137 136 1184.2 351 336 14 1 2 .997 4.8 4.9 -2.2 -1.6 -0.6 7 2.66 2.55 CF
Willie Crawford 30 30 28 229.2 51 49 0 2 0 .961 -0.9 -4.7 -0.9 2.1 -3.0 0 1.92 1.63 LF
Jose Cruz 29 161 151 1358.1 328 308 11 9 1 .973 7.7 6.8 8.7 6.4 2.3 -1 2.11 1.98 RF-CF
Tom Dixon 22 9 4 30.1 10 2 6 2 0 .800 2.37 0.89 P
Joe Ferguson 30 123 117 1050.2 735 644 80 11 10 .985 2.9 3.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 3 6.20 5.89 16 32 94 61 39% C-1B
Mike Fischlin 21 12 3 42.2 20 3 17 0 1 1.000 0.8 22.5 0.8 0.6 0.2 0 4.22 1.67 SS
Ken Forsch 30 42 5 86.0 26 10 15 1 1 .962 2.62 0.60 P
Jim Fuller 26 28 27 235.1 67 61 5 1 1 .985 3.0 15.3 3.0 1.1 1.9 0 0 2.52 2.36 LF-RF-1B
Art Gardner 24 27 8 116.2 34 33 1 0 1 1.000 1.3 13.4 0.3 -1.7 2.0 1 2.62 1.26 CF-LF-RF
Julio Gonzalez 24 108 96 867.2 474 154 293 27 56 .943 -3.2 -4.4 -4.2 -0.9 -3.3 1 4.64 4.14 SS-2B
Ed Herrmann 30 49 42 387.0 312 280 29 3 2 .990 -4.0 -12.4 -4 7.19 6.31 7 13 45 15 25% C
Wilbur Howard 28 70 33 391.1 112 107 4 1 1 .991 5.9 18.1 3.9 -1.2 5.0 2 0 2.55 1.59 LF-CF-RF-2B
Art Howe 30 126 115 1010.2 554 213 333 8 52 .986 4.5 5.3 5.5 2.4 3.1 -1 4.86 4.33 2B-3B-SS
Cliff Johnson 29 47 38 326.0 130 116 11 3 8 .977 -3.3 -12.1 -1.3 -0.1 -1.2 -2 0 3.51 2.70 LF-1B-RF
Doug Konieczny 25 4 4 21.0 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 3.43 2.00 P
Dan Larson 22 32 10 97.2 27 11 14 2 0 .926 2.30 0.78 P
Mark Lemongello 21 34 30 214.2 58 23 30 5 1 .914 2.22 1.56 P
Bo McLaughlin 23 46 6 84.2 24 7 15 2 1 .917 2.34 0.48 P
Roger Metzger 29 97 86 759.0 401 130 260 11 45 .973 -3.4 -5.4 -3.4 -3.0 -0.5 0 4.62 4.02 SS-2B
Joe Niekro 32 44 14 180.2 42 11 31 0 7 1.000 2.09 0.95 P
Gene Pentz 24 41 4 87.0 18 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.86 0.44 P
Terry Puhl 20 63 58 514.1 121 117 3 1 0 .992 -1.7 -4.0 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 -1 2.10 1.90 LF-CF-RF
Luis Pujols 21 6 4 37.0 22 18 4 0 0 1.000 1.0 32.4 1 5.35 3.67 1 1 4 4 50% C
J.R. Richard 27 36 36 267.0 70 26 44 0 2 1.000 2.36 1.94 P
Leon Roberts 26 10 5 48.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -34.8 -1.4 -0.2 -1.3 0 0.93 0.50 RF-LF
Joe Sambito 25 54 1 89.0 23 4 17 2 1 .913 2.12 0.39 P
Rob Sperring 27 53 31 312.0 161 57 98 6 15 .963 1.4 5.4 1.4 1.5 -0.2 0 4.47 2.92 2B-SS-3B
Roy Thomas 24 4 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.25 P
Denny Walling 23 5 5 48.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 37.2 1.5 1.5 0.0 0 2.42 2.60 RF-LF-CF
Danny Walton 29 5 3 32.1 45 41 2 2 1 .956 -0.9 -33.4 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 0 11.97 8.60 1B
Bob Watson 31 146 146 1278.1 1458 1331 118 9 100 .994 7.5 7.0 7.5 6.0 1.5 0 10.20 9.92 1B
Team Totals 27.3 162 1458 13191.0 6390 4397 1851 142 345 .978 19.6 1.8 14.6 12.0 2.2 6 -1 0 4.26 3.34 24 46 143 80 36%
Rank in 12 NL teams 6 8 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

1976 / 1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics