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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

Team Batting

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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

* - 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

* - 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
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

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