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1978 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

74-88, Finished 5th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Virdon (74-88)
Scored 605 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,126,145 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

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1977 / 1979 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
Jesus Alou 36 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 24, 1942 14 77 27 77 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 1 28 50 0 0.2 $
Joaquin Andujar 25 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 3 36 13 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.1 $
Reggie Baldwin 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 19, 1954 1st 38 13 38 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 -0.2 $
Floyd Bannister 23 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 10, 1955 2 28 16 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $26,000
Dave Bergman 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1953 3 104 49 104 83 0 0 66 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 22 10 0.0 $
Bruce Bochy 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 16, 1955 1st 54 45 54 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.5 $
Enos Cabell 28 R R 6' 4" 170 Oct 8, 1949 7 162 161 162 162 0 0 14 0 153 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Joe Cannon 24 L R 6' 3" 193 Jul 13, 1953 2 8 4 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 3 0 -0.1 $
Cesar Cedeno 27 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 9 50 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 50 0 0 2.2 $
Jose Cruz 30 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 9 153 151 153 152 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 1 0 5.3 $
Tom Dixon 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 23, 1955 2 30 19 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Keith Drumright 23 L R 5' 10" 170 Oct 21, 1954 1st 17 15 17 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Joe Ferguson 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 19, 1946 9 51 46 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.4 $
Mike Fischlin 22 R R 6' 1" 165 Sep 13, 1955 2 44 29 44 41 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 3 4 -1.7 $
Ken Forsch 31 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 8, 1946 9 52 6 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Julio Gonzalez 25 R R 5' 11" 162 Dec 25, 1952 2 78 49 78 70 0 0 0 54 4 17 0 0 0 0 14 3 -1.0 $
Ed Herrmann 31 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 27, 1946 11 16 11 16 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6 $
Wilbur Howard 29 B R 6' 2" 170 Jan 8, 1949 6 84 21 84 41 0 3 0 1 0 0 30 5 4 39 54 5 -0.9 $
Art Howe 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 15, 1946 5 119 116 119 116 0 0 1 107 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.7 $
Rafael Landestoy 25 B R 5' 10" 165 May 28, 1953 2 59 48 59 50 0 0 0 2 0 50 1 2 0 3 10 1 -0.5 $
Mark Lemongello 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 21, 1955 3 33 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $22,500
Jeffrey Leonard 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 22, 1955 2 8 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 8 1 0 0.5 $
Bo McLaughlin 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Oct 23, 1953 3 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Roger Metzger 30 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 9 45 38 45 43 0 0 0 1 0 42 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.8 $
Joe Niekro 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 12 36 29 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Jim Obradovich 28 L L 6' 2" 200 Sep 13, 1949 1st 10 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.1 $
Gene Pentz 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 21, 1953 4 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Terry Puhl 21 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 2 149 145 149 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 106 4 153 2 1 3.3 $ All-Star
Luis Pujols 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 18, 1955 2 56 47 56 55 0 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.9 $
Frank Riccelli 25 L L 6' 3" 205 Feb 24, 1953 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
J.R. Richard 28 R R 6' 8" 222 Mar 7, 1950 8 37 36 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.3 $
Vern Ruhle 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 25, 1951 5 13 10 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Joe Sambito 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1952 3 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $30,000
Jimmy Sexton 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 15, 1951 2 88 39 88 66 0 0 0 3 8 58 0 0 0 0 6 27 0.3 $
Denny Walling 24 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 4 120 55 120 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 5 7 79 45 5 1.2 $
Dan Warthen 25 B L 6' 0" 200 Dec 1, 1952 4 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bob Watson 32 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 13 139 127 139 128 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3.1 $
Rick Williams 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 9, 1952 1st 17 1 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Oscar Zamora 33 R R 5' 10" 178 Sep 23, 1944 4 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
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

Reggie Baldwin
Ed Herrmann
Luis Pujols
Julio Gonzalez
Mike Fischlin
Bruce Bochy
Joe Ferguson
Roger Metzger
Keith Drumright
Dave Bergman

Rafael Landestoy
Art Howe
Jim Obradovich
Joe Cannon
Terry Puhl
Jesus Alou
Enos Cabell
Jimmy Sexton

Jose Cruz
Wilbur Howard
Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Denny Walling
Gene Pentz
Dan Warthen
Rick Williams

Joe Sambito
Joe Niekro
Tom Dixon
Floyd Bannister
Bo McLaughlin
Mark Lemongello
Ken Forsch
Oscar Zamora

Frank Riccelli
Jeffrey Leonard
Joaquin Andujar
Vern Ruhle
J.R. Richard
Oscar Zamora

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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