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1978 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
74-88, Finished 5th in NL West
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Scored 605 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Manager: Bill Virdon (74-88)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Jesus Alou 36 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 24, 1942 14 77 27 77 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 1 28 50 0
Joaquin Andujar 25 B R 6' 0" 180 Dec 21, 1952 3 36 13 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Floyd Bannister 23 L L 6' 1" 195 Jun 10, 1955 2 28 16 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Bergman 25 L L 185 Jun 6, 1953 3 104 49 104 83 0 0 66 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 22 10
Bruce Bochy 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Apr 16, 1955 1st 54 45 54 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Enos Cabell 28 R R 6' 5" 185 Oct 8, 1949 7 162 161 162 162 0 0 14 0 153 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Cesar Cedeno 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 25, 1951 9 50 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 50 0 0
Jose Cruz 30 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 8, 1947 9 153 151 153 152 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 1 0
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
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
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
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
Ken Forsch 31 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 8, 1946 9 52 6 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julio Gonzalez 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 25, 1952 2 78 49 78 70 0 0 0 54 4 17 0 0 0 0 14 3
Ed Herrmann 31 L R 6' 1" 210 Aug 27, 1946 11 16 11 16 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Wilbur Howard 29 B R 6' 2" 175 Jan 8, 1949 6 84 21 84 41 0 3 0 1 0 0 30 5 4 38 54 5
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
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
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
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
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
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
Joe Niekro 33 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 7, 1944 12 36 29 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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
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
Terry Puhl 21 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1956 2 149 145 149 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 106 4 148 2 1 All-Star
Luis Pujols 22 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1955 2 56 47 56 55 0 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
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
Vern Ruhle 27 R R 6' 1" 187 Jan 25, 1951 5 13 10 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito 26 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1952 3 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Denny Walling 24 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 17, 1954 4 120 55 120 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 5 7 78 45 5
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
Bob Watson 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 10, 1946 13 139 127 139 128 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
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
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played