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1978 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 31 51 191 150 20 31 5 0 7 22 0 0 37 30 .207 .363 .380 .743 116 57 6 1 1 2 6
2 1B Bob Watson 32 139 527 461 51 133 25 4 14 79 3 1 51 57 .289 .357 .451 .808 133 208 18 4 0 11 16
3 2B Art Howe 31 119 461 420 46 123 33 3 7 55 2 3 34 41 .293 .343 .436 .779 125 183 13 1 1 5 3
4 SS Rafael Landestoy# 25 59 230 218 18 58 5 1 0 9 7 4 8 23 .266 .292 .298 .590 72 65 2 0 4 0 0
5 3B Enos Cabell 28 162 694 660 92 195 31 8 7 71 33 15 22 80 .295 .321 .398 .720 108 263 14 5 3 4 1
6 LF Denny Walling* 24 120 280 247 30 62 11 3 3 36 9 2 30 24 .251 .332 .356 .688 100 88 2 1 0 2 3
7 CF Terry Puhl* 21 149 647 585 87 169 25 6 3 35 32 14 48 46 .289 .343 .368 .711 107 215 11 4 3 7 5
8 RF Jose Cruz* 30 153 627 565 79 178 34 9 10 83 37 9 57 57 .315 .376 .460 .836 142 260 9 0 2 3 9
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 2B Julio Gonzalez 25 78 239 223 24 52 3 1 1 16 6 1 8 31 .233 .263 .269 .532 55 60 7 1 7 0 1
10 UT Dave Bergman* 25 104 228 186 15 43 5 1 0 12 2 0 39 32 .231 .361 .269 .630 86 50 5 0 1 2 9
11 CF Cesar Cedeno 27 50 209 192 31 54 8 2 7 23 23 2 15 24 .281 .333 .453 .786 127 87 4 0 2 0 1
12 C Luis Pujols 22 56 169 153 11 20 8 1 1 11 0 0 12 45 .131 .198 .216 .413 20 33 6 1 2 1 1
13 C Bruce Bochy 23 54 167 154 8 41 8 0 3 15 0 0 11 35 .266 .311 .377 .688 99 58 8 0 0 2 4
14 LF Wilbur Howard# 29 84 158 148 17 34 4 1 1 13 6 2 5 22 .230 .268 .291 .558 62 43 3 3 1 1 0
15 SS Jimmy Sexton 26 88 155 141 17 29 3 2 2 6 16 2 13 28 .206 .273 .298 .571 66 42 0 0 1 0 1
16 LF Jesus Alou 36 77 152 139 7 45 5 1 2 19 0 0 6 5 .324 .345 .417 .762 120 58 4 0 4 3 1
17 SS Roger Metzger# 30 45 138 123 11 27 4 1 0 6 0 0 12 9 .220 .287 .268 .555 62 33 8 0 2 1 3
18 SS Mike Fischlin 22 44 95 86 3 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 .116 .165 .128 .293 -14 11 1 1 4 0 1
19 C Reggie Baldwin 23 38 70 67 5 17 5 0 1 11 0 0 3 3 .254 .286 .373 .659 90 25 3 0 0 0 0
20 2B Keith Drumright* 23 17 59 55 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 .164 .207 .164 .371 9 9 2 0 1 0 0
21 C Ed Herrmann* 31 16 40 36 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .111 .179 .139 .318 -6 5 1 0 1 0 1
22 OF Jeffrey Leonard 22 8 27 26 2 10 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 .385 .407 .462 .869 152 12 0 0 0 0 0
23 1B Jim Obradovich* 28 10 18 17 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 .176 .222 .294 .516 49 5 0 0 0 0 1
24 OF Joe Cannon* 24 8 18 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 30 4 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 28 37 107 101 8 18 0 0 1 10 1 1 1 27 .178 .186 .208 .394 14 21 2 0 5 0 0
26 P Mark Lemongello 22 33 74 64 3 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 22 .172 .221 .188 .408 20 12 1 0 6 0 0
27 P Joe Niekro 33 36 74 65 6 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 .138 .138 .169 .308 -11 11 2 0 9 0 0
28 P Tom Dixon 23 30 44 40 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .100 .122 .100 .222 -35 4 1 0 3 0 0
29 P Floyd Bannister* 23 28 37 31 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .161 .188 .194 .381 11 6 0 0 5 0 0
30 P Ken Forsch 31 52 29 27 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .185 .185 .185 .370 8 5 0 0 2 0 0
31 P Joaquin Andujar# 25 36 28 23 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .130 .167 .174 .341 -1 4 0 0 4 0 0
32 P Vern Ruhle 27 13 21 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .056 .150 .056 .206 -38 1 1 0 1 0 0
33 P Joe Sambito* 26 62 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 34 1 0 0 1 0 0
34 P Rick Williams 25 17 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Bo McLaughlin 24 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Dan Warthen# 25 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Oscar Zamora 33 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Gene Pentz 25 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Frank Riccelli* 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.2 162 6034 5458 605 1408 231 45 70 557 178 59 434 743 .258 .313 .355 .668 94 1939 134 22 76 44 67
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 9 3 8 4 12 2 5 10 11 3 10 10 9 9
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 28 18 11 .621 3.11 36 36 0 16 3 0 275.1 192 104 95 12 141 4 303 2 3 16 1139 106 1.209 6.3 0.4 4.6 9.9 2.15
2 SP Mark Lemongello 22 9 14 .391 3.94 33 30 2 9 1 1 210.1 204 100 92 20 66 5 77 9 3 4 893 84 1.284 8.7 0.9 2.8 3.3 1.17
3 SP Joe Niekro 33 14 14 .500 3.86 35 29 2 10 1 0 202.2 190 97 87 13 73 1 97 9 0 9 861 85 1.298 8.4 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.33
4 SP Tom Dixon 23 7 11 .389 3.99 30 19 4 3 2 1 140.0 140 70 62 8 40 3 66 1 2 0 592 83 1.286 9.0 0.5 2.6 4.2 1.65
5 SP Floyd Bannister* 23 3 9 .250 4.81 28 16 3 2 2 0 110.1 120 59 59 13 63 4 94 1 2 7 502 68 1.659 9.8 1.1 5.1 7.7 1.49
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
6 CL Joe Sambito* 26 4 9 .308 3.07 62 0 45 0 0 11 88.0 85 32 30 5 32 7 96 0 0 1 371 107 1.330 8.7 0.5 3.3 9.8 3.00
7 RP Ken Forsch 31 10 6 .625 2.70 52 6 28 4 2 7 133.1 136 44 40 2 37 13 71 1 0 2 563 122 1.298 9.2 0.1 2.5 4.8 1.92
8 RP Joaquin Andujar 25 5 7 .417 3.42 35 13 11 2 0 1 110.2 88 45 42 3 58 6 55 4 5 3 470 96 1.319 7.2 0.2 4.7 4.5 0.95
9 RP Rick Williams 25 1 2 .333 4.67 17 1 5 0 0 0 34.2 43 19 18 2 10 2 17 0 1 0 159 70 1.529 11.2 0.5 2.6 4.4 1.70
10 RP Bo McLaughlin 24 0 1 .000 5.01 12 1 5 0 0 2 23.1 30 17 13 2 16 2 10 2 1 3 116 66 1.971 11.6 0.8 6.2 3.9 0.63
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
11 Vern Ruhle 27 3 3 .500 2.12 13 10 1 2 2 0 68.0 57 17 16 0 20 1 27 1 1 1 279 156 1.132 7.5 0.0 2.6 3.6 1.35
12 Gene Pentz 25 0 0 6.00 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.0 12 13 10 1 13 3 8 1 0 1 73 55 1.667 7.2 0.6 7.8 4.8 0.62
13 Oscar Zamora 33 0 0 7.20 10 0 1 0 0 0 15.0 20 12 12 2 7 3 6 0 1 0 69 46 1.800 12.0 1.2 4.2 3.6 0.86
14 Dan Warthen* 25 0 1 .000 4.22 5 1 3 0 0 0 10.2 10 5 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 43 78 1.125 8.4 2.5 1.7 1.7 1.00
15 Frank Riccelli* 25 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Team Totals 26.7 74 88 .457 3.63 162 162 114 48 13 23 1440.1 1328 634 581 86 578 54 930 31 21 47 6140 91 1.323 8.3 0.5 3.6 5.8 1.61
Rank in 12 NL teams 9 4 8 1 1 11 7 2 6 8 3 10 9906
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

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
Jesus Alou 36 28 27 205.2 41 39 1 1 0 .976 -3.8 -22.2 -3.8 -3.3 -0.5 0 1.75 1.43 LF-RF
Joaquin Andujar 25 35 13 110.2 42 11 27 4 1 .905 3.09 1.09 P
Reggie Baldwin 23 17 13 114.2 88 76 8 4 1 .955 -3.0 -31.4 -3 6.59 4.94 0 6 19 4 17% C
Floyd Bannister 23 28 16 110.1 7 1 6 0 2 1.000 0.57 0.25 P
Dave Bergman 25 95 49 488.0 349 329 16 4 26 .989 1.4 3.4 2.4 -0.4 2.8 -1 0 6.36 3.63 1B-LF
Bruce Bochy 23 53 45 393.1 311 268 35 8 5 .974 0.0 0.0 0 6.93 5.72 3 8 47 21 31% C
Enos Cabell 28 168 161 1406.1 506 211 277 18 19 .964 -12.0 -10.2 -11.0 -6.9 -4.1 -1 3.12 2.90 3B-1B-SS
Joe Cannon 24 5 4 31.2 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -0.5 -18.9 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0 1.99 1.40 LF-CF
Cesar Cedeno 27 50 50 433.2 153 149 2 2 1 .987 1.8 5.0 2.8 -0.5 3.3 -1 3.13 3.02 CF
Jose Cruz 30 154 151 1337.0 343 330 5 8 1 .977 -2.0 -1.8 5.0 -3.9 8.9 -7 0 2.26 2.18 RF-1B
Tom Dixon 23 30 19 140.0 29 12 16 1 1 .966 1.80 0.93 P
Keith Drumright 23 17 15 128.0 72 27 41 4 9 .944 -0.5 -4.7 -0.5 -1.3 0.8 0 4.78 4.00 2B
Joe Ferguson 31 51 46 414.0 319 288 29 2 0 .994 1.0 2.9 1 6.89 6.22 5 13 36 18 33% C
Mike Fischlin 22 41 29 257.0 125 49 67 9 11 .928 -8.3 -38.8 -7.3 -4.2 -3.2 -1 4.06 2.83 SS
Ken Forsch 31 52 6 133.1 35 9 24 2 0 .943 2.23 0.63 P
Julio Gonzalez 25 75 49 481.1 229 83 139 7 28 .969 -7.0 -17.5 -6.0 -5.8 -0.2 -1 4.15 2.96 2B-SS-3B
Ed Herrmann 31 14 11 98.0 68 65 3 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -12.2 -1 6.24 4.86 1 3 11 3 21% C
Wilbur Howard 29 43 21 230.0 45 42 3 0 0 1.000 -5.4 -28.2 -4.4 -2.9 -1.4 0 -1 1.76 1.05 1 0 2 0 0% LF-RF-CF-C-2B
Art Howe 31 119 116 1004.1 555 240 302 13 51 .977 -3.2 -3.8 -2.2 -6.9 4.7 -1 4.86 4.55 2B-3B-1B
Rafael Landestoy 25 55 48 425.0 206 70 132 4 19 .981 -3.0 -8.5 -2.0 -0.4 -1.5 0 -1 4.28 3.67 SS-CF-LF-2B
Mark Lemongello 22 33 30 210.1 51 15 34 2 1 .961 2.10 1.48 P
Jeffrey Leonard 22 8 7 60.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.3 46.0 1.3 1.2 0.1 1 2.55 2.13 LF-CF-RF
Bo McLaughlin 24 12 1 23.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.33 P
Roger Metzger 30 43 38 335.2 170 59 105 6 21 .965 -3.1 -11.1 -3.1 -2.5 -0.6 0 4.40 3.81 SS-2B
Joe Niekro 33 35 29 202.2 39 18 21 0 3 1.000 1.73 1.11 P
Jim Obradovich 28 3 3 25.2 29 28 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 9.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 10.17 9.67 1B
Gene Pentz 25 10 0 15.0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 5.40 0.90 P
Terry Puhl 21 153 145 1276.0 398 389 6 3 2 .992 2.8 2.6 5.8 -1.8 7.5 -3 2.79 2.58 CF-LF-RF
Luis Pujols 22 56 47 412.2 311 272 33 6 2 .981 -9.1 -26.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -9 6.65 5.45 12 17 52 13 20% C-1B
Frank Riccelli 25 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
J.R. Richard 28 36 36 275.1 70 29 38 3 0 .957 2.19 1.86 P
Vern Ruhle 27 13 10 68.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.85 P
Joe Sambito 26 62 0 88.0 24 6 16 2 3 .917 2.25 0.35 P
Jimmy Sexton 26 69 39 378.2 171 62 104 5 19 .971 -0.7 -2.2 -1.7 -0.2 -1.5 1 3.95 2.41 SS-3B-2B
Denny Walling 24 79 55 540.1 143 136 4 3 2 .979 1.9 4.2 1.9 -2.5 4.4 0 2.33 1.77 LF-RF-CF
Dan Warthen 25 5 1 10.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.40 P
Bob Watson 32 128 127 1045.2 1078 974 95 9 63 .992 6.2 7.1 7.2 3.2 4.0 -1 9.20 8.35 1B
Rick Williams 25 17 1 34.2 9 1 7 1 0 .889 2.08 0.47 P
Oscar Zamora 33 10 0 15.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.80 0.30 P
Team Totals 26.9 162 1458 12963.0 6071 4321 1617 133 294 .978 -45.0 -4.2 -16.0 -39.5 23.5 -11 -5 -13 4.12 3.13 22 47 167 59 26%
Rank in 12 NL teams 10 12 4
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

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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