1978 Houston Astros Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 74-88-0, Finished 5th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bill Virdon (74-88)

General Manager: Tal Smith

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 78-84, 605 Runs, 634 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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162. Oct 1, HOU (74-88) beat SFG, 3-0

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	462	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	José 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	Name	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 González	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	César Cedeño	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	Jesús 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	Name	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	Joaquín Andújar#	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	34	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	27.3	162	6035	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	8	10	2	3	10	10	10		9		8		9
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.3	162	5600	5070	584	1351	226	45	69	531	177	58	423	614	.266	.323	.370	.693	101	1874	127	22	40	44	67
		Pitcher Totals	26.8	162	435	388	21	57	5	0	1	26	1	1	11	129	.147	.170	.168	.338	-1	65	7	0	36	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	2.51	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	4.16	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	3.68	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	3.26	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	69	4.15	1.659	9.8	1.1	5.1	7.7	1.49
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	108	2.23	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	2.57	1.298	9.2	0.1	2.5	4.8	1.92
8	RP	Joaquín Andújar	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	97	3.62	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	71	3.22	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	67	5.16	1.971	11.6	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	157	2.72	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	57	5.19	1.667	7.2	0.6	7.8	4.8	0.62
13		Oscar Zamora	34	0	0		7.20	10	0	1	0	0	0	15.0	20	12	12	2	7	3	6	0	1	0	69	47	4.92	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	81	6.43	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		1.92	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	3.34	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		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W