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1979 Houston Astros Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
89-73, Finished 2nd in NL West
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Scored 583 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Manager: Bill Virdon (89-73)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,900,312 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94;   one-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 89
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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 29 18 13 .581 2.71 38 38 0 19 4 0 292.1 220 98 88 13 98 5 313 3 1 19 1175 130 1.088 6.8 0.4 3.0 9.6 3.19
2 SP Joe Niekro 34 21 11 .656 3.00 38 38 0 11 5 0 263.2 221 102 88 17 107 1 119 7 0 19 1095 117 1.244 7.5 0.6 3.7 4.1 1.11
3 SP Ken Forsch 32 11 6 .647 3.04 26 24 1 10 2 0 177.2 155 67 60 14 35 2 58 0 1 0 700 116 1.069 7.9 0.7 1.8 2.9 1.66
4 SP Rick Williams 26 4 7 .364 3.26 31 16 3 2 2 0 121.1 122 45 44 6 30 1 37 2 1 0 508 108 1.253 9.0 0.4 2.2 2.7 1.23
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 Joe Sambito* 27 8 7 .533 1.77 63 0 51 0 0 22 91.1 80 20 18 8 23 4 83 4 0 0 375 198 1.128 7.9 0.8 2.3 8.2 3.61
6 RP Joaquin Andujar 26 12 12 .500 3.43 46 23 9 8 0 4 194.0 168 86 74 7 88 6 77 2 0 5 825 102 1.320 7.8 0.3 4.1 3.6 0.88
7 RP Randy Niemann* 23 3 2 .600 3.76 26 7 4 3 2 1 67.0 68 32 28 1 22 3 24 1 2 0 287 93 1.343 9.1 0.1 3.0 3.2 1.09
8 RP Bert Roberge 24 3 0 1.000 1.69 26 0 12 0 0 4 32.0 20 6 6 0 17 0 13 0 0 2 120 208 1.156 5.6 0.0 4.8 3.7 0.76
9 RP Tom Dixon 24 1 2 .333 6.66 19 1 6 0 0 0 25.2 39 23 19 2 15 1 9 0 0 0 130 53 2.104 13.7 0.7 5.3 3.2 0.60
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 Vern Ruhle 28 2 6 .250 4.07 13 10 0 2 2 0 66.1 64 33 30 9 8 0 33 2 0 2 269 86 1.085 8.7 1.2 1.1 4.5 4.13
11 Frank LaCorte 27 1 2 .333 5.00 12 3 3 0 0 0 27.0 21 16 15 3 10 1 24 0 0 1 114 70 1.148 7.0 1.0 3.3 8.0 2.40
12 George Throop 28 1 0 1.000 3.22 14 0 2 0 0 0 22.1 23 10 8 4 11 0 15 1 0 1 100 109 1.522 9.3 1.6 4.4 6.0 1.36
13 Frank Riccelli* 26 2 2 .500 4.09 11 2 3 0 0 0 22.0 22 11 10 0 18 0 20 0 0 2 103 86 1.818 9.0 0.0 7.4 8.2 1.11
14 Bo McLaughlin 25 1 2 .333 5.51 12 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 22 15 10 2 4 0 12 0 0 1 76 64 1.592 12.1 1.1 2.2 6.6 3.00
15 Pete Ladd 22 1 1 .500 2.92 10 0 4 0 0 0 12.1 8 5 4 1 8 0 6 2 0 2 56 120 1.297 5.8 0.7 5.8 4.4 0.75
16 Gary Wilson 24 0 0 12.27 6 0 3 0 0 0 7.1 15 11 10 2 6 0 6 0 0 1 42 29 2.864 18.4 2.5 7.4 7.4 1.00
17 Gordie Pladson 22 0 0 4.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 9 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 22 78 2.750 20.3 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00
18 Bobby Sprowl* 23 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 14 0.750 2.3 0.0 4.5 6.8 1.50
19 Mike Mendoza 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 28.7 89 73 .549 3.20 162 162 107 55 17 31 1447.2 1278 582 514 90 504 24 854 24 5 55 6014 110 1.231 7.9 0.6 3.1 5.3 1.69
Rank in 12 NL teams 4 9 2 1 1 9 5 1 2 2 1 6 9921
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 Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
Joaquin Andujar 26 194.0 42% 0.9% 9.3% 10.7% 4.9% 24% 1.26 78% 151 15 10%
Tom Dixon 24 25.2 35% 1.5% 6.9% 11.5% 3.9% 13% 0.72 78% 33 3 9%
Ken Forsch 32 177.2 48% 2.0% 8.3% 5.0% 6.1% 28% 1.36 84% 106 16 15%
Frank LaCorte 27 27.0 37% 2.6% 21.1% 8.8% 7.9% 43% 0.71 66% 15 0 0%
Pete Ladd 22 12.1 41% 1.8% 10.7% 14.3% 3.6% 25% 0.48 68% 11 1 9%
Bo McLaughlin 25 16.1 38% 2.6% 15.8% 5.3% 10.5% 36% 0.64 75% 14 0 0%
Mike Mendoza 23 1.0 0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.00 100% 0 0
Joe Niekro 34 263.2 42% 1.6% 10.9% 9.8% 4.6% 23% 0.94 77% 182 27 15%
*Randy Niemann 23 67.0 75% 0.4% 8.4% 7.7% 4.9% 21% 1.34 80% 56 7 13%
Gordie Pladson 22 4.0 36% 4.6% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 22% 1.50 77% 6 1 17%
*Frank Riccelli 26 22.0 67% 0.0% 19.4% 17.5% 1.9% 9% 0.78 62% 25 0 0%
J.R. Richard 29 292.1 47% 1.1% 26.7% 8.4% 4.9% 26% 1.04 62% 188 17 9%
Bert Roberge 24 32.0 38% 0.0% 10.8% 14.2% 3.3% 20% 1.52 75% 23 6 26%
Vern Ruhle 28 66.1 43% 3.4% 12.3% 3.0% 9.3% 39% 1.19 80% 36 5 14%
*Joe Sambito 27 91.1 71% 2.1% 22.1% 6.1% 4.5% 21% 0.68 67% 84 5 6%
*Bobby Sprowl 23 4.0 64% 0.0% 21.4% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.50 64% 1 1 100%
George Throop 28 22.1 38% 4.0% 15.0% 11.0% 9.0% 39% 1.22 67% 17 1 6%
Rick Williams 26 121.1 44% 1.2% 7.3% 5.9% 4.5% 19% 1.04 84% 98 13 13%
Gary Wilson 24 7.1 45% 4.8% 14.3% 14.3% 9.5% 27% 0.08 67% 14 0 0%
League Average 54% 1.9% 13.3% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.09 75% 11%
Team Total 47% 1.5% 14.2% 8.4% 5.2% 25% 1.06 74% 1060 118 11%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Joaquin Andujar 26 194.0 46 825 720 86 168 27 6 7 18 4 88 77 .233 .316 .317 .633 .251 228 15 2 9 6 6
Tom Dixon 24 25.2 19 130 112 23 39 3 0 2 1 1 15 9 .348 .425 .429 .854 .366 48 3 0 3 0 1
Ken Forsch 32 177.2 26 700 657 67 155 24 5 14 8 4 35 58 .236 .273 .352 .625 .240 231 16 0 5 3 2
Frank LaCorte 27 27.0 12 114 101 16 21 5 1 3 3 0 10 24 .208 .277 .366 .643 .240 37 0 0 2 1 1
Pete Ladd 22 12.1 10 56 45 5 8 1 0 1 1 0 8 6 .178 .327 .267 .594 .184 12 1 2 1 0 0
Bo McLaughlin 25 16.1 12 76 70 15 22 5 1 2 2 0 4 12 .314 .347 .500 .847 .351 35 0 0 1 1 0
Mike Mendoza 23 1.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Niekro 34 263.2 38 1095 970 102 221 26 7 17 31 9 107 119 .228 .308 .322 .629 .243 312 27 7 6 5 1
*Randy Niemann 23 67.0 26 287 250 32 68 11 2 1 6 3 22 24 .272 .326 .344 .670 .290 86 7 1 8 6 3
Gordie Pladson 22 4.0 4 22 20 2 9 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .450 .500 .650 1.150 .471 13 1 0 0 0 0
*Frank Riccelli 26 22.0 11 103 84 11 22 2 0 0 4 5 18 20 .262 .392 .286 .678 .344 24 0 0 1 0 0
J.R. Richard 29 292.1 38 1174 1051 98 220 38 7 13 28 10 98 313 .209 .277 .296 .573 .282 311 17 3 14 8 5
Bert Roberge 24 32.0 26 120 102 6 20 3 1 0 3 5 17 13 .196 .308 .245 .553 .222 25 6 0 0 1 0
Vern Ruhle 28 66.1 13 269 257 33 64 14 2 9 3 2 8 33 .249 .277 .424 .701 .256 109 5 2 2 0 0
*Joe Sambito 27 91.1 63 375 340 20 80 6 3 8 7 3 23 83 .235 .290 .341 .631 .287 116 5 4 6 2 4
*Bobby Sprowl 23 4.0 3 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .083 .214 .083 .298 .111 1 1 0 0 0 0
George Throop 28 22.1 14 100 85 10 23 5 0 4 4 1 11 15 .271 .357 .471 .828 .284 40 1 1 2 1 0
Rick Williams 26 121.1 31 507 467 45 122 15 2 6 8 3 30 37 .261 .307 .340 .647 .272 159 13 2 5 3 1
Gary Wilson 24 7.1 6 42 34 11 15 2 0 2 0 0 6 6 .441 .500 .676 1.176 .464 23 0 0 0 2 0
League Average .262 .326 .386 .711 .287
Team Total 399 6012 5380 582 1278 188 37 90 127 50 504 854 .238 .304 .336 .640 .265 1810 118 24 65 39 24
Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
Joaquin Andujar 26 194.0 46 23 9 10 4 0 4 10 13 .435 1 1 8 0 14 61% 52 76 16 21 7 6 5 3.4 3.7 6.9
Tom Dixon 24 25.2 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 13 5 1 0 5.0 9.0 4.0
Ken Forsch 32 177.2 26 24 10 6 8 2 3 13 11 .542 4 3 10 2 16 67% 56 88 20 9 7 7 8 4.6 4.9 7.3
Frank LaCorte 27 27.0 12 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44 58 30 1 0 1 2 2.8 1.0 3.4
Joe Niekro 34 263.2 38 38 21 11 6 2 2 25 13 .658 1 5 11 5 24 63% 55 84 13 36 11 16 5 3.9 3.4 6.9
*Randy Niemann 23 67.0 26 7 3 1 3 0 0 6 1 .857 0 2 3 2 4 57% 53 78 12 13 5 1 6 4.6 2.4 5.8
*Frank Riccelli 26 22.0 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 53 65 40 11 1 1 0 5.5 7.5 6.0
J.R. Richard 29 292.1 38 38 18 13 7 2 6 22 16 .579 1 3 19 4 28 74% 65 90 18 11 5 11 3 3.4 3.4 7.7
Vern Ruhle 28 66.1 13 10 2 5 3 0 2 4 6 .400 1 2 2 2 6 60% 54 80 26 0 0 4 2 3.4 3.4 6.2
Rick Williams 26 121.1 31 16 4 7 5 2 1 7 9 .438 1 3 2 2 6 38% 51 78 24 18 5 3 8 2.2 2.0 6.1
League Average .497 54% 51 94 -1 4.2 4.1 6.3
Team Total 399 162 69 56 37 9 18 89 73 .549 9 20 55 17 99 61% 56 90 12 170 54 51 39 3.6 3.5 6.9
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
Joaquin Andujar 26 194.0 46 23 9 3 2 7 4 3 57% 8 0 14 7 50% 8 1.251 12 5 6 8 6 9 8 15 12 5 13 8 4.6
Tom Dixon 24 25.2 19 18 6 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 0 9 2 22% 7 0.786 3 2 13 2 1 15 4 14 7 4 7 4 3.6
Ken Forsch 32 177.2 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 0.950 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.5
Frank LaCorte 27 27.0 12 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 7 0.540 1 1 7 0 1 8 3 6 6 3 6 2 5.6
Pete Ladd 22 12.1 10 10 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 5 0.701 2 1 6 1 2 7 1 9 4 2 6 0 3.7
Bo McLaughlin 25 16.1 12 12 3 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 0 0% 6 1.495 4 4 4 2 3 7 3 9 5 3 5 4 4.1
Mike Mendoza 23 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
*Randy Niemann 23 67.0 26 19 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 19 5 26% 6 1.114 5 5 8 3 3 13 11 8 10 6 11 2 4.2
Gordie Pladson 22 4.0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 3 0.360 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 3 0 3.0
*Frank Riccelli 26 22.0 11 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 8 0.954 3 1 4 0 3 6 2 7 3 3 4 0 3.3
Bert Roberge 24 32.0 26 26 12 3 0 5 4 1 80% 5 0 18 2 11% 8 1.067 6 3 15 6 1 19 10 16 9 5 9 8 3.7
Vern Ruhle 28 66.1 13 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 1.003 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 4.0
*Joe Sambito 27 91.1 63 63 51 8 7 28 22 6 79% 31 3 55 16 29% 8 1.930 39 13 11 32 14 17 31 32 31 15 32 22 4.3
*Bobby Sprowl 23 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 6 0.661 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 4.0
George Throop 28 22.1 14 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 5 50% 6 0.568 1 3 8 1 1 12 6 8 8 3 9 2 4.8
Rick Williams 26 121.1 31 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 8 47% 2 0.941 3 4 8 1 2 12 8 7 7 5 9 2 4.9
Gary Wilson 24 7.1 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 8 0.226 0 2 4 0 0 6 3 3 2 3 2 1 3.7
League Average 67% 35% 1.080 4.6
Team Total 399 237 107 20 17 44 31 13 70% 55 9 174 54 31% 1.103 81 46 102 60 37 140 94 143 110 59 120 55 4.2
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
Joaquin Andujar 26 194.0 825 168 7 0 21 3 4 0 7 46 24 2 52% 11 5 1 300 18 4 82% 18 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 14 0
Tom Dixon 24 25.2 130 39 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 6 2 0 33% 1 0 0 55 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Forsch 32 177.2 700 155 14 0 10 9 5 6 8 26 14 4 54% 4 0 1 215 8 4 67% 8 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 0
Frank LaCorte 27 27.0 114 21 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 42 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pete Ladd 22 12.1 56 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0% 2 2 0 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bo McLaughlin 25 16.1 76 22 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 5 3 0 60% 2 1 0 29 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Mike Mendoza 23 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Niekro 34 263.2 1095 221 17 0 15 14 3 7 10 48 24 3 50% 14 19 8 386 31 9 78% 31 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 42 0
*Randy Niemann 23 67.0 287 68 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 23 15 2 65% 3 0 0 112 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
Gordie Pladson 22 4.0 22 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Frank Riccelli 26 22.0 103 22 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 50% 2 2 0 46 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
J.R. Richard 29 292.1 1175 220 13 0 20 8 5 8 5 58 31 14 53% 8 19 6 387 28 10 74% 28 10 0 0 0 0 8 0 33 0
Bert Roberge 24 32.0 120 20 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 17% 2 2 0 44 3 5 38% 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
Vern Ruhle 28 66.1 269 64 9 1 3 7 2 4 5 7 6 1 86% 3 2 1 92 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
*Joe Sambito 27 91.1 375 80 8 1 27 8 0 1 7 28 11 8 39% 4 0 0 151 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0
*Bobby Sprowl 23 4.0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Throop 28 22.1 100 23 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 6 4 0 67% 1 1 0 46 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Rick Williams 26 121.1 507 122 6 0 10 4 2 1 5 28 19 0 68% 4 0 0 197 8 3 73% 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 1
Gary Wilson 24 7.1 42 15 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 7 5 2 71% 1 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
League Average 50% 66%
Team Total 6013 1278 90 2 129 67 23 31 59 307 166 40 54% 63 55 17 2165 127 50 72% 123 46 3 4 1 0 26 5 130 1
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Joaquin Andujar 26 10 10 .500 4.01 184.0 177 91 82 7 93 73 2 1.467 8.7 4.5 3.6 0.78 0.3 46 46
Tom Dixon 24 0 2 .000 8.25 24.0 42 24 22 2 16 8 0 2.417 15.8 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.8 19 19
Ken Forsch 32 10 8 .556 3.63 166.0 164 74 67 15 37 54 0 1.211 8.9 2.0 2.9 1.46 0.8 26 26
Frank LaCorte 27 1 2 .333 5.91 35.0 32 26 23 5 16 30 0 1.371 8.2 4.1 7.7 1.88 1.3 18 18
Pete Ladd 22 1 0 1.000 2.77 13.0 8 4 4 1 8 6 2 1.231 5.5 5.5 4.2 0.75 0.7 10 10
Bo McLaughlin 25 3 4 .429 5.05 66.0 85 41 37 4 20 57 2 1.591 11.6 2.7 7.8 2.85 0.5 49 49
Mike Mendoza 23 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 1
Joe Niekro 34 15 12 .556 3.57 247.0 233 109 98 18 113 111 7 1.401 8.5 4.1 4.0 0.98 0.7 38 38
*Randy Niemann 23 3 4 .429 4.36 64.0 71 34 31 1 23 23 1 1.469 10.0 3.2 3.2 1.00 0.1 26 26
Gordie Pladson 22 0 0 6.00 3.0 10 2 2 1 2 2 0 4.000 30.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 3.0 4 4
*Frank Riccelli 26 1 1 .500 4.95 20.0 23 12 11 0 19 18 0 2.100 10.4 8.6 8.1 0.95 0.0 11 11
J.R. Richard 29 18 12 .600 3.21 278.0 233 110 99 14 104 298 3 1.212 7.5 3.4 9.6 2.87 0.5 38 38
Bert Roberge 24 2 1 .667 2.25 28.0 20 8 7 0 17 11 0 1.321 6.4 5.5 3.5 0.65 0.0 26 26
Vern Ruhle 28 3 4 .429 4.64 64.0 68 37 33 10 8 32 2 1.188 9.6 1.1 4.5 4.00 1.4 13 13
*Joe Sambito 27 7 2 .778 2.07 87.0 85 22 20 8 24 79 4 1.253 8.8 2.5 8.2 3.29 0.8 63 63
*Bobby Sprowl 23 0 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.500 0.0 4.5 6.8 1.50 0.0 3 3
George Throop 28 1 1 .500 5.09 23.0 32 14 13 4 17 15 1 2.130 12.5 6.7 5.9 0.88 1.6 18 18
Rick Williams 26 6 6 .500 3.83 115.0 129 54 49 6 32 35 2 1.400 10.1 2.5 2.7 1.09 0.5 31 31
Gary Wilson 24 0 0 14.14 7.0 16 12 11 2 6 6 0 3.143 20.6 7.7 7.7 1.00 2.6 6 6
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs 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 ERA+
Joaquin Andujar 26 4 37 37 .500 3.54 135 86 22 23 5 5 635.2 568 285 250 29 285 17 260 11 12 11 2702 96 1.342 8.0 0.4 4.0 3.7 0.91 96
Tom Dixon 24 3 9 13 .409 4.22 58 24 10 4 2 1 196.0 219 105 92 10 62 4 90 2 3 1 857 80 1.434 10.1 0.5 2.8 4.1 1.45 80
Ken Forsch 32 10 66 68 .493 3.18 389 121 171 30 6 50 1271.1 1209 497 449 81 387 57 731 19 4 35 5287 108 1.255 8.6 0.6 2.7 5.2 1.89 108
Frank LaCorte 27 5 5 26 .161 6.07 56 31 6 1 0 0 206.0 216 148 139 22 107 6 154 8 1 7 937 64 1.568 9.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.44 64
Pete Ladd 22 1 1 1 .500 2.92 10 0 4 0 0 0 12.1 8 5 4 1 8 0 6 2 0 2 56 120 1.297 5.8 0.7 5.8 4.4 0.75 120
Bo McLaughlin 25 4 10 16 .385 4.09 124 19 52 4 2 8 253.0 267 140 115 18 87 15 158 12 2 10 1096 86 1.399 9.5 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.82 86
Mike Mendoza 23 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Joe Niekro 34 13 116 108 .518 3.63 438 241 90 55 17 16 1870.1 1842 837 754 157 639 45 863 33 1 62 7919 96 1.327 8.9 0.8 3.1 4.2 1.35 96
*Randy Niemann 23 1 3 2 .600 3.76 26 7 4 3 2 1 67.0 68 32 28 1 22 3 24 1 2 0 287 93 1.343 9.1 0.1 3.0 3.2 1.09 93
Gordie Pladson 22 1 0 0 4.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 9 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 22 78 2.750 20.3 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00 78
*Frank Riccelli 26 3 3 3 .500 4.39 17 5 5 0 0 0 41.0 39 21 20 1 23 0 32 0 0 2 181 81 1.512 8.6 0.2 5.0 7.0 1.39 81
J.R. Richard 29 9 97 67 .591 3.24 221 204 3 72 15 0 1492.1 1162 594 538 71 730 14 1374 17 14 90 6236 105 1.268 7.0 0.4 4.4 8.3 1.88 105
Bert Roberge 24 1 3 0 1.000 1.69 26 0 12 0 0 4 32.0 20 6 6 0 17 0 13 0 0 2 120 208 1.156 5.6 0.0 4.8 3.7 0.76 208
Vern Ruhle 28 6 30 38 .441 3.90 109 96 4 18 8 0 623.1 665 310 270 55 173 11 252 18 2 9 2675 97 1.344 9.6 0.8 2.5 3.6 1.46 97
*Joe Sambito 27 4 20 23 .465 2.57 199 5 136 1 1 41 321.2 287 107 92 23 93 14 272 4 1 5 1310 133 1.181 8.0 0.6 2.6 7.6 2.92 133
*Bobby Sprowl 23 2 0 2 .000 4.86 6 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 13 10 9 3 12 0 13 0 0 0 73 82 1.500 7.0 1.6 6.5 7.0 1.08 82
George Throop 28 4 2 0 1.000 3.83 30 0 9 0 0 3 42.1 41 21 18 6 25 2 27 1 0 1 190 98 1.559 8.7 1.3 5.3 5.7 1.08 98
Rick Williams 26 2 5 9 .357 3.58 48 17 8 2 2 0 156.0 165 64 62 8 40 3 54 2 2 0 667 97 1.314 9.5 0.5 2.3 3.1 1.35 97
Gary Wilson 24 1 0 0 12.27 6 0 3 0 0 0 7.1 15 11 10 2 6 0 6 0 0 1 42 29 2.864 18.4 2.5 7.4 7.4 1.00 29
Age Yrs 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 ERA+

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.


1978 / 1980 Pitching Statistics

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