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1979 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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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1978 / 1980 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 37 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 24, 1942 15 42 1 42 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 39 0
Joaquin Andujar 26 B R 6' 0" 180 Dec 21, 1952 4 46 23 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Alan Ashby 27 B R 6' 2" 190 Jul 8, 1951 7 108 104 108 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Reggie Baldwin 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 19, 1954 2 14 1 14 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Dave Bergman 26 L L 185 Jun 6, 1953 4 13 1 13 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Bruce Bochy 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Apr 16, 1955 2 56 36 56 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Enos Cabell 29 R R 6' 5" 185 Oct 8, 1949 8 155 154 155 155 0 0 49 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Cedeno 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 25, 1951 10 132 129 132 129 0 0 90 0 1 0 0 41 0 41 3 0
Jose Cruz 31 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 8, 1947 10 157 156 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 156 1 0
Tom Dixon 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 23, 1955 3 19 1 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Forsch 32 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 8, 1946 10 26 24 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julio Gonzalez 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 25, 1952 3 68 44 68 58 0 0 0 32 10 21 0 0 0 0 9 6
Danny Heep 21 L L 5' 11" 185 Jul 3, 1957 1st 14 1 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 0
Art Howe 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 15, 1946 6 118 99 118 103 0 0 5 68 56 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Alan Knicely 24 R R 6' 0" 194 May 19, 1955 1st 7 0 7 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Frank LaCorte 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 13, 1951 5 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Ladd 22 R R 6' 3" 240 Jul 17, 1956 1st 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy 26 B R 5' 10" 165 May 28, 1953 3 129 69 129 117 0 0 0 114 0 3 0 0 0 0 14 14
Jeffrey Leonard 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 22, 1955 3 134 107 134 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 100 123 17 0
Bo McLaughlin 25 R R 6' 5" 210 Oct 23, 1953 4 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Mendoza 23 R R 6' 5" 215 Nov 26, 1955 1st 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Niekro 34 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 7, 1944 13 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Randy Niemann 23 L L 6' 4" 200 Nov 15, 1955 1st 26 7 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gordie Pladson 22 R R 6' 4" 210 Jul 31, 1956 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Puhl 22 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1956 3 157 149 157 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 110 40 152 5 0
Luis Pujols 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1955 3 26 22 26 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Reynolds 26 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 5 146 140 146 143 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 5 0 All-Star
Frank Riccelli 26 L L 6' 3" 205 Feb 24, 1953 3 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.R. Richard 29 R R 6' 8" 222 Mar 7, 1950 9 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bert Roberge 24 R R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1954 1st 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vern Ruhle 28 R R 6' 1" 187 Jan 25, 1951 6 13 10 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito 27 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1952 4 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Jimmy Sexton 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 15, 1951 3 52 6 52 18 0 0 0 2 4 12 0 0 0 0 20 20
Bobby Sprowl 23 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 14, 1956 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Throop 28 R R 6' 7" 205 Nov 24, 1950 4 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny Walling 25 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 17, 1954 5 82 32 82 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 35 42 42 1
Bob Watson 33 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 10, 1946 14 49 44 49 44 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Tom Wiedenbauer 20 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 5, 1958 1st 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1
Rick Williams 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 9, 1952 2 31 16 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Wilson 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 21, 1954 1st 6 0 6 6 6 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

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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