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1979 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

89-73, Finished 2nd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Virdon (89-73)
Scored 583 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81

Ballparks: Astrodome · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Jesus Alou 37 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 24, 1942 15 42 1 42 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 39 0 0.4
Joaquin Andujar 26 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 4 46 23 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 All-Star
Alan Ashby 27 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 7 108 104 108 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.4
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 -0.2
Dave Bergman 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1953 4 13 1 13 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.2
Bruce Bochy 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 16, 1955 2 56 36 56 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.4
Enos Cabell 29 R R 6' 4" 170 Oct 8, 1949 8 155 154 155 155 0 0 49 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Cesar Cedeno 28 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 10 132 129 132 129 0 0 90 0 1 0 0 41 0 41 3 0 1.6
Jose Cruz 31 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 10 157 156 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 156 1 0 4.1
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 -1.1
Ken Forsch 32 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 8, 1946 10 26 24 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6
Julio Gonzalez 26 R R 5' 11" 162 Dec 25, 1952 3 68 44 68 58 0 0 0 32 10 21 0 0 0 0 9 6 -0.3
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 0.0
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 1.1
Alan Knicely 24 R R 6' 0" 190 May 19, 1955 1st 7 0 7 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.2
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 -0.4
Pete Ladd 22 R R 6' 3" 228 Jul 17, 1956 1st 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 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 1.5
Jeffrey Leonard 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 22, 1955 3 134 107 134 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 100 126 17 0 1.7
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 -1.0
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 0.0
Joe Niekro 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 13 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 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 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 0.0
Terry Puhl 22 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 3 157 149 157 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 110 40 157 5 0 2.6
Luis Pujols 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 18, 1955 3 26 22 26 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
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 1.8 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 0.1
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 5.3
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 0.8
Vern Ruhle 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 25, 1951 6 13 10 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Sambito 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1952 4 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 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 -0.3
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 0.2
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 -0.1
Denny Walling 25 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 5 82 32 82 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 35 42 42 1 1.4
Bob Watson 33 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 14 49 44 49 44 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 0.2
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 1.8
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 -0.5
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Reggie Baldwin
Luis Pujols
Julio Gonzalez
Alan Knicely
Craig Reynolds
Bruce Bochy
Alan Ashby
Dave Bergman

Rafael Landestoy
Art Howe
Danny Heep
Terry Puhl
Jesus Alou
Enos Cabell
Jimmy Sexton
Jose Cruz

Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Denny Walling
Jeffrey Leonard
Frank LaCorte
George Throop
Tom Wiedenbauer
Gordie Pladson
Joe Sambito

Joe Niekro
Tom Dixon
Rick Williams
Pete Ladd
Bo McLaughlin
Bobby Sprowl
Gary Wilson
Pete Ladd
Bert Roberge
Ken Forsch
Frank Riccelli

Randy Niemann
Joaquin Andujar
Vern Ruhle
J.R. Richard
Tom Dixon
Mike Mendoza
Rick Williams

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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