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1979 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980) 89-73, Finished 2nd in NL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 583 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81 Managed by Bill Virdon Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,900,312 (5th of 12) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 94   (one-year): Batting - 89, Pitching - 89   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Alan Ashby          27  108  336   25   68  15  2   2   35  26   70  .202  .262  .277   0   0   8   2   3   3  10   51
1B  Cesar Cedeno        28  132  470   57  123  27  4   6   54  64   52  .262  .348  .374  30  13  15   3   3   9   8  103
2B #Rafael Landestoy    26  129  282   33   76   9  6   0   30  29   24  .270  .338  .344  13   4   1   1   5   2   5   92
3B  Enos Cabell         29  155  603   60  164  30  5   6   67  21   68  .272  .299  .368  37  18  18   3   2   1   7   87
SS *Craig Reynolds      26  146  555   63  147  20  9   0   39  21   49  .265  .292  .333  12   6   2   2  34   4   0   75
LF *Jose Cruz           31  157  558   73  161  33  7   9   72  72   66  .289  .367  .421  36  14   5   0   1   5  16  121
CF *Terry Puhl          22  157  600   87  172  22  4   8   49  58   46  .287  .352  .377  30  22   7   4   8   2   8  105
RF  Jeffrey Leonard     23  134  411   47  119  15  5   0   47  46   68  .290  .360  .350  23  10  11   2   3   5   7  101
    Art Howe            32  118  355   32   88  15  2   6   33  36   37  .248  .316  .352   3   1   7   1   2   4   5   87
    Julio Gonzalez      26   68  181   16   45   5  2   0   10   5   14  .249  .280  .298   2   1   4   3   6   0   0   63
    Bob Watson          33   49  163   15   39   4  0   3   18  16   23  .239  .304  .319   0   0   3   0   1   2   1   75
   *Denny Walling       25   82  147   21   48   8  4   3   31  17   21  .327  .394  .497   3   2   2   0   0   1   2  149
    Bruce Bochy         24   56  129   11   28   4  0   1    6  13   25  .217  .294  .271   0   0   5   1   0   0   4   60
    Luis Pujols         23   26   75    7   17   2  1   0    8   2   14  .227  .247  .280   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   48
    Jesus Alou          37   42   43    3   11   4  0   0   10   6    7  .256  .347  .349   0   0   4   0   0   0   1   96
    Jimmy Sexton        27   52   43    8    9   0  0   0    1   7    7  .209  .320  .209   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   52
    Reggie Baldwin      24   14   20    0    4   1  0   0    1   0    1  .200  .200  .250   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   26
   *Dave Bergman        26   13   15    4    6   0  0   1    2   0    3  .400  .400  .600   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  177
   *Danny Heep          21   14   14    0    2   0  0   0    2   1    4  .143  .176  .143   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   -9
    Alan Knicely        24    7    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    3  .000  .250  .000   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -23
    Tom Wiedenbauer     20    4    6    0    4   1  0   0    2   0    2  .667  .667  .833   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  319

    J.R. Richard        29   38   95    6   12   1  1   2    6   1   24  .126  .134  .221   0   1   4   0  11   1   0   -2
    Joe Niekro          34   38   83    1   10   2  0   0    4   2   21  .120  .140  .145   0   0   0   0  13   1   0  -20
    Ken Forsch          32   26   58    4    8   1  0   0    3   4   22  .138  .194  .155   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   -1
   #Joaquin Andujar     26   46   57    3    5   1  0   2    7   2   32  .088  .117  .211   0   0   0   0   5   1   0  -10
    Rick Williams       26   31   31    2    8   1  0   0    0   3   18  .258  .324  .290   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   74
    Vern Ruhle          28   13   19    3    1   1  0   0    0   1   11  .053  .100  .105   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -42
   *Randy Niemann       23   26   15    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    6  .133  .188  .133   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   -8
   *Joe Sambito         27   63    7    1    2   1  0   0    2   5    0  .286  .583  .429   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  189
   *Frank Riccelli      26   11    6    1    2   1  0   0    3   0    1  .333  .333  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  131
    Frank LaCorte       27   12    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    George Throop       28   14    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bert Roberge        24   26    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tom Dixon           24   19    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  464
    Pete Ladd           22   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bo McLaughlin       25   12    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  162 5394  583 1382 224 52  49  542 461  745  .256  .315  .344 190  95 105  22 109  43  75   91
    Rank among 12 NL teams        12   12   10   8  4  12       10   12     8    10    12   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Joe Niekro          34  38   3.00  21  11  0  38   0  11   5  263.7  221  102   88  17  107  119 1095  19   7  0   1 117
SP  J.R. Richard        29  38   2.71  18  13  0  38   0  19   4  292.3  220   98   88  13   98  313 1175  19   3  1   5 130
SP  Ken Forsch          32  26   3.04  11   6  0  24   1  10   2  177.7  155   67   60  14   35   58  700   0   0  1   2 116
SP  Rick Williams       26  31   3.26   4   7  0  16   3   2   2  121.3  122   45   44   6   30   37  508   0   2  1   1 108
SP  Vern Ruhle          28  13   4.07   2   6  0  10   0   2   2   66.3   64   33   30   9    8   33  269   2   2  0   0  86

CL *Joe Sambito         27  63   1.77   8   7 22   0  51   0   0   91.3   80   20   18   8   23   83  375   0   4  0   4 198
RP  Bert Roberge        24  26   1.69   3   0  4   0  12   0   0   32.0   20    6    6   0   17   13  120   2   0  0   0 208
RP  Joaquin Andujar     26  46   3.43  12  12  4  23   9   8   0  194.0  168   86   74   7   88   77  825   5   2  0   6 102
RP *Randy Niemann       23  26   3.76   3   2  1   7   4   3   2   67.0   68   32   28   1   22   24  287   0   1  2   3  93
RP  Tom Dixon           24  19   6.66   1   2  0   1   6   0   0   25.7   39   23   19   2   15    9  130   0   0  0   1  53

    Frank LaCorte       27  12   5.00   1   2  0   3   3   0   0   27.0   21   16   15   3   10   24  114   1   0  0   1  70
    George Throop       28  14   3.22   1   0  0   0   2   0   0   22.3   23   10    8   4   11   15  100   1   1  0   0 109
   *Frank Riccelli      26  11   4.09   2   2  0   2   3   0   0   22.0   22   11   10   0   18   20  103   2   0  0   0  86
    Bo McLaughlin       25  12   5.51   1   2  0   0   3   0   0   16.3   22   15   10   2    4   12   76   1   0  0   0  64
    Pete Ladd           22  10   2.92   1   1  0   0   4   0   0   12.3    8    5    4   1    8    6   56   2   2  0   0 120
    Gary Wilson         24   6  12.27   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    7.3   15   11   10   2    6    6   42   1   0  0   0  29
   *Bobby Sprowl        23   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    1    0    0   0    2    3   14   0   0  0   0    
    Gordie Pladson      22   4   4.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.0    9    2    2   1    2    2   22   0   0  0   0  78
    Mike Mendoza        23   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3 162   3.20  89  73 31 162 107  55  19 1447.0 1278  582  514  90  504  854 6014  55  24  5  24 110
    Rank among 12 NL teams          2   4   9  9           1   1      5    1    2        1    6    4
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- AAshby 890 104 105 548 57 8 5 .987 9 33 71 31 BBochy 355 36 55 198 29 7 4 .970 4 12 36 18 LPujols 189 22 26 136 6 1 0 .993 5 9 20 1 RBaldwin 8 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 AKnicely 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1447 162 162 887 92 16 9 .984 18 55 127 50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCedeno 780 89 91 832 33 17 79 .981 9.97 BWatson 359 44 44 371 33 3 23 .993 10.12 ECabell 256 24 51 287 21 1 20 .997 10.80 AHowe 28 3 3 15 3 0 3 1.000 5.79 DBergman 13 1 4 8 0 0 1 1.000 5.54 RBaldwin 8 1 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 JAlou 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 1522 91 21 127 .987 10.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RLandestoy 698 68 114 166 234 12 53 .971 5.15 AHowe 504 67 68 126 188 3 33 .991 5.60 JGonzalez 243 27 32 59 89 2 16 .987 5.48 JSexton 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 351 512 17 102 .981 5.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ECabell 1087 130 132 109 178 13 11 .957 2.38 AHowe 313 29 59 47 70 4 6 .967 3.36 JGonzalez 28 2 9 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.61 JSexton 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 AKnicely 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 159 251 17 17 .960 2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CReynolds 1235 140 143 208 428 23 88 .965 4.63 JGonzalez 138 15 21 31 54 3 11 .966 5.53 JSexton 61 6 11 10 23 2 6 .943 4.87 RLandestoy 13 1 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 251 508 28 106 .964 4.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 1355 156 156 320 10 14 0 .959 2.19 DWalling 29 2 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 TPuhl 25 2 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 JAlou 17 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 DHeep 12 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.25 JLeonard 8 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 TWiedenbaue 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 348 10 14 0 .962 2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPuhl 954 108 110 293 6 0 3 1.000 2.82 CCedeno 337 39 41 116 2 0 0 1.000 3.15 JLeonard 153 15 22 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 TWiedenbaue 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 449 8 0 3 1.000 2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLeonard 828 92 100 181 5 10 1 .949 2.02 TPuhl 355 39 40 60 2 0 0 1.000 1.57 DWalling 254 30 35 54 2 1 0 .982 1.98 TWiedenbaue 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JAlou 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 298 9 11 1 .965 1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JCruz 1355 156 156 320 7 14 0 .959 2.17 TPuhl 1334 149 152 352 7 0 3 1.000 2.42 JLeonard 989 107 123 227 6 10 1 .959 2.12 CCedeno 337 39 40 116 2 0 0 1.000 3.15 DWalling 283 32 42 65 2 1 0 .985 2.13 JAlou 18 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 TWiedenbaue 13 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 DHeep 12 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1447 162 162 1096 24 25 4 .978 2.32 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRichard 292 38 38 14 32 5 0 .902 1.42 JNiekro 263 38 38 14 39 0 4 1.000 1.81 JAndujar 194 23 46 16 50 5 2 .930 3.06 KForsch 177 24 26 10 37 1 5 .979 2.38 RWilliams 121 16 31 3 23 1 2 .963 1.93 JSambito 91 0 63 5 14 2 2 .905 1.87 RNiemann 67 7 26 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.07 VRuhle 66 10 13 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.09 BRoberge 32 0 26 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 FLaCorte 27 3 12 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 TDixon 25 1 19 3 6 0 1 1.000 3.15 GThroop 22 0 14 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.21 FRiccelli 22 2 11 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.45 BMcLaughlin 16 0 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.66 PLadd 12 0 10 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.66 GWilson 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GPladson 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BSprowl 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MMendoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 77 229 14 16 .956 1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Cruz .289 On-base % Cruz .367 Slugging % Cruz .421 OPS Cruz .788 Games Cruz and Puhl 157 At Bats Cabell 603 Plate Appearances (approx.) Puhl 672 Runs Puhl 87 Hits Puhl 172 Total Bases Cruz 235 Doubles Cruz 33 Triples Reynolds 9 Home Runs Cruz 9 RBI Cruz 72 Bases on Balls Cruz 72 Strikeouts Ashby 70 Stolen Bases Cabell 37 Singles Puhl 138 Adjusted OPS+ Cruz 121 Runs Created Cruz 91 Adjusted Batting Runs Cruz 19 Batting Wins Cruz 1.9 Extra-Base Hits Cruz 49 Times on Base Puhl 234 Offensive Win% Cruz .623 Hit By Pitch Puhl 4 Sac. Hits Reynolds 34 Sac. Flies Cedeno 9 Intentional Walks Cruz 16 Grounded into Double Plays Cabell 18 Caught Stealing Puhl 22 Power/Speed Number Cruz 14.4 At Bats per Strikeout Puhl 13.0 At Bats per Home Run Cruz 62.0 Outs Cabell 478

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Richard 2.71 Wins Niekro 21 Won-Loss % Niekro .656 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Forsch 1.069 Hits Allowed/9IP Richard 6.77 Bases on Balls/9IP Forsch 1.77 Strikeouts/9IP Richard 9.64 Games Sambito 63 Saves Sambito 22 Innings Richard 292.3 Strikeouts Richard 313 Games Started Niekro and Richard 38 Comp. Games Richard 19 Shutouts Niekro 5 Home Runs Allow. Niekro 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Niekro 107 Hits Allowed Niekro 221 SO to Walk Richard 3.19 Losses Richard 13 Earned Runs Allow. Niekro and Richard 88 Wild Pitches Niekro and Richard 19 Hit Batsmen Niekro 7 Batters Faced Richard 1175 Games Finished Sambito 51 Adjusted ERA+ Richard 130

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Joaquin Andujar
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1978/1980

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