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1980 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

93-70, Finished 1st in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Virdon (93-70)
Scored 637 runs, Allowed 589 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-76

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 2,278,217 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 91 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97

Postseason:  Lost NL Championship Series (3-2) to Philadelphia Phillies

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1979 / 1981 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 Salary
Joaquin Andujar 27 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 5 35 14 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $130,000
Alan Ashby 28 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 8 116 104 116 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.4 $
Dave Bergman 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1953 5 90 9 90 63 0 0 59 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 32 5 0.5 $
Bruce Bochy 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 16, 1955 3 22 2 22 10 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.0 $
Enos Cabell 30 R R 6' 4" 170 Oct 8, 1949 9 152 150 152 151 0 0 1 0 149 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -0.4 $
Cesar Cedeno 29 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 11 137 136 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 1 0 4.8 $
Jose Cruz 32 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 11 160 158 160 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 158 2 0 4.5 $ All-Star
Mike Fischlin 24 R R 6' 1" 165 Sep 13, 1955 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ken Forsch 33 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 8, 1946 11 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Julio Gonzalez 27 R R 5' 11" 162 Dec 25, 1952 4 40 7 40 28 0 0 0 2 11 16 0 0 0 0 12 7 -0.7 $
Danny Heep 22 L L 5' 11" 185 Jul 3, 1957 2 33 21 33 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.5 $
Art Howe 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 15, 1946 7 110 83 110 99 0 0 76 3 26 5 0 0 0 0 22 0 1.7 $
Alan Knicely 25 R R 6' 0" 190 May 19, 1955 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Frank LaCorte 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 13, 1951 6 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Rafael Landestoy 27 B R 5' 10" 165 May 28, 1953 4 149 89 149 134 0 0 0 95 3 65 0 1 0 1 29 0 1.3 $
Jeffrey Leonard 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 22, 1955 4 88 46 88 65 0 0 11 0 0 0 2 9 45 56 25 4 0.0 $
Scott Loucks 23 R R 6' 0" 178 Nov 11, 1956 1st 8 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 3 -0.1 $
Joe Morgan HOF 36 L R 5' 7" 160 Sep 19, 1943 18 141 123 141 130 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 3.4 $
Joe Niekro 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 14 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Randy Niemann 24 L L 6' 4" 200 Nov 15, 1955 2 22 1 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Gordie Pladson 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Jul 31, 1956 2 12 6 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Terry Puhl 23 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 4 141 130 141 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 30 107 141 6 4 6.0 $
Luis Pujols 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 18, 1955 4 78 57 78 76 0 75 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 -0.6 $
Craig Reynolds 27 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 6 137 106 137 135 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.3 $
J.R. Richard 30 R R 6' 8" 222 Mar 7, 1950 10 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $ All-Star
Bert Roberge 25 R R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1954 2 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Vern Ruhle 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 25, 1951 7 28 22 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
Nolan Ryan HOF 33 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 14 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $1,125,000
Joe Sambito 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1952 5 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $213,000
Dave Smith 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1955 1st 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Bobby Sprowl 24 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 14, 1956 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Denny Walling 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 6 100 70 100 82 0 0 64 0 0 0 1 0 17 18 26 0 0.7 $
Gary Woods 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 20, 1954 4 19 13 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 16 5 0 0.4 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

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6

Luis Pujols
8

Joe Morgan
9

Julio Gonzalez
10

Mike Fischlin
11

Alan Knicely
12

Craig Reynolds
13

Bruce Bochy
14

Alan Ashby
15

Gary Woods
16

Dave Bergman
17

Rafael Landestoy
18

Art Howe
20

Danny Heep
21

Terry Puhl
22

Scott Loucks
23

Enos Cabell
25

Jose Cruz
26

Gordie Pladson
28

Cesar Cedeno
29

Denny Walling
30

Jeffrey Leonard
31

Frank LaCorte
33

Gordie Pladson
34

Nolan Ryan
35

Joe Sambito
36

Joe Niekro
40

Bobby Sprowl
41

Bobby Sprowl
42

Bert Roberge
43

Ken Forsch
45

Dave Smith
46

Randy Niemann
47

Joaquin Andujar
48

Vern Ruhle
50

J.R. Richard

1979 / 1981 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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