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1980 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979/1981)
93-70, Finished 1st in NL Western Division
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Scored 637 runs, Allowed 589 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-76
Managed by Bill Virdon

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

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

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Team Batting Glossary

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          28  116  352   30   90  19  2   3   48  35   40  .256  .319  .347   0   0  11   0   2   5  12   93
1B  Art Howe            33  110  321   34   91  12  5  10   46  34   29  .283  .350  .445   1   0   9   1   4   4   6  129
2B *Joe Morgan          36  141  461   66  112  17  5  11   49  93   47  .243  .367  .373  24   6   4   0   3   5   6  115
3B  Enos Cabell         30  152  604   69  167  23  8   2   55  26   84  .276  .305  .351  21  13  13   1   1   5   6   90
SS *Craig Reynolds      27  137  381   34   86   9  6   3   28  20   39  .226  .262  .304   2   1   4   0  13   4   1   64
LF *Jose Cruz           32  160  612   79  185  29  7  11   91  60   66  .302  .360  .426  36  11  11   0   0   8  13  128
CF  Cesar Cedeno        29  137  499   71  154  32  8  10   73  66   72  .309  .389  .465  48  15  13   1   1   2  11  147
RF *Terry Puhl          23  141  535   75  151  24  5  13   55  60   52  .282  .357  .419  27  11   3   4   6   3   3  124
   #Rafael Landestoy    27  149  393   42   97  13  8   1   27  31   37  .247  .306  .328  23  12   3   3   6   1   2   84
   *Denny Walling       26  100  284   30   85   6  5   3   29  35   26  .299  .374  .387   4   3   2   0   0   2   4  121
    Luis Pujols         24   78  221   15   44   6  1   0   20  13   29  .199  .245  .235   0   0   5   1   1   2   3   40
    Jeffrey Leonard     24   88  216   29   46   7  5   3   20  19   46  .213  .274  .333   4   1   8   0   1   2   2   76
   *Danny Heep          22   33   87    6   24   8  0   0    6   8    9  .276  .340  .368   0   0   0   1   0   1   0  105
   *Dave Bergman        27   90   78   12   20   6  1   0    3  10   10  .256  .341  .359   1   0   1   0   3   0   2  103
    Gary Woods          25   19   53    8   20   5  0   2   15   2    9  .377  .400  .585   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  182
    Julio Gonzalez      27   40   52    5    6   1  0   0    1   1    8  .115  .132  .135   1   0   1   0   1   0   1  -22
    Bruce Bochy         25   22   22    0    4   1  0   0    0   5    7  .182  .357  .227   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   73
    Scott Loucks        23    8    3    4    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   94
    Mike Fischlin       24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Alan Knicely        25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Joe Niekro          35   37   80    7   22   5  0   0   10   4   15  .275  .310  .338   0   0   2   0  18   0   0   88
    Ken Forsch          33   32   77    3   18   3  0   0    8   1   33  .234  .244  .273   1   0   0   0   6   0   0   50
    Nolan Ryan          33   35   70    5    6   0  0   1    6   7   29  .086  .167  .129   0   1   0   0   5   1   0  -13
    Vern Ruhle          29   28   49    7   12   3  0   0    2   4   15  .245  .302  .306   0   0   2   0   4   0   0   77
    J.R. Richard        30   17   39    2    6   2  0   1    3   0   15  .154  .154  .282   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   24
   #Joaquin Andujar     27   35   29    3    5   0  1   1    3   3   16  .172  .250  .345   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   71
    Dave Smith          25   57   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Gordie Pladson      23   12   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    5  .000  .091  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -71
   *Joe Sambito         28   64    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    5  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -69
    Frank LaCorte       28   55    6    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    2  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   34
   *Randy Niemann       24   22    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   94
    Bert Roberge        25   14    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6  163 5566  637 1455 231 67  75  599 540  755  .261  .327  .367 194  74  96  13  89  45  73  105
    Rank among 12 NL teams         5    7    5   7  1  10        3   11     6     2     8   4   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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          35  37   3.55  20  12  0  36   1  11   2  256.0  268  119  101  12   79  127 1096  12   4  0   3  92
SP  Nolan Ryan          33  35   3.35  11  10  0  35   0   4   2  233.7  205  100   87  10   98  200  982  10   3  1   1  98
SP  Ken Forsch          33  32   3.20  12  13  0  32   0   6   3  222.3  230   90   79  15   41   84  926   1   7  3   1 103
SP  Vern Ruhle          29  28   2.37  12   4  0  22   1   6   2  159.3  148   51   42   7   29   55  638   0   3  2   1 138
SP  J.R. Richard        30  17   1.90  10   4  0  17   0   4   4  113.7   65   31   24   2   40  119  438   2   0  0   1 173

CL *Joe Sambito         28  64   2.19   8   4 17   0  40   0   0   90.3   65   26   22   3   22   75  354   3   2  0   3 150
RP  Dave Smith          25  57   1.93   7   5 10   0  35   0   0  102.7   90   24   22   1   32   85  422   3   4  1   7 170
RP  Frank LaCorte       28  55   2.82   8   5 11   0  44   0   0   83.0   61   29   26   4   43   66  342   2   0  0   5 116
RP  Joaquin Andujar     27  35   3.91   3   8  2  14   5   0   0  122.0  132   59   53   8   43   75  529   2   0  0   2  84
RP *Randy Niemann       24  22   5.45   0   1  1   1   3   0   0   33.0   40   21   20   2   12   18  147   0   0  1   1  60

    Gordie Pladson      23  12   4.35   0   4  0   6   1   0   0   41.3   38   23   20   3   16   13  175   0   0  0   0  75
    Bert Roberge        25  14   5.92   2   0  0   0   2   0   0   24.3   24   16   16   2   10    9  106   3   2  0   1  55
   *Bobby Sprowl        24   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    1    3    5   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.1 163   3.10  93  70 41 163 132  31  18 1482.0 1367  589  510  69  466  929 6160  38  25  8  26 106
    Rank among 12 NL teams          1   1  12  3           3   2      1    2    1        1    4    1

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- AAshby 912 104 114 608 60 6 10 .991 14 23 91 27 LPujols 541 57 75 348 35 4 5 .990 9 15 62 20 BBochy 29 2 10 19 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 4 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1482 163 163 975 96 10 15 .991 24 38 157 47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AHowe 576 68 77 580 49 9 47 .986 9.82 DWalling 485 57 63 505 31 6 46 .989 9.93 DHeep 176 21 22 188 8 2 8 .990 10.02 DBergman 175 8 59 183 16 1 23 .995 10.22 JLeonard 63 9 11 74 3 1 7 .987 11.00 BBochy 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 ECabell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 1530 107 19 131 .989 9.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorgan 1037 123 130 244 348 7 68 .988 5.14 RLandestoy 434 40 94 97 134 2 33 .991 4.78 AHowe 8 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50 JGonzalez 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 342 486 9 101 .989 5.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ECabell 1282 149 150 118 250 29 15 .927 2.58 AHowe 152 13 25 11 27 1 3 .974 2.25 JGonzalez 33 0 11 3 8 1 1 .917 3.00 RLandestoy 11 1 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.09 LPujols 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 134 289 31 19 .932 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *5.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CReynolds 962 106 135 162 362 17 59 .969 4.90 RLandestoy 423 48 65 87 157 7 34 .972 5.18 JGonzalez 72 7 16 18 23 0 7 1.000 5.10 AHowe 22 2 5 7 6 0 2 1.000 5.32 MFischlin 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 275 548 24 102 .972 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 1405 158 158 329 16 11 1 .969 2.21 TPuhl 33 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 GWoods 15 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 JLeonard 13 0 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.77 DWalling 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 DBergman 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 341 17 11 1 .970 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCedeno 1187 136 136 345 8 7 3 .981 2.67 TPuhl 240 25 30 68 2 0 0 1.000 2.62 JLeonard 49 2 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.76 SLoucks 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RLandestoy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 428 10 7 3 .984 2.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPuhl 921 102 107 229 11 3 3 .988 2.34 JLeonard 331 35 45 69 5 2 0 .974 2.01 DWalling 110 12 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.39 GWoods 97 12 12 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 DBergman 12 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 ECabell 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 SLoucks 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 335 17 5 3 .986 2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JCruz 1405 158 158 323 16 11 1 .969 2.17 TPuhl 1194 130 135 311 14 3 3 .991 2.45 CCedeno 1187 136 136 338 9 8 3 .977 2.63 JLeonard 393 37 56 87 6 2 0 .979 2.13 DWalling 119 13 19 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.51 GWoods 112 13 14 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.60 DBergman 19 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 SLoucks 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1482 163 163 1103 46 24 7 .980 2.33 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JNiekro 256 36 37 17 37 2 2 .964 1.90 NRyan 233 35 35 13 27 5 0 .889 1.54 KForsch 222 32 32 11 45 3 2 .949 2.27 VRuhle 159 22 28 15 17 2 2 .941 1.81 JAndujar 122 14 35 7 27 5 2 .872 2.51 JRichard 113 17 17 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.27 DSmith 102 0 57 3 11 1 0 .933 1.23 JSambito 90 0 64 7 13 2 2 .909 1.99 FLaCorte 83 0 55 1 3 1 0 .800 0.43 GPladson 41 6 12 3 9 2 0 .857 2.62 RNiemann 33 1 22 4 8 0 0 1.000 3.27 BRoberge 24 0 14 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.59 BSprowl 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 89 212 23 11 .929 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Cedeno .309

On-base % Cedeno .389

Slugging % Cedeno .465

OPS Cedeno .854

Games Cruz 160

At Bats Cruz 612

Plate Appearances (approx.) Cruz 680

Runs Cruz 79

Hits Cruz 185

Total Bases Cruz 261

Doubles Cedeno 32

Triples Cabell, Cedeno, and Landestoy 8

Home Runs Puhl 13

RBI Cruz 91

Bases on Balls Morgan 93

Strikeouts Cabell 84

Stolen Bases Cedeno 48

Singles Cruz 138

Adjusted OPS+ Cedeno 147

Runs Created Cruz 97

Adjusted Batting Runs Cedeno 33

Batting Wins Cedeno 3.4

Extra-Base Hits Cedeno 50

Times on Base Cruz 245

Offensive Win% Cedeno .697

Hit By Pitch Puhl 4

Sac. Hits Niekro 18

Sac. Flies Cruz 8

Intentional Walks Cruz 13

Grounded into Double Plays Cabell and Cedeno 13

Caught Stealing Cedeno 15

Power/Speed Number Puhl 17.6

At Bats per Strikeout Puhl 10.3

At Bats per Home Run Puhl 41.2

Outs Cabell 469

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ERA Forsch 3.20

Wins Niekro 20

Won-Loss % Ruhle .750

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Forsch 1.219

Hits Allowed/9IP Ryan 7.90

Bases on Balls/9IP Forsch 1.66

Strikeouts/9IP Ryan 7.70

Games Sambito 64

Saves Sambito 17

Innings Niekro 256.0

Strikeouts Ryan 200

Games Started Niekro 36

Comp. Games Niekro 11

Shutouts Richard 4

Home Runs Allow. Forsch 15

Bases On Balls Allow. Ryan 98

Hits Allowed Niekro 268

SO to Walk Forsch 2.05

Losses Forsch 13

Earned Runs Allow. Niekro 101

Wild Pitches Niekro 12

Hit Batsmen Forsch 7

Batters Faced Niekro 1096

Games Finished LaCorte 44

Adjusted ERA+ Forsch 103

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