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1980 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com) · 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Alan Ashby# 28 116 394 352 30 90 19 2 3 48 0 0 35 40 .256 .319 .347 .665 93 122 11 0 2 5 12
2 1B Art Howe 33 110 364 321 34 91 12 5 10 46 1 0 34 29 .283 .350 .445 .795 129 143 9 1 4 4 6
3 2B Joe Morgan* 36 141 562 461 66 112 17 5 11 49 24 6 93 47 .243 .367 .373 .740 115 172 4 0 3 5 6
4 SS Craig Reynolds* 27 137 418 381 34 86 9 6 3 28 2 1 20 39 .226 .262 .304 .566 64 116 4 0 13 4 1
5 3B Enos Cabell 30 152 637 604 69 167 23 8 2 55 21 13 26 84 .276 .305 .351 .656 90 212 13 1 1 5 6
6 LF Jose Cruz* 32 160 680 612 79 185 29 7 11 91 36 11 60 66 .302 .360 .426 .787 128 261 11 0 0 8 13
7 CF Cesar Cedeno 29 137 569 499 71 154 32 8 10 73 48 15 66 72 .309 .389 .465 .854 147 232 13 1 1 2 11
8 RF Terry Puhl* 23 141 608 535 75 151 24 5 13 55 27 11 60 52 .282 .357 .419 .776 124 224 3 4 6 3 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 MI Rafael Landestoy# 27 149 434 393 42 97 13 8 1 27 23 12 31 37 .247 .306 .328 .634 84 129 3 3 6 1 2
10 1B Denny Walling* 26 100 321 284 30 85 6 5 3 29 4 3 35 26 .299 .374 .387 .761 121 110 2 0 0 2 4
11 RF Jeffrey Leonard 24 88 238 216 29 46 7 5 3 20 4 1 19 46 .213 .274 .333 .608 76 72 8 0 1 2 2
12 C Luis Pujols 24 78 238 221 15 44 6 1 0 20 0 0 13 29 .199 .245 .235 .480 40 52 5 1 1 2 3
13 1B Danny Heep* 22 33 97 87 6 24 8 0 0 6 0 0 8 9 .276 .340 .368 .708 105 32 0 1 0 1 0
14 1B Dave Bergman* 27 90 91 78 12 20 6 1 0 3 1 0 10 10 .256 .341 .359 .700 103 28 1 0 3 0 2
15 OF Gary Woods 25 19 55 53 8 20 5 0 2 15 1 0 2 9 .377 .400 .585 .985 182 31 1 0 0 0 0
16 IF Julio Gonzalez 27 40 54 52 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 .115 .132 .135 .267 -22 7 1 0 1 0 1
17 UT Bruce Bochy 25 22 28 22 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 .182 .357 .227 .584 73 5 0 1 0 0 1
18 OF Scott Loucks 23 8 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 SS Mike Fischlin 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Alan Knicely 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Joe Niekro 35 37 102 80 7 22 5 0 0 10 0 0 4 15 .275 .310 .338 .647 88 27 2 0 18 0 0
22 P Ken Forsch 33 32 84 77 3 18 3 0 0 8 1 0 1 33 .234 .244 .273 .516 50 21 0 0 6 0 0
23 P Nolan Ryan 33 35 83 70 5 6 0 0 1 6 0 1 7 29 .086 .167 .129 .295 -13 9 0 0 5 1 0
24 P Vern Ruhle 29 28 57 49 7 12 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .245 .302 .306 .608 77 15 2 0 4 0 0
25 P J.R. Richard 30 17 43 39 2 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 15 .154 .154 .282 .436 24 11 0 0 4 0 0
26 P Joaquin Andujar# 27 35 37 29 3 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 16 .172 .250 .345 .595 71 10 1 0 5 0 0
27 P Dave Smith 25 57 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
28 P Gordie Pladson 23 12 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .091 .000 .091 -71 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Joe Sambito* 28 64 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Frank LaCorte 28 55 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 34 1 0 0 2 0 0
31 P Randy Niemann* 24 22 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 2 1 0 0 0 0
32 P Bert Roberge 25 14 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
33 P Bobby Sprowl* 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.8 163 6253 5566 637 1455 231 67 75 599 194 74 540 755 .261 .326 .367 .693 101 2045 96 13 89 45 73
Rank in 12 NL teams 5 7 5 7 1 10 4 4 3 11 6 2 8 7 9
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Joe Niekro 35 20 12 .625 3.55 37 36 1 11 2 0 256.0 268 119 101 12 79 3 127 4 0 12 1096 92 1.355 9.4 0.4 2.8 4.5 1.61
2 SP Nolan Ryan 33 11 10 .524 3.35 35 35 0 4 2 0 233.2 205 100 87 10 98 1 200 3 1 10 982 98 1.297 7.9 0.4 3.8 7.7 2.04
3 SP Ken Forsch 33 12 13 .480 3.20 32 32 0 6 3 0 222.1 230 90 79 15 41 1 84 7 3 1 926 103 1.219 9.3 0.6 1.7 3.4 2.05
4 SP Vern Ruhle 29 12 4 .750 2.37 28 22 1 6 2 0 159.1 148 51 42 7 29 1 55 3 2 0 638 138 1.111 8.4 0.4 1.6 3.1 1.90
5 SP J.R. Richard 30 10 4 .714 1.90 17 17 0 4 4 0 113.2 65 31 24 2 40 1 119 0 0 2 438 173 0.924 5.1 0.2 3.2 9.4 2.98
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Joe Sambito* 28 8 4 .667 2.19 64 0 40 0 0 17 90.1 65 26 22 3 22 3 75 2 0 3 354 150 0.963 6.5 0.3 2.2 7.5 3.41
7 RP Joaquin Andujar 27 3 8 .273 3.91 35 14 5 0 0 2 122.0 132 59 53 8 43 2 75 0 0 2 529 84 1.434 9.7 0.6 3.2 5.5 1.74
8 RP Dave Smith 25 7 5 .583 1.93 57 0 35 0 0 10 102.2 90 24 22 1 32 7 85 4 1 3 422 170 1.188 7.9 0.1 2.8 7.5 2.66
9 RP Frank LaCorte 28 8 5 .615 2.82 55 0 44 0 0 11 83.0 61 29 26 4 43 5 66 0 0 2 342 116 1.253 6.6 0.4 4.7 7.2 1.53
10 RP Randy Niemann* 24 0 1 .000 5.45 22 1 3 0 0 1 33.0 40 21 20 2 12 1 18 0 1 0 147 60 1.576 10.9 0.5 3.3 4.9 1.50
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Gordie Pladson 23 0 4 .000 4.35 12 6 1 0 0 0 41.1 38 23 20 3 16 0 13 0 0 0 175 75 1.306 8.3 0.7 3.5 2.8 0.81
12 Bert Roberge 25 2 0 1.000 5.92 14 0 2 0 0 0 24.1 24 16 16 2 10 1 9 2 0 3 106 55 1.397 8.9 0.7 3.7 3.3 0.90
13 Bobby Sprowl* 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 27.0 3.00
Team Totals 30.4 93 70 .571 3.11 163 163 132 31 13 41 1482.2 1367 589 512 69 466 26 929 25 8 38 6160 106 1.236 8.3 0.4 2.8 5.6 1.99
Rank in 12 NL teams 1 12 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 9850
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Joaquin Andujar 27 35 14 122.0 39 7 27 5 2 .872 2.51 0.97 P
Alan Ashby 28 114 104 912.1 674 608 60 6 10 .991 -5.0 -6.6 -5 6.59 5.86 14 23 91 27 23% C
Dave Bergman 27 64 9 194.1 203 186 16 1 23 .995 2.7 16.7 1.7 2.6 -0.9 0 1 9.36 3.16 1B-RF-LF
Bruce Bochy 25 11 2 34.1 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -41.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 -1 5.24 1.82 1 0 4 0 0% C-1B
Enos Cabell 30 152 150 1292.2 398 119 250 29 15 .927 -15.0 -13.9 -14.0 -10.1 -3.9 0 -1 2.57 2.43 3B-RF-1B
Cesar Cedeno 29 136 136 1187.2 360 345 8 7 3 .981 -5.0 -5.1 -2.0 -3.1 1.2 -3 2.67 2.60 CF
Jose Cruz 32 158 158 1405.1 356 329 16 11 1 .969 6.6 5.6 5.6 3.6 2.0 1 2.21 2.18 LF
Mike Fischlin 24 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 SS
Ken Forsch 33 32 32 222.1 59 11 45 3 2 .949 2.27 1.75 P
Julio Gonzalez 27 29 7 108.1 54 22 31 1 8 .981 0.3 3.3 -0.7 -1.1 0.3 1 4.40 1.83 SS-3B-2B
Danny Heep 22 22 21 176.0 198 188 8 2 8 .990 2.5 17.0 2.5 0.2 2.3 0 10.02 8.91 1B
Art Howe 33 110 83 758.2 694 598 86 10 52 .986 -2.9 -4.6 -3.9 -2.0 -1.9 1 8.11 6.22 1B-3B-SS-2B
Frank LaCorte 28 55 0 83.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.43 0.07 P
Rafael Landestoy 27 163 89 870.1 489 185 295 9 67 .982 -0.5 -0.7 -2.5 -3.6 1.1 2 4.96 2.94 2B-SS-3B-CF
Jeffrey Leonard 24 67 46 456.1 173 161 9 3 7 .983 2.6 6.8 1.6 -1.6 3.1 1 0 3.35 2.54 RF-1B-CF-LF
Scott Loucks 23 4 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 -180.0 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0.00 0.00 CF-RF
Joe Morgan 36 130 123 1037.0 599 244 348 7 68 .988 2.5 2.9 2.5 -1.7 4.2 0 5.14 4.55 2B
Joe Niekro 35 37 36 256.0 56 17 37 2 2 .964 1.90 1.46 P
Randy Niemann 24 22 1 33.0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 3.27 0.55 P
Gordie Pladson 23 12 6 41.1 14 3 9 2 0 .857 2.61 1.00 P
Terry Puhl 23 141 130 1194.2 317 301 13 3 3 .991 18.3 18.4 12.3 1.6 10.5 6 2.37 2.23 RF-CF-LF
Luis Pujols 24 76 57 545.0 388 349 35 4 5 .990 -4.2 -9.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 -4 6.34 5.05 9 15 62 20 24% C-3B
Craig Reynolds 27 135 106 962.2 541 162 362 17 59 .969 1.1 1.4 0.1 1.8 -1.7 1 4.90 3.88 SS
J.R. Richard 30 17 17 113.2 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.27 0.94 P
Bert Roberge 25 14 0 24.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.59 0.50 P
Vern Ruhle 29 28 22 159.1 34 15 17 2 2 .941 1.81 1.14 P
Nolan Ryan 33 35 35 233.2 45 13 27 5 0 .889 1.54 1.14 P
Joe Sambito 28 64 0 90.1 22 7 13 2 2 .909 1.99 0.31 P
Dave Smith 25 57 0 102.2 15 3 11 1 0 .933 1.23 0.25 P
Bobby Sprowl 24 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Denny Walling 26 81 70 604.2 561 524 31 6 46 .989 -5.9 -11.7 -5.9 -4.1 -1.7 0 0 8.26 6.85 1B-RF-LF
Gary Woods 25 16 13 112.1 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -28.8 -1.7 -0.3 -1.3 -1 1.60 1.25 RF-LF
Team Totals 28.4 163 1466 13334.0 6372 4448 1784 140 386 .978 -6.1 -0.5 -5.1 -18.4 13.2 4 5 -10 4.21 3.10 24 38 157 47 23%
Rank in 12 NL teams 6 7 6
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1979 / 1981 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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