1980 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1980 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981)
93-70, Finished 1st in NL West
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Scored 637 runs, Allowed 589 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-76
Manager: Bill Virdon (93-70)
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

* - 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

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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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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