1981 Houston Astros

Lineups and Defense

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 28-29, Finished 3rd
Second Half: 33-20, Finished 1st
Overall: 61-49, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Virdon (61-49)
Scored 394 runs, Allowed 331 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-46

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,321,282 (4th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 87

Postseason:

Lost NL Division Series (3-2) to Los Angeles Dodgers

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1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

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Shading is not used to differentiate the players' performances. It is merely used to quickly illustrate long strings of games/years played by a single player. When a player in the column changes, so does the color of the shading.

Game (# = Opp. LHS)	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P
1. Thu,4/9 at LAD L (0-2)#	Pujols	Roberts	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Niekro
2. Sat,4/11 at LAD L (4-7)	Ashby	Heep	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Sutton
3. Sun,4/12 at LAD L (2-3)	Ashby	Heep	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Leonard	Ruhle
4. Mon,4/13 vs ATL L (1-2)	Ashby	Heep	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Leonard	Knepper
5. Tue,4/14 vs ATL W (8-2)	Ashby	Heep	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Niekro
6. Wed,4/15 vs ATL W (2-0)	Ashby	Walling	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Ryan
7. Fri,4/17 vs PIT L (3-4)	Ashby	Walling	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Sutton
8. Sat,4/18 vs PIT L (3-6)#	Pujols	Leonard	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Ruhle
9. Sun,4/19 vs PIT L (0-2)#	Pujols	Leonard	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Niekro
10. Mon,4/20 vs LAD L (2-5)	Ashby	Walling	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Andujar
11. Tue,4/21 vs LAD W (1-0)#	Ashby	Ivie	Thon	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Knepper
12. Wed,4/22 vs LAD L (0-1)#	Ashby	Ivie	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Sutton
13. Thu,4/23 vs CIN L (4-5)	Ashby	Ivie	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Ruhle
14. Fri,4/24 vs CIN L (0-3)	Ashby	Ivie	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Niekro
15. Sat,4/25 vs CIN L (1-2)	Pujols	Walling	Thon	Roberts	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Ryan
16. Sun,4/26 vs CIN W (1-0)	Ashby	Walling	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Knepper
17. Tue,4/28 at ATL W (2-1)	Ashby	Walling	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Sutton
18. Wed,4/29 at ATL W (5-4)	Ashby	Walling	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Ruhle
19. Thu,4/30 at ATL W (5-1)	Ashby	Walling	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Niekro
20. Fri,5/1 at PIT W (5-3)#	Pujols	Ivie	Landestoy	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Cedeno	Woods	Ryan
21. Sat,5/2 at PIT L (4-5)	Ashby	Ivie	Garcia	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Walling	Knepper
22. Sun,5/3 at PIT W (3-1)	Ashby	Ivie	Garcia	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Sutton
23. Mon,5/4 at CHC W (5-4)	Ashby	Ivie	Garcia	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Heep	Andujar
24. Tue,5/5 at CHC W (4-3)	Pujols	Heep	Garcia	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Woods	Niekro
25. Wed,5/6 at CHC L (1-2)	Ashby	Heep	Garcia	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Woods	Ryan
26. Thu,5/7 at CHC W (6-0)	Ashby	Heep	Garcia	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Woods	Knepper
27. Fri,5/8 at CIN L (0-4)	Ashby	Heep	Garcia	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Woods	Sutton
28. Sat,5/9 at CIN L (5-9)	Ashby	Heep	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Andujar
29. Sun,5/10 at CIN W (7-5)	Pujols	Heep	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Niekro
30. Mon,5/11 at CIN W (5-0)	Ashby	Heep	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Ryan
31. Tue,5/12 vs STL L (2-3)	Ashby	Heep	Thon	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Knepper
32. Wed,5/13 vs STL W (3-0)#	Pujols	Roberts	Landestoy	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Puhl	Woods	Sutton
33. Thu,5/14 vs STL L (6-7)#	Pujols	Roberts	Landestoy	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Puhl	Woods	Sprowl
34. Fri,5/15 vs CHC W (5-0)	Ashby	Heep	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Walling	Niekro
35. Sat,5/16 vs CHC W (6-1)	Ashby	Heep	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Walling	Ryan
36. Sun,5/17 vs CHC W (6-1)	Ashby	Heep	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Walling	Knepper
37. Tue,5/19 at STL L (12-15)#	Pujols	Roberts	Landestoy	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Puhl	Woods	Sutton
38. Wed,5/20 at STL W (4-3)	Ashby	Heep	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Walling	Niekro
39. Thu,5/21 at STL L (1-3)#	Ashby	Roberts	Landestoy	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Puhl	Woods	Ryan
40. Fri,5/22 vs SFG L (3-6)	Ashby	Walling	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Knepper
41. Sat,5/23 vs SFG W (5-3)	Ashby	Walling	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Ruhle
42. Sun,5/24 vs SFG L (1-2)#	Pujols	Walling	Landestoy	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Sutton
43. Mon,5/25 vs SDP W (6-3)	Ashby	Walling	Landestoy	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Niekro
44. Tue,5/26 vs SDP W (1-0)	Ashby	Walling	Landestoy	Pittman	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Ryan
45. Wed,5/27 vs SDP W (1-0)#	Pujols	Roberts	Landestoy	Pittman	Garcia	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Knepper
46. Fri,5/29 at SFG L (1-3)#	Pujols	Heep	Landestoy	Pittman	Garcia	Cruz	Cedeno	Woods	Sutton
47. Sat,5/30 at SFG W (9-8)	Ashby	Heep	Pittman	Garcia	Reynolds	Cruz	Cedeno	Puhl	Niekro
48. Sun,5/31 at SFG L (1-6)	Ashby	Heep	Pittman	Roberts	Reynolds	Cruz	Walling	Puhl	Ryan
49. Tue,6/2 at SDP W (2-1)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Woods	Puhl	Knepper
50. Wed,6/3 at SDP W (6-1)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Walling	Sutton
51. Thu,6/4 at SDP L (5-7)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Walling	Niekro
52. Fri,6/5 vs NYM W (3-0)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Woods	Puhl	Ryan
53. Sat,6/6 vs NYM W (6-2)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Walling	Ruhle
54. Sun,6/7 vs NYM L (1-3)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Puhl	Walling	Knepper
55. Mon,6/8 at PHI L (3-4)	Pujols	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Sutton
56. Tue,6/9 at PHI L (3-10)	Pujols	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
57. Wed,6/10 at PHI L (4-5)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Ryan
58. Mon,8/10 at SFG W (6-5)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Sutton
59. Tue,8/11 at SFG L (2-3)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
60. Wed,8/12 at SFG W (5-4)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Thon	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ruhle
61. Thu,8/13 at SDP L (1-9)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Thon	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Knepper
62. Fri,8/14 at SDP W (5-1)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Thon	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ryan
63. Sat,8/15 at SDP W (5-0)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Sutton
64. Sun,8/16 at SDP W (3-0)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Walling	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
65. Mon,8/17 vs MON L (2-6)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Walling	Scott	Puhl	Ruhle
66. Tue,8/18 vs MON W (4-2)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Walling	Scott	Puhl	Knepper
67. Wed,8/19 vs MON W (9-1)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Walling	Scott	Puhl	Ryan
68. Fri,8/21 at PHI L (4-5)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Sutton
69. Sat,8/22 at PHI L (4-8)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
70. Sun,8/23 at PHI L (0-6)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Thon	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Knepper
71. Tue,8/25 at NYM L (1-2)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Walling	Ryan
72. Wed,8/26 at NYM W (9-3)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Walling	Sutton
73. Thu,8/27 at NYM L (2-3)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Niekro
74. Fri,8/28 vs PHI W (3-2)#	Pujols	Roberts	Pittman	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Knepper
75. Sat,8/29 vs PHI W (6-1)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Thon	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Ruhle
76. Sat,8/29 vs PHI W (2-1)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Garcia	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Walling	Smith
77. Sun,8/30 vs PHI W (5-4)	Ashby	Cedeno	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Walling	Ryan
78. Mon,8/31 vs NYM W (6-1)	Ashby	Spilman	Pittman	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Walling	Sutton
79. Tue,9/1 vs NYM W (3-2)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Thon	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Niekro
80. Wed,9/2 vs NYM W (8-0)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Knepper
81. Thu,9/3 at MON W (2-1)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ruhle
82. Fri,9/4 at MON W (5-0)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ryan
83. Sat,9/5 at MON L (2-5)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Sutton
84. Sun,9/6 at MON W (4-3)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
85. Mon,9/7 at ATL W (3-2)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Knepper
86. Tue,9/8 at ATL L (2-3)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Ruhle
87. Wed,9/9 at ATL L (0-9)	Ashby	Spilman	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Walling	Ryan
88. Fri,9/11 vs SFG W (6-0)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Sutton
89. Sat,9/12 vs SFG W (5-2)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
90. Sun,9/13 vs SFG W (3-0)	Ashby	Walling	Garner	Garcia	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Knepper
91. Mon,9/14 vs CIN L (2-4)	Ashby	Walling	Garner	Garcia	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ruhle
92. Tue,9/15 vs CIN L (0-4)#	Pujols	Roberts	Garner	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Ryan
93. Wed,9/16 at SDP W (5-2)#	Pujols	Heep	Garner	Howe	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Sutton
94. Thu,9/17 at SDP W (9-0)	Ashby	Heep	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
95. Fri,9/18 at SFG L (2-5)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Knepper
96. Sat,9/19 at SFG W (8-1)	Ashby	Walling	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ruhle
97. Sun,9/20 at SFG W (7-3)#	Pujols	Howe	Garner	Thon	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Ryan
98. Tue,9/22 vs ATL W (3-0)	Ashby	Heep	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Sutton
99. Wed,9/23 vs ATL L (1-3)	Ashby	Walling	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
100. Thu,9/24 vs ATL W (5-3)#	Pujols	Howe	Garner	Thon	Garcia	Cruz	Scott	Woods	Knepper
101. Fri,9/25 vs LAD L (0-3)	Ashby	Walling	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ruhle
102. Sat,9/26 vs LAD W (5-0)	Ashby	Spilman	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ryan
103. Sun,9/27 vs LAD W (4-1)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Thon	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Sutton
104. Mon,9/28 vs SDP W (2-1)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
105. Tue,9/29 vs SDP L (1-2)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Knepper
106. Wed,9/30 at CIN L (2-5)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ruhle
107. Thu,10/1 at CIN W (8-1)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Ryan
108. Fri,10/2 at LAD L (1-6)#	Pujols	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Thon	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Sutton
109. Sat,10/3 at LAD L (2-7)	Ashby	Cedeno	Garner	Howe	Reynolds	Cruz	Scott	Puhl	Niekro
110. Sun,10/4 at LAD W (5-3)	Knicely	Spilman	Pittman	Garcia	Reynolds	Tolman	Loucks	Walling	Knepper
110 Games	3 Players	8 Players	5 Players	5 Players	3 Players	3 Players	6 Players	5 Players	8 Players
Most-Games	Ashby-74 Pujols-35 Knicely-1	Cedeno-46 Heep-22 Walling-18 Ivie-8 Roberts-8 Spilman-4 Howe-2 Leonard-2	Pittman-31 Garner-30 Landestoy-24 Thon-18 Garcia-7	Howe-98 Garcia-5 Pittman-3 Roberts-2 Thon-2	Reynolds-83 Garcia-22 Thon-5	Cruz-105 Walling-4 Tolman-1	Scott-55 Cedeno-34 Puhl-17 Woods-2 Walling-1 Loucks-1	Puhl-69 Woods-22 Walling-16 Leonard-2 Heep-1	Niekro-24 Sutton-23 Knepper-22 Ryan-21 Ruhle-15 Andujar-3 Sprowl-1 Smith-1

Most Common Lineups

12 Games C. Ashby 1B. Cedeno 2B. Garner 3B. Howe SS. Reynolds LF. Cruz CF. Scott RF. Puhl P. Pitcher	6 Games C. Ashby 1B. Walling 2B. Landestoy 3B. Howe SS. Reynolds LF. Cruz CF. Cedeno RF. Puhl P. Pitcher	5 Games C. Ashby 1B. Cedeno 2B. Pittman 3B. Howe SS. Reynolds LF. Cruz CF. Scott RF. Puhl P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Ashby 1B. Cedeno 2B. Pittman 3B. Howe SS. Reynolds LF. Cruz CF. Puhl RF. Walling P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Ashby 1B. Heep 2B. Landestoy 3B. Howe SS. Reynolds LF. Cruz CF. Puhl RF. Walling P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Ashby 1B. Cedeno 2B. Pittman 3B. Howe SS. Reynolds LF. Walling CF. Scott RF. Puhl P. Pitcher

12 Games
C. Ashby
1B. Cedeno
2B. Garner
3B. Howe
SS. Reynolds
LF. Cruz
CF. Scott
RF. Puhl
P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Ashby
1B. Walling
2B. Landestoy
3B. Howe
SS. Reynolds
LF. Cruz
CF. Cedeno
RF. Puhl
P. Pitcher

5 Games
C. Ashby
1B. Cedeno
2B. Pittman
3B. Howe
SS. Reynolds
LF. Cruz
CF. Scott
RF. Puhl
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Ashby
1B. Cedeno
2B. Pittman
3B. Howe
SS. Reynolds
LF. Cruz
CF. Puhl
RF. Walling
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Ashby
1B. Heep
2B. Landestoy
3B. Howe
SS. Reynolds
LF. Cruz
CF. Puhl
RF. Walling
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Ashby
1B. Cedeno
2B. Pittman
3B. Howe
SS. Reynolds
LF. Walling
CF. Scott
RF. Puhl
P. Pitcher

52 total lineups (95 when including pitchers)

1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

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