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1981 Houston Astros Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 28-29, Finished 3rd
Second Half: 33-20, Finished 1st
Overall: 61-49, Finished 3rd in NL West
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Scored 394 runs, Allowed 331 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-46
Manager: Bill Virdon (61-49)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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 Pitching Statistics

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 36 9 9 .500 2.82 24 24 0 5 2 0 166.0 150 60 52 8 47 4 77 0 0 7 676 116 1.187 8.1 0.4 2.5 4.2 1.64
2 SP Don Sutton 36 11 9 .550 2.61 23 23 0 6 3 0 158.2 132 51 46 6 29 3 104 1 1 0 624 126 1.015 7.5 0.3 1.6 5.9 3.59
3 SP Bob Knepper* 27 9 5 .643 2.18 22 22 0 6 5 0 156.2 128 41 38 5 38 1 75 4 0 0 617 150 1.060 7.4 0.3 2.2 4.3 1.97
4 SP Nolan Ryan 34 11 5 .688 1.69 21 21 0 5 3 0 149.0 99 34 28 2 68 1 140 1 2 16 605 194 1.121 6.0 0.1 4.1 8.5 2.06
5 SP Vern Ruhle 30 4 6 .400 2.91 20 15 3 1 0 1 102.0 97 36 33 6 20 1 39 1 0 0 412 113 1.147 8.6 0.5 1.8 3.4 1.95
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* 29 5 5 .500 1.84 49 0 32 0 0 10 63.2 43 17 13 4 22 5 41 2 0 0 255 179 1.021 6.1 0.6 3.1 5.8 1.86
7 RP Dave Smith 26 5 3 .625 2.76 42 0 22 0 0 8 75.0 54 26 23 2 23 4 52 2 0 4 305 119 1.027 6.5 0.2 2.8 6.2 2.26
8 RP Frank LaCorte 29 4 2 .667 3.64 37 0 22 0 0 5 42.0 41 18 17 1 21 3 40 0 0 6 184 90 1.476 8.8 0.2 4.5 8.6 1.90
9 RP Bobby Sprowl* 25 0 1 .000 5.97 15 1 4 0 0 0 28.2 40 20 19 1 14 1 18 0 0 3 138 55 1.884 12.6 0.3 4.4 5.7 1.29
10 RP Billy Smith 26 1 1 .500 3.05 10 1 4 0 0 1 20.2 20 7 7 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 81 108 1.113 8.7 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.00
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 Joaquin Andujar 28 2 3 .400 4.94 9 3 0 0 0 0 23.2 29 17 13 2 12 0 18 0 0 0 113 66 1.732 11.0 0.8 4.6 6.8 1.50
12 Gordie Pladson 24 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 4 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 24 36 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
Team Totals 31.4 61 49 .555 2.66 110 110 87 23 13 25 990.0 842 331 293 40 300 24 610 11 4 36 4034 123 1.154 7.7 0.4 2.7 5.5 2.03
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 7 1 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 6333
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

Team Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
Joaquin Andujar 28 23.2 33% 1.8% 15.9% 10.6% 6.2% 24% 1.17 71% 27 2 7%
*Bob Knepper 27 156.2 78% 0.8% 12.2% 6.2% 3.9% 19% 1.23 79% 105 16 15%
Frank LaCorte 29 42.0 41% 0.5% 21.7% 11.4% 8.2% 37% 0.58 66% 37 4 11%
Joe Niekro 36 166.0 47% 1.2% 11.4% 7.0% 4.9% 22% 1.00 80% 104 10 10%
Gordie Pladson 24 4.0 38% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 8.3% 22% 1.25 75% 4 0 0%
Vern Ruhle 30 102.0 42% 1.5% 9.5% 4.9% 5.6% 24% 1.26 84% 59 8 14%
Nolan Ryan 34 149.0 47% 0.3% 23.1% 11.2% 1.7% 10% 1.09 64% 95 10 11%
*Joe Sambito 29 63.2 71% 1.6% 16.1% 8.6% 6.3% 37% 0.88 71% 47 6 13%
Billy Smith 26 20.2 35% 3.7% 3.7% 3.7% 8.6% 35% 2.29 86% 13 3 23%
Dave Smith 26 75.0 46% 0.7% 17.1% 7.5% 5.6% 32% 1.80 72% 39 2 5%
*Bobby Sprowl 25 28.2 69% 0.7% 13.0% 10.1% 5.8% 20% 1.50 75% 35 0 0%
Don Sutton 36 158.2 49% 1.0% 16.7% 4.7% 4.0% 19% 1.01 75% 106 5 5%
League Average 54% 1.5% 12.9% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.15 75% 11%
Team Total 53% 1.0% 15.1% 7.4% 4.6% 22% 1.13 75% 671 66 10%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Joaquin Andujar 28 23.2 9 113 98 17 29 5 0 2 5 1 12 18 .296 .366 .408 .774 .338 40 2 0 1 2 0
*Bob Knepper 27 156.2 22 617 566 41 128 16 3 5 15 8 38 75 .226 .278 .292 .570 .252 165 16 4 6 3 1
Frank LaCorte 29 42.0 37 184 159 18 41 14 0 1 4 1 21 40 .258 .339 .365 .704 .331 58 4 0 1 3 3
Joe Niekro 36 166.0 24 676 617 60 150 21 4 8 25 8 47 77 .243 .294 .329 .623 .264 203 10 0 6 6 4
Gordie Pladson 24 4.0 2 24 21 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 .429 .500 .571 1.071 .500 12 0 0 0 0 0
Vern Ruhle 30 102.0 20 412 388 36 97 15 2 6 6 8 20 39 .250 .288 .345 .633 .265 134 8 1 2 1 1
Nolan Ryan 34 149.0 21 605 528 34 99 7 1 2 21 7 68 140 .188 .280 .216 .496 .249 114 10 1 5 3 1
*Joe Sambito 29 63.2 49 255 224 17 43 12 0 4 1 2 22 41 .192 .269 .299 .568 .217 67 6 2 6 1 5
Billy Smith 26 20.2 10 81 76 7 20 4 0 3 0 2 3 3 .263 .291 .434 .725 .243 33 3 0 2 0 1
Dave Smith 26 75.0 42 305 273 26 54 11 4 2 4 4 23 52 .198 .264 .289 .554 .236 79 2 2 6 1 4
*Bobby Sprowl 25 28.2 15 138 120 20 40 7 0 1 0 3 14 18 .333 .397 .417 .814 .379 50 0 0 2 2 1
Don Sutton 36 158.2 23 624 575 51 132 14 5 6 5 8 29 104 .230 .265 .303 .568 .268 174 5 1 13 6 3
League Average .255 .319 .364 .683 .282
Team Total 274 4034 3645 331 842 127 20 40 86 52 300 610 .231 .289 .310 .599 .265 1129 66 11 50 28 24
Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
Joaquin Andujar 28 23.2 9 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 57 25 5 3 0 1 4.0 4.8 5.0
*Bob Knepper 27 156.2 22 22 9 5 8 0 2 13 9 .591 0 4 6 5 17 77% 60 89 26 8 0 0 7 2.8 2.7 7.1
Joe Niekro 36 166.0 24 24 9 9 6 1 5 14 10 .583 5 0 5 2 19 79% 56 79 17 21 9 0 6 3.8 3.5 6.9
Vern Ruhle 30 102.0 20 15 4 5 6 1 2 7 8 .467 0 1 1 0 8 53% 54 77 36 12 3 1 8 3.6 3.5 6.3
Nolan Ryan 34 149.0 21 21 11 5 5 0 3 13 8 .619 2 1 5 3 18 86% 65 95 26 4 2 0 7 3.6 3.7 7.1
Billy Smith 26 20.2 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 67 67 67 0 0 0 1 2.3 1.5 7.0
*Bobby Sprowl 25 28.2 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 1 100% 68 68 68 10 3 0 0 6.0 9.0 7.0
Don Sutton 36 158.2 23 23 11 9 3 1 5 12 11 .522 0 1 6 3 17 74% 60 87 18 7 3 0 8 4.0 3.8 6.9
League Average .501 54% 52 95 -1 3.9 3.8 6.1
Team Total 274 110 46 35 29 4 17 61 49 .555 8 7 23 13 81 74% 59 95 17 93 29 1 38 3.6 3.5 6.8
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
Joaquin Andujar 28 23.2 9 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 2 50% 4 1.039 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 0 4.3
Frank LaCorte 29 42.0 37 37 22 4 2 8 5 3 63% 12 3 27 10 37% 8 1.349 17 5 15 14 4 19 15 22 12 15 13 10 3.4
Gordie Pladson 24 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.219 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
Vern Ruhle 30 102.0 20 5 3 0 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 0 0 5 0.993 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 5 3 0 3 1 4.8
*Joe Sambito 29 63.2 49 49 32 5 5 13 10 3 77% 16 3 32 3 9% 8 1.680 27 6 16 18 13 18 18 31 22 10 23 15 3.9
Billy Smith 26 20.2 10 9 4 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 1 25% 5 1.059 2 2 5 2 0 7 2 7 6 1 6 3 4.6
Dave Smith 26 75.0 42 42 22 5 3 11 8 3 73% 13 2 18 6 33% 7 1.375 19 11 12 17 10 15 11 31 27 3 28 9 5.4
*Bobby Sprowl 25 28.2 15 14 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 7 50% 5 0.782 6 1 7 4 1 9 6 8 9 4 11 2 4.6
League Average 68% 34% 1.111 4.5
Team Total 274 164 87 15 14 37 25 12 68% 48 10 99 29 29% 1.093 75 30 59 59 31 74 55 109 84 35 89 40 4.3
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
Joaquin Andujar 28 23.2 113 29 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 7 4 2 57% 4 0 0 60 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
*Bob Knepper 27 156.2 616 128 5 1 7 4 1 2 3 24 10 1 42% 7 0 1 212 15 8 65% 13 6 2 0 0 2 3 1 4 1
Frank LaCorte 29 42.0 184 41 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 20 10 2 50% 0 6 1 73 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Joe Niekro 36 166.0 676 150 8 0 8 5 3 3 5 30 12 3 40% 5 7 4 225 25 8 76% 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Gordie Pladson 24 4.0 24 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Vern Ruhle 30 102.0 412 97 6 0 3 3 3 1 5 12 6 0 50% 6 0 0 130 6 8 43% 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nolan Ryan 34 149.0 605 99 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 24 12 6 50% 11 16 1 220 21 7 75% 20 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 29 0
*Joe Sambito 29 63.2 255 43 4 0 6 4 0 0 4 8 4 0 50% 6 0 0 107 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
Billy Smith 26 20.2 81 20 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 50% 2 0 0 25 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Smith 26 75.0 305 54 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 19 9 5 47% 5 4 0 99 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
*Bobby Sprowl 25 28.2 138 40 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 10 8 2 80% 1 3 1 68 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
Don Sutton 36 158.2 624 132 6 0 5 3 3 2 4 24 13 3 54% 5 0 0 207 5 8 38% 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
League Average 52% 67%
Team Total 4033 842 40 1 58 29 11 9 31 182 91 24 50% 52 36 8 1436 86 52 62% 83 48 3 2 0 2 10 3 93 1
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Joaquin Andujar 28 5 7 .417 4.98 112.0 137 69 62 10 37 52 0 1.554 11.0 3.0 4.2 1.41 0.8 20 20
*Bob Knepper 27 16 8 .667 2.85 218.0 210 77 69 8 62 104 7 1.248 8.7 2.6 4.3 1.68 0.3 22 22
Frank LaCorte 29 3 3 .500 4.58 59.0 67 33 30 2 34 56 0 1.712 10.2 5.2 8.5 1.65 0.3 37 37
Joe Niekro 36 13 12 .520 3.69 232.0 248 106 95 13 78 108 0 1.405 9.6 3.0 4.2 1.38 0.5 24 24
Gordie Pladson 24 0 0 12.60 5.0 15 8 7 0 5 4 0 4.000 27.0 9.0 7.2 0.80 0.0 2 2
Vern Ruhle 30 8 7 .533 3.78 143.0 160 67 60 10 33 55 2 1.350 10.1 2.1 3.5 1.67 0.6 20 20
Nolan Ryan 34 18 5 .783 2.15 213.0 163 57 51 3 112 200 2 1.291 6.9 4.7 8.5 1.79 0.1 21 21
*Joe Sambito 29 7 3 .700 2.37 91.0 73 27 24 7 37 59 3 1.209 7.2 3.7 5.8 1.59 0.7 49 49
Billy Smith 26 1 2 .333 4.18 28.0 33 14 13 5 5 4 0 1.357 10.6 1.6 1.3 0.80 1.6 10 10
Dave Smith 26 7 5 .583 3.52 110.0 91 48 43 3 39 76 3 1.182 7.4 3.2 6.2 1.95 0.2 42 42
*Bobby Sprowl 25 1 3 .250 7.88 40.0 66 39 35 2 23 25 0 2.225 14.9 5.2 5.6 1.09 0.5 15 15
Don Sutton 36 15 10 .600 3.31 226.0 218 92 83 10 48 148 2 1.177 8.7 1.9 5.9 3.08 0.4 23 23
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs 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 ERA+
Joaquin Andujar 28 6 48 49 .495 3.65 190 111 27 24 5 7 836.2 785 385 339 43 351 20 372 11 13 15 3567 93 1.358 8.4 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.06 93
*Bob Knepper 27 6 56 55 .505 3.41 158 155 2 42 16 0 1030.1 1006 439 390 74 340 33 559 22 2 22 4362 104 1.306 8.8 0.6 3.0 4.9 1.64 104
Frank LaCorte 29 7 17 33 .340 4.95 148 31 72 1 0 16 331.0 318 195 182 27 171 14 260 8 1 15 1463 74 1.477 8.6 0.7 4.6 7.1 1.52 74
Joe Niekro 36 15 145 129 .529 3.56 499 301 91 71 21 16 2292.1 2260 1016 907 177 765 52 1067 37 1 81 9691 97 1.320 8.9 0.7 3.0 4.2 1.39 97
Gordie Pladson 24 3 0 4 .000 4.74 18 6 3 0 0 0 49.1 56 29 26 4 21 0 18 0 1 0 221 70 1.561 10.2 0.7 3.8 3.3 0.86 70
Vern Ruhle 30 8 46 48 .489 3.51 157 133 8 25 10 1 884.2 910 397 345 68 222 13 346 22 4 9 3725 104 1.280 9.3 0.7 2.3 3.5 1.56 104
Nolan Ryan 34 15 189 174 .521 3.11 452 418 13 178 47 3 3074.0 2193 1211 1061 161 1812 44 3249 84 14 151 12991 112 1.303 6.4 0.5 5.3 9.5 1.79 112
*Joe Sambito 29 6 33 32 .508 2.40 312 5 208 1 1 68 475.2 395 150 127 30 137 22 388 8 1 8 1919 140 1.118 7.5 0.6 2.6 7.3 2.83 140
Billy Smith 26 1 1 1 .500 3.05 10 1 4 0 0 1 20.2 20 7 7 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 81 108 1.113 8.7 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.00 108
Dave Smith 26 2 12 8 .600 2.28 99 0 57 0 0 18 177.2 144 50 45 3 55 11 137 6 1 7 727 144 1.120 7.3 0.2 2.8 6.9 2.49 144
*Bobby Sprowl 25 4 0 3 .000 5.44 22 4 4 0 0 0 46.1 54 30 28 4 27 1 34 0 0 3 216 65 1.748 10.5 0.8 5.2 6.6 1.26 65
Don Sutton 36 16 241 184 .567 3.05 557 540 12 162 55 5 3887.2 3332 1457 1319 308 995 88 2756 62 14 84 15811 111 1.113 7.7 0.7 2.3 6.4 2.77 111
Age Yrs 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 ERA+

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.


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