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1981 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Joaquin Andujar 28 B R 6' 0" 180 Dec 21, 1952 6 9 3 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Ashby 29 B R 6' 2" 190 Jul 8, 1951 9 83 74 83 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Dave Bergman 28 L L 185 Jun 6, 1953 6 6 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Cesar Cedeno 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 25, 1951 12 82 80 82 80 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 2 0
Jose Cruz 33 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 8, 1947 12 107 105 107 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 2 0
Kiko Garcia 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 14, 1953 6 48 34 48 46 0 0 0 9 14 28 0 0 0 0 4 1
Phil Garner 32 R R 5' 10" 177 Apr 30, 1949 9 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Danny Heep 23 L L 5' 11" 185 Jul 3, 1957 3 33 23 33 23 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
Art Howe 34 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 15, 1946 8 103 100 103 100 0 0 2 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Mike Ivie 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 8, 1952 9 19 8 19 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Bob Knepper 27 L L 6' 2" 200 May 25, 1954 6 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Alan Knicely 26 R R 6' 0" 194 May 19, 1955 3 3 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Frank LaCorte 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 13, 1951 7 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy 28 B R 5' 10" 165 May 28, 1953 5 35 24 35 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
Jeffrey Leonard 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 22, 1955 5 7 4 7 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0
Scott Loucks 24 R R 6' 0" 178 Nov 11, 1956 2 10 1 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5
Joe Niekro 36 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 7, 1944 15 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bert Pena 21 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 11, 1959 1st 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
Joe Pittman 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 1, 1954 1st 52 34 52 38 0 0 0 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Gordie Pladson 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Jul 31, 1956 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Puhl 24 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1956 5 96 86 96 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 71 88 10 0
Luis Pujols 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1955 5 40 35 40 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Craig Reynolds 28 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 7 87 83 87 85 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 2 1
Dave Roberts 30 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 17, 1951 9 27 10 27 21 0 1 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Vern Ruhle 30 R R 6' 1" 187 Jan 25, 1951 8 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Ryan HOF 34 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 31, 1947 15 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Joe Sambito 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1952 6 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Scott 29 B R 6' 0" 175 Sep 18, 1951 8 55 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 55 0 0
Billy Smith 26 R R 6' 7" 200 Sep 13, 1954 1st 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Smith 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1955 2 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Spilman 26 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 18, 1954 4 28 4 28 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
Bobby Sprowl 25 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 14, 1956 4 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Sutton HOF 36 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 2, 1945 16 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dickie Thon 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 20, 1958 3 49 25 49 43 0 0 0 29 5 13 0 0 0 0 2 10
Tim Tolman 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 20, 1956 1st 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 2 0
Denny Walling 27 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 17, 1954 7 65 39 65 50 0 0 27 0 0 0 5 1 21 27 20 1
Gary Woods 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 20, 1954 5 54 24 54 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 36 41 20 2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1980 / 1982 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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