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1981 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Joaquin Andujar 28 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 6 9 3 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Alan Ashby 29 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 9 83 74 83 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.9 $
Dave Bergman 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1953 6 6 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 $
Cesar Cedeno 30 R R 6' 2" 175 Feb 25, 1951 12 82 80 82 80 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 2 0 0.4 $
Jose Cruz 33 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 12 107 105 107 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 2 0 2.9 $
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 1.1 $
Phil Garner 32 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 30, 1949 9 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.8 $
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 -0.2 $
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 3.2 $
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 -0.2 $
Bob Knepper 27 L L 6' 3" 195 May 25, 1954 6 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $ All-Star
Alan Knicely 26 R R 6' 0" 190 May 19, 1955 3 3 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.4 $
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 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 -1.0 $
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 -0.1 $
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 0.4 $
Joe Niekro 36 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 15 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
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 0.0 $
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 -0.1 $
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 -0.2 $
Terry Puhl 24 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 5 96 86 96 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 71 91 10 0 1.7 $
Luis Pujols 25 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 18, 1955 5 40 35 40 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
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 1.3 $
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 0.0 $260,000
Vern Ruhle 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 25, 1951 8 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Nolan Ryan HOF 34 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 15 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 $1,125,000 All-Star
Joe Sambito 29 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1952 6 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Tony Scott 29 B R 6' 0" 164 Sep 18, 1951 8 55 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 55 0 0 1.3 $
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 0.2 $
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 0.7 $
Harry Spilman 26 L R 6' 1" 180 Jul 18, 1954 4 28 4 28 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 -0.1 $
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 -0.7 $
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 2.8 $875,000
Dickie Thon 23 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 20, 1958 3 49 25 49 43 0 0 0 29 5 13 0 0 0 0 2 10 0.2 $
Tim Tolman 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 20, 1956 1st 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 2 0 -0.1 $
Denny Walling 27 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 7 65 39 65 50 0 0 27 0 0 0 5 1 21 27 20 1 0.2 $
Gary Woods 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 20, 1954 5 54 24 54 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 36 41 20 2 -0.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bert Pena
Phil Garner
Luis Pujols
Dave Roberts
Joe Pittman
Dickie Thon
Alan Knicely
Craig Reynolds

Alan Ashby
Mike Ivie
Dave Bergman
Harry Spilman
Rafael Landestoy
Art Howe
Don Sutton
Terry Puhl
Scott Loucks
Gary Woods

Kiko Garcia
Danny Heep
Jose Cruz
Gordie Pladson
Billy Smith
Cesar Cedeno
Denny Walling
Jeffrey Leonard
Tony Scott

Frank LaCorte
Nolan Ryan
Joe Sambito
Joe Niekro
Tim Tolman
Bob Knepper
Bobby Sprowl
Gordie Pladson

Dave Smith
Joaquin Andujar
Vern Ruhle

1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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