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1981 Houston Astros Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 61-49, Final Rank:3, GB: 6.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind10.5last on Friday, Aug 28, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50014last on Monday, Sep 28
Most Games under .5009last on Saturday, Apr 25
Longest Winning Streak9Friday, Aug 28 to Friday, Sep 4
Longest Losing Streak4Thursday, Apr 9 to Monday, Apr 13, Friday, Apr 17 to Monday, Apr 20, Wednesday, Apr 22 to Saturday, Apr 25, Sunday, Jun 7 to Wednesday, Jun 10 and Friday, Aug 21 to Tuesday, Aug 25
Most Runs Allowed15Tuesday, May 19
Most Runs Scored12Tuesday, May 19
Longest Game (innings)15Friday, May 22
Times Shutout by Opponent9 
Times Opponent Shutout19 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 61 49 394 331 .555
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 31 20 166 106 .608
Road 30 29 228 225 .508
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 12 44 50 .368
May 17 12 118 100 .586
June 4 5 33 33 .444
August 13 8 84 67 .619
September 18 10 99 64 .643
October 2 2 16 17 .500
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 28 29 195 183 .491
Second Half 33 20 199 148 .623
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 56 42 351 282 .571
ExtraInning 5 7 43 49 .417
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 21 19 114 112 .525
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 19 7 134 66 .731
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
ATL 8 4 37 30 .667
CHC 6 1 33 11 .857
CIN 4 8 35 42 .333
LAD 4 8 26 38 .333
MON 5 2 28 18 .714
NYM 6 3 39 16 .667
PHI 4 6 34 46 .400
PIT 2 4 18 21 .333
SDP 11 3 52 27 .786
SFG 9 6 64 51 .600
STL 2 4 28 31 .333

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Thursday, Apr 9 boxscore HOU @ LAD L 0 2 0-1 5 1.0 Valenzuela Niekro 2:17 50,511 -
2 2 Saturday, Apr 11 boxscore HOU @ LAD L 4 7 0-2 6 2.0 Hooton Sutton 2:56 51,691 --
3 3 Sunday, Apr 12 boxscore HOU @ LAD L 2 3 0-3 6 3.0 Sutcliffe Ruhle Howe 2:16 50,734 ---
4 4 Monday, Apr 13 boxscore HOU ATL L 1 2 10 0-4 6 4.0 Camp Sambito Bradford 2:57 34,961 ----
5 5 Tuesday, Apr 14 boxscore HOU ATL W 8 2 1-4 6 4.0 Niekro Walk 2:38 21,440 +
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 15 boxscore HOU ATL W 2 0 2-4 4 4.0 Ryan Boggs LaCorte 2:00 22,365 ++
7 7 Friday, Apr 17 boxscore HOU PIT L 3 4 2-5 6 4.0 Rhoden Sutton Romo 2:28 39,119 -
8 8 Saturday, Apr 18 boxscore HOU PIT L 3 6 11 2-6 6 5.0 Jackson Smith 3:06 29,790 --
9 9 Sunday, Apr 19 boxscore HOU PIT L 0 2 2-7 6 6.0 Scurry Niekro Solomon 2:21 30,394 ---
10 10 Monday, Apr 20 boxscore HOU LAD L 2 5 2-8 6 7.0 Hooton Andujar Goltz 2:34 21,730 ----
11 11 Tuesday, Apr 21 boxscore HOU LAD W 1 0 3-8 6 6.0 Knepper Reuss 1:48 21,904 +
12 12 Wednesday, Apr 22 boxscore HOU LAD L 0 1 3-9 6 7.0 Valenzuela Sutton 2:24 22,830 -
13 13 Thursday, Apr 23 boxscore HOU CIN L 4 5 10 3-10 6 8.0 Price Smith Moskau 3:06 23,173 --
14 14 Friday, Apr 24 boxscore HOU CIN L 0 3 3-11 6 8.0 Pastore Niekro 2:23 27,087 ---
15 15 Saturday, Apr 25 boxscore HOU CIN L 1 2 3-12 6 9.0 Berenyi Ryan Hume 2:45 19,957 ----
16 16 Sunday, Apr 26 boxscore HOU CIN W 1 0 4-12 6 9.0 Knepper Soto 2:21 23,428 +
17 17 Tuesday, Apr 28 boxscore HOU @ ATL W 2 1 5-12 6 8.5 Sutton Montefusco Smith 2:34 8,669 ++
18 18 Wednesday, Apr 29 boxscore HOU @ ATL W 5 4 6-12 5 7.5 LaCorte Camp 3:18 8,334 +++
19 19 Thursday, Apr 30 boxscore HOU @ ATL W 5 1 7-12 5 7.0 Niekro Boggs 2:19 10,006 ++++
20 20 Friday, May 1 boxscore HOU @ PIT W 5 3 8-12 5 6.0 Sambito Solomon 3:01 7,012 +++++
21 21 Saturday, May 2 boxscore HOU @ PIT L 4 5 12 8-13 5 7.0 Solomon Smith 3:56 21,993 -
22 22 Sunday, May 3 boxscore HOU @ PIT W 3 1 9-13 4 7.0 Sutton Bibby Smith 3:15 10,438 +
23 23 Monday, May 4 boxscore HOU @ CHC W 5 4 10-13 4 6.0 Andujar Krukow Sambito 3:02 2,941 ++
24 24 Tuesday, May 5 boxscore HOU @ CHC W 4 3 11-13 4 5.0 Smith Smith 2:41 2,092 +++
25 25 Wednesday, May 6 boxscore HOU @ CHC L 1 2 11 11-14 4 6.0 Smith LaCorte 3:27 2,572 -
26 26 Thursday, May 7 boxscore HOU @ CHC W 6 0 12-14 4 6.0 Knepper Martz 2:40 3,112 +
27 27 Friday, May 8 boxscore HOU @ CIN L 0 4 12-15 4 7.0 Seaver Sutton 2:21 31,961 -
28 28 Saturday, May 9 boxscore HOU @ CIN L 5 9 12-16 5 7.0 Berenyi Andujar 2:38 30,860 --
29 29 Sunday, May 10 boxscore HOU @ CIN W 7 5 13-16 5 7.0 Niekro Pastore LaCorte 2:44 31,903 +
30 30 Monday, May 11 boxscore HOU @ CIN W 5 0 14-16 4 6.5 Ryan LaCoss 2:36 11,795 ++
31 31 Tuesday, May 12 boxscore HOU STL L 2 3 10 14-17 5 7.5 Sutter Sambito Kaat 2:26 20,020 -
32 32 Wednesday, May 13 boxscore HOU STL W 3 0 15-17 5 7.5 Sutton Shirley 2:24 21,705 +
33 33 Thursday, May 14 boxscore HOU STL L 6 7 15-18 5 8.5 Otten Sambito Sutter 2:54 20,042 -
34 34 Friday, May 15 boxscore HOU CHC W 5 0 16-18 5 8.5 Niekro Caudill 2:16 23,718 +
35 35 Saturday, May 16 boxscore HOU CHC W 6 1 17-18 4 8.5 Ryan Martz Sambito 2:48 43,726 ++
36 36 Sunday, May 17 boxscore HOU CHC W 6 1 18-18 4 8.5 Knepper Krukow 2:34 34,068 +++
37 37 Tuesday, May 19 boxscore HOU @ STL L 12 15 18-19 5 8.0 Kaat Sprowl 3:03 14,585 -
38 38 Wednesday, May 20 boxscore HOU @ STL W 4 3 11 19-19 4 8.0 Niekro Sutter Sambito 2:47 19,175 +
39 39 Thursday, May 21 boxscore HOU @ STL L 1 3 19-20 5 8.5 Martin Ryan 2:13 19,823 -
40 40 Friday, May 22 boxscore HOU SFG L 3 6 15 19-21 5 9.5 Minton Andujar 4:38 30,377 --
41 41 Saturday, May 23 boxscore HOU SFG W 5 3 20-21 5 9.5 LaCorte Whitson 3:09 38,586 +
42 42 Sunday, May 24 boxscore HOU SFG L 1 2 20-22 5 10.0 Blue Sutton Minton 2:26 34,922 -
43 43 Monday, May 25 boxscore HOU SDP W 6 3 21-22 4 10.0 Niekro Mura Sambito 2:41 19,025 +
44 44 Tuesday, May 26 boxscore HOU SDP W 1 0 22-22 4 9.5 Ryan Eichelberger Sambito 2:23 17,709 ++
45 45 Wednesday, May 27 boxscore HOU SDP W 1 0 23-22 3 8.5 Knepper Welsh 1:50 21,256 +++
46 46 Friday, May 29 boxscore HOU @ SFG L 1 3 23-23 4 9.0 Blue Sutton Holland 2:22 8,397 -
47 47 Saturday, May 30 boxscore HOU @ SFG W 9 8 14 24-23 3 8.0 Andujar Breining Ruhle 4:33 8,869 +
48 48 Sunday, May 31 boxscore HOU @ SFG L 1 6 24-24 3 9.0 Griffin Ryan Holland 2:34 20,626 -
49 49 Tuesday, Jun 2 boxscore HOU @ SDP W 2 1 25-24 3 8.5 LaCorte Welsh Sambito 2:19 9,671 +
50 50 Wednesday, Jun 3 boxscore HOU @ SDP W 6 1 26-24 3 7.5 Sutton Wise 2:25 10,023 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Thursday, Jun 4 boxscore HOU @ SDP L 5 7 26-25 3 8.0 Mura Niekro Lucas 2:31 12,403 -
52 52 Friday, Jun 5 boxscore HOU NYM W 3 0 27-25 3 7.0 Ryan Jones 2:09 28,085 +
53 53 Saturday, Jun 6 boxscore HOU NYM W 6 2 28-25 3 6.0 Ruhle Zachry Smith 2:17 42,478 ++
54 54 Sunday, Jun 7 boxscore HOU NYM L 1 3 28-26 3 7.0 Scott Knepper Allen 2:13 29,873 -
55 55 Monday, Jun 8 boxscore HOU @ PHI L 3 4 28-27 3 7.5 Ruthven Sutton McGraw 2:41 31,664 --
56 56 Tuesday, Jun 9 boxscore HOU @ PHI L 3 10 28-28 3 7.5 Bystrom Niekro Reed 2:17 33,978 ---
57 57 Wednesday, Jun 10 boxscore HOU @ PHI L 4 5 28-29 3 8.5 Carlton LaCorte McGraw 2:22 57,386 ----
58 58 Monday, Aug 10 boxscore HOU @ SFG W 6 5 29-29 3 8.0 Sambito Breining LaCorte 3:08 11,115 +
59 59 Tuesday, Aug 11 boxscore HOU @ SFG L 2 3 29-30 3 8.0 Griffin Niekro Minton 2:36 12,354 -
60 60 Wednesday, Aug 12 boxscore HOU @ SFG W 5 4 30-30 3 8.0 Sambito Holland Smith 2:51 8,707 +
61 61 Thursday, Aug 13 boxscore HOU @ SDP L 1 9 30-31 4 8.0 Welsh Knepper 2:29 4,899 -
62 62 Friday, Aug 14 boxscore HOU @ SDP W 5 1 31-31 3 8.0 Ryan Lollar 2:24 8,414 +
63 63 Saturday, Aug 15 boxscore HOU @ SDP W 5 0 32-31 3 7.0 Sutton Eichelberger 1:59 5,852 ++
64 64 Sunday, Aug 16 boxscore HOU @ SDP W 3 0 33-31 3 7.0 Niekro Mura Smith 2:16 5,880 +++
65 65 Monday, Aug 17 boxscore HOU MON L 2 6 33-32 3 7.0 Burris Ruhle Fryman 2:19 24,203 -
66 66 Tuesday, Aug 18 boxscore HOU MON W 4 2 34-32 3 7.0 Knepper Rogers Sambito 2:04 23,306 +
67 67 Wednesday, Aug 19 boxscore HOU MON W 9 1 35-32 3 6.0 Ryan Sanderson Smith 2:39 27,169 ++
68 68 Friday, Aug 21 boxscore HOU @ PHI L 4 5 35-33 3 7.0 Lyle Ruhle McGraw 2:41 31,693 -
69 69 Saturday, Aug 22 boxscore HOU @ PHI L 4 8 35-34 3 8.0 Ruthven Niekro 2:16 35,199 --
70 70 Sunday, Aug 23 boxscore HOU @ PHI L 0 6 35-35 3 8.0 Carlton Knepper 1:51 30,630 ---
71 71 Tuesday, Aug 25 boxscore HOU @ NYM L 1 2 35-36 4 9.5 Marshall Sambito 2:32 15,622 ----
72 72 Wednesday, Aug 26 boxscore HOU @ NYM W 9 3 36-36 4 9.5 Sutton Zachry 2:34 16,731 +
73 73 Thursday, Aug 27 boxscore HOU @ NYM L 2 3 36-37 4 10.5 Marshall Sambito Allen 2:28 17,488 -
74 74 Friday, Aug 28 boxscore HOU PHI W 3 2 10 37-37 3 10.5 Smith Lyle 2:37 29,482 +
75 75 Saturday, Aug 29 boxscore HOU PHI W 6 1 38-37 3 9.0 Ruhle Davis 2:22 0 ++
76 76 Saturday, Aug 29 boxscore HOU PHI W 2 1 39-37 3 9.0 Smith Noles LaCorte 2:01 33,327 +++
77 77 Sunday, Aug 30 boxscore HOU PHI W 5 4 10 40-37 3 8.0 Smith Lyle 2:53 23,102 ++++
78 78 Monday, Aug 31 boxscore HOU NYM W 6 1 41-37 3 7.0 Sutton Zachry 2:27 10,669 +++++
79 79 Tuesday, Sep 1 boxscore HOU NYM W 3 2 42-37 3 7.0 Sambito Marshall 2:39 16,339 ++++++
80 80 Wednesday, Sep 2 boxscore HOU NYM W 8 0 43-37 3 7.0 Knepper Scott 2:21 18,938 +++++++
81 81 Thursday, Sep 3 boxscore HOU @ MON W 2 1 44-37 3 6.0 Ruhle Sanderson Smith 2:20 24,833 ++++++++
82 82 Friday, Sep 4 boxscore HOU @ MON W 5 0 45-37 3 5.0 Ryan Gullickson Sambito 2:54 32,580 +++++++++
83 83 Saturday, Sep 5 boxscore HOU @ MON L 2 5 45-38 3 6.0 Burris Sutton 2:13 30,471 -
84 84 Sunday, Sep 6 boxscore HOU @ MON W 4 3 12 46-38 3 6.0 LaCorte Sosa 3:33 47,193 +
85 85 Monday, Sep 7 boxscore HOU @ ATL W 3 2 47-38 3 6.0 Smith Camp Sambito 2:40 7,358 ++
86 86 Tuesday, Sep 8 boxscore HOU @ ATL L 2 3 47-39 3 7.0 Camp Smith 2:13 2,800 -
87 87 Wednesday, Sep 9 boxscore HOU @ ATL L 0 9 47-40 3 7.0 Niekro Ryan 2:34 4,482 --
88 88 Friday, Sep 11 boxscore HOU SFG W 6 0 48-40 3 6.0 Sutton Blue 2:30 23,677 +
89 89 Saturday, Sep 12 boxscore HOU SFG W 5 2 49-40 3 5.0 Niekro Whitson Smith 2:39 35,867 ++
90 90 Sunday, Sep 13 boxscore HOU SFG W 3 0 50-40 3 5.0 Knepper Alexander LaCorte 2:32 19,642 +++
91 91 Monday, Sep 14 boxscore HOU CIN L 2 4 50-41 3 6.0 Berenyi Ruhle 2:30 19,742 -
92 92 Tuesday, Sep 15 boxscore HOU CIN L 0 4 50-42 3 6.0 Leibrandt Ryan 2:26 16,354 --
93 93 Wednesday, Sep 16 boxscore HOU @ SDP W 5 2 51-42 3 6.0 Sutton Lollar Sambito 2:35 4,241 +
94 94 Thursday, Sep 17 boxscore HOU @ SDP W 9 0 52-42 3 6.0 Niekro Mura 2:14 2,428 ++
95 95 Friday, Sep 18 boxscore HOU @ SFG L 2 5 52-43 3 6.0 Alexander Knepper Holland 2:26 8,183 -
96 96 Saturday, Sep 19 boxscore HOU @ SFG W 8 1 53-43 3 5.0 Ruhle Griffin 2:26 11,522 +
97 97 Sunday, Sep 20 boxscore HOU @ SFG W 7 3 54-43 3 5.0 Ryan Lavelle 3:04 16,824 ++
98 98 Tuesday, Sep 22 boxscore HOU ATL W 3 0 55-43 3 4.5 Sutton Perry 2:16 22,564 +++
99 99 Wednesday, Sep 23 boxscore HOU ATL L 1 3 55-44 3 5.5 Mahler Niekro 2:13 24,142 -
100 100 Thursday, Sep 24 boxscore HOU ATL W 5 3 56-44 3 5.0 Knepper McWilliams Smith 2:17 23,341 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Friday, Sep 25 boxscore HOU LAD L 0 3 56-45 3 6.0 Hooton Ruhle 2:18 35,481 -
102 102 Saturday, Sep 26 boxscore HOU LAD W 5 0 57-45 3 6.0 Ryan Power 2:46 32,115 +
103 103 Sunday, Sep 27 boxscore HOU LAD W 4 1 58-45 3 6.0 Sutton Valenzuela 2:23 41,686 ++
104 104 Monday, Sep 28 boxscore HOU SDP W 2 1 59-45 3 5.0 Sambito Eichelberger 2:07 21,576 +++
105 105 Tuesday, Sep 29 boxscore HOU SDP L 1 2 59-46 3 6.0 Wise Knepper Lucas 2:19 34,732 -
106 106 Wednesday, Sep 30 boxscore HOU @ CIN L 2 5 59-47 3 7.0 Soto Ruhle Hume 2:14 24,394 --
107 107 Thursday, Oct 1 boxscore HOU @ CIN W 8 1 60-47 3 6.0 Ryan Berenyi 3:12 26,484 +
108 108 Friday, Oct 2 boxscore HOU @ LAD L 1 6 60-48 3 6.0 Reuss Sutton 2:30 46,108 -
109 109 Saturday, Oct 3 boxscore HOU @ LAD L 2 7 60-49 3 6.0 Welch Niekro 2:43 42,272 --
110 110 Sunday, Oct 4 boxscore HOU @ LAD W 5 3 61-49 3 6.0 Smith Goltz 3:17 47,072 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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