1981 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1981 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Alan Ashby#	29	83	295	255	20	69	13	0	4	33	0	2	35	33	.271	.356	.369	.725	111	94	6	0	3	2	6
2	1B	Cesar Cedeno	30	82	338	306	42	83	19	0	5	34	12	7	24	31	.271	.321	.382	.704	104	117	6	1	2	5	2
3	2B	Joe Pittman	27	52	149	135	11	38	4	2	0	7	4	4	11	16	.281	.333	.341	.674	97	46	3	0	2	1	3
4	SS	Craig Reynolds*	28	87	354	323	43	84	10	12	4	31	3	3	12	31	.260	.286	.402	.688	98	130	6	0	18	1	2
5	3B	Art Howe	34	103	406	361	43	107	22	4	3	36	1	3	41	23	.296	.365	.404	.770	124	146	8	0	1	3	7
6	LF	Jose Cruz*	33	107	451	409	53	109	16	5	13	55	5	7	35	49	.267	.319	.425	.745	115	174	7	0	0	7	4
7	CF	Tony Scott#	29	55	243	225	28	66	13	2	2	22	8	3	15	32	.293	.338	.396	.733	113	89	1	0	3	0	1
8	RF	Terry Puhl*	24	96	394	350	43	88	19	4	3	28	22	4	31	49	.251	.315	.354	.670	95	124	3	4	4	5	5
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Denny Walling*	27	65	189	158	23	37	6	0	5	23	2	1	28	17	.234	.346	.367	.713	108	58	3	0	1	2	1
10	SS	Kiko Garcia	27	48	150	136	9	37	6	1	0	15	2	2	10	16	.272	.324	.331	.655	91	45	2	1	2	1	3
11	2B	Phil Garner	32	31	133	113	13	27	3	1	0	6	6	2	15	11	.239	.326	.283	.609	78	32	1	0	4	1	1
12	C	Luis Pujols	25	40	128	117	5	28	3	1	1	14	1	0	10	17	.239	.297	.308	.605	76	36	4	0	0	1	3
13	RF	Gary Woods	26	54	126	110	10	23	4	1	0	12	2	1	11	22	.209	.276	.264	.540	58	29	4	0	3	2	4
14	1B	Danny Heep*	23	33	106	96	6	24	3	0	0	11	0	0	10	11	.250	.321	.281	.602	76	27	3	0	0	0	2
15	2B	Dickie Thon	23	49	105	95	13	26	6	0	0	3	6	1	9	13	.274	.337	.337	.673	96	32	3	0	1	0	1
16	2B	Rafael Landestoy#	28	35	94	74	6	11	1	1	0	4	4	1	16	9	.149	.300	.189	.489	45	14	4	0	4	0	4
17	UT	Dave Roberts	30	27	59	54	4	13	3	0	1	5	1	0	3	6	.241	.271	.352	.623	80	19	1	0	0	2	0
18	1B	Mike Ivie	28	19	45	42	2	10	3	0	0	6	0	1	2	11	.238	.267	.310	.576	67	13	0	0	0	1	0
19	1B	Harry Spilman*	26	28	36	34	5	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	.294	.333	.294	.627	84	10	1	0	0	0	0
20	UT	Jeffrey Leonard	25	7	19	18	1	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	4	.167	.158	.333	.491	40	6	0	0	0	1	0
21	CF	Scott Loucks	24	10	8	7	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.571	.625	.571	1.196	250	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	OF	Tim Tolman	25	4	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-27	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	UT	Alan Knicely	26	3	7	7	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	.571	.571	1.429	2.000	467	10	0	0	0	0	0
24	1B	Dave Bergman*	28	6	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833	133	4	0	0	0	0	0
25	SS	Bert Pena	21	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	192	1	0	0	1	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
26	P	Joe Niekro	36	24	64	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	.176	.208	.196	.404	18	10	0	0	11	0	0
27	P	Don Sutton	36	23	62	51	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	12	.137	.228	.137	.365	8	7	2	1	5	0	0
28	P	Nolan Ryan	34	21	60	51	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	18	.216	.286	.235	.521	53	12	1	0	4	0	0
29	P	Bob Knepper*	27	22	53	47	3	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	15	.149	.167	.255	.422	21	12	0	1	5	0	0
30	P	Vern Ruhle	30	20	34	24	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	11	.250	.400	.292	.692	104	7	0	0	4	0	0
31	P	Dave Smith	26	42	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	46	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Joaquin Andujar#	28	9	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-38	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Bobby Sprowl*	25	15	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Sambito*	29	49	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Frank LaCorte	29	37	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	95	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Billy Smith	26	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Gordie Pladson	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.9	110	4155	3693	394	948	160	35	45	369	81	43	340	488	.257	.318	.356	.673	96	1313	69	8	79	35	49
		Rank in 12 NL teams				4	9	5	6	2	11		9	7	7	11	5	6	8	8		8
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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						3	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	3		1
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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Joaquin Andujar	28	9	3	23.2	3	1	1	1	0	.667									0.76	0.22						P
Alan Ashby	29	81	74	672.0	501	434	58	9	6	.982	5.0	8.9						5	6.59	6.07	3	18	62	41	40%	C
Dave Bergman	28	1	0	2.1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	0.4	205.7	0.4	0.0	0.4		0		15.43	4.00						1B
Cesar Cedeno	30	80	80	683.1	542	509	28	5	27	.991	-5.4	-9.5	-3.4	-0.4	-2.9	-2	0		7.07	6.71						1B-CF
Jose Cruz	33	105	105	929.0	242	233	5	4	2	.983	9.5	12.3	10.5	0.0	10.5	-1			2.31	2.27						LF
Kiko Garcia	27	50	34	328.1	188	58	119	11	14	.941	4.0	14.6	4.0	3.1	0.8		0		4.85	3.54						SS-2B-3B
Phil Garner	32	31	30	262.0	167	62	102	3	17	.982	4.2	19.2	4.2	3.0	1.2		0		5.63	5.29						2B
Danny Heep	23	23	23	189.2	209	198	9	2	12	.990	1.0	6.3	1.0	-0.7	1.8	0	0		9.82	9.00						1B-RF
Art Howe	34	100	100	858.2	282	67	206	9	19	.968	5.9	8.2	5.9	1.8	4.0		0		2.86	2.73						3B-1B
Mike Ivie	28	10	8	80.1	88	76	11	1	5	.989	0.3	4.5	0.3	-0.4	0.7		0		9.75	8.70						1B
Bob Knepper	27	22	22	156.2	35	6	26	3	1	.914									1.84	1.45						P
Alan Knicely	26	3	1	14.0	13	11	2	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-8.6	-0.1	-0.1	0.0			0	8.36	4.33	0	2	0	0		C-LF
Frank LaCorte	29	37	0	42.0	6	2	4	0	0	1.000									1.29	0.16						P
Rafael Landestoy	28	31	24	214.0	119	52	63	4	11	.966	-5.5	-30.8	-5.5	-2.3	-3.2		0		4.84	3.71						2B
Jeffrey Leonard	25	4	4	38.0	27	26	1	0	0	1.000	0.3	9.5	0.3	-0.4	0.7	0	0		6.39	6.75						1B-RF
Scott Loucks	24	5	1	19.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.0	63.2	1.0	1.0	0.0	0			2.84	1.20						CF
Joe Niekro	36	24	24	166.0	34	11	23	0	1	1.000									1.84	1.42						P
Bert Pena	21	3	0	4.2	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	-0.3	-77.1	-0.3	0.2	-0.5		0		3.86	0.67						SS
Joe Pittman	27	39	34	299.1	154	59	92	3	14	.981	-3.0	-12.0	-2.0	-2.4	0.4		-1		4.54	3.87						2B-3B
Gordie Pladson	24	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Terry Puhl	24	91	86	775.2	192	187	5	0	1	1.000	7.0	10.8	5.0	-3.2	8.2	2			2.23	2.11						RF-CF
Luis Pujols	25	39	35	304.0	207	192	14	1	1	.995	-3.0	-11.8						-3	6.10	5.28	5	16	24	11	31%	C
Craig Reynolds	28	85	83	730.1	411	139	261	11	36	.973	1.8	3.0	3.8	-1.6	5.4		-2		4.93	4.71						SS
Dave Roberts	30	21	10	113.1	109	88	16	5	7	.954	-1.1	-11.6	-1.1	-1.7	0.8		0	0	8.26	4.95	0	0	0	0		1B-3B-2B-C
Vern Ruhle	30	20	15	102.0	13	4	9	0	2	1.000									1.15	0.65						P
Nolan Ryan	34	21	21	149.0	22	5	16	1	3	.955									1.27	1.00						P
Joe Sambito	29	49	0	63.2	17	5	12	0	2	1.000									2.40	0.35						P
Tony Scott	29	55	55	473.0	135	128	5	2	0	.985	-1.2	-3.0	-0.2	-0.6	0.4	-1			2.53	2.42						CF
Billy Smith	26	10	1	20.2	5	2	3	0	1	1.000									2.18	0.50						P
Dave Smith	26	42	0	75.0	15	3	11	1	0	.933									1.68	0.33						P
Harry Spilman	26	13	4	46.1	48	46	2	0	3	1.000	0.4	10.4	0.4	0.0	0.3		0		9.32	3.69						1B
Bobby Sprowl	25	15	1	28.2	5	2	3	0	0	1.000									1.57	0.33						P
Don Sutton	36	23	23	158.2	37	11	24	2	3	.946									1.99	1.52						P
Dickie Thon	23	46	25	252.2	122	53	63	6	13	.951	-3.8	-18.0	-1.8	-0.5	-1.4		-2		4.13	2.52						2B-SS-3B
Tim Tolman	25	4	1	14.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	17.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0			1.29	0.50						LF-RF
Denny Walling	27	54	39	372.0	238	227	9	2	18	.992	-2.9	-9.4	-2.9	-1.6	-1.3	0	0		5.71	4.37						1B-RF-LF-CF
Gary Woods	26	41	24	244.0	63	61	1	1	0	.984	2.1	10.3	4.1	2.6	1.6	-2			2.29	1.51						RF-CF-LF
Team Totals	28.7	110	990	8910.0	4263	2970	1206	87	220	.980	16.8	2.3	23.8	-4.0	27.9	-4	-5	2	4.22	3.25	8	36	86	52	38%
Rank in 12 NL teams								6	12	3
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1980 / 1982 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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