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1981 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 28-29, Finished 3rd
Second Half: 33-20, Finished 1st
Overall: 61-49, Finished 3rd in NL Western Division
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Scored 394 runs, Allowed 331 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-46
Managed by Bill Virdon

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,321,282 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 95, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 89, Pitching - 87
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason:  Lost NL Division Series (3-2) to Los Angeles Dodgers

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule (1980/1982) / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Game Results

Season Summary   61-49 , Final Rank: 3, GB:    6.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          14 (last on September 28)
Most Games under .500:           9 (last on April 25)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       10.5 (last on August 28)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (August 28 to September 4)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (April 9 to April 13, April 17 to April 20, April 22 to April 25, June 7 to June 10, and August 21 to August 25)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (May 19)
Most Runs Scored:               12 (May 19)

Longest Game:                   15 innings (May 22)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:         19

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        61  49     394     331    .555

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           31  20     166     106    .608
Road           30  29     228     225    .508

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     28  29     195     183    .491
Second Half    33  20     199     148    .623

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     5   7      43      49    .417
Full Games     56  42     351     282    .571
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        21  19     114     112    .525

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        19   7     134      66    .731

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr  9 box HOU @LAD  L   0-2        0-1     4     1.0  2:17 F Valenzuela J Niekro      50,511 -
  2 Sat, Apr 11 box HOU @LAD  L   4-7        0-2     6     2.0  2:56 B Hooton     D Sutton      51,691 --
  3 Sun, Apr 12 box HOU @LAD  L   2-3        0-3     6     3.0  2:16 R Sutcliffe  V Ruhle       50,734 ---
  4 Mon, Apr 13 box HOU  ATL  L   1-2 (10)   0-4     6     4.0  2:57 R Camp       J Sambito     34,961 ----
  5 Tue, Apr 14 box HOU  ATL  W   8-2        1-4     6     4.0  2:38 J Niekro     B Walk        21,440 +
  6 Wed, Apr 15 box HOU  ATL  W   2-0        2-4     4     4.0  2:00 N Ryan       T Boggs       22,365 ++
  7 Fri, Apr 17 box HOU  PIT  L   3-4        2-5     6     4.0  2:28 R Rhoden     D Sutton      39,119 -
  8 Sat, Apr 18 box HOU  PIT  L   3-6 (11)   2-6     6     5.0  3:06 G Jackson    D Smith       29,790 --
  9 Sun, Apr 19 box HOU  PIT  L   0-2        2-7     6     6.0  2:21 R Scurry     J Niekro      30,394 ---
 10 Mon, Apr 20 box HOU  LAD  L   2-5        2-8     6     7.0  2:34 B Hooton     J Andujar     21,730 ----
 11 Tue, Apr 21 box HOU  LAD  W   1-0        3-8     6     6.0  1:48 B Knepper    J Reuss       21,904 +
 12 Wed, Apr 22 box HOU  LAD  L   0-1        3-9     6     7.0  2:24 F Valenzuela D Sutton      22,830 -
 13 Thu, Apr 23 box HOU  CIN  L   4-5 (10)   3-10    6     8.0  3:06 J Price      D Smith       23,173 --
 14 Fri, Apr 24 box HOU  CIN  L   0-3        3-11    6     8.0  2:23 F Pastore    J Niekro      27,087 ---
 15 Sat, Apr 25 box HOU  CIN  L   1-2        3-12    6     9.0  2:45 B Berenyi    N Ryan        19,957 ----
 16 Sun, Apr 26 box HOU  CIN  W   1-0        4-12    6     9.0  2:21 B Knepper    M Soto        23,428 +
 17 Tue, Apr 28 box HOU @ATL  W   2-1        5-12    6     8.5  2:34 D Sutton     J Montefusco   8,669 ++
 18 Wed, Apr 29 box HOU @ATL  W   5-4        6-12    5     7.5  3:18 F LaCorte    R Camp         8,334 +++
 19 Thu, Apr 30 box HOU @ATL  W   5-1        7-12    5     7.0  2:19 J Niekro     T Boggs       10,006 ++++
 20 Fri, May  1 box HOU @PIT  W   5-3        8-12    5     6.0  3:01 J Sambito    E Solomon      7,012 +++++
 21 Sat, May  2 box HOU @PIT  L   4-5 (12)   8-13    5     7.0  3:56 E Solomon    D Smith       21,993 -
 22 Sun, May  3 box HOU @PIT  W   3-1        9-13    4     7.0  3:15 D Sutton     J Bibby       10,438 +
 23 Mon, May  4 box HOU @CHC  W   5-4       10-13    4     6.0  3:02 J Andujar    M Krukow       2,941 ++
 24 Tue, May  5 box HOU @CHC  W   4-3       11-13    4     5.0  2:41 D Smith      L Smith        2,092 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May  6 box HOU @CHC  L   1-2 (11)  11-14    4     6.0  3:27 L Smith      F LaCorte      2,572 -
 26 Thu, May  7 box HOU @CHC  W   6-0       12-14    4     6.0  2:40 B Knepper    R Martz        3,112 +
 27 Fri, May  8 box HOU @CIN  L   0-4       12-15    4     7.0  2:21 T Seaver     D Sutton      31,961 -
 28 Sat, May  9 box HOU @CIN  L   5-9       12-16    5     7.0  2:38 B Berenyi    J Andujar     30,860 --
 29 Sun, May 10 box HOU @CIN  W   7-5       13-16    5     7.0  2:44 J Niekro     F Pastore     31,903 +
 30 Mon, May 11 box HOU @CIN  W   5-0       14-16    4     6.5  2:36 N Ryan       M LaCoss      11,795 ++
 31 Tue, May 12 box HOU  STL  L   2-3 (10)  14-17    5     7.5  2:26 B Sutter     J Sambito     20,020 -
 32 Wed, May 13 box HOU  STL  W   3-0       15-17    5     7.5  2:24 D Sutton     B Shirley     21,705 +
 33 Thu, May 14 box HOU  STL  L   6-7       15-18    5     8.5  2:54 J Otten      J Sambito     20,042 -
 34 Fri, May 15 box HOU  CHC  W   5-0       16-18    5     8.5  2:16 J Niekro     B Caudill     23,718 +
 35 Sat, May 16 box HOU  CHC  W   6-1       17-18    4     8.5  2:48 N Ryan       R Martz       43,726 ++
 36 Sun, May 17 box HOU  CHC  W   6-1       18-18    4     8.5  2:34 B Knepper    M Krukow      34,068 +++
 37 Tue, May 19 box HOU @STL  L  12-15      18-19    5     8.0  3:03 J Kaat       B Sprowl      14,585 -
 38 Wed, May 20 box HOU @STL  W   4-3 (11)  19-19    4     8.0  2:47 J Niekro     B Sutter      19,175 +
 39 Thu, May 21 box HOU @STL  L   1-3       19-20    5     8.5  2:13 J Martin     N Ryan        19,823 -
 40 Fri, May 22 box HOU  SFG  L   3-6 (15)  19-21    5     9.5  4:38 G Minton     J Andujar     30,377 --
 41 Sat, May 23 box HOU  SFG  W   5-3       20-21    5     9.5  3:09 F LaCorte    E Whitson     38,586 +
 42 Sun, May 24 box HOU  SFG  L   1-2       20-22    5    10.0  2:26 V Blue       D Sutton      34,922 -
 43 Mon, May 25 box HOU  SDP  W   6-3       21-22    4    10.0  2:41 J Niekro     S Mura        19,025 +
 44 Tue, May 26 box HOU  SDP  W   1-0       22-22    4     9.5  2:23 N Ryan       J Eichelberg  17,709 ++
 45 Wed, May 27 box HOU  SDP  W   1-0       23-22    3     8.5  1:50 B Knepper    C Welsh       21,256 +++
 46 Fri, May 29 box HOU @SFG  L   1-3       23-23    4     9.0  2:22 V Blue       D Sutton       8,397 -
 47 Sat, May 30 box HOU @SFG  W   9-8 (14)  24-23    3     8.0  4:33 J Andujar    F Breining     8,869 +
 48 Sun, May 31 box HOU @SFG  L   1-6       24-24    3     9.0  2:34 T Griffin    N Ryan        20,626 -
 49 Tue, Jun  2 box HOU @SDP  W   2-1       25-24    3     8.5  2:19 F LaCorte    C Welsh        9,671 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Wed, Jun  3 box HOU @SDP  W   6-1       26-24    3     7.5  2:25 D Sutton     R Wise        10,023 ++
 51 Thu, Jun  4 box HOU @SDP  L   5-7       26-25    3     8.0  2:31 S Mura       J Niekro      12,403 -
 52 Fri, Jun  5 box HOU  NYM  W   3-0       27-25    3     7.0  2:09 N Ryan       R Jones       28,085 +
 53 Sat, Jun  6 box HOU  NYM  W   6-2       28-25    3     6.0  2:17 V Ruhle      P Zachry      42,478 ++
 54 Sun, Jun  7 box HOU  NYM  L   1-3       28-26    3     7.0  2:13 M Scott      B Knepper     29,873 -
 55 Mon, Jun  8 box HOU @PHI  L   3-4       28-27    3     7.5  2:41 D Ruthven    D Sutton      31,664 --
 56 Tue, Jun  9 box HOU @PHI  L   3-10      28-28    3     7.5  2:17 M Bystrom    J Niekro      33,978 ---
 57 Wed, Jun 10 box HOU @PHI  L   4-5       28-29    3     8.5  2:22 S Carlton    F LaCorte     57,386 ----
 58 Mon, Aug 10 box HOU @SFG  W   6-5       29-29    3     8.0  3:08 J Sambito    F Breining    11,115 +
 59 Tue, Aug 11 box HOU @SFG  L   2-3       29-30    3     8.0  2:36 T Griffin    J Niekro      12,354 -
 60 Wed, Aug 12 box HOU @SFG  W   5-4       30-30    3     8.0  2:51 J Sambito    A Holland      8,707 +
 61 Thu, Aug 13 box HOU @SDP  L   1-9       30-31    4     8.0  2:29 C Welsh      B Knepper      4,899 -
 62 Fri, Aug 14 box HOU @SDP  W   5-1       31-31    3     8.0  2:24 N Ryan       T Lollar       8,414 +
 63 Sat, Aug 15 box HOU @SDP  W   5-0       32-31    3     7.0  1:59 D Sutton     J Eichelberg   5,852 ++
 64 Sun, Aug 16 box HOU @SDP  W   3-0       33-31    3     7.0  2:16 J Niekro     S Mura         5,880 +++
 65 Mon, Aug 17 box HOU  MON  L   2-6       33-32    3     7.0  2:19 R Burris     V Ruhle       24,203 -
 66 Tue, Aug 18 box HOU  MON  W   4-2       34-32    3     7.0  2:04 B Knepper    S Rogers      23,306 +
 67 Wed, Aug 19 box HOU  MON  W   9-1       35-32    3     6.0  2:39 N Ryan       S Sanderson   27,169 ++
 68 Fri, Aug 21 box HOU @PHI  L   4-5       35-33    3     7.0  2:41 S Lyle       V Ruhle       31,693 -
 69 Sat, Aug 22 box HOU @PHI  L   4-8       35-34    3     8.0  2:16 D Ruthven    J Niekro      35,199 --
 70 Sun, Aug 23 box HOU @PHI  L   0-6       35-35    3     8.0  1:51 S Carlton    B Knepper     30,630 ---
 71 Tue, Aug 25 box HOU @NYM  L   1-2       35-36    4     9.5  2:32 M Marshall   J Sambito     15,622 ----
 72 Wed, Aug 26 box HOU @NYM  W   9-3       36-36    4     9.5  2:34 D Sutton     P Zachry      16,731 +
 73 Thu, Aug 27 box HOU @NYM  L   2-3       36-37    4    10.5  2:28 M Marshall   J Sambito     17,488 -
 74 Fri, Aug 28 box HOU  PHI  W   3-2 (10)  37-37    3    10.5  2:37 D Smith      S Lyle        29,482 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sat, Aug 29 box HOU  PHI  W   6-1       38-37    3     9.0  2:22 V Ruhle      M Davis            0 ++
 76             box HOU  PHI  W   2-1       39-37    3     9.0  2:01 B Smith      D Noles       33,327 +++
 77 Sun, Aug 30 box HOU  PHI  W   5-4 (10)  40-37    3     8.0  2:53 D Smith      S Lyle        23,102 ++++
 78 Mon, Aug 31 box HOU  NYM  W   6-1       41-37    3     7.0  2:27 D Sutton     P Zachry      10,669 +++++
 79 Tue, Sep  1 box HOU  NYM  W   3-2       42-37    3     7.0  2:39 J Sambito    M Marshall    16,339 ++++++
 80 Wed, Sep  2 box HOU  NYM  W   8-0       43-37    3     7.0  2:21 B Knepper    M Scott       18,938 +++++++
 81 Thu, Sep  3 box HOU @MON  W   2-1       44-37    3     6.0  2:20 V Ruhle      S Sanderson   24,833 ++++++++
 82 Fri, Sep  4 box HOU @MON  W   5-0       45-37    3     5.0  2:54 N Ryan       B Gullickson  32,580 +++++++++
 83 Sat, Sep  5 box HOU @MON  L   2-5       45-38    3     6.0  2:13 R Burris     D Sutton      30,471 -
 84 Sun, Sep  6 box HOU @MON  W   4-3 (12)  46-38    3     6.0  3:33 F LaCorte    E Sosa        47,193 +
 85 Mon, Sep  7 box HOU @ATL  W   3-2       47-38    3     6.0  2:40 D Smith      R Camp         7,358 ++
 86 Tue, Sep  8 box HOU @ATL  L   2-3       47-39    3     7.0  2:13 R Camp       B Smith        2,800 -
 87 Wed, Sep  9 box HOU @ATL  L   0-9       47-40    3     7.0  2:34 P Niekro     N Ryan         4,482 --
 88 Fri, Sep 11 box HOU  SFG  W   6-0       48-40    3     6.0  2:30 D Sutton     V Blue        23,677 +
 89 Sat, Sep 12 box HOU  SFG  W   5-2       49-40    3     5.0  2:39 J Niekro     E Whitson     35,867 ++
 90 Sun, Sep 13 box HOU  SFG  W   3-0       50-40    3     5.0  2:32 B Knepper    D Alexander   19,642 +++
 91 Mon, Sep 14 box HOU  CIN  L   2-4       50-41    3     6.0  2:30 B Berenyi    V Ruhle       19,742 -
 92 Tue, Sep 15 box HOU  CIN  L   0-4       50-42    3     6.0  2:26 C Leibrandt  N Ryan        16,354 --
 93 Wed, Sep 16 box HOU @SDP  W   5-2       51-42    3     6.0  2:35 D Sutton     T Lollar       4,241 +
 94 Thu, Sep 17 box HOU @SDP  W   9-0       52-42    3     6.0  2:14 J Niekro     S Mura         2,428 ++
 95 Fri, Sep 18 box HOU @SFG  L   2-5       52-43    3     6.0  2:26 D Alexander  B Knepper      8,183 -
 96 Sat, Sep 19 box HOU @SFG  W   8-1       53-43    3     5.0  2:26 V Ruhle      T Griffin     11,522 +
 97 Sun, Sep 20 box HOU @SFG  W   7-3       54-43    3     5.0  3:04 N Ryan       G Lavelle     16,824 ++
 98 Tue, Sep 22 box HOU  ATL  W   3-0       55-43    3     4.5  2:16 D Sutton     G Perry       22,564 +++
 99 Wed, Sep 23 box HOU  ATL  L   1-3       55-44    3     5.5  2:13 R Mahler     J Niekro      24,142 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Sep 24 box HOU  ATL  W   5-3       56-44    3     5.0  2:17 B Knepper    L McWilliams  23,341 +
101 Fri, Sep 25 box HOU  LAD  L   0-3       56-45    3     6.0  2:18 B Hooton     V Ruhle       35,481 -
102 Sat, Sep 26 box HOU  LAD  W   5-0       57-45    3     6.0  2:46 N Ryan       T Power       32,115 +
103 Sun, Sep 27 box HOU  LAD  W   4-1       58-45    3     6.0  2:23 D Sutton     F Valenzuela  41,686 ++
104 Mon, Sep 28 box HOU  SDP  W   2-1       59-45    3     5.0  2:07 J Sambito    J Eichelberg  21,576 +++
105 Tue, Sep 29 box HOU  SDP  L   1-2       59-46    3     6.0  2:19 R Wise       B Knepper     34,732 -
106 Wed, Sep 30 box HOU @CIN  L   2-5       59-47    3     7.0  2:14 M Soto       V Ruhle       24,394 --
107 Thu, Oct  1 box HOU @CIN  W   8-1       60-47    3     6.0  3:12 N Ryan       B Berenyi     26,484 +
108 Fri, Oct  2 box HOU @LAD  L   1-6       60-48    3     6.0  2:30 J Reuss      D Sutton      46,108 -
109 Sat, Oct  3 box HOU @LAD  L   2-7       60-49    3     6.0  2:43 B Welch      J Niekro      42,272 --
110 Sun, Oct  4 box HOU @LAD  W   5-3       61-49    3     6.0  3:17 D Smith      D Goltz       47,072 +

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