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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 / Transactions (1980/1982) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

December 4, 1980

Signed Don Sutton as a free agent.

December 8, 1980

Traded Enos Cabell to the San Francisco Giants. Received Bob Knepper and Chris Bourjos.

Released Joe Morgan.

December 9, 1980

Billy Smith selected by the New York Mets in the 1980 minor league draft.

December 10, 1980

Signed Dave Roberts as a free agent.

January 13, 1981

Drafted Glenn Davis in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

February 10, 1981

Traded Jimmy Sexton to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Rick Lysander (October 20, 1981) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

February 11, 1981

Traded Bruce Bochy to the New York Mets. Received players to be named later. The New York Mets sent Stan Hough (minors) (April 3, 1981) and Randy Rogers (minors) (April 3, 1981) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

March 27, 1981

Released Julio Gonzalez.

April 1, 1981 (Standings)

Traded Chris Bourjos and cash to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Kiko Garcia.

the New York Mets returned Billy Smith (earlier draft pick).

Traded Ken Forsch to the California Angels. Received Dickie Thon.

April 3, 1981 (Standings)

Traded Mike Fischlin to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Cleveland Indians sent Jim Lentine (September 28, 1981) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

Traded Gary Rajsich to the New York Mets. Received John Csefalvay (minors).

April 17, 1981 (Standings)

Signed David Clyde as a free agent.

April 20, 1981 (Standings)

Traded Dave Bergman and Jeffrey Leonard to the San Francisco Giants. Received Mike Ivie.

June 7, 1981 (Standings)

Traded Joaquin Andujar to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tony Scott.

June 8, 1981 (Standings)

Traded Rafael Landestoy to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Harry Spilman.

Drafted Eric Bullock in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

August 31, 1981 (Standings)

Traded players to be named later and Johnny Ray to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Phil Garner. The Houston Astros sent Randy Niemann (September 9, 1981) and Kevin Houston (minors) (September 9, 1981) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

October 23, 1981

Traded Pete Ladd to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Rickey Keeton.

November 13, 1981

Tony Scott granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1981

Traded Gary Woods to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jim Tracy.

December 18, 1981

Traded Cesar Cedeno to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Ray Knight.

January 12, 1982

Drafted Randy Kramer in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

January 21, 1982

Signed Tony Scott as a free agent.

February 5, 1982

Signed Randy Moffitt as a free agent.

March 28, 1982

Traded Jim Pankovits to the San Diego Padres. Received Doug Lulay (minors).

Traded Dave Roberts to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Steve Dunnegan (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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