1977 Houston Astros Statistics

1976 Season 1978 Season

Record: 81-81-0, Finished 3rd in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bill Virdon (81-81)

General Manager: Tal Smith

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,109,560 (9th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 91
One-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93

Pythagorean W-L: 84-78, 680 Runs, 650 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Joe Ferguson	30	132	511	421	59	108	21	3	16	61	6	2	85	79	.257	.379	.435	.814	127	183	11	0	2	3	7
2	1B	Bob Watson	31	151	623	554	77	160	38	6	22	110	5	0	57	69	.289	.360	.498	.858	138	276	8	7	1	4	11
3	2B	Art Howe	30	125	463	413	44	109	23	7	8	58	0	1	41	60	.264	.336	.412	.748	108	170	10	5	2	2	6
4	SS	Roger Metzger#	29	97	307	269	24	50	9	6	0	16	2	0	32	24	.186	.272	.264	.535	51	71	7	0	5	1	3
5	3B	Enos Cabell	27	150	660	625	101	176	36	7	16	68	42	22	27	55	.282	.313	.438	.751	108	274	8	3	2	3	2
6	LF	Terry Puhl*	20	60	265	229	40	69	13	5	0	10	10	1	30	31	.301	.385	.402	.786	121	92	3	1	5	0	0
7	CF	César Cedeño	26	141	598	530	92	148	36	8	14	71	61	14	47	50	.279	.346	.457	.802	123	242	10	11	2	8	7
8	RF	José Cruz*	29	157	661	579	87	173	31	10	17	87	44	23	69	67	.299	.368	.475	.843	134	275	4	0	3	10	13
Rk	Pos	Name	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	MI	Julio González	24	110	413	383	34	94	18	3	1	27	3	3	19	45	.245	.287	.316	.603	69	121	7	4	5	2	1
10	LF	Wilbur Howard#	28	87	199	187	22	48	6	0	2	13	11	1	5	30	.257	.276	.321	.597	67	60	4	0	7	0	1
11	C	Ed Herrmann*	30	56	179	158	7	46	7	0	1	17	1	1	15	18	.291	.352	.354	.707	99	56	3	1	3	2	1
12	LF	Cliff Johnson	29	51	171	144	22	43	8	0	10	23	0	1	23	30	.299	.409	.563	.972	169	81	1	4	0	0	2
13	MI	Rob Sperring	27	58	143	129	6	24	3	0	1	9	0	0	12	23	.186	.254	.233	.486	37	30	4	0	1	1	2
14	LF	Willie Crawford*	30	42	132	114	14	29	3	0	2	18	0	0	16	10	.254	.341	.333	.674	90	38	1	0	0	2	1
15	LF	Jim Fuller	26	34	112	100	5	16	6	0	2	9	0	1	10	45	.160	.243	.280	.523	46	28	0	1	1	0	1
16	2B	Ken Boswell*	31	72	108	97	7	21	1	1	0	12	0	0	10	12	.216	.287	.247	.534	51	24	5	0	0	1	1
17	OF	Art Gardner*	24	66	70	65	7	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	.154	.203	.154	.357	2	10	3	1	1	0	1
18	OF	Leon Roberts	26	19	28	27	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.074	.107	.074	.181	-48	2	1	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Denny Walling*	23	6	23	21	1	6	0	1	0	6	0	1	2	4	.286	.348	.381	.729	104	8	0	0	0	0	0
20	1B	Craig Cacek	22	7	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.050	.095	.050	.145	-58	1	2	0	0	0	0
21	1B	Danny Walton	29	13	21	21	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.190	.190	.190	.381	7	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	LF	Joe Cannon*	23	9	17	17	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	.118	.118	.235	.353	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0
23	SS	Mike Fischlin	21	13	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	12	3	0	0	0	0	0
24	C	Luis Pujols	21	6	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	.067	.067	.133	-63	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
25	P	J.R. Richard	27	36	101	87	10	20	0	2	2	7	1	0	1	28	.230	.247	.345	.592	64	30	1	1	11	0	0
26	P	Mark Lemongello	21	35	75	69	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	25	.087	.100	.116	.216	-40	8	1	1	5	0	0
27	P	Joaquín Andújar#	24	26	60	53	6	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	27	.189	.232	.226	.459	29	12	0	0	4	0	0
28	P	Joe Niekro	32	44	55	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.140	.173	.140	.313	-11	7	2	0	3	0	0
29	P	Floyd Bannister*	22	24	55	48	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.188	.204	.188	.392	11	9	1	0	6	0	0
30	P	Dan Larson	22	33	29	28	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.214	.241	.214	.456	29	6	1	0	0	0	0
31	P	Ken Forsch	30	42	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220	-36	1	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Joe Sambito*	25	54	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.154	.154	.154	.308	-13	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Gene Pentz	24	41	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bo McLaughlin	23	46	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0	0	2	0	0
35	P	Tom Dixon	22	9	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0
36	P	Doug Konieczny	25	4	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	0	0	1	0	0
37	P	Roy Thomas	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.7	162	6201	5530	680	1405	263	60	114	638	187	72	515	839	.254	.320	.385	.705	97	2130	98	40	76	39	60
		Rank in 12 NL teams				8	8	8	6	1	9		2	9	9	4	8	9	8	9		8		1		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.9	162	5755	5133	653	1343	261	57	112	623	186	72	505	695	.262	.330	.400	.730	103	2054	92	38	40	39	60
		Pitcher Totals	25.0	162	446	397	27	62	2	3	2	15	1	0	10	144	.156	.181	.191	.372	4	76	6	2	36	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	J.R. Richard	27	18	12	.600	2.97	36	36	0	13	3	0	267.0	212	94	88	18	104	1	214	0	1	6	1092	120	3.18	1.184	7.1	0.6	3.5	7.2	2.06
2	SP	Mark Lemongello	21	9	14	.391	3.48	34	30	1	5	0	0	214.2	237	88	83	20	52	4	83	3	3	0	910	103	3.95	1.346	9.9	0.8	2.2	3.5	1.60
3	SP	Joaquín Andújar	24	11	8	.579	3.69	26	25	1	4	1	0	158.2	149	80	65	11	64	3	69	4	2	2	678	97	4.06	1.342	8.5	0.6	3.6	3.9	1.08
4	SP	Floyd Bannister*	22	8	9	.471	4.04	24	23	0	4	1	0	142.2	138	70	64	11	68	1	112	4	2	6	622	88	3.69	1.444	8.7	0.7	4.3	7.1	1.65
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Ken Forsch	30	5	8	.385	2.72	42	5	28	0	0	8	86.0	80	32	26	2	28	6	45	2	0	3	364	132	3.04	1.256	8.4	0.2	2.9	4.7	1.61
6	RP	Joe Niekro	32	13	8	.619	3.04	44	14	12	9	2	5	180.2	155	66	61	14	64	3	101	1	1	5	737	117	3.71	1.212	7.7	0.7	3.2	5.0	1.58
7	RP	Joe Sambito*	25	5	5	.500	2.33	54	1	32	0	0	7	89.0	77	34	23	6	24	2	67	0	1	2	357	154	2.92	1.135	7.8	0.6	2.4	6.8	2.79
8	RP	Gene Pentz	24	5	2	.714	3.83	41	4	16	0	0	2	87.0	76	41	37	8	44	5	51	1	2	9	375	94	4.31	1.379	7.9	0.8	4.6	5.3	1.16
9	RP	Bo McLaughlin	23	4	7	.364	4.25	46	6	29	0	0	5	84.2	81	44	40	6	34	6	59	6	1	3	359	84	3.68	1.358	8.6	0.6	3.6	6.3	1.74
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Dan Larson	22	1	7	.125	5.81	32	10	5	1	0	1	97.2	108	72	63	13	45	2	44	2	1	9	443	62	5.01	1.567	10.0	1.2	4.1	4.1	0.98
11		Tom Dixon	22	1	0	1.000	3.26	9	4	0	1	0	0	30.1	40	12	11	0	7	0	15	1	1	1	135	111	2.54	1.549	11.9	0.0	2.1	4.5	2.14
12		Doug Konieczny	25	1	1	.500	6.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.0	26	15	14	1	8	0	7	1	0	0	97	61	3.98	1.619	11.1	0.4	3.4	3.0	0.88
13		Roy Thomas	24	0	0		2.84	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	5	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	27	134	2.90	1.263	7.1	0.0	4.3	5.7	1.33
		Team Totals	25.1	81	81	.500	3.54	162	162	125	37	7	28	1465.2	1384	650	576	110	545	33	871	25	17	46	6196	101	3.69	1.316	8.5	0.7	3.3	5.3	1.60
		Rank in 12 NL teams		6	6		2				1	5	11	6	2	2	2	1	9		6
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W