1976 HOUSTON ASTROS

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Location: Houston,TX
Team Record: 80-82 .494
Result: 3rd in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Bill Virdon
General Manager: Tal Smith
Stadium: Astrodome
Attendance: 886,146
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Joe Niekro (31)
Youngest Player: Alex Taveras (20)
Longest Tenure: Larry Dierker (12)
Top Hitter: Bob Watson (7)
Top Pitcher: J.R. Richard (6)
Top Draft Pick: Floyd Bannister (#1)

Roster Continuity: 68.49%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	102	60	.630	--
LA Dodgers	92	70	.568	10.0
Houston	80	82	.494	22.0
SF Giants	74	88	.457	28.0
San Diego	73	89	.451	29.0
Atlanta	70	92	.432	32.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
23	Enos Cabell	3b-1b	29	26	UDFA: 1969	MLB	144	586	85	160	13	7	2	43	35	8	29	79	2	1	3	2	13	.273	.309	.329	638	193	622	452	62	3.7	.312
27	Bob Watson	1b-of	7	30	1970-15-355	MLB	157	585	76	183	31	3	16	102	3	3	62	64	4	10	2	9	12	.313	.377	.458	835	268	662	428	111	7.0	.325
28	Cesar Cedeno	of	18	25	UDFA: 1967	MLB	150	575	89	171	26	5	18	83	58	15	55	51	1	9	0	4	16	.297	.357	.454	811	261	635	439	105	6.4	.300
14	Roger Metzger	ss	48	28	1969-1-16	MLB	152	481	37	101	13	8	0	29	1	1	52	63	0	10	8	2	11	.210	.286	.270	556	130	543	402	38	2.5	.240
25	Jose Cruz	of-cf	71	28	UDFA: 1967	MLB	133	439	49	133	21	5	4	61	28	11	53	46	0	5	2	2	6	.303	.377	.401	777	176	496	327	76	6.2	.330
21	Greg Gross	of	81	23	1970-4-79	MLB	128	426	52	122	12	3	0	27	2	6	64	39	0	3	5	6	8	.286	.375	.329	704	140	501	329	61	5.0	.310
11	Rob Andrews	2b	-	23	1970-10-240	MLB	109	410	42	105	8	5	0	23	7	3	33	27	0	1	5	0	16	.256	.312	.300	612	123	448	329	40	3.3	.274
6	Cliff Johnson	1b-c	99	28	1966-5-83	MLB	108	318	36	72	21	2	10	49	0	0	62	59	4	6	0	0	9	.226	.359	.399	759	127	384	255	51	5.4	.249
8	Ed Herrmann	c	97	29	UDFA: 1964	MLB	79	265	14	54	8	0	3	25	0	0	22	40	4	2	3	2	6	.204	.273	.268	541	71	296	222	18	2.2	.228
22	Leon Roberts	of	-	25	1972-10-236	MLB	87	235	31	68	11	2	7	33	1	0	19	43	3	1	1	2	2	.289	.347	.443	790	104	260	172	39	6.2	.326
26	Wilbur Howard	of	-	27	1968-19-443	MLB	94	191	26	42	7	2	1	18	7	5	7	28	0	1	1	2	5	.220	.245	.293	538	56	201	162	11	1.9	.250
10	Larry Milbourne	2b-ss	-	25	UDFA: 1969	MLB	59	145	22	36	4	0	0	7	6	1	14	10	1	0	1	0	3	.248	.319	.276	595	40	161	114	15	3.5	.267
17	Ken Boswell	2b	-	30	1965-4-66	MLB	91	126	12	33	8	1	0	18	1	0	8	8	0	2	1	2	8	.262	.301	.341	643	43	137	104	13	3.4	.275
16	Jerry Davanon	2b-ss	-	30	1966-1-17	MLB	61	107	19	31	3	3	1	20	0	2	21	12	1	1	0	1	2	.290	.408	.402	810	43	130	81	20	6.7	.316
50	J.R. Richard	p	-	26	1969-1-2	MLB	39	100	6	14	1	0	2	9	0	0	0	33	1	0	1	2	0	.140	.146	.210	356	21	104	89	-2	-0.5	.179
9	Skip Jutze	c	-	30	1968-4-74	MLB	42	92	7	14	2	3	0	6	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	1	2	.152	.186	.239	425	22	97	81	2	0.8	.182
49	Larry Dierker	p	-	29	UDFA: 1964	MLB	28	64	3	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	20	0	0	3	2	1	.141	.136	.187	324	12	69	61	-2	-0.8	.178
47	Joaquin Andujar	p	-	23	UDFA: 1969	MLB	28	57	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	29	0	0	2	0	0	.140	.169	.158	327	9	61	51	-3	-1.4	.286
15	Alex Taveras	2b-ss	-	20	UDFA: 1978	MLB	14	46	3	10	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	.217	.250	.217	467	10	48	40	1	0.9	.222
34	Dan Larson	p	-	21	1972-1-21	MLB	14	31	5	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	.290	.312	.387	700	12	34	24	4	4.9	.321
18	Art Howe	3b-2b	-	29	UDFA: 1971	MLB	21	29	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	1	0	0	1	.138	.286	.172	458	5	35	26	1	1.1	.174
36	Joe Niekro	p	-	31	1966-7-84	MLB	36	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	4	0	0	.185	.214	.370	585	10	32	26	2	2.3	.222
29	Al Javier	of	-	22	UDFA: 1971	MLB	8	24	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	.208	.269	.208	478	5	26	20	1	0.7	.263
37	Mike Cosgrove	p	-	25	1970-2-38	MLB	22	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	5	0	0	.087	.160	.087	247	2	30	26	-1	-0.9	.118
39	Bo McLaughlin	p	-	22	1975-1-14	MLB	17	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.095	.000	95	0	23	21	-2	-2.5	.000
45	Gilberto Rondon	p	-	22	1973-3-59	MLB	19	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	.286	.286	.286	571	4	16	13	1	1.1	.400
43	Ken Forsch	p	-	29	1968-18-399	MLB	52	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	.091	.167	.091	258	1	14	13	-1	-1.5	.125
35	Joe Sambito	p	-	24	1973-17-404	MLB	20	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.222	639	2	12	7	1	4.6	.286
51	Mark Lemongello	p	-	20	UDFA: 1979	MLB	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.111	.000	111	0	10	9	-1	-2.3	.000
38	Tom Griffin	p	-	28	1966-1-4	MLB	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	0	7	6	0	-1.7	.000
30	Gene Pentz	p	-	23	1971-7-153	MLB	40	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	533	1	6	4	0	2.5	.250
20	Rich Chiles	of	-	26	1968-2-23	MLB	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1250	3	4	2	2	20.7	.500
39	Mike Barlow	p	-	28	1970-4-82	MLB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	4	-1	-4.9	.000
42	Larry Hardy	p	-	28	1970-23-529	MLB	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
31	Paul Siebert	p	-	23	1971-3-58	MLB	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (35 players)							162	5464	625	1401	195	50	66	571	150	57	530	719	21	54	57	39	127	.256	.322	.347	669	1894	6111	4343	660	4.1	.283

PITCHING STATISTICS

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Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
50	J.R. Richard	6	26	1969-1-2	MLB	20	15	2.75	39	39	14	3	0	0	291.0	221	105	89	14	151	214	13	2	1.28	6.84	0.43	4.67	6.62	0.71	.254	1.13
49	Larry Dierker	35	29	UDFA: 1964	MLB	13	14	3.69	28	28	7	4	0	0	187.2	171	85	77	9	72	112	12	2	1.29	8.20	0.43	3.45	5.37	0.64	.278	0.85
47	Joaquin Andujar	52	23	UDFA: 1969	MLB	9	10	3.60	28	25	9	4	1	0	172.1	163	74	69	8	75	59	1	5	1.38	8.51	0.42	3.92	3.08	1.27	.271	1.08
36	Joe Niekro	-	31	1966-7-84	MLB	4	8	3.36	36	13	0	0	5	0	118.0	107	60	44	8	56	77	8	0	1.38	8.16	0.61	4.27	5.87	0.73	.271	0.97
34	Dan Larson	-	21	1972-1-21	MLB	5	8	3.02	13	13	5	0	0	0	92.1	81	40	31	3	28	42	1	2	1.18	7.90	0.29	2.73	4.09	0.67	.262	1.75
43	Ken Forsch	41	29	1968-18-399	MLB	4	3	2.15	52	0	0	0	46	19	92.0	76	23	22	5	26	49	2	1	1.11	7.43	0.49	2.54	4.79	0.53	.254	1.05
37	Mike Cosgrove	-	25	1970-2-38	MLB	3	4	5.52	22	16	1	1	1	0	89.2	106	63	55	6	58	34	5	0	1.83	10.64	0.60	5.82	3.41	1.71	.324	0.97
39	Bo McLaughlin	-	22	1975-1-14	MLB	4	5	2.85	17	11	4	2	3	1	79.0	71	31	25	6	17	32	2	0	1.11	8.09	0.68	1.94	3.65	0.53	.257	1.13
30	Gene Pentz	69	23	1971-7-153	MLB	3	3	2.97	40	0	0	0	25	5	63.2	62	26	21	5	31	36	2	0	1.46	8.76	0.71	4.38	5.09	0.86	.288	0.93
45	Gilberto Rondon	-	22	1973-3-59	MLB	2	2	5.70	19	7	0	0	3	0	53.2	70	37	34	6	39	21	2	0	2.03	11.74	1.01	6.54	3.52	1.86	.328	0.63
35	Joe Sambito	-	24	1973-17-404	MLB	3	2	3.54	20	4	1	1	8	1	53.1	45	21	21	4	14	26	2	0	1.11	7.59	0.68	2.36	4.39	0.54	.256	1.45
38	Tom Griffin	-	28	1966-1-4	MLB	5	3	6.05	20	2	0	0	2	0	41.2	44	29	28	4	37	33	3	0	1.94	9.50	0.86	7.99	7.13	1.12	.331	1.31
51	Mark Lemongello	-	20	UDFA: 1979	MLB	3	1	2.79	4	4	1	0	0	0	29.0	26	12	9	2	7	9	0	0	1.14	8.07	0.62	2.17	2.79	0.78	.242	1.35
31	Paul Siebert	-	23	1971-3-58	MLB	0	2	3.16	19	0	0	0	6	0	25.2	29	10	9	0	18	10	1	0	1.83	10.17	0.00	6.31	3.51	1.80	.330	0.89
39	Mike Barlow	-	28	1970-4-82	MLB	2	2	4.50	16	0	0	0	7	0	22.0	27	13	11	0	17	11	1	0	2.00	11.05	0.00	6.95	4.50	1.55	.365	1.17
42	Larry Hardy	-	28	1970-23-529	MLB	0	0	7.06	15	0	0	0	11	3	21.2	34	19	17	2	10	10	1	0	2.03	14.12	0.83	4.15	4.15	1.00	.390	1.41
44	Jose Sosa	-	23	UDFA: 1970	MLB	0	0	6.94	9	0	0	0	2	0	11.2	16	9	9	0	6	5	1	0	1.89	12.34	0.00	4.63	3.86	1.20	.381	1.07
Totals: (35 players)						80	82	3.56	162	162	42	15	120	29	1,444	1349	657	571	66	662	780	57	12	1.34	8.41	0.51	4.13	4.86	0.85	.282

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Herrmann	C	79		412	37	6	5	.987	0.00
Cliff Johnson	C	66		312	34	8	2	.977	0.00
Skip Jutze	C	42		125	21	2	5	.986	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Watson	1B	155		1395	96	15	126	.990	0.00
Cliff Johnson	1B	16		117	1	0	8	1.000	0.00
Enos Cabell	1B	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rob Andrews	2B	107		228	354	14	66	.977	0.00
Larry Milbourne	2B	32		67	100	6	19	.965	0.00
Jerry Davanon	2B	17		30	67	2	7	.980	0.00
Alex Taveras	2B	7		15	21	3	2	.923	0.00
Ken Boswell	2B	3		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Wilbur Howard	2B	2		2	6	1	1	.889	0.00
Art Howe	2B	2		1	7	0	2	1.000	0.00
Roger Metzger	2B	2		5	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Enos Cabell	3B	143		128	263	17	24	.958	0.00
Ken Boswell	3B	16		7	21	2	4	.933	0.00
Jerry Davanon	3B	9		3	6	1	1	.900	0.00
Art Howe	3B	8		6	9	1	1	.937	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roger Metzger	SS	150		253	462	10	93	.986	0.00
Jerry Davanon	SS	17		20	21	4	8	.911	0.00
Alex Taveras	SS	7		11	23	0	2	1.000	0.00
Rob Andrews	SS	3		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cesar Cedeno	OF	146		377	11	8	5	.980	0.00
Jose Cruz	OF	125		265	10	8	4	.972	0.00
Greg Gross	OF	115		208	13	5	4	.978	0.00
Wilbur Howard	OF	63		96	2	4	1	.961	0.00
Leon Roberts	OF	60		99	1	2	0	.980	0.00
Cliff Johnson	OF	20		39	0	1	0	.975	0.00
Al Javier	OF	7		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ken Boswell	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Rich Chiles	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ken Forsch	P	52	92	4	17	0	0	1.000	2.05
Gene Pentz	P	40	63	3	12	0	2	1.000	2.14
J.R. Richard	P	39	291	19	39	10	2	.853	1.79
Joe Niekro	P	36	118	9	13	3	1	.880	1.68
Joaquin Andujar	P	28	172	12	24	3	1	.923	1.88
Larry Dierker	P	28	187	17	18	2	2	.946	1.68
Mike Cosgrove	P	22	89	2	14	0	2	1.000	1.61
Tom Griffin	P	20	41	2	6	1	1	.889	1.75
Joe Sambito	P	20	53	4	10	0	1	1.000	2.37
Gilberto Rondon	P	19	53	5	4	0	0	1.000	1.52
Paul Siebert	P	19	25	3	1	1	0	.800	1.43
Bo McLaughlin	P	17	79	10	10	0	2	1.000	2.28
Mike Barlow	P	16	22	0	7	0	0	1.000	2.86
Larry Hardy	P	15	21	0	4	0	1	1.000	1.70
Dan Larson	P	13	92	7	13	0	2	1.000	1.95
Jose Sosa	P	9	11	2	5	0	0	1.000	5.63
Mark Lemongello	P	4	29	1	9	0	0	1.000	3.10

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