1977 HOUSTON ASTROS

| Level: MLB

Location: Houston,TX
Team Record: 81-81 .500
Result: 3rd in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Bill Virdon
General Manager: Tal Smith
Stadium: Astrodome
Attendance: 1,109,560
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Joe Niekro (32)
Youngest Player: Terry Puhl (20)
Longest Tenure: Bob Watson (12)
Top Hitter: Jose Cruz (7)
Top Pitcher: J.R. Richard (4)
Top Draft Pick: Ricky Adams (#14)

Roster Continuity: 69.39%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
LA Dodgers	98	64	.605	--
Cincinnati	88	74	.543	10.0
Houston	81	81	.500	17.0
SF Giants	75	87	.463	23.0
San Diego	69	93	.426	29.0
Atlanta	61	101	.377	37.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

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	18	27	UDFA: 1969	MLB	150	625	101	176	36	7	16	68	42	22	27	55	3	2	2	3	8	.282	.313	.438	751	274	660	484	96	5.4	.287
25	Jose Cruz	of-cf	7	29	UDFA: 1967	MLB	157	579	87	173	31	10	17	87	44	23	69	67	0	13	3	10	4	.299	.368	.475	843	275	661	446	114	6.9	.309
27	Bob Watson	1b-of	16	31	1970-15-355	MLB	151	554	77	160	38	6	22	110	5	0	57	69	7	11	1	4	8	.289	.360	.498	858	276	623	407	113	7.5	.296
28	Cesar Cedeno	of	17	26	UDFA: 1967	MLB	141	530	92	148	36	8	14	71	61	14	47	50	11	7	2	8	10	.279	.346	.457	802	242	598	416	101	6.6	.283
13	Joe Ferguson	c-of	45	30	1968-8-161	MLB	132	421	59	108	21	3	16	61	6	2	85	79	0	7	2	3	11	.257	.379	.435	814	183	511	331	77	6.3	.280
18	Art Howe	3b-2b	76	30	UDFA: 1971	MLB	125	413	44	109	23	7	8	58	0	1	41	60	5	6	2	2	10	.264	.336	.412	748	170	463	319	63	5.3	.291
9	Julio Gonzalez	2b-ss	-	24	UDFA: 1972	MLB	110	383	34	94	18	3	1	27	3	3	19	45	4	1	5	2	7	.245	.287	.316	603	121	413	306	36	3.2	.274
14	Roger Metzger	ss	-	29	1969-1-16	MLB	97	269	24	50	9	6	0	16	2	0	32	24	0	3	5	1	7	.186	.272	.264	535	71	307	232	21	2.5	.203
21	Terry Puhl	of	-	20	UDFA: 1973	MLB	60	229	40	69	13	5	0	10	10	1	30	31	1	0	5	0	3	.301	.385	.402	786	92	265	169	42	6.7	.348
26	Wilbur Howard	of	-	28	1968-19-443	MLB	87	187	22	48	6	0	2	13	11	1	5	30	0	1	7	0	4	.257	.276	.321	597	60	199	151	17	3.0	.297
8	Ed Herrmann	c	-	30	UDFA: 1964	MLB	56	158	7	46	7	0	1	17	1	1	15	18	1	1	3	2	3	.291	.352	.354	707	56	179	121	22	4.9	.319
6	Cliff Johnson	1b-c	-	29	1966-5-83	MLB	51	144	22	43	8	0	10	23	0	1	23	30	4	2	0	0	1	.299	.409	.562	972	81	171	103	35	9.2	.317
11	Rob Sperring	2b-ss	-	27	1971-5-110	MLB	58	129	6	24	3	0	1	9	0	0	12	23	0	2	1	1	4	.186	.254	.233	486	30	143	111	5	1.3	.217
21	Willie Crawford	of	-	30	UDFA: 1964	MLB	42	114	14	29	3	0	2	18	0	0	16	10	0	1	0	2	1	.254	.341	.333	674	38	132	88	16	4.8	.260
16	Jim Fuller	of	-	26	1970-2-41	MLB	34	100	5	16	6	0	2	9	0	1	10	45	1	1	1	0	0	.160	.243	.280	523	28	112	86	4	1.1	.264
17	Ken Boswell	2b	-	31	1965-4-66	MLB	72	97	7	21	1	1	0	12	0	0	10	12	0	1	0	1	5	.216	.287	.247	534	24	108	82	6	1.9	.244
50	J.R. Richard	p	74	27	1969-1-2	MLB	36	87	10	20	0	2	2	7	1	0	1	28	1	0	11	0	1	.230	.247	.345	592	30	100	79	6	2.1	.316
42	Mark Lemongello	p	-	21	UDFA: 1979	MLB	35	69	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	25	1	0	5	0	1	.087	.100	.116	216	8	75	69	-5	-1.9	.136
24	Art Gardner	of	-	24	1971-2-36	MLB	66	65	7	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	1	1	1	0	3	.154	.203	.154	357	10	70	59	-1	-0.7	.200
47	Joaquin Andujar	p	-	24	UDFA: 1969	MLB	26	53	6	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	27	0	0	4	0	0	.189	.232	.226	459	12	60	47	0	0.2	.385
36	Joe Niekro	p	-	32	1966-7-84	MLB	44	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0	3	0	2	.140	.173	.140	313	7	55	48	-2	-1.0	.189
38	Floyd Bannister	p	-	22	1976-1-1	MLB	24	48	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	0	0	6	0	1	.187	.204	.187	392	9	55	46	0	-0.2	.265
34	Dan Larson	p	-	22	1972-1-21	MLB	33	28	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.241	.214	456	6	29	23	0	0.4	.286
22	Leon Roberts	of	-	26	1972-10-236	MLB	19	27	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	.074	.107	.074	181	2	28	26	-2	-2.4	.105
31	Danny Walton	of	-	29	1965-10-196	MLB	13	21	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.190	381	4	21	17	0	-0.1	.250
29	Denny Walling	3b-of	-	23	1975-1-1	MLB	6	21	1	6	0	1	0	6	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.381	729	8	23	16	3	4.5	.353
19	Craig Cacek	1b	-	22	1972-9-205	MLB	7	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	.050	.095	.050	145	1	21	21	-	-	.059
20	J.J. Cannon	of	-	23	1974-1-16	MLB	9	17	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.235	353	4	17	16	0	-0.4	.167
53	Luis Pujols	c	-	21	UDFA: 1973	MLB	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	133	1	15	14	-1	-2.7	.100
10	Mike Fischlin	ss-2b	-	21	1975-7-163	MLB	13	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	3	15	12	0	0.5	.231
30	Gene Pentz	p	-	24	1971-7-153	MLB	41	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	13	13	-	-	.000
35	Joe Sambito	p	-	25	1973-17-404	MLB	54	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	308	2	13	11	-1	-1.7	.286
43	Ken Forsch	p	-	30	1968-18-399	MLB	42	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.143	.077	220	1	15	13	-1	-1.8	.125
39	Bo McLaughlin	p	-	23	1975-1-14	MLB	46	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.100	.000	100	0	12	11	-1	-3.4	.000
46	Doug Konieczny	p	-	25	1971-1-3	MLB	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	1	8	7	0	-1.3	.250
37	Tom Dixon	p	-	22	1973-18-426	MLB	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	10	10	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							162	5530	680	1405	263	60	114	638	187	72	515	839	40	60	76	39	98	.254	.320	.385	705	2130	6200	4410	750	4.6	.280

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

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	4	27	1969-1-2	MLB	18	12	2.97	36	36	13	3	0	0	267.0	212	94	88	18	104	214	6	1	1.18	7.15	0.61	3.51	7.21	0.49	.262	1.03
42	Mark Lemongello	38	21	UDFA: 1979	MLB	9	14	3.48	34	30	5	0	1	0	214.2	237	88	83	20	52	83	0	3	1.35	9.94	0.84	2.18	3.48	0.63	.294	1.20
36	Joe Niekro	16	32	1966-7-84	MLB	13	8	3.04	44	14	9	2	12	5	180.2	155	66	61	14	64	101	5	1	1.21	7.72	0.70	3.19	5.03	0.63	.263	1.08
47	Joaquin Andujar	-	24	UDFA: 1969	MLB	11	8	3.69	26	25	4	1	1	0	158.2	149	80	65	11	64	69	2	2	1.34	8.45	0.62	3.63	3.91	0.93	.268	1.52
38	Floyd Bannister	-	22	1976-1-1	MLB	8	9	4.04	24	23	4	1	0	0	142.2	138	70	64	11	68	112	6	2	1.44	8.71	0.69	4.29	7.07	0.61	.302	0.78
34	Dan Larson	-	22	1972-1-21	MLB	1	7	5.81	32	10	1	0	5	1	97.2	108	72	63	13	45	44	9	1	1.57	9.95	1.20	4.15	4.05	1.02	.290	1.39
35	Joe Sambito	63	25	1973-17-404	MLB	5	5	2.33	54	1	0	0	32	7	89.0	77	34	23	6	24	67	2	1	1.13	7.79	0.61	2.43	6.78	0.36	.278	1.06
30	Gene Pentz	-	24	1971-7-153	MLB	5	2	3.83	41	4	0	0	16	2	87.0	76	41	37	8	44	51	9	2	1.38	7.86	0.83	4.55	5.28	0.86	.259	0.98
43	Ken Forsch	68	30	1968-18-399	MLB	5	8	2.72	42	5	0	0	28	8	86.0	80	32	26	2	28	45	3	0	1.26	8.37	0.21	2.93	4.71	0.62	.281	1.45
39	Bo McLaughlin	-	23	1975-1-14	MLB	4	7	4.25	46	6	0	0	29	5	84.2	81	44	40	6	34	59	3	1	1.36	8.61	0.64	3.61	6.27	0.58	.304	1.15
37	Tom Dixon	-	22	1973-18-426	MLB	1	0	3.26	9	4	1	0	0	0	30.1	40	12	11	0	7	15	1	1	1.55	11.87	0.00	2.08	4.45	0.47	.364	0.80
46	Doug Konieczny	-	25	1971-1-3	MLB	1	1	6.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.0	26	15	14	1	8	7	0	0	1.62	11.14	0.43	3.43	3.00	1.14	.321	1.55
45	Roy Thomas	-	24	1971-1-6	MLB	0	0	2.84	4	0	0	0	1	0	6.1	5	2	2	0	3	4	0	2	1.26	7.11	0.00	4.26	5.68	0.75	.250	0.88
Totals: (36 players)						81	81	3.54	162	162	37	7	125	28	1,466	1384	650	577	114	545	871	46	17	1.31	8.50	0.68	3.35	5.35	0.63	.281

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Ferguson	C	122		634	80	11	10	.985	0.00
Ed Herrmann	C	49		280	29	3	2	.990	0.00
Luis Pujols	C	6		18	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Watson	1B	146		1331	118	9	100	.994	0.00
Cliff Johnson	1B	10		64	7	0	8	1.000	0.00
Enos Cabell	1B	8		34	2	1	2	.973	0.00
Craig Cacek	1B	6		52	1	1	6	.981	0.00
Danny Walton	1B	5		41	2	2	1	.956	0.00
Joe Ferguson	1B	1		10	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Fuller	1B	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Art Howe	2B	96		192	279	7	49	.985	0.00
Julio Gonzalez	2B	45		73	142	7	28	.968	0.00
Ken Boswell	2B	26		33	31	0	9	1.000	0.00
Rob Sperring	2B	20		34	56	3	6	.968	0.00
Wilbur Howard	2B	4		5	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Roger Metzger	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Enos Cabell	3B	144		140	280	23	17	.948	0.00
Art Howe	3B	19		16	37	1	1	.981	0.00
Rob Sperring	3B	11		5	13	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ken Boswell	3B	2		0	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roger Metzger	SS	96		130	260	11	45	.973	0.00
Julio Gonzalez	SS	63		81	151	20	28	.921	0.00
Rob Sperring	SS	22		18	29	3	9	.940	0.00
Mike Fischlin	SS	12		3	17	0	1	1.000	0.00
Art Howe	SS	11		5	17	0	2	1.000	0.00
Enos Cabell	SS	1		2	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Cruz	OF	155		311	11	9	1	.973	0.00
Cesar Cedeno	OF	137		335	14	1	2	.997	0.00
Wilbur Howard	OF	62		100	2	1	1	.990	0.00
Terry Puhl	OF	59		119	3	1	0	.992	0.00
Cliff Johnson	OF	34		49	4	3	0	.946	0.00
Willie Crawford	OF	30		47	0	2	0	.959	0.00
Jim Fuller	OF	27		53	5	1	1	.983	0.00
Art Gardner	OF	26		31	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Leon Roberts	OF	9		3	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Denny Walling	OF	5		14	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
J.J. Cannon	OF	3		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Sambito	P	54	89	4	17	2	1	.913	2.12
Bo McLaughlin	P	46	84	7	15	2	1	.917	2.35
Joe Niekro	P	44	180	11	31	0	7	1.000	2.10
Ken Forsch	P	42	86	10	15	1	1	.962	2.62
Gene Pentz	P	41	87	5	13	0	0	1.000	1.86
J.R. Richard	P	36	267	26	44	0	2	1.000	2.36
Mark Lemongello	P	34	214	23	30	5	1	.914	2.23
Dan Larson	P	32	97	11	14	2	0	.926	2.31
Joaquin Andujar	P	26	158	14	38	8	1	.867	2.96
Floyd Bannister	P	24	142	6	14	0	1	1.000	1.27
Tom Dixon	P	9	30	2	6	2	0	.800	2.39
Doug Konieczny	P	4	21	5	3	0	0	1.000	3.43
Roy Thomas	P	4	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.48

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