1978 HOUSTON ASTROS

| Level: MLB

Location: Houston,TX
Team Record: 74-88 .457
Result: 5th in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Bill Virdon
General Manager: Tal Smith
Stadium: Astrodome
Attendance: 1,126,145
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jesus Alou (36)
Youngest Player: Terry Puhl (21)
Longest Tenure: Bob Watson (13)
Top Hitter: Jose Cruz (11)
Top Pitcher: J.R. Richard (2)
Top Draft Pick: Rod Boxberger (#11)

Roster Continuity: 83.53%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
LA Dodgers	95	67	.586	--
Cincinnati	92	69	.571	2.5
SF Giants	89	73	.549	6.0
San Diego	84	78	.519	11.0
Houston	74	88	.457	21.0
Atlanta	69	93	.426	26.0

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	13	28	UDFA: 1969	MLB	162	660	92	195	31	8	7	71	33	15	22	80	5	1	3	4	14	.295	.321	.398	720	263	694	501	89	4.8	.326
21	Terry Puhl	of	45	21	UDFA: 1973	MLB	149	585	87	169	25	6	3	35	32	14	48	46	4	5	3	7	11	.289	.343	.368	711	215	647	451	84	5.0	.306
25	Jose Cruz	of-cf	11	30	UDFA: 1967	MLB	153	565	79	178	34	9	10	83	37	9	57	57	0	9	2	3	9	.315	.376	.460	836	260	627	410	112	7.3	.335
27	Bob Watson	1b-of	31	32	1970-15-355	MLB	139	461	51	133	25	4	14	79	3	1	51	57	4	16	0	11	18	.289	.357	.451	808	208	527	358	80	6.0	.297
18	Art Howe	3b-2b	78	31	UDFA: 1971	MLB	119	420	46	123	33	3	7	55	2	3	34	41	1	3	1	5	13	.293	.343	.436	779	183	461	319	69	5.9	.308
29	Denny Walling	3b-of	-	24	1975-1-1	MLB	120	247	30	62	11	3	3	36	9	2	30	24	1	3	0	2	2	.251	.332	.356	688	88	280	191	36	5.0	.266
9	Julio Gonzalez	2b-ss	-	25	UDFA: 1972	MLB	78	223	24	52	3	1	1	16	6	1	8	31	1	1	7	0	7	.233	.263	.269	532	60	239	186	13	1.9	.267
17	Rafael Landestoy	2b-ss	-	25	UDFA: 1972	MLB	59	218	18	58	5	1	0	9	7	4	8	23	0	0	4	0	2	.266	.292	.298	590	65	230	170	19	3.1	.297
28	Cesar Cedeno	of	-	27	UDFA: 1967	MLB	50	192	31	54	8	2	7	23	23	2	15	24	0	1	2	0	4	.281	.333	.453	786	87	209	146	34	6.3	.292
16	Dave Bergman	1b	-	25	1974-2-36	MLB	104	186	15	43	5	1	0	12	2	0	39	32	0	9	1	2	5	.231	.361	.269	630	50	228	151	21	3.7	.276
13	Bruce Bochy	c	-	23	1975-8-132	MLB	54	154	8	41	8	0	3	15	0	0	11	35	0	4	0	2	8	.266	.311	.377	688	58	167	123	16	3.4	.322
8	Luis Pujols	c	-	22	UDFA: 1973	MLB	56	153	11	20	8	1	1	11	0	0	12	45	1	1	2	1	6	.131	.198	.216	413	33	169	142	1	0.1	.176
13	Joe Ferguson	c-of	75	31	1968-8-161	MLB	51	150	20	31	5	0	7	22	0	0	37	30	1	6	1	2	6	.207	.363	.380	743	57	191	128	23	4.8	.209
26	Wilbur Howard	of	-	29	1968-19-443	MLB	84	148	17	34	4	1	1	13	6	2	5	22	3	0	1	1	3	.230	.268	.291	558	43	158	121	11	2.4	.262
24	Jimmy Sexton	ss	-	26	UDFA: 1970	MLB	88	141	17	29	3	2	2	6	16	2	13	28	0	1	1	0	0	.206	.273	.298	571	42	155	115	13	3.1	.243
22	Jesus Alou	of	-	36	UDFA: 1959	MLB	77	139	7	45	5	1	2	19	0	0	6	5	0	1	4	3	4	.324	.345	.417	762	58	152	105	22	5.7	.319
14	Roger Metzger	ss	90	30	1969-1-16	MLB	45	123	11	27	4	1	0	6	0	0	12	9	0	3	2	1	8	.220	.287	.268	555	33	138	107	8	2.1	.235
50	J.R. Richard	p	-	28	1969-1-2	MLB	37	101	8	18	0	0	1	10	1	1	1	27	0	0	5	0	2	.178	.186	.208	394	21	107	91	-1	-0.2	.233
10	Mike Fischlin	ss-2b	-	22	1975-7-163	MLB	44	86	3	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	1	1	4	0	1	.116	.165	.128	293	11	95	81	-1	-0.4	.130
6	Reggie Baldwin	c	-	23	1976-3-49	MLB	38	67	5	17	5	0	1	11	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	.254	.286	.373	659	25	70	53	8	4.0	.254
36	Joe Niekro	p	-	33	1966-7-84	MLB	36	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	0	0	9	0	2	.138	.138	.169	308	11	74	67	-2	-0.8	.191
42	Mark Lemongello	p	-	22	UDFA: 1979	MLB	33	64	3	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	22	0	0	6	0	1	.172	.221	.187	408	12	74	60	0	-0.0	.262
15	Keith Drumright	2b	-	23	1976-4-79	MLB	17	55	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	2	.164	.207	.164	371	9	59	50	0	-0.1	.176
37	Tom Dixon	p	-	23	1973-18-426	MLB	30	40	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	3	0	1	.100	.122	.100	222	4	44	40	-2	-1.4	.121
8	Ed Herrmann	c	-	31	UDFA: 1964	MLB	16	36	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	.111	.179	.139	318	5	40	34	0	-0.2	.121
38	Floyd Bannister	p	-	23	1976-1-1	MLB	28	31	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	5	0	0	.161	.187	.194	381	6	37	31	0	-0.2	.263
43	Ken Forsch	p	-	31	1968-18-399	MLB	52	27	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	2	0	0	.185	.185	.185	370	5	29	24	0	-0.4	.278
46	Jeff Leonard	of-lf	-	22	UDFA: 1973	MLB	8	26	2	10	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.407	.462	869	12	27	17	5	7.9	.417
47	Joaquin Andujar	p	-	25	UDFA: 1969	MLB	36	23	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	0	0	4	0	0	.130	.167	.174	341	4	28	24	-1	-0.7	.250
20	J.J. Cannon	of	-	24	1974-1-16	MLB	8	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444	4	18	15	0	0.7	.235
48	Vern Ruhle	p	-	27	1972-17-404	MLB	13	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	0	0	1	0	1	.056	.150	.056	206	1	21	19	-2	-3.4	.250
19	Jim Obradovich	1b	-	28	1967-24-471	MLB	10	17	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	.176	.222	.294	516	5	18	14	1	2.0	.214
35	Joe Sambito	p	-	26	1973-17-404	MLB	62	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	452	1	8	6	0	0.9	.250
34	Rick Williams	p	-	25	1970-27-640	MLB	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
39	Bo McLaughlin	p	-	24	1975-1-14	MLB	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
31	Dan Warthen	p	-	25	1971-2-28	MLB	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
44	Oscar Zamora	p	-	33	UDFA: 1978	MLB	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
30	Gene Pentz	p	-	25	1971-7-153	MLB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (38 players)							162	5458	605	1408	231	45	70	557	178	59	434	743	22	67	76	44	134	.258	.313	.355	668	1939	6034	4363	648	4	.285

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	2	28	1969-1-2	MLB	18	11	3.11	36	36	16	3	0	0	275.1	192	104	95	12	141	303	16	3	1.21	6.28	0.39	4.61	9.90	0.47	.271	1.12
42	Mark Lemongello	40	22	UDFA: 1979	MLB	9	14	3.94	33	30	9	1	2	1	210.1	204	100	92	20	66	77	4	3	1.28	8.73	0.86	2.82	3.29	0.86	.266	0.85
36	Joe Niekro	34	33	1966-7-84	MLB	14	14	3.86	35	29	10	1	2	0	202.2	190	97	87	13	73	97	9	0	1.30	8.44	0.58	3.24	4.31	0.75	.270	1.04
37	Tom Dixon	69	23	1973-18-426	MLB	7	11	3.99	30	19	3	2	4	1	140.0	140	70	62	8	40	66	0	2	1.29	9.00	0.51	2.57	4.24	0.61	.290	0.73
43	Ken Forsch	58	31	1968-18-399	MLB	10	6	2.70	52	6	4	2	28	7	133.1	136	44	40	2	37	71	2	0	1.30	9.18	0.14	2.50	4.79	0.52	.308	1.18
47	Joaquin Andujar	-	25	UDFA: 1969	MLB	5	7	3.42	35	13	2	0	11	1	110.2	88	45	42	3	58	55	3	5	1.32	7.16	0.24	4.72	4.47	1.05	.254	1.23
38	Floyd Bannister	-	23	1976-1-1	MLB	3	9	4.81	28	16	2	2	3	0	110.1	120	59	59	13	63	94	7	2	1.66	9.79	1.06	5.14	7.67	0.67	.333	0.83
35	Joe Sambito	44	26	1973-17-404	MLB	4	9	3.07	62	0	0	0	45	11	88.0	85	32	30	5	32	96	1	0	1.33	8.69	0.51	3.27	9.82	0.33	.354	0.80
48	Vern Ruhle	-	27	1972-17-404	MLB	3	3	2.12	13	10	2	2	1	0	68.0	57	17	16	0	20	27	1	1	1.13	7.54	0.00	2.65	3.57	0.74	.250	1.00
34	Rick Williams	-	25	1970-27-640	MLB	1	2	4.67	17	1	0	0	5	0	34.2	43	19	18	2	10	17	0	1	1.53	11.16	0.52	2.60	4.41	0.59	.331	1.37
39	Bo McLaughlin	-	24	1975-1-14	MLB	0	1	5.01	12	1	0	0	5	2	23.1	30	17	13	2	16	10	3	1	1.97	11.57	0.77	6.17	3.86	1.60	.333	1.15
30	Gene Pentz	-	25	1971-7-153	MLB	0	0	6.00	10	0	0	0	2	0	15.0	12	13	10	1	13	8	1	0	1.67	7.20	0.60	7.80	4.80	1.63	.234	0.86
44	Oscar Zamora	-	33	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	0	7.20	10	0	0	0	1	0	15.0	20	12	12	2	7	6	0	1	1.80	12.00	1.20	4.20	3.60	1.17	.340	0.54
31	Dan Warthen	-	25	1971-2-28	MLB	0	1	4.22	5	1	0	0	3	0	10.2	10	5	5	3	2	2	0	2	1.12	8.44	2.53	1.69	1.69	1.00	.200	0.76
45	Frank Riccelli	-	25	1971-1-18	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.33	3.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	.111	1.00
Totals: (38 players)						74	88	3.63	162	162	48	13	114	23	1,440	1328	634	581	70	578	930	47	21	1.28	8.30	0.54	3.61	5.81	0.62	.287

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Luis Pujols	C	55		271	33	6	2	.981	0.00
Bruce Bochy	C	53		268	35	8	5	.974	0.00
Joe Ferguson	C	51		288	29	2	0	.994	0.00
Reggie Baldwin	C	17		76	8	4	1	.955	0.00
Ed Herrmann	C	14		65	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Wilbur Howard	C	3		4	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Watson	1B	128		974	95	9	63	.992	0.00
Dave Bergman	1B	66		280	16	2	26	.993	0.00
Enos Cabell	1B	14		75	3	0	4	1.000	0.00
Jim Obradovich	1B	3		28	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jose Cruz	1B	2		17	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Art Howe	1B	1		6	0	1	0	.857	0.00
Luis Pujols	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Art Howe	2B	107		224	289	12	51	.977	0.00
Julio Gonzalez	2B	54		62	112	3	21	.983	0.00
Keith Drumright	2B	17		27	41	4	9	.944	0.00
Jimmy Sexton	2B	3		3	6	1	1	.900	0.00
Rafael Landestoy	2B	2		1	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Wilbur Howard	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Roger Metzger	2B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Enos Cabell	3B	153		136	274	18	15	.958	0.00
Art Howe	3B	11		10	13	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jimmy Sexton	3B	8		0	3	1	0	.750	0.00
Julio Gonzalez	3B	4		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jimmy Sexton	SS	58		59	95	3	18	.981	0.00
Rafael Landestoy	SS	50		65	132	4	18	.980	0.00
Roger Metzger	SS	42		59	103	6	21	.964	0.00
Mike Fischlin	SS	41		49	67	9	11	.928	0.00
Julio Gonzalez	SS	17		19	25	4	7	.917	0.00
Enos Cabell	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Cruz	OF	152		311	4	8	0	.975	0.00
Terry Puhl	OF	148		386	6	3	2	.992	0.00
Denny Walling	OF	78		140	4	3	2	.980	0.00
Cesar Cedeno	OF	50		149	2	2	1	.987	0.00
Wilbur Howard	OF	38		39	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave Bergman	OF	29		48	0	2	0	.960	0.00
Jesus Alou	OF	28		40	1	1	0	.976	0.00
Jeff Leonard	OF	8		16	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
J.J. Cannon	OF	5		7	0	2	0	.778	0.00
Rafael Landestoy	OF	3		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Sambito	P	62	88	6	16	2	3	.917	2.25
Ken Forsch	P	52	133	9	24	2	0	.943	2.23
J.R. Richard	P	36	275	29	38	3	0	.957	2.19
Joaquin Andujar	P	35	110	11	27	4	1	.905	3.10
Joe Niekro	P	35	202	18	21	0	3	1.000	1.74
Mark Lemongello	P	33	210	15	34	2	1	.961	2.10
Tom Dixon	P	30	140	12	16	1	1	.966	1.80
Floyd Bannister	P	28	110	1	6	0	2	1.000	0.57
Rick Williams	P	17	34	1	7	1	0	.889	2.11
Vern Ruhle	P	13	68	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.46
Bo McLaughlin	P	12	23	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.56
Gene Pentz	P	10	15	3	6	0	0	1.000	5.40
Oscar Zamora	P	10	15	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.80
Dan Warthen	P	5	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.76
Frank Riccelli	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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