1979 HOUSTON ASTROS

| Level: MLB

Location: Houston,TX
Team Record: 89-73 .549
Result: 2nd in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Bill Virdon
General Manager: Tal Smith
Stadium: Astrodome
Attendance: 1,900,312
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jesus Alou (37)
Youngest Player: Tom Wiedenbauer (20)
Longest Tenure: Bob Watson (14)
Top Hitter: Jose Cruz (18)
Top Pitcher: J.R. Richard (1)
Top Draft Pick: John Mizerock (#8)

Roster Continuity: 80.37%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	90	71	.559	--
Houston	89	73	.549	1.5
LA Dodgers	79	83	.488	11.5
SF Giants	71	91	.438	19.5
San Diego	68	93	.422	22.0
Atlanta	66	94	.412	23.5

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	50	29	UDFA: 1969	MLB	155	603	60	164	30	5	6	67	37	18	21	68	3	7	2	1	18	.272	.299	.368	668	222	630	478	67	3.8	.298
21	Terry Puhl	of	28	22	UDFA: 1973	MLB	157	600	87	172	22	4	8	49	30	22	58	46	4	8	8	2	7	.287	.352	.377	729	226	672	467	88	5.1	.299
25	Jose Cruz	of-cf	18	31	UDFA: 1967	MLB	157	558	73	161	33	7	9	72	36	14	72	66	0	16	1	5	5	.289	.367	.421	788	235	636	422	100	6.4	.311
12	Craig Reynolds	ss	34	26	1971-1-22	MLB	146	555	63	147	20	9	0	39	12	6	21	49	2	0	34	4	2	.265	.292	.333	625	185	616	454	63	3.7	.288
28	Cesar Cedeno	of	41	28	UDFA: 1967	MLB	132	470	57	123	27	4	6	54	30	13	64	52	3	8	3	9	15	.262	.348	.374	722	176	549	387	70	4.9	.278
30	Jeff Leonard	of-lf	-	23	UDFA: 1973	MLB	134	411	47	119	15	5	0	47	23	10	46	68	2	7	3	5	11	.290	.360	.350	710	144	467	321	54	4.6	.342
18	Art Howe	3b-2b	-	32	UDFA: 1971	MLB	118	355	32	88	15	2	6	33	3	1	36	37	1	5	2	4	7	.248	.316	.352	668	125	398	281	45	4.3	.259
14	Alan Ashby	c	88	27	1969-3-63	MLB	108	336	25	68	15	2	2	35	0	0	26	70	2	10	3	3	8	.202	.262	.277	538	93	370	282	20	1.9	.247
17	Rafael Landestoy	2b-ss	86	26	UDFA: 1972	MLB	129	282	33	76	9	6	0	30	13	4	29	24	1	5	5	2	1	.270	.338	.344	682	97	319	218	40	4.9	.292
9	Julio Gonzalez	2b-ss	-	26	UDFA: 1972	MLB	68	181	16	45	5	2	0	10	2	1	5	14	3	0	6	0	4	.249	.280	.298	579	54	195	147	16	2.9	.269
27	Bob Watson	1b-of	-	33	1970-15-355	MLB	49	163	15	39	4	0	3	18	0	0	16	23	0	1	1	2	3	.239	.304	.319	623	52	182	130	17	3.4	.259
29	Denny Walling	3b-of	-	25	1975-1-1	MLB	82	147	21	48	8	4	3	31	3	2	17	21	0	2	0	1	2	.327	.394	.497	891	73	165	104	31	8.1	.363
13	Bruce Bochy	c	-	24	1975-8-132	MLB	56	129	11	28	4	0	1	6	0	0	13	25	1	4	0	0	5	.217	.294	.271	565	35	143	106	8	2.1	.262
50	J.R. Richard	p	68	29	1969-1-2	MLB	38	95	6	12	1	1	2	6	0	1	1	24	0	0	11	1	4	.126	.134	.221	355	21	108	100	-2	-0.5	.143
36	Joe Niekro	p	59	34	1966-7-84	MLB	38	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	0	0	13	1	0	.120	.140	.145	284	12	99	87	-2	-0.6	.159
8	Luis Pujols	c	-	23	UDFA: 1973	MLB	26	75	7	17	2	1	0	8	0	0	2	14	0	0	1	0	3	.227	.247	.280	527	21	78	62	4	1.6	.279
43	Ken Forsch	p	-	32	1968-18-399	MLB	26	58	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	22	0	0	6	0	1	.138	.194	.155	349	9	68	57	-1	-0.7	.222
47	Joaquin Andujar	p	-	26	UDFA: 1969	MLB	46	57	3	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	2	32	0	0	5	1	0	.088	.117	.211	327	12	65	58	-3	-1.2	.125
24	Jimmy Sexton	ss	-	27	UDFA: 1970	MLB	52	43	8	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.320	.209	529	9	50	37	2	1.6	.250
22	Jesus Alou	of	-	37	UDFA: 1959	MLB	42	43	3	11	4	0	0	10	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	0	4	.256	.347	.349	696	15	49	36	5	3.5	.306
38	Rick Williams	p	-	26	1970-27-640	MLB	31	31	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	0	0	2	0	0	.258	.324	.290	614	9	36	25	2	1.8	.615
6	Reggie Baldwin	c	-	24	1976-3-49	MLB	14	20	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.250	450	5	20	18	0	0.4	.211
48	Vern Ruhle	p	-	28	1972-17-404	MLB	13	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	2	0	0	.053	.100	.105	205	2	22	20	-2	-2.2	.125
46	Randy Niemann	p	-	23	1975-3-60	MLB	26	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	1	.133	.187	.133	321	2	17	15	-1	-1.5	.222
16	Dave Bergman	1b	-	26	1974-2-36	MLB	13	15	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1000	9	15	9	3	10.2	.455
20	Danny Heep	of-1b	-	21	1978-2-37	MLB	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	.143	.176	.143	319	2	17	14	0	-0.4	.167
35	Joe Sambito	p	-	27	1973-17-404	MLB	63	7	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.583	.429	1012	3	12	5	3	15.8	.286
45	Frank Riccelli	p	-	26	1971-1-18	MLB	11	6	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	833	3	6	4	1	7.7	.400
11	Alan Knicely	c-of	-	24	1974-3-63	MLB	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.250	.000	250	0	8	8	-	-	.000
19	Tom Wiedenbauer	of	-	20	1976-7-145	MLB	4	6	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.833	1500	5	6	2	3	34.7	1.000
31	Frank LaCorte	p	-	27	UDFA: 1973	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
33	George Throop	p	-	28	1972-16-378	MLB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
42	Bert Roberge	p	-	24	1976-17-385	MLB	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
37	Tom Dixon	p	-	24	1973-18-426	MLB	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
39	Pete Ladd	p	-	22	1977-25-620	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
39	Bo McLaughlin	p	-	25	1975-1-14	MLB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							162	5394	583	1382	224	52	49	542	190	95	461	745	22	75	109	43	105	.256	.315	.344	659	1857	6029	4364	625	3.9	.287

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	1	29	1969-1-2	MLB	18	13	2.71	38	38	19	4	0	0	292.1	220	98	88	13	98	313	19	1	1.09	6.77	0.40	3.02	9.64	0.31	.286	1.05
36	Joe Niekro	4	34	1966-7-84	MLB	21	11	3.00	38	38	11	5	0	0	263.2	221	102	88	17	107	119	19	0	1.24	7.54	0.58	3.65	4.06	0.90	.245	0.89
47	Joaquin Andujar	29	26	UDFA: 1969	MLB	12	12	3.43	46	23	8	0	9	4	194.0	168	86	74	7	88	77	5	0	1.32	7.79	0.32	4.08	3.57	1.14	.253	1.22
43	Ken Forsch	9	32	1968-18-399	MLB	11	6	3.04	26	24	10	2	1	0	177.2	155	67	60	14	35	58	0	1	1.07	7.85	0.71	1.77	2.94	0.60	.241	1.25
38	Rick Williams	61	26	1970-27-640	MLB	4	7	3.26	31	16	2	2	3	0	121.1	122	45	44	6	30	37	0	1	1.25	9.05	0.45	2.23	2.74	0.81	.274	0.96
35	Joe Sambito	33	27	1973-17-404	MLB	8	7	1.77	63	0	0	0	51	22	91.1	80	20	18	8	23	83	0	0	1.13	7.88	0.79	2.27	8.18	0.28	.289	0.67
46	Randy Niemann	65	23	1975-3-60	MLB	3	2	3.76	26	7	3	2	4	1	67.0	68	32	28	1	22	24	0	2	1.34	9.13	0.13	2.96	3.22	0.92	.298	1.29
48	Vern Ruhle	67	28	1972-17-404	MLB	2	6	4.07	13	10	2	2	0	0	66.1	64	33	30	9	8	33	2	0	1.09	8.68	1.22	1.09	4.48	0.24	.256	1.13
42	Bert Roberge	-	24	1976-17-385	MLB	3	0	1.69	26	0	0	0	12	4	32.0	20	6	6	0	17	13	2	0	1.16	5.63	0.00	4.78	3.66	1.31	.225	1.67
31	Frank LaCorte	-	27	UDFA: 1973	MLB	1	2	5.00	12	3	0	0	3	0	27.0	21	16	15	3	10	24	1	0	1.15	7.00	1.00	3.33	8.00	0.42	--	0.71
37	Tom Dixon	-	24	1973-18-426	MLB	1	2	6.66	19	1	0	0	6	0	25.2	39	23	19	2	15	9	0	0	2.10	13.68	0.70	5.26	3.16	1.67	.366	0.71
33	George Throop	-	28	1972-16-378	MLB	1	0	3.22	14	0	0	0	2	0	22.1	23	10	8	4	11	15	1	0	1.52	9.27	1.61	4.43	6.04	0.73	.288	1.17
45	Frank Riccelli	-	26	1971-1-18	MLB	2	2	4.09	11	2	0	0	3	0	22.0	22	11	10	0	18	20	2	0	1.82	9.00	0.00	7.36	8.18	0.90	.344	0.87
39	Bo McLaughlin	-	25	1975-1-14	MLB	1	2	5.51	12	0	0	0	3	0	16.1	22	15	10	2	4	12	1	0	1.59	12.12	1.10	2.20	6.61	0.33	.357	0.72
39	Pete Ladd	-	22	1977-25-620	MLB	1	1	2.92	10	0	0	0	4	0	12.1	8	5	4	1	8	6	2	0	1.30	5.84	0.73	5.84	4.38	1.33	.184	0.52
41	Gary Wilson	-	24	1976-1-2	MLB	0	0	12.27	6	0	0	0	3	0	7.1	15	11	10	2	6	6	1	0	2.86	18.41	2.45	7.36	7.36	1.00	.500	0.23
34	Gordie Pladson	-	22	UDFA: 1973	MLB	0	0	4.50	4	0	0	0	2	0	4.0	9	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	2.75	20.25	2.25	4.50	4.50	1.00	.471	1.00
41	Bobby Sprowl	-	23	1977-2-39	MLB	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.75	2.25	0.00	4.50	6.75	0.67	.111	0.33
54	Mike Mendoza	-	23	1973-5-116	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	.000	2.00
Totals: (36 players)						89	73	3.20	162	162	55	17	107	31	1,448	1278	582	514	49	504	854	55	5	1.27	7.95	0.56	3.13	5.31	0.59	.281

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alan Ashby	C	105		548	57	8	5	.987	0.00
Bruce Bochy	C	55		198	29	7	4	.970	0.00
Luis Pujols	C	26		136	6	1	0	.993	0.00
Reggie Baldwin	C	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alan Knicely	C	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cesar Cedeno	1B	91		832	33	17	79	.981	0.00
Enos Cabell	1B	51		287	21	1	20	.997	0.00
Bob Watson	1B	44		371	33	3	23	.993	0.00
Dave Bergman	1B	4		8	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Art Howe	1B	3		15	3	0	3	1.000	0.00
Jesus Alou	1B	1		2	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Reggie Baldwin	1B	1		7	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rafael Landestoy	2B	114		166	234	12	53	.971	0.00
Art Howe	2B	68		126	188	3	33	.991	0.00
Julio Gonzalez	2B	32		59	89	2	16	.987	0.00
Jimmy Sexton	2B	2		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Enos Cabell	3B	132		109	178	13	11	.957	0.00
Art Howe	3B	59		47	70	4	6	.967	0.00
Julio Gonzalez	3B	9		2	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jimmy Sexton	3B	4		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alan Knicely	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Craig Reynolds	SS	143		208	428	23	88	.965	0.00
Julio Gonzalez	SS	21		31	54	3	11	.966	0.00
Jimmy Sexton	SS	11		10	23	2	6	.943	0.00
Rafael Landestoy	SS	3		2	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Cruz	OF	156		320	7	14	0	.959	0.00
Terry Puhl	OF	152		352	7	0	3	1.000	0.00
Jeff Leonard	OF	123		227	6	10	1	.959	0.00
Denny Walling	OF	42		65	2	1	0	.985	0.00
Cesar Cedeno	OF	40		116	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jesus Alou	OF	6		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Wiedenbauer	OF	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Danny Heep	OF	2		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Sambito	P	63	91	5	14	2	2	.905	1.88
Joaquin Andujar	P	46	194	16	50	5	2	.930	3.06
Joe Niekro	P	38	263	14	39	0	4	1.000	1.81
J.R. Richard	P	38	292	14	32	5	0	.902	1.42
Rick Williams	P	31	121	3	23	1	2	.963	1.93
Ken Forsch	P	26	177	10	37	1	5	.979	2.39
Randy Niemann	P	26	67	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.07
Bert Roberge	P	26	32	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.69
Tom Dixon	P	19	25	3	6	0	1	1.000	3.21
George Throop	P	14	22	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.22
Vern Ruhle	P	13	66	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.09
Frank LaCorte	P	12	27	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33
Bo McLaughlin	P	12	16	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.68
Frank Riccelli	P	11	22	0	6	0	0	1.000	2.45
Pete Ladd	P	10	12	3	2	0	0	1.000	3.72
Gary Wilson	P	6	7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Gordie Pladson	P	4	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bobby Sprowl	P	3	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Mike Mendoza	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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