1981 HOUSTON ASTROS

| Level: MLB

Location: Houston,TX
Team Record: 61-49 .555
Result: th in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Bill Virdon
General Manager: Al Rosen
Stadium: Astrodome
Attendance: 1,321,282
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Joe Niekro (36)
Youngest Player: Bert Pena (21)
Longest Tenure: Cesar Cedeno (12)
Top Hitter: Jose Cruz (15)
Top Pitcher: Don Sutton (4)
Top Draft Pick: Curtis Burke (#75)

Roster Continuity: 77.87%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	66	42	.611	--
LA Dodgers	63	47	.573	4.0
Houston	61	49	.555	6.0
SF Giants	56	55	.505	11.5
Atlanta	50	56	.472	15.0
San Diego	41	69	.373	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
25	Jose Cruz	of-cf	15	33	UDFA: 1967	MLB	107	409	53	109	16	5	13	55	5	7	35	49	0	4	0	7	7	.267	.319	.425	745	174	451	321	61	5.1	.271
18	Art Howe	3b-2b	41	34	UDFA: 1971	MLB	103	361	43	107	22	4	3	36	1	3	41	23	0	7	1	3	8	.296	.365	.404	770	146	406	269	61	6.1	.308
21	Terry Puhl	of	42	24	UDFA: 1973	MLB	96	350	43	88	19	4	3	28	22	4	31	49	4	5	4	5	3	.251	.315	.354	670	124	394	278	47	4.5	.281
12	Craig Reynolds	ss	43	28	1971-1-22	MLB	87	323	43	84	10	12	4	31	3	3	12	31	0	2	18	1	6	.260	.286	.402	688	130	354	267	42	4.2	.277
28	Cesar Cedeno	of	89	30	UDFA: 1967	MLB	82	306	42	83	19	0	5	34	12	7	24	31	1	2	2	5	6	.271	.321	.382	704	117	338	243	42	4.7	.284
14	Alan Ashby	c	-	29	1969-3-63	MLB	83	255	20	69	13	0	4	33	0	2	35	33	0	6	3	2	6	.271	.356	.369	725	94	295	199	36	4.9	.295
30	Tony Scott	of	51	29	1969-71-1017	MLB	55	225	28	66	13	2	2	22	8	3	15	32	0	1	3	0	1	.293	.337	.396	733	89	243	166	33	5.4	.335
29	Denny Walling	3b-of	-	27	1975-1-1	MLB	65	158	23	37	6	0	5	23	2	1	28	17	0	1	1	2	3	.234	.346	.367	713	58	189	128	24	5.0	.232
23	Kiko Garcia	ss-2b	-	27	1971-3-69	MLB	48	136	9	37	6	1	0	15	2	2	10	16	1	3	2	1	2	.272	.324	.331	655	45	150	106	16	4.0	.306
9	Joe Pittman	2b-ss	-	27	1975-5-110	MLB	52	135	11	38	4	2	0	7	4	4	11	16	0	3	2	1	3	.281	.333	.341	674	46	149	107	15	3.9	.317
6	Luis Pujols	c	-	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	40	117	5	28	3	1	1	14	1	0	10	17	0	3	0	1	4	.239	.297	.308	605	36	128	94	10	2.9	.270
3	Phil Garner	2b-3b	-	32	1971-1-2	MLB	31	113	13	27	3	1	0	6	6	2	15	11	0	1	4	1	1	.239	.326	.283	609	32	133	94	13	3.7	.262
15,22	Gary Woods	of	-	26	1973-27-602	MLB	54	110	10	23	4	1	0	12	2	1	11	22	0	4	3	2	4	.209	.276	.264	540	29	126	97	7	1.8	.256
24	Danny Heep	of-1b	-	23	1978-2-37	MLB	33	96	6	24	3	0	0	11	0	0	10	11	0	2	0	0	3	.250	.321	.281	602	27	106	75	9	3.1	.282
10	Dickie Thon	ss	-	23	UDFA: 1975	MLB	49	95	13	26	6	0	0	3	6	1	9	13	0	1	1	0	3	.274	.337	.337	673	32	105	74	12	4.3	.317
17	Rafael Landestoy	2b-ss	-	28	UDFA: 1972	MLB	35	74	6	11	1	1	0	4	4	1	16	9	0	4	4	0	4	.149	.300	.189	489	14	94	72	4	1.5	.169
8	Dave Roberts	3b-c	-	30	1972-1-1	MLB	27	54	4	13	3	0	1	5	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	2	1	.241	.271	.352	623	19	59	44	6	3.7	.245
20	Don Sutton	p	-	36	UDFA: 1964	MLB	23	51	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	12	1	0	5	0	2	.137	.228	.137	365	7	62	51	0	-0.2	.179
34	Nolan Ryan	p	-	34	1965-12-226	MLB	21	51	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	18	0	0	4	0	1	.216	.286	.235	521	12	60	45	2	1.2	.333
36	Joe Niekro	p	64	36	1966-7-84	MLB	24	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	0	0	11	0	0	.176	.208	.196	404	10	64	53	1	0.6	.220
39	Bob Knepper	p	-	27	1972-2-43	MLB	22	47	3	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	15	1	0	5	0	0	.149	.167	.255	422	12	53	45	1	0.4	.194
15	Mike Ivie	1b	-	28	1970-1-1	MLB	19	42	2	10	3	0	0	6	0	1	2	11	0	0	0	1	0	.238	.267	.310	576	13	45	34	3	2.4	.312
16	Harry Spilman	1b	-	26	UDFA: 1974	MLB	28	34	5	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	.294	.333	.294	627	10	36	26	3	3.0	.323
48	Vern Ruhle	p	-	30	1972-17-404	MLB	20	24	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	11	0	0	4	0	0	.250	.400	.292	692	7	34	22	3	3.6	.462
30	Jeff Leonard	of-lf	-	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	7	18	1	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.158	.333	491	6	19	16	1	2.1	.200
38	Tim Tolman	of-1b	-	25	1978-12-297	MLB	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	1	8	7	0	-0.6	.125
45	Dave Smith	p	-	26	1976-8-169	MLB	42	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	2	8	6	0	0.3	.500
11	Alan Knicely	c-of	-	26	1974-3-63	MLB	3	7	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	1.429	2000	10	7	3	4	40.0	.500
26	Scott Loucks	of	-	24	1977-5-118	MLB	10	7	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.625	.571	1196	4	8	3	2	20.1	1.000
16	Dave Bergman	1b	-	28	1974-2-36	MLB	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	833	4	6	5	1	6.0	.000
41	Bobby Sprowl	p	-	25	1977-2-39	MLB	15	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	6	5	0	-0.9	.250
35	Joe Sambito	p	-	29	1973-17-404	MLB	49	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
47	Joaquin Andujar	p	-	28	UDFA: 1969	MLB	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	6	5	0	-2.1	.000
31	Frank LaCorte	p	-	29	UDFA: 1973	MLB	37	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	5.1	.333
1	Bert Pena	ss	-	21	UDFA: 1977	MLB	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	3	2	1	7.1	.500
27	Billy Smith	p	-	26	1977-14-352	MLB	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							110	3693	394	948	160	35	45	369	81	43	340	488	8	49	79	35	69	.257	.318	.356	674	1313	4155	2971	456	4.1	.283

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
36	Joe Niekro	12	36	1966-7-84	MLB	9	9	2.82	24	24	5	2	0	0	166.0	150	60	52	8	47	77	7	0	1.19	8.13	0.43	2.55	4.17	0.61	.267	1.00
20	Don Sutton	4	36	UDFA: 1964	MLB	11	9	2.61	23	23	6	3	0	0	158.2	132	51	46	6	29	104	0	1	1.01	7.49	0.34	1.64	5.90	0.28	.271	1.04
39	Bob Knepper	8	27	1972-2-43	MLB	9	5	2.18	22	22	6	5	0	0	156.2	128	41	38	5	38	75	0	0	1.06	7.35	0.29	2.18	4.31	0.51	.253	1.20
34	Nolan Ryan	5	34	1965-12-226	MLB	11	5	1.69	21	21	5	3	0	0	149.0	99	34	28	2	68	140	16	2	1.12	5.98	0.12	4.11	8.46	0.49	.251	1.15
48	Vern Ruhle	-	30	1972-17-404	MLB	4	6	2.91	20	15	1	0	3	1	102.0	97	36	33	6	20	39	0	0	1.15	8.56	0.53	1.76	3.44	0.51	.265	1.27
45	Dave Smith	49	26	1976-8-169	MLB	5	3	2.76	42	0	0	0	22	8	75.0	54	26	23	2	23	52	4	0	1.03	6.48	0.24	2.76	6.24	0.44	.237	1.93
35	Joe Sambito	36	29	1973-17-404	MLB	5	5	1.84	49	0	0	0	32	10	63.2	43	17	13	4	22	41	0	0	1.02	6.08	0.57	3.11	5.80	0.54	.218	0.87
31	Frank LaCorte	66	29	UDFA: 1973	MLB	4	2	3.64	37	0	0	0	22	5	42.0	41	18	17	1	21	40	6	0	1.48	8.79	0.21	4.50	8.57	0.53	.339	0.52
41	Bobby Sprowl	-	25	1977-2-39	MLB	0	1	5.97	15	1	0	0	4	0	28.2	40	20	19	1	14	18	3	0	1.88	12.56	0.31	4.40	5.65	0.78	.386	1.45
47	Joaquin Andujar	-	28	UDFA: 1969	MLB	2	3	4.94	9	3	0	0	0	0	23.2	29	17	13	2	12	18	0	0	1.73	11.03	0.76	4.56	6.85	0.67	.346	1.21
27	Billy Smith	-	26	1977-14-352	MLB	1	1	3.05	10	1	0	0	4	1	20.2	20	7	7	3	3	3	0	0	1.11	8.71	1.31	1.31	1.31	1.00	.243	2.24
26	Gordie Pladson	-	24	UDFA: 1973	MLB	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	3	0	1	3.00	20.25	0.00	6.75	6.75	1.00	.500	1.25
Totals: (36 players)						61	49	2.66	110	110	23	13	87	25	990	842	331	293	45	300	610	36	4	1.30	7.65	0.36	2.73	5.55	0.49	.267

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alan Ashby	C	81		434	58	9	6	.982	0.00
Luis Pujols	C	39		192	14	1	1	.995	0.00
Alan Knicely	C	2		11	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave Roberts	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cesar Cedeno	1B	46		428	27	4	27	.991	0.00
Denny Walling	1B	27		188	8	2	17	.990	0.00
Danny Heep	1B	22		198	9	2	12	.990	0.00
Harry Spilman	1B	13		46	2	0	3	1.000	0.00
Mike Ivie	1B	10		76	11	1	5	.989	0.00
Dave Roberts	1B	10		83	8	4	6	.958	0.00
Art Howe	1B	2		15	0	0	3	1.000	0.00
Jeff Leonard	1B	2		23	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave Bergman	1B	1		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Pittman	2B	35		56	89	3	14	.980	0.00
Phil Garner	2B	31		62	102	3	17	.982	0.00
Rafael Landestoy	2B	31		52	63	4	11	.966	0.00
Dickie Thon	2B	28		37	39	4	10	.950	0.00
Kiko Garcia	2B	9		16	26	1	2	.977	0.00
Dave Roberts	2B	3		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Art Howe	3B	98		52	206	9	16	.966	0.00
Kiko Garcia	3B	13		4	17	4	1	.840	0.00
Dave Roberts	3B	7		4	8	1	1	.923	0.00
Dickie Thon	3B	5		4	7	0	1	1.000	0.00
Joe Pittman	3B	4		3	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Craig Reynolds	SS	85		139	261	11	36	.973	0.00
Kiko Garcia	SS	28		38	76	6	11	.950	0.00
Dickie Thon	SS	13		12	17	2	2	.935	0.00
Bert Pena	SS	3		1	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Cruz	OF	105		237	5	4	2	.984	0.00
Terry Puhl	OF	88		185	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Tony Scott	OF	55		127	5	2	0	.985	0.00
Gary Woods	OF	40		61	1	1	0	.984	0.00
Cesar Cedeno	OF	34		82	1	1	0	.988	0.00
Denny Walling	OF	27		38	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Scott Loucks	OF	5		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tim Tolman	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jeff Leonard	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Danny Heep	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Alan Knicely	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Sambito	P	49	63	5	12	0	2	1.000	2.42
Dave Smith	P	42	75	3	11	1	0	.933	1.68
Frank LaCorte	P	37	42	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.29
Joe Niekro	P	24	166	11	23	0	1	1.000	1.84
Don Sutton	P	23	158	11	24	2	3	.946	1.99
Bob Knepper	P	22	156	6	26	3	1	.914	1.84
Nolan Ryan	P	21	149	5	16	1	3	.955	1.27
Vern Ruhle	P	20	102	4	9	0	2	1.000	1.15
Bobby Sprowl	P	15	28	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.60
Billy Smith	P	10	20	2	3	0	1	1.000	2.23
Joaquin Andujar	P	9	23	1	1	1	0	.667	0.78
Gordie Pladson	P	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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