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1978 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
74-88, Finished 5th in NL Western Division
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Scored 605 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Managed by Bill Virdon

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,126,145 (9th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 92, Pitching - 92
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Joe Ferguson        31   51  150   20   31   5  0   7   22  37   30  .207  .363  .380   0   0   6   1   1   2   6  116
1B  Bob Watson          32  139  461   51  133  25  4  14   79  51   57  .289  .357  .451   3   1  18   4   0  11  16  133
2B  Art Howe            31  119  420   46  123  33  3   7   55  34   41  .293  .343  .436   2   3  13   1   1   5   3  125
3B  Enos Cabell         28  162  660   92  195  31  8   7   71  22   80  .295  .321  .398  33  15  14   5   3   4   1  108
SS #Rafael Landestoy    25   59  218   18   58   5  1   0    9   8   23  .266  .292  .298   7   4   2   0   4   0   0   72
LF *Denny Walling       24  120  247   30   62  11  3   3   36  30   24  .251  .332  .356   9   2   2   1   0   2   3  100
CF *Terry Puhl          21  149  585   87  169  25  6   3   35  48   46  .289  .343  .368  32  14  11   4   3   7   5  107
RF *Jose Cruz           30  153  565   79  178  34  9  10   83  57   57  .315  .376  .460  37   9   9   0   2   3   9  142
    Julio Gonzalez      25   78  223   24   52   3  1   1   16   8   31  .233  .263  .269   6   1   7   1   7   0   1   55
    Cesar Cedeno        27   50  192   31   54   8  2   7   23  15   24  .281  .333  .453  23   2   4   0   2   0   1  127
   *Dave Bergman        25  104  186   15   43   5  1   0   12  39   32  .231  .361  .269   2   0   5   0   1   2   9   86
    Bruce Bochy         23   54  154    8   41   8  0   3   15  11   35  .266  .311  .377   0   0   8   0   0   2   4   99
    Luis Pujols         22   56  153   11   20   8  1   1   11  12   45  .131  .198  .216   0   0   6   1   2   1   1   20
   #Wilbur Howard       29   84  148   17   34   4  1   1   13   5   22  .230  .268  .291   6   2   3   3   1   1   0   62
    Jimmy Sexton        26   88  141   17   29   3  2   2    6  13   28  .206  .273  .298  16   2   0   0   1   0   1   66
    Jesus Alou          36   77  139    7   45   5  1   2   19   6    5  .324  .345  .417   0   0   4   0   4   3   1  120
   #Roger Metzger       30   45  123   11   27   4  1   0    6  12    9  .220  .287  .268   0   0   8   0   2   1   3   62
    Mike Fischlin       22   44   86    3   10   1  0   0    0   4    9  .116  .165  .128   1   0   1   1   4   0   1  -14
    Reggie Baldwin      23   38   67    5   17   5  0   1   11   3    3  .254  .286  .373   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   90
   *Keith Drumright     23   17   55    5    9   0  0   0    2   3    4  .164  .207  .164   0   1   2   0   1   0   0    9
   *Ed Herrmann         31   16   36    1    4   1  0   0    0   3    3  .111  .179  .139   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   -6
    Jeffrey Leonard     22    8   26    2   10   2  0   0    4   1    2  .385  .407  .462   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  152
   *Joe Cannon          24    8   18    1    4   0  0   0    1   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   30
   *Jim Obradovich      28   10   17    3    3   0  1   0    2   1    3  .176  .222  .294   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   49

    J.R. Richard        28   37  101    8   18   0  0   1   10   1   27  .178  .186  .208   1   1   2   0   5   0   0   14
    Joe Niekro          33   36   65    6    9   2  0   0    5   0   18  .138  .138  .169   0   0   2   0   9   0   0  -11
    Mark Lemongello     22   33   64    3   11   1  0   0    3   4   22  .172  .221  .188   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   20
    Tom Dixon           23   30   40    0    4   0  0   0    1   1    7  .100  .122  .100   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -35
   *Floyd Bannister     23   28   31    2    5   1  0   0    0   1   12  .161  .188  .194   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   11
    Ken Forsch          31   52   27    1    5   0  0   0    3   0    9  .185  .185  .185   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    8
   #Joaquin Andujar     25   36   23    0    3   1  0   0    3   1   11  .130  .167  .174   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   -1
    Vern Ruhle          27   13   18    0    1   0  0   0    1   2   14  .056  .150  .056   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -38
   *Joe Sambito         26   62    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   34
    Rick Williams       25   17    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bo McLaughlin       24   12    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Dan Warthen         25    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Oscar Zamora        33   10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Gene Pentz          25   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1  162 5458  605 1408 231 45  70  557 434  743  .258  .313  .355 178  59 134  22  76  44  67  101
    Rank among 12 NL teams         3    9    3   8  4  12       10   11     3    10    10   2   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  J.R. Richard        28  36   3.11  18  11  0  36   0  16   3  275.3  192  104   95  12  141  303 1139  16   2  3   4 106
SP  Mark Lemongello     22  33   3.94   9  14  1  30   2   9   1  210.3  204  100   92  20   66   77  893   4   9  3   5  84
SP  Joe Niekro          33  35   3.86  14  14  0  29   2  10   1  202.7  190   97   87  13   73   97  861   9   9  0   1  85
SP  Tom Dixon           23  30   3.99   7  11  1  19   4   3   2  140.0  140   70   62   8   40   66  592   0   1  2   3  83
SP *Floyd Bannister     23  28   4.81   3   9  0  16   3   2   2  110.3  120   59   59  13   63   94  502   7   1  2   4  68
SP  Vern Ruhle          27  13   2.12   3   3  0  10   1   2   2   68.0   57   17   16   0   20   27  279   1   1  1   1 156

CL *Joe Sambito         26  62   3.07   4   9 11   0  45   0   0   88.0   85   32   30   5   32   96  371   1   0  0   7 107
RP  Ken Forsch          31  52   2.70  10   6  7   6  28   4   2  133.3  136   44   40   2   37   71  563   2   1  0  13 122
RP  Joaquin Andujar     25  35   3.42   5   7  1  13  11   2   0  110.7   88   45   42   3   58   55  470   3   4  5   6  96
RP  Rick Williams       25  17   4.67   1   2  0   1   5   0   0   34.7   43   19   18   2   10   17  159   0   0  1   2  70
RP  Bo McLaughlin       24  12   5.01   0   1  2   1   5   0   0   23.3   30   17   13   2   16   10  116   3   2  1   2  66

    Gene Pentz          25  10   6.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   15.0   12   13   10   1   13    8   73   1   1  0   3  55
    Oscar Zamora        33  10   7.20   0   0  0   0   1   0   0   15.0   20   12   12   2    7    6   69   0   0  1   3  46
   *Dan Warthen         25   5   4.22   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   10.7   10    5    5   3    2    2   43   0   0  2   0  78
   *Frank Riccelli      25   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.0    1    0    0   0    0    1   10   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6 162   3.63  74  88 23 162 114  48  17 1440.0 1328  634  581  86  578  930 6140  47  31 21  54  91
    Rank among 12 NL teams          8   9   4 11           1   1      7    2    6        3   10    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JFerguson 414 46 51 288 29 2 0 .994 5 13 36 18 LPujols 410 47 55 271 33 6 2 .981 12 17 52 13 BBochy 393 45 53 268 35 8 5 .974 3 8 47 21 RBaldwin 114 13 17 76 8 4 1 .955 0 6 19 4 EHerrmann 98 11 14 65 3 0 0 1.000 1 3 11 3 WHoward 9 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 2 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 972 109 20 8 .982 22 47 167 59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWatson 1045 127 128 974 95 9 63 .992 9.20 DBergman 269 21 66 280 16 2 26 .993 9.89 ECabell 75 8 14 75 3 0 4 1.000 9.32 JObradovich 25 3 3 28 1 0 1 1.000 10.16 JCruz 13 2 2 17 1 0 1 1.000 12.18 AHowe 9 1 1 6 0 1 0 .857 6.00 LPujols 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 1381 116 12 95 .992 9.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AHowe 922 107 107 224 289 12 51 .977 5.01 JGonzalez 368 38 54 62 112 3 21 .983 4.26 KDrumright 128 15 17 27 41 4 9 .944 4.78 JSexton 16 2 3 3 6 1 1 .900 5.06 RLandestoy 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 RMetzger 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 WHoward 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 317 450 20 83 .975 4.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ECabell 1330 153 153 136 274 18 15 .958 2.77 AHowe 73 8 11 10 13 0 0 1.000 2.84 JSexton 23 0 8 0 3 1 0 .750 1.16 JGonzalez 14 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 148 292 19 15 .959 2.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RLandestoy 410 48 50 65 132 4 18 .980 4.32 JSexton 339 37 58 59 95 3 18 .981 4.08 RMetzger 333 38 42 59 103 6 21 .964 4.37 MFischlin 257 29 41 49 67 9 11 .928 4.06 JGonzalez 99 10 17 19 25 4 7 .917 3.99 ECabell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 251 422 26 75 .963 4.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DWalling 469 49 67 112 4 3 2 .975 2.22 TPuhl 346 40 43 83 1 1 0 .988 2.18 DBergman 218 28 29 49 0 2 0 .961 2.02 JAlou 198 26 27 37 1 1 0 .974 1.72 WHoward 156 14 30 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 JLeonard 28 3 4 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 JCannon 17 2 3 4 0 1 0 .800 2.03 RLandestoy 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 317 8 8 3 .976 2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPuhl 906 102 106 296 3 2 1 .993 2.97 CCedeno 433 50 50 149 2 2 1 .987 3.13 DWalling 34 3 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.71 WHoward 27 3 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.64 JLeonard 18 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 JCannon 14 2 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.93 RLandestoy 7 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 476 6 5 2 .990 3.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 1323 149 152 313 4 8 0 .975 2.16 DWalling 36 3 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 WHoward 35 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.51 TPuhl 23 3 4 10 2 0 1 1.000 4.64 JLeonard 14 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 JAlou 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 347 6 8 1 .978 2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JCruz 1323 149 152 311 4 8 0 .975 2.14 TPuhl 1276 145 148 386 6 3 2 .992 2.76 DWalling 540 55 78 140 4 3 2 .980 2.40 CCedeno 433 50 50 149 2 2 1 .987 3.13 WHoward 219 21 38 39 2 0 0 1.000 1.68 DBergman 218 28 29 48 0 2 0 .960 1.98 JAlou 205 27 28 40 1 1 0 .976 1.79 JLeonard 60 7 8 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.55 JCannon 31 4 5 7 0 2 0 .778 1.99 RLandestoy 12 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 1140 20 21 6 .982 2.42 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRichard 275 36 36 29 38 3 0 .957 2.19 MLemongello 210 30 33 15 34 2 1 .961 2.10 JNiekro 202 29 35 18 21 0 3 1.000 1.73 TDixon 140 19 30 12 16 1 1 .966 1.80 KForsch 133 6 52 9 24 2 0 .943 2.23 JAndujar 110 13 35 11 27 4 1 .905 3.09 FBannister 110 16 28 1 6 0 2 1.000 0.57 JSambito 88 0 62 6 16 2 3 .917 2.25 VRuhle 68 10 13 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.46 RWilliams 34 1 17 1 7 1 0 .889 2.07 BMcLaughlin 23 1 12 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.55 GPentz 15 0 10 3 6 0 0 1.000 5.40 OZamora 15 0 10 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.80 DWarthen 10 1 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.68 FRiccelli 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 112 208 15 12 .955 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Cruz .315

On-base % Cruz .376

Slugging % Cruz .460

OPS Cruz .836

Games Cabell 162

At Bats Cabell 660

Plate Appearances (approx.) Cabell 694

Runs Cabell 92

Hits Cabell 195

Total Bases Cabell 263

Doubles Cruz 34

Triples Cruz 9

Home Runs Watson 14

RBI Cruz 83

Bases on Balls Cruz 57

Strikeouts Cabell 80

Stolen Bases Cruz 37

Singles Cabell 149

Adjusted OPS+ Cruz 142

Runs Created Cruz 102

Adjusted Batting Runs Cruz 32

Batting Wins Cruz 3.2

Extra-Base Hits Cruz 53

Times on Base Cruz 235

Offensive Win% Cruz .701

Hit By Pitch Cabell 5

Sac. Hits Niekro 9

Sac. Flies Watson 11

Intentional Walks Watson 16

Grounded into Double Plays Watson 18

Caught Stealing Cabell 15

Power/Speed Number Cruz 15.7

At Bats per Strikeout Puhl 12.7

At Bats per Home Run Watson 32.9

Outs Cabell 501

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ERA Richard 3.11

Wins Richard 18

Won-Loss % Forsch .625

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Richard 1.209

Hits Allowed/9IP Richard 6.28

Bases on Balls/9IP Lemongello 2.82

Strikeouts/9IP Richard 9.90

Games Sambito 62

Saves Sambito 11

Innings Richard 275.3

Strikeouts Richard 303

Games Started Richard 36

Comp. Games Richard 16

Shutouts Richard 3

Home Runs Allow. Lemongello 20

Bases On Balls Allow. Richard 141

Hits Allowed Lemongello 204

SO to Walk Richard 2.15

Losses Lemongello and Niekro 14

Earned Runs Allow. Richard 95

Wild Pitches Richard 16

Hit Batsmen Lemongello and Niekro 9

Batters Faced Richard 1139

Games Finished Sambito 45

Adjusted ERA+ Richard 106

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