1977 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster

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1977 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976/1978)
81-81, Finished 3rd in NL Western Division
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Scored 680 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78
Managed by Bill Virdon

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,109,560 (9th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 91, Pitching - 91
  (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 Stats (1976/1978) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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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        30  132  421   59  108  21  3  16   61  85   79  .257  .379  .435   6   2  11   0   2   3   7  127
1B  Bob Watson          31  151  554   77  160  38  6  22  110  57   69  .289  .360  .498   5   0   8   7   1   4  11  138
2B  Art Howe            30  125  413   44  109  23  7   8   58  41   60  .264  .336  .412   0   1  10   5   2   2   6  108
3B  Enos Cabell         27  150  625  101  176  36  7  16   68  27   55  .282  .313  .438  42  22   8   3   2   3   2  108
SS #Roger Metzger       29   97  269   24   50   9  6   0   16  32   24  .186  .272  .264   2   0   7   0   5   1   3   51
LF *Terry Puhl          20   60  229   40   69  13  5   0   10  30   31  .301  .385  .402  10   1   3   1   5   0   0  121
CF  Cesar Cedeno        26  141  530   92  148  36  8  14   71  47   50  .279  .346  .457  61  14  10  11   2   8   7  123
RF *Jose Cruz           29  157  579   87  173  31 10  17   87  69   67  .299  .368  .475  44  23   4   0   3  10  13  134
    Julio Gonzalez      24  110  383   34   94  18  3   1   27  19   45  .245  .287  .316   3   3   7   4   5   2   1   69
   #Wilbur Howard       28   87  187   22   48   6  0   2   13   5   30  .257  .276  .321  11   1   4   0   7   0   1   67
   *Ed Herrmann         30   56  158    7   46   7  0   1   17  15   18  .291  .352  .354   1   1   3   1   3   2   1   99
    Cliff Johnson       29   51  144   22   43   8  0  10   23  23   30  .299  .409  .563   0   1   1   4   0   0   2  169
    Rob Sperring        27   58  129    6   24   3  0   1    9  12   23  .186  .254  .233   0   0   4   0   1   1   2   37
   *Willie Crawford     30   42  114   14   29   3  0   2   18  16   10  .254  .341  .333   0   0   1   0   0   2   1   90
    Jim Fuller          26   34  100    5   16   6  0   2    9  10   45  .160  .243  .280   0   1   0   1   1   0   1   46
   *Ken Boswell         31   72   97    7   21   1  1   0   12  10   12  .216  .287  .247   0   0   5   0   0   1   1   51
   *Art Gardner         24   66   65    7   10   0  0   0    3   3   15  .154  .203  .154   0   0   3   1   1   0   1    2
    Leon Roberts        26   19   27    1    2   0  0   0    2   1    8  .074  .107  .074   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -48
   *Denny Walling       23    6   21    1    6   0  1   0    6   2    4  .286  .348  .381   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  104
    Danny Walton        29   13   21    0    4   0  0   0    1   0    5  .190  .190  .190   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7
    Craig Cacek         22    7   20    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    3  .050  .095  .050   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -58
   *Joe Cannon          23    9   17    3    2   2  0   0    1   0    5  .118  .118  .235   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   -4
    Mike Fischlin       21   13   15    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12
    Luis Pujols         21    6   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .067  .067  .067   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -63

    J.R. Richard        27   36   87   10   20   0  2   2    7   1   28  .230  .247  .345   1   0   1   1  11   0   0   64
    Mark Lemongello     21   35   69    2    6   0  1   0    1   0   25  .087  .100  .116   0   0   1   1   5   0   0  -40
   #Joaquin Andujar     24   26   53    6   10   2  0   0    2   3   27  .189  .232  .226   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   29
    Joe Niekro          32   44   50    2    7   0  0   0    2   2   13  .140  .173  .140   0   0   2   0   3   0   0  -11
   *Floyd Bannister     22   24   48    4    9   0  0   0    1   1   14  .188  .204  .188   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   11
    Dan Larson          22   33   28    1    6   0  0   0    1   1    7  .214  .241  .214   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   29
    Ken Forsch          30   42   13    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    5  .077  .143  .077   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -36
    Gene Pentz          24   41   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    6  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Joe Sambito         25   54   13    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    6  .154  .154  .154   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -13
    Bo McLaughlin       23   46    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    8  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -69
    Tom Dixon           22    9    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   3   0   0 -100
    Doug Konieczny      25    4    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -20
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  162 5530  680 1405 263 60 114  638 515  839  .254  .318  .385 187  72  98  40  76  39  60  103
    Rank among 12 NL teams         8    8    8   6  1   9        9    9     8    10     8   2   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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        27  36   2.97  18  12  0  36   0  13   3  267.0  212   94   88  18  104  214 1092   6   0  1   1 120
SP  Mark Lemongello     21  34   3.48   9  14  0  30   1   5   0  214.7  237   88   83  20   52   83  910   0   3  3   4 102
SP  Joaquin Andujar     24  26   3.69  11   8  0  25   1   4   1  158.7  149   80   65  11   64   69  678   2   4  2   3  97
SP *Floyd Bannister     22  24   4.04   8   9  0  23   0   4   1  142.7  138   70   64  11   68  112  622   6   4  2   1  88

CL  Ken Forsch          30  42   2.72   5   8  8   5  28   0   0   86.0   80   32   26   2   28   45  364   3   2  0   6 131
RP *Joe Sambito         25  54   2.33   5   5  7   1  32   0   0   89.0   77   34   23   6   24   67  357   2   0  1   2 153
RP  Bo McLaughlin       23  46   4.25   4   7  5   6  29   0   0   84.7   81   44   40   6   34   59  359   3   6  1   6  84
RP  Gene Pentz          24  41   3.83   5   2  2   4  16   0   0   87.0   76   41   37   8   44   51  375   9   1  2   5  93
RP  Joe Niekro          32  44   3.04  13   8  5  14  12   9   2  180.7  155   66   61  14   64  101  737   5   1  1   3 117

    Dan Larson          22  32   5.81   1   7  1  10   5   1   0   97.7  108   72   63  13   45   44  443   9   2  1   2  61
    Tom Dixon           22   9   3.26   1   0  0   4   0   1   0   30.3   40   12   11   0    7   15  135   1   1  1   0 109
    Doug Konieczny      25   4   6.00   1   1  0   4   0   0   0   21.0   26   15   14   1    8    7   97   0   1  0   0  59
    Roy Thomas          24   4   2.84   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.3    5    2    2   0    3    4   27   0   0  2   0 125
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 24.9 162   3.54  81  81 28 162 125  37  11 1465.0 1384  650  576 110  545  871 6196  46  25 17  33 101
    Rank among 12 NL teams          2   6   6 11           1   5      6    2    2        1    9    6

    * - 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 1041 116 122 634 80 11 10 .985 16 32 94 61 EHerrmann 387 42 49 280 29 3 2 .990 7 13 45 15 LPujols 37 4 6 18 4 0 0 1.000 1 1 4 4 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1465 162 162 932 113 14 12 .987 24 46 143 80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWatson 1278 146 146 1331 118 9 100 .994 10.20 CJohnson 69 6 10 64 7 0 8 1.000 9.26 CCacek 44 4 6 52 1 1 6 .981 10.77 DWalton 32 3 5 41 2 2 1 .956 11.98 ECabell 29 2 8 34 2 1 2 .973 10.91 JFerguson 9 1 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 JFuller 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 162 162 1535 130 13 117 .992 10.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AHowe 822 95 96 192 279 7 49 .985 5.16 JGonzalez 378 41 45 73 142 7 28 .968 5.12 RSperring 141 17 20 34 56 3 6 .968 5.72 KBoswell 114 9 26 33 31 0 9 1.000 5.05 WHoward 9 0 4 5 3 0 0 1.000 8.00 RMetzger 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 162 162 337 511 17 92 .980 5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ECabell 1262 144 144 140 280 23 17 .948 3.00 AHowe 147 15 19 16 37 1 1 .981 3.23 RSperring 45 2 11 5 13 0 0 1.000 3.60 KBoswell 11 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 162 162 161 334 24 18 .954 3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *5.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMetzger 758 86 96 130 260 11 45 .973 4.63 JGonzalez 489 55 63 81 151 20 28 .921 4.26 RSperring 125 12 22 18 29 3 9 .940 3.38 MFischlin 42 3 12 3 17 0 1 1.000 4.22 AHowe 41 5 11 5 17 0 2 1.000 4.83 ECabell 9 1 1 2 6 0 0 1.000 8.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 162 162 239 480 34 85 .955 4.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPuhl 425 49 50 86 3 0 0 1.000 1.88 WHoward 251 22 46 62 0 1 0 .984 2.22 CJohnson 242 30 33 48 4 3 0 .945 1.93 WCrawford 229 28 30 49 0 2 0 .961 1.92 JFuller 224 26 26 55 5 1 1 .984 2.41 AGardner 33 1 15 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.07 JCannon 25 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 DWalling 18 2 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 LRoberts 16 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 162 162 320 12 7 1 .979 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCedeno 1184 136 137 336 14 1 2 .997 2.66 WHoward 96 7 15 28 1 0 1 1.000 2.70 TPuhl 88 9 12 31 0 1 0 .969 3.16 AGardner 66 6 9 26 1 0 1 1.000 3.68 JCruz 22 3 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 DWalling 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 162 162 429 16 2 4 .996 2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 1336 148 155 303 11 9 1 .972 2.11 WHoward 34 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 LRoberts 32 4 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.12 DWalling 22 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.40 AGardner 17 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 CJohnson 15 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 JFuller 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 TPuhl 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 162 162 328 13 9 1 .974 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.26 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JCruz 1358 151 155 311 11 9 1 .973 2.13 CCedeno 1184 136 137 335 14 1 2 .997 2.65 TPuhl 514 58 59 119 3 1 0 .992 2.13 WHoward 382 33 62 100 2 1 1 .990 2.40 CJohnson 257 32 34 49 4 3 0 .946 1.86 JFuller 232 27 27 53 5 1 1 .983 2.25 WCrawford 229 28 30 47 0 2 0 .959 1.84 AGardner 116 8 26 31 1 0 1 1.000 2.47 LRoberts 48 5 9 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.93 DWalling 48 5 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 JCannon 25 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1465 162 162 1069 42 18 6 .984 2.28 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRichard 267 36 36 26 44 0 2 1.000 2.36 MLemongello 214 30 34 23 30 5 1 .914 2.22 JNiekro 180 14 44 11 31 0 7 1.000 2.09 JAndujar 158 25 26 14 38 8 1 .867 2.95 FBannister 142 23 24 6 14 0 1 1.000 1.26 DLarson 97 10 32 11 14 2 0 .926 2.30 JSambito 89 1 54 4 17 2 1 .913 2.12 GPentz 87 4 41 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.86 KForsch 86 5 42 10 15 1 1 .962 2.62 BMcLaughlin 84 6 46 7 15 2 1 .917 2.34 TDixon 30 4 9 2 6 2 0 .800 2.38 DKonieczny 21 4 4 5 3 0 0 1.000 3.43 RThomas 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 162 162 124 241 22 15 .943 2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .299

On-base % Ferguson .379

Slugging % Watson .498

OPS Watson .858

Games Cruz 157

At Bats Cabell 625

Plate Appearances (approx.) Cruz 661

Runs Cabell 101

Hits Cabell 176

Total Bases Watson 276

Doubles Watson 38

Triples Cruz 10

Home Runs Watson 22

RBI Watson 110

Bases on Balls Ferguson 85

Strikeouts Ferguson 79

Stolen Bases Cedeno 61

Singles Cabell 117

Adjusted OPS+ Watson 138

Runs Created Cruz 104

Adjusted Batting Runs Watson and Cruz 30

Batting Wins Cruz and Watson 2.9

Extra-Base Hits Watson 66

Times on Base Cruz 242

Offensive Win% Watson .667

Hit By Pitch Cedeno 11

Sac. Hits Richard 11

Sac. Flies Cruz 10

Intentional Walks Cruz 13

Grounded into Double Plays Ferguson 11

Caught Stealing Cruz 23

Power/Speed Number Cruz 24.5

At Bats per Strikeout Cabell 11.4

At Bats per Home Run Watson 25.2

Outs Cabell 484

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ERA Richard 2.97

Wins Richard 18

Won-Loss % Niekro .619

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Richard 1.184

Hits Allowed/9IP Richard 7.15

Bases on Balls/9IP Lemongello 2.18

Strikeouts/9IP Richard 7.21

Games Sambito 54

Saves Forsch 8

Innings Richard 267.0

Strikeouts Richard 214

Games Started Richard 36

Comp. Games Richard 13

Shutouts Richard 3

Home Runs Allow. Lemongello 20

Bases On Balls Allow. Richard 104

Hits Allowed Lemongello 237

SO to Walk Richard 2.06

Losses Lemongello 14

Earned Runs Allow. Richard 88

Wild Pitches Larson and Pentz 9

Hit Batsmen McLaughlin 6

Batters Faced Richard 1092

Games Finished Sambito 32

Adjusted ERA+ Richard 120

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