1978 Houston Astros Pitching Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 74-88-0, Finished 5th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bill Virdon (74-88)

General Manager: Tal Smith

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,126,145 (9th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 78-84, 605 Runs, 634 Runs Allowed

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Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	J.R. Richard	28	18	11	.621	3.11	36	36	0	16	3	0	275.1	192	104	95	12	141	4	303	2	3	16	1139	106	2.51	1.209	6.3	0.4	4.6	9.9	2.15
2	SP	Mark Lemongello	22	9	14	.391	3.94	33	30	2	9	1	1	210.1	204	100	92	20	66	5	77	9	3	4	893	84	4.16	1.284	8.7	0.9	2.8	3.3	1.17
3	SP	Joe Niekro	33	14	14	.500	3.86	35	29	2	10	1	0	202.2	190	97	87	13	73	1	97	9	0	9	861	85	3.68	1.298	8.4	0.6	3.2	4.3	1.33
4	SP	Tom Dixon	23	7	11	.389	3.99	30	19	4	3	2	1	140.0	140	70	62	8	40	3	66	1	2	0	592	83	3.26	1.286	9.0	0.5	2.6	4.2	1.65
5	SP	Floyd Bannister*	23	3	9	.250	4.81	28	16	3	2	2	0	110.1	120	59	59	13	63	4	94	1	2	7	502	69	4.15	1.659	9.8	1.1	5.1	7.7	1.49
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Joe Sambito*	26	4	9	.308	3.07	62	0	45	0	0	11	88.0	85	32	30	5	32	7	96	0	0	1	371	108	2.23	1.330	8.7	0.5	3.3	9.8	3.00
7	RP	Ken Forsch	31	10	6	.625	2.70	52	6	28	4	2	7	133.1	136	44	40	2	37	13	71	1	0	2	563	122	2.57	1.298	9.2	0.1	2.5	4.8	1.92
8	RP	Joaquín Andújar	25	5	7	.417	3.42	35	13	11	2	0	1	110.2	88	45	42	3	58	6	55	4	5	3	470	97	3.62	1.319	7.2	0.2	4.7	4.5	0.95
9	RP	Rick Williams	25	1	2	.333	4.67	17	1	5	0	0	0	34.2	43	19	18	2	10	2	17	0	1	0	159	71	3.22	1.529	11.2	0.5	2.6	4.4	1.70
10	RP	Bo McLaughlin	24	0	1	.000	5.01	12	1	5	0	0	2	23.1	30	17	13	2	16	2	10	2	1	3	116	67	5.16	1.971	11.6	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Vern Ruhle	27	3	3	.500	2.12	13	10	1	2	2	0	68.0	57	17	16	0	20	1	27	1	1	1	279	157	2.72	1.132	7.5	0.0	2.6	3.6	1.35
12		Gene Pentz	25	0	0		6.00	10	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	12	13	10	1	13	3	8	1	0	1	73	57	5.19	1.667	7.2	0.6	7.8	4.8	0.62
13		Oscar Zamora	34	0	0		7.20	10	0	1	0	0	0	15.0	20	12	12	2	7	3	6	0	1	0	69	47	4.92	1.800	12.0	1.2	4.2	3.6	0.86
14		Dan Warthen*	25	0	1	.000	4.22	5	1	3	0	0	0	10.2	10	5	5	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	43	81	6.43	1.125	8.4	2.5	1.7	1.7	1.00
15		Frank Riccelli*	25	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10		1.92	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
		Team Totals	26.7	74	88	.457	3.63	162	162	114	48	13	23	1440.1	1328	634	581	86	578	54	930	31	21	47	6140	91	3.34	1.323	8.3	0.5	3.6	5.8	1.61
		Rank in 12 NL teams		9	4		8				1	1	11	7	2	6	8	3	10		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W