1981 Houston Astros Pitching Statistics

1980 Season 1982 Season

Record: 61-49-0, Finished 3rd in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

First Half: 28-29, Finished 3rd

Second Half: 33-20, Finished 1st

Postseason: Lost NL Division Series (3-2) to Los Angeles Dodgers

Manager: Bill Virdon (61-49)

General Manager: Al Rosen (Hired 10/26/1980)

Farm Director: Bill Wood

Scouting Director: Lynwood Stallings

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,321,282 (4th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94
One-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 87

Pythagorean W-L: 64-46, 394 Runs, 331 Runs Allowed

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Team Pitching
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	Joe Niekro	36	9	9	.500	2.82	24	24	0	5	2	0	166.0	150	60	52	8	47	4	77	0	0	7	676	117	3.15	1.187	8.1	0.4	2.5	4.2	1.64
2	SP	Don Sutton	36	11	9	.550	2.61	23	23	0	6	3	0	158.2	132	51	46	6	29	3	104	1	1	0	624	126	2.35	1.015	7.5	0.3	1.6	5.9	3.59
3	SP	Bob Knepper*	27	9	5	.643	2.18	22	22	0	6	5	0	156.2	128	41	38	5	38	1	75	4	0	0	617	151	2.86	1.060	7.4	0.3	2.2	4.3	1.97
4	SP	Nolan Ryan	34	11	5	.688	1.69	21	21	0	5	3	0	149.0	99	34	28	2	68	1	140	1	2	16	605	195	2.28	1.121	6.0	0.1	4.1	8.5	2.06
5	SP	Vern Ruhle	30	4	6	.400	2.91	20	15	3	1	0	1	102.0	97	36	33	6	20	1	39	1	0	0	412	113	3.22	1.147	8.6	0.5	1.8	3.4	1.95
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*	29	5	5	.500	1.84	49	0	32	0	0	10	63.2	43	17	13	4	22	5	41	2	0	0	255	180	3.26	1.021	6.1	0.6	3.1	5.8	1.86
7	RP	Dave Smith	26	5	3	.625	2.76	42	0	22	0	0	8	75.0	54	26	23	2	23	4	52	2	0	4	305	120	2.56	1.027	6.5	0.2	2.8	6.2	2.26
8	RP	Frank LaCorte	29	4	2	.667	3.64	37	0	22	0	0	5	42.0	41	18	17	1	21	3	40	0	0	6	184	91	2.50	1.476	8.8	0.2	4.5	8.6	1.90
9	RP	Bobby Sprowl*	25	0	1	.000	5.97	15	1	4	0	0	0	28.2	40	20	19	1	14	1	18	0	0	3	138	56	3.26	1.884	12.6	0.3	4.4	5.7	1.29
10	RP	Billy Smith	26	1	1	.500	3.05	10	1	4	0	0	1	20.2	20	7	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	81	110	4.63	1.113	8.7	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.00
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		Joaquín Andújar	28	2	3	.400	4.94	9	3	0	0	0	0	23.2	29	17	13	2	12	0	18	0	0	0	113	68	3.70	1.732	11.0	0.8	4.6	6.8	1.50
12		Gordie Pladson	24	0	0		9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	24	41	3.35	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
		Team Totals	31.4	61	49	.555	2.66	110	110	87	23	13	25	990.0	842	331	293	40	300	24	610	11	4	36	4034	124	2.84	1.154	7.7	0.4	2.7	5.5	2.03
		Rank in 12 NL teams		3	7		1				3	1	4	4	1	1	1	1	3		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