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Record: 93-70 .571.... 1st in National League West
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Lost NLCS (Phillies)
Attendance: 2,278,217

Top Draft Pick: Jeff Calhoun (#69) MLB
Manager - Bill Virdon

Affiliates - AAA Tucson Toros AA Columbus Astros A+ Daytona Astros Rk GCL Astros Blue Rk GCL Astros Orange

Team Leaders

HR: Puhl [13]
RBI: Cruz [91]
2B: Cedeno [32]
SB: Cedeno [48]
W: Niekro [20]
SV: Sambito [17]
SO: Ryan [200]

Oldest Player: Joe Morgan [36]
Youngest Player: Danny Heep [22]
Longest Tenure: Cesar Cedeno, Ken Forsch [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Scott Loucks (Sep 1)
Pitchers: Dave Smith (Apr 11)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Joaquin Andujar	P	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Elliot Antonetty			GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Alan Ashby	C	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Ken Babcock	P		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Julio Beltran			Daytona	A+
Julio Benjamin			GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Dave Bergman	1B	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Bruce Bochy	C	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Keith Bodie	OF	24	Columbus	AA
Chris Buckley	OF		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Enos Cabell	3B-1B	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Mark Campbell	C		Daytona	A+
Cesar Cedeno	OF	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Wes Clements	OF-1B	22	Daytona	A+
	OF-1B		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Dennis Cleveland	3B		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Dave Cripe	3B	29	Tucson	AAA
	3B		Columbus	AA
Jose Cruz	OF-CF	33	Houston Astros	MLB
Greg Cypret	SS		Columbus	AA
Gregory Dahl			Columbus	AA
Sergio DeSena			GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Gary D'Onofrio	SS		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Bill Doran	2B	82	Daytona	A+
Alvaro Espinoza	SS-3B	18	GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Ernesto Espinoza			GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Mike Fischlin	SS-2B	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	SS-2B		Tucson	AAA
John Fleming			Tucson	AAA
Ken Forsch	P	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Ty Gainey	OF-LF	19	Daytona	A+
	OF-LF		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Ramon Garcia			GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Julio Gonzalez	2B-SS	27	Houston Astros	MLB
	2B-SS		Tucson	AAA
George Gross	P		Tucson	AAA
Arvis Harper	OF		Columbus	AA
	OF		Daytona	A+
Tom Hawk	P		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Danny Heep	OF-1B	23	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF-1B		Tucson	AAA
Art Howe	3B-2B	33	Houston Astros	MLB
Francisco Jabalera			Daytona	A+
Ronald Jacobs	C	27	Columbus	AA
Chris Jones	OF	23	Daytona	A+
Alan Knicely	C-OF	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	C-OF		Tucson	AAA
Frank LaCorte	P	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Rafael Landestoy	2B-SS	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Jeff Leonard	OF-LF	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Scott Loucks	OF	23	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF		Columbus	AA
James MacDonald	P		Columbus	AA
James McKnight			Daytona	A+
Valentin Medina			Daytona	A+
Mike Mendoza	P	24	Tucson	AAA
Ron Meridith	P	23	Columbus	AA
John Mizerock	C	19	Daytona	A+
Joe Morgan	2B	37	Houston Astros	MLB
Joe Niekro	P	35	Houston Astros	MLB
Randy Niemann	P	24	Houston Astros	MLB
Jim Pankovits	2B-OF	25	Tucson	AAA
Bert Pena	SS	21	Columbus	AA
Joe Pittman	2B-SS	26	Tucson	AAA
Gordie Pladson	P	24	Houston Astros	MLB
Val Primante	OF		Columbus	AA
	OF		Daytona	A+
Terry Puhl	OF	24	Houston Astros	MLB
Luis Pujols	C	24	Houston Astros	MLB
Gary Rajsich	OF-1B	25	Tucson	AAA
Francisco Ramirez			GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Johnny Ray	2B	23	Columbus	AA
Larry Ray	OF	22	Daytona	A+
Craig Reynolds	SS	27	Houston Astros	MLB
J.R. Richard	P	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Luis Rivera			GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Ricardo Rivera			GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Bert Roberge	P	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Ruben Robles			GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Simon Rosario			Tucson	AAA
			Columbus	AA
Vern Ruhle	P	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Nolan Ryan	P	33	Houston Astros	MLB
Joe Sambito	P	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Randall Schlosser			GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Marc Serdar			GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Jimmy Sexton	SS	28	Tucson	AAA
Roderick Shepard	C		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Mike Sheppard	SS-3B		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Neil Simons	OF		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Dave Smith	P	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Tom Spencer	OF	29	Tucson	AAA
Bobby Sprowl	P	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	P		Tucson	AAA
Joey Squilla	OF		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Doug Stokke	SS		Tucson	AAA
	SS		Columbus	AA
Mark Strucher	1B-C		Daytona	A+
David Sullivan	C		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Marc Thomas	C-OF		Daytona	A+
	C-OF		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Tim Tolman	OF-1B	24	Columbus	AA
Chick Valley	1B-P		Columbus	AA
Reggie Waller	OF		Columbus	AA
Denny Walling	3B-OF	26	Houston Astros	MLB
Billy Weems			GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Clifton Wherry	SS		Daytona	A+
Tom Wiedenbauer	OF	21	Tucson	AAA
Jaime Williams			GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Gary Woods	OF	26	Houston Astros	MLB
	OF		Tucson	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Joaquin Andujar	27	Houston Astros	MLB
Ricardo Aponte	24	Tucson	AAA
	24	Columbus	AA
Ken Babcock		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Eddie Bonine		Daytona	A+
Larry Bossidy		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Rod Boxberger	23	Columbus	AA
Larry Brown		Daytona	A+
Paul Cacciatore		Columbus	AA
Jeff Calhoun	22	GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Guillermo Castro		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Michael Cerefin		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Dave Cripe	29	Columbus	AA
Elvido DePaula		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Ken Elsee		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Ernesto Espinoza		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Michael Finch		Daytona	A+
Ken Forsch	34	Houston Astros	MLB
Scott Gardner		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Tom Hawk		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Manny Hernandez	19	GCL Astros Blue	Rk
John Hessler		Columbus	AA
Kevin Houston		Daytona	A+
John Kolacki		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Frank LaCorte	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Pete Ladd	24	Tucson	AAA
	24	Columbus	AA
Delrick Leatherwood	25	Columbus	AA
Stan Leland		Columbus	AA
James MacDonald		Columbus	AA
Gary Malinoski		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Tim Meckes		Daytona	A+
		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Mike Mendoza	24	Tucson	AAA
Ron Meridith	23	Columbus	AA
Mark Miggins		Tucson	AAA
		Columbus	AA
Dennis Miscik		Tucson	AAA
Jeff Morris		Daytona	A+
		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Joe Niekro	35	Houston Astros	MLB
Randy Niemann	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	24	Tucson	AAA
Zacarias Paris		Daytona	A+
Adailo Penate		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Silvio Perez		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Virgilio Perez		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Pat Perry	21	Daytona	A+
Greg Petersen		Daytona	A+
Gordie Pladson	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	24	Tucson	AAA
Steve Quealey		Columbus	AA
		Daytona	A+
William Ray		Daytona	A+
Uvaldo Regaldo		GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Andrew Rice		Daytona	A+
J.R. Richard	30	Houston Astros	MLB
Bert Roberge	25	Houston Astros	MLB
	25	Tucson	AAA
Mark Ross	23	Columbus	AA
	23	Daytona	A+
Vern Ruhle	29	Houston Astros	MLB
Quico Ruiz		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Nolan Ryan	33	Houston Astros	MLB
Joe Sambito	28	Houston Astros	MLB
Billy Smith	26	Tucson	AAA
Blaine Smith		Daytona	A+
Dave Smith	25	Houston Astros	MLB
Julio Solano	20	GCL Astros Orange	Rk
Bobby Sprowl	24	Houston Astros	MLB
	24	Tucson	AAA
Brent Strom	31	Tucson	AAA
Marc Thomas		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Thad Troedson		Columbus	AA
Mark Turner		GCL Astros Blue	Rk
Chick Valley		Columbus	AA
Doug Welenc		Columbus	AA
		Daytona	A+
Rick Williams	27	Tucson	AAA
Gary Wilson	25	Tucson	AAA
Roberto Yan		GCL Astros Orange	Rk