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Record: 89-73 .549.... 2nd in National League West
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,900,312

Top Draft Pick: John Mizerock (#8) MLB
Manager - Bill Virdon

Affiliates - AAA Charleston Charlies AA Columbus Astros A+ Daytona Astros Rk Gulf Coast Astros

Team Leaders

HR: Cruz [9]
RBI: Cruz [72]
2B: Cruz [33]
SB: Cabell [37]
W: Niekro [21]
SV: Sambito [22]
SO: Richard [313]

Oldest Player: Jesus Alou [37]
Youngest Player: Tom Wiedenbauer [20]
Longest Tenure: Bob Watson [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Danny Heep (Aug 31) Alan Knicely (Aug 12) Tom Wiedenbauer (Sep 14)
Pitchers: Pete Ladd (Aug 17) Mike Mendoza (Sep 7) Randy Niemann (May 20) Gordie Pladson (Sep 7) Bert Roberge (May 28) Gary Wilson (Apr 13)

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Pitching Statistics

	Player Name	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
ST	J.R. Richard	29	18	13	2.71	38	38	19	4	0	0	292.1	220	98	88	13	98	313	19	1	6.8	0.4	3.0	9.6	1.09
ST	Joe Niekro	34	21	11	3.00	38	38	11	5	0	0	263.2	221	102	88	17	107	119	19	0	7.5	0.6	3.7	4.1	1.24
ST	Ken Forsch	32	11	6	3.04	26	24	10	2	1	0	177.2	155	67	60	14	35	58	0	1	7.9	0.7	1.8	2.9	1.07
ST	Joaquin Andujar	26	12	12	3.43	46	23	8	0	9	4	194.0	168	86	74	7	88	77	5	0	7.8	0.3	4.1	3.6	1.32
ST	Rick Williams	26	4	7	3.26	31	16	2	2	3	0	121.1	122	45	44	6	30	37	0	1	9.0	0.4	2.2	2.7	1.25
CL	Joe Sambito	27	8	7	1.77	63	0	0	0	51	22	91.1	80	20	18	8	23	83	0	0	7.9	0.8	2.3	8.2	1.13
	Bert Roberge	24	3	0	1.69	26	0	0	0	12	4	32.0	20	6	6	0	17	13	2	0	5.6	0.0	4.8	3.7	1.16
	Randy Niemann	23	3	2	3.76	26	7	3	2	4	1	67.0	68	32	28	1	22	24	0	2	9.1	0.1	3.0	3.2	1.34
	Tom Dixon	24	1	2	6.66	19	1	0	0	6	0	25.2	39	23	19	2	15	9	0	0	13.7	0.7	5.3	3.2	2.10
	George Throop	28	1	0	3.22	14	0	0	0	2	0	22.1	23	10	8	4	11	15	1	0	9.3	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.52
	Vern Ruhle	28	2	6	4.07	13	10	2	2	0	0	66.1	64	33	30	9	8	33	2	0	8.7	1.2	1.1	4.5	1.09
	Bo McLaughlin	25	1	2	5.51	12	0	0	0	3	0	16.1	22	15	10	2	4	12	1	0	12.1	1.1	2.2	6.6	1.59
	Frank LaCorte	27	1	2	5.00	12	3	0	0	3	0	27.0	21	16	15	3	10	24	1	0	7.0	1.0	3.3	8.0	1.15
	Frank Riccelli	26	2	2	4.09	11	2	0	0	3	0	22.0	22	11	10	0	18	20	2	0	9.0	0.0	7.4	8.2	1.82
	Pete Ladd	22	1	1	2.92	10	0	0	0	4	0	12.1	8	5	4	1	8	6	2	0	5.8	0.7	5.8	4.4	1.30
	Gary Wilson	24	0	0	12.28	6	0	0	0	3	0	7.1	15	11	10	2	6	6	1	0	18.4	2.5	7.4	7.4	2.86
	Gordie Pladson	22	0	0	4.50	4	0	0	0	2	0	4.0	9	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	20.3	2.3	4.5	4.5	2.75
	Bobby Sprowl	23	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.3	0.0	4.5	6.8	0.75
	Mike Mendoza	23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00
Pitching Totals:			89	73	3.20	399	162	55	17	107	31	1,447.6	1278	582	514	90	504	854	55	5	7.9	0.6	3.1	5.3	1.23