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Record: 61-49 .555.... th in National League West
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
Attendance: 1,321,282

Top Draft Pick: Curtis Burke (#75) AA
Manager - Bill Virdon

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

Team Leaders

HR: Cruz [13]
RBI: Cruz [55]
2B: Howe [22]
SB: Puhl [22]
W: Sutton, Ryan [11]
SV: Sambito [10]
SO: Ryan [140]

Oldest Player: Joe Niekro [36]
Youngest Player: Bert Pena [21]
Longest Tenure: Cesar Cedeno [12]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bert Pena (Sep 14) Joe Pittman (Apr 25) Tim Tolman (Sep 9)
Pitchers: Billy Smith (Jun 9)

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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	Joe Niekro	36	9	9	2.82	24	24	5	2	0	0	166.0	150	60	52	8	47	77	7	0	8.1	0.4	2.5	4.2	1.19
ST	Don Sutton	36	11	9	2.61	23	23	6	3	0	0	158.2	132	51	46	6	29	104	0	1	7.5	0.3	1.6	5.9	1.01
ST	Bob Knepper	27	9	5	2.18	22	22	6	5	0	0	156.2	128	41	38	5	38	75	0	0	7.4	0.3	2.2	4.3	1.06
ST	Nolan Ryan	34	11	5	1.69	21	21	5	3	0	0	149.0	99	34	28	2	68	140	16	2	6.0	0.1	4.1	8.5	1.12
ST	Vern Ruhle	30	4	6	2.91	20	15	1	0	3	1	102.0	97	36	33	6	20	39	0	0	8.6	0.5	1.8	3.4	1.15
CL	Joe Sambito	29	5	5	1.84	49	0	0	0	32	10	63.2	43	17	13	4	22	41	0	0	6.1	0.6	3.1	5.8	1.02
CL	Dave Smith	26	5	3	2.76	42	0	0	0	22	8	75.0	54	26	23	2	23	52	4	0	6.5	0.2	2.8	6.2	1.03
CL	Frank LaCorte	29	4	2	3.64	37	0	0	0	22	5	42.0	41	18	17	1	21	40	6	0	8.8	0.2	4.5	8.6	1.48
	Bobby Sprowl	25	0	1	5.97	15	1	0	0	4	0	28.2	40	20	19	1	14	18	3	0	12.6	0.3	4.4	5.7	1.88
	Billy Smith	26	1	1	3.05	10	1	0	0	4	1	20.2	20	7	7	3	3	3	0	0	8.7	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.11
	Joaquin Andujar	28	2	3	4.95	9	3	0	0	0	0	23.2	29	17	13	2	12	18	0	0	11.0	0.8	4.6	6.8	1.73
	Gordie Pladson	24	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	3	0	1	20.3	0.0	6.8	6.8	3.00
Pitching Totals:			61	49	2.66	274	110	23	13	87	25	990.0	842	331	293	40	300	610	36	4	7.7	0.4	2.7	5.5	1.15