1978 Houston Astros

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W-L Record: 74-88 -- 5th in National League West Manager: Bill Virdon Location: Houston,TX Baseball Stadium: Astrodome Top Draft Pick: Rod Boxberger (#11) Attendance: 1,126,145 Youngest Player: Terry Puhl (21) Oldest Player: Jesus Alou (36) Longest Tenure: Bob Watson (13)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1978 Houston Astros

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
22	Jesus Alou	OF	36	R	R	6-2	195	3/24/1942	Haina,Dominican Republic	MLB	1963-1979
47	Joaquin Andujar	P	25	B	R	6-0	180	12/21/1952	San Pedro de Macoris,Dominican Republic	MLB	1976-1988
6	Reggie Baldwin	C	23	R	R	6-1	195	8/19/1954	River Rouge,Michigan	MLB	1978-1979
38	Floyd Bannister	P	23	L	L	6-1	203	6/10/1955	Pierre,South Dakota	MLB	1977-1992
16	Dave Bergman	1B	25	L	L	6-2	190	6/6/1953	Evanston,Illinois	MLB	1975-1992
13	Bruce Bochy	C	23	R	R	6-4	225	4/16/1955	Landes de Boussac,France	MLB	1978-1987
23	Enos Cabell	3B-1B	28	R	R	6-5	185	10/8/1949	Fort Riley,Kansas	MLB	1972-1986
20	Joe Cannon	OF	24	L	R	6-3	193	7/13/1953	Camp Lejeune,North Carolina	MLB	1977-1980
28	Cesar Cedeno	OF	27	R	R	6-2	190	2/25/1951	Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic	MLB	1970-1986
25	Jose Cruz	OF-CF	30	L	L	6-0	175	8/8/1947	Arroyo,Puerto Rico	MLB	1970-1988
37	Tom Dixon	P	23	R	R	5-11	175	4/23/1955	Orlando,Florida	MLB	1977-1983
15	Keith Drumright	2B	23	L	R	5-10	170	10/21/1954	Springfield,Missouri	MLB	1978-1981
13	Joe Ferguson	C-OF	31	R	R	6-2	200	9/19/1946	San Francisco,California	MLB	1970-1983
10	Mike Fischlin	SS-2B	22	R	R	6-1	165	9/13/1955	Sacramento,California	MLB	1977-1986
43	Ken Forsch	P	31	R	R	6-4	210	9/8/1946	Sacramento,California	MLB	1970-1986
9	Julio Gonzalez	2B-SS	25	R	R	5-11	165	12/25/1952	Caguas,Puerto Rico	MLB	1977-1983
8	Ed Herrmann	C	31	L	R	6-1	210	8/27/1946	San Diego,California	MLB	1967-1978
26	Wilbur Howard	OF	29	B	R	6-2	175	1/8/1949	Lowell,North Carolina	MLB	1973-1978
18	Art Howe	3B-2B	31	R	R	6-2	190	12/15/1946	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	MLB	1974-1985
17	Rafael Landestoy	2B-SS	25	B	R	5-10	165	5/28/1953	Bani,Dominican Republic	MLB	1977-1984
42	Mark Lemongello	P	22	R	R	6-1	180	7/21/1955	Jersey City,New Jersey	MLB	1976-1979
46	Jeff Leonard	OF-LF	22	R	R	6-2	200	9/22/1955	Philadelphia,Pennsylvania	MLB	1977-1990
39	Bo McLaughlin	P	24	R	R	6-5	210	10/23/1953	Oakland,California	MLB	1976-1982
14	Roger Metzger	SS	30	B	R	6-0	165	10/10/1947	Fredericksburg,Texas	MLB	1970-1980
36	Joe Niekro	P	33	R	R	6-1	190	11/7/1944	Martins Ferry,Ohio	MLB	1967-1988
19	Jim Obradovich	1B	28	L	L	6-2	200	9/13/1949	Fort Campbell,Kentucky	MLB	1978-1978
30	Gene Pentz	P	25	R	R	6-1	200	6/21/1953	Johnstown,Pennsylvania	MLB	1975-1978
21	Terry Puhl	OF	21	L	R	6-2	200	7/8/1956	Melville,Saskatchewan	MLB	1977-1991
8	Luis Pujols	C	22	R	R	6-1	195	11/18/1955	Santiago,Dominican Republic	MLB	1977-1985
45	Frank Riccelli	P	25	L	L	6-3	205	2/24/1953	Syracuse,New York	MLB	1976-1979
50	J.R. Richard	P	28	R	R	6-8	222	3/7/1950	Vienna,Louisiana	MLB	1971-1980
48	Vern Ruhle	P	27	R	R	6-1	187	1/25/1951	Coleman,Michigan	MLB	1974-1986
35	Joe Sambito	P	26	L	L	6-1	190	6/28/1952	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1976-1987
24	Jimmy Sexton	SS	26	R	R	5-10	175	12/15/1951	Mobile,Alabama	MLB	1977-1983
29	Denny Walling	3B-OF	24	L	R	6-1	185	4/17/1954	Neptune,New Jersey	MLB	1975-1992
31	Dan Warthen	P	25	B	L	6-0	200	12/1/1952	Omaha,Nebraska	MLB	1975-1978
27	Bob Watson	1B-OF	32	R	R	6-2	205	4/10/1946	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1966-1984
34	Rick Williams	P	25	R	R	6-1	180	11/9/1952	Merced,California	MLB	1978-1979
44	Oscar Zamora	P	33	R	R	5-10	178	9/23/1944	Camaguey,Cuba	MLB	1974-1978

Team Personnel

Gene Elston (Broadcaster)
Deacon Jones (Hitting Coach)
Bob Lillis (Bench Coach)
Tony Pacheco (Assistant Coach)
Tal Smith (General Manager)
Dewayne Staats (Broadcaster)
Bill Virdon (Manager)
Mel Wright (Pitching Coach)

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