1979 Houston Astros

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W-L Record: 89-73 -- 2nd in National League West Manager: Bill Virdon Location: Houston,TX Baseball Stadium: Astrodome Top Draft Pick: John Mizerock (#8) Attendance: 1,900,312 Youngest Player: Tom Wiedenbauer (20) Oldest Player: Jesus Alou (37) Longest Tenure: Bob Watson (14)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1979 Houston Astros

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
22	Jesus Alou	OF	37	R	R	6-2	195	3/24/1942	Haina,Dominican Republic	MLB	1963-1979
47	Joaquin Andujar	P	26	B	R	6-0	180	12/21/1952	San Pedro de Macoris,Dominican Republic	MLB	1976-1988
14	Alan Ashby	C	27	B	R	6-2	190	7/8/1951	Long Beach,California	MLB	1973-1989
6	Reggie Baldwin	C	24	R	R	6-1	195	8/19/1954	River Rouge,Michigan	MLB	1978-1979
16	Dave Bergman	1B	26	L	L	6-2	190	6/6/1953	Evanston,Illinois	MLB	1975-1992
13	Bruce Bochy	C	24	R	R	6-4	225	4/16/1955	Landes de Boussac,France	MLB	1978-1987
23	Enos Cabell	3B-1B	29	R	R	6-5	185	10/8/1949	Fort Riley,Kansas	MLB	1972-1986
28	Cesar Cedeno	OF	28	R	R	6-2	190	2/25/1951	Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic	MLB	1970-1986
25	Jose Cruz	OF-CF	31	L	L	6-0	175	8/8/1947	Arroyo,Puerto Rico	MLB	1970-1988
37	Tom Dixon	P	24	R	R	5-11	175	4/23/1955	Orlando,Florida	MLB	1977-1983
43	Ken Forsch	P	32	R	R	6-4	210	9/8/1946	Sacramento,California	MLB	1970-1986
9	Julio Gonzalez	2B-SS	26	R	R	5-11	165	12/25/1952	Caguas,Puerto Rico	MLB	1977-1983
20	Danny Heep	OF-1B	21	L	L	5-11	177	7/3/1957	San Antonio,Texas	MLB	1979-1991
18	Art Howe	3B-2B	32	R	R	6-2	190	12/15/1946	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	MLB	1974-1985
11	Alan Knicely	C-OF	24	R	R	6-0	194	5/19/1955	Harrisonburg,Virginia	MLB	1979-1986
31	Frank LaCorte	P	27	R	R	6-1	180	10/13/1951	San Jose,California	MLB	1975-1984
39	Pete Ladd	P	22	R	R	6-3	240	7/17/1956	Portland,Maine	MLB	1979-1986
17	Rafael Landestoy	2B-SS	26	B	R	5-10	165	5/28/1953	Bani,Dominican Republic	MLB	1977-1984
30	Jeff Leonard	OF-LF	23	R	R	6-2	200	9/22/1955	Philadelphia,Pennsylvania	MLB	1977-1990
39	Bo McLaughlin	P	25	R	R	6-5	210	10/23/1953	Oakland,California	MLB	1976-1982
54	Mike Mendoza	P	23	R	R	6-5	215	11/26/1955	Inglewood,California	MLB	1979-1979
36	Joe Niekro	P	34	R	R	6-1	190	11/7/1944	Martins Ferry,Ohio	MLB	1967-1988
46	Randy Niemann	P	23	L	L	6-4	200	11/15/1955	Scotia,California	MLB	1979-1987
34	Gordie Pladson	P	22	R	R	6-4	210	7/31/1956	New Westminster,British Columbia	MLB	1979-1982
21	Terry Puhl	OF	22	L	R	6-2	200	7/8/1956	Melville,Saskatchewan	MLB	1977-1991
8	Luis Pujols	C	23	R	R	6-1	195	11/18/1955	Santiago,Dominican Republic	MLB	1977-1985
12	Craig Reynolds	SS	26	L	R	6-1	175	12/27/1952	Houston,Texas	MLB	1975-1989
45	Frank Riccelli	P	26	L	L	6-3	205	2/24/1953	Syracuse,New York	MLB	1976-1979
50	J.R. Richard	P	29	R	R	6-8	222	3/7/1950	Vienna,Louisiana	MLB	1971-1980
42	Bert Roberge	P	24	R	R	6-4	190	10/3/1954	Lewiston,Maine	MLB	1979-1986
48	Vern Ruhle	P	28	R	R	6-1	187	1/25/1951	Coleman,Michigan	MLB	1974-1986
35	Joe Sambito	P	27	L	L	6-1	190	6/28/1952	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1976-1987
24	Jimmy Sexton	SS	27	R	R	5-10	175	12/15/1951	Mobile,Alabama	MLB	1977-1983
41	Bobby Sprowl	P	23	L	L	6-2	190	4/14/1956	Sandusky,Ohio	MLB	1978-1981
33	George Throop	P	28	R	R	6-7	205	11/24/1950	Pasadena,California	MLB	1975-1979
29	Denny Walling	3B-OF	25	L	R	6-1	185	4/17/1954	Neptune,New Jersey	MLB	1975-1992
27	Bob Watson	1B-OF	33	R	R	6-2	205	4/10/1946	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1966-1984
19	Tom Wiedenbauer	OF	20	R	R	6-1	180	11/5/1958	Menomonie,Wisconsin	MLB	1979-1979
38	Rick Williams	P	26	R	R	6-1	180	11/9/1952	Merced,California	MLB	1978-1979
41	Gary Wilson	P	24	R	R	6-2	185	11/21/1954	Camden,Arkansas	MLB	1979-1979

Team Personnel

Jesus Alou (Assistant Coach)
Bob Cluck (Assistant Coach)
Larry Dierker (Broadcaster)
Gene Elston (Broadcaster)
Deacon Jones (Hitting Coach)
Bob Lillis (Third Base Coach)
Tony Pacheco (Assistant Coach)
Tal Smith (General Manager)
Dewayne Staats (Broadcaster)
Bill Virdon (Manager)
Mel Wright (Pitching Coach)

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