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Record: 74-88 .457.... 5th in National League West
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,126,145

Top Draft Pick: Rod Boxberger (#11) AA
Manager - Bill Virdon

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

Team Leaders

HR: Watson [14]
RBI: Cruz [83]
2B: Cruz [34]
SB: Cruz [37]
W: Richard [18]
SV: Sambito [11]
SO: Richard [303]

Oldest Player: Jesus Alou [36]
Youngest Player: Terry Puhl [21]
Longest Tenure: Bob Watson [13]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Reggie Baldwin (May 25) Bruce Bochy (Jul 19) Keith Drumright (Sep 1) Jim Obradovich (Sep 12)
Pitchers: Rick Williams (Jun 12)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Luis Pujols	22	56	153	11	20	8	1	1	11	0	0	12	45	1	1	2	1	6	.131	.198	.216	414
1B	Bob Watson	32	139	461	51	133	25	4	14	79	3	1	51	57	4	16	0	11	18	.289	.357	.451	808
2B	Art Howe	31	119	420	46	123	33	3	7	55	2	3	34	41	1	3	1	5	13	.293	.343	.436	779
3B	Enos Cabell	28	162	660	92	195	31	8	7	71	33	15	22	80	5	1	3	4	14	.295	.321	.398	719
SS	Jimmy Sexton	26	88	141	17	29	3	2	2	6	16	2	13	28	0	1	1	0	0	.206	.273	.298	571
OF	Jose Cruz	30	153	565	79	178	34	9	10	83	37	9	57	57	0	9	2	3	9	.315	.376	.460	836
OF	Terry Puhl	21	149	585	87	169	25	6	3	35	32	14	48	46	4	5	3	7	11	.289	.343	.368	711
OF	Denny Walling	24	120	247	30	62	11	3	3	36	9	2	30	24	1	3	0	2	2	.251	.332	.356	688

2B-SS	Julio Gonzalez	25	78	223	24	52	3	1	1	16	6	1	8	31	1	1	7	0	7	.233	.263	.269	532
P	J.R. Richard	28	37	101	8	18	0	0	1	10	1	1	1	27	0	0	5	0	2	.178	.186	.208	394
SS	Rafael Landestoy	25	59	218	18	58	5	1	0	9	7	4	8	23	0	0	4	0	2	.266	.292	.298	590
P	Joe Niekro	33	36	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	0	0	9	0	2	.138	.138	.169	307
OF	Cesar Cedeno	27	50	192	31	54	8	2	7	23	23	2	15	24	0	1	2	0	4	.281	.333	.453	786
P	Mark Lemongello	22	33	64	3	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	22	0	0	6	0	1	.172	.221	.188	409
1B-OF	Dave Bergman	25	104	186	15	43	5	1	0	12	2	0	39	32	0	9	1	2	5	.231	.361	.269	630
P	Tom Dixon	23	30	40	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	3	0	1	.100	.122	.100	222
C	Bruce Bochy	23	54	154	8	41	8	0	3	15	0	0	11	35	0	4	0	2	8	.266	.311	.377	688
P	Floyd Bannister	23	28	31	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	5	0	0	.161	.188	.194	382
C	Joe Ferguson	31	51	150	20	31	5	0	7	22	0	0	37	30	1	6	1	2	6	.207	.363	.380	743
P	Ken Forsch	31	52	27	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	2	0	0	.185	.185	.185	370
OF	Wilbur Howard	29	84	148	17	34	4	1	1	13	6	2	5	22	3	0	1	1	3	.230	.268	.291	559
P	Joaquin Andujar	25	36	23	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	0	0	4	0	0	.130	.167	.174	341
OF	Jesus Alou	36	77	139	7	45	5	1	2	19	0	0	6	5	0	1	4	3	4	.324	.345	.417	762
P	Joe Sambito	26	62	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	453
SS	Roger Metzger	30	45	123	11	27	4	1	0	6	0	0	12	9	0	3	2	1	8	.220	.287	.268	555
P	Bo McLaughlin	24	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
SS	Mike Fischlin	22	44	86	3	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	1	1	4	0	1	.116	.165	.128	293
P	Gene Pentz	25	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
C	Reggie Baldwin	23	38	67	5	17	5	0	1	11	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	.254	.286	.373	659
2B	Keith Drumright	23	17	55	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	2	.164	.207	.164	371
C	Ed Herrmann	31	16	36	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	.111	.179	.139	318
OF	Jeff Leonard	22	8	26	2	10	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.407	.462	869
OF	Joe Cannon	24	8	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444
P	Vern Ruhle	27	13	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	0	0	1	0	1	.056	.150	.056	206
1B	Jim Obradovich	28	10	17	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	.176	.222	.294	516
P	Rick Williams	25	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Dan Warthen	25	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Oscar Zamora	33	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Frank Riccelli	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			162	5458	605	1408	231	45	70	557	178	59	434	743	22	67	76	44	134	.258	.313	.355	668