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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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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	Alan Ashby	27	108	336	25	68	15	2	2	35	0	0	26	70	2	10	3	3	8	.202	.262	.277	539
1B	Cesar Cedeno	28	132	470	57	123	27	4	6	54	30	13	64	52	3	8	3	9	15	.262	.348	.374	722
2B	Rafael Landestoy	26	129	282	33	76	9	6	0	30	13	4	29	24	1	5	5	2	1	.270	.338	.344	682
3B	Enos Cabell	29	155	603	60	164	30	5	6	67	37	18	21	68	3	7	2	1	18	.272	.299	.368	667
SS	Craig Reynolds	26	146	555	63	147	20	9	0	39	12	6	21	49	2	0	34	4	2	.265	.292	.333	625
OF	Jose Cruz	31	157	558	73	161	33	7	9	72	36	14	72	66	0	16	1	5	5	.289	.367	.421	788
OF	Terry Puhl	22	157	600	87	172	22	4	8	49	30	22	58	46	4	8	8	2	7	.287	.352	.377	729
OF	Jeff Leonard	23	134	411	47	119	15	5	0	47	23	10	46	68	2	7	3	5	11	.290	.360	.350	710

2B-3B	Art Howe	32	118	355	32	88	15	2	6	33	3	1	36	37	1	5	2	4	7	.248	.316	.352	668
P	J.R. Richard	29	38	95	6	12	1	1	2	6	0	1	1	24	0	0	11	1	4	.126	.134	.221	355
2B-SS	Julio Gonzalez	26	68	181	16	45	5	2	0	10	2	1	5	14	3	0	6	0	4	.249	.280	.298	578
P	Joe Niekro	34	38	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	0	0	13	1	0	.120	.140	.145	285
1B	Bob Watson	33	49	163	15	39	4	0	3	18	0	0	16	23	0	1	1	2	3	.239	.304	.319	623
P	Ken Forsch	32	26	58	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	22	0	0	6	0	1	.138	.194	.155	349
OF	Denny Walling	25	82	147	21	48	8	4	3	31	3	2	17	21	0	2	0	1	2	.327	.394	.497	891
P	Joaquin Andujar	26	46	57	3	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	2	32	0	0	5	1	0	.088	.117	.211	328
C	Bruce Bochy	24	56	129	11	28	4	0	1	6	0	0	13	25	1	4	0	0	5	.217	.294	.271	565
P	Rick Williams	26	31	31	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	0	0	2	0	0	.258	.324	.290	614
C	Luis Pujols	23	26	75	7	17	2	1	0	8	0	0	2	14	0	0	1	0	3	.227	.247	.280	527
P	Vern Ruhle	28	13	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	2	0	0	.053	.100	.105	205
OF	Jesus Alou	37	42	43	3	11	4	0	0	10	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	0	4	.256	.347	.349	696
P	Joe Sambito	27	63	7	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.583	.429	1012
SS-3B	Jimmy Sexton	27	52	43	8	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.320	.209	529
P	Frank Riccelli	26	11	6	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	833
C-1B	Reggie Baldwin	24	14	20	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.250	450
P	Tom Dixon	24	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000
1B	Dave Bergman	26	13	15	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1000
P	Bo McLaughlin	25	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Randy Niemann	23	26	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	1	.133	.188	.133	321
OF	Danny Heep	21	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	.143	.176	.143	319
C-3B	Alan Knicely	24	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.250	.000	250
OF	Tom Wiedenbauer	20	4	6	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.833	1500
P	Frank LaCorte	27	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	George Throop	28	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Bert Roberge	24	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Pete Ladd	22	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Mike Mendoza	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Gordie Pladson	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bobby Sprowl	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Gary Wilson	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			162	5394	583	1382	224	52	49	542	190	95	461	745	22	75	109	43	105	.256	.315	.344	659