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1979 Houston Astros | Baseball Statistics

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Record: 89-73 .55.... 2nd in NL West Division
Manager(s): Bill Virdon
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,900,312
Top Draft Pick: John Mizerock (#8)

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)

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	GB%
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	56%
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	49%
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	55%
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	56%
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	54%
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	52%
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	52%
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	52%

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	53%
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	48%
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	61%
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	61%
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	59%
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	72%
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	59%
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	61%
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	42%
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	63%
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	45%
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	62%
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	52%
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	43%
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	42%
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	40%
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	64%
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	0%
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	27%
P	Bo McLaughlin	25	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
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	50%
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	55%
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	50%
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	50%
P	Frank LaCorte	27	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.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	000	50%
P	Bert Roberge	24	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
P	Pete Ladd	22	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

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	GB%
ST	J.R. Richard	log	29	18	13	2.71	38	38	19	4	0	0	292.1	220	98	88	13	98	313	19	1	6.77	0.40	3.02	9.64	1.09	53%
ST	Joe Niekro	log	34	21	11	3.00	38	38	11	5	0	0	263.2	221	102	88	17	107	119	19	0	7.54	0.58	3.65	4.06	1.24	52%
ST	Ken Forsch	log	32	11	6	3.04	26	24	10	2	1	0	177.2	155	67	60	14	35	58	0	1	7.85	0.71	1.77	2.94	1.07	54%
ST	Joaquin Andujar	log	26	12	12	3.43	46	23	8	0	9	4	194.0	168	86	74	7	88	77	5	0	7.79	0.32	4.08	3.57	1.32	60%
ST	Rick Williams	log	26	4	7	3.26	31	16	2	2	3	0	121.1	122	45	44	6	30	37	0	1	9.05	0.45	2.23	2.74	1.25	63%

CL	Joe Sambito	log	27	8	7	1.77	63	0	0	0	51	22	91.1	80	20	18	8	23	83	0	0	7.88	0.79	2.27	8.18	1.13	39%
	Bert Roberge	log	24	3	0	1.69	26	0	0	0	12	4	32.0	20	6	6	0	17	13	2	0	5.63	0.00	4.78	3.66	1.16	57%
	Randy Niemann	log	23	3	2	3.76	26	7	3	2	4	1	67.0	68	32	28	1	22	24	0	2	9.13	0.13	2.96	3.22	1.34	56%
	Tom Dixon	log	24	1	2	6.66	19	1	0	0	6	0	25.2	39	23	19	2	15	9	0	0	13.68	0.70	5.26	3.16	2.10	38%
	George Throop	log	28	1	0	3.22	14	0	0	0	2	0	22.1	23	10	8	4	11	15	1	0	9.27	1.61	4.43	6.04	1.52	50%
	Vern Ruhle	log	28	2	6	4.07	13	10	2	2	0	0	66.1	64	33	30	9	8	33	2	0	8.68	1.22	1.09	4.48	1.09	56%
	Bo McLaughlin	log	25	1	2	5.51	12	0	0	0	3	0	16.1	22	15	10	2	4	12	1	0	12.12	1.10	2.20	6.61	1.59	48%
	Frank LaCorte	log	27	1	2	5.00	12	3	0	0	3	0	27.0	21	16	15	3	10	24	1	0	7.00	1.00	3.33	8.00	1.15	52%
	Frank Riccelli	log	26	2	2	4.09	11	2	0	0	3	0	22.0	22	11	10	0	18	20	2	0	9.00	0.00	7.36	8.18	1.82	43%
	Pete Ladd	log	22	1	1	2.92	10	0	0	0	4	0	12.1	8	5	4	1	8	6	2	0	5.84	0.73	5.84	4.38	1.30	35%
	Gary Wilson	log	24	0	0	12.27	6	0	0	0	3	0	7.1	15	11	10	2	6	6	1	0	18.41	2.45	7.36	7.36	2.86	100%
	Gordie Pladson	log	22	0	0	4.50	4	0	0	0	2	0	4.0	9	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	20.25	2.25	4.50	4.50	2.75	33%
	Bobby Sprowl	log	23	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.25	0.00	4.50	6.75	0.75	12%
	Mike Mendoza	log	23	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Joe Sambito	27	P	63		91.1	5	14	2	21	2	-	-	-	.905	1.87
Joaquin Andujar	26	P	46		194	16	50	5	71	2	-	-	-	.930	3.06
Joe Niekro	34	P	38		263.2	14	39	0	53	4	-	-	-	1.000	1.81
J.R. Richard	29	P	38		292.1	14	32	5	51	0	-	-	-	.902	1.42
Rick Williams	26	P	31		121.1	3	23	1	27	2	-	-	-	.963	1.93
Ken Forsch	32	P	26		177.2	10	37	1	48	5	-	-	-	.979	2.38
Randy Niemann	23	P	26		67	1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.07
Bert Roberge	24	P	26		32	3	3	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.69
Tom Dixon	24	P	19		25.2	3	6	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.16
George Throop	28	P	14		22.1	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.21
Vern Ruhle	28	P	13		66.1	3	5	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.09
Frank LaCorte	27	P	12		27	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.33
Bo McLaughlin	25	P	12		16.1	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.65
Frank Riccelli	26	P	11		22	0	6	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.45
Pete Ladd	22	P	10		12.1	3	2	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.65
Gary Wilson	24	P	6		7.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Gordie Pladson	22	P	4		4	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Bobby Sprowl	23	P	3		4	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Mike Mendoza	23	P	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Alan Ashby	27	C	105			548	57	8	613	5	9	71	31	.987	--
Bruce Bochy	24	C	55			198	29	7	234	4	4	36	18	.970	--
Luis Pujols	23	C	26			136	6	1	143	0	5	20	1	.993	--
Alan Knicely	24	C	3			2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	--
Reggie Baldwin	24	C	3			3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.000	--

Cesar Cedeno	28	1B	91			832	33	17	882	79	-	-	-	.981	--
Enos Cabell	29	1B	51			287	21	1	309	20	-	-	-	.997	--
Bob Watson	33	1B	44			371	33	3	407	23	-	-	-	.993	--
Dave Bergman	26	1B	4			8	0	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Art Howe	32	1B	3			15	3	0	18	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
Reggie Baldwin	24	1B	1			7	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jesus Alou	37	1B	1			2	0	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Rafael Landestoy	26	2B	114			166	234	12	412	53	-	-	-	.971	--
Art Howe	32	2B	68			126	188	3	317	33	-	-	-	.991	--
Julio Gonzalez	26	2B	32			59	89	2	150	16	-	-	-	.987	--
Jimmy Sexton	27	2B	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Enos Cabell	29	3B	132			109	178	13	300	11	-	-	-	.957	--
Art Howe	32	3B	59			47	70	4	121	6	-	-	-	.967	--
Julio Gonzalez	26	3B	9			2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jimmy Sexton	27	3B	4			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Alan Knicely	24	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Craig Reynolds	26	SS	143			208	428	23	659	88	-	-	-	.965	--
Julio Gonzalez	26	SS	21			31	54	3	88	11	-	-	-	.966	--
Jimmy Sexton	27	SS	11			10	23	2	35	6	-	-	-	.943	--
Rafael Landestoy	26	SS	3			2	3	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jose Cruz	31	OF	156			320	7	14	341	0	-	-	-	.959	--
Terry Puhl	22	OF	152			352	7	0	359	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jeff Leonard	23	OF	123			227	6	10	243	1	-	-	-	.959	--
Denny Walling	25	OF	42			65	2	1	68	0	-	-	-	.985	--
Cesar Cedeno	28	OF	40			116	2	0	118	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jesus Alou	37	OF	6			6	0	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tom Wiedenbauer	20	OF	3			3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Danny Heep	21	OF	2			7	0	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

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