1981 Houston Astros | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 61-49 .55.... th in NL West Division
Manager(s): Bill Virdon
Stadium: Astrodome
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
Attendance: 1,321,282
Top Draft Pick: Curtis Burke (#75)

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bert Pena (Sep 14) Joe Pittman (Apr 25) Tim Tolman (Sep 9)
Pitchers: Billy Smith (Jun 9)

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	29	83	255	20	69	13	0	4	33	0	2	35	33	0	6	3	2	6	.271	.356	.369	725	57%
1B	Cesar Cedeno	30	82	306	42	83	19	0	5	34	12	7	24	31	1	2	2	5	6	.271	.321	.382	703	56%
2B	Joe Pittman	27	52	135	11	38	4	2	0	7	4	4	11	16	0	3	2	1	3	.281	.333	.341	674	54%
3B	Art Howe	34	103	361	43	107	22	4	3	36	1	3	41	23	0	7	1	3	8	.296	.365	.404	769	52%
SS	Craig Reynolds	28	87	323	43	84	10	12	4	31	3	3	12	31	0	2	18	1	6	.260	.286	.402	688	52%
OF	Jose Cruz	33	107	409	53	109	16	5	13	55	5	7	35	49	0	4	0	7	7	.267	.319	.425	744	52%
OF	Terry Puhl	24	96	350	43	88	19	4	3	28	22	4	31	49	4	5	4	5	3	.251	.315	.354	669	49%
OF	Tony Scott	29	55	225	28	66	13	2	2	22	8	3	15	32	0	1	3	0	1	.293	.338	.396	734	52%

OF-1B	Denny Walling	27	65	158	23	37	6	0	5	23	2	1	28	17	0	1	1	2	3	.234	.346	.367	713	52%
P	Joe Niekro	36	24	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	0	0	11	0	0	.176	.208	.196	404	60%
SS-3B	Kiko Garcia	27	48	136	9	37	6	1	0	15	2	2	10	16	1	3	2	1	2	.272	.324	.331	655	56%
P	Nolan Ryan	34	21	51	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	18	0	0	4	0	1	.216	.286	.235	521	40%
C	Luis Pujols	25	40	117	5	28	3	1	1	14	1	0	10	17	0	3	0	1	4	.239	.297	.308	605	58%
P	Vern Ruhle	30	20	24	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	11	0	0	4	0	0	.250	.400	.292	692	67%
2B	Phil Garner	32	31	113	13	27	3	1	0	6	6	2	15	11	0	1	4	1	1	.239	.326	.283	609	45%
P	Dave Smith	26	42	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	25%
OF	Gary Woods	26	54	110	10	23	4	1	0	12	2	1	11	22	0	4	3	2	4	.209	.276	.264	540	55%
P	Bobby Sprowl	25	15	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	33%
1B	Danny Heep	23	33	96	6	24	3	0	0	11	0	0	10	11	0	2	0	0	3	.250	.321	.281	602	59%
P	Joe Sambito	29	49	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	50%
2B-SS	Dickie Thon	23	49	95	13	26	6	0	0	3	6	1	9	13	0	1	1	0	3	.274	.337	.337	674	53%
P	Joaquin Andujar	28	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	75%
2B	Rafael Landestoy	28	35	74	6	11	1	1	0	4	4	1	16	9	0	4	4	0	4	.149	.300	.189	489	49%
P	Frank LaCorte	29	37	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
1B-3B	Dave Roberts	30	27	54	4	13	3	0	1	5	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	2	1	.241	.271	.352	623	52%
P	Don Sutton	36	23	51	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	12	1	0	5	0	2	.137	.228	.137	365	69%
P	Bob Knepper	27	22	47	3	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	15	1	0	5	0	0	.149	.167	.255	422	75%
1B	Mike Ivie	28	19	42	2	10	3	0	0	6	0	1	2	11	0	0	0	1	0	.238	.267	.310	577	35%
1B	Harry Spilman	26	28	34	5	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	.294	.333	.294	627	42%
OF-1B	Jeff Leonard	25	7	18	1	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.158	.333	491	33%
OF	Tim Tolman	25	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	25%
C-OF	Alan Knicely	26	3	7	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	1.429	2000	71%
OF	Scott Loucks	24	10	7	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.625	.571	1196	67%
1B	Dave Bergman	28	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	834	37%
SS	Bert Pena	21	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	67%
P	Billy Smith	26	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	Joe Niekro	log	36	9	9	2.82	24	24	5	2	0	0	166.0	150	60	52	8	47	77	7	0	8.13	0.43	2.55	4.17	1.19	52%
ST	Don Sutton	log	36	11	9	2.61	23	23	6	3	0	0	158.2	132	51	46	6	29	104	0	1	7.49	0.34	1.65	5.90	1.01	41%
ST	Bob Knepper	log	27	9	5	2.18	22	22	6	5	0	0	156.2	128	41	38	5	38	75	0	0	7.35	0.29	2.18	4.31	1.06	49%
ST	Nolan Ryan	log	34	11	5	1.69	21	21	5	3	0	0	149.0	99	34	28	2	68	140	16	2	5.98	0.12	4.11	8.46	1.12	51%
ST	Vern Ruhle	log	30	4	6	2.91	20	15	1	0	3	1	102.0	97	36	33	6	20	39	0	0	8.56	0.53	1.76	3.44	1.15	53%

CL	Joe Sambito	log	29	5	5	1.84	49	0	0	0	32	10	63.2	43	17	13	4	22	41	0	0	6.08	0.57	3.11	5.80	1.02	53%
CL	Dave Smith	log	26	5	3	2.76	42	0	0	0	22	8	75.0	54	26	23	2	23	52	4	0	6.48	0.24	2.76	6.24	1.03	66%
CL	Frank LaCorte	log	29	4	2	3.64	37	0	0	0	22	5	42.0	41	18	17	1	21	40	6	0	8.79	0.21	4.50	8.57	1.48	41%
	Bobby Sprowl	log	25	0	1	5.97	15	1	0	0	4	0	28.2	40	20	19	1	14	18	3	0	12.56	0.31	4.40	5.65	1.88	59%
	Billy Smith	log	26	1	1	3.05	10	1	0	0	4	1	20.2	20	7	7	3	3	3	0	0	8.71	1.31	1.31	1.31	1.11	56%
	Joaquin Andujar	log	28	2	3	4.95	9	3	0	0	0	0	23.2	29	17	13	2	12	18	0	0	11.03	0.76	4.56	6.85	1.73	69%
	Gordie Pladson	log	24	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	3	0	1	20.25	0.00	6.75	6.75	3.00	--

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Joe Sambito	29	P	49		63.2	5	12	0	17	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.40
Dave Smith	26	P	42		75	3	11	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	1.68
Frank LaCorte	29	P	37		42	2	4	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.29
Joe Niekro	36	P	24		166	11	23	0	34	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.84
Don Sutton	36	P	23		158.2	11	24	2	37	3	-	-	-	.946	1.99
Bob Knepper	27	P	22		156.2	6	26	3	35	1	-	-	-	.914	1.84
Nolan Ryan	34	P	21		149	5	16	1	22	3	-	-	-	.955	1.27
Vern Ruhle	30	P	20		102	4	9	0	13	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.15
Bobby Sprowl	25	P	15		28.2	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.57
Billy Smith	26	P	10		20.2	2	3	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.18
Joaquin Andujar	28	P	9		23.2	1	1	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	.76
Gordie Pladson	24	P	2		4	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Alan Ashby	29	C	81			434	58	9	501	6	3	62	41	.982	--
Luis Pujols	25	C	39			192	14	1	207	1	5	24	11	.995	--
Alan Knicely	26	C	2			11	2	0	13	0	0	0	0	1.000	--
Dave Roberts	30	C	1			0	0	0	0	0	0			---	--

Cesar Cedeno	30	1B	46			428	27	4	459	27	-	-	-	.991	--
Denny Walling	27	1B	27			188	8	2	198	17	-	-	-	.990	--
Danny Heep	23	1B	22			198	9	2	209	12	-	-	-	.990	--
Harry Spilman	26	1B	13			46	2	0	48	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
Dave Roberts	30	1B	10			83	8	4	95	6	-	-	-	.958	--
Mike Ivie	28	1B	10			76	11	1	88	5	-	-	-	.989	--
Art Howe	34	1B	2			15	0	0	15	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jeff Leonard	25	1B	2			23	1	0	24	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Dave Bergman	28	1B	1			3	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Joe Pittman	27	2B	35			56	89	3	148	14	-	-	-	.980	--
Phil Garner	32	2B	31			62	102	3	167	17	-	-	-	.982	--
Rafael Landestoy	28	2B	31			52	63	4	119	11	-	-	-	.966	--
Dickie Thon	23	2B	28			37	39	4	80	10	-	-	-	.950	--
Kiko Garcia	27	2B	9			16	26	1	43	2	-	-	-	.977	--
Dave Roberts	30	2B	3			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Art Howe	34	3B	98			52	206	9	267	16	-	-	-	.966	--
Kiko Garcia	27	3B	13			4	17	4	25	1	-	-	-	.840	--
Dave Roberts	30	3B	7			4	8	1	13	1	-	-	-	.923	--
Dickie Thon	23	3B	5			4	7	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Joe Pittman	27	3B	4			3	3	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Craig Reynolds	28	SS	85			139	261	11	411	36	-	-	-	.973	--
Kiko Garcia	27	SS	28			38	76	6	120	11	-	-	-	.950	--
Dickie Thon	23	SS	13			12	17	2	31	2	-	-	-	.935	--
Bert Pena	21	SS	3			1	1	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jose Cruz	33	OF	105			237	5	4	246	2	-	-	-	.984	--
Terry Puhl	24	OF	88			185	5	0	190	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tony Scott	29	OF	55			127	5	2	134	0	-	-	-	.985	--
Gary Woods	26	OF	40			61	1	1	63	0	-	-	-	.984	--
Cesar Cedeno	30	OF	34			82	1	1	84	0	-	-	-	.988	--
Denny Walling	27	OF	27			38	1	0	39	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Scott Loucks	24	OF	5			5	0	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tim Tolman	25	OF	3			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jeff Leonard	25	OF	2			3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Danny Heep	23	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Alan Knicely	26	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

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