
1976 Houston Astros Statistics
Team Record: 80-82
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 886,146, Avg. 11,822
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Bill Virdon (80-82)
Location: Houston, Texas
1976 Houston Astros Results
The Houston Astros of the National League ended the 1976 season with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, finishing third in the NL's West Division.
The Astros scored 625 runs and conceded 657 runs. Cesar Cedeno paced Houston with 18 home runs, and Bob Watson walloped 20 or more, too. Bob Watson drove in 102 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .313. J. R. Richard led the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.75 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Virdon coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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J. R. Richard | 20 | 15 | .571 | 2.75 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 291.0 | 221 | 105 | 89 | 14 | 151 | 4 | 214 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 1218 |
Larry Dierker | 13 | 14 | .481 | 3.69 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 187.7 | 171 | 85 | 77 | 9 | 72 | 6 | 112 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 790 |
Joaquin Andujar | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.60 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 172.3 | 163 | 74 | 69 | 8 | 75 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 729 |
Tom Griffin | 5 | 3 | .625 | 6.05 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 44 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 201 |
Dan Larson | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.02 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 92.3 | 81 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 379 |
Ken Forsch | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.15 | 52 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 92.0 | 76 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 372 |
Bo McLaughlin | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.85 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 79.0 | 71 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 315 |
Joe Niekro | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.36 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 107 | 60 | 44 | 8 | 56 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 515 |
Mark Lemongello | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.79 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
Joe Sambito | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.54 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53.3 | 45 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 207 |
Gene Pentz | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.97 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 63.7 | 62 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 279 |
Mike Cosgrove | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.52 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89.7 | 106 | 63 | 55 | 6 | 58 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 425 |
Mike Barlow | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 |
Gil Rondon | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.70 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 70 | 37 | 34 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 264 |
Jose Sosa | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 60 | |
Larry Hardy | 0 | 0 | 7.06 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.7 | 34 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 106 | |
Paul Siebert | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.16 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 124 |
Totals | 80 | 82 | .494 | 3.56 | 397 | 162 | 120 | 42 | 15 | 29 | 1444.3 | 1349 | 657 | 571 | 82 | 662 | 43 | 780 | 25 | 12 | 57 | 6213 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Watson | 157 | 662 | 585 | 76 | 183 | 31 | 3 | 16 | 102 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 64 | .313 | .377 | .458 | .835 | 268 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
Cesar Cedeno | 150 | 635 | 575 | 89 | 171 | 26 | 5 | 18 | 83 | 58 | 15 | 55 | 51 | .297 | .357 | .454 | .811 | 261 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Enos Cabell | 144 | 622 | 586 | 85 | 160 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 35 | 8 | 29 | 79 | .273 | .309 | .329 | .638 | 193 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Jose Cruz | 133 | 496 | 439 | 49 | 133 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 28 | 11 | 53 | 46 | .303 | .377 | .401 | .777 | 176 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Greg Gross | 128 | 501 | 426 | 52 | 122 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 64 | 39 | .286 | .375 | .329 | .704 | 140 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Rob Andrews | 109 | 448 | 410 | 42 | 105 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 27 | .256 | .312 | .300 | .612 | 123 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Roger Metzger | 152 | 543 | 481 | 37 | 101 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 63 | .210 | .286 | .270 | .556 | 130 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Cliff Johnson | 108 | 384 | 318 | 36 | 72 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 59 | .226 | .359 | .399 | .759 | 127 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Leon Roberts | 87 | 260 | 235 | 31 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 43 | .289 | .347 | .443 | .790 | 104 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Ed Herrmann | 79 | 296 | 265 | 14 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 40 | .204 | .273 | .268 | .541 | 71 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Wilbur Howard | 94 | 201 | 191 | 26 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | .220 | .245 | .293 | .538 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Larry Milbourne | 59 | 161 | 145 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | .248 | .319 | .276 | .595 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Boswell | 91 | 137 | 126 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .262 | .301 | .341 | .643 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Jerry DaVanon | 61 | 130 | 107 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 12 | .290 | .408 | .402 | .810 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Skip Jutze | 42 | 97 | 92 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .152 | .186 | .239 | .425 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
J. R. Richard | 39 | 104 | 100 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .140 | .146 | .210 | .356 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Alex Taveras | 14 | 48 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .217 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Larson | 14 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .290 | .313 | .387 | .700 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Dierker | 28 | 69 | 64 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .141 | .136 | .188 | .324 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Joaquin Andujar | 28 | 61 | 57 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | .140 | .169 | .158 | .327 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Al Javier | 8 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .208 | .269 | .208 | .478 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Niekro | 36 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .185 | .214 | .370 | .585 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Gil Rondon | 19 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Art Howe | 21 | 35 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .138 | .286 | .172 | .458 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rich Chiles | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Sambito | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .222 | .417 | .222 | .639 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Cosgrove | 22 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Pentz | 40 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Forsch | 52 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Barlow | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Siebert | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Lemongello | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bo McLaughlin | 17 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .095 | .000 | .095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Hardy | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Griffin | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jose Sosa | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2040 | 6111 | 5464 | 625 | 1401 | 195 | 50 | 66 | 571 | 150 | 57 | 530 | 719 | .256 | .322 | .347 | .669 | 1894 | 127 | 21 | 57 | 39 | 54 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Watson | 1B | 155 | 154 | 1355.0 | 1395 | 96 | 15 | 126 | .990 | 9.903 | 9.619 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cliff Johnson | 1B | 16 | 8 | 86.3 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 12.301 | 7.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Enos Cabell | 1B | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Andrews | 2B | 107 | 101 | 913.7 | 228 | 354 | 14 | 66 | .977 | 5.733 | 5.439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Milbourne | 2B | 32 | 32 | 286.3 | 67 | 100 | 6 | 19 | .965 | 5.249 | 5.219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry DaVanon | 2B | 17 | 17 | 141.3 | 30 | 67 | 2 | 7 | .980 | 6.177 | 5.706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alex Taveras | 2B | 7 | 6 | 51.0 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 6.353 | 5.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Metzger | 2B | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.824 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Art Howe | 2B | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wilbur Howard | 2B | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Boswell | 2B | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Enos Cabell | 3B | 143 | 142 | 1250.7 | 128 | 263 | 17 | 24 | .958 | 2.814 | 2.734 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Boswell | 3B | 16 | 15 | 120.0 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 4 | .933 | 2.100 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Art Howe | 3B | 8 | 4 | 46.0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 2.935 | 1.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry DaVanon | 3B | 9 | 1 | 27.7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 2.928 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Herrmann | C | 79 | 75 | 660.3 | 412 | 37 | 6 | 5 | .987 | 6.120 | 5.684 | 10 | 0 | 66 | 27 | 29.0 |
Cliff Johnson | C | 66 | 64 | 545.3 | 312 | 34 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 5.710 | 5.242 | 12 | 0 | 76 | 22 | 22.4 |
Skip Jutze | C | 42 | 23 | 238.7 | 125 | 21 | 2 | 5 | .986 | 5.506 | 3.476 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 29.4 |
Cesar Cedeno | OF | 146 | 145 | 1276.3 | 377 | 11 | 8 | 5 | .980 | 2.736 | 2.658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Cruz | OF | 125 | 114 | 1025.0 | 265 | 10 | 8 | 4 | .972 | 2.415 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Gross | OF | 115 | 110 | 981.3 | 208 | 13 | 5 | 4 | .978 | 2.027 | 1.922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Leon Roberts | OF | 60 | 55 | 476.7 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.888 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wilbur Howard | OF | 63 | 35 | 370.0 | 96 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .961 | 2.384 | 1.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cliff Johnson | OF | 20 | 20 | 148.0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 2.372 | 1.950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Javier | OF | 7 | 7 | 54.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Boswell | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rich Chiles | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
J. R. Richard | P | 39 | 39 | 291.0 | 19 | 39 | 10 | 2 | .853 | 1.794 | 1.487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Dierker | P | 28 | 28 | 187.7 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.679 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joaquin Andujar | P | 28 | 25 | 172.3 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.880 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Niekro | P | 36 | 13 | 118.0 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.678 | .611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Larson | P | 13 | 13 | 92.3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.949 | 1.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Forsch | P | 52 | 0 | 92.0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.054 | .404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Cosgrove | P | 22 | 16 | 89.7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.606 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bo McLaughlin | P | 17 | 11 | 79.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.278 | 1.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Pentz | P | 40 | 0 | 63.7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.120 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gil Rondon | P | 19 | 7 | 53.7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.509 | .474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Sambito | P | 20 | 4 | 53.3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.363 | .700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Griffin | P | 20 | 2 | 41.7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.728 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Lemongello | P | 4 | 4 | 29.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.103 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Siebert | P | 19 | 0 | 25.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.403 | .211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Barlow | P | 16 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.864 | .438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Hardy | P | 15 | 0 | 21.7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.662 | .267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Sosa | P | 9 | 0 | 11.7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Metzger | SS | 150 | 149 | 1304.3 | 253 | 462 | 10 | 93 | .986 | 4.934 | 4.767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry DaVanon | SS | 17 | 7 | 85.0 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 8 | .911 | 4.341 | 2.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alex Taveras | SS | 7 | 6 | 51.0 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 4.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Andrews | SS | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1821 | 1458 | 12999.0 | 4333 | 1800 | 140 | 407 | .978 | 4.246 | 3.368 | 32 | 0 | 166 | 59 | 26.2 |
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