1978 Houston Astros Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 74-88
Finished 5th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,128,233, Avg. 14,465
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Bill Virdon (74-88)
Location: Houston, Texas
1978 Houston Astros Roster
1978 Houston Astros Results

The Houston Astros of the National League ended the 1978 season with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses, finishing fifth in the NL's West Division.

The Astros scored 605 runs and surrendered 634 runs. Bob Watson paced Houston with 14 home runs Jose Cruz recorded 83 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .315. J. R. Richard led the team with 18 wins, while Ken Forsch recorded a 2.70 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
J. R. Richard1811.6213.11363601630275.31921049512141430323161139
Joe Niekro1414.5003.86352921010202.719097871373197909861
Ken Forsch106.6252.7052628427133.313644402371371102563
Mark Lemongello914.3913.9433302911210.3204100922066577934893
Tom Dixon711.3893.9930194321140.01407062840366120592
Joaquin Andujar57.4173.42351311201110.7884542358655453470
Joe Sambito49.3083.0762045001188.0853230532796001371
Vern Ruhle33.5002.121310122068.0571716020127111279
Floyd Bannister39.2504.8128163220110.312059591363494127502
Rick Williams12.3334.67171500034.7431918210217010159
Frank Riccelli000.002020003.0100000100010
Gene Pentz006.00100200015.01213101133810173
Oscar Zamora007.20100100015.0201212273601069
Dan Warthen01.0004.2251300010.71055320202043
Bo McLaughlin01.0005.01121500223.3301713216210213116
Totals7488.4573.633801621144813231440.3132863458186578549303121476140

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
Enos Cabell1626946609219531877133152280.295.321.398.720263145341
Jose Cruz1536275657917834910833795757.315.376.460.83626090239
Terry Puhl1496475858716925633532144846.289.343.368.711215114375
Bob Watson139527461511332541479315157.289.357.451.80820818401116
Art Howe11946142046123333755233441.293.343.436.779183131153
Denny Walling1202802473062113336923024.251.332.356.6888821023
Rafael Landestoy592302181858510974823.266.292.298.5906520400
Cesar Cedeno502091923154827232321524.281.333.453.7868740201
Julio Gonzalez7823922324523111661831.233.263.269.5326071701
Jesus Alou77152139745512190065.324.345.417.7625840431
Dave Bergman104228186154351012203932.231.361.269.6305050129
Bruce Bochy5416715484180315001135.266.311.377.6885880024
Wilbur Howard8415814817344111362522.230.268.291.5584333110
Joe Ferguson51191150203150722003730.207.363.380.7435761126
Jimmy Sexton88155141172932261621328.206.273.298.5714200101
Roger Metzger451381231127410600129.220.287.268.5553380213
Luis Pujols56169153112081111001245.131.198.216.4133361211
J. R. Richard371071018180011011127.178.186.208.3942120500
Reggie Baldwin387067517501110033.254.286.373.6592530000
Mark Lemongello337464311100300422.172.221.188.4081210600
Jeffrey Leonard8272621020040112.385.407.462.8691200000
Mike Fischlin44958631010001049.116.165.128.2931111401
Keith Drumright1759555900020134.164.207.164.371920100
Joe Niekro36746569200500018.138.138.169.3081120900
Ken Forsch5229271500030009.185.185.185.370500200
Floyd Bannister28373125100000112.161.188.194.381600500
Joe Cannon818181400010101.222.222.222.444400000
Ed Herrmann1640361410000033.111.179.139.318510101
Tom Dixon3044400400010017.100.122.100.222410300
Jim Obradovich1018173301020013.176.222.294.516500001
Joaquin Andujar36282303100300111.130.167.174.341400400
Joe Sambito62861100000012.167.286.167.452100100
Vern Ruhle13211801000100214.056.150.056.206110100
Rick Williams17550000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Dan Warthen5220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Bo McLaughlin12330000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Gene Pentz10110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Oscar Zamora10220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Frank Riccelli2000000000000000000
Totals2112603454586051408231457055717859434743.258.313.355.668193913422764467


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Bob Watson1B1281271045.797495963.9929.2018.3520000
Dave Bergman1B6621269.328016226.9939.8914.4850000
Enos Cabell1B14875.3753041.0009.3195.5710000
Jim Obradovich1B3325.7281011.0001.1699.6670000
Jose Cruz1B2213.3171011.00012.1509.0000000
Art Howe1B119.06010.8576.0006.0000000
Luis Pujols1B102.010001.0004.5001.0000000
Art Howe2B107107922.32242891251.9775.0064.7940000
Julio Gonzalez2B5438368.062112321.9834.2553.2220000
Keith Drumright2B1715128.0274149.9444.7814.0000000
Jimmy Sexton2B3216.03611.9005.0633.0000000
Rafael Landestoy2B203.010011.0003.000.5000000
Roger Metzger2B102.002001.0009.0002.0000000
Wilbur Howard2B101.00000.000.0000000
Enos Cabell3B1531531330.01362741815.9582.7742.6800000
Art Howe3B11873.01013001.0002.8362.0910000
Jimmy Sexton3B8023.30310.7501.157.3750000
Julio Gonzalez3B4114.022001.0002.5711.0000000
Joe FergusonC5146414.02882920.9946.8916.21650361833.3
Luis PujolsC5547410.72713362.9816.6625.527120521320.0
Bruce BochyC5345393.32683585.9746.9335.71730472130.9
Reggie BaldwinC1713114.776841.9556.5934.9410019417.4
Ed HerrmannC141198.0653001.0006.2454.8571011321.4
Wilbur HowardC309.741001.0004.6551.66710200.0
Jose CruzOF1521491323.7311480.9752.1422.0720000
Terry PuhlOF1481451276.0386632.9922.7652.6490000
Denny WallingOF7855540.3140432.9802.3991.8460000
Cesar CedenoOF5050433.7149221.9873.1343.0200000
Wilbur HowardOF3821219.3392001.0001.6821.0790000
Dave BergmanOF2928218.748020.9601.9761.6550000
Jesus AlouOF2827205.740110.9761.7941.4640000
Jeffrey LeonardOF8760.0161011.0002.5502.1250000
Joe CannonOF5431.77020.7781.9891.4000000
Rafael LandestoyOF3012.040001.0003.0001.3330000
J. R. RichardP3636275.3293830.9572.1901.8610000
Mark LemongelloP3330210.3153421.9612.0971.4850000
Joe NiekroP3529202.71821031.0001.7321.1140000
Tom DixonP3019140.0121611.9661.800.9330000
Ken ForschP526133.392420.9432.228.6350000
Joaquin AndujarP3513110.7112741.9053.0901.0860000
Floyd BannisterP2816110.316021.000.571.2500000
Joe SambitoP62088.061623.9172.250.3550000
Vern RuhleP131068.047001.0001.456.8460000
Rick WilliamsP17134.71710.8892.077.4710000
Bo McLaughlinP12123.313001.0001.543.3330000
Oscar ZamoraP10015.012011.0001.800.3000000
Gene PentzP10015.036001.0005.400.9000000
Dan WarthenP5110.711001.0001.688.4000000
Frank RiccelliP203.00000.000.0000000
Rafael LandestoySS5048410.065132418.9804.3243.9400000
Jimmy SextonSS5837339.35995318.9814.0842.6550000
Roger MetzgerSS4238333.759103621.9644.3703.8570000
Mike FischlinSS4129257.04967911.9284.0622.8290000
Julio GonzalezSS171099.3192547.9173.9872.5880000
Enos CabellSS101.00000.000.0000000
Totals1897145812963.043211617133294.9784.1233.1302201675926.1




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