1977 Houston Astros Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 81-81
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,099,580, Avg. 14,280
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Bill Virdon (81-81)
Location: Houston, Texas
1977 Houston Astros RosterTeam Record: 81-81
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,099,580, Avg. 14,280
Ballpark: Astrodome
Manager: Bill Virdon (81-81)
Location: Houston, Texas
1977 Houston Astros Results
The Houston Astros of the National League ended the 1977 season with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses, finishing third in the NL's West Division.
The Astros scored 680 runs and allowed 650 runs. Bob Watson led Houston with 22 home runs, while Joe Ferguson, Enos Cabell and Jose Cruz each walloped 20 or more as well. Bob Watson drove in 110 runs. Jose Cruz topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .299. J. R. Richard paced the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.97 ERA, best 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. Richard | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.97 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 267.0 | 212 | 94 | 88 | 18 | 104 | 1 | 214 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1092 |
| Joe Niekro | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.04 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 180.7 | 155 | 66 | 61 | 14 | 64 | 3 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 737 |
| Joaquin Andujar | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.69 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 158.7 | 149 | 80 | 65 | 11 | 64 | 3 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 678 |
| Mark Lemongello | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.48 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 214.7 | 237 | 88 | 83 | 20 | 52 | 4 | 83 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 910 |
| Floyd Bannister | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.04 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 142.7 | 138 | 70 | 64 | 11 | 68 | 1 | 112 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 622 |
| Gene Pentz | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.83 | 41 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87.0 | 76 | 41 | 37 | 8 | 44 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 375 |
| Joe Sambito | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.33 | 54 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 89.0 | 77 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 357 |
| Ken Forsch | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.72 | 42 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 86.0 | 80 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 364 |
| Bo McLaughlin | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.25 | 46 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 84.7 | 81 | 44 | 40 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 359 |
| Tom Dixon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 135 |
| Doug Konieczny | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Dan Larson | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.81 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 97.7 | 108 | 72 | 63 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 443 |
| Roy Thomas | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | |
| Totals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 3.54 | 396 | 162 | 125 | 37 | 7 | 28 | 1465.7 | 1384 | 650 | 577 | 110 | 545 | 33 | 871 | 25 | 17 | 46 | 6196 |
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 Cabell | 150 | 660 | 625 | 101 | 176 | 36 | 7 | 16 | 68 | 42 | 22 | 27 | 55 | .282 | .313 | .438 | .751 | 274 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Jose Cruz | 157 | 661 | 579 | 87 | 173 | 31 | 10 | 17 | 87 | 44 | 23 | 69 | 67 | .299 | .368 | .475 | .843 | 275 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Bob Watson | 151 | 623 | 554 | 77 | 160 | 38 | 6 | 22 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 69 | .289 | .360 | .498 | .858 | 276 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Cesar Cedeno | 141 | 598 | 530 | 92 | 148 | 36 | 8 | 14 | 71 | 61 | 14 | 47 | 50 | .279 | .346 | .457 | .802 | 242 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Art Howe | 125 | 463 | 413 | 44 | 109 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 60 | .264 | .336 | .412 | .748 | 170 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Joe Ferguson | 132 | 511 | 421 | 59 | 108 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 85 | 79 | .257 | .379 | .435 | .814 | 183 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Julio Gonzalez | 110 | 413 | 383 | 34 | 94 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 45 | .245 | .287 | .316 | .603 | 121 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Terry Puhl | 60 | 265 | 229 | 40 | 69 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 31 | .301 | .385 | .402 | .786 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Metzger | 97 | 307 | 269 | 24 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 24 | .186 | .272 | .264 | .535 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Wilbur Howard | 87 | 199 | 187 | 22 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 30 | .257 | .276 | .321 | .597 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Herrmann | 56 | 179 | 158 | 7 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 18 | .291 | .352 | .354 | .707 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Cliff Johnson | 51 | 171 | 144 | 22 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 30 | .299 | .409 | .563 | .972 | 81 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willie Crawford | 42 | 132 | 114 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | .254 | .341 | .333 | .674 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rob Sperring | 58 | 143 | 129 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .186 | .254 | .233 | .486 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Boswell | 72 | 108 | 97 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .216 | .287 | .247 | .534 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. R. Richard | 36 | 100 | 87 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | .230 | .247 | .345 | .592 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Fuller | 34 | 112 | 100 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 45 | .160 | .243 | .280 | .523 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joaquin Andujar | 26 | 60 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .189 | .232 | .226 | .459 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Gardner | 66 | 70 | 65 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .154 | .203 | .154 | .357 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Floyd Bannister | 24 | 55 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .188 | .204 | .188 | .392 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Niekro | 44 | 55 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .140 | .173 | .140 | .313 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Walling | 6 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .348 | .381 | .729 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Larson | 33 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .214 | .241 | .214 | .456 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Lemongello | 35 | 75 | 69 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .087 | .100 | .116 | .216 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Walton | 13 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Fischlin | 13 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sambito | 54 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cannon | 9 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .118 | .118 | .235 | .353 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Roberts | 19 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .074 | .107 | .074 | .181 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Konieczny | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Forsch | 42 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Pujols | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Cacek | 7 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .050 | .095 | .050 | .145 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Dixon | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo McLaughlin | 46 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Pentz | 41 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 2060 | 6200 | 5530 | 680 | 1405 | 263 | 60 | 114 | 638 | 187 | 72 | 515 | 839 | .254 | .320 | .385 | .705 | 2130 | 98 | 40 | 76 | 39 | 60 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Watson | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1278.3 | 1331 | 118 | 9 | 100 | .994 | 1.202 | 9.925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Johnson | 1B | 10 | 6 | 69.0 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 9.261 | 7.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Cacek | 1B | 6 | 4 | 44.3 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .981 | 1.759 | 8.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Walton | 1B | 5 | 3 | 32.3 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 11.969 | 8.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enos Cabell | 1B | 8 | 2 | 29.7 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.921 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Fuller | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Howe | 2B | 96 | 95 | 822.0 | 192 | 279 | 7 | 49 | .985 | 5.157 | 4.906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Gonzalez | 2B | 45 | 41 | 378.0 | 73 | 142 | 7 | 28 | .968 | 5.119 | 4.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Sperring | 2B | 20 | 17 | 141.7 | 34 | 56 | 3 | 6 | .968 | 5.718 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Boswell | 2B | 26 | 9 | 114.0 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 5.053 | 2.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Howard | 2B | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Metzger | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enos Cabell | 3B | 144 | 144 | 1262.0 | 140 | 280 | 23 | 17 | .948 | 2.995 | 2.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Howe | 3B | 19 | 15 | 147.7 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 3.230 | 2.789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Sperring | 3B | 11 | 2 | 45.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 1.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Boswell | 3B | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.273 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | C | 122 | 116 | 1041.7 | 634 | 80 | 11 | 10 | .985 | 6.169 | 5.852 | 16 | 0 | 94 | 61 | 39.4 |
| Ed Herrmann | C | 49 | 42 | 387.0 | 280 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .990 | 7.186 | 6.306 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 15 | 25.0 |
| Luis Pujols | C | 6 | 4 | 37.0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.351 | 3.667 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Jose Cruz | OF | 155 | 151 | 1358.3 | 311 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .973 | 2.133 | 2.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cesar Cedeno | OF | 137 | 136 | 1184.7 | 335 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .997 | 2.651 | 2.547 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Puhl | OF | 59 | 58 | 514.3 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.135 | 2.068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Howard | OF | 62 | 33 | 382.3 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 2.401 | 1.645 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Johnson | OF | 34 | 32 | 257.0 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .946 | 1.856 | 1.559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Fuller | OF | 27 | 27 | 232.3 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 2.247 | 2.148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Crawford | OF | 30 | 28 | 229.7 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.842 | 1.567 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Gardner | OF | 26 | 8 | 116.7 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.469 | 1.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denny Walling | OF | 5 | 5 | 48.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.607 | 2.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Roberts | OF | 9 | 5 | 48.3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .931 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Cannon | OF | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.520 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. R. Richard | P | 36 | 36 | 267.0 | 26 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.360 | 1.944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Lemongello | P | 34 | 30 | 214.7 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .914 | 2.222 | 1.559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Niekro | P | 44 | 14 | 180.7 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 2.092 | .955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joaquin Andujar | P | 26 | 25 | 158.7 | 14 | 38 | 8 | 1 | .867 | 2.950 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Bannister | P | 24 | 23 | 142.7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.262 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Larson | P | 32 | 10 | 97.7 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 2.304 | .781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sambito | P | 54 | 1 | 89.0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 2.124 | .389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Pentz | P | 41 | 4 | 87.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.862 | .439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Forsch | P | 42 | 5 | 86.0 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 2.616 | .595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bo McLaughlin | P | 46 | 6 | 84.7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 2.339 | .478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Dixon | P | 9 | 4 | 30.3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.374 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Konieczny | P | 4 | 4 | 21.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.429 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Thomas | P | 4 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Metzger | SS | 96 | 86 | 758.0 | 130 | 260 | 11 | 45 | .973 | 4.631 | 4.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Gonzalez | SS | 63 | 55 | 489.7 | 81 | 151 | 20 | 28 | .921 | 4.264 | 3.683 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Sperring | SS | 22 | 12 | 125.3 | 18 | 29 | 3 | 9 | .940 | 3.375 | 2.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Fischlin | SS | 12 | 3 | 42.7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.219 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Howe | SS | 11 | 5 | 41.0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.829 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enos Cabell | SS | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1870 | 1458 | 13191.0 | 4397 | 1851 | 142 | 345 | .978 | 4.263 | 3.341 | 24 | 0 | 143 | 80 | 35.9 |
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