1976 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster

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1976 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975/1977)
80-82, Finished 3rd in NL Western Division
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Scored 625 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Managed by Bill Virdon

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 886,146 (9th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 91, Pitching - 91
  (one-year): Batting - 86, Pitching - 86
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Ed Herrmann         29   79  265   14   54   8  0   3   25  22   40  .204  .273  .268   0   0   6   4   3   2   2   61
1B  Bob Watson          30  157  585   76  183  31  3  16  102  62   64  .313  .377  .458   3   3  12   4   2   9  10  147
2B  Rob Andrews         23  109  410   42  105   8  5   0   23  33   27  .256  .312  .300   7   3  16   0   5   0   1   82
3B  Enos Cabell         26  144  586   85  160  13  7   2   43  29   79  .273  .309  .329  35   8  13   2   3   2   1   89
SS #Roger Metzger       28  152  481   37  101  13  8   0   29  52   63  .210  .286  .270   1   1  11   0   8   2  10   66
LF *Jose Cruz           28  133  439   49  133  21  5   4   61  53   46  .303  .377  .401  28  11   6   0   2   2   5  131
CF  Cesar Cedeno        25  150  575   89  171  26  5  18   83  55   51  .297  .357  .454  58  15  16   1   0   4   9  139
RF *Greg Gross          23  128  426   52  122  12  3   0   27  64   39  .286  .375  .329   2   6   8   0   5   6   3  110
    Cliff Johnson       28  108  318   36   72  21  2  10   49  62   59  .226  .359  .399   0   0   9   4   0   0   6  125
    Leon Roberts        25   87  235   31   68  11  2   7   33  19   43  .289  .347  .443   1   0   2   3   1   2   1  133
   #Wilbur Howard       27   94  191   26   42   7  2   1   18   7   28  .220  .245  .293   7   5   5   0   1   2   1   59
   #Larry Milbourne     25   59  145   22   36   4  0   0    7  14   10  .248  .319  .276   6   1   3   1   1   0   0   77
   *Ken Boswell         30   91  126   12   33   8  1   0   18   8    8  .262  .301  .341   1   0   8   0   1   2   2   90
    Jerry Davanon       30   61  107   19   31   3  3   1   20  21   12  .290  .408  .402   0   2   2   1   0   1   1  141
    Skip Jutze          30   42   92    7   14   2  3   0    6   4   16  .152  .186  .239   0   0   2   0   0   1   0   25
    Alex Taveras        20   14   46    3   10   0  0   0    2   2    1  .217  .250  .217   1   2   2   0   0   0   0   39
    Art Howe            29   21   29    0    4   1  0   0    0   6    6  .138  .286  .172   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   38
    Al Javier           22    8   24    1    5   0  0   0    0   2    5  .208  .269  .208   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   43
   *Rich Chiles         26    5    4    1    2   1  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .750   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  267

    J.R. Richard        26   39  100    6   14   1  0   2    9   0   33  .140  .146  .210   0   0   0   1   1   2   0    4
    Larry Dierker       29   28   64    3    9   0  0   1    4   0   20  .141  .136  .188   0   0   1   0   3   2   0   -5
   #Joaquin Andujar     23   28   57    4    8   1  0   0    1   2   29  .140  .169  .158   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   -3
    Dan Larson          21   14   31    5    9   1  1   0    6   1    3  .290  .313  .387   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  106
    Joe Niekro          31   36   27    1    5   2  0   1    1   1    8  .185  .214  .370   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   71
   *Mike Cosgrove       25   22   23    1    2   0  0   0    1   2    6  .087  .160  .087   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -25
    Bo McLaughlin       22   17   19    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    7  .000  .095  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -70
    Gilberto Rondon     22   19   14    1    4   0  0   0    1   0    4  .286  .286  .286   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   70
    Ken Forsch          29   52   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    3  .091  .167  .091   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -22
   *Joe Sambito         24   20    9    1    2   0  0   0    1   3    2  .222  .417  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   93
    Mark Lemongello     20    4    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .111  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -65
    Tom Griffin         28   20    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -47
    Gene Pentz          23   40    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .200  .333  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   61
   *Mike Barlow         28   16    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Larry Hardy         28   15    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Paul Siebert        23   19    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6  162 5464  625 1401 195 50  66  571 530  719  .256  .322  .347 150  57 127  21  57  39  54  105
    Rank among 12 NL teams         7    5    5  11  4  10        5   11     5     3     8   2   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  J.R. Richard        26  39   2.75  20  15  0  39   0  14   3  291.0  221  105   89  14  151  214 1218  13   4  2   4 116
SP  Larry Dierker       29  28   3.69  13  14  0  28   0   7   4  187.7  171   85   77   9   72  112  790  12   6  2   6  86
SP  Joaquin Andujar     23  28   3.60   9  10  0  25   1   9   4  172.3  163   74   69   8   75   59  729   1   1  5   2  89
SP *Mike Cosgrove       25  22   5.52   3   4  0  16   1   1   1   89.7  106   63   55   6   58   34  425   5   2  0   2  58
SP  Dan Larson          21  13   3.02   5   8  0  13   0   5   0   92.3   81   40   31   3   28   42  379   1   1  2   1 106
SP  Bo McLaughlin       22  17   2.85   4   5  1  11   3   4   2   79.0   71   31   25   6   17   32  315   2   2  0   1 112

CL  Ken Forsch          29  52   2.15   4   3 19   0  46   0   0   92.0   76   23   22   5   26   49  372   2   2  1   7 148
RP  Gene Pentz          23  40   2.97   3   3  5   0  25   0   0   63.7   62   26   21   5   31   36  279   2   1  0   2 107
RP  Joe Niekro          31  36   3.36   4   8  0  13   5   0   0  118.0  107   60   44   8   56   77  515   8   1  0   1  95
RP *Paul Siebert        23  19   3.16   0   2  0   0   6   0   0   25.7   29   10    9   0   18   10  124   1   1  0   7 101
RP  Tom Griffin         28  20   6.05   5   3  0   2   2   0   0   41.7   44   29   28   4   37   33  201   3   1  0   2  53

    Gilberto Rondon     22  19   5.70   2   2  0   7   3   0   0   53.7   70   37   34   6   39   21  264   2   0  0   0  56
   *Joe Sambito         24  20   3.54   3   2  1   4   8   1   1   53.3   45   21   21   4   14   26  207   2   0  0   1  90
    Mark Lemongello     20   4   2.79   3   1  0   4   0   1   0   29.0   26   12    9   2    7    9  122   0   0  0   2 114
    Mike Barlow         28  16   4.50   2   2  0   0   7   0   0   22.0   27   13   11   0   17   11  107   1   0  0   1  71
    Larry Hardy         28  15   7.06   0   0  3   0  11   0   0   21.7   34   19   17   2   10   10  106   1   0  0   2  45
    Jose Sosa           23   9   6.94   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   11.7   16    9    9   0    6    5   60   1   3  0   2  46
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.6 162   3.56  80  82 29 162 120  42  17 1444.0 1349  657  571  82  662  780 6213  57  25 12  43  90
    Rank among 12 NL teams          7   6   7  6           5   3      9    3    6        2   12    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EHerrmann 660 75 79 412 37 6 5 .987 10 19 66 27 CJohnson 545 64 66 312 34 8 2 .977 12 21 76 22 SJutze 238 23 42 125 21 2 5 .986 10 17 24 10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1444 162 162 849 92 16 12 .983 32 57 166 59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWatson 1355 154 155 1395 96 15 126 .990 9.90 CJohnson 86 8 16 117 1 0 8 1.000 12.31 ECabell 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 1515 97 15 134 .991 10.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *5.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RAndrews 913 101 107 228 354 14 66 .977 5.73 LMilbourne 286 32 32 67 100 6 19 .965 5.25 JDavanon 141 17 17 30 67 2 7 .980 6.18 ATaveras 51 6 7 15 21 3 2 .923 6.35 RMetzger 17 2 2 5 6 0 0 1.000 5.82 AHowe 16 2 2 1 7 0 2 1.000 4.50 WHoward 14 2 2 2 6 1 1 .889 5.14 KBoswell 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 349 561 26 97 .972 5.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ECabell 1250 142 143 128 263 17 24 .958 2.81 KBoswell 120 15 16 7 21 2 4 .933 2.10 AHowe 46 4 8 6 9 1 1 .937 2.93 JDavanon 27 1 9 3 6 1 1 .900 2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 144 299 21 30 .955 2.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 *5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMetzger 1304 149 150 253 462 10 93 .986 4.93 JDavanon 85 7 17 20 21 4 8 .911 4.34 ATaveras 51 6 7 11 23 0 2 1.000 6.00 RAndrews 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 284 508 14 103 .983 4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 692 78 84 176 5 6 2 .968 2.35 LRoberts 385 44 50 74 1 1 0 .987 1.75 WHoward 190 17 37 45 0 3 0 .937 2.12 CJohnson 148 20 20 39 0 1 0 .975 2.37 AJavier 26 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 KBoswell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RChiles 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 339 6 11 2 .969 2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCedeno 1276 145 146 379 9 8 5 .980 2.74 JCruz 105 12 14 36 1 0 1 1.000 3.17 WHoward 63 5 11 20 2 0 1 1.000 3.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 435 12 8 7 .982 2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GGross 981 110 115 211 13 5 4 .978 2.05 JCruz 227 24 32 54 2 2 1 .966 2.21 WHoward 116 13 20 34 2 1 0 .973 2.79 LRoberts 91 11 12 22 0 1 0 .957 2.18 AJavier 28 4 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 323 17 9 5 .974 2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CCedeno 1276 145 146 377 11 8 5 .980 2.74 JCruz 1025 114 125 265 10 8 4 .972 2.41 GGross 981 110 115 208 13 5 4 .978 2.03 LRoberts 476 55 60 99 1 2 0 .980 1.89 WHoward 370 35 63 96 2 4 1 .961 2.38 CJohnson 148 20 20 39 0 1 0 .975 2.37 AJavier 54 7 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 KBoswell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RChiles 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1444 162 162 1092 37 28 14 .976 2.35 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRichard 291 39 39 19 39 10 2 .853 1.79 LDierker 187 28 28 17 18 2 2 .946 1.68 JAndujar 172 25 28 12 24 3 1 .923 1.88 JNiekro 118 13 36 9 13 3 1 .880 1.68 DLarson 92 13 13 7 13 0 2 1.000 1.95 KForsch 92 0 52 4 17 0 0 1.000 2.05 MCosgrove 89 16 22 2 14 0 2 1.000 1.61 BMcLaughlin 79 11 17 10 10 0 2 1.000 2.28 GPentz 63 0 40 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.12 GRondon 53 7 19 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.51 JSambito 53 4 20 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.36 TGriffin 41 2 20 2 6 1 1 .889 1.73 MLemongello 29 4 4 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.10 PSiebert 25 0 19 3 1 1 0 .800 1.40 MBarlow 22 0 16 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.86 LHardy 21 0 15 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.66 JSosa 11 0 9 2 5 0 0 1.000 5.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 100 206 20 17 .939 1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Watson .313

On-base % Watson .377

Slugging % Watson .458

OPS Watson .835

Games Watson 157

At Bats Cabell 586

Plate Appearances (approx.) Watson 662

Runs Cedeno 89

Hits Watson 183

Total Bases Watson 268

Doubles Watson 31

Triples Metzger 8

Home Runs Cedeno 18

RBI Watson 102

Bases on Balls Gross 64

Strikeouts Cabell 79

Stolen Bases Cedeno 58

Singles Cabell 138

Adjusted OPS+ Watson 147

Runs Created Watson 102

Adjusted Batting Runs Watson 37

Batting Wins Watson 3.8

Extra-Base Hits Watson 50

Times on Base Watson 249

Offensive Win% Watson .695

Hit By Pitch Herrmann, Johnson, and Watson 4

Sac. Hits Metzger 8

Sac. Flies Watson 9

Intentional Walks Metzger and Watson 10

Grounded into Double Plays Andrews and Cedeno 16

Caught Stealing Cedeno 15

Power/Speed Number Cedeno 27.5

At Bats per Strikeout Cedeno 11.3

At Bats per Home Run Cedeno 31.9

Outs Cabell 452

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ERA Richard 2.75

Wins Richard 20

Won-Loss % Richard .571

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Richard 1.278

Hits Allowed/9IP Richard 6.84

Bases on Balls/9IP Dierker 3.45

Strikeouts/9IP Richard 6.62

Games Forsch 52

Saves Forsch 19

Innings Richard 291.0

Strikeouts Richard 214

Games Started Richard 39

Comp. Games Richard 14

Shutouts Andujar and Dierker 4

Home Runs Allow. Richard 14

Bases On Balls Allow. Richard 151

Hits Allowed Richard 221

SO to Walk Dierker 1.56

Losses Richard 15

Earned Runs Allow. Richard 89

Wild Pitches Richard 13

Hit Batsmen Dierker 6

Batters Faced Richard 1218

Games Finished Forsch 46

Adjusted ERA+ Richard 116

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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