1981 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster

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1981 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 28-29, Finished 3rd
Second Half: 33-20, Finished 1st
Overall: 61-49, Finished 3rd in NL Western Division
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Scored 394 runs, Allowed 331 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-46
Managed by Bill Virdon

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,321,282 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 89, Pitching - 87
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost NL Division Series (3-2) to Los Angeles Dodgers

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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  #Alan Ashby          29   83  255   20   69  13  0   4   33  35   33  .271  .356  .369   0   2   6   0   3   2   6  111
1B  Cesar Cedeno        30   82  306   42   83  19  0   5   34  24   31  .271  .321  .382  12   7   6   1   2   5   2  104
2B  Joe Pittman         27   52  135   11   38   4  2   0    7  11   16  .281  .333  .341   4   4   3   0   2   1   3   97
3B  Art Howe            34  103  361   43  107  22  4   3   36  41   23  .296  .365  .404   1   3   8   0   1   3   7  124
SS *Craig Reynolds      28   87  323   43   84  10 12   4   31  12   31  .260  .286  .402   3   3   6   0  18   1   2   98
LF *Jose Cruz           33  107  409   53  109  16  5  13   55  35   49  .267  .319  .425   5   7   7   0   0   7   4  115
CF #Tony Scott          29   55  225   28   66  13  2   2   22  15   32  .293  .338  .396   8   3   1   0   3   0   1  113
RF *Terry Puhl          24   96  350   43   88  19  4   3   28  31   49  .251  .315  .354  22   4   3   4   4   5   5   95
   *Denny Walling       27   65  158   23   37   6  0   5   23  28   17  .234  .346  .367   2   1   3   0   1   2   1  108
    Kiko Garcia         27   48  136    9   37   6  1   0   15  10   16  .272  .324  .331   2   2   2   1   2   1   3   91
    Luis Pujols         25   40  117    5   28   3  1   1   14  10   17  .239  .297  .308   1   0   4   0   0   1   3   76
    Phil Garner         32   31  113   13   27   3  1   0    6  15   11  .239  .326  .283   6   2   1   0   4   1   1   78
    Gary Woods          26   54  110   10   23   4  1   0   12  11   22  .209  .276  .264   2   1   4   0   3   2   4   58
   *Danny Heep          23   33   96    6   24   3  0   0   11  10   11  .250  .321  .281   0   0   3   0   0   0   2   76
    Dickie Thon         23   49   95   13   26   6  0   0    3   9   13  .274  .337  .337   6   1   3   0   1   0   1   96
   #Rafael Landestoy    28   35   74    6   11   1  1   0    4  16    9  .149  .300  .189   4   1   4   0   4   0   4   45
    Dave Roberts        30   27   54    4   13   3  0   1    5   3    6  .241  .271  .352   1   0   1   0   0   2   0   80
    Mike Ivie           28   19   42    2   10   3  0   0    6   2   11  .238  .267  .310   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   67
   *Harry Spilman       26   28   34    5   10   0  0   0    1   2    3  .294  .333  .294   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   84
    Jeffrey Leonard     25    7   18    1    3   1  1   0    3   0    4  .167  .158  .333   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   40
    Tim Tolman          25    4    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -27
    Alan Knicely        26    3    7    2    4   0  0   2    2   0    1  .571  .571 1.429   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  467
    Scott Loucks        24   10    7    2    4   0  0   0    0   1    3  .571  .625  .571   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  250
   *Dave Bergman        28    6    6    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    0  .167  .167  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  133
    Bert Pena           21    4    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  192

    Joe Niekro          36   24   51    1    9   1  0   0    6   2   10  .176  .208  .196   0   0   0   0  11   0   0   18
    Nolan Ryan          34   21   51    3   11   1  0   0    1   5   18  .216  .286  .235   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   53
    Don Sutton          36   23   51    1    7   0  0   0    3   5   12  .137  .228  .137   0   0   2   1   5   0   0    8
   *Bob Knepper         27   22   47    3    7   2  0   1    3   0   15  .149  .167  .255   0   0   0   1   5   0   0   21
    Vern Ruhle          30   20   24    1    6   1  0   0    3   6   11  .250  .400  .292   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  104
    Dave Smith          26   42    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    4  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   46
   *Bobby Sprowl        25   15    6    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -3
   *Joe Sambito         29   49    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Joaquin Andujar     28    9    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -38
    Frank LaCorte       29   37    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   95
    Billy Smith         26   10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8  110 3693  394  948 160 35  45  369 340  488  .257  .319  .356  81  43  69   8  79  35  49  100
    Rank among 12 NL teams         4    9    5   6  2  11        7   11     5     6     8   9   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Joe Niekro          36  24   2.82   9   9  0  24   0   5   2  166.0  150   60   52   8   47   77  676   7   0  0   4 116
SP  Don Sutton          36  23   2.61  11   9  0  23   0   6   3  158.7  132   51   46   6   29  104  624   0   1  1   3 126
SP *Bob Knepper         27  22   2.18   9   5  0  22   0   6   5  156.7  128   41   38   5   38   75  617   0   4  0   1 150
SP  Nolan Ryan          34  21   1.69  11   5  0  21   0   5   3  149.0   99   34   28   2   68  140  605  16   1  2   1 194
SP  Vern Ruhle          30  20   2.91   4   6  1  15   3   1   0  102.0   97   36   33   6   20   39  412   0   1  0   1 113

CL *Joe Sambito         29  49   1.84   5   5 10   0  32   0   0   63.7   43   17   13   4   22   41  255   0   2  0   5 179
RP  Dave Smith          26  42   2.76   5   3  8   0  22   0   0   75.0   54   26   23   2   23   52  305   4   2  0   4 119
RP  Frank LaCorte       29  37   3.64   4   2  5   0  22   0   0   42.0   41   18   17   1   21   40  184   6   0  0   3  90
RP *Bobby Sprowl        25  15   5.97   0   1  0   1   4   0   0   28.7   40   20   19   1   14   18  138   3   0  0   1  55
RP  Billy Smith         26  10   3.05   1   1  1   1   4   0   0   20.7   20    7    7   3    3    3   81   0   0  0   1 108

    Joaquin Andujar     28   9   4.94   2   3  0   3   0   0   0   23.7   29   17   13   2   12   18  113   0   0  0   0  66
    Gordie Pladson      24   2   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    9    4    4   0    3    3   24   0   0  1   0  36
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.1 110   2.66  61  49 25 110  87  23   9  990.0  842  331  293  40  300  610 4034  36  11  4  24 123
    Rank among 12 NL teams          1   3   7  4           3   4      4    1    1        1    3    1

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- AAshby 672 74 81 434 58 9 6 .982 3 18 62 41 LPujols 304 35 39 192 14 1 1 .995 5 16 24 11 AKnicely 13 1 2 11 2 0 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 DRoberts 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 990 110 110 637 74 10 7 .986 8 36 86 52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCedeno 384 46 46 428 27 4 27 .991 10.66 DHeep 185 22 22 198 9 2 12 .990 10.03 DWalling 179 18 27 188 8 2 17 .990 9.85 MIvie 80 8 10 76 11 1 5 .989 9.75 DRoberts 74 8 10 83 8 4 6 .958 11.02 HSpilman 46 4 13 46 2 0 3 1.000 9.33 JLeonard 20 2 2 23 1 0 0 1.000 10.80 AHowe 18 2 2 15 0 0 3 1.000 7.50 DBergman 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 15.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 990 110 110 1060 67 13 73 .989 10.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPittman 273 31 35 56 89 3 14 .980 4.78 PGarner 262 30 31 62 102 3 17 .982 5.63 RLandestoy 214 24 31 52 63 4 11 .966 4.84 DThon 170 18 28 37 39 4 10 .950 4.01 KGarcia 66 7 9 16 26 1 2 .977 5.70 DRoberts 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 990 110 110 224 319 15 54 .973 4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AHowe 840 98 98 52 206 9 16 .966 2.76 KGarcia 61 5 13 4 17 4 1 .840 3.06 DRoberts 34 2 7 4 8 1 1 .923 3.18 DThon 27 2 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 3.63 JPittman 26 3 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 990 110 110 67 241 14 19 .957 2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *5.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CReynolds 730 83 85 139 261 11 36 .973 4.93 KGarcia 200 22 28 38 76 6 11 .950 5.12 DThon 54 5 13 12 17 2 2 .935 4.77 BPena 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 990 110 110 190 355 19 50 .966 4.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 929 105 105 233 5 4 2 .983 2.31 DWalling 43 4 5 16 1 0 1 1.000 3.56 TTolman 13 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 GWoods 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 AKnicely 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 990 110 110 252 6 4 3 .985 2.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TScott 473 55 55 128 5 2 0 .985 2.53 CCedeno 299 34 34 81 1 1 0 .988 2.47 TPuhl 162 17 20 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 GWoods 28 2 3 12 1 0 0 1.000 4.18 SLoucks 19 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 DWalling 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 990 110 110 272 7 3 0 .989 2.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPuhl 613 69 71 143 5 0 1 1.000 2.17 GWoods 212 22 36 48 0 1 0 .980 2.04 DWalling 142 16 21 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.39 JLeonard 18 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 DHeep 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TTolman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 990 110 110 216 5 1 1 .995 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JCruz 929 105 105 237 5 4 2 .984 2.34 TPuhl 775 86 88 185 5 0 1 1.000 2.20 TScott 473 55 55 127 5 2 0 .985 2.51 CCedeno 299 34 34 82 1 1 0 .988 2.50 GWoods 244 24 40 61 1 1 0 .984 2.29 DWalling 193 21 27 38 1 0 1 1.000 1.82 SLoucks 19 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 JLeonard 18 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 TTolman 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 DHeep 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AKnicely 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 990 110 110 740 18 8 4 .990 2.30 110 110 110 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JNiekro 166 24 24 11 23 0 1 1.000 1.84 DSutton 158 23 23 11 24 2 3 .946 1.98 BKnepper 156 22 22 6 26 3 1 .914 1.84 NRyan 149 21 21 5 16 1 3 .955 1.27 VRuhle 102 15 20 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.15 DSmith 75 0 42 3 11 1 0 .933 1.68 JSambito 63 0 49 5 12 0 2 1.000 2.40 FLaCorte 42 0 37 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.29 BSprowl 28 1 15 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.57 JAndujar 23 3 9 1 1 1 0 .667 0.76 BSmith 20 1 10 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.17 GPladson 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 990 110 110 52 132 8 13 .958 1.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Howe .296

On-base % Howe .365

Slugging % Cruz .425

OPS Howe .769

Games Cruz 107

At Bats Cruz 409

Plate Appearances (approx.) Cruz 451

Runs Cruz 53

Hits Cruz 109

Total Bases Cruz 174

Doubles Howe 22

Triples Reynolds 12

Home Runs Cruz 13

RBI Cruz 55

Bases on Balls Howe 41

Strikeouts Cruz and Puhl 49

Stolen Bases Puhl 22

Singles Howe 78

Adjusted OPS+ Howe 124

Runs Created Cruz 54

Adjusted Batting Runs Howe 13

Batting Wins Howe 1.3

Extra-Base Hits Cruz 34

Times on Base Howe 148

Offensive Win% Howe .616

Hit By Pitch Puhl 4

Sac. Hits Reynolds 18

Sac. Flies Cruz 7

Intentional Walks Howe 7

Grounded into Double Plays Howe 8

Caught Stealing Cedeno and Cruz 7

Power/Speed Number Cruz 7.2

At Bats per Strikeout Howe 15.7

At Bats per Home Run Cruz 31.5

Outs Cruz 321

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Ryan 1.69

Wins Ryan and Sutton 11

Won-Loss % Ryan .688

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sutton 1.015

Hits Allowed/9IP Ryan 5.98

Bases on Balls/9IP Sutton 1.64

Strikeouts/9IP Ryan 8.46

Games Sambito 49

Saves Sambito 10

Innings Niekro 166.0

Strikeouts Ryan 140

Games Started Niekro 24

Comp. Games Knepper and Sutton 6

Shutouts Knepper 5

Home Runs Allow. Niekro 8

Bases On Balls Allow. Ryan 68

Hits Allowed Niekro 150

SO to Walk Sutton 3.59

Losses Niekro and Sutton 9

Earned Runs Allow. Niekro 52

Wild Pitches Ryan 16

Hit Batsmen Knepper 4

Batters Faced Niekro 676

Games Finished Sambito 32

Adjusted ERA+ Ryan 194

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