1979 Houston Astros Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 89–73 (.549), 2nd place (1.5 games behind) in National League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Alan Ashby 108 339 25 68 15 2 2 35 26 70 0 0 .201 .259 .274 .534
Alan Knicely 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Art Howe 118 357 32 88 15 2 6 33 36 37 3 1 .246 .314 .350 .664
Bert Roberge 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bo McLaughlin 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bob Watson 49 164 15 39 4 0 3 18 16 23 0 0 .238 .302 .317 .619
Bruce Bochy 56 129 11 28 4 0 1 6 13 25 0 0 .217 .294 .271 .565
Cesar Cedeno 132 473 57 123 27 4 6 54 64 52 30 13 .260 .346 .372 .718
Craig Reynolds 146 589 63 147 20 9 0 39 21 49 12 6 .250 .276 .314 .590
Danny Heep 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 .143 .176 .143 .319
Dave Bergman 13 15 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Denny Walling 82 147 21 48 8 4 3 31 17 21 3 2 .327 .394 .497 .891
Enos Cabell 155 605 60 164 30 5 6 67 21 68 37 18 .271 .298 .367 .665
Frank Riccelli 11 6 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Frank LaCorte 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
George Throop 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
J. R. Richard 38 106 6 12 1 1 2 6 1 24 0 1 .113 .120 .198 .318
Jeffrey Leonard 134 414 47 119 15 5 0 47 46 68 23 10 .287 .358 .348 .705
Jesus Alou 42 43 3 11 4 0 0 10 6 7 0 0 .256 .347 .349 .696
Jimmy Sexton 52 43 8 9 0 0 0 1 7 7 1 3 .209 .320 .209 .529
Joaquin Andujar 46 62 3 5 1 0 2 7 2 32 0 0 .081 .108 .194 .301
Joe Niekro 38 96 1 10 2 0 0 4 2 21 0 0 .104 .121 .125 .246
Joe Sambito 63 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 .286 .583 .429 1.012
Jose Cruz 157 559 73 161 33 7 9 72 72 66 36 14 .288 .366 .420 .787
Julio Gonzalez 68 187 16 45 5 2 0 10 5 14 2 1 .241 .272 .289 .561
Ken Forsch 26 64 4 8 1 0 0 3 4 22 0 0 .125 .176 .141 .317
Luis Pujols 26 76 7 17 2 1 0 8 2 14 0 0 .224 .244 .276 .520
Pete Ladd 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rafael Landestoy 129 287 33 76 9 6 0 30 29 24 13 4 .265 .332 .338 .670
Randy Niemann 26 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 .125 .176 .125 .301
Reggie Baldwin 14 20 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .250 .450
Rick Williams 31 33 2 8 1 0 0 0 3 18 0 0 .242 .306 .273 .578
Terry Puhl 157 608 87 172 22 4 8 49 58 46 30 22 .283 .348 .372 .720
Tom Dixon 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Tom Wiedenbauer 4 6 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .667 .667 .833 1.500
Vern Ruhle 13 21 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 .048 .091 .095 .186
– 2,048 5,503 583 1,382 224 52 49 542 461 745 190 95 .251 .309 .337 .647

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Bert Roberge 26 32.0 3 0 4 0 0 20 6 6 17 0 13 0 0 0 0 1.69 1.16
Bo McLaughlin 12 16.1 1 2 0 0 0 22 15 10 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 5.51 1.59
Bobby Sprowl 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.75
Frank Riccelli 11 22.0 2 2 0 0 0 22 11 10 18 0 20 2 0 0 0 4.09 1.82
Frank LaCorte 12 27.0 1 2 0 0 0 21 16 15 10 0 24 3 0 0 0 5.00 1.15
Gary Wilson 6 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 10 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 12.27 2.86
George Throop 14 22.1 1 0 0 0 0 23 10 8 11 1 15 0 0 0 0 3.22 1.52
Gordie Pladson 4 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4.50 2.75
J. R. Richard 38 292.1 18 13 0 0 0 220 98 88 98 3 313 38 0 19 4 2.71 1.09
Joaquin Andujar 46 194.0 12 12 4 0 0 168 86 74 88 2 77 23 0 8 0 3.43 1.32
Joe Niekro 38 263.2 21 11 0 0 0 221 102 88 107 7 119 38 0 11 5 3.00 1.24
Joe Sambito 63 91.1 8 7 22 0 0 80 20 18 23 4 83 0 0 0 0 1.77 1.13
Ken Forsch 26 177.2 11 6 0 0 0 155 67 60 35 0 58 24 0 10 2 3.04 1.07
Mike Mendoza 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Pete Ladd 10 12.1 1 1 0 0 0 8 5 4 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 2.92 1.30
Randy Niemann 26 67.0 3 2 1 0 0 68 32 28 22 1 24 7 0 3 2 3.76 1.34
Rick Williams 31 121.1 4 7 0 0 0 122 45 44 30 2 37 16 0 2 2 3.26 1.25
Tom Dixon 19 25.2 1 2 0 0 0 39 23 19 15 0 9 1 0 0 0 6.66 2.10
Vern Ruhle 13 66.1 2 6 0 0 0 64 33 30 8 2 33 10 0 2 2 4.07 1.09
– 399 1,447.2 89 73 31 0 0 1,278 582 514 504 24 854 162 0 55 17 3.20 1.23

Post-Season Stats

No stats available.

Awards

Player Award Stats
Joaquin Andujar All-Star (P) 12–12, 4 Sv, 77 SO, 3.43 ERA
Joe Niekro All-Star (P) 21–11, 119 SO, 3.00 ERA
Joe Sambito All-Star (P) 8–7, 22 Sv, 83 SO, 1.77 ERA
Craig Reynolds All-Star (SS) .250–0–39, 12 SB