1978 Houston Astros season

1978 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
  • The Astrodome (since 1965)
  • Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record 74–88 (.457)
Divisional place 5th
Other information
Owner(s) General Electric, Ford Motor Company
General manager(s) Tal Smith
Manager(s) Bill Virdon
Local television KPRC-TV
Local radio KPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats)
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The 1978 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League West with a record of 74-88, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 -- .586
Cincinnati Reds 92 69 2.5 .571
San Francisco Giants 89 73 6 .549
San Diego Padres 84 78 11 .519
Houston Astros 74 88 21 .457
Atlanta Braves 69 93 26 .426

Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Ferguson, JoeJoe Ferguson 51 150 31 .207 7 22
1B Watson, BobBob Watson 139 461 133 .289 14 79
LF Walling, DennyDenny Walling 120 247 62 .251 3 36
RF Cruz, JoséJosé Cruz 153 565 178 .315 10 83

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
González, JulioJulio González 78 223 52 .233 1 16
Cedeño, CésarCésar Cedeño 50 192 54 .281 7 23
Howard, WilburWilbur Howard 84 148 34 .230 1 13
Alou, JesúsJesús Alou 77 139 45 .312 2 19
Drumright, KeithKeith Drumright 17 55 9 .164 0 2
Obradovich, JimJim Obradovich 10 17 3 .176 0 2
Cannon, JoeJoe Cannon 8 18 4 .222 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Richard, J. R.J. R. Richard 36 275 18 11 3.11 303
Lemongello, MarkMark Lemongello 33 210.1 9 14 3.94 77

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dixon, TomTom Dixon 30 140 7 11 3.99 66
Andújar, JoaquínJoaquín Andújar 35 110.2 5 7 3.42 55
Bannister, FloydFloyd Bannister 28 110.1 3 9 4.81 94
Warthen, DanDan Warthen 5 10.2 0 1 4.22 2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Forsch, KenKen Forsch 52 10 6 7 2.70 71
Williams, RickRick Williams 17 1 2 0 4.67 17
McLaughlin, BoBo McLaughlin 12 0 1 2 5.01 10
Pentz, GeneGene Pentz 10 0 0 0 6.00 8
Zamora, OscarOscar Zamora 10 0 0 0 7.20 6
Riccelli, FrankFrank Riccelli 2 0 0 0 0.00 2

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Jim Beauchamp
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Jimmy Johnson
A Daytona Beach Astros Florida State League Leo Posada and Chuck Sprinkle
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

References

External links