1977 Houston Astros season

1977 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 81–81 (.500)
Divisional place 3rd
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 1977 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 81-81, 17 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 98 64 0.605 — 51–30 47–34
Cincinnati Reds 88 74 0.543 10 48–33 40–41
Houston Astros 81 81 0.500 17 46–35 35–46
San Francisco Giants 75 87 0.463 23 38–43 37–44
San Diego Padres 69 93 0.426 29 35–46 34–47
Atlanta Braves 61 101 0.377 37 40–41 21–60

Record vs. opponents

1977 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7 4–14 9–9 5–13 6–6 7–5 2–10 3–9 11–7 8–10 1–11
Chicago 7–5 — 7–5 6–6 6–6 10–8 9–9 6–12 7–11 7–5 9–3 7–11
Cincinnati 14–4 5–7 — 5–13 10–8 7–5 10–2 8–4 3–9 11–7 10–8 5–7
Houston 9–9 6–6 13–5 — 9–9 8–4 6–6 4–8 4–8 8–10 9–9 5–7
Los Angeles 13–5 6–6 8–10 9–9 — 7–5 8–4 6–6 9–3 12–6 14–4 6–6
Montreal 6–6 8–10 5–7 4–8 5–7 — 10–8 7–11 7–11 5–7 6–6 12–6
New York 5–7 9–9 2–10 6–6 4–8 8–10 — 5–13 4–14 6–6 7–5 8–10
Philadelphia 10-2 12–6 4–8 8–4 6–6 11–7 13–5 — 8–10 9–3 9–3 11–7
Pittsburgh 9–3 11–7 9–3 8–4 3–9 11–7 14–4 10–8 — 10–2 2–10 9–9
San Diego 7–11 5–7 7–11 10–8 6–12 7–5 6–6 3–9 2–10 — 8–10 8–4
San Francisco 10–8 3–9 8–10 9–9 4–14 6–6 5–7 3–9 10–2 10–8 — 7–5
St. Louis 11–1 11–7 7–5 7–5 6–6 6–12 10–8 7–11 9–9 4–8 5–7 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1977 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 132 421 108 .257 16 61
1B Watson, BobBob Watson 151 554 160 .289 22 110
3B Cabell, EnosEnos Cabell 150 625 176 .282 16 68
CF Cedeño, CésarCésar Cedeño 141 530 148 .279 14 71
RF Cruz, JoséJosé Cruz 157 579 173 .299 17 87

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 110 383 94 .245 1 27
Howard, WilburWilbur Howard 87 187 48 .257 2 13
Johnson, CliffCliff Johnson 51 144 43 .299 10 23
Sperring, RobRob Sperring 58 129 24 .186 1 9
Crawford, WillieWillie Crawford 42 114 29 .254 2 18
Fuller, JimJim Fuller 34 100 16 .160 2 9
Walling, DennyDenny Walling 6 21 6 .286 0 6
Cacek, CraigCraig Cacek 7 20 1 .050 0 1
Cannon, JoeJoe Cannon 9 17 2 .118 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 36 267 18 12 2.97 214
Lemongello, MarkMark Lemongello 34 214.2 9 14 3.48 83
Andújar, JoaquínJoaquín Andújar 26 158.2 11 8 3.69 69
Bannister, FloydFloyd Bannister 24 142.2 8 9 4.04 112
Konieczny, DougDoug Konieczny 4 21 1 1 6.00 7

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
Niekro, JoeJoe Niekro 44 180.2 13 8 3.04 101
Larson, DanDan Larson 32 97.2 1 7 5.81 44
Dixon, TomTom Dixon 9 30.1 1 0 3.26 15

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
McLaughlin, BoBo McLaughlin 46 4 7 5 4.25 59
Forsch, KenKen Forsch 42 5 8 8 2.72 45
Pentz, GeneGene Pentz 41 5 2 2 3.83 51
Thomas, RoyRoy Thomas 4 0 0 0 2.84 4

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charleston

References

External links

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