1978 Houston Astros

Roster of 39 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

74–88

Runs

605

Home runs

Team AVG

.258

Team ERA

3.63

Pitching K

930

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Enos Cabell3B	162	660	92	195	7	71	33	.295	.719	11.7
Terry PuhlRF	149	585	87	169	3	35	32	.289	.711	10.5
Jose CruzLF	153	565	79	178	10	83	37	.315	.836	14.3
Bob Watson1B	139	461	51	133	14	79	3	.289	.808	11.6
Art Howe3B	119	420	46	123	7	55	2	.293	.779	8.7
Denny Walling3B	120	247	30	62	3	36	9	.251	.688	6.1
Julio Gonzalez2B	78	223	24	52	1	16	6	.233	.532	2.5
Rafael Landestoy2B	59	218	18	58	0	9	7	.266	.590	2.4
Cesar CedenoCF	50	192	31	54	7	23	23	.281	.786	4.8
Dave Bergman1B	104	186	15	43	0	12	2	.231	.630	3.6
Bruce BochyC	54	154	8	41	3	15	0	.266	.688	2.7
Luis PujolsC	56	153	11	20	1	11	0	.131	.414	0.5
Joe FergusonC	51	150	20	31	7	22	0	.207	.743	—
Wilbur HowardLF	84	148	17	34	1	13	6	.230	.559	2.4
Jimmy SextonSS	88	141	17	29	2	6	16	.206	.571	2.8
Jesus AlouRF	77	139	7	45	2	19	0	.324	.762	3.9
Roger MetzgerSS	45	123	11	27	0	6	0	.220	.555	—
J.R. RichardP	37	101	8	18	1	10	1	.178	.394	13.0
Mike FischlinSS	44	86	3	10	0	0	1	.116	.293	0.0
Reggie BaldwinC	38	67	5	17	1	11	0	.254	.659	1.5
Joe NiekroP	36	65	6	9	0	5	0	.138	.307	8.6
Mark LemongelloP	33	64	3	11	0	3	0	.172	.409	7.7
Keith Drumright2B	17	55	5	9	0	2	0	.164	.371	—
Tom DixonP	30	40	0	4	0	1	0	.100	.222	6.7
Ed HerrmannC	16	36	1	4	0	0	0	.111	.318	—
Floyd BannisterP	28	31	2	5	0	0	0	.161	.382	3.5
Ken ForschP	52	27	1	5	0	3	0	.185	.370	11.4
Jeffrey LeonardLF	8	26	2	10	0	4	0	.385	.869	—
Joaquin AndujarP	36	23	0	3	0	3	0	.130	.341	7.7
Joe CannonRF	8	18	1	4	0	1	0	.222	.444	—
Vern RuhleP	13	18	0	1	0	1	0	.056	.206	4.1
Jim Obradovich1B	10	17	3	3	0	2	0	.176	.516	—
Joe SambitoP	62	6	1	1	0	0	0	.167	.453	10.7
Rick WilliamsP	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	1.9
Bo McLaughlinP	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.7
Dan WarthenP	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Oscar ZamoraP	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.0
Gene PentzP	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.2

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
J.R. RichardP	36	36	18	11	0	275.1	303	3.11	13.0
Mark LemongelloP	33	30	9	14	1	210.1	77	3.94	7.7
Joe NiekroP	35	29	14	14	0	202.2	97	3.86	8.6
Tom DixonP	30	19	7	11	1	140.0	66	3.99	6.7
Ken ForschP	52	6	10	6	7	133.1	71	2.70	11.4
Joaquin AndujarP	35	13	5	7	1	110.2	55	3.42	7.7
Floyd BannisterP	28	16	3	9	0	110.1	94	4.81	3.5
Joe SambitoP	62	0	4	9	11	88.0	96	3.07	10.7
Vern RuhleP	13	10	3	3	0	68.0	27	2.12	4.1
Rick WilliamsP	17	1	1	2	0	34.2	17	4.67	1.9
Bo McLaughlinP	12	1	0	1	2	23.1	10	5.01	0.7
Gene PentzP	10	0	0	0	0	15.0	8	6.00	0.2
Oscar ZamoraP	10	0	0	0	0	15.0	6	7.20	0.0
Dan WarthenP	5	1	0	1	0	10.2	2	4.22	—
Frank RiccelliP	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0.00	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Enos Cabell3B	162	660	92	195	7	71	33	.295	.719	11.7
Terry PuhlRF	149	585	87	169	3	35	32	.289	.711	10.5
Jose CruzLF	153	565	79	178	10	83	37	.315	.836	14.3
Bob Watson1B	139	461	51	133	14	79	3	.289	.808	11.6
Art Howe3B	119	420	46	123	7	55	2	.293	.779	8.7
Denny Walling3B	120	247	30	62	3	36	9	.251	.688	6.1
Julio Gonzalez2B	78	223	24	52	1	16	6	.233	.532	2.5
Rafael Landestoy2B	59	218	18	58	0	9	7	.266	.590	2.4
Cesar CedenoCF	50	192	31	54	7	23	23	.281	.786	4.8
Dave Bergman1B	104	186	15	43	0	12	2	.231	.630	3.6
Bruce BochyC	54	154	8	41	3	15	0	.266	.688	2.7
Luis PujolsC	56	153	11	20	1	11	0	.131	.414	0.5
Joe FergusonC	51	150	20	31	7	22	0	.207	.743	—
Wilbur HowardLF	84	148	17	34	1	13	6	.230	.559	2.4
Jimmy SextonSS	88	141	17	29	2	6	16	.206	.571	2.8
Jesus AlouRF	77	139	7	45	2	19	0	.324	.762	3.9
Roger MetzgerSS	45	123	11	27	0	6	0	.220	.555	—
J.R. RichardP	37	101	8	18	1	10	1	.178	.394	13.0
Mike FischlinSS	44	86	3	10	0	0	1	.116	.293	0.0
Reggie BaldwinC	38	67	5	17	1	11	0	.254	.659	1.5
Joe NiekroP	36	65	6	9	0	5	0	.138	.307	8.6
Mark LemongelloP	33	64	3	11	0	3	0	.172	.409	7.7
Keith Drumright2B	17	55	5	9	0	2	0	.164	.371	—
Tom DixonP	30	40	0	4	0	1	0	.100	.222	6.7
Ed HerrmannC	16	36	1	4	0	0	0	.111	.318	—
Floyd BannisterP	28	31	2	5	0	0	0	.161	.382	3.5
Ken ForschP	52	27	1	5	0	3	0	.185	.370	11.4
Jeffrey LeonardLF	8	26	2	10	0	4	0	.385	.869	—
Joaquin AndujarP	36	23	0	3	0	3	0	.130	.341	7.7
Joe CannonRF	8	18	1	4	0	1	0	.222	.444	—
Vern RuhleP	13	18	0	1	0	1	0	.056	.206	4.1
Jim Obradovich1B	10	17	3	3	0	2	0	.176	.516	—
Joe SambitoP	62	6	1	1	0	0	0	.167	.453	10.7
Rick WilliamsP	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	1.9
Bo McLaughlinP	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.7
Dan WarthenP	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Oscar ZamoraP	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.0
Gene PentzP	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.2

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
J.R. RichardP	36	36	18	11	0	275.1	303	3.11	13.0
Mark LemongelloP	33	30	9	14	1	210.1	77	3.94	7.7
Joe NiekroP	35	29	14	14	0	202.2	97	3.86	8.6
Tom DixonP	30	19	7	11	1	140.0	66	3.99	6.7
Ken ForschP	52	6	10	6	7	133.1	71	2.70	11.4
Joaquin AndujarP	35	13	5	7	1	110.2	55	3.42	7.7
Floyd BannisterP	28	16	3	9	0	110.1	94	4.81	3.5
Joe SambitoP	62	0	4	9	11	88.0	96	3.07	10.7
Vern RuhleP	13	10	3	3	0	68.0	27	2.12	4.1
Rick WilliamsP	17	1	1	2	0	34.2	17	4.67	1.9
Bo McLaughlinP	12	1	0	1	2	23.1	10	5.01	0.7
Gene PentzP	10	0	0	0	0	15.0	8	6.00	0.2
Oscar ZamoraP	10	0	0	0	0	15.0	6	7.20	0.0
Dan WarthenP	5	1	0	1	0	10.2	2	4.22	—
Frank RiccelliP	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0.00	—