Houston Astros

Bill Virdon	Manager	7th season	402-351	.534
Deacon Jones	Bench Coach
Bob Lillis	Hitting Coach
Tony Pacheco	Pitching Coach

The Astrodome (45,000 / Artificial Turf)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	340 10	365 10	390 16	406 10	390 16	365 10	340 10

1976 All-Stars:

CF Cesar Cedeno / SP Ken Forsch

Key Offseason Transactions:

Traded Larry Dierker and Jerry Davanon to STL for Joe Ferguson and Bob Detherage. Lost Rich Chiles to MIN in draft. Traded Greg Gross to CUB for Julio Gonzalez. Traded Skip Jutze to SEA for Alan Griffin and cash. Traded Paul Siebert to SD for Mike Allen. Traded Rob Andrews and cash to SF for Willie Crawford and Rob Sperring. Traded Larry Milbourne to SEA for Roy Thomas.

Starting Pitching: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

J.R. Richard Joaquin Andujar Joe Niekro Ken Forsch Bo McLaughlin

27 24 32 30 23

6 1 10 7 1

B F F B+ D-

20 9 4 4 4

15 10 8 3 5

0 0 0 19 1

291.0 172.1 118.0 92.0 79.0

151 75 56 26 17

214 59 77 49 32

2.75 3.60 3.36 2.15 2.85

.209 .250 .234 .226 .241

Bullpen: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Roy Thomas Dan Larsen Doug Konieczny Mark Lemongello Gene Pentz Tom Dixon

23 22 25 21 23 21

0 1 3 1 2 0

B- F F F B D+

0 5 0 3 3 0

0 8 0 1 3 0

0 0 0 0 5 0

0.0 92.1 0.0 29.0 63.2 0.0

0 28 0 7 31 0

0 42 0 9 36 0

0.00 3.02 0.00 2.79 2.97 0.00

.000 .232 .000 .230 .253 .000

Closer: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Joe Sambito

24

1

C-

3

2

1

53.1

14

26

3.54

.234

Infield: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Joe Ferguson Bob Watson Art Howe Enos Cabell Julio Gonzalez

30 30 30 27 24

7 11 3 5 0

D- A- C- C F

374 585 29 586 0

79 183 4 160 0

46 76 0 85 0

10 16 0 2 0

39 102 0 43 0

.211 .313 .138 .273 .000

6 3 0 35 0

.317 .377 .286 .309 .000

Outfield: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Terry Puhl Cesar Cedeno Jose Cruz

20 26 29

0 7 7

C+ A- B

0 575 439

0 171 133

0 89 49

0 18 4

0 83 61

.000 .297 .303

0 58 28

.000 .357 .377

Bench: D-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

2B SS LF LF RF

Ken Boswell Roger Metzger Willie Crawford Cliff Johnson Leon Roberts

31 29 30 29 26

10 7 13 5 3

F F B- D D

126 481 392 318 235

33 101 119 72 68

12 37 49 36 31

0 0 9 10 7

18 29 50 49 33

.262 .210 .304 .226 .289

1 1 2 0 1

.301 .286 .360 .359 .347

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