1976 Houston Astros | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Astrodome | |
City | Houston, Texas | |
Record | 80–82 (.494) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Roy Hofheinz | |
General managers | Tal Smith | |
Managers | Bill Virdon | |
Television | KPRC-TV | |
Radio |
KPRC (AM) ( Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Bob Prince) | |
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The Houston Astros 1976 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 80–82, 22 games behind the first-place Cincinnati Reds.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 102 | 60 | 0.630 | — | 49–32 | 53–28 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 10 | 49–32 | 43–38 |
Houston Astros | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 22 | 46–36 | 34–46 |
San Francisco Giants | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 28 | 40–41 | 34–47 |
San Diego Padres | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 29 | 42–38 | 31–51 |
Atlanta Braves | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 32 | 34–47 | 36–45 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 4–8 | |||||
Chicago | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 12–6 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–6 | 9–3 | — | 12–6 | 13–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–6 | |||||
Houston | 11–7 | 7–5 | 6–12 | — | 5–13 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–3 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 9–3 | 5–13 | 13–5 | — | 10–2 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 10–2 | |||||
Montreal | 4–8 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 2–10 | — | 8–10 | 3–15 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–11 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 13–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | — | 5–13 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7-5 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 15–3 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 12–6 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–3 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 10–2 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 12–6 | |||||
San Diego | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 9–9 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–4 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
1976 Houston Astros | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Ed Herrmann | 79 | 265 | 54 | .204 | 3 | 25 |
1B | Bob Watson | 157 | 585 | 183 | .313 | 16 | 102 |
2B | Rob Andrews | 109 | 410 | 105 | .256 | 0 | 23 |
SS | Roger Metzger | 152 | 481 | 101 | .210 | 0 | 29 |
3B | Enos Cabell | 144 | 586 | 160 | .273 | 2 | 43 |
LF | José Cruz | 133 | 439 | 133 | .303 | 4 | 61 |
CF | César Cedeño | 150 | 575 | 171 | .297 | 18 | 83 |
RF | Greg Gross | 128 | 426 | 122 | .286 | 0 | 27 |
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 |
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Cliff Johnson | 108 | 318 | 72 | .226 | 10 | 49 |
Leon Roberts | 87 | 235 | 68 | .289 | 7 | 33 |
Wilbur Howard | 94 | 191 | 42 | .220 | 1 | 18 |
Larry Milbourne | 59 | 145 | 36 | .248 | 0 | 7 |
Ken Boswell | 91 | 126 | 33 | .262 | 0 | 18 |
Jerry DaVanon | 61 | 107 | 31 | .290 | 1 | 20 |
Skip Jutze | 42 | 92 | 14 | .152 | 0 | 6 |
Alex Taveras | 14 | 46 | 10 | .217 | 0 | 2 |
Art Howe | 21 | 29 | 4 | .138 | 0 | 0 |
Al Javier | 8 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 0 |
Rich Chiles | 5 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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J.R. Richard | 39 | 291.0 | 20 | 15 | 2.75 | 214 |
Larry Dierker | 28 | 187.1 | 13 | 14 | 3.69 | 112 |
Joaquín Andújar | 28 | 172.1 | 9 | 10 | 3.60 | 59 |
Dan Larson | 13 | 92.1 | 5 | 8 | 3.02 | 42 |
Mike Cosgrove | 22 | 89.2 | 3 | 4 | 5.52 | 34 |
Mark Lemongello | 4 | 29.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.79 | 9 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Joe Niekro | 36 | 118.0 | 4 | 8 | 3.36 | 77 |
Bo McLaughlin | 17 | 79.0 | 4 | 5 | 2.85 | 32 |
Gilberto Rondón | 19 | 53.2 | 2 | 2 | 5.70 | 21 |
Joe Sambito | 20 | 53.1 | 3 | 2 | 3.54 | 26 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ken Forsch | 52 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 2.15 | 49 |
Gene Pentz | 40 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2.97 | 36 |
Tom Griffin | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6.05 | 33 |
Paul Siebert | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.16 | 10 |
Mike Barlow | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 11 |
Larry Hardy | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.06 | 10 |
José Sosa | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 5 |