1977 Houston Astros season

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1977 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)General Electric, Ford Motor Company
General manager(s)Tal Smith
Manager(s)Bill Virdon
Local televisionKPRC-TV
Local radioKPRC (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[]

  • December 8, 1976: Greg Gross was traded by the Astros to the Chicago Cubs for Julio González.[1]
  • January 11, 1977: John Butcher was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (5th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[2]
  • January 25, 1977: Paul Siebert was traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Mike Allen (minors).[3]
  • March 26, 1977: Rob Andrews and cash were traded by the Astros to the San Francisco Giants for Willie Crawford and Rob Sperring.[4]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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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
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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[]

  • June 7, 1977: Scott Loucks was drafted by the Astros in the 5th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.[5]
  • June 15, 1977: Willie Crawford was traded by the Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Denny Walling.[6]

Roster[]

1977 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  •  7 Bill Virdon

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 Joe Ferguson 132 421 108 .257 16 61
1B Bob Watson 151 554 160 .289 22 110
2B Art Howe 125 413 109 .264 8 58
SS Roger Metzger 97 269 50 .186 0 16
3B Enos Cabell 150 625 176 .282 16 68
LF Terry Puhl 60 229 69 .301 0 10
CF César Cedeño 141 530 148 .279 14 71
RF José 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
Julio González 110 383 94 .245 1 27
Wilbur Howard 87 187 48 .257 2 13
Ed Herrmann 56 158 46 .291 1 17
Cliff Johnson 51 144 43 .299 10 23
Rob Sperring 58 129 24 .186 1 9
Willie Crawford 42 114 29 .254 2 18
Jim Fuller 34 100 16 .160 2 9
Ken Boswell 72 97 21 .216 0 12
Art Gardner 66 65 10 .154 0 3
Leon Roberts 19 27 2 .074 0 2
Denny Walling 6 21 6 .286 0 6
Danny Walton 13 21 4 .190 0 1
Craig Cacek 7 20 1 .050 0 1
Joe Cannon 9 17 2 .118 0 1
Mike Fischlin 13 15 3 .200 0 0
Luis Pujols 6 15 1 .067 0 0

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
J. R. Richard 36 267 18 12 2.97 214
Mark Lemongello 34 214.2 9 14 3.48 83
Joaquín Andújar 26 158.2 11 8 3.69 69
Floyd Bannister 24 142.2 8 9 4.04 112
Doug 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
Joe Niekro 44 180.2 13 8 3.04 101
Dan Larson 32 97.2 1 7 5.81 44
Tom 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
Joe Sambito 54 5 5 7 2.33 67
Bo McLaughlin 46 4 7 5 4.25 59
Ken Forsch 42 5 8 8 2.72 45
Gene Pentz 41 5 2 2 3.83 51
Roy Thomas 4 0 0 0 2.84 4

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
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[]

  1. ^ Julio González at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ John Butcher at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Paul Siebert at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Scott Loucks at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Denny Walling at Baseball Reference

External links[]

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