1979 Houston Astros

National League
Record: 89 - 73
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Position Players
Player Pos Type GP PA/162 H HR RBI R SB SO BB BA OBP SLG F/R/A Salary
Alan AshbyCF108370682352507026.202.262.277B/B+/C+$1.66M
Bruce BochyCF5614328161102513.217.294.271D+/D+/B+$1.10M
Luis PujolsCF2678170870142.227.247.280A/B/D$262K
Cesar Cedeno1BF13254912365457305264.262.348.374D/A$5.21M
Bob Watson1BP49182393181502316.239.304.319C/A-$792K
Art Howe2BF118398886333233736.248.316.352A/D$2.00M
Rafael Landestoy2BF1293197603033132429.270.338.344C/D-$1.60M
Julio Gonzalez2BF6819545010162145.249.280.298A-/D+$851K
Enos Cabell3BF15563016466760376821.272.299.368B/D-$3.16M
Craig ReynoldsSSF14661614703963124921.265.292.333B-/C$3.33M
Terry PuhlOFF15767217284987304658.287.352.377A+/B$5.60M
Jose CruzOFF15763616197273366672.289.367.421D/C+$4.08M
Jeffrey LeonardOFF13446711904747236846.290.360.350D/D+$2.55M
Denny WallingOFF82165483312132117.327.394.497B/D-$1.29M
Pitchers
Player Role Type GP IP/162 GS ERA OAV WHIP K/BB K/9 BB/9 HR/9 Salary
J.R. RichardSF38293.00382.710.2091.093.1949.643.020.400$10.16M
Joe NiekroSF38264.00383.000.2281.241.1124.063.650.580$6.48M
Ken ForschSF26178.00243.040.2361.071.6572.941.770.709$4.72M
Rick WilliamsSF31122.00163.260.2611.251.2332.742.230.445$2.70M
Vern RuhleSF1367.00104.070.2491.094.1254.481.091.221$1.39M
Joaquin AndujarRF46194.00233.430.2331.320.8753.574.080.325$4.99M
Joe SambitoRF6392.0001.770.2351.133.6098.182.270.788$2.35M
Randy NiemannRF2667.0073.760.2721.341.0913.222.960.134$1.71M
Bert RobergeRF2632.0001.690.1961.160.7653.664.780.000$930K
Frank LaCorteRP1227.0035.000.2081.152.4008.003.331.000$611K
Tom DixonRF1926.0016.660.3482.100.6003.165.260.701$202K

The 1979 Houston Astros roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1979 Houston Astros.

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