1978 Houston Astros

74-88 • 0.457 Win% • 5th in NL W

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
88 Losses
0.457 Win %
5th Rank
605 R 634 RA
Diff -29

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605 Runs Scored
634 Runs Allowed
-29 Run Diff
1,128K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 2% above the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .312 2% below the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .296 5% below the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 3.63 2% worse than the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 605 6% below the 1978 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAstrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,128,233
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Avg per Game 13,928

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jesus Alou 0.324 2 Jose Cruz 0.315 3 Enos Cabell 0.295 4 Art Howe 0.293 5 Terry Puhl 0.289

Home Runs

1 Bob Watson 14 2 Jose Cruz 10 3 Enos Cabell 7 4 Cesar Cedeno 7 5 Joe Ferguson 7

RBI

1 Jose Cruz 83 2 Bob Watson 79 3 Enos Cabell 71 4 Art Howe 55 5 Denny Walling 36
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Enos Cabell 162 660 92 195 0 0 7 71 22 80 33 0.295
Terry Puhl 149 585 87 169 0 0 3 35 48 46 32 0.289
Jose Cruz 153 565 79 178 0 0 10 83 57 57 37 0.315
Bob Watson 139 461 51 133 0 0 14 79 51 57 3 0.289
Art Howe 119 420 46 123 0 0 7 55 34 41 2 0.293
Denny Walling 120 247 30 62 0 0 3 36 30 24 9 0.251
Julio Gonzalez 78 223 24 52 0 0 1 16 8 31 6 0.233
Rafael Landestoy 59 218 18 58 0 0 0 9 8 23 7 0.266
Cesar Cedeno 50 192 31 54 0 0 7 23 15 24 23 0.281
Dave Bergman 104 186 15 43 0 0 0 12 39 32 2 0.231
Bruce Bochy 54 154 8 41 0 0 3 15 11 35 0 0.266
Luis Pujols 56 153 11 20 0 0 1 11 12 45 0 0.131
Joe Ferguson 51 150 20 31 0 0 7 22 37 30 0 0.207
Wilbur Howard 84 148 17 34 0 0 1 13 5 22 6 0.230
Jimmy Sexton 88 141 17 29 0 0 2 6 13 28 16 0.206
Jesus Alou 77 139 7 45 0 0 2 19 6 5 0 0.324
Roger Metzger 45 123 11 27 0 0 0 6 12 9 0 0.220
J. R. Richard 37 101 8 18 0 0 1 10 1 27 1 0.178
Mike Fischlin 44 86 3 10 0 0 0 0 4 9 1 0.116
Reggie Baldwin 38 67 5 17 0 0 1 11 3 3 0 0.254
Joe Niekro 36 65 6 9 0 0 0 5 0 18 0 0.138
Mark Lemongello 33 64 3 11 0 0 0 3 4 22 0 0.172
Keith Drumright 17 55 5 9 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0.164
Tom Dixon 30 40 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.100
Ed Herrmann 16 36 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.111
Floyd Bannister 28 31 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0.161
Ken Forsch 52 27 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0.185
Jeffrey Leonard 8 26 2 10 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0.385
Joaquin Andujar 36 23 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 11 0 0.130
Joe Cannon 8 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.222
Vern Ruhle 13 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 14 0 0.056
Jim Obradovich 10 17 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.176
Joe Sambito 62 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.167
Rick Williams 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bo McLaughlin 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dan Warthen 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Oscar Zamora 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gene Pentz 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Riccelli 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Vern Ruhle 2.12 2 Ken Forsch 2.70 3 Joe Sambito 3.07 4 J. R. Richard 3.11 5 Joaquin Andujar 3.42

Wins

1 J. R. Richard 18 2 Joe Niekro 14 3 Ken Forsch 10 4 Mark Lemongello 9 5 Tom Dixon 7

Strikeouts

1 J. R. Richard 303 2 Joe Niekro 97 3 Joe Sambito 96 4 Floyd Bannister 94 5 Mark Lemongello 77
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
J. R. Richard 18 11 3.11 36 36 0 275.1 141 303
Mark Lemongello 9 14 3.94 33 30 1 210.1 66 77
Joe Niekro 14 14 3.86 35 29 0 202.2 73 97
Tom Dixon 7 11 3.99 30 19 1 140.0 40 66
Ken Forsch 10 6 2.70 52 6 7 133.1 37 71
Joaquin Andujar 5 7 3.42 35 13 1 110.2 58 55
Floyd Bannister 3 9 4.81 28 16 0 110.1 63 94
Joe Sambito 4 9 3.07 62 0 11 88.0 32 96
Vern Ruhle 3 3 2.12 13 10 0 68.0 20 27
Rick Williams 1 2 4.67 17 1 0 34.2 10 17
Bo McLaughlin 0 1 5.01 12 1 2 23.1 16 10
Gene Pentz 0 0 6.00 10 0 0 15.0 13 8
Oscar Zamora 0 0 7.20 10 0 0 15.0 7 6
Dan Warthen 0 1 4.22 5 1 0 10.2 2 2
Frank Riccelli 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 0 1

👥 Roster (39)

Jesus Alou Joaquin Andujar Reggie Baldwin Floyd Bannister Dave Bergman Bruce Bochy Enos Cabell Joe Cannon Cesar Cedeno Jose Cruz Tom Dixon Keith Drumright +27 more

39 players

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