1981 Houston Astros

61-49 • 0.555 Win% • 3rd in NL W

📊 Season Record

61 Wins
49 Losses
0.555 Win %
3rd Rank
394 R 331 RA
Diff +63

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⚡ Quick Stats

394 Runs Scored
331 Runs Allowed
+63 Run Diff
1,321K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 NL Average

Batting Avg .256 1% above the 1981 league average (.255)
OBP .319 equal to the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .293 4% below the 1981 league average (.304)
Team ERA 2.66 24% better than the 1981 league average (3.49)
Runs Scored 394 6% below the 1981 league average (420 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAstrodome
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Home Games 51
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Total Attendance 1,321,222
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Avg per Game 25,906

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Art Howe 0.296 2 Tony Scott 0.293 3 Joe Pittman 0.281 4 Dickie Thon 0.274 5 Kiko Garcia 0.272

Home Runs

1 Jose Cruz 13 2 Cesar Cedeno 5 3 Denny Walling 5 4 Alan Ashby 4 5 Craig Reynolds 4

RBI

1 Jose Cruz 55 2 Art Howe 36 3 Cesar Cedeno 34 4 Alan Ashby 33 5 Craig Reynolds 31
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jose Cruz 107 409 53 109 0 0 13 55 35 49 5 0.267
Art Howe 103 361 43 107 0 0 3 36 41 23 1 0.296
Terry Puhl 96 350 43 88 0 0 3 28 31 49 22 0.251
Craig Reynolds 87 323 43 84 0 0 4 31 12 31 3 0.260
Cesar Cedeno 82 306 42 83 0 0 5 34 24 31 12 0.271
Alan Ashby 83 255 20 69 0 0 4 33 35 33 0 0.271
Tony Scott 55 225 28 66 0 0 2 22 15 32 8 0.293
Denny Walling 65 158 23 37 0 0 5 23 28 17 2 0.234
Kiko Garcia 48 136 9 37 0 0 0 15 10 16 2 0.272
Joe Pittman 52 135 11 38 0 0 0 7 11 16 4 0.281
Luis Pujols 40 117 5 28 0 0 1 14 10 17 1 0.239
Phil Garner 31 113 13 27 0 0 0 6 15 11 6 0.239
Gary Woods 54 110 10 23 0 0 0 12 11 22 2 0.209
Danny Heep 33 96 6 24 0 0 0 11 10 11 0 0.250
Dickie Thon 49 95 13 26 0 0 0 3 9 13 6 0.274
Rafael Landestoy 35 74 6 11 0 0 0 4 16 9 4 0.149
Dave Roberts 27 54 4 13 0 0 1 5 3 6 1 0.241
Joe Niekro 24 51 1 9 0 0 0 6 2 10 0 0.176
Nolan Ryan 21 51 3 11 0 0 0 1 5 18 0 0.216
Don Sutton 23 51 1 7 0 0 0 3 5 12 0 0.137
Bob Knepper 22 47 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 15 0 0.149
Mike Ivie 19 42 2 10 0 0 0 6 2 11 0 0.238
Harry Spilman 28 34 5 10 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.294
Vern Ruhle 20 24 1 6 0 0 0 3 6 11 0 0.250
Jeffrey Leonard 7 18 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 0.167
Dave Smith 42 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.250
Tim Tolman 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.125
Alan Knicely 3 7 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0.571
Scott Loucks 10 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.571
Dave Bergman 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.167
Bobby Sprowl 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Joe Sambito 49 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Joaquin Andujar 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Frank LaCorte 37 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Bert Peña 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Billy Smith 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Gordie Pladson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Nolan Ryan 1.69 2 Joe Sambito 1.84 3 Bob Knepper 2.18 4 Don Sutton 2.61 5 Dave Smith 2.76

Wins

1 Nolan Ryan 11 2 Don Sutton 11 3 Bob Knepper 9 4 Joe Niekro 9 5 Joe Sambito 5

Strikeouts

1 Nolan Ryan 140 2 Don Sutton 104 3 Joe Niekro 77 4 Bob Knepper 75 5 Dave Smith 52
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Joe Niekro 9 9 2.82 24 24 0 166.0 47 77
Don Sutton 11 9 2.61 23 23 0 158.2 29 104
Bob Knepper 9 5 2.18 22 22 0 156.2 38 75
Nolan Ryan 11 5 1.69 21 21 0 149.0 68 140
Vern Ruhle 4 6 2.91 20 15 1 102.0 20 39
Dave Smith 5 3 2.76 42 0 8 75.0 23 52
Joe Sambito 5 5 1.84 49 0 10 63.2 22 41
Frank LaCorte 4 2 3.64 37 0 5 42.0 21 40
Bobby Sprowl 0 1 5.97 15 1 0 28.2 14 18
Joaquin Andujar 2 3 4.94 9 3 0 23.2 12 18
Billy Smith 1 1 3.05 10 1 1 20.2 3 3
Gordie Pladson 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 4.0 3 3

🏆 Postseason Results

NWDIV
Lost to LAN 3-2

👥 Roster (37)

Joaquin Andujar Alan Ashby Dave Bergman Cesar Cedeno Jose Cruz Kiko Garcia Phil Garner Danny Heep Art Howe Mike Ivie Bob Knepper Alan Knicely +25 more

37 players

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