1977 Houston Astros season

1977 Houston Astros
1977 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Astrodome
City	Houston, Texas
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	General Electric, Ford Motor Company
General managers	Tal Smith
Managers	Bill Virdon
Television	KPRC-TV
Radio	KPRC (AM); (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats)

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[edit]

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]

v t e 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

1977 National League record v t e 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	—

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]

1977 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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

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

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	267.0	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	21.0	1	1	6.00	7

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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ken Forsch	42	5	8	8	2.72	45
Joe Sambito	54	5	5	7	2.33	67
Bo McLaughlin	46	4	7	5	4.25	59
Gene Pentz	41	5	2	2	3.83	51
Roy Thomas	4	0	0	0	2.84	4

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

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