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1979 National League West Team Record GB Cincinnati Reds 90 - 71 — Houston Astros 89 - 73 1.5 Los Angeles Dodgers 79 - 83 11.5 San Francisco Giants 71 - 91 19.5 San Diego Padres 68 - 93 22.0 Atlanta Braves 66 - 94 23.5	2nd (NL West) Runs Scored: 583 Runs Allowed: 582 Attendance: 1,900,312
1979 Houston Astros Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Alan Ashby C 27 108 336 25 68 15 2 2 35 26 10 70 0 0 3 2 8 .202 .262 .277 .539 Cesar Cedeno 1B 28 132 470 57 123 27 4 6 54 64 8 52 30 13 3 3 15 .262 .348 .374 .722 Rafael Landestoy 2B 26 129 282 33 76 9 6 0 30 29 5 24 13 4 5 1 1 .270 .338 .344 .682 Enos Cabell 3B 29 155 603 60 164 30 5 6 67 21 7 68 37 18 2 3 18 .272 .299 .368 .667 Craig Reynolds SS 26 146 555 63 147 20 9 0 39 21 0 49 12 6 34 2 2 .265 .292 .333 .625 Jose Cruz LF 31 157 558 73 161 33 7 9 72 72 16 66 36 14 1 0 5 .289 .367 .421 .788 Terry Puhl CF 22 157 600 87 172 22 4 8 49 58 8 46 30 22 8 4 7 .287 .352 .377 .729 Jeffrey Leonard RF 23 134 411 47 119 15 5 0 47 46 7 68 23 10 3 2 11 .290 .360 .350 .710
1979 Houston Astros Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Art Howe 32 118 355 32 88 15 2 6 33 36 5 37 3 1 2 1 7 .248 .316 .352 .668 Denny Walling 25 82 147 21 48 8 4 3 31 17 2 21 3 2 0 0 2 .327 .394 .497 .891 Julio Gonzalez 26 68 181 16 45 5 2 0 10 5 0 14 2 1 6 3 4 .249 .280 .298 .578 Bruce Bochy 24 56 129 11 28 4 0 1 6 13 4 25 0 0 0 1 5 .217 .294 .271 .565 Jimmy Sexton 27 52 43 8 9 0 0 0 1 7 0 7 1 3 0 0 0 .209 .320 .209 .529 Bob Watson 33 49 163 15 39 4 0 3 18 16 1 23 0 0 1 0 3 .239 .304 .319 .623 Jesus Alou 37 42 43 3 11 4 0 0 10 6 1 7 0 0 0 0 4 .256 .347 .349 .696 Luis Pujols 23 26 75 7 17 2 1 0 8 2 0 14 0 0 1 0 3 .227 .247 .280 .527 Danny Heep 21 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .176 .143 .319 Reggie Baldwin 24 14 20 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .250 .450 Dave Bergman 26 13 15 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 Alan Knicely 24 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .250 .000 .250
1979 Houston Astros Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS J.R. Richard P 29 38 95 6 12 1 1 2 6 1 0 24 0 1 11 0 4 .126 .134 .221 .355 Joe Niekro P 34 38 83 1 10 2 0 0 4 2 0 21 0 0 13 0 0 .120 .140 .145 .285 Ken Forsch P 32 26 58 4 8 1 0 0 3 4 0 22 0 0 6 0 1 .138 .194 .155 .349 Joaquin Andujar P 26 46 57 3 5 1 0 2 7 2 0 32 0 0 5 0 0 .088 .117 .211 .328 Rick Williams P 26 31 31 2 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 .258 .324 .290 .614 Vern Ruhle P 28 13 19 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 2 0 0 .053 .100 .105 .205 Randy Niemann P 23 26 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 .133 .188 .133 .321 Joe Sambito P 27 63 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .583 .429 1.012 Frank Riccelli P 26 11 6 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833 Tom Wiedenbauer P 20 4 6 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .833 1.500 Frank LaCorte P 27 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 George Throop P 28 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Bert Roberge P 24 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Tom Dixon P 24 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Pete Ladd P 22 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Bo McLaughlin P 25 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Houston Astros Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Joe Niekro 34 38 38 21 11 .656 3.00 263.2 102 88 221 17 107 119 .225 7 19 11 5 0 4.23 J.R. Richard 29 38 38 18 13 .581 2.71 292.1 98 88 220 13 98 313 .205 3 19 19 4 0 2.47 Ken Forsch 32 26 24 11 6 .647 3.04 177.2 67 60 155 14 35 58 .233 0 0 10 2 0 3.96 Rick Williams 26 31 16 4 7 .364 3.26 121.1 45 44 122 6 30 37 .256 2 0 2 2 0 3.82 Vern Ruhle 28 13 10 2 6 .250 4.07 66.1 33 30 64 9 8 33 .247 2 2 2 2 0 4.22
1979 Houston Astros Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Joe Sambito 27 63 0 8 7 .533 1.77 91.1 20 18 80 8 23 83 .230 4 0 0 0 22 3.21 Joaquin Andujar 26 46 23 12 12 .500 3.43 194.0 86 74 168 7 88 77 .229 2 5 8 0 4 4.07 Randy Niemann 23 26 7 3 2 .600 3.76 67.0 32 28 68 1 22 24 .258 1 0 3 2 1 3.51 Bert Roberge 24 26 0 3 0 1.000 1.69 32.0 6 6 20 0 17 13 .194 0 2 0 0 4 3.78 Tom Dixon 24 19 1 1 2 .333 6.66 25.2 23 19 39 2 15 9 .339 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 George Throop 28 14 0 1 0 1.000 3.22 22.1 10 8 23 4 11 15 .261 1 1 0 0 0 5.60 Frank LaCorte 27 12 3 1 2 .333 5.00 27.0 16 15 21 3 10 24 .202 0 1 0 0 0 3.78 Bo McLaughlin 25 12 0 1 2 .333 5.51 16.1 15 10 22 2 4 12 .306 0 1 0 0 0 3.86 Frank Riccelli 26 11 2 2 2 .500 4.09 22.0 11 10 22 0 18 20 .259 0 2 0 0 0 3.64 Pete Ladd 22 10 0 1 1 .500 2.92 12.1 5 4 8 1 8 6 .174 2 2 0 0 0 5.51 Gary Wilson 24 6 0 0 0 .000 12.27 7.1 11 10 15 2 6 6 .417 0 1 0 0 0 7.36 Gordie Pladson 22 4 0 0 0 .000 4.50 4.0 2 2 9 1 2 2 .450 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 Bobby Sprowl 23 3 0 0 0 .000 0.00 4.0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .083 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 Mike Mendoza 23 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 3.00