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+$1.67M
Bruce BochyCF5614328161102513.217.294.271D+/D+/B+$1.12M
Luis PujolsCF2678170870142.227.247.280A/B/D$262K
Cesar Cedeno1BF13254912365457305264.262.348.374D/A$5.23M
Bob Watson1BP49182393181502316.239.304.319C/A-$804K
Art Howe2BF118398886333233736.248.316.352A/D$2.00M
Rafael Landestoy2BF1293197603033132429.270.338.344C/D-$1.61M
Julio Gonzalez2BF6819545010162145.249.280.298A-/D+$858K
Enos Cabell3BF15563016466760376821.272.299.368B/D-$3.17M
Craig ReynoldsSSF14661614703963124921.265.292.333B-/C$3.34M
Terry PuhlOFF15767217284987304658.287.352.377A+/B$5.59M
Jose CruzOFF15763616197273366672.289.367.421D/C+$4.08M
Jeffrey LeonardOFF13446711904747236846.290.360.350D/D+$2.56M
Denny WallingOFF82165483312132117.327.394.497B/D-$1.28M
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$10.02M
Joe NiekroSF38264.00383.000.2281.241.1124.063.650.580$6.47M
Ken ForschSF26178.00243.040.2361.071.6572.941.770.709$4.70M
Rick WilliamsSF31122.00163.260.2611.251.2332.742.230.445$2.71M
Vern RuhleSF1367.00104.070.2491.094.1254.481.091.221$1.39M
Joaquin AndujarRF46194.00233.430.2331.320.8753.574.080.325$5.00M
Joe SambitoRF6392.0001.770.2351.133.6098.182.270.788$2.33M
Randy NiemannRF2667.0073.760.2721.341.0913.222.960.134$1.72M
Bert RobergeRF2632.0001.690.1961.160.7653.664.780.000$928K
Frank LaCorteRP1227.0035.000.2081.152.4008.003.331.000$613K
Tom DixonRF1926.0016.660.3482.100.6003.165.260.701$200K

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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