1977 Houston Astros season

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.

1977 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)General Electric, Ford Motor Company
General manager(s)Tal Smith
Manager(s)Bill Virdon
Local televisionKPRC-TV
Local radioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9864 0.605 — 51–30 47–34
Cincinnati Reds 8874 0.543 10 48–33 40–41
Houston Astros 8181 0.500 17 46–35 35–46
San Francisco Giants 7587 0.463 23 38–43 37–44
San Diego Padres 6993 0.426 29 35–46 34–47
Atlanta Braves 61101 0.377 37 40–41 21–60

Record vs. opponents
1977 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–74–149–95–136–67–52–103–911–78–101–11
Chicago 7–5—7–56–66–610–89–96–127–117–59–37–11
Cincinnati 14–45–7—5–1310–87–510–28–43–911–710–85–7
Houston 9–96–613–5—9–98–46–64–84–88–109–95–7
Los Angeles 13–56–68–109–9—7–58–46–69–312–614–46–6
Montreal 6–68–105–74–85–7—10–87–117–115–76–612–6
New York 5–79–92–106–64–88–10—5–134–146–67–58–10
Philadelphia 10-212–64–88–46–611–713–5—8–109–39–311–7
Pittsburgh 9–311–79–38–43–911–714–410–8—10–22–109–9
San Diego 7–115–77–1110–86–127–56–63–92–10—8–108–4
San Francisco 10–83–98–109–94–146–65–73–910–210–8—7–5
St. Louis 11–111–77–57–56–66–1210–87–119–94–85–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1977 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CJoe Ferguson132421108.2571661
1BBob Watson151554160.28922110
3BEnos Cabell150625176.2821668
CFCésar Cedeño141530148.2791471
RFJosé Cruz157579173.2991787

Other batters

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 González11038394.245127
Wilbur Howard8718748.257213
Cliff Johnson5114443.2991023
Rob Sperring5812924.18619
Willie Crawford4211429.254218
Jim Fuller3410016.16029
Denny Walling6216.28606
Craig Cacek7201.05001
Joe Cannon9172.11801

Starting pitchers

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. Richard3626718122.97214
Mark Lemongello34214.29143.4883
Joaquín Andújar26158.21183.6969
Floyd Bannister24142.2894.04112
Doug Konieczny421116.007

Other pitchers

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 Niekro44180.21383.04101
Dan Larson3297.2175.8144
Tom Dixon930.1103.2615

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bo McLaughlin464754.2559
Ken Forsch425882.7245
Gene Pentz415223.8351
Roy Thomas40002.844

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charleston

References
  1. Julio González at Baseball Reference
  2. John Butcher at Baseball Reference
  3. Paul Siebert at Baseball Reference
  4. Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
  5. Scott Loucks at Baseball Reference
  6. Denny Walling at Baseball Reference
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