1978 Houston Astros season

The 1978 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League West with a record of 74-88, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1978 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place5th
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 9567 0.586 — 54–27 41–40
Cincinnati Reds 9269 0.571 2½ 49–31 43–38
San Francisco Giants 8973 0.549 6 50–31 39–42
San Diego Padres 8478 0.519 11 50–31 34–47
Houston Astros 7488 0.457 21 50–31 24–57
Atlanta Braves 6993 0.426 26 39–42 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1978 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–76–128–105–135–76–68–42–108–1011–75–7
Chicago 7–5—7–56–64–87–1111–74–147–117–54–815–3
Cincinnati 12–65–7—11–79–98–47–57–54–79–912–68–4
Houston 10–86–67–11—7–116–67–56–64–88–106–127–5
Los Angeles 13–58–49–911–7—8–47–57–57–59–911–75–7
Montreal 7–511–74–86–64–8—8–109–97–116–65–79–9
New York 6–67–115–75–75–710–8—6–127–115–73–97–11
Philadelphia 4-814–45–76–65–79–912–6—11–78–46–610–8
Pittsburgh 10–211–77–48–45–711–711–77–11—5–74–89–9
San Diego 10–85–79–910–89–96–67–54–87–5—8–109–3
San Francisco 7–118–46–1212–67–117–59–36–68–410–8—9–3
St. Louis 7–53–154–85–77–59–911–78–109–93–93–9—

Notable transactions

Roster
1978 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 Ferguson5115031.207722
1BBob Watson139461133.2891479
LFDenny Walling12024762.251336
RFJosé Cruz153565178.3151083

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 González7822352.233116
César Cedeño5019254.281723
Wilbur Howard8414834.230113
Jesús Alou7713945.312219
Keith Drumright17559.16402
Jim Obradovich10173.17602
Joe Cannon8184.22201

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. Richard3627518113.11303
Mark Lemongello33210.19143.9477

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
Tom Dixon301407113.9966
Joaquín Andújar35110.2573.4255
Floyd Bannister28110.1394.8194
Dan Warthen510.2014.222

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
Ken Forsch5210672.7071
Rick Williams171204.6717
Bo McLaughlin120125.0110
Gene Pentz100006.008
Oscar Zamora100007.206
Frank Riccelli20000.002

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Jim Beauchamp
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Jimmy Johnson
A Daytona Beach Astros Florida State League Leo Posada and Chuck Sprinkle
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

References
  1. Keith Drumright at Baseball Reference
  2. Oscar Zamora at Baseball Reference
  3. Jesús Alou at Baseball Reference
  4. Bob Coluccio at Baseball Reference
  5. Danny Heep at Baseball Reference
  6. Frank Riccelli at Baseball Reference
  7. Dan Larson at Baseball Reference
  8. Gene Pentz at Baseball Reference
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