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1976 Houston Astros season





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The Houston Astros 1976 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 80–82, 22 games behind the first-place Cincinnati Reds.

1976 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAstrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersRoy Hofheinz
General managersTal Smith
ManagersBill Virdon
TelevisionKPRC-TV
RadioKPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Bob Prince)
← 1975 Seasons 1977 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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    • NL West
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Cincinnati Reds 102 60 .630 — 49‍–‍32 53‍–‍28
    Los Angeles Dodgers 92 70 .568 10 49‍–‍32 43‍–‍38
    Houston Astros 80 82 .494 22 46‍–‍36 34‍–‍46
    San Francisco Giants 74 88 .457 28 40‍–‍41 34‍–‍47
    San Diego Padres 73 89 .451 29 42‍–‍38 31‍–‍51
    Atlanta Braves 70 92 .432 32 34‍–‍47 36‍–‍45

    Record vs. opponents

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    1976 National League record
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    • 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 — 6–6 6–12 7–11 8–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 3–9 10–8 9–9 4–8
    Chicago 6–6 — 3–9 5–7 3–9 11–7 5–13 8–10 8–10 6–6 8–4 12–6
    Cincinnati 12–6 9–3 — 12–6 13–5 9–3 6–6 5–7 8–4 13–5 9–9 6–6
    Houston 11–7 7–5 6–12 — 5–13 10–2 6–6 4–8 2–10 10–8 10–8 9–3
    Los Angeles 10–8 9–3 5–13 13–5 — 10–2 7–5 5–7 9–3 6–12 8–10 10–2
    Montreal 4–8 7–11 3–9 2–10 2–10 — 8–10 3–15 8–10 4–8 7–5 7–11
    New York 8–4 13–5 6–6 6–6 5–7 10–8 — 5–13 10–8 7–5 7–5 9–9
    Philadelphia 7-5 10–8 7–5 8–4 7–5 15–3 13–5 — 8–10 8–4 6–6 12–6
    Pittsburgh 9–3 10–8 4–8 10–2 3–9 10–8 8–10 10–8 — 7–5 9–3 12–6
    San Diego 8–10 6–6 5–13 8–10 12–6 8–4 5–7 4–8 5–7 — 8–10 4–8
    San Francisco 9–9 4–8 9–9 8–10 10–8 5–7 5–7 6–6 3–9 10–8 — 5–7
    St. Louis 8–4 6–12 6–6 3–9 2–10 11–7 9–9 6–12 6–12 8–4 7–5 —


    Notable transactions

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    Roster

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    1976 Houston Astros
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    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 Ed Herrmann 79 265 54 .204 3 25
    1B Bob Watson 157 585 183 .313 16 102
    2B Rob Andrews 109 410 105 .256 0 23
    SS Roger Metzger 152 481 101 .210 0 29
    3B Enos Cabell 144 586 160 .273 2 43
    LF José Cruz 133 439 133 .303 4 61
    CF César Cedeño 150 575 171 .297 18 83
    RF Greg Gross 128 426 122 .286 0 27

    Other batters

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    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
    Cliff Johnson 108 318 72 .226 10 49
    Leon Roberts 87 235 68 .289 7 33
    Wilbur Howard 94 191 42 .220 1 18
    Larry Milbourne 59 145 36 .248 0 7
    Ken Boswell 91 126 33 .262 0 18
    Jerry DaVanon 61 107 31 .290 1 20
    Skip Jutze 42 92 14 .152 0 6
    Alex Taveras 14 46 10 .217 0 2
    Art Howe 21 29 4 .138 0 0
    Al Javier 8 24 5 .208 0 0
    Rich Chiles 5 4 2 .500 0 0

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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    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 39 291.0 20 15 2.75 214
    Larry Dierker 28 187.1 13 14 3.69 112
    Joaquín Andújar 28 172.1 9 10 3.60 59
    Dan Larson 13 92.1 5 8 3.02 42
    Mike Cosgrove 22 89.2 3 4 5.52 34
    Mark Lemongello 4 29.0 3 1 2.79 9

    Other pitchers

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    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 36 118.0 4 8 3.36 77
    Bo McLaughlin 17 79.0 4 5 2.85 32
    Gilberto Rondón 19 53.2 2 2 5.70 21
    Joe Sambito 20 53.1 3 2 3.54 26

    Relief pitchers

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    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 52 4 3 19 2.15 49
    Gene Pentz 40 3 3 5 2.97 36
    Tom Griffin 20 5 3 0 6.05 33
    Paul Siebert 19 0 2 0 3.16 10
    Mike Barlow 16 2 2 0 4.50 11
    Larry Hardy 15 0 0 3 7.06 10
    José Sosa 9 0 0 0 6.94 5

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Memphis Blues International League Jim Beauchamp
    AA Columbus Astros Southern League Leo Posada
    A Dubuque Packers Midwest League Bob Cluck
    Rookie Covington Astros Appalachian League Julio Linares

    References

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    1. ^ Joaquín Andújar page on Baseball Reference
  • ^ Jim Crawford page on Baseball Reference
  • ^ Terry HumphreyatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Floyd BannisteratBaseball Reference
  • ^ Gary RajsichatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Bert RobergeatBaseball Reference
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