1979 Houston Astros season

1979 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 89–73 (.549)
Divisional place 2nd
Other information
Owner(s) John McMullen
General manager(s) Tal Smith
Manager(s) Bill Virdon
Local television KRIV
Local radio KPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker)
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The 1979 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the National League West, 1½ games behind the first-place Cincinnati Reds. The 1979 Astros were the last National League franchise in the 20th century to hit more triples than home runs. The club had 52 triples compared to 49 home runs.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9071 0.559 — 48–32 42–39
Houston Astros 8973 0.549 1½ 52–29 37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 7983 0.488 11½ 46–35 33–48
San Francisco Giants 7191 0.438 19½ 38–43 33–48
San Diego Padres 6893 0.422 22 39–42 29–51
Atlanta Braves 6694 0.412 23½ 34–45 32–49

Record vs. opponents

1979 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–86–127–1112–61–94–87–54–86–1211–74–8
Chicago8–4—7–56–65–76–128–109–96–129–38–48–10
Cincinnati12–65–7—8–1011–76–68–48–48–410–76–128–4
Houston11–76–610–8—10–87–59–35–74–814–47–116–6
Los Angeles 6–127–57–118–10—6–69–33–94–89–914–46–6
Montreal9–112–66–65–76–6—15–311–77–117–57–510–8
New York8–410–84–83–93–93–15—5–138–10–14–88–47–11
Philadelphia5-79–94–87–59–37–1113–5—8–109–36–67–11–1
Pittsburgh8–412–64–88–48–411–710–8–110–8—7–59–311–7
San Diego12–63–97–104–149–95–78–43–95–7—8–104–8
San Francisco7–114–812–611–74–145–74–86–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis8–410–84–86–66–68–1011–711–7–17–118–47–5—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1979 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CAlan Ashby10833668.202235
1BCésar Cedeño132470123.262654
SSCraig Reynolds146555147.265039
LFJosé Cruz157558161.289972
CFTerry Puhl157600172.287849

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 González6818145.249010
Bob Watson4916339.239318
Denny Walling8214748.327331
Jesús Alou424311.256010
Danny Heep14142.14302
Alan Knicely760.00000
Tom Wiedenbauer464.66702

Pitching

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. Richard38292.118132.71313
Ken Forsch26177.21163.0458

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
Joaquín Andújar4619412123.4377
Frank LaCorte1227125.0024
Frank Riccelli1122224.0920

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Bert Roberge26323041.6913
Tom Dixon1925.21206.669
George Throop1422.11003.2215
Bo McLaughlin1216.11205.5112
Pete Ladd1012.11102.926
Gary Wilson67.100012.276
Bobby Sprowl340000.003

Farm system

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 Carlos Alfonso
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Astros

References

  1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ↑ Floyd Bannister at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Keith Drumright at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Bob Watson at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ "John Mizerock: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Bill Doran at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Mark Ross at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Lemmie Miller at Baseball Reference
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