1981 Houston Astros
61 - 49
1980 / 1982 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL West (6 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		31 - 20 (.608)
30 - 29 (.508)		 +4.4 wins
+1.8 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 394 / 390 ( +4 )
Allowed/Expected: 331 / 390 ( +59 )
Pyth Record: 63 - 47 (-2)
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Astrodome
Attendance: 1,321,282 Avg Att: 25,907 (1.34)
Att Rank: 4 / 12 Lg Avg: 19,376
       
Park Factor: 0.91    
HR Factor: 0.76 R/L HR: 0.75 / 0.78
Notes:
- West Division Champions
- Lost to Los Angeles Dodgers in the NWDS

Batting

Filters
Bats
#
R
H
K
1 Art Howe
3B
34.5
406
9.7
16.2
15.8
0.4
13.2
3.7
0.5
-1.8
-0.4
25.8
20.4
7.1
23.4
-1.5
25.0
-10.3
-13.1
-1.6
2 Jose Cruz
LF
33.9
451
6.2
6.0
26.6
10.2
2.6
-4.0
1.2
7.6
20.6
5.0
1.7
-2.7
3.6
-1.7
0.8
-5.4
-3.7
-2.9
3 Tony Scott
CF
29.8
243
4.4
9.4
7.8
-5.4
10.1
2.2
-0.1
-0.9
-1.6
-3.0
5.3
-5.3
9.0
-0.9
-7.4
2.0
1.9
0.7
4 Alan Ashby
C
30.0
295
3.1
4.8
2.0
3.2
4.7
-0.2
-2.5
0.5
-2.8
2.3
11.9
10.4
13.4
-1.1
12.0
-8.2
-10.5
-1.3
5 Denny Walling
1B
27.2
189
3.0
-2.8
1.0
16.1
-4.4
-2.4
-1.6
2.7
3.8
5.6
5.7
12.3
8.1
-0.7
16.2
-3.1
-4.7
0.0
6 Alan Knicely
C
26.1
7
2.9
2.2
7.5
4.5
0.9
-0.3
-0.1
1.9
5.2
-0.2
1.8
-0.6
2.0
-0.0
-0.7
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
7 Terry Puhl
RF
25.0
394
2.5
-0.2
-2.4
9.8
-1.3
1.5
0.7
-1.8
-2.2
-1.9
-0.1
-1.9
5.6
2.5
-3.3
13.0
12.3
4.9
8 Scott Loucks
CF
24.6
8
1.7
2.2
1.5
0.5
2.7
-0.4
-0.1
-0.1
-0.8
-2.0
2.5
0.3
2.8
-0.0
-1.1
0.5
0.3
0.3
9 Cesar Cedeno
1B
30.4
338
1.6
6.0
6.6
-2.8
5.0
3.7
-2.9
1.0
0.6
9.5
2.0
-4.3
0.3
-0.3
2.4
4.1
7.1
-0.5
10 Dave Bergman
1B
28.1
6
0.2
-0.5
1.8
1.7
-1.0
-0.3
-0.1
0.9
2.3
0.7
-0.9
-0.5
-0.7
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11 Bert Pena
SS
22.0
3
0.2
0.5
0.3
-0.4
0.5
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
0.4
0.4
-0.3
0.2
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
12 Dickie Thon
2B
23.0
105
0.1
2.1
-2.3
-0.4
3.2
1.3
-0.9
-1.2
-4.4
-0.4
2.2
0.2
1.6
-0.4
-0.1
3.3
2.9
1.4
13 Dave Roberts
1B
30.4
59
-0.8
-0.6
-0.5
-1.6
-0.4
0.3
-0.5
0.3
0.1
1.1
-2.6
-1.9
-1.5
-0.2
-1.2
-0.1
-0.7
0.3
14 Jeffrey Leonard
1B
25.8
19
-1.0
-1.5
-0.5
0.1
-2.0
0.1
0.8
-0.2
1.0
-1.7
-3.0
-1.6
-2.3
-0.1
-2.8
0.9
0.9
0.3
15 Tim Tolman
LF
25.2
8
-1.0
-1.0
-1.9
-1.7
-0.3
-0.4
-0.1
-0.1
-0.9
1.0
-1.5
-0.7
-1.2
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
16 Harry Spilman
1B
27.0
36
-1.2
1.4
-2.3
-6.3
4.2
-1.6
-0.3
-0.4
-3.7
1.3
0.6
-1.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-1.1
-0.7
-0.7
17 Phil Garner
2B
32.2
133
-1.6
-1.5
-8.8
-0.3
1.7
-3.0
-0.1
-1.6
-7.3
4.9
1.3
3.9
1.7
-0.5
7.3
2.4
2.6
0.7
18 Mike Ivie
1B
28.9
45
-1.7
-0.6
-2.2
-5.0
-0.2
1.0
-0.4
-0.5
-1.6
-5.6
-2.2
-1.8
-1.6
-0.2
-5.7
-0.8
-0.3
-0.7
19 Joe Pittman
2B
27.5
149
-1.8
4.0
-2.7
-10.1
8.2
-2.8
0.7
-1.8
-6.7
1.8
2.6
-1.5
0.3
-0.6
-0.2
-0.0
1.9
-1.3
20 Kiko Garcia
SS
27.7
150
-1.9
2.8
-4.1
-11.3
6.0
-0.8
-0.3
-1.8
-6.9
1.9
1.3
-2.5
2.0
0.4
-1.2
-1.9
-1.9
-0.6
21 Danny Heep
1B
24.0
106
-3.1
-0.2
-7.7
-7.7
4.0
-1.7
-0.9
-1.3
-7.5
1.7
0.6
1.1
1.3
-0.4
2.3
-2.9
-4.4
0.0
22 Luis Pujols
C
25.6
128
-3.8
-1.5
-6.2
-6.2
2.5
-2.8
-0.1
-0.5
-4.8
-1.7
-2.4
-0.7
-1.9
-0.5
-1.9
-2.1
-3.7
0.3
23 Craig Reynolds
SS
28.5
354
-3.8
2.7
13.5
-11.5
1.2
-5.8
9.1
-0.3
10.8
11.4
-10.1
-17.7
-12.2
-1.3
-9.7
-3.6
-4.0
-1.0
24 Rafael Landestoy
2B
28.1
94
-5.1
-7.7
-12.7
6.1
-6.1
-3.2
0.2
-1.1
-5.1
2.2
-1.4
8.2
-4.3
-0.4
9.7
1.7
1.4
0.7
25 Gary Woods
RF
26.9
126
-6.2
-4.7
-10.7
-5.7
-2.2
-1.7
-0.1
-1.5
-6.0
-7.0
-4.8
0.5
-6.3
-0.5
-4.4
-0.7
-1.1
0.0
3852
2.5
37.5
19.3
-23.7
53.0
-17.6
2.3
-2.0
-18.2
53.1
31.2
-0.8
42.8
-8.5
36.1
-12.8
-18.2
-0.8
 
#
R
H
K
1 Vern Ruhle
P
30.4
34
2.9
2.6
2.7
5.1
1.9
0.4
-0.1
-0.1
0.2
-1.8
7.1
4.8
7.3
-0.1
4.6
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
2 Nolan Ryan
P
34.4
60
1.9
3.7
2.9
1.9
4.5
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.8
-1.7
6.8
2.8
6.7
-0.1
2.6
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
3 Joe Niekro
P
36.7
64
0.5
1.7
0.9
-1.2
2.1
-0.1
-0.2
-0.1
-0.8
7.6
2.2
-0.4
2.2
-0.1
0.7
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
4 Bob Knepper
P
27.1
53
0.4
0.3
3.7
1.2
-0.9
1.1
-0.1
0.9
3.4
-0.6
0.0
-2.0
0.6
0.9
-2.1
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
5 Frank LaCorte
P
29.7
3
0.2
0.6
0.5
-0.2
0.7
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.8
0.5
-0.1
0.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
6 Dave Smith
P
26.4
8
0.1
0.9
0.6
-0.7
1.3
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.3
-1.8
0.7
-0.3
0.9
-0.0
-0.5
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
7 Billy Smith
P
26.8
2
-0.1
-0.3
-0.4
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-1.5
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
-0.0
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Joaquin Andujar
P
28.5
6
-0.1
-0.6
-0.7
0.7
-0.6
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-1.4
0.2
0.8
0.2
-0.0
0.6
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
9 Bobby Sprowl
P
25.2
6
-0.2
0.1
-0.1
-0.5
0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-0.4
0.0
-0.2
0.2
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
10 Joe Sambito
P
29.0
5
-0.2
-0.7
-0.9
-0.4
-0.5
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-1.6
-0.8
-0.2
-0.7
-0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
11 Don Sutton
P
36.2
62
-0.5
-0.3
-2.2
0.9
1.3
-1.1
-0.1
-0.1
-1.8
5.0
3.6
2.8
2.4
0.9
3.4
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
303
5.1
8.0
7.1
6.6
10.2
-0.3
-0.7
0.4
-0.9
2.6
19.8
8.0
20.0
1.4
8.3
-0.3
-0.6
0.0

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