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

Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Cesar Cedeno
1B
30.4
0.4
8.9
2.6
12
Y
10
25
1967
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Jose Cruz
LF
33.9
3.1
14.0
5.6
7
N
10
24
1974
 Purchased SLN NL
3 Joe Niekro
SP
36.7
2.0
9.6
4.3
7
N
4
6
1975
 Purchased ATL NL
4 Joe Sambito
RP
29.0
1.3
8.5
5.3
6
Y
6
5
1973
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 17
5 Joaquin Andujar
SP
28.5
-0.6
0.0
-0.9
6
N
10
24
1975
 Trade CIN NL
6 Art Howe
3B
34.5
3.5
15.8
7.6
6
N
1
6
1976
 Trade PIT NL
7 Luis Pujols
C
25.6
-0.2
2.9
-0.2
5
Y
1
9
1973
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Terry Puhl
RF
25.0
1.9
10.9
3.5
5
Y
9
19
1973
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 Denny Walling
1B
27.2
0.2
5.2
1.8
5
N
6
15
1977
 Trade OAK AL
10 Dave Bergman
1B
28.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
4
N
11
23
1977
 Trade NYA AL
11 Vern Ruhle
SP
30.4
1.9
6.4
3.0
4
N
3
28
1978
 Free Agency
12 Rafael Landestoy
2B
28.1
-1.1
0.5
-1.6
4
N
7
7
1978
 Trade LAN NL
13 Jeffrey Leonard
1B
25.8
-0.1
0.1
-0.3
4
N
9
11
1978
 Trade LAN NL
14 Gordie Pladson
RP
24.9
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
3
Y
6
30
1973
 Free Agency (Amateur)
15 Alan Knicely
C
26.1
0.3
1.5
1.3
3
Y
6
5
1974
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
16 Danny Heep
1B
24.0
-0.2
1.3
-0.5
3
Y
6
6
1978
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
17 Alan Ashby
C
30.0
2.2
11.6
4.5
3
N
11
27
1978
 Trade TOR AL
18 Craig Reynolds
SS
28.5
1.5
10.2
2.2
3
N
12
8
1978
 Trade SEA AL
19 Frank LaCorte
RP
29.7
-0.0
2.8
0.6
3
N
5
25
1979
 Trade ATL NL
20 Bobby Sprowl
RP
25.2
-1.0
0.0
-1.3
3
N
6
19
1979
 Trade BOS AL
21 Dave Smith
RP
26.4
0.7
7.3
3.5
2
Y
6
8
1976
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 8
22 Scott Loucks
CF
24.6
0.3
0.9
0.7
2
Y
6
7
1977
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 5
23 Gary Woods
RF
26.9
-0.1
0.7
-1.6
2
N
12
4
1978
 Trade TOR AL
24 Nolan Ryan
SP
34.4
5.1
14.6
9.9
2
N
11
19
1979
 Free Agency
25 Joe Pittman
2B
27.5
-0.2
3.2
0.0
1
Y
6
3
1975
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 5
26 Bert Pena
SS
22.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
1
Y
5
2
1977
 Free Agency (Amateur)
27 Tim Tolman
LF
25.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
6
6
1978
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 12
28 Don Sutton
SP
36.2
2.9
11.0
6.0
1
N
12
4
1980
 Free Agency
29 Bob Knepper
SP
27.1
3.7
12.9
7.9
1
N
12
8
1980
 Trade SFN NL
30 Dave Roberts
1B
30.4
-0.1
1.1
-0.0
1
N
12
10
1980
 Free Agency
31 Kiko Garcia
SS
27.7
1.1
4.1
0.7
1
N
4
1
1981
 Trade BAL AL
32 Dickie Thon
2B
23.0
0.2
2.9
0.5
1
N
4
1
1981
 Trade CAL AL
33 Billy Smith
RP
26.8
0.4
1.3
0.4
1
Y
4
1
1981
 Returned to Original Tm after Draft NYN NL
34 Mike Ivie
1B
28.9
-0.1
0.4
-0.4
1
N
4
20
1981
 Trade SFN NL
35 Tony Scott
CF
29.8
1.3
8.7
3.8
1
N
6
7
1981
 Trade SLN NL
36 Harry Spilman
1B
27.0
0.0
0.4
-0.2
1
N
6
8
1981
 Trade CIN NL
37 Phil Garner
2B
32.2
0.9
2.9
0.0
1
N
8
31
1981
 Trade PIT NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Joaquin Andujar SP San Pedro de Macoris (D.R.)
Alan Ashby C San Pedro, CA (US)
Dave Bergman 1B Park Ridge, IL (US)
Cesar Cedeno 1B Santo Domingo (D.R.)
Jose Cruz LF Arroyo (PR)
Kiko Garcia SS Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Phil Garner 2B Jefferson City, TN (USA)
Danny Heep 1B San Antonio, TX (US)
Art Howe 3B Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Mike Ivie 1B Decatur, GA (US)
Bob Knepper SP Calistoga, CA (US)
Alan Knicely C Bridgewater, VA (US)
Frank LaCorte RP Gilroy, CA (US)
Rafael Landestoy 2B Bani (D.R.)
Jeffrey Leonard 1B Philadelphia, PA (US)
Scott Loucks CF Anchorage, AK (USA)
Joe Niekro SP Bridgeport, OH (US)
Bert Pena SS Santurce (P.R.)
Joe Pittman 2B Houston, TX (USA)
Gordie Pladson RP New Westminster, BC (CAN)
Terry Puhl RF Melville, SK (CA)
Luis Pujols C Santiago (D.R.)
Craig Reynolds SS Houston, TX (US)
Dave Roberts 1B Lebanon, OR (USA)
Vern Ruhle SP Coleman, MI (US)
Nolan Ryan SP Alvin, TX (US)
Joe Sambito RP Bethpage, NY (US)
Tony Scott CF Cincinnati, OH (US)
Billy Smith RP LaMarque, TX (USA)
Dave Smith RP Poway, CA (US)
Harry Spilman 1B Albany, GA (USA)
Bobby Sprowl RP Sandusky, OH (USA)
Don Sutton SP Pensacola, FL (US)
Dickie Thon 2B Rio Piedras (PR)
Tim Tolman LF Santa Monica, CA (USA)
Denny Walling 1B Farmingdale, NJ (US)
Gary Woods RF Santa Barbara, CA (US)

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