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Positional Players from the 1978 Houston Astros | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Joe Ferguson | C | P | 51 | 191 | 31 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 37 | .207 | .363 | .380 | B/B/B- | $1.54M | |
| Bruce Bochy | C | F | 54 | 167 | 41 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 11 | .266 | .311 | .377 | C-/B+/B- | $1.27M | |
| Luis Pujols | C | F | 56 | 169 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 45 | 12 | .131 | .198 | .216 | C/B/D- | $364K | |
| Reggie Baldwin | C | F | 38 | 70 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .254 | .286 | .373 | C/C+/D- | $220K | |
| Bob Watson | 1B | F | 139 | 527 | 133 | 14 | 79 | 51 | 3 | 57 | 51 | .289 | .357 | .451 | B-/D- | $3.16M | |
| Dave Bergman | 1B | F | 104 | 228 | 43 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 39 | .231 | .361 | .269 | B/D- | $868K | |
| Art Howe | 2B | F | 119 | 461 | 123 | 7 | 55 | 46 | 2 | 41 | 34 | .293 | .343 | .436 | C+/C- | $3.10M | |
| Julio Gonzalez | 2B | F | 78 | 239 | 52 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 31 | 8 | .233 | .263 | .269 | B/D- | $873K | |
| Keith Drumright | 2B | F | 17 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .164 | .207 | .164 | C/D- | $200K | |
| Enos Cabell | 3B | F | 162 | 694 | 195 | 7 | 71 | 92 | 33 | 80 | 22 | .295 | .321 | .398 | B/C- | $4.29M | |
| Rafael Landestoy | SS | F | 59 | 230 | 58 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 8 | .266 | .292 | .298 | A/D- | $1.04M | |
| Jimmy Sexton | SS | F | 88 | 155 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 28 | 13 | .206 | .273 | .298 | A/D- | $659K | |
| Roger Metzger | SS | P | 45 | 138 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .220 | .287 | .268 | B/D- | $495K | |
| Mike Fischlin | SS | F | 44 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .116 | .165 | .128 | D/D- | $200K | |
| Terry Puhl | OF | F | 149 | 647 | 169 | 3 | 35 | 87 | 32 | 46 | 48 | .289 | .343 | .368 | A/A- | $5.63M | |
| Jose Cruz | OF | F | 153 | 627 | 178 | 10 | 83 | 79 | 37 | 57 | 57 | .315 | .376 | .460 | C/C- | $4.82M | |
| Cesar Cedeno | OF | F | 50 | 209 | 54 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 23 | 24 | 15 | .281 | .333 | .453 | B+/A+ | $2.09M | |
| Denny Walling | OF | F | 120 | 280 | 62 | 3 | 36 | 30 | 9 | 24 | 30 | .251 | .332 | .356 | C+/D+ | $1.51M | |
| Jesus Alou | OF | F | 77 | 152 | 45 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .324 | .345 | .417 | C/D- | $883K | |
| Wilbur Howard | OF | F | 84 | 158 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 5 | .230 | .268 | .291 | C/B+/D | $814K | |
Pitchers from the 1978 Houston Astros | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| J.R. Richard | S | F | 36 | 276.00 | 36 | 3.11 | 0.196 | 1.21 | 2.149 | 9.90 | 4.61 | 0.392 | $8.69M |
| Joe Niekro | S | F | 35 | 203.00 | 29 | 3.86 | 0.248 | 1.30 | 1.329 | 4.31 | 3.24 | 0.577 | $4.40M |
| Mark Lemongello | S | F | 33 | 211.00 | 30 | 3.94 | 0.259 | 1.28 | 1.167 | 3.29 | 2.82 | 0.856 | $4.35M |
| Tom Dixon | S | F | 30 | 140.00 | 19 | 3.99 | 0.265 | 1.29 | 1.650 | 4.24 | 2.57 | 0.514 | $3.03M |
| Vern Ruhle | S | F | 13 | 68.00 | 10 | 2.12 | 0.224 | 1.13 | 1.350 | 3.57 | 2.65 | 0.000 | $2.19M |
| Floyd Bannister | S | F | 28 | 111.00 | 16 | 4.81 | 0.280 | 1.66 | 1.492 | 7.67 | 5.14 | 1.060 | $1.61M |
| Ken Forsch | R | F | 52 | 134.00 | 6 | 2.70 | 0.268 | 1.30 | 1.919 | 4.79 | 2.50 | 0.135 | $3.71M |
| Joaquin Andujar | R | F | 35 | 111.00 | 13 | 3.42 | 0.224 | 1.32 | 0.948 | 4.47 | 4.72 | 0.244 | $2.87M |
| Joe Sambito | R | F | 62 | 88.00 | 0 | 3.07 | 0.260 | 1.33 | 3.000 | 9.82 | 3.27 | 0.511 | $1.96M |
| Rick Williams | R | F | 17 | 35.00 | 1 | 4.67 | 0.301 | 1.53 | 1.700 | 4.41 | 2.60 | 0.519 | $474K |
The 1978 Houston Astros roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1978 Houston Astros.
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