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Positional Players from the 1979 Houston Astros | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Alan Ashby | C | F | 108 | 370 | 68 | 2 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 70 | 26 | .202 | .262 | .277 | B/B+/C+ | $1.67M | |
| Bruce Bochy | C | F | 56 | 143 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 13 | .217 | .294 | .271 | D+/D+/B+ | $1.12M | |
| Luis Pujols | C | F | 26 | 78 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2 | .227 | .247 | .280 | A/B/D | $262K | |
| Cesar Cedeno | 1B | F | 132 | 549 | 123 | 6 | 54 | 57 | 30 | 52 | 64 | .262 | .348 | .374 | D/A | $5.23M | |
| Bob Watson | 1B | P | 49 | 182 | 39 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 16 | .239 | .304 | .319 | C/A- | $804K | |
| Art Howe | 2B | F | 118 | 398 | 88 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 3 | 37 | 36 | .248 | .316 | .352 | A/D | $2.00M | |
| Rafael Landestoy | 2B | F | 129 | 319 | 76 | 0 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 24 | 29 | .270 | .338 | .344 | C/D- | $1.61M | |
| Julio Gonzalez | 2B | F | 68 | 195 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 5 | .249 | .280 | .298 | A-/D+ | $858K | |
| Enos Cabell | 3B | F | 155 | 630 | 164 | 6 | 67 | 60 | 37 | 68 | 21 | .272 | .299 | .368 | B/D- | $3.17M | |
| Craig Reynolds | SS | F | 146 | 616 | 147 | 0 | 39 | 63 | 12 | 49 | 21 | .265 | .292 | .333 | B-/C | $3.34M | |
| Terry Puhl | OF | F | 157 | 672 | 172 | 8 | 49 | 87 | 30 | 46 | 58 | .287 | .352 | .377 | A+/B | $5.59M | |
| Jose Cruz | OF | F | 157 | 636 | 161 | 9 | 72 | 73 | 36 | 66 | 72 | .289 | .367 | .421 | D/C+ | $4.08M | |
| Jeffrey Leonard | OF | F | 134 | 467 | 119 | 0 | 47 | 47 | 23 | 68 | 46 | .290 | .360 | .350 | D/D+ | $2.56M | |
| Denny Walling | OF | F | 82 | 165 | 48 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 21 | 17 | .327 | .394 | .497 | B/D- | $1.28M | |
Pitchers from the 1979 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 | 38 | 293.00 | 38 | 2.71 | 0.209 | 1.09 | 3.194 | 9.64 | 3.02 | 0.400 | $10.02M |
| Joe Niekro | S | F | 38 | 264.00 | 38 | 3.00 | 0.228 | 1.24 | 1.112 | 4.06 | 3.65 | 0.580 | $6.47M |
| Ken Forsch | S | F | 26 | 178.00 | 24 | 3.04 | 0.236 | 1.07 | 1.657 | 2.94 | 1.77 | 0.709 | $4.70M |
| Rick Williams | S | F | 31 | 122.00 | 16 | 3.26 | 0.261 | 1.25 | 1.233 | 2.74 | 2.23 | 0.445 | $2.71M |
| Vern Ruhle | S | F | 13 | 67.00 | 10 | 4.07 | 0.249 | 1.09 | 4.125 | 4.48 | 1.09 | 1.221 | $1.39M |
| Joaquin Andujar | R | F | 46 | 194.00 | 23 | 3.43 | 0.233 | 1.32 | 0.875 | 3.57 | 4.08 | 0.325 | $5.00M |
| Joe Sambito | R | F | 63 | 92.00 | 0 | 1.77 | 0.235 | 1.13 | 3.609 | 8.18 | 2.27 | 0.788 | $2.33M |
| Randy Niemann | R | F | 26 | 67.00 | 7 | 3.76 | 0.272 | 1.34 | 1.091 | 3.22 | 2.96 | 0.134 | $1.72M |
| Bert Roberge | R | F | 26 | 32.00 | 0 | 1.69 | 0.196 | 1.16 | 0.765 | 3.66 | 4.78 | 0.000 | $928K |
| Frank LaCorte | R | P | 12 | 27.00 | 3 | 5.00 | 0.208 | 1.15 | 2.400 | 8.00 | 3.33 | 1.000 | $613K |
| Tom Dixon | R | F | 19 | 26.00 | 1 | 6.66 | 0.348 | 2.10 | 0.600 | 3.16 | 5.26 | 0.701 | $200K |
The 1979 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 1979 Houston Astros.
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