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1977 Houston Astros
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1962) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
The Astrodome (since 1965) Houston, Texas (since 1962)
1977 information
Owner(s)	General Electric, Ford Motor Company
General manager(s)	Tal Smith
Manager(s)	Bill Virdon
Local television	KPRC-TV
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats)
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The 1977 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 81-81, 17 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

Offseason [edit]

December 8, 1976: Greg Gross was traded by the Astros to the Chicago Cubs for Julio González.^[1]
January 11, 1977: John Butcher was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (5th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[2]
January 25, 1977: Paul Siebert was traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Mike Allen (minors).^[3]
March 26, 1977: Rob Andrews and cash were traded by the Astros to the San Francisco Giants for Willie Crawford and Rob Sperring.^[4]

Regular season [edit]

Season standings [edit]

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	98	64	--	.605
Cincinnati Reds	88	74	10	.543
Houston Astros	81	81	17	.500
San Francisco Giants	75	87	23	.463
San Diego Padres	69	93	29	.426
Atlanta Braves	61	101	37	.377

Notable transactions [edit]

June 7, 1977: Scott Loucks was drafted by the Astros in the 5th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]
June 15, 1977: Willie Crawford was traded by the Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Denny Walling.^[6]

Roster [edit]

1977 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7 Bill Virdon

Coaches

Player stats [edit]

Batting [edit]

Starters by position [edit]

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
C	Ferguson, JoeJoe Ferguson	132	421	108	.257	16	61
1B	Watson, BobBob Watson	151	554	160	.289	22	110
3B	Cabell, EnosEnos Cabell	150	625	176	.282	16	68
CF	Cedeño, CésarCésar Cedeño	141	530	148	.279	14	71
RF	Cruz, JoséJosé Cruz	157	579	173	.299	17	87

Other batters [edit]

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
González, JulioJulio González	110	383	94	.245	1	27
Howard, WilburWilbur Howard	87	187	48	.257	2	13
Johnson, CliffCliff Johnson	51	144	43	.299	10	23
Sperring, RobRob Sperring	58	129	24	.186	1	9
Crawford, WillieWillie Crawford	42	114	29	.254	2	18
Fuller, JimJim Fuller	34	100	16	.160	2	9
Walling, DennyDenny Walling	6	21	6	.286	0	6
Cacek, CraigCraig Cacek	7	20	1	.050	0	1
Cannon, JoeJoe Cannon	9	17	2	.118	0	1

Pitching [edit]

Starting pitchers [edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Richard, J. R.J. R. Richard	36	267	18	12	2.97	214
Lemongello, MarkMark Lemongello	34	214.2	9	14	3.48	83
Andújar, JoaquínJoaquín Andújar	26	158.2	11	8	3.69	69
Bannister, FloydFloyd Bannister	24	142.2	8	9	4.04	112
Konieczny, DougDoug Konieczny	4	21	1	1	6.00	7

Other pitchers [edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Niekro, JoeJoe Niekro	44	180.2	13	8	3.04	101
Larson, DanDan Larson	32	97.2	1	7	5.81	44
Dixon, TomTom Dixon	9	30.1	1	0	3.26	15

Relief pitchers [edit]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
McLaughlin, BoBo McLaughlin	46	4	7	5	4.25	59
Forsch, KenKen Forsch	42	5	8	8	2.72	45
Pentz, GeneGene Pentz	41	5	2	2	3.83	51
Thomas, RoyRoy Thomas	4	0	0	0	2.84	4

Farm system [edit]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

1977 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

v t e 1977 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1977 Major League Baseball Draft 1977 All-Star Game 1977 World Series

Houston Astros

Formerly the Houston Colt .45s • Based in Houston, Texas

The Franchise

Expansion Draft • History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Awards • Players • Managers • Owners and executives • First-round draft picks • Broadcasters • Fox Sports Houston • Opening Day starting pitchers • All articles

Ballparks

Colt Stadium • Astrodome • Minute Maid Park
Spring Training: Cocoa Expo Stadium • Osceola County Stadium

Culture

AstroTurf • Orbit • Junction Jack • General Admission • Crawford Boxes • Continental League • The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training • The Hot Tub

Retired Numbers

5 • 7 • 24 • 25 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 40 • 42 • 49

Key Personnel

Owner: Jim Crane • General Manager: Jeff Luhnow • Manager: Bo Porter

League
Pennants (1)

National League: 2005 • American League: none

Division Titles

NL West: 1980 • 1981 • 1986 • NL Central: 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • AL West: none • NL Wild Card: 2004 • 2005 • AL Wild Card: none

Minors

AAA: Oklahoma City RedHawks • AA: Corpus Christi Hooks • A: Lancaster JetHawks • Quad Cities River Bandits • Tri-City Valley Cats • Rookie: Greeneville Astros • Gulf Coast League Astros

Rivalries

Lone Star Series

Seasons (52)

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