| Bill Virdon | Manager | 7th season | 402-351 | .534 |
|
| Deacon Jones | Bench Coach |
| Bob Lillis | Hitting Coach |
| Tony Pacheco | Pitching Coach |
The Astrodome (45,000 / Artificial Turf) | LFL | LF | LC | CF | RC | RF | RFL |
Distances
Walls | 340
10 | 365
10 | 390
16 | 406
10 | 390
16 | 365
10 | 340
10 |
| 1976 All-Stars: | CF Cesar Cedeno / SP Ken Forsch |
Key Offseason Transactions:
- Traded Larry Dierker and Jerry Davanon to STL for Joe Ferguson and Bob Detherage.
- Lost Rich Chiles to MIN in draft.
- Traded Greg Gross to CUB for Julio Gonzalez.
- Traded Skip Jutze to SEA for Alan Griffin and cash.
- Traded Paul Siebert to SD for Mike Allen.
- Traded Rob Andrews and cash to SF for Willie Crawford and Rob Sperring.
- Traded Larry Milbourne to SEA for Roy Thomas.
|
Starting Pitching: D
| Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | W | L | S | IP | BB | K | ERA | AVG |
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP | J.R. Richard
Joaquin Andujar
Joe Niekro
Ken Forsch
Bo McLaughlin | 27
24
32
30
23 | 6
1
10
7
1 | B
F
F
B+
D- | 20
9
4
4
4 | 15
10
8
3
5 | 0
0
0
19
1 | 291.0
172.1
118.0
92.0
79.0 | 151
75
56
26
17 | 214
59
77
49
32 | 2.75
3.60
3.36
2.15
2.85 | .209
.250
.234
.226
.241 |
Bullpen: D | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | W | L | S | IP | BB | K | ERA | AVG |
MR
MR
MR
MR
MR
MR | Roy Thomas
Dan Larsen
Doug Konieczny
Mark Lemongello
Gene Pentz
Tom Dixon | 23
22
25
21
23
21 | 0
1
3
1
2
0 | B-
F
F
F
B
D+ | 0
5
0
3
3
0 | 0
8
0
1
3
0 | 0
0
0
0
5
0 | 0.0
92.1
0.0
29.0
63.2
0.0 | 0
28
0
7
31
0 | 0
42
0
9
36
0 | 0.00
3.02
0.00
2.79
2.97
0.00 | .000
.232
.000
.230
.253
.000 |
Closer: C-
| Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | W | L | S | IP | BB | K | ERA | AVG |
| CL | Joe Sambito | 24 | 1 | C- | 3 | 2 | 1 | 53.1 | 14 | 26 | 3.54 | .234 |
Infield: D+ | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP |
C
1B
2B
3B
SS | Joe Ferguson
Bob Watson
Art Howe
Enos Cabell
Julio Gonzalez | 30
30
30
27
24 | 7
11
3
5
0 | D-
A-
C-
C
F | 374
585
29
586
0 | 79
183
4
160
0 | 46
76
0
85
0 | 10
16
0
2
0 | 39
102
0
43
0 | .211
.313
.138
.273
.000 | 6
3
0
35
0 | .317
.377
.286
.309
.000 |
Outfield: B | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP |
LF
CF
RF | Terry Puhl
Cesar Cedeno
Jose Cruz | 20
26
29 | 0
7
7 | C+
A-
B | 0
575
439 | 0
171
133 | 0
89
49 | 0
18
4 | 0
83
61 | .000
.297
.303 | 0
58
28 | .000
.357
.377 |
Bench: C+ | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP |
2B
SS
LF
LF
RF | Ken Boswell
Roger Metzger
Willie Crawford
Cliff Johnson
Leon Roberts | 31
29
30
29
26 | 10
7
13
5
3 | F
F
B-
D
D | 126
481
392
318
235 | 33
101
119
72
68 | 12
37
49
36
31 | 0
0
9
10
7 | 18
29
50
49
33 | .262
.210
.304
.226
.289 | 1
1
2
0
1 | .301
.286
.360
.359
.347 |
Outlook: 93-69. Second Place in NL West