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    1978 Houston Astros

    1978 Houston Astros
    74 - 88, 5th place in the NL West, 21 GB
    1977 / 1979 (Team History)

    Runs Scored/Avg Tm:
    605 / 601 (+4)

    Runs Allowed/Avg Tm:
    634 / 598 (-36)


    Home:
    50 - 31 (.617)

    Away:
    24 - 57 (.296)

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    1978 Houston Astros

    Glossary

    Left Field
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Denny Walling 280 0.9 1.0 0.3
    Wilbur Howard 158 -1.0 -0.3 -0.6
    Jesus Alou 152 0.2 0.7 -0.4
    Jeffrey Leonard 27 0.5 0.2 0.3
    Joe Cannon 18 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1
    Center Field
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Terry Puhl 647 3.7 3.5 0.4
    Cesar Cedeno 209 2.2 2.0 0.2
    Right Field
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Jose Cruz 627 5.3 6.2 -0.1
    Shortstop
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Rafael Landestoy 230 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3
    Jimmy Sexton 155 0.4 0.1 -0.1
    Roger Metzger 138 -0.7 -0.6 -0.3
    Mike Fischlin 95 -1.6 -0.9 -0.9
    Third Base
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Enos Cabell 694 2.8 3.7 -1.2
    Second Base
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Art Howe 461 2.7 2.6 -0.3
    Julio Gonzalez 239 -0.7 -0.3 -0.7
    Keith Drumright 59 -0.6 -0.6 -0.1
    First Base
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Bob Watson 527 3.0 3.0 0.8
    Dave Bergman 228 -0.3 0.1 0.2
    Jim Obradovich 18 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
    Catcher
    Player PA WAR Off Fld
    Joe Ferguson 191 1.5 1.0 0.2
    Luis Pujols 169 -1.6 -0.9 -1.0
    Bruce Bochy 167 0.6 0.2 0.0
    Reggie Baldwin 70 -0.2 0.1 -0.3
    Ed Herrmann 40 -0.5 -0.5 -0.1
    Starting Pitcher
    Player Age IP WAR Pit Off
    J. R. Richard 28 275.1 4.2 4.1 0.1
    Mark Lemongello 22 210.1 1.3 1.2 0.1
    Joe Niekro 33 202.2 0.6 0.9 -0.3
    Tom Dixon 23 140.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
    Joaquin Andujar 25 110.2 1.3 1.3 -0.0
    Floyd Bannister 23 110.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.0
    Vern Ruhle 27 68.0 2.2 2.3 -0.1
    Dan Warthen 25 10.2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0
    Relief Pitcher
    Player Age IP WAR Pit Off
    Ken Forsch 31 133.1 2.8 2.7 0.0
    Joe Sambito 26 88.0 1.3 1.2 0.1
    Rick Williams 25 34.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1
    Bo McLaughlin 24 23.1 -0.6 -0.5 -0.0
    Gene Pentz 25 15.0 -0.6 -0.6 -0.0
    Oscar Zamora 33 15.0 -0.4 -0.4 -0.0
    Frank Riccelli 25 3.0 0.1 0.1 0.0