1976 Houston Astros roster

34 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1976 MLB season.

1976 Astros roster: batting

1976 Houston Astros batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Enos Cabell1B1445868516024335.273.309.638
Bob Watson1B15758576183161023.313.377.835
Cesar CedenoCF15057589171188358.297.357.811
Roger MetzgerSS152481371010291.210.286.556
Jose CruzRF1334394913346128.303.377.777
Greg GrossRF128426521220272.286.375.704
Rob Andrews—109410421050237.256.312.612
Cliff JohnsonDH108318367210490.226.359.759
Leon RobertsRF8723531687331.289.347.790
Wilbur Howard—9419126421187.220.245.538
Larry Milbourne3B591452236076.248.319.595
Ken Boswell—9112612330181.262.301.643
Jerry Davanon—6110719311200.290.408.810
Skip Jutze—4292714060.152.186.425
Alex TaverasSS1446310021.217.250.467
Art Howe3B212904000.138.286.458
Al Javier—82415000.208.269.478
Rich Chiles—5412000.500.5001.250

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1976 Astros roster: pitching

1976 Houston Astros pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
J.R. RichardSP393920152.75291.02141.280
Larry DierkerP282813143.69187.21121.290
Joaquin AndujarRP28259103.60172.1591.380
Joe NiekroRP3613483.36118.0771.380
Dan LarsonSP1313583.0292.1421.180
Ken ForschRP520432.1592.0491.1119
Mike CosgroveP2216345.5289.2341.830
Bo McLaughlinP1711452.8579.0321.111
Gene PentzP400332.9763.2361.465
Gilberto RondonP197225.7053.2212.030
Joe SambitoRP204323.5453.1261.111
Mark LemongelloP44312.7929.091.140
Paul SiebertP190023.1625.2101.830
Mike BarlowRP160224.5022.0112.000
Larry HardyP150007.0621.2102.033
Jose SosaP90006.9411.251.890

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.