1977 Houston Astros roster

35 players appeared for the Houston Astros in the 1977 MLB season.

1977 Astros roster: batting

1977 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 Cabell1B150625101176166842.282.313.751
Jose CruzRF15757987173178744.299.368.843
Bob Watson1B15155477160221105.289.360.858
Cesar CedenoCF14153092148147161.279.346.802
Joe FergusonC1324215910816616.257.379.814
Art Howe3B125413441098580.264.336.748
Julio GonzalezSS11038334941273.245.287.603
Roger MetzgerSS9726924500162.186.272.535
Terry PuhlDH60229406901010.301.385.786
Wilbur Howard—87187224821311.257.276.597
Ed Herrmann—561587461171.291.352.707
Rob Sperring—58129624190.186.254.486
Jim Fuller—34100516290.160.243.523
Ken Boswell—72977210120.216.287.534
Art Gardner—6665710030.154.203.357
Leon RobertsRF192712020.074.107.181
Denny Walling3B62116060.286.348.729
Danny WaltonDH132104010.190.190.381
Craig Cacek—72001010.050.095.145
Joe CannonDH91732011.118.118.353
Mike FischlinSS131503000.200.200.400
Luis PujolsC61501000.067.067.133

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

1977 Astros roster: pitching

1977 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. RichardSP363618122.97267.02141.180
Mark LemongelloP34309143.48214.2831.350
Joe NiekroRP44141383.04180.21011.215
Joaquin AndujarRP26251183.69158.2691.340
Floyd BannisterRP2423894.04142.21121.440
Dan LarsonSP3210175.8197.2441.571
Joe SambitoRP541552.3389.0671.137
Gene PentzP414523.8387.0511.382
Ken ForschRP425582.7286.0451.268
Bo McLaughlinP466474.2584.2591.365
Tom DixonP94103.2630.1151.550
Doug KoniecznyP44116.0021.071.620
Roy ThomasRP40002.846.141.260

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.