1977 Houston Astros season explained

Houston Astros
Season:	1977
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Astrodome
City:	Houston, Texas
Record:	81–81 (.500)
Divisional Place:	3rd
Owners:	General Electric, Ford Motor Company
General Managers:	Tal Smith
Managers:	Bill Virdon
Television:	KPRC-TV
Radio:	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats)

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.

Offseason

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]

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]

1977 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	132	421	108	.257	16	61
1B	151	554	160	.289	22	110
2B	125	413	109	.264	8	58
SS	97	269	50	.186	0	16
3B	150	625	176	.282	16	68
LF	60	229	69	.301	0	10
CF	141	530	148	.279	14	71
RF	157	579	173	.299	17	87

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
110	383	94	.245	1	27
87	187	48	.257	2	13
56	158	46	.291	1	17
51	144	43	.299	10	23
58	129	24	.186	1	9
42	114	29	.254	2	18
34	100	16	.160	2	9
72	97	21	.216	0	12
66	65	10	.154	0	3
19	27	2	.074	0	2
6	21	6	.286	0	6
13	21	4	.190	0	1
7	20	1	.050	0	1
9	17	2	.118	0	1
13	15	3	.200	0	0
6	15	1	.067	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	267.0	18	12	2.97	214
34	214.2	9	14	3.48	83
26	158.2	11	8	3.69	69
24	142.2	8	9	4.04	112
4	21.0	1	1	6.00	7

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
44	180.2	13	8	3.04	101
32	97.2	1	7	5.81	44
9	30.1	1	0	3.26	15

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
42	5	8	8	2.72	45
54	5	5	7	2.33	67
46	4	7	5	4.25	59
41	5	2	2	3.83	51
4	0	0	0	2.84	4