1978 Houston Astros season explained

Houston Astros
Season:	1978
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Astrodome
City:	Houston, Texas
Record:	74–88 (.457)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	General Electric, Ford Motor Company
General Managers:	Tal Smith
Managers:	Bill Virdon
Television:	KPRC-TV
Radio:	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats)

The 1978 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League West with a record of 74–88, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

October 13, 1977: Al Javier was traded by the Astros to the Chicago Cubs for Keith Drumright.^[1]
November 18, 1977: Oscar Zamora was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[2]
December 19, 1977: Jesús Alou was signed as a free agent by the Houston Astros.^[3]

April 6, 1978: Bob Coluccio was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[4]
June 6, 1978: Danny Heep was drafted by the Astros in the 2nd round of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]
June 8, 1978: Bob Coluccio was traded by the Astros to the St. Louis Cardinals for Frank Riccelli.^[6]
September 2, 1978: Dan Larson was traded by the Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Warthen.^[7]
September 5, 1978: Gene Pentz was released by the Astros.^[8]

1978 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	51	150	31	.207	7	22
1B	139	461	133	.289	14	79
2B	119	420	123	.293	7	55
SS	59	218	58	.266	0	9
3B	162	660	195	.295	7	71
LF	120	247	62	.251	3	36
CF	149	585	169	.289	3	35
RF	153	565	178	.315	10	83

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
78	223	52	.233	1	16
50	192	54	.281	7	23
104	186	43	.231	0	12
54	154	41	.266	3	15
56	153	20	.131	1	11
84	148	34	.230	1	13
88	141	29	.206	2	6
77	139	45	.312	2	19
45	123	27	.220	0	6
44	86	10	.116	0	0
38	67	17	.254	1	11
17	55	9	.164	0	2
16	36	4	.111	0	0
8	26	10	.385	0	4
8	18	4	.222	0	1
10	17	3	.176	0	2

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	275.0	18	11	3.11	303
33	210.1	9	14	3.94	77
35	202.2	14	14	3.86	97
13	68.0	3	3	2.12	27

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
30	140.0	7	11	3.99	66
35	110.2	5	7	3.42	55
28	110.1	3	9	4.81	94
5	10.2	0	1	4.22	2

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
62	4	9	11	3.07	96
52	10	6	7	2.70	71
17	1	2	0	4.67	17
12	0	1	2	5.01	10
10	0	0	0	6.00	8
10	0	0	0	7.20	6
2	0	0	0	0.00	2