1980 Houston Astros Pitching Statistics

1979 Season 1981 Season

Record: 93-70-0, Finished 1st in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (3-2) to Philadelphia Phillies

Manager: Bill Virdon (93-70)

General Manager: Tal Smith (Fired 10/26/1980)

Farm Director: Bill Wood

Scouting Director: Lynwood Stallings

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 2,278,217 (3rd of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 91
One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 87-76, 637 Runs, 589 Runs Allowed

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Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Joe Niekro	35	20	12	.625	3.55	37	36	1	11	2	0	256.0	268	119	101	12	79	3	127	4	0	12	1096	93	3.34	1.355	9.4	0.4	2.8	4.5	1.61
2	SP	Nolan Ryan	33	11	10	.524	3.35	35	35	0	4	2	0	233.2	205	100	87	10	98	1	200	3	1	10	982	98	2.89	1.297	7.9	0.4	3.8	7.7	2.04
3	SP	Ken Forsch	33	12	13	.480	3.20	32	32	0	6	3	0	222.1	230	90	79	15	41	1	84	7	3	1	926	103	3.52	1.219	9.3	0.6	1.7	3.4	2.05
4	SP	Vern Ruhle	29	12	4	.750	2.37	28	22	1	6	2	0	159.1	148	51	42	7	29	1	55	3	2	0	638	139	3.24	1.111	8.4	0.4	1.6	3.1	1.90
5	SP	J.R. Richard	30	10	4	.714	1.90	17	17	0	4	4	0	113.2	65	31	24	2	40	1	119	0	0	2	438	174	1.94	0.924	5.1	0.2	3.2	9.4	2.98
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Joe Sambito*	28	8	4	.667	2.19	64	0	40	0	0	17	90.1	65	26	22	3	22	3	75	2	0	3	354	151	2.32	0.963	6.5	0.3	2.2	7.5	3.41
7	RP	Joaquín Andújar	27	3	8	.273	3.91	35	14	5	0	0	2	122.0	132	59	53	8	43	2	75	0	0	2	529	84	3.43	1.434	9.7	0.6	3.2	5.5	1.74
8	RP	Dave Smith	25	7	5	.583	1.93	57	0	35	0	0	10	102.2	90	24	22	1	32	7	85	4	1	3	422	171	2.27	1.188	7.9	0.1	2.8	7.5	2.66
9	RP	Frank LaCorte	28	8	5	.615	2.82	55	0	44	0	0	11	83.0	61	29	26	4	43	5	66	0	0	2	342	117	3.34	1.253	6.6	0.4	4.7	7.2	1.53
10	RP	Randy Niemann*	24	0	1	.000	5.45	22	1	3	0	0	1	33.0	40	21	20	2	12	1	18	0	1	0	147	61	3.54	1.576	10.9	0.5	3.3	4.9	1.50
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Gordie Pladson	23	0	4	.000	4.35	12	6	1	0	0	0	41.1	38	23	20	3	16	0	13	0	0	0	175	76	4.23	1.306	8.3	0.7	3.5	2.8	0.81
12		Bert Roberge	25	2	0	1.000	5.92	14	0	2	0	0	0	24.1	24	16	16	2	10	1	9	2	0	3	106	57	4.56	1.397	8.9	0.7	3.7	3.3	0.90
13		Bobby Sprowl*	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5		-0.25	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	27.0	3.00
		Team Totals	30.4	93	70	.571	3.10	163	163	132	31	13	41	1482.2	1367	589	511	69	466	26	929	25	8	38	6160	106	3.10	1.236	8.3	0.4	2.8	5.6	1.99
		Rank in 12 NL teams		1	12		1				3	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	4		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W