1976 Houston Astros season

1976 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Astrodome (since 1965)
Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)	Tal Smith
Manager(s)	Bill Virdon
Local television	KPRC-TV
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Bob Prince)
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The Houston Astros' 1976 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 80-82, 22 games behind the first-place Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

October 24, 1975: The Astros traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds for Joaquín Andújar. The Astros completed the trade by sending Luis Sánchez and Carlos Alfonso (minors) to the Reds on December 12.^[1]
December 6, 1975: Milt May, Dave Roberts and Jim Crawford were traded by the Astros to the Detroit Tigers for Leon Roberts, Terry Humphrey, Gene Pentz and Mark Lemongello.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	102	60	0.630	—	49–32	53–28
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	0.568	10	49–32	43–38
Houston Astros	80	82	0.494	22	46–36	34–46
San Francisco Giants	74	88	0.457	28	40–41	34–47
San Diego Padres	73	89	0.451	29	42–38	31–51
Atlanta Braves	70	92	0.432	32	34–47	36–45

Record vs. opponents

1976 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	6–12	7–11	8–10	8–4	4–8	5–7	3–9	10–8	9–9	4–8
Chicago	6–6	—	3–9	5–7	3–9	11–7	5–13	8–10	8–10	6–6	8–4	12–6
Cincinnati	12–6	9–3	—	12–6	13–5	9–3	6–6	5–7	8–4	13–5	9–9	6–6
Houston	11–7	7–5	6–12	—	5–13	10–2	6–6	4–8	2–10	10–8	10–8	9–3
Los Angeles	10–8	9–3	5–13	13–5	—	10–2	7–5	5–7	9–3	6–12	8–10	10–2
Montreal	4–8	7–11	3–9	2–10	2–10	—	8–10	3–15	8–10	4–8	7–5	7–11
New York	8–4	13–5	6–6	6–6	5–7	10–8	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	7–5	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	10–8	7–5	8–4	7–5	15–3	13–5	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	12–6
Pittsburgh	9–3	10–8	4–8	10–2	3–9	10–8	8–10	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	12–6
San Diego	8–10	6–6	5–13	8–10	12–6	8–4	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	9–9	4–8	9–9	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	6–12	6–6	3–9	2–10	11–7	9–9	6–12	6–12	8–4	7–5	—

Notable transactions

June 6, 1976: Terry Humphrey and Mike Barlow were traded by the Astros to the California Angels for Ed Herrmann.^[3]
June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
- Floyd Bannister was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (1st pick).^[4]
- Gary Rajsich was drafted by the Astros in the 11th round.^[5]
- Bert Roberge was drafted by the Astros in the 17th round.^[6]

Roster

1976 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

47 Joaquín Andújar

39 Mike Barlow

37 Mike Cosgrove

49 Larry Dierker

43 Ken Forsch

38 Tom Griffin

42 Larry Hardy

34 Dan Larson

51 Mark Lemongello

39 Bo McLaughlin

36 Joe Niekro

30 Gene Pentz

50 J. R. Richard

45 Gilberto Rondon

35 Joe Sambito

31 Paul Siebert

44 José Sosa

Catchers

8 Ed Herrmann

6 Cliff Johnson

9 Skip Jutze

Infielders

11 Rob Andrews

17 Ken Boswell

23 Enos Cabell

16 Jerry DaVanon

18 Art Howe

14 Roger Metzger

10 Larry Milbourne

15 Alex Taveras

27 Bob Watson

Outfielders

28 César Cedeño

20 Rich Chiles

25 José Cruz

21 Greg Gross

26 Wilbur Howard

29 Al Javier

22 Leon Roberts

Manager

7 Bill Virdon

Coaches

4 Deacon Jones

5 Bob Lillis

3 Tony Pacheco

2 Mel Wright

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Herrmann, EdEd Herrmann	79	265	54	.204	3	25
2B	Andrews, RobRob Andrews	109	410	105	.256	0	23
LF	Cruz, JoséJosé Cruz	133	439	133	.303	4	61
CF	Cedeño, CésarCésar Cedeño	150	575	171	.297	18	83

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Johnson, CliffCliff Johnson	108	318	72	.226	10	49
Roberts, LeonLeon Roberts	87	235	68	.289	7	33
Howard, WilburWilbur Howard	94	191	42	.220	1	18
Javier, AlAl Javier	8	24	5	.208	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dierker, LarryLarry Dierker	28	187.1	13	14	3.69	112
Andújar, JoaquínJoaquín Andújar	28	172.1	9	10	3.60	59
Larson, DanDan Larson	13	92.1	5	8	3.02	42
Cosgrove, MikeMike Cosgrove	22	89.2	3	4	5.52	34
Lemongello, MarkMark Lemongello	4	29	3	1	2.79	9

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
McLaughlin, BoBo McLaughlin	17	79	4	5	2.85	32
Rondon, GilbertoGilberto Rondon	19	53.2	2	2	5.70	21

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Pentz, GeneGene Pentz	40	3	3	5	2.97	36
Griffin, TomTom Griffin	20	5	3	0	6.05	33
Siebert, PaulPaul Siebert	19	0	2	0	3.16	10
Barlow, MikeMike Barlow	16	2	2	0	4.50	11
Hardy, LarryLarry Hardy	15	0	0	3	7.06	10
Sosa, JoséJosé Sosa	9	0	0	0	6.94	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Blues	International League	Jim Beauchamp
AA	Columbus Astros	Southern League	Leo Posada
A	Dubuque Packers	Midwest League	Bob Cluck
Rookie	Covington Astros	Appalachian League	Julio Linares

References

↑ Joaquín Andújar page on Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Crawford page on Baseball Reference
↑ Terry Humphrey at Baseball-Reference
↑ Floyd Bannister at Baseball Reference
↑ Gary Rajsich at Baseball Reference
↑ Bert Roberge at Baseball Reference

External links

1976 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

1976 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1976 All-Star Game 1976 World Series

Houston Astros

Formerly the Houston Colt .45s
Based in Houston, Texas

Franchise

Ballparks

Colt Stadium Houston Astrodome Minute Maid Park

Spring training:	Cocoa Expo Stadium Osceola County Stadium Ballpark of The Palm Beaches

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Jim Crane
President: Reid Ryan
General Manager: Jeff Luhnow
Manager: A. J. Hinch

League pennants (1)

National League:
- 2005
American League:
- none

Division titles (7)

NL West:
- 1980
- 1981
- 1986
NL Central:
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2001
AL West:
- none
NL Wild Card:
- 2004
- 2005
AL Wild Card:
- 2015

Minors

Rivalries

Texas Rangers

Media

TV: Root Sports Southwest
Radio: Houston Astros Radio Network
Announcers: Alan Ashby; Geoff Blum

Seasons (56)

1960s	1960 · 1961 · 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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