1976 Houston Astros season explained

Houston Astros
Season:	1976
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Astrodome
City:	Houston, Texas
Record:	80–82 (.494)
Divisional Place:	3rd
Owners:	Roy Hofheinz
General Managers:	Tal Smith
Managers:	Bill Virdon
Television:	KPRC-TV
Radio:	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Bob Prince)

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]

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]

1976 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	79	265	54	.204	3	25
1B	157	585	183	.313	16	102
2B	109	410	105	.256	0	23
SS	152	481	101	.210	0	29
3B	144	586	160	.273	2	43
LF	133	439	133	.303	4	61
CF	150	575	171	.297	18	83
RF	128	426	122	.286	0	27

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
108	318	72	.226	10	49
87	235	68	.289	7	33
94	191	42	.220	1	18
59	145	36	.248	0	7
91	126	33	.262	0	18
61	107	31	.290	1	20
42	92	14	.152	0	6
14	46	10	.217	0	2
21	29	4	.138	0	0
8	24	5	.208	0	0
5	4	2	.500	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
39	291.0	20	15	2.75	214
28	187.1	13	14	3.69	112
28	172.1	9	10	3.60	59
13	92.1	5	8	3.02	42
22	89.2	3	4	5.52	34
4	29.0	3	1	2.79	9

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	118.0	4	8	3.36	77
17	79.0	4	5	2.85	32
19	53.2	2	2	5.70	21
20	53.1	3	2	3.54	26

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
52	4	3	19	2.15	49
40	3	3	5	2.97	36
20	5	3	0	6.05	33
19	0	2	0	3.16	10
16	2	2	0	4.50	11
15	0	0	3	7.06	10
9	0	0	0	6.94	5