1978 Houston Astros
Baseball Player Won-Loss Records
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1978 Houston Astros*
Traditional Statistics and Splits (Retrosheet)
Houston Astros - Franchise Page

(Regular Season)

(1978 National League)
Positional Average (Weighted Avg of Options): 0.500 (1-Year) (9-Year) (Long-Run)

Positional Averages for Pitchers (Wgted Avg of Options): "0.500 "vs. Different Values for Starting vs. Relief Pitchers: (Empirical) (Based on Pitchers who Do Both)

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Position Players
(Sorted by pWORL)
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
15.112.62.7
4.0
14.513.21.6
2.9
15.913.01.7
3.1
15.713.21.2
2.6
22.519.81.0
3.1
22.619.61.7
3.8
6.85.80.7
1.4
6.85.90.6
1.3
1.50.60.8
0.9
1.30.80.5
0.6
9.39.2-0.3
0.6
9.78.80.4
1.4
4.44.40.1
0.5
4.84.10.8
1.2
4.54.60.1
0.5
4.54.6-0.1
0.4
18.819.2-1.5
0.4
19.618.40.3
2.1
1.82.0-0.1
0.1
1.82.0-0.1
0.1
4.14.8-0.5
-0.0
4.34.6-0.1
0.4
19.220.3-2.0
-0.1
20.419.10.5
2.4
4.65.1-0.7
-0.2
4.55.1-0.8
-0.2
0.50.9-0.4
-0.3
0.41.0-0.5
-0.5
0.30.7-0.4
-0.4
0.40.6-0.2
-0.1
0.20.7-0.5
-0.4
0.40.5-0.2
-0.1
1.11.8-0.6
-0.5
1.31.7-0.4
-0.3
5.25.9-1.1
-0.5
5.25.9-1.2
-0.6
3.04.1-0.9
-0.5
3.14.0-0.7
-0.3
5.97.3-1.2
-0.5
6.07.3-1.0
-0.3
5.47.0-1.2
-0.6
5.76.7-0.6
-0.0
1.93.3-1.2
-0.9
1.83.4-1.3
-1.1
3.05.0-1.9
-1.5
3.24.8-1.5
-1.2
3.55.7-2.4
-1.9
4.05.2-1.3
-0.8
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
158.6163.9-9.7
6.1
162.0160.5-2.3
13.5


Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Pitchers
(Sorted by pWORL)
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
16.815.72.2
4.1
16.815.62.4
4.3
7.55.52.1
3.1
7.15.91.4
2.3
3.73.00.9
1.3
3.82.91.1
1.5
6.16.00.4
1.2
6.35.80.5
1.3
12.213.7-0.8
0.8
11.913.9-1.1
0.5
4.55.1-0.7
0.2
5.04.60.3
1.2
0.50.5-0.0
0.0
0.40.6-0.1
-0.0
0.00.00.0
0.0
0.00.00.0
0.0
6.98.5-1.1
-0.2
7.38.1-0.3
0.6
0.20.5-0.3
-0.2
0.30.4-0.1
-0.1
0.81.2-0.4
-0.3
0.71.2-0.4
-0.3
1.11.8-0.7
-0.4
1.41.5-0.1
0.1
0.20.8-0.6
-0.5
0.40.7-0.3
-0.3
10.614.3-2.9
-1.5
11.113.7-1.7
-0.3
6.39.5-2.8
-1.8
6.49.5-2.7
-1.7
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
77.486.1-4.6
5.7
78.984.5-1.2
9.1


pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL eWins eLosses eWOPA eWORL
TEAM TOTALS
236.0250.0-14.2
11.8
241.0245.0-3.5
22.6


Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Position Players
(Sorted by pWORL)
Batting Baserunning Pitching Fielding
Player eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct.
10.18.5
0.544
0.60.8
0.414
0.00.0
0.000
3.83.9
0.491
12.810.5
0.548
0.70.8
0.466
0.00.0
0.000
2.31.9
0.542
15.111.6
0.566
2.01.5
0.563
0.00.0
0.000
5.76.4
0.469
4.13.5
0.539
0.70.5
0.611
0.00.0
0.000
1.91.9
0.498
0.70.5
0.569
0.00.1
0.362
0.00.0
0.000
0.60.2
0.709
5.45.0
0.521
0.70.5
0.605
0.00.0
0.000
3.63.4
0.511
3.52.8
0.557
0.20.2
0.460
0.00.0
0.000
1.01.1
0.487
3.23.3
0.491
0.30.3
0.469
0.00.0
0.000
1.01.0
0.499
10.810.3
0.511
2.51.4
0.640
0.00.0
0.000
6.36.7
0.484
1.41.6
0.479
0.10.1
0.480
0.00.0
0.000
0.30.3
0.463
2.32.8
0.455
0.60.4
0.619
0.00.0
0.000
1.31.4
0.483
13.712.4
0.525
2.21.8
0.548
0.00.0
0.000
4.54.9
0.477
3.43.5
0.489
0.10.1
0.620
0.00.0
0.000
1.11.5
0.411
0.30.8
0.268
0.00.0
0.310
0.00.0
0.000
0.10.2
0.439
0.20.3
0.410
0.10.0
0.682
0.00.0
0.000
0.10.2
0.367
0.30.5
0.394
0.00.0
0.454
0.00.0
0.000
0.10.0
0.644
0.71.3
0.348
0.10.1
0.416
0.00.0
0.000
0.50.3
0.614
3.33.7
0.471
0.40.5
0.433
0.00.0
0.000
1.51.7
0.468
1.52.1
0.412
0.20.3
0.352
0.00.0
0.000
1.51.5
0.489
3.64.9
0.421
0.80.5
0.628
0.00.0
0.000
1.71.8
0.482
3.34.3
0.436
0.60.4
0.607
0.00.0
0.000
1.82.0
0.477
0.91.9
0.315
0.10.1
0.424
0.00.0
0.000
0.91.3
0.413
2.23.5
0.389
0.20.2
0.520
0.00.0
0.000
0.81.1
0.421
2.63.4
0.437
0.50.5
0.504
0.00.0
0.000
0.91.3
0.418
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
105.6103.1
0.506
13.511.0
0.552
0.00.0
0.000
43.246.2
0.483


Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Pitchers
(Sorted by pWORL)
Batting Baserunning Pitching Fielding
Player eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct.
1.12.0
0.360
0.10.2
0.455
15.013.4
0.527
0.40.3
0.566
0.40.5
0.435
0.00.1
0.199
6.45.2
0.551
0.20.2
0.525
0.10.4
0.228
0.00.0
0.215
3.52.5
0.585
0.00.0
0.494
0.20.6
0.296
0.00.0
0.455
5.55.3
0.514
0.30.1
0.694
0.61.4
0.290
0.10.1
0.359
11.211.9
0.486
0.20.3
0.400
0.00.1
0.436
0.00.0
0.556
4.84.4
0.525
0.10.2
0.386
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.40.5
0.462
0.00.1
0.312
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.00.0
0.826
0.00.0
0.000
0.31.0
0.215
0.00.0
0.299
6.97.0
0.497
0.10.1
0.607
0.00.0
0.004
0.00.0
0.000
0.30.4
0.418
0.00.0
0.727
0.00.0
0.002
0.00.0
0.000
0.71.1
0.405
0.00.0
0.344
0.00.1
0.004
0.00.0
0.000
1.41.4
0.500
0.10.1
0.472
0.00.1
0.000
0.00.0
0.000
0.40.6
0.369
0.00.0
0.826
0.61.5
0.293
0.10.1
0.419
10.211.5
0.472
0.30.4
0.451
0.30.6
0.314
0.00.0
0.250
6.18.5
0.420
0.10.1
0.637
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
SUB-TOTAL
3.78.5
0.305
0.30.5
0.382
72.973.5
0.498
2.12.0
0.509


Batting Baserunning Pitching Fielding
eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct. eWins eLoss Win Pct.
TEAM TOTALS
109.3111.6
0.495
13.911.5
0.546
72.973.5
0.498
45.248.2
0.484


eWin, eLoss, eWOPA by Position
Catcher
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Bruce Bochy4.54.50.0
Joe Ferguson4.64.00.6
Luis Pujols3.24.8-1.5
Reggie Baldwin1.31.6-0.2
Ed Herrmann0.40.9-0.5
Wilbur Howard0.10.10.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL14.015.9-1.6
  
First Base
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Bob Watson15.412.81.2
Dave Bergman2.22.5-0.6
Enos Cabell1.01.0-0.1
Jim Obradovich0.30.20.0
Jose Cruz Sr.0.40.10.2
Art Howe0.00.1-0.0
Luis Pujols0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL19.216.70.7
  
Second Base
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Art Howe13.412.21.5
Julio C. Gonzalez3.94.7-0.6
Keith Drumright1.31.7-0.4
Jimmy Sexton0.20.10.1
Rafael Landestoy0.00.00.0
Roger Metzger0.0-0.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL18.818.60.6
  
Third Base
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Enos Cabell19.418.20.6
Art Howe1.01.00.0
Julio C. Gonzalez0.10.2-0.1
Jimmy Sexton0.10.1-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL20.619.40.5
  
Shortstop
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Rafael Landestoy5.46.3-0.5
Jimmy Sexton3.84.2-0.2
Roger Metzger3.14.0-0.7
Mike Fischlin1.93.3-1.2
Julio C. Gonzalez1.61.9-0.2
------ ------ ------
TOTAL15.819.7-2.8
  
Left Field
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Denny Walling7.86.80.5
Terry Puhl5.45.3-0.2
Jesus Alou3.03.8-1.1
Dave Bergman2.72.9-0.5
Wilbur Howard1.72.3-0.7
Jeffrey Leonard0.70.40.3
Joe Cannon0.20.2-0.0
Rafael Landestoy0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.421.7-1.7
  
Center Field
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Terry Puhl13.512.80.2
Cesar Cedeno6.75.90.6
Denny Walling0.40.4-0.0
Wilbur Howard0.20.5-0.4
Jeffrey Leonard0.30.20.1
Joe Cannon0.20.3-0.0
Rafael Landestoy0.10.1-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.520.20.4
  
Right Field
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Jose Cruz Sr.22.319.41.3
Wilbur Howard0.70.50.2
Terry Puhl0.60.40.2
Denny Walling0.40.5-0.1
Jeffrey Leonard0.30.20.1
Jesus Alou0.10.1-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL24.421.11.6
  
Designated Hitter
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.00.00.0
  
Pinch Hitter
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Wilbur Howard1.31.9-0.4
Jesus Alou1.51.20.4
Denny Walling1.21.10.1
Reggie Baldwin0.50.40.1
Julio C. Gonzalez0.30.5-0.1
Bob Watson0.30.4-0.1
Dave Bergman0.30.4-0.1
Jim Obradovich0.00.4-0.4
Rafael Landestoy0.10.2-0.0
Joe Ferguson0.20.10.1
Bruce Bochy0.00.1-0.1
Terry Puhl0.10.10.0
Jimmy Sexton0.00.1-0.0
Joe Cannon0.00.1-0.1
Ed Herrmann0.00.00.0
Mike Fischlin0.00.0-0.0
Joe Niekro0.00.0-0.0
Jeffrey Leonard0.00.0-0.0
Art Howe0.00.0-0.0
J.R. Richard0.00.0-0.0
Roger Metzger0.00.00.0
Jose Cruz Sr.0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL5.97.1-0.8
  
Pinch Runner
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Jimmy Sexton0.20.2-0.0
Dave Bergman0.00.1-0.0
Wilbur Howard0.00.00.0
Julio C. Gonzalez0.00.0-0.0
Rafael Landestoy0.0-0.00.0
Terry Puhl0.00.0-0.0
Luis Pujols0.00.0-0.0
Denny Walling0.00.00.0
Joaquin Andujar0.00.0-0.0
Mike Fischlin0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.20.3-0.0
  
Pitcher Offense
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
J.R. Richard1.22.10.1
Mark Lemongello0.71.7-0.2
Joe Niekro0.61.5-0.2
Tom E. Dixon0.31.0-0.3
Ken Forsch0.40.60.1
Floyd Bannister0.30.7-0.0
Joaquin Andujar0.30.6-0.1
Vern Ruhle0.10.4-0.1
Rick Williams0.00.1-0.1
Dan Warthen0.00.1-0.1
Joe Sambito0.00.10.0
Bo McLaughlin0.00.0-0.0
Oscar Zamora0.00.0-0.0
Gene Pentz0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL4.09.0-0.7
  
Starting Pitching
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
J.R. Richard15.413.81.8
Joe Niekro11.011.8-0.8
Mark Lemongello10.511.9-1.4
Floyd Bannister5.68.1-2.5
Tom E. Dixon6.26.4-0.2
Joaquin Andujar4.43.90.5
Vern Ruhle3.22.40.9
Ken Forsch2.72.10.6
Rick Williams0.40.8-0.3
Bo McLaughlin0.30.4-0.2
Dan Warthen0.30.30.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL59.961.8-1.4
  
Relief Pitching
Player eWins eLosses eWOPA
Joe Sambito5.04.60.3
Ken Forsch3.93.30.6
Joaquin Andujar1.51.5-0.1
Rick Williams0.90.80.1
Tom E. Dixon0.80.70.1
Bo McLaughlin0.50.7-0.2
Floyd Bannister0.60.6-0.0
Gene Pentz0.50.6-0.1
Joe Niekro0.40.40.0
Oscar Zamora0.30.4-0.1
Vern Ruhle0.40.10.2
Dan Warthen0.10.3-0.2
Mark Lemongello0.10.00.1
Frank Riccelli0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL14.813.90.6


Team eWins over Positional Average by Position
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1978 Houston Astros-1.5-1.60.70.60.5-2.8-1.70.41.6-0.8


pWin, pLoss, pWOPA by Position
Catcher
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Bruce Bochy4.54.40.2
Joe Ferguson4.34.4-0.0
Luis Pujols3.05.0-1.9
Reggie Baldwin1.31.6-0.2
Ed Herrmann0.50.9-0.4
Wilbur Howard0.10.10.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL13.716.3-2.3
  
First Base
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Bob Watson15.612.61.7
Dave Bergman2.02.7-0.9
Enos Cabell0.91.0-0.2
Jim Obradovich0.20.3-0.1
Jose Cruz Sr.0.40.10.2
Art Howe0.00.1-0.0
Luis Pujols0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL19.216.70.7
  
Second Base
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Art Howe14.011.62.7
Julio C. Gonzalez3.94.7-0.7
Keith Drumright1.11.8-0.6
Jimmy Sexton0.20.10.1
Rafael Landestoy0.00.00.0
Roger Metzger0.00.00.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL19.318.21.5
  
Third Base
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Enos Cabell18.319.3-1.8
Art Howe1.01.0-0.0
Julio C. Gonzalez0.00.3-0.3
Jimmy Sexton0.00.1-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL19.320.8-2.2
  
Shortstop
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Rafael Landestoy5.26.5-0.9
Jimmy Sexton3.74.3-0.4
Roger Metzger3.04.1-0.9
Mike Fischlin1.93.2-1.1
Julio C. Gonzalez1.61.8-0.1
------ ------ ------
TOTAL15.520.0-3.4
  
Left Field
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Denny Walling7.47.2-0.3
Terry Puhl5.45.3-0.3
Jesus Alou2.93.8-1.2
Dave Bergman2.82.7-0.1
Wilbur Howard1.62.4-1.0
Jeffrey Leonard0.80.20.6
Joe Cannon0.10.3-0.2
Rafael Landestoy0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL21.022.0-2.5
  
Center Field
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Terry Puhl12.713.5-1.4
Cesar Cedeno6.85.80.7
Denny Walling0.30.4-0.1
Wilbur Howard0.20.5-0.3
Jeffrey Leonard0.40.20.3
Joe Cannon0.20.3-0.1
Rafael Landestoy0.10.1-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL20.820.9-1.0
  
Right Field
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Jose Cruz Sr.22.119.70.8
Wilbur Howard0.60.60.0
Terry Puhl0.60.40.1
Denny Walling0.50.40.0
Jeffrey Leonard0.20.2-0.0
Jesus Alou0.10.1-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL24.121.40.9
  
Designated Hitter
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.00.00.0
  
Pinch Hitter
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Wilbur Howard1.02.2-1.2
Jesus Alou1.61.20.4
Denny Walling1.21.10.1
Reggie Baldwin0.50.40.1
Julio C. Gonzalez0.30.5-0.1
Bob Watson0.40.4-0.0
Dave Bergman0.40.4-0.0
Jim Obradovich0.00.4-0.4
Rafael Landestoy0.10.3-0.2
Joe Ferguson0.20.10.1
Bruce Bochy0.00.1-0.1
Terry Puhl0.10.00.0
Jimmy Sexton0.00.1-0.0
Joe Cannon0.00.1-0.1
Ed Herrmann0.00.0-0.0
Mike Fischlin0.00.0-0.0
Joe Niekro0.00.0-0.0
Jeffrey Leonard0.00.0-0.0
Art Howe0.00.0-0.0
J.R. Richard0.00.0-0.0
Roger Metzger0.00.0-0.0
Jose Cruz Sr.0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL5.57.5-1.6
  
Pinch Runner
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Jimmy Sexton0.20.20.0
Dave Bergman0.00.1-0.0
Wilbur Howard0.00.00.0
Julio C. Gonzalez0.00.0-0.0
Rafael Landestoy0.00.00.0
Terry Puhl0.00.0-0.0
Luis Pujols0.00.0-0.0
Denny Walling0.00.00.0
Joaquin Andujar0.00.0-0.0
Mike Fischlin0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL0.20.3-0.0
  
Pitcher Offense
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
J.R. Richard1.32.00.3
Mark Lemongello0.81.6-0.0
Joe Niekro0.81.40.1
Tom E. Dixon0.31.0-0.2
Ken Forsch0.50.50.2
Floyd Bannister0.30.7-0.1
Joaquin Andujar0.30.6-0.0
Vern Ruhle0.20.30.0
Rick Williams0.00.1-0.1
Dan Warthen0.00.1-0.1
Joe Sambito0.00.1-0.0
Bo McLaughlin0.00.0-0.0
Oscar Zamora0.00.0-0.0
Gene Pentz0.00.0-0.0
------ ------ ------
TOTAL4.68.40.1
  
Starting Pitching
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
J.R. Richard15.513.71.9
Joe Niekro10.911.9-1.0
Mark Lemongello9.712.7-3.0
Floyd Bannister5.48.3-2.9
Tom E. Dixon5.57.0-1.4
Joaquin Andujar4.63.71.0
Vern Ruhle3.12.40.7
Ken Forsch3.11.71.4
Rick Williams0.40.8-0.4
Bo McLaughlin0.20.5-0.4
Dan Warthen0.20.4-0.2
------ ------ ------
TOTAL58.563.1-4.1
  
Relief Pitching
Player pWins pLosses pWOPA
Joe Sambito4.55.0-0.6
Ken Forsch3.93.30.5
Joaquin Andujar1.21.7-0.5
Rick Williams0.70.9-0.2
Tom E. Dixon1.00.50.4
Bo McLaughlin0.60.6-0.0
Floyd Bannister0.70.50.2
Gene Pentz0.50.5-0.0
Joe Niekro0.50.30.2
Oscar Zamora0.20.5-0.3
Vern Ruhle0.30.20.1
Dan Warthen0.00.4-0.3
Mark Lemongello0.10.00.1
Frank Riccelli0.00.00.0
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TOTAL14.314.5-0.6


Team pWins over Positional Average by Position
PC1B2B3BSSLFCFRFOth
1978 Houston Astros-4.5-2.30.71.5-2.2-3.4-2.5-1.00.9-1.6


*Player won-loss records are calculated using Retrosheet play-by-play data. For some seasons, Retrosheet does not have full play-by-play data for all games. In these cases, some games may be missing.
The number of Games shown here are the number of games for which Retrosheet play-by-play data exist and were used in these calculations.



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