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The1976 Houston Astros season was the15th season for theHouston Astros, aMajor League Baseball (MLB) franchise located inHouston, Texas, their 12th as the Astros, 8th in theNational League West, and 12th at TheAstrodome. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 80–82, 22 games behind the first-placeCincinnati Reds.

Offseason

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October 24, 1975: The Astros traded players to be named later to theCincinnati Reds forJoaquín Andújar. The Astros completed the trade by sendingLuis Sánchez and Carlos Alfonso (minors) to the Reds on December 12.^[1]
December 6, 1975:Milt May,Dave Roberts andJim Crawford were traded by the Astros to theDetroit Tigers forLeon Roberts,Terry Humphrey,Gene Pentz andMark Lemongello.^[2]

Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	102	60	.630	—	49‍–‍32	53‍–‍28
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	70	.568	10	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍38
Houston Astros	80	82	.494	22	46‍–‍36	34‍–‍46
San Francisco Giants	74	88	.457	28	40‍–‍41	34‍–‍47
San Diego Padres	73	89	.451	29	42‍–‍38	31‍–‍51
Atlanta Braves	70	92	.432	32	34‍–‍47	36‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

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1976 National League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MTL	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

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June 6, 1976: Terry Humphrey andMike Barlow were traded by the Astros to theCalifornia Angels forEd 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

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1976 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 47Joaquín Andújar 39Mike Barlow 37Mike Cosgrove 49Larry Dierker 43Ken Forsch 38Tom Griffin 42Larry Hardy 34Dan Larson 51Mark Lemongello 39Bo McLaughlin 36Joe Niekro 30Gene Pentz 50J. R. Richard 45Gilberto Rondon 35Joe Sambito 31Paul Siebert 44José Sosa		Catchers 8Ed Herrmann 6Cliff Johnson 9Skip Jutze Infielders 11Rob Andrews 17Ken Boswell 23Enos Cabell 16Jerry DaVanon 18Art Howe 14Roger Metzger 10Larry Milbourne 15Alex Taveras 27Bob Watson		Outfielders 28César Cedeño 20Rich Chiles 25José Cruz 21Greg Gross 26Wilbur Howard 29Al Javier 22Leon Roberts		Manager 7Bill Virdon Coaches 4Deacon Jones 5Bob Lillis 3Tony Pacheco 2Mel Wright

1976 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7Bill Virdon

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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	Ed Herrmann	79	265	54	.204	3	25
1B	Bob Watson	157	585	183	.313	16	102
2B	Rob Andrews	109	410	105	.256	0	23
SS	Roger Metzger	152	481	101	.210	0	29
3B	Enos Cabell	144	586	160	.273	2	43
LF	José Cruz	133	439	133	.303	4	61
CF	César Cedeño	150	575	171	.297	18	83
RF	Greg Gross	128	426	122	.286	0	27

Other batters

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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
Cliff Johnson	108	318	72	.226	10	49
Leon Roberts	87	235	68	.289	7	33
Wilbur Howard	94	191	42	.220	1	18
Larry Milbourne	59	145	36	.248	0	7
Ken Boswell	91	126	33	.262	0	18
Jerry DaVanon	61	107	31	.290	1	20
Skip Jutze	42	92	14	.152	0	6
Alex Taveras	14	46	10	.217	0	2
Art Howe	21	29	4	.138	0	0
Al Javier	8	24	5	.208	0	0
Rich Chiles	5	4	2	.500	0	0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
J.R. Richard	39	291.0	20	15	2.75	214
Larry Dierker	28	187.1	13	14	3.69	112
Joaquín Andújar	28	172.1	9	10	3.60	59
Dan Larson	13	92.1	5	8	3.02	42
Mike Cosgrove	22	89.2	3	4	5.52	34
Mark Lemongello	4	29.0	3	1	2.79	9

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Niekro	36	118.0	4	8	3.36	77
Bo McLaughlin	17	79.0	4	5	2.85	32
Gilberto Rondón	19	53.2	2	2	5.70	21
Joe Sambito	20	53.1	3	2	3.54	26

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ken Forsch	52	4	3	19	2.15	49
Gene Pentz	40	3	3	5	2.97	36
Tom Griffin	20	5	3	0	6.05	33
Paul Siebert	19	0	2	0	3.16	10
Mike Barlow	16	2	2	0	4.50	11
Larry Hardy	15	0	0	3	7.06	10
José Sosa	9	0	0	0	6.94	5

Farm system

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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

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

External links

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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

Houston Astros

Established in1962
Formerly theHouston Colt .45s
Based inHouston, Texas

Franchise

Ballparks

Colt Stadium Houston Astrodome Daikin Park
Spring training:	Geronimo Park Cocoa Expo Stadium Osceola County Stadium CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Texas Rangers

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner:Jim Crane
General Manager:Dana Brown
Manager:Joe Espada

World Series
Championships (2)

League pennants (5)

NL:
- 2005
AL:
- 2017
- 2019
- 2021
- 2022

Division titles (14)

NL West:
NL Central:
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2001
AL West:
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024

Wild card titles (4)

NL:
- 2004
- 2005
AL:
- 2015
- 2020

Minors

Media

TV: Space City Home Network
Radio: Houston Astros Radio Network
Announcers: Todd Kalas; Geoff Blum

Seasons (64)
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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 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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