1978 Houston Astros season
The 1978 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League West with a record of 74-88, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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 | | 51 | 150 | 31 | .207 | 7 | 22 |
1B | | 139 | 461 | 133 | .289 | 14 | 79 |
LF | | 120 | 247 | 62 | .251 | 3 | 36 |
RF | | 153 | 565 | 178 | .315 | 10 | 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 |
| 78 | 223 | 52 | .233 | 1 | 16 |
| 50 | 192 | 54 | .281 | 7 | 23 |
| 84 | 148 | 34 | .230 | 1 | 13 |
| 77 | 139 | 45 | .312 | 2 | 19 |
| 17 | 55 | 9 | .164 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
| 36 | 275 | 18 | 11 | 3.11 | 303 |
| 33 | 210.1 | 9 | 14 | 3.94 | 77 |
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 |
| 30 | 140 | 7 | 11 | 3.99 | 66 |
| 35 | 110.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.42 | 55 |
| 28 | 110.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.81 | 94 |
| 5 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.22 | 2 |
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 |
| 52 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2.70 | 71 |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.67 | 17 |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5.01 | 10 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 8 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Farm system