1976 Houston Astros season
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
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 | | 79 | 265 | 54 | .204 | 3 | 25 |
2B | | 109 | 410 | 105 | .256 | 0 | 23 |
LF | | 133 | 439 | 133 | .303 | 4 | 61 |
CF | | 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 |
| 108 | 318 | 72 | .226 | 10 | 49 |
| 87 | 235 | 68 | .289 | 7 | 33 |
| 94 | 191 | 42 | .220 | 1 | 18 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 17 | 79 | 4 | 5 | 2.85 | 32 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Farm system