1981 Houston Astros
61 - 49
1980 / 1982 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL West (6 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		31 - 20 (.608)
30 - 29 (.508)		 +4.4 wins
+1.8 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 394 / 390 ( +4 )
Allowed/Expected: 331 / 390 ( +59 )
Pyth Record: 63 - 47 (-2)
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Astrodome
Attendance: 1,321,282 Avg Att: 25,907 (1.34)
Att Rank: 4 / 12 Lg Avg: 19,376
       
Park Factor: 0.91    
HR Factor: 0.76 R/L HR: 0.75 / 0.78
Notes:
- West Division Champions
- Lost to Los Angeles Dodgers in the NWDS

1981 Houston Astros
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
33.9
3.1
1.9
0.6
25.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.0

Center Field
29.8
1.3
1.3
-0.1
24.6
0.3
0.2
0.1


Right Field
25.0
1.9
0.9
0.5
26.9
-0.1
-0.4
0.1
Shortstop
28.5
1.5
1.2
0.8
27.7
1.1
0.6
0.7
22.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
Second Base
27.5
-0.2
0.1
-0.2
32.2
0.9
0.4
0.6
23.0
0.2
0.6
-0.2
28.1
-1.1
-0.5
-0.5
Third Base
34.5
3.5
2.7
0.9
First Base
30.4
0.4
0.9
-0.9
27.2
0.2
0.5
-0.6
24.0
-0.2
-0.3
-0.0
30.4
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
28.9
-0.1
-0.2
-0.0
27.0
0.0
-0.1
0.0
25.8
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
28.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
Manager
W-L
50.1
61-49
.555
3.1
Catcher
30.0
2.2
1.5
1.2
25.6
-0.2
0.1
-0.1
26.1
0.3
0.3
0.0
Starting Pitcher
IP
36.7
166.0
2.0
1.8
0.2
36.2
158.7
2.9
2.8
0.1
27.1
156.7
3.7
3.5
0.1
34.4
149.0
5.1
4.7
0.4
30.4
102.0
1.9
1.4
0.5
28.5
23.7
-0.6
-0.7
0.0
Relief Pitcher
IP
26.4
75.0
0.7
0.7
0.1
29.0
63.7
1.3
1.3
-0.0
29.7
42.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.1
25.2
28.7
-1.0
-1.0
0.0
26.8
20.7
0.4
0.4
-0.0
24.9
4.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James