1979 Houston Astros season

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1979 Houston Astros
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1962) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
The Astrodome (Since 1965) Houston, Texas (Since 1962)
1979 Information
Owner(s)	John McMullen
General Manager(s)	Tal Smith
Manager(s)	Bill Virdon
Local television	KRIV
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker)

The Houston Astros' 1979 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Standings 1.2 Game log 2 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Cincinnati Reds	90	71	--	.559
Houston Astros	89	73	1.5	.549
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	83	11.5	.488
San Francisco Giants	71	91	19.5	.438
San Diego Padres	68	93	22.0	.422
Atlanta Braves	66	94	23.5	.413

[edit] Game log

1979 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
May # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
June # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
July # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
August # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
September # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
October # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record

[edit] References

v • d • e 1979 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1979 All-Star Game • 1979 World Series

v • d • e Houston Astros Formerly the Houston Colt .45s • Based in Houston, Texas The Franchise History • Seasons • Records • Awards • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters • All articles Ballparks Colt Stadium • Astrodome • Minute Maid Park Culture AstroTurf • Junction Jack • Lone Star Series • Crawford Boxes • Rainbow Guts • Houston Sports Curse Important Figures Jeff Bagwell • Craig Biggio • Nolan Ryan • Jimmy Wynn • Brad Ausmus • Bob Watson • Larry Dierker • Cesar Cedeno • José Cruz • Joe Niekro • Billy Wagner • Roy Oswalt • Lance Berkman • Roger Clemens • Mike Scott Retired Numbers 5 • 24 • 25 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 40 • 42 • 49 Key Personnel Owner: Drayton McLane, Jr. • General Manager: Ed Wade • Manager: Cecil Cooper National League Pennants (1) 2005 Division Titles Western: 1980 • 1986 • Central: 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • Wild Card: 2004 • 2005 Minors Round Rock Express (AAA) • Corpus Christi Hooks (AA) • Salem Avalanche (A) • Lexington Legends (A) • Tri-City Valley Cats (A) • Greeneville Astros (Rookie)   Seasons (47) 1960s 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 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