1979-08-23 Houston Astros

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description Houston Astros Team Status Report for 1979-08-23
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1979-08-23 Houston Astros (HOU)

Today is day 139 of the 1979 season

NL West 1979-08-23

Tm	W	L	BAT	PITCH	UR	dPE
HOU	72	55	-116.2	104.8	5.4	18.3
CIN	71	57	13.5	58.9	6.9	-2.7
LAN	59	67	30.8	1.8	-21.1	-10.4
SFN	58	69	-4.2	-18.2	-8.6	-4.5
SDN	54	74	-101.0	20.9	-3.1	-2.5
ATL	50	78	-37.5	-23.1	-29.1	-9.2

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Top Ten Players for HOU 1979-08-23

WAA column shows value accumulated playing for all teams including HOU this season.

Rank	WAA	Name	Pos
+017+	4.91	Joe Niekro	PITCH
+019+	4.69	Joaquin Andujar	PITCH
+026+	4.42	J.R. Richard	PITCH
+033+	4.01	Joe Sambito	PITCH
+091+	2.36	Ken Forsch	PITCH
+115+	2.02	Rick Williams	PITCH
+142+	1.67	Bob Watson	1B
+151+	1.57	Bert Roberge	PITCH
XXXXX	0.87	Vern Ruhle	PITCH
XXXXX	0.67	Dennis Walling	RF

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