Team fielding report -- 1979 Houston Astros
Regular season -- as of 4/30/1979
| Primary |
| Pos | Name | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | PCT | PB | SB | CS | SB% |
| p | Ken Forsch | 5 | 5 | 39.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | J.R. Richard | 5 | 5 | 34.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| | Joe Niekro | 5 | 5 | 31.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1.000 | | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Vern Ruhle | 5 | 5 | 29.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| | Frank Riccelli | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Joe Sambito | 10 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Gary Wilson | 2 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Joaquin Andujar | 8 | 1 | 17.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| | Bo McLaughlin | 6 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Rick Williams | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Tom Dixon | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Total | 56 | 21 | 188.2 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 1.000 | | 10 | 4 | .714 |
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| c | Alan Ashby | 20 | 17 | 145.1 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 1.000 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .778 |
| | Bruce Bochy | 9 | 4 | 43.1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .600 |
| | Total | 29 | 21 | 188.2 | 133 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 1.000 | 3 | 10 | 4 | .714 |
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| 1b | Bob Watson | 21 | 21 | 182.0 | 163 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 179 | .994 | | | | |
| | Art Howe | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Enos Cabell | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 23 | 21 | 188.2 | 168 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 185 | .995 | | | | |
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| 2b | Art Howe | 21 | 21 | 176.0 | 39 | 70 | 5 | 11 | 114 | .956 | | | | |
| | Rafael Landestoy | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Jimmy Sexton | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Julio Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 28 | 21 | 188.2 | 44 | 74 | 5 | 14 | 123 | .959 | | | | |
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| 3b | Enos Cabell | 21 | 21 | 181.0 | 20 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 56 | .964 | | | | |
| | Art Howe | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | | | | |
| | Julio Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Jimmy Sexton | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 28 | 21 | 188.2 | 20 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 57 | .947 | | | | |
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| ss | Craig Reynolds | 21 | 21 | 188.2 | 30 | 57 | 7 | 9 | 94 | .926 | | | | |
| | Total | 21 | 21 | 188.2 | 30 | 57 | 7 | 9 | 94 | .926 | | | | |
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| lf | Jose Cruz | 21 | 21 | 187.2 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | .962 | | | | |
| | Dennis Walling | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 22 | 21 | 188.2 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | .962 | | | | |
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| cf | Cesar Cedeno | 18 | 17 | 153.1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Jeff Leonard | 3 | 3 | 24.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Terry Puhl | 2 | 1 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 23 | 21 | 188.2 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1.000 | | | | |
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| rf | Terry Puhl | 20 | 20 | 175.0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Dennis Walling | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Jeff Leonard | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 24 | 21 | 188.2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1.000 | | | | |
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| | Total | 21 | 21 | 188.2 | 566 | 215 | 18 | 16 | 799 | .977 | 3 | | | |