Jose Cruz and Terry Puhl were tied for the most strikeouts for the Astros in 1981, with 49 strikeouts.
| NAME | SO | SEASON | TM | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC | WRAA | wOBA | wRC+ | BRAA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Cruz | 49 | 1981 | 107 | 409 | 53 | 109 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 55 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 451 | 174 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | .267 | .319 | .425 | .745 | 54 | 6.5 | .334 | 116 | 8 | |
| 2 | | T. Puhl | 49 | 1981 | 96 | 350 | 43 | 88 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 394 | 124 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .251 | .315 | .354 | .670 | 38 | -3.1 | .303 | 96 | -1.8 | |
| 3 | | A. Ashby | 33 | 1981 | 83 | 255 | 20 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 295 | 94 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | .271 | .356 | .369 | .725 | 34 | 3.3 | .330 | 113 | 4.3 | |
| 4 | | T. Scott | 32 | 1981 | 55 | 225 | 28 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 243 | 89 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 | .338 | .396 | .733 | 29 | 3.6 | .334 | 116 | 4.4 | |
| 5 | | C. Cedeno | 31 | 1981 | 82 | 306 | 42 | 83 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 338 | 117 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .271 | .321 | .382 | .704 | 37 | 1.3 | .319 | 106 | 2.4 | |
| 6 | | C. Reynolds | 31 | 1981 | 87 | 323 | 43 | 84 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 354 | 130 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .260 | .286 | .402 | .688 | 36 | -1.7 | .307 | 99 | -0.6 | |
| 7 | | A. Howe | 23 | 1981 | 103 | 361 | 43 | 107 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 406 | 146 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | .296 | .365 | .404 | .770 | 53 | 9.8 | .347 | 125 | 11.1 | |
| 8 | | G. Woods | 22 | 1981 | 54 | 110 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 126 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .209 | .276 | .264 | .540 | 6 | -7 | .239 | 53 | -6.5 | |
| 9 |  | N. Ryan | 18 | 1981 | 21 | 51 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 | .286 | .235 | .521 | 4 | -2.8 | .251 | 60 | -2.6 | |
| 10 | | L. Pujols | 17 | 1981 | 40 | 117 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .239 | .297 | .308 | .605 | 9 | -4 | .271 | 74 | -3.6 | |
| 11 | | D. Walling | 17 | 1981 | 65 | 158 | 23 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 189 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .234 | .346 | .367 | .713 | 22 | 2.4 | .331 | 115 | 3 | |
| 12 | | K. Garcia | 16 | 1981 | 48 | 136 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 150 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .272 | .324 | .331 | .655 | 14 | -2.1 | .295 | 90 | -1.6 | |
| 13 | | J. Pittman | 16 | 1981 | 52 | 135 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 149 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .281 | .333 | .341 | .674 | 15 | -1.2 | .303 | 96 | -0.7 | |
| 14 | | B. Knepper | 15 | 1981 | 22 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .167 | .255 | .422 | 1 | -4.7 | .193 | 22 | -4.5 | |
| 15 | | D. Thon | 13 | 1981 | 49 | 95 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 105 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .274 | .337 | .337 | .673 | 11 | -0.3 | .310 | 100 | 0 | |
| 16 | | D. Sutton | 12 | 1981 | 23 | 51 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .137 | .228 | .137 | .365 | 1 | -5.8 | .188 | 18 | -5.6 | |
| 17 | | P. Garner | 11 | 1981 | 31 | 113 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 133 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .239 | .326 | .283 | .609 | 11 | -2.7 | .286 | 84 | -2.3 | |
| 18 | | D. Heep | 11 | 1981 | 33 | 96 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .321 | .281 | .602 | 8 | -2.8 | .278 | 79 | -2.5 | |
| 19 | | M. Ivie | 11 | 1981 | 19 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .267 | .310 | .576 | 3 | -1.7 | .262 | 68 | -1.6 | |
| 20 | | V. Ruhle | 11 | 1981 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .292 | .692 | 4 | 0.6 | .338 | 119 | 0.7 | |
| 21 | | J. Niekro | 10 | 1981 | 24 | 51 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .208 | .196 | .404 | 1 | -5.8 | .190 | 20 | -5.6 | |
| 22 | | R. Landestoy | 9 | 1981 | 35 | 74 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 94 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .149 | .300 | .189 | .489 | 4 | -5.8 | .230 | 46 | -5.5 | |
| 23 | | D. Roberts | 6 | 1981 | 27 | 54 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .241 | .271 | .352 | .623 | 5 | -1.4 | .281 | 81 | -1.3 | |
| 24 | | J. Leonard | 4 | 1981 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .158 | .333 | .491 | 1 | -1.5 | .207 | 31 | -1.4 | |
| 25 | | D. Smith | 4 | 1981 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 0 | -0.5 | .229 | 46 | -0.5 | |
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