1982 Houston Astros Statistics

1981 Season 1983 Season

Record: 77-85-0, Finished 5th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Bill Virdon (49-62) and Bob Lillis (28-23)

General Manager: Al Rosen

Farm Director: Bill Wood

Scouting Director: Lynwood Stallings

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 1,558,555 (7th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 75-87, 569 Runs, 620 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Alan Ashby#	30	100	372	339	40	87	14	2	12	49	2	0	27	53	.257	.311	.416	.727	110	141	7	1	2	3	4
2	1B	Ray Knight	29	158	676	609	72	179	36	6	6	70	2	5	48	58	.294	.344	.402	.746	116	245	16	5	1	13	9
3	2B	Phil Garner	33	155	638	588	65	161	33	8	13	83	24	13	40	92	.274	.320	.423	.743	114	249	11	3	0	7	4
4	SS	Dickie Thon	24	136	540	496	73	137	31	10	3	36	37	8	37	48	.276	.327	.397	.724	110	197	4	1	5	1	2
5	3B	Art Howe	35	110	415	365	29	87	15	1	5	38	2	0	41	45	.238	.315	.326	.641	87	119	10	1	4	3	15
6	LF	José Cruz*	34	155	640	570	62	157	27	2	9	68	21	11	60	67	.275	.342	.377	.719	109	215	11	1	3	6	12
7	CF	Tony Scott#	30	132	483	460	43	110	16	3	1	29	18	4	15	56	.239	.263	.293	.556	62	135	11	1	3	4	4
8	RF	Terry Puhl*	25	145	567	507	64	133	17	9	8	50	17	9	51	49	.262	.331	.379	.710	106	192	6	2	5	2	2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	RF	Danny Heep*	24	85	222	198	16	47	14	1	4	22	0	2	21	31	.237	.311	.379	.690	100	75	5	1	0	2	3
10	C	Luis Pujols	26	65	191	176	8	35	6	2	4	15	0	3	10	40	.199	.242	.324	.566	63	57	4	0	5	0	2
11	UT	Denny Walling*	28	85	170	146	22	30	4	1	1	14	4	2	23	19	.205	.312	.267	.579	70	39	6	0	0	1	3
12	UT	Alan Knicely	27	59	149	133	10	25	2	0	2	12	0	1	14	30	.188	.270	.248	.518	52	33	4	1	1	0	3
13	SS	Craig Reynolds*	29	54	134	118	16	30	2	3	1	7	3	1	11	9	.254	.321	.347	.668	94	41	1	1	3	1	3
14	2B	Bill Doran#	24	26	102	97	11	27	3	0	0	6	5	0	4	11	.278	.304	.309	.613	79	30	0	0	0	1	0
15	SS	Kiko Garcia	28	34	80	76	5	16	5	0	1	5	1	0	3	15	.211	.241	.316	.556	61	24	2	0	1	0	1
16	1B	Harry Spilman*	27	38	66	61	7	17	2	0	3	11	0	0	5	10	.279	.333	.459	.792	128	28	1	0	0	0	0
17	CF	Scott Loucks	25	44	52	49	6	11	2	0	0	3	4	1	3	17	.224	.269	.265	.535	56	13	1	0	0	0	0
18	UT	Tim Tolman	26	15	30	26	4	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	4	3	.192	.300	.385	.685	98	10	1	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Kevin Bass#	23	12	24	24	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.042	.042	.042	.083	-76	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	UT	Joe Pittman	29	15	11	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.300	.500	44	3	0	0	1	0	0
21	RF	Larry Ray*	24	5	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.167	.143	.167	.310	-10	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		Mike Ivie	29	7	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	124	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Joe Niekro	37	35	98	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	30	.090	.099	.112	.211	-39	10	1	0	7	1	0
24	P	Nolan Ryan	35	35	94	83	5	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	37	.120	.170	.120	.291	-14	10	1	0	6	0	0
25	P	Don Sutton	37	27	74	68	3	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	25	.162	.186	.162	.347	2	11	0	0	4	0	0
26	P	Bob Knepper*	28	33	62	52	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	.058	.125	.077	.202	-40	4	0	0	6	0	0
27	P	Vern Ruhle	31	31	51	41	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	27	.098	.196	.098	.293	-12	4	0	1	5	0	0
28	P	Mike LaCoss	26	41	28	24	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.250	.280	.292	.572	67	7	0	0	3	0	0
29	P	Frank DiPino*	25	6	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Frank LaCorte	30	55	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Randy Moffitt	33	30	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Dave Smith	27	49	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Bert Roberge	27	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Sambito*	30	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	George Cappuzzello	28	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Danny Boone*	28	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Gordie Pladson	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Mark Ross	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	162	6009	5440	569	1342	236	48	74	533	140	61	435	830	.247	.302	.349	.651	89	1896	104	19	68	46	67
		Rank in 12 NL teams				12	11	12	6	3	11		7	5	11	5	11	12	12	12		12		11		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.2	162	5576	5060	555	1300	232	48	74	523	140	60	418	667	.257	.313	.366	.679	97	1850	102	18	34	45	67
		Pitcher Totals	33.3	162	433	380	14	42	4	0	0	10	0	1	17	163	.111	.150	.121	.271	-20	46	2	1	34	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Joe Niekro	37	17	12	.586	2.47	35	35	0	16	5	0	270.0	224	79	74	12	64	1	130	5	0	19	1067	135	3.10	1.067	7.5	0.4	2.1	4.3	2.03
2	SP	Nolan Ryan	35	16	12	.571	3.16	35	35	0	10	3	0	250.1	196	100	88	20	109	3	245	8	2	18	1050	105	3.20	1.218	7.0	0.7	3.9	8.8	2.25
3	SP	Don Sutton	37	13	8	.619	3.00	27	27	0	4	0	0	195.0	169	75	65	10	46	2	139	1	1	3	784	111	2.68	1.103	7.8	0.5	2.1	6.4	3.02
4	SP	Bob Knepper*	28	5	15	.250	4.45	33	29	1	4	0	1	180.0	193	100	89	14	60	4	108	3	0	8	770	75	3.58	1.406	9.7	0.7	3.0	5.4	1.80
5	SP	Vern Ruhle	31	9	13	.409	3.93	31	21	3	3	2	1	149.0	169	81	65	12	24	4	56	4	1	0	625	85	3.58	1.295	10.2	0.7	1.4	3.4	2.33
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Dave Smith	27	5	4	.556	3.84	49	1	29	0	0	11	63.1	69	30	27	4	31	4	28	0	4	2	286	87	4.12	1.579	9.8	0.6	4.4	4.0	0.90
7	RP	Mike LaCoss	26	6	6	.500	2.90	41	8	11	0	0	0	115.0	107	41	37	3	54	6	51	4	1	5	488	115	3.68	1.400	8.4	0.2	4.2	4.0	0.94
8	RP	Frank LaCorte	30	1	5	.167	4.48	55	0	29	0	0	7	76.1	71	44	38	5	46	5	51	0	1	4	345	75	4.04	1.533	8.4	0.6	5.4	6.0	1.11
9	RP	Randy Moffitt	33	2	4	.333	3.02	30	0	19	0	0	3	41.2	36	15	14	3	13	3	20	5	0	0	179	111	3.99	1.176	7.8	0.6	2.8	4.3	1.54
10	RP	Bert Roberge	27	1	2	.333	4.21	22	0	13	0	0	3	25.2	29	12	12	0	6	3	18	0	1	0	110	80	2.02	1.364	10.2	0.0	2.1	6.3	3.00
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Frank DiPino*	25	2	2	.500	6.04	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.1	32	20	19	1	11	1	25	0	0	0	122	56	2.58	1.518	10.2	0.3	3.5	7.9	2.27
12		George Cappuzzello*	28	0	1	.000	2.79	17	0	6	0	0	0	19.1	16	6	6	2	7	1	13	3	0	1	81	122	4.27	1.190	7.4	0.9	3.3	6.1	1.86
13		Joe Sambito*	30	0	0		0.71	9	0	7	0	0	4	12.2	7	2	1	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	47	484	2.09	0.711	5.0	0.0	1.4	5.0	3.50
14		Danny Boone*	28	0	1	.000	3.55	10	0	4	0	0	1	12.2	7	6	5	1	4	1	4	0	0	1	47	97	4.06	0.868	5.0	0.7	2.8	2.8	1.00
15		Mark Ross	27	0	0		1.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	21	238	1.38	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	6.0
16		Gordie Pladson	25	0	0		54.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	10	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	8	7.22	9.000	67.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	32.4	77	85	.475	3.42	162	162	125	37	10	31	1446.2	1338	620	549	87	479	40	899	33	11	61	6038	98	3.32	1.256	8.3	0.5	3.0	5.6	1.88
		Rank in 12 NL teams		9	4		4				2	1	10	12	1	4	3	3	6		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W