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1985 Houston Astros

1985 > Class Major League > 1985 National League (West)
Overall: 83-79
Scored 706 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Bob Lillis
Represented: Houston, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1984 / 1986

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Alan Ashby# 33 65 216 189 20 53 8 0 8 25 0 0 24 27 .280 .363 .450 .813 85 9 1 1 1 2
2 Mark Bailey# 23 114 402 332 47 88 14 0 10 45 0 2 67 70 .265 .389 .398 .787 132 16 1 1 1 13
3 Kevin Bass# 26 150 582 539 72 145 27 5 16 68 19 8 31 63 .269 .315 .427 .742 230 10 6 4 2 1
4 Eric Bullock* 25 18 26 25 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 .280 .308 .360 .668 9 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jeff Calhoun* 27 44 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Jose Cruz* 37 141 590 544 69 163 34 4 9 79 16 5 43 74 .300 .349 .426 .776 232 11 0 0 3 10
7 Glenn Davis 24 100 390 350 51 95 11 0 20 64 0 0 27 68 .271 .332 .474 .807 166 12 7 2 4 6
8 Bill Dawley 27 49 11 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .273 .200 .473 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Frank DiPino* 28 54 12 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 Bill Doran# 27 148 657 578 84 166 31 6 14 59 23 15 71 69 .287 .362 .434 .797 251 10 0 3 5 6
11 Ty Gainey* 24 13 42 37 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .162 .244 .162 .406 6 0 2 1 0 0
12 Phil Garner 36 135 505 463 65 124 23 10 6 51 4 4 34 72 .268 .317 .400 .717 185 12 2 1 5 3
13 Jeff Heathcock 25 14 20 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 .063 .250 .063 .313 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Chris Jones* 27 31 28 25 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .200 .286 .200 .486 5 0 0 0 0 0
15 Charlie Kerfeld 21 11 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 Bob Knepper* 31 38 88 78 5 11 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 38 .141 .163 .192 .355 15 0 0 8 0 0
17 Mark Knudson 24 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ron Mathis 26 23 17 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .071 .133 .071 .205 1 0 0 2 0 0
19 John Mizerock* 24 15 41 38 6 9 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 8 .237 .293 .342 .635 13 4 1 0 0 0
20 Jerry Mumphrey# 32 130 488 444 52 123 25 2 8 61 6 7 37 57 .277 .329 .396 .725 176 9 0 1 6 8
21 Joe Niekro 40 32 80 68 6 17 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 16 .250 .257 .265 .522 18 4 0 10 1 0
22 Jim Pankovits 29 75 191 172 24 42 3 0 4 14 1 0 17 29 .244 .316 .331 .647 57 3 1 1 0 1
23 Bert Pena 25 20 32 29 7 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .276 .290 .345 .635 10 1 0 1 1 0
24 Terry Puhl* 28 57 220 194 34 55 14 3 2 23 6 2 18 23 .284 .343 .418 .760 81 0 1 4 3 4
25 Craig Reynolds* 32 107 396 379 43 103 18 8 4 32 4 4 12 30 .272 .293 .393 .686 149 4 0 3 2 2
26 German Rivera 24 13 41 36 3 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 8 .194 .275 .306 .581 11 2 0 1 0 1
27 Mark Ross 30 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Nolan Ryan 38 35 82 63 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 1 4 21 .111 .162 .143 .305 9 1 0 14 1 0
29 Mike Scott 30 36 81 72 7 11 3 0 1 11 1 0 4 24 .153 .192 .236 .428 17 2 0 3 2 0
30 Dave Smith 30 64 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 Julio Solano 25 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Harry Spilman* 30 44 69 66 3 9 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 7 .136 .174 .197 .371 13 2 0 0 0 0
33 Dickie Thon 27 84 272 251 26 63 6 1 6 29 8 3 18 50 .251 .299 .355 .653 89 2 0 1 2 4
34 Tim Tolman 29 31 46 43 4 6 1 0 2 8 0 1 1 10 .140 .178 .302 .480 13 0 1 1 0 0
35 Denny Walling* 31 119 374 345 44 93 20 1 7 45 5 2 25 26 .270 .316 .394 .710 136 8 0 0 4 2
35 Players 29.8 162 6192 5582 706 1457 261 42 121 666 96 56 477 873 .261 .319 .388 .707 2165 127 23 66 44 63
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Jeff Calhoun* 27 2 5 .286 2.54 44 0 21 0 0 4 63.2 56 21 18 2 24 4 47 0 1 4 259 1.257 7.9 0.3 3.4 6.6 1.96
2 Bill Dawley 27 5 3 .625 3.56 49 0 19 0 0 2 81.0 76 35 32 7 37 7 48 0 0 2 347 1.395 8.4 0.8 4.1 5.3 1.30
3 Jim Deshaies* 25 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
4 Frank DiPino* 28 3 7 .300 4.03 54 0 29 0 0 6 76.0 69 44 34 7 43 6 49 2 1 4 329 1.474 8.2 0.8 5.1 5.8 1.14
5 Jeff Heathcock 25 3 1 .750 3.36 14 7 5 1 0 1 56.1 50 25 21 9 13 0 25 1 0 2 226 1.118 8.0 1.4 2.1 4.0 1.92
6 Charlie Kerfeld 21 4 2 .667 4.06 11 6 2 0 0 0 44.1 44 22 20 2 25 2 30 0 0 1 193 1.556 8.9 0.4 5.1 6.1 1.20
7 Bob Knepper* 31 15 13 .536 3.55 37 37 0 4 0 0 241.0 253 119 95 21 54 5 131 3 0 4 1016 1.274 9.4 0.8 2.0 4.9 2.43
8 Mark Knudson 24 0 2 .000 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 21 11 11 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 53 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 3.3 1.33
9 Mike Madden* 28 0 0 4.26 13 0 4 0 0 0 19.0 29 15 9 1 11 0 16 0 0 1 92 2.105 13.7 0.5 5.2 7.6 1.45
10 Ron Mathis 26 3 5 .375 6.04 23 8 5 0 0 1 70.0 83 54 47 7 27 1 34 1 0 1 319 1.571 10.7 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.26
11 Joe Niekro 40 9 12 .429 3.72 32 32 0 4 1 0 213.0 197 100 88 21 99 6 117 5 1 21 925 1.390 8.3 0.9 4.2 4.9 1.18
12 Mark Ross 30 0 2 .000 4.85 8 0 4 0 0 1 13.0 12 7 7 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 52 1.077 8.3 1.4 1.4 2.1 1.50
13 Nolan Ryan 38 10 12 .455 3.80 35 35 0 4 0 0 232.0 205 108 98 12 95 8 209 9 2 14 983 1.293 8.0 0.5 3.7 8.1 2.20
14 Mike Scott 30 18 8 .692 3.29 36 35 1 4 2 0 221.2 194 91 81 20 80 4 137 3 2 7 922 1.236 7.9 0.8 3.2 5.6 1.71
15 Dave Smith 30 9 5 .643 2.27 64 0 46 0 0 27 79.1 69 26 20 3 17 5 40 1 1 4 315 1.084 7.8 0.3 1.9 4.5 2.35
16 Julio Solano 25 2 2 .500 3.48 20 0 9 0 0 0 33.2 34 13 13 5 13 2 17 0 0 2 144 1.396 9.1 1.3 3.5 4.5 1.31
16 Players 30.5 83 79 .512 3.66 162 162 145 17 9 42 1458.0 1393 691 593 119 543 50 909 25 8 69 6185 1.328 8.6 0.7 3.4 5.6 1.67

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Mark Bailey 110 565 51 13 6 .979 5.60 19 73 33 31%
Alan Ashby 60 312 37 8 1 .978 5.82 14 58 21 27%
John Mizerock 15 77 8 3 1 .966 5.67 3 13 5 28%
Harry Spilman 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Glenn Davis 89 749 57 12 76 .985 9.06
Denny Walling 46 283 20 2 22 .993 6.59
Harry Spilman 19 131 4 0 15 1.000 7.11
Tim Tolman 6 12 2 0 1 1.000 2.33
Mark Bailey 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Doran 147 345 440 16 108 .980 5.34
Jim Pankovits 21 24 35 0 7 1.000 2.81
Phil Garner 15 26 32 1 10 .983 3.87
Bert Pena 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Craig Reynolds 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Phil Garner 123 75 197 20 14 .932 2.21
Denny Walling 51 31 104 9 9 .938 2.65
German Rivera 11 7 25 2 3 .941 2.91
Bert Pena 7 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.43
Jim Pankovits 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Craig Reynolds 102 158 318 11 65 .977 4.67
Dickie Thon 79 106 218 11 48 .967 4.10
Bert Pena 6 5 8 1 2 .929 2.17
Jim Pankovits 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jose Cruz 136 0.00
Jim Pankovits 14 0.00
Kevin Bass 10 0.00
Tim Tolman 6 0.00
Denny Walling 6 0.00
Eric Bullock 4 0.00
Chris Jones 2 0.00
Terry Puhl 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kevin Bass 105 0.00
Jerry Mumphrey 58 0.00
Chris Jones 9 0.00
Ty Gainey 8 0.00
Jose Cruz 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jerry Mumphrey 68 0.00
Terry Puhl 53 0.00
Kevin Bass 39 0.00
Jim Pankovits 20 0.00
Glenn Davis 9 0.00
Denny Walling 7 0.00
Chris Jones 4 0.00
Eric Bullock 3 0.00
Tim Tolman 3 0.00
Ty Gainey 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kevin Bass 141 328 10 1 1 .997 2.40
Jose Cruz 137 257 12 8 3 .971 1.96
Jerry Mumphrey 126 248 6 8 1 .969 2.02
Terry Puhl 53 92 3 0 1 1.000 1.79
Jim Pankovits 33 56 2 1 1 .983 1.76
Chris Jones 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Denny Walling 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0.92
Glenn Davis 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
Ty Gainey 9 21 0 2 0 .913 2.33
Tim Tolman 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
Eric Bullock 7 6 0 2 0 .750 0.86

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Smith 64 4 7 3 1 .786 0.17
Frank DiPino 54 3 5 1 0 .889 0.15
Bill Dawley 49 6 13 1 2 .950 0.39
Jeff Calhoun 44 5 10 2 2 .882 0.34
Bob Knepper 37 5 30 3 1 .921 0.95
Mike Scott 36 21 22 2 1 .956 1.19
Nolan Ryan 35 6 20 2 0 .929 0.74
Joe Niekro 32 14 34 1 1 .980 1.50
Ron Mathis 23 5 10 1 0 .938 0.65
Julio Solano 20 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.10
Jeff Heathcock 14 4 9 0 1 1.000 0.93
Mike Madden 13 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.23
Charlie Kerfeld 11 5 2 1 1 .875 0.64
Mark Ross 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
Jim Deshaies 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mark Knudson 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Alan Ashby 33 S R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 8, 1951 Long Beach, CA, US 1985-04-09 1985-10-06
Mark Bailey 23 S R 6' 5.0" 195 Nov 4, 1961 Springfield, MO, US 1985-04-11 1985-10-02
Kevin Bass 26 S R 6' 0.0" 183 May 12, 1959 Redwood City, CA, US 1985-04-10 1985-10-06
Eric Bullock 25 L L 5' 11.0" 185 Feb 16, 1960 Los Angeles, CA, US 1985-08-26 1985-10-04
Enos Cabell 35 R R 6' 4.0" 170 Oct 8, 1949 Fort Riley, KS, US 1985-04-09 1985-07-09
Jeff Calhoun 27 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Apr 11, 1958 La Grange, GA, US 1985-04-10 1985-10-04
Jose Cruz 37 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 Arroyo, PR 1985-04-09 1985-10-06
Glenn Davis 24 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Mar 28, 1961 Jacksonville, FL, US 1985-06-14 1985-10-06
Bill Dawley 27 R R 6' 5.0" 235 Feb 6, 1958 Norwich, CT, US 1985-04-11 1985-10-05
Jim Deshaies 25 L L 6' 4.0" 222 Jun 23, 1960 Massena, NY, US 1985-09-24 1985-09-28
Frank DiPino 28 L L 5' 10.0" 175 Oct 22, 1956 Syracuse, NY, US 1985-04-09 1985-10-05
Bill Doran 27 S R 5' 11.0" 175 May 28, 1958 Cincinnati, OH, US 1985-04-09 1985-10-05
Ty Gainey 24 L R 6' 1.0" 190 Dec 25, 1960 Cheraw, SC, US 1985-04-24 1985-07-14
Phil Garner 36 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Apr 30, 1949 Jefferson City, TN, US 1985-04-09 1985-10-06
Jeff Heathcock 25 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Nov 18, 1959 Covina, CA, US 1985-07-19 1985-10-03
Chris Jones 27 L L 6' 0.0" 183 Jul 13, 1957 Los Angeles, CA, US 1985-06-08 1985-08-14
Charlie Kerfeld 21 R R 6' 6.0" 225 Sep 28, 1963 Knob Noster, MO, US 1985-07-27 1985-10-06
Bob Knepper 31 L L 6' 3.0" 195 May 25, 1954 Akron, OH, US 1985-04-11 1985-10-04
Mark Knudson 24 R R 6' 5.0" 215 Oct 28, 1960 Denver, CO, US 1985-07-08 1985-07-13
Mike Madden 28 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Jan 13, 1957 Denver, CO, US 1985-07-07 1985-09-28
Ron Mathis 26 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Sep 25, 1958 Kansas City, MO, US 1985-04-13 1985-09-24
John Mizerock 24 L R 5' 11.0" 190 Dec 8, 1960 Punxsutawney, PA, US 1985-07-30 1985-10-02
Jerry Mumphrey 32 S R 6' 2.0" 185 Sep 9, 1952 Tyler, TX, US 1985-04-09 1985-10-06
Joe Niekro 40 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Nov 7, 1944 Martins Ferry, OH, US 1985-04-10 1985-09-11
Jim Pankovits 29 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Aug 6, 1955 Pennington Gap, VA, US 1985-04-13 1985-10-06
Bert Pena 25 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 11, 1959 Santurce, PR 1985-05-21 1985-10-04
Terry Puhl 28 L R 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 8, 1956 Melville, SK, CA 1985-04-09 1985-08-25
Craig Reynolds 32 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Dec 27, 1952 Houston, TX, US 1985-04-11 1985-09-30
German Rivera 24 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 6, 1960 Santurce, PR 1985-07-27 1985-09-28
Mark Ross 30 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Aug 8, 1954 Galveston, TX, US 1985-05-14 1985-06-18
Nolan Ryan 38 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Jan 31, 1947 Refugio, TX, US 1985-04-09 1985-10-05
Mike Scott 30 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Apr 26, 1955 Santa Monica, CA, US 1985-04-12 1985-10-06
Dave Smith 30 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jan 21, 1955 Richmond, CA, US 1985-04-10 1985-10-06
Julio Solano 25 R R 6' 1.0" 160 Jan 8, 1960 Agua Blanca, El Seibo, DO 1985-04-10 1985-10-04
Harry Spilman 30 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Jul 18, 1954 Albany, GA, US 1985-04-11 1985-10-03
Dickie Thon 27 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Jun 20, 1958 South Bend, IN, US 1985-04-09 1985-10-06
Tim Tolman 29 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Apr 20, 1956 Santa Monica, CA, US 1985-04-11 1985-10-06
Denny Walling 31 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 Neptune, NJ, US 1985-04-10 1985-10-06

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