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1982 Houston Astros Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 / 1983)
77-85, Finished 5th in NL West
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Scored 569 runs, Allowed 620 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Manager: Bill Virdon (49-62) and Bob Lillis (28-23)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
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
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1981 / 1983 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Alan Ashby 30 B R 6' 2" 190 Jul 8, 1951 10 100 90 100 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Kevin Bass 23 B R 6' 0" 183 May 12, 1959 1st 12 7 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 7 0 5
Danny Boone 28 L L 5' 8" 150 Jan 14, 1954 2 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Cappuzzello 28 R L 6' 0" 175 Jan 15, 1954 2 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz 34 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 8, 1947 13 155 153 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 2 0
Frank DiPino 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 22, 1956 2 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Doran 24 B R 5' 11" 175 May 28, 1958 1st 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiko Garcia 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 14, 1953 7 34 17 34 24 0 0 0 1 2 21 0 0 0 0 10 1
Phil Garner 33 R R 5' 10" 177 Apr 30, 1949 10 155 153 155 154 0 0 0 136 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Danny Heep 24 L L 5' 11" 185 Jul 3, 1957 4 85 51 85 55 0 0 16 0 0 0 1 0 39 39 32 0
Art Howe 35 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 15, 1946 9 110 106 110 106 0 0 35 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Mike Ivie 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 8, 1952 10 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Bob Knepper 28 L L 6' 2" 200 May 25, 1954 7 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Knicely 27 R R 6' 0" 194 May 19, 1955 4 59 32 59 41 0 23 0 0 1 0 2 0 15 17 22 0
Ray Knight 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 28, 1952 7 158 158 158 158 0 0 96 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Frank LaCorte 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 13, 1951 8 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike LaCoss 26 R R 6' 4" 190 May 30, 1956 5 41 8 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Loucks 25 R R 6' 0" 178 Nov 11, 1956 3 44 8 44 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 37 6 6
Randy Moffitt 33 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 13, 1948 11 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Niekro 37 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 7, 1944 16 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Pittman 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 1, 1954 2 15 0 15 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 4
Gordie Pladson 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Jul 31, 1956 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Puhl 25 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1956 6 145 127 145 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 123 138 8 5
Luis Pujols 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1955 6 65 56 65 64 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Larry Ray 24 L R 6' 1" 195 Mar 11, 1958 1st 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Craig Reynolds 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 8 54 32 54 42 0 0 0 0 7 35 0 0 0 0 5 15
Bert Roberge 27 R R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1954 3 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Ross 24 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 8, 1957 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vern Ruhle 31 R R 6' 1" 187 Jan 25, 1951 9 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Ryan HOF 35 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 31, 1947 16 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito 30 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1952 7 10 0 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tony Scott 30 B R 6' 0" 175 Sep 18, 1951 9 132 115 132 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 125 3 129 11 5
Dave Smith 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1955 3 49 1 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Spilman 27 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 18, 1954 5 38 10 38 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
Don Sutton HOF 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 2, 1945 17 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dickie Thon 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 20, 1958 4 136 120 136 127 0 0 0 1 8 119 0 0 0 0 9 3
Tim Tolman 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 20, 1956 2 15 6 15 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 9 0
Denny Walling 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 17, 1954 8 85 28 85 51 0 0 20 0 0 0 4 11 18 32 37 6
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1981 / 1983 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played