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1982 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 / 1983

77-85, Finished 5th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Virdon (49-62) and Bob Lillis (28-23)
Scored 569 runs, Allowed 620 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87

Ballparks: 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

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1981 / 1983 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Alan Ashby 30 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 10 100 90 100 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.4 $
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 8 0 5 -0.9 $
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 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 0.3 $
Jose Cruz 34 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 13 155 153 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 2 0 1.8 $
Frank DiPino 25 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 22, 1956 2 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
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 0.5 $
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 -0.4 $
Phil Garner 33 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 30, 1949 10 155 153 155 154 0 0 0 136 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 $683,333
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 40 32 0 0.0 $
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 0.9 $
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 0.0 $
Bob Knepper 28 L L 6' 3" 195 May 25, 1954 7 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Alan Knicely 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 19, 1955 4 59 32 59 41 0 23 0 0 1 0 2 0 15 17 22 0 -0.7 $
Ray Knight 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 28, 1952 7 158 158 158 158 0 0 96 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $ 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 -1.3 $
Mike LaCoss 26 R R 6' 5" 185 May 30, 1956 5 41 8 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
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 0.1 $
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 0.4 $
Joe Niekro 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 16 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 $
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 -0.1 $
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 -0.5 $
Terry Puhl 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 6 145 127 145 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 123 155 8 5 0.7 $
Luis Pujols 26 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 18, 1955 6 65 56 65 64 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.1 $
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 -0.1 $
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 0.1 $
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 -0.1 $
Mark Ross 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 8, 1954 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Vern Ruhle 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 25, 1951 9 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $500,000
Nolan Ryan HOF 35 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 16 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $1,125,000
Joe Sambito 30 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1952 7 10 0 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6 $
Tony Scott 30 B R 6' 0" 164 Sep 18, 1951 9 132 115 132 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 125 3 130 11 5 -0.8 $
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 -0.2 $200,000
Harry Spilman 27 L R 6' 1" 180 Jul 18, 1954 5 38 10 38 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0.2 $
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 2.7 $825,000
Dickie Thon 24 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 20, 1958 4 136 120 136 127 0 0 0 1 8 119 0 0 0 0 9 3 5.6 $
Tim Tolman 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 20, 1956 2 15 6 15 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 9 0 0.1 $
Denny Walling 28 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 8 85 28 85 51 0 0 20 0 0 0 4 11 18 33 37 6 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Phil Garner

Luis Pujols

Kevin Bass

Joe Pittman

Dickie Thon

Alan Knicely

Craig Reynolds

Alan Ashby

Mike Ivie

Harry Spilman

Randy Moffitt

Art Howe

Bill Doran

Don Sutton

Terry Puhl

Ray Knight

Kiko Garcia

Danny Heep

Jose Cruz

Scott Loucks

Frank LaCorte

Denny Walling

Tony Scott

Danny Boone
Frank LaCorte

Nolan Ryan

Joe Sambito

Joe Niekro

Larry Ray

Tim Tolman

Bob Knepper

Bert Roberge

Gordie Pladson

Dave Smith

Frank DiPino

Mark Ross

Vern Ruhle

Mike LaCoss

George Cappuzzello

1981 / 1983 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers