1982 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster

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1982 Houston Astros (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981/1983)
77-85, Finished 5th in NL Western Division
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Scored 569 runs, Allowed 620 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Managed by Bill Virdon and Bob Lillis

Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,558,555 (7th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 92, Pitching - 92
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Alan Ashby          30  100  339   40   87  14  2  12   49  27   53  .257  .311  .416   2   0   7   1   2   3   4  110
1B  Ray Knight          29  158  609   72  179  36  6   6   70  48   58  .294  .344  .402   2   5  16   5   1  13   9  116
2B  Phil Garner         33  155  588   65  161  33  8  13   83  40   92  .274  .320  .423  24  13  11   3   0   7   4  114
3B  Art Howe            35  110  365   29   87  15  1   5   38  41   45  .238  .315  .326   2   0  10   1   4   3  15   87
SS  Dickie Thon         24  136  496   73  137  31 10   3   36  37   48  .276  .327  .397  37   8   4   1   5   1   2  110
LF *Jose Cruz           34  155  570   62  157  27  2   9   68  60   67  .275  .342  .377  21  11  11   1   3   6  12  109
CF #Tony Scott          30  132  460   43  110  16  3   1   29  15   56  .239  .263  .293  18   4  11   1   3   4   4   62
RF *Terry Puhl          25  145  507   64  133  17  9   8   50  51   49  .262  .331  .379  17   9   6   2   5   2   2  106
   *Danny Heep          24   85  198   16   47  14  1   4   22  21   31  .237  .311  .379   0   2   5   1   0   2   3  100
    Luis Pujols         26   65  176    8   35   6  2   4   15  10   40  .199  .242  .324   0   3   4   0   5   0   2   63
   *Denny Walling       28   85  146   22   30   4  1   1   14  23   19  .205  .312  .267   4   2   6   0   0   1   3   70
    Alan Knicely        27   59  133   10   25   2  0   2   12  14   30  .188  .270  .248   0   1   4   1   1   0   3   52
   *Craig Reynolds      29   54  118   16   30   2  3   1    7  11    9  .254  .321  .347   3   1   1   1   3   1   3   94
   #Bill Doran          24   26   97   11   27   3  0   0    6   4   11  .278  .304  .309   5   0   0   0   0   1   0   79
    Kiko Garcia         28   34   76    5   16   5  0   1    5   3   15  .211  .241  .316   1   0   2   0   1   0   1   61
   *Harry Spilman       27   38   61    7   17   2  0   3   11   5   10  .279  .333  .459   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  128
    Scott Loucks        25   44   49    6   11   2  0   0    3   3   17  .224  .269  .265   4   1   1   0   0   0   0   56
    Tim Tolman          26   15   26    4    5   2  0   1    3   4    3  .192  .300  .385   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   98
   #Kevin Bass          23   12   24    2    1   0  0   0    1   0    8  .042  .042  .042   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -76
    Joe Pittman         28   15   10    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .300   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   44
    Mike Ivie           29    7    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    0  .333  .429  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  124
   *Larry Ray           24    5    6    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    4  .167  .143  .167   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -10

    Joe Niekro          37   35   89    2    8   2  0   0    5   1   30  .090  .099  .112   0   0   1   0   7   1   0  -39
    Nolan Ryan          35   35   83    5   10   0  0   0    3   5   37  .120  .170  .120   0   0   1   0   6   0   0  -14
    Don Sutton          37   27   68    3   11   0  0   0    1   2   25  .162  .186  .162   0   0   0   0   4   0   0    2
   *Bob Knepper         28   33   52    2    3   1  0   0    0   4   25  .058  .125  .077   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -40
    Vern Ruhle          31   31   41    0    4   0  0   0    1   4   27  .098  .196  .098   0   1   0   1   5   0   0  -12
    Mike LaCoss         26   41   24    2    6   1  0   0    0   1    8  .250  .280  .292   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   67
   *Frank DiPino        25    6    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Frank LaCorte       30   55    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Randy Moffitt       33   30    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Dave Smith          27   49    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Danny Boone         28   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    George Cappuzzello  28   17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bert Roberge        27   22    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Joe Sambito         30   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3  162 5440  569 1342 236 48  74  533 435  830  .247  .302  .349 140  61 104  19  68  46  67   97
    Rank among 12 NL teams        12   11   12   6  3  11       11    8    11    12    12   7   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Joe Niekro          37  35   2.47  17  12  0  35   0  16   5  270.0  224   79   74  12   64  130 1067  19   5  0   1 135
SP  Nolan Ryan          35  35   3.16  16  12  0  35   0  10   3  250.3  196  100   88  20  109  245 1050  18   8  2   3 105
SP *Bob Knepper         28  33   4.45   5  15  1  29   1   4   0  180.0  193  100   89  14   60  108  770   8   3  0   4  75
SP  Don Sutton          37  27   3.00  13   8  0  27   0   4   0  195.0  169   75   65  10   46  139  784   3   1  1   2 111
SP  Vern Ruhle          31  31   3.93   9  13  1  21   3   3   2  149.0  169   81   65  12   24   56  625   0   4  1   4  85
SP *Frank DiPino        25   6   6.04   2   2  0   6   0   0   0   28.3   32   20   19   1   11   25  122   0   0  0   1  55

CL  Dave Smith          27  49   3.84   5   4 11   1  29   0   0   63.3   69   30   27   4   31   28  286   2   0  4   4  87
RP  Frank LaCorte       30  55   4.48   1   5  7   0  29   0   0   76.3   71   44   38   5   46   51  345   4   0  1   5  74
RP  Mike LaCoss         26  41   2.90   6   6  0   8  11   0   0  115.0  107   41   37   3   54   51  488   5   4  1   6 115
RP  Randy Moffitt       33  30   3.02   2   4  3   0  19   0   0   41.7   36   15   14   3   13   20  179   0   5  0   3 110
RP  Bert Roberge        27  22   4.21   1   2  3   0  13   0   0   25.7   29   12   12   0    6   18  110   0   0  1   3  79

   *George Cappuzzello  28  17   2.79   0   1  0   0   6   0   0   19.3   16    6    6   2    7   13   81   1   3  0   1 119
   *Joe Sambito         30   9   0.71   0   0  4   0   7   0   0   12.7    7    2    1   0    2    7   47   0   0  0   2 467
   *Danny Boone         28  10   3.55   0   1  1   0   4   0   0   12.7    7    6    5   1    4    4   47   1   0  0   1  93
    Mark Ross           24   4   1.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.0    3    1    1   0    0    4   21   0   0  0   0 221
    Gordie Pladson      25   2  54.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.3   10    8    8   0    2    0   16   0   0  0   0   6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.8 162   3.42  77  85 31 162 125  37  16 1446.0 1338  620  549  87  479  899 6038  61  33 11  40  97
    Rank among 12 NL teams          4   9   4 10           2   1     12    1    4        3    6    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- AAshby 795 90 95 530 55 14 5 .977 10 27 108 26 LPujols 488 56 64 295 39 3 3 .991 20 28 55 24 AKnicely 163 16 23 112 15 3 2 .977 2 6 14 7 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 937 109 20 10 .981 32 61 177 57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RKnight 829 93 96 945 55 10 76 .990 10.85 AHowe 289 34 35 291 21 1 34 .997 9.69 DHeep 123 14 16 130 4 1 9 .993 9.78 DWalling 112 10 20 129 8 1 8 .993 10.98 HSpilman 82 10 11 86 5 1 5 .989 9.90 TTolman 9 1 1 10 1 0 2 1.000 11.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 1591 94 14 134 .992 10.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PGarner 1213 136 136 273 429 14 90 .980 5.21 BDoran 230 26 26 41 78 3 17 .975 4.65 DThon 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KGarcia 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 25.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 314 509 17 107 .980 5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AHowe 631 72 72 53 153 6 13 .972 2.94 RKnight 564 65 67 57 131 7 18 .964 3.00 PGarner 150 17 18 12 35 3 4 .940 2.81 DThon 57 6 8 6 13 2 2 .905 2.98 CReynolds 26 1 7 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.08 JPittman 6 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 KGarcia 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 AKnicely 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 132 337 18 37 .963 2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DThon 1018 114 119 177 399 15 80 .975 5.09 CReynolds 276 31 35 43 94 6 15 .958 4.46 KGarcia 151 17 21 28 60 5 13 .946 5.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 248 553 26 108 .969 4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 1357 153 155 336 8 13 3 .964 2.28 TTolman 32 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41 KBass 26 3 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.38 TScott 11 1 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 4.09 AKnicely 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 DWalling 9 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 DHeep 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 354 9 14 3 .963 2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TScott 976 111 125 258 6 5 0 .981 2.43 TPuhl 237 31 32 57 0 2 0 .966 2.16 SLoucks 130 8 37 41 3 1 1 .978 3.03 DWalling 68 8 11 17 2 0 0 1.000 2.50 KBass 34 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 380 11 8 1 .980 2.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPuhl 909 96 123 201 4 1 3 .995 2.03 DHeep 290 37 39 61 2 0 1 1.000 1.95 DWalling 105 10 18 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.71 AKnicely 100 14 15 14 0 1 0 .933 1.26 TScott 26 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 TTolman 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 LRay 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 JPittman 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 301 7 2 4 .994 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.25 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JCruz 1357 153 155 340 9 13 3 .964 2.31 TPuhl 1146 127 138 257 4 3 3 .989 2.05 TScott 1013 115 129 262 7 5 0 .982 2.39 DHeep 291 37 39 62 2 0 1 1.000 1.97 DWalling 182 18 32 38 3 0 0 1.000 2.02 SLoucks 130 8 37 41 3 1 1 .978 3.03 AKnicely 110 15 16 16 0 1 0 .941 1.31 KBass 60 7 7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.65 TTolman 41 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 LRay 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 JPittman 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 1036 28 24 8 .978 2.21 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JNiekro 270 35 35 22 42 3 2 .955 2.13 NRyan 250 35 35 9 33 2 1 .955 1.51 DSutton 195 27 27 16 20 1 2 .973 1.66 BKnepper 180 29 33 8 32 1 3 .976 2.00 VRuhle 149 21 31 9 23 2 1 .941 1.93 MLaCoss 115 8 41 7 16 3 3 .885 1.80 FLaCorte 76 0 55 2 4 2 0 .750 0.71 DSmith 63 1 49 3 7 2 2 .833 1.42 RMoffitt 41 0 30 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.08 FDiPino 28 6 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.64 BRoberge 25 0 22 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.10 GCappuzzell 19 0 17 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.33 DBoone 12 0 10 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.13 JSambito 12 0 9 0 4 1 1 .800 2.83 MRoss 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 GPladson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 82 197 17 16 .943 1.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Knight .294

On-base % Knight .344

Slugging % Garner .423

OPS Knight .746

Games Knight 158

At Bats Knight 609

Plate Appearances (approx.) Knight 676

Runs Thon 73

Hits Knight 179

Total Bases Garner 249

Doubles Knight 36

Triples Thon 10

Home Runs Garner 13

RBI Garner 83

Bases on Balls Cruz 60

Strikeouts Garner 92

Stolen Bases Thon 37

Singles Knight 131

Adjusted OPS+ Knight 116

Runs Created Knight 83

Adjusted Batting Runs Knight 15

Batting Wins Knight 1.6

Extra-Base Hits Garner 54

Times on Base Knight 232

Offensive Win% Thon .571

Hit By Pitch Knight 5

Sac. Hits Niekro 7

Sac. Flies Knight 13

Intentional Walks Howe 15

Grounded into Double Plays Knight 16

Caught Stealing Garner 13

Power/Speed Number Garner 16.9

At Bats per Strikeout Knight 10.5

At Bats per Home Run Garner 45.2

Outs Knight 465

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Niekro 2.47

Wins Niekro 17

Won-Loss % Sutton .619

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Niekro 1.067

Hits Allowed/9IP Ryan 7.05

Bases on Balls/9IP Sutton 2.12

Strikeouts/9IP Ryan 8.81

Games LaCorte 55

Saves Smith 11

Innings Niekro 270.0

Strikeouts Ryan 245

Games Started Niekro and Ryan 35

Comp. Games Niekro 16

Shutouts Niekro 5

Home Runs Allow. Ryan 20

Bases On Balls Allow. Ryan 109

Hits Allowed Niekro 224

SO to Walk Sutton 3.02

Losses Knepper 15

Earned Runs Allow. Knepper 89

Wild Pitches Niekro 19

Hit Batsmen Ryan 8

Batters Faced Niekro 1067

Games Finished LaCorte and Smith 29

Adjusted ERA+ Niekro 135

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