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1982 Houston Astros Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		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	414	365	29	87	15	1	5	38	2	0	41	45	.238	.315	.326	.641	87	119	10	1	4	3	15
6	LF	Jose 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		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	28	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		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	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.4	162	6008	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	8	11	8	11	12	12	12		12
Rk	Pos		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	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	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	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	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	1.295	10.2	0.7	1.4	3.4	2.33
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	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	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	74	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	110	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	79	1.364	10.2	0.0	2.1	6.3	3.00
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	55	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	119	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	467	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	93	0.868	5.0	0.7	2.8	2.8	1.00
15		Mark Ross	24	0	0		1.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	21	221	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	6	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	97	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		10301
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Alan Ashby	30	95	90	795.2	599	530	55	14	5	.977	-14.0	-21.1						-14	6.62	6.16	10	27	108	26	19%	C
Kevin Bass	23	8	7	60.0	12	11	0	1	0	.917	-2.8	-56.0	-1.8	-0.9	-0.9	-1			1.65	1.38						CF-LF
Danny Boone	28	10	0	12.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000									2.13	0.30						P
George Cappuzzello	28	17	0	19.1	5	1	4	0	1	1.000									2.33	0.29						P
Jose Cruz	34	155	153	1357.1	357	336	8	13	3	.964	1.6	1.4	9.6	10.2	-0.7	-8			2.28	2.22						LF
Frank DiPino	25	6	6	28.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									0.64	0.33						P
Bill Doran	24	26	26	230.1	122	41	78	3	17	.975	2.1	10.9	1.1	0.9	0.2		1		4.65	4.58						2B
Kiko Garcia	28	24	17	158.1	96	29	62	5	13	.948	-1.6	-12.1	-1.6	-2.0	0.5		0		5.17	3.79						SS-3B-2B
Phil Garner	33	154	153	1364.1	766	285	464	17	94	.978	0.3	0.3	-1.7	-2.5	0.8		2		4.94	4.86						2B-3B
Danny Heep	24	56	51	415.0	199	192	6	1	10	.995	-0.3	-0.9	1.7	1.2	0.5	-2	0		4.29	3.54						RF-1B-LF
Art Howe	35	107	106	921.0	525	344	174	7	47	.987	8.8	11.5	8.8	5.7	3.1		0		5.06	4.84						3B-1B
Bob Knepper	28	33	29	180.0	41	8	32	1	3	.976									2.00	1.21						P
Alan Knicely	27	41	32	278.0	147	128	15	4	2	.973	-4.1	-17.7	-3.1	-1.4	-1.8	-1	0	0	4.63	3.49	2	6	14	7	33%	C-RF-LF-3B
Ray Knight	29	163	158	1394.0	1205	1002	186	17	94	.986	-0.6	-0.5	-0.6	-2.7	2.1		0		7.67	7.29						1B-3B
Frank LaCorte	30	55	0	76.1	8	2	4	2	0	.750									0.71	0.11						P
Mike LaCoss	26	41	8	115.0	26	7	16	3	3	.885									1.80	0.56						P
Scott Loucks	25	37	8	130.2	45	41	3	1	1	.978	2.8	25.7	1.8	-0.6	2.5	1			3.03	1.19						CF
Randy Moffitt	33	30	0	41.2	5	3	2	0	0	1.000									1.08	0.17						P
Joe Niekro	37	35	35	270.0	67	22	42	3	2	.955									2.13	1.83						P
Joe Pittman	28	4	0	7.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.2	0	0		3.86	0.75						3B-RF
Gordie Pladson	25	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Terry Puhl	25	155	127	1146.0	265	258	4	3	3	.989	-9.4	-9.8	-5.4	-4.5	-0.9	-4			2.06	1.69						RF-CF
Luis Pujols	26	64	56	488.0	337	295	39	3	3	.991	-6.0	-14.8						-6	6.16	5.22	20	28	55	24	30%	C
Larry Ray	24	1	1	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-20.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0			1.50	1.00						RF
Craig Reynolds	29	42	32	302.2	149	45	98	6	15	.960	-3.3	-13.1	-3.3	-2.3	-0.9		0		4.25	3.40						SS-3B
Bert Roberge	27	22	0	25.2	6	2	4	0	0	1.000									2.10	0.27						P
Mark Ross	24	4	0	6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.50	0.25						P
Vern Ruhle	31	31	21	149.0	34	9	23	2	1	.941									1.93	1.03						P
Nolan Ryan	35	35	35	250.1	44	9	33	2	1	.955									1.51	1.20						P
Joe Sambito	30	9	0	12.2	5	0	4	1	1	.800									2.84	0.44						P
Tony Scott	30	130	115	1013.2	276	264	7	5	0	.982	2.2	2.6	-0.8	3.1	-3.9	3			2.41	2.08						CF-RF-LF
Dave Smith	27	49	1	63.1	12	3	7	2	2	.833									1.42	0.20						P
Harry Spilman	27	11	10	82.2	92	86	5	1	5	.989	-0.7	-10.2	-0.7	-1.0	0.2		0		9.91	8.27						1B
Don Sutton	37	27	27	195.0	37	16	20	1	2	.973									1.66	1.33						P
Dickie Thon	24	128	120	1077.2	612	183	412	17	82	.972	13.3	14.8	12.3	4.8	7.5		1		4.97	4.65						SS-3B-2B
Tim Tolman	26	6	6	50.0	18	17	1	0	2	1.000	0.5	12.0	0.5	0.4	0.1	0	0		3.24	3.00						LF-RF-1B
Denny Walling	28	53	28	295.0	179	167	11	1	8	.994	-1.8	-7.3	-1.8	-0.6	-1.2	0	0		5.43	3.36						1B-RF-CF-LF
Team Totals	29.4	162	1458	13020.0	6303	4340	1827	136	420	.978	-13.1	-1.2	14.9	7.6	7.3	-12	4	-20	4.26	3.34	32	61	177	57	24%
Rank in 12 NL teams								7	4	8
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1981 / 1983 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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