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

Team Pitching

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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
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* - 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