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1983 Houston Astros Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982 / 1984)
85-77, Finished 3rd in NL West
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Scored 643 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Manager: Bob Lillis (85-77)
Ballpark: Astrodome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,351,962 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 90
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1982 / 1984 Pitching Statistics

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 38 15 14 .517 3.48 38 38 0 9 1 0 263.2 238 115 102 15 101 5 152 3 1 14 1113 97 1.286 8.1 0.5 3.4 5.2 1.51
2 SP Bob Knepper* 29 6 13 .316 3.19 35 29 2 4 3 0 203.0 202 93 72 12 71 3 125 4 2 3 867 106 1.345 9.0 0.5 3.1 5.5 1.76
3 SP Nolan Ryan 36 14 9 .609 2.98 29 29 0 5 2 0 196.1 134 74 65 9 101 3 183 4 1 5 804 114 1.197 6.1 0.4 4.6 8.4 1.81
4 SP Mike Scott 28 10 6 .625 3.72 24 24 0 2 2 0 145.0 143 67 60 8 46 0 73 5 4 4 612 91 1.303 8.9 0.5 2.9 4.5 1.59
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
5 CL Frank DiPino* 26 3 4 .429 2.65 53 0 32 0 0 20 71.1 52 21 21 2 20 5 67 1 0 3 279 128 1.009 6.6 0.3 2.5 8.5 3.35
6 RP Mike LaCoss 27 5 7 .417 4.43 38 17 6 2 0 1 138.0 142 81 68 10 56 11 53 2 1 9 590 76 1.435 9.3 0.7 3.7 3.5 0.95
7 RP Vern Ruhle 32 8 5 .615 3.69 41 9 11 0 0 3 114.2 107 49 47 13 36 7 43 3 0 1 480 92 1.247 8.4 1.0 2.8 3.4 1.19
8 RP Bill Dawley 25 6 6 .500 2.82 48 0 37 0 0 14 79.2 51 26 25 9 22 4 60 1 0 1 304 120 0.916 5.8 1.0 2.5 6.8 2.73
9 RP Dave Smith 28 3 1 .750 3.10 42 0 24 0 0 6 72.2 72 32 25 2 36 4 41 0 1 1 323 109 1.486 8.9 0.2 4.5 5.1 1.14
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
10 Mike Madden* 25 9 5 .643 3.14 28 13 7 0 0 0 94.2 76 37 33 4 45 3 44 1 3 2 387 108 1.278 7.2 0.4 4.3 4.2 0.98
11 Frank LaCorte 31 4 4 .500 5.06 37 0 19 0 0 3 53.1 35 32 30 8 28 3 48 2 0 5 220 67 1.181 5.9 1.4 4.7 8.1 1.71
12 Jeff Heathcock 23 2 1 .667 3.21 6 3 2 0 0 1 28.0 19 14 10 1 4 0 12 1 1 0 111 105 0.821 6.1 0.3 1.3 3.9 3.00
13 Julio Solano 23 0 2 .000 6.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 5 4 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 27 56 1.500 7.5 1.5 6.0 4.5 0.75
Team Totals 30.8 85 77 .525 3.45 162 162 140 22 8 48 1466.1 1276 646 562 94 570 49 904 27 14 49 6117 98 1.259 7.8 0.6 3.5 5.5 1.59
Rank in 12 NL teams 4 9 3 6 2 1 3 1 4 3 1 10 10750
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 Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
Bill Dawley 25 79.2 46% 3.0% 19.7% 7.2% 5.6% 33% 0.89 68% 44 5 11%
*Frank DiPino 26 71.1 71% 0.7% 24.0% 7.2% 5.0% 27% 1.16 67% 65 9 14%
Jeff Heathcock 23 28.0 53% 0.9% 10.8% 3.6% 7.2% 42% 0.67 84% 10 0 0%
*Bob Knepper 29 203.0 83% 1.4% 14.5% 8.2% 5.0% 21% 1.19 74% 156 22 14%
Frank LaCorte 31 53.1 45% 3.6% 21.8% 12.7% 4.6% 29% 0.76 59% 44 1 2%
Mike LaCoss 27 138.0 45% 1.7% 9.0% 9.5% 5.8% 24% 1.98 78% 116 24 21%
*Mike Madden 25 94.2 79% 1.0% 11.4% 11.6% 4.4% 22% 1.72 73% 78 17 22%
Joe Niekro 38 263.2 48% 1.4% 13.7% 9.1% 5.1% 24% 1.13 74% 164 15 9%
Vern Ruhle 32 114.2 46% 2.7% 9.0% 7.5% 6.7% 30% 1.45 79% 66 7 11%
Nolan Ryan 36 196.1 54% 1.1% 22.8% 12.6% 4.2% 25% 1.29 62% 133 20 15%
Mike Scott 28 145.0 52% 1.3% 11.9% 7.5% 4.9% 21% 1.02 78% 93 13 14%
Dave Smith 28 72.2 47% 0.6% 12.7% 11.2% 5.3% 24% 0.93 75% 74 4 5%
Julio Solano 23 6.0 48% 3.7% 11.1% 14.8% 7.4% 40% 0.56 70% 7 0 0%
League Average 58% 1.9% 14.5% 8.7% 6.3% 28% 1.14 73% 11%
Team Total 56% 1.5% 14.8% 9.3% 5.2% 25% 1.21 73% 1050 137 13%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Bill Dawley 25 79.2 48 304 276 26 51 7 1 9 1 3 22 60 .185 .247 .315 .563 .203 87 5 1 5 0 4
*Frank DiPino 26 71.1 53 279 254 21 52 9 3 2 8 1 20 67 .205 .263 .287 .550 .266 73 9 1 1 3 5
Jeff Heathcock 23 28.0 6 111 105 14 19 6 1 1 3 0 4 12 .181 .216 .286 .502 .194 30 0 1 0 1 0
*Bob Knepper 29 203.0 35 865 773 93 202 28 3 12 31 6 71 125 .261 .324 .352 .675 .295 272 22 4 9 8 3
Frank LaCorte 31 53.1 37 220 184 32 35 2 0 8 7 1 28 48 .190 .302 .332 .634 .209 61 1 2 5 1 3
Mike LaCoss 27 138.0 38 589 519 81 142 19 5 10 18 10 56 53 .274 .343 .387 .730 .286 201 24 2 6 6 11
*Mike Madden 25 94.2 28 387 329 37 76 12 1 4 7 2 45 44 .231 .323 .310 .633 .254 102 17 1 9 3 3
Joe Niekro 38 263.2 38 1113 987 115 238 35 7 15 45 9 101 152 .241 .311 .336 .647 .269 332 15 3 13 9 5
Vern Ruhle 32 114.2 41 480 429 49 107 16 3 13 9 7 36 43 .249 .308 .392 .700 .248 168 7 3 6 6 7
Nolan Ryan 36 196.1 29 803 686 74 134 21 4 9 21 8 101 183 .195 .300 .277 .577 .251 190 20 4 7 5 3
Mike Scott 28 145.0 24 612 555 67 143 13 9 8 18 4 46 73 .258 .318 .357 .674 .282 198 13 5 1 5 0
Dave Smith 28 72.2 42 323 279 32 72 11 4 2 13 3 36 41 .258 .338 .348 .685 .290 97 4 0 3 5 4
Julio Solano 23 6.0 4 27 23 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 .217 .333 .435 .768 .211 10 0 0 0 0 1
League Average .256 .322 .377 .699 .285
Team Total 423 6113 5399 646 1276 179 42 94 182 54 570 904 .236 .310 .337 .647 .265 1821 137 27 65 52 49
Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
Jeff Heathcock 23 28.0 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 48 74 30 1 1 0 2 5.0 6.4 5.2
*Bob Knepper 29 203.0 35 29 5 12 12 1 3 11 18 .379 4 3 4 3 13 45% 51 88 22 29 6 7 5 3.3 3.4 6.2
Mike LaCoss 27 138.0 38 17 5 6 6 2 1 9 8 .529 1 3 2 0 6 35% 46 69 20 10 6 6 4 4.1 3.6 6.1
*Mike Madden 25 94.2 28 13 6 5 2 2 2 7 6 .538 1 0 0 0 8 62% 52 75 27 12 6 3 4 3.3 4.2 5.5
Joe Niekro 38 263.2 38 38 15 14 9 2 3 20 18 .526 1 4 9 1 23 61% 54 84 8 28 8 15 7 4.1 4.0 6.9
Vern Ruhle 32 114.2 41 9 1 2 6 0 1 3 6 .333 1 3 0 0 4 44% 45 73 22 10 3 4 2 3.7 3.9 5.5
Nolan Ryan 36 196.1 29 29 14 9 6 0 4 18 11 .621 2 0 5 2 19 66% 60 89 30 17 7 10 6 3.9 4.5 6.8
Mike Scott 28 145.0 24 24 10 6 8 2 1 15 9 .625 1 4 2 2 12 50% 51 81 26 23 9 3 10 4.9 4.7 6.0
League Average .500 52% 51 94 8 4.1 4.1 6.2
Team Total 423 162 57 55 50 9 15 85 77 .525 11 18 22 8 86 53% 52 89 8 184 69 48 40 4.0 4.1 6.3
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
Bill Dawley 25 79.2 48 48 37 6 6 16 14 2 88% 16 0 31 10 32% 8 1.543 29 7 11 19 16 13 18 30 26 8 27 3 5.0
*Frank DiPino 26 71.1 53 53 32 3 4 29 20 9 69% 34 4 54 21 39% 8 1.881 37 9 6 35 7 11 31 22 28 15 29 7 4.0
Jeff Heathcock 23 28.0 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 2 0.947 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 12.3
*Bob Knepper 29 203.0 35 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 3 1.069 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 5 0 5 0 12.0
Frank LaCorte 31 53.1 37 37 19 4 4 5 3 2 60% 8 3 13 6 46% 8 1.318 15 6 14 8 10 19 8 29 17 6 17 4 4.3
Mike LaCoss 27 138.0 38 21 6 0 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 20 10 50% 6 0.926 5 4 12 3 0 18 10 11 11 5 11 4 5.0
*Mike Madden 25 94.2 28 15 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 7 0.987 2 2 10 1 2 12 6 9 10 2 10 0 4.7
Vern Ruhle 32 114.2 41 32 11 7 3 3 3 0 100% 5 2 33 14 42% 7 1.016 11 7 13 6 6 20 16 16 23 3 23 4 6.1
Dave Smith 28 72.2 42 42 24 3 1 7 6 1 86% 9 1 17 7 41% 8 0.890 10 12 18 11 5 26 12 30 23 9 24 4 5.2
Julio Solano 23 6.0 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 1.013 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 3 3 1 3 1 4.5
League Average 71% 33% 1.079 4.6
Team Total 423 261 140 28 22 63 48 15 76% 76 11 189 74 39% 1.096 114 50 89 87 50 124 105 156 149 49 152 27 5.1
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
Bill Dawley 25 79.2 304 51 9 0 9 4 5 1 8 10 4 1 40% 2 1 0 102 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
*Frank DiPino 26 71.1 279 52 2 0 16 1 1 0 2 32 12 8 38% 3 3 1 108 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Jeff Heathcock 23 28.0 111 19 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 100% 3 0 1 30 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
*Bob Knepper 29 203.0 867 202 12 0 21 12 0 2 10 37 21 5 57% 16 3 0 335 31 6 84% 26 6 4 0 1 0 3 1 19 0
Frank LaCorte 31 53.1 220 35 8 2 7 7 1 4 4 18 8 4 44% 3 5 0 70 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Mike LaCoss 27 138.0 590 142 10 0 12 4 6 4 6 42 30 4 71% 12 9 0 217 18 10 64% 18 8 0 2 0 0 1 0 27 0
*Mike Madden 25 94.2 387 76 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 17 12 2 71% 3 2 2 140 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
Joe Niekro 38 263.2 1113 238 15 0 17 7 8 5 10 62 35 11 56% 10 14 25 377 45 9 83% 43 7 2 1 0 1 1 1 60 0
Vern Ruhle 32 114.2 480 107 13 0 16 9 4 1 12 28 15 2 54% 6 1 1 149 9 7 56% 8 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 9 0
Nolan Ryan 36 196.1 804 134 9 0 16 5 4 4 5 37 20 8 54% 8 5 5 270 21 8 72% 21 5 0 2 0 1 4 1 22 0
Mike Scott 28 145.0 612 143 8 1 7 4 4 4 4 19 12 2 63% 8 4 0 209 18 4 82% 15 4 3 0 0 0 7 0 15 0
Dave Smith 28 72.2 323 72 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 20 13 1 65% 5 1 0 136 13 3 81% 13 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Julio Solano 23 6.0 27 5 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 20% 1 1 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
League Average 52% 67%
Team Total 6117 1276 94 3 136 58 36 28 66 331 187 49 57% 80 49 35 2151 182 54 77% 169 43 12 6 1 5 20 5 198 0
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Bill Dawley 25 5 3 .625 3.53 74.0 56 32 29 10 24 56 1 1.081 6.8 2.9 6.8 2.33 1.2 48 48
*Frank DiPino 26 4 3 .571 3.36 67.0 56 28 25 2 22 63 1 1.164 7.5 3.0 8.5 2.86 0.3 53 53
Jeff Heathcock 23 2 1 .667 3.54 28.0 21 12 11 1 4 12 1 0.893 6.8 1.3 3.9 3.00 0.3 6 6
*Bob Knepper 29 11 10 .524 3.93 190.0 217 92 83 13 76 117 4 1.542 10.3 3.6 5.5 1.54 0.6 35 35
Frank LaCorte 31 1 4 .200 6.43 49.0 39 39 35 9 31 44 2 1.429 7.2 5.7 8.1 1.42 1.7 37 37
Mike LaCoss 27 4 9 .308 5.69 125.0 152 88 79 11 60 48 2 1.696 10.9 4.3 3.5 0.80 0.8 38 38
*Mike Madden 25 4 5 .444 4.08 86.0 81 43 39 4 48 40 1 1.500 8.5 5.0 4.2 0.83 0.4 28 28
Joe Niekro 38 13 14 .481 4.28 248.0 257 131 118 16 109 143 3 1.476 9.3 4.0 5.2 1.31 0.6 38 38
Vern Ruhle 32 5 6 .455 4.54 107.0 116 60 54 14 39 40 3 1.449 9.8 3.3 3.4 1.03 1.2 41 41
Nolan Ryan 36 11 9 .550 3.76 182.0 144 84 76 10 109 170 4 1.390 7.1 5.4 8.4 1.56 0.5 29 29
Mike Scott 28 6 9 .400 4.60 135.0 153 77 69 9 49 68 5 1.496 10.2 3.3 4.5 1.39 0.6 24 24
Dave Smith 28 4 3 .571 3.78 69.0 77 32 29 2 38 39 0 1.667 10.0 5.0 5.1 1.03 0.3 42 42
Julio Solano 23 0 0 6.00 6.0 5 4 4 1 4 3 0 1.500 7.5 6.0 4.5 0.75 1.5 4 4
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs 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 ERA+
Bill Dawley 25 1 6 6 .500 2.82 48 0 37 0 0 14 79.2 51 26 25 9 22 4 60 1 0 1 304 120 0.916 5.8 1.0 2.5 6.8 2.73 120
*Frank DiPino 26 3 5 6 .455 3.53 61 6 34 0 0 20 102.0 84 41 40 3 34 6 95 1 0 3 411 95 1.157 7.4 0.3 3.0 8.4 2.79 95
Jeff Heathcock 23 1 2 1 .667 3.21 6 3 2 0 0 1 28.0 19 14 10 1 4 0 12 1 1 0 111 105 0.821 6.1 0.3 1.3 3.9 3.00 105
*Bob Knepper 29 8 67 83 .447 3.51 226 213 5 50 19 1 1413.1 1401 632 551 100 471 40 792 29 4 33 5999 99 1.325 8.9 0.6 3.0 5.0 1.68 99
Frank LaCorte 31 9 22 42 .344 4.88 240 31 120 1 0 26 460.2 424 271 250 40 245 22 359 10 2 24 2028 73 1.452 8.3 0.8 4.8 7.0 1.47 73
Mike LaCoss 27 6 43 48 .473 4.19 184 114 21 15 5 2 802.0 864 426 373 47 333 46 289 11 8 23 3482 85 1.493 9.7 0.5 3.7 3.2 0.87 85
*Mike Madden 25 1 9 5 .643 3.14 28 13 7 0 0 0 94.2 76 37 33 4 45 3 44 1 3 2 387 108 1.278 7.2 0.4 4.3 4.2 0.98 108
Joe Niekro 38 17 177 155 .533 3.45 572 374 91 96 27 16 2826.0 2722 1210 1083 204 930 58 1349 45 2 114 11871 99 1.292 8.7 0.6 3.0 4.3 1.45 99
Vern Ruhle 32 10 63 66 .488 3.58 229 163 22 28 12 5 1148.1 1186 527 457 93 282 24 445 29 5 10 4830 100 1.278 9.3 0.7 2.2 3.5 1.58 100
Nolan Ryan 36 17 219 195 .529 3.10 516 482 13 193 52 3 3520.2 2523 1385 1214 190 2022 50 3677 96 17 174 14845 112 1.291 6.4 0.5 5.2 9.4 1.82 112
Mike Scott 28 5 24 33 .421 4.38 108 84 10 5 3 3 509.2 557 281 248 37 168 8 224 8 9 8 2194 80 1.422 9.8 0.7 3.0 4.0 1.33 80
Dave Smith 28 4 20 13 .606 2.78 190 1 110 0 0 35 313.2 285 112 97 9 122 19 206 6 6 10 1336 119 1.298 8.2 0.3 3.5 5.9 1.69 119
Julio Solano 23 1 0 2 .000 6.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 5 4 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 27 56 1.500 7.5 1.5 6.0 4.5 0.75 56
Age Yrs 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 ERA+

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.


1982 / 1984 Pitching Statistics