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1983 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982 / 1984

85-77, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Lillis (85-77)
Scored 643 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81

Ballparks: Astrodome · 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 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 31 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 11 87 78 87 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.1 $366,667
Kevin Bass 24 B R 6' 0" 183 May 12, 1959 2 88 34 88 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 47 53 45 3 -0.4 $
George Bjorkman 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 26, 1956 1st 29 25 29 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 $
Jose Cruz 35 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 14 160 158 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 160 2 0 6.0 $
Bill Dawley 25 R R 6' 5" 235 Feb 6, 1958 1st 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $ All-Star
Frank DiPino 26 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 22, 1956 3 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Bill Doran 25 B R 5' 11" 175 May 28, 1958 2 154 151 154 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.4 $
Phil Garner 34 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 30, 1949 11 154 153 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.5 $683,333
Jeff Heathcock 23 R R 6' 4" 205 Nov 18, 1959 1st 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bob Knepper 29 L L 6' 3" 195 May 25, 1954 8 35 29 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Ray Knight 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 28, 1952 8 145 141 145 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.7 $
Frank LaCorte 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 13, 1951 9 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Mike LaCoss 27 R R 6' 5" 185 May 30, 1956 6 38 17 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.1 $
Scott Loucks 26 R R 6' 0" 178 Nov 11, 1956 4 7 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 1 0 -0.1 $
Mike Madden 26 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 13, 1957 1st 28 13 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
John Mizerock 22 L R 5' 11" 190 Dec 8, 1960 1st 33 30 33 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Omar Moreno 30 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 24, 1952 9 97 94 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 97 1 0 0.6 $700,000
Jerry Mumphrey 30 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 10 44 43 44 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 43 1 0 1.4 $
Joe Niekro 38 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 17 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Bert Pena 23 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 11, 1959 2 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Terry Puhl 26 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 7 137 111 137 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 118 131 16 1 2.9 $
Luis Pujols 27 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 18, 1955 7 40 28 40 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Craig Reynolds 30 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 9 65 16 65 50 0 0 0 26 15 8 1 0 0 1 14 10 -0.5 $
Vern Ruhle 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 25, 1951 10 41 9 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $500,000
Nolan Ryan HOF 36 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 17 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $1,125,000
Mike Scott 28 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 26, 1955 5 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Tony Scott 31 B R 6' 0" 164 Sep 18, 1951 10 80 34 80 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 31 27 64 29 0 -0.4 $
Dave Smith 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1955 4 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Julio Solano 23 R R 6' 1" 160 Jan 8, 1960 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Harry Spilman 28 L R 6' 1" 180 Jul 18, 1954 6 42 12 42 25 0 6 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 -0.7 $
Dickie Thon 25 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 20, 1958 5 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 $ All-Star
Tim Tolman 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 20, 1956 3 43 7 43 10 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 35 0 -0.1 $
Denny Walling 29 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 9 100 21 100 66 0 0 42 0 13 0 2 0 12 14 42 14 0.5 $
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

Bert Pena

Phil Garner

John Mizerock

Luis Pujols

Kevin Bass

Dickie Thon

Frank DiPino

Craig Reynolds

Alan Ashby

Harry Spilman

Bill Doran

George Bjorkman

Terry Puhl

Ray Knight

Omar Moreno

Jose Cruz

Scott Loucks

Frank LaCorte

Jerry Mumphrey

Denny Walling

Tony Scott

Jeff Heathcock

Mike Scott

Nolan Ryan

Joe Niekro

Tim Tolman

Bob Knepper

Dave Smith

Bill Dawley
Frank DiPino

Vern Ruhle

Mike LaCoss

Julio Solano

Mike Madden

1982 / 1984 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers