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1985 Houston Astros

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 / 1986

83-79, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Lillis (83-79)
Scored 706 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79

Ballparks: Astrodome · Attendance: 1,184,314 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

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1984 / 1986 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 33 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 13 65 55 65 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.6 $416,667
Mark Bailey 23 B R 6' 5" 195 Nov 4, 1961 2 114 96 114 111 0 110 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.3 $
Kevin Bass 26 B R 6' 0" 183 May 12, 1959 4 150 130 150 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 105 39 154 12 1 2.0 $155,000
Eric Bullock 25 L L 5' 11" 185 Feb 16, 1960 1st 18 3 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 7 12 2 -0.1 $
Enos Cabell 35 R R 6' 4" 170 Oct 8, 1949 14 60 29 60 49 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 3 0.3 $291,667
Jeff Calhoun 27 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 11, 1958 2 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 $
Jose Cruz 37 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 16 141 137 141 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 1 0 137 4 0 3.2 $796,383 All-Star
Glenn Davis 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 28, 1961 2 100 96 100 97 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 4 0 1.9 $60,000
Bill Dawley 27 R R 6' 5" 235 Feb 6, 1958 3 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $295,000
Jim Deshaies 25 L L 6' 4" 222 Jun 23, 1960 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Frank DiPino 28 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 22, 1956 5 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $255,000
Bill Doran 27 B R 5' 11" 175 May 28, 1958 4 148 145 148 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.6 $325,000
Ty Gainey 24 L R 6' 1" 190 Dec 25, 1960 1st 13 7 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 9 3 2 -0.4 $
Phil Garner 36 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 30, 1949 13 135 112 135 134 0 0 0 15 123 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 1.0 $745,000
Jeff Heathcock 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Nov 18, 1959 2 14 7 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Chris Jones 27 L L 6' 0" 183 Jul 13, 1957 1st 31 0 31 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 4 15 17 0 -0.2 $
Charlie Kerfeld 21 R R 6' 6" 225 Sep 28, 1963 1st 11 6 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bob Knepper 31 L L 6' 3" 195 May 25, 1954 10 38 37 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 $850,000
Mark Knudson 24 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 28, 1960 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Mike Madden 28 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 13, 1957 3 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Ron Mathis 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 25, 1958 1st 23 8 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0 $
John Mizerock 24 L R 5' 11" 190 Dec 8, 1960 2 15 11 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jerry Mumphrey 32 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 12 130 113 130 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 68 126 11 0 1.0 $
Joe Niekro 40 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 19 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $825,000
Jim Pankovits 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 6, 1955 2 75 36 75 53 0 0 0 21 1 1 14 0 20 34 27 1 0.3 $
Bert Pena 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 11, 1959 4 20 6 20 14 0 0 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 3 0.1 $
Terry Puhl 28 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 8, 1956 9 57 52 57 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 53 54 4 0 1.5 $541,667
Craig Reynolds 32 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1952 11 107 89 107 102 0 0 0 1 0 102 0 0 0 0 11 2 2.1 $350,000
German Rivera 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 6, 1960 3 13 9 13 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2 $
Mark Ross 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 8, 1954 3 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Nolan Ryan HOF 38 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 19 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $1,350,000 All-Star
Mike Scott 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 26, 1955 7 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $360,000
Dave Smith 30 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 21, 1955 6 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $500,000
Julio Solano 25 R R 6' 1" 160 Jan 8, 1960 3 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Harry Spilman 30 L R 6' 1" 180 Jul 18, 1954 8 44 14 44 21 0 2 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 -1.0 $160,000
Dickie Thon 27 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 20, 1958 7 84 68 84 79 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 6 4 0.7 $675,000
Tim Tolman 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 20, 1956 5 31 6 31 15 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 3 9 19 0 -0.3 $
Denny Walling 31 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 11 119 82 119 99 0 0 46 0 51 0 6 0 7 13 26 1 1.8 $341,667
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Bert Pena

Phil Garner

John Mizerock

Mark Bailey

Eric Bullock

Dickie Thon

Frank DiPino

Craig Reynolds

Alan Ashby

Harry Spilman

Kevin Bass

Tim Tolman

Bill Doran

Jim Pankovits

Terry Puhl

Chris Jones

Enos Cabell
German Rivera

Ty Gainey

Jose Cruz

Glenn Davis

Jerry Mumphrey

Denny Walling

Jeff Heathcock

Mike Scott

Nolan Ryan

Joe Niekro

Charlie Kerfeld

Bob Knepper

Mark Knudson

Ron Mathis

Jim Deshaies

Dave Smith

Bill Dawley

Mark Ross

Jeff Calhoun

Julio Solano

Mike Madden

1984 / 1986 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers