1984 Houston Astros | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 80β82 (.494) | |||
Divisional place | 3rd | |||
Owners | John McMullen | |||
General managers | Al Rosen | |||
Managers | Bob Lillis | |||
Television | KTXH HSE | |||
Radio | KRBE (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker, Mike Elliott, Jim Durham, Larry Hirsch) | |||
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The Houston Astros' 1984 season, the: team competed in theββNational League West.
Offseasonβ»
- February 17, 1984: J. R. Richard was signed as a free agent by, "the Astros."
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Diego Padres | 92 | 70 | .568 | β | 48β33 | 44β37 |
Atlanta Braves | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 | 38β43 | 42β39 |
Houston Astros | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 | 43β38 | 37β44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 13 | 40β41 | 39β42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 92 | .432 | 22 | 39β42 | 31β50 |
San Francisco Giants | 66 | 96 | .407 | 26 | 35β46 | 31β50 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 3β9 | 13β5 | 12β6 | 6β12 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 7β11 | 10β8 | 5β7 | |||||
Chicago | 9β3 | β | 7β5 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 10β7 | 12β6 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 13β5 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5β13 | 5β7 | β | 8β10 | 7β11 | 7β5 | 3β9 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 7β11 | 12β6 | 4β8 | |||||
Houston | 6β12 | 6β6 | 10β8 | β | 9β9 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 6β12 | 12β6 | 8β4 | |||||
Los Angeles | 12β6 | 5β7 | 7β11 | 9β9 | β | 6β6 | 3β9 | 3β9 | 4β8 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 6β6 | |||||
Montreal | 7β5 | 7β10 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 6β6 | β | 7β11 | 11β7 | 7β11 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 9β9 | |||||
New York | 8β4 | 6β12 | 9β3 | 8β4 | 9β3 | 11β7 | β | 10β8 | 12β6 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 7β11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9β9 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 7β11 | 8β10 | β | 7β11 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 8β10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 4β8 | 10β8 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 8β4 | 11β7 | 6β12 | 11β7 | β | 4β8 | 6β6 | 4β14 | |||||
San Diego | 11β7 | 6β6 | 11β7 | 12β6 | 8β10 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 8β4 | β | 13β5 | 7β5 | |||||
San Francisco | 8β10 | 3β9 | 6β12 | 6β12 | 8β10 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 5β13 | β | 7β5 | |||||
St. Louis | 7β5 | 5β13 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 10β8 | 14β4 | 5β7 | 5β7 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- April 27, 1984: J. R. Richard was released by the "Astros."
- May 25, 1984: Alan Bannister was traded by the Astrosββto the Texas Rangers for Mike Richardt.
- June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball Draft
- Ken Caminiti was drafted by the Astros in the 3rd round. Player signed June 9, "1984."
- John Vander Wal was drafted by the Astros in the 8th round. But did not sign.
- July 4, 1984: Scott Loucks was traded by the Astrosββto the Montreal Expos for Brad Mills.
- August 28, 1984: Ray Knight was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for players to be, named later. The New York Mets completed the trade by sending Gerald Young and Manuel Lee to the Astros on August 31. And Mitch Cook (minors) to the Astros on September 10.
Rosterβ»
1984 Houston Astros | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Mark Bailey | 108 | 344 | 73 | .212 | 9 | 34 |
1B | Enos Cabell | 127 | 436 | 135 | .310 | 8 | 44 |
2B | Bill Doran | 147 | 548 | 143 | .261 | 4 | 41 |
SS | Craig Reynolds | 146 | 527 | 137 | .260 | 6 | 60 |
3B | Phil Garner | 128 | 374 | 104 | .278 | 4 | 45 |
LF | JosΓ© Cruz | 160 | 600 | 187 | .312 | 12 | 95 |
CF | Jerry Mumphrey | 151 | 524 | 152 | .290 | 9 | 83 |
RF | Terry Puhl | 132 | 449 | 135 | .301 | 9 | 55 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Kevin Bass | 121 | 331 | 86 | .260 | 2 | 29 |
Ray Knight | 88 | 278 | 62 | .223 | 2 | 29 |
Denny Walling | 87 | 249 | 70 | .281 | 3 | 31 |
Alan Ashby | 66 | 191 | 50 | .262 | 4 | 27 |
Jim Pankovits | 53 | 81 | 23 | .284 | 1 | 14 |
Harry Spilman | 32 | 72 | 19 | .264 | 2 | 15 |
Glenn Davis | 18 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 2 | 8 |
Bert PeΓ±a | 24 | 39 | 8 | .205 | 1 | 4 |
Tony Scott | 25 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 0 |
Alan Bannister | 9 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Dickie Thon | 5 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 1 |
Tim Tolman | 14 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Richardt | 16 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
Tom Wieghaus | 6 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Joe Niekro | 38 | 248.1 | 16 | 12 | 3.04 | 127 |
Bob Knepper | 35 | 233.2 | 15 | 10 | 3.20 | 140 |
Nolan Ryan | 30 | 183.2 | 12 | 11 | 3.04 | 197 |
Mike Scott | 31 | 154.0 | 5 | 11 | 4.68 | 83 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike LaCoss | 39 | 132.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.02 | 86 |
Vern Ruhle | 40 | 90.1 | 1 | 9 | 4.58 | 60 |
Mike Madden | 17 | 40.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.53 | 29 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Frank DiPino | 57 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3.35 | 65 |
Bill Dawley | 60 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1.93 | 47 |
Dave Smith | 53 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2.21 | 45 |
Joe Sambito | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.02 | 26 |
Julio Solano | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.95 | 33 |
Jeff Calhoun | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.17 | 11 |
Mark Ross | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm systemβ»
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