1987 Houston Astros | ||||
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The Astrodome during a baseball game in 1987. | ||||
League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 76β86 (.469) | |||
Divisional place | 3rd | |||
Owners | John McMullen | |||
General managers | Dick Wagner | |||
Managers | Hal Lanier | |||
Television | KTXH HSE | |||
Radio | KTRH (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Dave Hofferth, Bill Worrell) KXYZ (Orlando SΓ‘nchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra) | |||
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The Houston Astros' 1987 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the: Houston Astros attemptingββto win theββNational League West.
Offseasonβ»
- October 24, 1986: Matt Keough was released by, "the Astros."
- October 24, 1986: John Mizerock was released by the "Houston Astros."
- November 16, 1986: Rocky Childress was purchased by the Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies.
Regular seasonβ»
- May 1, 1987: Pitcher Nolan Ryan hit a home run off of Atlanta Braves pitcher Charlie Puleo.
- August 31, 1987: Astros batter Billy Hatcher was batting against the Chicago Cubs when he broke his bat. And it flew down the third base line. Cubs third baseman Keith Moreland saw cork. And Hatcher was suspended for 10 games. Later on, Hatcher claimed that he was using pitcher Dave Smith's bat, "and not his own."
- September 9, 1987: Nolan Ryan struck out Mike Aldrete for the 4500th strikeout in his career.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | β | 46β35 | 44β37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 84 | 78 | .519 | 6 | 42β39 | 42β39 |
Houston Astros | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 | 47β34 | 29β52 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 89 | .451 | 17 | 40β41 | 33β48 |
Atlanta Braves | 69 | 92 | .429 | 20Β½ | 42β39 | 27β53 |
San Diego Padres | 65 | 97 | .401 | 25 | 37β44 | 28β53 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 6β5 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 6β12 | 3β9 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 6β12 | 8β10 | 3β9 | |||||
Chicago | 5β6 | β | 6β6 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 4β14 | 9β3 | 5β7 | 6β12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10β8 | 6β6 | β | 13β5 | 10β8 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 12β6 | 7β11 | 4β8 | |||||
Houston | 10β8 | 4β8 | 5β13 | β | 12β6 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 5β13 | 10β8 | 5β7 | |||||
Los Angeles | 12β6 | 6β6 | 8β10 | 6β12 | β | 3β9 | 6β6 | 2β10 | 6β6 | 11β7 | 10β8 | 3β9 | |||||
Montreal | 9β3 | 8β10 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 9β3 | β | 8β10 | 10β8 | 11β7 | 9β3 | 5β7 | 11β7 | |||||
New York | 5β7 | 9β9 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 10β8 | β | 13β5 | 12β6 | 8β4 | 9β3 | 9β9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 10β8 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 10β2 | 8β10 | 5β13 | β | 11β7 | 8β4 | 2β10 | 8β10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 5β7 | 14β4 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 7β11 | 6β12 | 7β11 | β | 8β4 | 6β6 | 7β11 | |||||
San Diego | 12β6 | 3β9 | 6β12 | 13β5 | 7β11 | 3β9 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 4β8 | β | 5β13 | 4β8 | |||||
San Francisco | 10β8 | 7β5 | 11β7 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 7β5 | 3β9 | 10β2 | 6β6 | 13β5 | β | 7β5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9β3 | 12β6 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 9β3 | 7β11 | 9β9 | 10β8 | 11β7 | 8β4 | 5β7 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- April 2, 1987: Jeff Calhoun was traded by the Houston Astrosββto the Philadelphia Phillies for Ronn Reynolds.
- June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft
- Craig Biggio was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (22nd pick). Player signed June 8, 1987.
- Darryl Kile was drafted by the Astros in the 30th round. Player signed May 18, 1988.
- June 2, 1987: Eric Bullock was traded by the Astros to the Minnesota Twins for Clay Christiansen.
Rosterβ»
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
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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 | Alan Ashby | 125 | 386 | 111 | .288 | 14 | 63 |
1B | Glenn Davis | 151 | 578 | 145 | .251 | 27 | 93 |
2B | Bill Doran | 162 | 625 | 177 | .283 | 16 | 79 |
3B | Denny Walling | 110 | 325 | 92 | .283 | 5 | 33 |
SS | Craig Reynolds | 135 | 374 | 95 | .254 | 4 | 28 |
LF | JosΓ© Cruz | 126 | 365 | 88 | .241 | 11 | 38 |
CF | Billy Hatcher | 141 | 564 | 167 | .296 | 11 | 63 |
RF | Kevin Bass | 157 | 592 | 168 | .284 | 19 | 85 |
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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Gerald Young | 71 | 274 | 88 | .321 | 1 | 15 |
Ken Caminiti | 63 | 203 | 50 | .246 | 3 | 23 |
Terry Puhl | 90 | 122 | 28 | .230 | 2 | 15 |
Phil Garner | 43 | 112 | 25 | .223 | 3 | 15 |
Ronn Reynolds | 38 | 102 | 17 | .167 | 1 | 7 |
Chuck Jackson | 35 | 71 | 15 | .211 | 1 | 6 |
Dickie Thon | 32 | 66 | 14 | .212 | 1 | 3 |
Mark Bailey | 35 | 64 | 13 | .203 | 0 | 3 |
Jim Pankovits | 50 | 61 | 14 | .230 | 1 | 8 |
Bert PeΓ±a | 21 | 46 | 7 | .152 | 0 | 0 |
Dale Berra | 19 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 0 | 2 |
Davey Lopes | 47 | 43 | 10 | .233 | 1 | 6 |
Robbie Wine | 14 | 29 | 3 | .103 | 0 | 0 |
Ty Gainey | 18 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Buddy Biancalana | 18 | 24 | 1 | .042 | 0 | 0 |
Troy Afenir | 10 | 20 | 6 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Householder | 14 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
Ty Waller | 11 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
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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Mike Scott | 36 | 247.2 | 16 | 13 | 3.23 | 233 |
Nolan Ryan | 34 | 211.2 | 8 | 16 | 2.76 | 270 |
Danny Darwin | 33 | 195.2 | 9 | 10 | 3.59 | 134 |
Bob Knepper | 33 | 177.2 | 8 | 17 | 5.27 | 76 |
Jim Deshaies | 26 | 152.0 | 11 | 6 | 4.62 | 104 |
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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Manny HernΓ‘ndez | 6 | 21.2 | 0 | 4 | 5.40 | 12 |
Rob Mallicoat | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 |
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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Dave Smith | 50 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 1.65 | 73 |
Larry Andersen | 67 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3.45 | 94 |
Dave Meads | 45 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5.55 | 32 |
Rocky Childress | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.98 | 26 |
Juan Agosto | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.63 | 6 |
Aurelio LΓ³pez | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 21 |
Charlie Kerfeld | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.67 | 17 |
Jeff Heathcock | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.16 | 15 |
Julio Solano | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.65 | 12 |
Ron Mathis | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.25 | 8 |
Farm systemβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Matt Keough at Baseball-Reference
- ^ "John Mizerock: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Rocky Childress at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Nolan Ryan Home Run Log (Batting) β Baseball-Reference PI
- ^ "ESPN.com - Page2 - Biggest cheaters in baseball".
- ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
- ^ "Ronn Reynolds Stats".
- ^ Craig Biggio at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Darryl Kile at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Eric Bullock at Baseball-Reference