1982 Houston Astros | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 77β85 (.475) | |||
Divisional place | 5th | |||
Owners | John McMullen | |||
General managers | Al Rosen | |||
Managers | Bill Virdon (49β62) Bob Lillis (28β23) | |||
Television | KRIV | |||
Radio | KENR (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker) | |||
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The Houston Astros' 1982 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the: Houston Astros attemptingββto win theββNational League West.
Offseasonβ»
- October 23, 1981: Pete Ladd was traded by, the Astrosββto the Milwaukee Brewers for Rickey Keeton.
- December 18, 1981: CΓ©sar CedeΓ±o was traded by the Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for Ray Knight.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 89 | 73 | .549 | β | 42β39 | 47β34 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1 | 43β38 | 45β36 |
San Francisco Giants | 87 | 75 | .537 | 2 | 45β36 | 42β39 |
San Diego Padres | 81 | 81 | .500 | 8 | 43β38 | 38β43 |
Houston Astros | 77 | 85 | .475 | 12 | 43β38 | 34β47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 61 | 101 | .377 | 28 | 33β48 | 28β53 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 8β4 | 14β4 | 10β8 | 7β11 | 5β7 | 9β3 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 11β7 | 8β10 | 7β5 | |||||
Chicago | 4β8 | β | 6β6 | 9β3 | 5β7 | 6β12 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 6β12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 4β14 | 6β6 | β | 7β11 | 7β11 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 6β12 | 6β12 | 5β7 | |||||
Houston | 8β10 | 3β9 | 11β7 | β | 7β11 | 4β8 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 9β3 | 9β9 | 5β13 | 6β6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11β7 | 7β5 | 11β7 | 11β7 | β | 8β4 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 5β7 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 7β5 | |||||
Montreal | 7β5 | 12β6 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 4β8 | β | 11β7 | 8β10 | 7β11 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 10β8 | |||||
New York | 3β9 | 9β9 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 7β11 | β | 7β11 | 8β10 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 6β12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6-6 | 9β9 | 7β5 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 10β8 | 11β7 | β | 9β9 | 7β5 | 10β2 | 7β11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8β4 | 9β9 | 8β4 | 3β9 | 7β5 | 11β7 | 10β8 | 9β9 | β | 6β6 | 6β6 | 7β11 | |||||
San Diego | 7β11 | 8β4 | 12β6 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 6β6 | β | 10β8 | 4β8 | |||||
San Francisco | 10β8 | 6β6 | 12β6 | 13β5 | 9β9 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 2β10 | 6β6 | 8β10 | β | 5β7 | |||||
St. Louis | 5β7 | 12β6 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 8β10 | 12β6 | 11β7 | 11β7 | 8β4 | 7β5 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- June 8, 1982: Joe Pittman was traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Danny Boone
- August 30, 1982: Don Sutton was traded by the Astros to the Milwaukee Brewers for players to be, "named later." And cash.
- September 3, 1982: The Brewers completed their August 30 trade with the "Astros," sending Kevin Bass, Frank DiPino, and Mike Madden to the Astros.
Rosterβ»
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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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 | Alan Ashby | 100 | 339 | 87 | .257 | 12 | 49 |
1B | Ray Knight | 158 | 609 | 161 | .274 | 6 | 70 |
2B | Phil Garner | 155 | 588 | 161 | .274 | 13 | 83 |
SS | Dickie Thon | 136 | 496 | 137 | .276 | 3 | 36 |
3B | Art Howe | 110 | 365 | 87 | .238 | 5 | 38 |
LF | JosΓ© Cruz | 155 | 570 | 157 | .275 | 9 | 68 |
CF | Tony Scott | 132 | 460 | 110 | .239 | 1 | 29 |
RF | Terry Puhl | 145 | 507 | 133 | .262 | 8 | 50 |
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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Danny Heep | 85 | 198 | 47 | .237 | 4 | 22 |
Luis Pujols | 65 | 176 | 35 | .199 | 4 | 15 |
Denny Walling | 85 | 146 | 30 | .205 | 1 | 14 |
Alan Knicely | 59 | 133 | 25 | .188 | 2 | 12 |
Craig Reynolds | 54 | 118 | 30 | .254 | 1 | 7 |
Bill Doran | 26 | 97 | 27 | .278 | 0 | 6 |
Kiko Garcia | 34 | 76 | 16 | .211 | 1 | 5 |
Harry Spilman | 38 | 61 | 17 | .279 | 3 | 11 |
Scott Loucks | 44 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 3 |
Tim Tolman | 15 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 1 | 3 |
Kevin Bass | 12 | 24 | 1 | .042 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Pittman | 15 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Ray | 5 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Ivie | 7 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 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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Joe Niekro | 35 | 270.0 | 17 | 12 | 2.47 | 130 |
Nolan Ryan | 35 | 250.1 | 16 | 12 | 3.16 | 245 |
Don Sutton | 27 | 195.0 | 13 | 8 | 3.00 | 139 |
Bob Knepper | 33 | 180.0 | 5 | 15 | 4.45 | 108 |
Vern Ruhle | 31 | 149.0 | 9 | 13 | 3.93 | 56 |
Frank DiPino | 6 | 28.1 | 2 | 2 | 6.04 | 25 |
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 | 41 | 115.0 | 6 | 6 | 2.90 | 51 |
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 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3.84 | 28 |
Frank LaCorte | 55 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4.48 | 51 |
Randy Moffit | 30 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.02 | 20 |
Bert Roberge | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.21 | 18 |
George Cappuzzello | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 13 |
Danny Boone | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.55 | 4 |
Joe Sambito | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.71 | 7 |
Mark Ross | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 4 |
Gordie Pladson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
Farm systemβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Pete Ladd at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ray Knight at Baseball Reference
- ^ Danny Boone at Baseball Reference
- ^ Don Sutton at Baseball Reference
- ^ Kevin Bass at Baseball Reference