1983 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1983 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

1983 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)John McMullen
General manager(s)Al Rosen
Manager(s)Bob Lillis
Local televisionKTXH
HSE
Local radioKRBE
(Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9171 0.562 48–32 43–39
Atlanta Braves 8874 0.543 3 46–34 42–40
Houston Astros 8577 0.525 6 46–36 39–41
San Diego Padres 8181 0.500 10 47–34 34–47
San Francisco Giants 7983 0.488 12 43–38 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 7488 0.457 17 36–45 38–43

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta5–712–611–77–117–58–47–56–69–99–97–5
Chicago7–54–85–76–67–119–95–139–95–74–810–8
Cincinnati6–128–45–137–114–87–56–66–69–910–86–6
Houston7–117–513–56–128–49–34–86–611–712–62–10
Los Angeles 11–76–611–712–67–57–511–16–66–12–15–139–3
Montreal5–711–78–44–85–78–108–10–18–108–48–49–9
New York4–89–95–73–95–710–86–129–96–65–76–12
Philadelphia5-713–56–68–41–1110–8–112–611–75–75–714–4
Pittsburgh6–69–96–66–66–610–89–97–119–36–610–8
San Diego9–97–59–97–1112–6–14–86–67–53–911–76–6
San Francisco9–98–48–106–1213–54–87–57–56–67–114–8
St. Louis5–78–106–610–23–99–912–64–148–106–68–4

Notable transactions

Roster

1983 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  •  2 Cot Deal (Outfield/Defensive Coordinator)

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CAlan Ashby8727563.229834
1BRay Knight145507154.304970
2BBill Doran154535145.271839
SSDickie Thon154619177.2862079
3BPhil Garner154567135.2381479
LFJosé Cruz160594189.3181492
CFOmar Moreno9740598.242025
RFTerry Puhl137465136.292844

Other batters

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
Kevin Bass8819546.236218
Tony Scott8018642.226217
Jerry Mumphrey4414348.336117
Denny Walling10013540.296319
Craig Reynolds659821.21416
Luis Pujols408717.195012
John Mizerock338513.153110
Harry Spilman427813.16719
George Bjorkman297517.227214
Tim Tolman435611.196210
Scott Loucks7143.21400
Bert Peña481.12500

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe Niekro38263.215143.48152
Bob Knepper35203.26133.19125
Nolan Ryan29196.11492.98183
Mike Scott24145.01063.7273

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike LaCoss38138.0574.4353
Vern Ruhle41114.2853.6943
Mike Madden2894.2953.1444
Jeff Heathcock628.0213.2112

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank DiPino5334202.6567
Bill Dawley4866142.8260
Dave Smith423163.1041
Frank LaCorte374435.0648
Julio Solano40206.003

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Matt Galante
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Jack Hiatt
A Daytona Beach Astros Florida State League Dave Cripe
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Tom Spencer
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Bob Hartsfield
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League José Tartabull

References

  1. Danny Heep at Baseball Reference
  2. Troy Afenir at Baseball Reference
  3. Alan Knicely at Baseball Reference
  4. "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  5. Robbie Wine at Baseball Reference
  6. Danny Boone at Baseball Reference
  7. "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
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