1983 Houston Astros season

1983 Houston Astros
1983 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Astrodome
City	Houston, Texas
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	John McMullen
General managers	Al Rosen
Managers	Bob Lillis
Television	KTXH; HSE
Radio	KRBE; (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker)

The 1983 Houston Astros season was the 22nd season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 19th as the Astros, 15th in the National League West, and 19th at The Astrodome. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

Offseason

December 10, 1982: Danny Heep was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Mike Scott.^[1]
January 11, 1983: Troy Afenir was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).^[2]
March 31, 1983: Alan Knicely was traded by the Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Dawley and Tony Walker.^[3]

Regular season

April 17, 1983: Nolan Ryan struck out Andre Dawson for the 3500th strikeout in his career.^[4]
April 27, 1983: Nolan Ryan struck out Brad Mills of the Expos to break Walter Johnson's all time mark for strikeouts in a career. Mills was the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan's career.^[4]

Season standings

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	91	71	.562	—	48‍–‍32	43‍–‍39
Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	3	46‍–‍34	42‍–‍40
Houston Astros	85	77	.525	6	46‍–‍36	39‍–‍41
San Diego Padres	81	81	.500	10	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
San Francisco Giants	79	83	.488	12	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	.457	17	36‍–‍45	38‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	12–6	11–7	7–11	7–5	8–4	7–5	6–6	9–9	9–9	7–5
Chicago	7–5	—	4–8	5–7	6–6	7–11	9–9	5–13	9–9	5–7	4–8	10–8
Cincinnati	6–12	8–4	—	5–13	7–11	4–8	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	10–8	6–6
Houston	7–11	7–5	13–5	—	6–12	8–4	9–3	4–8	6–6	11–7	12–6	2–10
Los Angeles	11–7	6–6	11–7	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	11–1	6–6	6–12–1	5–13	9–3
Montreal	5–7	11–7	8–4	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10–1	8–10	8–4	8–4	9–9
New York	4–8	9–9	5–7	3–9	5–7	10–8	—	6–12	9–9	6–6	5–7	6–12
Philadelphia	5-7	13–5	6–6	8–4	1–11	10–8–1	12–6	—	11–7	5–7	5–7	14–4
Pittsburgh	6–6	9–9	6–6	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	7–11	—	9–3	6–6	10–8
San Diego	9–9	7–5	9–9	7–11	12–6–1	4–8	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	6–6
San Francisco	9–9	8–4	8–10	6–12	13–5	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–6	7–11	—	4–8
St. Louis	5–7	8–10	6–6	10–2	3–9	9–9	12–6	4–14	8–10	6–6	8–4	—

Notable transactions

June 6, 1983: Robbie Wine was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]
June 17, 1983: Danny Boone was released by the Astros.^[6]

Roster

1983 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5 Bob Lillis

Coaches

2 Cot Deal (Outfield/Defensive Coordinator)
15 Denis Menke
55 Les Moss
43 Don Leppert
54 Jerry Walker

Game log

Regular season

1983 regular season game log: 85–77 (home: 46–36; away: 39–41)

April: 8–14 (home: 5–10; away: 3–4)

#	Date	Opponent
1	April 5	Dodgers
2	April 6	Dodgers
3	April 7	Pirates
4	April 8	Pirates
5	April 9	Pirates
6	April 10	Pirates
7	April 11	@ Dodgers
8	April 12	@ Dodgers
9	April 13	@ Dodgers
10	April 15	Expos
11	April 16	Expos
12	April 17	Expos
13	April 19	Reds
14	April 20	Reds
15	April 21	Reds
16	April 22	Phillies
17	April 23	Phillies
18	April 24	Phillies
19	April 26	@ Expos
20	April 27	@ Expos
21	April 29	@ Phillies
22	April 30	@ Phillies

May: 14–14 (home: 7–7; away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score
23	May 1	@ Phillies
24	May 2	@ Mets
25	May 3	@ Mets
26	May 4	@ Mets
27	May 5	@ Braves
28	May 6	@ Braves
29	May 7	@ Braves
30	May 8	@ Braves
31	May 9	Mets
32	May 10	Mets
33	May 11	Mets
34	May 12	Braves
35	May 13	Braves
36	May 14	Braves
37	May 15	Braves
38	May 17	@ Cardinals
39	May 18	@ Cardinals
40	May 20	@ Pirates
41	May 21	@ Pirates
—	May 22	@ Pirates	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 23)
42	May 23	Cubs
43	May 24	Cubs
44	May 25	Cubs
45	May 26	Cardinals
46	May 27	Cardinals
47	May 28	Cardinals
48	May 29	Cardinals
49	May 30	@ Cubs
50	May 31	@ Cubs

June: 15–11 (home: 10–3; away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent
51	June 1	@ Cubs
52	June 3	@ Reds
53	June 4	@ Reds
54	June 5	@ Reds
55	June 7	Giants
56	June 8	Giants
57	June 9	Giants
58	June 10	Padres
59	June 11	Padres
60	June 12	Padres
61	June 13	Padres
62	June 14	@ Giants
63	June 15	@ Giants
64	June 16	@ Giants
65	June 17	@ Padres
66	June 18	@ Padres
67	June 19	@ Padres
68	June 20	Braves
69	June 21	Braves
70	June 22	Braves
71	June 24	@ Dodgers
72	June 25	@ Dodgers
73	June 26	@ Dodgers
74	June 28	@ Braves
75	June 29	@ Braves
76	June 30	@ Braves

July: 15–11 (home: 10–6; away: 5–5)

#	Date	Opponent
77	July 1	Dodgers
78	July 2	Dodgers
79	July 3	Dodgers
80	July 4	Dodgers
54th All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois
81	July 8	@ Mets
82	July 9	@ Mets
83	July 10	@ Mets
84	July 12	Expos
85	July 13	Expos
86	July 14	Expos
87	July 15	Mets
88	July 16	Mets
89	July 17	Mets
90	July 18	@ Phillies
91	July 19	@ Phillies
92	July 20	@ Phillies
93	July 21	@ Expos
94	July 22	@ Expos
95	July 23	@ Expos
96	July 24	@ Expos
97	July 26	Phillies
98	July 27	Phillies
99	July 28	Phillies
100	July 29	Reds
101	July 30	Reds
102	July 31	Reds

August: 18–12 (home: 8–4; away: 10–8)

#	Date	Opponent
103	August 1	@ Padres
104	August 2	@ Padres
105	August 3	@ Padres
106	August 4	@ Padres
107	August 5	@ Giants
108	August 6	@ Giants
109	August 7	@ Giants
110	August 9	Padres
111	August 10	Padres
112	August 11	Padres
113	August 12	Giants
114	August 13	Giants
115	August 14	Giants
116	August 15	@ Reds
117	August 16	@ Reds
118	August 17	@ Reds
119	August 18	@ Cardinals
120	August 19	@ Cardinals
121	August 20	@ Cardinals
122	August 21	@ Cardinals
123 (1)	August 23	@ Pirates
124 (2)	August 23	@ Pirates
125	August 24	@ Pirates
126	August 25	@ Pirates
127	August 26	Cubs
128	August 27	Cubs
129	August 28	Cubs
130	August 29	Cardinals
131	August 30	Cardinals
132	August 31	Pirates

September: 14–14 (home: 7–6; away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score
133	September 1	Pirates
134	September 2	@ Cubs
135	September 3	@ Cubs
136	September 4	@ Cubs
137	September 5	@ Braves
—	September 6	@ Braves	Postponed (Rain; Site change) (Makeup date: September 28)
138	September 7	@ Padres
139	September 8	@ Padres
140	September 9	@ Giants
141	September 10	@ Giants
142	September 11	@ Giants
143	September 13	Dodgers
144	September 14	Dodgers
145	September 15	Dodgers
146	September 16	@ Reds
147	September 17	@ Reds
148	September 18	@ Reds
149	September 19	@ Dodgers
150	September 20	@ Dodgers
151	September 21	@ Dodgers
152	September 23	Giants
153	September 24	Giants
154	September 25	Giants
155	September 26	Padres
156	September 27	Padres
157 (1)	September 28	Braves
158 (2)	September 28	Braves
159	September 29	Braves
160	September 30	Reds

October: 1–1 (home: 1–1; away: 0–0)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
161	October 1		Reds
162	October 2		Reds

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Alan Ashby	87	275	63	.229	8	34
1B	Ray Knight	145	507	154	.304	9	70
2B	Bill Doran	154	535	145	.271	8	39
SS	Dickie Thon	154	619	177	.286	20	79
3B	Phil Garner	154	567	135	.238	14	79
LF	José Cruz	160	594	189	.318	14	92
CF	Omar Moreno	97	405	98	.242	0	25
RF	Terry Puhl	137	465	136	.292	8	44

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 Bass	88	195	46	.236	2	18
Tony Scott	80	186	42	.226	2	17
Jerry Mumphrey	44	143	48	.336	1	17
Denny Walling	100	135	40	.296	3	19
Craig Reynolds	65	98	21	.214	1	6
Luis Pujols	40	87	17	.195	0	12
John Mizerock	33	85	13	.153	1	10
Harry Spilman	42	78	13	.167	1	9
George Bjorkman	29	75	17	.227	2	14
Tim Tolman	43	56	11	.196	2	10
Scott Loucks	7	14	3	.214	0	0
Bert Peña	4	8	1	.125	0	0

Pitching

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 Niekro	38	263.2	15	14	3.48	152
Bob Knepper	35	203.2	6	13	3.19	125
Nolan Ryan	29	196.1	14	9	2.98	183
Mike Scott	24	145.0	10	6	3.72	73

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 LaCoss	38	138.0	5	7	4.43	53
Vern Ruhle	41	114.2	8	5	3.69	43
Mike Madden	28	94.2	9	5	3.14	44
Jeff Heathcock	6	28.0	2	1	3.21	12

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 DiPino	53	3	4	20	2.65	67
Bill Dawley	48	6	6	14	2.82	60
Dave Smith	42	3	1	6	3.10	41
Frank LaCorte	37	4	4	3	5.06	48
Julio Solano	4	0	2	0	6.00	3

Awards and honors

Ray Knight, Hutch Award^[7]

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

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

External links

1983 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

[1] Danny Heep at Baseball Reference

[2] Troy Afenir at Baseball Reference

[3] Alan Knicely at Baseball Reference

[autogenerated1-4] "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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