1983 Houston Astros season

1983 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Astrodome (since 1965) Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	John McMullen
General manager(s)	Al Rosen
Manager(s)	Bob Lillis
Local television	KTXH HSE
Local radio	KRBE (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker)
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The Houston Astros' 1983 season was a season in American baseball. 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[]

v t NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	91	71	0.562	—	48–32	43–39
Atlanta Braves	88	74	0.543	3	46–34	42–40
Houston Astros	85	77	0.525	6	46–36	39–41
San Diego Padres	81	81	0.500	10	47–34	34–47
San Francisco Giants	79	83	0.488	12	43–38	36–45
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	0.457	17	36–45	38–43

Record vs. opponents[]

1983 National League Records v t 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 46 Bill Dawley 11 Frank DiPino 31 Jeff Heathcock 39 Bob Knepper 27 Frank LaCorte 51 Mike LaCoss 53 Mike Madden 36 Joe Niekro 48 Vern Ruhle 34 Nolan Ryan 33 Mike Scott 45 Dave Smith 52 Julio Solano		Catchers 14 Alan Ashby 20 George Bjorkman  4 John Mizerock  6 Luis Pujols Infielders 19 Bill Doran  3 Phil Garner 22 Ray Knight  1 Bert Peña 12 Craig Reynolds 16 Harry Spilman 10 Dickie Thon 38 Tim Tolman 29 Denny Walling		Outfielders  8 Kevin Bass 25 José Cruz 26 Scott Loucks 24 Omar Moreno 28 Jerry Mumphrey 21 Terry Puhl 30 Tony Scott		Manager  5 Bob Lillis Coaches  2 Cot Deal 15 Denis Menke 55 Les Moss 43 Don Leppert 54 Jerry Walker

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[]

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[]

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	10	6	3.72	73

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike LaCoss	38	138	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	2	1	3.21	12

Relief pitchers[]

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[]

External links[]

• 1983 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference