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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.




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season


    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Notable transactions


    • 2.4 Roster




  • 3 Player stats


    • 3.1 Batting


      • 3.1.1 Starters by position


      • 3.1.2 Other batters




    • 3.2 Pitching


      • 3.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 3.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 3.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 4 Awards and honors


  • 5 Farm system


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Offseason[edit]



  • 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[edit]



  • 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[edit]




































































  • v

  • t

  • e


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[edit]








































































































































































































1983 National League Records

  • 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[edit]



  • 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[edit]














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[edit]



Batting[edit]



Starters by position[edit]


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


Other batters[edit]






























Player
 G
 AB
 H
 Avg.
 HR
 RBI
Denny Walling 100 135 40 .296 3 19
Scott Loucks 7 14 3 .214 0 0


Pitching[edit]



Starting pitchers[edit]






























Player
 G
 IP
 W
 L
 ERA
 SO
Nolan Ryan 29 196.1 14 9 2.98 183
Mike Scott 24 145 10 6 3.72 73


Other pitchers[edit]










Player
 G
 IP
 W
 L
 ERA
 SO


Relief pitchers[edit]





















Player
 G
 W
 L
 SV
 ERA
 SO
Bill Dawley 48 6 6 14 2.82 60


Awards and honors[edit]


  • Ray Knight, Hutch Award[7]


Farm system[edit]


See also: Minor League Baseball












































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[edit]





  1. ^ Danny Heep at Baseball Reference


  2. ^ Troy Afenir at Baseball Reference


  3. ^ Alan Knicely at Baseball Reference


  4. ^ ab "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  5. ^ Robbie Wine at Baseball Reference


  6. ^ Danny Boone at Baseball Reference


  7. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml




External links[edit]


  • 1983 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference











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