1987 Houston Astros | ||
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The Astrodome during a baseball game in 1987. | ||
League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |
City | Houston, Texas | |
Record | 76–86 (.469) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | John McMullen | |
General managers | Dick Wagner | |
Managers | Hal Lanier | |
Television | KTXH HSE | |
Radio | KTRH (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Dave Hofferth, Bill Worrell) KXYZ (Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra) | |
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The 1987 Houston Astros season was the 26th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 23rd as the Astros, 26th in the National League (NL), 19th in the NL West division, and 23rd at the Astrodome, The Astros entered the season as defending NL West division champions with a 96–66 record; however, the season ended with a 4-games-to-2 defeat to the New York Mets in the 1986 National League Championship Series (NLCS).
The season began for Houston on April 6 hosting Los Angeles Dodgers. Pitcher Mike Scott made his first Opening Day start for the Astros, who won, 4–3.
In the amateur draft, the Astros selected catcher Craig Biggio in the first round, at 22nd overall, and Darryl Kile in the 30th round.
Scott represented the Astros at the MLB All-Star Game, his second career selection, where he was the starting pitcher for the National League.
The Astros concluded the season with a 76–86 record and in third place in the NL West, 14 games behind the division champion San Francisco Giants. Nolan Ryan led the major leagues in strikeouts (270), in hits per nine innings pitched (6.5), and the National League in earned run average (ERA, 2.76), among other categories.
On May 1, Nolan Ryan belted a home run off Charlie Puleo of the Atlanta Braves. [4]
On June 27, Kevin Bass became the first player in Astros history to connect for four extra base hits in one game, including two doubles, one triple, and one home run. This led a 6–5 win over the San Francisco Giants. [5]
On August 31, 1987: Astros batter Billy Hatcher was batting against the Chicago Cubs when his bat broke and it flew down the third base line. Cubs third baseman Keith Moreland saw cork, and Hatcher was suspended for 10 games. [6] Later on, Hatcher claimed that he was using pitcher Dave Smith's bat, and not his own.
On September 9, Ryan struck out Mike Aldrete for the 4500th strikeout in his career. [7]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 46–35 | 44–37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 84 | 78 | .519 | 6 | 42–39 | 42–39 |
Houston Astros | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 | 47–34 | 29–52 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 89 | .451 | 17 | 40–41 | 33–48 |
Atlanta Braves | 69 | 92 | .429 | 20½ | 42–39 | 27–53 |
San Diego Padres | 65 | 97 | .401 | 25 | 37–44 | 28–53 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 6–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 5–6 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 6–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–8 | 6–6 | — | 13–5 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 4–8 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 4–8 | 5–13 | — | 12–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 10–8 | 5–7 | |||||
Los Angeles | 12–6 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | — | 3–9 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Montreal | 9–3 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 11–7 | |||||
New York | 5–7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 13–5 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 9–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5–7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 8–10 | 5–13 | — | 11–7 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 7–11 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 | |||||
San Diego | 12–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–13 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 10–8 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 13–5 | — | 7–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — |
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1987 regular season game log: 76–86 (Home: 47–34; Away: 29–52) [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 12–9 (Home: 9–3; Away: 3–6)
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May: 12–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–8)
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June: 16–11 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–7)
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July: 10–17 (Home: 3–9; Away: 7–8)
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August: 15–14 (Home: 11–2; Away: 4–12)
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September: 9–18 (Home: 7–7; Away: 2–11)
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October: 2–2 (Home: 2–2; Away: 0–0)
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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 | 125 | 386 | 111 | .288 | 14 | 63 |
1B | Glenn Davis | 151 | 578 | 145 | .251 | 27 | 93 |
2B | Bill Doran | 162 | 625 | 177 | .283 | 16 | 79 |
3B | Denny Walling | 110 | 325 | 92 | .283 | 5 | 33 |
SS | Craig Reynolds | 135 | 374 | 95 | .254 | 4 | 28 |
LF | José Cruz | 126 | 365 | 88 | .241 | 11 | 38 |
CF | Billy Hatcher | 141 | 564 | 167 | .296 | 11 | 63 |
RF | Kevin Bass | 157 | 592 | 168 | .284 | 19 | 85 |
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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Gerald Young | 71 | 274 | 88 | .321 | 1 | 15 |
Ken Caminiti | 63 | 203 | 50 | .246 | 3 | 23 |
Terry Puhl | 90 | 122 | 28 | .230 | 2 | 15 |
Phil Garner | 43 | 112 | 25 | .223 | 3 | 15 |
Ronn Reynolds | 38 | 102 | 17 | .167 | 1 | 7 |
Chuck Jackson | 35 | 71 | 15 | .211 | 1 | 6 |
Dickie Thon | 32 | 66 | 14 | .212 | 1 | 3 |
Mark Bailey | 35 | 64 | 13 | .203 | 0 | 3 |
Jim Pankovits | 50 | 61 | 14 | .230 | 1 | 8 |
Bert Peña | 21 | 46 | 7 | .152 | 0 | 0 |
Dale Berra | 19 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 0 | 2 |
Davey Lopes | 47 | 43 | 10 | .233 | 1 | 6 |
Robbie Wine | 14 | 29 | 3 | .103 | 0 | 0 |
Ty Gainey | 18 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Buddy Biancalana | 18 | 24 | 1 | .042 | 0 | 0 |
Troy Afenir | 10 | 20 | 6 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Householder | 14 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
Ty Waller | 11 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
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 Scott | 36 | 247.2 | 16 | 13 | 3.23 | 233 |
Nolan Ryan | 34 | 211.2 | 8 | 16 | 2.76 | 270 |
Danny Darwin | 33 | 195.2 | 9 | 10 | 3.59 | 134 |
Bob Knepper | 33 | 177.2 | 8 | 17 | 5.27 | 76 |
Jim Deshaies | 26 | 152.0 | 11 | 6 | 4.62 | 104 |
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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Manny Hernández | 6 | 21.2 | 0 | 4 | 5.40 | 12 |
Rob Mallicoat | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 |
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 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 1.65 | 73 |
Larry Andersen | 67 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3.45 | 94 |
Dave Meads | 45 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5.55 | 32 |
Rocky Childress | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.98 | 26 |
Juan Agosto | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.63 | 6 |
Aurelio López | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 21 |
Charlie Kerfeld | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.67 | 17 |
Jeff Heathcock | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.16 | 15 |
Julio Solano | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.65 | 12 |
Ron Mathis | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.25 | 8 |