1987 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1987 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

1987 Houston Astros
The Astrodome during a baseball game in 1987.
Major League affiliations
Location
  • The Astrodome (since 1965)
  • Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)John McMullen
General manager(s)Dick Wagner
Manager(s)Hal Lanier
Local televisionKTXH
HSE
Local radioKTRH
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Dave Hofferth, Bill Worrell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 — 46–35 44–37
Cincinnati Reds 8478 0.519 6 42–39 42–39
Houston Astros 7686 0.469 14 47–34 29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers 7389 0.451 17 40–41 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6992 0.429 20½ 42–39 27–53
San Diego Padres 6597 0.401 25 37–44 28–53

Record vs. opponents
1987 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–58–108–106–123–97–57–57–56–128–103–9
Chicago 5–6—6–68–46–610–89–98–104–149–35–76–12
Cincinnati 10–86–6—13–510–86–67–55–74–812–67–114–8
Houston 10–84–85–13—12–67–56–66–66–65–1310–85–7
Los Angeles 12–66–68–106–12—3–96–62–106–611–710–83–9
Montreal 9–38–106–65–79–3—8–1010–811–79–35–711–7
New York 5–79–95–76–66–610–8—13–512–68–49–39–9
Philadelphia 5-710–87–56–610–28–105–13—11–78–42–108–10
Pittsburgh 5–714–48–46–66–67–116–127–11—8–46–67–11
San Diego 12–63–96–1213–57–113–94–84–84–8—5–134–8
San Francisco 10–87–511–78–108–107–53–910–26–613–5—7–5
St. Louis 9–312–68–47–59–37–119–910–811–78–45–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1987 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 30 Ty Waller
 Manager

Coaches

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
CAlan Ashby125386111.2881463
1BGlenn Davis151578145.2512793
2BBill Doran162625177.2831679
3BDenny Walling11032592.283533
SSCraig Reynolds13537495.254428
LFJosé Cruz12636588.2411138
CFBilly Hatcher141564167.2961163
RFKevin Bass157592168.2841985

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
Bert Peña21467.15200

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
Nolan Ryan34211.28162.76270

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
Manny Hernández621.2045.4012

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
Dave Smith5023241.6573
Rocky Childress321202.9826

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Bob Didier
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Tom Wiedenbauer
A Osceola Astros Florida State League Ken Bolek
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Keith Bodie
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Gary Tuck
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares
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References
  1. Matt Keough at Baseball-Reference
  2. "John Mizerock: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  3. Rocky Childress at Baseball-Reference
  4. Nolan Ryan Home Run Log (Batting) – Baseball-Reference PI
  5. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html
  6. "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynoro02.shtml
  8. Craig Biggio at Baseball-Reference
  9. Darryl Kile at Baseball-Reference
  10. Eric Bullock at Baseball-Reference
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