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1984 Houston Astros season
Major League Baseball team season
The Houston Astros' 1984 season, the team competed in the National League West.
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1984 Houston Astros | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 80–82 (.494) | |||
Divisional place | 3rd | |||
Owners | John McMullen | |||
General managers | Al Rosen | |||
Managers | Bob Lillis | |||
Television | KTXH HSE | |||
Radio | KRBE (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker, Mike Elliott, Jim Durham, Larry Hirsch) | |||
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- February 17, 1984: J. R. Richard was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[1]
Season standings
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NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Diego Padres | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — | 48–33 | 44–37 |
Atlanta Braves | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 12 | 38–43 | 42–39 |
Houston Astros | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 12 | 43–38 | 37–44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 13 | 40–41 | 39–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 22 | 39–42 | 31–50 |
San Francisco Giants | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 26 | 35–46 | 31–50 |
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Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 3–9 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 5–7 | |||||
Chicago | 9–3 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–7 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 13–5 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5–13 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 4–8 | |||||
Houston | 6–12 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 9–9 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 8–4 | |||||
Los Angeles | 12–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 6–6 | |||||
Montreal | 7–5 | 7–10 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–11 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–9 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 6–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 11–7 | — | 10–8 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 8–10 | — | 7–11 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 4–8 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 11–7 | — | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–14 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | — | 13–5 | 7–5 | |||||
San Francisco | 8–10 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–13 | — | 7–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–5 | 5–13 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 14–4 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — |
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Notable transactions
- April 27, 1984: J. R. Richard was released by the Astros.[1]
- May 25, 1984: Alan Bannister was traded by the Astros to the Texas Rangers for Mike Richardt.[2]
- June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball Draft
- Ken Caminiti was drafted by the Astros in the 3rd round. Player signed June 9, 1984.[3]
- John Vander Wal was drafted by the Astros in the 8th round, but did not sign.[4]
- July 4, 1984: Scott Loucks was traded by the Astros to the Montreal Expos for Brad Mills.[5]
- August 28, 1984: Ray Knight was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for players to be named later. The New York Mets completed the trade by sending Gerald Young and Manuel Lee to the Astros on August 31 and Mitch Cook (minors) to the Astros on September 10.[6]
Roster
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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
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Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Mark Bailey | 108 | 344 | 73 | .212 | 9 | 34 |
1B | Enos Cabell | 127 | 436 | 135 | .310 | 8 | 44 |
2B | Bill Doran | 147 | 548 | 143 | .261 | 4 | 41 |
SS | Craig Reynolds | 146 | 527 | 137 | .260 | 6 | 60 |
3B | Phil Garner | 128 | 374 | 104 | .278 | 4 | 45 |
LF | José Cruz | 160 | 600 | 187 | .312 | 12 | 95 |
CF | Jerry Mumphrey | 151 | 524 | 152 | .290 | 9 | 83 |
RF | Terry Puhl | 132 | 449 | 135 | .301 | 9 | 55 |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Kevin Bass | 121 | 331 | 86 | .260 | 2 | 29 |
Ray Knight | 88 | 278 | 62 | .223 | 2 | 29 |
Denny Walling | 87 | 249 | 70 | .281 | 3 | 31 |
Alan Ashby | 66 | 191 | 50 | .262 | 4 | 27 |
Jim Pankovits | 53 | 81 | 23 | .284 | 1 | 14 |
Harry Spilman | 32 | 72 | 19 | .264 | 2 | 15 |
Glenn Davis | 18 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 2 | 8 |
Bert Peña | 24 | 39 | 8 | .205 | 1 | 4 |
Tony Scott | 25 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 0 |
Alan Bannister | 9 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Dickie Thon | 5 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 1 |
Tim Tolman | 14 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Richardt | 16 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
Tom Wieghaus | 6 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Joe Niekro | 38 | 248.1 | 16 | 12 | 3.04 | 127 |
Bob Knepper | 35 | 233.2 | 15 | 10 | 3.20 | 140 |
Nolan Ryan | 30 | 183.2 | 12 | 11 | 3.04 | 197 |
Mike Scott | 31 | 154.0 | 5 | 11 | 4.68 | 83 |
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Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike LaCoss | 39 | 132.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.02 | 86 |
Vern Ruhle | 40 | 90.1 | 1 | 9 | 4.58 | 60 |
Mike Madden | 17 | 40.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.53 | 29 |
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Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Frank DiPino | 57 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3.35 | 65 |
Bill Dawley | 60 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1.93 | 47 |
Dave Smith | 53 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2.21 | 45 |
Joe Sambito | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.02 | 26 |
Julio Solano | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.95 | 33 |
Jeff Calhoun | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.17 | 11 |
Mark Ross | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
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See also: Minor League Baseball
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