1987 Houston Astros
76 - 86
1986 / 1988 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL West (14 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		47 - 34 (.580)
29 - 52 (.358)		 +2.6 wins
-7.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 648 / 697 ( -49 )
Allowed/Expected: 678 / 695 ( +17 )
Pyth Record: 78 - 84 (-2)
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Astrodome
Attendance: 1,909,902 Avg Att: 23,579 (0.93)
Att Rank: 8 / 12 Lg Avg: 25,473
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.84 R/L HR: 0.84 / 0.83
Notes:


Batting

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Bats
#
R
H
K
1 Bill Doran
2B
29.1
719
11.1
12.3
-2.9
13.2
23.7
-14.2
-2.2
0.3
-15.1
42.0
23.5
17.0
24.0
-0.4
42.7
8.3
9.7
1.4
2 Billy Hatcher
CF
26.7
627
10.9
18.4
2.3
3.3
27.9
-4.2
-1.5
-2.8
-16.1
22.3
11.6
-15.0
9.6
6.0
-1.2
35.1
36.4
9.5
3 Alan Ashby
C
36.0
441
6.7
9.2
10.5
4.5
12.7
-6.8
-3.2
4.4
1.2
12.8
15.3
10.1
14.5
-1.1
18.0
-13.8
-18.6
-0.7
4 Kevin Bass
RF
28.1
654
6.6
12.0
22.9
6.9
11.7
-2.7
0.3
4.8
11.0
19.2
7.3
-6.4
5.4
0.9
5.5
3.4
4.0
0.6
5 Gerald Young
CF
22.7
303
5.9
15.8
-8.6
-13.8
29.2
-6.7
-0.2
-5.6
-24.4
17.6
14.2
-1.5
14.0
-0.5
9.4
15.4
19.9
1.4
6 Denny Walling
3B
33.2
370
3.7
6.3
2.5
0.7
4.7
1.9
1.3
-3.1
-3.8
17.4
8.5
5.5
9.8
-1.8
16.2
-5.5
-8.9
0.8
7 Davey Lopes
LF
42.2
56
1.4
-1.3
-2.7
7.6
-1.7
-0.9
-0.4
-0.2
-1.3
0.2
4.4
7.9
5.2
-0.3
8.1
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
8 Ty Waller
CF
30.3
6
-0.6
-0.6
-0.5
-0.6
-0.9
0.7
-0.0
-0.1
0.1
-2.1
-1.0
-0.5
-0.8
-0.0
-1.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
9 Troy Afenir
C
23.8
20
-0.7
0.7
-1.2
-4.3
1.9
-0.0
-0.1
-0.4
-1.9
-9.1
-0.7
-1.8
-0.0
-0.1
-7.4
-0.5
-0.7
0.0
10 Paul Householder
CF
28.8
16
-0.8
-2.2
-2.9
1.8
-2.5
0.2
-0.1
-0.3
-0.8
0.3
-0.3
2.5
0.2
-0.1
2.8
-0.4
-0.6
0.0
11 Dickie Thon
SS
29.0
83
-1.1
-3.4
-9.1
5.5
-0.9
-3.3
-0.6
-0.8
-5.7
-0.8
2.7
8.5
4.1
-0.4
8.0
0.1
-1.1
0.9
12 Glenn Davis
1B
26.3
635
-1.6
-7.5
27.7
16.7
-17.8
2.5
-2.6
13.2
35.3
9.3
-14.6
-10.7
-11.1
2.0
-4.9
-9.9
-14.7
0.5
13 Dale Berra
SS
30.6
54
-2.9
-3.9
-7.5
-0.9
-3.4
0.2
-0.4
-1.2
-3.6
-4.1
-2.0
3.1
-0.2
-0.3
0.6
-1.4
-1.9
0.0
14 Jim Pankovits
2B
31.9
67
-3.0
-2.1
-6.1
-3.2
0.6
-1.4
-0.5
-0.5
-4.0
-3.2
-2.3
-0.1
-2.1
-0.3
-2.0
0.2
-0.5
0.6
15 Ty Gainey
LF
26.5
26
-3.3
-3.3
-6.9
-3.4
-1.0
-1.3
-0.2
-0.6
-3.5
-5.2
-3.7
-0.4
-2.8
-0.1
-3.6
0.5
0.3
0.3
16 Buddy Biancalana
SS
27.4
25
-3.9
-5.3
-8.9
-5.4
-2.9
-1.3
-0.2
-0.5
-3.5
-8.3
-6.3
-1.3
-5.5
-0.1
-6.4
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
17 Robbie Wine
C
25.0
31
-4.6
-4.7
-7.9
-5.7
-2.8
-0.6
-0.2
-0.7
-3.3
-5.5
-6.0
-1.8
-5.3
-0.1
-5.2
-0.3
-0.4
0.0
18 Chuck Jackson
3B
24.3
81
-4.7
-3.7
-8.2
-5.9
-1.6
-1.2
-0.6
-0.8
-4.5
-7.1
-4.0
-0.3
-4.4
-0.4
-4.7
-0.9
-0.7
-0.4
19 Mark Bailey
C
25.7
75
-5.0
-3.9
-12.3
-5.0
0.4
-2.9
-0.5
-1.6
-8.4
-10.0
-1.6
3.2
-2.5
-0.4
-3.0
-1.3
-2.2
0.3
20 Jose Cruz
LF
39.9
405
-5.1
-8.3
-4.0
0.1
-6.8
-4.0
1.1
2.2
4.3
-5.6
-10.6
-0.7
-2.8
-2.0
-4.2
-5.6
-8.6
0.5
21 Phil Garner
3B
38.2
124
-5.3
-4.5
-7.0
-6.7
-2.3
-1.4
-0.9
0.3
-2.5
-1.8
-8.0
-3.2
-6.3
-0.6
-4.4
-1.6
-2.7
0.3
22 Terry Puhl
LF
31.0
134
-6.6
-4.2
-11.1
-10.4
0.2
-1.9
-1.0
-0.9
-7.0
3.7
-5.3
-1.2
-5.3
-0.6
1.1
-2.3
-2.7
-0.4
23 Bert Pena
SS
28.0
49
-7.2
-5.1
-11.9
-10.2
-0.6
-2.5
-0.4
-1.1
-6.8
0.2
-6.3
-2.4
-7.7
0.8
-2.3
-1.0
-1.5
0.0
24 Ken Caminiti
3B
24.2
218
-10.8
-3.6
-15.5
-24.0
5.2
-4.3
-0.6
-1.8
-11.9
-12.0
-10.0
-7.8
-9.6
-1.0
-15.2
-5.3
-7.5
0.0
25 Craig Reynolds
SS
34.5
416
-11.9
-3.7
-23.8
-30.5
6.6
-4.6
-0.0
-5.1
-20.2
17.2
-12.3
-7.8
-5.1
-2.0
2.8
-5.5
-8.9
0.8
26 Ronn Reynolds
C
28.8
107
-13.2
-9.9
-17.9
-18.1
-4.6
-1.5
-0.8
-1.3
-8.0
-13.3
-15.3
-6.7
-16.2
-0.5
-15.0
-1.6
-1.2
-0.7
5742
-45.9
-6.5
-111.1
-88.0
75.1
-62.2
-14.8
-4.2
-104.5
74.1
-22.7
-11.8
-1.3
-3.5
33.7
5.7
-13.5
15.4
 
#
R
H
K
1 Danny Darwin
P
31.7
69
1.3
3.1
4.7
2.1
3.0
0.8
0.9
-0.2
1.6
-20.3
3.7
-0.0
5.3
-0.1
-2.1
0.8
0.7
0.4
2 Dave Smith
P
32.4
3
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.9
0.7
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-0.1
1.5
0.9
1.6
-0.0
0.9
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
3 Dave Meads
P
23.5
4
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.8
0.7
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.2
1.4
0.9
1.5
-0.0
0.9
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
4 Larry Andersen
P
34.2
7
0.2
0.2
-0.0
0.6
0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-2.0
0.9
0.8
1.1
-0.0
0.6
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
5 Juan Agosto
P
29.4
1
-0.0
-0.1
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.7
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
6 Ron Mathis
P
28.8
2
-0.1
-0.3
-0.3
-0.1
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-0.4
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
7 Aurelio Lopez
P
38.8
2
-0.1
-0.1
-0.2
-0.1
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.4
-0.2
-0.1
-0.3
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Julio Solano
P
27.5
2
-0.1
-0.3
-0.3
-0.1
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-1.4
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
-0.0
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
9 Rocky Childress
P
25.4
2
-0.1
-0.3
-0.3
-0.1
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.6
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
10 Charlie Kerfeld
P
23.8
3
-0.1
-0.4
-0.5
-0.2
-0.3
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.5
-0.1
-0.4
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
11 Manny Hernandez
P
26.2
5
-0.1
-0.7
-0.9
-0.4
-0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-1.6
-0.8
-0.1
-0.6
-0.0
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
12 Jeff Heathcock
P
27.6
11
-0.3
-1.4
-1.7
-0.7
-1.0
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.4
-0.8
-1.5
-0.3
-2.4
-0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
13 Jim Deshaies
P
27.0
64
-1.0
-2.2
-4.2
3.1
-0.6
-1.1
-0.1
-0.2
-2.0
-10.6
2.9
5.2
2.9
-0.1
4.1
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
14 Bob Knepper
P
33.1
62
-1.3
-1.9
-1.8
-0.8
-2.4
0.9
-0.1
-0.2
0.1
-6.1
-2.1
-0.8
-1.9
-0.1
-1.4
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
15 Nolan Ryan
P
40.4
73
-1.8
-4.9
-4.3
-0.8
-3.4
-1.3
-0.1
0.8
0.6
-0.8
-5.2
-1.2
-6.3
-0.1
-1.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
16 Mike Scott
P
32.2
91
-2.1
-0.9
-3.9
-3.0
2.1
-1.6
-0.1
-0.3
-3.0
-5.7
0.3
0.3
-0.5
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
401
-4.2
-8.9
-12.9
0.8
-1.9
-3.0
0.5
-0.3
-4.1
-50.2
-0.5
5.3
-1.0
-0.7
0.2
0.2
-0.3
0.4

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