1982 Houston Astros season explained

Houston Astros
Season:	1982
League:	National League
Division:	West
City:	Houston, Texas
Record:	77–85 (.475)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	John McMullen
General Managers:	Al Rosen
Managers:	Bill Virdon (49–62) Bob Lillis (28–23)
Television:	KRIV
Radio:	KENR (Gene Elston, Dewayne Staats, Larry Dierker)

The Houston Astros' 1982 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

Offseason

October 23, 1981: Pete Ladd was traded by the Astros to the Milwaukee Brewers for Rickey Keeton.^[1]
December 18, 1981: César Cedeño was traded by the Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for Ray Knight.^[2]

June 8, 1982: Joe Pittman was traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Danny Boone^[3]
August 30, 1982: Don Sutton was traded by the Astros to the Milwaukee Brewers for players to be named later and cash.^[4]
September 3, 1982: The Brewers completed their August 30 trade with the Astros, sending Kevin Bass, Frank DiPino, and Mike Madden to the Astros.^[5]

1982 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	100	339	87	.257	12	49
1B	158	609	161	.274	6	70
2B	155	588	161	.274	13	83
SS	136	496	137	.276	3	36
3B	110	365	87	.238	5	38
LF	155	570	157	.275	9	68
CF	132	460	110	.239	1	29
RF	145	507	133	.262	8	50

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
85	198	47	.237	4	22
65	176	35	.199	4	15
85	146	30	.205	1	14
59	133	25	.188	2	12
54	118	30	.254	1	7
26	97	27	.278	0	6
34	76	16	.211	1	5
38	61	17	.279	3	11
44	49	11	.224	0	3
15	26	5	.192	1	3
12	24	1	.042	0	1
15	10	2	.200	0	0
5	6	1	.167	0	1
7	6	2	.333	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	270.0	17	12	2.47	130
35	250.1	16	12	3.16	245
27	195.0	13	8	3.00	139
33	180.0	5	15	4.45	108
31	149.0	9	13	3.93	56
6	28.1	2	2	6.04	25

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
49	5	4	11	3.84	28
55	1	5	7	4.48	51
30	2	4	3	3.02	20
22	1	2	3	4.21	18
17	0	1	0	2.79	13
10	0	1	1	3.55	4
9	0	0	4	0.71	7
4	0	0	0	1.50	4
2	0	0	0	54.00	0