1987 Houston Astros season explained

Houston Astros
Season:	1987
League:	National League
Division:	West
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)

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

Offseason

October 24, 1986: Matt Keough was released by the Astros.^[1]
October 24, 1986: John Mizerock was released by the Houston Astros.^[2]
November 16, 1986: Rocky Childress was purchased by the Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[3]

May 1, 1987: Pitcher Nolan Ryan hit a home run off of Atlanta Braves pitcher Charlie Puleo.^[4]
August 31, 1987: Astros batter Billy Hatcher was batting against the Chicago Cubs when he broke his bat and it flew down the third base line. Cubs third baseman Keith Moreland saw cork, and Hatcher was suspended for 10 games.^[5] Later on, Hatcher claimed that he was using pitcher Dave Smith's bat, and not his own.
September 9, 1987: Nolan Ryan struck out Mike Aldrete for the 4500th strikeout in his career.^[6]

April 2, 1987: Jeff Calhoun was traded by the Houston Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ronn Reynolds.^[7]
June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft
- Craig Biggio was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (22nd pick). Player signed June 8, 1987.^[8]
- Darryl Kile was drafted by the Astros in the 30th round. Player signed May 18, 1988.^[9]
June 2, 1987: Eric Bullock was traded by the Astros to the Minnesota Twins for Clay Christiansen.^[10]

1987 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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	125	386	111	.288	14	63
1B	151	578	145	.251	27	93
2B	162	625	177	.283	16	79
3B	110	325	92	.283	5	33
SS	135	374	95	.254	4	28
LF	126	365	88	.241	11	38
CF	141	564	167	.296	11	63
RF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
71	274	88	.321	1	15
63	203	50	.246	3	23
90	122	28	.230	2	15
43	112	25	.223	3	15
38	102	17	.167	1	7
35	71	15	.211	1	6
32	66	14	.212	1	3
35	64	13	.203	0	3
50	61	14	.230	1	8
21	46	7	.152	0	0
19	45	8	.178	0	2
47	43	10	.233	1	6
14	29	3	.103	0	0
18	24	3	.125	0	1
18	24	1	.042	0	0
10	20	6	.300	0	1
14	12	1	.083	0	1
11	6	1	.167	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
36	247.2	16	13	3.23	233
34	211.2	8	16	2.76	270
33	195.2	9	10	3.59	134
33	177.2	8	17	5.27	76
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
	6	21.2	0	4	5.40	12
	4	6.2	0	0	6.75	4

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
50	2	3	24	1.65	73
67	9	5	5	3.45	94
45	5	3	0	5.55	32
32	1	2	0	2.98	26
27	1	1	2	2.63	6
26	2	1	1	4.50	21
21	0	2	0	6.67	17
19	4	2	1	3.16	15
11	0	0	0	7.65	12
8	0	1	0	5.25	8