1987 Houston Astros

76-86 • .469 Win% • 3rd in NL W

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
86 Losses
.469 Win %
3rd Rank
648 R 678 RA
Diff -30

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⚡ Quick Stats

648 Runs Scored
678 Runs Allowed
-30 Run Diff
1,920K Attendance

📈 vs. 1987 NL Average

Batting Avg .252 3% below the 1987 league average (.260)
OBP .318 3% below the 1987 league average (.328)
SLG .373 8% below the 1987 league average (.403)
Team ERA 3.84 6% better than the 1987 league average (4.08)
Runs Scored 648 11% below the 1987 league average (731 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAstrodome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,920,997
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Avg per Game 23,716

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1987

Batting Avg

1 Gerald Young 0.321 2 Billy Hatcher 0.296 3 Alan Ashby 0.288 4 Kevin Bass 0.284 5 Bill Doran 0.283

Home Runs

1 Glenn Davis 27 2 Kevin Bass 19 3 Bill Doran 16 4 Alan Ashby 14 5 Jose Cruz 11

RBI

1 Glenn Davis 93 2 Kevin Bass 85 3 Bill Doran 79 4 Alan Ashby 63 5 Billy Hatcher 63
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bill Doran 162 625 82 177 23 3 16 79 82 64 31 0.283
Kevin Bass 157 592 83 168 31 5 19 85 53 77 21 0.284
Glenn Davis 151 578 70 145 35 2 27 93 47 84 4 0.251
Billy Hatcher 141 564 96 167 28 3 11 63 42 70 53 0.296
Alan Ashby 125 386 53 111 16 0 14 63 50 52 0 0.288
Craig Reynolds 135 374 35 95 17 3 4 28 30 44 5 0.254
Jose Cruz 126 365 47 88 17 4 11 38 36 65 4 0.241
Denny Walling 110 325 45 92 21 4 5 33 39 37 5 0.283
Gerald Young 71 274 44 88 9 2 1 15 26 27 26 0.321
Ken Caminiti 63 203 10 50 7 1 3 23 12 44 0 0.246
Terry Puhl 90 122 9 28 5 0 2 15 11 16 1 0.230
Phil Garner 43 112 15 25 5 0 3 15 8 20 1 0.223
Ronn Reynolds 38 102 5 17 4 0 1 7 3 29 0 0.167
Mike Scott 36 80 4 10 0 0 0 3 3 32 0 0.125
Chuck Jackson 35 71 3 15 3 0 1 6 7 19 1 0.211
Danny Darwin 35 66 2 12 2 1 0 4 2 40 1 0.182
Dickie Thon 32 66 6 14 1 0 1 3 16 13 3 0.212
Nolan Ryan 34 65 2 4 0 0 1 4 1 22 0 0.062
Mark Bailey 35 64 5 13 1 0 0 3 10 21 1 0.203
Jim Pankovits 50 61 7 14 2 0 1 8 6 13 2 0.230
Jim Deshaies 26 53 2 5 0 0 0 3 7 29 0 0.094
Bob Knepper 33 51 2 5 2 0 0 1 1 24 0 0.098
Bert Peña 21 46 5 7 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.152
Dale Berra 19 45 3 8 3 0 0 2 8 12 0 0.178
Davey Lopes 47 43 4 10 2 0 1 6 13 8 2 0.233
Robbie Wine 14 29 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.103
Buddy Biancalana 18 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0.042
Ty Gainey 18 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 9 1 0.125
Troy Afenir 10 20 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.300
Paul Householder 14 12 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 0.083
Jeff Heathcock 19 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Larry Andersen 67 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.167
Ty Waller 11 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Manny Hernandez 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Charlie Kerfeld 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Meads 45 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.333
Rocky Childress 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Mathis 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Smith 50 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.500
Julio Solano 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Juan Agosto 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Aurelio Lopez 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rob Mallicoat 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1987

ERA

1 Dave Smith 1.65 2 Nolan Ryan 2.76 3 Rocky Childress 2.98 4 Jeff Heathcock 3.16 5 Mike Scott 3.23

Wins

1 Mike Scott 16 2 Jim Deshaies 11 3 Larry Andersen 9 4 Danny Darwin 9 5 Bob Knepper 8

Strikeouts

1 Nolan Ryan 270 2 Mike Scott 233 3 Danny Darwin 134 4 Jim Deshaies 104 5 Larry Andersen 94
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mike Scott 16 13 3.23 36 36 0 247.2 199 89 79 233
Nolan Ryan 8 16 2.76 34 34 0 211.2 154 65 87 270
Danny Darwin 9 10 3.59 33 30 0 195.2 184 78 69 134
Bob Knepper 8 17 5.27 33 31 0 177.2 226 104 54 76
Jim Deshaies 11 6 4.62 26 25 0 152.0 149 78 57 104
Larry Andersen 9 5 3.45 67 0 5 101.2 95 39 41 94
Dave Smith 2 3 1.65 50 0 24 60.0 39 11 21 73
Dave Meads 5 3 5.55 45 0 0 48.2 60 30 16 32
Rocky Childress 1 2 2.98 32 0 0 48.1 46 16 18 26
Jeff Heathcock 4 2 3.16 19 2 1 42.2 44 15 9 15
Aurelio Lopez 2 1 4.50 26 0 1 38.0 39 19 12 21
Charlie Kerfeld 0 2 6.67 21 0 0 29.2 34 22 21 17
Juan Agosto 1 1 2.63 27 0 2 27.1 26 8 10 6
Manny Hernandez 0 4 5.40 6 3 0 21.2 25 13 5 12
Julio Solano 0 0 7.65 11 0 0 20.0 25 17 9 12
Ron Mathis 0 1 5.25 8 0 0 12.0 10 7 11 8
Rob Mallicoat 0 0 6.75 4 1 0 6.2 8 5 6 4

👥 Roster (43)

Troy Afenir Juan Agosto Larry Andersen Alan Ashby Mark Bailey Kevin Bass Dale Berra Buddy Biancalana Ken Caminiti Rocky Childress Jose Cruz Danny Darwin +31 more

43 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1987 Houston Astros

What was the 1987 Houston Astros record?
The 1987 Houston Astros finished 76-86 (.469 win pct).
Who led the 1987 Houston Astros in home runs?
Glenn Davis led the 1987 Houston Astros with 27 home runs.
What was the 1987 Houston Astros team ERA?
The 1987 Houston Astros posted a team ERA of 3.84.
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