1987 Houston Astros season

1987 Houston Astros
The Astrodome during a baseball game in 1987.
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Astrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJohn McMullen
General managersDick Wagner
ManagersHal Lanier
TelevisionKTXH
HSE
RadioKTRH
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Dave Hofferth, Bill Worrell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)

The 1987 Houston Astros season was the 26th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 23rd as the Astros, 26th in the National League (NL), 19th in the NL West division, and 23rd at the Astrodome, The Astros entered the season as defending NL West division champions with a 96–66 record; however, the season ended with a 4-games-to-2 defeat to the New York Mets in the 1986 National League Championship Series (NLCS).

The season began for Houston on April 6 hosting Los Angeles Dodgers. Pitcher Mike Scott made the first of his five consecutive Opening Day starts for the Astros, who won, 4–3. In the amateur draft, the Astros selected catcher Craig Biggio in the first round, at 22nd overall, and Darryl Kile in the 30th round. On June 27, Kevin Bass became the first player in franchise history to attain four extra-base hits in one game.

Scott represented the Astros at the MLB All-Star Game, his second career selection, where he was the starting pitcher for the National League. On September 9, right-hander Nolan Ryan recorded the 4,500th strikeout of his career.

The Astros concluded the season with a 76–86 record and in third place in the NL West, 14 games behind the division champion San Francisco Giants. Ryan led the major leagues in strikeouts (270), in hits per nine innings pitched (6.5), and the National League in earned run average (2.76 ERA), among other categories. Ryan's ERA and strikeout titles were the second consecutive each won by a Houston pitcher, following Scott in 1986 (2.22 ERA and 303 strikeouts).

Offseason

Regular season

Summary

April

Opening Day starting lineup
Uniform Player Position
19 Bill Doran Second baseman
28 Billy Hatcher Center fielder
25 José Cruz Left fielder
27 Glenn Davis First baseman
17 Kevin Bass Right fielder
14 Alan Ashby Catcher
12 Craig Reynolds Shortstop
3 Phil Garner Third baseman
33 Mike Scott Pitcher
Venue: Astrodome • Final: Houston 4, Los Angeles 3

Sources:[4][5]

Left fielder José Cruz made his club-record 11th Opening Day start for the Astros,[Note 1] while right-hander Mike Scott made his first start as the starting pitcher,[6] on April 6. Scott outdueled Dodgers starter Orel Hershiser over seven innings each as Houston won, 4–3. Cruz homered off Hershiser, and Alan Ashby stroked a go-ahead two-run single during the bottom of the sixth to take the lead, 3–2. Scott was victorious in his debut as the Opening Day starter, while Dave Smith closed out a clutch final two frames for the save.[7]

On April 15, Mike Scott pitched his first career one-hit complete game shutout while striking out 10[8] against Los Angeles, this time at Dodger Stadium. The lone blemish on Scott's performance was Mariano Duncan's single during the third inning. Mike Marshall, who drew a base on balls, was Los Angeles' other batter who reached base while Scott one over the minimum. Billy Hatcher and Glenn Davis each slugged two-run bombs and added doubles to pace Houston's offense. With a game score of 94,[9] Scott assembled this masterpiece just three outings following his no-hitter on September 25, 1986,[10][11] It was Scott's twelfth career outing yielding double figures in strikeouts.[a][12]

May

On May 1, Nolan Ryan belted a home run off Charlie Puleo of the Atlanta Braves. The second and final blast of his career as a hitter, Ryan hit his first during his Astros debut on April 12, 1980.[13]

June

Closer Dave Smith surrendered his first run of the season on June 18. Smith had opened the campaign with 22 successive outings without having been scored upon,[14] representing a career-best scoreless innings streak of 27.[15] This run proved crucial for the Dodgers, who temporarily assumed the lead, 4–3, in the top of the 10th inning. The Dodger won the contest when Steve Sax singled in two runs in the top of the 11th off losing pitcher Ron Mathis (0–1).[16]

Kevin Bass' four extra-base hits

On June 27, Kevin Bass became the first player in Astros history to connect for four extra base hits in one game, comprised of two doubles, one triple, and one home run to overshoot hitting for the cycle (rather, the "cycle plus one"). This effort led a 6–5 win over the San Francisco Giants,[17] while Bass collected four runs batted in (RBI). With the Astros leading 6–2 in the seventh, Bass took his final at bat requiring only the single to hit for the cycle. He laced a line drive to left field for an easy single of Mark Davis to briefly attain the cycle upon reaching first base. However, Bass instinctively kept running for second to land the double, narrowly ahead of the relay throw. Previously, on three occasions, Astros hitters had amalgamized cycles, including César Cedeño (twice—August 2, 1972, and August 9, 1976), and Bob Watson (June 24, 1977).[18][19]

During the first inning, Bass cranked a two-run double off Kelly Downs to score Denny Walling and Glenn Davis. In the third, Bass tripled but was stranded when Downs whiffed José Cruz and retired Alan Ashby on a grounder to first base. In fifth, Bass homered to drive in Walling and chase Downs as Houston mounted a 6–1 margin.[19]

The Astros withstood two home runs each by Chili Davis and Matt Williams, while the bullpen staved off Padres comeback attempts during the bottom of sixth and eighth innings. Starter Jim Deshaies (8–2) tossed seven sturdy innings with three earned runs, while Larry Andersen got his first save by converting the final two outs.[19]

The next Astros player to swat as many as four extra-base hits during one contest was Jeff Bagwell[b][20]—who tied the major league record with four doubles—on June 14, 1996.[21]

July

Ryan collected his 1,494th strikeout as a member of the Houston Astros on July 3 to surpass J. R. Richard for the franchise record.[22] In spite of striking out 10 on the day to go with two runs surrendered over seven innings, Ryan (4–9) dropped a 2–1 defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies.[23]

MLB All-Star Game

Astros' Opening Day starter Mike Scott was also named the NL starter for the All-Star Game hosted at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum. He tossed two scoreless innings.[24] Scott became the second Astros pitcher to start the All-Star Game, following J. R. Richard in the 1980 contest.[25]

Following Scott's effort, the contest remained scoreless, as the first All-Star Game to go scoreless past five innings. It remained so until the top of the 13th when Tim Raines tripled home Ozzie Virgil Jr. and Hubie Brooks.

Rest of July

Astros rookies provided the key roles in a July 16 walk-off win over the Philadelphia Phillies, including third baseman Ken Caminiti, who made his major league debut. His defensive prowess immediately electrified the Astrodome crowd. In the first inning, he pegged an off-balance throw to retire Charlie Hayes, and in the second, an acrobatic catch to snag a line drive off the bat of Lance Parrish. At the plate, Caminiti went 2-for-4, including his first major league triple and, in the seventh inning, his first home run, off starter Kevin Gross, deep to center that tied the contest, 1–1. In the top of the ninth, fellow rookie Gerald Young made two dramatic catches in center field to save runs and keep the scored tied. Caminiti drew a base on balls in the bottom of the ninth, and with one out, Young singled to score him as the game-winner and 2–1 win. Astros hitters drew 10 walks while Houston's Danny Darwin (6–6) tossed a four-hit complete game gem, staying through all the way through to become the winning pitcher.[26][27]

Caminiti earned the NL Player of the Week Award for July 19.[28]

August—September

The Astros aggregated a season-high seven-game winning streak as of August 20, following a four-game sweep of Atlanta and three-game sweep of St. Louis. This brought their overall record on the season to 62–59 (.512), while trailing first place by 1⁄2 game.[29]

Bill Doran earned NL Player of the Week Award for August 23.[28]

The Astros encountered their longest losing streak of season, also seven games, starting August 25.[29]

On August 31, 1987, Billy Hatcher of the Astros was batting against the Chicago Cubs when his bat broke and pieces flew down the third base line. Cubs third baseman Keith Moreland saw cork, and Hatcher was subsequently suspended for 10 games. He later claimed that he was using reliever Dave Smith's bat, who had allowed him to select one from his bat rack, and not his own.[30]

On September 4, Nolan Ryan combined with Juan Agosto to blank the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2–0. Ryan recorded his 210th whiff of the campaign, achieving a record for hurlers aged 40 and older. Bill Doran smashed a two-run single that resulted in the only tallies of the contest.[31]

José Cruz connected for his final home run as a member of the Astros on September 7, off Joe Price of the Giants.[32] The 5–6–7 batters in the order delivered, as Kevin Bass singled in Alan Ashby in the bottom of the sixth to tie the contest, 2–2. Glenn Davis followed with a long ball in the bottom of the seventh, and Cruz led of the eighth with his blast to extend the score to 4–2. That accounted for all the scoring required by Mike Scott (15–10), who earned a complete game, three-hit victory.[33]

Nolan Ryan's 4,500th strikeout

On September 9, Ryan struck out Mike Aldrete for the 4,500th strikeout in his career.[34] The final out of the seventh inning in a fantastic outing for "The Express," Ryan fanned 16 total that day to lead a 4–2 victory over San Francisco. At the plate, he contributed two hits of his own, including one that drove in the first run of the contest. Building on another dominant season, Ryan ended the day leading the NL in earned run average (2.76 ERA) and strikeouts (226), though his win–loss record stood at 8–15. Speaking on the performance, Ryan predicted that this "old dog" would not reach strikeout number 5,000.[31]

Ryan's performance was the most in the Major Leagues since Roger Clemens's 20 strikeout game on April 29, 1986.[c][35] It was the third 16+ strikeout performance in franchise annals, and by the second Astro overall. Preceding Ryan was Don Wilson, who whiffed a club-record 18 on July, 14, 1968, and another 16 on September 10, 1968. Randy Johnson tossed the next 16-strikeout blitz for Astros pitchers, on August 28, 1998.[36]

This was Ryan's fourteenth career performance with 16 or more strikeouts, and represented his career-high while in Houston. It was his most since June 9, 1979, as a member of the California Angels.[37]

However, this was the final date of the season in which the Astros' record was still above .500, going 70–69 (.504). Their performance tumbled at 6–19 (.240) for the remainder of the season.[29]

Rest of September

Glenn Davis launched three home runs on September 10 at Jack Murphy Stadium; however, in spite of this performance, the San Diego Padres overcame Houston, 8–7. Davis' first two home runs were off Mark Grant, and the final was launched off Mark Davis on his way to five RBI. In the bottom of the ninth, Rob Nelson singled home Garry Templeton off Manny Hernández for the walk-off.[38] This was the first of two occasions that Davis had hit three home runs in a game during his career,[39] and was the third time by an Astros hitte.[d][40]

On September 15, the Astros turned the fifth triple play in club history, doing so against the Dodgers.[41]

Performance overview

Houston finished the season with the third-highest attendance total in baseball (1,909,902).[24]

Nolan Ryan concluded the season having maintained his major league lead in numerous pitching categories, including 270 strikeouts, 6.548 hits per nine innings (H/9), 11.480 strikeouts per nine innings (K/9), 2.47 fielding independent pitching (FIP), and 3.103 strikeout-to-walk ratio (K/BB),[42] He also finished as the National League ERA leader at 2.76, earning the distinction as the first Houston Astro to win two ERA titles. It was the fourth occasion that an Astros pitcher led the NL in ERA, following J. R. Richard (2.71 in 1979), himself (1.69 in 1981), and Mike Scott the year before (2.22).[43] Ryan also joined Richard (303 in 1978 and 313 in 1979) and Scott (306 in 1986) as the third Astros pitcher to lead the NL strikeouts.[44] As league leader in strikeouts and ERA, Ryan contributed the third season in which an Astros pitcher claimed two-thirds of the pitching Triple Crown (Richard in 1979 and Scott in 1986).[e][45]

This was the second season in franchise history that the Astros featured two or more hurlers who registered 200 or more whiffs, and first since 1969.[f][46] Scott concluded the 1987 season as NL runner-up in strikeouts (233), tied for third in wins (16), and seventh with a 3.23 ERA.[47]

Such was the magnitude of Ryan's accomplishment that he became the rare pitcher to lead his league in both ERA and strikeouts while not winning the Cy Young Award during the same season, instead placing fifth in the voting.[48] Ryan joined Richard in 1979 as the second Astro with this distinction.[43][44] Ryan became the oldest pitcher to the lead the league in strikeouts.[48]

Ryan also led the major leagues in hits per nine innings surrendered (6.548 H/9) for the fourth time in his Astros career, setting a franchise record in this statistic. This was the ninth occasion in club history a Houston pitcher had led the league. Ryan was preceded by Don Wilson, J. R. Richard and Mike Scott..[49]

With 53 stolen bases, Billy Hatcher became the first Astro since César Cedeño (61) in 1977 to pierce the 50-stolen base threshold. Hatcher's was the seventh such season in franchise history (Cedeño produced each of the first six).[g][50]

Second baseman Bill Doran was voted for Houston Astros' team Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) for the second time, following his selection in 1985. He became the third repeat winner, following Rusty Staub (1966 and 1967), and teammate José Cruz (four times, 1977, 1980, 1983, and 1984).[51]

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 90 72 .556 — 46‍–‍35 44‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 84 78 .519 6 42‍–‍39 42‍–‍39
Houston Astros 76 86 .469 14 47‍–‍34 29‍–‍52
Los Angeles Dodgers 73 89 .451 17 40‍–‍41 33‍–‍48
Atlanta Braves 69 92 .429 20½ 42‍–‍39 27‍–‍53
San Diego Padres 65 97 .401 25 37‍–‍44 28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1987 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 6–5 8–10 8–10 6–12 3–9 7–5 7–5 7–5 6–12 8–10 3–9
Chicago 5–6 — 6–6 8–4 6–6 10–8 9–9 8–10 4–14 9–3 5–7 6–12
Cincinnati 10–8 6–6 — 13–5 10–8 6–6 7–5 5–7 4–8 12–6 7–11 4–8
Houston 10–8 4–8 5–13 — 12–6 7–5 6–6 6–6 6–6 5–13 10–8 5–7
Los Angeles 12–6 6–6 8–10 6–12 — 3–9 6–6 2–10 6–6 11–7 10–8 3–9
Montreal 9–3 8–10 6–6 5–7 9–3 — 8–10 10–8 11–7 9–3 5–7 11–7
New York 5–7 9–9 5–7 6–6 6–6 10–8 — 13–5 12–6 8–4 9–3 9–9
Philadelphia 5–7 10–8 7–5 6–6 10–2 8–10 5–13 — 11–7 8–4 2–10 8–10
Pittsburgh 5–7 14–4 8–4 6–6 6–6 7–11 6–12 7–11 — 8–4 6–6 7–11
San Diego 12–6 3–9 6–12 13–5 7–11 3–9 4–8 4–8 4–8 — 5–13 4–8
San Francisco 10–8 7–5 11–7 8–10 8–10 7–5 3–9 10–2 6–6 13–5 — 7–5
St. Louis 9–3 12–6 8–4 7–5 9–3 7–11 9–9 10–8 11–7 8–4 5–7 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1987 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

Legend
  Astros win
  Astros loss
  Postponement
  Eliminated from playoff race
Bold Astros team member
1987 regular season game log: 76–86 (Home: 47–34; Away: 29–52)[29]
April: 12–9 (Home: 9–3; Away: 3–6)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
May: 12–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–8)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
June: 16–11 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
July: 10–17 (Home: 3–9; Away: 7–8)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
— July 14 7:30 p.m. CDT 58th All-Star Game in Oakland, CA
August: 15–14 (Home: 11–2; Away: 4–12)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
September: 9–18 (Home: 7–7; Away: 2–11)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
October: 2–2 (Home: 2–2; Away: 0–0)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak

Detailed records

Player stats

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

Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Alan Ashby 125 386 111 .288 14 63
1B Glenn Davis 151 578 145 .251 27 93
2B Bill Doran 162 625 177 .283 16 79
3B Denny Walling 110 325 92 .283 5 33
SS Craig Reynolds 135 374 95 .254 4 28
LF José Cruz 126 365 88 .241 11 38
CF Billy Hatcher 141 564 167 .296 11 63
RF Kevin Bass 157 592 168 .284 19 85

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Gerald Young 71 274 88 .321 1 15
Ken Caminiti 63 203 50 .246 3 23
Terry Puhl 90 122 28 .230 2 15
Phil Garner 43 112 25 .223 3 15
Ronn Reynolds 38 102 17 .167 1 7
Chuck Jackson 35 71 15 .211 1 6
Dickie Thon 32 66 14 .212 1 3
Mark Bailey 35 64 13 .203 0 3
Jim Pankovits 50 61 14 .230 1 8
Bert Peña 21 46 7 .152 0 0
Dale Berra 19 45 8 .178 0 2
Davey Lopes 47 43 10 .233 1 6
Robbie Wine 14 29 3 .103 0 0
Ty Gainey 18 24 3 .125 0 1
Buddy Biancalana 18 24 1 .042 0 0
Troy Afenir 10 20 6 .300 0 1
Paul Householder 14 12 1 .083 0 1
Ty Waller 11 6 1 .167 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Scott 36 247.2 16 13 3.23 233
Nolan Ryan 34 211.2 8 16 2.76 270
Danny Darwin 33 195.2 9 10 3.59 134
Bob Knepper 33 177.2 8 17 5.27 76
Jim Deshaies 26 152.0 11 6 4.62 104

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Manny Hernández 6 21.2 0 4 5.40 12
Rob Mallicoat 4 6.2 0 0 6.75 4

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Smith 50 2 3 24 1.65 73
Larry Andersen 67 9 5 5 3.45 94
Dave Meads 45 5 3 0 5.55 32
Rocky Childress 32 1 2 0 2.98 26
Juan Agosto 27 1 1 2 2.63 6
Aurelio López 26 2 1 1 4.50 21
Charlie Kerfeld 21 0 2 0 6.67 17
Jeff Heathcock 19 4 2 1 3.16 15
Julio Solano 11 0 0 0 7.65 12
Ron Mathis 8 0 1 0 5.25 8

Awards and achievements

Awards
NL batting leaders[56]
NL pitching leaders[42][47]

Minor league system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Bob Didier
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Tom Wiedenbauer
A Osceola Astros Florida State League Ken Bolek
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Keith Bodie
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Gary Tuck
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Surpassed César Cedeño, who made his 10th Opening Day start in 1981, and remained a franchise record until Craig Biggio made his 12th Opening Day start in 2000.
  1. ^ Mike Scott, for single games, in the regular season, requiring strikeouts ≥ 10, sorted by descending strikeouts.
  2. ^ Criteria: For single games, playing for HOU, in the regular season, requiring extra base hits ≥ 4, sorted by descending date.
  3. ^ For single games, from 1985 to 1987, in the regular season, requiring strikeouts ≥ 13, sorted by descending strikeouts.
  4. ^ Davis was preceded by Lee May on June 21, 1973, while slugging the next three-home run game by an Astro on June 1, 1990.
  5. ^ Comprising leading the league in each of wins, strikeouts and ERA.
  6. ^ Number of players that meet criteria in a season for a team, playing for HOU, in the regular season, requiring strikeouts ≥ 200, sorted by descending instances..
  7. ^ For single seasons, playing for HOU, in the regular season, requiring stolen bases ≥ 50, sorted by ascending season.
  8. ^ Premier year for this award.

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