1983 Houston Astros season
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Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...

' 1983 season
1983 Major League Baseball season
The 1983 Major League Baseball season ended with the Baltimore Orioles defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth game of the World Series. Rick Dempsey was named MVP of the Series...

was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West
National League West
The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball's National League. It was created in 1969 when the previously undivided National League expanded its membership to twelve teams, positioning half of them in an Eastern division and the other...

.

Offseason

  • December 10, 1982: Danny Heep
    Danny Heep
    Daniel William Heep , is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder.Heep played for five different ballclubs during his 13 year career: the Houston Astros , New York Mets , Los Angeles Dodgers , Boston Red Sox , and Atlanta Braves .Heep played for two different World Series champions: the New...

     was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets
    New York Mets
    The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...

     for Mike Scott
    Mike Scott (baseball)
    Michael Warren "Mike" Scott is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in...

    .
  • January 11, 1983: Troy Afenir
    Troy Afenir
    Michael Troy Afenir is a former Major League Baseball catcher. In his major league career, Afenir played for the Houston Astros in , the Oakland Athletics from...

     was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft
    1983 Major League Baseball Draft
    -First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.* Did not sign- Other notable players :*Kevin Ward, 6th round...

     (Secondary Phase).
  • March 31, 1983: Alan Knicely
    Alan Knicely
    Alan Lee Knicely is a former professional baseball catcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball from 1979 until 1986...

     was traded by the Astros to the Cincinnati Reds
    Cincinnati Reds
    The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....

     for Bill Dawley
    Bill Dawley
    William Chester Dawley is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1983 to 1989, for the Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics...

     and Tony Walker
    Tony Walker
    Anthony Bruce Walker was a Major League Baseball player. Walker played in the 1986 season with the Houston Astros. He played the outfield and batted and threw right-handed.-External links:...

    .

Regular season

  • April 17, 1983: Nolan Ryan
    Nolan Ryan
    Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. , nicknamed "The Ryan Express", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently principal owner, president and CEO of the Texas Rangers....

     struck out Andre Dawson
    Andre Dawson
    Andre Nolan Dawson , nicknamed "The Hawk", is an American former center fielder and right fielder. During a 21-year baseball career, he played for four different teams, spending most of his career with the Montreal Expos and Chicago Cubs .An 8-time National League All-Star, he was named the...

     for the 3500th strikeout in his career.
  • April 27, 1983: Nolan Ryan struck out Brad Mills of the Expos
    1983 Montreal Expos season
    The Montreal Expos season was the fifteenth in franchise history. At the end of the season, the Expos had managed the best cumulative winning percentage in the National League from 1979 to 1983.- Offseason :...

     to break Walter Johnson
    Walter Johnson
    Walter Perry Johnson , nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators...

    's all time mark for strikeouts in a career. Mills was the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan’s career.

Notable transactions

  • June 6, 1983: Robbie Wine
    Robbie Wine
    Robert Paul Wine, Jr. is an American former Major League Baseball player. A catcher, Wine played for the Houston Astros in and . He last played professional baseball in ....

     was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft
    1983 Major League Baseball Draft
    -First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.* Did not sign- Other notable players :*Kevin Ward, 6th round...

    .
  • June 17, 1983: Danny Boone
    Danny Boone
    Daniel Hugh Boone is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, appearing in 1981, 1982, and 1990...

     was released by the Astros.

Roster

1983 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers
Infielders

Outfielders
Manager

Coaches

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

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
100 135 40 .296 3 19
7 14 3 .214 0 0

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
29 196.1 14 9 2.98 183
24 145 10 6 3.72 73

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
48 6 6 14 2.82 60

Farm system

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