1987 Houston Astros season

MLB yearly infobox alt‎
name = Houston Astros
season = 1987
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1962
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = The Astrodome
y4 = 1965
city = Houston, Texas
y5 = 1962
owners = John McMullen
general managers = Dick Wagner, Bill Wood
managers =Hal Lanier
television = KTXH
HSE
radio = KTRH
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Dave Hofferth, Bill Worrell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sanchez-Diego, 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 Houston Astros. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keougma02.shtml]

Regular season

*On May 1, 1987, pitcher Nolan Ryan hit a home run off of Atlanta Braves pitcher Charlie Puleo [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/event_hr.cgi?n1=ryanno01&type=b Nolan Ryan Home Run Log (Batting) - Baseball-Reference PI ] ]
*On August 17, 1987, Tom Glavine made his major league baseball debut. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/glavito02.shtml] It was against the Houston Astros and Glavine was the starting pitcher. Glavine pitched 3.2 innings and allowed 10 hits and six earned runs. Glavine had 5 bases on balls and one strikeout. [ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198708170HOU]
*Astros batter Billy Hatcher was batting against the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 31, 1987, 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. [http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html] Later on, Hatcher claimed that he was using pitcher Dave Smith's bat, and not his own.
*On September 9, 1987, Nolan Ryan struck out Mike Aldrete for the 4500th strikeout in his career. [ [http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan ] ]

tandings

Transactions

*June 2, 1987: Craig Biggio was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1987. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/biggicr01.shtml Craig Biggio Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 2, 1987: Darryl Kile was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 30th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 1988. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kileda01.shtml]

Game log