Down on the Farm, Year by Year; Part Three, The Eighties
HOUSTON ASTROS MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATES
I've gone ahead and put the parent club in, just for kicks
Teams in GOLD CAPS were league champs or co-champs

Mouseover the team name for details on the season
Mouseover the league for MVP and All Star info, No-Hitters and the like

Links and other surprises are scattered about

YEAR LEVEL AFFILIATE LEAGUE MANAGER RECORD

1980 Majors
Houston Astros

 National Bill Virdon 93 - 70
AAA
Tucson Toros

 Pacific Coast Jimmy Johnson 87 - 59
AA
Columbus Astros

 Southern Matt Galante 76 - 68
A
Daytona Beach Astros

 Florida State Carlos Alfonso 86 - 51
Rookie
Gulf Coast (Sarasota)
Blue Astros

 Gulf Coast Eric Swanson 38 - 24
Rookie
Gulf Coast (Sarasota) Orange Astros

 Gulf Coast Fernando Tatis 34 - 28
1981

Thank you again to Miles Wolf and LLoyd Johnson for their Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Second Edition. Thank you to TCMA, who did as much to chronicle the period starting with 1973 as anyone, and thanks to Pat Doyle for his Old-Time Player database

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