1990 Houston Astros | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |
City | Houston, Texas | |
Record | 75–87 (.463) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | John McMullen | |
General managers | Bill Wood | |
Managers | Art Howe | |
Television | KTXH HSE | |
Radio | KTRH (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Bruce Gietzen, Bill Worrell) KXYZ (Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra) | |
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The Houston Astros' 1990 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.
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Offseason
- December 6, 1989: Bill Gullickson was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[1]
- December 19, 1989: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[2]
- March 13, 1990: Dave Silvestri and a player to be named later were traded by the Astros to the New York Yankees for Orlando Miller. The Astros completed the deal by sending Daven Bond (minors) to the Yankees on June 11.[3]
Regular season
Season standings
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | — | 46–35 | 45–36 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 5 | 47–34 | 39–42 |
San Francisco Giants | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 6 | 49–32 | 36–45 |
Houston Astros | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 16 | 49–32 | 26–55 |
San Diego Padres | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 16 | 37–44 | 38–43 |
Atlanta Braves | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 26 | 37–44 | 28–53 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 7–5 | |||||
Chicago | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–8 | 8–4 | — | 11–7 | 9–9 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 9–3 | |||||
Houston | 13–5 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 9–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–14 | 10–8 | 6–6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 12–6 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 7–5 | |||||
Montreal | 6–6 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 12–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7-5 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | — | 6–12 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 10–8 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–5 | 14–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 12–6 | — | 10–2 | 8–4 | 10–8 | |||||
San Diego | 10–8 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 2–10 | — | 7–11 | 3–9 | |||||
San Francisco | 13–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 11–7 | — | 9–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–7 | 10–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–3 | 3–9 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 3, 1990: Roger Mason was released by the Houston Astros.[4]
- August 30, 1990: Larry Andersen was traded by the Astros to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Bagwell.[5]
- August 30, 1990: Bill Doran was traded by the Houston Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for players to be named later.[6]
- September 10, 1990: Dan Schatzeder was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Nick Davis (minors) and Steve LaRose (minors).[2]
- September 7, 1990: Butch Henry was sent by the Cincinnati Reds to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on August 30, 1990.[7] Catcher Terry McGriff was also sent by the Cincinnati Reds to complete the deal.[8]
Roster
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches
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Game log
Regular season
1990 regular season game log: 75–87 (Home: 49–32; Away: 26–55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 9–10 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–2)
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May: 11–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–11)
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June: 12–16 (Home: 11–3; Away: 1–13)
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July: 11–18 (Home: 7–4; Away: 4–14)
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August: 16–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–5)
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September: 15–13 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–8)
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October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Astros team member |
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 |
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C | Craig Biggio | 150 | 555 | 153 | .276 | 4 | 42 |
1B | Glenn Davis | 93 | 327 | 82 | .251 | 22 | 64 |
2B | Bill Doran | 109 | 344 | 99 | .288 | 6 | 32 |
3B | Ken Caminiti | 153 | 541 | 131 | .242 | 4 | 51 |
SS | Rafael Ramírez | 132 | 445 | 116 | .261 | 2 | 37 |
LF | Franklin Stubbs | 146 | 448 | 117 | .261 | 23 | 71 |
CF | Eric Yelding | 142 | 511 | 130 | .254 | 1 | 20 |
RF | Glenn Wilson | 118 | 368 | 90 | .245 | 10 | 55 |
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 |
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Casey Candaele | 130 | 262 | 75 | .286 | 3 | 22 |
Eric Anthony | 84 | 239 | 46 | .192 | 10 | 29 |
Gerald Young | 57 | 154 | 27 | .175 | 1 | 4 |
Ken Oberkfell | 77 | 150 | 31 | .207 | 1 | 12 |
Mark Davidson | 57 | 130 | 38 | .292 | 1 | 11 |
Rich Gedman | 40 | 104 | 21 | .202 | 1 | 10 |
Dave Rohde | 59 | 98 | 18 | .184 | 0 | 5 |
Tuffy Rhodes | 38 | 86 | 21 | .244 | 1 | 3 |
Javier Ortiz | 30 | 77 | 21 | .273 | 1 | 10 |
Alex Treviño | 42 | 69 | 13 | .188 | 1 | 10 |
Carl Nichols | 32 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 1 | 11 |
Terry Puhl | 37 | 41 | 12 | .293 | 0 | 8 |
Luis Gonzalez | 12 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 0 |
Louie Meadows | 15 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Simms | 12 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 1 | 2 |
Jeff Baldwin | 7 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Andújar Cedeño | 7 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Terry McGriff | 4 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Lombardozzi | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Jim Deshaies | 34 | 209.1 | 7 | 12 | 3.78 | 119 |
Mike Scott | 32 | 205.2 | 9 | 13 | 3.81 | 121 |
Mark Portugal | 32 | 196.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.62 | 136 |
Bill Gullickson | 32 | 193.1 | 10 | 14 | 3.82 | 73 |
Terry Clark | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
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 |
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Danny Darwin | 48 | 162.2 | 11 | 4 | 2.21 | 109 |
Jim Clancy | 33 | 76.0 | 2 | 8 | 6.51 | 44 |
Randy Hennis | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 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 |
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Dave Smith | 49 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 2.39 | 50 |
Juan Agosto | 82 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4.29 | 50 |
Larry Andersen | 50 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1.95 | 68 |
Dan Schatzeder | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.39 | 37 |
Xavier Hernandez | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.62 | 24 |
Brian Meyer | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2.21 | 6 |
Al Osuna | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 6 |
Charlie Kerfeld | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16.20 | 4 |
Brian Fisher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 |
Farm system
References
- ^ Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dave Silvestri at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Roger Mason Stats".
- ^ Larry Andersen at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Bill Doran Stats".
- ^ "Butch Henry Stats".
- ^ "Terry McGriff Stats".