1990 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1990 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

1990 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)John McMullen
General manager(s)Bill Wood
Manager(s)Art Howe
Local televisionKTXH
HSE
Local radioKTRH
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Bruce Gietzen, Bill Worrell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9171 0.562 46–35 45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 0.531 5 47–34 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8577 0.525 6 49–32 36–45
Houston Astros 7587 0.463 16 49–32 26–55
San Diego Padres 7587 0.463 16 37–44 38–43
Atlanta Braves 6597 0.401 26 37–44 28–53

Record vs. opponents

1990 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 6–68–105–136–126–64–85–75–78–105–137–5
Chicago 6–64–86–63–911–79–911–74–148–47–58–10
Cincinnati 10–88–411–79–99–36–67–56–69–97–119–3
Houston 13–56–67–119–95–75–75–75–74–1410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–69–39–99–96–65–78–44–89–98–107–5
Montreal 6–67–113–97–56–68–1010–813–57–57–511–7
New York 8–49–96–67–57–510–810–810–85–77–512–6
Philadelphia 7-57–115–77–54–88–108–106–127–58–410–8
Pittsburgh 7–514–46–67–58–45–138–1012–610–28–410–8
San Diego 10–84–89–914–49–95–77–55–72–107–113–9
San Francisco 13–55–711–78–1010–85–75–74–84–811–79–3
St. Louis 5–710–83–96–65–77–116–128–108–109–33–9

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

1990 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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

G Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CCraig Biggio150555153.276442
1BGlenn Davis9332782.2512264
2BBill Doran10934499.288632
3BKen Caminiti153541131.242451
SSRafael Ramírez132445116.261237
LFFranklin Stubbs146448117.2612371
CFEric Yelding142511130.254120
RFGlenn Wilson11836890.2451055

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
Casey Candaele13026275.286322
Eric Anthony8423946.1921029
Javier Ortiz307721.273110
Carl Nichols324910.204111
Mike Simms12134.30812
Andújar Cedeño780.00000
Steve Lombardozzi210.00000

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
Bill Gullickson32193.110143.8273
Danny Darwin48162.21142.21109
Terry Clark140013.502

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
Jim Clancy3376286.5144

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
Juan Agosto829844.2950
Larry Andersen505261.9568
Dan Schatzeder451302.3937
Xavier Hernandez342104.6224

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Bob Skinner
AA Columbus Mudcats Southern League Rick Sweet
A Osceola Astros Florida State League Sal Butera
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Frank Cacciatore
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Ricky Peters
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

References

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