1991 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1991 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

1991 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record65–97 (.401)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)John McMullen
General manager(s)Bill Wood
Manager(s)Art Howe
Local televisionKTXH
HSE
Local radioKPRC (AM)
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
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The Astros finished 65-97, which tied the 1965 and 1975 clubs for the most losses in franchise history at the time.

Offseason

Regular season

Standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9468 0.580 — 48–33 46–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9369 0.574 1 54–27 39–42
San Diego Padres 8478 0.519 10 42–39 42–39
San Francisco Giants 7587 0.463 19 43–38 32–49
Cincinnati Reds 7488 0.457 20 39–42 35–46
Houston Astros 6597 0.401 29 37–44 28–53

Record vs. opponents
1991 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–611–713–57–115–79–35–79–311–79–99–3
Chicago 6–6—4–89–32–1010–711–68–107–114–86–610–8
Cincinnati 7–118–4—9–96–126–65–79–32–108–1010–84–8
Houston 5–133–99–9—8–102–107–57–54–86–129–95–7
Los Angeles 11–710–212–610–8—5–77–57–57–510–88–106–6
Montreal 7–57–106–610–27–5—4–144–146–126–67–57–11
New York 3–96–117–55–75–714–4—11–76–127–56–67–11
Philadelphia 7-510–83–95–75–714–47–11—6–129–36–66–12
Pittsburgh 3–911–710–28–45–712–612–612–6—7–57–511–7
San Diego 7–118–410–812–68–106–65–73–95–7—11–79–3
San Francisco 9–96–68–109–910–85–76–66–65–77–11—4–8
St. Louis 3–98–108–47–56–611–711–712–67–113–98–4—

Roster
1991 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CCraig Biggio149546161.295446
1BJeff Bagwell156554163.2941582
2BCasey Candaele151461121.262450
3BKen Caminiti152574145.2531380
SSEric Yelding7827667.243120
LFLuis Gonzalez137473120.2541369
CFSteve Finley159596170.285854
RFTuffy Rhodes4413629.213112

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
Mike Simms4912325.203316
Carl Nichols205110.19601
Gary Cooper9164.25002

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
Ryan Bowen1472645.1549
Jim Deshaies28161.05124.9898
Pete Harnisch33216.21292.70172
Darryl Kile37153.27113.69100
Mark Portugal32168.110124.49120

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
Xavier Hernandez3263274.7155

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
Curt Schilling563583.8171
Jim Clancy300352.7833
Mike Capel251333.0323
Dean Wilkins721111.254

Awards and honors
  • Jeff Bagwell, First Base, National League Rookie of the Year

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Bob Skinner
AA Jackson Generals Texas League Rick Sweet
A Osceola Astros Florida State League Sal Butera
A Burlington Astros Midwest League Tim Tolman
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Frank Cacciatore
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Steve Dillard
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tucson

References
  1. Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
  2. Curt Schilling at Baseball Reference
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