1990 Houston Astros season

1990  Houston Astros
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.

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

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1990 National League record v t e Sources:
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

1990 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 49 Juan Agosto 47 Larry Andersen 38 Jim Clancy 53 Terry Clark 44 Danny Darwin 43 Jim Deshaies 54 Brian Fisher 36 Bill Gullickson 54 Randy Hennis 31 Xavier Hernandez 37 Charlie Kerfeld 35 Brian Meyer 52 Al Osuna 51 Mark Portugal 20 Dan Schatzeder 33 Mike Scott 45 Dave Smith		Catchers  7 Craig Biggio  2 Rich Gedman  9 Terry McGriff 28 Carl Nichols  9 Alex Treviño Infielders 11 Ken Caminiti 17 Andújar Cedeño 27 Glenn Davis 19 Bill Doran 26 Luis Gonzalez 10 Ken Oberkfell 16 Rafael Ramírez  6 Dave Rohde 30 Mike Simms 24 Franklin Stubbs		Outfielders 23 Eric Anthony 17 Jeff Baldwin  1 Casey Candaele 22 Mark Davidson 26 Louie Meadows 29 Javier Ortiz 21 Terry Puhl  4 Karl Rhodes 12 Glenn Wilson 15 Eric Yelding 13 Gerald Young Other batters  4 Steve Lombardozzi		Manager 18 Art Howe Coaches 54 Bob Cluck (pitching) 48 Matt Galante (third base)  3 Phil Garner (assistant) 42 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting) 14 Ed Ott (first base)  5 Ed Napoleon (assistant)

Game log

Regular season

1990 regular season game log: 75–87 (Home: 49–32; Away: 26–55)
April: 9–10 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–2) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
May: 11–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–11) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
June: 12–16 (Home: 11–3; Away: 1–13) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
July: 11–18 (Home: 7–4; Away: 4–14) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 61st All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois
August: 16–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–5) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
September: 15–13 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
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
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
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
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
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
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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

1. Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
2. Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
3. Dave Silvestri at Baseball Reference
4. "Roger Mason Stats".
5. Larry Andersen at Baseball Reference
6. "Bill Doran Stats".
7. "Butch Henry Stats".
8. "Terry McGriff Stats".

External links

• 1990 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference