1989 Houston Astros | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |
City | Houston, Texas | |
Record | 86–76 (.531) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
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, Enos Cabell) KXYZ (Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra) | |
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The Houston Astros' 1989 season in American baseball involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West. The season was best remembered for the Astros winning 16 of 17 games in late May through mid June.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — | 53–28 | 39–42 |
San Diego Padres | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 3 | 46–35 | 43–38 |
Houston Astros | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 6 | 47–35 | 39–41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 77 | 83 | 0.481 | 14 | 44–37 | 33–46 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 17 | 38–43 | 37–44 |
Atlanta Braves | 63 | 97 | 0.394 | 28 | 33–46 | 30–51 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–10 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 11–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Montreal | 6–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–13 | |||||
New York | 10–2 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 13–5 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 2–10 | |||||
San Francisco | 12–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 10–2 | 5–7 | — |
1989 Houston Astros | |||||||||
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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 | 134 | 443 | 114 | .257 | 13 | 60 |
1B | Glenn Davis | 158 | 581 | 156 | .269 | 34 | 89 |
2B | Bill Doran | 142 | 507 | 111 | .219 | 8 | 58 |
3B | Ken Caminiti | 161 | 585 | 149 | .255 | 10 | 72 |
SS | Rafael Ramírez | 151 | 537 | 132 | .246 | 6 | 54 |
LF | Billy Hatcher | 108 | 395 | 90 | .228 | 3 | 44 |
CF | Gerald Young | 146 | 533 | 124 | .233 | 0 | 38 |
RF | Terry Puhl | 121 | 354 | 96 | .271 | 0 | 27 |
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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Kevin Bass | 87 | 313 | 94 | .300 | 5 | 44 |
Craig Reynolds | 101 | 189 | 38 | .201 | 2 | 14 |
Alex Treviño | 59 | 131 | 38 | .290 | 2 | 16 |
Glenn Wilson | 28 | 102 | 22 | .216 | 2 | 15 |
Eric Yelding | 70 | 90 | 21 | .233 | 0 | 9 |
Greg Gross | 60 | 75 | 15 | .200 | 0 | 4 |
Mark Davidson | 33 | 65 | 13 | .200 | 1 | 5 |
Alan Ashby | 22 | 61 | 10 | .164 | 0 | 3 |
Eric Anthony | 25 | 61 | 11 | .180 | 4 | 7 |
Louie Meadows | 31 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 3 | 10 |
Steve Lombardozzi | 21 | 37 | 8 | .216 | 1 | 3 |
Harry Spilman | 32 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 3 |
Carl Nichols | 8 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 2 |
Ron Washington | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
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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Mike Scott | 33 | 229.0 | 20 | 10 | 3.10 | 172 |
Jim Deshaies | 34 | 225.2 | 15 | 10 | 2.91 | 153 |
Jim Clancy | 33 | 147.0 | 7 | 14 | 5.08 | 91 |
Bob Knepper | 22 | 113.0 | 4 | 10 | 5.89 | 45 |
Mark Portugal | 20 | 108.0 | 7 | 1 | 2.75 | 86 |
Rick Rhoden | 20 | 96.2 | 2 | 6 | 4.28 | 41 |
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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Bob Forsch | 37 | 108.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.32 | 40 |
José Canó | 6 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.09 | 8 |
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 | 52 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 2.64 | 31 |
Juan Agosto | 71 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2.93 | 46 |
Danny Darwin | 68 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2.36 | 104 |
Larry Andersen | 60 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.54 | 85 |
Dan Schatzeder | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.45 | 46 |
Brian Meyer | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 13 |
Roger Mason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 3 |
Greg Gross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Craig Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
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