1990 Houston Astros season

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1990  Houston Astros
League National League
Division West
Ballpark The Astrodome
City Houston, Texas
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place4th
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)
  1989 Seasons 1991  

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

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9171.56246354536
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676.531547343942
San Francisco Giants 8577.525649323645
Houston Astros 7587.4631649322655
San Diego Padres 7587.4631637443843
Atlanta Braves 6597.4012637442853

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
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

Roster

1990 Houston Astros
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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)
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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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61st All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois
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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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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Craig Biggio 150555153.276442
1B Glenn Davis 9332782.2512264
2B Bill Doran 10934499.288632
3B Ken Caminiti 153541131.242451
SS Rafael Ramírez 132445116.261237
LF Franklin Stubbs 146448117.2612371
CF Eric Yelding 142511130.254120
RF Glenn Wilson 11836890.2451055

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Casey Candaele 13026275.286322
Eric Anthony 8423946.1921029
Gerald Young 5715427.17514
Ken Oberkfell 7715031.207112
Mark Davidson 5713038.292111
Rich Gedman 4010421.202110
Dave Rohde 599818.18405
Tuffy Rhodes 388621.24413
Javier Ortiz 307721.273110
Alex Treviño 426913.188110
Carl Nichols 324910.204111
Terry Puhl 374112.29308
Luis Gonzalez 12214.19000
Louie Meadows 15142.14300
Mike Simms 12134.30812
Jeff Baldwin 780.00000
Andújar Cedeño 780.00000
Terry McGriff 450.00000
Steve Lombardozzi 210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Deshaies 34209.17123.78119
Mike Scott 32205.29133.81121
Mark Portugal 32196.211103.62136
Bill Gullickson 32193.110143.8273
Terry Clark 14.00013.502

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Danny Darwin 48162.21142.21109
Jim Clancy 3376.0286.5144
Randy Hennis 39.2000.004

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dave Smith 4966232.3950
Juan Agosto 829844.2950
Larry Andersen 505261.9568
Dan Schatzeder 451302.3937
Xavier Hernandez 342104.6224
Brian Meyer 140412.216
Al Osuna 122004.766
Charlie Kerfeld 502016.204
Brian Fisher 40007.201

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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  3. Dave Silvestri at Baseball Reference
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  5. Larry Andersen at Baseball Reference
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  7. "Butch Henry Stats".
  8. "Terry McGriff Stats".