1992 Houston Astros season

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1992  Houston Astros
League National League
Division West
Ballpark The Astrodome
City Houston, Texas
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place4th
Owners John McMullen
General managers Bill Wood
Managers Art Howe
Television KTXH
HSE
Radio KPRC (AM)
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
  1991 Seasons 1993  

The Houston Astros' 1992 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Astros finishing fourth in the National League West with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

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The Astros were forced to play 26 consecutive road games from July 27 through August 23, due to the Republican National Convention being held at the Astrodome from August 17–20. Houston went a respectable 12-14 on the trip, which saw the Astros play in all National League cities except Montreal, New York City, and Pittsburgh.

Following the road trip, the Astros won 25 of their final 38 games to finish at .500, an improvement of 16 games upon their franchise-worst 65-97 mark of 1991.

The Astros won six games on walk-off home runs, the most of any MLB team in 1992. [1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 98640.60551–3047–34
Cincinnati Reds 90720.556853–2837–44
San Diego Padres 82800.5061645–3637–44
Houston Astros 81810.5001747–3434–47
San Francisco Giants 72900.4442642–3930–51
Los Angeles Dodgers 63990.3893537–4426–55

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta 10–29–913–512–64–87–56–67–513–511–76–6
Chicago 2–105–78–46–67–119–99–98–105–78–411–7
Cincinnati 9–97–510–811–75–77–57–56–611–710–87–5
Houston 5–134–88–1013–58–45–78–46–67–1112–65–7
Los Angeles 6–126–67–115–134–85–75–75–79–97–114–8
Montreal 8–411–77–54–88–412–69–99–98–45–76–12
New York 5–79–95–77–57–56–126–124–144–810–29–9
Philadelphia 6-69–95–74–87–59–912–65–133–93–97–11
Pittsburgh 5–710–86–66–67–59–914–413–55–76–615–3
San Diego 5–137–57–1111–79–94–88–49–37–511–74–8
San Francisco 7–114–88–106–1211–77–52–109–36–67–115–7
St. Louis 6–67–115–77–58–412–69–911–73–158–47–5

Notable transactions

Roster

1992 Houston Astros
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Eddie Taubensee 10429766.222528
1B Jeff Bagwell 162586160.2731896
2B Craig Biggio 162613170.277639
3B Ken Caminiti 135506149.2941362
SS Andújar Cedeño 7122038.173213
LF Luis Gonzalez 12238794.2431055
CF Steve Finley 162607177.292555
RF Eric Anthony 137440105.2391980

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Pete Incaviglia 11334993.2661144
Casey Candaele 13532068.213118
Scott Servais 7720549.239015
Rafael Ramírez 7317644.250113
Juan Guerrero 7912525.200114
Gerald Young 747614.18404
Chris Jones 546312.19014
Ernie Riles 396116.26214
Benny Distefano 526014.23307
Eddie Tucker 20506.12003
Mike Simms 15246.25013
Eric Yelding 982.25000
Tuffy Rhodes 540.00000
Denny Walling 331.33300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pete Harnisch 34206.29103.70164
Butch Henry 28165.2694.0296
Jimmy Jones 25139.11064.0769
Darryl Kile 22125.15103.9590
Mark Portugal 18101.1632.6662
Brian Williams 1696.1763.9254
Ryan Bowen 1133.20710.9622

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Willie Blair 2978.2574.0048
Shane Reynolds 825.1137.1110
Rich Scheid 712.0016.008

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Doug Jones 80118361.8593
Joe Boever 813622.5167
Xavier Hernandez 779172.1196
Al Osuna 666304.2337
Rob Murphy 593104.0442
Rob Mallicoat 230007.2320

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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 Steve Curry
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Tim Tolman
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Steve Dillard
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

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References

  1. "Team Batting Event Finder: 1992, All Teams, Home Runs, Walk-off". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. Kenny Lofton at Baseball Reference
  3. Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  4. Ernest Riles at Baseball Reference
  5. Denny Walling at Baseball Reference
  6. Curt Schilling at Baseball Reference