1996 Houston Astros season

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1996  Houston Astros
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark The Astrodome
City Houston, Texas
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers Gerry Hunsicker
Managers Terry Collins
Television KTXH
Prime Sports Southwest
Radio KILT (AM)
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Danny Gonzalez)
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The Houston Astros' 1996 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League Central. The Astros finished in second place in the NL Central with an 82-80 record, six games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

On May 7 against Philadelphia, Jeff Bagwell reached the 500th run batted in (RBI) of his career with two home runs and four RBI. [2] By hitting his second upper-deck home run at Three Rivers Stadium on May 29 – it travelled 459 feet (140 m) – Bagwell joined longtime Pirate Willie Stargell as the only players to homer twice into the stadium's upper deck. [3] For the month of May, he batted .360 with .740 SLG, 10 HR, 31 RBI, scored 22 runs, and stole four bases. He was named NL Player of the Month, his fourth career monthly award. [4] On June 14, Bagwell tied a major league record with four doubles in one game against San Francisco. [5]

The Astros retired Nolan Ryan's number 34 on September 29, 1996.

Season standings

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 88740.543—48–3340–41
Houston Astros 82800.506648–3334–47
Cincinnati Reds 81810.500746–3535–46
Chicago Cubs 76860.4691243–3833–48
Pittsburgh Pirates 73890.4511536–4437–45

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —7–57–55–76–76–65–710–37–69–49–39–47–59–4
Chicago 5–7—5–85–76–65–88–56–67–57–64–96–67–55–8
Cincinnati 5–78–5—7–63–97–64–83–96–610–25–89–39–45–8
Colorado 7–57–56–7—5–88–56–73–97–56–67–58–55–88–4
Florida 7–66–69–38–5—7–56–75–87–66–75–73–95–76–6
Houston 6–68–56–75–85–7—6–64–98–410–28–56–68–42–11
Los Angeles 7–55–88–47–67–66–6—9–38–47–66–65–87–68–4
Montreal 3–106–69–39–38–59–43–9—7–66–77–54–89–48–4
New York 6–75–76–65–76–74–84–86–7—7–68–53–106–65–7
Philadelphia 4-96–72–106–67–62–106–77–66–7—7–54–86–64–8
Pittsburgh 3–99–48–55–77–55–86–65–75–85–7—4–98–43–10
San Diego 4–96–63–95–89–36–68–58–410–38–49–4—11–24–8
San Francisco 5–75–74–98–57–54–86–74–96–66–64–82–11—7–6
St. Louis 4–98–58–54–86–611-24–84–87–58–410–38–46–7—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 82–80 (Home: 48–33; Away: 34–47)
April: 13–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1 Dodgers 3–4MartinezReynolds (0–1)Worrell34,3750–1
2April 2 Dodgers 5–4Jones (1–0)Cummings—20,4921–1
3April 3 Dodgers 5–2Hampton (1–0)NomoJones (1)14,8582–1
4April 5 Padres 4–10TewksburyKile (0–1)—28,6292–2
5April 6 Padres 4–8 (13)HoffmanSmall (0–1)—24,5102–3
6April 7 Padres 2–17BergmanSwindell (0–1)—16,2582–4
7April 8 Giants 6–2Hampton (2–0)VanLandingham—13,4883–4
8April 9 Giants 1–3 (10)JudenTabaka (0–1)Beck13,5883–5
9April 10 Giants 5–11FernandezKile (0–2)—14,1833–6
10April 11@ Reds 9–4Reynolds (1–1)Portugal—18,9464–6
11April 12@ Reds 10–8 (10)Jones (2–0)MooreTabaka (1)24,9605–6
12April 14@ Reds 3–5SchourekHampton (2–1)Brantley—5–7
13April 14@ Reds 8–9ShawYoung (0–1)Brantley21,5525–8
14April 16@ Mets 9–6Reynolds (2–1)IsringhausenJones (2)13,7956–8
15April 17@ Mets 7–5Kile (1–2)WilsonJones (3)12,0657–8
16April 19 Reds 13–5Brocail (1–0)Schourek—22,7288–8
17April 20 Reds 1–6SmileyDrabek (0–1)—34,0988–9
18April 21 Reds 7–5Jones (3–0)Brantley—27,8459–9
19April 22@ Giants 11–8Reynolds (3–1)Leiter—8,86710–9
20April 23@ Giants 8–4Kile (2–2)VanLandingham—8,43911–9
21April 24@ Dodgers 2–5ValdezBrocail (1–1)—26,66611–10
22April 25@ Dodgers 4–6NomoDrabek (0–2)Worrell33,53011–11
23April 26@ Padres 2–3WorrellHampton (2–2)Hoffman21,25411–12
24April 27@ Padres 6–0Reynolds (4–1)Ashby—38,30912–12
25April 28@ Padres 3–2Kile (3–2)BergmanJones (4)27,20813–12
26April 29@ Padres 0–2HamiltonBrocail (1–2)—8,97913–13
27April 30 Braves 5–7SmoltzJones (3–1)McMichael17,79513–14
May: 14–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1 Braves 3–0Hampton (3–2)Avery—18,54614–14
29May 3 Expos 4–1Reynolds (5–1)CormierJones (5)19,63315–14
30May 4 Expos 1–2VeresHernandez (0–1)Rojas22,81015–15
31May 5 Expos 0–5FasseroBrocail (1–3)—25,20715–16
32May 6@ Phillies 11–5Drabek (1–2)Hunter—15,90616–16
33May 7@ Phillies 7–5Young (1–1)SpringerJones (6)16,56917–16
34May 8@ Phillies 1–2 (10)RyanTabaka (0–2)—16,28417–17
35May 9@ Expos 11–4Kile (4–2)Rueter—12,47018–17
36May 10@ Expos 2–5FasseroDougherty (0–1)Rojas30,31518–18
37May 11@ Expos 9–10 (13)DyerDougherty (0–2)—26,08418–19
38May 12@ Expos 6–7UrbinaHampton (3–3)Rojas19,34518–20
39May 13@ Cubs 0–6TrachselReynolds (5–2)—22,61018–21
40May 14@ Cubs 6–3Kile (5–2)NavarroJones (7)17,56219–21
41May 15@ Cubs 7–5Wall (1–0)CastilloJones (8)16,09320–21
42May 16@ Cubs 1–13TelemacoDrabek (1–3)—15,90220–22
43May 17 Pirates 4–2Reynolds (6–2)LieberJones (9)22,88221–22
44May 18 Pirates 1–2 (11)CordovaYoung (1–2)Plesac21,01021–23
45May 19 Pirates 4–3Jones (4–1)Lieber—18,81522–23
46May 20 Cardinals 3–5OsborneDrabek (1–4)—14,54722–24
47May 21 Cardinals 2–8StottlemyreReynolds (6–3)—17,93522–25
48May 22 Cardinals 2–5BenesKile (5–3)Mathews15,35322–26
49May 24 Cubs 8–7 (10)Jones (5–1)Patterson—23,91023–26
50May 25 Cubs 5–2Drabek (2–4)NavarroJones (10)34,32624–26
51May 26 Cubs 7–2Reynolds (7–3)Castillo—33,24525–26
52May 27@ Pirates 5–3Kile (6–3)Smith—8,90626–26
53May 28@ Pirates 5–6MiceliSwindell (0–2)Cordova7,18226–27
54May 29@ Pirates 7–4Morman (1–0)DarwinJones (11)11,67927–27
55May 31@ Cardinals 4–6OsborneSwindell (0–3)Fossas37,62527–28
June: 15–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Cardinals 4–5 (10)BaileyHernandez (0–2)—34,95827–29
57June 2@ Cardinals 0–2StottlemyreKile (6–4)—32,70327–30
58June 4 Rockies 16–8Hampton (4–3)Thompson—18,41828–30
59June 5 Rockies 4–1Wall (2–0)Reynoso—14,95429–30
60June 6 Rockies 7–14RitzDrabek (2–5)—22,11229–31
61June 7 Phillies 11–5Reynolds (8–3)Crawford—22,58530–31
62June 8 Phillies 7–3Wagner (1–0)Springer—23,73931–31
63June 9 Phillies 2–1Young (2–2)WilliamsJones (12)30,18032–31
64June 10@ Rockies 10–9Wall (3–0)Reynoso—48,00733–31
65June 11@ Rockies 5–7AlstonYoung (2–3)Ruffin48,01433–32
66June 12@ Rockies 0–8FreemanReynolds (8–4)—48,02433–33
67June 13@ Giants 8–12LeiterKile (6–5)—10,52733–34
68June 14@ Giants 9–1Hampton (5–3)VanLandinghamWagner (1)10,75834–34
69June 15@ Giants 4–3Wall (4–0)WatsonJones (13)18,53035–34
70June 16@ Giants 7–8DeLuciaMorman (1–1)—27,62435–35
71June 17 Reds 5–4Young (3–3)ShawJones (14)24,97736–35
72June 18 Reds 4–6 (10)BrantleyHernandez (0–3)—20,50536–36
73June 19 Reds 7–10PortugalHampton (5–4)Brantley38,21836–37
74June 20@ Dodgers 4–2Wall (5–0)NomoJones (15)49,65637–37
75June 21@ Dodgers 11–3Drabek (3–5)Candiotti—33,27338–37
76June 22@ Dodgers 0–3MartinezReynolds (8–5)—37,84438–38
77June 23@ Dodgers 3–4WorrellHernandez (0–4)—35,46738–39
78June 25@ Padres 9–4Jones (6–1)Sanders—13,45839–39
79June 26@ Padres 4–3Wall (6–0)WorrellWagner (2)12,38840–39
80June 28 Mets 2–7ClarkDrabek (3–6)Henry24,56940–40
81June 29 Mets 9–1Reynolds (9–5)Person—35,45441–40
82June 30 Mets 9–3Kile (7–5)Isringhausen—35,98142–40
July: 15–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1 Marlins 6–2Hampton (6–4)Brown—18,51343–40
84July 2 Marlins 4–3 (12)Johnstone (1–0)Mathews—18,89744–40
85July 3 Marlins 4–3Drabek (4–6)LeiterJones (16)24,53745–40
86July 4@ Braves 5–2Reynolds (10–5)SmoltzHernandez (1)49,06046–40
87July 5@ Braves 7–1Kile (8–5)Schmidt—36,89647–40
88July 6@ Braves 2–4BieleckiHampton (6–5)—41,61947–41
89July 7@ Braves 1–9MadduxWall (6–1)—28,71647–42
90July 11@ Mets 2–8ClarkDrabek (4–7)—18,55747–43
91July 12@ Mets 3–1Reynolds (11–5)JonesWagner (3)17,40548–43
92July 14@ Mets 7–5 (11)Hernandez (1–4)MlickiJones (17)—49–43
93July 14@ Mets 3–10HarnischHampton (6–6)—33,50549–44
94July 15@ Marlins 5–15PallWall (6–2)—15,80749–45
95July 16@ Marlins 2–3PerezJones (6–2)—15,61049–46
96July 17@ Marlins 2–11LeiterReynolds (11–6)—16,34549–47
97July 18 Braves 2–3SmoltzJones (6–3)Wohlers35,82249–48
98July 19 Braves 7–6Kile (9–5)WoodallWagner (4)39,09050–48
99July 20 Braves 2–1Wagner (2–0)Maddux—49,67451–48
100July 21 Braves 4–3 (10)Hernandez (2–4)McMichael—45,56152–48
101July 22 Padres 1–0Reynolds (12–6)HamiltonWagner (5)21,56353–48
102July 23 Padres 4–7SandersHampton (6–7)Hoffman19,62053–49
103July 24 Padres 6–4 (10)Hernandez (3–4)Villone—19,16854–49
104July 26 Dodgers 4–3Darwin (1–0)GuthrieWagner (6)27,08955–49
105July 27 Dodgers 5–6 (11)OsunaClark (0–1)Worrell36,84155–50
106July 28 Dodgers 3–2Darwin (2–0)Eischen—32,91256–50
107July 29@ Reds 2–1Hampton (7–7)PortugalWagner (7)22,16357–50
108July 30@ Reds 4–5 (10)ShawClark (0–2)—27,01557–51
109July 31@ Reds 0–10SmileyWall (6–3)—26,08257–52
August: 17–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 2 Giants 5–1Drabek (5–7)GardnerHernandez (2)22,68258–52
111August 3 Giants 4–1Reynolds (13–6)Estes—35,93059–52
112August 4 Giants 7–6Hampton (8–7)FernandezWagner (8)33,64660–52
113August 6 Expos 5–7FasseroKile (9–6)Rojas17,65860–53
114August 7 Expos 5–13LeiterWall (6–4)—19,70360–54
115August 8 Expos 6–2Drabek (6–7)Martinez—26,63261–54
116August 9@ Phillies 5–1Reynolds (14–6)West—21,78062–54
117August 10@ Phillies 3–1Hampton (9–7)SchillingWagner (9)18,48663–54
118August 11@ Phillies 10–5Kile (10–6)Williams—24,15064–54
119August 12@ Expos 1–8LeiterDarwin (2–1)—35,45864–55
120August 13@ Expos 4–7MartinezDrabek (6–8)Rojas17,10364–56
121August 14@ Expos 8–3Reynolds (15–6)Cormier—19,13665–56
122August 16@ Cubs 8–3Hampton (10–7)Castillo—37,13966–56
123August 17@ Cubs 3–12TrachselKile (10–7)—39,77566–57
124August 18@ Cubs 8–10NavarroBrocail (1–4)Wendell37,21066–58
125August 19 Pirates 2–1 (13)Morman (2–1)Morel—15,06767–58
126August 20 Pirates 9–4Wall (7–4)MiceliHernandez (3)19,86668–58
127August 21 Pirates 2–5NeagleHampton (10–8)Ericks13,35768–59
128August 22 Pirates 6–8WilkinsWagner (2–1)Ericks14,89968–60
129August 23 Cardinals 0–1OsborneKile (10–8)Eckersley35,55468–61
130August 24 Cardinals 3–1Reynolds (16–6)Stottlemyre—43,25869–61
131August 25 Cardinals 4–1Wall (8–4)BenesHernandez (4)31,60970–61
132August 26 Cardinals 2–3BenesHampton (10–9)Eckersley21,62470–62
133August 27 Cubs 6–5Morman (3–1)AdamsHernandez (5)15,37471–62
134August 28 Cubs 5–4Olson (1–0)Bottenfield—18,02672–62
135August 29 Cubs 3–4NavarroReynolds (16–7)Wendell16,15172–63
136August 30@ Pirates 10–0Wall (9–4)Peters—24,61973–63
137August 31@ Pirates 5–4Hernandez (4–4)EricksHudek (1)27,55974–63
September: 8–17 (Home: 8–5; Away: 0–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Pirates 5–9WainhouseDarwin (2–2)—14,14474–64
139September 2@ Cardinals 7–8 (10)BenesBrocail (1–5)—32,95574–65
140September 3@ Cardinals 3–12StottlemyreReynolds (16–8)—23,95574–66
141September 4@ Cardinals 4–6BenesWall (9–5)Eckersley34,89174–67
142September 6 Rockies 2–1Hernandez (5–4)Leskanic—20,93275–67
143September 7 Rockies 5–4Kile (11–8)HolmesHudek (2)37,21376–67
144September 8 Rockies 2–5ReedReynolds (16–9)Ruffin31,31676–68
145September 9 Rockies 2–4RitzWall (9–6)Ruffin13,83376–69
146September 10 Phillies 4–3Morman (4–1)SchillingHernandez (6)12,70077–69
147September 11 Phillies 8–10ParrettHolt (0–1)Bottalico17,30077–70
148September 12 Phillies 4–1Kile (12–8)Williams—16,10378–70
149September 13@ Rockies 3–6HolmesHernandez (5–5)Ruffin48,04978–71
150September 14@ Rockies 3–7RitzWall (9–7)—48,13278–72
151September 15@ Rockies 4–11ThompsonDrabek (6–9)—48,03878–73
152September 17@ Braves 4–5SmoltzKile (12–9)Wohlers32,10978–74
153September 18@ Braves 2–6MadduxHampton (10–10)—29,88578–75
154September 20@ Marlins 1–3BrownReynolds (16–10)Nen21,51878–76
155September 21@ Marlins 1–2HerediaWagner (2–2)—31,02378–77
156September 22@ Marlins 0–6HellingKile (12–10)—17,46178–78
157September 24 Mets 0–4JonesWall (9–8)—39,51178–79
158September 25 Mets 5–4 (10)Hudek (1–0)Wallace—15,76079–79
159September 26 Mets 6–2Drabek (7–9)Trlicek—13,75180–79
160September 27 Marlins 2–3HuttonKile (12–11)Nen21,72580–80
161September 28 Marlins 5–1Darwin (3–2)Heredia—21,83281–80
162September 29 Marlins 5–4 (10)Hudek (2–0)Hammond—42,65882–80
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Astros team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions

Roster

1996 Houston Astros
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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 Rick Wilkins 8425454.213623
1B Jeff Bagwell 162568179.31531120
2B Craig Biggio 162605174.2881575
SS Orlando Miller 139468120.2561558
3B Sean Berry 132431121.2811795
LF Derrick May 10925965.251533
CF Brian Hunter 132526145.276535
RF Derek Bell 158627165.26317113

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
James Mouton 12230079.263334
John Cangelosi 10826269.263116
Ricky Gutiérrez 8921862.284115
Bill Spiers 12221855.252626
Tony Eusebio 5815241.270119
Randy Knorr 378717.19517
Kurt Manwaring 378218.22004
Mike Simms 496812.17618
Bobby Abreu 15225.22701
Ray Montgomery 12143.21414
Dave Hajek 8103.30000
Jerry Goff 142.50012
Andújar Cedeño 320.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Shane Reynolds 35239.016103.65204
Darryl Kile 35219.012114.19219
Doug Drabek 30175.1794.57137
Mike Hampton 27160.110103.59101
Donne Wall 26150.0984.5699

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Doug Brocail 2353.0154.5834
Danny Darwin 1542.1325.9527
Greg Swindell 823.0037.8315

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Todd Jones 5163174.4044
Xavier Hernandez 585564.2278
Alvin Morman 534104.9331
Billy Wagner 372292.4467
Anthony Young 283304.5919
Dean Hartgraves 190005.2116
Jeff Tabaka 180216.6418
Mark Small 160105.9216
John Hudek 152022.3114
Jim Dougherty 120209.006
John Johnstone 91005.545
Gregg Olson 91004.828
Terry Clark 502011.375
Chris Holt 40105.790

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Tim Tolman
AA Jackson Generals Texas League Dave Engle
A Kissimmee Cobras Florida State League Alan Ashby
A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Jim Pankovits
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Manny Acta
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Bobby Ramos

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The 1986 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 104th season in Major League Baseball, their 29th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 27th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 83–79 record, 13 games behind the Houston Astros.

The 1995 San Diego Padres season was the 27th season in franchise history.

The 1996 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 114th season in Major League Baseball, their 39th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 37th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 68–94 record, 23 games behind the San Diego Padres.

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  2. ↑ "Jeff Bagwell player page bio". MLB.com . Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jeff Bagwell through the years (1996)". Houston Chronicle . January 4, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ UPI (June 3, 1996). "Bagwell captures NL Award for May". United Press International . Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ Rajan, Greg (February 25, 2015). "Houston athletes own some interesting records". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ Greg Swindell at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Roy Oswalt at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Kirt Manwaring at Baseball Reference
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