1998 Houston Astros season

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1998  Houston Astros
National League Central Champions
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Astrodome
City Houston, Texas
Record102–60 (.630)
Divisional place1st
Owners Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers Gerry Hunsicker
Managers Larry Dierker
Television KNWS-TV 51
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Jim Deshaies)
Fox Sports Southwest
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell)
Radio KILT–AM 610
(Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby)
KXYZ–AM 1320
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
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The 1998 Houston Astros season was the 37th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas. On the strength of a club record 102 wins, they rocketed to a second consecutive trip to the postseason with an National League Central title. They did not win 100 games again until 2017, while the record for wins would be broken the following year. On September 14, the Astros clinched the division title when the Chicago Cubs, the eventual NL Wild Card winners, lost. The next day, Craig Biggio became the first Astro to collect 200 hits in a season. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

First baseman Jeff Bagwell hit his first career grand slam while tying a career-high six runs batted in (RBI) against Cincinnati on September 9 in a 13–7 victory. It was his 218th career home run, making his streak the then-longest among active players without a grand slam. [3]

Season standings

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 10260.630—55‍–‍2647‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs 9073.55212½51‍–‍3139‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 8379.5121948‍–‍3435‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 7785.4752539‍–‍4238‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 7488.4572838‍–‍4336‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993.4263340‍–‍4029‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League record

Sources:
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Arizona —1–85–74–56–66–24–54–86–32–74–52–76–33–95–72–75–8
Atlanta 8–1—3–67–25–37–54–58–17–26–69–38–47–25–47–26–39–7
Chicago 7–56–3—6–57–27–24–74–56–67–24–53–68–35–47–34–75–8
Cincinnati 5–42–75–6—4–59–03–85–46–58–13–64–55–71–112–78–37-6
Colorado 6–63–52–75–4—6–36–56–64–77–23–65–45–45–77–53–64–8
Florida 2–65–72–70–93–6—3–64–50–95–75–76–63–64–50–94–58–8
Houston 5–45–47–48–35–66–3—3–69–27–25–47–29–25–46–35–710–4
Los Angeles 8–41–85–44–56–65–46–3—5–45–43–55–47–55–76–64–58–5
Milwaukee 3–62–76–65–67–49–02–94–5—6–31–84–56–53–65–43–88–6
Montreal 7–26–62–71–82–77–52–74–53–6—8–45–72–74–43–63–66–10
New York 5–43–95–46–36–37–54–55–38–14–8—8–44–54–54–56–39–7
Philadelphia 7-24–86–35–44–56–62–74–55–47–54–8—8–11–82–63–67–9
Pittsburgh 3–62–73–87–54–56–32–95–75–67–25–41–8—5–42–76–56–7
San Diego 9–34–54–511–17–55–44–57–56–34–45–48–14–5—8–46–36–7
San Francisco 7–52–73–77–25–79–03–66–64–56–35–46–27–24–8—7–58–5
St. Louis 7–23–67–43–86–35-47–55–48–36–33–66–35–63–65–7—4–9

Notable Transactions

July 31, 1998: Randy Johnson was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later, Freddy Garcia, and Carlos Guillén. The Houston Astros sent John Halama (October 1, 1998) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade. [4]

Roster

1998 Houston Astros
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1998 Game Log: 102–60 (Home: 55–26; Away: 47–34)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
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1 March 314:06 p.m. CDT Giants L 4–9 (13) Johnstone (1–0) Nitkowski (0–1)—4:2943,7760–1 L1
April: 17–9 (Home: 8–3; Away: 9–6)
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2 April 16:37 p.m. CDT Giants W 7–6 Miller (1–0) Tavarez (0–1) Wagner (1)3:0413,7191–1 W1
3 April 27:05 p.m. CDT Giants L 2–9 Rueter (1–0) Halama (0–1)—3:1815,0401–2 L1
4 April 37:05 p.m. CDT Rockies W 15–2 Lima (1–0) Wright (0–1)—2:4726,0262–2 W1
5 April 47:06 p.m. CDT Rockies L 3–5 Thompson (1–0) Bergman (0–1) Dipoto (2)2:5421,3252–3 L1
6 April 51:36 p.m. CDT Rockies W 6–2 Reynolds (1–0) Kile (1–1)—2:2921,0373–3 W1
7 April 612:37 p.m. CDT Rockies W 13–4 Hampton (1–0) Thomson (1–1)—2:5113,5534–3 W2
8 April 73:11 p.m. CDT @ Giants L 4–5 (10) Nen (1–0) Wagner (0–1)—3:3855,3704–4 L1
9 April 89:05 p.m. CDT @ Giants W 6–3 Lima (2–0) Rueter (1–1) Wagner (2)3:0210,0215–4 W1
10 April 99:04 p.m. CDT @ Giants W 3–1 Bergman (1–1) Gardner (1–1) Nitkowski (1)2:5410,1536–4 W2
11 April 109:07 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers L 2–7 Martínez (2–1) Reynolds (1–1)—2:5134,9946–5 L1
12 April 119:07 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers W 6–2 Hampton (2–0) Dreifort (0–1) Henry (1)2:2740,0377–5 W1
13 April 127:08 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers L 6–7 (10) Osuna (1–0) Wagner (0–2)—3:2733,4297–6 L1
14 April 137:05 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers L 1–3 Nomo (1–1) Lima (2–1) Radinsky (2)2:1432,2897–7 L2
15 April 156:12 p.m. CDT @ Reds L 1–4 Tomko (2–1) Reynolds (1–2) Shaw (4)2:2815,6197–8 L3
16 April 166:30 p.m. CDT @ Reds W 7–4 Hampton (3–0) Weathers (1–1) Wagner (3)3:0214,5968–8 W1
17 April 177:06 p.m. CDT Expos W 5–3 Halama (1–1) Hermanson (1–2) Wagner (4)2:3126,4859–8 W2
18 April 187:05 p.m. CDT Expos W 4–3 Henry (1–0) Batista (0–1)—2:5529,36210–8 W3
19 April 191:37 p.m. CDT Expos L 4–5 Telford (2–0) Magnante (0–1) Urbina (4)2:5718,48410–9 L1
20April 21@ Mets 6–0Hampton (4–0) Reed (1–2)—2:3814,77411–9W1
21April 22@ Mets 7–10 Cook (2–0)Henry (1–1)—3:4112,77211–10L1
–April 23@ Mets Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: April 27)
22 April 246:07 p.m. CDT @ Expos W 8–4 Lima (3–1) Valdes (0–3)—2:498,71312–10 W1
23 April 256:08 p.m. CDT @ Expos W 4–3 Magnante (1–1) Urbina (1–1) Wagner (5)3:118,48913–10 W2
24 April 2612:38 p.m. CDT @ Expos W 15–0 Bergman (2–1) Moore (1–3) iller (1)2:499,88914–10 W3
25April 27@ Mets 4–3Nitkowski (1–1) Franco (0–1)Wagner (6)2:3017,65615–10W4
26April 28 Mets 4–3 (10)Magnante (2–1) Hudek (0–1)—3:4314,94316–10W5
27April 29 Mets 6–1Lima (4–1) Mlicki (0–3)—2:2614,44817–10W6
May: 16–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 8–6)
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28May 1@ Phillies 12–5Reynolds (2–2) Beech (0–2)—3:1711,41018–10W7
29May 2@ Phillies 4–1Hampton (5–0) Schilling (3–3)Wagner (7)2:3918,76619–10W8
30May 3@ Phillies 3–5 Gomes (1–0)Bergman (2–2) Leiter (2)2:5221,28819–11L1
31May 5@ Cubs 10–5Lima (5–1) Clark (2–4)Nitkowski (2)2:4421,43120–11W1
32May 6@ Cubs 0–2 Wood (3–2)Reynolds (2–3)—2:1915,75820–12L1
33May 8@ Brewers 1–4 Juden (4–1)Hampton (5–1) Jones (10)2:4214,71120–13L2
34May 9@ Brewers 11–6 Schourek (1–0) Eldred (0–2)—3:2320,14521–13W1
35May 10@ Brewers 7–1Lima (6–1) Woodard (2–1)—2:3319,02322–13W2
36May 11 Marlins 5–2Reynolds (3–3) Hernandez (2–3)Wagner (8)2:5014,11023–13W3
37May 12 Marlins 4–2Bergman (3–2) Hammond (0–1)Wagner (9)2:3814,91924–13W4
38May 13 Pirates 1–0Hampton (6–1) Lieber (1–5)Wagner (10)2:1614,23925–13W5
39May 14 Pirates 2–7 Silva (4–3)Schourek (1–1)—2:3616,12325–14L1
40May 15 Braves 2–3 Neagle (5–1)Lima (6–2) Martinez (1)2:2338,94125–15L2
41May 16 Braves 3–2Henry (2–1) Lightenberg (3–2)—2:3451,52626–15W1
42May 17 Braves 8–1Bergman (4–2) Smoltz (4–1)—2:2935,25027–15W2
43May 18 Braves 0–4 Glavine (6–2)Hampton (6–2)—2:4722,11927–16L1
44 May 196:06 p.m. CDT @ Expos L 2–4 Perez (3–3) Schourek (1–2) Urbina (10)2:369,12627–17 L2
45 May 206:06 p.m. CDT @ Expos W 4–3 Henry (3–1) Telford (2–1) Wagner (11)2:498,37228–17 W1
46 May 2112:37 p.m. CDT @ Expos W 6–0 Reynolds (4–3) Bennett (1–2)—2:557,60129–17 W2
47May 22 Padres 6–9 Miceli (4–1)Nitkowski (1–2) Hoffman (14)3:1228,55029–18L1
48May 23 Padres 4–3Miller (2–0)Miceli (4–2)Wagner (12)2:5336,28130–18W1
49May 24 Padres 5–2Schourek (2–2) Hamilton (3–5)Wagner (13)3:0225,70131–18W2
50 May 253:07 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 3–4 (10) Bruske (1–0) Scanlan (0–1) Radinsky (9)3:3534,07931–19 L1
51 May 267:06 p.m. CDT Dodgers W 13–2 Reynolds (5–3) Valdéz (4–6)—2:3416,25132–19 W1
52 May 276:37 p.m. CDT Dodgers L 1–3 Dreifort (3–4) Bergman (4–3) Radinsky (10)2:5017,19032–20 L1
53 May 298:05 p.m. CDT @ Rockies W 7–6 Hampton (7–2) Astacio (4–7) Wagner (14)2:5948,32533–20 W1
54 May 303:06 p.m. CDT @ Rockies L 3–6 Thomson (4–5) Schourek (2–3) Dipoto (12)2:5548,03633–21 L1
55 May 312:06 p.m. CDT @ Rockies L 5–7 McElroy (1–1) Henry (3–2)—2:4048,09733–22 L2
June: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6)
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56June 2@ Padres 4–3Reynolds (6–3) Reyes (2–2)Wagner (15)2:4315,73534–22W1
57June 3@ Padres 8–2Bergman (5–3)Hamilton (3–7)—2:4313,22935–22W2
58June 4@ Padres 1–5 Ashby (7–4)Hampton (7–3)—2:2421,02735–23L1
59June 5 Royals 0–3 Belcher (5–6)Schourek (2–4) Montgomery (10)2:3627,89535–24L2
60June 6 Royals 6–0Lima (7–2) Rosado (1–5)—2:2825,51636–24W1
61June 7 Royals 7–1Reynolds (7–3) Pittsley (0–1)—2:3323,22837–24W2
62June 8@ Tigers 9–5Henry (4–2) Jones (0–2)—3:2811,76738–24W3
63June 9@ Tigers 5–3Hampton (8–3)Jones (0–3)Wagner (16)2:4310,87139–24W4
64June 10@ Tigers 10–3Schourek (3–4) Castillo (2–5)—2:3511,47140–24W5
65 June 126:05 p.m. CDT @ Reds L 1–8 Remlinger (4–7) Lima (7–3)—2:2321,31040–25 L1
66 June 136:05 p.m. CDT @ Reds L 4–7 Klingenbeck (1–1) Reynolds (7–4) Shaw (18)2:5028,05540–26 L2
67 June 1412:15 p.m. CDT @ Reds W 6–3 (10) Wagner (1–2) Shaw (1–4)—3:2322,00841–26 W1
68 June 156:06 p.m. CDT @ Reds W 13–2 Magnante (3–1) Tomko (5–6)—2:5614,55642–26 W2
69June 16 Cardinals 4–9 Acevedo (2–1)Schourek (3–5)—3:1034,82242–27L1
70June 17 Cardinals 6–5Nitkowski (2–2) Brantley (0–4)—3:0337,14743–27W1
71June 18 Cardinals 6–7 Bottenfield (2–3)Reynolds (7–5) Croushore (1)3:0543,80643–28L1
72 June 197:05 p.m. CDT Reds W 4–2 Bergman (6–3) Winchester (3–4) Wagner (17)2:3829,25144–28 W1
73 June 2012:18 p.m. CDT Reds W 9–8 Nitkowski (3–2) Krivda (2–1) Wagner (18)3:1324,30145–28 W2
74 June 211:35 p.m. CDT Reds W 3–1 Schourek (4–5) Harnisch (6–3) Magnante (1)2:5742,28146–28 W3
75 June 227:05 p.m. CDT Twins L 3–5 Milton (4–6) Lima (7–4) Aguilera (15)2:4223,16846–29 L1
76 June 2312:36 p.m. CDT Twins W 9–0 Reynolds (8–5) Tewksbury (4–9)—2:4927,15747–29 W1
77 June 248:08 p.m. CDT @ Rockies L 6–8 Astacio (5–8) Bergman (6–4) Veres (2)2:3748,15047–30 L1
78 June 252:06 p.m. CDT @ Rockies L 5–6 (12) Leskanic (4–3) Magnante (3–2)—3:3948,04647–31 L2
79June 26@ Indians 2–4 Colon (8–4)Magnante (3–3) Jackson (17)2:5843,22247–32L3
80June 27@ Indians 9–5 (11)Wagner (2–2) Mesa (3–4)—3:5343,13248–32W1
81June 28@ Indians 12–3Reynolds (9–5) Nagy (7–4)Nitkowski (3)3:1243,04749–32W2
82June 30 White Sox 17–2Bergman (7–4) Navarro (6–10)—2:3026,40050–32W3
July: 15–12 (Home: 10–4; Away: 5–8)
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83July 1 White Sox 10–4Schourek (5–5) Parque (2–2)—2:5429.05051–32W4
84July 2 White Sox 3–4 Baldwin (3–3)Lima (7–5) Simas (4)2:2525,34451–33L1
85July 3 Diamondbacks 6–5Reynolds (10–5) Benes (6–9)Wagner (19)2:5634,38252–33W1
86July 4 Diamondbacks 4–7 Anderson (6–7)Hampton (8–4)—2:5031,47752–34L1
87July 5 Diamondbacks 5–2Bergman (8–4) Blair (3–12)Wagner (20)3:2223,60753–34W1
69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
88July 9@ Cardinals 5–4Reynolds (11–5) Stottlemyre (9–7)Wagner (21)2:5234,39854–34W2
89July 10@ Cardinals 3–6 King (2–0)Nitkowski (3–3)Brantley (13)2:3144,65554–35L1
90July 11@ Cardinals 3–4 (11) Painter (3–0)Wagner (2–3)—3:0145,76054–36L2
91July 12@ Cardinals 4–6Acevedo (4–2)Bergman (8–5)Croushore (4)2:4245,48554–37L3
92July 13@ Diamondbacks 3–5 Telemaco (3–3)Schourek (5–6) Olson (12)2:5340,00754–38L4
93July 14@ Diamondbacks 4–2Reynolds (12–5) Daal (3–5)Wagner (22)2:4540,41955–38W1
94July 15@ Diamondbacks 8–9 (11) Embree (3–0)Magnante (3–4)—4:0042,22955–39L1
95 July 177:06 p.m. CDT Giants W 10–7 Lima (8–5) Rueter (10–5)—2:4440,70956–39 W1
96 July 183:07 p.m. CDT Giants W 7–2 Bergman (9–5) Darwin (6–7)—2:4335,25757–39 W2
97 July 191:35 p.m. CDT Giants W 4–3 (12) Henry (5–2) Nen (6–2)—3:4732,90058–39 W3
98 July 207:05 p.m. CDT Rockies W 10–9 Henry (6–2) Veres (0–1)—3:1725,49159–39 W4
99 July 217:05 p.m. CDT Rockies L 0–5 Brownson (1–0) Hampton (8–5)—2:1028,71859–40 L1
100 July 229:37 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers L 4–6 Bohanon (3–6) Lima (8–6) Shaw (28)2:3031,36559–41 L2
101 July 239:07 p.m. CDT @ Dodgers W 8–6 (10) Henry (7–2) Hall (0–2) Powell (4)3:3840,20560–41 W1
102July 24@ Padres 2–1Schourek (6–6) Hitchcock (4–4)Magnante (2)2:3431,04761–41W2
103July 25@ Padres 5–6 Langston (4–3)Reynolds (12–6)Hoffman (33)3:0454,17661–42L1
104July 26@ Padres 4–5 (10) Wall (4–2)Magnante (3–5)—3:0641,03461–43L2
105July 27 Marlins 9–1Lima (9–6) Meadows (9–8)—2:1520,88862–43W1
106July 28 Marlins 7–3Bergman (10–5) Ojala (1–1)—2:4726,22063–43W2
107July 29 Marlins 10–6Schourek (7–6) Larkin (2–6) Elarton (1)2:4521,87064–43W3
108July 30 Marlins 3–4Hernandez (9–7)Reynolds (12–7)—2:3533,30364–44L1
109July 31@ Pirates 7–4Hampton (9–5) Cordova (9–9)Henry (2)3:0032,47665–44W1
August: 22–7 (Home: 14–3; Away: 8–4)
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110August 1@ Pirates 2–1Lima (10–6) Williams (2–1)—2:4919,78366–44W2
111August 2@ Pirates 6–2 Johnson (10–10) Christiansen (1–2)Elarton (2)2:3521,20167–44W3
112August 3@ Marlins 3–11Larkin (3–6)Bergman (10–6) Mantei (5)3:2514,48467–45L1
113August 4@ Marlins 9–5Reynolds (13–7)Hernandez (9–8)—3:1914,58668–45W1
114August 5@ Marlins 3–5 Sanchez (5–6)Hampton (9–6)Mantei (6)2:4619,03868–46L1
115August 7 Phillies 9–0Johnson (11–10) Welch (0–2)—2:2152,07169–46W1
116August 8 Phillies 7–6Henry (8–2)Leiter (6–3)—2:5242,52370–46W2
117August 9 Phillies 11–2Reynolds (14–7)Beech (3–9)—2:5428,65171–46W3
118August 10 Brewers 5–2Elarton (1–0) Fox (0–3)Wagner (23)2:3218,99572–46W4
119August 11 Brewers 6–5 (10)Magnante (4–5) Plunk (3–2)—3:3020,55373–46W5
120August 12 Brewers 3–0Johnson (12–10) Woodall (5–7)—2:3940,21774–46W6
121August 13 Brewers 6–2Lima (11–6)Woodard (9–7)—2:2021,21875–46W7
122August 14 Cubs 4–6Clark (7–11)Reynolds (14–8) Beck (35)2:5345,04075–47L1
123August 15 Cubs 5–4 (11)Wagner (3–3) Mulholland (3–3)—3:3252,00376–47W1
124August 16 Cubs 1–2 (11) Karchner (3–4)Powell (4–5)Beck (36)3:1552,19976–48L1
125August 17@ Phillies 0–4 Byrd (1–0)Johnson (12–11)—2:2718,97576–49L2
126August 18@ Phillies 8–2Lima (12–6) Grace (4–6)—2:5817,54177–49W1
127August 19@ Phillies 4–3Reynolds (15–8)Leiter (6–4)Wagner (24)2:4421,34178–49W2
128August 20@ Brewers 5–6 (10) Wickman (6–6)Magnante (4–6)—3:4617,58978–50L1
129August 21@ Brewers 5–2Bergman (11–6) Pulsipher (1–1)Powell (5)3:0026,82079–50W1
130August 22@ Cubs 8–3Johnson (13–11) Wengert (1–3)—3:0039,88680–50W2
131August 23@ Cubs 13–3Lima (13–6) Trachsel (13–7)—3:0838,71481–50W3
132August 24@ Cubs 12–3Reynolds (16–8)Clark (7–12)—2:5834,71182–50W4
133August 25 Braves 3–2Hampton (10–6) Millwood (14–8)Wagner (25)2:2432,15783–50W5
134August 26 Braves 2–6 Smoltz (13–2)Bergman (11–7)—2:4832,65183–51L1
135August 28 Pirates 2–0Johnson (14–11)Cordova (12–11)—2:2340,70984–51W1
136August 29 Pirates 6–3Lima (14–6) Schmidt (11–10)Powell (6)2:3941,76285–51W2
137August 30 Pirates 11–4Reynolds (17–8) McCurry (1–3)—3:1225,34286–51W3
138August 31@ Braves 4–3Powell (5–5)Smoltz (13–3)Wagner (26)2:4333,88387–51W4
September: 15–9 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–4)
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139September 1@ Braves 4–6Neagle (14–11)Elarton (1–1)Lightenberg (25)3:0631,16887–52L1
140September 2@ Braves 4–2Johnson (15–11) Maddux (17–7)Wagner (27)2:2246,23888–52W1
141September 4@ Diamondbacks 1–3Telemaco (6–8)Lima (14–7)Olson (26)2:2741,39688–53L1
142September 5@ Diamondbacks 6–5 (12)Wagner (4–3)Embree (4–1)—4:0543,63889–53W1
143September 6@ Diamondbacks 10–1Hampton (11–6)Daal (7–10)—3:0244,07690–53W2
144 September 74:06 p.m. CDT Reds W 1–0 Johnson (16–11) Parris (4–4)—2:0742,78791–53 W3
145 September 87:06 p.m. CDT Reds W 13–7 Bergman (12–7) Bere (4–8)—3:1316,57492–53 W4
146September 9 Brewers 6–2Lima (15–7)Woodard (9–11)Wagner (28)2:2924,46293–53W5
147September 10 Brewers 7–1Reynolds (18–8) Karl (9–9)—2:5420,81394–53W6
148September 11 Cardinals 8–2Powell (6–5) Morris (5–5)—2:3452,18695–53W7
149September 12 Cardinals 3–2Johnson (17–11) Oliver (9–10)Wagner (29)2:3652,49396–53W8
150September 13 Cardinals 2–3 Mercker (11–11)Bergman (12–8)Acevedo (9)2:4052,33896–54L1
151September 14 Mets 4–7 (13) McMichael (4–4)Magnante (4–7)Franco (37)4:0824,24196–55L2
152September 15 (1) Mets 6–5 (12)Powell (7–5) Tam (1–1)—3:53—97–55W1
153September 15 (2) Mets 4–8 Leiter (16–5)Powell (7–6) Wendell (3)3:1940,83597–56L1
154September 16 Mets 3–4 (11)McMichael (5–4)Bergman (12–9)Wendell (4)4:0524,26997–57L2
155September 18@ Pirates 5–2Johnson (18–11) Dessens (2–5)Powell (7)2:4716,93798–57W1
156September 19@ Pirates 1–7Cordova (13–13)Lima (15–8)—2:2120,67098–58L1
157September 20@ Pirates 2–0Reynolds (19–8)Schmidt (11–13)Wagner (30)2:3223,65799–58W1
158September 22@ Cardinals 0–4Morris (7–5)Hampton (11–7)—2:1540,73999–59L1
159September 23@ Cardinals 7–1Johnson (19–11)Oliver (10–11)—3:0538,997100–59W1
160September 25 Cubs 6–2Lima (16–8) Tapani (19–9)—2:3851,831101–59W2
161September 26 Cubs 2–3Clark (9–14)Powell (7–7)Beck (50)2:5051,950101–60L1
162September 27 Cubs 4–3 (11)Elarton (2–1)Beck (3–4)—3:3051,916102–60W1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

Postseason Game log

1998 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)
NL Division Series: vs. San Diego Padres 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
Streak
1 September 293:07 p.m. CDT Padres L 1–2 Brown (1–0) Johnson (0–1) Hoffman (1)2:3850,080SD 1–0 L1
2 October 13:07 p.m. CDT Padres W 5–4 Wagner (1–0) Miceli (0–1)–2:5345,550Tied 1–1 W1
3 October 310:07 p.m. CDT @ Padres L 1–2 Miceli (1–1) Elarton (0–1) Hoffman (2)2:3265,235SD 2–1 L1
4 October 46:37 p.m. CDT @ Padres L 1–6 Hitchcock (1–0) Johnson (0–2)–2:3964,898SD 3–1 L2
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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Brad Ausmus 128412111.269645
1B Jeff Bagwell 147540164.30434111
2B Craig Biggio 160646210.3252088
SS Ricky Gutiérrez 141491128.261246
3B Bill Spiers 123384105.273443
LF Moisés Alou 159584182.31238124
CF Carl Everett 133467138.2961576
RF Derek Bell 156630198.31422108

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Sean Berry 10229994.3141352
Richard Hidalgo 7421164.303735
Tony Eusebio 6618246.253136
Tim Bogar 7915624.15418
Dave Clark 9313127.20604
J.R. Phillips 365811.19029
Jack Powell 243811.28917
Pete Incaviglia 13162.12502
Russ Johnson 8133.23100
Mitch Meluskey 882.25000
Ray Montgomery 652.40000
Daryle Ward 431.33300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Shane Reynolds 35233.11983.51209
José Lima 33233.11683.70169
Mike Hampton 32211.21173.36137
Sean Bergman 31172.01293.72100
Randy Johnson 1184.11011.28116
Pete Schourek 1580.0764.5059
John Halama 632.1115.8521

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy Wagner 5843302.7097
Doug Henry 598223.0459
Mike Magnante 484724.8839
C.J. Nitkowski 433333.7744
Trever Miller 372013.0430
Jay Powell 293342.3838
Scott Elarton 282123.3256
Bob Scanlan 270103.089
Reggie Harris 60006.002
José Cabrera 30008.311
Mike Grzanich 100018.001

National League Divisional Playoffs

Houston Astros vs. San Diego Padres

The Astros season ended by defeat in four games to the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series, [5] including losing two starts against Kevin Brown – one of the league's highest-accomplished pitchers that year [6] – both by a 2–1 score. As the Game 1 starter opposing Randy Johnson, Brown allowed no runs in eight innings and struck out 16 Astros, a career-high, and second to that point in MLB playoff history only to Bob Gibson's 17-strikeout performance in the 1968 World Series. [7] Bagwell, Derek Bell, and Craig Biggio combined for six hits in 51 at bats in this series. [8]

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries
1Houston1San Diego2September 291-0 (SD)
2Houston5San Diego4October 11-1
3San Diego2Houston1October 32-1 (SD)
4San Diego6Houston1October 43-1 (SD)

Awards and records

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA New Orleans Zephyrs Pacific Coast League John Tamargo
AA Jackson Generals Texas League Jim Pankovits
A Kissimmee Cobras Florida State League Manny Acta
A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Mike Rojas
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Lyle Yates
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Orleans; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Auburn

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  2. ↑ Rob Butler Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Bagwell has a career day in 13–7 victory". Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. September 9, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ Randy Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Swydan, Paul (May 17, 2013). "The 1998 Astros were pretty good at hitting". Fangraphs . Retrieved February 16, 2016.
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  7. ↑ Newhan, Ross (September 30, 1998). "Powerful Astros are shut down by a Brown out". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
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