1990 Houston Astros season

1990 Houston Astros
1990 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	The Astrodome
City	Houston, Texas
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	4th
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)

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

Offseason

December 6, 1989: Bill Gullickson was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[1]
December 19, 1989: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[2]
March 13, 1990: Dave Silvestri and a player to be named later were traded by the Astros to the New York Yankees for Orlando Miller. The Astros completed the deal by sending Daven Bond (minors) to the Yankees on June 11.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	91	71	.562	—	46‍–‍35	45‍–‍36
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	5	47‍–‍34	39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants	85	77	.525	6	49‍–‍32	36‍–‍45
Houston Astros	75	87	.463	16	49‍–‍32	26‍–‍55
San Diego Padres	75	87	.463	16	37‍–‍44	38‍–‍43
Atlanta Braves	65	97	.401	26	37‍–‍44	28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1990 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–6	4–8	5–7	5–7	8–10	5–13	7–5
Chicago	6–6	—	4–8	6–6	3–9	11–7	9–9	11–7	4–14	8–4	7–5	8–10
Cincinnati	10–8	8–4	—	11–7	9–9	9–3	6–6	7–5	6–6	9–9	7–11	9–3
Houston	13–5	6–6	7–11	—	9–9	5–7	5–7	5–7	5–7	4–14	10–8	6–6
Los Angeles	12–6	9–3	9–9	9–9	—	6–6	5–7	8–4	4–8	9–9	8–10	7–5
Montreal	6–6	7–11	3–9	7–5	6–6	—	8–10	10–8	13–5	7–5	7–5	11–7
New York	8–4	9–9	6–6	7–5	7–5	10–8	—	10–8	10–8	5–7	7–5	12–6
Philadelphia	7-5	7–11	5–7	7–5	4–8	8–10	8–10	—	6–12	7–5	8–4	10–8
Pittsburgh	7–5	14–4	6–6	7–5	8–4	5–13	8–10	12–6	—	10–2	8–4	10–8
San Diego	10–8	4–8	9–9	14–4	9–9	5–7	7–5	5–7	2–10	—	7–11	3–9
San Francisco	13–5	5–7	11–7	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	4–8	4–8	11–7	—	9–3
St. Louis	5–7	10–8	3–9	6–6	5–7	7–11	6–12	8–10	8–10	9–3	3–9	—

Notable transactions

April 3, 1990: Roger Mason was released by the Houston Astros.^[4]
August 30, 1990: Larry Andersen was traded by the Astros to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Bagwell.^[5]
August 30, 1990: Bill Doran was traded by the Houston Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for players to be named later.^[6]
September 10, 1990: Dan Schatzeder was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Nick Davis (minors) and Steve LaRose (minors).^[2]
September 7, 1990: Butch Henry was sent by the Cincinnati Reds to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on August 30, 1990.^[7] Catcher Terry McGriff was also sent by the Cincinnati Reds to complete the deal.^[8]

Roster

1990 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

4 Steve Lombardozzi

Manager

18 Art Howe

Coaches

54 Bob Cluck (pitching)
48 Matt Galante (third base)
3 Phil Garner (assistant)
42 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)
14 Ed Ott (first base)
5 Ed Napoleon (assistant)

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)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

May: 11–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–11)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

June: 12–16 (Home: 11–3; Away: 1–13)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

July: 11–18 (Home: 7–4; Away: 4–14)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
61st All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois

August: 16–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

September: 15–13 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Craig Biggio	150	555	153	.276	4	42
1B	Glenn Davis	93	327	82	.251	22	64
2B	Bill Doran	109	344	99	.288	6	32
3B	Ken Caminiti	153	541	131	.242	4	51
SS	Rafael Ramírez	132	445	116	.261	2	37
LF	Franklin Stubbs	146	448	117	.261	23	71
CF	Eric Yelding	142	511	130	.254	1	20
RF	Glenn Wilson	118	368	90	.245	10	55

Other batters

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
Casey Candaele	130	262	75	.286	3	22
Eric Anthony	84	239	46	.192	10	29
Gerald Young	57	154	27	.175	1	4
Ken Oberkfell	77	150	31	.207	1	12
Mark Davidson	57	130	38	.292	1	11
Rich Gedman	40	104	21	.202	1	10
Dave Rohde	59	98	18	.184	0	5
Tuffy Rhodes	38	86	21	.244	1	3
Javier Ortiz	30	77	21	.273	1	10
Alex Treviño	42	69	13	.188	1	10
Carl Nichols	32	49	10	.204	1	11
Terry Puhl	37	41	12	.293	0	8
Luis Gonzalez	12	21	4	.190	0	0
Louie Meadows	15	14	2	.143	0	0
Mike Simms	12	13	4	.308	1	2
Jeff Baldwin	7	8	0	.000	0	0
Andújar Cedeño	7	8	0	.000	0	0
Terry McGriff	4	5	0	.000	0	0
Steve Lombardozzi	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Deshaies	34	209.1	7	12	3.78	119
Mike Scott	32	205.2	9	13	3.81	121
Mark Portugal	32	196.2	11	10	3.62	136
Bill Gullickson	32	193.1	10	14	3.82	73
Terry Clark	1	4.0	0	0	13.50	2

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Danny Darwin	48	162.2	11	4	2.21	109
Jim Clancy	33	76.0	2	8	6.51	44
Randy Hennis	3	9.2	0	0	0.00	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dave Smith	49	6	6	23	2.39	50
Juan Agosto	82	9	8	4	4.29	50
Larry Andersen	50	5	2	6	1.95	68
Dan Schatzeder	45	1	3	0	2.39	37
Xavier Hernandez	34	2	1	0	4.62	24
Brian Meyer	14	0	4	1	2.21	6
Al Osuna	12	2	0	0	4.76	6
Charlie Kerfeld	5	0	2	0	16.20	4
Brian Fisher	4	0	0	0	7.20	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

^ Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Silvestri at Baseball Reference
^ "Roger Mason Stats".
^ Larry Andersen at Baseball Reference
^ "Bill Doran Stats".
^ "Butch Henry Stats".
^ "Terry McGriff Stats".

External links

1990 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

[1] Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference

[schatzeder-2] Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference

[3] Dave Silvestri at Baseball Reference

[4] "Roger Mason Stats".

[5] Larry Andersen at Baseball Reference

[6] "Bill Doran Stats".

[7] "Butch Henry Stats".

[8] "Terry McGriff Stats".

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