1990 Houston Astros season: Difference between revisions

1990 Houston Astros
1990 Houston Astros
Division	Western Division
Ballpark	The Astrodome
City	Houston, Texas
Owners	John McMullen
Managers	Art Howe
Television	KTXH; HSE
Radio	KTRH; (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Bruce Gietzen, Bill Worrell); KXYZ; (Orlando Sanchez-Diego, Rolando Becerra)

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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

Notable transactions

August 30, 1990: Larry Andersen was traded by the Astros to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Bagwell.^[4]
September 10, 1990: Dan Schatzeder was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Nick Davis (minors) and Steve LaRose (minors).^[2]

Roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Game log

1990 Game Log

April

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
1	April 9	Reds	Astrodome	8-4	Myers (1-0)	Kerfeld (0-1)		0-1
2	April 10	Reds	Astrodome	2-3	Layana (1-0)	Agosto (0-1)	Myers (1)	0-2
3	April 11	Reds	Astrodome	5-0	Armstrong (1-0)	Portugal (0-1)	Mahler (1)	0-3
4	April 13	Dodgers	Astrodome	6-1	Morgan (1-0)	Gullickson (0-1)		0-4
5	April 14	Dodgers	Astrodome	3-7	Andersen (1-0)	Wetteland (1-1)	Smith (1)	1-4
6	April 15	Dodgers	Astrodome	5-4	Howell (1-0)	Kerfeld (0-2)		1-5
7	April 17	Braves	Astrodome	3-5	Portugal (1-1)	Smoltz (0-2)	Smith (2)	2-5
8	April 18	Braves	Astrodome	5-10	Schatzeder (1-0)	Lilliquist (0-2)		3-5
9	April 19	@Dodgers	Dodger Stadium	3-7	Hershiser (1-0)	Scott (0-1)		3-6
10	April 20	@Dodgers	Dodger Stadium	4-2	Deshaies (1-0)	Belcher (1-1)	Smith (3)	4-6
11	April 21	@Dodgers	Dodger Stadium	6-5	Agosto (1-1)	Howell L (1-1)	Smith (4)	5-6
12	April 22	@Dodgers	Dodger Stadium	4-5	Martinez (1-0)	Portugal (1-2)		5-7
13	April 24	Expos	Astrodome	5-3	Gross (1-1)	Scott (0-2)	Burke (4)	5-8
14	April 25	Expos	Astrodome	1-0	Frey (1-0)	Smith (0-1)	Burke (5)	5-9
15	April 26	@Braves	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	3-0	Clancy (1-0)	Lilliquist (0-3)	Smith (5)	6-9
16	April 27	Mets	Astrodome	1-0	Viola (4-0)	Portugal (1-3)	Franco (6)	6-10
17	April 28	Mets	Astrodome	4-8	Gullickson (1-1)	Fernandez (1-2)	Smith (6)	7-10
18	April 29	Mets	Astrodome	1-2	Darwin (1-0)	Machado (2-1)		8-10
18	April 30	@ Expos	Stade Olympique	4-2	Andersen (2-0)	Martinez (2-1)	Smith (7)	9-10

May

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record

June

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record

July

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record

August

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record

September

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record

October

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Record

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

G	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
RF	Glenn Wilson	118	368	90	.245	10	55

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Casey Candaele	130	262	75	.286	3	22
Eric Anthony	84	239	46	.192	10	29
Mike Simms	12	13	4	.308	1	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Larry Andersen	50	5	2	6	1.95	68

References

1990 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

[1] Bill Gullickson page at Baseball Reference

[schatzeder-2] Dan Schatzeder page at Baseball Reference

[3] Dave Silvestri page at Baseball Reference

[4] Larry Andersen page at Baseball Reference

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