1990 Houston Astros season

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)
Seasons

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.
• December 19, 1989: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
• 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.

Regular season

Season standings

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.
• September 10, 1990: Dan Schatzeder was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Nick Davis (minors) and Steve LaRose (minors).

Roster

1990 Houston Astros roster
Roster
Pitchers 49 Juan Agosto 47 Larry Andersen 38 Jim Clancy 53 Terry Clark 44 Danny Darwin 43 Jim Deshaies 54 Brian Fisher 36 Bill Gullickson 54 Randy Hennis 31 Xavier Hernandez 37 Charlie Kerfeld 35 Brian Meyer 52 Al Osuna 51 Mark Portugal 20 Dan Schatzeder 33 Mike Scott 45 Dave Smith		Catchers 7 Craig Biggio 2 Rich Gedman 9 Terry McGriff 28 Carl Nichols 9 Alex Treviño Infielders 11 Ken Caminiti 17 Andujar Cedeno 27 Glenn Davis 19 Bill Doran 26 Luis Gonzalez 10 Ken Oberkfell 16 Rafael Ramirez 6 Dave Rohde 30 Mike Simms 24 Franklin Stubbs Outfielders  1 Casey Candaele 12 Glenn Wilson 23 Eric Anthony		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
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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