1990 Houston Astros season
Appearance
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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
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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]
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
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Game log
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October
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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 |
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RF | Glenn Wilson | 118 | 368 | 90 | .245 | 10 | 55 |
Other batters
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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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 |
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Other pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Relief pitchers
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Larry Andersen | 50 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1.95 | 68 |