1989 Houston Astros | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 86β76 (.531) | |||
Divisional place | 3rd | |||
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," Enos Cabell) KXYZ (Orlando SΓ‘nchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra) | |||
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The Houston Astros' 1989 season in American baseball involved the: Houston Astros attemptingββto win theββNational League West. The season was best remembered for the "Astros winning 16 of 17 games in late May through mid June."
Offseasonβ»
- December 4, 1988: The Astros traded a playerββto be, named later to the Minnesota Twins for Mark Portugal. The Astros completed the deal by, sending Todd McClure (minors) to the Twins on December 7.
- December 21, 1988: Bob Forsch was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
- January 10, 1989: John Fishel, Mike Hook (minors), and Pedro DeLeon (minors) were traded by the Astros to the New York Yankees for Rick Rhoden.
- January 30, 1989: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
- February 16, 1989: Roger Mason was signed as a free agent with the Houston Astros.
- March 31, 1989: Dave Johnson and Victor Hithe (minors) were traded by the Astros to the Baltimore Orioles for Carl Nichols.
Regular seasonβ»
Standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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San Francisco Giants | 92 | 70 | .568 | β | 53β28 | 39β42 |
San Diego Padres | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3 | 46β35 | 43β38 |
Houston Astros | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6 | 47β35 | 39β41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 77 | 83 | .481 | 14 | 44β37 | 33β46 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 87 | .463 | 17 | 38β43 | 37β44 |
Atlanta Braves | 63 | 97 | .394 | 28 | 33β46 | 30β51 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 5β7 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 6β10 | 6β6 | 2β10 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 7β11 | 6β12 | 3β9 | |||||
Chicago | 7β5 | β | 7β5 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 12β6 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 11β7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10β8 | 5β7 | β | 8β10 | 8β10 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 8β4 | |||||
Houston | 10β8 | 7β5 | 10β8 | β | 10β8 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 7β5 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 7β5 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10β6 | 5β7 | 10β8 | 8β10 | β | 7β5 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 6β12 | 10β8 | 3β9 | |||||
Montreal | 6β6 | 8β10 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 5β7 | β | 9β9 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 5β13 | |||||
New York | 10β2 | 8β10 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 9β9 | β | 12β6 | 9β9 | 5β7 | 3β9 | 10β8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4β8 | 8β10 | 8β4 | 3β9 | 6β6 | 9β9 | 6β12 | β | 10β8 | 2β10 | 4β8 | 7β11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8β4 | 6β12 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 7β11 | 9β9 | 8β10 | β | 3β9 | 5β7 | 13β5 | |||||
San Diego | 11β7 | 4β8 | 9β9 | 10β8 | 12β6 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 10β2 | 9β3 | β | 8β10 | 2β10 | |||||
San Francisco | 12β6 | 6β6 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 8β10 | 5β7 | 9β3 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 10β8 | β | 7β5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9β3 | 7β11 | 4β8 | 5β7 | 9β3 | 13β5 | 8β10 | 11β7 | 5β13 | 10β2 | 5β7 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- April 5, 1989: Greg Gross was signed as a free agent with the Houston Astros.
- April 6, 1989: Troy Afenir was traded by the Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Sinatro.
- June 5, 1989: Jeff Juden was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 30, "1989."
Rosterβ»
1989 Houston Astros | |||||||||
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Outfielders
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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C | Craig Biggio | 134 | 443 | 114 | .257 | 13 | 60 |
1B | Glenn Davis | 158 | 581 | 156 | .269 | 34 | 89 |
2B | Bill Doran | 142 | 507 | 111 | .219 | 8 | 58 |
3B | Ken Caminiti | 161 | 585 | 149 | .255 | 10 | 72 |
SS | Rafael RamΓrez | 151 | 537 | 132 | .246 | 6 | 54 |
LF | Billy Hatcher | 108 | 395 | 90 | .228 | 3 | 44 |
CF | Gerald Young | 146 | 533 | 124 | .233 | 0 | 38 |
RF | Terry Puhl | 121 | 354 | 96 | .271 | 0 | 27 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Kevin Bass | 87 | 313 | 94 | .300 | 5 | 44 |
Craig Reynolds | 101 | 189 | 38 | .201 | 2 | 14 |
Alex TreviΓ±o | 59 | 131 | 38 | .290 | 2 | 16 |
Glenn Wilson | 28 | 102 | 22 | .216 | 2 | 15 |
Eric Yelding | 70 | 90 | 21 | .233 | 0 | 9 |
Greg Gross | 60 | 75 | 15 | .200 | 0 | 4 |
Mark Davidson | 33 | 65 | 13 | .200 | 1 | 5 |
Alan Ashby | 22 | 61 | 10 | .164 | 0 | 3 |
Eric Anthony | 25 | 61 | 11 | .180 | 4 | 7 |
Louie Meadows | 31 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 3 | 10 |
Steve Lombardozzi | 21 | 37 | 8 | .216 | 1 | 3 |
Harry Spilman | 32 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 3 |
Carl Nichols | 8 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 2 |
Ron Washington | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Scott | 33 | 229.0 | 20 | 10 | 3.10 | 172 |
Jim Deshaies | 34 | 225.2 | 15 | 10 | 2.91 | 153 |
Jim Clancy | 33 | 147.0 | 7 | 14 | 5.08 | 91 |
Bob Knepper | 22 | 113.0 | 4 | 10 | 5.89 | 45 |
Mark Portugal | 20 | 108.0 | 7 | 1 | 2.75 | 86 |
Rick Rhoden | 20 | 96.2 | 2 | 6 | 4.28 | 41 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Forsch | 37 | 108.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.32 | 40 |
JosΓ© CanΓ³ | 6 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.09 | 8 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dave Smith | 52 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 2.64 | 31 |
Juan Agosto | 71 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2.93 | 46 |
Danny Darwin | 68 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2.36 | 104 |
Larry Andersen | 60 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.54 | 85 |
Dan Schatzeder | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.45 | 46 |
Brian Meyer | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 13 |
Roger Mason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 3 |
Greg Gross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Craig Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Farm systemβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Mark Portugal at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Forsch at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rick Rhoden at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Roger Mason Stats".
- ^ Carl Nichols at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Greg Gross Stats".
- ^ Troy Afenir at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jeff Juden at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1989 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac".