1995 Houston Astros | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | Central | |||
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 76β68 (.528) | |||
Divisional place | 2nd | |||
Owners | Drayton McLane, "Jr." | |||
General managers | Bob Watson | |||
Managers | Terry Collins | |||
Television | KTXH Prime Sports Southwest | |||
Radio | KPRC (AM) (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell) KXYZ (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Danny Gonzalez) | |||
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The Houston Astros' 1995 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the: Houston Astros attemptingββto win theββNational League Central.
Offseasonβ»
- December 28, 1994: Ken Caminiti, AndΓΊjar CedeΓ±o, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine, Brian Williams and a playerββto be, named later were traded by, the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky GutiΓ©rrez, Pedro A. MartΓnez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley. The Astros completed the deal by sending Sean Fesh (minors) to the "Padres on May 1," 1995.
Regular seasonβ»
Opening Day startersβ»
- Jeff Bagwell
- Derek Bell
- Craig Biggio
- Tony Eusebio
- Luis Gonzalez
- Darryl Kile
- Dave Magadan
- Orlando Miller
- Phil Plantier
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 85 | 59 | .590 | β | 44β28 | 41β31 |
Houston Astros | 76 | 68 | .528 | 9 | 36β36 | 40β32 |
Chicago Cubs | 73 | 71 | .507 | 12 | 34β38 | 39β33 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 62 | 81 | .434 | 22Β½ | 39β33 | 23β48 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 58 | 86 | .403 | 27 | 31β41 | 27β45 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||
Atlanta | β | 8β4 | 8β5 | 9β4 | 10β3 | 6β6 | 5β4 | 9β4 | 5β8 | 7β6 | 4β2 | 5β2 | 7β1 | 7β5 | |||
Chicago | 4β8 | β | 3β7 | 6β7 | 8β4 | 5β8 | 7β5 | 3β5 | 4β3 | 6β1 | 8β5 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 9β4 | |||
Cincinnati | 5β8 | 7β3 | β | 5β7 | 6β6 | 12β1 | 4β3 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 9β3 | 8β5 | 3β6 | 3β3 | 8β5 | |||
Colorado | 4β9 | 7β6 | 7β5 | β | 5β7 | 4β4 | 4β9 | 7β1 | 5β4 | 4β2 | 8β4 | 9β4 | 8β5 | 5β7 | |||
Florida | 3β10 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 7β5 | β | 8β4 | 3β7 | 6β7 | 7β6 | 6β7 | 5β8 | 3β2 | 5β3 | 4β3 | |||
Houston | 6β6 | 8β5 | 1β12 | 4β4 | 4β8 | β | 3β2 | 9β3 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 9β4 | 7β4 | 5β3 | 9β4 | |||
Los Angeles | 4β5 | 5β7 | 3β4 | 9β4 | 7β3 | 2β3 | β | 7β5 | 6β6 | 4β9 | 9β4 | 7β6 | 8β5 | 7β5 | |||
Montreal | 4β9 | 5β3 | 4β8 | 1β7 | 7β6 | 3β9 | 5β7 | β | 7β6 | 8β5 | 4β4 | 7β5 | 7β6 | 4β3 | |||
New York | 8β5 | 3β4 | 5β7 | 4β5 | 6β7 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 6β7 | β | 7β6 | 4β3 | 6β7 | 5β8 | 3β4 | |||
Philadelphia | 6-7 | 1β6 | 3β9 | 2β4 | 7β6 | 7β5 | 9β4 | 5β8 | 6β7 | β | 6β3 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 5β4 | |||
Pittsburgh | 2β4 | 5β8 | 5β8 | 4β8 | 8β5 | 4β9 | 4β9 | 4β4 | 3β4 | 3β6 | β | 4β8 | 6β6 | 6β7 | |||
San Diego | 2β5 | 7β5 | 6β3 | 4β9 | 2β3 | 4β7 | 6β7 | 5β7 | 7β6 | 6β6 | 8β4 | β | 6β7 | 7β5 | |||
San Francisco | 1β7 | 7β5 | 3β3 | 5β8 | 3β5 | 3β5 | 5β8 | 6β7 | 8β5 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 7β6 | β | 7β6 | |||
St. Louis | 5β7 | 4β9 | 5β8 | 7β5 | 3β4 | 4-9 | 5β7 | 3β4 | 4β3 | 4β5 | 7β6 | 5β7 | 6β7 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- July 2, 1995: Johan Santana was signed as an amateur free agent by the Astros.
- July 19, 1995: Phil Plantier was traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Rich Loiselle and Jeff Tabaka.
- August 10, 1995: The Astros traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Henneman. The Astros completed the deal by sending Phil Nevin to the Tigers on August 15.
Rosterβ»
1995 Houston Astros | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 | Tony Eusebio | 113 | 368 | 110 | .299 | 6 | 58 |
1B | Jeff Bagwell | 114 | 448 | 130 | .290 | 21 | 87 |
2B | Craig Biggio | 141 | 553 | 167 | .302 | 22 | 77 |
SS | Orlando Miller | 92 | 324 | 85 | .262 | 5 | 36 |
3B | Dave Magadan | 127 | 348 | 109 | .313 | 2 | 51 |
LF | Luis Gonzalez | 56 | 209 | 54 | .258 | 6 | 35 |
CF | Brian Hunter | 78 | 321 | 97 | .302 | 2 | 28 |
RF | Derek Bell | 112 | 452 | 151 | .334 | 8 | 86 |
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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James Mouton | 104 | 298 | 78 | .262 | 4 | 27 |
Craig Shipley | 92 | 232 | 61 | .263 | 3 | 24 |
Derrick May | 78 | 206 | 62 | .301 | 8 | 41 |
John Cangelosi | 90 | 201 | 64 | .318 | 2 | 18 |
Ricky GutiΓ©rrez | 52 | 156 | 43 | .276 | 0 | 12 |
Milt Thompson | 92 | 132 | 29 | .220 | 2 | 19 |
Mike Simms | 50 | 121 | 31 | .256 | 9 | 24 |
Scott Servais | 28 | 89 | 20 | .225 | 1 | 12 |
Phil Plantier | 22 | 68 | 17 | .250 | 4 | 15 |
Phil Nevin | 18 | 60 | 7 | .117 | 0 | 1 |
Andy Stankiewicz | 43 | 52 | 6 | .115 | 0 | 7 |
Rick Wilkins | 15 | 40 | 10 | .250 | 1 | 5 |
Pat Borders | 11 | 35 | 4 | .114 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Donnels | 19 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
Jerry Goff | 12 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 1 | 3 |
Mike Brumley | 18 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 1 | 2 |
Eddie Tucker | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 1 |
Dave Hajek | 5 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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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Shane Reynolds | 30 | 189.1 | 10 | 11 | 3.47 | 175 |
Doug Drabek | 31 | 185.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.77 | 143 |
Greg Swindell | 33 | 153.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.47 | 96 |
Mike Hampton | 24 | 150.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.35 | 115 |
Darryl Kile | 25 | 127.0 | 4 | 12 | 4.96 | 113 |
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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Doug Brocail | 36 | 77.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.19 | 39 |
Donne Wall | 6 | 24.1 | 3 | 1 | 5.55 | 16 |
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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Todd Jones | 68 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 3.07 | 96 |
Dave Veres | 72 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2.26 | 94 |
Jim Dougherty | 56 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4.92 | 49 |
Dean Hartgraves | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.22 | 24 |
Pedro MartΓnez | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.40 | 17 |
Jeff Tabaka | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.22 | 19 |
Mike Henneman | 21 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3.00 | 19 |
John Hudek | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5.40 | 29 |
Ross Powell | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 8 |
Craig McMurtry | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.84 | 4 |
John Cangelosi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Billy Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm systemβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Ken Caminiti at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1995 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com.
- ^ Johan Santana at Baseball Reference
- ^ Phil Plantier at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mike Henneman at Baseball Reference