1996 Houston Astros | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | Central | |||
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 82β80 (.506) | |||
Divisional place | 2nd | |||
Owners | Drayton McLane, "Jr." | |||
General managers | Gerry Hunsicker | |||
Managers | Terry Collins | |||
Television | KTXH Prime Sports Southwest | |||
Radio | KILT (AM) (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell) KXYZ (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Danny Gonzalez) | |||
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The Houston Astros' 1996 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the: Houston Astros attemptingββto win theββNational League Central. The Astros finished in second place in the NL Central with an 82β80 record, six games behind the "St." Louis Cardinals.
Offseasonβ»
- January 5, 1996: Anthony Young was signed as a free agent by, the Astros.
Regular seasonβ»
On May 7 against Philadelphia, Jeff Bagwell reached the 500th run batted in (RBI) of his career with two home runs and four RBI. By hitting his second upper-deck home run at Three Rivers Stadium on May 29 β it travelled 459 feet (140 m) β Bagwell joined longtime Pirate Willie Stargell as the only playersββto homer twice into the stadium's upper deck. For the month of May, he batted .360 with .740 SLG, 10 HR, 31 RBI, scored 22 runs. And stole four bases. He was named NL Player of the Month, his fourth career monthly award. On June 14, Bagwell tied a major league record with four doubles in one game against San Francisco.
The Astros retired Nolan Ryan's number 34 on September 29, 1996.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | .543 | β | 48β33 | 40β41 |
Houston Astros | 82 | 80 | .506 | 6 | 48β33 | 34β47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7 | 46β35 | 35β46 |
Chicago Cubs | 76 | 86 | .469 | 12 | 43β38 | 33β48 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 73 | 89 | .451 | 15 | 36β44 | 37β45 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||
Atlanta | β | 7β5 | 7β5 | 5β7 | 6β7 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 10β3 | 7β6 | 9β4 | 9β3 | 9β4 | 7β5 | 9β4 | |||
Chicago | 5β7 | β | 5β8 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 5β8 | 8β5 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 7β6 | 4β9 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 5β8 | |||
Cincinnati | 5β7 | 8β5 | β | 7β6 | 3β9 | 7β6 | 4β8 | 3β9 | 6β6 | 10β2 | 5β8 | 9β3 | 9β4 | 5β8 | |||
Colorado | 7β5 | 7β5 | 6β7 | β | 5β8 | 8β5 | 6β7 | 3β9 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 8β5 | 5β8 | 8β4 | |||
Florida | 7β6 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 8β5 | β | 7β5 | 6β7 | 5β8 | 7β6 | 6β7 | 5β7 | 3β9 | 5β7 | 6β6 | |||
Houston | 6β6 | 8β5 | 6β7 | 5β8 | 5β7 | β | 6β6 | 4β9 | 8β4 | 10β2 | 8β5 | 6β6 | 8β4 | 2β11 | |||
Los Angeles | 7β5 | 5β8 | 8β4 | 7β6 | 7β6 | 6β6 | β | 9β3 | 8β4 | 7β6 | 6β6 | 5β8 | 7β6 | 8β4 | |||
Montreal | 3β10 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 9β3 | 8β5 | 9β4 | 3β9 | β | 7β6 | 6β7 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 9β4 | 8β4 | |||
New York | 6β7 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 6β7 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 6β7 | β | 7β6 | 8β5 | 3β10 | 6β6 | 5β7 | |||
Philadelphia | 4-9 | 6β7 | 2β10 | 6β6 | 7β6 | 2β10 | 6β7 | 7β6 | 6β7 | β | 7β5 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 4β8 | |||
Pittsburgh | 3β9 | 9β4 | 8β5 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 5β8 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 5β8 | 5β7 | β | 4β9 | 8β4 | 3β10 | |||
San Diego | 4β9 | 6β6 | 3β9 | 5β8 | 9β3 | 6β6 | 8β5 | 8β4 | 10β3 | 8β4 | 9β4 | β | 11β2 | 4β8 | |||
San Francisco | 5β7 | 5β7 | 4β9 | 8β5 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 6β7 | 4β9 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 2β11 | β | 7β6 | |||
St. Louis | 4β9 | 8β5 | 8β5 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 11-2 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 10β3 | 8β4 | 6β7 | β |
Game logβ»
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April: 13β14 (Home: 5β8; Away: 8β6)
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May: 14β14 (Home: 7β6; Away: 7β8)
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June: 15β12 (Home: 8β4; Away: 7β8)
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July: 15β12 (Home: 10β3; Away: 5β9)
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August: 17β11 (Home: 10β7; Away: 7β4)
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September: 8β17 (Home: 8β5; Away: 0β12)
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Legend: = Win = Loss Bold = Astros team member |
Detailed recordsβ»
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Notable transactionsβ»
- June 3, 1996: Greg Swindell was released by the Astros.
- June 4, 1996: Roy Oswalt was drafted by the Astros in the 23rd round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed May 18, 1997.
- July 23, 1996: Rich Loiselle was traded by the Astros to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Darwin.
- July 27, 1996: Rick Wilkins and cash were traded by the Astros to the San Francisco Giants for Kirt Manwaring.
Rosterβ»
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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 | Rick Wilkins | 84 | 254 | 54 | .213 | 6 | 23 |
1B | Jeff Bagwell | 162 | 568 | 179 | .315 | 31 | 120 |
2B | Craig Biggio | 162 | 605 | 174 | .288 | 15 | 75 |
SS | Orlando Miller | 139 | 468 | 120 | .256 | 15 | 58 |
3B | Sean Berry | 132 | 431 | 121 | .281 | 17 | 95 |
LF | Derrick May | 109 | 259 | 65 | .251 | 5 | 33 |
CF | Brian Hunter | 132 | 526 | 145 | .276 | 5 | 35 |
RF | Derek Bell | 158 | 627 | 165 | .263 | 17 | 113 |
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 | 122 | 300 | 79 | .263 | 3 | 34 |
John Cangelosi | 108 | 262 | 69 | .263 | 1 | 16 |
Ricky GutiΓ©rrez | 89 | 218 | 62 | .284 | 1 | 15 |
Bill Spiers | 122 | 218 | 55 | .252 | 6 | 26 |
Tony Eusebio | 58 | 152 | 41 | .270 | 1 | 19 |
Randy Knorr | 37 | 87 | 17 | .195 | 1 | 7 |
Kurt Manwaring | 37 | 82 | 18 | .220 | 0 | 4 |
Mike Simms | 49 | 68 | 12 | .176 | 1 | 8 |
Bobby Abreu | 15 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 1 |
Ray Montgomery | 12 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 1 | 4 |
Dave Hajek | 8 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Goff | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 |
AndΓΊjar CedeΓ±o | 3 | 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 | 35 | 239.0 | 16 | 10 | 3.65 | 204 |
Darryl Kile | 35 | 219.0 | 12 | 11 | 4.19 | 219 |
Doug Drabek | 30 | 175.1 | 7 | 9 | 4.57 | 137 |
Mike Hampton | 27 | 160.1 | 10 | 10 | 3.59 | 101 |
Donne Wall | 26 | 150.0 | 9 | 8 | 4.56 | 99 |
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 | 23 | 53.0 | 1 | 5 | 4.58 | 34 |
Danny Darwin | 15 | 42.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.95 | 27 |
Greg Swindell | 8 | 23.0 | 0 | 3 | 7.83 | 15 |
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 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 4.40 | 44 |
Xavier Hernandez | 58 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.22 | 78 |
Alvin Morman | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 | 31 |
Billy Wagner | 37 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2.44 | 67 |
Anthony Young | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.59 | 19 |
Dean Hartgraves | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.21 | 16 |
Jeff Tabaka | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.64 | 18 |
Mark Small | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.92 | 16 |
John Hudek | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.31 | 14 |
Jim Dougherty | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 6 |
John Johnstone | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 5 |
Gregg Olson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.82 | 8 |
Terry Clark | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.37 | 5 |
Chris Holt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 0 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jackson
Referencesβ»
- ^ Anthony Young at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Jeff Bagwell player page bio". MLB.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ "Jeff Bagwell through the years (1996)". Houston Chronicle. January 4, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ UPI (June 3, 1996). "Bagwell captures NL Award for May". United Press International. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ^ Rajan, Greg (February 25, 2015). "Houston athletes own some interesting records". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ Greg Swindell at Baseball Reference
- ^ Roy Oswalt at Baseball Reference
- ^ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
- ^ Kirt Manwaring at Baseball Reference