1990 Houston Astros season explained

Houston Astros
Season:	1990
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	The Astrodome
City:	Houston, Texas
Record:	75–87 (.463)
Divisional Place:	4th
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) KXYZ (Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)

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

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1990: Roger Mason was released by the Houston Astros.^[4]
• August 30, 1990: Larry Andersen was traded by the Astros to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Bagwell.^[5]
• August 30, 1990: Bill Doran was traded by the Houston Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for players to be named later.^[6]
• September 10, 1990: Dan Schatzeder was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Nick Davis (minors) and Steve LaRose (minors).
• September 7, 1990: Butch Henry was sent by the Cincinnati Reds to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on August 30, 1990.^[7] Catcher Terry McGriff was also sent by the Cincinnati Reds to complete the deal.^[8]

Roster

1990 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Game log

Regular season

|-|-|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"| colspan="12" | 61st All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois|-|-|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		150	555	153	.276	4	42
1B		93	327	82	.251	22	64
2B		109	344	99	.288	6	32
3B		153	541	131	.242	4	51
SS		132	445	116	.261	2	37
LF		146	448	117	.261	23	71
CF		142	511	130	.254	1	20
RF		118	368	90	.245	10	55

Other batters

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
	130	262	75	.286	3	22
	84	239	46	.192	10	29
	57	154	27	.175	1	4
	77	150	31	.207	1	12
	57	130	38	.292	1	11
	40	104	21	.202	1	10
	59	98	18	.184	0	5
	38	86	21	.244	1	3
	30	77	21	.273	1	10
	42	69	13	.188	1	10
	32	49	10	.204	1	11
	37	41	12	.293	0	8
	12	21	4	.190	0	0
	15	14	2	.143	0	0
	12	13	4	.308	1	2
	7	8	0	.000	0	0
	7	8	0	.000	0	0
	4	5	0	.000	0	0
	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	34	209.1	7	12	3.78	119
	32	205.2	9	13	3.81	121
	32	196.2	11	10	3.62	136
	32	193.1	10	14	3.82	73
	1	4.0	0	0	13.50	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	48	162.2	11	4	2.21	109
	33	76.0	2	8	6.51	44
	3	9.2	0	0	0.00	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	49	6	6	23	2.39	50
	82	9	8	4	4.29	50
	50	5	2	6	1.95	68
	45	1	3	0	2.39	37
	34	2	1	0	4.62	24
	14	0	4	1	2.21	6
	12	2	0	0	4.76	6
	5	0	2	0	16.20	4
	4	0	0	0	7.20	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

External links

• 1990 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gullibi01.shtml Bill Gullickson
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schatda01.shtml Dan Schatzeder
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/silveda01.shtml Dave Silvestri
4. Web site: Roger Mason Stats.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anderla02.shtml Larry Andersen
6. Web site: Bill Doran Stats.
7. Web site: Butch Henry Stats.
8. Web site: Terry McGriff Stats.