1993 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1993 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

1993 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)John McMullen, Drayton McLane, Jr.
General manager(s)Bill Wood
Manager(s)Art Howe
Local televisionKTXH
Local radioKPRC (AM)
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Manny Lopez)
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Offseason
  • October 5, 1992: Denny Walling was released by the Astros.[1]
  • November 17, 1992: Butch Henry was drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the Houston Astros as the 36th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.[2]
  • December 1, 1992: Doug Drabek was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[3]
  • December 4, 1992: Greg Swindell was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[4]
  • January 5, 1993: Jack Daugherty was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[5]
  • February 1, 1993: Jim Lindeman signed as a free agent by the Astros.[6]

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10458 0.642 — 51–30 53–28
San Francisco Giants 10359 0.636 1 50–31 53–28
Houston Astros 8577 0.525 19 44–37 41–40
Los Angeles Dodgers 8181 0.500 23 41–40 40–41
Cincinnati Reds 7389 0.451 31 41–40 32–49
Colorado Rockies 6795 0.414 37 39–42 28–53
San Diego Padres 61101 0.377 43 34–47 27–54

Record vs. opponents
1993 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–510–313–07–58–58–57–59–36–67–59–47–66–6
Chicago 5–7—7–58–46–74–87–55–8–18–57–65–88–46–68–5
Cincinnati 3–105–7—9–47–56–75–84–86–64–88–49–42–115–7
Colorado 0–134–84–9—7–511–27–63–96–63–98–46–73–105–7
Florida 5–77–65–75–7—3–95–75–84–94–96–77–54–84–9
Houston 5–88–47–62–119–3—9–45–711–15–77–58–53–106–6
Los Angeles 5–85–78–56–77–54–9—6–68–42–108–49–47–66–6
Montreal 5–78–5–18–49–38–57–56–6—9–46–78–510–23–97–6
New York 3–95–86–66–69–41–114–84–9—3–104–95–74–85–8
Philadelphia 6-66–78–49–39–47–510–27–610–3—7–66–64–88–5
Pittsburgh 5–78–54–84–87–65–74–85–89–46–7—9–35–74–9
San Diego 4–94–84–97–65–75–84–92–107–56–63–9—3–107–5
San Francisco 6–76–611–210–38–410–36–79–38–48–47–510–3—4–8
St. Louis 6–65–87–57–59–46–66–66–78–55–89–45–78–4—

Notable transactions

Roster
1993 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
1993 Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 44–37; Away: 41–40)
April: 14–8 (Home: 6–5; Away: 8–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1April 5Phillies1–30–1
2April 6Phillies3–50–2
3April 7Phillies3–6 (10)0–3
4April 9@ Mets7–3 (101–3
5April 10@ Mets6–32–3
6April 11@ Mets5–43–3
7April 13@ Expos9–44–3
8April 14@ Expos9–55–3
9April 15@ Expos1–25–4
10April 16Marlins9–36–4
11April 17Marlins4–96–5
12April 18Marlins3–07–5
May: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
46May 28@ Marlins4–5 (12)24–22
47May 29@ Marlins4–225–22
48May 30@ Marlins2–126–22
49May 31Expos2–127–22
June: 11–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
50June 1Expos1–227–23
51June 2Expos5–428–23
52June 4Mets7–229–23
53June 5Mets7–530–23
54June 6Mets5–431–23
55June 7@ Phillies5–731–24
56June 8@ Phillies6–332–24
57June 9@ Phillies0–832–25
July: 16–13 (Home: 9–8; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
August: 15–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
119August 17Marlins4–062–57
120August 18Marlins2–163–57
121August 19Marlins8–364–57
122August 20Phillies4–664–58
123August 21Phillies3–2 (10)65–58
124August 22Phillies7–366–58
125August 24@ Marlins4–067–58
126August 25@ Marlins3–268–58
127August 26@ Marlins4–5 (13)68–59
128August 27@ Expos1–368–60
129August 28@ Expos3–768–61
130August 29@ Expos2–368–62
131August 30@ Mets4–568–63
132August 31@ Mets10–269–63
September: 14–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
133September 1@ Mets3–270–63
134September 3Expos0–370–64
135September 4Expos5–770–65
136September 5Expos7–171–65
137September 6Mets7–272–65
138September 7Mets4–3 (10)73–65
139September 8Mets7–174–65
140September 10@ Phillies2–674–66
141September 11@ Phillies4–175–66
142September 12@ Phillies9–276–66
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

Player stats

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
CEddie Taubensee9428872.250942
1BJeff Bagwell142535171.3202088
2BCraig Biggio155610175.2872164
3BKen Caminiti143543142.2621375
SSAndújar Cedeño149505143.2831156
LFLuis Gonzalez154540162.3001572
CFSteve Finley142545145.266844
RFEric Anthony145486121.2491566

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
Scott Servais8525863.2441132
Kevin Bass11122965.284337
Chris Donnels8817946.257224
Chris James6512933.256619
Casey Candaele7512129.24017
José Uribe455313.24503
Rick Parker454515.33304
Eddie Tucker9265.19203
Jim Lindeman9238.34800
Mike Brumley8103.30002
Jack Daugherty431.33300
Tuffy Rhodes520.00000

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
Doug Drabek34237.29183.79157
Pete Harnisch33217.21692.98185
Mark Portugal332081842.77131
Greg Swindell31190.112134.16124
Darryl Kile32171.21583.51141

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
Shane Reynolds511000.8210

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
Xavier Hernandez724592.61101
Doug Jones71410264.5466
Al Osuna441123.2021
Brian Williams424434.8356
Tom Edens381103.1221
Todd Jones271223.1325
Eric Bell100106.142
Mark Grant60000.826
Juan Agosto60006.003
Jeff Juden20105.407

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Rick Sweet
AA Jackson Generals Texas League Sal Butera
A Osceola Astros Florida State League Tim Tolman
A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Steve Dillard
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Bobby Ramos
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Manny Acta
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tucson, Jackson

References
  1. Denny Walling at Baseball Reference
  2. "Butch Henry Stats".
  3. Doug Drabek at Baseball Reference
  4. Greg Swindell at Baseball Reference
  5. Jack Daugherty at Baseball Reference
  6. Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference
  7. Billy Wagner at Baseball Reference
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