1993 Houston Astros season

1993 Houston Astros
1993 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1962) Western Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	The Astrodome (since 1965); Houston, Texas (since 1962);
Results
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	John McMullen, Drayton McLane, Jr.
General manager(s)	Bill Wood
Manager(s)	Art Howe
Local television	KTXH
Local radio	KPRC (AM); (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell); KXYZ; (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Manny Lopez)
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The Houston Astros' 1993 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

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[]

v t NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	104	58	0.642	—	51–30	53–28
San Francisco Giants	103	59	0.636	1	50–31	53–28
Houston Astros	85	77	0.525	19	44–37	41–40
Los Angeles Dodgers	81	81	0.500	23	41–40	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	73	89	0.451	31	41–40	32–49
Colorado Rockies	67	95	0.414	37	39–42	28–53
San Diego Padres	61	101	0.377	43	34–47	27–54

Record vs. opponents[]

1993 National League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	10–3	13–0	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	9–3	6–6	7–5	9–4	7–6	6–6
Chicago	5–7	—	7–5	8–4	6–7	4–8	7–5	5–8–1	8–5	7–6	5–8	8–4	6–6	8–5
Cincinnati	3–10	5–7	—	9–4	7–5	6–7	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–8	8–4	9–4	2–11	5–7
Colorado	0–13	4–8	4–9	—	7–5	11–2	7–6	3–9	6–6	3–9	8–4	6–7	3–10	5–7
Florida	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–7	—	3–9	5–7	5–8	4–9	4–9	6–7	7–5	4–8	4–9
Houston	5–8	8–4	7–6	2–11	9–3	—	9–4	5–7	11–1	5–7	7–5	8–5	3–10	6–6
Los Angeles	5–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	7–5	4–9	—	6–6	8–4	2–10	8–4	9–4	7–6	6–6
Montreal	5–7	8–5–1	8–4	9–3	8–5	7–5	6–6	—	9–4	6–7	8–5	10–2	3–9	7–6
New York	3–9	5–8	6–6	6–6	9–4	1–11	4–8	4–9	—	3–10	4–9	5–7	4–8	5–8
Philadelphia	6-6	6–7	8–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	10–2	7–6	10–3	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	8–5
Pittsburgh	5–7	8–5	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	4–8	5–8	9–4	6–7	—	9–3	5–7	4–9
San Diego	4–9	4–8	4–9	7–6	5–7	5–8	4–9	2–10	7–5	6–6	3–9	—	3–10	7–5
San Francisco	6–7	6–6	11–2	10–3	8–4	10–3	6–7	9–3	8–4	8–4	7–5	10–3	—	4–8
St. Louis	6–6	5–8	7–5	7–5	9–4	6–6	6–6	6–7	8–5	5–8	9–4	5–7	8–4	—

Notable transactions[]

June 3, 1993: Billy Wagner was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 22, 1993.^[7]
July 12, 1993: Jack Daugherty was traded by the Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for Steve Carter.^[5]

Roster[]

1993 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

49 Juan Agosto
54 Eric Bell
15 Doug Drabek
46 Tom Edens
47 Mark Grant
27 Pete Harnisch
31 Xavier Hernandez
23 Doug Jones
59 Todd Jones
44 Jeff Juden
57 Darryl Kile
29 Al Osuna
51 Mark Portugal
38 Shane Reynolds
21 Greg Swindell
53 Brian Williams

Catchers

Infielders

5 Jeff Bagwell
7 Craig Biggio
4 Mike Brumley
11 Ken Caminiti
1 Casey Candaele
17 Andújar Cedeño
22 Jack Daugherty
3 Chris Donnels
19 Jim Lindeman
28 José Uribe

Outfielders

24 Eric Anthony
17 Kevin Bass
12 Steve Finley
26 Luis Gonzalez
16 Chris James
30 Rick Parker
4 Karl Rhodes

Manager

18 Art Howe

Coaches

54 Bob Cluck (pitching)
48 Matt Galante (third base)
42 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)
14 Ed Ott (bench)
52 Tom Spencer (first base)

Game log[]

1993 Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 44–37; Away: 41–40)

April: 14–8 (Home: 6–5; Away: 8–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
1	April 5	Phillies	1–3	0–1
2	April 6	Phillies	3–5	0–2
3	April 7	Phillies	3–6 (10)	0–3
4	April 9	@ Mets	7–3 (10	1–3
5	April 10	@ Mets	6–3	2–3
6	April 11	@ Mets	5–4	3–3
7	April 13	@ Expos	9–4	4–3
8	April 14	@ Expos	9–5	5–3
9	April 15	@ Expos	1–2	5–4
10	April 16	Marlins	9–3	6–4
11	April 17	Marlins	4–9	6–5
12	April 18	Marlins	3–0	7–5

May: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
46	May 28	@ Marlins	4–5 (12)	24–22
47	May 29	@ Marlins	4–2	25–22
48	May 30	@ Marlins	2–1	26–22
49	May 31	Expos	2–1	27–22

June: 11–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 5–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
50	June 1	Expos	1–2	27–23
51	June 2	Expos	5–4	28–23
52	June 4	Mets	7–2	29–23
53	June 5	Mets	7–5	30–23
54	June 6	Mets	5–4	31–23
55	June 7	@ Phillies	5–7	31–24
56	June 8	@ Phillies	6–3	32–24
57	June 9	@ Phillies	0–8	32–25

July: 16–13 (Home: 9–8; Away: 7–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record

August: 15–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
119	August 17	Marlins	4–0	62–57
120	August 18	Marlins	2–1	63–57
121	August 19	Marlins	8–3	64–57
122	August 20	Phillies	4–6	64–58
123	August 21	Phillies	3–2 (10)	65–58
124	August 22	Phillies	7–3	66–58
125	August 24	@ Marlins	4–0	67–58
126	August 25	@ Marlins	3–2	68–58
127	August 26	@ Marlins	4–5 (13)	68–59
128	August 27	@ Expos	1–3	68–60
129	August 28	@ Expos	3–7	68–61
130	August 29	@ Expos	2–3	68–62
131	August 30	@ Mets	4–5	68–63
132	August 31	@ Mets	10–2	69–63

September: 14–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
133	September 1	@ Mets	3–2	70–63
134	September 3	Expos	0–3	70–64
135	September 4	Expos	5–7	70–65
136	September 5	Expos	7–1	71–65
137	September 6	Mets	7–2	72–65
138	September 7	Mets	4–3 (10)	73–65
139	September 8	Mets	7–1	74–65
140	September 10	@ Phillies	2–6	74–66
141	September 11	@ Phillies	4–1	75–66
142	September 12	@ Phillies	9–2	76–66

October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record

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	Eddie Taubensee	94	288	72	.250	9	42
1B	Jeff Bagwell	142	535	171	.320	20	88
2B	Craig Biggio	155	610	175	.287	21	64
3B	Ken Caminiti	143	543	142	.262	13	75
SS	Andújar Cedeño	149	505	143	.283	11	56
LF	Luis Gonzalez	154	540	162	.300	15	72
CF	Steve Finley	142	545	145	.266	8	44
RF	Eric Anthony	145	486	121	.249	15	66

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 Servais	85	258	63	.244	11	32
Kevin Bass	111	229	65	.284	3	37
Chris Donnels	88	179	46	.257	2	24
Chris James	65	129	33	.256	6	19
Casey Candaele	75	121	29	.240	1	7
José Uribe	45	53	13	.245	0	3
Rick Parker	45	45	15	.333	0	4
Eddie Tucker	9	26	5	.192	0	3
Jim Lindeman	9	23	8	.348	0	0
Mike Brumley	8	10	3	.300	0	2
Jack Daugherty	4	3	1	.333	0	0
Tuffy Rhodes	5	2	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
Doug Drabek	34	237.2	9	18	3.79	157
Pete Harnisch	33	217.2	16	9	2.98	185
Mark Portugal	33	208	18	4	2.77	131
Greg Swindell	31	190.1	12	13	4.16	124
Darryl Kile	32	171.2	15	8	3.51	141

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 Reynolds	5	11	0	0	0.82	10

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 Hernandez	72	4	5	9	2.61	101
Doug Jones	71	4	10	26	4.54	66
Al Osuna	44	1	1	2	3.20	21
Brian Williams	42	4	4	3	4.83	56
Tom Edens	38	1	1	0	3.12	21
Todd Jones	27	1	2	2	3.13	25
Eric Bell	10	0	1	0	6.14	2
Mark Grant	6	0	0	0	0.82	6
Juan Agosto	6	0	0	0	6.00	3
Jeff Juden	2	0	1	0	5.40	7

Farm system[]

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[]

^ Denny Walling at Baseball Reference
^ "Butch Henry Stats".
^ Doug Drabek at Baseball Reference
^ Greg Swindell at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Jack Daugherty at Baseball Reference
^ Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference
^ Billy Wagner at Baseball Reference

External links[]

1993 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

[1] Denny Walling at Baseball Reference

[2] "Butch Henry Stats".

[3] Doug Drabek at Baseball Reference

[4] Greg Swindell at Baseball Reference

[daugherty-5] Jack Daugherty at Baseball Reference

[6] Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference

[7] Billy Wagner at Baseball Reference

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1993 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
The Astrodome (since 1965) Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	John McMullen, Drayton McLane, Jr.
General manager(s)	Bill Wood
Manager(s)	Art Howe
Local television	KTXH
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell) KXYZ (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Manny Lopez)
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