1989 Houston Astros season

1989 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 86–76 (.531)
Divisional place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) John McMullen
General manager(s) Bill Wood
Manager(s) Art Howe
Local television KTXH
HSE
Local radio KTRH
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Bruce Gietzen, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
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The Houston Astros' 1989 season in American baseball involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West. The season was best remembered for the Astros winning 16 of 17 games in late May through mid June.

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9270 0.568 — 53–28 39–42
San Diego Padres 8973 0.549 3 46–35 43–38
Houston Astros 8676 0.531 6 47–35 39–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 7783 0.481 14 44–37 33–46
Cincinnati Reds 7587 0.463 17 38–43 37–44
Atlanta Braves 6397 0.394 28 33–46 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–78–108–106–106–62–108–44–87–116–123–9–1
Chicago 7–5—7–55–77–510–810–810–812–68–46–611–7
Cincinnati 10–85–7—8–108–104–84–84–87–59–98–108–4
Houston 10–87–510–8—10–84–86–69–37–58–108–107–5
Los Angeles 10–65–710–88–10—7–55–76–67–56–1210–83–9
Montreal 6–68–108–48–45–7—9–99–911–75–77–55–13
New York 10–28–108–46–67–59–9—12–69–95–73–910–8
Philadelphia 4-88–108–43–96–69–96–12—10–8–12–104–87–11
Pittsburgh 8–46–125–75–75–77–119–98–10–1—3–95–713–5–1
San Diego 11–74–89–910–812–67–57–510–29–3—8–102–10
San Francisco 12–66–610–810–88–105–79–38–47–510–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–3–17–114–85–79–313–58–1011–75–13–110–25–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1989 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

[10]

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
CCraig Biggio134443114.2571360
1BGlenn Davis158581156.2693489
2BBill Doran142507111.219858
3BKen Caminiti161585149.2551072
SSRafael Ramírez151537132.246654
LFBilly Hatcher10839590.228344
CFGerald Young146533124.233038
RFTerry Puhl12135496.271027

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Kevin Bass8731394.300544
Eric Anthony256111.18047
Carl Nichols8131.07702

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Bob Skinner
AA Columbus Mudcats Southern League Tom Weidenbauer
A Osceola Astros Florida State League Rick Sweet
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Jim Coveney
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Reggie Waller
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

References

  1. ↑ Mark Portugal at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Bob Forsch at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Rick Rhoden at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/masonro01.shtml
  6. ↑ Carl Nichols at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grossgr01.shtml
  8. ↑ Troy Afenir at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Jeff Juden at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1989&t=HOU
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