1993 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Astrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJohn McMullen, Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managersBill Wood
ManagersArt Howe
TelevisionKTXH
HSE
RadioKPRC (AM)
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Manny Lopez)
Seasons

The Houston Astros' 1993 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West. This was also the final season that the Astros wore their "Tequila Sunrise" rainbow uniforms. They would switch to a more contemporary look the next year.

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 record

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

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 85–77 (Home: 44–37; Away: 41–40)
April: 14–8 (Home: 6–5; Away: 8–3)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
1April 5Phillies1–30–1L1
2April 6Phillies3–50–2L2
3April 7Phillies3–6 (10)0–3L3
4April 9@ Mets7–3 (10)1–3W1
5April 10@ Mets6–32–3W2
6April 11@ Mets5–43–3W3
7April 13@ Expos9–44–3W4
8April 14@ Expos9–55–3W5
9April 15@ Expos1–25–4L1
10April 16Marlins9–36–4W1
11April 17Marlins4–96–5L1
12April 18Marlins3–07–5W1
May: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
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)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
50June 1Expos1–227–23
51June 2Expos5–428–23
52June 4Mets7–229–23
53June 5Mets7–530–23
54June 6Mets5–431–23
55June 7@ Phillies5–731–24L1
56June 8@ Phillies6–332–24W1
57June 9@ Phillies0–832–25L1
July: 16–13 (Home: 9–8; Away: 7–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
August: 15–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
119August 17Marlins4–062–57
120August 18Marlins2–163–57
121August 19Marlins8–364–57
122August 20Phillies4–664–58L1
123August 21Phillies3–2 (10)65–58W1
124August 22Phillies7–366–58W2
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)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
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@ Phillies2–674–66L1
141September 11@ Phillies4–175–66W1
142September 12@ Phillies9–276–66W2
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
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
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

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 Drabek34237.29183.79157
Pete Harnisch33217.21692.98185
Mark Portugal33208.01842.77131
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 Reynolds511.0000.8210

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
Doug Jones71410264.5466
Xavier Hernandez724592.61101
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

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. 1 2 Jack Daugherty at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Billy Wagner at Baseball Reference
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