# 1995 Houston Astros season

The 1995 Houston Astros season was the 34th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 31st as the Astros, 27th in the National League West, and 31st at The Astrodome. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League Central.

## Offseason

* December 28, 1994: Ken Caminiti, Andújar Cedeño, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine, Brian Williams and a player to be named later were traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutiérrez, Pedro A. Martínez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley. The Astros completed the deal by sending Sean Fesh (minors) to the Padres on May 1, 1995.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Jeff Bagwell
* Derek Bell
* Craig Biggio
* Tony Eusebio
* Luis Gonzalez
* Darryl Kile
* Dave Magadan
* Orlando Miller
* Phil Plantier

### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 85 | 59 | .590 | — | 44‍–‍28 | 41‍–‍31 |
| Houston Astros | 76 | 68 | .528 | 9 | 36‍–‍36 | 40‍–‍32 |
| Chicago Cubs | 73 | 71 | .507 | 12 | 34‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍33 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 62 | 81 | .434 | 22½ | 39‍–‍33 | 23‍–‍48 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 58 | 86 | .403 | 27 | 31‍–‍41 | 27‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1995 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 8–4 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | — | 3–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 |
| Cincinnati | 5–8 | 7–3 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 12–1 | 4–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 8–5 |
| Colorado | 4–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 5–7 | 4–4 | 4–9 | 7–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
| Florida | 3–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 3–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 4–3 |
| Houston | 6–6 | 8–5 | 1–12 | 4–4 | 4–8 | — | 3–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 9–4 |
| Los Angeles | 4–5 | 5–7 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 7–3 | 2–3 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
| Montreal | 4–9 | 5–3 | 4–8 | 1–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 7–6 | 8–5 | 4–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–3 |
| New York | 8–5 | 3–4 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | — | 7–6 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–4 |
| Philadelphia | 6-7 | 1–6 | 3–9 | 2–4 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 6–7 | — | 6–3 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–4 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 3–6 | — | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–7 |
| San Diego | 2–5 | 7–5 | 6–3 | 4–9 | 2–3 | 4–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | — | 6–7 | 7–5 |
| San Francisco | 1–7 | 7–5 | 3–3 | 5–8 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | — | 7–6 |
| St. Louis | 5–7 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 4-9 | 5–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* July 2, 1995: Johan Santana was signed as an amateur free agent by the Astros.
* July 19, 1995: Phil Plantier was traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Rich Loiselle and Jeff Tabaka.
* August 10, 1995: The Astros traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Henneman. The Astros completed the deal by sending Phil Nevin to the Tigers on August 15.

### Roster
## 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 | Tony Eusebio | 113 | 368 | 110 | .299 | 6 | 58 |
| 1B | Jeff Bagwell | 114 | 448 | 130 | .290 | 21 | 87 |
| 2B | Craig Biggio | 141 | 553 | 167 | .302 | 22 | 77 |
| SS | Orlando Miller | 92 | 324 | 85 | .262 | 5 | 36 |
| 3B | Dave Magadan | 127 | 348 | 109 | .313 | 2 | 51 |
| LF | Luis Gonzalez | 56 | 209 | 54 | .258 | 6 | 35 |
| CF | Brian Hunter | 78 | 321 | 97 | .302 | 2 | 28 |
| RF | Derek Bell | 112 | 452 | 151 | .334 | 8 | 86 |

#### 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 |
| James Mouton | 104 | 298 | 78 | .262 | 4 | 27 |
| Craig Shipley | 92 | 232 | 61 | .263 | 3 | 24 |
| Derrick May | 78 | 206 | 62 | .301 | 8 | 41 |
| John Cangelosi | 90 | 201 | 64 | .318 | 2 | 18 |
| Ricky Gutiérrez | 52 | 156 | 43 | .276 | 0 | 12 |
| Milt Thompson | 92 | 132 | 29 | .220 | 2 | 19 |
| Mike Simms | 50 | 121 | 31 | .256 | 9 | 24 |
| Scott Servais | 28 | 89 | 20 | .225 | 1 | 12 |
| Phil Plantier | 22 | 68 | 17 | .250 | 4 | 15 |
| Phil Nevin | 18 | 60 | 7 | .117 | 0 | 1 |
| Andy Stankiewicz | 43 | 52 | 6 | .115 | 0 | 7 |
| Rick Wilkins | 15 | 40 | 10 | .250 | 1 | 5 |
| Pat Borders | 11 | 35 | 4 | .114 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Donnels | 19 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerry Goff | 12 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Brumley | 18 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 1 | 2 |
| Eddie Tucker | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Hajek | 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 |
| Shane Reynolds | 30 | 189.1 | 10 | 11 | 3.47 | 175 |
| Doug Drabek | 31 | 185.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.77 | 143 |
| Greg Swindell | 33 | 153.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.47 | 96 |
| Mike Hampton | 24 | 150.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.35 | 115 |
| Darryl Kile | 25 | 127.0 | 4 | 12 | 4.96 | 113 |

#### 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 |
| Doug Brocail | 36 | 77.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.19 | 39 |
| Donne Wall | 6 | 24.1 | 3 | 1 | 5.55 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Todd Jones | 68 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 3.07 | 96 |
| Dave Veres | 72 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2.26 | 94 |
| Jim Dougherty | 56 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4.92 | 49 |
| Dean Hartgraves | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.22 | 24 |
| Pedro Martínez | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.40 | 17 |
| Jeff Tabaka | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.22 | 19 |
| Mike Henneman | 21 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3.00 | 19 |
| John Hudek | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5.40 | 29 |
| Ross Powell | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 8 |
| Craig McMurtry | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.84 | 4 |
| John Cangelosi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Billy Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tucson Toros | Pacific Coast League | Rick Sweet |
| AA | Jackson Generals | Texas League | Tim Tolman |
| A | Kissimmee Cobras | Florida State League | Dave Engle |
| A | Quad Cities River Bandits | Midwest League | Jim Pankovits |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Astros | New York–Penn League | Manny Acta |
| Rookie | GCL Astros | Gulf Coast League | Bobby Ramos |