# 1996 Houston Astros season

The 1996 Houston Astros season was the 35th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 32nd as the Astros, 28th in the National League West, and 32nd at The Astrodome. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League Central. The Astros finished in second place in the NL Central with an 82–80 record, six games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Offseason

* January 5, 1996: Anthony Young was signed as a free agent by the Astros.

## Regular season

On May 7 against Philadelphia, Jeff Bagwell reached the 500th run batted in (RBI) of his career with two home runs and four RBI. By hitting his second upper-deck home run at Three Rivers Stadium on May 29 – it travelled 459 feet (140 m) – Bagwell joined longtime Pirate Willie Stargell as the only players to homer twice into the stadium's upper deck. For the month of May, he batted .360 with .740 SLG, 10 HR, 31 RBI, scored 22 runs, and stole four bases. He was named NL Player of the Month, his fourth career monthly award. On June 14, Bagwell tied a major league record with four doubles in one game against San Francisco.
The Astros retired Nolan Ryan's number 34 on September 29, 1996.

### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Houston Astros | 82 | 80 | .506 | 6 | 48‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7 | 46‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Cubs | 76 | 86 | .469 | 12 | 43‍–‍38 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 73 | 89 | .451 | 15 | 36‍–‍44 | 37‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1996 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–8 |
| Cincinnati | 5–7 | 8–5 | — | 7–6 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 5–8 |
| Colorado | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | — | 5–8 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 8–4 |
| Florida | 7–6 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 8–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–6 |
| Houston | 6–6 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 2–11 |
| Los Angeles | 7–5 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Montreal | 3–10 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 3–9 | — | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 8–4 |
| New York | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–7 | — | 7–6 | 8–5 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 |
| Philadelphia | 4–9 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 2–10 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | — | 4–9 | 8–4 | 3–10 |
| San Diego | 4–9 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 11–2 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 2–11 | — | 7–6 |
| St. Louis | 4–9 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 11–2 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 | — |

### Game log

1996 Game Log: 82–80 (Home: 48–33; Away: 34–47) :
April: 13–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Dodgers3–4MartinezReynolds (0–1)Worrell34,3750–1
2April 2Dodgers5–4Jones (1–0)Cummings—20,4921–1
3April 3Dodgers5–2Hampton (1–0)NomoJones (1)14,8582–1
4April 5Padres4–10TewksburyKile (0–1)—28,6292–2
5April 6Padres4–8 (13)HoffmanSmall (0–1)—24,5102–3
6April 7Padres2–17BergmanSwindell (0–1)—16,2582–4
7April 8Giants6–2Hampton (2–0)VanLandingham—13,4883–4
8April 9Giants1–3 (10)JudenTabaka (0–1)Beck13,5883–5
9April 10Giants5–11FernandezKile (0–2)—14,1833–6
10April 11@ Reds9–4Reynolds (1–1)Portugal—18,9464–6
11April 12@ Reds10–8 (10)Jones (2–0)MooreTabaka (1)24,9605–6
12April 14@ Reds3–5SchourekHampton (2–1)Brantley—5–7
13April 14@ Reds8–9ShawYoung (0–1)Brantley21,5525–8
14April 16@ Mets9–6Reynolds (2–1)IsringhausenJones (2)13,7956–8
15April 17@ Mets7–5Kile (1–2)WilsonJones (3)12,0657–8
16April 19Reds13–5Brocail (1–0)Schourek—22,7288–8
17April 20Reds1–6SmileyDrabek (0–1)—34,0988–9
18April 21Reds7–5Jones (3–0)Brantley—27,8459–9
19April 22@ Giants11–8Reynolds (3–1)Leiter—8,86710–9
20April 23@ Giants8–4Kile (2–2)VanLandingham—8,43911–9
21April 24@ Dodgers2–5ValdezBrocail (1–1)—26,66611–10
22April 25@ Dodgers4–6NomoDrabek (0–2)Worrell33,53011–11
23April 26@ Padres2–3WorrellHampton (2–2)Hoffman21,25411–12
24April 27@ Padres6–0Reynolds (4–1)Ashby—38,30912–12
25April 28@ Padres3–2Kile (3–2)BergmanJones (4)27,20813–12
26April 29@ Padres0–2HamiltonBrocail (1–2)—8,97913–13
27April 30Braves5–7SmoltzJones (3–1)McMichael17,79513–14 :
May: 14–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Braves3–0Hampton (3–2)Avery—18,54614–14
29May 3Expos4–1Reynolds (5–1)CormierJones (5)19,63315–14
30May 4Expos1–2VeresHernandez (0–1)Rojas22,81015–15
31May 5Expos0–5FasseroBrocail (1–3)—25,20715–16
32May 6@ Phillies11–5Drabek (1–2)Hunter—15,90616–16
33May 7@ Phillies7–5Young (1–1)SpringerJones (6)16,56917–16
34May 8@ Phillies1–2 (10)RyanTabaka (0–2)—16,28417–17
35May 9@ Expos11–4Kile (4–2)Rueter—12,47018–17
36May 10@ Expos2–5FasseroDougherty (0–1)Rojas30,31518–18
37May 11@ Expos9–10 (13)DyerDougherty (0–2)—26,08418–19
38May 12@ Expos6–7UrbinaHampton (3–3)Rojas19,34518–20
39May 13@ Cubs0–6TrachselReynolds (5–2)—22,61018–21
40May 14@ Cubs6–3Kile (5–2)NavarroJones (7)17,56219–21
41May 15@ Cubs7–5Wall (1–0)CastilloJones (8)16,09320–21
42May 16@ Cubs1–13TelemacoDrabek (1–3)—15,90220–22
43May 17Pirates4–2Reynolds (6–2)LieberJones (9)22,88221–22
44May 18Pirates1–2 (11)CordovaYoung (1–2)Plesac21,01021–23
45May 19Pirates4–3Jones (4–1)Lieber—18,81522–23
46May 20Cardinals3–5OsborneDrabek (1–4)—14,54722–24
47May 21Cardinals2–8StottlemyreReynolds (6–3)—17,93522–25
48May 22Cardinals2–5BenesKile (5–3)Mathews15,35322–26
49May 24Cubs8–7 (10)Jones (5–1)Patterson—23,91023–26
50May 25Cubs5–2Drabek (2–4)NavarroJones (10)34,32624–26
51May 26Cubs7–2Reynolds (7–3)Castillo—33,24525–26
52May 27@ Pirates5–3Kile (6–3)Smith—8,90626–26
53May 28@ Pirates5–6MiceliSwindell (0–2)Cordova7,18226–27
54May 29@ Pirates7–4Morman (1–0)DarwinJones (11)11,67927–27
55May 31@ Cardinals4–6OsborneSwindell (0–3)Fossas37,62527–28 :
June: 15–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Cardinals4–5 (10)BaileyHernandez (0–2)—34,95827–29
57June 2@ Cardinals0–2StottlemyreKile (6–4)—32,70327–30
58June 4Rockies16–8Hampton (4–3)Thompson—18,41828–30
59June 5Rockies4–1Wall (2–0)Reynoso—14,95429–30
60June 6Rockies7–14RitzDrabek (2–5)—22,11229–31
61June 7Phillies11–5Reynolds (8–3)Crawford—22,58530–31
62June 8Phillies7–3Wagner (1–0)Springer—23,73931–31
63June 9Phillies2–1Young (2–2)WilliamsJones (12)30,18032–31
64June 10@ Rockies10–9Wall (3–0)Reynoso—48,00733–31
65June 11@ Rockies5–7AlstonYoung (2–3)Ruffin48,01433–32
66June 12@ Rockies0–8FreemanReynolds (8–4)—48,02433–33
67June 13@ Giants8–12LeiterKile (6–5)—10,52733–34
68June 14@ Giants9–1Hampton (5–3)VanLandinghamWagner (1)10,75834–34
69June 15@ Giants4–3Wall (4–0)WatsonJones (13)18,53035–34
70June 16@ Giants7–8DeLuciaMorman (1–1)—27,62435–35
71June 17Reds5–4Young (3–3)ShawJones (14)24,97736–35
72June 18Reds4–6 (10)BrantleyHernandez (0–3)—20,50536–36
73June 19Reds7–10PortugalHampton (5–4)Brantley38,21836–37
74June 20@ Dodgers4–2Wall (5–0)NomoJones (15)49,65637–37
75June 21@ Dodgers11–3Drabek (3–5)Candiotti—33,27338–37
76June 22@ Dodgers0–3MartinezReynolds (8–5)—37,84438–38
77June 23@ Dodgers3–4WorrellHernandez (0–4)—35,46738–39
78June 25@ Padres9–4Jones (6–1)Sanders—13,45839–39
79June 26@ Padres4–3Wall (6–0)WorrellWagner (2)12,38840–39
80June 28Mets2–7ClarkDrabek (3–6)Henry24,56940–40
81June 29Mets9–1Reynolds (9–5)Person—35,45441–40
82June 30Mets9–3Kile (7–5)Isringhausen—35,98142–40 :
July: 15–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1Marlins6–2Hampton (6–4)Brown—18,51343–40
84July 2Marlins4–3 (12)Johnstone (1–0)Mathews—18,89744–40
85July 3Marlins4–3Drabek (4–6)LeiterJones (16)24,53745–40
86July 4@ Braves5–2Reynolds (10–5)SmoltzHernandez (1)49,06046–40
87July 5@ Braves7–1Kile (8–5)Schmidt—36,89647–40
88July 6@ Braves2–4BieleckiHampton (6–5)—41,61947–41
89July 7@ Braves1–9MadduxWall (6–1)—28,71647–42
90July 11@ Mets2–8ClarkDrabek (4–7)—18,55747–43
91July 12@ Mets3–1Reynolds (11–5)JonesWagner (3)17,40548–43
92July 14@ Mets7–5 (11)Hernandez (1–4)MlickiJones (17)—49–43
93July 14@ Mets3–10HarnischHampton (6–6)—33,50549–44
94July 15@ Marlins5–15PallWall (6–2)—15,80749–45
95July 16@ Marlins2–3PerezJones (6–2)—15,61049–46
96July 17@ Marlins2–11LeiterReynolds (11–6)—16,34549–47
97July 18Braves2–3SmoltzJones (6–3)Wohlers35,82249–48
98July 19Braves7–6Kile (9–5)WoodallWagner (4)39,09050–48
99July 20Braves2–1Wagner (2–0)Maddux—49,67451–48
100July 21Braves4–3 (10)Hernandez (2–4)McMichael—45,56152–48
101July 22Padres1–0Reynolds (12–6)HamiltonWagner (5)21,56353–48
102July 23Padres4–7SandersHampton (6–7)Hoffman19,62053–49
103July 24Padres6–4 (10)Hernandez (3–4)Villone—19,16854–49
104July 26Dodgers4–3Darwin (1–0)GuthrieWagner (6)27,08955–49
105July 27Dodgers5–6 (11)OsunaClark (0–1)Worrell36,84155–50
106July 28Dodgers3–2Darwin (2–0)Eischen—32,91256–50
107July 29@ Reds2–1Hampton (7–7)PortugalWagner (7)22,16357–50
108July 30@ Reds4–5 (10)ShawClark (0–2)—27,01557–51
109July 31@ Reds0–10SmileyWall (6–3)—26,08257–52 :
August: 17–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 2Giants5–1Drabek (5–7)GardnerHernandez (2)22,68258–52
111August 3Giants4–1Reynolds (13–6)Estes—35,93059–52
112August 4Giants7–6Hampton (8–7)FernandezWagner (8)33,64660–52
113August 6Expos5–7FasseroKile (9–6)Rojas17,65860–53
114August 7Expos5–13LeiterWall (6–4)—19,70360–54
115August 8Expos6–2Drabek (6–7)Martinez—26,63261–54
116August 9@ Phillies5–1Reynolds (14–6)West—21,78062–54
117August 10@ Phillies3–1Hampton (9–7)SchillingWagner (9)18,48663–54
118August 11@ Phillies10–5Kile (10–6)Williams—24,15064–54
119August 12@ Expos1–8LeiterDarwin (2–1)—35,45864–55
120August 13@ Expos4–7MartinezDrabek (6–8)Rojas17,10364–56
121August 14@ Expos8–3Reynolds (15–6)Cormier—19,13665–56
122August 16@ Cubs8–3Hampton (10–7)Castillo—37,13966–56
123August 17@ Cubs3–12TrachselKile (10–7)—39,77566–57
124August 18@ Cubs8–10NavarroBrocail (1–4)Wendell37,21066–58
125August 19Pirates2–1 (13)Morman (2–1)Morel—15,06767–58
126August 20Pirates9–4Wall (7–4)MiceliHernandez (3)19,86668–58
127August 21Pirates2–5NeagleHampton (10–8)Ericks13,35768–59
128August 22Pirates6–8WilkinsWagner (2–1)Ericks14,89968–60
129August 23Cardinals0–1OsborneKile (10–8)Eckersley35,55468–61
130August 24Cardinals3–1Reynolds (16–6)Stottlemyre—43,25869–61
131August 25Cardinals4–1Wall (8–4)BenesHernandez (4)31,60970–61
132August 26Cardinals2–3BenesHampton (10–9)Eckersley21,62470–62
133August 27Cubs6–5Morman (3–1)AdamsHernandez (5)15,37471–62
134August 28Cubs5–4Olson (1–0)Bottenfield—18,02672–62
135August 29Cubs3–4NavarroReynolds (16–7)Wendell16,15172–63
136August 30@ Pirates10–0Wall (9–4)Peters—24,61973–63
137August 31@ Pirates5–4Hernandez (4–4)EricksHudek (1)27,55974–63 :
September: 8–17 (Home: 8–5; Away: 0–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Pirates5–9WainhouseDarwin (2–2)—14,14474–64
139September 2@ Cardinals7–8 (10)BenesBrocail (1–5)—32,95574–65
140September 3@ Cardinals3–12StottlemyreReynolds (16–8)—23,95574–66
141September 4@ Cardinals4–6BenesWall (9–5)Eckersley34,89174–67
142September 6Rockies2–1Hernandez (5–4)Leskanic—20,93275–67
143September 7Rockies5–4Kile (11–8)HolmesHudek (2)37,21376–67
144September 8Rockies2–5ReedReynolds (16–9)Ruffin31,31676–68
145September 9Rockies2–4RitzWall (9–6)Ruffin13,83376–69
146September 10Phillies4–3Morman (4–1)SchillingHernandez (6)12,70077–69
147September 11Phillies8–10ParrettHolt (0–1)Bottalico17,30077–70
148September 12Phillies4–1Kile (12–8)Williams—16,10378–70
149September 13@ Rockies3–6HolmesHernandez (5–5)Ruffin48,04978–71
150September 14@ Rockies3–7RitzWall (9–7)—48,13278–72
151September 15@ Rockies4–11ThompsonDrabek (6–9)—48,03878–73
152September 17@ Braves4–5SmoltzKile (12–9)Wohlers32,10978–74
153September 18@ Braves2–6MadduxHampton (10–10)—29,88578–75
154September 20@ Marlins1–3BrownReynolds (16–10)Nen21,51878–76
155September 21@ Marlins1–2HerediaWagner (2–2)—31,02378–77
156September 22@ Marlins0–6HellingKile (12–10)—17,46178–78
157September 24Mets0–4JonesWall (9–8)—39,51178–79
158September 25Mets5–4 (10)Hudek (1–0)Wallace—15,76079–79
159September 26Mets6–2Drabek (7–9)Trlicek—13,75180–79
160September 27Marlins2–3HuttonKile (12–11)Nen21,72580–80
161September 28Marlins5–1Darwin (3–2)Heredia—21,83281–80
162September 29Marlins5–4 (10)Hudek (2–0)Hammond—42,65882–80 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Astros team member :

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| NL East |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 44 | 47 |
| Florida Marlins | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 37 | 56 |
| Montreal Expos | 4 | 9 | 0.308 | 62 | 74 |
| New York Mets | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 62 | 56 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | 2 | 0.833 | 73 | 42 |
| Total | 33 | 28 | 0.541 | 278 | 275 |
| NL Central |||||||
| Chicago Cubs | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 67 | 76 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 73 | 78 |
| Houston Astros | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 65 | 51 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 11 | 0.154 | 38 | 63 |
| Total | 24 | 28 | 0.462 | 243 | 268 |
| NL West |||||||
| Colorado Rockies | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 63 | 85 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 49 | 44 |
| San Diego Padres | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 45 | 60 |
| San Francisco Giants | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 75 | 60 |
| Total | 25 | 24 | 0.510 | 232 | 249 |
| Season Total | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 753 | 792 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0.481 | 143 | 151 |
| May | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0.500 | 126 | 128 |
| June | 27 | 15 | 12 | 0.556 | 161 | 137 |
| July | 27 | 15 | 12 | 0.556 | 97 | 128 |
| August | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0.607 | 139 | 121 |
| September | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0.320 | 87 | 127 |
| Total | 162 | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 753 | 792 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 48 | 33 | 0.593 | 364 | 347 |
| Away | 81 | 34 | 47 | 0.420 | 389 | 445 |
| Total | 162 | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 753 | 792 |

### Notable transactions

* June 3, 1996: Greg Swindell was released by the Astros.
* June 4, 1996: Roy Oswalt was drafted by the Astros in the 23rd round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed May 18, 1997.
* July 23, 1996: Rich Loiselle was traded by the Astros to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Darwin.
* July 27, 1996: Rick Wilkins and cash were traded by the Astros to the San Francisco Giants for Kirt Manwaring.

### 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 | Rick Wilkins | 84 | 254 | 54 | .213 | 6 | 23 |
| 1B | Jeff Bagwell | 162 | 568 | 179 | .315 | 31 | 120 |
| 2B | Craig Biggio | 162 | 605 | 174 | .288 | 15 | 75 |
| SS | Orlando Miller | 139 | 468 | 120 | .256 | 15 | 58 |
| 3B | Sean Berry | 132 | 431 | 121 | .281 | 17 | 95 |
| LF | Derrick May | 109 | 259 | 65 | .251 | 5 | 33 |
| CF | Brian Hunter | 132 | 526 | 145 | .276 | 5 | 35 |
| RF | Derek Bell | 158 | 627 | 165 | .263 | 17 | 113 |

#### 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 | 122 | 300 | 79 | .263 | 3 | 34 |
| John Cangelosi | 108 | 262 | 69 | .263 | 1 | 16 |
| Ricky Gutiérrez | 89 | 218 | 62 | .284 | 1 | 15 |
| Bill Spiers | 122 | 218 | 55 | .252 | 6 | 26 |
| Tony Eusebio | 58 | 152 | 41 | .270 | 1 | 19 |
| Randy Knorr | 37 | 87 | 17 | .195 | 1 | 7 |
| Kurt Manwaring | 37 | 82 | 18 | .220 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Simms | 49 | 68 | 12 | .176 | 1 | 8 |
| Bobby Abreu | 15 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Montgomery | 12 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave Hajek | 8 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Goff | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 |
| Andújar Cedeño | 3 | 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 | 35 | 239.0 | 16 | 10 | 3.65 | 204 |
| Darryl Kile | 35 | 219.0 | 12 | 11 | 4.19 | 219 |
| Doug Drabek | 30 | 175.1 | 7 | 9 | 4.57 | 137 |
| Mike Hampton | 27 | 160.1 | 10 | 10 | 3.59 | 101 |
| Donne Wall | 26 | 150.0 | 9 | 8 | 4.56 | 99 |

#### 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 | 23 | 53.0 | 1 | 5 | 4.58 | 34 |
| Danny Darwin | 15 | 42.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.95 | 27 |
| Greg Swindell | 8 | 23.0 | 0 | 3 | 7.83 | 15 |

#### 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 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 4.40 | 44 |
| Xavier Hernandez | 58 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.22 | 78 |
| Alvin Morman | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 | 31 |
| Billy Wagner | 37 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2.44 | 67 |
| Anthony Young | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.59 | 19 |
| Dean Hartgraves | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.21 | 16 |
| Jeff Tabaka | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.64 | 18 |
| Mark Small | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.92 | 16 |
| John Hudek | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.31 | 14 |
| Jim Dougherty | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 6 |
| John Johnstone | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 5 |
| Gregg Olson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.82 | 8 |
| Terry Clark | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.37 | 5 |
| Chris Holt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 0 |

## Farm system

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