# 1991 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1991 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.
The Astros finished 65–97, which tied the 1965 and 1975 clubs for the most losses in franchise history at the time.

## Offseason

* October 4, 1990: Bill Gullickson was released by the Astros.
* January 10, 1991: Glenn Davis was traded by the Astros to the Baltimore Orioles for Curt Schilling, Steve Finley and Pete Harnisch.

## Regular season
### Standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 94 | 68 | .580 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 93 | 69 | .574 | 1 | 54‍–‍27 | 39‍–‍42 |
| San Diego Padres | 84 | 78 | .519 | 10 | 42‍–‍39 | 42‍–‍39 |
| San Francisco Giants | 75 | 87 | .463 | 19 | 43‍–‍38 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 88 | .457 | 20 | 39‍–‍42 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Houston Astros | 65 | 97 | .401 | 29 | 37‍–‍44 | 28‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1991 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 9–3 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 9–3 | 2–10 | 10–7 | 11–6 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 10–8 |
| Cincinnati | 7–11 | 8–4 | — | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 2–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 4–8 |
| Houston | 5–13 | 3–9 | 9–9 | — | 8–10 | 2–10 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 5–7 |
| Los Angeles | 11–7 | 10–2 | 12–6 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 6–6 |
| Montreal | 7–5 | 7–10 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 7–5 | — | 4–14 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–11 |
| New York | 3–9 | 6–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 14–4 | — | 11–7 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–11 |
| Philadelphia | 7-5 | 10–8 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 14–4 | 7–11 | — | 6–12 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 6–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 11–7 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 12–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 |
| San Diego | 7–11 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 11–7 | 9–3 |
| San Francisco | 9–9 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | — | 4–8 |
| St. Louis | 3–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 8–4 | — |

### 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 | Craig Biggio | 149 | 546 | 161 | .295 | 4 | 46 |
| 1B | Jeff Bagwell | 156 | 554 | 163 | .294 | 15 | 82 |
| 2B | Casey Candaele | 151 | 461 | 121 | .262 | 4 | 50 |
| 3B | Ken Caminiti | 152 | 574 | 145 | .253 | 13 | 80 |
| SS | Eric Yelding | 78 | 276 | 67 | .243 | 1 | 20 |
| LF | Luis Gonzalez | 137 | 473 | 120 | .254 | 13 | 69 |
| CF | Steve Finley | 159 | 596 | 170 | .285 | 8 | 54 |
| RF | Tuffy Rhodes | 44 | 136 | 29 | .213 | 1 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Andújar Cedeño | 67 | 251 | 61 | .243 | 9 | 36 |
| Rafael Ramírez | 101 | 233 | 55 | .236 | 1 | 20 |
| Gerald Young | 108 | 142 | 31 | .218 | 1 | 11 |
| Mark Davidson | 85 | 142 | 27 | .190 | 2 | 15 |
| Mike Simms | 49 | 123 | 25 | .203 | 3 | 16 |
| Eric Anthony | 39 | 118 | 18 | .153 | 1 | 7 |
| Andy Mota | 27 | 90 | 17 | .189 | 1 | 6 |
| Javier Ortiz | 47 | 83 | 23 | .277 | 1 | 5 |
| Kenny Lofton | 20 | 74 | 15 | .203 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Oberkfell | 53 | 70 | 16 | .229 | 0 | 14 |
| Mark McLemore | 21 | 61 | 9 | .148 | 0 | 2 |
| José Tolentino | 44 | 54 | 14 | .259 | 1 | 6 |
| Carl Nichols | 20 | 51 | 10 | .196 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Rohde | 29 | 41 | 5 | .122 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Servais | 16 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 6 |
| Tony Eusebio | 10 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Cooper | 9 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Pete Harnisch | 33 | 216.2 | 12 | 9 | 2.70 | 172 |
| Mark Portugal | 32 | 168.1 | 10 | 12 | 4.49 | 120 |
| Jim Deshaies | 28 | 161.0 | 5 | 12 | 4.98 | 98 |
| Jimmy Jones | 26 | 135.1 | 6 | 8 | 4.39 | 88 |
| Ryan Bowen | 14 | 71.2 | 6 | 4 | 5.15 | 49 |
| Chris Gardner | 5 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.01 | 12 |
| Jeff Juden | 4 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 11 |
| Brian Williams | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.75 | 4 |
| Mike Scott | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 12.86 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Darryl Kile | 37 | 153.2 | 7 | 11 | 3.69 | 100 |
| Xavier Hernandez | 32 | 63.0 | 2 | 7 | 4.71 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Al Osuna | 71 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 3.42 | 68 |
| Curt Schilling | 56 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3.81 | 71 |
| Dwayne Henry | 52 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3.19 | 51 |
| Jim Corsi | 47 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.71 | 53 |
| Jim Clancy | 30 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2.78 | 33 |
| Mike Capel | 25 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.03 | 23 |
| Rob Mallicoat | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.86 | 18 |
| Dean Wilkins | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11.25 | 4 |

## Awards and honors

* Jeff Bagwell, First Base, National League Rookie of the Year

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tucson Toros | Pacific Coast League | Bob Skinner |
| AA | Jackson Generals | Texas League | Rick Sweet |
| A | Osceola Astros | Florida State League | Sal Butera |
| A | Burlington Astros | Midwest League | Tim Tolman |
| A | Asheville Tourists | South Atlantic League | Frank Cacciatore |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Astros | New York–Penn League | Steve Dillard |
| Rookie | GCL Astros | Gulf Coast League | Julio Linares |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tucson