# 1993 Houston Astros season

The 1993 Houston Astros season was the 32nd season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 29th as the Astros, 25th in the National League West, and 29th at The Astrodome. 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.
* November 17, 1992: Butch Henry was drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the Houston Astros as the 36th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.
* December 1, 1992: Doug Drabek was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
* December 4, 1992: Greg Swindell was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
* January 5, 1993: Jack Daugherty was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
* February 1, 1993: Jim Lindeman signed as a free agent by the Astros.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 104 | 58 | .642 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 53‍–‍28 |
| San Francisco Giants | 103 | 59 | .636 | 1 | 50‍–‍31 | 53‍–‍28 |
| Houston Astros | 85 | 77 | .525 | 19 | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 23 | 41‍–‍40 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 73 | 89 | .451 | 31 | 41‍–‍40 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Colorado Rockies | 67 | 95 | .414 | 37 | 39‍–‍42 | 28‍–‍53 |
| San Diego Padres | 61 | 101 | .377 | 43 | 34‍–‍47 | 27‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1993 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 7–5 | 10–3 | 13–0 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 5–8–1 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
| Cincinnati | 3–10 | 5–7 | — | 9–4 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 2–11 | 5–7 |
| Colorado | 0–13 | 4–8 | 4–9 | — | 7–5 | 11–2 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 3–10 | 5–7 |
| Florida | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 4–9 |
| Houston | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 2–11 | 9–3 | — | 9–4 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–10 | 6–6 |
| Los Angeles | 5–8 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–9 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 |
| Montreal | 5–7 | 8–5–1 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — | 9–4 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 3–9 | 7–6 |
| New York | 3–9 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 1–11 | 4–8 | 4–9 | — | 3–10 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–8 |
| Philadelphia | 6-6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 10–3 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–5 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 6–7 | — | 9–3 | 5–7 | 4–9 |
| San Diego | 4–9 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 2–10 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | — | 3–10 | 7–5 |
| San Francisco | 6–7 | 6–6 | 11–2 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–3 | — | 4–8 |
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 5–7 | 8–4 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 3, 1993: Billy Wagner was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 22, 1993.
* July 12, 1993: Jack Daugherty was traded by the Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for Steve Carter.

### 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 | Eddie Taubensee | 94 | 288 | 72 | .250 | 9 | 42 |
| 1B | Jeff Bagwell | 142 | 535 | 171 | .320 | 20 | 88 |
| 2B | Craig Biggio | 155 | 610 | 175 | .287 | 21 | 64 |
| 3B | Ken Caminiti | 143 | 543 | 142 | .262 | 13 | 75 |
| SS | Andújar Cedeño | 149 | 505 | 143 | .283 | 11 | 56 |
| LF | Luis Gonzalez | 154 | 540 | 162 | .300 | 15 | 72 |
| CF | Steve Finley | 142 | 545 | 145 | .266 | 8 | 44 |
| RF | Eric Anthony | 145 | 486 | 121 | .249 | 15 | 66 |

#### 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 Servais | 85 | 258 | 63 | .244 | 11 | 32 |
| Kevin Bass | 111 | 229 | 65 | .284 | 3 | 37 |
| Chris Donnels | 88 | 179 | 46 | .257 | 2 | 24 |
| Chris James | 65 | 129 | 33 | .256 | 6 | 19 |
| Casey Candaele | 75 | 121 | 29 | .240 | 1 | 7 |
| José Uribe | 45 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Parker | 45 | 45 | 15 | .333 | 0 | 4 |
| Eddie Tucker | 9 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Lindeman | 9 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Brumley | 8 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Daugherty | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuffy Rhodes | 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 |
| Doug Drabek | 34 | 237.2 | 9 | 18 | 3.79 | 157 |
| Pete Harnisch | 33 | 217.2 | 16 | 9 | 2.98 | 185 |
| Mark Portugal | 33 | 208.0 | 18 | 4 | 2.77 | 131 |
| Greg Swindell | 31 | 190.1 | 12 | 13 | 4.16 | 124 |
| Darryl Kile | 32 | 171.2 | 15 | 8 | 3.51 | 141 |

#### 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 Reynolds | 5 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.82 | 10 |

#### 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 Jones | 71 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 4.54 | 66 |
| Xavier Hernandez | 72 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2.61 | 101 |
| Al Osuna | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.20 | 21 |
| Brian Williams | 42 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4.83 | 56 |
| Tom Edens | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.12 | 21 |
| Todd Jones | 27 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.13 | 25 |
| Eric Bell | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 2 |
| Mark Grant | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.82 | 6 |
| Juan Agosto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |
| Jeff Juden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 7 |

## 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