# 1992 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1992 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Astros finishing fourth in the National League West with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.
The Astros were forced to play 26 consecutive road games from July 27 through August 23, due to the Republican National Convention being held at the Astrodome from August 17–20. Houston went a respectable 12-14 on the trip, which saw the Astros play in all National League cities except Montreal, New York City, and Pittsburgh.
Following the road trip, the Astros won 25 of their final 38 games to finish at .500, an improvement of 16 games upon their franchise-worst 65-97 mark of 1991.
The Astros won six games on walk-off home runs, the most of any MLB team in 1992.

## Offseason

* December 10, 1991: Kenny Lofton and Dave Rohde were traded by the Astros to the Cleveland Indians for Willie Blair and Eddie Taubensee.
* January 27, 1992: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
* January 27, 1992: Ernest Riles was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
* January 27, 1992: Denny Walling was signed as a free agent by the Astros.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 90 | 72 | .556 | 8 | 53‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍44 |
| San Diego Padres | 82 | 80 | .506 | 16 | 45‍–‍36 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Houston Astros | 81 | 81 | .500 | 17 | 47‍–‍34 | 34‍–‍47 |
| San Francisco Giants | 72 | 90 | .444 | 26 | 42‍–‍39 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 63 | 99 | .389 | 35 | 37‍–‍44 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1992 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 10–2 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 2–10 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 11–7 |
| Cincinnati | 9–9 | 7–5 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–5 |
| Houston | 5–13 | 4–8 | 8–10 | — | 13–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 5–7 |
| Los Angeles | 6–12 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 5–13 | — | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 4–8 |
| Montreal | 8–4 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–12 |
| New York | 5–7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–12 | — | 6–12 | 4–14 | 4–8 | 10–2 | 9–9 |
| Philadelphia | 6-6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 12–6 | — | 5–13 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 7–11 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 13–5 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 15–3 |
| San Diego | 5–13 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–5 | — | 11–7 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 7–11 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 5–7 |
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 3–15 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 2, 1992: Curt Schilling was traded by the Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jason Grimsley.

### 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 | 104 | 297 | 66 | .222 | 5 | 28 |
| 1B | Jeff Bagwell | 162 | 586 | 160 | .273 | 18 | 96 |
| 2B | Craig Biggio | 162 | 613 | 170 | .277 | 6 | 39 |
| 3B | Ken Caminiti | 135 | 506 | 149 | .294 | 13 | 62 |
| SS | Andújar Cedeño | 71 | 220 | 38 | .173 | 2 | 13 |
| LF | Luis Gonzalez | 122 | 387 | 94 | .243 | 10 | 55 |
| CF | Steve Finley | 162 | 607 | 177 | .292 | 5 | 55 |
| RF | Eric Anthony | 137 | 440 | 105 | .239 | 19 | 80 |

#### 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 |
| Pete Incaviglia | 113 | 349 | 93 | .266 | 11 | 44 |
| Casey Candaele | 135 | 320 | 68 | .213 | 1 | 18 |
| Scott Servais | 77 | 205 | 49 | .239 | 0 | 15 |
| Rafael Ramírez | 73 | 176 | 44 | .250 | 1 | 13 |
| Juan Guerrero | 79 | 125 | 25 | .200 | 1 | 14 |
| Gerald Young | 74 | 76 | 14 | .184 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Jones | 54 | 63 | 12 | .190 | 1 | 4 |
| Ernie Riles | 39 | 61 | 16 | .262 | 1 | 4 |
| Benny Distefano | 52 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 0 | 7 |
| Eddie Tucker | 20 | 50 | 6 | .120 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Simms | 15 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 1 | 3 |
| Eric Yelding | 9 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuffy Rhodes | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Walling | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| Pete Harnisch | 34 | 206.2 | 9 | 10 | 3.70 | 164 |
| Butch Henry | 28 | 165.2 | 6 | 9 | 4.02 | 96 |
| Jimmy Jones | 25 | 139.1 | 10 | 6 | 4.07 | 69 |
| Darryl Kile | 22 | 125.1 | 5 | 10 | 3.95 | 90 |
| Mark Portugal | 18 | 101.1 | 6 | 3 | 2.66 | 62 |
| Brian Williams | 16 | 96.1 | 7 | 6 | 3.92 | 54 |
| Ryan Bowen | 11 | 33.2 | 0 | 7 | 10.96 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| Willie Blair | 29 | 78.2 | 5 | 7 | 4.00 | 48 |
| Shane Reynolds | 8 | 25.1 | 1 | 3 | 7.11 | 10 |
| Rich Scheid | 7 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 8 |

#### 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 | 80 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 1.85 | 93 |
| Joe Boever | 81 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2.51 | 67 |
| Xavier Hernandez | 77 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2.11 | 96 |
| Al Osuna | 66 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4.23 | 37 |
| Rob Murphy | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.04 | 42 |
| Rob Mallicoat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.23 | 20 |

## 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 | Steve Curry |
| A | Asheville Tourists | South Atlantic League | Tim Tolman |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Astros | New York–Penn League | Steve Dillard |
| Rookie | GCL Astros | Gulf Coast League | Julio Linares |