# 1990 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1990 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

## Offseason

* December 6, 1989: Bill Gullickson was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
* December 19, 1989: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
* March 13, 1990: Dave Silvestri and a player to be named later were traded by the Astros to the New York Yankees for Orlando Miller. The Astros completed the deal by sending Daven Bond (minors) to the Yankees on June 11.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 46‍–‍35 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 | 47‍–‍34 | 39‍–‍42 |
| San Francisco Giants | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6 | 49‍–‍32 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Houston Astros | 75 | 87 | .463 | 16 | 49‍–‍32 | 26‍–‍55 |
| San Diego Padres | 75 | 87 | .463 | 16 | 37‍–‍44 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Atlanta Braves | 65 | 97 | .401 | 26 | 37‍–‍44 | 28‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1990 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–10 |
| Cincinnati | 10–8 | 8–4 | — | 11–7 | 9–9 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 9–3 |
| Houston | 13–5 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 9–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–14 | 10–8 | 6–6 |
| Los Angeles | 12–6 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 7–5 |
| Montreal | 6–6 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 |
| New York | 8–4 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 12–6 |
| Philadelphia | 7-5 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | — | 6–12 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 10–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–5 | 14–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 12–6 | — | 10–2 | 8–4 | 10–8 |
| San Diego | 10–8 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 2–10 | — | 7–11 | 3–9 |
| San Francisco | 13–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 11–7 | — | 9–3 |
| St. Louis | 5–7 | 10–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–3 | 3–9 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 3, 1990: Roger Mason was released by the Houston Astros.
* August 30, 1990: Larry Andersen was traded by the Astros to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Bagwell.
* August 30, 1990: Bill Doran was traded by the Houston Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for players to be named later.
* September 10, 1990: Dan Schatzeder was traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Nick Davis (minors) and Steve LaRose (minors).
* September 7, 1990: Butch Henry was sent by the Cincinnati Reds to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on August 30, 1990. Catcher Terry McGriff was also sent by the Cincinnati Reds to complete the deal.

### Roster
## Game log
### Regular season

1990 regular season game log: 75–87 (Home: 49–32; Away: 26–55) :
April: 9–10 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–2)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
May: 11–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–11)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
June: 12–16 (Home: 11–3; Away: 1–13)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
July: 11–18 (Home: 7–4; Away: 4–14)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
61st All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois :
August: 16–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 6–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
September: 15–13 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Astros team member :

## 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 | 150 | 555 | 153 | .276 | 4 | 42 |
| 1B | Glenn Davis | 93 | 327 | 82 | .251 | 22 | 64 |
| 2B | Bill Doran | 109 | 344 | 99 | .288 | 6 | 32 |
| 3B | Ken Caminiti | 153 | 541 | 131 | .242 | 4 | 51 |
| SS | Rafael Ramírez | 132 | 445 | 116 | .261 | 2 | 37 |
| LF | Franklin Stubbs | 146 | 448 | 117 | .261 | 23 | 71 |
| CF | Eric Yelding | 142 | 511 | 130 | .254 | 1 | 20 |
| RF | Glenn Wilson | 118 | 368 | 90 | .245 | 10 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Casey Candaele | 130 | 262 | 75 | .286 | 3 | 22 |
| Eric Anthony | 84 | 239 | 46 | .192 | 10 | 29 |
| Gerald Young | 57 | 154 | 27 | .175 | 1 | 4 |
| Ken Oberkfell | 77 | 150 | 31 | .207 | 1 | 12 |
| Mark Davidson | 57 | 130 | 38 | .292 | 1 | 11 |
| Rich Gedman | 40 | 104 | 21 | .202 | 1 | 10 |
| Dave Rohde | 59 | 98 | 18 | .184 | 0 | 5 |
| Tuffy Rhodes | 38 | 86 | 21 | .244 | 1 | 3 |
| Javier Ortiz | 30 | 77 | 21 | .273 | 1 | 10 |
| Alex Treviño | 42 | 69 | 13 | .188 | 1 | 10 |
| Carl Nichols | 32 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 1 | 11 |
| Terry Puhl | 37 | 41 | 12 | .293 | 0 | 8 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 12 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 0 |
| Louie Meadows | 15 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Simms | 12 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeff Baldwin | 7 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Andújar Cedeño | 7 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry McGriff | 4 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Lombardozzi | 2 | 1 | 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 |
| Jim Deshaies | 34 | 209.1 | 7 | 12 | 3.78 | 119 |
| Mike Scott | 32 | 205.2 | 9 | 13 | 3.81 | 121 |
| Mark Portugal | 32 | 196.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.62 | 136 |
| Bill Gullickson | 32 | 193.1 | 10 | 14 | 3.82 | 73 |
| Terry Clark | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Darwin | 48 | 162.2 | 11 | 4 | 2.21 | 109 |
| Jim Clancy | 33 | 76.0 | 2 | 8 | 6.51 | 44 |
| Randy Hennis | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Smith | 49 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 2.39 | 50 |
| Juan Agosto | 82 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4.29 | 50 |
| Larry Andersen | 50 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1.95 | 68 |
| Dan Schatzeder | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.39 | 37 |
| Xavier Hernandez | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.62 | 24 |
| Brian Meyer | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2.21 | 6 |
| Al Osuna | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 6 |
| Charlie Kerfeld | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16.20 | 4 |
| Brian Fisher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tucson Toros | Pacific Coast League | Bob Skinner |
| AA | Columbus Mudcats | Southern League | Rick Sweet |
| A | Osceola Astros | Florida State League | Sal Butera |
| A | Asheville Tourists | South Atlantic League | Frank Cacciatore |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Astros | New York–Penn League | Ricky Peters |
| Rookie | GCL Astros | Gulf Coast League | Julio Linares |