1991 Houston Astros | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |
City | Houston, Texas | |
Record | 65–97 (.401) | |
Divisional place | 6th | |
Owners | John McMullen | |
General managers | Bill Wood | |
Managers | Art Howe | |
Television | KTXH HSE | |
Radio | KPRC (AM) (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell) KXYZ (Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra) | |
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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.[1]
- January 10, 1991: Glenn Davis was traded by the Astros to the Baltimore Orioles for Curt Schilling, Steve Finley and Pete Harnisch.[2]
Regular season
Standings
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | — | 48–33 | 46–35 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 1 | 54–27 | 39–42 |
San Diego Padres | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 10 | 42–39 | 42–39 |
San Francisco Giants | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 19 | 43–38 | 32–49 |
Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 20 | 39–42 | 35–46 |
Houston Astros | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 29 | 37–44 | 28–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
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Pitchers
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tucson
References
- ↑ Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Curt Schilling at Baseball Reference