1988 Houston Astros season

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1988 Houston Astros
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1962) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
The Astrodome (Since 1965) Houston, Texas (Since 1962)
1988 Information
Owner(s)	John McMullen
General Manager(s)	Bill Wood
Manager(s)	Hal Lanier
Local television	KTXH HSE
Local radio	KTRH (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Bruce Gietzen, Bill Worrell) KBUC (Orlando Sanchez-Diego, Rolando Becerra)

The Houston Astros' 1988 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Standings 1.2 Notable Transactions 1.3 Game log 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	94	67	--	.584
Cincinnati Reds	87	74	7.0	.540
San Diego Padres	83	78	11.0	.516
San Francisco Giants	73	79	11.5	.512
Houston Astros	82	80	12.5	.506
Atlanta Braves	54	106	39.5	.338

[edit] Notable Transactions

• June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Lofton signed on June 16, 1988.

[edit] Game log

1988 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
May # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
June # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
July # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
August # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
September # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
October # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Kevin Bass	157	541	138	.255	14	72

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SV

[edit] References

v • d • e 1988 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1988 All-Star Game • 1988 World Series

v • d • e Houston Astros Formerly the Houston Colt .45s • Based in Houston, Texas The Franchise History • Seasons • Records • Awards • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters • All articles Ballparks Colt Stadium • Astrodome • Minute Maid Park Culture AstroTurf • Junction Jack • Lone Star Series • Crawford Boxes • Rainbow Guts • Houston Sports Curse Important Figures Jeff Bagwell • Craig Biggio • Nolan Ryan • Jimmy Wynn • Brad Ausmus • Bob Watson • Larry Dierker • Cesar Cedeno • José Cruz • Joe Niekro • Billy Wagner • Roy Oswalt • Lance Berkman • Roger Clemens • Mike Scott Retired Numbers 5 • 24 • 25 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 40 • 42 • 49 Key Personnel Owner: Drayton McLane, Jr. • General Manager: Ed Wade • Manager: Cecil Cooper National League Pennants (1) 2005 Division Titles Western: 1980 • 1986 • Central: 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • Wild Card: 2004 • 2005 Minors Round Rock Express (AAA) • Corpus Christi Hooks (AA) • Salem Avalanche (A) • Lexington Legends (A) • Tri-City Valley Cats (A) • Greeneville Astros (Rookie)   Seasons (47) 1960s 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 1970s 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 1980s 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 1990s 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000s 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008