1989 Houston Astros season

1989 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
  • The Astrodome (since 1965)
  • Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record 86–76 (.531)
Divisional place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) John McMullen
General manager(s) Bill Wood
Manager(s) Art Howe
Local television KTXH
HSE
Local radio KTRH
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Bruce Gietzen, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sanchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
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The Houston Astros' 1989 season in American baseball involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West. The season was best remembered for the Astros winning 16 of 17 games in late May through mid June.

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
San Francisco Giants 92 70 -- .568
San Diego Padres 89 73 3.0 .549
Houston Astros 86 76 6.0 .531
Los Angeles Dodgers 77 83 14.0 .481
Cincinnati Reds 75 87 17.0 .463
Atlanta Braves 63 97 28.0 .394

Notable transactions

Roster

1989 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders
  • 42 Mark Davidson
Manager

Coaches

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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
C Craig Biggio 134 443 114 .257 13 60
1B Glenn Davis 158 581 156 .269 34 89
2B Bill Doran 142 507 111 .219 8 58
3B Ken Caminiti 161 585 149 .255 10 72
SS Rafael Ramírez 151 537 132 .246 6 54
LF Billy Hatcher 108 395 90 .228 3 44
CF Gerald Young 146 533 124 .233 0 38
RF Terry Puhl 121 354 96 .271 0 27

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Kevin Bass 87 313 94 .300 5 44
Eric Anthony 25 61 11 .180 4 7
Carl Nichols 8 13 1 .077 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Bob Skinner
AA Columbus Mudcats Southern League Tom Weidenbauer
A Osceola Astros Florida State League Rick Sweet
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Jim Coveney
Short-Season A Auburn Astros New York-Penn League Reggie Waller
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

References

External links