1992 Houston Astros season

1992 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
  • The Astrodome (since 1965)
  • Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record 81–81 (.500)
Divisional place 4th
Other information
Owner(s) John McMullen
General manager(s) Bill Wood
Manager(s) Art Howe
Local television KTXH
HSE
Local radio KPRC (AM)
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sanchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
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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, 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
Atlanta Braves 98 64 -- .605
Cincinnati Reds 90 72 8.0 .556
San Diego Padres 82 80 16.0 .506
Houston Astros 81 81 17.0 .500
San Francisco Giants 72 90 26.0 .444
Los Angeles Dodgers 63 99 35.0 .389

Notable transactions

Roster

1992 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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 Taubensee, EddieEddie Taubensee 104 297 66 .222 5 28
1B Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell 162 586 160 .273 18 96
2B Biggio, CraigCraig Biggio 162 613 170 .277 6 39
3B Caminiti, KenKen Caminiti 135 506 149 .294 13 62
SS Cedeño, AndújarAndújar Cedeño 71 220 38 .173 2 13
LF Gonzalez, LuisLuis Gonzalez 122 387 94 .243 10 55
CF Finley, SteveSteve Finley 162 607 177 .292 5 55
RF Anthony, EricEric 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
Simms, MikeMike Simms 15 24 6 .250 1 3
Walling, DennyDenny 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
Bowen, RyanRyan 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
Blair, WillieWillie Blair 29 78.2 5 7 4.00 48

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
Boever, JoeJoe Boever 81 3 6 2 2.51 67
Hernandez, XavierXavier Hernandez 77 9 1 7 2.11 96

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
Short-Season A Auburn Astros New York-Penn League Steve Dillard
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

References

  1. ↑ Kenny Lofton page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Joe Boever page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Ernest Riles page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Denny Walling page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Curt Schilling page at Baseball Reference

External links