1994 Houston Astros season

1994 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
The Astrodome (since 1965)
Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record	66–49 (.574)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Drayton McLane, Jr.
General manager(s)	Bob Watson
Manager(s)	Terry Collins
Local television	KTXH
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell) KXYZ (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Danny Gonzalez)
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The Houston Astros' 1994 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League Central.

Offseason

November 27, 1993: Xavier Hernandez was traded by the Astros to the New York Yankees for Andy Stankiewicz and Domingo Jean.^[1]
December 2, 1993: Doug Jones and Jeff Juden were traded by Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mitch Williams.^[2]
December 10, 1993: Eric Anthony was traded by the Astros to the Seattle Mariners for Mike Felder and Mike Hampton.^[3]
January 26, 1994: Sid Bream was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[4]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Astros had compiled a 66-49 record through 115 games. They were trailing the Cincinnati Reds by half a game for the NL Central Division lead and the Atlanta Braves by 2.5 games in the 1994 NL Wildcard Race. They had scored 602 runs (5.23 per game) and had allowed 503 runs (4.37 per game).^[5]

Offensively, the Astros led the Majors in doubles during the strike-shortened season (252) intentional walks (58) and sacrifice hits (73).^[6]

Game Log

1994 Regular Season Game Log (66-49) (Home: 37-22; Road: 29-27)

April (13-10) (Home: 7-5; Road: 6-5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Report
1	April 4	Expos	6-5 (12 inn.)	Edens (1-0)	Shaw (0-1)	43,440	1-0	Boxscore
2	April 5	Expos	1-5	Hill (1-0)	Drabek (0-1)	16,227	1-1	Boxscore
3	April 6	Expos	3-9	Rueter (1-0)	Kile (0-1)	17,180	1-2	Boxscore
4	April 8	Mets
5	April 9	Mets
6	April 10	Mets
7	April 12	@ Marlins
8	April 13	@ Marlins
9	April 14	@ Marlins
10	April 15	@ Mets
11	April 16	@ Mets
12	April 17	@ Mets
13	April 19	@ Cubs
14	April 20	@ Cubs
15	April 22	@ Cardinals
16	April 23	@ Cardinals
17	April 24	@ Cardinals
18	April 25	Pirates
19	April 26	Pirates
20	April 27	Cubs
21	April 28	Cubs
22	April 29	Cardinals
23	April 30	Cardinals

May (16-12) (Home: 8-5; Road: 8-7)

#	Date	Opponent
24	May 1	Cardinals
25	May 3	@ Pirates
26	May 4	@ Pirates
27	May 5	@ Reds
28	May 6	@ Reds
29	May 7	@ Reds
30	May 8	@ Reds
31	May 9	@ Dodgers
32	May 10	@ Dodgers
33	May 11	@ Dodgers
34	May 13	Rockies
35	May 14	Rockies
36	May 15	Rockies
37	May 16	Giants
38	May 17	Giants
39	May 18	Giants
40	May 19	Padres
41	May 20	Padres
42	May 21	Padres
43	May 22	Padres
44	May 24	@ Braves
45	May 25	@ Braves
46	May 26	@ Braves
47	May 27	@ Phillies
48	May 28	@ Phillies
49	May 29	@ Phillies
50	May 30	Marlins
51	May 31	Marlins

June (14-13) (Home: 8-6; Road: 6-7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
52	June 1	Marlins
53	June 3	Phillies
54	June 4	Phillies
55	June 5	Phillies
56	June 6	@ Expos	5-10	Henry (3-0)	Swindell (5-2)	Wetteland (8)	14,322	32-24	Boxscore
57	June 7	@ Expos	2-3	Heredia (2-2)	Veres (2-3)	Wetteland (9)	17,283	32-25	Boxscore
58	June 8	@ Expos	9-2	Williams (3-2)	Fassero (4-4)		17,289	33-25	Boxscore
59	June 10	Braves
60	June 11	Braves
61	June 12	Braves
62	June 13	@ Giants
63	June 14	@ Giants
64	June 15	@ Giants
65	June 16	@ Giants
66	June 17	@ Padres
67	June 18	@ Padres
68	June 19	@ Padres
69	June 20	@ Rockies
70	June 21	@ Rockies
71	June 22	@ Rockies
72	June 24	Dodgers
73	June 25	Dodgers
74	June 26	Dodgers
75	June 27	Reds
76	June 28	Reds
77	June 29	Reds
78	June 30	Cubs

July (16-11) (Home: 7-3; Road: 9-8)

#	Date	Opponent
79	July 1	Cubs
80	July 2	Cubs
81	July 3	Cubs
82	July 4	@ Cardinals
83	July 5	@ Cardinals
84	July 6	@ Cardinals
85	July 7	@ Cubs
86	July 8	@ Cubs
87	July 9	@ Cubs
88	July 10	@ Cubs
All-Star Break: NL def. AL at Three Rivers Stadium, 8–7 (10)
89	July 14	@ Pirates
90	July 15	@ Pirates
91	July 16	@ Pirates
92	July 17	@ Pirates
93	July 18	Cardinals
94	July 19	Cardinals
95	July 20	Cardinals
96	July 21	Pirates
97	July 22	Pirates
98	July 23	Pirates
99	July 24	Pirates
100	July 25	@ Reds
101	July 26	@ Reds
102	July 27	@ Reds
103	July 29	@ Dodgers
104	July 30	@ Dodgers
105	July 31	@ Dodgers

August (7-3) (Home: 7-3)

#	Date	Opponent
106	August 1	Rockies
107	August 2	Rockies
108	August 3	Rockies
109	August 4	Rockies
110	August 5	Giants
111	August 6	Giants
112	August 7	Giants
113	August 9	Padres
114	August 10	Padres
115	August 11	Padres

Legend
Astros win	Astros loss	All-Star Game	Game postponed

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	66	48	0.579	—	37–22	29–26
Houston Astros	66	49	0.574	½	37–22	29–27
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	61	0.465	13	32–29	21–32
St. Louis Cardinals	53	61	0.465	13	23–33	30–28
Chicago Cubs	49	64	0.434	16½	20–39	29–25

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Montreal Expos	74	40	0.649
Cincinnati Reds	66	48	0.579
Los Angeles Dodgers	58	56	0.509

Wild card team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	68	46	0.597	—
Houston Astros	66	49	0.574	2¹⁄₂
New York Mets	55	58	0.487	12¹⁄₂
San Francisco Giants	55	60	0.478	13¹⁄₂
Philadelphia Phillies	54	61	0.470	14¹⁄₂
St. Louis Cardinals	53	61	0.465	15
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	61	0.465	15
Colorado Rockies	53	64	0.453	16¹⁄₂
Florida Marlins	51	64	0.444	17¹⁄₂
Chicago Cubs	49	64	0.434	18¹⁄₂
San Diego Padres	47	70	0.402	22¹⁄₂

Notable transactions

May 2, 1994: Mike Simms was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[7]
May 31, 1994: Mitch Williams was released by the Astros.^[2]
June 2, 1994: Tony Mounce was drafted by the Astros in the 7th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft^[8]

Roster

1994 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

15 Doug Drabek

46 Tom Edens

38 Mike Hampton

27 Pete Harnisch

35 John Hudek

59 Todd Jones

57 Darryl Kile

52 Ross Powell

37 Shane Reynolds

21 Greg Swindell

43 Dave Veres

53 Brian Williams

99 Mitch Williams

Catchers

20 Tony Eusebio

9 Scott Servais

6 Eddie Taubensee

Infielders

5 Jeff Bagwell

7 Craig Biggio

31 Sid Bream

11 Ken Caminiti

10 Andújar Cedeño

3 Chris Donnels

24 Orlando Miller

29 Roberto Petagine

4 Andy Stankiewicz

Outfielders

17 Kevin Bass

28,51 Mike Felder

12 Steve Finley

26 Luis Gonzalez

19 Brian Hunter

18 James Mouton

22 Mike Simms

28 Milt Thompson

Manager

2 Terry Collins

Coaches

48 Matt Galante

55 Steve Henderson

56 Ben Hines

1 Julio Linares

30 Mel Stottlemyre

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

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
Felder, MikeMike Felder	58	117	28	.239	0	13
Stankiewicz, AndyAndy Stankiewicz	37	54	14	.259	1	5
Thompson, MiltMilt Thompson	9	21	6	.286	1	3
Simms, MikeMike Simms	6	12	1	.083	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
Drabek, DougDoug Drabek	23	164.2	12	6	2.84	121

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

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
Williams, MitchMitch Williams	25	1	4	6	7.65	21

Awards and honors

Jeff Bagwell, National League Most Valuable Player
Jeff Bagwell, Gold Glove Award, First base
Jeff Bagwell, Silver Slugger Award, First base

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Toros	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sweet
AA	Jackson Generals	Texas League	Sal Butera
A	Osceola Astros	Florida State League	Tim Tolman
A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	Steve Dillard
Short-Season A	Auburn Astros	New York-Penn League	Manny Acta
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Bobby Ramos

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Astros

References

External links

1994 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

1994 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1994 Major League Baseball Draft
1994 All-Star Game
1994 World Series
1994-95 strike
Sonia Sotomayor (Judge who ended strike)

Houston Astros

Formerly the Houston Colt .45s
Based in Houston, Texas

The Franchise

Ballparks

Colt Stadium Houston Astrodome Minute Maid Park

Spring Training:	Cocoa Expo Stadium Osceola County Stadium

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Jim Crane
General Manager: Jeff Luhnow
Manager: A. J. Hinch

League
pennants (1)

National League:
- 2005
American League:
- none

Division titles

NL West:
- 1980
- 1981
- 1986
NL Central:
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2001
AL West:
- none
NL Wild Card:
- 2004
- 2005
AL Wild Card:
- none

Minors

AAA:
- Fresno Grizzlies
AA:
- Corpus Christi Hooks
A:
Rookie:
- Greeneville Astros
- Gulf Coast League Astros

Rivalries

Lone Star Series (Texas Rangers)

Seasons (54)

1960s	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 2009

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