1995 Houston Astros season

1995 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Central Division (since 1969)
Location
The Astrodome (since 1965)
Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record	76–68 (.528)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Drayton McLane, Jr.
General manager(s)	Bob Watson
Manager(s)	Terry Collins
Local television	KTXH Prime Sports Southwest
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell) KXYZ (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Danny Gonzalez)
< Previous season Next season >

The Houston Astros' 1995 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League Central.

Offseason

December 28, 1994: Ken Caminiti, Andújar Cedeño, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine, Brian Williams and a player to be named later were traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutiérrez, Pedro A. Martínez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley. The Astros completed the deal by sending Sean Fesh (minors) to the Padres on May 1, 1995.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	85	59	0.590	—	44–28	41–31
Houston Astros	76	68	0.528	9	36–36	40–32
Chicago Cubs	73	71	0.507	12	34–38	39–33
St. Louis Cardinals	62	81	0.434	22½	39–33	23–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	58	86	0.403	27	31–41	27–45

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	8–5	9–4	10–3	6–6	5–4	9–4	5–8	7–6	4–2	5–2	7–1	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	3–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	7–5	3–5	4–3	6–1	8–5	5–7	5–7	9–4
Cincinnati	5–8	7–3	—	5–7	6–6	12–1	4–3	8–4	7–5	9–3	8–5	3–6	3–3	8–5
Colorado	4–9	7–6	7–5	—	5–7	4–4	4–9	7–1	5–4	4–2	8–4	9–4	8–5	5–7
Florida	3–10	4–8	6–6	7–5	—	8–4	3–7	6–7	7–6	6–7	5–8	3–2	5–3	4–3
Houston	6–6	8–5	1–12	4–4	4–8	—	3–2	9–3	6–6	5–7	9–4	7–4	5–3	9–4
Los Angeles	4–5	5–7	3–4	9–4	7–3	2–3	—	7–5	6–6	4–9	9–4	7–6	8–5	7–5
Montreal	4–9	5–3	4–8	1–7	7–6	3–9	5–7	—	7–6	8–5	4–4	7–5	7–6	4–3
New York	8–5	3–4	5–7	4–5	6–7	6–6	6–6	6–7	—	7–6	4–3	6–7	5–8	3–4
Philadelphia	6-7	1–6	3–9	2–4	7–6	7–5	9–4	5–8	6–7	—	6–3	6–6	6–6	5–4
Pittsburgh	2–4	5–8	5–8	4–8	8–5	4–9	4–9	4–4	3–4	3–6	—	4–8	6–6	6–7
San Diego	2–5	7–5	6–3	4–9	2–3	4–7	6–7	5–7	7–6	6–6	8–4	—	6–7	7–5
San Francisco	1–7	7–5	3–3	5–8	3–5	3–5	5–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	6–6	7–6	—	7–6
St. Louis	5–7	4–9	5–8	7–5	3–4	4-9	5–7	3–4	4–3	4–5	7–6	5–7	6–7	—

Notable transactions

July 2, 1995: Johan Santana was signed as an amateur free agent by the Astros.^[3]
July 19, 1995: Phil Plantier was traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Rich Loiselle and Jeff Tabaka.^[4]
August 10, 1995: The Astros traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Henneman. The Astros completed the deal by sending Phil Nevin to the Tigers on August 15.^[5]

Roster

1995 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

46 Doug Brocail

49 Jim Dougherty

15 Doug Drabek

10 Mike Hampton

58 Dean Hartgraves

39 Mike Henneman

35 John Hudek

59 Todd Jones

57 Darryl Kile

41,42 Pedro Martinez

38 Craig McMurtry

52 Ross Powell

37 Shane Reynolds

21,41 Greg Swindell

31 Jeff Tabaka

43 Dave Veres

13 Billy Wagner

56 Donne Wall

Catchers

17 Pat Borders

20 Tony Eusebio

9 Jerry Goff

9 Scott Servais

31,36 Eddie Tucker

3 Rick Wilkins

Infielders

5 Jeff Bagwell

7 Craig Biggio

3 Chris Donnels

12 Ricky Gutiérrez

18,22 Dave Magadan

24 Orlando Miller

21 Phil Nevin

16,18 Craig Shipley

23 Mike Simms

4 Andy Stankiewicz

Outfielders

14 Derek Bell

36 Mike Brumley

27 John Cangelosi

26 Luis Gonzalez

19 Brian Hunter

16 Derrick May

18,6 James Mouton

17 Phil Plantier

28 Milt Thompson

Other batters

21 Dave Hajek

Manager

2 Terry Collins

Coaches

29 Jesse Barfield (first base)

48 Matt Galante (third base)

55 Steve Henderson (hitting)

1 Julio Linares (bench)

30 Mel Stottlemyre (pitching)

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
Shipley, CraigCraig Shipley	92	232	61	.263	3	24
Gutiérrez, RickyRicky Gutiérrez	52	156	43	.276	0	12
Thompson, MiltMilt Thompson	92	132	29	.220	2	19
Simms, MikeMike Simms	50	121	31	.256	9	24

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

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
Martínez, PedroPedro Martínez	25	0	0	0	7.40	17

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Toros	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sweet
AA	Jackson Generals	Texas League	Tim Tolman
A	Kissimmee Cobras	Florida State League	Dave Engle
A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	Jim Pankovits
Short-Season A	Auburn Astros	New York-Penn League	Manny Acta
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Bobby Ramos

References

External links

1995 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

1995 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

Houston Astros

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

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:
- 2015

Minors

Rivalries

Texas Rangers

Seasons (55)

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 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, November 10, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.