1992 Houston Astros season

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.

1992 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Astrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place4th
OwnersJohn McMullen
General managersBill Wood
ManagersArt Howe
TelevisionKTXH
HSE
RadioKPRC (AM)
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell)
KXYZ
(Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
← 1991 Seasons 1993 →

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 City, 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.

The Astros won six games on walk-off home runs, the most of any MLB team in 1992.[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 98 64 .605 51‍–‍30 47‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds 90 72 .556 8 53‍–‍28 37‍–‍44
San Diego Padres 82 80 .506 16 45‍–‍36 37‍–‍44
Houston Astros 81 81 .500 17 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍47
San Francisco Giants 72 90 .444 26 42‍–‍39 30‍–‍51
Los Angeles Dodgers 63 99 .389 35 37‍–‍44 26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 10–2 9–9 13–5 12–6 4–8 7–5 6–6 7–5 13–5 11–7 6–6
Chicago 2–10 5–7 8–4 6–6 7–11 9–9 9–9 8–10 5–7 8–4 11–7
Cincinnati 9–9 7–5 10–8 11–7 5–7 7–5 7–5 6–6 11–7 10–8 7–5
Houston 5–13 4–8 8–10 13–5 8–4 5–7 8–4 6–6 7–11 12–6 5–7
Los Angeles 6–12 6–6 7–11 5–13 4–8 5–7 5–7 5–7 9–9 7–11 4–8
Montreal 8–4 11–7 7–5 4–8 8–4 12–6 9–9 9–9 8–4 5–7 6–12
New York 5–7 9–9 5–7 7–5 7–5 6–12 6–12 4–14 4–8 10–2 9–9
Philadelphia 6-6 9–9 5–7 4–8 7–5 9–9 12–6 5–13 3–9 3–9 7–11
Pittsburgh 5–7 10–8 6–6 6–6 7–5 9–9 14–4 13–5 5–7 6–6 15–3
San Diego 5–13 7–5 7–11 11–7 9–9 4–8 8–4 9–3 7–5 11–7 4–8
San Francisco 7–11 4–8 8–10 6–12 11–7 7–5 2–10 9–3 6–6 7–11 5–7
St. Louis 6–6 7–11 5–7 7–5 8–4 12–6 9–9 11–7 3–15 8–4 7–5


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1992 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Eddie Taubensee 104 297 66 .222 5 28
1B Jeff Bagwell 162 586 160 .273 18 96
2B Craig Biggio 162 613 170 .277 6 39
3B Ken Caminiti 135 506 149 .294 13 62
SS Andújar Cedeño 71 220 38 .173 2 13
LF Luis Gonzalez 122 387 94 .243 10 55
CF Steve Finley 162 607 177 .292 5 55
RF Eric Anthony 137 440 105 .239 19 80

Other batters

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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
Pete Incaviglia 113 349 93 .266 11 44
Casey Candaele 135 320 68 .213 1 18
Scott Servais 77 205 49 .239 0 15
Rafael Ramírez 73 176 44 .250 1 13
Juan Guerrero 79 125 25 .200 1 14
Gerald Young 74 76 14 .184 0 4
Chris Jones 54 63 12 .190 1 4
Ernie Riles 39 61 16 .262 1 4
Benny Distefano 52 60 14 .233 0 7
Eddie Tucker 20 50 6 .120 0 3
Mike Simms 15 24 6 .250 1 3
Eric Yelding 9 8 2 .250 0 0
Tuffy Rhodes 5 4 0 .000 0 0
Denny Walling 3 3 1 .333 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pete Harnisch 34 206.2 9 10 3.70 164
Butch Henry 28 165.2 6 9 4.02 96
Jimmy Jones 25 139.1 10 6 4.07 69
Darryl Kile 22 125.1 5 10 3.95 90
Mark Portugal 18 101.1 6 3 2.66 62
Brian Williams 16 96.1 7 6 3.92 54
Ryan Bowen 11 33.2 0 7 10.96 22

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Willie Blair 29 78.2 5 7 4.00 48
Shane Reynolds 8 25.1 1 3 7.11 10
Rich Scheid 7 12.0 0 1 6.00 8

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Doug Jones 80 11 8 36 1.85 93
Joe Boever 81 3 6 2 2.51 67
Xavier Hernandez 77 9 1 7 2.11 96
Al Osuna 66 6 3 0 4.23 37
Rob Murphy 59 3 1 0 4.04 42
Rob Mallicoat 23 0 0 0 7.23 20

Farm system

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

References

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  1. ^ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1992, All Teams, Home Runs, Walk-off". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Kenny Lofton at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Ernest Riles at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Denny Walling at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Curt Schilling at Baseball Reference
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