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1993 Houston Astros season

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1993 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Astrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJohn McMullen, Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managersBill Wood
ManagersArt Howe
TelevisionKTXH
HSE
RadioKPRC (AM)
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Manny Lopez)
← 1992 Seasons 1994 →

The Houston Astros' 1993 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West. This was also the final season that the Astros wore their "Tequila Sunrise" rainbow uniforms. They would switch to a more contemporary look the next year.

Offseason

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  • October 5, 1992: Denny Walling was released by the Astros.[1]
  • November 17, 1992: Butch Henry was drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the Houston Astros as the 36th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.[2]
  • December 1, 1992: Doug Drabek was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[3]
  • December 4, 1992: Greg Swindell was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[4]
  • January 5, 1993: Jack Daugherty was signed as a free agent by the Astros.[5]
  • February 1, 1993: Jim Lindeman signed as a free agent by the Astros.[6]

Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 104 58 .642 51‍–‍30 53‍–‍28
San Francisco Giants 103 59 .636 1 50‍–‍31 53‍–‍28
Houston Astros 85 77 .525 19 44‍–‍37 41‍–‍40
Los Angeles Dodgers 81 81 .500 23 41‍–‍40 40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 73 89 .451 31 41‍–‍40 32‍–‍49
Colorado Rockies 67 95 .414 37 39‍–‍42 28‍–‍53
San Diego Padres 61 101 .377 43 34‍–‍47 27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 7–5 10–3 13–0 7–5 8–5 8–5 7–5 9–3 6–6 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6
Chicago 5–7 7–5 8–4 6–7 4–8 7–5 5–8–1 8–5 7–6 5–8 8–4 6–6 8–5
Cincinnati 3–10 5–7 9–4 7–5 6–7 5–8 4–8 6–6 4–8 8–4 9–4 2–11 5–7
Colorado 0–13 4–8 4–9 7–5 11–2 7–6 3–9 6–6 3–9 8–4 6–7 3–10 5–7
Florida 5–7 7–6 5–7 5–7 3–9 5–7 5–8 4–9 4–9 6–7 7–5 4–8 4–9
Houston 5–8 8–4 7–6 2–11 9–3 9–4 5–7 11–1 5–7 7–5 8–5 3–10 6–6
Los Angeles 5–8 5–7 8–5 6–7 7–5 4–9 6–6 8–4 2–10 8–4 9–4 7–6 6–6
Montreal 5–7 8–5–1 8–4 9–3 8–5 7–5 6–6 9–4 6–7 8–5 10–2 3–9 7–6
New York 3–9 5–8 6–6 6–6 9–4 1–11 4–8 4–9 3–10 4–9 5–7 4–8 5–8
Philadelphia 6-6 6–7 8–4 9–3 9–4 7–5 10–2 7–6 10–3 7–6 6–6 4–8 8–5
Pittsburgh 5–7 8–5 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 4–8 5–8 9–4 6–7 9–3 5–7 4–9
San Diego 4–9 4–8 4–9 7–6 5–7 5–8 4–9 2–10 7–5 6–6 3–9 3–10 7–5
San Francisco 6–7 6–6 11–2 10–3 8–4 10–3 6–7 9–3 8–4 8–4 7–5 10–3 4–8
St. Louis 6–6 5–8 7–5 7–5 9–4 6–6 6–6 6–7 8–5 5–8 9–4 5–7 8–4


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1993 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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1993 regular season game log: 85–77 (Home: 44–37; Away: 41–40)
April: 14–8 (Home: 6–5; Away: 8–3)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
1 April 5 Phillies 1–3 0–1 L1
2 April 6 Phillies 3–5 0–2 L2
3 April 7 Phillies 3–6 (10) 0–3 L3
4 April 9 @ Mets 7–3 (10) 1–3 W1
5 April 10 @ Mets 6–3 2–3 W2
6 April 11 @ Mets 5–4 3–3 W3
7 April 13 @ Expos 9–4 4–3 W4
8 April 14 @ Expos 9–5 5–3 W5
9 April 15 @ Expos 1–2 5–4 L1
10 April 16 Marlins 9–3 6–4 W1
11 April 17 Marlins 4–9 6–5 L1
12 April 18 Marlins 3–0 7–5 W1
May: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
46 May 28 @ Marlins 4–5 (12) 24–22
47 May 29 @ Marlins 4–2 25–22
48 May 30 @ Marlins 2–1 26–22
49 May 31 Expos 2–1 27–22
June: 11–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 5–10)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
50 June 1 Expos 1–2 27–23
51 June 2 Expos 5–4 28–23
52 June 4 Mets 7–2 29–23
53 June 5 Mets 7–5 30–23
54 June 6 Mets 5–4 31–23
55 June 7 @ Phillies 5–7 31–24 L1
56 June 8 @ Phillies 6–3 32–24 W1
57 June 9 @ Phillies 0–8 32–25 L1
July: 16–13 (Home: 9–8; Away: 7–5)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
August: 15–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
119 August 17 Marlins 4–0 62–57
120 August 18 Marlins 2–1 63–57
121 August 19 Marlins 8–3 64–57
122 August 20 Phillies 4–6 64–58 L1
123 August 21 Phillies 3–2 (10) 65–58 W1
124 August 22 Phillies 7–3 66–58 W2
125 August 24 @ Marlins 4–0 67–58
126 August 25 @ Marlins 3–2 68–58
127 August 26 @ Marlins 4–5 (13) 68–59
128 August 27 @ Expos 1–3 68–60
129 August 28 @ Expos 3–7 68–61
130 August 29 @ Expos 2–3 68–62
131 August 30 @ Mets 4–5 68–63
132 August 31 @ Mets 10–2 69–63
September: 14–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
133 September 1 @ Mets 3–2 70–63
134 September 3 Expos 0–3 70–64
135 September 4 Expos 5–7 70–65
136 September 5 Expos 7–1 71–65
137 September 6 Mets 7–2 72–65
138 September 7 Mets 4–3 (10) 73–65
139 September 8 Mets 7–1 74–65
140 September 10 @ Phillies 2–6 74–66 L1
141 September 11 @ Phillies 4–1 75–66 W1
142 September 12 @ Phillies 9–2 76–66 W2
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

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 94 288 72 .250 9 42
1B Jeff Bagwell 142 535 171 .320 20 88
2B Craig Biggio 155 610 175 .287 21 64
3B Ken Caminiti 143 543 142 .262 13 75
SS Andújar Cedeño 149 505 143 .283 11 56
LF Luis Gonzalez 154 540 162 .300 15 72
CF Steve Finley 142 545 145 .266 8 44
RF Eric Anthony 145 486 121 .249 15 66

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
Scott Servais 85 258 63 .244 11 32
Kevin Bass 111 229 65 .284 3 37
Chris Donnels 88 179 46 .257 2 24
Chris James 65 129 33 .256 6 19
Casey Candaele 75 121 29 .240 1 7
José Uribe 45 53 13 .245 0 3
Rick Parker 45 45 15 .333 0 4
Eddie Tucker 9 26 5 .192 0 3
Jim Lindeman 9 23 8 .348 0 0
Mike Brumley 8 10 3 .300 0 2
Jack Daugherty 4 3 1 .333 0 0
Tuffy Rhodes 5 2 0 .000 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
Doug Drabek 34 237.2 9 18 3.79 157
Pete Harnisch 33 217.2 16 9 2.98 185
Mark Portugal 33 208.0 18 4 2.77 131
Greg Swindell 31 190.1 12 13 4.16 124
Darryl Kile 32 171.2 15 8 3.51 141

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
Shane Reynolds 5 11.0 0 0 0.82 10

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 71 4 10 26 4.54 66
Xavier Hernandez 72 4 5 9 2.61 101
Al Osuna 44 1 1 2 3.20 21
Brian Williams 42 4 4 3 4.83 56
Tom Edens 38 1 1 0 3.12 21
Todd Jones 27 1 2 2 3.13 25
Eric Bell 10 0 1 0 6.14 2
Mark Grant 6 0 0 0 0.82 6
Juan Agosto 6 0 0 0 6.00 3
Jeff Juden 2 0 1 0 5.40 7

Farm system

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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
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Bobby Ramos
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Manny Acta
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tucson, Jackson

References

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  1. ^ Denny Walling at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Butch Henry Stats".
  3. ^ Doug Drabek at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Greg Swindell at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ a b Jack Daugherty at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Billy Wagner at Baseball Reference
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