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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)
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The 1993 Houston Astros season was the 32nd season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 29th as the Astros, 32nd in the National League (NL), 25th in the NL West division, and 29th at The Astrodome, The Astros entered the season as having finished in fourth place in the NL West with an 81–81 record, their first season since 1989 with a winning percentage of at least .500.

On April 5, pitcher Doug Drabek made his first Opening Day start for the Astros, who hosted the Philadelphia Phillies but were defeated, 3–1. The Astros' first round draft pick in the amateur draft was pitcher Billy Wagner, at 12th overall.

Pitcher Darryl Kile represented the Astros at the MLB All-Star Game, his first career selection.

Kile hurled the ninth no-hitter in club history on September 8 as the Astros defeated the New York Mets, 7–1.

The Astros concluded the season with an 85–77 record, an improvement of six games from the season prior, in third place and 19 games behind the Atlanta Braves for first place in the NL West. Hence, it was the start of the longest period of consistency of winning seasons in franchise history, doing so in 14 of a span of 16 seasons through 2008, while claiming a playoff berth six times. It was also the start of an unprecedented seven consecutive winning seasons for the Astros, through the 1999 season.

This was the final of five seasons with Art Howe as manager, among other significant changes. It was also the final season that the Astros wore their "tequila sunrise" rainbow uniforms. As part of the league's playoff expansion by re-introducing the Division Series, it was the final time the Astros occupied the NL West division and would move to the newly-commissioned NL Central the following season.

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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Summary

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In the Astros' first-ever road trip to face the Colorado Rockies on June 12, they took a 7–0 lead only to wind up losing the game, 14–11.[7]

On June 22, Jeff Bagwell homered, doubled, and singled, driving in two runs in a 5–1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also scored twice, including stealing home. Meanwhile, each run the Astros scored was unearned.[8]

Following the season, manager Art Howe was fired and replaced by Terry Collins for the next season.[9]

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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Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MTL 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

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

Awards and achievements

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Awards
Individual batting leaders
Individual pitching leaders

Minor league 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

See also

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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. ^ Schwartzberg, Seth (June 12, 2025). "Today in Astros history - June 12". The Crawfish Boxes. SB Nation. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  8. ^ Schwarzberg, Seth (June 22, 2025). "Today in Astros history - June 22". The Crawfish Boxes. SB Nation. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  9. ^ Staff and wire reports (November 18, 1993). "Collins named Astro manager". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  10. ^ Billy Wagner at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ "MLB Players of the Week Awards". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
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