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.
• December 2, 1993: Doug Jones and Jeff Juden were traded by Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mitch Williams.
• December 10, 1993: Eric Anthony was traded by the Astros to the Seattle Mariners for Mike Felder and Mike Hampton.
• January 26, 1994: Sid Bream was signed as a free agent by the Astros.

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).

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

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 Save 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 Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 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 Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 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 Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 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	2​1⁄2
New York Mets	55	58	0.487	12​1⁄2
San Francisco Giants	55	60	0.478	13​1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies	54	61	0.470	14​1⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals	53	61	0.465	15
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	61	0.465	15
Colorado Rockies	53	64	0.453	16​1⁄2
Florida Marlins	51	64	0.444	17​1⁄2
Chicago Cubs	49	64	0.434	18​1⁄2
San Diego Padres	47	70	0.402	22​1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League Records 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	—	4–2	5–5	8–2	8–4	3–3	6–0	4–5	5–4	6–3	3–9	6–1	5–1	5–7
Chicago	2–4	—	5–7	6–6	4–5	4–8	3–3	2–4	1–4	1–6	5–5	6–3	5–4	5–5
Cincinnati	5–5	7–5	—	4–4	7–5	4–6	3–6	4–2	2–4	4–2	9–3	8–2	7–2	2–2–1
Colorado	2–8	6–6	4–4	—	3–9	5–5	4–6	4–2	5–1	2–4	2–3	5–5	3–7	8–4
Florida	4–8	5–4	5–7	9–3	—	2–4	3–3	2–7	6–4	4–6	1–6	5–1	2–4	3–7
Houston	3–3	8–4	6–4	5–5	4–2	—	1–8	2–4	3–3	5–1	8–4	5–5	8–2	8–4
Los Angeles	0–6	3–3	6–3	6–4	3–3	8–1	—	3–9	6–6	7–5	3–3	6–4	5–5	2–4
Montreal	5–4	4–2	2–4	2–4	7–2	4–2	9–3	—	4–3	5–4	8–2	12–0	5–7	7–3
New York	4–5	4–1	4–2	1–5	4–6	3–3	6–6	3–4	—	4–6	4–5	6–6	6–6	6–3
Philadelphia	3-6	6–1	2–4	4–2	6–4	1–5	5–7	4–5	6–4	—	5–4	4–8	4–8	4–3
Pittsburgh	9–3	5–5	3–9	3–2	6–1	4–8	3–3	2–8	5–4	4–5	—	3–3	1–5	5–5
San Diego	1–6	3–6	2–8	5–5	1–5	5–5	4–6	0–12	6–6	8–4	3–3	—	5–2	4–2
San Francisco	1–5	4–5	2–7	7–3	4–2	2–8	5–5	7–5	6–6	8–4	5–1	2–5	—	2–4
St. Louis	7–5	5–5	2–2–1	4–8	7–3	4–8	4–2	3–7	3–6	3–4	5–5	2–4	4–2	—

Notable transactions

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

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 (third base) 55 Steve Henderson (hitting) 56 Ben Hines (first base)  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
Mike Felder	58	117	28	.239	0	13
Andy Stankiewicz	37	54	14	.259	1	5
Milt Thompson	9	21	6	.286	1	3
Mike 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
Doug 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
Mitch 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

See also: Minor league baseball

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

External links

• 1994 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference