1988 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1988 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West. It was the final season with Nolan Ryan as an Astro, as he left for the Texas Rangers in the offseason.

1988 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersJohn McMullen
General managersBill Wood
ManagersHal Lanier
Local televisionKTXH
HSE
Local radioKTRH
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Bruce Gietzen, Bill Worrell)
KBUC
(Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9467 0.584 — 45–36 49–31
Cincinnati Reds 8774 0.540 7 45–35 42–39
San Diego Padres 8378 0.516 11 47–34 36–44
San Francisco Giants 8379 0.512 11½ 45–36 38–43
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 12½ 44–37 38–43
Atlanta Braves 54106 0.338 39½ 28–51 26–55

Record vs. opponents
1988 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–75–135–134–144–84–86–65–58–105–133–9
Chicago 7–5—6–67–54–8–19–99–98–107–118–45–77–11
Cincinnati 13–56–6—9–97–115–74–79–37–510–811–76–6
Houston 13–55–79–9—9–96–65–78–48–46–127–116–6
Los Angeles 14–48–4–111–79–9—8–41–1011–16–67–1112–67–5
Montreal 8–49–97–56–64–8—6–129–9–18–104–87–513–5
New York 8–49–97–47–510–112–6—10–812–67–54–814–4
Philadelphia 6-610–83–94–81–119–9–18–10—7–114–77–56–12
Pittsburgh 5–511–75–74–86–610–86–1211–7—8–48–411–7
San Diego 10–84–88–1012–611–78–45–77–44–8—8–106–6
San Francisco 13–57–57–1111–76–125–78–45–74–810–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–311–76–66–65–75–134–1412–67–116–65–7—

Detailed records
National League
OpponentTotalHomeAwayRSRA
National League West
OpponentTotalHomeAwayRSRA
Atlanta Braves13–57–26–38760
Cincinnati Reds9–95–44–58272
Houston Astros–––––
Los Angeles Dodgers9–94–55–46666
San Diego Padres6–124–52–74167
San Francisco Giants7–112–75–45961
Total44–4622–2322–23335356
National League East
Chicago Cubs5–73–32–45151
Montreal Expos6–62–44–24944
New York Mets5–74–21–54866
Philadelphia Phillies8–45–13–35152
Pittsburgh Pirates8–45–13–34224
St. Louis Cardinals6–63–33–34138
Total38–3422–1416–20282275

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Miscellaneous

This roster of pitchers had 8 career no-hitters with 5 (at the time) by Nolan Ryan, 2 by Bob Forsch, and 1 by Mike Scott.

Roster
1988 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
1988 Game Log: 82–80 (Home: 44–37; Away: 38–43)
April: 14–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1April 5Padres6–31–0
2April 6Padres5–12–0
3April 8@ Reds8–3 (16)3–0
4April 9@ Reds4–53–1
5April 10@ Reds12–34–1
6April 12@ Braves8–35–1
7April 13@ Braves4–06–1
8April 14Reds9–37–1
9April 15Reds2–4 (10)7–2
10April 16Reds2–87–3
11April 17Reds5–38–3
12April 19Braves4–58–4
13April 20Braves1–09–4
14April 21Braves8–010–4
15April 22@ Padres1–310–5
16April 23@ Padres0–410–6
17April 24@ Padres0–310–7
18April 26Phillies3–111–7
19April 27Phillies3–2 (10)12–7
20April 29Expos6–413–7
21April 30Expos3–014–7
May: 13–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
22May 1Expos3–7 (14)14–8
23May 2@ Phillies1–714–9
24May 3@ Phillies4–015–9
25May 4@ Mets0–815–10
—May 5@ MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 1
26May 6@ Expos5–6 (11)15–11
27May 7@ Expos3–415–12
28May 8@ Expos7–216–12
29May 9Mets6–217–12
30May 10Mets2–517–13
31May 11Mets8–9 (10)17–14
32May 13Cubs8–218–14
33May 14Cubs3–119–14
34May 15Cubs1–219–15
35May 16Pirates9–220–15
36May 17Pirates3–221–15
37May 18Pirates4–222–15
38May 20@ Cardinals5–323–15
39May 21@ Cardinals4–7 (11)23–16
40May 22@ Cardinals2–124–16
41May 23@ Pirates3–025–16
42May 24@ Pirates4–525–17
43May 25@ Pirates3–425–18
44May 27@ Cubs2–325–19
45May 28@ Cubs7–1425–20
46May 29@ Cubs7–126–20
47May 30Cardinals5–427–20
48May 31Cardinals7–927–21
June: 13–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
49June 1Cardinals2–3 (13)27–22
50June 3@ Giants8–428–22
51June 4@ Giants2–828–23
52June 5@ Giants3–928–24
53June 6@ Dodgers10–429–24
54June 7@ Dodgers5–230–24
55June 8@ Dodgers1–1130–25
56June 9@ Dodgers2–430–26
57June 10Braves3–10 (13)30–27
58June 11Braves5–4 (11)31–27
59June 12Braves5–032–27
60June 13Braves6–533–27
61June 14@ Reds1–733–28
62June 15@ Reds3–533–29
63June 16@ Reds7–434–29
64June 17@ Braves3–434–30
65June 17@ Braves5–634–31
66June 18@ Braves14–735–31
67June 19@ Braves6–436–31
68June 20Reds1–236–32
69June 21Reds3–137–32
70June 22Reds5–138–32
71June 24Giants0–1138–33
72June 25Giants1–438–34
73June 26Giants6–039–34
74June 27Dodgers0–439–35
75June 28Dodgers4–340–35
76June 29Dodgers0–240–36
77June 30@ Mets6–1240–37
July: 16–12 (Home: 6–5; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
78July 1@ Mets2–340–38
79July 1@ Mets6–5 (13)41–38
80July 2@ Mets2–741–39
81July 3@ Mets0–541–40
82July 4Expos4–741–41
83July 5Expos3–4 (11)41–42
84July 6Expos2–441–43
85July 8Mets4–242–43
86July 9Mets6–343–43
87July 10Mets6–544–43
88July 14@ Phillies7–545–43
89July 15@ Phillies5–246–43
90July 16@ Phillies6–1046–44
91July 17@ Phillies4–1046–45
92July 18@ Expos6–147–45
93July 19@ Expos4–348–45
94July 20@ Expos3–249–45
95July 21Phillies2–050–45
96July 22Phillies5–351–45
97July 23Phillies7–652–45
98July 24Phillies4–652–46
99July 26@ Padres1–552–47
100July 27@ Padres4–153–47
101July 28@ Padres3–254–47
102July 29@ Dodgers3–155–47
103July 30@ Dodgers14–656–47
104July 31@ Dodgers1–656–48
August: 15–14 (Home: 9–8; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
105August 1@ Giants1–456–49
106August 2@ Giants13–1057–49
107August 3@ Giants3–258–49
108August 5Dodgers6–459–49
109August 6Dodgers3–559–50
110August 7Dodgers4–260–50
111August 8Dodgers10–061–50
112August 9Giants3–262–50
113August 10Giants0–562–51
114August 11Giants0–662–52
115August 12Padres3–462–53
116August 13Padres1–063–53
117August 14Padres1–663–54
118August 15Padres7–364–54
119August 16@ Cardinals0–364–55
120August 17@ Cardinals1–065–55
121August 18@ Cardinals1–265–56
122August 19@ Pirates5–166–56
123August 20@ Pirates1–266–57
124August 21@ Pirates2–1 (11)67–57
125August 22@ Cubs9–7 (10)68–57
126August 23@ Cubs3–968–58
127August 24@ Cubs2–368–59
128August 26Pirates2–069–59
129August 27Pirates3–170–59
130August 28Pirates3–470–60
131August 29Cubs1–2 (11)70–61
132August 30Cubs7–471–61
133August 31Cubs1–371–62
September: 11–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
134September 2Cardinals0–271–63
135September 3Cardinals10–172–63
136September 4Cardinals4–373–63
137September 5Reds3–074–63
138September 6Reds3–1074–64
139September 7@ Dodgers1–474–65
140September 8@ Dodgers2–175–65
141September 9@ Giants4–3 (12)76–65
142September 10@ Giants2–376–66
143September 11@ Giants4–177–66
144September 13@ Reds2–577–67
145September 14@ Reds7–178–67
146September 15@ Reds5–778–68
147September 16Giants4–578–69
148September 17Giants2–478–70
149September 18Giants3–1078–71
150September 19Dodgers0–178–72
151September 20Dodgers0–678–73
152September 21Braves1–079–73
153September 22Braves3–280–73
154September 23@ Padres3–4 (12)80–74
155September 24@ Padres0–380–75
156September 25@ Padres1–980–76
157September 27@ Braves3–2 (10)81–76
158September 28@ Braves3–4 (17)81–77
159September 29@ Braves5–482–77
160September 30Padres1–582–78
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
161October 1Padres3–682–79
162October 2Padres1–582–80
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

Player stats

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
CAlan Ashby7322754.238733
1BGlenn Davis152561152.2713099
2BBill Doran132480119.248753
3BBuddy Bell7426968.253737
SSRafael Ramírez155566156.276659
LFBilly Hatcher145530142.268752
CFGerald Young149576148.257037
RFKevin Bass157541138.2551472

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
Terry Puhl11323471.303319
Alex Treviño7819348.249213
Denny Walling6517643.244120
Craig Reynolds7816141.255114
Jim Pankovits6814031.221212
Craig Biggio5012326.21135
Chuck Jackson468319.22918
Ken Caminiti308315.18117
Steve Henderson424610.21705
Louie Meadows35428.19023
Casey Candaele21315.16101
John Fishel19266.23112
Mark Bailey8233.13000
Cameron Drew7163.18801
Harry Spilman750.00000
Craig Smajstrla830.00000

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
Nolan Ryan33220.012113.52228
Mike Scott32218.21482.92190
Jim Deshaies31207.011143.00127
Bob Knepper27175.01453.14103
Bob Forsch627.2146.5114

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
Danny Darwin44192.08133.84129
Joaquín Andújar2378.2254.0035

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
Dave Smith5145272.6738
Juan Agosto7510242.2633
Larry Andersen532452.9466
Dave Meads223103.1827
Jeff Heathcock170505.8112
Ernie Camacho130317.6413
Rocky Childress111006.1724
Brian Meyer80001.4610

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Bob Didier
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Tom Wiedenbauer
A Osceola Astros Florida State League Keith Bodie
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Gary Tuck and Jim Coveney
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Frank Cacciatore
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

References
  1. "Ronn Reynolds Stats".
  2. "Ed Whited: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  3. Joaquin Andújar page at Baseball Reference
  4. Ernie Camacho page at Baseball Reference
  5. Robbie Wine page at Baseball Reference
  6. Casey Candaele page at Baseball Reference
  7. Bob Forsch page at Baseball Reference
  8. Dave Silvestri page at Baseball Reference
  9. Kenny Lofton page at Baseball Reference
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