1995 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1995 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League Central.

1995 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkThe Astrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record76–68 (.528)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersDrayton McLane, Jr.
General managersBob Watson
ManagersTerry Collins
TelevisionKTXH
Prime Sports Southwest
RadioKPRC (AM)
(Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Danny Gonzalez)
Seasons

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 8559 0.590 — 44–28 41–31
Houston Astros 7668 0.528 9 36–36 40–32
Chicago Cubs 7371 0.507 12 34–38 39–33
St. Louis Cardinals 6281 0.434 22½ 39–33 23–48
Pittsburgh Pirates 5886 0.403 27 31–41 27–45

Record vs. opponents
1995 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–48–59–410–36–65–49–45–87–64–25–27–17–5
Chicago 4–8—3–76–78–45–87–53–54–36–18–55–75–79–4
Cincinnati 5–87–3—5–76–612–14–38–47–59–38–53–63–38–5
Colorado 4–97–67–5—5–74–44–97–15–44–28–49–48–55–7
Florida 3–104–86–67–5—8–43–76–77–66–75–83–25–34–3
Houston 6–68–51–124–44–8—3–29–36–65–79–47–45–39–4
Los Angeles 4–55–73–49–47–32–3—7–56–64–99–47–68–57–5
Montreal 4–95–34–81–77–63–95–7—7–68–54–47–57–64–3
New York 8–53–45–74–56–76–66–66–7—7–64–36–75–83–4
Philadelphia 6-71–63–92–47–67–59–45–86–7—6–36–66–65–4
Pittsburgh 2–45–85–84–88–54–94–94–43–43–6—4–86–66–7
San Diego 2–57–56–34–92–34–76–75–77–66–68–4—6–77–5
San Francisco 1–77–53–35–83–53–55–86–78–56–66–67–6—7–6
St. Louis 5–74–95–87–53–44-95–73–44–34–57–65–76–7—

Notable transactions
  • July 2, 1995: Johan Santana was signed as an amateur free agent by the Astros.[3]
  • July 19, 1995: Phil Plantier was traded by the Astros to the San Diego Padres for Rich Loiselle and Jeff Tabaka.[4]
  • August 10, 1995: The Astros traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Henneman. The Astros completed the deal by sending Phil Nevin to the Tigers on August 15.[5]

Roster
1995 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

  • 21 Dave Hajek
 Manager

Coaches

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
CTony Eusebio113368110.299658
1BJeff Bagwell114448130.2902187
2BCraig Biggio141553167.3022277
SSOrlando Miller9232485.262536
3BDave Magadan127348109.313251
LFLuis Gonzalez5620954.258635
CFBrian Hunter7832197.302228
RFDerek Bell112452151.334886

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
James Mouton10429878.262427
Craig Shipley9223261.263324
Derrick May7820662.301841
John Cangelosi9020164.318218
Ricky Gutiérrez5215643.276012
Milt Thompson9213229.220219
Mike Simms5012131.256924
Scott Servais288920.225112
Phil Plantier226817.250415
Phil Nevin18607.11701
Andy Stankiewicz43526.11507
Rick Wilkins154010.25015
Pat Borders11354.11400
Chris Donnels19309.30002
Jerry Goff12264.15413
Mike Brumley18181.05612
Eddie Tucker572.28611
Dave Hajek520.00000

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
Shane Reynolds30189.110113.47175
Doug Drabek31185.01094.77143
Greg Swindell33153.01094.4796
Mike Hampton24150.2983.35115
Darryl Kile25127.04124.96113

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
Doug Brocail3677.1644.1939
Donne Wall624.1315.5516

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
Todd Jones6865153.0796
Dave Veres725112.2694
Jim Dougherty568404.9249
Dean Hartgraves402003.2224
Pedro Martínez250007.4017
Jeff Tabaka241002.2219
Mike Henneman210183.0019
John Hudek192275.4029
Ross Powell1500011.008
Craig McMurtry110107.844
John Cangelosi10000.000
Billy Wagner10000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Rick Sweet
AA Jackson Generals Texas League Tim Tolman
A Kissimmee Cobras Florida State League Dave Engle
A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Jim Pankovits
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Manny Acta
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Bobby Ramos

References
  1. Ken Caminiti at Baseball Reference
  2. "1995 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com.
  3. Johan Santana at Baseball Reference
  4. Phil Plantier at Baseball Reference
  5. Mike Henneman at Baseball Reference
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