1996 Houston Astros season

1996 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Central Division (since 1969)
Location
The Astrodome (since 1965)
Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record	82–80 (.506)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Drayton McLane, Jr.
General manager(s)	Gerry Hunsicker
Manager(s)	Terry Collins
Local television	KTXH Prime Sports Southwest
Local radio	KILT (AM) (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell) KXYZ (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Danny Gonzalez)
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The Houston Astros' 1996 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League Central.

Offseason

January 5, 1996: Anthony Young was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[1]

Regular season

On May 7 against Philadelphia, Jeff Bagwell reached the 500th run batted in (RBI) of his career with two home runs and four RBI.^[2] By hitting his second upper-deck home run at Three Rivers Stadium on May 29 – it travelled 459 feet (140 m) – Bagwell joined longtime Pirate Willie Stargell as the only players to homer twice into the stadium's upper deck.^[3] For the month of May, he batted .360 with .740 SLG, 10 HR, 31 RBI, scored 22 runs, and stole four bases. He was named NL Player of the Month, his fourth career monthly award.^[4] On June 14, Bagwell tied a major league record with four doubles in one game against San Francisco.^[5]

The Astros retired Nolan Ryan's number 34 on September 29, 1996.

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—	48–33	40–41
Houston Astros	82	80	0.506	6	48–33	34–47
Cincinnati Reds	81	81	0.500	7	46–35	35–46
Chicago Cubs	76	86	0.469	12	43–38	33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	89	0.451	15	36–44	37–45

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	7–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	5–7	10–3	7–6	9–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	9–4
Chicago	5–7	—	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–5	6–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	6–6	7–5	5–8
Cincinnati	5–7	8–5	—	7–6	3–9	7–6	4–8	3–9	6–6	10–2	5–8	9–3	9–4	5–8
Colorado	7–5	7–5	6–7	—	5–8	8–5	6–7	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4
Florida	7–6	6–6	9–3	8–5	—	7–5	6–7	5–8	7–6	6–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	6–6
Houston	6–6	8–5	6–7	5–8	5–7	—	6–6	4–9	8–4	10–2	8–5	6–6	8–4	2–11
Los Angeles	7–5	5–8	8–4	7–6	7–6	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	7–6	6–6	5–8	7–6	8–4
Montreal	3–10	6–6	9–3	9–3	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	7–6	6–7	7–5	4–8	9–4	8–4
New York	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	—	7–6	8–5	3–10	6–6	5–7
Philadelphia	4-9	6–7	2–10	6–6	7–6	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–7	—	7–5	4–8	6–6	4–8
Pittsburgh	3–9	9–4	8–5	5–7	7–5	5–8	6–6	5–7	5–8	5–7	—	4–9	8–4	3–10
San Diego	4–9	6–6	3–9	5–8	9–3	6–6	8–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	9–4	—	11–2	4–8
San Francisco	5–7	5–7	4–9	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–7	4–9	6–6	6–6	4–8	2–11	—	7–6
St. Louis	4–9	8–5	8–5	4–8	6–6	11-2	4–8	4–8	7–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	6–7	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 82–80 (Home: 48–33; Away: 34–47)

April: 13–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	Dodgers	3–4	Martinez	Reynolds (0–1)	Worrell	34,375	0–1
2	April 2	Dodgers	5–4	Jones (1–0)	Cummings	—	20,492	1–1
3	April 3	Dodgers	5–2	Hampton (1–0)	Nomo	Jones (1)	14,858	2–1
4	April 5	Padres	4–10	Tewksbury	Kile (0–1)	—	28,629	2–2
5	April 6	Padres	4–8 (13)	Hoffman	Small (0–1)	—	24,510	2–3
6	April 7	Padres	2–17	Bergman	Swindell (0–1)	—	16,258	2–4
7	April 8	Giants	6–2	Hampton (2–0)	VanLandingham	—	13,488	3–4
8	April 9	Giants	1–3 (10)	Juden	Tabaka (0–1)	Beck	13,588	3–5
9	April 10	Giants	5–11	Fernandez	Kile (0–2)	—	14,183	3–6
10	April 11	@ Reds	9–4	Reynolds (1–1)	Portugal	—	18,946	4–6
11	April 12	@ Reds	10–8 (10)	Jones (2–0)	Moore	Tabaka (1)	24,960	5–6
12	April 14	@ Reds	3–5	Schourek	Hampton (2–1)	Brantley	—	5–7
13	April 14	@ Reds	8–9	Shaw	Young (0–1)	Brantley	21,552	5–8
14	April 16	@ Mets	9–6	Reynolds (2–1)	Isringhausen	Jones (2)	13,795	6–8
15	April 17	@ Mets	7–5	Kile (1–2)	Wilson	Jones (3)	12,065	7–8
16	April 19	Reds	13–5	Brocail (1–0)	Schourek	—	22,728	8–8
17	April 20	Reds	1–6	Smiley	Drabek (0–1)	—	34,098	8–9
18	April 21	Reds	7–5	Jones (3–0)	Brantley	—	27,845	9–9
19	April 22	@ Giants	11–8	Reynolds (3–1)	Leiter	—	8,867	10–9
20	April 23	@ Giants	8–4	Kile (2–2)	VanLandingham	—	8,439	11–9
21	April 24	@ Dodgers	2–5	Valdez	Brocail (1–1)	—	26,666	11–10
22	April 25	@ Dodgers	4–6	Nomo	Drabek (0–2)	Worrell	33,530	11–11
23	April 26	@ Padres	2–3	Worrell	Hampton (2–2)	Hoffman	21,254	11–12
24	April 27	@ Padres	6–0	Reynolds (4–1)	Ashby	—	38,309	12–12
25	April 28	@ Padres	3–2	Kile (3–2)	Bergman	Jones (4)	27,208	13–12
26	April 29	@ Padres	0–2	Hamilton	Brocail (1–2)	—	8,979	13–13
27	April 30	Braves	5–7	Smoltz	Jones (3–1)	McMichael	17,795	13–14

May: 14–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
28	May 1	Braves	3–0	Hampton (3–2)	Avery	—	18,546	14–14
29	May 3	Expos	4–1	Reynolds (5–1)	Cormier	Jones (5)	19,633	15–14
30	May 4	Expos	1–2	Veres	Hernandez (0–1)	Rojas	22,810	15–15
31	May 5	Expos	0–5	Fassero	Brocail (1–3)	—	25,207	15–16
32	May 6	@ Phillies	11–5	Drabek (1–2)	Hunter	—	15,906	16–16
33	May 7	@ Phillies	7–5	Young (1–1)	Springer	Jones (6)	16,569	17–16
34	May 8	@ Phillies	1–2 (10)	Ryan	Tabaka (0–2)	—	16,284	17–17
35	May 9	@ Expos	11–4	Kile (4–2)	Rueter	—	12,470	18–17
36	May 10	@ Expos	2–5	Fassero	Dougherty (0–1)	Rojas	30,315	18–18
37	May 11	@ Expos	9–10 (13)	Dyer	Dougherty (0–2)	—	26,084	18–19
38	May 12	@ Expos	6–7	Urbina	Hampton (3–3)	Rojas	19,345	18–20
39	May 13	@ Cubs	0–6	Trachsel	Reynolds (5–2)	—	22,610	18–21
40	May 14	@ Cubs	6–3	Kile (5–2)	Navarro	Jones (7)	17,562	19–21
41	May 15	@ Cubs	7–5	Wall (1–0)	Castillo	Jones (8)	16,093	20–21
42	May 16	@ Cubs	1–13	Telemaco	Drabek (1–3)	—	15,902	20–22
43	May 17	Pirates	4–2	Reynolds (6–2)	Lieber	Jones (9)	22,882	21–22
44	May 18	Pirates	1–2 (11)	Cordova	Young (1–2)	Plesac	21,010	21–23
45	May 19	Pirates	4–3	Jones (4–1)	Lieber	—	18,815	22–23
46	May 20	Cardinals	3–5	Osborne	Drabek (1–4)	—	14,547	22–24
47	May 21	Cardinals	2–8	Stottlemyre	Reynolds (6–3)	—	17,935	22–25
48	May 22	Cardinals	2–5	Benes	Kile (5–3)	Mathews	15,353	22–26
49	May 24	Cubs	8–7 (10)	Jones (5–1)	Patterson	—	23,910	23–26
50	May 25	Cubs	5–2	Drabek (2–4)	Navarro	Jones (10)	34,326	24–26
51	May 26	Cubs	7–2	Reynolds (7–3)	Castillo	—	33,245	25–26
52	May 27	@ Pirates	5–3	Kile (6–3)	Smith	—	8,906	26–26
53	May 28	@ Pirates	5–6	Miceli	Swindell (0–2)	Cordova	7,182	26–27
54	May 29	@ Pirates	7–4	Morman (1–0)	Darwin	Jones (11)	11,679	27–27
55	May 31	@ Cardinals	4–6	Osborne	Swindell (0–3)	Fossas	37,625	27–28

June: 15–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
56	June 1	@ Cardinals	4–5 (10)	Bailey	Hernandez (0–2)	—	34,958	27–29
57	June 2	@ Cardinals	0–2	Stottlemyre	Kile (6–4)	—	32,703	27–30
58	June 4	Rockies	16–8	Hampton (4–3)	Thompson	—	18,418	28–30
59	June 5	Rockies	4–1	Wall (2–0)	Reynoso	—	14,954	29–30
60	June 6	Rockies	7–14	Ritz	Drabek (2–5)	—	22,112	29–31
61	June 7	Phillies	11–5	Reynolds (8–3)	Crawford	—	22,585	30–31
62	June 8	Phillies	7–3	Wagner (1–0)	Springer	—	23,739	31–31
63	June 9	Phillies	2–1	Young (2–2)	Williams	Jones (12)	30,180	32–31
64	June 10	@ Rockies	10–9	Wall (3–0)	Reynoso	—	48,007	33–31
65	June 11	@ Rockies	5–7	Alston	Young (2–3)	Ruffin	48,014	33–32
66	June 12	@ Rockies	0–8	Freeman	Reynolds (8–4)	—	48,024	33–33
67	June 13	@ Giants	8–12	Leiter	Kile (6–5)	—	10,527	33–34
68	June 14	@ Giants	9–1	Hampton (5–3)	VanLandingham	Wagner (1)	10,758	34–34
69	June 15	@ Giants	4–3	Wall (4–0)	Watson	Jones (13)	18,530	35–34
70	June 16	@ Giants	7–8	DeLucia	Morman (1–1)	—	27,624	35–35
71	June 17	Reds	5–4	Young (3–3)	Shaw	Jones (14)	24,977	36–35
72	June 18	Reds	4–6 (10)	Brantley	Hernandez (0–3)	—	20,505	36–36
73	June 19	Reds	7–10	Portugal	Hampton (5–4)	Brantley	38,218	36–37
74	June 20	@ Dodgers	4–2	Wall (5–0)	Nomo	Jones (15)	49,656	37–37
75	June 21	@ Dodgers	11–3	Drabek (3–5)	Candiotti	—	33,273	38–37
76	June 22	@ Dodgers	0–3	Martinez	Reynolds (8–5)	—	37,844	38–38
77	June 23	@ Dodgers	3–4	Worrell	Hernandez (0–4)	—	35,467	38–39
78	June 25	@ Padres	9–4	Jones (6–1)	Sanders	—	13,458	39–39
79	June 26	@ Padres	4–3	Wall (6–0)	Worrell	Wagner (2)	12,388	40–39
80	June 28	Mets	2–7	Clark	Drabek (3–6)	Henry	24,569	40–40
81	June 29	Mets	9–1	Reynolds (9–5)	Person	—	35,454	41–40
82	June 30	Mets	9–3	Kile (7–5)	Isringhausen	—	35,981	42–40

July: 15–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
83	July 1	Marlins	6–2	Hampton (6–4)	Brown	—	18,513	43–40
84	July 2	Marlins	4–3 (12)	Johnstone (1–0)	Mathews	—	18,897	44–40
85	July 3	Marlins	4–3	Drabek (4–6)	Leiter	Jones (16)	24,537	45–40
86	July 4	@ Braves	5–2	Reynolds (10–5)	Smoltz	Hernandez (1)	49,060	46–40
87	July 5	@ Braves	7–1	Kile (8–5)	Schmidt	—	36,896	47–40
88	July 6	@ Braves	2–4	Bielecki	Hampton (6–5)	—	41,619	47–41
89	July 7	@ Braves	1–9	Maddux	Wall (6–1)	—	28,716	47–42
90	July 11	@ Mets	2–8	Clark	Drabek (4–7)	—	18,557	47–43
91	July 12	@ Mets	3–1	Reynolds (11–5)	Jones	Wagner (3)	17,405	48–43
92	July 14	@ Mets	7–5 (11)	Hernandez (1–4)	Mlicki	Jones (17)	—	49–43
93	July 14	@ Mets	3–10	Harnisch	Hampton (6–6)	—	33,505	49–44
94	July 15	@ Marlins	5–15	Pall	Wall (6–2)	—	15,807	49–45
95	July 16	@ Marlins	2–3	Perez	Jones (6–2)	—	15,610	49–46
96	July 17	@ Marlins	2–11	Leiter	Reynolds (11–6)	—	16,345	49–47
97	July 18	Braves	2–3	Smoltz	Jones (6–3)	Wohlers	35,822	49–48
98	July 19	Braves	7–6	Kile (9–5)	Woodall	Wagner (4)	39,090	50–48
99	July 20	Braves	2–1	Wagner (2–0)	Maddux	—	49,674	51–48
100	July 21	Braves	4–3 (10)	Hernandez (2–4)	McMichael	—	45,561	52–48
101	July 22	Padres	1–0	Reynolds (12–6)	Hamilton	Wagner (5)	21,563	53–48
102	July 23	Padres	4–7	Sanders	Hampton (6–7)	Hoffman	19,620	53–49
103	July 24	Padres	6–4 (10)	Hernandez (3–4)	Villone	—	19,168	54–49
104	July 26	Dodgers	4–3	Darwin (1–0)	Guthrie	Wagner (6)	27,089	55–49
105	July 27	Dodgers	5–6 (11)	Osuna	Clark (0–1)	Worrell	36,841	55–50
106	July 28	Dodgers	3–2	Darwin (2–0)	Eischen	—	32,912	56–50
107	July 29	@ Reds	2–1	Hampton (7–7)	Portugal	Wagner (7)	22,163	57–50
108	July 30	@ Reds	4–5 (10)	Shaw	Clark (0–2)	—	27,015	57–51
109	July 31	@ Reds	0–10	Smiley	Wall (6–3)	—	26,082	57–52

August: 17–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 7–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
110	August 2	Giants	5–1	Drabek (5–7)	Gardner	Hernandez (2)	22,682	58–52
111	August 3	Giants	4–1	Reynolds (13–6)	Estes	—	35,930	59–52
112	August 4	Giants	7–6	Hampton (8–7)	Fernandez	Wagner (8)	33,646	60–52
113	August 6	Expos	5–7	Fassero	Kile (9–6)	Rojas	17,658	60–53
114	August 7	Expos	5–13	Leiter	Wall (6–4)	—	19,703	60–54
115	August 8	Expos	6–2	Drabek (6–7)	Martinez	—	26,632	61–54
116	August 9	@ Phillies	5–1	Reynolds (14–6)	West	—	21,780	62–54
117	August 10	@ Phillies	3–1	Hampton (9–7)	Schilling	Wagner (9)	18,486	63–54
118	August 11	@ Phillies	10–5	Kile (10–6)	Williams	—	24,150	64–54
119	August 12	@ Expos	1–8	Leiter	Darwin (2–1)	—	35,458	64–55
120	August 13	@ Expos	4–7	Martinez	Drabek (6–8)	Rojas	17,103	64–56
121	August 14	@ Expos	8–3	Reynolds (15–6)	Cormier	—	19,136	65–56
122	August 16	@ Cubs	8–3	Hampton (10–7)	Castillo	—	37,139	66–56
123	August 17	@ Cubs	3–12	Trachsel	Kile (10–7)	—	39,775	66–57
124	August 18	@ Cubs	8–10	Navarro	Brocail (1–4)	Wendell	37,210	66–58
125	August 19	Pirates	2–1 (13)	Morman (2–1)	Morel	—	15,067	67–58
126	August 20	Pirates	9–4	Wall (7–4)	Miceli	Hernandez (3)	19,866	68–58
127	August 21	Pirates	2–5	Neagle	Hampton (10–8)	Ericks	13,357	68–59
128	August 22	Pirates	6–8	Wilkins	Wagner (2–1)	Ericks	14,899	68–60
129	August 23	Cardinals	0–1	Osborne	Kile (10–8)	Eckersley	35,554	68–61
130	August 24	Cardinals	3–1	Reynolds (16–6)	Stottlemyre	—	43,258	69–61
131	August 25	Cardinals	4–1	Wall (8–4)	Benes	Hernandez (4)	31,609	70–61
132	August 26	Cardinals	2–3	Benes	Hampton (10–9)	Eckersley	21,624	70–62
133	August 27	Cubs	6–5	Morman (3–1)	Adams	Hernandez (5)	15,374	71–62
134	August 28	Cubs	5–4	Olson (1–0)	Bottenfield	—	18,026	72–62
135	August 29	Cubs	3–4	Navarro	Reynolds (16–7)	Wendell	16,151	72–63
136	August 30	@ Pirates	10–0	Wall (9–4)	Peters	—	24,619	73–63
137	August 31	@ Pirates	5–4	Hernandez (4–4)	Ericks	Hudek (1)	27,559	74–63

September: 8–17 (Home: 8–5; Away: 0–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
138	September 1	@ Pirates	5–9	Wainhouse	Darwin (2–2)	—	14,144	74–64
139	September 2	@ Cardinals	7–8 (10)	Benes	Brocail (1–5)	—	32,955	74–65
140	September 3	@ Cardinals	3–12	Stottlemyre	Reynolds (16–8)	—	23,955	74–66
141	September 4	@ Cardinals	4–6	Benes	Wall (9–5)	Eckersley	34,891	74–67
142	September 6	Rockies	2–1	Hernandez (5–4)	Leskanic	—	20,932	75–67
143	September 7	Rockies	5–4	Kile (11–8)	Holmes	Hudek (2)	37,213	76–67
144	September 8	Rockies	2–5	Reed	Reynolds (16–9)	Ruffin	31,316	76–68
145	September 9	Rockies	2–4	Ritz	Wall (9–6)	Ruffin	13,833	76–69
146	September 10	Phillies	4–3	Morman (4–1)	Schilling	Hernandez (6)	12,700	77–69
147	September 11	Phillies	8–10	Parrett	Holt (0–1)	Bottalico	17,300	77–70
148	September 12	Phillies	4–1	Kile (12–8)	Williams	—	16,103	78–70
149	September 13	@ Rockies	3–6	Holmes	Hernandez (5–5)	Ruffin	48,049	78–71
150	September 14	@ Rockies	3–7	Ritz	Wall (9–7)	—	48,132	78–72
151	September 15	@ Rockies	4–11	Thompson	Drabek (6–9)	—	48,038	78–73
152	September 17	@ Braves	4–5	Smoltz	Kile (12–9)	Wohlers	32,109	78–74
153	September 18	@ Braves	2–6	Maddux	Hampton (10–10)	—	29,885	78–75
154	September 20	@ Marlins	1–3	Brown	Reynolds (16–10)	Nen	21,518	78–76
155	September 21	@ Marlins	1–2	Heredia	Wagner (2–2)	—	31,023	78–77
156	September 22	@ Marlins	0–6	Helling	Kile (12–10)	—	17,461	78–78
157	September 24	Mets	0–4	Jones	Wall (9–8)	—	39,511	78–79
158	September 25	Mets	5–4 (10)	Hudek (1–0)	Wallace	—	15,760	79–79
159	September 26	Mets	6–2	Drabek (7–9)	Trlicek	—	13,751	80–79
160	September 27	Marlins	2–3	Hutton	Kile (12–11)	Nen	21,725	80–80
161	September 28	Marlins	5–1	Darwin (3–2)	Heredia	—	21,832	81–80
162	September 29	Marlins	5–4 (10)	Hudek (2–0)	Hammond	—	42,658	82–80

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Astros team member

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	6	6	0.500	44	47
Florida Marlins	5	7	0.417	37	56
Montreal Expos	4	9	0.308	62	74
New York Mets	8	4	0.667	62	56
Philadelphia Phillies	10	2	0.833	73	42
Total	33	28	0.541	278	275
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	8	5	0.615	67	76
Cincinnati Reds	6	7	0.462	73	78
Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates	8	5	0.615	65	51
St. Louis Cardinals	2	11	0.154	38	63
Total	24	28	0.462	243	268
NL West
Colorado Rockies	5	8	0.385	63	85
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	6	0.500	49	44
San Diego Padres	6	6	0.500	45	60
San Francisco Giants	8	4	0.667	75	60
Total	25	24	0.510	232	249
Season Total	82	80	0.506	753	792

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	27	13	14	0.481	143	151
May	28	14	14	0.500	126	128
June	27	15	12	0.556	161	137
July	27	15	12	0.556	97	128
August	28	17	11	0.607	139	121
September	25	8	17	0.320	87	127
Total	162	82	80	0.506	753	792

Total	162	82	80	0.506	753	792
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	48	33	0.593	364	347
Away	81	34	47	0.420	389	445

Notable transactions

June 3, 1996: Greg Swindell was released by the Astros.^[6]
June 4, 1996: Roy Oswalt was drafted by the Astros in the 23rd round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed May 18, 1997.^[7]
July 23, 1996: Rich Loiselle was traded by the Astros to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Darwin.^[8]
July 27, 1996: Rick Wilkins and cash were traded by the Astros to the San Francisco Giants for Kirt Manwaring.^[9]

Roster

1996 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

46 Doug Brocail

52 Terry Clark

44 Danny Darwin

49 Jim Dougherty

15 Doug Drabek

10 Mike Hampton

58 Dean Hartgraves

31 Xavier Hernandez

45 Chris Holt

35 John Hudek

39 John Johnstone

59 Todd Jones

57 Darryl Kile

51 Alvin Morman

30 Gregg Olson

37 Shane Reynolds

36 Mark Small

21 Greg Swindell

31,41 Jeff Tabaka

13 Billy Wagner

56 Donne Wall

22,99 Anthony Young

Catchers

20 Tony Eusebio

9 Jerry Goff

9 Randy Knorr

3 Kirt Manwaring

3 Rick Wilkins

Infielders

5 Jeff Bagwell

17 Sean Berry

7 Craig Biggio

22 Andújar Cedeño

12 Ricky Gutiérrez

4,30 Dave Hajek

24 Orlando Miller

28 Bill Spiers

Outfielders

29 Bobby Abreu

14 Derek Bell

27 John Cangelosi

19 Brian Hunter

16 Derrick May

21 Ray Montgomery

6 James Mouton

23 Mike Simms

Manager

2 Terry Collins

Coaches

48 Matt Galante (third base)

55 Steve Henderson (hitting)

1 Julio Linares (bench)

42 Brent Strom (pitching)

18 Rick Sweet (first base)

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
Simms, MikeMike Simms	49	68	12	.176	1	8

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

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
Hernandez, XavierXavier Hernandez	58	5	5	6	4.22	78
Young, AnthonyAnthony Young	28	3	3	0	4.59	19

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Toros	Pacific Coast League	Tim Tolman
AA	Jackson Generals	Texas League	Dave Engle
A	Kissimmee Cobras	Florida State League	Alan Ashby
A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	Jim Pankovits
A-Short Season	Auburn Doubledays	New York–Penn League	Manny Acta
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Bobby Ramos

References

↑ Anthony Young at Baseball Reference
↑ "Jeff Bagwell player page bio". MLB.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
↑ "Jeff Bagwell through the years (1996)". Houston Chronicle. January 4, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
↑ UPI (June 3, 1996). "Bagwell captures NL Award for May". United Press International. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
↑ Rajan, Greg (February 25, 2015). "Houston athletes own some interesting records". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
↑ Greg Swindell at Baseball Reference
↑ Roy Oswalt at Baseball Reference
↑ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
↑ Kirt Manwaring at Baseball Reference

External links

1996 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Houston Astros

Formerly the Houston Colt .45s
Based in Houston, Texas

Franchise

Ballparks

Colt Stadium Houston Astrodome Minute Maid Park

Spring training:	Cocoa Expo Stadium Osceola County Stadium Ballpark of The Palm Beaches

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Jim Crane
President: Reid Ryan
General Manager: Jeff Luhnow
Manager: A. J. Hinch

League pennants (1)

National League:
- 2005
American League:
- none

Division titles (7)

NL West:
- 1980
- 1981
- 1986
NL Central:
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2001
AL West:
- none
NL Wild Card:
- 2004
- 2005
AL Wild Card:
- 2015

Minors

Rivalries

Texas Rangers

Media

TV: Root Sports Southwest
Radio: Houston Astros Radio Network
Announcers: Alan Ashby; Geoff Blum

Seasons (56)

1960s	1960 · 1961 · 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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