1998 Houston Astros season 1998 Houston Astros season marked their second consecutive trip to the postseason. They won a club-record 102 games, the first time in club history with at least 100 wins in a season. The Astros won their second consecutive National League Central title.Offseason hit his first career grand slam while tying a career-high six runs batted in against Cincinnati on September 9 in a 13–7 victory. It was his 218th career home run , making his streak the then-longest among active players without a grand slam.Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable Transactions July 31 , 1998: Randy Johnson was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later , Freddy Garcia , and Carlos Guillén . The Houston Astros sent John Halama to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade .Game Log Roster 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 C Brad Ausmus 128 412 111 .269 6 45 1B Jeff Bagwell 147 540 164 .304 34 111 2B Craig Biggio 160 646 210 .325 20 88 SS Ricky Gutiérrez 141 491 128 .261 2 46 3B Bill Spiers 123 384 105 .273 4 43 LF Moisés Alou 159 584 182 .312 38 124 CF Carl Everett 133 467 138 .296 15 76 RF Derek Bell 156 630 198 .314 22 108
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 Sean Berry 102 299 94 .314 13 52 Richard Hidalgo 74 211 64 .303 7 35 Tony Eusebio 66 182 46 .253 1 36 Tim Bogar 79 156 24 .154 1 8 Dave Clark 93 131 27 .206 0 4 J.R. Phillips 36 58 11 .190 2 9 Jack Howell 24 38 11 .289 1 7 Pete Incaviglia 13 16 2 .125 0 2 Russ Johnson 8 13 3 .231 0 0 Mitch Meluskey 8 8 2 .250 0 0 Ray Montgomery 6 5 2 .400 0 0 Daryle Ward 4 3 1 .333 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 Shane Reynolds 35 233.1 19 8 3.51 209 José Lima 33 233.1 16 8 3.70 169 Mike Hampton 32 211.2 11 7 3.36 137 Sean Bergman 31 172 12 9 3.72 100 Randy Johnson 11 84.1 10 1 1.28 116 Pete Schourek 15 80 7 6 4.50 59 John Halama 6 32.1 1 1 5.85 21
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts 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 Doug Henry 59 8 2 2 3.04 59 Billy Wagner 58 4 3 30 2.70 97 Mike Magnante 48 4 7 2 4.88 39 C.J. Nitkowski 43 3 3 3 3.77 44 Trever Miller 37 2 0 1 3.04 30 Jay Powell 29 3 3 4 2.38 38 Scott Elarton 28 2 1 2 3.32 56 Bob Scanlan 27 0 1 0 3.08 9 Reggie Harris 6 0 0 0 6.00 2 José Cabrera 3 0 0 0 8.31 1 Mike Grzanich 1 0 0 0 18.00 1
The Astros season ended by defeat in four games to the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series , including losing two starts against Kevin Brown – one of the league's highest-accomplished pitchers that year – both by a 2–1 score. As the Game 1 starter opposing Randy Johnson, Brown allowed no runs in eight innings and struck out 16 Astros, a career-high, and second to that point in MLB playoff history only to Bob Gibson's 17-strikeout performance in the 1968 World Series . Bagwell, Derek Bell, and Craig Biggio combined for six hits in 51 at bats in this series.Awards and Records
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