1998 Houston Astros season
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The 1998 Houston Astros season was the 37th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas. On the strength of a club record 102 wins, they rocketed to a second consecutive trip to the postseason with an National League Central title. They did not win 100 games again until 2017, while the record for wins would be broken the following year. On September 14, the Astros clinched the division title when the Chicago Cubs lost. The next day, Craig Biggio became the first Astro to collect 200 hits in a season.[1]
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1998 Houston Astros | ||||
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National League Central Champions | ||||
League | National League | |||
Division | Central | |||
Ballpark | Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 102–60 (.630) | |||
Divisional place | 1st | |||
Owners | Drayton McLane, Jr. | |||
General managers | Gerry Hunsicker | |||
Managers | Larry Dierker | |||
Television | KNWS-TV 51 (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Jim Deshaies) Fox Sports Southwest (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Jim Deshaies, Bill Worrell) | |||
Radio | KILT–AM 610 (Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby) KXYZ–AM 1320 (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño) | |||
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