1993 Upper Deck # 259
		1994 Topps Stadium Club First Day # 293

Card companies often wrote on the back of his cards that Osuna was the winning pitcher in the 1987 College World Series Championship game. He wasn't. He was, however, the victor in his Stanford Cardinal's most dramatic victory during the series that year, a game in which Stanford trailed by 3 runs in the bottom of the tenth inning, but were saved by Paul Carey's grand slam off Ben McDonald. Two games later, Stanford won the championship. Osuna was made a 16th round draft pick by the Astros, who never thought of him as anything but a middle reliever. In fact, Osuna never made a single start in the Astros organization, from his first pitch at Auburn in 1987 to his last 2/3 of an inning for Houston on October 3, 1993. In between, he went 6 - 1 with a 1.98 for the '88 Asheville Tourists, co-led the 1990 Southern League in appearances, and led the 1991 Houston Astros in appearances, as well. It does appear that the 1995 Norfolk Tides gave Osuna four starts. . . .

Al Osuna in the Astros Organization

Year	Team	Level	G	GS	W	L	Sv	IP	ERA
1987	Auburn Astros	Short A	8	0	1	0	0	15-2/3	5.74
1987	Asheville Tourists	A	14	0	2	0	2	19-2/3	2.75
1988	Asheville Tourists	A	31	0	6	1	3	50	1.98
1988	Osceola Astros	High A	6	0	0	1	0	11-2/3	6.94
1989	Osceola Astros	High A	46	0	3	4	7	67-2/3	2.66
1990	Columbus Mudcats	AA	60	0	7	5	6	69-1/3	3.38
1990	Houston Astros	Majors	12	0	2	0	0	11-1/3	4.76
1991	Houston Astros	Majors	71	0	7	6	12	81-2/3	3.42
1992	Houston Astros	Majors	66	0	6	3	0	61-2/3	4.23
1993	Houston Astros	Majors	44	0	1	1	2	25-1/3	3.20
Minor League Totals			165	0	19	11	18	234	4.12
Major League Totals			193	0	16	10	14	180	3.75