Award in the National League, an award that went to catcher Benito Santiago of the San Diego Padres. Candaele played the first half of the 1988 season with the Expos, batting .172 in 38 games, with 20 hits in 116 at bats. He played in 60 games for the Indianapolis Indians in 1988, batting .264 in 60 games. The Expos traded Candaele on July 23, 1988, to the Houston Astros in exchange for catcher Mark Bailey. With the Astros that season, he appeared in 21 games, with his 5 hits in 31 at bats yielding a .161 batting average. He played in 17 games with the Tucson Toros of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League in the Astros organization, hitting for a .258 average. He played in 130 games for the Astros in 1990, hitting for a .286 average with 3 home runs. That season he also played in 7 games for the Toros, hitting for a .214 average. He spent the entire 1991 season with the Astros, finishing the season with an average of .262, and having career highs with 151 games played and 4 home runs to go along with 7 triples, which placed him ninth in the National league in that category. His average dropped to .213 for the 1992 season, with Candaele playing in 135 games. Candaele split the 1993 season, playing 75 games with the Astros and hitting .240, with another 6 games played in Tucson, where he batted .296. On October 4, 1993, he was granted free agency by the Astros, and was signed on November 24 by the Cincinnati Reds. He spent the entire 1994 season with the Indianapolis Indians, by then the Reds' AAA affiliate, and hit for a .282 average in 131 games with the team. He was released by the Reds on October 15, 1994, and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on February 1, 1995. He played with the Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League in the Dodgers organization, hitting .259 in 12 games. The Dodgers released Candaele on April 26, 1995, after which he was picked up as a free agent by the Cleveland Indians on May 5. He played most of the 1995 season with the Buffalo Bisons of the American Association, hitting for a .247 average in 97 games. In 24 games for the Indians in 1996, he hit for a .250 average. His last