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Viva Los Vanquished Houston Astros

Who won the most games against the Houston Astros?

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Overall records
ANA ARI ATL BAL BOS CHA CHN CIN CLE COL DET FLO HOU KCA LAN
MIL MIN NYA NYN OAK PHI PIT SDN SEA SFN SLN TBA TEX TOR WAS

Most wins, career

33 Steve Carlton (8/22/19667/12/1984
29 Bob Gibson (4/26/19625/5/1974
27 Greg Maddux (5/15/19878/19/2007
23 Phil Niekro (7/6/1968[g1]9/9/1981
22 Tom Seaver (5/5/19675/11/1983
21 Claude Osteen (9/11/19659/15/1972
21 Jerry Reuss (7/9/1971[g2]6/14/1985
21 Don Sutton (4/18/19664/23/1978
20 Juan Marichal (5/12/19624/15/1972
19 Pat Jarvis (8/17/19667/6/1973[g1]
18 Larry Jackson (7/21/1962[g1]4/20/1968
17 Chris Short (7/19/19628/14/1968
16 Tom Glavine (4/7/19929/8/2007
16 Rick Reuschel (5/29/19739/23/1989
16 John Smoltz (4/6/198910/1/2006
16 Fernando Valenzuela (10/3/19806/19/1990
15 Tom Browning (5/10/19856/29/1993
15 Jim Bunning (5/18/19648/21/1970[g1]
15 Dwight Gooden (4/7/19844/16/1994
15 Orel Hershiser (9/20/19849/11/1991
15 Burt Hooton (6/16/19746/24/1983
15 Jim Maloney (7/8/1962[g1]9/26/1969[g1]
15 Gary Nolan (4/15/19676/5/1977

Most wins, relief

12 Pedro Borbon (8/3/1973[g2]9/15/1979
11 Clay Carroll (9/2/1966[g1]4/20/1975[g1]
9 Tug McGraw (5/31/1970[g2]8/18/1982
8 John Franco (5/1/19848/1/1997
8 Gary Lavelle (4/24/19759/30/1982
8 Craig Lefferts (8/8/19856/6/1990
7 Roy Face (5/25/19629/19/1967
7 Frank Linzy (9/15/19657/10/1971
7 Mike Marshall (7/20/19718/27/1981
7 Bob Miller (7/23/19648/18/1971
7 Jeff Parrett (5/1/19889/11/1996
7 Jeff Reardon (7/23/19806/30/1993

Most wins, 1960s

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
21 Bob Gibson
18 Larry Jackson
18 Juan Marichal
17 Chris Short
15 Jim Maloney
14 Sandy Koufax
14 Vern Law
14 Claude Osteen

Most wins, 1970s

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
18 Steve Carlton
16 Don Sutton
15 Phil Niekro
13 Tom Seaver
12 Pedro Borbon
12 Andy Messersmith
12 Fred Norman
12 Ron Reed

Most wins, 1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
15 Fernando Valenzuela
14 Jerry Reuss
13 Orel Hershiser
11 Tom Browning
11 Mario Soto
10 Dwight Gooden
9 Sid Fernandez
9 Don Robinson
9 Eric Show

Most wins, 1990s

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
15 Greg Maddux
13 John Smoltz
12 Tom Glavine
12 Ramon Martinez
11 Andy Benes
11 John Burkett
11 John Smiley
8 Steve Avery

Most wins, 2000s

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
14 Carlos Zambrano
12 Ben Sheets
11 Bronson Arroyo
11 Aaron Harang
11 Matt Morris
11 Woody Williams
10 Paul Maholm
9 Jason Marquis
9 Adam Wainwright

Fewest days to win 8 games

422 Juan Marichal (7/19/1964[g1]-9/13/1965)
424 Larry Jackson (5/1/1964-6/28/1965)
453 Chris Short (5/17/1964-8/12/1965)
486 Juan Marichal (5/12/1964-9/9/1965)
500 Fred Norman (5/12/1974[g1]-9/23/1975)

Fewest days to win 7 games

356 Juan Marichal (9/23/1964-9/13/1965)
388 Jack Hamilton (4/13/1962-5/5/1963[g1])
397 Juan Marichal (5/16/1965[g1]-6/16/1966)
402 Chris Short (5/17/1964-6/22/1965)
410 Larry Jackson (5/1/1964-6/14/1965)

Fewest days to win 6 games

174 Claude Osteen (4/11/1969, 4/20/1969, 6/30/1969, 7/16/1969, 9/11/1969, 10/1/1969
314 Jack Hamilton (6/26/1962[g1]-5/5/1963[g1])
336 Juan Marichal (5/16/1965[g1]-4/16/1966)
338 Larry Jackson (7/26/1964-6/28/1965)
345 Chris Short (9/2/1964-8/12/1965)

Fewest days to win 5 games

89 Vern Law (5/27/1962, 6/2/1962, 7/4/1962[g1], 7/14/1962, 8/23/1962
94 Joey Jay (5/24/1962, 5/28/1962, 7/1/1962, 8/7/1962, 8/25/1962
96 Wade Blasingame (5/5/1965, 5/30/1965, 7/8/1965, 7/26/1965, 8/8/1965[g1]
97 Vern Law (6/7/1964[g2], 7/3/1964, 7/30/1964[g1], 9/6/1964, 9/11/1964
121 Juan Marichal (5/16/1965[g1], 5/22/1965[g1], 7/17/1965, 9/9/1965, 9/13/1965

Fewest days to win 4 games

33 Pedro Borbon (8/3/1973[g2], 8/4/1973, 9/3/1973, 9/4/1973
49 Vern Law (5/27/1962, 6/2/1962, 7/4/1962[g1], 7/14/1962
57 Bob Gibson (6/28/1963, 7/21/1963, 8/14/1963, 8/23/1963
67 Jose Rijo (4/9/1988, 4/15/1988, 4/16/1988, 6/14/1988
69 Sandy Koufax (5/13/1965, 5/17/1965, 7/3/1965, 7/20/1965

Fewest days to win 3 games

8 Jose Rijo (4/9/1988, 4/15/1988, 4/16/1988
31 Fergie Jenkins (7/31/1968, 8/25/1968, 8/30/1968
32 Wade Blasingame (7/8/1965, 7/26/1965, 8/8/1965[g1]
32 Pedro Borbon (8/3/1973[g2], 8/4/1973, 9/3/1973
32 Pedro Borbon (8/4/1973, 9/3/1973, 9/4/1973

Fewest days to win 2 games

1 Bob Miller (6/23/1971[g1], 6/23/1971[g2]
1 Jeff Reardon (8/26/1982[g1], 8/26/1982[g2]
2 Jim Acker (9/23/1987, 9/24/1987
2 Steve Bedrosian (6/1/1990, 6/2/1990
2 Pedro Borbon (8/3/1973[g2], 8/4/1973
2 Pedro Borbon (9/3/1973, 9/4/1973
2 Clay Carroll (4/19/1975, 4/20/1975[g1]
2 Tyler Clippard (9/21/2010, 9/22/2010
2 Sammy Ellis (8/29/1964[g1], 8/30/1964[g2]
2 Gene Garber (9/19/1978, 9/20/1978
2 Matt Herges (6/20/2000, 6/21/2000
2 Craig Lefferts (9/13/1986, 9/14/1986
2 Tug McGraw (9/2/1972, 9/3/1972
2 Jeff Reardon (5/3/1986, 5/4/1986
2 Jose Rijo (4/15/1988, 4/16/1988
2 Rod Scurry (4/7/1983, 4/8/1983

Longest drought between wins

5049 Jamie Moyer (8/23/19886/21/2002
4026 Octavio Dotel (9/1/19999/10/2010
3764 Doug Bair (5/4/19798/24/1989
3659 Fergie Jenkins (8/26/19739/3/1983
3555 Mark Wohlers (9/27/19916/22/2001
3387 Bob Knepper (6/1/19809/10/1989
3380 Darold Knowles (5/20/19668/22/1975
3302 Mark Langston (7/9/19897/25/1998
3255 Alan Embree (7/15/19986/14/2007
3255 David Wells (8/18/19957/17/2004

Includes all games played between 1962 and 2010.
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