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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