List of Houston Astros team records

The Houston Astros are a professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. They compete in the Western Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL). The Astros began play during the 1962 MLB season as an expansion team and were known as the Houston Colt .45s for their first three years of existence. They played in the National League prior to 2013. The team's list of records includes individual single-season records set by Astros players for both batting and pitching.

Individual batting leaders

Colt .45s/Astros single-season batting records Category Record Player Yr. Batting average .368 Jeff Bagwell 1994 On-base percentage .454 1999 Slugging percentage .750 1994 On-base plus slugging percentage 1.201 Games played 162 7 tied^[a] 2016 Plate appearances 749 Craig Biggio 1999 At bats 660 Enos Cabell 1978 José Altuve 2014 Runs scored 152 Jeff Bagwell 2000 Hits 225 José Altuve 2014 Singles 168 Doubles 56 Craig Biggio 1999 Triples 14 Roger Metzger 1973 Home runs 47 Jeff Bagwell 2000 Extra-base hits 94 Lance Berkman 2001 Total bases 363 Jeff Bagwell 2000 Runs batted in (RBI) 136 Lance Berkman 2006 Bases on balls 149 Jeff Bagwell 1999 Strikeouts 212 Chris Carter 2013 Stolen bases 65 Gerald Young 1988 Times on base 331 Jeff Bagwell 1999 Offensive winning percentage .858 1994 Hits by pitch 34 Craig Biggio 1997 Sacrifice hits 34 Craig Reynolds 1979 Sacrifice flies 13 Ray Knight 1982 Jeff Bagwell 1992 Carlos Lee 2007 Intentional walks 27 Jeff Bagwell 1997 Double plays grounded into 32 Miguel Tejada 2008 Caught stealing 27 Gerald Young 1988 Stolen base percentage 100.0 Carlos Beltrán 2004 Power–speed number 36.0 Jeff Bagwell 1997 At bats per strikeout 40.8 Bob Lillis 1965 At bats per home run 10.3 Jeff Bagwell 1994 Ref:^[1]

Colt .45s/Astros career batting records Category Record Player First Last Ref. Batting average .331 Moisés Alou 1998 2001 ^[2] On-base percentage .410 Lance Berkman 1999 2010 ^[3] Slugging percentage .585 Moisés Alou 1998 2001 ^[2] On-base plus slugging percentage .988 Games played 2850 Craig Biggio 1988 2007 ^[4] Plate appearances 12504 At bats 10876 Runs scored 1844 Hits 3060 Singles 2046 Doubles 665 Triples 80 José Cruz 1975 1987 ^[5] Home runs 449 Jeff Bagwell 1991 2005 ^[6] Extra base hits 1014 Craig Biggio 1988 2007 ^[4] Total bases 4711 Runs batted in (RBI) 1529 Jeff Bagwell 1991 2005 ^[6] Bases on balls 1401 Strikeouts 1753 Craig Biggio 1988 2007 ^[4] Stolen bases 487 César Cedeño 1970 1981 ^[7] Times on base 4505 Craig Biggio 1988 2007 ^[4] Offensive winning percentage .726 Moisés Alou 1998 2001 ^[2] Lance Berkman 1999 2010 ^[3] Hits by pitch 285 Craig Biggio 1988 2007 ^[4] Sacrifice hits 101 Sacrifice flies 102 Jeff Bagwell 1991 2005 ^[6] Intentional walks 155 Double plays grounded into 221 Caught stealing 149 César Cedeño 1970 1981 ^[7] Stolen base percentage 82.48 Michael Bourn 2008 2011 ^[8] Power–speed number 341.8 Craig Biggio 1988 2007 ^[4] At bats per strikeout 21.2 Bob Lillis 1962 1967 ^[9] At bats per home run 15.6 Chris Carter 2013 2015 ^[10] Also: ^[11]

Individual pitching leaders

Single-season pitching records Category^[12] Record Player Yr. Earned run average (ERA) 1.69 Nolan Ryan 1981 Wins 22 Mike Hampton 1999 Win–loss percentage .846 Walks plus hits per inning (WHIP) 0.803 Justin Verlander 2019 Hits per nine innings (H/9) 5.529 Bases on balls per nine innings (BB/9) 1.209 Zack Greinke 2020 Strikeouts per nine innings (K/9) 13.818 Gerrit Cole 2019 Games played 83 Octavio Dotel 2002 Saves 44 Billy Wagner 2003 José Valverde 2008 Innings pitched 3051⁄3 Larry Dierker 1969 Strikeouts 326 Gerrit Cole 2019 Games started 40 Jerry Reuss 1973 Complete games 20 Larry Dierker 1969 Shutouts 6 Dave Roberts 1973 Hits 271 Jerry Reuss Bases on balls 151 J. R. Richard 1976 Home runs allowed 48 José Lima 2000 Strikeout-to-walk ratio (K/BB) 7.838 Justin Verlander 2018 Home runs per nine innings (HR/9) 0.121 Nolan Ryan 1981 Losses 20 Turk Farrell 1962 Earned runs 145 José Lima 2000 Wild pitches 21 Joe Niekro 1985 Hits by pitch 16 Jack Billingham 1971 Darryl Kile 1996 Charlie Morton 2018 Batters faced 1,218 J. R. Richard 1976 Games finished 71 José Valverde 2008 Adjusted ERA+ 226 Roger Clemens 2005 Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) 2.16 Mike Scott 1986 Adjusted pitching wins 5.9 Roger Clemens 2005 Adjusted pitching runs 54 Base-out runs saved (RE24) 58.81 Justin Verlander 2019 Win probability added 6.3 Larry Dierker 1969 Situational wins saved 6.5 Mike Scott 1986 Championship win probability added 8.2 Vern Ruhle 1980 Situational wins added 6.2 Mike Scott 1986

Career pitching records Category^[13] Record Player First Last Ref. Earned run average (ERA) 2.29 Justin Verlander 2017 2022 ^[14] Wins 144 Joe Niekro 1975 1985 ^[15] Win–loss percentage .759 Justin Verlander 2017 2022 ^[14] Walks plus hits per inning (WHIP) 0.834 Hits per nine innings (H/9) 5.920 Bases on balls per nine innings (BB/9) 1.590 Strikeouts per nine innings (K/9) 12.385 Billy Wagner 1995 2003 ^[16] Games played 563 Dave Smith 1980 1990 ^[17] Saves 225 Billy Wagner 1995 2003 ^[16] Innings pitched 2,2941⁄3 Larry Dierker 1964 1976 ^[18] Strikeouts 1,866 Nolan Ryan 1980 1988 ^[19] Games started 320 Larry Dierker 1964 1976 ^[18] Complete games 106 Shutouts 25 Hits 2,090 Bases on balls 818 Joe Niekro 1975 1985 ^[15] Home runs allowed 177 Larry Dierker 1964 1976 ^[18] Strikeout-to-walk ratio (K/BB) 7.17 Justin Verlander 2017 2022 ^[14] Home runs per nine innings (HR/9) 0.331 Dave Smith 1980 1990 ^[17] Losses 117 Larry Dierker 1964 1976 ^[18] Earned runs 837 Wild pitches 128 Joe Niekro 1975 1985 ^[15] Hits by pitch 72 Darryl Kile 1991 1997 ^[20] Batters faced 9,492 Larry Dierker 1964 1976 ^[18] Games finished 400 Dave Smith 1980 1990 ^[17] Adjusted ERA+ 186 Justin Verlander 2017 2022 ^[14] Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) 2.39 Mike Cuellar 1965 1968 ^[21] Adjusted pitching wins 23.8 Roy Oswalt 2001 2010 ^[22] Adjusted pitching runs 231 Base-out runs saved (RE24) 250.14 Win probability added 22.9 Situational wins saved 6.5 Championship win probability added 16.7 Billy Wagner 1995 2003 ^[16]

See also

•  Texas portal
•  Baseball portal

• Baseball statistics
• List of Major League Baseball career records
• List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable
• List of Major League Baseball single-game records
• List of Major League Baseball single-season records

References

Footnotes

1. Jeff Bagwell (×4), Craig Biggio (×3), Enos Cabell (1978), Bill Doran (1987), Steve Finley (1992), Carlos Lee (2007), and George Springer (2016) all have achieved the total at least once, with Springer being the most recent in 2016.

Sources

1. "Houston Astros Hall of Fame register". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
2. "Moisés Alou stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
3. "Lance Berkman stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
4. "Craig Biggio stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
5. "José Cruz stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
6. "Jeff Bagwell stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
7. "César Cedeño stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
8. "Michael Bourn stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
9. "Bob Lillis stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
10. "Chris Carter stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
11. "Houston Astros top 10 career batting leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
12. "Houston Astros top 10 single-season pitching leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
13. "Houston Astros top 10 career pitching leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
14. "Justin Verlander stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
15. "Joe Niekro stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
16. "Billy Wagner stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
17. "Dave Smith stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
18. "Larry Dierker stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
19. "Nolan Ryan stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
20. "Darryl Kile stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
21. "Mike Cuellar stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
22. "Roy Oswalt stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.

External links

• All-time leaders & stats. Houston Astros official website