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.

Single-season batting leaders^[1][2][]

• Batting average: Jeff Bagwell (.368, 1994)
• On-base percentage: Jeff Bagwell (.454, 1999)
• Slugging average: Jeff Bagwell (.750, 1994)
• On-base plus slugging: Jeff Bagwell (1.201, 1994)
• At bats: José Altuve (660, 2014)
• Runs: Jeff Bagwell (152, 2000)
• Hits: José Altuve (225, 2014)
• Total bases: Jeff Bagwell (363, 2000)
• Singles: José Altuve (168, 2014)
• Doubles: Craig Biggio (56, 1999)
• Triples: Roger Metzger (14, 1973)
• Home runs: Jeff Bagwell (47, 2000)
• Extra-base hits: Lance Berkman (94, 2001)
• RBI: Lance Berkman (136, 2006)
• Walks: Jeff Bagwell (149, 1999)
• Strikeouts: Chris Carter (212, 2013)
• Stolen bases: Gerald Young (65, 1988)
• Times on base: Jeff Bagwell (331, 1999)
• Times hit by pitch: Craig Biggio (34, 1997)
• Sacrifice hits: Craig Reynolds (34, 1979)
• Intentional walks: Jeff Bagwell (27, 1997)
• Times grounded into double play: Miguel Tejada (32, 2008)
• At bats per strikeout (most, from among players to have met innings played qualification): Bob Lillis (40.8, 1965)
• At bats per home run (fewest, from among players to have met innings played qualification): Jeff Bagwell (10.3, 1994)

Single-season pitching leaders[]

• First no-hitter pitched in Houston MLB Don Nottebart (May 17, 1963)
• ERA: Nolan Ryan (1.50, 1981)
• Wins: Mike Hampton (22, 1999)
• Win-loss percentage (from among players to have met games started qualification): Mike Hampton (.847, 1999)
• WHIP: Mike Scott (.923, 1986)
• Walks issued per nine innings (from among players to have met innings pitched qualification): José Lima (1.23, 1998)
• Hits allowed per nine innings (from among players to have met innings pitched qualification): Mike Scott (5.95, 1986)
• Home runs allowed: José Lima (48, 2000)
• Walks allowed: J. R. Richard (151, 1976)
• Hits allowed: Jerry Reuss (271, 1973)
• Strikeouts thrown per nine innings: Gerrit Cole (12.40, 2018)
• Games pitched: Octavio Dotel (83, 2002)
• Saves: Billy Wagner (44, 2003)
• Innings pitched: Larry Dierker (3051⁄3, 1969)
• Strikeouts: Gerrit Cole (326, 2019)
• Games started: Jerry Reuss (40, 1973)
• Complete games: Larry Dierker (20, 1969)
• shutouts: Dave Roberts (6, 1973)
• Strikeout-to-walk ratio (from among players to have met innings pitched qualification): Shane Reynolds (5.32, 1999)
• Losses: Turk Farrell (20, 1962)
• Earned runs allowed (most): José Lima (145, 2000)
• Wild pitches: Joe Niekro (21, 1985)
• Batters faced: J. R. Richard (1,218, 1976)
• Games finished: José Valverde (71, 2008)

See also[]

• Houston Astros award winners and league leaders

References[]

External links[]

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