Major losses were all to free agency ( second baseman Kaz Matsui went to the Houston Astros and pitcher Josh Fogg went to the Cincinnati Reds ).

In November 1971 the Astros and Cincinnati Reds made one of the most blockbuster trades in the history of the sport, and helped create The Big Red Machine of the 1970s, with the Reds getting the better end of the deal.

Cedeno made his first All-Star game in 1972 and became the first Astros player in team history to hit for the cycle in August versus the Reds.

The Reds pulled ahead of the Astros by a game and a half.

The Astros finished with their best record to that point at 89 – 73 and 1½ games behind the NL winner Reds.

After the loss of Richard and some offensive struggles, the Astros slipped to third place in the division behind the Dodgers and the Reds.

The Astros finished 61 – 49 overall, which would have been third in the division behind the Reds and the Dodgers.

The former was supplanted by Dick Wagner, the man whose Reds defeated the Astros to win the 1979 NL West title.

Bench was the Reds ' catcher on April 30, 1969 when Maloney pitched a no hitter against the Houston Astros.

However, they collapsed at the end of the season, finishing tied for third with the Houston Astros behind the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.

* Terry McGriff, MLB catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Florida Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

After that the team used the name of the major league franchise it affiliated with: the Cardinals ( 1965 – 1972 ), the Astros ( 1973 – 1974 ), the Giants ( 1975 – 1979 ), and the Reds ( 1980 – 1992 ).

From 1963 through 1974 they were a farm team of the Kansas City ( later Oakland ) A's ; subsequent affiliations included the Brewers ( 1975 – 81 ), the Rangers ( 1982 – 85 ), the Expos ( 1986 – 87 and 1993 – 94 ), the Braves ( 1988 – 90 ), the Astros ( 1991 – 92 ), the Giants ( 1995 – 96 ), the Reds ( 1997 – 98 ), and the White Sox ( 1999 – 2000 ).

During a 21-year baseball career, He pitched from 1984-2005 for three different National League teams, the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and Houston Astros.

Joe Leonard Morgan ( born September 19, 1943 ) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984.

Miguel Ángel Cuellar Santana ( May 8, 1937 – April 2, 2010 ) was a Cuban left-handed starting pitcher who spent fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) with the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles and California Angels.

He hit 2 home runs with the Reds, the first was on September 23, 2005 against Aquilino Lopez of the Philadelphia Phillies and the second was on September 18, 2006 against Roy Oswalt of the Houston Astros.

It was believed that the Sunday, September 28, 1969 game against the Houston Astros, which was that year's last home game for the Reds ( who won 4 – 1 ), would be the final game ever at Crosley Field.

His Major League Baseball career includes brief stints with the Houston Astros ( 1994 ), San Diego Padres ( 1995 ), New York Mets ( 1996 and 1997 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1998 ), Boston Red Sox ( 2005 ), and Seattle Mariners ( 2006 ), but he is best known for his success in the Japanese Central League between 1999 and 2004 where, as a member of the Yakult Swallows ( 1999 – 2002 ) and Yomiuri Giants ( 2003 – 2004 ), he was among that country's premier offensive players.

Baseball America twice ranked him among the Astros ' top ten prospects ( in 1992 and 1994 ); he was a three-time All-Star ( 1996 – 1998 ) in Triple-A ; and he won the International League's MVP Award in back-to-back years: 1997 as a member of the Mets ' Triple-A affiliate in Norfolk and 1998 as a member of the Reds ' Triple-A affiliate in Indianapolis.

The seven sports franchises that MBP owns, operates and / or consults with are the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees, a Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, the Frisco RoughRiders, a Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers ; the Oklahoma RedHawks, A Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros ; the Dayton Dragons, a Single-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds ; the Hagerstown Suns, a Single-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals ; the Erie SeaWolves, a Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers and the Staten Island Yankees, a Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.

William Donald Doran ( born May 28, 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio ) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1982 to 1993 with the Houston Astros ( drafted in 6th round of 1979 ), Cincinnati Reds, and Milwaukee Brewers.

In a memorable NLCS, with four of the five games going into extra innings, they fell behind 2 – 1 but battled back to squeeze past the Houston Astros on a tenth-inning, game-winning hit by center fielder Garry Maddox, and the city celebrated its first pennant in 30 years.

The teams then battled for 9 more innings in what became the longest game in Major League Baseball playoff history, with the Astros eventually winning the game ( and the series ) in the bottom of the 18th inning on a Chris Burke home run.

Howard finished his rookie season with 17 doubles, two triples, 52 runs scored, and 100 strikeouts and 63 runs batted in as the Phillies battled the Houston Astros for the National League wild card until getting eliminated on the last day of the season.

The Astros won a wild card berth on the final day of the regular season, becoming the first team since the world champion 1914 Boston Braves to qualify for the postseason after being 15 games under. 500.

A dramatic season end included wins in 10 of their last 12 games, but the Astros missed a playoff appearance when they lost the final game of the season to the Atlanta Braves.

But in his final game that year, playing against the Houston Astros ( led by manager Leo Durocher, who had once roomed with Babe Ruth ), he was unable to achieve this.

In the fifth and final game of the series, Ryan and the Astros held a 5 – 2 lead entering the 8th inning.

He played his final two seasons ( 1964 – 65 ) with the Houston Colt. 45s and Astros.

He then managed the Houston Astros for the final 31 games of the 1972 season and the entire season before retiring.

His final game was a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros, at Dodger Stadium ( att.

Marichal won in his first game back, 2 – 1 vs. the Astros on September 9, ( the same day Koufax pitched his perfect game vs. the Cubs ,) but lost his last three decisions as the Giants slumped in the season's final week.

The final, deciding Game 7 started off with Astros ' leadoff man Craig Biggio smacking a home run in the game's first at-bat off Cardinals ' starter Jeff Suppan to make it 1 – 0.

The day before, Koosman had lost to the Houston Astros to fall to 9-8 ; he would win eight of his final nine decisions.

Davis went three-for-seven with a run scored and two RBIs, including the final run of the game as the Astros attempted to come back from a 7 – 4 deficit in the 16th inning.

He was on the mound for the final pitch of the final game of both the NLCS against the Houston Astros, and the World Series against the Boston Red Sox.

On May 26, 1976, Murcer hit a grand slam against the Astros and on September 22, 1976, he stole home in a 3 – 1 victory against the rival Dodgers and a week later, on September 29, 1976, he gloved the final out in John Montefusco's no-hitter.

This loss dropped the Dodgers three games behind the Astros and cost them the chance to win the National League West division outright when they swept Houston in the final three games of the year.

His final loss of the season, against the Houston Astros, eliminated the Reds from playoff contention.

Canó pitched six games with the Houston Astros and was the only major league pitcher to pitch a complete game in his final major league appearance ( which was his only win ).

Jurges never managed again in baseball ( his final record was 59 wins, 63 losses —. 484 ) but he scouted for the Houston Colt. 45s / Astros, the expansion Washington Senators and its successor, the Texas Rangers, the Seattle Mariners, and the Cubs.