Michael Anthony Easler ( born on November 29, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio ) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who enjoyed a 14 year major league career from 1973 to 1987 with the Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.

Pitcher Darryl Kile ( who died in 2002 ) signed as a free agent in the offseason, struggled in Colorado, going 13 – 17 with a 5. 20 ERA — a far cry from his numbers the prior year as a member of the Houston Astros, when he went 19 – 7 with a 2. 57 ERA.

The Marlins defeated the Houston Astros 12 – 8 in their inaugural Spring Training game.

Astros logo, 1965 – 1974

However, injuries to their pitching staff limited the Astros to an 82 – 80 fourth-place finish.

Houston Astros logo with their former home, The Astrodome Stadium 1975 – 1993

Their record of 64 – 97 was far worse than even the expansion Colt. 45's, but not as bad as the 2011 Astros ( 56 – 106 ) and the 2012 Astros ( 52 – 105 as of 9 / 28 / 2012 ).

With Virdon as the manager the Astros improved greatly in 1976 finishing in third place with a 80 – 82 record.

The Astros finished in third place again in 1977 with a record of 81 – 81.

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

Surgery was done to save his life, but the Astros had lost their ace pitcher after a 10 – 4 start with a stingy 1. 89 ERA.

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

In Game 3, the Astros were ahead at Shea Stadium, 5 – 4, in the bottom of the 9th when closer Dave Smith gave up a two-run home run to Lenny Dykstra, giving the Mets a dramatic 6 – 5 win.

Needing a win to get to Mike Scott ( who had been dominant in the series ) in Game 7, the Astros jumped off to a 3 – 0 lead in the first inning but neither team would score again until the 9th inning.

With their season on the line, the Astros would nonetheless rally for two runs to come to within 7 – 6.

Astros logo, 1994 – 1999

Despite the early predictions for success, the Astros had a mediocre 44 – 44 record at the All-Star break.

The Astros had also developed an excellent pitching staff, anchored by Roy Oswalt ( 20 – 12, 2. 94 ), Andy Pettitte ( 17 – 9, 2. 39 ), and Roger Clemens ( 13 – 8 with a league-low ERA of only 1. 87 ).

Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox ( fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians ); the New York Yankees twice ( fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels ); the New York Mets ( second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees ); and the Houston Astros ( seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers ).

The Houston Astros retired his jersey on August 26, 2007, prior to the start of a game versus the Pittsburgh Pirates.

* October 26 – 2005 MLB World Series – The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros 4 games to 0 to win the World Series for the first time since 1917.

Because the Astrodome was their home stadium, the Houston Astros were forced to play 26 consecutive road games from July 27 through August 23.

Richard Leo Gedman ( born September 26, 1959 ) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and left-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox ( 1980 – 1990 ), Houston Astros ( 1990 – 1991 ) and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1991 – 1992 ).

* October 26 – The Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros in four games to win their first World Series since 1917.

Donald Edward Lee ( born February 26, 1934 in Globe, Arizona ) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers ( 1957 – 58 ), Washington Senators ( 1959 – 60 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1961 – 62 ), Los Angeles & California Angels ( 1962 – 65 ), Houston Astros ( 1965 – 66 ) and Chicago Cubs ( 1966 ).

Deshaies was a mainstay on the Astros ' rotation from 1986 to, pitching in 26 or more starts in those years.

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.

At age 26, Richard became only the second pitcher in Astros ' history ( after Dierker in 1969 ) to record 20 wins in a season, tying him for fourth in the NL that year.

Michael Warren " Mike " Scott ( born April 26, 1955 ) is an American former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros.

Kerfeld began 1987 with the Astros, but was sent down to Tucson on April 26 after 11 games after posting an 0-2 record and a 9. 24 ERA.

After back-to-back 79-83 marks in and, Walker was sacked August 26,, in favor of Leo Durocher ; ironically, with the Astros at 67-54 and in third place at the time of the firing, it was Walker ’ s best season in Houston.

Wood's signature performance was one-hitting the Houston Astros, a game in which he tied the major league record of 20 strikeouts in nine innings.

Wilson's no-hitter lit the Astros ' fire and six days later the team tied a major league record by turning seven double plays in a game.

In the 1998 season, the Astros set a team record with 102 victories.

In 2005, the Astros started poorly and found themselves with a 15-30 record in late May.

The Astros finished with a record of 76-86.

The Astros finished with a record of 56-106, the worst single-season record in franchise history.

* 1998 – Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens.

The Astros submitted an offer of $ 13. 5 million, and Clemens countered with a record $ 22 million demand.

The Astros scored an average of only 3. 5 runs per game in games in which he was the pitcher of record.

* 1986 – Jim Deshaies of the Houston Astros sets the major-league record by striking out the first eight batters of the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

During a major league record 27-year baseball career, he pitched in 1966 and from 1968 to 1993 for four different teams: the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers.

* Rookie 20 year old Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league single game strikeout record

In his fifth career start, on May 6, he threw a one-hit, no walk, 20-strikeout shutout against the Houston Astros, tying Roger Clemens ' record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game and breaking Bill Gullickson's single-game rookie record of 18 strikeouts in 1980.

His 80 triples remains an Astros ' record as does his 6 career walk-off home runs.

In his first season with the team, Alou hit a career-high 38 home runs and drove in 124 runs while leading the Astros to a franchise record 102 wins.

In 11 regular-season starts with the Astros, he had a 10 – 1 record, a 1. 28 ERA, and 116 strikeouts in 84⅓ innings, and pitched 4 shutouts.