oldest astros pitcher to strike out 13 hitters in a game

John Franco is the oldest for the Astros in a game with more than 0 strikeouts. He was 44 years and 287 days old against the Reds on July 1, 2005.

Interpreted as:
oldest astros pitcher to strike out 13 hitters in a regular-season game
NAME AGE SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 John Franco
J. Franco
44-287
1
7/1/2005
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
0
40.50
0
0
0
0.2
3
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
6
0
2 John Franco
J. Franco
44-281
1
6/25/2005
HOU HOU
vs
TEX TEX
0
0.00
0
0
0
0.2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
3 John Franco
J. Franco
44-278
1
6/22/2005
HOU HOU
vs
COL COL
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
4 John Franco
J. Franco
44-276
2
6/20/2005
HOU HOU
vs
COL COL
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
5 John Franco
J. Franco
44-273
2
6/17/2005
HOU HOU
@
KCR KCR
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
6 John Franco
J. Franco
44-260
1
6/4/2005
HOU HOU
vs
STL STL
0
0.00
0
0
0
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
7 John Franco
J. Franco
44-252
1
5/27/2005
HOU HOU
@
MIL MIL
0
0.00
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
8 John Franco
J. Franco
44-247
1
5/22/2005
HOU HOU
@
TEX TEX
0
0.00
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
9 John Franco
J. Franco
44-245
1
5/20/2005
HOU HOU
@
TEX TEX
0
54.00
0
0
0
0.1
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
3
0
10 John Franco
J. Franco
44-244
2
5/19/2005
HOU HOU
vs
ARI ARI
0
0.00
0
0
0
0.2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
11 John Franco
J. Franco
44-238
1
5/13/2005
HOU HOU
vs
SFG SFG
0
0.00
0
0
0
0.2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
12 John Franco
J. Franco
44-214
1
4/19/2005
HOU HOU
vs
ATL ATL
0
0.00
0
0
0
0.1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
13 John Franco
J. Franco
44-203
1
4/8/2005
HOU HOU
vs
CIN CIN
0
0.00
0
0
0
0.1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
14 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-056
7
9/29/2006
HOU HOU
@
ATL ATL
L
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
6
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
15 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-051
6
9/24/2006
HOU HOU
vs
STL STL
1
1.80
0
0
0
5.0
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
19
0
16 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-047
6
9/20/2006
HOU HOU
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
23
0
17 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-042
4
9/15/2006
HOU HOU
vs
PHI PHI
L
1
7.20
0
0
0
5.0
3
4
4
1
5
0
0
1
22
0
18 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-031
6
9/4/2006
HOU HOU
@
PHI PHI
1
1.80
0
0
0
5.0
1
1
1
0
2
2
0
0
19
0
19 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-026
9
8/30/2006
HOU HOU
vs
MIL MIL
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
25
1
20 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-021
2
8/25/2006
HOU HOU
@
PIT PIT
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
6
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
23
1
21 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-016
7
8/20/2006
HOU HOU
@
MIL MIL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
26
0
22 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-011
5
8/15/2006
HOU HOU
vs
CHC CHC
1
7.50
0
0
0
6.0
7
5
5
2
1
2
0
0
28
0
23 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-006
5
8/10/2006
HOU HOU
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
24
0
24 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
44-001
5
8/5/2006
HOU HOU
@
ARI ARI
W
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
8
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
29
0
25 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
43-360
9
7/30/2006
HOU HOU
vs
ARI ARI
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
0
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