players with most games started as a pitcher in a season with the houston astros

Jerry Reuss has started the most games for the Astros in a season, with 40 starts in 1973.

	NAME	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	40	1973	HOU	41	16	13	.552	3.74	177	12	3	0	279.1	271	116	123	17	117	3	1	6	1,198	10	5.70	3.77	1.51	0.55	14.8	9.8	1.39	.287	3.96	105	3.37	94	8.73	5.8
2	J.R. Richard	39	1976	HOU	39	20	15	.571	2.75	214	14	3	0	291.0	221	89	105	14	151	4	0	4	1,218	13	6.62	4.67	1.42	0.43	17.6	12.4	1.28	.248	3.25	84	3.38	101	6.84	-1.8
3	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	38	1986	HOU	40	17	12	.586	3.14	143	8	5	0	258.0	232	90	100	19	62	4	1	13	1,053	5	4.99	2.16	2.31	0.66	13.6	5.9	1.14	.258	3.49	89	3.38	96	8.09	3.4
4	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	38	1984	HOU	38	16	12	.571	3.04	127	6	1	0	248.1	223	84	104	16	89	4	0	4	1,027	12	4.60	3.23	1.43	0.58	12.4	8.7	1.26	.262	3.77	88	3.70	109	8.08	-9.9
5	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	38	1983	HOU	38	15	14	.517	3.48	152	9	1	0	263.2	238	102	115	15	101	3	0	5	1,113	14	5.19	3.45	1.50	0.51	13.7	9.1	1.29	.265	3.93	102	3.51	101	8.12	-1.8
6	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	38	1979	HOU	38	21	11	.656	3.00	119	11	5	0	263.2	221	88	102	17	107	7	0	1	1,095	19	4.06	3.65	1.11	0.58	10.9	9.8	1.24	.241	3.48	87	3.95	112	7.54	-13.7
7	J.R. Richard	38	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	2.71	313	19	4	0	292.1	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	9.64	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	78	2.19	62	6.77	45.6
8	Mike Scott M. Scott	37	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	2.22	306	7	5	0	275.1	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	2.15	61	5.95	43.6
9	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	37	1985	HOU	37	15	13	.536	3.55	131	4	0	0	241.0	253	95	119	21	54	3	0	5	1,016	4	4.89	2.02	2.43	0.78	12.9	5.3	1.27	.287	4.44	104	3.43	100	9.45	-0.6
10	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	37	1969	HOU	39	20	13	.606	2.33	232	20	4	0	305.1	240	79	97	18	72	1	0	6	1,207	9	6.84	2.12	3.22	0.53	19.2	6.0	1.02	.251	2.86	67	2.47	74	7.07	30.1
11	Denny Lemaster D. Lemaster	37	1969	HOU	38	13	17	.433	3.16	173	11	1	1	244.2	232	86	97	20	72	1	1	8	1,029	8	6.36	2.65	2.40	0.74	16.8	7.0	1.24	.278	3.57	91	3.05	91	8.53	7.9
12	Mike Scott M. Scott	36	1987	HOU	36	16	13	.552	3.23	233	8	3	0	247.2	199	89	94	21	79	4	0	6	1,010	10	8.47	2.87	2.95	0.76	23.1	7.8	1.12	.264	3.42	82	3.09	80	7.23	22.1
13	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	36	1980	HOU	37	20	12	.625	3.55	127	11	2	0	256.0	268	101	119	12	79	4	1	3	1,096	12	4.46	2.78	1.61	0.42	11.6	7.2	1.36	.293	4.18	105	3.33	96	9.42	3.3
14	J.R. Richard	36	1978	HOU	36	18	11	.621	3.11	303	16	3	0	275.1	192	95	104	12	141	2	0	4	1,139	16	9.90	4.61	2.15	0.39	26.6	12.4	1.21	.264	3.40	94	2.50	74	6.28	26.9
15	J.R. Richard	36	1977	HOU	36	18	12	.600	2.97	214	13	3	0	267.0	212	88	94	18	104	0	0	1	1,092	6	7.21	3.51	2.06	0.61	19.6	9.5	1.18	.257	3.17	82	3.17	85	7.15	16.2
16	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	36	1973	HOU	39	17	11	.607	2.85	119	12	6	0	249.1	264	79	92	15	62	2	0	8	1,054	3	4.30	2.24	1.92	0.54	11.3	5.9	1.31	.291	3.32	80	3.16	88	9.53	11.3
17	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	36	1970	HOU	37	16	12	.571	3.87	191	17	2	1	269.2	263	116	124	31	82	6	1	4	1,132	8	6.37	2.74	2.33	1.03	16.9	7.2	1.28	.282	4.14	97	3.69	97	8.78	3.2
18	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	35	2006	HOU	36	14	13	.519	4.20	178	2	1	0	214.1	238	100	114	27	70	2	1	9	929	2	7.47	2.94	2.54	1.13	19.2	7.5	1.44	.324	4.79	95	4.12	90	9.99	10.6
19	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	35	2005	HOU	35	20	12	.625	2.94	184	4	1	0	241.2	243	79	85	18	48	8	0	3	1,002	5	6.85	1.79	3.83	0.67	18.4	4.8	1.20	.302	3.17	70	3.15	73	9.05	30.4
20	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	35	2004	HOU	36	20	10	.667	3.49	206	2	2	0	237.0	233	92	100	17	62	11	0	5	983	5	7.82	2.35	3.32	0.65	21.0	6.3	1.24	.314	3.80	80	3.16	71	8.85	33.6
21	Jose Lima J. Lima	35	1999	HOU	35	21	10	.677	3.58	187	3	0	0	246.1	256	98	108	30	44	2	0	2	1,024	8	6.83	1.61	4.25	1.10	18.3	4.3	1.22	.297	3.95	84	3.75	86	9.35	16.4
22	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	35	1999	HOU	35	16	14	.533	3.85	197	4	2	0	231.2	250	99	108	23	37	1	0	0	963	4	7.65	1.44	5.32	0.89	20.5	3.8	1.24	.322	4.20	90	3.21	74	9.71	30.3
23	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	35	1998	HOU	35	19	8	.704	3.51	209	3	1	0	233.1	257	91	99	25	53	2	0	2	986	5	8.06	2.04	3.94	0.96	21.2	5.4	1.33	.333	3.82	88	3.44	85	9.91	16
24	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	35	1996	HOU	35	16	10	.615	3.65	204	4	1	0	239.0	227	97	103	20	44	8	0	3	981	5	7.68	1.66	4.64	0.75	20.8	4.5	1.13	.294	3.88	91	3.20	78	8.55	24
25	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	35	1985	HOU	35	10	12	.455	3.80	209	4	0	0	232.0	205	98	108	12	95	9	0	8	983	14	8.11	3.69	2.20	0.47	21.3	9.7	1.29	.293	4.19	111	2.89	84	7.95	14.2