Houston Astro Consecutive Game OnBase Streaks
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This work stems from two craven and cowardly acts. On August 29, 2006, as Willy Taveras carried his Houston franchise-record 30-game hit streak into a home game against the Milwaukee Brewers, little did he know that the Brewers's starter that night, Tomo Ohka, was plotting and conspiring to play beanball, rather than baseball. Obivously determined not to give Taveras anything that he might have been able to turn into one of his semi-patented infield hits, Ohka beaned Taveras with his first pitch of the ballgame, then hit him again--this time in the area of the head--with his last. And Willy's hit streak died a most ungraceful death. But so entranced had I been with the extreme unlikeliness of Taveras' streak in the first place, and so unwilling was I to see the streak end, that I immediately began grasping at straws. And there was in fact, a very handy straw available. In hitting Taveras twice, Ohka had snapped the hit streak at 30, sure, but he had also extended Taveras' consecutive game onbase streak to 31. Light bulb on. A quick look at Jeff Kent and Tony Eusebio--the last two Astros to hold the club hit streak record before Willy T--showed that they had not wrapped their hit streaks with games in which they'd reached in manners other than with a hit Although I'd recently been reminded that Ted Williams had an 84-game onbase streak in 1949, for all I knew, Willy's onbase was at that point the longest in Houston major league history. So at first, the thrust was about trying to identify anyone who might have had a streak longer than 31 games, although as I searched, I was soon sidetracked into the collection of all streaks longer than 20 games throughout the years. Because of that, the parameters--what has been looked at, and what appears here--look a little out of kilter. Presented below, sorted by Year, drawn from and based on the information in Retrosheet's vast archives, are the longest onbase streaks in Houston National League history. To continue or begin a streak, a player will have reached base via a hit, a walk, a hit by pitch, or through defensive interference. And a streak will end when he doesn't do one of those things, and has an officiai plate appearance. Going 0 for 0 with a sac fly will end the streak; being inserted in the field in the ninth inning, and never coming to the plate will not. All players who reached base 31 times--the length of Willy's streak--or more in any one season are listed here. Those who reached between 20 and 30 times have been evaluated, but are listed here only if they had a streak of ten games or more. Since we're talking about it, two players satisfied that last, as it happened--Jose Herrerra in 1968, and Gary Woods in 1980. And lastly, I looked at all pitchers who reached more than nine times in a season, and found that only one hurler in club history was able to put together a streak of ten games or more. It wasn't Mike Hampton, much to my surprise. And lastly, all players from the 2006 season have been looked at. So, if you've been following along, you'll see that the only players not represented here are those position players from prior years who reached less than 20 times in any one season, and those pitchers from the past who reached less than 10. Not exhaustive, but very close. Considering that the longest streak from a player with between 20 and 30 times reached was ten, I feel confident in saying that no streak longer than eight games has been missed, and of course, NONE longer than 19 have been. I had no idea how this would all work out, obviously, although certainly I had expectations that Craig Biggio--and to a lesser extent, Jeff Bagwell--at their late 90's heights would be very well represented. And they were. But the wonderful thing for me about this table I have compiled is thatin addition to reminding us how great a player Jimmy Wynn was--it has rescued from obscurity a tremendous feat accomplished by one of your lesser-known Astros. Greg Gross, who'd have thunk? |
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| 1969 Topps # 360 | 1976 Hostess # 90 |
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 1962 | Norm Larker | 17 | Longest Streak of 1962 | ||||
| Roman Mejias | 16 | ||||||
| Carl Warwick | 15 | ||||||
| Hal Smith | 13 | ||||||
| Joey Amalfitano | 13 | ||||||
| Bob Lillis | 11 | ||||||
| Bob Bruce | 10 | 5/4 | 6/2 | Longest Streak by a Pitcher in Houston history | |||
| Al Spangler | 10 | ||||||
| Bob Aspromonte | 10 | ||||||
| Merritt Ranew | 8 | ||||||
| Jim Pendleton | 7 | ||||||
| Don Buddin | 6 | ||||||
| JC Hartman | 6 | ||||||
| Johnny Temple | 6 | ||||||
| Pidge Browne | 4 | ||||||
| 1963 | Pete Runnels | 19 | Longest Streak of 1963 | ||||
| Rusty Staub | 17 | ||||||
| Ernie Fazio | 15 | ||||||
| Al Spangler | 14 | ||||||
| Johnny Temple | 14 | ||||||
| Carl Warwick | 13 | ||||||
| Jim Wynn | 12 | ||||||
| Bob Lillis | 9 | ||||||
| John Bateman | 9 | ||||||
| Bob Aspromonte | 8 | ||||||
| Howie Goss | 6 | ||||||
| Jim Campbell | 5 | ||||||
| 1964 | Walt Bond | 18 | Longest Streak of 1964 and Longest by a Colt .45 | ||||
| Mike White | 17 | ||||||
| Bob Aspromonte | 15 | ||||||
| Nellie Fox | 15 | ||||||
| Eddie Kasko | 14 | ||||||
| Al Spangler | 12 | ||||||
| Jerry Grote | 12 | ||||||
| Joe Gaines | 11 | ||||||
| John Bateman | 11 | ||||||
| Bob Lillis | 10 | ||||||
| Billy Goodman | 9 | ||||||
| Jim Wynn | 9 | ||||||
| Pete Runnels | 9 | ||||||
| Carroll Hardy | 7 | ||||||
| Dave L Roberts | 6 | ||||||
| Rusty Staub | 6 | ||||||
| 1965 | Joe Morgan | 23 | 6/16 | 7/16 | Longest Streak of 1965, and the Longest by a rookie until Young in 1987 | ||
| Walt Bond | 20 | 5/28 | 6/16 | First 20-Game Streak in Franchise History; Reached only 154 times overall | |||
| Jim Wynn | 16 | ||||||
| Bob Aspromonte | 15 | Like Bond and only nine others in team history, reached less than 200 times (178) but still managerd a 20-game streak. | |||||
| Lee Maye | 14 | ||||||
| Rusty Staub | 13 | ||||||
| Bob Lillis | 12 | ||||||
| Jim Gentile | 10 | ||||||
| Al Spangler | 9 | ||||||
| Eddie Kasko | 8 | ||||||
| Ron Brand | 8 | ||||||
| Joe Gaines | 5 | ||||||
| John Bateman | 5 | ||||||
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 1966 | Joe Morgan | 29 | 4/13 | 5/15 | Longest Streak of 1966, and Morgan becomes the first Houston player to have the team'slongest streak two years in a row | ||
| Bob Aspromonte | 21 | 7/17 | 8/4 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | 21 | 7/4 | 8/4 | ||||
| Rusty Staub | 18 | ||||||
| John Bateman | 12 | ||||||
| Chuck Harrison | 11 | ||||||
| Ron Davis | 11 | ||||||
| Dave Nicholson | 9 | ||||||
| Jim Gentile | 9 | ||||||
| Jim Wynn | 9 | ||||||
| Bill Heath | 8 | ||||||
| Lee Maye | 8 | ||||||
| Bob Lillis | 5 | ||||||
| Felix Mantilla | 4 | ||||||
| Ron Brand | 4 | ||||||
| 1967 | Bob Aspromonte | 28 | 6/5 | 7/5 | Longest Streak of 1967 and longest by a third baseman | ||
| Rusty Staub | 23 | 6/25 | 7/21 | Started three days before his then-record 20-game hit streak | |||
| Eddie Mathews | 17 | ||||||
| Joe Morgan | 16 | ||||||
| Jim Wynn | 15 | ||||||
| Julio Gotay | 15 | ||||||
| Ron Davis | 11 | ||||||
| Sonny Jackson | 11 | ||||||
| Jim Landis | 9 | ||||||
| Ron Brand | 9 | ||||||
| Chuck Harrison | 7 | ||||||
| Norm Miller | 7 | ||||||
| Doug Rader | 6 | ||||||
| John Bateman | 5 | ||||||
| 1968 | Jim Wynn | 31 | 8/8 | 9/7 | Longest Streak of 1968 and the first 30-Game Streak in Franchise History | ||
| Rusty Staub | 19 | ||||||
| Doug Rader | 16 | ||||||
| Ron Davis | 16 | ||||||
| Norm Miller | 12 | ||||||
| Jose Herrera | 11 | Longest Streak from a player with less than 31 times reached; also ended his Astro career with the streak intact | |||||
| Denis Menke | 11 | ||||||
| Bob Watson | 10 | ||||||
| Dick Simpson | 10 | ||||||
| Bob Aspromonte | 9 | ||||||
| Hector Torres | 8 | ||||||
| Ron Brand | 7 | ||||||
| Lee Thomas | 6 | ||||||
| Joe Morgan | 5 | ||||||
| Julio Gotay | 5 | ||||||
| 1969 | Jim Wynn | 52 | 6/4 | 8/3 | Longest Streak in Houston NL History with Gross; Longest by a Righthander | ||
| Denis Menke | 25 | 4/8 | 5/2 | Longest Streak to Have Opened the Season | |||
| Joe Morgan | 24 | 5/25 | 7/6 | Morgan First In Team History with two 20-Game Streaks in a single season | |||
| Joe Morgan | 20 | 4/8 | 4/27 | Opened Season | |||
| Doug Rader | 18 | ||||||
| Curt Blefary | 17 | ||||||
| Norm Miller | 13 | ||||||
| Jesus Alou | 12 | ||||||
| Johnny Edwards | 11 | ||||||
| Bob Watson | 10 | ||||||
| Sandy Valdespino | 8 | ||||||
| Gary Geiger | 7 | ||||||
| Marty Martinez | 7 | ||||||
| Hector Torres | 4 | ||||||
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 1970 | Joe Morgan | 33 | 7/3 | 8/9 | Longest Streak of 1970 | ||
| Denis Menke | 29 | 8/1 | 9/1 | ||||
| Jim Wynn | 27 | 5/14 | 6/13 | Wynn the first player in team history with 20+-game streaks in three consecutive years | |||
| Joe Morgan | 22 | 5/12 | 6/4 | ||||
| Joe Morgan | 22 | 8/15 | 9/9 | Morgan With Two 20-Game Streaks in one season, again | |||
| Doug Rader | 20 | 4/21 | 5/14 | ||||
| John Mayberry | 15 | ||||||
| Cesar Cedeño | 14 | ||||||
| Tommy Davis | 11 | ||||||
| Bob Watson | 10 | ||||||
| Jesus Alou | 10 | ||||||
| Joe Pepitone | 9 | ||||||
| Johnny Edwards | 8 | ||||||
| Norm Miller | 8 | ||||||
| Larry Howard | 5 | ||||||
| Marty Martinez | 3 | ||||||
| 1971 | Joe Morgan | 23 | 9/4 | 9/30 | Ended the Season -- and his first tenure with the Astros -- with a 23-game streak Featured an 0 for 8 with a lone walk in a 21 inning game vs. SD 9/24/71 | ||
| Bob Watson | 21 | 6/19 | 7/10 | ||||
| Doug Rader | 15 | ||||||
| Denis Menke | 14 | ||||||
| Jesus Alou | 13 | ||||||
| Cesar Cedeño | 11 | ||||||
| Jim Wynn | 11 | ||||||
| Roger Metzger | 11 | ||||||
| Jack Hiatt | 10 | ||||||
| Johnny Edwards | 8 | ||||||
| John Mayberry | 6 | ||||||
| Rich Chiles | 3 | ||||||
| 1972 | Jim Wynn | 18 | Longest Streak with Metzger of 1972 | ||||
| Roger Metzger | 18 | Longest Streak with Wynn of 1972 | |||||
| Bob Watson | 16 | ||||||
| Tommy Helms | 16 | ||||||
| Cesar Cedeño | 15 | ||||||
| Johnny Edwards | 13 | ||||||
| Lee May | 13 | ||||||
| Doug Rader | 11 | ||||||
| Jesus Alou | 6 | ||||||
| Larry Howard | 6 | ||||||
| Rich Chiles | 2 | ||||||
| 1973 | Roger Metzger | 26 | 7/27 | 8/22 | Longest Streak of 1973 | ||
| Lee May | 23 | 5/30 | 6/24 | Never walked during his 21-game hit streak, then extended the onbase streak without hitting safely in the next game by walking twice; Reached only 183 times all season | |||
| Bob Watson | 19 | ||||||
| Tommy Helms | 17 | ||||||
| Cesar Cedeño | 16 | ||||||
| Jim Wynn | 16 | ||||||
| Bob Gallagher | 12 | ||||||
| Doug Rader | 12 | ||||||
| Johnny Edwards | 8 | ||||||
| Skip Jutze | 7 | ||||||
| Tommy Agee | 6 | ||||||
| 1974 | Greg Gross | 27 | 5/18 | 6/21 | Longest Streak of 1974 | ||
| Milt May | 16 | First 15+-Game Streak by a Houston catcher, and the longest by a backstop until Ashby in 1981 | |||||
| Doug Rader | 15 | ||||||
| Cesar Cedeño | 14 | ||||||
| Roger Metzger | 12 | ||||||
| Tommy Helms | 12 | ||||||
| Bob Watson | 11 | ||||||
| Lee May | 9 | ||||||
| Cliff Johnson | 6 | ||||||
| Larry Milbourne | 5 | ||||||
| Johnny Edwards | 4 | ||||||
| Bob Gallagher | 3 | ||||||
| 1975 | Greg Gross | 52 | 6/25 | 8/18 | Longest in Houston NL History with Wynn; Longest by a Lefthander | ||
| Greg Gross | 26 | 5/7 | 6/5 | Reached in 96 of 101 5/7 - 8/26; Gross First in Team History to have the two Longest Streaks in any one year, and second player after Morgan to have two 20-+ gamers in one season | |||
| Cesar Cedeño | 24 | 7/19 | 8/3 | Cedeño third in Team History after Morgan and Gross with two 20-game-plus streaks in same season | |||
| Wilbur Howard | 24 | 7/4 | 7/29 | ||||
| Cesar Cedeño | 22 | 5/25 | 6/16 | ||||
| Bob Watson | 18 | ||||||
| Cliff Johnson | 18 | ||||||
| Doug Rader | 14 | ||||||
| Jose Cruz | 14 | ||||||
| Roger Metzger | 11 | ||||||
| Ken Boswell | 9 | ||||||
| Milt May | 9 | ||||||
| Rob Andrews | 9 | ||||||
| Enos Cabell | 8 | ||||||
| Jerry Davanon | 7 | ||||||
| Larry Milbourne | 7 | ||||||
| Tommy Helms | 3 | ||||||
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 1976 | Cesar Cedeño | 19 | Longest Streak of 1976 | ||||
| Jose Cruz | 18 | ||||||
| Bob Watson | 16 | ||||||
| Greg Gross | 15 | ||||||
| Rob Andrews | 13 | ||||||
| Enos Cabell | 11 | ||||||
| Jerry Davanon | 11 | ||||||
| Roger Metzger | 10 | ||||||
| Cliff Johnson | 9 | ||||||
| Leon Roberts | 9 | ||||||
| Ed Herrmann | 6 | ||||||
| Ken Boswell | 5 | ||||||
| Wilbur Howard | 4 | ||||||
| 1977 | Bob Watson | 26 | 7/27 | 8/23 | Longest Streak of 1977 | ||
| Cesar Cedeño | 24 | 8/25 | 9/23 | Two Games at the end of his then-club record 22 game hit streak | |||
| Terry Puhl | 18 | ||||||
| Jose Cruz | 17 | ||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 16 | ||||||
| Art Howe | 15 | ||||||
| Ed Herrmann | 15 | ||||||
| Enos Cabell | 15 | ||||||
| Cliff Johnson | 11 | ||||||
| Julio Gonzalez | 11 | ||||||
| Willie Crawford | 10 | ||||||
| Roger Metzger | 8 | ||||||
| Ken Boswell | 3 | ||||||
| Rob Sperring | 3 | ||||||
| 1978 | Jose Cruz | 18 | Longest Streak with Puhl of 1978 | ||||
| Terry Puhl | 18 | Longest Streak with Cruz of 1978 | |||||
| Bob Watson | 17 | ||||||
| Enos Cabell | 16 | ||||||
| Art Howe | 15 | ||||||
| Dave Bergman | 12 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 11 | ||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 9 | ||||||
| Cesar Cedeño | 7 | ||||||
| Rafael Landestoy | 7 | ||||||
| Bruce Bochy | 6 | ||||||
| Jesus Alou | 6 | ||||||
| Jimmy Sexton | 6 | ||||||
| Julio Gonzalez | 6 | ||||||
| Wilbur Howard | 5 | ||||||
| Luis Pujols | 3 | ||||||
| 1979 | Jose Cruz | 26 | 4/15 | 5/13 | Longest Streak of 1979 | ||
| Cesar Cedeño | 17 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 15 | ||||||
| Enos Cabell | 15 | ||||||
| Jeff Leonard | 14 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 14 | ||||||
| Art Howe | 13 | ||||||
| Bob Watson | 12 | ||||||
| Rafael Landestoy | 12 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 10 | ||||||
| Alan Ashby | 9 | ||||||
| Julio Gonzalez | 8 | ||||||
| Bruce Bochy | 6 | ||||||
| Jesus Alou | 5 | ||||||
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 1980 | Terry Puhl | 18 | Longest Streak of 1980 | ||||
| Enos Cabell | 16 | ||||||
| Cesar Cedeño | 14 | ||||||
| Alan Ashby | 13 | ||||||
| Jose Cruz | 12 | ||||||
| Joe Morgan | 11 | ||||||
| Gary Woods | 10 | Played in 19 Games; more than half of which were involved in his streak | |||||
| Denny Walling | 10 | ||||||
| Rafael Landestoy | 9 | ||||||
| Art Howe | 7 | ||||||
| Jeff Leonard | 7 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 6 | ||||||
| Danny Heep | 6 | ||||||
| Luis Pujols | 5 | ||||||
| 1981 | Art Howe | 23 | 5/1 | 5/24 | Exactly Coincided with his club record hit streak of the time | ||
| Alan Ashby | 19 | Longest streak by a Houston catcher until Eusebio in 2000 | |||||
| Jose Cruz | 16 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 16 | ||||||
| Cesar Cedeño | 15 | ||||||
| Kiko Garcia | 14 | ||||||
| Tony Scott | 12 | ||||||
| Danny Heep | 11 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 10 | ||||||
| Phil Garner | 10 | ||||||
| Luis Pujols | 9 | ||||||
| Gary Woods | 7 | ||||||
| Joe Pittman | 7 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 6 | ||||||
| Rafael Landestoy | 6 | ||||||
| Dickie Thon | 5 | ||||||
| 1982 | Dickie Thon | 21 | 7/24 | 8/13 | Longest Streak of 1982; only reached 175 times all told | ||
| Ray Knight | 16 | ||||||
| Phil Garner | 15 | ||||||
| Jose Cruz | 14 | ||||||
| Art Howe | 13 | ||||||
| Tony Scott | 13 | ||||||
| Alan Ashby | 12 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 11 | ||||||
| Bill Doran | 10 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 10 | ||||||
| Danny Heep | 6 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 6 | ||||||
| Luis Pujols | 5 | ||||||
| Alan Knicely | 4 | ||||||
| 1983 | Dickie Thon | 29 | 6/17 | 7/26 | Longest Streak of 1983 with Cruz | ||
| Jose Cruz | 29 | 8/23 | 9/23 | Longest Streak of 1983 with Thon | |||
| Jose Cruz | 20 | 6/4 | 6/28 | Cruz fourth player after Morgan, Gross and Cedeño to have two 20-+ game streaks in a single season, and second after Gross to have the two longest in any one year (although he shared) | |||
| Ray Knight | 20 | 6/8 | 6/30 | ||||
| Bill Doran | 14 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 11 | ||||||
| Alan Ashby | 9 | ||||||
| Jerry Mumphrey | 9 | ||||||
| Phil Garner | 9 | ||||||
| Omar Moreno | 7 | ||||||
| George Bjorkman | 6 | ||||||
| Tony Scott | 6 | ||||||
| Kevin Bass | 5 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 4 | ||||||
| 1984 | Jerry Mumphrey | 21 | 4/18 | 5/14 | Longest Streak of 1984 with Cruz | ||
| Jose Cruz | 21 | 7/7 | 7/30 | Longest Streak of 1984 with Mumphrey | |||
| Bill Doran | 19 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 15 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 14 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 12 | ||||||
| Kevin Bass | 12 | ||||||
| Mark Bailey | 11 | ||||||
| Alan Ashby | 10 | ||||||
| Phil Garner | 10 | ||||||
| Enos Cabell | 9 | ||||||
| Ray Knight | 9 | ||||||
| Harry Spilman | 7 | ||||||
| Tony Scott | 2 | ||||||
| 1985 | Bill Doran | 30 | 4/20 | 5/26 | Longest Streak of 1985 and of the '80's | ||
| Bill Doran | 23 | 6/15 | 7/7 | ||||
| Kevin Bass | 20 | 7/20 | 8/11 | Reached Less than 200 times overall | |||
| Glenn Davis | 14 | ||||||
| Jose Cruz | 14 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 12 | ||||||
| Mark Bailey | 12 | ||||||
| Alan Ashby | 11 | ||||||
| Dickie Thon | 7 | ||||||
| Jim Pankovits | 7 | ||||||
| Phil Garner | 7 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 7 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 6 | ||||||
| Enos Cabell | 5 | ||||||
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 1986 | Kevin Bass | 22 | 7/12 | 8/14 | Longest Streak of 1986 | ||
| Billy Hatcher | 21 | 8/16 | 9/10 | Reached Fewer than 200 times all year | |||
| Kevin Bass | 21 | 4/26 | 5/22 | Bass fifth player after Morgan, Gross, Cedeño, and Cruz to have two 20-game streaks in a single year | |||
| Glenn Davis | 17 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 16 | ||||||
| Bill Doran | 15 | ||||||
| Jose Cruz | 15 | ||||||
| Mark Bailey | 14 | ||||||
| Dickie Thon | 11 | ||||||
| Phil Garner | 11 | ||||||
| Alan Ashby | 8 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 8 | ||||||
| John Mizerock | 8 | ||||||
| Davey Lopes | 5 | ||||||
| Jim Pankovits | 5 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 4 | ||||||
| Tony Walker | 4 | ||||||
| 1987 | Gerald Young | 29 | 8/20 | 9/20 | Longest Streak of 1987, Longest by a Houston Rookie, and until Caminiti in 2000, Longest from a player who didn't reach 200 times in the season of the streak | ||
| Bill Doran | 20 | 5/30 | 6/19 | ||||
| Alan Ashby | 16 | ||||||
| Billy Hatcher | 16 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 12 | ||||||
| Glenn Davis | 11 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 10 | ||||||
| Jose Cruz | 10 | ||||||
| Kevin Bass | 8 | ||||||
| Davey Lopes | 6 | ||||||
| Ken Caminiti | 6 | ||||||
| Dickie Thon | 4 | ||||||
| Phil Garner | 4 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 4 | ||||||
| 1988 | Rafael Ramirez | 18 | Longest Streak of 1988 | ||||
| Buddy Bell | 14 | ||||||
| Gerald Young | 14 | ||||||
| Glenn Davis | 14 | ||||||
| Bill Doran | 11 | ||||||
| Billy Hatcher | 10 | ||||||
| Alan Ashby | 9 | ||||||
| Alex Trevino | 9 | ||||||
| Kevin Bass | 9 | ||||||
| Denny Walling | 7 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 6 | ||||||
| Alex Trevino | 5 | ||||||
| Craig Biggio | 4 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 4 | ||||||
| Ken Caminiti | 4 | ||||||
| 1989 | Gerald Young | 15 | Longest Streak with Ramirez of 1989, but shortest to be a season's longest | ||||
| Rafael Ramirez | 15 | Longest Streak with Young of 1989, but shortest to be a season's longest | |||||
| Craig Biggio | 13 | ||||||
| Ken Caminiti | 13 | ||||||
| Bill Doran | 12 | ||||||
| Billy Hatcher | 10 | ||||||
| Glenn Davis | 10 | ||||||
| Kevin Bass | 10 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 8 | ||||||
| Craig Reynolds | 6 | ||||||
| Alan Ashby | 4 | ||||||
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 1990 | Craig Biggio | 18 | Longest Streak of 1990 | ||||
| Franklin Stubbs | 17 | ||||||
| Bill Doran | 14 | ||||||
| Glenn Davis | 13 | ||||||
| Javier Ortiz | 13 | ||||||
| Eric Anthony | 11 | ||||||
| Eric Yelding | 11 | ||||||
| Ken Caminiti | 11 | ||||||
| Casey Candaele | 10 | ||||||
| Rafael Ramirez | 8 | ||||||
| Rich Gedman | 7 | ||||||
| Glenn Wilson | 6 | ||||||
| Karl Rhodes | 6 | ||||||
| Ken Oberkfell | 6 | ||||||
| Gerald Young | 5 | ||||||
| Ken Oberkfell | 5 | ||||||
| Mark Davidson | 5 | ||||||
| Terry Puhl | 5 | ||||||
| Dave Rohde | 2 | ||||||
| 1991 | Jeff Bagwell | 22 | 6/16 | 7/12 | Longest Streak of 1991 and first of club-record 18 streaks of 20 games or more for Bagwell | ||
| Luis Gonzalez | 16 | ||||||
| Ken Caminiti | 13 | ||||||
| Craig Biggio | 12 | ||||||
| Casey Candaele | 11 | ||||||
| Steve Finley | 10 | ||||||
| Mike Simms | 9 | ||||||
| Eric Anthony | 8 | ||||||
| Andujar Cedeño | 6 | ||||||
| Eric Yelding | 6 | ||||||
| Gerald Young | 6 | ||||||
| Rafael Ramirez | 6 | ||||||
| Javier Ortiz | 3 | ||||||
| Mark Davidson | 3 | ||||||
| 1992 | Craig Biggio | 23 | 8/5 | 8/29 | Longest Streak of 1992 | ||
| Jeff Bagwell | 21 | 6/24 | 7/18 | ||||
| Ken Caminiti | 18 | ||||||
| Steve Finley | 18 | ||||||
| Eric Anthony | 12 | ||||||
| Pete Incaviglia | 9 | ||||||
| Ed Taubensee | 8 | ||||||
| Luis Gonzalez | 7 | ||||||
| Andujar Cedeño | 6 | ||||||
| Casey Candaele | 6 | ||||||
| Scott Servais | 6 | ||||||
| Rafael Ramirez | 5 | ||||||
| Juan Guerrero | 4 | ||||||
| 1993 | Craig Biggio | 38 | 8/3 | 9/15 | Longest Streak of 1993, and first of club-record (with Bagwell) four 30-+ game streaks | ||
| Jeff Bagwell | 33 | 4/20 | 5/27 | First of club-record (with Biggio) four 30-+ game streaks | |||
| Jeff Bagwell | 29 | 7/28 | 8/28 | ||||
| Luis Gonzalez | 22 | 6/27 | 7/23 | ||||
| Eric Anthony | 15 | ||||||
| Ken Caminiti | 14 | ||||||
| Steve Finley | 14 | ||||||
| Andujar Cedeño | 12 | ||||||
| Scott Servais | 10 | ||||||
| Ed Taubensee | 9 | ||||||
| Chris Donnels | 8 | ||||||
| Chris James | 6 | ||||||
| Casey Candaele | 5 | ||||||
| Kevin Bass | 5 | ||||||
| 1994 | Craig Biggio | 26 | 4/17 | 5/16 | Longest Streak of 1994 with Bagwell | ||
| Jeff Bagwell | 26 | 5/20 | 6/18 | Longest Streak of 1994 with Biggio | |||
| Luis Gonzalez | 19 | ||||||
| Ken Caminiti | 14 | ||||||
| Steve Finley | 12 | ||||||
| Andujar Cedeño | 11 | ||||||
| James Mouton | 11 | ||||||
| Kevin Bass | 9 | ||||||
| Tony Eusebio | 9 | ||||||
| Chris Donnels | 8 | ||||||
| Scott Servais | 8 | ||||||
| Mike Felder | 3 | ||||||
| 1995 | Craig Biggio | 23 | 7/8 | 8/5 | Longest Streak of 1995; Biggo had at least tied for longest streak on team four years running | ||
| Dave Magadan | 22 | 4/26 | 5/21 | Reached only 180 times overall | |||
| Derek Bell | 20 | 6/14 | 7/4 | ||||
| Ken Caminiti | 19 | ||||||
| Orlando Miller | 18 | ||||||
| Jeff Bagwell | 15 | 6/24 | 7/8 | ||||
| Tony Eusebio | 14 | ||||||
| Brian Hunter | 12 | ||||||
| Mike Simms | 12 | ||||||
| Craig Shipley | 11 | ||||||
| James Mouton | 11 | ||||||
| John Cangelosi | 11 | ||||||
| Derrick May | 9 | ||||||
| Ricky Gutierrez | 9 | ||||||
| Scott Servais | 5 | ||||||
| Milt Thompson | 3 | ||||||
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 1996 | Jeff Bagwell | 37 | 5/14 | 6/22 | Longest Streak of 1996 | ||
| Craig Biggio | 31 | 7/6 | 8/11 | ||||
| Brian Hunter | 15 | ||||||
| Derek Bell | 12 | ||||||
| John Cangelosi | 12 | ||||||
| Ricky Gutierrez | 11 | ||||||
| Derrick May | 10 | ||||||
| James Mouton | 10 | ||||||
| Tony Eusebio | 10 | ||||||
| Rick Wilkins | 9 | ||||||
| Orlando Miller | 8 | ||||||
| Bill Spiers | 7 | ||||||
| Sean Berry | 6 | ||||||
| 1997 | |||||||
| Luis Gonzalez | 27 | 5/24 | 6/22 | Longest Streak of 1997 | |||
| Jeff Bagwell | 26 | 5/16 | 6/13 | ||||
| Bobby Abreu | 16 | ||||||
| Chuck Carr | 15 | ||||||
| Craig Biggio | 14 | ||||||
| Bill Spiers | 13 | ||||||
| Sean Berry | 12 | ||||||
| Brad Ausmus | 11 | ||||||
| Derek Bell | 11 | ||||||
| Thomas Howard | 9 | ||||||
| Ricky Gutierrez | 8 | ||||||
| Tony Eusebio | 8 | ||||||
| Tim Bogar | 6 | ||||||
| Pat Listach | 5 | ||||||
| James Mouton | 4 | ||||||
| 1998 | Jeff Bagwell | 44 | 6/10 | 7/29 | Reached in 88 of 90 games from 10-Jun to 18-Sep; Longest Streak of 1998, Longest of the 90's, and Longest by a Houston infielder | ||
| Craig Biggio | 41 | 4/17 | 6/3 | ||||
| Ricky Gutierrez | 23 | 3/31 | 5/1 | Opened Season; Would not reach base 200 times all year | |||
| Derek Bell | 19 | ||||||
| Moises Alou | 15 | ||||||
| Carl Everett | 14 | ||||||
| Sean Berry | 14 | ||||||
| Bill Spiers | 8 | ||||||
| Brad Ausmus | 8 | ||||||
| Richard Hidalgo | 8 | ||||||
| Tim Bogar | 8 | ||||||
| Tony Eusebio | 6 | ||||||
| Dave Clark | 4 | ||||||
| 1999 | Jeff Bagwell | 33 | 6/25 | 7/31 | Longest Streak of 1999 | ||
| Jeff Bagwell | 29 | 5/15 | 6/15 | Bagwell Second Player in team history after Gross to have the two longest streaks in any one year | |||
| Carl Everett | 27 | 8/20 | 10/3 | Ended the Season, and as he did not return, the streak is in a sense still active. | |||
| Jeff Bagwell | 25 | 4/10 | 5/8 | Reached base in 133 of 141 from 4/10 to 9/11 | |||
| Craig Biggio | 22 | 7/23 | 8/14 | ||||
| Craig Biggio | 22 | 5/2 | 5/26 | ||||
| Jeff Bagwell | 22 | 8/22 | 9/11 | First and Only Player in Team History To Have Four 20+-Game Streaks in A Single Season | |||
| Ken Caminiti | 20 | 9/6 | 9/28 | Reached only 106 times all year; fewest times reached by a player who compiled a 20-game streak in team history | |||
| Richard Hidalgo | 19 | ||||||
| Derek Bell | 16 | ||||||
| Tim Bogar | 12 | ||||||
| Lance Berkman | 11 | ||||||
| Bill Spiers | 10 | ||||||
| Tony Eusebio | 10 | ||||||
| Ricky Gutierrez | 8 | ||||||
| Daryle Ward | 6 | ||||||
| Paul Bako | 6 | ||||||
| Matt Mieske | 5 | ||||||
| Mike Hampton | 5 | ||||||
| Russ Johnson | 5 | ||||||
| Glenn Barker | 4 | ||||||
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 2000 | Richard Hidalgo | 30 | 8/28 | 10/1 | Longest Streak of 2000 And Longest To Be Still Active at the End of a Season | ||
| Tony Eusebio | 25 | 7/9 | 8/29 | Exactly Coincided with his club record hit streak of the time; Longest streak by a Houston catcher | |||
| Jeff Bagwell | 24 | 7/29 | 8/22 | ||||
| Ken Caminiti | 20 | 5/6 | 6/6 | ||||
| Craig Biggio | 17 | ||||||
| Bill Spiers | 16 | ||||||
| Julio Lugo | 15 | ||||||
| Tim Bogar | 13 | ||||||
| Mitch Meluskey | 10 | ||||||
| Lance Berkman | 9 | ||||||
| Roger Cedeño | 8 | ||||||
| Chris Truby | 7 | ||||||
| Daryle Ward | 5 | ||||||
| 2001 | Moises Alou | 28 | 6/18 | 7/19 | Started 4 games prior to and ended 1 game after his 23-game hit streak | ||
| Craig Biggio | 27 | 5/23 | 6/23 | ||||
| Lance Berkman | 24 | 6/17 | 7/14 | ||||
| Jeff Bagwell | 22 | 8/23 | 9/23 | ||||
| Richard Hidalgo | 19 | ||||||
| Julio Lugo | 13 | ||||||
| Vinny Castilla | 12 | ||||||
| Brad Ausmus | 9 | ||||||
| Jose Vizcaino | 7 | ||||||
| Tony Eusebio | 7 | ||||||
| Chris Truby | 4 | ||||||
| Daryle Ward | 4 | ||||||
| Orlando Merced | 4 | ||||||
| 2002 | Jeff Bagwell | 29 | 6/27 | 7/31 | Longest Streak of 2002 | ||
| Lance Berkman | 23 | 8/19 | 9/11 | ||||
| Jeff Bagwell | 21 | 8/2 | 8/24 | ||||
| Julio Lugo | 18 | ||||||
| Daryle Ward | 15 | ||||||
| Craig Biggio | 13 | ||||||
| Richard Hidalgo | 13 | ||||||
| Brad Ausmus | 11 | ||||||
| Geoff Blum | 11 | ||||||
| Jose Vizcaino | 10 | ||||||
| Morgan Ensberg | 9 | ||||||
| Brian Hunter | 7 | ||||||
| Mark Loretta | 6 | ||||||
| Orlando Merced | 5 | ||||||
| Greg Zaun | 4 | ||||||
| 2003 | Craig Biggio | 30 | 6/19 | 7/26 | Longest Streak of 2003 | ||
| Lance Berkman | 22 | 5/20 | 6/12 | ||||
| Jeff Bagwell | 21 | 4/4 | 4/27 | ||||
| Geoff Blum | 19 | ||||||
| Jeff Kent | 18 | ||||||
| Morgan Ensberg | 15 | ||||||
| Richard Hidalgo | 15 | ||||||
| Adam Everett | 12 | ||||||
| Brad Ausmus | 8 | ||||||
| Orlando Merced | 8 | ||||||
| Jose Vizcaino | 7 | ||||||
| Greg Zaun | 6 | ||||||
| 2004 | Lance Berkman | 37 | 7/30 | 9/8 | Reached in 52 of 53 from 7/10 - 9/8; Longest Streak by a Switch-Hitter, and of the 2000's so far | ||
| Lance Berkman | 33 | 4/28 | 6/2 | Only Player With Two 30+-Game Streaks in the Same Year | |||
| Carlos Beltran | 26 | 8/11 | 9/7 | Longest Streak by a Midseason Acquisition | |||
| Jeff Kent | 25 | 5/14 | 6/11 | Exactly Coincided with his club record hit streak of the time | |||
| Jeff Bagwell | 22 | 8/18 | 9/9 | ||||
| Adam Everett | 17 | ||||||
| Craig Biggio | 16 | ||||||
| Mike Lamb | 12 | ||||||
| Brad Ausmus | 11 | ||||||
| Jose Vizcaino | 11 | ||||||
| Morgan Ensberg | 9 | ||||||
| Orlando Palmeiro | 9 | ||||||
| Richard Hidalgo | 9 | ||||||
| Raul Chavez | 8 | ||||||
| Jason Lane | 5 | ||||||
| Orlando Palmeiro | 5 | ||||||
| 2005 | Lance Berkman | 17 | Longest Streak of 2005 | ||||
| Jason Lane | 16 | ||||||
| Morgan Ensberg | 15 | ||||||
| Craig Biggio | 14 | ||||||
| Adam Everett | 12 | ||||||
| Brad Ausmus | 12 | ||||||
| Chris Burke | 11 | ||||||
| Willy Taveras | 10 | ||||||
| Jeff Bagwell | 9 | ||||||
| Eric Bruntlett | 7 | ||||||
| Mike Lamb | 7 | ||||||
| Jose Vizcaino | 4 | ||||||
| Raul Chavez | 3 | ||||||
| Year | Player | Length of Streak | Streak Start | Streak End | Comment | ||
| 2006 | Willy Taveras | 31 | 7/27 | 8/29 | HBP twice in game that stopped his club-record thirty-game hit streak, then did not reach next game; Went 1 for 9 without a walk in an 18-inning game vs. Chicago 8/15/06; Also Longest Streak in club history from a player who never played in the Astrodome. Will almost assuredly end the season with the lowest OBP of any player in club history who compiled a 30-Game Streak | ||
| Lance Berkman | 25 | 6/6 | 7/4 | ||||
| Luke Scott | 16 | 8/4 | 8/20 | ||||
| Morgan Ensberg | 15 | 5/14 | 5/29 | ||||
| Craig Biggio | 13 | 5/8 | 5/22 | ||||
| Adam Everett | 13 | 8/4 | 8/17 | ||||
| Brad Ausmus | 12 | 4/13 | 4/28 | ||||
| Mike Lamb | 12 | 6/3 | 6/17 | ||||
| Chris Burke | 12 | 7/4 | 7/19 | ||||
| Jason Lane | 9 | 4/21 | 4/30 | ||||
| Eric Munson | 7 | 6/21 | 7/6 | ||||
| Aubrey Huff | 6 | 7/15 | 7/21 | ||||
| Eric Bruntlett | 5 | 4/25 | 5/10 | ||||
| Orlando Palmeiro | 3 | 5/8 | 5/10 | ||||
| 2000 - 2001 | Richard Hidalgo | 35 | Longest Multi-Year Streak; 30 Game Streak to End 2000 and 5 game streak to start 2001 | ||||
| 1971 - 1980 | Joe Morgan | 30 | 23 Game Streak to End 1971 and 7 game streak to start 1980 | ||||