Lawrence William "Larry" Milbourne (born February 14, 1951, in Port Norris, New Jersey) is a retired professional baseball player whose career spanned 15 seasons, 11 of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Houston Astros (1974–76), the Seattle Mariners (1977–1980, 1984), the New York Yankees (1981–82, 1983), the Minnesota Twins (1982), the Cleveland Indians (1982), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1983).
 Over his major league career, Milbourne primarily played second base, but on occasion played shortstop, third base, and left field.
 Milbourne compiled a career MLB batting average of .254 with 71 doubles, 24 triples, 11 home runs, and 184 runs batted in (RBIs) in 989 games played.
 During his playing career, Milbourne's height was listed at 6 ft and his weight was listed at 161 lb .
 He was a switch hitter who threw right-handed.
Craig Alan Biggio ( ; born December 14, 1965) is an American former second baseman and catcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career from 1988 through 2007 for the Houston Astros.
 A seven-time National League (NL) All-Star often regarded as the greatest all-around player in Astros history, he is the only player ever to be named an All-Star at both catcher and second base.
 With longtime teammates Jeff Bagwell and Lance Berkman, he formed the core of the "Killer B's" who led Houston to six playoff appearances from 1997 to 2005, culminating in the franchise's only World Series appearance in 2005.
 At the end of his career he ranked sixth in NL history in games played (2,850), fifth in at bats (10,876), eighth in hits (3,060) and seventh in runs scored (1,844).
 His 668 career doubles ranked fifth in major league history, and are the most ever by a right-handed hitter; his 56 doubles in 1999 were the most in the major leagues in 63 years.
John Anthony Franco (born September 17, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher.
 During a 22-year baseball career spanning 1984–2005, he pitched for three different National League teams, the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and Houston Astros.
 His 1,119 career games pitched is an NL record, and ranks fourth in major league history.
 His 424 career saves ranks fifth all-time in major league history (ranking second when he retired), and remains the most by a left-hander.
 For 15 of his 22 seasons, he played for the New York Mets, serving as team captain in his final years with the team.
The Houston Astros (formerly known as the "Houston Colt .45s" from 1962–64) are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas.
 Formed in 1962, they play in the American League West division (formerly in the National League Central division until 2012).
 Pitchers for the Astros have thrown eleven no-hitters in franchise history.
 A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only “when a pitcher (or pitchers) retires each batter on the opposing team during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings”.
 No-hitters of less than nine complete innings were previously recognized by the league as official; however, several rule alterations in 1991 changed the rule to its current form.
 A no-hitter is rare enough that one team in Major League Baseball has never had a pitcher accomplish the feat.
 No perfect games, a special subcategory of no-hitter, have been thrown in Astros history.
 As defined by Major League Baseball, “in a perfect game, no batter reaches any base during the course of the game.”
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston,Texas that competes in Major League Baseball (MLB).
 The Astros are a member of the MLB's American League, having moved from the National League in 2013.
 The Astros are one of two MLB teams based out of Texas, the other being the Texas Rangers.
 The team began with the name Colt .45s in 1962 and changed their name to the Houston Astros in 1965 when they began playing in the Astrodome.
 The team has played in three ballparks in Houston, Colt .45 Stadium (1962-1964), the Astrodome (1965-1999), and, currently, Minute Maid Park, a stadium with a retractable roof.
 The Astros hold no World Series titles and one national league title.
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (born May 27, 1968) is an American former professional first baseman and coach who spent his entire 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career with the Houston Astros.
 Originally a Boston Red Sox fourth-round selection from the University of Hartford as a third baseman in the 1989 amateur draft, he was then traded to the Astros in 1990.
 The National League (NL) Rookie of the Year in 1991, Bagwell then won the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1994, was a four-time MLB All-Star, three-time Silver Slugger winner and a Gold Glove recipient.
 Forming a core part of Astros lineups with Craig Biggio and Lance Berkman given the epithet "Killer B's", Houston finished in first or second place in the National League Central division in 11 of 12 seasons from 1994 to 2005.
 They qualified for the playoffs six times, culminating in Bagwell's lone World Series appearance in 2005.
 He was elected to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, and to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017.
David Stanley Smith (January 21, 1955 – December 17, 2008) was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher.
 Smith was born in Richmond, California, and attended San Diego State University.
 He was drafted in the 8th round (169th overall) of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft.
 He was signed by scout Bob Cluck.
 Most of his major league career was spent with the Houston Astros from -.
 He only started one game in his career, and was the team's primary closer from on.
 Smith was selected for the National League All-Star team for both the and 1990 seasons.
 He holds the Astros record for games pitched (586) and is second in team history with 199 saves.
 At the end of his career, he played for the Chicago Cubs.
 His career won-loss record finished at 53-53.
 After his playing career ended, he briefly served as a pitching coach for the San Diego Padres.
 He was one of the Directors of The San Diego School of Baseball for nearly 30 years.
Hugh Ambrose Jennings (April 2, 1869 – February 1, 1928) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager from 1891 to 1925.
 Jennings was a leader, both as a batter and as a shortstop, with the Baltimore Orioles teams that won National League championships in 1894 , 1895 , and 1896 .
 During those three seasons, Jennings had 355 runs batted in and hit .335, .386, and .401.
 Jennings was a fiery, hard-nosed player who was not afraid to be hit by a pitch to get on base.
 In 1896, he was hit by pitches 51 times – a major league record that has never been broken.
 Jennings also holds the career record for being hit by pitches with 287, with Craig Biggio (who retired in 2007) holding the modern-day career record of 285.
 Jennings also played on the Brooklyn Superbas teams that won National League pennants in 1899 and 1900.
 From 1907 to 1920, Jennings was the manager of the Detroit Tigers, where he was known for his colorful antics, hoots, whistles, and his famous shouts of "Ee-Yah" from the third base coaching box.
 Jennings suffered a nervous breakdown in 1925 that forced him to leave Major League Baseball.
 He died in 1928 and was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.
George Joseph Burns (November 24, 1889 – August 15, 1966) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career as the leadoff hitter for the New York Giants.
 A soft-spoken person, he was nicknamed "Silent George" by his teammates, and he was said to be one of the best pool players ever to play major league baseball.
 He led the National League in runs scored a record five times, later equaled by only Rogers Hornsby and Stan Musial, and also led the league in walks five times and stolen bases twice.
 He holds the Giants franchise record for stolen bases in a single season (62, in 1914 ), and held the club's career record from 1919 to 1972.
 At the end of his career, his 1262 games in left field ranked eighth in major league history, and his total of 1844 games in the outfield ranked sixth in NL history.
Craig Smajstrla (pronounced: Suh-ma-struh-luh), (born June 19, 1962 in Houston, Texas), was a Major League Baseball player with the Houston Astros baseball club in 1988.
 A native of the Houston area, he only had three at-bats in his entire big league career and never recorded a hit or walk, but did reach base several times as a pinch runner.
 He tied a record set by many who have appeared in the Majors and yet never recorded a hit.
 His Astros record was broken in 1990 when Jeff Baldwin went 0 for 7 in his career.
 Smajstrla was nicknamed "Mr. Buy A Vowel" by Astros broadcaster Milo Hamilton.
 He was one of only three Houston natives on the '88 Astros roster (the others were Craig Reynolds and Steve Henderson).
 Smajstrla was also known for being one of the smallest players in baseball as he was only 5'9" tall and weighed 165 lbs.

Question: How many pitches was the Major League Baseball player, who spent his entire career with the Houston Astros and ranked sixth in national league history in games played, hit by?
Answer: 285