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The Astros were just one loss shy of tying their worst skid in franchise history, before snapping that streak the next day, also against the Reds. On June 12, the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics for the first time in team history. On June 28, second baseman Craig Biggio became the 27th player to accrue 3,000 career hits.
1905 Houston Buffaloes team photo. From 1888 until 1961, Houston's professional baseball club was the minor league Houston Buffaloes.Although expansion from the National League eventually brought an MLB team to Texas in 1962, Houston officials had been making efforts to do so for years prior, with a group effort led in 1952 to buy the St. Louis Cardinals for $4.25 million, but local owners ...
Daikin Park, home field of the Astros since the 2000 season.. This is a list of seasons completed by the Houston Astros, originally known as the Houston Colt .45s, a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas; they played in the National League from their inception in 1962 to the 2012 season; in 2013, the team was moved to the American League.
Name Years Gabe Paul: 1960–1961 (resigned before debut) Paul Richards: 1961–1965 Tal Smith, Spec Richardson, and Grady Hatton: 1965–1967 Spec Richardson: 1967–1975 John Mullen
The first line is the formation of the National League (NL) in 1876, and the second is the transformation of the American League (AL) to a major league in 1901. The third line is the beginning of the expansion era in 1961.
Here's a look back at some of the big names that were founded from 1940 onward, including some little-known facts about how they got their start. Editor's note: This story was updated in May 2024 ...
By the time the Astros finally won the Series in 2017, they had switched to the American League. On October 15, 1986, the Astros and the visiting New York Mets played Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS. The 16-inning contest was at the time the longest game in MLB post season history.
The researchers applied statistical programming to evaluate how accurately CheekAge predicted mortality from any cause in a cohort of 1,513 men and women, born in 1921 and 1936, who were tracked ...