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The Astros were within a 1 ⁄ 2 game of the Cardinals on Thursday September 28, but that is as close as the 2005 NL Champions would get. On October 1, the Astros were the last remaining team that still had a chance to reach the 2006 postseason; consequently they were the final MLB team to be officially eliminated from playoff contention.
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.
The Houston Colt .45s (renamed the Astros in 1965) were to begin play in 1962, along with their expansion brethren New York Mets. Roy Hofheinz , a former mayor of Houston , and his group were granted the franchise after they promised to build a covered stadium.
The 1962 Major League Baseball expansion was the formation of two new Major League Baseball (MLB) teams for the 1962 season.The Houston Colt .45s (later renamed the Astros) and the New York Mets were added to the National League (NL), becoming the 19th and 20th teams in MLB's two leagues.
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
A series of psychiatric facilities operated by the Church of Scientology in Cannon County, Tennesee were raided this week by police after they were alerted about patients being held against their ...
In that season, the Angels had the second-worst record in baseball at the time of the strike, and were en route to a 66–96 season, which would have been their worst record in team history had the season continued, and were in last place in their division, but just 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 games out.