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The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The Astros in total have completed 61 seasons in Major League Baseball, qualifying for the postseason sixteen times and reaching the World Series five times (2005, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022) with two world championships (2017, 2022). The team was established as an expansion franchise in 1962, one of eight teams that was created in the decade.
The Astros' opponent in their first ever World Series was the Chicago White Sox. Games 1 and 2 were held at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, while Games 3 and 4 were played at Minute Maid Park. Game 3 also marked the first Fall Classic game to be played in the state of Texas, and was the longest game in World Series history, lasting 14 innings.
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 ...
The Astros won the 2022 World Series in six games over the Philadelphia Phillies, giving Baker his only World Series championship in his 25th season at the top step of a major league dugout.
Team awards won by Houston Colt .45s/Astros Award Description No. Years Ref. Baseball America Organization of the Year: 1 2001 [1] Commissioner's Trophy: World Series champions: 2 2017, 2022: Outstanding Team ESPY Award: Best team in sports 1 2018 [2] Warren C. Giles Trophy: AL pennant winner: 4 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022: William Harridge Trophy ...
The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to the World Series for the first time since 2001. Here's what you should about the previous championship team.
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