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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 loss of J. R. Richard hit the Astros hard and the team had a hard time scoring runs. The Astros slipped to third place in the division behind the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, the Astros bounced back with a ten-game winning streak that put the team back in first place in the division. The Dodgers regained the lead by two ...
A The Astros finished the season tied for first place with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Houston defeated the Dodgers, 7–1, in a one-game playoff to clinch the division title. [3] B The 1981 Major League Baseball strike caused the season to be split into two halves. The Astros earned a berth in an expanded postseason tournament by finishing in ...
Jake Meyers hit a go-ahead two-run homer off former Houston reliever Ryne Stanek in the seventh inning, and the Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Saturday night to take sole possession of ...
If an Astros player hits the pole, all fans in attendance get a coupon for a free chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A. Hunter Pence is the first and second Astros player to ever hit the left field "Fowl Pole" when he did it twice in the 2007 season. Ty Wigginton became the third Astro to hit the left field pole on September 16, 2007.
The frozen first-base market finally started to thaw Friday, with reports that Christian Walker has agreed to a three-year, $60 million deal with the Houston Astros.While Pete Alonso remains the ...
Singleton's journey included: a lengthy drug suspension, time running a gym and playing in the Mexican League.
a The Astros lost their first-round pick in 1980 to the California Angels as compensation for signing free agent Nolan Ryan. [59] b The Astros lost their first-round pick in 1981 to the Texas Rangers as compensation for signing free agent Dave Roberts. [60] c The Astros gained a supplemental pick in 1989 for losing free agent Nolan Ryan. [33]