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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>1975–1979: Cautious corporate ownership</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1975–1979:_Cautious_corporate_ownership-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1980–1985:_More_rainbow,_and_seasons_on_the_brink" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980–1985:_More_rainbow,_and_seasons_on_the_brink"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>1980–1985: More rainbow, and seasons on the brink</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980–1985:_More_rainbow,_and_seasons_on_the_brink-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1986–1990:_A_deep_run,_and_building_for_the_future" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1986–1990:_A_deep_run,_and_building_for_the_future"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>1986–1990: A deep run, and building for the future</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1986–1990:_A_deep_run,_and_building_for_the_future-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1991–1999:_Fine_tuning_and_first_rebranding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1991–1999:_Fine_tuning_and_first_rebranding"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>1991–1999: Fine tuning and first rebranding</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1991–1999:_Fine_tuning_and_first_rebranding-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000–2004:_New_ballpark_and_second_rebranding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000–2004:_New_ballpark_and_second_rebranding"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>2000–2004: New ballpark and second rebranding</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000–2004:_New_ballpark_and_second_rebranding-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2005:_First_World_Series_played_in_Texas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2005:_First_World_Series_played_in_Texas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>2005: First World Series played in Texas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2005:_First_World_Series_played_in_Texas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006–2009:_The_decline" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006–2009:_The_decline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>2006–2009: The decline</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006–2009:_The_decline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010–2014:_Last_years_in_the_NL_and_move_to_the_AL_West" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010–2014:_Last_years_in_the_NL_and_move_to_the_AL_West"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>2010–2014: Last years in the NL and move to the AL West</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010–2014:_Last_years_in_the_NL_and_move_to_the_AL_West-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2015–2019:_Return_to_success,_first_World_Series_title_and_scandal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2015–2019:_Return_to_success,_first_World_Series_title_and_scandal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13</span> <span>2015–2019: Return to success, first World Series title and scandal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2015–2019:_Return_to_success,_first_World_Series_title_and_scandal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sign_stealing_scandal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sign_stealing_scandal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13.1</span> <span>Sign stealing scandal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sign_stealing_scandal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2020–present:_Second_World_Series_title" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020–present:_Second_World_Series_title"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.14</span> <span>2020–present: Second World Series title</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020–present:_Second_World_Series_title-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uniforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uniforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Uniforms</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Uniforms-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Uniforms 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>1975–1986: Tequila sunrise/Orange rainbows</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1975–1986:_Tequila_sunrise/Orange_rainbows-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1980–1993:_Rainbow_shoulders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980–1993:_Rainbow_shoulders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>1980–1993: Rainbow shoulders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980–1993:_Rainbow_shoulders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1994–1999:_Midnight_blue_and_gold" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1994–1999:_Midnight_blue_and_gold"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>1994–1999: Midnight blue and gold</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1994–1999:_Midnight_blue_and_gold-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000–2012:_Railroad_design" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000–2012:_Railroad_design"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>2000–2012: Railroad design</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000–2012:_Railroad_design-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2013–present:_Return_to_navy_and_orange" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2013–present:_Return_to_navy_and_orange"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>2013–present: Return to navy and orange</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2013–present:_Return_to_navy_and_orange-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Achievements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Achievements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Achievements</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Achievements-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Achievements subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Achievements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Franchise_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Franchise_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Franchise record</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Franchise_record-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Team_captains" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_captains"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Team captains</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Team_captains-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Team_records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Team records</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Team_records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retired_numbers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retired_numbers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Retired numbers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retired_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hall_of_Fame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hall_of_Fame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Hall of Fame</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Hall_of_Fame-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Hall of Fame subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Hall_of_Fame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_members" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_members"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Baseball Hall of Fame members</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_members-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ford_C._Frick_Award_recipients" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ford_C._Frick_Award_recipients"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Ford C. Frick Award recipients</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ford_C._Frick_Award_recipients-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Astros_Hall_of_Fame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Astros_Hall_of_Fame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Astros Hall of Fame</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Astros_Hall_of_Fame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Texas_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texas_Sports_Hall_of_Fame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Texas Sports Hall of Fame</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texas_Sports_Hall_of_Fame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roster" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roster"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Roster</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roster-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spring_training" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spring_training"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Spring training</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Spring_training-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Minor_league_affiliations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minor_league_affiliations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Minor league affiliations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minor_league_affiliations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Rivalries</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Rivalries subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Divisional" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Divisional"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Divisional</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Divisional-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Lone_Star_Series:_Texas_Rangers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lone_Star_Series:_Texas_Rangers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1</span> <span>Lone Star Series: Texas Rangers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lone_Star_Series:_Texas_Rangers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seattle_Mariners" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seattle_Mariners"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.2</span> <span>Seattle Mariners</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seattle_Mariners-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-American_League" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#American_League"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>American League</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-American_League-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-New_York_Yankees" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_York_Yankees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.1</span> <span>New York Yankees</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_York_Yankees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_League" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Houston Astros" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Houston Astros" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81" title="Хьюстон Астрос – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хьюстон Астрос" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Houston Astros" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%98%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8" title="Хјустон астроси – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Хјустон астроси" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Houston Astros" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Houston Astros" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Houston Astros" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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border: 0; text-align:center;"><b>Logo</b></td><td style="vertical-align: middle; border: 0; text-align:center;"><b>Cap insignia</b></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>Established in <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1962 Major League Baseball season">1962</a></b></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2px solid #002D62 !important;">Major league affiliations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> (<a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2013 Major League Baseball season">2013</a>–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">West Division</a> (<a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2013 Major League Baseball season">2013</a>–present)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> (<a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1962 Major League Baseball season">1962</a>–<a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2012 Major League Baseball season">2012</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_League_Central" title="National League Central">Central Division</a> (<a href="/wiki/1994_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1994 Major League Baseball season">1994</a>–<a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2012 Major League Baseball season">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_West" title="National League West">West Division</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a>–<a href="/wiki/1993_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1993 Major League Baseball season">1993</a>)</li></ul></li></ul></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; 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color: #000000 !important; border: 2px solid #002D62 !important;">Colors</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li>Dark blue, orange, white<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#002D62; 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color: #000000 !important; border: 2px solid #002D62 !important;">Major league titles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">World Series titles <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2)</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">AL Pennants <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(4)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2017 American League Championship Series">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2019 American League Championship Series">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2021 American League Championship Series">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2022 American League Championship Series">2022</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><b>NL Pennants</b> (1)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2005 National League Championship Series">2005</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">AL West Division titles <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(7)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Houston_Astros_season" title="2017 Houston Astros season">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Houston_Astros_season" title="2018 Houston Astros season">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Houston_Astros_season" title="2019 Houston Astros season">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Houston_Astros_season" title="2021 Houston Astros season">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Houston_Astros_season" title="2022 Houston Astros season">2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Houston_Astros_season" title="2023 Houston Astros season">2023</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Houston_Astros_season" title="2024 Houston Astros season">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><b>NL Central Division titles</b> (4)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Houston_Astros_season" title="1997 Houston Astros season">1997</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Houston_Astros_season" title="1998 Houston Astros season">1998</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Houston_Astros_season" title="1999 Houston Astros season">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Houston_Astros_season" title="2001 Houston Astros season">2001</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><b>NL West Division titles</b> (3)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Houston_Astros_season" title="1980 Houston Astros season">1980</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1981_Houston_Astros_season" title="1981 Houston Astros season">1981</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1986_Houston_Astros_season" title="1986 Houston Astros season">1986</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Wild card berths <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(4)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Houston_Astros_season" title="2004 Houston Astros season">2004</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Houston_Astros_season" title="2005 Houston Astros season">2005</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Houston_Astros_season" title="2015 Houston Astros season">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Houston_Astros_season" title="2020 Houston Astros season">2020</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2px solid #002D62 !important;">Front office</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Crane" title="Jim Crane">Jim Crane</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">General manager</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dana_Brown_(baseball)" title="Dana Brown (baseball)">Dana Brown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Espada" title="Joe Espada">Joe Espada</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/astros">mlb.com/astros</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Houston Astros</b> are an American <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> team based in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>. The Astros compete in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) as a member club of the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> (AL) <a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">West Division</a>, having moved to the division in 2013 after spending their first 51 seasons in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> (NL).<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosSaleMLB_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosSaleMLB-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are one of two major league clubs based in Texas; the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> belong to the same division. </p><p>Established as the <b>Houston Colt .45s</b>, the Astros entered the National League as an expansion team in <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1962 Major League Baseball season">1962</a> along with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>. The current name, reflecting Houston's role as the host of the <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Space_Center" title="Johnson Space Center">Johnson Space Center</a>, was adopted three years later, when they moved into the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>, the first-ever domed sports stadium and the so-called "Eighth Wonder of the World". The Astros moved to Minute Maid Park (now <a href="/wiki/Daikin_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Daikin Park">Daikin Park</a>) in <a href="/wiki/2000_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2000 Major League Baseball season">2000</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team played in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_West" title="National League West">NL West</a> division from 1969 to 1993, then the <a href="/wiki/National_League_Central" title="National League Central">NL Central</a> division from 1994 to 2012, before being moved to the AL West as part of an MLB realignment in 2013. </p><p>The Astros posted their first winning record in <a href="/wiki/1972_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1972 Major League Baseball season">1972</a> and made the playoffs for the first time in <a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1980 Major League Baseball season">1980</a>, before winning a total of three division titles throughout the 1980s. Spearheaded by the <a href="/wiki/Killer_B%27s_(Houston_Astros)" title="Killer B's (Houston Astros)">Killer B's</a>, a collection of prominent hitters that included the Astros' only <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> members <a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Jeff Bagwell</a>, the Astros began reaching major prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s with four further division titles and two <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Wild_Card" title="Major League Baseball Wild Card">Wild Card</a> appearances, culminating in their first <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> appearance in <a href="/wiki/2005_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2005 Major League Baseball season">2005</a> where they were swept by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>. </p><p>After a major slump throughout the next decade, the team was purchased by business owner <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crane" title="Jim Crane">Jim Crane</a> in 2011 for $680 million. Under Crane's ownership, the Astros embraced <a href="/wiki/Sabermetrics" title="Sabermetrics">sabermetrics</a> and pioneered new analytical technologies in their transition to the American League, and by the mid-2010s transformed from a historically middling franchise into one of MLB's most dominant and successful clubs, as headlined by stars such as <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a>. Since then, the Astros have won over 100 games in four seasons, and have appeared in a record seven consecutive <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>, winning four of the last seven American League pennants. During this era, the Astros won the <a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017 World Series</a>, their first championship, against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>; however, this win drew controversy and backlash from fans after the Astros were implicated in a <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_sign_stealing_scandal" title="Houston Astros sign stealing scandal">sign stealing scandal</a>. They made later World Series appearances in <a href="/wiki/2019_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2019 Major League Baseball season">2019</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2021 Major League Baseball season">2021</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2022_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2022 Major League Baseball season">2022</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, winning their second title in the latter series. Often cited as the best team in the American League, the team's sustained success since 2015 has led some to declare the Astros a dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are the only team to win a postseason series in seven straight seasons. Their fifth pennant in 2022 made them the second team created in the expansion era to win five league pennants (after the Mets) and the fifth expansion team to have won two World Series championships. In 2024, the Astros clinched their AL West division title for the seventh time in eight years and became the first team to win the AL West division in four straight years since the 1971–1975 <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Astros maintain an ardent fanbase and strong global recognition, in part due to their penchant for scouting and signing international players,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (March 2024)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup>but have also attracted enmity in the wake of the sign stealing scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in the National League, the Astros held rivalries with the Braves and the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, but since their transition to the American League, have come to hold divisional rivalries with the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> and <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> (known as the <a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Series" title="Lone Star Series">Lone Star Series</a>), as well as <a href="/wiki/Astros-Yankees_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Astros-Yankees rivalry">a recurring postseason rivalry</a> with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>. </p><p>From 1962 through the end of the 2024 season, the Astros' all-time record is <abbr title="5,009 wins, 4,965 losses, 5 ties">5,009–4,965–5</abbr> (.502). In addition to having the most postseason appearances by an expansion team, they are the only expansion era team with an all-time winning record.<sup id="cite_ref-Baseball-Reference.com_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baseball-Reference.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, the Astros became the second expansion team to reach 5,000 wins.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_League_Baseball_comes_to_Texas">Major League Baseball comes to Texas</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Buffaloes" title="Houston Buffaloes">Houston Buffaloes</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Houston_Buffaloes_in_1905.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Houston_Buffaloes_in_1905.jpg/220px-Houston_Buffaloes_in_1905.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Houston_Buffaloes_in_1905.jpg/330px-Houston_Buffaloes_in_1905.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Houston_Buffaloes_in_1905.jpg/440px-Houston_Buffaloes_in_1905.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1730" data-file-height="1252" /></a><figcaption>1905 <a href="/wiki/Houston_Buffaloes" title="Houston Buffaloes">Houston Buffaloes</a> team photo</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1888 until 1961, Houston's professional baseball club was the minor league <a href="/wiki/Houston_Buffaloes" title="Houston Buffaloes">Houston Buffaloes</a>. Although expansion from the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> eventually brought an MLB team to Texas in <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1962 Major League Baseball season">1962</a>, Houston officials had been making efforts to do so for years prior, with a group effort led in 1952 to buy the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> for $4.25 million, but local owners were instead chosen.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were four men chiefly responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to Houston: journalist/promoter George Kirksey, <a href="/wiki/Craig_F._Cullinan_Jr." title="Craig F. Cullinan Jr.">Craig Cullinan Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/R._E._Smith" title="R. E. Smith">R.E. "Bob" Smith</a>, a prominent oilman and real estate magnate in Houston who like Cullinan was brought in for his financial resources, and Judge <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hofheinz" title="Roy Hofheinz">Roy Hofheinz</a>, a former Mayor of Houston and Harris County Judge who was recruited for his salesmanship and political style. They founded the Houston Sports Association (HSA) as their vehicle for attaining a big league franchise for the city of Houston.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Given MLB's refusal to consider expansion, Kirksey, Cullinan, Smith, and Hofheinz joined forces with would-be owners from other cities and announced the formation of a new league to compete with the established National and American Leagues. They called the new league the <a href="/wiki/Continental_League" title="Continental League">Continental League</a>. Wanting to protect potential new markets, both existing leagues chose to expand from eight teams to ten. However, plans eventually fell through for the Houston franchise after the Houston Buffaloes owner, <a href="/wiki/Marty_Marion" title="Marty Marion">Marty Marion</a>, could not come to an agreement with the HSA to sell the team.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To make matters worse, the Continental League as a whole folded in August 1960. </p><p>However, on October 17, 1960, the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1962 Major League Baseball expansion">granted an expansion franchise</a> to the Houston Sports Association for them to begin play in the 1962 season. According to the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Constitution" title="Major League Baseball Constitution">Major League Baseball Constitution</a>, the Houston Sports Association was required to obtain territorial rights from the Houston Buffaloes in order to play in the Houston area, resulting in the HSA revisiting negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, the Houston Sports Association succeeded in purchasing the Houston Buffaloes, which were at this point majority-owned by William Hopkins, on January 17, 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Buffs played one last minor league season as the top farm team of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> in 1961 before being succeeded by the city's NL club. </p><p>The new Houston team was named the Colt .45s after a "Name the Team" contest was won by William Irving Neder. The <a href="/wiki/Colt_Single_Action_Army" title="Colt Single Action Army">Colt .45</a> was well known as "the gun that won the west".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The colors selected were navy and orange. The first team was formed mostly through an <a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft" title="1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft">expansion draft</a> after the 1961 season. The Colt .45s and their expansion cousins, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, took turns choosing players left unprotected by the other National League franchises. </p><p>Many players and staff associated with the Houston Buffaloes organization continued in the major leagues. Manager <a href="/wiki/Harry_Craft" title="Harry Craft">Harry Craft</a>, who had joined Houston in 1961, remained in the same position for the team until the end of the <a href="/wiki/1964_Houston_Colt_.45s_season" title="1964 Houston Colt .45s season">1964 season</a>. General manager <a href="/wiki/Spec_Richardson" title="Spec Richardson">Spec Richardson</a> also continued with the organization as business manager but was later promoted back to GM for the Astros from 1967 until 1975. Although most players for the major league franchise were obtained through the <a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft" title="1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft">1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft</a>, Buffs players <a href="/wiki/J.C._Hartman" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Hartman">J.C. Hartman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pidge_Browne" title="Pidge Browne">Pidge Browne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Campbell_(catcher)" title="Jim Campbell (catcher)">Jim Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Davis_(outfielder)" title="Ron Davis (outfielder)">Ron Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Giusti" title="Dave Giusti">Dave Giusti</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Roberts_(first_baseman)" title="Dave Roberts (first baseman)">Dave Roberts</a> were chosen to continue as major league ball players. </p><p>Similarly, the radio broadcasting team remained with the new Houston major league franchise. <a href="/wiki/Loel_Passe" title="Loel Passe">Loel Passe</a> worked alongside <a href="/wiki/Gene_Elston" title="Gene Elston">Gene Elston</a> as a color commentator until he retired from broadcasting in 1976. Elston continued with the Astros until 1986. </p><p>The Colt .45s began their existence playing at <a href="/wiki/Colt_Stadium" title="Colt Stadium">Colt Stadium</a>, a temporary venue built just north of the construction site of their permanent home, a domed stadium. Hofheinz and his partners believed a domed stadium was a must for MLB to be viable in Houston, given the area's oppressive humidity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1962–1964:_The_Colt_.45s"><span id="1962.E2.80.931964:_The_Colt_.45s"></span>1962–1964: The Colt .45s</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Spangler_1963.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Al_Spangler_1963.jpg/170px-Al_Spangler_1963.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Al_Spangler_1963.jpg/255px-Al_Spangler_1963.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Al_Spangler_1963.jpg 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="388" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Al_Spangler" title="Al Spangler">Al Spangler</a>, pictured in the first uniform of the Colt .45s in 1963</figcaption></figure> <p>The Colt .45s started their inaugural season on April 10, 1962, against the <a href="/wiki/1962_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1962 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a> with <a href="/wiki/Harry_Craft" title="Harry Craft">Harry Craft</a> as the Colt .45s' manager. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Aspromonte" title="Bob Aspromonte">Bob Aspromonte</a> scored the first run for the Colt .45s on an <a href="/wiki/Al_Spangler" title="Al Spangler">Al Spangler</a> triple in the first inning.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They started the season with a three-game sweep of the Cubs but eventually finished eighth among the National League's ten teams. The team's best pitcher, <a href="/wiki/Turk_Farrell" title="Turk Farrell">Richard "Turk" Farrell</a>, lost 20 games despite an <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> of 3.02. A starter for the Colt .45s, Farrell was primarily a relief pitcher prior to playing for Houston. He was selected to both All-Star Games in 1962. </p><p>The 1963 season saw more young talent mixed with seasoned veterans. <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wynn" title="Jimmy Wynn">Jimmy Wynn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Staub" title="Rusty Staub">Rusty Staub</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> all made their major league debuts in the <a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1963 Major League Baseball season">1963 season</a>. However, Houston's position in the standings did not improve, as the Colt .45s finished in ninth place with a 66–96 record. The team was still building, trying to find that perfect mix to compete.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1964 campaign began on a sad note, as relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Umbricht" title="Jim Umbricht">Jim Umbricht</a> died of cancer at the age of 33 on April 8, just before <a href="/wiki/Opening_Day" title="Opening Day">Opening Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jucpdoc_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jucpdoc-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Umbricht was the only Colt .45s pitcher to post a winning record in Houston's first two seasons. He was so well liked by players and fans that the team retired his jersey number, 32, in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Just on the horizon, the structure of the new domed stadium was more prevalent and it would soon change the way that baseball was watched in Houston and around the league. On December 1, 1964, the team announced the name change from the Colt .45s to the "Astros".<sup id="cite_ref-hcbaap_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hcbaap-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cnaupi_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnaupi-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1965–1970:_The_Great_Indoors"><span id="1965.E2.80.931970:_The_Great_Indoors"></span>1965–1970: The Great Indoors</h3></div> <p>With Judge <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hofheinz" title="Roy Hofheinz">Roy Hofheinz</a> now the sole owner of the franchise and the new venue complete, the renamed Astros moved into their new domed stadium, the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>, in 1965. The name honored Houston's position as the center of the nation's space program—<a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s new <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson_Space_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center">Manned Spacecraft Center</a> had recently opened southeast of the city. The Astrodome, called the "Eighth Wonder of the World", did little to improve the home team's results on the field. While several "indoor" firsts were accomplished, the team still finished ninth in the standings. The attendance was high not because of the team's accomplishments, but because people came from miles around to see the Astrodome. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astrodome_scoreboard_1969.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Astrodome_scoreboard_1969.jpg/250px-Astrodome_scoreboard_1969.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Astrodome_scoreboard_1969.jpg/375px-Astrodome_scoreboard_1969.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Astrodome_scoreboard_1969.jpg/500px-Astrodome_scoreboard_1969.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2047" data-file-height="1327" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astrodome" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Astrodome">Houston Astrodome</a> Scoreboard pictured during a June 7, 1969, game between the Astros and Cardinals</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astrodome_1965.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Astrodome_1965.jpeg/250px-Astrodome_1965.jpeg" decoding="async" width="250" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Astrodome_1965.jpeg/375px-Astrodome_1965.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Astrodome_1965.jpeg/500px-Astrodome_1965.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1926" data-file-height="951" /></a><figcaption>The Astrodome in 1965</figcaption></figure> <p>Just as the excitement was settling down over the Astrodome, the <a href="/wiki/1966_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1966 Major League Baseball season">1966 season</a> found something new to put the domed stadium in the spotlight once again – the field. Grass would not grow in the new park, since the roof panels had been painted to reduce the glare that was causing players on both the Astros and the visiting teams to miss routine pop flies. A new artificial turf was created called "<a href="/wiki/AstroTurf" title="AstroTurf">AstroTurf</a>" and Houston would be involved in yet another change in the way the game was played.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With new manager <a href="/wiki/Grady_Hatton" title="Grady Hatton">Grady Hatton</a>, the Astros started the 1966 season strong. By May they were in second place in the National League and looked like a team that could contend. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> was named as a starter on the <a href="/wiki/1966_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1966 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Team</a>. The success did not last as they lost <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wynn" title="Jimmy Wynn">Jimmy Wynn</a> for the season after he crashed into an outfield fence in <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Philadelphia</a> and Morgan had broken his knee cap.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1967_Houston_Astros_season" title="1967 Houston Astros season">1967 season</a> saw first baseman <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a> join the Astros. The slugger hit his 500th home run while in Houston. He would be traded late in the season and <a href="/wiki/Doug_Rader" title="Doug Rader">Doug Rader</a> would be promoted to the big leagues. Rookie <a href="/wiki/Don_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Don Wilson (baseball)">Don Wilson</a> pitched a no-hitter on June 18. Wynn also provided some enthusiasm in 1967. The 5 ft 9 in Wynn was becoming known not only for how often he hit home runs, but also for how far he hit them. Wynn set club records with 37 home runs, and 107 RBIs. It was also in 1967 that Wynn hit his famous home run onto <a href="/wiki/Interstate_75_in_Ohio" title="Interstate 75 in Ohio">Interstate 75</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-baseball-reference.com_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball-reference.com-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the season came to a close, the Astros found themselves again in ninth place and with a winning percentage below .500. The team looked good on paper, but could not make it work on the field. </p><p>April 15, 1968, saw a pitching duel for the ages. The Astros' <a href="/wiki/Don_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Don Wilson (baseball)">Don Wilson</a> and the Mets' <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a> faced each other in a battle that lasted six hours. Seaver went ten innings, allowing no walks and just two hits. Wilson went nine innings, allowing five hits and three walks. After the starters exited, eleven relievers (seven for the Mets and four for the Astros) tried to end the game. The game finally ended in the 24th inning when Bob Aspromonte hit a shot toward Mets shortstop <a href="/wiki/Al_Weis" title="Al Weis">Al Weis</a>. Weis had been perfect all night at short, but he was not quick enough to make the play. The ball zipped into left field, allowing <a href="/wiki/Norm_Miller_(baseball)" title="Norm Miller (baseball)">Norm Miller</a> to score.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With baseball expansion and trades, the Astros had dramatically changed in <a href="/wiki/1969_Houston_Astros_season" title="1969 Houston Astros season">1969</a>. Aspromonte was sent to the Braves and Rusty Staub was traded to the expansion <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>, in exchange for outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Alou" title="Jesús Alou">Jesús Alou</a> and first baseman <a href="/wiki/Donn_Clendenon" title="Donn Clendenon">Donn Clendenon</a>. However, Clendenon refused to report to Houston, electing to retire and take job with a pen manufacturing company. The Astros asked Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn" title="Bowie Kuhn">Bowie Kuhn</a> to void the trade, but he refused. Instead, he awarded <a href="/wiki/Jack_Billingham" title="Jack Billingham">Jack Billingham</a> and a left-handed relief pitcher to the Astros to complete the trade. Cuellar was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> for <a href="/wiki/Curt_Blefary" title="Curt Blefary">Curt Blefary</a>. Other new players included catcher <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Edwards_(baseball)" title="Johnny Edwards (baseball)">Johnny Edwards</a>, infielder <a href="/wiki/Denis_Menke" title="Denis Menke">Denis Menke</a> and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Denny_Lemaster" title="Denny Lemaster">Denny Lemaster</a>. Wilson continued to pitch brilliantly and on May 1 threw the second no-hitter of his career. In that game, he struck out 18 batters, tying what was then the all-time single-game mark. He was just 24 years of age and was second to only <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a> for career no-hit wins. Wilson's no-hitter lit the Astros' fire after a miserable month of April, and six days later the team tied a major league record by turning seven double plays in a game. By May's end, the Astros had put together a ten-game winning streak. The Houston infield tandem of Menke and Joe Morgan continued to improve, providing power at the plate and great defense. Morgan had 15 homers and stole 49 bases while Menke led the Astros with 90 RBIs. The Menke/Morgan punch was beginning to come alive, and the team was responding to Walker's management style. The Astros dominated the season series against their expansion twins, the New York Mets. In one game at New York, Denis Menke and Jimmy Wynn hit <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slams</a> in the same inning, against a Mets team that would go on to win the World Series that same year. The Astros finished the 1969 season with a record of 81 wins, 81 losses, marking their first season of .500 ball. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1970_Houston_Astros_season" title="1970 Houston Astros season">1970</a>, the Astros were expected to be a serious threat in the National League West. In June, 19-year-old <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Cede%C3%B1o" title="César Cedeño">César Cedeño</a> was called up and immediately showed signs of being a superstar. The Dominican outfielder batted .310 after being called up. Not to be outdone, Menke batted .304 and <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Alou" title="Jesús Alou">Jesús Alou</a> batted .306. The Astros' batting average was up by 19 points compared to the season before.<sup id="cite_ref-baseball-reference.com_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball-reference.com-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team looked good, but the Astros' ERA was up. <a href="/wiki/Larry_Dierker" title="Larry Dierker">Larry Dierker</a> and Wilson had winning records, but the pitching staff as a whole had an off season. Houston finished in fourth place in 1970. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1971–1974:_The_boys_in_orange"><span id="1971.E2.80.931974:_The_boys_in_orange"></span>1971–1974: The boys in orange</h3></div> <p>The fashion trends of the 1970s had started taking root in baseball. Long hair and loud colors were starting to appear on team uniforms, including the Astros'. In 1971 the Astros made some changes to their uniform: they kept the same style they had in previous seasons, but inverted the colors. What was navy was now orange and what was orange was now a lighter shade of blue. The players' last names were added to the back of the jerseys. In 1972, the uniform fabric was also changed to what was at the time revolutionizing the industry – polyester. Belts were replaced by elastic waistbands, and jerseys zipped up instead of having buttons. The uniforms became popular with fans, but would last only until 1975, when the Astros would shock baseball and the fashion world.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The uniforms were about the only thing that did change in 1971. The acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Roger_Metzger" title="Roger Metzger">Roger Metzger</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> in the off-season moved Menke to first base and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a> to the outfield. The Astros got off to a slow start and the pitching and hitting averages were down. <a href="/wiki/Larry_Dierker" title="Larry Dierker">Larry Dierker</a> was selected to the All-Star Game in 1971, but due to an arm injury he could not make it. <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Cede%C3%B1o" title="César Cedeño">César Cedeño</a> led the club with 81 RBIs and the league with 40 doubles, but batted just .264 and had 102 strikeouts in his second season with the Astros.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pitcher <a href="/wiki/J._R._Richard" title="J. R. Richard">J. R. Richard</a> made his debut in September of the 1971 season against the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">Giants</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Big_Trade">The Big Trade</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Morgan_Joe_Houston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Morgan_Joe_Houston.jpg/170px-Morgan_Joe_Houston.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Morgan_Joe_Houston.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="178" data-file-height="288" /></a><figcaption>Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> (1963–1971, 1980) was traded to Cincinnati following the 1971 season</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Red_Machine" class="mw-redirect" title="The Big Red Machine">The Big Red Machine</a></div> <p>In November <a href="/wiki/1971_Houston_Astros_season" title="1971 Houston Astros season">1971</a> the Astros and <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> made one of the biggest blockbuster trades in the history of the sport,<sup id="cite_ref-Hardballtimes_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardballtimes-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and helped create The Big Red Machine of the 1970s,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the Reds getting the better end of the deal. Houston sent second baseman <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a>, infielder <a href="/wiki/Denis_Menke" title="Denis Menke">Denis Menke</a>, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jack_Billingham" title="Jack Billingham">Jack Billingham</a>, outfielder <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ger%C3%B3nimo" title="César Gerónimo">César Gerónimo</a> and prospect <a href="/wiki/Ed_Armbrister" title="Ed Armbrister">Ed Armbrister</a> to Cincinnati for first baseman <a href="/wiki/Lee_May" title="Lee May">Lee May</a>, second baseman <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Helms" title="Tommy Helms">Tommy Helms</a> and infielder <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Stewart_(baseball)" title="Jimmy Stewart (baseball)">Jimmy Stewart</a>. The trade left Astros fans and the baseball world scratching their heads as to why <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Spec_Richardson" title="Spec Richardson">Spec Richardson</a> would give up so much for so little. The Reds, on the other hand, would shore up many problems. They had an off year in 1971, but were the National League Pennant winner in <a href="/wiki/1972_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1972 Cincinnati Reds season">1972</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardballtimes_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardballtimes-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Astros' acquisition of Lee May added more power to the lineup in <a href="/wiki/1972_Houston_Astros_season" title="1972 Houston Astros season">1972</a>. May, Wynn, Rader and Cedeño all had 20 or more home runs and Watson hit 16. Cedeño also led the Astros with a .320 batting average, 55 stolen bases and made spectacular plays on the field. Cedeño made his first All-Star game in 1972 and became the first Astros player in team history to hit for the cycle in August versus the Reds. The Astros finished the strike-shortened season at 84–69, their first winning season.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Astros fans had hoped for more of the same in <a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1973 Major League Baseball season">1973</a>, but it was not to be. The Astros run production was down, even though the same five sluggers the year before were still punching the ball out of the park. Lee May led the Astros with 28 home runs and Cesar Cedeño batted .320 with 25 home runs. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a> hit the .312 mark and drove in 94 runs. <a href="/wiki/Doug_Rader" title="Doug Rader">Doug Rader</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wynn" title="Jimmy Wynn">Jimmy Wynn</a> both had 20 or more home runs. However, injuries to their pitching staff limited the Astros to an 82–80 fourth-place finish. The Astros again finished in fourth place the next year under new manager <a href="/wiki/Preston_G%C3%B3mez" title="Preston Gómez">Preston Gómez</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1975–1979:_Cautious_corporate_ownership"><span id="1975.E2.80.931979:_Cautious_corporate_ownership"></span>1975–1979: Cautious corporate ownership</h3></div> <p>With the $38 million deficit of the Astrodome, control of the Astrodomain (including the Astros)<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was passed from <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hofheinz" title="Roy Hofheinz">Roy Hofheinz</a> to GE Credit and Ford Motor Credit. The creditors were just interested in preserving asset value of the team, so any money spent had to be found or saved somewhere else.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tal_Smith" title="Tal Smith">Tal Smith</a> returned to the Astros from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> to find a team that needed a lot of work and did not have a lot of money. However, there would be some bright spots that would prove to be good investments in the near future. </p><p>The year started on a sad note. Pitcher Don Wilson was found dead in the passenger seat of his car on January 5, 1975; the cause of death was asphyxiation by carbon monoxide. Wilson was 29 years old. Wilson's number 40 was retired on April 13, 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1975 season saw the introduction of the Astros' new uniforms. Many teams were going away from the traditional uniform and the Astros were no exception. From the chest down, the uniform was a solid block of yellow, orange, and red stripes.<sup id="cite_ref-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also a large dark blue star over the midsection. The same multi-colored stripes ran down the pant legs. Players' numbers not only appeared on the back of the jersey, but also on the pant leg. The bright stripes were meant to appear as a fiery trail like a rocket sweeping across the heavens. The uniforms were panned by critics, but the public liked them and versions started appearing at the high school and little league level. The uniform was so different from what other teams wore that the Astros wore it both at home and on the road until 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cesar_Cedeno_-_Houston_Astros.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Cesar_Cedeno_-_Houston_Astros.jpg" decoding="async" width="163" height="205" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="163" data-file-height="205" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Cede%C3%B1o" title="César Cedeño">César Cedeño</a> (1970–1981) is the franchise's all-time leader with 487 <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">steals</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Besides the bright new uniforms there were some other changes. <a href="/wiki/Lee_May" title="Lee May">Lee May</a> was traded to <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore</a> for much talked about rookie second baseman <a href="/wiki/Rob_Andrews_(baseball)" title="Rob Andrews (baseball)">Rob Andrews</a> and utility player <a href="/wiki/Enos_Cabell" title="Enos Cabell">Enos Cabell</a>. In Baltimore, Cabell was stuck behind third baseman <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">Brooks Robinson</a>, but he took advantage of his opportunity in Houston and became their everyday third baseman.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cabell would go on to become a big part of the team's success in later years. With May gone, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a> was able to move to first base and was a bright spot in the line up, batting .324 with 85 RBI. </p><p>The two biggest moves the Astros made in the offseason were the acquisitions of <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cruz" title="José Cruz">José Cruz</a>. The Astros bought Niekro from the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Braves</a> for almost nothing. Niekro had bounced around the big leagues with minimal success. His older brother <a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">Phil Niekro</a> had started teaching Joe how to throw his knuckleball and Joe was just starting to use it when he came to the Astros. Niekro won six games, saved four games and had an ERA of 3.07.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Acquiring <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cruz" title="José Cruz">José Cruz</a> from the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a> was another big win.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cruz became a fixture in the Astros' outfield for several years and would eventually have his number 25 retired. </p><p>Despite high expectations, <a href="/wiki/1975_Houston_Astros_season" title="1975 Houston Astros season">1975</a> was among the Astros' worst in franchise history. Their record of 64–97 was far worse than even the expansion Colt .45's and would remain the worst record in franchise history until <a href="/wiki/2011_Houston_Astros_season" title="2011 Houston Astros season">2011</a>. It was the worst record in baseball and manager <a href="/wiki/Preston_G%C3%B3mez" title="Preston Gómez">Preston Gómez</a> was fired late in the season and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Virdon" title="Bill Virdon">Bill Virdon</a>. The Astros played .500 ball under Virdon in the last 34 games of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Virdon as the manager the Astros improved greatly in 1976 finishing in third place with an 80–82 record. A healthy <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Cede%C3%B1o" title="César Cedeño">César Cedeño</a> was a key reason for the Astros' success in 1976. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a> continued to show consistency and led the club with a .313 average and 102 RBI. <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cruz" title="José Cruz">José Cruz</a> became Houston's everyday left fielder and hit .303 with 28 stolen bases.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1976 saw the end of <a href="/wiki/Larry_Dierker" title="Larry Dierker">Larry Dierker</a>'s playing career as an Astro, but before it was all over he would throw a no-hitter and win the 1,000th game in the Astrodome.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros finished in third place again in <a href="/wiki/1977_Houston_Astros_season" title="1977 Houston Astros season">1977</a> with a record of 81–81.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the big problems the Astros had in the late 1970s was that they were unable to compete in the free-agent market. Ford Motor Credit Company was still in control of the team and was looking to sell the Astros, but would not spend money on better players. Most of the talent was either farm grown or bought cheaply. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1979_Houston_Astros_season" title="1979 Houston Astros season">1979 season</a> would prove to be a big turnaround in Astros history. During the offseason, the Astros attempted to fix some of their problem areas. They traded <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Bannister" title="Floyd Bannister">Floyd Bannister</a> to <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle</a> for shortstop <a href="/wiki/Craig_Reynolds_(baseball)" title="Craig Reynolds (baseball)">Craig Reynolds</a> and acquired catcher <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ashby" title="Alan Ashby">Alan Ashby</a> from <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lemongello" title="Mark Lemongello">Mark Lemongello</a>. Reynolds and Ashby were both solid in their positions and gave Houston some much-needed consistency.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The season started with a boost from pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ken_Forsch" title="Ken Forsch">Ken Forsch</a>, who threw a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Braves</a> the second game of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1979, New Jersey shipping tycoon <a href="/wiki/John_McMullen_(engineer)" title="John McMullen (engineer)">John McMullen</a> had agreed to buy the Astros. Now with an investor in charge, the Astros would be more likely to compete in the free-agent market.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Astros were playing great baseball throughout the season. <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cruz" title="José Cruz">José Cruz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enos_Cabell" title="Enos Cabell">Enos Cabell</a> both stole 30 bases. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a> had a great year with 21 wins and 3.00 ERA. <a href="/wiki/J._R._Richard" title="J. R. Richard">J. R. Richard</a> won 18 games and set a new personal strikeout record at 313. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sambito" title="Joe Sambito">Joe Sambito</a> came into his own with 22 saves as the Astros closer. Things were going as they should for a team that could win the west.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros and Reds battled the final month of the season. The Reds pulled ahead of the Astros by a game and a half. Later that month they split a pair and the Reds kept the lead. The Astros finished with their best record to that point at 89–73 and <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> games behind the NL winner Reds.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With Dr. McMullen as sole owner of the Astros, the team would now benefit in ways a corporation could not give them. The rumors of the Astros moving out of Houston started to crumble and the Astros were now able to compete in the free-agent market. McMullen showed the city of Houston that he too wanted a winning team, signing nearby <a href="/wiki/Alvin,_Texas" title="Alvin, Texas">Alvin, Texas</a> native <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> to the first million-dollar-a-year deal. Ryan had four career no-hitters already and had struck out 383 in one season.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980–1985:_More_rainbow,_and_seasons_on_the_brink"><span id="1980.E2.80.931985:_More_rainbow.2C_and_seasons_on_the_brink"></span>1980–1985: More rainbow, and seasons on the brink</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jose_Cruz_Astros.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Jose_Cruz_Astros.jpg/180px-Jose_Cruz_Astros.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Jose_Cruz_Astros.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="324" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cruz" title="José Cruz">José Cruz</a> (1975–1987), his #25 was retired by Houston</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> returned in 1980. The 1980 pitching staff was one of the best Houston ever had, with the fastball of Ryan, the knuckleball of <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a> and the terrifying 6 ft 8 in frame of <a href="/wiki/J._R._Richard" title="J. R. Richard">J. R. Richard</a>. Teams felt lucky to face <a href="/wiki/Ken_Forsch" title="Ken Forsch">Ken Forsch</a>, who was a double-digit winner in the previous two seasons. Richard became the first Astros pitcher to start an All-Star game. Three days later, Richard was told to rest his arm after a medical examination and on July 30 he collapsed during a workout. He had suffered a stroke after a blood clot in the arm apparently moved to his neck and cut off blood flow to the brain. Surgery was done to save his life, but the Astros had lost their ace pitcher after a 10–4 start with a stingy 1.89 ERA. Richard attempted a comeback, but would never again pitch a big league game.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the loss of Richard and some offensive struggles, the Astros slipped to third place in the division behind the Dodgers and the Reds. They bounced back to first with a ten-game winning streak, but the Dodgers regained a two-game lead before arriving in Houston on September 9. The Astros won the first two games of the series to tie the Dodgers for the division lead. The Astros went on to win a third game and take the lead- with three games against the Dodgers left. The Dodgers swept the next series, forcing a one-game playoff the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros won the playoff game 7–1, and advanced to their first post-season. </p><p>The team would face the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1980_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 National League Championship Series">1980 National League Championship Series</a>. The Phillies sent out <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> in game one of the NLCS.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Phillies would win the opener after the Astros got out to a 1–0 third-inning lead. Ken Forsch pitched particularly strong fourth and fifth innings, but <a href="/wiki/Greg_Luzinski" title="Greg Luzinski">Greg Luzinski</a> hit a sixth-inning two-run bomb to the 300 level seats of <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Stadium" title="Veterans Stadium">Veterans Stadium</a>. The Phillies added an insurance run on the way to a 3–1 win.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Houston bounced back to win games two and three. Game four went into extra innings, with the Phillies taking the lead and the win in the tenth inning. <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> started a rally with a one-out single, then Luzinski doubled off the left-field wall and Rose bowled over catcher Bruce Bochy to score the go-ahead run. The Phillies got an insurance run on the way to tying the series.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rookie Phillies pitcher <a href="/wiki/Marty_Bystrom" title="Marty Bystrom">Marty Bystrom</a> was sent out by Philadelphia manager <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Green_(baseball)" title="Dallas Green (baseball)">Dallas Green</a> to face veteran <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> in Game Five. The rookie gave up a run in the first inning, then held the Astros at bay until the sixth inning. An Astros lead was lost when <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boone" title="Bob Boone">Bob Boone</a> hit a two-out single in the second, but the Astros tied the game in the sixth with an <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ashby" title="Alan Ashby">Alan Ashby</a> single scoring <a href="/wiki/Denny_Walling" title="Denny Walling">Denny Walling</a>. Houston took a 5–2 lead in the seventh; however, the Phillies came back with five runs in the inning. The Astros came back against <a href="/wiki/Tug_McGraw" title="Tug McGraw">Tug McGraw</a> with four singles and two two-out runs. Now in extra innings, <a href="/wiki/Garry_Maddox" title="Garry Maddox">Garry Maddox</a> doubled in <a href="/wiki/Del_Unser" title="Del Unser">Del Unser</a> with one out to give the Phillies an 8–7 lead. The Astros failed to score in the bottom of the tenth.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg/220px-Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg/330px-Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg 2x" data-file-width="335" data-file-height="235" /></a><figcaption>Astros starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> in 1983</figcaption></figure> <p>A 1981 player strike ran between June 12 and August 10. Ultimately, the strike would help the Astros get into the playoffs. <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Knepper" title="Bob Knepper">Bob Knepper</a> picked up steam in the second half of the season. Ryan threw his fifth no-hitter on September 26 and finished the season with a 1.69 ERA. Knepper finished with an ERA of 2.18.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the wake of the strike, Major League Baseball took the winners of each "half" season and set up a best-of-five divisional playoff. The <a href="/wiki/1981_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1981 Cincinnati Reds season">Reds</a> won more games than any other team in the National League, but they won neither half of the strike-divided season. The <a href="/wiki/1981_Houston_Astros_season" title="1981 Houston Astros season">Astros</a> finished 61–49 overall, which would have been third in the division behind the Reds and the <a href="/wiki/1981_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Dodgers</a>. Advancing to the playoffs as winners of the second half, Houston beat Los Angeles in their first two playoff games at home, but the Dodgers took the next three in Los Angeles to advance to the <a href="/wiki/1981_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1981 National League Championship Series">NLCS</a>. </p><p>By <a href="/wiki/1982_Houston_Astros_season" title="1982 Houston Astros season">1982</a>, only four players and three starting pitchers remained from the 1980 squad. The Astros were out of pennant contention by August and began rebuilding for the near future. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Virdon" title="Bill Virdon">Bill Virdon</a> was fired as manager and replaced by original Colt .45 <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lillis" title="Bob Lillis">Bob Lillis</a>. <a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Don Sutton</a> asked to be traded and was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> for cash and the team gained three new prospects, including <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Bass" title="Kevin Bass">Kevin Bass</a>. Minor league player <a href="/wiki/Bill_Doran_(second_baseman)" title="Bill Doran (second baseman)">Bill Doran</a> was called up in September. The Astros finished fourth in the west, but new talent was starting to appear.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the <a href="/wiki/1983_Houston_Astros_season" title="1983 Houston Astros season">1983 season</a>, the Astros traded <a href="/wiki/Danny_Heep" title="Danny Heep">Danny Heep</a> to the Mets for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Mike Scott</a>, a 28-year-old who had struggled with New York. <a href="/wiki/Art_Howe" title="Art Howe">Art Howe</a> sat out the 1983 season with an injury, forcing <a href="/wiki/Phil_Garner" title="Phil Garner">Phil Garner</a> to third and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Knight" title="Ray Knight">Ray Knight</a> to first. Doran took over at second, becoming the everyday second baseman for the next seven seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros finished third in the National League West.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1984_Houston_Astros_season" title="1984 Houston Astros season">1984 season</a> started off badly when shortstop <a href="/wiki/Dickie_Thon" title="Dickie Thon">Dickie Thon</a> was hit in the head by a pitch and was lost for the season. In September, the Astros called up rookie <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(baseball)" title="Glenn Davis (baseball)">Glenn Davis</a> after he posted impressive numbers in AAA. The Astros finished in second place. In <a href="/wiki/1985_Houston_Astros_season" title="1985 Houston Astros season">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Mike Scott</a> learned a new pitch, the split-finger fastball. Scott, who was coming off of a 5–11 season, had found his new pitch and would become one of Houston's most celebrated hurlers. In June, Davis made the starting lineup at first base, adding power to the team. In September, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a> was traded to the Yankees for two minor league pitchers and lefty <a href="/wiki/Jim_Deshaies" title="Jim Deshaies">Jim Deshaies</a>. The Astros finished in fourth place in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1986–1990:_A_deep_run,_and_building_for_the_future"><span id="1986.E2.80.931990:_A_deep_run.2C_and_building_for_the_future"></span>1986–1990: A deep run, and building for the future</h3></div> <p>After finishing fourth in 1985, the Astros fired general manager <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a> and manager <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lillis" title="Bob Lillis">Bob Lillis</a>. The former was supplanted by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Wagner_(baseball)" title="Dick Wagner (baseball)">Dick Wagner</a>, the man whose <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Reds</a> defeated the Astros to win the 1979 NL West title. The latter was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lanier" title="Hal Lanier">Hal Lanier</a> who, like his manager mentor in St. Louis, <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Herzog" title="Whitey Herzog">Whitey Herzog</a>, had a hard-nosed approach to managing and espoused a playing style that focused on pitching, defense, and speed rather than home runs to win games. This style of baseball, known as <a href="/wiki/Whiteyball" title="Whiteyball">Whiteyball</a>, took advantage of stadiums with deep fences and artificial turf, both of which were characteristics of the Astrodome. Lanier's style of baseball took Houston by storm. Before Lanier took over, fans were accustomed to Houston's occasional slow starts, but with Lanier leading the way, Houston got off to a hot start, winning 13 of their first 19 contests.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the start of the season the Astros acquired outfielder <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hatcher" title="Billy Hatcher">Billy Hatcher</a> from the Cubs for <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Mumphrey" title="Jerry Mumphrey">Jerry Mumphrey</a>. Lainer also made a change in the pitching staff, going with a three-man rotation to start the season. This allowed Lanier to keep his three starters (<a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Knepper" title="Bob Knepper">Bob Knepper</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Mike Scott</a>) sharp and to slowly work in rookie hurler <a href="/wiki/Jim_Deshaies" title="Jim Deshaies">Jim Deshaies</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Doran_(second_baseman)" title="Bill Doran (second baseman)">Bill Doran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(baseball)" title="Glenn Davis (baseball)">Glenn Davis</a> held down the right side of the field but Lainer rotated the left side. <a href="/wiki/Denny_Walling" title="Denny Walling">Denny Walling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Craig_Reynolds_(baseball)" title="Craig Reynolds (baseball)">Craig Reynolds</a> faced the right-handed pitchers while <a href="/wiki/Phil_Garner" title="Phil Garner">Phil Garner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dickie_Thon" title="Dickie Thon">Dickie Thon</a> batted against left-handers. Lanier knew the Astros had talent and he put it to work.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Scott_Astros.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mike_Scott_Astros.jpg/170px-Mike_Scott_Astros.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Mike_Scott_Astros.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="217" data-file-height="288" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Mike Scott</a> won the 1986 NL <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> and <a href="/wiki/NLCS_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NLCS MVP">NLCS MVP</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Astrodome was host to the <a href="/wiki/1986_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1986 All-Star Game</a> in which Astros <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Mike Scott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Bass" title="Kevin Bass">Kevin Bass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(baseball)" title="Glenn Davis (baseball)">Glenn Davis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(pitcher,_born_1955)" title="Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1955)">Dave Smith</a> represented the host field. The Astros kept pace with the NL West after the All-Star break. They went on a streak of five straight come-from-behind wins. Houston swept a key 3-game series over the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> in late September to clinch the division title. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Mike Scott</a> took the mound in the final game of the series and pitched a no-hitter – the only time in MLB history that any division was clinched via a no-hitter. Scott would finish the season with an 18–10 record and a <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosDaily_20-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosDaily-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1986_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1986 National League Championship Series">1986 National League Championship Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> was noted for its drama and is considered to be one of the greatest postseason series. In Game 3, the Astros were ahead at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a>, 5–4, in the bottom of the 9th when closer <a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(pitcher,_born_1955)" title="Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1955)">Dave Smith</a> gave up a two-run home run to <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Dykstra" title="Lenny Dykstra">Lenny Dykstra</a>, giving the Mets a dramatic 6–5 win. </p><p>However, the signature game of the series was Game 6. Needing a win to get to <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Mike Scott</a> (who had been dominant in the series) in Game 7, the Astros jumped off to a 3–0 lead in the first inning but neither team would score again until the 9th inning. In the 9th, starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Knepper" title="Bob Knepper">Bob Knepper</a> would give up two runs, and once again the Astros would look to Dave Smith to close it out. However, Smith would walk <a href="/wiki/Gary_Carter" title="Gary Carter">Gary Carter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Strawberry" title="Darryl Strawberry">Darryl Strawberry</a>, giving up a sacrifice fly to <a href="/wiki/Ray_Knight" title="Ray Knight">Ray Knight</a>, tying the game. Despite having the go-ahead runs on base, Smith was able to escape the inning without any further damage. </p><p>There was no scoring until the 14th inning when the Mets would take the lead on a <a href="/wiki/Wally_Backman" title="Wally Backman">Wally Backman</a> single and an error by left fielder <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hatcher" title="Billy Hatcher">Billy Hatcher</a>. The Astros would get the run back in the bottom of the 14th when Hatcher (in a classic goat-to-hero-conversion-moment) hit one of the most dramatic home runs in <a href="/wiki/National_League_Championship_Series" title="National League Championship Series">NLCS</a> history, off the left-field foul pole. In the 16th inning, Darryl Strawberry doubled to lead off the inning and Ray Knight drove him home in the next at-bat. The Mets would score a total of three runs in the inning to take what appeared an insurmountable 7–4 lead. With their season on the line, the Astros would nonetheless rally for two runs to come to within 7–6. Kevin Bass came up with the tying and winning runs on base; however <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Orosco" title="Jesse Orosco">Jesse Orosco</a> would strike him out, ending the game. At the time the 16-inning game held the record for the longest in MLB postseason history. The Mets won the series, 4–2. </p><p>After the 1986 season, the team had difficulty finding success again. Several changes occurred. The "rainbow" uniforms were phased out, the team electing to keep a five-stripe "rainbow" design on the sleeves. Team favorites <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cruz" title="José Cruz">José Cruz</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> moved on and the team entered a rebuilding phase. <a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a> debuted in June 1988, joining new prospects <a href="/wiki/Ken_Caminiti" title="Ken Caminiti">Ken Caminiti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Young_(baseball)" title="Gerald Young (baseball)">Gerald Young</a>. Biggio would become the everyday catcher by 1990. A trade acquiring <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Jeff Bagwell</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Larry_Andersen" title="Larry Andersen">Larry Andersen</a> would become one of the biggest deals in Astros history. Glenn Davis was traded to <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> for <a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Curt Schilling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Harnisch" title="Pete Harnisch">Pete Harnisch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Finley" title="Steve Finley">Steve Finley</a> in 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1991–1999:_Fine_tuning_and_first_rebranding"><span id="1991.E2.80.931999:_Fine_tuning_and_first_rebranding"></span>1991–1999: Fine tuning and first rebranding</h3></div> <p>The early 1990s were marked by the Astros' growing discontent with their home, the Astrodome. After the Astrodome was renovated for the primary benefit of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a> (who shared the Astrodome with the Astros since the 1960s), the Astros began to grow increasingly disenchanted with the facility. Faced with declining attendance at the Astrodome and the inability of management to obtain a new stadium, in the <a href="/wiki/1991_in_baseball" title="1991 in baseball">1991</a> off-season Astros management announced its intention to sell the team and move the franchise to the Washington, D.C. area. However, the move was not approved by other National League owners, thus compelling the Astros to remain in Houston. Shortly thereafter, McMullen (who also owned the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a>) sold the team to Texas businessman <a href="/wiki/Drayton_McLane,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Drayton McLane, Jr.">Drayton McLane</a> in 1993, who committed to keeping the team in Houston. </p><p>Shortly after McLane's arrival, which coincided with the maturation of Bagwell and Biggio, the Astros began to show signs of consistent success. After finishing second in their division in 1994 (in a <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Major_League_Baseball_strike" title="1994–95 Major League Baseball strike">strike year</a>), 1995, and 1996, the Astros won consecutive division titles in 1997, 1998, and 1999. In the 1998 season, the Astros set a team record with 102 victories. However, each of these titles was followed by a first-round playoff elimination, in <a href="/wiki/1998_National_League_Division_Series" title="1998 National League Division Series">1998</a> by the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> and in <a href="/wiki/1997_National_League_Division_Series" title="1997 National League Division Series">1997</a> and <a href="/wiki/1999_National_League_Division_Series" title="1999 National League Division Series">1999</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>. The manager of these title teams was <a href="/wiki/Larry_Dierker" title="Larry Dierker">Larry Dierker</a>, who had previously been a broadcaster and pitcher for the Astros. During this period, Bagwell, Biggio, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Bell_(baseball)" title="Derek Bell (baseball)">Derek Bell</a>, and Sean Berry earned the collective nickname "<a href="/wiki/Killer_B%27s_(Houston_Astros)" title="Killer B's (Houston Astros)">The Killer Bs</a>". In later seasons, the name came to include other Astros, especially <a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coinciding with the change in ownership, the team switched uniforms and team colors after the <a href="/wiki/1993_in_baseball" title="1993 in baseball">1993</a> season in order to go for a new, more serious image. The team's trademark rainbow uniforms were retired, and the team's colors changed to midnight blue and metallic gold. The "Astros" font on the team logo was changed to a more aggressive one, and the team's traditional star logo was changed to a stylized, "flying" star with an open left end. It marked the first time since the team's inception that orange was not part of the team's colors. Despite general agreement that the rainbow uniforms identified with the team had become tired (and looked too much like a minor league team according to the new owners), the new uniforms and caps were never especially popular with many Astros fans. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astros_clinch_playoff_berth!.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Astros_clinch_playoff_berth%21.jpg/300px-Astros_clinch_playoff_berth%21.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Astros_clinch_playoff_berth%21.jpg/450px-Astros_clinch_playoff_berth%21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Astros_clinch_playoff_berth%21.jpg/600px-Astros_clinch_playoff_berth%21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="870" /></a><figcaption>Final Astros regular season game in the Astrodome on October 3, 1999</figcaption></figure> <p>Off the field, in 1994, the Astros hired one of the first <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> general managers, former franchise player <a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a>. Watson would leave the Astros after the 1995 season to become general manager of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> and helped to lead the Yankees to a World Series championship in <a href="/wiki/1996_World_Series" title="1996 World Series">1996</a>. He would be replaced by <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Hunsicker" title="Gerry Hunsicker">Gerry Hunsicker</a>, who until 2004 would continue to oversee the building of the Astros into one of the better and most consistent organizations in the Major Leagues. </p><p>However, in 1996, the Astros again nearly left Houston. By the mid-1990s, McLane (like McMullen before him) wanted his team out of the Astrodome and was asking the city to build the Astros a new stadium. When things did not progress quickly toward that end, he put the team up for sale. He had nearly finalized a deal to sell the team to businessman William Collins, who planned to move them to <a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia" title="Northern Virginia">Northern Virginia</a>. However, Collins was having difficulty finding a site for a stadium himself, so Major League owners stepped in and forced McLane to give Houston another chance to grant his stadium wish. Houston voters, having already lost the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a> in a similar situation, responded positively via a stadium referendum and the Astros stayed put. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2004:_New_ballpark_and_second_rebranding"><span id="2000.E2.80.932004:_New_ballpark_and_second_rebranding"></span>2000–2004: New ballpark and second rebranding</h3></div> <p>The 2000 season saw a move to a new stadium. Originally to be named <i>The Ballpark at Union Station</i> due to being located on the site of <a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(Houston)" title="Union Station (Houston)">Union Station</a>, it was renamed <i><a href="/wiki/Enron_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Enron Field">Enron Field</a></i> by the season opening after the naming rights were sold to energy corporation <a href="/wiki/Enron" title="Enron">Enron</a>. The stadium was to feature a retractable roof, a particularly useful feature with unpredictable Houston weather. The ballpark also featured more intimate surroundings than the Astrodome. In 2002, naming rights were purchased by Houston-based <a href="/wiki/Minute_Maid" title="Minute Maid">Minute Maid</a>, after <a href="/wiki/Enron" title="Enron">Enron</a> went bankrupt. The park was built on the grounds of the old <a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(Houston)" title="Union Station (Houston)">Union Station</a>. A replica <a href="/wiki/4-4-0" title="4-4-0">4-4-0</a> locomotive moves across the outfield and whistles after home runs, paying homage to a Houston history which had 11 railroad company lines running through the city by 1860. The ballpark previously contained quirks such as "Tal's Hill", which was a hill in deep center field on which a flagpole stood, all in fair territory. Over the years, many highlight reel catches have been made by center fielders running up the hill to make catches. Tal's Hill was removed in the 2016–2017 offseason and the center field wall was moved in to 409 feet (125 m), which the team hoped would generate more home runs. </p><p>With the change in location also came a change in attire. Gone were the blue and gold uniforms of the 1990s in favor of a more "<a href="/wiki/Retro" class="mw-redirect" title="Retro">retro</a>" look with pinstripes, a traditional baseball font, and the colors of brick red, sand and black. These colors were chosen because ownership originally wanted to rename the team the <b>Houston Diesels</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "shooting star" logo was modified but still retained its definitive look. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minute_Maid_Park_2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Minute_Maid_Park_2010.JPG/220px-Minute_Maid_Park_2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Minute_Maid_Park_2010.JPG/330px-Minute_Maid_Park_2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Minute_Maid_Park_2010.JPG/440px-Minute_Maid_Park_2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2681" data-file-height="2011" /></a><figcaption>The Astros moved into Minute Maid Park in 2000</figcaption></figure> <p>After two fairly successful seasons without a playoff appearance, the Astros were early favorites to win the 2004 NL pennant. They added star pitcher <a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Andy Pettitte</a> to a roster that already included standouts like <a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kent" title="Jeff Kent">Jeff Kent</a> as well as veterans Bagwell and Biggio. <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a>, who had retired after the <a href="/wiki/2003_in_baseball" title="2003 in baseball">2003</a> season with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, agreed to join former teammate Pettitte on the Astros for 2004. The one-year deal included unique conditions, such as the option for Clemens to stay home in Houston on select road trips when he wasn't scheduled to pitch. Despite the early predictions for success, the Astros had a mediocre 44–44 record at the All-Star break. A lack of run production and a poor record in close games were major issues. After being booed at the 2004 <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> held in Houston, manager <a href="/wiki/Jimy_Williams" title="Jimy Williams">Jimy Williams</a> was fired and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Garner" title="Phil Garner">Phil Garner</a>, a star on the division-winning 1986 Astros. The Astros enjoyed a 46–26 record in the second half of the season under Garner and earned the NL wild-card spot. The Astros defeated the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Braves</a> 3–2 in the <a href="/wiki/2004_National_League_Division_Series" title="2004 National League Division Series">Division Series</a>, but would lose the <a href="/wiki/2004_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2004 National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a> to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in seven games. Clemens earned a record seventh Cy Young Award in 2004. Additionally, the mid-season addition of <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Beltr%C3%A1n" title="Carlos Beltrán">Carlos Beltrán</a> in a trade with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> helped the Astros tremendously in their playoff run. Despite midseason trade rumors, Beltrán would prove instrumental to the team's hopes, hitting eight home runs in the postseason. Though he had asserted a desire to remain with the Astros, Beltrán signed a long-term contract with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> on January 9, 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005:_First_World_Series_played_in_Texas">2005: First World Series played in Texas</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2005_Houston_Astros_season" title="2005 Houston Astros season">2005 Houston Astros season</a></div> <p>In 2005, the Astros started poorly and found themselves with a 15–30 record in late May. The <i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Chronicle" title="Houston Chronicle">Houston Chronicle</a></i> had written them off with a tombstone emblazoned with "RIP 2005 Astros". However, from that low point until the end of July, Houston went 42–17 and found themselves in the lead for an NL wild card spot. July saw the best single-month record in the club's history at 22–7. Offensive production had increased greatly after a slow start in the first two months. The Astros had also developed an excellent pitching staff, anchored by <a href="/wiki/Roy_Oswalt" title="Roy Oswalt">Roy Oswalt</a> (20–12, 2.94), <a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Andy Pettitte</a> (17–9, 2.39), and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a> (13–8 with a league-low ERA of only 1.87). The contributions of the other starters—<a href="/wiki/Brandon_Backe" title="Brandon Backe">Brandon Backe</a> (10–8, 4.76) and rookie starters <a href="/wiki/Ezequiel_Astacio" title="Ezequiel Astacio">Ezequiel Astacio</a> (3–6, 5.67) and <a href="/wiki/Wandy_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Wandy Rodríguez">Wandy Rodríguez</a> (10–10, 5.53)—were less remarkable, but enough to push the Astros into position for a playoff run. The Astros won a wild card berth on the final day of the regular season, becoming the first team since the World Series champion 1914 Boston Braves to qualify for the postseason after being 15 games under .500.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Houston_Astros_2005_NL_Championship_Banner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Houston_Astros_2005_NL_Championship_Banner.jpg/220px-Houston_Astros_2005_NL_Championship_Banner.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Houston_Astros_2005_NL_Championship_Banner.jpg/330px-Houston_Astros_2005_NL_Championship_Banner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Houston_Astros_2005_NL_Championship_Banner.jpg/440px-Houston_Astros_2005_NL_Championship_Banner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="1152" /></a><figcaption>2005 National League championship banner at Minute Maid Park</figcaption></figure> <p>The Astros won the <a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Division_Series" title="2005 National League Division Series">National League Division Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>, 3–1, with a game four that set postseason records for most innings (18), most players used by a single team (23), and longest game time (5 hours and 50 minutes). Trailing by a score of 6–1, <a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a> hit an eighth-inning grand slam to narrow the score to 6–5. In the bottom of the ninth, catcher <a href="/wiki/Brad_Ausmus" title="Brad Ausmus">Brad Ausmus</a> hit a game-tying home run that allowed the game to continue in extra innings. In the bottom of the tenth inning, Luke Scott hit a blast to left field that had home run distance, but was inches foul. This game remained scoreless for the next eight innings. In the top of the 15th inning, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a> made only his second career relief appearance, pitching three shutout innings, notably striking out <a href="/wiki/Julio_Franco" title="Julio Franco">Julio Franco</a>, at the time the oldest player in MLB at 47 years old; Clemens was himself 43. In the bottom of the eighteenth inning, Clemens came to bat again, indicating that he would be pitching in the nineteenth inning, if it came to that. Clemens struck out, but the next batter, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Burke_(baseball)" title="Chris Burke (baseball)">Chris Burke</a>, hit a home run to left field to send the Astros to a 7–6 victory. The <a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2005 National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a> featured a rematch of the <a href="/wiki/2004_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2004 National League Championship Series">2004 NLCS</a>. The Astros lost the first game in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, but would win the next three games. Though the Astros were poised to close out the series in Game Five in Houston, Brad Lidge gave up a monstrous two-out three-run home run to <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Albert Pujols</a>, forcing the series to a sixth game in St. Louis, where the Astros clinched a World Series appearance. <a href="/wiki/Roy_Oswalt" title="Roy Oswalt">Roy Oswalt</a> was named NLCS MVP, having gone 2–0 with a 1.29 ERA in the series. Honorary National League President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Giles_(baseball)" title="Bill Giles (baseball)">Bill Giles</a> presented the league champion Astros with the Warren C. Giles Trophy (named for his father) for winning the series; the younger Giles had been one of the founders of the original Colt 45 team in 1962, while his father Warren had been president of the National League from <a href="/wiki/1951_in_baseball" title="1951 in baseball">1951</a> to <a href="/wiki/1969_in_baseball" title="1969 in baseball">1969</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Astros faced the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2005_World_Series" title="2005 World Series">World Series</a>. Chicago had been considered the slight favorite but would win all four games, the first two at <a href="/wiki/U.S._Cellular_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Cellular Field">U.S. Cellular Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> and the final two in Houston. Game 3 marked the first World Series game held in the state of Texas, and was the longest game in World Series history, lasting 5 hours and 41 minutes. </p><p>This World Series was marked by a controversy involving the Minute Maid Park roof. MLB and Commissioner Bud Selig insisted that the Astros must play with the roof open, which mitigated the intensity and enthusiasm of the cheering Astros fans.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006–2009:_The_decline"><span id="2006.E2.80.932009:_The_decline"></span>2006–2009: The decline</h3></div> <p>In the 2006 offseason, the team signed <a href="/wiki/Preston_Wilson" title="Preston Wilson">Preston Wilson</a> and moved Berkman to first base, ending the long tenure of Jeff Bagwell. The Astros renewed the contract with Clemens and traded two minor league prospects to the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa Bay Devil Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a> for left-handed hitter <a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Huff" title="Aubrey Huff">Aubrey Huff</a>. By August, Preston Wilson complained about his playing time after the return of <a href="/wiki/Luke_Scott_(baseball)" title="Luke Scott (baseball)">Luke Scott</a> from AAA Round Rock. The Astros released Wilson and he was signed by St. Louis. A dramatic season end included wins in 10 of their last 12 games, but the Astros missed a playoff appearance when they lost the final game of the season to the Atlanta Braves. </p><p>On October 31, the Astros declined a contract option on <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Jeff Bagwell</a> for 2007, ending his 15-year Astros career and leading to his retirement. <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Pettitte" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Pettitte">Andy Pettitte</a> filed for free agency. On December 12, the Astros traded <a href="/wiki/Willy_Taveras" title="Willy Taveras">Willy Taveras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Buchholz" title="Taylor Buchholz">Taylor Buchholz</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Hirsh" title="Jason Hirsh">Jason Hirsh</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> for Rockies pitchers <a href="/wiki/Jason_Jennings" title="Jason Jennings">Jason Jennings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Asencio" title="Miguel Asencio">Miguel Asencio</a>. A trade with the White Sox, involving the same three Astros in exchange for Jon Garland, had been nixed a few days earlier when Buchholz reportedly failed a physical. In the end, Taveras continued to develop and Hirsh had a strong 2007 rookie campaign, while Jennings was often injured and generally ineffective. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Orlando_Palmeiro_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Orlando_Palmeiro_2007.jpg/220px-Orlando_Palmeiro_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Orlando_Palmeiro_2007.jpg/330px-Orlando_Palmeiro_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Orlando_Palmeiro_2007.jpg/440px-Orlando_Palmeiro_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1160" /></a><figcaption>Astros' outfielder <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Palmeiro" title="Orlando Palmeiro">Orlando Palmeiro</a>, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 28, 2007, the Astros purchased the contract of top minor league prospect <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Pence" title="Hunter Pence">Hunter Pence</a>. He debuted that night, getting a hit and scoring a run. By May 2007, the Astros had suffered one of their worst losing streaks (10 games). On June 28, second baseman <a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a> became the 27th MLB player to accrue 3,000 career hits. Biggio needed three hits to reach 3,000 and ended the night with a total of five hits. That night, <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Lee" title="Carlos Lee">Carlos Lee</a> hit a towering walk-off grand slam in the 11th inning. Lee later quipped to the media that "he had hit a walk-off grand slam and he got second billing", considering Biggio's achievement. On July 24, Biggio announced that he would retire at the end of the season. He hit a grand slam in that night's game which broke a 3–3 tie and led to an Astros win. In Biggio's last at bat, he grounded out to <a href="/wiki/Chipper_Jones" title="Chipper Jones">Chipper Jones</a> of the Atlanta Braves. </p><p>On September 20, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Wade" title="Ed Wade">Ed Wade</a> was named general manager. In his first move, he traded <a href="/wiki/Jason_Lane" title="Jason Lane">Jason Lane</a> to the Padres on September 24. On September 30, Craig Biggio retired after twenty years with the team. In November, the Astros traded RHP <a href="/wiki/Brad_Lidge" title="Brad Lidge">Brad Lidge</a> and SS <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bruntlett" title="Eric Bruntlett">Eric Bruntlett</a> to the Philadelphia Phillies for OF <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bourn" title="Michael Bourn">Michael Bourn</a>, RHP <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Geary" title="Geoff Geary">Geoff Geary</a>, and minor leaguer <a href="/wiki/Mike_Costanzo" title="Mike Costanzo">Mike Costanzo</a>. <a href="/wiki/Utility_player_(baseball)" title="Utility player (baseball)">Utility player</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Loretta" title="Mark Loretta">Mark Loretta</a> accepted Houston's salary arbitration and <a href="/wiki/Kazuo_Matsui" title="Kazuo Matsui">Kazuo Matsui</a> finalized a $16.5 million, three-year contract with the team. In December, the Astros traded OF <a href="/wiki/Luke_Scott_(baseball)" title="Luke Scott (baseball)">Luke Scott</a>, RHP <a href="/wiki/Matt_Albers" title="Matt Albers">Matt Albers</a>, RHP <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Sarfate" title="Dennis Sarfate">Dennis Sarfate</a>, LHP <a href="/wiki/Troy_Patton" title="Troy Patton">Troy Patton</a>, and minor-league 3B <a href="/wiki/Mike_Costanzo" title="Mike Costanzo">Mike Costanzo</a>, to the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> for SS <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Tejada" title="Miguel Tejada">Miguel Tejada</a>. On December 14, they sent infielder <a href="/wiki/Chris_Burke_(baseball)" title="Chris Burke (baseball)">Chris Burke</a>, RHP <a href="/wiki/Juan_Guti%C3%A9rrez_(baseball)" title="Juan Gutiérrez (baseball)">Juan Gutiérrez</a>, and RHP <a href="/wiki/Chad_Qualls" title="Chad Qualls">Chad Qualls</a> to the Arizona Diamondbacks for RHP <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Valverde" title="José Valverde">José Valverde</a>. On December 27, the Astros came to terms on a deal with All-Star, Gold Glove winner <a href="/wiki/Darin_Erstad" title="Darin Erstad">Darin Erstad</a>. </p><p>In January and February 2008, the Astros signed <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Backe" title="Brandon Backe">Brandon Backe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ty_Wigginton" title="Ty Wigginton">Ty Wigginton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Borkowski" title="Dave Borkowski">Dave Borkowski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Chac%C3%B3n" title="Shawn Chacón">Shawn Chacón</a> to one-year deals. The starting rotation would feature <a href="/wiki/Roy_Oswalt" title="Roy Oswalt">Roy Oswalt</a> and Brandon Backe as numbers one and two. <a href="/wiki/Wandy_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Wandy Rodríguez">Wandy Rodríguez</a>, Chacón and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Sampson" title="Chris Sampson">Chris Sampson</a> rounded out the bottom three slots in the rotation. <a href="/wiki/Woody_Williams" title="Woody Williams">Woody Williams</a> had retired after a 0–4 spring training and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Jennings" title="Jason Jennings">Jason Jennings</a> was now with Texas. On the other side of the roster, the Astros would start without Kazuo Matsui, who was on a minor league rehab assignment after a spring training injury. </p><p>The Astros regressed in 2008 and 2009, finishing with records of 86–75 and 74–88, respectively. Manager <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Cooper" title="Cecil Cooper">Cecil Cooper</a> was fired after the 2009 season. At the lowest point of the regression, child admission was free. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010–2014:_Last_years_in_the_NL_and_move_to_the_AL_West"><span id="2010.E2.80.932014:_Last_years_in_the_NL_and_move_to_the_AL_West"></span>2010–2014: Last years in the NL and move to the AL West</h3></div> <p>The 2010 season was the first season as Astros manager for <a href="/wiki/Brad_Mills_(manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brad Mills (manager)">Brad Mills</a>, who was previously the bench coach of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>. The Astros struggled throughout a season that was marked by trade-deadline deals that sent longtime Astros to other teams. On July 29, the Astros' ace starting pitcher, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Oswalt" title="Roy Oswalt">Roy Oswalt</a>, was dealt to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> for <a href="/wiki/J._A._Happ" title="J. A. Happ">J. A. Happ</a> and two minor league players.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 31, outfielder <a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a> was traded to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> for minor leaguers <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Paredes" title="Jimmy Paredes">Jimmy Paredes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Melancon" title="Mark Melancon">Mark Melancon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros finished with a record of 76–86. </p><p>On July 30, 2011, the Astros traded OF <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Pence" title="Hunter Pence">Hunter Pence</a>, the team's 2010 leader in home runs, to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>. On July 31, they traded OF <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bourn" title="Michael Bourn">Michael Bourn</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>. On September 17, the Astros recorded their first 100-loss season in franchise history, ending the season eleven days later with an 8–0 home loss to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. Cardinals pitcher <a href="/wiki/Chris_Carpenter" title="Chris Carpenter">Chris Carpenter</a> pitched a two-hit complete game shutout. The Cardinals would go on to win the National League Wild Card, before beating the Texas Rangers in the World Series. <a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a>, who was now a Cardinal, was a key player in their championship victory. The Astros finished with a record of 56–106, the worst single-season record in franchise history (a record which would be broken the following season). </p><p>In November 2010, Drayton McLane announced that the Astros were being put up for sale. McLane stated that because the Astros were one of the few franchises in Major League Baseball with only one family as the owners, he was planning his estate. McLane was 75 years old as of November 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2011, local Houston businessman <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crane" title="Jim Crane">Jim Crane</a> emerged as the front-runner to purchase the franchise. In the 1980s, Crane founded an air freight business which later merged with <a href="/wiki/CEVA_Logistics" title="CEVA Logistics">CEVA Logistics</a>, and later founded Crane Capital Group. McLane and Crane had a previous handshake agreement for the franchise in 2008, but Crane abruptly changed his mind and broke off discussions. Crane also attempted to buy the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> in 2008 and the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> during their 2010 bankruptcy auction.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crane came under scrutiny because of previous allegations of discriminatory hiring practices regarding women and minorities, among other issues. This delayed MLB's approval process. In the summer of 2011, Crane claimed those issues had been resolved, and suggested that the delays were baseball's attempt to move the Astros to the American League.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October later that year, Crane met personally with MLB Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bud_Selig" title="Bud Selig">Bud Selig</a>, in a meeting that was described as "constructive".<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 15, 2011, it was announced that Crane had agreed to move the franchise to the American League for the 2013 season. The move was part of an overall divisional realignment of MLB, with the National and American leagues each having 15 teams in three geographically balanced divisions. Crane was given a $70 million concession by MLB for agreeing to the switch; the move was a condition for the sale to the new ownership group.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days later, the Astros were officially sold to Crane for $615 million after the other owners unanimously voted in favor of the sale.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosSaleMLB_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosSaleMLB-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also announced that 2012 would be the last season for the Astros in the NL.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After over fifty years of the Astros being a part of the National League, this move was unpopular with many Astros fans.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2011, Jeff Luhnow was named general manager. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jose_Altuve_Astros_in_May_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Jose_Altuve_Astros_in_May_2014.jpg/170px-Jose_Altuve_Astros_in_May_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Jose_Altuve_Astros_in_May_2014.jpg/255px-Jose_Altuve_Astros_in_May_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Jose_Altuve_Astros_in_May_2014.jpg/340px-Jose_Altuve_Astros_in_May_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2107" data-file-height="2634" /></a><figcaption>Astros second baseman <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> in 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2012, the Astros were eliminated from the playoffs before September 5. On September 27, the Astros named <a href="/wiki/Bo_Porter" title="Bo Porter">Bo Porter</a> to be the manager for the 2013 season. </p><p>On October 3, the Astros ended over 50 years of NL play with a 5–4 loss to the Chicago Cubs and began to look ahead to join the American League. Winning only 20 road games during the entire season, the Astros finished with a 55–107 record, the worst record in all of Major League Baseball for the 2012 season, and surpassing the 2011 season for the worst record in Astros history. </p><p>On November 2, 2012, the Astros unveiled their new look in preparation for their move to the American League for the 2013 season. The navy and orange uniform returned to the original 1960s team colors, and debuted a new version of the classic navy hat with a white "H" over an orange star.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 6, 2012, the Astros hired former Cleveland Indians director of baseball operations <a href="/wiki/David_Stearns" title="David Stearns">David Stearns</a> as the team's new assistant general manager.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Houston Astros played their first game as an American League team on March 31, 2013, where they were victorious over their in-state division competitor, the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, with a score of 8–2. </p><p>On May 17, <a href="/wiki/Reid_Ryan" title="Reid Ryan">Reid Ryan</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> was introduced as president of operations.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 29, the Astros completed their first year in the American League, losing 5–1 in a 14-inning game to the New York Yankees. The Astros finished the season with a 51–111 record (a franchise-worst) with a season-ending 15-game losing streak, again surpassing their worst record from the previous season. The team finished 45 games behind the division winner <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>, further adding to their futility. This marked three consecutive years that the Astros had lost more than 100 games in a single season. They also became the first team to have the first overall pick in the draft three years in a row. </p><p>In February 2014, <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> rejoined the Astros front office as assistant to owner <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crane" title="Jim Crane">Jim Crane</a>, GM <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Luhnow" title="Jeff Luhnow">Jeff Luhnow</a> and president of business operations <a href="/wiki/Reid_Ryan" title="Reid Ryan">Reid Ryan</a>. From 2004 through 2008 he worked as a special assistant to the GM. <sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/2014_Houston_Astros_season" title="2014 Houston Astros season">2014 season</a> the team went 70–92, finishing 28 games back of the division winner <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a>, and placing fourth in the AL West over the Texas Rangers. </p><p><a href="/wiki/A._J._Hinch" title="A. J. Hinch">A. J. Hinch</a> was named manager on September 29, replacing <a href="/wiki/Bo_Porter" title="Bo Porter">Bo Porter</a>, who was fired on September 1.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015–2019:_Return_to_success,_first_World_Series_title_and_scandal"><span id="2015.E2.80.932019:_Return_to_success.2C_first_World_Series_title_and_scandal"></span>2015–2019: Return to success, first World Series title and scandal</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Houston_Astros" title="Special:EditPage/Houston Astros">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 2015, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Keuchel" title="Dallas Keuchel">Dallas Keuchel</a> led the AL with 20 victories, going 15–0 at home, an MLB record. Key additions to the team included Scott Kazmir and SS <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Correa" title="Carlos Correa">Carlos Correa</a> who hit 22 home runs after being called up in June 2015. Second baseman <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> remained the star of the Astros' offense. On July 30, the Astros picked up <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fiers" title="Mike Fiers">Mike Fiers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlos_G%C3%B3mez" title="Carlos Gómez">Carlos Gómez</a> from the Milwaukee Brewers. Fiers threw the 11th <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in Astros history on August 21 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Houston got the final AL playoff spot and faced the Yankees in the <a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2015 American League Wild Card Game">Wild Card Game</a> on October 6 at New York. They defeated the Yankees 3–0, including 6.0 scoreless innings pitched by Keuchel and home runs by <a href="/wiki/Colby_Rasmus" title="Colby Rasmus">Colby Rasmus</a> and Carlos Gómez.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Astros would subsequently play the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Central" title="American League Central">AL Central</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>. The Astros would split the first two games of the ALDS best-of-five series in Kansas City. The Astros won the first game at Minute Maid to take a 2–1 lead in the ALDS. In Game 4, after 7 innings, the Astros had a 6–2 lead. In the top half of the eighth inning, which took about 45 minutes to end, the Royals had taken a 7–6 lead with 5 consecutive singles and a notable error from SS Carlos Correa which tied the game as well as allowed the winning run to reach base.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros suffered a 9–6 loss and the ALDS was tied at 2–2. Then the series went back to Kansas City, where the Royals clinched the series in the fifth game, 7–2. </p><p>The Astros entered the 2016 season as the favorites to win the AL West after a promising 2015 season. After a bad start to their season, going just 7–17 in April, the Astros bounced back and went on to have a winning record in their next four months, including an 18–8 record in June. But after going 12–15 in September, the Astros were eliminated from playoff contention. They finished in third place in the American League West Division with a final record of 84–78. </p><p>The season was marked by the Astros 4–15 record against their in-state division rival (and eventual division winner) <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>. The Astros finished the 2016 season 11 games behind the Rangers. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Houston_Skyline_During_2017_World_Series.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Downtown_Houston_Skyline_During_2017_World_Series.jpg/220px-Downtown_Houston_Skyline_During_2017_World_Series.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Downtown_Houston_Skyline_During_2017_World_Series.jpg/330px-Downtown_Houston_Skyline_During_2017_World_Series.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Downtown_Houston_Skyline_During_2017_World_Series.jpg/440px-Downtown_Houston_Skyline_During_2017_World_Series.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="458" /></a><figcaption>Many buildings in the skyline of <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Houston" title="Downtown Houston">Downtown Houston</a> participated in cheering for the Astros during the <a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017 World Series</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2014, <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> predicted the Astros would win the 2017 World Series through their strategic rebuilding process.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of June 9, 2017, the Astros were 41–16, which gave them a 13.5-game lead over the rest of their division and comfortable possession of the best record in the entire league. This was the best start in the Astros' 55-year history. The Astros entered the All-Star Break with an American League-best 60–29 record, a 16-game lead in the division, and one game shy of the best record in MLB, which had just barely slipped to the Dodgers right before the All-Star Break. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astros_Strong.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/Astros_Strong.png/170px-Astros_Strong.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/Astros_Strong.png/255px-Astros_Strong.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Astros_Strong.png 2x" data-file-width="305" data-file-height="305" /></a><figcaption>The Houston Astros began wearing this patch during the 2017 season as the Houston area recovered from the destruction caused by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" title="Hurricane Harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>With <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" title="Hurricane Harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a> causing massive flooding throughout Houston and southeast Texas, the Astros' three-game series against the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> for August 29–31, was relocated to <a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a> (home of the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a>), in <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida">St. Petersburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the area recovered from the hurricane, many residents rallied around the Astros, who adopted the mantra "Houston Strong". They wore a patch on their jerseys with the mantra for the remainder of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Springer_(30062652747).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/George_Springer_%2830062652747%29.jpg/220px-George_Springer_%2830062652747%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/George_Springer_%2830062652747%29.jpg/330px-George_Springer_%2830062652747%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/George_Springer_%2830062652747%29.jpg/440px-George_Springer_%2830062652747%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2842" data-file-height="2384" /></a><figcaption>2017 World Series MVP - <a href="/wiki/George_Springer" title="George Springer">George Springer</a></figcaption></figure> <p>At the August 31 waiver-trade deadline GM <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Luhnow" title="Jeff Luhnow">Jeff Luhnow</a> acquired veteran starting pitcher and Cy Young Award winner <a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Justin Verlander</a> to bolster the starting rotation.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Verlander won each of his 5 regular season starts with the Astros, yielding only 4 runs over this stretch. He carried his success into the playoffs, posting a record of 4–1 in his 6 starts, and throwing a complete game in Game 2 of the ALCS. Verlander was named the 2017 ALCS MVP.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Astros clinched their first division title as a member of the American League West division, and first division title overall since 2001. They also became the first team in Major League history to win three different divisions: National League West in 1980 and 1986, National League Central from 1997 to 1999 and 2001, and American League West in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 29, the Astros won their 100th game of the season, the second time the Astros finished a season with over 100 wins, the first being in 1998. They finished 101–61, with a 21-game lead in the division, and faced the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Red Sox</a> in the first round of the AL playoffs. The Astros defeated the Red Sox three games to one, and advanced to the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>. The Astros won the ALCS four games to three, and advanced to the <a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">World Series</a> to play against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. The Astros defeated the Dodgers in the deciding seventh game of the World Series, winning the first championship in franchise history.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The victory was especially meaningful for the Houston area, which was rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of Houston celebrated the team's accomplishment with a parade on the afternoon of November 3, 2017. Houston police chief Art Acevedo estimated at least 750,000 people attended the parade.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jose_Altuve_(51004270648).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Jose_Altuve_%2851004270648%29.jpg/220px-Jose_Altuve_%2851004270648%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Jose_Altuve_%2851004270648%29.jpg/330px-Jose_Altuve_%2851004270648%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Jose_Altuve_%2851004270648%29.jpg/440px-Jose_Altuve_%2851004270648%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4945" data-file-height="3297" /></a><figcaption>2017 <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">AL MVP</a> - <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On November 16, 2017, <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> was named the American League Most Valuable Player, capping off a season in which he accumulated 200 hits for the fourth consecutive season, led the majors with a .346 BA, and was the unquestioned clubhouse leader of the World Series champions. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2017_World_Series_champion_Houston_Astros_visit_White_House.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/2017_World_Series_champion_Houston_Astros_visit_White_House.jpg/220px-2017_World_Series_champion_Houston_Astros_visit_White_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/2017_World_Series_champion_Houston_Astros_visit_White_House.jpg/330px-2017_World_Series_champion_Houston_Astros_visit_White_House.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/2017_World_Series_champion_Houston_Astros_visit_White_House.jpg/440px-2017_World_Series_champion_Houston_Astros_visit_White_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>The 2017 team at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> with President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, March 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>On September 26, 2018, the Astros' second consecutive AL West division championship was clinched with a victory by the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_A%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland A's">Oakland A's</a>. For the third time in franchise history, and second consecutive season, the team won over 100 games; they finished the regular season 103–59 (a new franchise record) by sweeping a double-header against the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> on September 29, 2018. The Astros swept the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> in the ALDS to advance to the ALCS to face the league-leading <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (who finished the season 108–54.) After a 7–2 victory in Game 1 of the ALCS, the Astros dropped the next four games, and Boston advanced to the World Series. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Justin_Verlander_ready_to_throw_his_pitch,_March_2,_2019_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Justin_Verlander_ready_to_throw_his_pitch%2C_March_2%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Justin_Verlander_ready_to_throw_his_pitch%2C_March_2%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Justin_Verlander_ready_to_throw_his_pitch%2C_March_2%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Justin_Verlander_ready_to_throw_his_pitch%2C_March_2%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Justin_Verlander_ready_to_throw_his_pitch%2C_March_2%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Justin_Verlander_ready_to_throw_his_pitch%2C_March_2%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1816" data-file-height="2423" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Justin Verlander</a>, 2019 and 2022 AL Cy Young Award winner</figcaption></figure> <p>In the offseason, the Astros signed veteran outfielder <a href="/wiki/Michael_Brantley" title="Michael Brantley">Michael Brantley</a>, and catcher <a href="/wiki/Robinson_Chirinos" title="Robinson Chirinos">Robinson Chirinos</a>. At the trade deadline on July 31, 2019, Houston acquired another veteran starting pitcher and Cy Young award winner <a href="/wiki/Zack_Greinke" title="Zack Greinke">Zack Greinke</a> to bolster the starting rotation.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 22, the Astros clinched their third consecutive AL West division title. They finished the season with a record of 107–55, the best in franchise history, and the best record in MLB. They became the first team since the 2002–2004 New York Yankees to have 3 consecutive 100-win seasons. They also became the first team in MLB history to have three consecutive 100-loss seasons and three consecutive 100-win seasons in the same decade. </p><p>Entering the playoffs as the top-seeded team in both leagues, they defeated the AL Wild Card winner <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a> in five games in the ALDS, advancing to the ALCS for the third year in a row to face the New York Yankees. In Game 6 at Minute Maid Park, Jose Altuve hit a walk-off home run to win the pennant and send the team to its third World Series appearance. However, they lost the 2019 World Series to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a> in seven games, taking three games in Washington but losing all four of their games at home. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sign_stealing_scandal">Sign stealing scandal</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_sign_stealing_scandal" title="Houston Astros sign stealing scandal">Houston Astros sign stealing scandal</a></div><p>On November 12, 2019, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Rosenthal" title="Ken Rosenthal">Ken Rosenthal</a> and Evan Drellich wrote an article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Athletic" title="The Athletic">The Athletic</a></i> detailing allegations that the Astros had used cameras to engage in potentially illicit <a href="/wiki/Sign_stealing" title="Sign stealing">sign stealing</a> against opponents, relying on allegations from former Astros pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fiers" title="Mike Fiers">Mike Fiers</a> as a public source and other allegations from unnamed sources.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros were alleged to have used scouts watching catchers' signs in real time behind the dugout at Minute Maid Park to crack the signs and banging a trash can loudly to indicate what kind of pitch was coming. The scandal rippled through the baseball world as videos that appeared to clearly show the scheme were published.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further allegations regarding other means of relaying signs, such as whistling, surfaced in subsequent weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MLB and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball Commissioner">Commissioner</a> <a href="/wiki/Rob_Manfred" title="Rob Manfred">Rob Manfred</a> announced a sweeping investigation into the allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 13, 2020, MLB announced that its investigation found that the Astros did use cameras and video monitors to steal signs of opposing catchers and signal to hitters throughout the 2017 regular season and postseason, and at least part of the 2018 season.<sup id="cite_ref-WP1132020_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP1132020-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wsj12220_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj12220-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The investigation found no evidence of sign stealing in their pennant-winning 2019 season.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS11520_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS11520-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report said that <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cora" title="Alex Cora">Alex Cora</a>, then the Astros bench coach, <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Beltr%C3%A1n" title="Carlos Beltrán">Carlos Beltrán</a>, and other unnamed players were involved in developing the scheme. It said Hinch "neither devised the banging scheme nor participated in it," but did not stop it or tell Cora he disapproved of it.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS11520_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS11520-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Manfred announced that manager A. J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for one year, the team would be fined $5 million (the maximum allowed under MLB rules), and the team would lose its top two draft picks in both the 2020 and 2021 <a href="/wiki/MLB_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Draft">MLB Drafts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WP1132020_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP1132020-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About an hour after MLB's announcement, Astros owner Jim Crane announced he had terminated both Hinch and Luhnow, saying he was unaware of the scheme and "extraordinarily troubled and upset", and concluded, "We need to move forward with a clean slate. [We] will not have this happen again on my watch."<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a statement, Luhnow denied knowledge of the scheme. Hinch issued a statement saying, "While the evidence consistently showed I didn't endorse or participate in the sign stealing practices, I failed to stop them and I am deeply sorry."<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The scandal had repercussions around baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cora was implicated in the report but Manfred withheld a decision on his punishment until the completion of a separate investigation into electronic sign stealing in 2018, when Cora was manager of the Red Sox.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the report led the Red Sox to dismiss Cora two days after it was published,<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Mets did the same with Beltran, who had been hired as manager shortly before the original story.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020–present:_Second_World_Series_title"><span id="2020.E2.80.93present:_Second_World_Series_title"></span>2020–present: Second World Series title</h3></div> <p>On January 29, 2020, the Astros announced they hired <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Baker" title="Dusty Baker">Dusty Baker</a> as their new manager to replace Hinch.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_Click" title="James Click">James Click</a> was hired to replace Lunhow as general manager on February 2.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Expectations for a full 2020 season were dashed by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, which forced <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> to play a 60-game season that would take place from July to September with no fans in attendance (which was later changed for the NLCS and World Series). The Astros were hampered by injuries to players such as <a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Justin Verlander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yordan_Alvarez" title="Yordan Alvarez">Yordan Alvarez</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Osuna" title="Roberto Osuna">Roberto Osuna</a>, who each suffered season-ending injuries. As such, the Astros had to rely a plethora of young arms such as <a href="/wiki/Cristian_Javier" title="Cristian Javier">Cristian Javier</a> to go alongside veterans in <a href="/wiki/Lance_McCullers_Jr." title="Lance McCullers Jr.">Lance McCullers Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zack_Greinke" title="Zack Greinke">Zack Greinke</a> to accompany an offense that had just one .300 batter in <a href="/wiki/Michael_Brantley" title="Michael Brantley">Michael Brantley</a>. The Astros went 29–31, but finished second place in the AL West to qualify for the postseason as part of the decision by MLB to have eight postseason teams in each league for 2020 to accompany a shortened season. The Astros defeated two division champions in the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> to become the first team since the 1998–2001 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> to advance to the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> four times in a row, as well as the first team with a losing regular season record to win a postseason series. In the <a href="/wiki/2020_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2020 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a>, the Astros lost to the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a> despite forcing a Game 7 after losing the first three games. </p><p>The 2021 season was the first to be played with fans in the stands for the regular season since the scandal broke. Rabid opposition for a number of fanbases went hand in hand with the challenge of replacing departed players <a href="/wiki/George_Springer" title="George Springer">George Springer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Reddick" title="Josh Reddick">Josh Reddick</a>. By the time of the break for the <a href="/wiki/2021_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2021 MLB All-Star Game</a>, the Astros were 55–36 and contending for a top spot in the postseason, complete with four All-Star selections in <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Correa" title="Carlos Correa">Carlos Correa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Brantley" title="Michael Brantley">Michael Brantley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Pressly" title="Ryan Pressly">Ryan Pressly</a>. On September 30, the Astros clinched their fourth AL West title in the span of five seasons (which was the first time they had won four division titles in five seasons since the 1998–2001 teams); the six playoff appearances in seven seasons is the best span in franchise history. <a href="/wiki/Yuli_Gurriel" title="Yuli Gurriel">Yuli Gurriel</a> became the second Astro to win the batting title, doing so at the age of 37 with a <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> of .319.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros beat the <a href="/wiki/2021_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2021 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Division_Series" title="2021 American League Division Series">American League Division Series</a> to advance to their fifth consecutive ALCS, a feat matched by only two teams in LCS history and the first since the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> of the 1990s (having made all eight contested NLCS from 1991 to 1999). Upon playing together in Game 3 of the <a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2021 American League Championship Series">2021 American League Championship Series</a>, Altuve, Correa, Gurriel, and Bregman set a new record for most games played together by four teammates at any position in MLB history, with that game being the 64th between the core four.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 22, the Astros prevailed 5–0 in Game 6 over the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> to win their third pennant in the last five seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They went on to lose the <a href="/wiki/2021_World_Series" title="2021 World Series">2021 World Series</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> in six games. </p><p>The 2022 season opened without <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Correa" title="Carlos Correa">Carlos Correa</a> at shortstop for the first time since 2016 as he left for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> in free agency. Rookie shortstop <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Jeremy Peña">Jeremy Peña</a> made the Opening Day start and manned the position for the entire season. The Astros clinched the division on September 19, their second consecutive division title and their fifth in six seasons. <a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Justin Verlander</a> had a resurgent and historic season, leading the league with a 1.75 ERA en route to his third career Cy Young Award. Upon entering the postseason, the Astros swept the <a href="/wiki/2022_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2022 Seattle Mariners season">Mariners</a> in three tightly contested <a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Division_Series" title="2022 American League Division Series">ALDS</a> games to advance to their American League record sixth consecutive ALCS. The Astros swept the <a href="/wiki/2022_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2022 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a> to advance to the World Series for the second year in a row and fourth in six seasons. On November 2, 2022, in <a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series#Game_4" title="2022 World Series">Game 4</a> of the <a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022 World Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2022_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2022 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a>, the Astros became the first team to throw a combined no-hitter in postseason history, and the second team to throw a no-hitter in World Series history after <a href="/wiki/Don_Larsen%27s_perfect_game" title="Don Larsen's perfect game">Don Larsen's perfect game</a> with the <a href="/wiki/1956_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1956 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> in <a href="/wiki/1956_World_Series" title="1956 World Series">1956</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros went on to defeat the Phillies in six games, earning their second World Series title.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Jeremy Peña">Jeremy Peña</a> won the <a href="/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="World Series Most Valuable Player Award">Series MVP Award</a>; the first rookie position player in MLB history to do so, and the first rookie shortstop in history to hit a home run in the World Series.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros became the first team to have a winning percentage of .622 (or better) in a six-season span (2017–2022) with multiple World Series titles since the 1953-1958 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, and they became the sixth team since 1960 to win the World Series after losing it the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 2022-23 offseason, Baker's contract was renewed for another year, while Click parted ways with the team following a breakdown of contractual negotiations. In February 2023, <a href="/wiki/Dana_Brown_(baseball)" title="Dana Brown (baseball)">Dana Brown</a> was hired as the new general manager for the Astros.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2023 season began inauspiciously with the Astros losing their first Opening Day game since 2012 in a 3–2 loss to the <a href="/wiki/2023_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2023 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a>. This snapped a streak of 10-straight wins on Opening Day for the club, a modern-day record.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also the first season since 2017 not to feature <a href="/wiki/Yuli_Gurriel" title="Yuli Gurriel">Yuli Gurriel</a> at first base, who signed a minor league contract with the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Marlins" title="Miami Marlins">Miami Marlins</a>, and instead was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu" title="José Abreu">José Abreu</a>, who the Astros had signed to a 3-year contract during the offseason. Entering the All-Star break, the Astros had a 50–41 record while sending Yordan Álvarez, <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Tucker" title="Kyle Tucker">Kyle Tucker</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Framber_Valdez" title="Framber Valdez">Framber Valdez</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2023_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2023 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">Midsummer Classic</a>. The American League, managed by <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Baker" title="Dusty Baker">Dusty Baker</a>, lost for the first time since <a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2012</a>. After losing him to free agency in the offseason, the Astros reacquired <a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Justin Verlander</a> from the Mets at the trade deadline to bolster their rotation. After playing well in July and August, the Astros slumped in September, battling with the <a href="/wiki/2023_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2023 Seattle Mariners season">Mariners</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2023_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2023 Texas Rangers season">Rangers</a> for the division all the way until the final game of the season. The Astros and Rangers finished tied at 90–72; however, the Astros won the division by virtue of their 9–4 season record against Texas. The Astros beat the Minnesota Twins in the <a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Division_Series" title="2023 American League Division Series">ALDS</a> to advance to their American League record seventh consecutive ALCS. Ultimately, the Astros fell in <a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2023 American League Championship Series">seven games</a> to the Rangers, a series in which the away team won every game, reminiscent of the Astros defeat in the <a href="/wiki/2019_World_Series" title="2019 World Series">2019 World Series</a>. </p><p>On October 25, 2023, Baker announced his retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 13, 2023, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Espada" title="Joe Espada">Joe Espada</a> was named the 25th manager in Astros history.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Astros began the 2024 season in dreadful fashion by losing on Opening Day to the New York Yankees 5–4. They would be swept in four games on Opening Weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They would earn their first win on April 1 when <a href="/wiki/Ronel_Blanco" title="Ronel Blanco">Ronel Blanco</a> threw the first no-hitter of the 2024 season against the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> as the Astros defeated Toronto 10–0. Blanco, making just his eighth career start after making the roster just a few days before, struck out seven and walked two to complete the seventeenth no-hitter in franchise history and the fourth at Minute Maid Park.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First-year manager <a href="/wiki/Joe_Espada" title="Joe Espada">Joe Espada</a> also made history that night, becoming the first manager in MLB history to earn their first managerial win via a no-hitter.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Cavnar" title="Jenny Cavnar">Jenny Cavnar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Julia_Morales" title="Julia Morales">Julia Morales</a> became the first two women to do the play-by-play on television for the same <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> game on May 13, 2024, against the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After hitting a low of 12-24 on May 8th, the Astros climbed back to .500 by the end of June after a 30-17 stretch. The Astros sent Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez, and Kyle Tucker to the <a href="/wiki/2024_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> with both Altuve and Alvarez named as starters. <a href="/wiki/Yusei_Kikuchi" title="Yusei Kikuchi">Yusei Kikuchi</a> became the first Japanese-born player to pitch for the Astros after being acquired at the trade deadline.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros went on to win his nine first starts, a franchise record and the longest streak in the majors since <a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">John Burkett</a> with the <a href="/wiki/2002_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2002 Boston Red Sox season">2002 Boston Red Sox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros became the second expansion team to reach 5,000 wins, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Angels</a>, who reached the mark earlier in the season, on September 14th. Ten days later, the Astros clinched the AL West division title for the fourth straight year with a 4–3 victory over the Mariners, becoming the first team to win that division four seasons in a row since the Oakland Athletics won the division title from 1971 to 1975. It was their seventh division title in eight years.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros won the 2024 division title despite beginning the season 7–19, at one point trailing the Mariners by 10 games in the AL West, becoming the first team in the expansion era to begin the season with that record and still make the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Astros faced off against former manager <a href="/wiki/A.J._Hinch" class="mw-redirect" title="A.J. Hinch">A.J. Hinch</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2024_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2024 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2024 American League Wild Card Series">American League Wild Card Series</a>, losing consecutive games at home, including their seventh straight playoff home loss, to miss the ALCS for the first time since <a href="/wiki/2016_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2016 American League Championship Series">2016</a> and end their American League record at seven consecutive appearances. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uniforms">Uniforms</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1962–1964:_The_Colt_.45's"><span id="1962.E2.80.931964:_The_Colt_.45.27s"></span>1962–1964: The Colt .45's</h3></div> <p>Houston's MLB franchise debuted as the Colt .45s in 1962, and the original home uniforms featured a navy pistol with orange smoke coming out of the barrel to form the "C" in "Colts". The road uniforms featured the city name written in navy block letters with orange trim, and the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Texas" title="Flag of Texas">flag of Texas</a> patch was placed on the left sleeve. Caps were all-navy featuring ".45s" in orange letters in front.<sup id="cite_ref-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1965–1974:_Shooting_stars"><span id="1965.E2.80.931974:_Shooting_stars"></span>1965–1974: Shooting stars</h3></div> <p>Renamed the Astros and moving to the Astrodome in 1965, they took to the field in home uniforms featuring the "shooting star" design. The uniforms initially featured "Astros" in navy with orange trim, and the cap now sported an orange star with "H" in block serif letters. The road uniforms remained the same save for the Astros logo replacing the Texas flag (the same logo was also applied on the home uniforms).<sup id="cite_ref-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1971 the Astros made some changes to their uniform: they kept the same style they had in previous seasons, but inverted the colors. What was navy was now orange and what was orange was now a lighter shade of blue. The players' last names were added to the back of the jerseys. In 1972, the uniform fabric was also changed to what was at the time revolutionizing the industry – polyester. Belts were replaced by elastic waistbands, and jerseys zipped up instead of having buttons. The uniforms became popular with fans, but would last only until 1975, when the Astros would shock baseball and the fashion world.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1975–1986:_Tequila_sunrise/Orange_rainbows"><span id="1975.E2.80.931986:_Tequila_sunrise.2FOrange_rainbows"></span>1975–1986: Tequila sunrise/Orange rainbows</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:242px;max-width:242px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:126px;max-width:126px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:151px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Ferguson_Astros.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Joe_Ferguson_Astros.jpg/124px-Joe_Ferguson_Astros.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Joe_Ferguson_Astros.jpg/186px-Joe_Ferguson_Astros.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Joe_Ferguson_Astros.jpg 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="263" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:112px;max-width:112px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:151px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hal_Lanier_Astros.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hal_Lanier_Astros.jpg/110px-Hal_Lanier_Astros.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hal_Lanier_Astros.jpg/165px-Hal_Lanier_Astros.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hal_Lanier_Astros.jpg/220px-Hal_Lanier_Astros.jpg 2x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="350" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Ferguson_(baseball)" title="Joe Ferguson (baseball)">Joe Ferguson</a> (left) wearing the original "rainbow" uniform. <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lanier" title="Hal Lanier">Hal Lanier</a> (right) wearing the "rainbow shoulders" uniform.</div></div></div></div> <p>The 1975 season saw the introduction of the Astros' new uniforms. Many teams were going away from the traditional uniform and the Astros were no exception. From the chest down, the uniform was a solid block of yellow, orange, and red stripes.<sup id="cite_ref-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also a large dark blue star over the midsection. The same multi-colored stripes ran down the pant legs. Players' numbers not only appeared on the back of the jersey, but also on the pant leg. The bright stripes were meant to appear as a fiery trail like a rocket sweeping across the heavens. The uniforms were panned by critics, but the public liked them and versions started appearing at the high school and little league level. The uniform was so different from what other teams wore that the Astros wore it both at home and on the road until 1980, though it underwent a few minor modifications with the navy star and number style.<sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980–1993:_Rainbow_shoulders"><span id="1980.E2.80.931993:_Rainbow_shoulders"></span>1980–1993: Rainbow shoulders</h3></div> <p>Also in 1980, the Astros debuted a significantly cleaner uniform, relegating the rainbows to the sleeves. The design was initially worn on the road (with the original rainbow uniform relegated to home games), but in 1982 the rainbow shoulder look began appearing on select home games as well. In addition, the navy cap returned with this uniform and the orange cap was eventually retired in 1983. By 1987, this uniform became the Astros' primary look, retiring the original rainbow uniforms. When it first unveiled, the rainbow shoulder uniform was light grey, but by 1982, the fabric was changed to cream. A white version was added for home games that same year. Prior to the 1989 season, the pullover design was retired and buttons and belts returned to this uniform.<sup id="cite_ref-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994–1999:_Midnight_blue_and_gold"><span id="1994.E2.80.931999:_Midnight_blue_and_gold"></span>1994–1999: Midnight blue and gold</h3></div> <p>Coinciding with the change in ownership, the team switched uniforms and team colors after the <a href="/wiki/1993_in_baseball" title="1993 in baseball">1993</a> season in order to go for a new, more serious image. The team's trademark rainbow uniforms were retired, and the team's colors changed to midnight blue and metallic gold. The "Astros" font on the team logo was changed to a more aggressive one, and the team's traditional star logo was changed to a stylized, "flying" star with an open left end. </p><p>Both the home and road uniforms featured a star substituting for the penultimate letter "O" in both "Astros" (home) and "Houston" (road); the road uniform was later tweaked in 1997 with the star now affixed next to the word "Houston". The letters were written in a more futuristic manner. The Astros also wore midnight blue alternates with "Astros" in white with gold trim, changed in 1997 to only feature the flying star logo. The midnight blue cap featured the flying star logo. It also marked the first time since 1982 that the Astros wore grey uniforms on the road.<sup id="cite_ref-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013_43-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2012:_Railroad_design"><span id="2000.E2.80.932012:_Railroad_design"></span>2000–2012: Railroad design</h3></div> <p>Moving to Minute Maid Park (originally Enron Field) in 2000, the Astros took to the field wearing vintage-inspired uniforms. For the first time, navy was not part of the team's palette, and the Astros uniforms featured brick red, sand and black colors. The colors were inspired by the location of their new ballpark which formerly housed a railroad depot. </p><p>Primary home uniforms featured black pinstripes with "Astros" in black script letters and numbers in red. The road uniforms sported "Houston" in red script letters and black numbers. Alternate white uniforms without pinstripes featured all letters in brick red with sand trim, initially with the brick red star logo on the left chest before switching to the "Astros" wordmark by 2002. The Astros also wore black alternate home and road uniforms, with "Houston" (road) and "Astros" (home) emblazoned in front, but switched to brick red alternates by 2002. The letters on both uniforms are in sand with brick red trim. Black caps with the updated star in red became the primary cap while a red cap with the sand star was used as an alternate.<sup id="cite_ref-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013_43-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:992px;max-width:992px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader" style="text-align:left/right/center">Astros' "railroad" uniforms</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:235px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Carlos_Altuve_Astros.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Jos%C3%A9_Carlos_Altuve_Astros.JPG/142px-Jos%C3%A9_Carlos_Altuve_Astros.JPG" decoding="async" width="142" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Jos%C3%A9_Carlos_Altuve_Astros.JPG/213px-Jos%C3%A9_Carlos_Altuve_Astros.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Jos%C3%A9_Carlos_Altuve_Astros.JPG/284px-Jos%C3%A9_Carlos_Altuve_Astros.JPG 2x" data-file-width="804" data-file-height="1339" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> in the primary home pinstriped uniform with black cap.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:148px;max-width:148px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:235px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jordan_Lyles_on_July_2,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Jordan_Lyles_on_July_2%2C_2012.jpg/146px-Jordan_Lyles_on_July_2%2C_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="146" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Jordan_Lyles_on_July_2%2C_2012.jpg/219px-Jordan_Lyles_on_July_2%2C_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Jordan_Lyles_on_July_2%2C_2012.jpg/292px-Jordan_Lyles_on_July_2%2C_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1890" data-file-height="3050" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lyles" title="Jordan Lyles">Jordan Lyles</a> in the road uniform with brick red cap.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:183px;max-width:183px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:235px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roger_clemens_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Roger_clemens_2004.jpg/181px-Roger_clemens_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Roger_clemens_2004.jpg/272px-Roger_clemens_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Roger_clemens_2004.jpg/362px-Roger_clemens_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="418" data-file-height="544" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a> in the road uniform with black cap.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:148px;max-width:148px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:235px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Byrdak_on_August_8,_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Tim_Byrdak_on_August_8%2C_2009.jpg/146px-Tim_Byrdak_on_August_8%2C_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="146" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Tim_Byrdak_on_August_8%2C_2009.jpg/219px-Tim_Byrdak_on_August_8%2C_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Tim_Byrdak_on_August_8%2C_2009.jpg/292px-Tim_Byrdak_on_August_8%2C_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1230" data-file-height="1990" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Byrdak" title="Tim Byrdak">Tim Byrdak</a> in the alternate white uniform with brick red cap.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:141px;max-width:141px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:235px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Hampton_-_2009-07-29_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Mike_Hampton_-_2009-07-29_%28crop%29.jpg/139px-Mike_Hampton_-_2009-07-29_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Mike_Hampton_-_2009-07-29_%28crop%29.jpg/209px-Mike_Hampton_-_2009-07-29_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Mike_Hampton_-_2009-07-29_%28crop%29.jpg/278px-Mike_Hampton_-_2009-07-29_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="992" data-file-height="1680" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hampton" title="Mike Hampton">Mike Hampton</a> in the alternate brick red road uniform with black cap.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:216px;max-width:216px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:235px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roger_Clemens_2005_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Roger_Clemens_2005_%284%29.jpg/214px-Roger_Clemens_2005_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Roger_Clemens_2005_%284%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="290" data-file-height="320" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Roger Clemens in the alternate brick red home uniform with black cap.</div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013–present:_Return_to_navy_and_orange"><span id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Return_to_navy_and_orange"></span>2013–present: Return to navy and orange</h3></div> <p>In 2013, the Astros returned to the classic navy and orange look of previous eras. Both uniforms featured the city name (road) and team name (home) in block navy letters with orange trim, along with numbers on the left chest. Piping was also added in front. The orange alternate contained the team name and numbers in navy with white trim. The Astros also wore navy uniforms with the orange rainbow stripes along the side; the front originally featured the "H" star before replacing it with "Astros" in orange in 2016. Navy caps with the "H" and orange star returned as the team's primary cap, while a navy cap with orange brim was used on select games. Until 2015, the Astros also wore all-orange caps with the home uniforms, and from 2016 to 2018, the navy alternates were paired occasionally with an orange cap with navy brim.<sup id="cite_ref-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013_43-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniforms,_SB_Nation,_April_2013-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HOUdaily_36-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOUdaily-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the navy alternates are usually worn on Sunday home games, in recent years, it became the preferred uniform during <a href="/wiki/Framber_Valdez" title="Framber Valdez">Framber Valdez</a>'s starts regardless of it being a home or road game.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, the Astros were one of seven additional teams to wear <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a>'s "City Connect" uniforms. The predominantly navy uniform incorporated the "Space City" wordmark in homage to <a href="/wiki/NASA_insignia#NASA_"worm"_logotype" title="NASA insignia">NASA's "worm" logo</a>; the lettering and numbers also incorporated said style. The uniform also added various elements from the "<a href="/wiki/Tequila_sunrise_(cocktail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tequila sunrise (cocktail)">Tequila sunrise</a>" uniforms of the 1970s, including numerals on the right leg and red/orange/yellow gradients on the piping and socks. The left sleeve patch has the modified <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Texas" title="Flag of Texas">Texas flag</a> recolored to the Astros' navy and orange motif, with the "H-star" logo replacing the white star. All-navy caps feature the modified "H-star" logo incorporating a planet in orbit. This uniform is usually worn on Monday home games.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 22, 2024, the Astros announced that they would wear the "Space City" uniforms for the final time. The team will receive a new "City Connect" uniform in 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:992px;max-width:992px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader" style="text-align:left/right/center">Current Astros uniforms</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:105px;max-width:105px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:225px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ronny_Cede%C3%B1o_(Houston_Astros).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Ronny_Cede%C3%B1o_%28Houston_Astros%29.JPG/103px-Ronny_Cede%C3%B1o_%28Houston_Astros%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="103" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Ronny_Cede%C3%B1o_%28Houston_Astros%29.JPG/155px-Ronny_Cede%C3%B1o_%28Houston_Astros%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Ronny_Cede%C3%B1o_%28Houston_Astros%29.JPG/206px-Ronny_Cede%C3%B1o_%28Houston_Astros%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="739" data-file-height="1619" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Ronny_Cede%C3%B1o" title="Ronny Cedeño">Ronny Cedeño</a> in the home uniform with navy accessories.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:183px;max-width:183px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:225px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yordan_Alvarez_(48784546838)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Yordan_Alvarez_%2848784546838%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/181px-Yordan_Alvarez_%2848784546838%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Yordan_Alvarez_%2848784546838%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/272px-Yordan_Alvarez_%2848784546838%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Yordan_Alvarez_%2848784546838%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/362px-Yordan_Alvarez_%2848784546838%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1968" data-file-height="2452" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Yordan_Alvarez" title="Yordan Alvarez">Yordan Alvarez</a> in the home "Los Astros" uniform with navy accessories.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:225px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alex_Bregman_playing_shortstop_in_2017_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Alex_Bregman_playing_shortstop_in_2017_%282%29.jpg/202px-Alex_Bregman_playing_shortstop_in_2017_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="202" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Alex_Bregman_playing_shortstop_in_2017_%282%29.jpg/303px-Alex_Bregman_playing_shortstop_in_2017_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Alex_Bregman_playing_shortstop_in_2017_%282%29.jpg/404px-Alex_Bregman_playing_shortstop_in_2017_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="2266" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Bregman" title="Alex Bregman">Alex Bregman</a> in the road uniform with alternate navy cap and orange bill (still used occasionally).</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:128px;max-width:128px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:225px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roberto_Osuna_with_the_Houston_Astros_in_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Roberto_Osuna_with_the_Houston_Astros_in_2019.jpg/126px-Roberto_Osuna_with_the_Houston_Astros_in_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Roberto_Osuna_with_the_Houston_Astros_in_2019.jpg/189px-Roberto_Osuna_with_the_Houston_Astros_in_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Roberto_Osuna_with_the_Houston_Astros_in_2019.jpg/252px-Roberto_Osuna_with_the_Houston_Astros_in_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2714" data-file-height="4879" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Osuna" title="Roberto Osuna">Roberto Osuna</a> in the road uniform with primary navy cap.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:129px;max-width:129px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:225px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marwin_Gonzalez_Astros_in_April_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Marwin_Gonzalez_Astros_in_April_2014.jpg/127px-Marwin_Gonzalez_Astros_in_April_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="127" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Marwin_Gonzalez_Astros_in_April_2014.jpg/191px-Marwin_Gonzalez_Astros_in_April_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Marwin_Gonzalez_Astros_in_April_2014.jpg/254px-Marwin_Gonzalez_Astros_in_April_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1119" data-file-height="1990" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Marwin_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Marwin González">Marwin González</a> in the home uniform with orange accessories (no longer used).</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:231px;max-width:231px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:225px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lance_McCullers_in_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Lance_McCullers_in_2017.jpg/229px-Lance_McCullers_in_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="229" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Lance_McCullers_in_2017.jpg/344px-Lance_McCullers_in_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Lance_McCullers_in_2017.jpg/458px-Lance_McCullers_in_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2259" data-file-height="2230" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Lance_McCullers_Jr." title="Lance McCullers Jr.">Lance McCullers Jr.</a> in the alternate orange uniform with road pants.</div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Achievements">Achievements</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_seasons" title="List of Houston Astros seasons">List of Houston Astros seasons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Franchise_record">Franchise record</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>As of the completion of the 2023 season</i></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;;">Team name</th> <th style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;;">Games</th> <th style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;;">Wins</th> <th style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;;">Losses</th> <th style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;;">Ties</th> <th style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;;">W-L% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Colt .45s (1962–1964)</td> <td>486</td> <td>196</td> <td>288</td> <td>2</td> <td>.405 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">NL Astros (1965–2012)</td> <td>7,652</td> <td>3,803</td> <td>3846</td> <td>3</td> <td>.497 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">NL total (1962–2012)</td> <td>8,138</td> <td>3,999</td> <td>4,134</td> <td>5</td> <td>.492 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">AL Astros (2013–present)</td> <td>1,680</td> <td>922</td> <td>758</td> <td>–</td> <td>.549 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">All-time regular season</td> <td>9,818</td> <td>4,921</td> <td>4,892</td> <td>5</td> <td>.501 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">All-time postseason</td> <td>159</td> <td>83</td> <td>76</td> <td>–</td> <td>.522 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6;" align="right"><small><i>Source:</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_award_winners_and_league_leaders" title="Houston Astros award winners and league leaders">Houston Astros award winners and league leaders</a></div> <dl><dt>Darryl Kile Award</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_award_winners_and_league_leaders#Darryl_Kile_Award" title="Houston Astros award winners and league leaders">Houston Astros award winners and league leaders § Darryl Kile Award</a></div> <p>Two awards are presented each year, one to a Houston Astro and one to a St. Louis Cardinal, each of whom exemplifies Kile's virtues of being "a good teammate, a great friend, a fine father and a humble man." The winner is selected by each local chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Writers%27_Association_of_America" title="Baseball Writers' Association of America">Baseball Writers' Association of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_captains">Team captains</h3></div> <ul><li>23 <a href="/wiki/Enos_Cabell" title="Enos Cabell">Enos Cabell</a>, 3B/1B, 1984–1985</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_records">Team records</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_team_records" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Astros team records">Houston Astros team records</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_retired_numbers" title="List of Major League Baseball retired numbers">List of Major League Baseball retired numbers</a></div> <table style="white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_5.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="5" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/AstrosRet_5.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_5.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/AstrosRet_5.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_5.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/AstrosRet_5.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_5.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Jeff<br />Bagwell</a><br />1B<br />Coach <br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap">August 26, 2007</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_7.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="7" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/AstrosRet_7.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_7.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/AstrosRet_7.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_7.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/AstrosRet_7.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_7.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig<br />Biggio</a><br />C, 2B<br /> <br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap">August 17, 2008</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_24.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="24" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/AstrosRet_24.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_24.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/AstrosRet_24.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_24.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/AstrosRet_24.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_24.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wynn" title="Jimmy Wynn">Jimmy<br />Wynn</a><br />OF<br /> <br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap">June 25, 2005</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_25.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="25" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/AstrosRet_25.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_25.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/AstrosRet_25.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_25.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/AstrosRet_25.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_25.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cruz" title="José Cruz">José<br />Cruz</a><br />OF<br />Coach <br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap">October 3, 1992</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_32.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="32" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/AstrosRet_32.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_32.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/AstrosRet_32.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_32.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/AstrosRet_32.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_32.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Umbricht" title="Jim Umbricht">Jim<br />Umbricht</a><br />P<br /> <br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap">April 12, 1965</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_33.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="33" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/AstrosRet_33.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_33.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/AstrosRet_33.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_33.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/AstrosRet_33.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_33.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Mike<br />Scott</a><br />P<br /> <br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap">October 3, 1992</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_34.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="34" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/AstrosRet_34.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_34.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/AstrosRet_34.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_34.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/AstrosRet_34.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_34.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan<br />Ryan</a><br />P<br /> <br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 1996</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_40.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="40" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AstrosRet_40.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_40.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AstrosRet_40.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_40.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AstrosRet_40.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_40.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Don_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Don Wilson (baseball)">Don<br />Wilson</a><br />P<br /> <br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap">April 13, 1975</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_49.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="49" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/AstrosRet_49.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_49.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/AstrosRet_49.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_49.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/AstrosRet_49.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_49.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Dierker" title="Larry Dierker">Larry<br />Dierker</a><br />P<br />Manager<br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Retired <span style="white-space:nowrap">May 19, 2002</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; text-align:center; width:100px; border:#aaa 1px solid; margin:0.5em 1.4em 0.8em 0;"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AstrosRet_42.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="42" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/AstrosRet_42.PNG/100px-AstrosRet_42.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/AstrosRet_42.PNG/150px-AstrosRet_42.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/AstrosRet_42.PNG/200px-AstrosRet_42.PNG 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie<br />Robinson</a><br />All MLB<br /> <br /><span style="font-size:80%; white-space:normal">Honored <span style="white-space:nowrap">April 15, 1997</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Source:</b><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While not officially retired, the Astros have not reissued number 57 since 2002, when former Astros pitcher <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Kile" title="Darryl Kile">Darryl Kile</a> died as an active player with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. The number 42 is retired by Major League Baseball in honor of <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hall_of_Fame">Hall of Fame</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_members">Baseball Hall of Fame members</h3></div> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #002D62; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;">Houston Astros Hall of Famers </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #EB6E1F; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <table style="margin: 1em auto;"> <caption><b>Houston Colt .45s</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Fox" title="Nellie Fox">Nellie Fox</a> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: 1em auto;"> <caption><b>Houston Astros</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Jeff Bagwell</a></b> *<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a></b> * </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Leo_Durocher" title="Leo Durocher">Leo Durocher</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">Randy Johnson</a> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Iván Rodríguez</a> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Don Sutton</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: 1em auto;display:none"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: 1em auto;display:none"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Players and managers listed in <b>bold</b> are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Colt .45s or Astros cap insignia.</li> <li>* Houston Astros listed as primary team according to the Hall of Fame</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ford_C._Frick_Award_recipients">Ford C. Frick Award recipients</h3></div> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #002D62; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;">Houston Astros <a href="/wiki/Ford_C._Frick_Award" title="Ford C. Frick Award"><span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Ford C. Frick Award</span></a> recipients </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum </th></tr> <tr> <td> <table style="margin: 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Gene_Elston" title="Gene Elston">Gene Elston</a></b> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Milo_Hamilton" title="Milo Hamilton">Milo Hamilton</a> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Al_Helfer" title="Al Helfer">Al Helfer</a> </p> </td> <td width="50"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Names in bold</b> received the award based primarily on their work as broadcasters for the Colt .45s or Astros.</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Astros_Hall_of_Fame">Astros Hall of Fame</h3></div> <p>On January 26, 2019, the team announced plans for a team Hall of Fame along with an inaugural class of inductees (including all retired numbers and members of the 2012 Walk of Fame), complete with an orange jacket and renderings for each of the inductees. The Astros Hall of Fame (with sponsorship by Houston Methodist) is currently located in the former Home Run Alley area of the ballpark under the new name of Hall of Fame Alley, beginning in March that revealed a series of plaques on Hall of Fame weekend on August 2 and induction the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A display was installed in the Union Station lobby on January 31 that included the jerseys and hats of the first class of inductees. The 2020 season belayed induction of the second group of Hall of Fame members until August 7 of the 2021 season.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While there was no class of 2021, the committee dedicated to electing a broad representation of Astros did elect a class of 2022 for August of the impending season, selecting <a href="/wiki/Terry_Puhl" title="Terry Puhl">Terry Puhl</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tal_Smith" title="Tal Smith">Tal Smith</a> as the next inductees into the Astros Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeff_Bagwell_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Jeff_Bagwell_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="158" height="211" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="158" data-file-height="211" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Jeff Bagwell</a> (1991–2005), Hall of Famer</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Craig-biggio_catcher_cincinnati_10-03-1990.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Craig-biggio_catcher_cincinnati_10-03-1990.jpg/170px-Craig-biggio_catcher_cincinnati_10-03-1990.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Craig-biggio_catcher_cincinnati_10-03-1990.jpg/255px-Craig-biggio_catcher_cincinnati_10-03-1990.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Craig-biggio_catcher_cincinnati_10-03-1990.jpg/340px-Craig-biggio_catcher_cincinnati_10-03-1990.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2303" data-file-height="3035" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a> (1988–2007), Hall of Famer</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Key </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"><b>Bold</b> </th> <td>Member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">†</div> </th> <td>Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as an Astro </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#cfc;"><b>Bold</b> </th> <td>Recipient of the Hall of Fame's <a href="/wiki/Ford_C._Frick_Award" title="Ford C. Frick Award">Ford C. Frick Award</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="5" style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;"><b>Houston Astros Hall of Fame</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Year </th> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">No. </th> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Position </th> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; ;">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="16">2019</td> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Aspromonte" title="Bob Aspromonte">Bob Aspromonte</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">3B</a></td> <td>1962–1968 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td style="background:#ffb;"><b><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Jeff Bagwell</a></b><sup>†</sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a></td> <td>1991–2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4, 7</td> <td style="background:#ffb;"><b><a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a></b><sup>†</sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a> / <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a> / <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a></td> <td>1988–2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cruz" title="José Cruz">José Cruz</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a></td> <td>1975–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>49</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Dierker" title="Larry Dierker">Larry Dierker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a><br />Broadcaster<br /><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Manager</a></td> <td>1964–1976<br />1979–1996<br />1997–2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><b><a href="/wiki/Gene_Elston" title="Gene Elston">Gene Elston</a></b></td> <td>Broadcaster</td> <td>1962–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><b><a href="/wiki/Milo_Hamilton" title="Milo Hamilton">Milo Hamilton</a></b></td> <td>Broadcaster</td> <td>1985–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12, 35, 18, 8</td> <td style="background:#ffb;"><b><a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a></td> <td>1963–1971, 1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>1975–1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38, 37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shane_Reynolds" title="Shane Reynolds">Shane Reynolds</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>1992–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td>50</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J.R._Richard" class="mw-redirect" title="J.R. Richard">J.R. Richard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>1971–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td style="background:#ffb;"><b><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>1980–1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(baseball)" title="Mike Scott (baseball)">Mike Scott</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>1983–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45, 32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Umbricht" title="Jim Umbricht">Jim Umbricht</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>1962–1963 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23, 40</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Don Wilson (baseball)">Don Wilson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>1966–1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18, 24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wynn" title="Jimmy Wynn">Jimmy Wynn</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a></td> <td>1963–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">2020</td> <td>22, 17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a>/<a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a></td> <td>1999–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Cede%C3%B1o" title="César Cedeño">César Cedeño</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_Fielder" class="mw-redirect" title="Center Fielder">CF</a></td> <td>1970–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Hofheinz" title="Roy Hofheinz">Roy Hofheinz</a></td> <td>Owner</td> <td>1960–1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Oswalt" title="Roy Oswalt">Roy Oswalt</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>2001–2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wagner" title="Billy Wagner">Billy Wagner</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>1995–2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38, 11, 26, 27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a>/<a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">LF</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">GM</a></td> <td>1966–1979 <br /> 1993–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2022</td> <td>21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terry_Puhl" title="Terry Puhl">Terry Puhl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a></td> <td>1977–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tal_Smith" title="Tal Smith">Tal Smith</a></td> <td>Executive</td> <td>1960–1973 <br /> 1975–1980 <br /> 1994–2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2023</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="Bill Brown (sportscaster)">Bill Brown</a></td> <td>Broadcaster</td> <td>1987–2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Doran_(second_baseman)" title="Bill Doran (second baseman)">Bill Doran</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a></td> <td>1982–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2024</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_C%C3%A1rdenas" title="René Cárdenas">René Cárdenas</a></td> <td>Broadcaster</td> <td>1961–1975 <br /> 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Caminiti" title="Ken Caminiti">Ken Caminiti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Baseman" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Baseman">3B</a></td> <td>1987–1994 <br /> 1999–2000 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas_Sports_Hall_of_Fame">Texas Sports Hall of Fame</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astros_Opening_Day-24_Lance_Berkman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Astros_Opening_Day-24_Lance_Berkman.jpg/170px-Astros_Opening_Day-24_Lance_Berkman.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Astros_Opening_Day-24_Lance_Berkman.jpg/255px-Astros_Opening_Day-24_Lance_Berkman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Astros_Opening_Day-24_Lance_Berkman.jpg/340px-Astros_Opening_Day-24_Lance_Berkman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a> (1999–2010)</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Texas_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Texas Sports Hall of Fame">Texas Sports Hall of Fame</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="5" style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><b>Astros in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important;">No. </th> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important;">Name </th> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important;">Position </th> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important;">Tenure </th> <th style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Ballanfant" title="Lee Ballanfant">Lee Ballanfant</a></td> <td>Scout</td> <td>1961–1970</td> <td>Born in Waco </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Runnels" title="Pete Runnels">Pete Runnels</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Infielder" title="Infielder">IF</a></td> <td>1963–1964</td> <td>Born in Lufkin </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Jeff Bagwell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a><br />Coach</td> <td>1991–2005<br />2010</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a>/<a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a></td> <td>1988–2007</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8, 12, 18, 35</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a></td> <td>1963–1971<br />1980</td> <td>Played mainly with the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>; born in Bonham </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">3B</a></td> <td>1967</td> <td>Played mainly with the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves</a>; born in Texarkana </td></tr> <tr> <td>12, 77</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Iván Rodríguez</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a></td> <td>2009</td> <td>Played mainly with the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lance_Berkman" title="Lance Berkman">Lance Berkman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">OF</a>/<a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a></td> <td>1999–2010</td> <td>Born in Waco, raised in New Braunfels, attended <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Andy Pettitte</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">P</a></td> <td>2004–2006</td> <td>Played mainly with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>; 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color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;; text-align: center;">40-man roster </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;; text-align: center;"><span class="nowrap">Non-roster</span> invitees </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;; text-align: center;">Coaches/Other </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Pitchers</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">52</span> <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Abreu" title="Bryan Abreu">Bryan Abreu</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">41</span> <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Arrighetti" title="Spencer Arrighetti">Spencer Arrighetti</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">56</span> <a href="/wiki/Ronel_Blanco" title="Ronel Blanco">Ronel Blanco</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">58</span> <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Brown_(baseball)" title="Hunter Brown (baseball)">Hunter Brown</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">73</span> <a href="/wiki/Luis_Contreras_(baseball)" title="Luis Contreras (baseball)">Luis Contreras</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">66</span> <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Dubin" title="Shawn Dubin">Shawn Dubin</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">68</span> <a href="/wiki/J._P._France" title="J. P. France">J. P. France</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">77</span> <a href="/wiki/Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_(pitcher,_born_1996)" title="Luis García (pitcher, born 1996)">Luis García</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">--</span> <a href="/wiki/Colton_Gordon" title="Colton Gordon">Colton Gordon</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">67</span> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Gusto" title="Ryan Gusto">Ryan Gusto</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">71</span> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hader" title="Josh Hader">Josh Hader</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">72</span> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Hernandez" title="Nick Hernandez">Nick Hernandez</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">53</span> <a href="/wiki/Cristian_Javier" title="Cristian Javier">Cristian Javier</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">74</span> <a href="/wiki/Bryan_King_(baseball)" title="Bryan King (baseball)">Bryan King</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">43</span> <a href="/wiki/Lance_McCullers_Jr." title="Lance McCullers Jr.">Lance McCullers Jr.</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">63</span> <a href="/wiki/Kaleb_Ort" title="Kaleb Ort">Kaleb Ort</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">55</span> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Pressly" title="Ryan Pressly">Ryan Pressly</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">54</span> <a href="/wiki/Tayler_Scott" title="Tayler Scott">Tayler Scott</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">62</span> <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Sousa" title="Bennett Sousa">Bennett Sousa</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">59</span> <a href="/wiki/Framber_Valdez" title="Framber Valdez">Framber Valdez</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">60</span> <a href="/wiki/Forrest_Whitley" title="Forrest Whitley">Forrest Whitley</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Catchers</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">17</span> <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Caratini" title="Víctor Caratini">Víctor Caratini</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">21</span> <a href="/wiki/Yainer_D%C3%ADaz" title="Yainer Díaz">Yainer Díaz</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">18</span> <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Salazar_(baseball)" title="César Salazar (baseball)">César Salazar</a></li></ul> <p><b>Infielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">27</span> <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 9</span> <a href="/wiki/Zach_Dezenzo" title="Zach Dezenzo">Zach Dezenzo</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">11</span> <a href="/wiki/Grae_Kessinger" title="Grae Kessinger">Grae Kessinger</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 3</span> <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Jeremy Peña">Jeremy Peña</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">28</span> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Singleton_(baseball)" title="Jon Singleton (baseball)">Jon Singleton</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">10</span> <a href="/wiki/Shay_Whitcomb" title="Shay Whitcomb">Shay Whitcomb</a></li></ul> <p><b>Outfielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">44</span> <a href="/wiki/Yordan_Alvarez" title="Yordan Alvarez">Yordan Alvarez</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">89</span> <a href="/wiki/Kenedy_Corona" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenedy Corona">Kenedy Corona</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">14</span> <a href="/wiki/Mauricio_Dub%C3%B3n" title="Mauricio Dubón">Mauricio Dubón</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">13</span> <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Hummel" title="Cooper Hummel">Cooper Hummel</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 4</span> <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Le%C3%B3n_(baseball)" title="Pedro León (baseball)">Pedro León</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">20</span> <a href="/wiki/Chas_McCormick" title="Chas McCormick">Chas McCormick</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 6</span> <a href="/wiki/Jake_Meyers" title="Jake Meyers">Jake Meyers</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">--</span> <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Trammell" title="Taylor Trammell">Taylor Trammell</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">30</span> <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Tucker" title="Kyle Tucker">Kyle Tucker</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Manager</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Espada" title="Joe Espada">Joe Espada</a></li></ul> <p><b>Coaches</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">97</span> Jason Bell <span style="font-size:85%;">(coach)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">85</span> Javier Bracamonte <span style="font-size:85%;">(bullpen catcher)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">37</span> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cintr%C3%B3n" title="Alex Cintrón">Alex Cintrón</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(hitting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">23</span> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Clark_(baseball)" title="Dave Clark (baseball)">Dave Clark</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(first base)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">29</span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(baseball)" title="Michael Collins (baseball)">Michael Collins</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(coach)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">99</span> Tommy Kawamura <span style="font-size:85%;">(major league coach)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">22</span> <a href="/wiki/Omar_L%C3%B3pez_(baseball)" title="Omar López (baseball)">Omar López</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(bench)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">36</span> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Miller_(baseball)" title="Josh Miller (baseball)">Josh Miller</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(pitching)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">95</span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Murphy_(baseball_coach)" title="Bill Murphy (baseball coach)">Bill Murphy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(bullpen)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">--</span> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Perezchica" title="Tony Perezchica">Tony Perezchica</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(third base)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">46</span> <a href="/wiki/Troy_Snitker" title="Troy Snitker">Troy Snitker</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(hitting)</span></li></ul> <p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p><p><small>39 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees</small> </p><p><small><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Injury_icon_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/10px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/15px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Injury_icon_2.svg/20px-Injury_icon_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> 7-, 10-, or 15-day <a href="/wiki/Injured_list" title="Injured list">injured list</a><br /></small> <small>* Not on active roster<br /></small> <small><sup>†</sup> Suspended list<br /></small> <small class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/astros/roster/40-man">Roster</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/astros/roster/coaches">coaches</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/astros/roster/nri">NRIs</a> updated November 19, 2024<br /></small> <small class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/astros/roster/transactions">Transactions</a></small> <small class="plainlinks">• <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/astros/roster/depth-chart">Depth chart</a><br /></small> <small>→ <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_team_rosters" title="List of Major League Baseball team rosters">All MLB rosters</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spring_training">Spring training</h2></div> <p>The Astros have held their <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> at <a href="/wiki/FITTEAM_Ballpark_of_the_Palm_Beaches" class="mw-redirect" title="FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches">The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="West Palm Beach, Florida">West Palm Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> since 2017. They share the stadium with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1985 to 2016, the Astros held spring training at <a href="/wiki/Osceola_County_Stadium" title="Osceola County Stadium">Osceola Heritage Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kissimmee,_Florida" title="Kissimmee, Florida">Kissimmee, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minor_league_affiliations">Minor league affiliations</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Houston Astros minor league affiliates">List of Houston Astros minor league affiliates</a></div> <p>The Houston Astros <a href="/wiki/Farm_team" title="Farm team">farm system</a> consists of seven <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor league</a> affiliates.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;">Class </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;">Team </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;">League </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;">Location </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;">Ballpark </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;">Affiliated </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land_Space_Cowboys" title="Sugar Land Space Cowboys">Sugar Land Space Cowboys</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land, Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Constellation_Field" title="Constellation Field">Constellation Field</a> </td> <td align="right">2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Double-A_(baseball)" title="Double-A (baseball)">Double-A</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Hooks" title="Corpus Christi Hooks">Corpus Christi Hooks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi, Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whataburger_Field" title="Whataburger Field">Whataburger Field</a> </td> <td align="right">2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/High-A" title="High-A">High-A</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asheville_Tourists" title="Asheville Tourists">Asheville Tourists</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">South Atlantic League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville, North Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McCormick_Field" title="McCormick Field">McCormick Field</a> </td> <td align="right">2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Single-A" title="Single-A">Single-A</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville_Woodpeckers" title="Fayetteville Woodpeckers">Fayetteville Woodpeckers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville, North Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Segra_Stadium" title="Segra Stadium">Segra Stadium</a> </td> <td align="right">2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Rookie_league" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie league">Rookie</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League_Astros" title="Florida Complex League Astros">FCL Astros</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League" title="Florida Complex League">Florida Complex League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="West Palm Beach, Florida">West Palm Beach, Florida</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Ballpark_of_the_Palm_Beaches" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches">The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches</a> </td> <td align="right">2023 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Astros" title="Dominican Summer League Astros">DSL Astros Blue</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League" title="Dominican Summer League">Dominican Summer League</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Boca_Chica" title="Boca Chica">Boca Chica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo_Province" title="Santo Domingo Province">Santo Domingo</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Houston Astros Complex </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">2022 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Astros" title="Dominican Summer League Astros">DSL Astros Orange</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Divisional">Divisional</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lone_Star_Series:_Texas_Rangers">Lone Star Series: Texas Rangers</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Series" title="Lone Star Series">Lone Star Series</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Silver_Boot.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/Silver_Boot.JPG/220px-Silver_Boot.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/Silver_Boot.JPG/330px-Silver_Boot.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/Silver_Boot.JPG/440px-Silver_Boot.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>The Silver Boot is awarded annually to the winner of the Lone Star Series</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Lone Star Series</b> (also, <b>Silver Boot Series</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> rivalry featuring Texas' two major league franchises, the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> and Astros. It is an outgrowth of the "natural rivalry" established by MLB as part of <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play" title="Interleague play">interleague play</a> as the Rangers are a member of the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> and the Astros were a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> until <a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2012 Major League Baseball season">2012</a>. </p><p>During interleague play, the winner of the 6-game series was awarded the Silver Boot. A 30-inch (760 mm) tall display of a size-15 <a href="/wiki/Cowboy_boot" title="Cowboy boot">cowboy boot</a> cast in silver, complete with a custom, handmade <a href="/wiki/Spur" title="Spur">spur</a>. If the series was split (3–3), the winner was the club which scored the most <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">runs</a> over the course of the series. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2013 Major League Baseball season">2013</a>, the Astros joined the <a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">American League West</a> with the Rangers and changed their rivalry from an interleague to an intra-division rivalry, the Astros played their first game in the American League against the Rangers on Sunday Night Baseball that season. In 2015, both teams made the playoffs and were in a tight division race during most of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both teams qualified for the postseason again in 2023. While the teams had identical regular season records of 90–72, the Astros won the division title for their better head-to-head record (9–4), whilst the Rangers clinched the wild card berth. The Astros and Rangers had their first postseason matchup in the <a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2023 American League Championship Series">2023 ALCS</a>, with the Rangers ultimately winning in seven games.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seattle_Mariners">Seattle Mariners</h4></div> <p>Fairly recently, the Astros have grown an increasingly competitive rivalry with the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> as both teams have fought handily for control of the division. The resurgence of the Mariners to playoff contention in the early 2020s has fueled the rivalry in competition as the Mariners have often finished within 5 games of the Astros in the division for the past three seasons. The 2022 season saw the Mariners return to playoff success, winning their first series since 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mariners and Astros were set to face off in the ALDS, but Houston would go on to win the series in a 0–3 sweep. Despite the lone playoff meeting, both teams have grown a recent history of hitting one another with pitches, and even instigating multiple brawls between players.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series was very lopsided in favor of the Astros for multiple decades as Houston leads the all-time regular season series 119–73, including a 3–0 lead in the postseason. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_League">American League</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_York_Yankees">New York Yankees</h4></div> <p>The rivalry between the Astros and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> emerged in the mid-2010s after the Astros moved to the American League and eventually ascended to title contenders. The two teams have met in four postseason rounds, all of which were won by Houston. However, like the Astros' rivalry with the Dodgers, animosity grew immediately after the Astros were revealed to have stolen signs during their 2017 championship season, as well as the Yankees' inability to overcome Houston in the playoffs despite fielding equally strong rosters.<sup id="cite_ref-AstrosYankeesplayoffs_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AstrosYankeesplayoffs-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both teams are tied all-time with 43 wins apiece, but the Astros own a 13–5 postseason record. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_League">National League</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Los_Angeles_Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Astros%E2%80%93Dodgers_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Astros–Dodgers rivalry">Astros–Dodgers rivalry</a></div> <p>The series between the Astros and the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> had initially begun as a divisional matchup but following Houston's realignment to the American League, the rivalry regained intensity as the two teams played one another in the <a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017 World Series</a> in which the Astros controversially won the championship in 7 games. Animosity was quick to grow further after the Astros' widely publicized <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_sign_stealing_scandal" title="Houston Astros sign stealing scandal">sign stealing scandal</a> had drawn negative attention to the organization after it was revealed the team had utilized a complex system to steal pitch signs, particularly during the 2017 World Series. As a result of the scandal, hostility grew immensely between the two teams and their fans.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dodgers lead the all-time series 400–334, both teams are tied in postseason wins 6-6. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Radio_and_television">Radio and television</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_Radio_Network" title="Houston Astros Radio Network">Houston Astros Radio Network</a></div> <p>Since 2013, the Astros' flagship radio station is <a href="/wiki/KBME_(AM)" title="KBME (AM)">KBME</a>, Sportstalk 790 AM (a <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Radio" title="Fox Sports Radio">Fox Sports Radio</a> affiliate). Previously, the team had a partnership with <a href="/wiki/KTRH_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KTRH (AM)">KTRH</a> (740 AM) which went from 1999 to 2012 (both stations are owned by <a href="/wiki/IHeartMedia" title="IHeartMedia">iHeartMedia</a>). This change suddenly made it difficult for listeners outside of Houston itself to hear the Astros, as KTRH runs 50 kilowatts of power day and night, and KBME runs only five kilowatts. As a result, KTRH is audible across much of Central, East, and South Texas, whereas KBME can only be heard in Houston, especially after dark. <a href="/wiki/Milo_Hamilton" title="Milo Hamilton">Milo Hamilton</a>, a veteran voice who was on the call for <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a>'s 715th career home run in 1974, retired at the end of the 2012 season, after broadcasting play-by-play for the Astros since 1985. <a href="/wiki/Dave_Raymond" title="Dave Raymond">Dave Raymond</a> and Brett Dolan shared play-by-play duty for road games, while Raymond additionally worked as Hamilton's color analyst (while Hamilton called home games only for the past few seasons before his retirement); they were not retained and instead brought in <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ford_(sportscaster)" title="Robert Ford (sportscaster)">Robert Ford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Sparks_(pitcher,_born_1965)" title="Steve Sparks (pitcher, born 1965)">Steve Sparks</a> to begin broadcasting for the 2013 season.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spanish language radio play-by-play is handled by Francisco Romero, and his play-by-play partner is <a href="/wiki/Alex_Trevi%C3%B1o" title="Alex Treviño">Alex Treviño</a>, a former backup catcher for the club. </p><p>During the 2012 season Astros games on television were announced by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="Bill Brown (sportscaster)">Bill Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Deshaies" title="Jim Deshaies">Jim Deshaies</a>. In the seven seasons before then, Astros games were broadcast on television by <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Houston" title="Fox Sports Houston">Fox Sports Houston</a>, with select games shown on broadcast TV by <a href="/wiki/KTXH" title="KTXH">KTXH</a>. As part of a ten-year, $1 billion deal with <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> that includes a majority stake jointly held by the Astros and the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>, Houston Astros games moved to the new Comcast SportsNet Houston at the beginning of the 2013 season.<sup id="cite_ref-chron-csnhouston_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chron-csnhouston-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 27, 2013, CSN Houston filed for <a href="/wiki/Chapter_11_Bankruptcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chapter 11 Bankruptcy">Chapter 11 Bankruptcy</a> and surprising the Astros who own the largest stake.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being brought out of bankruptcy by <a href="/wiki/DirecTV_Sports_Networks" class="mw-redirect" title="DirecTV Sports Networks">DirecTV Sports Networks</a> and <a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a>, the channel's name was changed to Root Sports Southwest then later <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_SportsNet_Southwest" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T SportsNet Southwest">AT&T SportsNet Southwest</a>. </p><p>The current television team consists of <a href="/wiki/Todd_Kalas" title="Todd Kalas">Todd Kalas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Blum" title="Geoff Blum">Geoff Blum</a> and reporter <a href="/wiki/Julia_Morales" title="Julia Morales">Julia Morales</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mascots">Mascots</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Orbit_(mascot)" title="Orbit (mascot)">Orbit (mascot)</a></div> <p>In April 1977, the Houston Astros introduced their first mascot, Chester Charge. Created by Ed Henderson, Chester Charge was a Texas cavalry soldier on a horse. Chester appeared on the field at the beginning of each home game, during the seventh-inning stretch and then ran around the bases at the conclusion of each win. At the blast of a bugle, the scoreboard would light up and the audience would yell, "Charge!" <sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Orbit_Houston_Astros_mascot_preseason_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Orbit_Houston_Astros_mascot_preseason_2014.jpg/220px-Orbit_Houston_Astros_mascot_preseason_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Orbit_Houston_Astros_mascot_preseason_2014.jpg/330px-Orbit_Houston_Astros_mascot_preseason_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Orbit_Houston_Astros_mascot_preseason_2014.jpg/440px-Orbit_Houston_Astros_mascot_preseason_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3671" data-file-height="2447" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Orbit_(mascot)" title="Orbit (mascot)">Orbit</a>, Houston Astros mascot from 1990 to 1999, 2013–present</figcaption></figure> <p>The Astros' current mascot is Orbit, a lime-green outer-space creature wearing an Astros jersey with antennae extending into baseballs. Orbit was the team's official mascot from the 1990 through the 1999 seasons. For the 2000 season, a rabbit named Junction Jack was introduced as the team's mascot with the move from the Astrodome to then Enron Field. (Junction Jack had two "relatives", Junction Julie and Junction Jesse, who were not official mascots). Orbit returned after a 13-year hiatus on November 2, 2012, at the unveiling of the Astros' new look for their 2013 debut in the American League. The name Orbit pays homage to Houston's association with NASA and nickname Space City.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The team's official colors are blue and orange, according to the team's mascot (<a href="/wiki/Orbit_(mascot)" title="Orbit (mascot)">Orbit</a>)'s official website.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/astros/fans/orbit">"Orbit – Houston Astros Mascot"</a>. <i>Astros.com</i>. <a href="/wiki/MLB_Advanced_Media" title="MLB Advanced Media">MLB Advanced Media</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/2006_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2006 National League Championship Series">2006</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2016_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2016 American League Championship Series">2016</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> American League champions<br />Houston Astros </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2017 American League Championship Series">2017</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2018 American League Championship Series">2018</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2018 American League Championship Series">2018</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> American League champions<br />Houston Astros </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2019 American League Championship Series">2019</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/2020_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2020 American League Championship Series">2020</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/2020_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2020 American League Championship Series">2020</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> American League champions<br />Houston Astros </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2021 American League Championship Series">2021</a>–<a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2022 American League Championship Series">2022</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Established in <b><a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1962 Major League Baseball season"><span style="color:#000000">1962</span></a></b></li> <li>Formerly the <b>Houston Colt .45s</b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston"><span style="color:#000000">Houston, Texas</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span style="color:#000000">Franchise</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1962 Major League Baseball expansion">1962 expansion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft" title="1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft">Expansion draft</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Houston_Astros" title="History of the Houston Astros">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_seasons" title="List of Houston Astros seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_team_records" title="List of Houston Astros team records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_no-hitters" title="List of Houston Astros no-hitters">No-hitters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_award_winners_and_league_leaders" title="Houston Astros award winners and league leaders">Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_all-time_roster" title="Houston Astros all-time roster">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_managers" title="List of Houston Astros managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_owners_and_executives" title="List of Houston Astros owners and executives">Owners and executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Houston Astros first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers" title="List of Houston Astros Opening Day starting pitchers">Opening Day starting pitchers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Houston_Astros" title="Category:Houston Astros">All articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">Ballparks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colt_Stadium" title="Colt Stadium">Colt Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Houston Astrodome</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Minute_Maid_Park" title="Minute Maid Park">Daikin Park</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;"><span class="nobold"><i>Spring training:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geronimo_Park" title="Geronimo Park">Geronimo Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Florida_Sports_Park" title="Coastal Florida Sports Park">Cocoa Expo Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_County_Stadium" title="Osceola County Stadium">Osceola County Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cacti_Park_of_the_Palm_Beaches" title="Cacti Park of the Palm Beaches">CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AstroTurf" title="AstroTurf">AstroTurf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbit_(mascot)" title="Orbit (mascot)">Orbit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(Houston)" title="Union Station (Houston)">Union Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bamboo_Lounge" title="Big Bamboo Lounge">Big Bamboo Lounge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_League" title="Continental League">Continental League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_in_the_Heart_of_Texas" title="Deep in the Heart of Texas">"Deep in the Heart of Texas"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Buffaloes" title="Houston Buffaloes">Houston Buffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriners_College_Classic" title="Shriners College Classic">Shriners College Classic</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ball_Four" title="Ball Four">Ball Four</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brewster_McCloud" title="Brewster McCloud">Brewster McCloud</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bad_News_Bears_in_Breaking_Training" title="The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training">The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_at_the_World_Series" title="Murder at the World Series">Murder at the World Series</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Game_(film)" title="Night Game (film)">Night Game</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hot_Tub" title="The Hot Tub">"The Hot Tub" (<i>Seinfeld</i> episode)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boyhood_(2014_film)" title="Boyhood (2014 film)">Boyhood</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Resurrection:_The_J.R._Richard_Story" title="Resurrection: The J.R. Richard Story">Resurrection: The J.R. Richard Story</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milo_Hamilton" title="Milo Hamilton"><i>"Holy Toledo!"</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McIngvale" title="Jim McIngvale">Mattress Mack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Kids_Foundation" title="Sunshine Kids Foundation">Sunshine Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darryl_Kile_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Darryl Kile Award">Darryl Kile Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_National_League_West_tie-breaker_game" title="1980 National League West tie-breaker game">1980 NL West tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killer_B%27s_(Houston_Astros)" title="Killer B's (Houston Astros)">Killer B's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Division_Series" title="2005 National League Division Series">Chris Burke's home run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2017 American League Championship Series">24 straight curveballs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Houston_Astros_season" title="2017 Houston Astros season">Houston Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_sign_stealing_scandal" title="Houston Astros sign stealing scandal">Sign stealing scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2019 American League Championship Series">"Altuve!"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Division_Series" title="2022 American League Division Series">18 shutout innings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2022 American League Championship Series">"We Want Houston!"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">World Series no-hitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Mexico_City_Series" title="MLB Mexico City Series">MLB Mexico City Series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astros%E2%80%93Dodgers_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Astros–Dodgers rivalry">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Series" title="Lone Star Series">Texas Rangers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crane" title="Jim Crane">Jim Crane</a></li> <li>General Manager: <a href="/wiki/Dana_Brown_(baseball)" title="Dana Brown (baseball)">Dana Brown</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Espada" title="Joe Espada">Joe Espada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">World Series<br />Championships (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">League pennants (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>NL: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2005 National League Championship Series">2005</a></li></ul></li> <li>AL: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2017 American League Championship Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2019 American League Championship Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2021 American League Championship Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2022 American League Championship Series">2022</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">Division titles (14)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>NL West: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 National League Championship Series">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_National_League_Division_Series" title="1981 National League Division Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1986 National League Championship Series">1986</a></li></ul></li> <li>NL Central: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_National_League_Division_Series" title="1997 National League Division Series">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_National_League_Division_Series" title="1998 National League Division Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_League_Division_Series" title="1999 National League Division Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_National_League_Division_Series" title="2001 National League Division Series">2001</a></li></ul></li> <li>AL West: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Division_Series" title="2017 American League Division Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Division_Series" title="2018 American League Division Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Division_Series" title="2019 American League Division Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Division_Series" title="2021 American League Division Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Division_Series" title="2022 American League Division Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Division_Series" title="2023 American League Division Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2024 American League Wild Card Series">2024</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">Wild card titles (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>NL: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_National_League_Division_Series" title="2004 National League Division Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Division_Series" title="2005 National League Division Series">2005</a></li></ul></li> <li>AL: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2015 American League Wild Card Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2020 American League Wild Card Series">2020</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Houston Astros minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#000000">Minors</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Triple-A: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land_Space_Cowboys" title="Sugar Land Space Cowboys">Sugar Land Space Cowboys</a></li></ul></li> <li>Double-A: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Hooks" title="Corpus Christi Hooks">Corpus Christi Hooks</a></li></ul></li> <li>High-A: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asheville_Tourists" title="Asheville Tourists">Asheville Tourists</a></li></ul></li> <li>Single-A: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville_Woodpeckers" title="Fayetteville Woodpeckers">Fayetteville Woodpeckers</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rookie: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League_Astros" title="Florida Complex League Astros">FCL Astros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Astros" title="Dominican Summer League Astros">DSL Astros Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Astros" title="Dominican Summer League Astros">DSL Astros Orange</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; 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color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;background-color: #002D62 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #EB6E1F, inset -2px -2px 0 #EB6E1F; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(64)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (64)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1960 · 1961 · </span> <a href="/wiki/1962_Houston_Colt_.45s_season" title="1962 Houston Colt .45s season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Houston_Colt_.45s_season" title="1963 Houston Colt .45s season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Houston_Colt_.45s_season" title="1964 Houston Colt .45s season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Houston_Astros_season" title="1965 Houston Astros season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Houston_Astros_season" title="1966 Houston Astros season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Houston_Astros_season" title="1967 Houston Astros season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Houston_Astros_season" title="1968 Houston Astros season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Houston_Astros_season" title="1969 Houston Astros season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Houston_Astros_season" title="1970 Houston Astros season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Houston_Astros_season" title="1971 Houston Astros season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Houston_Astros_season" title="1972 Houston Astros season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Houston_Astros_season" title="1973 Houston Astros season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Houston_Astros_season" title="1974 Houston Astros season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Houston_Astros_season" title="1975 Houston Astros season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Houston_Astros_season" title="1976 Houston Astros season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Houston_Astros_season" title="1977 Houston Astros season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Houston_Astros_season" title="1978 Houston Astros season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Houston_Astros_season" title="1979 Houston Astros season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/1980_Houston_Astros_season" title="1980 Houston Astros season">1980</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1981_Houston_Astros_season" title="1981 Houston Astros season">1981</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Houston_Astros_season" title="1982 Houston Astros season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Houston_Astros_season" title="1983 Houston Astros season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Houston_Astros_season" title="1984 Houston Astros season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Houston_Astros_season" title="1985 Houston Astros season">1985</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1986_Houston_Astros_season" title="1986 Houston Astros season">1986</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Houston_Astros_season" title="1987 Houston Astros season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Houston_Astros_season" title="1988 Houston Astros season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Houston_Astros_season" title="1989 Houston Astros season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #002D62, inset -2px -2px 0 #002D62; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Houston_Astros_season" title="1990 Houston Astros season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Houston_Astros_season" title="1991 Houston Astros season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Houston_Astros_season" title="1992 Houston Astros season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Houston_Astros_season" title="1993 Houston Astros season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Houston_Astros_season" title="1994 Houston Astros season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Houston_Astros_season" title="1995 Houston Astros season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Houston_Astros_season" title="1996 Houston Astros season">1996</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1997_Houston_Astros_season" title="1997 Houston Astros season">1997</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1998_Houston_Astros_season" title="1998 Houston Astros season">1998</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1999_Houston_Astros_season" title="1999 Houston Astros season">1999</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #EB6E1F !important; 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#B7D0FF;"><a href="/wiki/National_League_West" title="National League West">West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Diamondbacks" title="Arizona Diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_schedule" title="Major League Baseball schedule">Schedule</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">Spring training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opening_Day" title="Opening Day">Opening Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson_Day" title="Jackie Robinson Day">Jackie Robinson Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Game" title="Civil Rights Game">Civil Rights Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interleague_play" title="Interleague play">Interleague play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_games_played_outside_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="List of Major League Baseball games played outside the United States and Canada">International games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MLB_London_Series" title="MLB London Series">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Mexico_City_Series" title="MLB Mexico City Series">Mexico City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Seoul_Series" title="MLB Seoul Series">Seoul</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Little_League_Classic" title="MLB Little League Classic">Little League Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_at_Field_of_Dreams" title="MLB at Field of Dreams">Field of Dreams Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_at_Rickwood_Field" title="MLB at Rickwood Field">Rickwood Field Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Players_Weekend" title="Players Weekend">Players Weekend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic" title="World Baseball Classic">World Baseball Classic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="Major League Baseball postseason">Postseason</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_champions" title="List of World Series champions">Champions</a></li></ul></li> <li>AL <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_pennant_winners" title="List of American League pennant winners">AL champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">ALCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_League_Division_Series" title="American League Division Series">ALDS</a></li></ul></li> <li>NL <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_pennant_winners" title="List of National League pennant winners">NL champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_Championship_Series" title="National League Championship Series">NLCS</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_game_sevens" title="List of Major League Baseball game sevens">Game 7s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Business</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Authentication_Program" title="Major League Baseball Authentication Program">Authentication Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Official_Professional_Baseball_Rules_Book" title="The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book">Business rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="Major League Baseball draft">Draft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rule_5_draft" title="Rule 5 draft">Rule 5</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-paid_Major_League_Baseball_players" title="List of highest-paid Major League Baseball players">Highest-paid players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_stove_league" title="Hot stove league">Hot stove league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_luxury_tax" title="Major League Baseball luxury tax">Luxury tax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_lockout" title="MLB lockout">Lockouts/strikes</a></li> <li>Media <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_logo" title="Major League Baseball logo">Logo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_the_radio" title="Major League Baseball on the radio">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television" title="Major League Baseball on television">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB.com" title="MLB.com">MLB.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Advanced_Media" title="MLB Advanced Media">MLB Advanced Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Network" title="MLB Network">MLB Network</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Draft_League" title="MLB Draft League">MLB Draft League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Players_Association" title="Major League Baseball Players Association">Players Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic_Inc." title="World Baseball Classic Inc.">World Baseball Classic Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_transactions" title="Major League Baseball transactions">Transactions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Free_agency_(Major_League_Baseball)" title="Free agency (Major League Baseball)">Free agency</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbes%27_list_of_the_most_valuable_MLB_clubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes' list of the most valuable MLB clubs">Valuations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Meetings" title="Winter Meetings">Winter Meetings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Instant_replay_in_Major_League_Baseball" title="Instant replay in Major League Baseball">Instant replay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_uniforms" title="Major League Baseball uniforms">Team uniforms</a> (<a href="/wiki/2024_Major_League_Baseball_uniform_controversy" title="2024 Major League Baseball uniform controversy">2024 controversy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Major_League_Baseball_stadiums" title="List of current Major League Baseball stadiums">Stadiums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_mascots" title="List of Major League Baseball mascots">Mascots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_rivalries" title="Major League Baseball rivalries">Rivalries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Major_League_Baseball_and_Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Comparison of Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball">Comparison with Nippon Professional Baseball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_baseball_in_the_United_States" title="History of baseball in the United States">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_American_League" title="History of the American League">AL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_seasons" title="List of Major League Baseball seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_tie-breakers" title="List of Major League Baseball tie-breakers">Tie-breakers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_tie-breaking_procedures" title="Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures">Tie-breaking procedures</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_all-time_Major_League_Baseball_win%E2%80%93loss_records" title="List of all-time Major League Baseball win–loss records">All-time win–loss records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_records" title="List of Major League Baseball career records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_awards" title="List of Major League Baseball awards">Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_retired_numbers" title="List of Major League Baseball retired numbers">Retired numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Fame</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame">members</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Commission" title="National Baseball Commission">National Baseball Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_League" title="Continental League">Continental League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organized_baseball" title="Organized baseball">Organized baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_color_line" title="Baseball color line">Baseball color line</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_black_Major_League_Baseball_players" title="List of first black Major League Baseball players">First black players in MLB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Negro_league_baseball_players_who_played_in_Major_League_Baseball" title="List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball">Negro leaguers who played in MLB</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_Major_League_Baseball_principal_owners" title="List of female Major League Baseball principal owners">Women MLB owners</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Predecessors" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Predecessors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(1882%E2%80%931891)" title="American Association (1882–1891)">American Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Association" title="Union Association">Union Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Players%27_League" title="Players' League">Players' League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_League" title="Federal League">Federal League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Major Negro leagues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)" title="Negro National League (1920–1931)">Negro National League (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Colored_League" title="Eastern Colored League">Eastern Colored League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Negro_League" title="American Negro League">American Negro League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_League" title="East–West League">East–West League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_Southern_League_(1920%E2%80%931936)" title="Negro Southern League (1920–1936)">Negro Southern League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1920%E2%80%931931)" title="Negro National League (1920–1931)">Negro National League (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American League</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Steroid usage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_drug_policy" title="Major League Baseball drug policy">Drug policy</a> <ul><li><a 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title="History of baseball team nicknames">History of team nicknames</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dead-ball_era" title="Dead-ball era">Dead-ball era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live-ball_era" title="Live-ball era">Live-ball era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_age_of_baseball" title="Golden age of baseball">Golden age of baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_and_relocated_Major_League_Baseball_teams" title="List of defunct and relocated Major League Baseball teams">Defunct and relocated teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_relocations_of_1950s%E2%80%931960s" title="Major League Baseball relocations of 1950s–1960s">Relocations of the 1950s–1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_Major_League_Baseball" title="Expansion of Major League Baseball">Expansion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1961 Major League Baseball expansion">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1962 Major League Baseball expansion">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1969 Major League Baseball expansion">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1977 Major League Baseball expansion">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1993 Major League Baseball expansion">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1998 Major League Baseball expansion">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_Major_League_Baseball#Potential_future_expansion_sites" title="Expansion of Major League Baseball">Potential</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_contraction_plan" title="2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan">Contraction attempt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">Commissioner</a></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Rob_Manfred" title="Rob Manfred">Rob Manfred</a></b></li> <li>League Presidents <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_presidents" title="List of American League presidents">AL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_presidents" title="List of National League presidents">NL</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="American_League" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #CC0000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; 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box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000088, inset -2px -2px 0 #000088; !important;;;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">Professional baseball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_League" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #000088 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CC0000, inset -2px -2px 0 #CC0000; 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title="ECHL">ECHL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allen_Americans" title="Allen Americans">Allen Americans</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Hockey_League" title="North American Hockey League">NAHL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amarillo_Wranglers_(NAHL)" title="Amarillo Wranglers (NAHL)">Amarillo Wranglers</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_IceRays" title="Corpus Christi IceRays">Corpus Christi IceRays</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_Rhinos" title="El Paso Rhinos">El Paso Rhinos</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Brahmas" title="Lone Star Brahmas">Lone Star Brahmas</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Odessa_Jackalopes" title="Odessa Jackalopes">Odessa Jackalopes</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_American_3_Hockey_League" title="North American 3 Hockey League">NA3HL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">Austin Ice Bats</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_Rhinos" title="El Paso Rhinos">El Paso Rhinos</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mid-Cities_Junior_Stars" title="Mid-Cities Junior Stars">Mid-Cities Junior Stars</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Jr._Brahmas" title="Texas Jr. Brahmas">Texas Jr. Brahmas</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">Texas RoadRunners</span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soccer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_FC" title="Austin FC">Austin FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dallas" title="FC Dallas">FC Dallas</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Dynamo_FC" title="Houston Dynamo FC">Houston Dynamo FC</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">NWSL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Dash" title="Houston Dash">Houston Dash</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/USL_Super_League" title="USL Super League">USLS</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Trinity_FC" title="Dallas Trinity FC">Dallas Trinity FC</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/USL_Championship" title="USL Championship">USLC</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_Locomotive_FC" title="El Paso Locomotive FC">El Paso Locomotive FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_FC" title="San Antonio FC">San Antonio FC</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/MLS_Next_Pro" title="MLS Next Pro">MLSNP</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_FC_II" title="Austin FC II">Austin FC II</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Dynamo_2" title="Houston Dynamo 2">Houston Dynamo 2</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Texas_SC" title="North Texas SC">North Texas SC</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/USL_League_One" title="USL League One">USL1</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Texoma_FC" title="Texoma FC">Texoma FC</a> (2025)</i></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL2</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AC_Houston_Sur" class="mw-redirect" title="AC Houston Sur">AC Houston Sur</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AHFC_Royals" title="AHFC Royals">AHFC Royals</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_FC" title="Corpus Christi FC">Corpus Christi FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hill_Country_Lobos" title="Hill Country Lobos">Hill Country Lobos</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Houston_FC" title="Houston FC">Houston FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Twin_City_Toucans_FC" title="Twin City Toucans FC">Twin City Toucans FC</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL PDL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Lightning" title="Austin Lightning">Austin Lightning</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Aztex_U23" title="Austin Aztex U23">Austin Aztex U23</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Soccer_League" title="National Premier Soccer League">NPSL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_United_FC" title="Austin United FC">Austin United FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FC_Brownsville" title="FC Brownsville">FC Brownsville</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coyotes_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Coyotes FC">Coyotes FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_City_FC" title="Dallas City FC">Dallas City FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denton_Diablos_FC" title="Denton Diablos FC">Denton Diablos FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_Vaqueros_FC" title="Fort Worth Vaqueros FC">Fort Worth Vaqueros FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laredo_Heat" title="Laredo Heat">Laredo Heat</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Midland-Odessa_Sockers_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland-Odessa Sockers FC">Midland-Odessa Sockers FC</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_League" title="United Soccer League">SISL/USISL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Lone_Stars" title="Austin Lone Stars">Austin Lone Stars</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Soccer_Alliance" title="Lone Star Soccer Alliance">LSSA</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Thunder" title="Austin Thunder">Austin Thunder</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_Arena_Soccer_League" title="Major Arena Soccer League">MASL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Sidekicks_(2012%E2%80%93present)" title="Dallas Sidekicks (2012–present)">Dallas Sidekicks</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mesquite_Outlaws" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesquite Outlaws">Mesquite Outlaws</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_Arena_Soccer_League_2" title="Major Arena Soccer League 2">MASL2</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">Amarillo Bombers</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/RGV_Barracudas_FC" title="RGV Barracudas FC">RGV Barracudas FC</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Women%27s_Soccer" title="United Women's Soccer">UWS</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FC_Austin_Elite" title="FC Austin Elite">FC Austin Elite</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">San Antonio Athenians SC</span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">WPSL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Rise_FC" title="Austin Rise FC">Austin Rise FC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Aces" title="Houston Aces">Houston Aces</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/USL_W-League_(1995%E2%80%932015)" title="USL W-League (1995–2015)">USL W-2</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Lone_Stars#Lady_Lone_Stars" title="Austin Lone Stars">Austin Lady Lone Stars</a></span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lacrosse</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">NLL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Panther_City_Lacrosse_Club" title="Panther City Lacrosse Club">Panther City Lacrosse Club</a></span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Australian rules<br />football</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Australian_Football_League" title="United States Australian Football League">USAFL</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Crows" title="Austin Crows">Austin Crows</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Dingoes" title="Dallas Dingoes">Dallas Dingoes</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Lonestars" title="Houston Lonestars">Houston Lonestars</a></span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Roller derby</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Flat_Track_Derby_Association" title="Women's Flat Track Derby Association">WFTDA</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alamo_City_Rollergirls" title="Alamo City Rollergirls">Alamo City Rollergirls</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Assassination_City_Roller_Derby" title="Assassination City Roller Derby">Assassination City Roller Derby</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_Capital_Rollergirls" title="Cowboy Capital Rollergirls">Cowboy Capital Rollergirls</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Derby_Devils" title="Dallas Derby Devils">Dallas Derby Devils</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Roller_Derby" title="Houston Roller Derby">Houston Roller Derby</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Spindletop_Roller_Girls" title="Spindletop Roller Girls">Spindletop Roller Girls</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rollergirls" title="Texas Rollergirls">Texas Rollergirls</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Texas_Roller_Derby" title="West Texas Roller Derby">West Texas Roller Derby</a></span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rugby union</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Rugby" title="Major League Rugby">MLR</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a 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Harlequins R.F.C.">Dallas Harlequins R.F.C.</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_RFC" title="Dallas RFC">Dallas RFC</a></span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Softball</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Fastpitch" title="Women's Professional Fastpitch">WPF</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Smoke" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Smoke">Texas Smoke</a></span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cricket</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Cricket" title="Major League Cricket">MLC</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Houston" title="Architecture of Houston">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Houston" title="Climate of Houston">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Houston" title="Culture of Houston">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Houston" title="Demographics of Houston">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Houston" title="Economy of Houston">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Houston" title="Geography of Houston">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Houston" title="History of Houston">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Houston" title="Timeline of Houston">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston#Media" title="Houston">Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Houston" title="List of newspapers in Houston">newspapers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Houston" title="Transportation in Houston">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister_cities_of_Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister cities of Houston">Sister cities</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Houston,_Texas.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of Houston"><img alt="Seal of Houston" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Seal_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg/80px-Seal_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Seal_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg/120px-Seal_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Seal_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg/160px-Seal_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="538" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attractions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anime_Matsuri" title="Anime Matsuri">Anime Matsuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Art_Car_Parade" title="Houston Art Car Parade">Art Car Parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astroworld_Festival" title="Astroworld Festival">Astroworld Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayou_Place" title="Bayou Place">Bayou Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bayou_Park" title="Buffalo Bayou Park">Buffalo Bayou Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comicpalooza" title="Comicpalooza">Comicpalooza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Green" title="Discovery Green">Discovery Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Aquarium,_Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="Downtown Aquarium, Houston">Downtown Aquarium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Galleria_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Galleria (Houston)">The Galleria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Park" title="Hermann Park">Hermann Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Livestock_Show_and_Rodeo" title="Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo">Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Zoo" title="Houston Zoo">Houston Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemah_Boardwalk" title="Kemah Boardwalk">Kemah Boardwalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_and_Joe_Jamail_Skatepark" title="Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark">Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Park,_Houston" title="Memorial Park, Houston">Memorial Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Museum_District" title="Houston Museum District">Museum District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Orange_Show" title="The Orange Show">The Orange Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_Battleground_State_Historic_Site" title="San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site">San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Center_Houston" title="Space Center Houston">Space Center Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Flags_Hurricane_Harbor_SplashTown" title="Six Flags Hurricane Harbor SplashTown">Splashtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Theater_District" title="Houston Theater District">Theater District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_D._Hines_Waterwall_Park" title="Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park">Waterwall Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Business<br />districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Houston" title="Downtown Houston">Downtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uptown_Houston" title="Uptown Houston">Uptown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center" title="Texas Medical Center">Texas Medical Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenway_Plaza" title="Greenway Plaza">Greenway Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Energy_Corridor" title="Houston Energy Corridor">Energy Corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westchase,_Houston" title="Westchase, Houston">Westchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_City,_Houston" title="Memorial City, Houston">Memorial City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenspoint,_Houston" title="Greenspoint, Houston">Greenspoint</a></li></ul> <p><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_in_Houston" title="List of companies in Houston">List of companies in Houston</a></i> </p> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Communities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acres_Homes,_Houston" title="Acres Homes, Houston">Acres Homes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Addicks,_Houston" title="Addicks, Houston">Addicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alief,_Houston" title="Alief, Houston">Alief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almeda,_Houston" title="Almeda, Houston">Almeda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordersville,_Houston" title="Bordersville, Houston">Bordersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulevard_Oaks,_Houston" title="Boulevard Oaks, Houston">Boulevard Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braeburn,_Houston" title="Braeburn, Houston">Braeburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braeswood_Place,_Houston" title="Braeswood Place, Houston">Braeswood Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brays_Oaks,_Houston" title="Brays Oaks, Houston">Brays Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briargrove,_Houston" title="Briargrove, Houston">Briargrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge,_Houston" title="Blue Ridge, Houston">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Houston" title="Chinatown, Houston">Chinatown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake_City_(Greater_Houston)" title="Clear Lake City (Greater Houston)">Clear Lake City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_Harbor,_Houston" title="Denver Harbor, Houston">Denver Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Downtown_Houston" title="East Downtown Houston">East Downtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_End,_Houston" title="East End, Houston">East End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Houston,_Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="East Houston, Houston">East Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairbanks,_Houston" title="Fairbanks, Houston">Fairbanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Corners_District" title="Five Corners District">Five Corners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forum_Park,_Houston" title="Forum Park, Houston">Forum Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genoa,_Houston" title="Genoa, Houston">Genoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenbrook_Valley,_Houston" title="Glenbrook Valley, Houston">Glenbrook Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfton,_Houston" title="Gulfton, Houston">Gulfton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Houston" title="Harrisburg, Houston">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Clarke,_Houston" title="Hiram Clarke, Houston">Hiram Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Heights" title="Houston Heights">Houston Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Heights,_Houston" title="Independence Heights, Houston">Independence Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inwood_Forest,_Houston" title="Inwood Forest, Houston">Inwood Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingwood,_Houston" title="Kingwood, Houston">Kingwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Valley,_Houston" title="Link Valley, Houston">Link Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Westheimer,_Houston" title="Lower Westheimer, Houston">Lower Westheimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnolia_Park,_Houston" title="Magnolia Park, Houston">Magnolia Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_District,_Houston" title="Mahatma Gandhi District, Houston">Mahatma Gandhi District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maplewood,_Houston" title="Maplewood, Houston">Maplewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial,_Houston" title="Memorial, Houston">Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meyerland,_Houston" title="Meyerland, Houston">Meyerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midtown,_Houston" title="Midtown, Houston">Midtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_District,_Houston" title="Montrose District, Houston">Montrose District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Museum_District" title="Houston Museum District">Museum District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neartown_Houston" title="Neartown Houston">Neartown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near_Northwest,_Texas" title="Near Northwest, Texas">Near Northwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shore,_Houston" title="North Shore, Houston">North Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northside,_Houston" title="Northside, Houston">Northside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Forest,_Houston" title="Oak Forest, Houston">Oak Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Oaks,_Houston" title="River Oaks, Houston">River Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside_Terrace,_Houston" title="Riverside Terrace, Houston">Riverside Terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Management_District" title="Southwest Management District">Southwest Management District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Park,_Houston" title="South Park, Houston">South Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Branch,_Houston" title="Spring Branch, Houston">Spring Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunnyside,_Houston" title="Sunnyside, Houston">Sunnyside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Kirby" title="Upper Kirby">Upper Kirby</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wards_of_Houston" title="Wards of Houston">Historic wards</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/First_Ward,_Houston" title="First Ward, Houston">First Ward</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Second_Ward,_Houston" title="Second Ward, Houston">Second Ward</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Third_Ward,_Houston" title="Third Ward, Houston">Third Ward</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Ward,_Houston" title="Fourth Ward, Houston">Fourth Ward</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Ward,_Houston" title="Fifth Ward, Houston">Fifth Ward</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Ward,_Houston" title="Sixth Ward, Houston">Sixth Ward</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Houston" title="Education in Houston">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Health institutions</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baylor_College_of_Medicine" title="Baylor College of Medicine">Baylor College of Medicine</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston_College_of_Medicine" title="University of Houston College of Medicine">UH College of Medicine</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Health_Science_Center_at_Houston" title="University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston">UTHealth</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MD_Anderson_Cancer_Center" title="MD Anderson Cancer Center">MD Anderson Cancer Center</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Health_Science_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas A&M Health Science Center">Texas A&M Health Science Center</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>State universities</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston%E2%80%93Clear_Lake" title="University of Houston–Clear Lake">University of Houston–Clear Lake</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston%E2%80%93Downtown" title="University of Houston–Downtown">University of Houston–Downtown</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Texas_Southern_University" title="Texas Southern University">Texas Southern University</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Private universities</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_University" title="Houston Christian University">Houston Christian University</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/University_of_St._Thomas_(Texas)" title="University of St. Thomas (Texas)">University of St. Thomas</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Community colleges</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Houston_Community_College_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Community College System">Houston Community College</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_College_System" title="Lone Star College System">Lone Star College</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_College" title="San Jacinto College">San Jacinto College</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lee_College" title="Lee College">Lee College</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/K-12" class="mw-redirect" title="K-12">K-12</a> school districts</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Houston_Independent_School_District" title="Houston Independent School District">Houston ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Aldine_Independent_School_District" title="Aldine Independent School District">Aldine ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Alief_Independent_School_District" title="Alief Independent School District">Alief ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Spring_Branch_Independent_School_District" title="Spring Branch Independent School District">Spring Branch ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_Independent_School_District" title="Clear Creek Independent School District">Clear Creek ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cypress-Fairbanks_Independent_School_District" title="Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District">Cy-Fair ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_Independent_School_District" title="Fort Bend Independent School District">Fort Bend ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Galena_Park_Independent_School_District" title="Galena Park Independent School District">Galena Park ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Humble_Independent_School_District" title="Humble Independent School District">Humble ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Katy_Independent_School_District" title="Katy Independent School District">Katy ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pasadena_Independent_School_District" title="Pasadena Independent School District">Pasadena ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Spring_Independent_School_District" title="Spring Independent School District">Spring ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Huffman_Independent_School_District" title="Huffman Independent School District">Huffman ISD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/New_Caney_Independent_School_District" title="New Caney Independent School District">New Caney ISD</a></dd></dl> <p><i>See: <a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Houston" title="List of colleges and universities in Houston">List of colleges and universities in Houston</a></i> </p> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_City_Council" title="Houston City Council">City Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Fire_Department" title="Houston Fire Department">Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Houston" title="List of mayors of Houston">Mayors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Police_Department" title="Houston Police Department">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Houston" title="Politics of Houston">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_neighborhoods" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Houston neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afton_Oaks,_Houston" title="Afton Oaks, Houston">Afton Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Houston" title="Brentwood, Houston">Brentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briargrove_Park,_Houston" title="Briargrove Park, Houston">Briargrove Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briarhills,_Houston" title="Briarhills, Houston">Briarhills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadacres,_Houston" title="Broadacres, Houston">Broadacres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Park,_Houston" title="City Park, Houston">City Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Park,_Houston" title="Clinton Park, Houston">Clinton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloverland,_Houston" title="Cloverland, Houston">Cloverland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corinthian_Pointe,_Houston" title="Corinthian Pointe, Houston">Corinthian Pointe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottage_Grove,_Houston" title="Cottage Grove, Houston">Cottage Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crestwood/Glen_Cove,_Houston" title="Crestwood/Glen Cove, Houston">Crestwood/Glen Cove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwood,_Houston" title="Eastwood, Houston">Eastwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Oaks,_Houston" title="Garden Oaks, Houston">Garden Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenshire,_Houston" title="Glenshire, Houston">Glenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Village,_Houston" title="Highland Village, Houston">Highland Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Gardens,_Houston" title="Houston Gardens, Houston">Houston Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idylwood,_Houston" title="Idylwood, Houston">Idylwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmere_Gardens,_Houston" title="Kashmere Gardens, Houston">Kashmere Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knollwood_Village,_Houston" title="Knollwood Village, Houston">Knollwood Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakes_of_Parkway,_Houston" title="Lakes of Parkway, Houston">Lakes of Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larchmont,_Houston" title="Larchmont, Houston">Larchmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnolia_Grove,_Houston" title="Magnolia Grove, Houston">Magnolia Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose,_Houston" title="Montrose, Houston">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morningside_Place,_Houston" title="Morningside Place, Houston">Morningside Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near_Northside,_Houston" title="Near Northside, Houston">Near North Side</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest,_Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham Forest, Houston">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Braeswood,_Houston" title="Old Braeswood, Houston">Old Braeswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkway_Villages,_Houston" title="Parkway Villages, Houston">Parkway Villages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecan_Park,_Houston" title="Pecan Park, Houston">Pecan Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Houston" title="Port Houston">Port Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Military,_Houston" title="Rice Military, Houston">Rice Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Strip" title="Richmond Strip">Richmond Strip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robindell,_Houston" title="Robindell, Houston">Robindell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Oaks_Country_Club" title="Royal Oaks Country Club">Royal Oaks Country Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagemont,_Houston" title="Sagemont, Houston">Sagemont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scenic_Woods,_Houston" title="Scenic Woods, Houston">Scenic Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Settegast,_Houston" title="Settegast, Houston">Settegast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadyside,_Houston" title="Shadyside, Houston">Shadyside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharpstown,_Houston" title="Sharpstown, Houston">Sharpstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah,_Houston" title="Shenandoah, Houston">Shenandoah</a></li> <li><a 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