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The Astros were within a 1 ⁄ 2 game of the Cardinals on Thursday September 28, but that is as close as the 2005 NL Champions would get. On October 1, the Astros were the last remaining team that still had a chance to reach the 2006 postseason; consequently they were the final MLB team to be officially eliminated from playoff contention.
1905 Houston Buffaloes team photo. From 1888 until 1961, Houston's professional baseball club was the minor league Houston Buffaloes.Although expansion from the National League eventually brought an MLB team to Texas in 1962, Houston officials had been making efforts to do so for years prior, with a group effort led in 1952 to buy the St. Louis Cardinals for $4.25 million, but local owners ...
The 1962 Major League Baseball expansion was the formation of two new Major League Baseball (MLB) teams for the 1962 season.The Houston Colt .45s (later renamed the Astros) and the New York Mets were added to the National League (NL), becoming the 19th and 20th teams in MLB's two leagues.
The 1961 Major League Baseball expansion resulted in the formation of two new Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises in the American League (AL). A new club was started in Washington, D.C., and took the existing name of the Senators, as the previous team of the same name moved to Minneapolis–Saint Paul for the start of the 1961 season and became the Minnesota Twins.
A The Astros finished the season tied for first place with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Houston defeated the Dodgers, 7–1, in a one-game playoff to clinch the division title. [3] B The 1981 Major League Baseball strike caused the season to be split into two halves. The Astros earned a berth in an expanded postseason tournament by finishing in ...
The Astros were fined the maximum allowable $5 million and forfeited their first- and second-round picks in the 2020 and 2021 drafts. [87] The Boston Red Sox were also found guilty of stealing signs during the 2017 and 2018 seasons, with the latter season ending in a World Series victory. [88]
The Astros would go on to win the 2017 World Series, winning 2 of 3 games in Houston and 2 of 4 games in Los Angeles. In late October 2019, the Astros hosted four games of the World Series versus the Washington Nationals. While the Astros won all three away games, they lost all four games played at Minute Maid Park. It was one of two hosts ...
Name Years Gabe Paul: 1960–1961 (resigned before debut) Paul Richards: 1961–1965 Tal Smith, Spec Richardson, and Grady Hatton: 1965–1967 Spec Richardson: 1967–1975 John Mullen