Bob Lillis finished his career in Houston after playing parts of four seasons with the Dodgers and part of one with the Cardinals. He was drafted by the Colt .45s with the fifth pick of the ...

There was an event at city hall, followed by a parade in downtown Houston. Several of the Colt .45 players, including Hal Smith, Bobby Shantz, Jim Golden, and Bob Bruce, rode in one of the parade ...

Introducing your 2022 World Series champions, the Houston Colt .45s! If that doesn't ring a bell ... Houston would only have four players finish with double-digit home runs that season.

Since debuting as the Houston Colt .45s on April 10, 1962—with a nine ... the Houston Astros roster has given the game some legendary players, even if they haven’t all made it to Cooperstown.

Before they were called the Astros, the Houston Colt 45s marked the Space City's first ... and a mosquito trap made Colt fans diehards and players ready for anything. "Colt Stadium didn't even ...

This recently raised some controversy, as MLB said the team could not use the original Colt .45 jersey ... that players numbers were on the pants. This was the first jersey for the Houston ...

He was a key front-office figure when the Houston Colt .45s–now the Astros–were born. He helped sign and develop several players who became Houston heroes. So whom will he be backing in this W ...

Jimmy Wynn was another player of small stature. Wynn joined the team in 1963 when it was called the Houston Colt 45's. "The Astros gave me the opportunity to strut my stuff," he said. Wynn was ...

That had to be '62, the first year of major-league baseball in Houston. When the game started we could barely see players moving ... lot of the Astrodome. The Colt .45s played there from '62 ...

The Astros were first called the Houston Colt .45s for the first three years of the franchise’s existence. It wasn’t until Dec. 1964 that the team’s owner at the time, Roy Hofheinz ...