Introducing your 2022 World Series champions, the Houston Colt .45s! If that doesn't ring a bell, it's because the Houston Astros were originally named the Colt .45s when they joined the National ...

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 ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The first major league baseball game that was ever played in the state of Texas ended in a decisive victory for the Houston Colt .45's who beat the Chicago Cubs 11 to 2.

Eddie Robinson is a native Texan. 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.

This was the first jersey for the Houston organization, but it lasted for only two seasons. The reason was because issues arose over merchandising and use of the name Colt .45.

The Buffs were bought by the Houston Sports Association in 1961, a move designed to facilitate the establishment of a proper Major League Baseball team, the Colt .45s, who played from 1962-1964 ...

Since debuting as the Houston Colt .45s on April 10, 1962—with a nine-run thumping of the Chicago Cubs, it’s worth noting—the Houston Astros have had one of the most eventful histories of ...

They were originally called the Houston Colt .45s through 1964. It was after that season that owner Judge Roy Hofheinz said the team would become the Astros, since they were moving into the Astrodome.

“With the Neder family, it was something you can’t take away from us,” Fischer said. “Just the sheer fact that now it’s happened twice in the family, I don’t know what ...

In 1965, former Houston mayor, “Roy Hofheinz was the guy that gave us the Houston Colt .45s, at the time, now known as the Houston Astros. And the rest is history. “You can’t build a stadium ...